The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-23 00:00:00

Tsbitti.l; n SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) --i..- WINDSOR CASTLE, Jen. 17, 1852. h This day had an audience of her Majesty, deliver ls Excel lency Monsieur Alexandre Colonna wa Ambas sador from the French Republic , to a Le tt er from the Prince President of the French Republic; to which he was introduced by Earl Granville, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 19. The Queen has been gra ciously pleased to appoint James Hudson, Esq. , no w her Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Pienipoteutiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sardinia. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point Sir Henry Lytton Balwer, G.C.B , now her Ma jesty's E nvo y Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to the United States of America, to be her Maje Cy's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary t e ethe Grand Duke of Tu scan y. Th e Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point John Fiennes Cramptor, Esq., now Secretary to ber Majesty's Legation at Washington, to be her Ma jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to the Uni ed States of America. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 23. Royal Regiment of firse Guards-Cornet Charles Sidney Davers Mills has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of his commission; Cornet Algernon Massingberd has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of his cominiesion, Jan. 23. 11th Ligbt Dragoons-Assistant Surgeon Henry John Wilkin, from the Staff, to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Richard Pyper, who retires on half-pay, Jan. 23. 13th Light Dragoons-George Maxwell Goad, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hon. W. H. W. Quin, promoted, Jan. 23. 6th Regiment of Foot-William Grove Annesley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Garde, appointed *to the 61st Foot, Jan. 23 ; Richard Henry Goodwin, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lloyd, promoted, Jan. 24. 13th F o ot-Assistant -Surgeon Edgar Dumaresq Batt, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Clarke, who resigns, Jan. 23. 16th Foot-Thomas Coote Grant, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Flower, promoted, Jan. 23. 19th Foot-Lieutenant Robert Onesephorus Bright, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Skeete, who retires; Ensign Leonard Douglas Hay Currie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bright, Jan. 23. 26. h Foot-Edward Archibald Collins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lord Dugan, who retires, Jan. 23. 37th Foot-Charles Edward Ascough Evered, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Douce, promoted, Jan. 23. 47th Foot-Henry Bowles George Stokes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lowry, promoted, Jan. 23. 57th Foot-James Hornby Buller, Gent., to be En. sign, by purchase, vice Brown, promoted, Jan. 23. 60th Foot-Assistant -Surgeon James Crerar, from the 76th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Payne, ap pointed to the Staff, Jan. 23. 61st Foot-Ensign Kenneth Bruce Stuart to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Harrison Harrison, who re tires; Ensign William Capel Garde, from the 6th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Stuart, Jan. 23. 63d Foot-William John Alexander Stainer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Paterson, promoted; Jan. 23. 6711 Foot-Edward Skefflogton Randal Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Austen, appointed to 24th Foot, Jan. 23. 68th Foot-Richard Lloyd Edwards, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase. vice Westropp, who retires, Jan. 23; Charles Travers Fuller, Gent., to he Ensig n, by pur chase, vice Kirk, pr om ot e d i n 7 t h F oot , Jan. 24. 70th Foot -Alexander Charles Hughes Tuvey, Gent., to b.) Ensien, by purchase, vice Greaves, promoted, Jan. 23. 71st Foot-Charles Pringle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 23. 711 Foot-Poole Francis Shnldham, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Williams, pcomoted, Jan. 23. 74th Foot-Robert Cathcart, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sir A. H Dillon, Bart., whose promotion, on 26th December, 1851, has been cancelled, Jan. 23. 76th Font - Acting Assistant-Surgeon Thomas O'Kearney Gordon to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Crerar, appointed to 60th Foot, Jan. 23. 86th Foot-Robert Thomas Francis Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Honourable Wil liam Henry Lysti&ht, deceased, Jan. 23. 88th Foot-Ensign George Edward Copley, from 77th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Grogan, promoted, J in. 23. 94th Foot-Ensign Richard Raphael Meade to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Day, deceased, Oct. 6th, 1851; Ensign S ) denham Malthus, from Ist West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Meade, Jan. 24. Rifle Brigade-Philip le Bel ward Egervn, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nixon, pro moted, Jan. 23. Ist West India Regiment-Roger Dawson Upton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wallinger, promoted, Jan. 23; Sydenham Malthus, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, v.ce Muller, appointed to the Ist Foot, Jan. 24; George Thomas Miller, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 25. 2d West India Regiment-William St. Aubyn, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Simmons, pro moted, Jan. 23; Reber; Joynt Gordon Grant, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Birley, promoted, Jan. 24. 3d West India Regiment-Lieutenant Robert Mostyn to be Captain, by purchase, vice Graham, who retires; Ensign Henry Leigh to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mostyn, Jan. 23. Bengal Canadian Rifle Regiment-Lieutenant Wil liam Hervey FozGerald to be Captain, without pur chese, vice L)eare, deceased, Dec. 9, 1851. HOSPITAL STAFF - Assistant-Surgeon Frederic John Ffolliott Payne, from 60th Foot, to be Assistant -Surgeon to the Forces, vice Wilkin, appointed to 11 th Light Dragoons; Acting Assistant -Surgeon Arthur Bell, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Batt, appointed to 13th Foot, Jan. 23. UNATTACHED.-Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey Charles Mundy, half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, Jan. 23. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 21. Admiral of the White Zachary Mudge, Esq., has been appointed to receive a pension of 1501. a year, as provided for in her Mejesty's Order in Council of the 25th Jape, 1851, vacant by the decease, on the 18th instant, of Admiral George McKinley, and the name of Admiral Mudge has been removed to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly; and, in consequence of this removal, the following promotions have taken place, dated the 19th incitant;-- Admiral of the Blue Sir George Mundy, K.C.8., to be Admiral o f the White. eVice-Admiral of the Red John Dick,Eeq., to be Ad miral of t h e Btu Vice no r the e White James Richard awes, Esq., to Vice_ al of the Red. Vice-eerie:erne of th e C. 3., G e ed/ t Eioe George Francis Seymour, Rear- e.dmiree vice -Admiral of the White. K C. 8., K t ) be * of othe3R,d Sir Edward Chetbara Strode, Rear-Admiral of tee • Viet -Admiral of the B C htteß.lohn Coode, C. 8., to be Rear- ikdeniral 05 the Rear-Admiral of the Blue. erdGeorge Rose Sartorius to be Rear-Admiral of the Captain William Walpole, E W hite . of the Blue. 'q , to be Rear-Admiral The undernrmentioned Captnins, on the ße Retired List, have e pomoted to be Retired Gaze a i r-Ndsoiral s , on paytof Ist Sep the terms proposed in the London e tember, 1846, but without increase of Captain Hugh Patton. Captain Hon. Charles Orlando Bridgm an. Captain Sir Henry Shiffner, Bart. "e ant Captain Henry Forbes. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Hilary Term, 15th Victoria, 21st January, 18 52. This Court will hold Sittings on M on d ay the 2d, Tuesday the 33, M o nday the 9th, and Tuesd a y t h e 10th , days o f F e bruary nex r, and wil l , on th ose days, t a k e in the first instance, the cases of new trials fr om the country remaining undisposea of in the Ne w T r i al Paper ; an d t h en ca ses in the Special Paper, and after ward. cases in the Crown Paper. And the Court will also hole a sitting, at twelve o'clock at noon, on Satur day the 21st d ay o f February next, and give judgment in oases pre v i ous l y argue d. BY THE Contr. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Hilary Term, 15th Victoria. Thursday, the 22d day of January, 1852. This Court will hold Sittings on Friday and Saturday, the 6th and 7th days of February next, and also on Monday the 9th, Tuesday the 10th, Wednesday the lltb, end Thursday the 12th, days of the same month, and w ill a t such Sittings proceed in disposing of the business then pending in the Paper of N©w Trials, and also in giving judgment in all matters then standing for judgment. FRED. POLLOCK. E. H. ALDERSON. JAB. PARKE, T. J. PLATT. WHITEHALL, JAN. 17. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Edward Rowcliffe, of Stogumber, in the county of Somerset, Gent,, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Ch ancery. WHITEHALL, JAN. 20, The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Robinson, of Huddersfield, in the county of York. Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. W BANKRUPTS. smith 9 William Davis Pritchard and Daniel Pritchard, co ac h High -street. St. Marylebone, to surrender Feb. 2, at ball -past one, and M a rch 5, at twe lve, at the Court of Bank ruPtcY. Stansfeld, official assignee; Southampton-buildi ngs, Holborn. Smith, Minori John George M ars h, carpen t er , Church-street, es, eb. 4, at half -past eleven, and March 2, at twelve, at the C ourt of Bankruptcy. Graham, o ffi cial assigneeers ; Min Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Commercial chamb , eing-lane. Thomas Harris and John Burls, brewers, Hampstead road, Jan. 31 , at ore, and March 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy- Cannon, o ff i c i a l ass i gnee, Al" Cheapside. dermanbury ; Langford and Mar s d en , F r i day - stree t, George Potter, lime burner, Grosvenor Basin, Pim lico, Feb. 6, at two, and_ M arch 20, at eleven, a t the Cour: of Bankruptc Ma tty. Pennell, of fi cial assign ee , Guild hall-chambers; hews, ;Arthur -street-west, London bridge. George Flint, hosier, _Lombard -street, Feb. 5, and f at the court o f Bankruptcy. Bell, March 4, at one, Oficial aril nee, Coleman - air eet 1 7 1 •1 Wood-street, Cheopside, b °--nits; Qoddard sad 1 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending Jan. 20, 1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in America 20s. 2id. per cwt From the Mauritius ... 17s. Bd. „ From the East Indies .. ... 225. 54d. „ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 20s. 10d. „ By authority of. Parliam en t, HENRY BICKNELL. Clerk of the Grocers' Company Grocers'-hall, Jan. 23. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Stn of Victoria, cap. 32 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 17th day of January, 1852. ISBUZ DEPAILTMENT. X. Notes 155ued........ 31,151,175 Government debt •• 11,015,1C0 Other securities •. • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,117,800 Silver bullion • • .. • • 33,375 431,151,175 I £31,151,175 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cash]er. 1852. 'El...lmmix T. A. Dated the 22d day of January, DIMON@ D Proprietors 'capital • • 14,553,000 Rest . 3,247,702 Public deposits (In- government sacral- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 13,169 098 Other securities •. • . 11,388,726 Notes •••••••• • • • • .• 10,112,840 Geld and silver Coin .• 573,712 eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of . . - __ National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounus) • • 4,/15,153 Other deposits • • • . .. 11,656,776 Seven day and other Bills ••••••• • • • • • 1,171,745 £35,344,376 I £35,344,376 Id. MARSHALL * Chief Cashier. 552. Dated the 22d day of January, la COURSE OF EXCEI/ &fluter,. •... 1 1 1 7 % Ditto, three months.. 11 19 tiotterdani .... •• .. 11 19 34 Brussels • • • .... ...... 25 50 Elamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 10i !atone ...... .• Paris, 3 days'sight .... 25 2734 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 45 Marseilles ............ 25 45 80urdeaux......... • rrankforton Maine.... 120 k Vienna, effee. fib •• .. •• 12 3 0 Trieste, ditto.... ...... 12 33 Petersburgh, 911. Rble.. 37 Madrid .....- 49 Cadiz .. 50 Barcelona ............ • • • • ~ LNGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar— •••••••••••• Leghorn •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 30 b 5 fleaoa •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 60 Milan .• •• •• •• •• •• •• Venice— • • •• • • • • • • •• •• Naples •• •• 4C 3i Palerrao,peroz........ 120 yi Messina 120% Lisbon • • • • • • • • •• •• •• •• 52% Oporto... •••••• •• •• •• 52% Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia PIIIOiB OF BULLION, PIS OS Foreign Geld in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 ,Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 New Dollars .... •• 0 4 1036 Sliver In bars ........ 0 0 0 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Jan. 23.) SUGAR.-To-day a good demand existed for West India Sugar, both for grocery and refining purposes; the rates obtained were fully equal to Friday last. The purchases te-day were 900 hhds, including at auction 151 hhds 12 trcs Barbadoes, which realized the full value, fine yellow selling at 38 to 40s, mid to good 32s to 375, ord to low 30a to 31s 6d. 13 hhds Demerara crystalised sold at easier terms, good to fine yellow went at 36a to 41s, low to mid 333 to 355, brown 263 to 295. REFINED.-Te-day the market was firm for home trade goods, and a fair business was concluded; in prices there is no variation. Crushed Sugar for shipping con tinues to attract little attention. MAURITIUS. -This afternoon there was fair bidding% at a public sale of 1,560 bags, and full rates were pii /, fine yellow went at 35s to 365, good 22a to 345, interior 29s to 31s, and brown from 25s 6d to 28s 68. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon there was more compe tition at the public safes of 3,620 bags Bengal, and the whole sold at fully former rates; Benares, fine white, rea lised 36s to 36s 6d; mid to good 33a to 35s 6d, low 32s to 32s 6d, mid and washed 31s to 35i 6d, low to mid grany 32s to'3ss. Khaor 21s to 235, and low to fine soft yellow 24s 6d to 28s. Or 'Madras 4,200 bags went with more spirit at the previous value; fine and superior grainy yellow selling at 38s to 40s, ord to good 323 to 375, mid to fine elauriteas kinds 293 to 335, soft brown 22s 6d to 23s 68, and yellow ditto 24s to 27s per cwt. Fonaacite-To-day operations privately in Foreign Sugar were upon a rather more extended scale, and at previous terms there were not free sellers. None was submitted ;:o auction. MOLASSES.-For West India there are still several buyers, and the quantity remaining in importers bands is much reduced. The prices paid have been 11s to 12s, but chiefly 11s to Ils 6d. Bengal and Mauritius are wanted at 10s to 108 6d, few parcels are however on offer. There is a better demand for Cabs and Porto Rico at Ils 6d to 12s 68. Honey met with a slow sale, and low to fine Jamaica can be obtained at from 35s to 505. Several parcels of Tama rinds have been again sold; East India at is to 123; fine West India from 203 to 303 per cwt. COFF EE.-To-day full rates were demanded for both colonial and foreign coffee, there was, however, reluct ance on the part of exporters and home dealers to ope rate. At public sale 700 bags washed Rio were taken in at 44s 6d, and of 500 bags Bahia a small portion only sold at 33s 6.1 to 34s for ord. Of Costa Rica 4,500 bags were Pertly disposed or, good to fine ord at 41s to 435, and damaged at 37s 6d to 41s per owt. The general value of good ord Native Ceylon is 395, there is, how ever, little doing privately. Cocos.--The demand does not improve for Foreign, moderate as prices rule; Bahia and Para being offered at 24s to 265, and Guayaquil at 31s per cwt. At public sale the quantity of West India offered has been 620 bags. There has been an improved demand, together with a rise in prices of is to as per cwt; good red selling at 37s to 395, mid 35s to 36s 6d, common 33s to 345, mid to good grey 31s to 335, low 283 6d to 30s 68, and da maged 27a to 30$ 6d. The value of sound Grenada is from 29s - 0 36s per cwt. TEA.-Prices for Congou have undergone no further depression, and sorts-under is per lb are in good demand for horse consumption, but absvo that rate operations have been upon a limited scale, ten increase of orders is quicley looked for, on account el the low rates and im proving consumption. There is still a plentiful supply of all qualities. Prices for low raga at 7id to 7;18, good common 8d to BiB, blackish leaf 98 to I Id, superior and Pekoe kinds is to is sd. Oolong sells more freely, no advance has taken place; the value of good to fine is is Id to le 4d, inferior and mid 91 to Is. Only limited transactions have taken place in Souchon, although com mon to mid can be obtained at 8d to I Id, good to fine Is to Is 81 Pouchoug in small parcels has been selling at 4.i to 78, but at these low terms sales are nat pressed. Thu demand is better for Green; there is yet a plentiful supply, and sales consequently are easily made at pre vious low rates; ordinary and fine qualities attracting the most attention. The value of Hyson of low to mid is is to is 28, good to fina Is 33 to 2a superior 2s 2d to 2s 88, young Hyson, common lid to Is, better sorts is 10d to 2s bd, imperial is 28 to 2s 4d, Canton made 10d to ls, Gunpowder 8d to Is, Hyson kind is 2d to Is 7d, good to tine ditto Is Id to3s 48, and Twankay 1 Id to Is Id, Scented Orange Pekoe is freely offered for sale, good to tine at is Id to Is Bd, and inferior 9d to Is, yet few transactions have taken place. Flowery Pekoe has been Operated in with reluctance, fine and superior can be ob tained at is 98 to 2s Bd, low to good Is to ls 83. Caper c an be obtained at 9d to Is, and Scented ditto 10d to is 4d per ad lb. To-day at public sale 2,434 pkgs were offered, m n7 9 o found buyers at the previous value; good com- SPICEgou realized 8d per lb. has ileen a , - , u !I l i iltdteerds to o f Pepper publ i c s have sle t hithis confidence, week. and Several none realizing 31d to 3-ie parcels have higher rates be en . sold by private treaty, and rather now .ade ;e i2siaftiorer,aataafhunnedigri are obtaiued; clean Sumatra and Penang nor 108 to lid. White remains 8d to is 8d for low t e o r r es ; and Malabar 34d to 31 I per lb. parcels realize 112 s to u l e. lad; request at 7d to 90, ,sups 8d Lignea, in small paid for Cayenne are from scanty supply. Cassia V e 2 r 4 : • p er cwt., at action 40 bales, of ver l is worth 45s to 60s; bat 355. For small lots of Jur a and is yet in quality were taken in at seshave sustained pre cwt are the rates obtained. vious terms, and several sid have been made ; PuCreletlhasuesde 130 s to 140 s per Bourbon and Zonzabar at 10d to is Id; and Amboyna 6ipdriteoes7 more in request privately, and to e . sort at 23 3d to 2s sd, second ditto Is lid tOW2firin; first inferior Is 7d to is 10d. Nutmegs are held been made at la 8d to ls I Id, mid 2s to terms, and the demand is better; sales privately of ord brown ha ve 2s sd, good mid to good 2s 6d to 28 10d, fine 23 8d to 3s 4d a ad limed from Is 6d to 2s 2d. At aucti on 48 mks Wild w ithout the shell wer e taken in at Is 6d, an d b roken 98. There aro ready buye rs of Pimento, and a sma l l advance has been obtained. At auction 490 bags Weredisposed good held with - Ginger is firmnes s , of at 4ici to 4id for mid to . mid; and privately better sort realised sd. and none has been for brought to auction. Prices Privatel y seve ral transactions have taken pla ce. Afri ca n rule at from 24s to Export East India 168 to and Cochin 30s to 645; and 17s. In Cinnamon little is doing. 