The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-06 00:00:00

lONIAN ISLANDS. On 'the occasion of the dissolution of the lonian h Cr , r issued a Parliament, the Lori Hign iommissionel proclamation, dated the 22d nit., of which the fol lowing is an abstract : After reciting the object that her Britannic Ma jesty has in view in dissolving the Parliament is a modification of the existing constitution, seeing that the reforms introduced two years ag o into the consti tution of 1817 have utterly failed in producing the good effects anticipated, and that, with the best inten tions on the part of the Government, and the most sincere co-operation of a majority of members in the late Assembly, little or nothing has been done for the benefit of the people, the Lord High Commissioner declares that it is her Majesty's desire to see a well-regulated system of constitutional liberty established in the islands, and that he is consequently authorised to pro pose certain modifications to the next Parliament, with a view to remove whatever stands in the way of the fair operation of the late constitutional changes, " provided always the result of the next elections be an Assembly disposed to accept her Ma jesty's liberal concessions in a proper spirit." The modifications proposed are—lat. The substitution of an annual to a biennial session, in order thus to put an end to the dissensions between the Senate and the Assembly, concerning the constitutional right of the Senate to make regulations having force of law during the recess, with the consent of the Lord High Commissioner. 2dly. The modifications of those ar ticles, which regulate the present organization of the Senate, in order to increase the responsibility of its members, and to regulate its duties. idly. The addition of a fifth judge to the supreme council of justice, in order to enable that body to decide all cases by an absolute majority, instead of by the casting vote of the President of the Senate and the Lord High Commissioner. 4thly. The permission to introduce a Bill for the better regulation of the powers of the local government. sthly. The substitution of powers defined by an Act of Parliament to those now exercised under the name of the High Police, in virtue of Art. 4, sect. 9, c. 7 of the Constitution, which the Lord High Commissioner will recommend her Majesty to abrogate, provided the lonian Parlia ment be disposed to join with him in the adoption of measures "which the experience of the last two years has prored indispensable. These," continues the docu ment, "are the great and pacific changes which a power ful Sovereign offers a people under her protection, at a time when popular rights, rapidly and violently obtained in 1848, are as rapidly disappearing all over Europe. The fate of these islands is now in the hands cf the lonian people. By a wise exercise of the power with which it is invested by the Con stitution, it may combine peace in the interior with security from foreign aggression, encouragement to commerce, improvement in agriculture, a better sys tem of general education, the use of its native language in all public affairs, wise economy in the administration of the commonwealth, and the most perfect liberty of discussion with the adoption of every measure which may , practically tend to improve its social condition. 'The Lord High Commissioner then concludes with expressing a hope that such real and palpable benefits will not again fell a sacrifice to anarchical factions ; he adds, that although he has very extensive powers for the pur pose of upholding the rights of her Britannic Ma jesty, and punishing those who might presume to infringe them, but that he cannot do the good he wishes without the co-operation of a Parliament emanating from the free choice of the lonian people. He trusts the next Parliament will cordially co-operate with the Senate for the good of the country, but de clares that should that not he the case, or should new insurrections break out, the responsibility of the con sequences shall lie with the people, not with him. INDIA. By the last accounts Dost Mahommed was still on his deathbed, and all was confusion throughout his do minions. The Hazarroes near Ghuznee, on learning his state, had at once refused to pay revenue, and shut themselves up in their fastnesses. The inhabi tants of the recently conquered province of Balk have taken advantage of the opportunity and risen against Acram Khan, who has only 3,000 men with him, and will be unable to hold the country unless speedily reinforced, which he is not likely to be in the present posture of affairs. On Dost .Mahom mecl'a death the contest for the succession will be between his brother, Sultan Mahommed, who is supported by the Kohistanees and other tribes, and his two eldest sons, Gholain Hyder Ali and :11ahom rued Alia), assisted by the Kuzzilbashes and Ghilzies. Sultan Mohammed's party is thought to he the stronger of the two. " The results to be expected," says the Englishman, " are much anarchy and many mur derous assassinations ; and eventually the party having the chiefest right earnestly demanding, and probably obtaining British support, which must be of necessity yielded, rather than permit Persian, or, eventually perhaps even Russian interference, under circumstances of such temptation." Our former disasters in Affghanistan render the idea of any new interference with the politics of that country a most distasteful one ; but all grounds for anxiety on the subject disappear on reflecting how completely the possession of the Punjaub has altered our position inregard to the valley of the Cabul river. We now occupy the lower portion of that valley (the Peshawur district) with a large force of picked men, trained and habituated to mountain warfare. In the Punjaub we have 50 ; 000 regular troops, mostly massed along the course of the Lahore and Peshawur road, and, with the strong Sirhind division in their rear, from such an array a force large enough to make the conquest of Cabul a mere promenade would scarcely be missed ; but we should not again attempt either conquest or occupation, or interfere with the inde pendence of the country any more than we do with that of Nepaul. It is unquestionable that a Resident at Cabul, and the establishment of such relations with its Government as would insure the safety of the Ca bul road for purposes of commerce would greatly ex tend the demand for British manufactures through a very large tract of country, now principally supplied by Russia with goods of a very inferior description. This would be still more the case were the capabilities of the Indus developed by placing on its waters steamers on the American river model. The exten sion of our commerce in that direction is now the great desideratum of the Bombay merchants. Captain Coke's force has returned without fighting to Kohat, after taking Possession of the annexed terri tory to the westward. A. strong fort is b e i n g built near the Bahader Khaliamine, command the Salt range._ Sir Colin Campbell's force has been employed in blowing up Momund forts and burning vil lages. No resistance has been atteinpted, 3 T u he nd main part of the force is now encamped near the junction of the Cabul and Archukizie rivers, vi is being built, capable of holding two r compa n i es of pa a never fort infantry, two troops of irregular cavalry, and a cou ple of guns. The point seems a very important one t o occupy ; it commands the trade of the Cahill river and the irrigation of Michnee and other lerge villa ges ' The Momunds hover roun d the c a m p to take it'll'ong shot at it occasionally. The local newspapers have, since the departure o f the last mail, been occupied, almost to the exclusion of all other topics, with the description of th e Mussulman disturbance, which, it will be remem bered, commenced on the 17th of October, on the occasion of the appearance, in a Parsee news paper, of a short biographical notice of the Prophet Mahomet, illustrated by a lithographed portrait, which the Mussulmans constrained into an intentional insult to their religion. The mob of the 17th of Oc tober was immediately dispersed by the police autho rities, and the principal positions in the town were occupied by troops the same evening. For some days after this small parties of Mussulmans waged a sort of guerilla warfare against order, pouncing upon any solitary Parsee they saw passing, whether in carriages or on foot, thrashing them with heavy clubs, and through the dark n arrow escaping passages of the native town on the appearance of the police. Such cases of assault, at first very numerous, daily dimi nished in frequency, and by the day of'departure of the last mail no cases of the sort had occurred for up wards of a week. Public confidence was restored, the disturbance was considered at an end, and the troops were withdrawn from the town. On the 20th of November, however, a rumour was rife in the Ba zaar that there was to be a Mussulman outb rea k on the following day (Friday). The police were on the alert, strong parties b e i n g posted near the p r i nc i pa l mosques, and the Governor's escort of