255; Jamaica 42s to 2203 ; Calicut has been obtained on and in some cases a smal l a d van ce RICE.-- The demand continues bri sk for East India, last week's pri ces , home dealers hav in g b een the chief operators. At auction 7,560 ba gs mid Coringa grain at 9s to 9s 6cl, ord to good pinkey 83 Moulmein, bold to 9s, very common 7s 6d to 8s• 570 begs . soun d yellow 8s 6d to 98, Madras were . 61_1 sold; white ditto 7s, and damaged 6:, 6d to 8s per cwt. Privately operations have amounte d to 8,000 bags; Bengal good to flue white at 103 to I Is, low mid to good mid 9a to 9. 9d, broken 86 6d to Si 9d, cargo 73 6d to 93, pearl barley 8s to 9s, low to fine white Java 93 6d to lOs 6d, and Lombock 8a 9d to 93 per cwt. Rice large contra c t s h ave been entered i nto , Carolina ne a d B at 21s to 27s ; Patna Ils 68 to 16 s , a nd low to broken Rice, at 17a to 18s. Sago eFI dos rm t e o t l w ls i . th Alinittelreichaentice, and can be ob tained at 12a to 12a 6d. Sago is at pre- THE SUN, Frederick Long, importer of foreign lace, Vine-street, i Oxford-street, Feb. 5, at two, and March 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lanP; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday street, Cheapside. _ _ sent operated in with caution, moderate as prices range, small pearl being obtained at 14s 6d to 17s, large ditto 21s to 234, and common at lOs to lls. A tsar trade is doing in Farina at 143 to 17s. Holders of Arrowroot are firmer; and the demand is better, the Thomas Footman, huckster, Virolverhampten, Feb. 9 i t sales privately of Bermuda made at Ild to is lid, other and March 3, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham sorts West India 2ict to 7d, Brazil and East India lid District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; to 2d per lb. Smith, Walsall; James, Birmingham. SPIRITS.—For Leeward Island Rum there is a John Hurley, linen-draper, Birmingham, Feb. 10, brisker demand, and the parcels sold were at is 4d to and March 1, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis- is 5d proof; on the part of holders there is also trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; firmness. A good demand prevails for East India at Depree, Lawrenc e-lane, Cheapside ; Motteram, Knight, Is 3d to is aid proof, with not free sellers. In and Emmet, Birmingham. Demerara several purchases have been made at 2s Robert Squire James, wholesale ironmonger, Leeds, to 2s 3d for 32 to 40 over proof, and less desire is evinced Feb. 5 and March 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District to sell. Prices are not better for Jamaica; the demand Court. Young, official assignee Leeds; Benson, Bir- is, however, lorger than last week; but home dealers are mingham; Courtenay and Compton, Leeds. the chief operators, and supply is plentiful; of common William Belshaw, builder, Manchester, Feb. 9 and to mid operations are to a fair extent; fine to superior March 9, at 12, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, 34 to 38 over proof at from 3s to 4s 2d, good 32 to official assignee, Manchester; Rowley, Manchester. 35 over 2s 7d to 2s 10d, mid 2s 4d to 2s 6d, and com- James Henry Gillan, commission merchant, Liverpool, mon 27 to 30 over 2s 2d to 23 3d per gallon. For Brandy Feb. 5 at eleven, at the Liverpool Di s - th e r e h as b een a f a i r b us i ness concluded. Cognac best trict Court. atid 5 rt. official assignee, Liverpool ; Greatley, Brands of the vintage of 1851 realised 4s 2d to 4s 4d, Liverpool. 1850 ditto 4s to 4s Bd, 1849 ditto 5s 93 to 5s 11d, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 6d to 6s 6d, low to mid qualities 2s 10d to 4s, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 23 4d. Geneva met with a slow sale; common at is 7d to Is 8d; flee home trade sort is 93 to 2s. There is still a firm market for British made Spirit; a good demand exists at 9s 8d to 9s 9d, net cash; and Gin at 8s for 22 under proof. FRUIT.—A large demand exists for old Currants at 22s to 255, new are operated in at 31s to 365. In Valen cia Raisins little is doing; there are sellers of new at 31s to 335, and old 22s to 28s. Turkey Pulled Figs are dull of sale at 36s to 70s. Sultanas 44s to 555, and Musca tels 40s to 50a per cwt. SALTPETRE.—At auction 580 bgs Calcutta were _dis posed of; retraction lid to 4 per cent. wont at 27s to 29s 61, 154 to 8 ditto 24s to 25s 6d per cwt. The value of Madras is from 24s to 265. A good sale exists for British refined at 29s to 29s 6d. Nitrate of Soda is held for 4s to 14s 3d; there is little doing. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the market for Cochi neal presented a lively appearance, and there was an ad vance of fully Id per lb. At auction 180 bgs Honduras were sold, low to fine silvers realized 3s to 3s 6d; 33 bgs Mexican silvers 3s to 3s 6d; 33 bgs Mexican silvers 3s to 3s Id, 3 bags black realized 3s 2d to 3s lld for ord to very fine. OILS.—To-day 600 tons Seel Oil were offered at at auction, and partly sold, pale and tinged 311 to 311 10s, and brown 281 to 28110 s. TALLow.—This afternoon the parcels of Tallow offered at auction nearly all sold; 500 pkgs of South American at 34s to 35s 6d; 280 eks Australian, good Mutton 36s to 36s 6d, Oz 34s 6d t o 35 5; 50 s old P.Y.C. 35s 6d. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY AND STRATFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. The first public meeting of this recently formed society was held last evening in a large room con nected with the railway works at Stratford. Mr. D. Waddington, M.P., presided, and was supported by a number of gentlemen connect e d w ith the rail way and the town of Stratford. The room was elegantly decorated for the occasion with flags, banners, and evergreens, and was brilliantly illumi nated with gas in various devices. The report of the committee stated that there were now 241 contribu tors to the funds of the institution, including 20 honorary members, at the head of whom were Mr. Waddington, 1!,41.P., and Mr. Peto, M.P. The com mittee were indebted to the directors of the railway for the use of a temporary building, in which the reading-rooms and library were conducted. These had been opened on the 28th of November; the ave rage number of persons using the rooms had been between 30 and 40 per day ; the average number of volumes in circulation from the lending library was 100. The library contained 960 volumes. Three rooms of the building were devoted for reading-roomy, which were well supplied with daily and weekly papers and periodicals. A lready 48 persons had given in their names as wishing to j ohn classes of instruction ; those for drawing and writing were in operation; others were about being com menced for dramatic reading and music. The Chairman, after remarking on the value and importance of literary and scientific institu tions generally, said it was most essential at this moment that correct views should be disseminated amongst the working classes . on their d u ti es to themselves, their families, and thraneighbours. Their duty was not to combine for the particular benefit of this or that class, but for the general welfare of all. As they advanced in knowledge, which the facilities held out by this institution would enable them to do, their views on these questions would become clearer and more defined. Now that an agitation on the question of labour was spreading through the country, he thought it right to remark that it was the duty neither of the employers to combine to deprive their men of employ nor of the men to combine to take em ployment from others. It was the right of both classes to make the best bargain they could for them selves. There was a spirit abroad calculated to in terfere with the rights of labour, and, by conse quence, with the duties which a man owed to his fa mily. This institution was eminently calculated to promote peace and goodwill amongst them all; for the cultivation of science and literature was eminently con ducive to this end. The committee of the institution were chiefly working men, who had no end in view but the promotion of their own and their fellows' welfare. By their exertions a new building would probably soon be raised for the institution, in which object he, as chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway, should be happy to aid. Still the success of the society must depend on the exertions of the members themselves. Let them recollect - the brilliant ex- A pple of George Stephe nson , once i n as humble a position as thems e l ves , w h o, by h i s stupen dous engineering work s , h a d earned for himself imperishable renown, and shed an unfading lustre on the mechanical class at large.—(Cbeers.) The Rev. Mr. Holloway briefly addressed the meeting. Mr. W . .B. Adams ( w h o was stated to have made a donation of 867 valuable books to the library) said he had always been anxious that every workman should have a fair day's wage for a fair day's work, and that his workmen sh ou ld possess t h e means of acquiring in telligence, believing they would be all the better for it. Th e b oo k s he ha d presented to this institution bad been used by his own workmen up t o t h e t i me of h i s esta b l i s h ment at Fairfield being broken up; andconsideriug that he only held them as a t rus t ee , h e h a d h an d e d t h em over to this institution, whose objects were similar. He trusted to see the day when employers and employed would be avowedly what they intrin.ically were— eiders and assisters of each other.—(Cheers.) A concert of vocal and instrumental music followed. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE During the controversy that has now been so many vreeks pending between the machine manufac turers and their employes, the interests of one class of mere though terribly implicated in the result of the struggle, appear to have been totally overlooked. Nothing has been said, and little seems to have been thought, , by either party of the " non-society men." Yet the fate that was to overtake these work men ought surely to have found place in the discus sion. In number they were greater—it is said in the proportion of more than two to one—than the mem bers of the Amalgamated Society ; in skill they were not inferior ; and their destinies were equally bound up with the general prosperity and continuance of employment, or rather, indeed, far more so, since they could not in time of destitution fall back upon the supplies contained in that military chest, whose stored treasure so much encouraged the pertinacity of Mr. Newton's disciples. The Amalgamated Society having personal objects to gain ; having vanity and consistency_at stake ; and having, who knows ? some dazzling prospect in view of securing to themselves the masters' share of profit in addition to their own, by some to-be-invented device for newly " organising labour,"—naturally enough ignored the claim and looked very un feelingly on the sufferings of their fellow-workmen. There has, in fact, for a long time been something more than coldness, between the two classes. The members of the society were piqued at the refusal of their companions to cast in their lot with them ; and the " unattached" workmen viewed the proceedings of the society with the natural fear and dislike which all must feel when men in all respects their equals assume the possession of exclusive rights and inter. ests. We were consequently in no way surprised to find that neither Mr. Newton in his speeches, nor the Amalgamated Society by their sots testified the s li g ht e st regard for the companions Aose very sub sistence they were compromising. We were, however, :both surprised and grieved to find that the employers testified an equal unconcern. The non-society men were void of offence towards them. Nay, by declining to become members, by ab senting themselves from the meetings, and with holding their signatures from the manifestoes of the executive council, they bad decidedly deserved well of th e mas ter manufacturers. Yet, though not associ a t e d w ith the crime of the Amalga mated Soci e ty, th e y have borne more than their share o f i ts friends. Wh o, visited with the same measure of retribution the guilty withagainst, tb e 1. r and the innocent, their enemies and their punishment. The employers have , their interest at last shown som e degree of resentment at the then, can wonder that the latter have in justice to which they have been subjected ? Against secret At common cause ; sympathies, we find them now beginning to make a meeting numerously attended, recently held in Lambeth, a resolution enjoining the non-society men to use every effort in their power a b s re w th e re b n el a i t ev t: society. At amicable settlement of the favour an their power toan d an amendment, piedgin _ question was rejected, less than the Amalgamated i n ~e to accept "nothing Society, do," was carried unanimously. Prudence as well as kindness • ' might have impelled the e mployers to make some distraction between members and non-members when they found the controversy with the Amalgamated Society coming to extremities. The fact that a good two-thirds of the hands had given no adhesion to the prcnuncia mento against piece-work and overtime, was at once mo ;s t gratifying in itself, and afforded the masters a ready means of keeping all their manufacturing operations fully going, or nearly so, while proving their perfect independence of all dictation from the men. Misled, as we fear, by harsh feelings, the principals have forgone this wise and still available course. Closing their workshops inexorably and indefinitely, they have involved in suffering vast multitudes who have never deserved it, and have, besides, afforded to the Amalgamated Society an immediate triumph in the consciousness of having caused all the mischief they threatened and hoped to inflict. Even now, we hope, it is not too late for the em ployers to rescind their determination. Why should not the firms whose vast forges in London and Man chester are now cold and silent, re-open their doors to the hands who have never belonged to, or will abjure , the Amalgamat e d Society? I'Vork is to re commence, they promise, ai soon as the " notices" are withdrawn by the men. What is to prevent th e ir beginning at once with such men as have not signed the notices or sworn allegiance to the Executive Council on whose authority they were issued ? Prac tical difficulties may perhaps stand somewhat in the Wa y. It may not be easy, or even possible, to work succe9sfully with a skeleton corps of men. But the experiment is at all events worth trying. The damage will probably b e less; and the chances of a speedy and satisfact ory term i nat i on to the d i spute will be much enhanced by such a proceeding. Not only will the masters thereby perform an act of justice to thousands of innocent men, but they will deprive the Amalgamated Society of its great stimulus in obstinacy, by sh ow i ng that its power to stop production is not so great as it expected. With t h e workshops once more open, moreover a locus pen itentite will be offered to all members of the so ciety whom want, dissatisfaction, or a returning sense of propriety may inspire with a wi s h t o r esume th e ir labours. Before the " strike" has lasted long we think it matter of cert a i n ty that such desertions will be numerous. If the masters are wise, they will take care to keep place s open w h ere t h e d eserters ma y fi n d refuge ; nor, under the circumstances, does it seem that the terms upon which they are to be allowed to resume their duties need be made too severe. Daily News. ENC FR -a ASPECT OF THE "STRIKE." The Debats publishes the following letter from M. J. De Coninck, an eminent llavre merchant, and recommends it to the serious attention of the Govern ment :—" Havre, Jan. 17, 1852.—Y0u have already informed your readers of the serious conflict that has arise n in England between the operative engineers, founders, and boiler-makers, and ma chine manufacturers. It is very probable that the import ant b ranch o f i n dustry in E ng l an d whi▪ ch consists in the construction of machines is about to undergo extensive perturbations. Why should not France endeavour to succeed to a large slice of thi s r i ch i nher it anc e ? Nothing w ou ld b e easi▪ er. It only requires a simple decree authorising our manufactur ers to make use of brass, iron, and pit coal in bond, that is to say free of duty, for all machi nery destined for exportation. We should at once see all those countrie s which now send their orders for machines to England come to France for them, for they have had an o pportunity of seeing in th e L on d on Exhibition what our makers are capable of doing. The former Government authorised the use of cast metal in bond for the c onstruction of machi nery des tined for exportat i on ; b u t this timid concession was altogether insufficient. Boilers, which play s o l arge a part i n mach i nery , are not made with cast metal, but with thi n p l ates , and iron to rivet th em , and this causes a waste, which must be taken in consi deration in the duty. Now that we have a Govern ment which has only to will to be able to perform, to call its attention to the fact that I have pointed out, will doubtless be all that can be necessary to turn the circumstances to the profit of France. The subject is urgent, and very urgent ; for if our fac tories do not at once resume all the activity which it would be so easy to bring back to them, it is evi dent that the English manufacturers, tired of lying idle, will take away our workmen, i and th us b r i ng our industry to a lower state than it s at present." SOCIETY OF . ARTS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUP7'CY, Jan. 22. (Before Mr. Commissioner Ey - ANs.) IN RE J. BARTLETT. This was the last examination meeting. The bank rupt was a wine and cor❑ merchant of Upper Thames street. His unsecured debts were 11,5751.; debts secured, 8181. ; liabilities, 9741. The assets were, good debts, 22/. ; property. 