Lancers having been placed at the disposal of the magistrates, p a _ trolled the streets, and the usual Friday crowd of Mussulmans, after attending their weekly prayers, dispersed qui e tl y. A b ou t five o'clock in the evenin • g a few drunken Mussulmans assaulted two or three Parsee passengers in one of the streets of the Maho metan quarter. A. cry o f e Deen, deen !" was raised; a mob of two or three thousand Mussulmans instantly collected, but finding the p olice on the alert and assembling in force, they dispersedwithout doing more damage than breaking - or threeParsee liquor-shops in the neighbourhood two . and besting the inmates. The police suceeed i ❑ of n taking some the most violent prisoners. On the folio • da y f —a 1 wing (Satur day) day) nothing but insulated cases of assault occurred till about four o'clock in th e a f ter time four or five Mussulmans oon ' About that assaulted a Parsee p as senger in one of the main streets of town. The cry of " Dean !" was again the native a mob of Mussulmans instantly assembled, raised, and rushing into a street called Parsee-wads, site and the Parsee quarter, attacked all they found in n a i t t ed in tried (and in some oases with success) to break and the houses, which had been closed on the first al: . This has b?en the only occasion on which Parse ra e . ' attimitsted resistance, gathered at one end of the street, assisted by missiles from the upper stories of the houses'. A. megistrate and a few mounted constables were almost immediately on the spot, and char • ging ------- the mob, dispersed them. The foot police that fol lowed took several prisoners, and half a dozen Mussul - mans and about double the number of Parsees (one of whom is since dead) were taken to the hospital. The troops were immediately ordered out, and occu pied their old positions. On Sunday morning (the 23d), about half•past 8 o'clock, a Mussulman mob suddenly assembled on the opposite side of the native town, and attacked a Parsee fire temple, and the houses of the adjacent streets, attempting to break into them. The police were on the spot in time to prevent their pene trating i nto the holy of holies of the temple, or getting inside any of the houses. At half-past 2 ram. another mob assem bled in the centre of the native town, and advanced up the street leading to the principal Parsee quarter. Two magistrates, with some Lancers and mounted police, were, however, on the spot, and dispersed the mob, taking a few prisoners. The mob assembled again, and were again dispersed, and several of the rioters having been seen taking refuge in an adjacent mosque, the building wa s cleared, all its inmates marched off to gaol, and the doors locked. Monday passed off quietly, and there has been no disturbance since. Twenty-eight of the rioters have been committed for trial to the Supreme Court, and about double that number have been summarily dealt with by the magistrates, who in every case inflicted the highest penalty allowed by local regulation. The results of this emeute have been out of all pro portion to its importance. It occasioned a in complete panic of considerable duration among the native popu lation, whole streets the Parsee quarters were de serted, shops closed, and business at a stand still. The Parsees and Mussulmans are about equal in number, and there being above 105,000 of each per suasion, both sects together form about half, and that by far the most important half as far as commerce is concerned, of our population. As usual in such cases, the magistrates have been blamed by the local papers for the long continuance of these disturbances, and for not having at first ordered the troops placed at their disposal to fire into the mob. The sessions, however, commenced this morning, and the presiding judge, in his charge to the grand jury, strongly approved the conduct and the forbearance of the magistrates , and attributed the long continuance of the riots to the in sufficiency of the police force as regards number and material with a population of near 600,000. We have hitherto had only 600 policemen, ill- paid,,undersized, and unrespected by the lower orders. In consequence of the late riot, the nume rical stren g th of .the police is to be doubled perma nentl y and its material improved. The number of the police has been temporarily raised to nearly 1,900, and 50 of the Poona Irregular Horse have been placed at the disposal of the civil authorities, and are expected at Bombay to-morrow. The suddenness with which the Mussulman mob collects on the cry of " Deen !" being raised—as in stantaneously as Roderick Dhu's clansmen at the sound of his whistle—has been a source of much em barrassment to the civil authorities. The cowardice of the mob, and the superstitious dread of horsemen, and the rapidity with which it disperses on being attacked by them, together with the facilities which the intricacies of the native town afford for its escape before the foot police have time to come to the spot (to take prisoners), have much increased the difficulty of dealing with them properly. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY TRAFFIC IN 1851. It appears that the gross traffic receipts of railways in the united kingdom for the year 1851 have been very little short of 15,000,0001. on 6,928 miles of railway, being at the rate of 2,1631. per mile per an num. The returns published weekly show that 14,567,9101. was received on the railways during the including about 200 miles pest year on 6,537 miles , of canal, being an' increase of 1,809,9251. in the re ceipts over the preceding year, on 6,257 miles of rail way, and also an increase of 280 miles in operation. Independent of these railways, there are about twelve new lines in operation of an aggregate length of 203 miles, the traffic returns on which are not published weekly, but may be estimated at 169,4001. In addi tion to these there are ten other lines of an aggregate length of 188 miles belonging to old railway com panies who do not publish their traffic returns ; but it appears from the; half-yearly reports that the gross receipts on these lines are about 250,0001., making together 419,400/. This sum, added to the published weekly receipts, shows that the gross traffic receipts on the above railways during the past year amounted to 14,987,3101. With regard to the traffic returns published weekly, they show a progressive increase during the pest ten years. In the year 1842 they amounted to 4,341,7811. ; in 1843, to 4,842,6501.; in 1844, to 5,610,9801.; in 1845, to 6,669.230/. ; in 1846, to 7,689,870/. ; in 1847, to 8.975,6711. ; in 1848, to 10 , 059,0001. ; in 1849, to 11,013 820/. ; in 1850, to 12,757,985/ ; and in 1851, to 14,567,910/.. It will be observed that the annual increase in the traffic has been very consider able during the past ten years, being on the average above a million a year, or 10,226,1401. This increase partly arises from the continual development of the traffic on the trunk lines, and partly from the addi tional receipts derived from the opening of new lines and branches. The increase of traffic in the year 1843 over that of the preceding year amounted to 500,870/. ; in the year 1844, to 768,337/. ; in 1845, to 1,058,340/. ; in 1846, to 1,020,650/. ; in 1847, to 1,285.780 Z.; in 1848, to 1,083,335/. ; in 1849, to 954,810/.; in 1850, to 1,744, 1681.; and in 1851 the increase over the preceding year amounted to 1,809,9251. At the end of the year 1842 1,510 miles of railway were open to the public ; during the next year an additional length of 56 miles of new railway was opened for traffic ; in 1844 a further length of 194 miles was opened ; in 1845, 263 miles ; in 1846, 593 miles; in 1847, 839 miles; in 1848, 975 miles; in 1849, 834 miles; in 1850, 1,096 miles; and in 1851, the published returns show an additional mile of 280 miles ; but this is not an actual increase in the mile age opened during the year, for it includes the aggre gate length of some lines which were open for traffic prior to 1851. The same observation will apply to the increased mileage of 1849 and 1850 respectively The aggregate length of new railway opened during 1850 in the United Kingdom was about 590 miles, and in 1851 about 240 miles. This shows a falling cff in respect of the annual increase of mileage of new lines, but the effect has been to increase the amount of the average receipts per mile per annum; and this would be the case generally with all the large railway companies, provided their capital accounts were closed, the development of their traffic attended to, Parlia mentary warfare discontinued, and the making of new branches and extensions avoided. So far as the traffic is concerned, it does not appear that there can be much to complain of in respect of the aggregate amount of it on railways since they have been esta blished; and, were it not for the adverse interests operating at railway boards, the blunders of engi neers as to the cost of work, and laying out the lines the letting of large contracts at exorbitant prices by private agreement, excessive payments for land, the continual litigation both in and out of Parliament, and the unwarrantable expenditure on capital account the traffic receipts would have been ample, after pay ing all necessary expenses, to pay a very fair divi dend on the outlay. The average traffic receipts per mile show the effect of o p ening within a period of four or five years so m an y miles of branch and com peting lines of railway. During the year 1842 the gr " l traffic receipts averag ed 3,113/. p er mile ; in 1843, n 1845, 3,465/ . perlB46, 3,305/. per mile ; • in in 1847 3, -83/. mile; in 1844, 3,278/. per mile; in ,2,870 per mile . l in 1849, 2 off in the Mi. . 