1911. ; property in the hands of creditors, 1,4551. The profits (in two years) had been 690/. ; deficiency at the commence ment of the account, 9201. ; losses, 4,319/. ; interest, 365/. ; law costs, 865/. ; trade expenses, 3,0271. ; per sonal expenses, 1,9441. . . Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, objected to the accuracy of the accounts ; Mr. Lowrance supported. An adjournment for two months was agreed upon. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan, 22. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN THE MATTER OF HENRY COHEN. This insolvent, an iron-merchant at Cow-cross and Saffron-hill, was further examined on his application to be discharged. Mr. Dowse opposed for nearly a dozen creditors ; Mr. Cooke (Mr. Sargood with him) supported. The case was somewhat remarkable. The insol vent owed 1,6391., at.' had some debts owing to him, but no available property for his creditors. The complaint was that he had made away with property and given preferences. At the end of July last he was in a state of insolvency, and since then had ob tained goods from his creditors, which had either been swept away under an execution for money borrowed from a friend, or paid away to persons for similar loans. In July, Mr. Lee, a tobacconist, at the corner of Fetter-lane, Holborn, had sued him, but did not levy his execution until September, when the property was purchased by a Mr. Emanual. In addition he had paid 3201. to persons for money borrowed. Abraham Goodman, who said he was on the "turf," was paid in August 1201.; and a Mr. Scott was paid a sum of 70/. without asking for it. The insolvent had offered his creditors 4s. in the pound, and in this court 2s. 6d. in the pound was offered and refused. Some of the debts of the creditors had been incurred in August and September last. Mr. Dowse complained that there had been a making away with property, and that the creditors had been despoiled of their goods to pay the friends of the insolvent to a large amount. The case was, if not the worst, certainly one of the worst that had ever come before tLe Court. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said the observation reminded him of an anecdote of a Learned Judge. When he addressed a prisoner, he told him his was the worst case he had heard, and in one day he told five different prisoners the same thing. Mr. DOWSE recapitulated the evidence which had occupied a portion of two days, and asked on the part of the creditors an exemplary judgment. Mr. COOKE, on the part of the insolvent, contended that there had been no making away with property to Lee, as it had been taken in the due course of law. Evidence had been given of the payments the insol vent had made, and it► was for the Court to say whether he was justified in making such payments. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said he would consider the case and give his judgment next week. Judgment deferred. APPLICATION TO DISMISS A PETITION. At the rising of the Court, Mr. Dowse applied to dismiss a petition, the insol vent having gone out of prison before adjudication. It wss stated that the Court of Queen's Bench had held that a vesting order was annulled by operation of law where a man was discharged before adju dication. Mr. Commissioner PEIILLIPS sail be would consult Mr. Commissioner Law on the point; he had given an opinion on the subject. It transpired that an order for hearing had been granted to the sth of February, and the application stood over until after that day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, GUILDHALL. Yesterday John Vaughan, of 16, Nelson-square, Blackfriars-road, was charged before Alderman Sidney with having embezzled various sums of money, the property of his employer. Norman Garston, a provision merchant and leather. dresser, stated that in March, 1850, he was induced to enter into the leather-dressing business by the prisoner, and engaged him to manage it at a salary of 2/. a week. The business commenced in Ber mondsey, and was afterwards removed to No. 2, Oxford Arms-passage. The prisoner was entrusted to buy, sell, and receive money for him. He received for petty sales the sum of 81. 16a., out of which he had paid only 51. Is. 6d., leaving a balance of 31 14i. 6d. yet unaccounted for. He had also received 4/. ss. 6d. from a person in Cork-street, Bermondsey, which he bad not accounted for. On the 19th of September, 1850, prisoner sold goods to a Mr. T. Haine, 27, Jewry-street, Aldgate, to the amount of 16/., and told witness on the 2d of October that he had received only 151., and that the other pound would be paid next time he called. From that time to the present he had not accounted for it. There was a mistake in the account, and on Monday last it was settled, when Mr. Haine paid the prisoner Gs., which he had not accounted for. Professor Edward Solly delivered on Wednesday evening one of the series of lectures in connexion with the Great Exhibition, at the Society of Arts, John street, Adeiphi, on the vegetable substances used in the arts and manufactures in relation to commerce generally. In his prefatory remarks he defined raw produce as the state in which the substance is employed by the manufacturer ; for this state it was the raw matter on which he worked, although it might have undergone many processes to bring it to that condition. In the different classes of raw produc tions the best substances were not always used, nor were the best means for preparing them followed. He referred this to many causes-to the tenacitywith which we hold received ideas, to combi na ti on in the trade, to the ignorance of the manufactur e r, to the want of practical application in the m an o f science, the want of direct communication between the first pro d uce r and the manufact urer , i nstead of the present system of middlemen, by whom every new thing was in consequence, many a looked on with distrust, and, new substance was sent back as useless to the pro ducer,as not being of any value in the market. Mr. Solly then drew attention l l to the various species of gums and resins, particularly ar y one from New used as a substitute fBourusthhellVallaecs,' kwnhoiwchn ul as igh b t lack boy gum and the Zealand. t H h e men ' tioned the cowdrie resin from New a o nid t c h a s ou c ll ouc sent home, bad quality of shell lac through the carelessness find substitutes and the necessity there might be to for MARYLEBON.E. Th.: spo w all o ima ul dbe surprised at the J ose ph Kaceborshi, a shabbily attired young man, velg'heetlble oilsa sad cocoanut among some a Pole, was brought before Mr. Long, for re-exami athmeasel and am o b t e h r er a s f . hundred varieties. cocoanut oils were nation, on the charge of having, on the 2d inst , com much used in the manufacture of n candles, and he eau- n mitted a robbery at the mansion of Lord Dudley merated a great many solid Stuart, No. 6, Stratford-place, wax, of which specimen s va luable. The instan.cwda; wereveetable tallowy . a h d t shown, which specimenmtgom Some particulars connected with the case have he mostalready appeared, and it will be remembered that on China, and others, were on to the fluid fixed oils and th ea volatile He e then passedthose the day above named the prisoner presented a letter oils, at his Lordship's residence, and that for a short • d fr period obtained from the destructi ve e distillation of barks of he was lef in t t he hall, he took the o • of opportunity i i trees, of which the birch o i l .• used in the preparation decamping with a hat, a scarf and a pair of gloves of Russian leather was a well-k - The we11-known example. different substances for d yeing that were next reviewed,. htbe dining with Lord Dudley Stuart at the time, and he and in this he considered made greatly available in chemistrydmeisg from wasat length taken into custody in the Strand, by those substances where it was concentrating . dues much toßotsford,whom he chief officer of the Mendicity Society, accompanied l woody fibre, and thereby bringingbyluable ' now ‘‘, many valuable Sold d the property, ones into use which were not available, from Additional evidence was now gone into, and it was the expense of freight, e ce. The shay root was shown that the pri soner was an o ld o ff en d er . H e Th e a very important dye root. Th e c l ass con- hadbeen sidered was fibrous materials . . 1n g co tton, b punished upon a f ormer occas i on f or a ro b at his Lordship's, and ho had long been known a s hemp, &c. lie praised Mr, Mercer'sincluding which consisted of soaking the cotton process, material in caustic a beggin g -l et t er i mpostor. The prisoner, who had no answer to make to the soda. The action of this was the fibre, to strengthen , charge, was committed for trial. for it changed its form fr om a flat tube to a ce lin_ WESTMINSTER, drical one. It diminished it in much size, but it took A respectable-looking young countrywoman, wh o more colour in dying, A specimen shown of the appeared completely brokenhearted, implored Mr. same dye applied to a ofpiece was part of Norton's in h cotton . fabric,. which hail been soakedti which t o solution , circumstances :- the difference of colo ur i that it veas so perceptible Applicant, a native of Newark, Nottinghamshire, could distinctly be seen With acrossre - . the room. , stated that a female neighbour there having re r gard to flax and hemp, h e instanced Schenk 's process seated to her, some time ago, that she had P e come into of steeping the plant in hot water improvement , property of on the rotting system, butan in still only a step the that f she w ou ld a ff or d h er th e means coming to right way, and mentioned the many valuable fibres, London to see the solicit or engaged in the matter, the cocoanut, China gra ss, R i 1 bowstring hemp, and would jute, plantain and others, thata-matorl largely em- her accompany her, she would amply pos yrecom- loyed. Of woodand timber) might e a l rg o e o y pense for the kindness when she came into oeooo there were 0, , session of her fortune. Applicant, who is the wife cubic feet imported k annually, and out of the . nu .h e of a labouring man, was so deluded by her rofess merous descripti on , shipbuilding, the nown only eight wereused lsions and promises that she obtained the consent P of English, live, and Africanoaks, her husband to apply their little stock of cash, cots ironwood, mornin g Indian teak. The caul, greenheart, Morab, and East sisting of a few pounds saved from his hard earn list within the laetAlorah had only been added to the ings, to the neighbour's benefit, and on Friday six months. He mentioned . that last applicant came to town with her, where, in the Exhibition 8 Were two sections of the ironwood having been induced to part with all the money (Eucalyptus), 0 Ile 6 feet, and the _other 3 feet in she possessed, excepting 3s. or 45., her neighbour diameter, th e one cut at 14 feet, and the then abandoned her. Complainant too late discovered other at 135 feet above the ground, just above that she had been made her neighbour's dupe, and, in the first branch.ln his concluding remarks the midst of the great metropolis, without a friend to he showed that s . the want of progre s s in tee apply to. She spent three or four days fruitlessly, as knowledge o f ()win the and their application to the may be imagined, in search of her quawlam friend, arts was to people being employed in dis- found her last shilling exhausted, and, having in vain covering what had back home upon credit, had been already found out ; but applied at the railway to get which, ()wi n t not o th e want of a good system of informa- was recommended by some strangers to whom she bin, wasknown, As an instance of this, he men- narrated her misfortunes to apply to a magistrate, and tioned that by the records of the society many fibres had come to this court. To add to her distress, she and oils were mentioned as receiving attention .5 0 years had left two young children in the country, and knew ago, which n o ' 7, _ es th e y were only just again bearing of, not how she should ever reach there again. and that year s ag o, by the same records, it was Downing, one of the warrant officers of the court, proved that ' I, ady Aloira used precisely the same met h o d was directed to make some inquiries into the case, and as that employed now in Claussen's preparation of having reported favourably upon it, he yesterday, b flax-cotton. With regardrail tO a Museum of Industry, Mr. Arnold's direction , paid t he poor woman's he said the idea was ea w as not a new one. For thirty years way fare, and saw her off by the train to her nativ e the Commi • ssioner s of Factories in Austria had este- home, her thanks at the prospect of regaining which blished on having, already e, and h e su ggested that the Society of Arts, were unbounded. good collection, should undertake WORSHIP-STREET. the formation aa trade museum, which would be of Thomas Burn, a middle-aged man of respectable the greatest n b of benefit to the world. appearance, was placed at the bar before Mr, Ham- THE T ..-.IVERPO ------ TRADE :LAVe are indebted mill, charged with the following fraud na" upon Mr, James Clarke, a general to Mr. Hamilton oL COAL e ~o llow• i ng co mparative ac-dealer, in North-street, Laird for th I Bethnal- teen. count of the coal Liverpool, in the years 1850 and trade of 185 l :-Countriesthe north and Baltic Seas The prosecutor stated that in the monthof 1850, 3559 ; 185 bordering on 180 1 _ 0‘). 1851 ' last October 1 , 24se. France,. a , 1,2 -, . , I . the prisoner, with whom he had 1h,666. Cou • ntries and islands bordering on the Mediterra- , i previous acquaintance, called u had some slight neap Sea, 1 850, q -9 184 . 18)1, 44,823. Countries border- I upon him at his own ing on the Bl ac k ' ' 1 098 West Indies. 1850, house and informed him that he h Sea, 185 0 , , • ad some excellent to tell him affecting h" 12,642; 1851, 1 59 Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira, news himself as he had • just re -1850, 6,822; 185 . 1 57 ' . • and the Canaries, 1850, ce . ~ 51 we an intimation from his solicit ors 6,152. ; 1851 , 5,4 ,4 8,810. Spain . 1850, 83,537 ; 1 ___ itors (mentioning 73,198. South ) . North _Am 6 e t r j i 4 ca, , the names of an eminent firm i 8 - 1 3 ,4 . 11)7 07 ;1 a , -, • East which h. n Chancery lane) that America, 18a0,a Chancery suit in Indies and Chin' 1851, • 8 617 China, 50 4 • • Channel , Is hu nily had been for a Islands, 1850, 65i . 1 ' , , 1851,time engaged had 1851, 19,603;0 Africa, 1850, I 493 • -long - • length been decided in 6,971. Australia ' B6 . 1850, 2 161 ; 1851, 400. Total, 1850, their favour, and that he, 254,601; 1851, ~ ' , as their representative, bad 445,903. fallen into a large of amolla, ' property, the greater Tne late gales h ave c aused some damage to the sea • of which portion was situated in Nor th He Devon. wall, and inundatedabout 150 acres of the rich ' pastures near then proceeded toproperty state that a part of the the Circular Redoubt betweenthis place and Hythe ; The - d stcck IN OrtuilAt i' 1 Ajakl to 0 tt e y og y e .... 0 ii/ age G consisted of a st one quarry and engine-house, with , ___ A long cross-examination ensued, with a view to show that Vaughan was a partner to the prosecutor, which entirely failed. A letter from the prisoner was put in, where he admitted having received money from petty sales to the extent of 3/. 14s. 6d., for which he had not accounted. The agreement was put in, and it proved that Vaughan was the servant of Garston, at a salary of 21. per week. Some important witnesses having refused to attend unless summoned, Alderman SIDNEY remanded the prisoner, but ad mitted him to bail, himself in 80/ and two sureties in 401, each. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1852. the usual contents, and, as he did not know bow to manage that kind of business, and he knew that witness had been so employed formerly, he wished to enter into an engagement with him for its general superintendence, as he had every confidence in his in tegrity. Witness at first objected to give up the business he was then engaged in, unless for a cer tainty, and the prisoner, after some bargaining be tween them, agreed to allow him a fixed salary of 3001. per annum for five years positive, and offered to sign a legally drawn up instrument in those terms. He also said that the whole of the law affairs would be completed by the Ist of the following December, when the whole of the property would be trans ferred to him, and suggested, as conferring a better appearance upon each of them, that the witness should take a much more respectable house than he then held, which he would like somewhere in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel, and promised if he did so to lodge with him until the whole matter was set tled. Witness made inquiry about the legal firm the prisoner had mentioned, and finding that they 'were not only in existence but highly respectable al-o, he agreed to his last proposition; and the agreement having been drawn up between them and signed, he took another house in Friendly-place, Whitehorse street, Stepney, to which the prisoner at once removed all the goods he appeared to possess, consisting of a chest of drawers, bedding, six chairs, and a few mi nor articles; shortly after which the prisoner ordered home two large boxes, in which he urged the witness to pack up all his tools, that he (the prisoner) might send them down to "the works," to be in readiness for immediate operations. Witness, however, would not consent to this unless he went with them himself; and the prisoner then asked him for a trifling advance of money, to be repaid as soon as he came into his own funds. This the witness assented to, and from time to time, at short intervals, advanced him altoge ther, money and goods, to the amount of about 101. When it bad reached this amount witness was surprised one afternoon at finding the brokers in the prisoner's rooms, from which they swept out what furniture there was, and as soon as they had done so the prisoner went out, and did not return, and, as his absence continued for several days, he at length be came very uneasy and suspicious of having been duped, and determined to make inquiry of the solicitors about the prisoner's affairs, but, on calling upon those gen tlemen, they at once told him that he had been defrauded, as they had not only not been engaged in any such Chancery proceedings, but new nothing of the prisoner whatever. He then kept up a sharp look-out for the prisoner, but saw nothing more of him until the day preceding, when be accidentally met him in the street and gave him into custody. The witness added, that what he had mentioned was not the whole of the misfortunes he had sustained through the prisoner's duplicity, as he had been actually offered a permanent engagement of a similar character at 2001. per annum, and foolishly refused it, as he considered himself too strictly bound by the agree ment he had signed to the accused-to retreat from it. When called upon for his defence, the prisoner merely demurred to the amount of the goods and money the prosecutor had charged him with, which, he said, he did not think could come to so much, but offered no refutation of the other allegations against him ; and Mr. HAMMILL, considering that the money had been obtained from the prosecutor solely by means of false pretences, ordered the prisoner to be committed until that day week for the formal completion of the evidence. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEWPORT, ABERGA VENNI( ' AND HERRFORD.—It is stated that the contracts for, the whole of the works on this line have been let to Mr. Rennie, of Newport, and that they are to be formally commenced on Mon day next. It is understood that the works are to be carried on with energy, so as to complete them as early as possible. This arrangement has given great satisfaction to tho inhabitants of Hereford and other places through which the line is intended to pass. SOUTH WALES.—The subscription contract for the new railways to Milford Haven and at Newport, and for abandonment of portions of authorised lines from Fisbguard and at Haverford-west, is, according to the Parliamentary declaration, signed to the extent of 135,0001., with 13,500/. paid. ARDROISSAN.—The expense of the completed line to Perceton is estimated at 12,1471., and the Ardrossan line is proposed to be vested in the Glasgow and South- Western Company. DEEBIDE.—The directors of this company in their financial declaration state that the expense of con structing the proposed altered or substituted line, with approaches at Redford, and a bridge over the Dee, and other works, will be defrayed out of a sum of 99,6001. now under the control of the directors, the estimate of Mr. Errington, the engineer, amount ing to 92,0001. for such substituted line. SHIP NE WS. NEW YORK, JAN. 9.—The Rhein, from Rotterdam for New York, went on shore on the bar of Carson's Inlet, during the night of the sth of January; about ,thirty•five of the passengers and crew landed on the 6th, and the remainder are expected to be landed on the following day. Jan. 10—The Alabama, hence for Rotterdam, lies ashore on Napkin's Point, in only four feet water, but remains tight. The Queen Victoria, hence for the Weit Indies, cut through the ice, and leaking, was compelled to return, and will be put upon the railway to repair. Jan. 9—The brig Hope, of St. John's, New Brunswick, full of water, and abandoned, stripped of rigging, &c., jollyboat alongside, full of water, was passed December 8, 40 miles S.W. from Nantucket Shoals. Jan. 10—The William, hence for Prince Edward's Island, was wrecked at I'Ardoise, Nova Scotia, previous to Dec. 23; crew saved; cargo damaged, and has been sold. GRAVESEND, JAN, 22.—Wind Seven S.S.W., blowing strong, clear sky. Arrived—Bahaina, from Bahia; Dart, from Ostend; Furet, from Gravelines; Menai, from Calais; Earl of Auckland, and Concordia, from Rotterdam; Baron Osy, from Antwerp. Sailed—RUsina, for Buenos Ayres; Pacba, for Ceylon; Commodore. for Antigua; Sir Robart Peel, for Dunkirk; Tourist, for Calais; Soho, fur Antwerp; Promethus, for Newport. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Prince Albert, from London for Algoa Bay, off Cape Agulbas. . Syren, from L iverpool for Rio Grande, Jan. 15, in lat. 10 N., long. 53 W. ' THE AMEMCAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. I Dr. Kane, chief surgeon to the late American Arctic expedition, has been giving a series of lectures at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, on the Arctic expedition. We find the following account in a United States paper : " The first lecture was devoted to a general outline of the Arctic regions, in connexion with the recent voyage of Sir John Franklin. Its object was evi dently to bring before the community correct views with regard to the fate of the missing expeditions ; and the ensuing lectures will, we understand, discuss at large the probabilities of their rescue. It is an admirable feature of the Smithsonian Institution, founded, as it avowedly is, 'for the benefit of man kind at large,' that its opening course of lectures should be in conjunction with an object so calling for our enlarged sympathies. " The topic is full of interest. For the first time we were made aware of the geographical importance of the Arctic Ocean --an ocean whose area extends four and a half millions of square miles, and whose tributary rivers drain a larger country than the Indus, the Ganges, the Mississippi, and the Oronoco com• biped. "In discussing the much vexed question of the cui bono of these Arctic expeditions, Dr. Kane, aft er citing in detail their valuable contributions to general science, observed that the cod fishery of Newfound land grew out of the voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert ; the north-west passage of Davis opened the whale fishery of West Greenland, and Frobisher Wohfinthhe now age.pioneered Hudson to that great bay mar gins the most lucrative fur compa n y " Sir John Franklin was see n in Baffin's Bay, in July, 1845, moored to an i ce b erg, and awaiting an opening to the west. By a strange coinciden ce th e American expedition was imprisoned for tw o succes sive seasons at the same spot. The next traces of his onward progress were the sad memorials of his winter encampment at the mouth of Wellington Channel—a large inlet opening towards the north; and here Dr. Kane, after describing the scene, which he was among th e fi rst to th a t the visit ' ex p ressed his con viction --missing vessels bad .p inlet o • ceeded in th e ear l y summer of 1846 up this to the unknown regions of the north. This seems to us extremely pro b able. The American expe diti on , in fact, drifted helplessly in this very direction. They attained a latitude (75 deg. 26 min. North) never before attained in this meridian by keel of Christian ship, and there s aw th e dark water sky that indicated the polygna, or open sea, advocated by Lieut. Maury. " The lecture-room of the institution was crowded at an early hour, and the lecture was listened to with profound attention. The facts in themselves were highly interesting, and, if possible, were r en d ered more so from the c i rc umstance of their being p re . sented in eloquent language by a participator in the events and perils of the voyage. D IED . — On the 2 5 th of Novemb er, 1851, on board her Majesty's tender Bloodhound, afte r li nger i ng two hours, i n conseq ue nce of wounds r ece i ved in action at Lagos, west coas t 0.. r Africa, Henry Hyd e H all, mate of H.U.S. Niger, youngest and only survivi ng son of Lieutenant Thomas S a muel Hall, R.N., aged 22. This noble and gallant young officer had with his own hands made prisoner of a Portuguese, and, having given him in charge of a sentry, returned im mediately to the front, Where in the very foremost rank he wai unfortunately struck down by two balls —one through the • high, the other through his lungs. He was afterwards carried on board her Majesty's ship Niger, and buried with military horours. The very sudden and irreparable loss of this promising and meritorious young officer ikuniversally And most deeply regretted. THE COUN TRY MARKETS. LOUGHBOROUGH JAN. 2 2.--To-day's market was well atter.du,i. Wneat made 24 per qr.; barley 2s, with a good demand. Other descriptions made thu same as last week. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 22.—At Gloucester market on the 17th wheat sold at an advance of is per quarter, but at Worcester the same day, the supply from the farmers being large, higher prices could not be obtained. Barley rose is per quarter. On oats the turn was in favour of the seller. Beans and peas both dull. During the present week but little English wheat has been offering, and eua the sales made an improvement of Is to 2s per quarter has been realised for both English and foreign. Barley 6d to is per quarter dearer. Oats in demand at full former prices. English beans dull, and rather lower; very few foreign offering. Peas difficult to quit. At Wolverhampton yesterday there was again a large supply of English wheat, which sold slowly at a rise of Is per quarter. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat, which found buyers slowly of an advance of is to 2s per quarter. Bailey of all kinds fully is per (planer dearer. Oats held for more money, but buyers would not comply. Beaus and peas unal tered; the latter continue difficult to dispose of in quantity. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, JAN. 20.