3 02/ mile -in 1850, 2,2271. per mile ; and in 1851;2 2 . Per mi 9 . 1. per mile ; in . 1848, 2,5561. per mile ; This shows a falling two years the receipts traffic per ra . during thepast five years of about 30 per cent., b Ile per mile. T those of 1849, ~t fortunately during the past and at mile were not much under at Present the traffic per mile shows an upward in the receipts per inle'4elacY• The reduction f no great consequence constructing the railways wa il i the average cost of re duced, say in the same ratio provi l e tmki be a matter o from 34,0001. to 23,0001. per this is not the mile, ie lle traffic per mile, manner with every additional mile added a ltzl so on in like of Proportionately .tem. Unfortunately 1843, fol lowing will show :-In 1842 the cost 'led to the sys coats,e,, as the in 1848, eat ; in then in operation averaged 34,6901. per nail: , ruilwa y s 36,3601. ; in 1844, 35,670/. ; in 1845, 35: 0 1 4 1 that 1846, 31,860/. ; in 1847, 31,700/. ; in 1849, 35,214/. ; in 1850, 35,229/. ; an d i n ' i . V; 35,058/. A comparison of the average cost per mile of 35,070/. when there were only 2,040 miles of th ese railways open, with the average cost in 1851 o f 35,058/., when there were 6,537 miles, shows scarcely any decrease in the cost per mile has taken place, notwithstanding that 4,500 miles of additional railways and branch railways have been constructed at professedly less cost than the old railways. The stationary position of the average cost per mile shows clearly that the continued additions to the capital accounts of old and completed lines of railway far outweigh all the professed advan tages of constructing thousands of new railways and branches at considerably less cost than the average expenditure per mile on the old trunk lines. Under these circumstances it is not s urprising that such lines as the Liverp oo l an d M an chester, which paid its 10 per cent. for 15 year s , th e Grand Junction, which formerly paid from 10 t o 12 and the London and Birmingham about 9 per cent.. 51.1 should now be reduced to p e r cent. per annum, per cent. per annum, the Lancashire and Yorkshire from 8 per cent. to 2 per cent. per annum, the South-Western from 8 per cent. to 31 per cent., the Great Western from 8 per cent. to 4 per cent. per annum, and other lines in pro portion. This state of things has chiefly arisen from an enormous increase in the capitals of the companies, for the alleged purpose of improving the position of the several undertakings by the construction of nu merous branches and extensions to feed the parent lines with traffic, to increase the income, and, conse quently, the dividend ; but it is needless to say that in ev ery i nstance . o f this kind the reverse has been the case. The capital expended on the railways, of which the traffic is published weekly, amounted in July, 1842, to 52,380,100/. ; in 1843, to 57,635,000/. ; in 1844, to 63,489,1001. ; in 1845, to 11,647,0001. ; in 1846, to 83,165,100/. ' - in 1847, to 109,528, 0001 . ; in 1848, to 148,200,0001. ; in 1849, to 181,000,000/ ; in 1850, to 219,762,700/.• and in 1851, to 229,17 5 , 2301 . The expenditure on the new and old lines, the traffic returns of which are not published weekly, amounts to about 7,666,1901., making with the 229,175,2301., a total of 236,841, 4201., expended on 6,928 miles of railway; being at the rate of 34,1861. per mile. The gross traffic returns per cent. on the capital expended amounted in 1842 to 8 . 29 per cent.; in 1843, to 8.42 per cent.; in 1844, to 8.84 per cent.; in 1845, to 9.30 per cent.; in 1846, to 9.25 per cent.; in 1847, to 8 20 per cent.; in 1848, to 6.78 per cent. ; in 1849, to 6.13 per cent.; in 1850, to 5.80 per cent.; and in 1851, to 6•35 per cent. Deducting from this amount 45 per cent. for working expenses, would leave for the past year a dividend of 31 per cent. on the whole of the capital expended. GREAT WESTERN.—At a meeting of the officers and servants of this company, held last week at the Swindon station (Mr. Gooch, locomotive superin tendent, in the chair), it was stated that 1,900 officers, clerks, and servants in the employment of the com pany, had united in subscribing 4201., for the purpose of obtaining a full-length portrait of Mr. C. Russell, the chairman of the company, to be placed in the board-room of the Paddington station, as a testimonial of their grateful esteem for the high principles of honour, impartiality, and undeviating kindness he had ever displayed towards them , and also to record their sense of the of the eminent services rendered by him to the company over which he has so long and efficiently presided. Resolutions were passed ap pointing a committee to carry out the object of the meeting, and nominating Mr. T. M. Ward as hon. secretary to the subscribers. PARIS AND ROUEN.—At the half-yearly meeting of this company, to be held at Paris on the 27th instant, the proprietors will have to consider the propriety of contributing towards the construction of the Junction Circular Railway round Paris, to join the Western, the Paris and Rouen, the Rouen and Havre, the Northern, the Paris and Strasburg, the Paris and Lyons, and the :Paris and Orleans Railways. Also, to authorise an agreement with the Western Railway Company, relating to the working of that line, and of consenting to a supplemental guarantee of interest on the money to be expended by the Western Com pany, provided the undertaking be approved of by the Government. NORTH-WESTERN.—It is stated that the directors of this company, generally known as the Little North- Western, have made a working agreement with the Midland Company for 21 years—the latter company to pay the North-Western Company 50 per cent. of the gross receipts up to 52,0001. a year, and 66 per cent. of all the traffic above that amount, and guran teeing the payment of the interest on the debenture debt and preferential stock. This, it appears, has been done without consulting the shareholders, among whom it has produced great dissitisfaction. The capital expended on the line amounts to 964,0001., and the receipts for the past year to 34,200/. The work ing expenses, &c., during the first half of the year 1851 amounted to 75 per cent. of the receipts, and it is probable the working expenses for the latter half have not been much less, so that on that agreement the Midland Company would lose above 8,0001. a year, to say nothing of the interest on loans and preference shares being likely to exceed the surplus. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A 3 public attention has lately been di rected to the absence of this indispensable medium of communication on the West of England districts, it may be mentioned that in a month or two there will be an unbroken range of telegraphic communication completed from London to Land's-end. The wires have this week been completed on the Great Western Railway from Paddington to Slough, and are being carried to the palace at Windsor. In another week they will be finished up to Reading, and some hun dreds of men are now employed in running them on between Reading and Bristol and Exeter, where they will unite with those already in existence between Exeter and Plymouth. It is also intended to esta blish the telegraph in connexion with this line over the whole of South Wales. GREAT NORTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES. We understand some negotiations are afoot between the managers of these companies for a division of the Cambridge traffic, and amicable settlement of their differences in that quarter.—Herapath's Journal. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION.—The works of this railway, from Portadown to Newry, are progres sing very rapidly, and the first engine was put on the line on Thursday last, by T. French, Esq., C.E., accompanied by other officials. The turning-table is completed ; sixty tons of iron were used in the manu facture of it. The Junction Company have taken the old station on the Ulster line for a luggage store and engine-shed. We may state that the railway from Portadown to the Newry station will be open for pas sengers and traffic on the Gth inst., when a train will leave the latter place every morning at half-past eight o'clock for Belfast.—Louth Advertiser. SWEDEN.—A letter from Christiana of the 20th ult. says—" A small portion of our railway is already terminated, and a trial journey has taken place, at which Mr. Stanz, the Minister of the Interior, Mr. Crowe, English Consul-General, and several members of the Council of State, were present. The trial was perfectly successful. The locomotive used on the occasion was christened by Mr. Stanz, who gave it the name of the illustrious engineer directing the works, Robert Stephenson.' RAILWAY DIVIDENDS.—BRIGHTON.--There is'good deal of speculation abroad as to what the dividend will be. They paid 265. per share for the current half of last year. Their receipts appear to be about 27,3951. more than then, which ought to produce, with the same expenses, ss. to 6s. per share more. But their expenses have been greatly increased. It is therefore supposed that shareholders will have to be satisfied with 28e. or 295. Newmarket—lt is said this line will pay 23. 6d. Eastern Counties—Early in the half-year 2s. 6d was talked of as the probable dividend, but we hear the expenses have been reduced, and that an effort will be made to add another 6d.— Berapath's Journal. de in pen E d n e g n i t a l n i d nes a , n a d nd Sc th o e tla r n em d, ai s n 7 in a g re 2s wb ar a e t INDEPENDENT AND LEASED RAIL WAYS .—Of the i B s 2 te r r a m ilw ed aY in s leased to the others at fixed rentals. TELEGRAPH TARIFF IN FEANCE.—The tariff as fixed by the Government for a dispatch of 20 words, including the name of the party sending and sent to, is at the rate of 4f. 800. for the distance between Paris and Amiens, and in proportion for a greater distance. RAILWAY FROM PETERSBURGH TO WARSAW.— Correspondence from Lowicz, of the 24th December, states that the survey of this gigantic line is completed, and that the works will be commenced early this spring. The line will be 440 French leagues in length, and it is expected, at about 37 leagues every year, the entire construction will occupy about 11 or 12 years. The line will pass by Lowicz in the province of Alarovia, Poland, whence a branch is de signed to be carried to the frontier of Prussia, but the Prussian terminus is not yet, it appears, determined upon. The Augsburg Gazette fixes a shorter period for the completion of the entire line—namely five years. rm , tv s THE S UN, LONDON, PEERS DECEASED IN 1851. brother, Hon. Richard Hoba xt " Fitzgibbon, `present and 33 Earl. September 12. John, Earl of Donoughmore, succeeded by his eldest son, Richard, V Lis :,ount Suirdale, present and 4th Earl. September 26. George, L( in 3 Calthorpe, succeeded by his brother, Hon. Frederick : Calthorpe Gough, present and 4th Lord. October 3. Charles Cecil C ape, Earl of Liverpool, dying without issue, his titles are tztinet. October 1. Henry Viscou vr, Bolingbroke, succeeded by his eldest son, lion. Henry ,St. John, present and sth Viscount. October 4. George Willis m, Lord Stafford, succeeded by his eldest son, Hon. He my Valentine Stafford Jer ningham, present and')th L. ird. November 12. William, I (cod de Blaquiere, succeeded by his eldest son, lion. Joh ade Blaqulere, present and 4th Lord. November 18. Ernest At igustus, Duke of Cumber land (King of Hanover), succeeded by his only son, George, Prince Royal of Ha uover, no w D u ke of Cumber land in England, and King at Hanover. December 4. Thomas, E Lrl of Suffolk, succeeded by his eldest son, Charles John 'Viscount Andover, present an Ld 17th Earl. Also the following eldest eons of peers died during she past year:—Viscount Ali Pc , rd, son of Earl Brownlow; Lord Burghorsh, son of the '4l of Westmoreland; Lord Dalmeney, of Rosebery; Viscount Newry,alsae t a y a , n saofnthoef Earl ofE a K V raorey. SEABORN E MAILS. [ll algnifles that the mails are le at front the General Post-office by the night—and Mby the morn it B—dispatch.] ' When m a; ie up i s : F rom w h a t PLACES. When General) ?c It-offi ce port ( ill s - Lot ill m. patched. _ ...- ......_ America (by Brit. pkt.)N Jan 9 .• .. Liverpeel... Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) N Jan. 6 .. .. Liverpool -• Jan. 21 America (by IT.S. pkt.) Mi •• .. Southampt. Jul. 9 Africa (West coast)• • N,l4th of tl to month plyntosth Jan. 3 Alexandria* •••• • • • • Ni.„.,, 19 t h it 31,U l of mo. Dover • • Jan. 18 Belgium • • • • •• 5 '''''Y •• •• •• Dover .. Daily Brazil .. • • .. M 9 th of the month Sonthampt. Jan. 16 c ßlen o o rni s Ayres .. .. 31 ! 9 th of the . month Soathampt. Jan. 18 v iaChagree) 2,1,2 d & 17th 01 e m ont bl Southampt. J an . 5 if Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of it c, ith Plymouth.. Jas. 3 Constantinople * .. •• N, 7th 17th 271h0f mo Dover .. Jam. 10 Central America .. 2112 d & 17th o f Rion. .. .. Nihon. , Southampt.,Jaa. 5 . Channel Isles We' 1 ., & Fri. SouthamPt. ' Ts. Th. Sat chili .. .. .. M 17th of th a m onth I Sout h amp t. J an . 20 Franco .. .. M & N.Twice dal I 2• • .. Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* •• .. .. N!7thl7th27 thof mo 'Dover .. Jan. 10 liambargh .. • • NlTllesdaY & • Friday ,London .. Taco. sat. Holland .. .. .. MlWednes. 2 • t Satan Loudon .. Mes. Thur Honduras .. .. . Nll7th of the mouth Sonthampt. Jan. 21) Ireland .. .. MSD NI Twice dai , y.. .. ' Holyhead • • Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) 31,20 th of th a month Sonthampt. Jf 1, 23 India (viaMszseilles) N i ethlt 24th if month Dover • • Jan. 11 Mediterranean (via Southampton) •• 2d 20th of the; monthlSontharapt. Jan. 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. .. N B th&24th( i month Dover • • ,Jan• 18 Mexico .. .. .. M 2cl of the r 2. ;nth .. I Southampt. !Jan. 5 Madeira • • .. .. M 9th of the r , onth 'Southampt. !Jan. 16 Malta* .. .. 7 th, l 7th,li. rt.S,27th 1 ° D yer 'Jan. 10 I &30th of month 1 Naples* .. • • • • Nisth 15th 25 ri ofm• Dover .. Jan. 12 Papal States* .. .. N 5 11115th25 cl ;of mo Dover • . Jas. 12 Peninsular.. • • .. II 7thl7th 27 :t of mo Southampt. Jan. 6 Peru • • .. .. •• M 17th of the n ;oath 15outhampt.1Jan. 20 Tuscany* .. .. • • N sth 15 th 25' 23 of mo' Dover . • Jan. 12 West Indies .. .. 21;17th of the rx ;oath Sonthampt. Jan. 20 West Indies (except 1 Havanna & Nassau) AI 2d of the m 4; ith .. Southampt. Jan. 5 * The mails to those c ountries th ai ; marked (*) are conveye4 by French packet via Marseilles. The direct Havre mail from Londo a via Southampton during this month will be made up three times a. week only, instead of dail.r. CALIZORNIA. —Mails to and from C a, .iforma, via the United btato.; are now despatched and due by every , tmerican ;make LAW INTELE,IGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBToNs' COURT, Jan. 5. (Before Mr. C omm i ss i o ner PHILLIPS.) IN THE MATTER OF LEC ONABD COLLINS. This case, before r e p orte d, wag further heard • Mr. Way appeared as coun se l f or a. pe rson named Fobigg and wife. The complaint was a b reac 'h of trust. The insol vent was co-trustee with a peieion named Martindale for the opposing creditor an cl his wife. Stock to about 6001. was sold out t o be: lent to the insolvent, on good security. He said Ma r tindale o b j ec ted to the security he offered and kept this money. He was not 6 now to be found. He ad ul ate , I that he had borrowedo/. of Martindale since the :xioney wa s sold out of the funds. The questi on w as whether the insolvent had in the part he had t a k e n committed a breach of trust. Mr. Commissioner P HILL IPS was of opinion that the insolvent had committed a breach of trust. Since h the case was before the C ou rt on the former occasion, had taken the opini on o f on e of the other Commis sioners, and he concurred with. him in his view of the who had been a cadet case. He would consider the judgment he should GRIFFIN. pronounce.—Judgment defers ed. IN s s t o T r r i v a E e n n MATTERt,a y serviceou inngOriii ary, applied under the in The theA li Protection Act. There was ao opposition ; Mr. Sar good supported. It appeared that the insolvent and another person made a bill for 251. to raise money for their mutual i D n :ARD accommodation. It was plan's(' in the hands of a per son to be discounted, but no money was obtained, and it was now in the hands of a. third party, who had threatened to sue him on it. He had therefore in serted him as a creditor in his schedule. Mr. Commissioner I'HILIPII thought the bill in question would preclude him from naming a day for a tin al order. Mr. SARGOOD submitted thist it was not what was generally termed an accommodation bill. It was sought to raise money on a bill, and it had not been obtained. In answer to the Learned Commissioner, :the insol vent said he expected to pay the bill by money from his father. He had Oxford debts in his schedule. His father had paid 1,7001. of debts contracted whilst he was at Oxford, and the parties now in his schedule had omitted to send in their accounts, or they would have been paid. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS asked him what allow ance his father made him when he was at Oxford ? The insolvent said 300/. a year. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS--And pray how long were you there ?—The insolvent said three years. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS—And besides the allowance of 3001. a year your father paid 1,7001. for debts contracted in that period ?—The insolvent an swered affirmatively . He further stated, in answer to th e C ourt, that b e U n iversity in 1643, entered the when he was 19. There were people who gave him credit, and he was led away. li e went " too fast," as it was called. Mr. SARGOOD said it was his own fault. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS thought it was not his own fault. It was the system of credit at the place. He had contemplated the schedules of Oxford debts with horror. lie Was quite amazed that the heads of Colleges had not stopped the system. Since he had had the first case before him, he had heard of eight or nine instances of clergymen in the Church of England who were now struggling to pay debts contracted in their minority. It was high time there was some enactment on the subject. The insolvent, in answer to further questions, said his father was a clergyman with an income of about 1,0001. a year. He was the only son, and there were three daughters. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPs said it seemed to him that young men went to Oxford to get initiated into debt—that seemed to be the education they got at Oxford. A creditor applied to be assign ee . He was an Oxford creditor, and had lent money. He lent money at 30 per cent. His Hortoua thought a person lending money at 30 per cent. was not a person to be appointed assignee. The case was adjourned, for the Learned Commis sioner to consult another Comm' • issioner on the point 1 on the bill of exchange mentioned. January 12. Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, suc ceeded by his eldest son, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, present and sth Duke. January 17. Spencer Joshua Alwyne, Marquis of Northampton, succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Earl of Compton, present and 3d Marquis. January 17. raalyn Reginald Serb°, Marquis of Hastings, succeeded by his only brother, Lord Henry Rawdon Hastings, present and 4th Marquis. February 8. Nicholas, Lord Bexley, dying, s.p., his title is extinct. February 26. Henry, Lord Berners , succeeded by his on ly surviving son, Hon. Henry William Wilson, pre sent Lord Bernera. March 3. Charles, Earl of Harrington, dying without male issue, ho was succeeded by his brother, Hon. Leicester Fitzgerald Charles Stanhope, present and sth Earl. March 4. Philip, Lord de Lisle and Dudley, succeeded by his only son, Hon. Philip Fouslis Sidney, present and 2d Lord March . 15. John, Earl of Meat h, succeeded b y his Lord Brabazon, present and 11th eldest son, William, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Henry Allen surrendered to take his trial for wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted ; and Mr. Parry was counsel for the defendant. The Learned Comeau, in the course of his opening speech for the prosecution, observed, that the cent alteration in the lay, charge against the defendant was the result of a re civil proceeding were allowed to give evidence on their own behalf, and the jury, when they bad heard the evidence he should Iv before them, would, he feared, have no alternative but to come to the con clusion that the defend giving evidence in -ant uon the occasion of his by which the parties in a Countybeer-shop e C r - o s u h r o t p , had attempted to defeat a just claim upon him by wilful and deliberate Perjury. that the defendant ha th d e k: pt Evidence was then adduced, from which it appeared in Great Wild-street, an d t h a t he had been in the habit of purchasing the patent fuel manufactured by a Mr. Walstab, and in December last he was sum moned to the Westminster County Court for a stun of 1/. is. Bd. for wond that had been furnished to him in the mont h of a coal-shedWestminster December, 1850. When the hearing took w D! place w itnesses were examined who proved that the defendant had ordered the fuel, that it was delivered to him at hi s s h o p, and that he signed the delivery-book ack nowledging its receipt, and also that when he was applied to shortly afterwards for the amount, he said he would look over the bill, and pay it the next time the collector called. In answer to this case, the defendant himself was sworn, and he then gave evidence, d eny i ng a ll knowledge of the transaction, declaring that he had never ordered or received the fuel, and that he bad never seen the per sons who had been examined as witnesses to prove the debt. The judge of the County Court decided in favour of the claim, and ordered the defendant to pay the debt and costs forthwith, and be at the same time directed that an indictment for' perjury should be pre ferred against the defendant. All the witnesses that bad been called in the County Court were now ex amined, and the evidence given by the defendant was likewise put in, establishing the facts above narrated. Mr. PARRY, in addressing the jury for the defence, complained that his Learned Friends should have described the case as being the result of the recent alteration in the law, which enabled parties to be witnesses in their owu mi l e ) And said it Appeared as is29e.xteinhcatr.YlaChristopher, Earl. Hon. George Keppel, •neat brother, Frederick, Earl of Albemarle, succeeded by his n present c hiha brotherni 1 2 5 1. .. 6]: l A rtrentin u horE g oynin tl a. s ra t l: u . 8 , present and idieutenant-General Henry °may i'revor, ' 92d Lord. _orLdorLangdale, late Master of the April 30. lienroaLord Montford, dying without issue, eldest son Richard, V iscount BerehaYen, present and 2d March 2. Richard, Earl of Bantry, succeeded by his Ihßaiotle'ltlsiPitlroedirlYdilaCg'iiilllor of Earl of Ban try. ' t issue, his title is extinct. Italy, succeeded by his eldest so n, Charles Edward, Viscount Crowhurst, present and 2d Earl. fpCieotrtatesnahnatam: May 14. James, Viscount Strathallan, succeeded by his eldest son, mmond, present and 9th Viicoant. Hon. William Henry Dru June 2. Copley, Earl of Shaftesbury, succeeded by his England, dEieadrlsot eldest son, Anthony, Lord Ashley, present and 7th Earl. Jane 10. Robert, Viscount Melville succeeded by his eldest son, Hon. Colonel Sir Henry Dundits, 1C.C.8., pre sent and 3i Viscount. . . _ - • June 30. Edward, Earl of Derby, succee d e d by his eldest son, Edward Geoffrey, Lord Stanley, present and 14th Earl. July 14. Charles William, Earl of Charleville, suc ceed, d by his eldest son, Charles William George, Lord TUII9MOre, present and 3d Earl. august 18. John, Earl of Clare, succeeded byhia only though he would almost have it inferred ti iat such a thing as perjury was unheard of before the oassing of this law. It was not for him to place his humble opinion in opposition to that of his Learned, Friend, who had had so much more experience and. know. ledge, but he could not help stating that it appeared to him that a more wise, sensible, and rational Act of Parliament than the one in question bed never been passed, and that it removed a very great stigma from the law of England, and was the meaan of ena bling many persons to obtain their rights who other wise never could have done so. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to remark upoa the facts of the case, contending that it was possible there was some mis take in the matter, and that it was not at all probable that a person of good character, such as be should show them the defendant was, would delibera'mly per jure himself for such a trifling amount. Some witnesses were called for the defence, to show that the signature in the delivery-book was not the prisoner's handwriting, but their evidence was very far from establishing the fact. They all, how ever, gave him a very good character. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, said it was no part of his duty, or that of the jury, to discuss the policy or impolicy of the law which permitted persons to be witnesses iu their own cause, but it was per fectly clear that, while the law gave persons in that position the right to appear as witnesses, it was the duty of all to take care that any wilful deviation from the truth should be punished in a manner likely to prevent a repetition of the offence. His Lordship then proceeded to call the attention of the jury to the principal points in the case, and said it was for them to decide whether or not the defendant had been proved to have deliberately sworn that which lie knew to be false. The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the defendant to mercy on account of his previous good character. Sentence was post poned. Thomas East, 21, pleaded guilty to three indict ments charging him with embezzlement. The prisoner was in the service of Messrs. Staples, the proprietors of the Albion Tavern, in Aldersgate street, as clerk. It was his duty to pay the servants and make other disbursements, and money was given to him for that purpose ; and it appeared that for a considerable time he had been in the habit of keeping back and appropriating to his own use a portion of the money so intrusted to him, the whole amount of his defalcations being over 1001. since May last. He was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months. John Cook, 20, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing two pewter pots, and to another charge of feloniously stabbing and wounding Charles Jacobi, a police-constable, with intent to prevent his apprehension. In answer to questions put to the officer Jacobi by the Court, he stated that the prisoner was given into custody for stealing a pot from a public-house, and he walked with him quietly for a short distance; when he suddenly stopped and drew a knife from his pocket and stabbed him with it in the breast. It appeared that the prisoner used such force as to cause the knife to pass through the constable's greatcoat and all his other clothing, and the point of the blade entered his breast and slightly injured the lung. It also ap peared that upon another constable coming up to the assistance of the prosecutor, the prisoner also attempted to stab him, and cut through his clothes in two or three places. The prisoner was aentened to be transported for seven years. Margaret Tennent, 38, was charged with feloniously wounding Peter Burrell, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor, an old man, stated that he got his living by ha v i ng a co ff e e-stall uring the night in the negbbourhood of Cheapside. On the Ist of Decem ber, about one o'clock in the morning, he was stand ing as usual at his stall, when the prisoner came up to him, and, on his saying to her, " Oh, you are there I see," she attacked him with r poker, and struck him several violent blows on the head. He felt that he was very much injured and went to the hospital, where be had remained until last Friday. In answer to questions that were put by the Court the prosecutor said that he was a married man with a family, but that he had deserted his own wife and had cohabited with the prisoner, who was a married woman, for several years. He also admitted that she had left her husband at his solicitation. The prisoner made a long statement in her own de fence, asserting that she bad been treated with the utmost cruelty by the prosecutor, and she also said that shortly before the night in question the prose cutor had told her that he would drive her to do some- thing that should send her out of the country or cause her to lose her life. He had left her without money or food, and she had not a single article left upon which she could raise a farthing, and it was under these circumstances that she had been driven to commit the assault. The RECORDER, in summing up, said that the case presented a melancholy picture of profligacy, end the uiNery resulting trom it. It was evident that the prosecutor had conducted himself in a most disgraceful manner, but this was no justification for the act committed by the prisoner, and the only ques tions for the jury were whether she had committed the assault with the more serious intention imputed to her by the indictment, or whether the circum stances would justify them in coming to the conclu sion that she had only committed the minor offence of unlawfully wounding, without the felonious intent. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of unlawfully wounding the prosecutor. The RECORDER respited the judgment, and he at the same time told the prosecutor that he had brought it all upon himself by his own misconduct, and he would therefore not be allowed any expenses. DEW COURT. (Before the Commori SERGEANT.) Thomas AI - Pherson, 49, and Charles H.pkins, 41, tailors, were indicted for embezzling and stealing the moneys of John Varley, their master. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr. Woollett defended. The case against the prisoners was this :—The pro secutor is a tailor carrying on two large ready-made establishments, one in Tottenham-court-road, and an other in the Edgeware-road. In July, 1849, Hop kins came into his service at a salary of 11. 15s. a week, and 5 per cent. upon all custom that he brought to the firm, but it was subsequently arranged that Hopkins should have 21. a week, and no per-tentage allowed. In the June of 1850 Al'Pherson came into prosecu tor's employ, being recommended by Hopkins, and he was also to have the same per-centage as Hopkins had been allowed, the prosecutor distinctly telling them that all the business they did was to be done in pro secutor's name. The prisoner's remained in his ser vice until the autumn in the past year, when, there being a number of outstanding debts, the prosecutor went over his books, and, upon making inquiry, dis covered that those debts which had been set down to the prisoners' orders had been all paid, as also several sums due to the prosecutor from customers wholly irre spective of the prisoners. They were in consequence taken before Mr. Long, the magistrate, who gave it as his opinion that the offence was not one of em bezzlement. The prosecutor then took the opinion of counsel, and the result was that the prisoners were summoned to again appear before the magistrate and answer a fresh charge, but, the prosecutor having to employ another solicitor, some time elapsed before they were again charged, and in the interim Miner son brought an action against the prosecutor for false imprisonment, laying the damages at 661.; but on their again appearing they were committed for embez zlement and conspiracy. Independently of the em bezzlement, it was clearly shown that prosecutor's goods had been made up and sold by the prisoners to their own private customers, and some memoranda found by the police showed an account of the division of the money between the prisoners. Mr. WOLLETT having addressed the jury, They, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The COMMON-SERGEANT ordered them to be im prisoned for twelve months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MANSION -HOUSE. Arnold Gerber, William Wagner, Pulp Kessler, and Solomon Krakauer, Germans, were brought be fore the Lord Mayo r, in custod y of Spittle and Jar vis City officers, charged, the first with having ut tered a forged cheque for 3401., the others with having been concerned in forging the document, with intent to defraud the London and Westminster Bank. Mr. George Tozer, cashier in the London and Westminster Bank, St. James's square, said—l pro duce a cheque for 340/., which was presented for pay ment at the bank about the 20th December. It is dated the 19th of December, 1851, purports to be drawn by Selim Dean and Co., and is made payable to Mr. J. Sims. I believe that the prisoner Gerber was the person who presented it. I was not quite satisfied as to the accuracy of the signa ture, and referred it to one of my fellow-clerks, the person who presented it remaining in the bank. lie had stated to me that he would have the amount in ten 20/. notes and the rest in gold. Subst quently Mr. Dean, by whom the cheque purported to be drawn, was communicated with, and Gerber was given into custody upon the charge of having uttered the cheque, knowing it to be a forged instrument. Gerber—That is all quite correct. _ . Webb, sergeant of the C division of Metropolitan Police, said—l apprehended the prisoner Gerber at the London and Westminster Bank, at 11 o'clock on the 20th of December. He was given into my cus tody for uttering this cheque, and, after having been detained three days, was discharged by the magistrate at Marlborough. street. I found upon him a paper re lating to the insertion of an advertisement in the Morning Advertiser, and also a letter calling upon him to meet a gentleman named Sims, at Osmond's Sarah Dunk, waitress at O.mond'a coffee-house, in the Strand, said—A fortnight ago last Friday a man came into the coffee-room and ordered a chop. The prisoner Wagner is the person. He said "If any one asks for Mr. Sims send him to me." After he finished his chop, and nobody had called, he told me to bring him a sheet of paper. fle then wrote on a slip of paper and handed it to me, saying, "If any one in quires for Mr. Sims give him that." The paper con tains the words, " Mr. Sims has been waiting." Wagner then went away. About ten minutes after wards the prisoner Gerber came in and asked for Mr. Sims, and I gave him the slip of paper, which he read, and, thanking me, took it away with him. Cross-examined by Wagner—Had you any doubt as to my identity when I first went into the coffee. room with the officer? Witness—l saw no particu lar mark by which I could identify you, any more than your general person. I did not know you at first when you were brought in, for your hat was on, hut when you passed the bar and took off your hat I recognised you. I was asked by the officer whether I knew you, and I said I believed you to be the man. Wagner—Did you recognise me w hil e I was sit ting near the officer till the officer made some remark to you ? Witness—l did not recognise you till the officer said to me, "Do you know this man ?" 1 said, "I believe him to be the man." I never asked you if you had been in the house before, and had given a card_ Mr. Oennot,d, the proprietor, asked the question. Wagner—lf this slip of paper is what you said I left with you, where is the remainder of the sheet ? Witness—lt was left in the room. Gerber (to the witness)—ls this man (pointing to Wagner) the Mr. Sims who gave you the piece of paper fur me ? Witness—l believe that person to be the same. Gerber—My Lord, this is not the man I saw at the Duke of York's monument. Wagner—The prisoner who has just spoken knows well that I was not the person. Robert Badcock, City policeman—l have taken notes of all that occurred to my knowledge, relative to the prisoners, and have dates of all the transac tions. From information which I had received in the beginning of December, 1 was employed with Jarvis, the officer, to watch the movements of Krakauer and Wagner. Here the witness gave the dates of a num ber of occasions upon which he had seen Wagner and Krakauer together, and excited no small degree of surprise at the skill and perseverance with which the pursuit from place to place was conducted. The witness also stated that he had seen Kessler frequently go into Waguer's house in Long-acre, at the side door. This witness, upon his cross-examination by Mr. Wright, for Kessler, particularized several occasions on which he had seen Kessler enter Wagner's house, and said that the visits were so frequent as to lead to the inference that Kessler lived in the house. Wit ness had reasons for not taking any of the prisoners into custody while they were meeting. Inspector Teague (of the City force), who has the case in hand, requested the Lord Mayor would re mand the prisoners for a week, and stated that he had reason to believe, from information which he had re ceived, that he should be able to connect all the per sons at the bar with the forgery of the chope for 3401. upon the London and Westminster Bank. Mr. Tilson, on behalf of the London Joint-Stock Bank, said, he had reason to believe that he should b 3 able to show a connexion between the person now in prison under the charge of having uttered a forgery upon that establishment and the prisoners. Mr. Wright submitted that th ere was not suff i c i ent evidence to justify the remand of Kessler, his client, who was a person of well-known respectability. The LORD MAYOR said, he considered the case cal culated to affect this great commercial community ; quite enough had been shown to justify a re mand of all the prisoners, a n d h e cou ld not f or a moment think of taking bail to any amount for any one of them.— The prisoners were then remanded for a week. GUILDHALL. John Barker, alias Murphy, was again placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Copeland upon the charge of conspiring with others not in , custody in obtaining goods of Mr. Brock , of Bartlett Ts-buildings, to the value of upwards of 3001., by means of frau dulent representations. Mr. Lewis attended for the prosecution, and stated that, in addition to the charge of conspiracy, he in tended to charge the prisoner with forgery, in draw ing and uttering two bills of exchange for 100/. and 1501. in the name of John Barker, his real name being Murphy. • person named Alexander Honeyman had been summoned, but he had sent a parcel of these identical goods to his solicitor, placing them at the prosecutor's service, and declining to attend. His P ewr summons yu, would the a t chief eh n . ed o f r colne hint. rka evidence was, however, material, and he (Mr. Lewis) therefore a am p l p sbo l e i e ti id statedrf o o rl Police-court, oi second suirri of M r. th li e e s a future day, to prove that the prisoner on his oath at that court stated his name was John Murphy.—Re manded. CLERKENW ELL. Mrs. Flanagan, the wife of Henry Martin Flanagan, who was charged with obtaining 11.35. 6d. under false pretences from a Mrs. White, to whom he represented that he was a clerk to Mr. Horry, the barrister, at tended before Mr. Tyrwhitt, who heard the case and committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial, to state that her unfortunate husband had perpetrated self destruction b y k eep i ng hi s bead down in a pail of water, and to requ e st that a trifling sum of money found up on hi m w h e n he was apprehe nded might b e banded over to her, as she an d her family were i n the greatest distress. Mr. Trawnirr could not make any order upon the subject, but the poor woman was referred to Mr. Sergeant Adams , and we . money was delivere d u p to her the course of the day. She is a respectable and evidently an educated woman, and bears a good character. She was much affected, and co nsiderable sympathy was manifested towards her. coffee-house in the Strand. The latter was to the 'appearance indicated that they had been very grossly effect that "if A. G. had not already met with an neglected. There were marks of violence on their engagement, he was to call upon Mr. Sims, at backs and faces, and the lips of the elder child were Osmoud's coffee-house, and if found to be suitable he cut and swollen. The prisoner was remanded. would obtain employment." I also found upon him a A poor widow named Mary Sheridan came before piece of paper containing words to the effect that Mr. Mr. Yardley for the second time to complain of the Sims had been waiting for him at the coffee-house, conduct of the authorities of the London Hospital, and requesting that he would meet that gentleman at who had, in opposition to her wishes, and against the the Duke of York's column. He told me, in answer express desire of her country people and their preju to my question from whom he had got the cheque, dices, caused the body of her late husband, Philip that he had put an advertisement for a situation on the Sheridan, an Irishman, to be dissected. The man died 12th inst. in the Morning Advertiser, that he had re- in the hospital on Sunday, the 28th ult, and when his ceived the letter in answer, and had accordingly widowapplied for his body for the purpose of " waking" called at Osmond's coffee-house, and subsequently and burying it, the people in the hospital refueled to met a gentleman who called himself Mr. Sims at the deliver it to her, and one of the medical gen';lemen Duke of York's column, by whom, after some con- asked her if she had any objection to the body being versation, he was sent to the London and Westminster opened. She expressed the very strongest objections Bank to get cash for the cheque. In the interim to such a proceeding, and said her husband, previous between the day he was apprehended and the 23d of to his going into the hospital, said he would not on December, nothing having been ascertained which any consideration have his body opened. connected Gerber with Mr. Sims, be was discharged. Mr. YARDLEY asked if the body had been delivered I have since communicated with the City Police upon to the widow ? Mrs. Sheridan—Yes, and buried the subject. your worship. The Lone) MAYOR having asked the witness whether Mr. YARDLEY—What do you want m.e to do ? he had anything to say of the other prisoners? Mrs. Sheridan—l want redress, your worship, for Webb conti n ued—l saw the prisoner Kessler at his cutting up my husband's body in the way they have house, a coffee-shop or coffee-house in Cranbourne- done. It was against his wishes. Can they do it ? street, Leicester-square, in the presence of Mr. Selim Mr. YARDLEY—But, my good woman, it is done, Dean, and asked him whether he did not go to Mr. and you can't remedy it. It is a pity, I think, you Dean and get a ch e que from that gentleman on the did not consent to it; but I don't wi-h to insult any 12th? He said he did. Mr. Dean then said, in Kess- prejudices you may have on the subject. ler's presence, that K ess l er came i n t o his shop about M rs. Sh er id an —Th ey did i t s h ame f u ll y, your wor five in the evening, and asked for the accommodation ship. Can't you punish them for it ? of a cheque, as it was after post time, for some Ger- Mr. YARDLEY said he had no jurisdiction in the man notes and French money, which he had got to matter at all. He had no power to interfere. send to a person living in a street near the City- road, An Officer—lf she goes to the hospital at one and that the cheque was accordingly given. I told o'clock to-morrow the committee will hear her. Kessler it was necessary that he should be particular, Mrs. Sheridan (pie-sionately)—Very well; there and produce the letter from the person who had ap- is no justice here at all for a poor woman. She then plied to him to get the foreign (aches - Ted for Eog- hurriedly left the court with her friends, who were lish money. He took down a bundle of letters, greatly excited. looked them over, and said that he had told Mr. Dean he could not find the letter, that he must have destroyed it, and that, having received the money and sent it to the person who had applied to him, he did not conceive it to be of any import ance. I said to him " Try and tax your memory ; I must know where' you sent that money to, or to whom you directed it." He asked what was the matter? I told him that the cheque which he had re ceived from Mr. Dean on the 12th was not offered for payment till the 16th, and that the cheque which bad been forged upon the London and Westminster Bank was a copy, or nearly so, of the one which had been received by him from Mr. Selim Deau ; that Mr. Dean said that such was the case, and was prepared to swear that it was not his usual practice to form one of the letters as it was formed in that cheque ; that the formation of the letter in the forgery was precisely similar to that of the corresponding letter in the cheque with which Mr. Dean accommodated Kessler; and that, in fact, Mr. Dean had not signed in that manner four times in his life. I then asked him, "Now, do you remember where you sent the money to ?" lie replied, "I do not. lam very sorry that I destroyed the letter. I cannot tell whether I sent the cheque to the City-road, to St. John's-wood, or anywhere else." I produce the cheque which Mr. Dean gave to Kessler, and which exactly corresponds with Mr. Dean's de scription and with the forged cheque, and I produce other cheques signed by Mr. Dean according to his usual practice. Cross-examined for Kessler by Mr. Wright— There were four or five persons at Kessler's house when I went into it. I cannot say anything in his favour. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, JAN. 3.—Captain Dunlop's company, 7th battalion, were inspected this morning in their new clothing by Lieutenant-Colonel Thorndike, com manding officer of the 7ch battalion, the company being under orders to proceed to Sheerness by steamer on January 29, to relieve Captain Nedham's company, 11th battalion, ordered to head-quarters to prepare for foreign service. Captain Riddell's company, 6th battalion, have also been inspected in their new clothing, and are under orders to proceed to Dover by railway on January 22, to relieve Major Tulloch's company 11th battalion, ordered to return to head-quarters preparatory to their embarkation for foreign service. Captain Gambier's company, Bth battalion, have been placed under orders to proceed by railway to Portsmouth on January 15, to relieve Captain Cheat ham's company, 11th battalion, ordered to return to Woolwich to prepare for foreign service. A memorandum, dated December 30, 1851, was sent from the Adjutant General's-office to the offices of officers commanding bAttalions and corps, request ing them to furnish by an early hour on December 31, a return, prepared with the greatest accuracy, of the distribution and strength of the Royal Artillery at present in the United Kingdom. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the po, Essex, from the 27th Dec., 1851, to the 3d Jan., 1 both inclusive : , • 0 ;les nt at& in 1N52, Colchester Harwich Leigh Dia!don O Ca 14 15. 39 1-' 650 TUESDA EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1852, 7'HAM.I2S. Mary Allman, an Irish woman, the wife of a dock labourer, aged 29, of No. 5, Hairbrain-Court, Rose mary-Erw, was brought bd'ort, Mr. Yardley, charged with cruelty to her stepchildren, Ann Allman, ugtd 10 years, and Maria Aula Allmau, aged 8 years) whom 21)2 15 601 1221 CHELMSFORD, JAN. 2.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, 4is to 46s ; red, 358 to 39s ; barley, 258 to 285; chevalier 28, to 328; grinding 228 to 26s ; malt 5& to 558; chevalier 54s to 56s ; oats 18s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 27s to 308; white, 28s to 30s ; boiling, 295 to 32s ; dun, new, 26s to 288; beans, tick, 26s to 29s ; harrow ticks, 27s to oOe; mazagan, 24s to 278. COLCHESTER, JAN. 3.—Wheat, white 42s to 46s ; red 36s to 408 ; oats, 18e to 21s; beans, mazagan 265 to 281; middle and small 26s to 30s ; peas, white 308 to 325, grey, new 288 is 308 ; barley, 26s to 328 per qr. KIRKALDY, JAN. 3.—The following are the quotations for grain:— Wheat. Barley. First 42, Od 26s Ed 7,econd 39, 6d 24s Od Third 33, Od 21, 6d Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINQTON, JAN. 2.—Th, grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. Oats. 20s 6d 19s 6d 16s 6d 3 imperial, followin, Beans. —s Od —s Od —s Od !83 Od to are the Peas. —s Od —s tM Od 008 CLL priees of First ... Second 36s 3d Third ...... Total quantity of Wheat i Do. Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans Barley. I Oats. Beans. 26s 3d 21s 01 31s Od 24s 4d 1 19s 5d 288 8d 216 Od I 18s Od 26, 61 market 642 qrs., 612 sold do. 422 qrs., 416 sold do. 463 qrs., 443 sold do. 82 qrs., 75 sold ;T.--YESTERDAY. the close of the market : I Braddyll [ ii etton Haswell l7s 6d I Lam bton [ Pensher I Richmond l6s 3d [ Russell's Hetton I Scarborough l6s Od I Stewart's .. ... .... [ Shotton (unscreened) 148 ()d Bowdon Close ..... Hunwick West Kelloe Whitworth [South Durham 155 3d Tees .[Cowpen Hartley I' Hartley ._ ...... ..... I Nixon's Merthyr and I Cardiff [ Sidney's Hartley ['Whitworth Coke 152. Sold, 92. COAL MARK& Prices of Coal per ton at t Allk-rdean Hartley; l3s Od tsate's West Hartley 13s 6d, Burnhope Cares Hartley ..... 14s 6d Holywell Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s Oci l New Tanfield .. 135 €d North Percy Hartley.. 13s 6d Redheugh Main anfield Moor fandeld Moor Butes 135 9d Walker's Primrose Wylam Wall's End, Sie, Clarke •••••• • ••• • /34 id Clennel .............. 138 6d H ll e a b rt b o u n ra . .......... . 1 1 4 5 5 s 9 6 d d Gosforth Heaton Lawson Eden Main Ships at market, HAIL WAY SHARE MARKETS. BRIsTOL, STOCK ExcHArrozThere has been a tolerable amount of business done to-day, but prices were generally firm. The only transaction reported was —Bristol and Exeter, 83 , A. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Caledonian, 16— Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61% — Ditto, Fifths, 7% dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 3 p. - Midland, 58—. South-Eastern and Dover, 21;18—York and North Midland, 22e4 . ataxcaEsTE - R, JAN. 5 . STOCK EXCHAINGE.—The share mark et was rather de pressed to-day, and prices bad a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow :—Blackburn (No. 1), s—Cale donian, 16% 1 —Ditto, r 1 lefe—Ditto, Fifths, 1 at:o d rt is h . ern, 18% — Midland, 58—South-Eastern and Dover, 21%—L anca - Shire and Yorkshire, 6 3 BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 5. STOCK EXCILA-NGE.—The share market opened heavily this morning, and throughout the day there was a limited amount of business transacted. Owing to circumstances not easily or satisfactorily explained, the tendency was not fa vourable. The traffic returns last published are, under cir cumstances, considered good, and tho settlement for a time of the late commetien in Paris led parties to expect a different result. Local stocks are chiefly in request, but there is little doing in them. The quotations this evening were in the main the srme as the closing prices in the London share Mapket. POST•OFFICE NOTICE. MONEY :ORDERS. Athenry, county Galway, Ireland, having been constituted a post town, the office there will be opened for the issue and payment of money _orders on and after the 6th January instant. Tun LAST MAN.--The solitary survivor of the wreck of the Royal George is now living at St. George's, Gloucestershire. s name is Abel His, aged 91. Until lately he was a hale Hi old man, but is now bedridden, sh - id his only support is from the poor-rate. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —An Extraordinary Cure of a Bad Foot. —ll.lr. Henry Kennewell, son of the late much respected surveyor of the South. ampton District of St. Pancras, London, states in a letter to his mother from Burra Burrs, Port Adelaide, that OR his jour ney to those mines from Adelaide, he was co m p e ll e d to walk for the w an t o f a co nveyance, and, in doing so, be grazed, and afterwards poisoned his foot, which became so bad that . he was under a surgeon's care for more . than four months without ob taining any ;he was in the th n r i e n e du w ce e d ek t s o , teroymHpole.ltloewlyacyur's cured d in h t is foot, ment and and li P e d w is' as wh en n ated to commence work without incon venieuce.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 3d inst., at Londonderry, Bedale, the lady of W N. Russell, Esq., Commander R.N. Oa the bth inst., in Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, Madame Bartholeyns de Posselaert. On the sth inst., in New -street, Spring-gardens, the wife of J. Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 4th inst, at Fitzroy-park, Highgate, the wife of William Gladstone, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Abbey-road, Regent's-park, the lady o f Wilmot Buxton, Esq. MARRIED. On the Ist inst., at Stoke Damerel, Captain John P. Coode, 35th Regiment M.N.1., son of Rear-Amiral Coode, C. 8., to Emily Sarah, youngest daughter of Commander E. Col lier, R.N. DIED. On the 3d inst., at Brighton, Thomas Williams, Esq., of Cowley-grove, near Uxbridge, aged 79. On the 3d inst., at Edmonton, aged 84, Isabella, widow of the late T. Browne, Esq., of Stoke Newington. On the 3d inst., at Shanks house, the Rev. S. Marindin, rector of Buckhorn Western, Dorset, aged 44. On the 3d inst., at Barley -street. Cavendish-square, E. R. Strickland, Esq., aged 42. On the 3d inst., at Dover, Charlotte, relict of Thomas Quihampton, late of Saltwc,od, aged 90. At the College, Ely, the Rev. George Millers, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, Minor Canon of the Cathedral for 51 years, aged 77. London: Priptsd vnd Publinbed by MURDO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun °face, No. 115 Strand, in tilt/ Precinct of the Savoy, i n th e cou nty of Macau, Tuesday, January 6, 1342. L I"_' 4<.