—The supply of beasts to-day was not large, consequently higher prices were asked; the best quality of bt of was in better demand, and a good clearance was effected. The number of sheep was abou the same as last week, fully main taining the same prices. Fnt calves were scarce. The number of fat pigs was about the average, and readily disposed of. Beef, 4i,1 to 5d ; mutton, Sid to bid; veal, 5d to sid per lb; pigs, ^s to 7s 3d per score; rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 14Ibs; hides, lid to 14d per Ib; calf skins, 2d to 3i-d per lb. NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 21.—There was a large market, and a good business was done. Best beef, 5s 6d to 5s 9d; inferior, ss; best small mutton, 6d to qd; large, 6th interior, sd; calves, 5d to sid; bacon pigs, ss; porkets, 5s to 6s; bides, 2s; rough fat, 2s 6d; calves skins, 4d. GLASGOW, JAN. 21.—With the exception of 1,664 quarters of barley coastwise, and 2,650 quarters of outs from Ireland, the supplies thence continues small. From abroad, via the Clyde, only 1,515 quarters of wheat and 625 quarters of beans have been reported from Egypt; via Grangemouth, none. Considerable quantities of wheat and flour have been changing bands during the week at improved rates. Oats, eatmeal, and Indian corn participated in the better feeling. This day's market was well attended by town and country buyers. Wheat and flour were held 6d higher per boll or barrel, at which rise the transactions were limited, the required advance checking sales. Barley was 6d dearet per 3201 b. Oats improved 3d per 2641 b, and oatmeal 6‘ — • per 2801 b. Beans and peas ruled in sellers' favour. /11' dian corn 6(1 dearer per 2801 b. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, JAN. 21 —We bad in. the m4rket 10-day 901 qra. wheat, 1,045 qrs. barley, 873 qrs. oats, and 160 qra. b:-.ans. Sales for all sorts quickly ffected. As compared with last week, the top of wheat was 2s, and the average 9d up. Barley on the top 1 1 up, and the average 3id. Oats on the top is 6d, and tho average 6d up. Beans on the top the same, and the arerago 4d down. Unsold-62 qrs. whert, 108 qrs. barley. 22 qra. oats, and 40 qrs. beans. Top of Wheat ... 651 lb. 45s Od „ Barley ... •.. 57i1b. 30s 6d „ Oats ... ••• 45i1b. 235 6d „ Beans ..• . 66 lb. 345 Od EDINBURGH CATTLE • MARKET, JAN. 21.—The number of cattle was 743, or 142 more than last week. Top price, 75 Od; current, 6s 6d to 6s 9d ; secondary and inferior, from 5s to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. A clearance was not effected. The number of sheep at market this morning was 2,322, being 423 less than last week. Best wedder mutton, top price, bi l d per lb ; current, 4d to 4jd ; ewes, 4d to 41d. A good clearance was effected. UPPINGHAM, JAN. 21.—Wheat 36s to 40s; barley 26s to 30s Od ; oats lbs to 20s; beans 25s to 345. Butter lld to 00d per ib ; eggs 20 for Is. LouTir, JAN. 21.—Wheat 33s to 38s; barley 231 to 28s ; oats I4s to 18s ; beans 29s to 32s per qr. NEWARK, JAN. 2 1.—Wheat, white 44s to 51s, red 40s to 445; barley, malting 30s to 325, grinding 24s to 265; oats , 245 t., 20s to 225. I lst., 19s totes; beans, old 36s to 38s; new, 30s to 325; malt, 54s to 56s ; tares, 30s to 32s per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY, JAN. 20.—Wheat, 36s Od to 413; barley, 25s to 30s; oats, old 24s to 278 ; beans, old 32s to 355, new 26s to 29s per qr. Butter is to Is Id per lb ; eggs 16 to 13 for ls. BOSTON, JAN. 21.—Wheat,' red 301 to 405 Od, whit e 41i to 435, extra 45s to 003 ; barley 24s to 27s ; oat s , lb s t o 20s; beans 25s to 31s; peas 231 to 27s per qr. CORK, JAN. 21. . -- Barrels. Currency. 39 White wheat 218 6d to 00s Od 003 Od-20 stow 59 Red wheat lBs 3d to 19s Od OOs Od-20 do 58 Ditto l9s Od to 19 8 6d 45 Ditto 242 Barley 118 Od to 12s 2d 34 Ditto l2B 2d to 128 4d} 00s Od-.46 do 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 0 Bere Ods Od to Os Od Os Od 322 Oats 9s Od to 98 8d 445 Ditto - 003 Od-14 do 163 Ditto ... lOs Od to 10s 6d 98 Pigs 27s Od to 301 Od 284 6d per owt Quantity sold at 17 the Highest Prices:— 0 barrels white wheat ; red ; 5 barley; 0 bere; 15 oats; 11 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last weeks— Wheat, 860. Barley, 1,359. Oats, 6,306. Pigs, 1,141. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRINCY. First quality Second quality Third quality 6ss Third quality bOg go Fourth quality quality Fifth quality Sixth quality ...... ... ...... ON Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Jan. 17. Pigs, 1,201. Sheep, 195. Cows, 109. CORK.--Vlour—First 118 6d to 13. Od; extra 14. Od; seconds, 8s Od to lls 6d; households 8s to 108 Od; thirds, y s toes per cwt. Oatmeal IN 6d to 11s; Indian meal 68 941 to 780 d; whoa' meal, Ps to 9s 65 per cwt. Indian corn 615 s Od to 61158 Od per ton. Bran 87s 6cl to 908 per ton. Hay—Farmers 21s to 375; averse 00s; dealers - .;2.1t0 4Ob Od; average 36s per ton. Straw—Farmers 158 Od to 21 s Od ; average 18s ; dealers 30a Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bd to 6fd ; household loaf 4d to 50 per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Eggs -5s 6d to 6s Od p e r hundred. c0a15...". Newport 158 Od ; Lydney 168 ; Landore UN ; Cnlsst 13s Od per ton. Tallow 38$ Od to 40s per oft. Whisky, 25 o. p., 58 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal dd , t f, 6d ; pork 4cl to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausage s bd per " Hops 618 8 to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 21 17s 6d to 3/ 01 Pe r ton. Bark—Barbary 710 s to 8/ Os; Valonia 151 to 01, Frenc h 61 Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 148 to IN per stone' Hemik29l to 34/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 19s to 00s; re" ditto, 248 to OOs per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ Per ton. Timber—Memel, 703 per ton ; red pine, 31 51 • yellosf ditto, 2/ IN per ton ; d ea l s , 151 to 1 8 1 per 100. P li t des•-• Market 218 to 30s; salted 228 to 30s per owt ; calf skins t 3d to 3d per l b . Potatoes, white 7d to 8d ; PiT% 10d to 12d. Guano— Peruvian. 11l Os ; lohabo e , 81 to 9 1 '' per ton. Tar—Arehangel, 19s per barrel. SAM S LICK ' S " TRAITS OF AMERICAN Elumova.l —This book is full of sparkling wit and drollery. So unique are the Americans on every point, that even their humour is characteristic, and has a shrewdness and richness peculiar to itself. Sam Slick was the first to exhibit, in his own pre" per history, all the best qualities of the new vein of humour which immediately set the world in a roar, and now he comes before us with such a repertory of fun, wit, jests, tricks, practical jokes, and racy stories, as would convulse the veriest hypocondriac. The strange compound of sim plicity, fraud, knavery, shrewdness, generosity, and reckless courage, which constitutes the main leaven of the American character, here displays itself in all its luxuriance.—United Service Magazine.. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Tuesday, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, touching the death of Edwin Harris, aged 42, a potato salesman, of Church-street, Shoreditch. It appeared that deceased could not obtain payment of a large sum of money owing to him' which he was greatly in need of to meet a heavy W. ‘-"' Wednesday night last, in the company of hisfaihe b r i -in le, W9 he exclaimed, in an almost frantmicymfaanmnejr,." That lDu-tcu" but nothing 1 y 1" man will be the ruin of u h i o e fi a te n , d a fter which deceased left to go playingor scen of t him it a stable-yard l b S te a . t; a r t d d a y i ilast, more was heard when some little boys stood in the yard near three month s , on one of them going to enter an empty omnibus, which De!: was not quite dead, and was t conve rt y hta e s lying in the bottom of the v wife and six etude with his throat cut. .IL he wrote the following want my waistcoat. srange words on a piece of paper :-7. " I have aCu rtain-road - ht r oe o a tc d hh , ei lahossasphivi Shoreditch, otar deceased tl ,yw were nere and x Get ta children, eota b but I rg e c annot rasst i s n e g e a t p h p e l m es .. ~ ,..j . lay in the cold fifty hours." Deceased died on Sunday fro° the wound in th e th roat. Verdict—Temporary insanity. Tug CAR PET T RADE. — At Kidderminster, we re• Bret to state that, after a long period of prosperity, the carpet trade has become depressed. One of the principal spinning mills has been still for the last fortnight, and many artisans in the town are out of employ. Some of the masters had given their men notice to stop work, but the latter h av e re quested to be put on short time instead, which We believe has been receded to.— Worcester Chronicle. i ADvERTisEmENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBOROVOS AND HOLLOWAY'S Pria.s.—An astounding care by this miraculoull medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract from 10 Lordship's letter, dated '‘ villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have _ b et' fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the OM eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had 2— been able to effect ; nay, not ever thd waters of Carlsbad or Pr t rienbad. (Signed) " of ever These wonderful pills ° cure any disease of the liver or stomach .—Sold rs . Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment 244 Strand, 21 ,1 by all medicine vendors throughout the ' ' Sold (also Iloilo/ 01 Y civilised world. BIRTHS. A SON On the 20th inst., at Udimore, Sussex, the wife of F Langford, Esq., of an heir. On the 20th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, the wife of O' C. Courthorpe, Esq., of Whiligh, Sussex. OF A DAUGHTER. On th e 21 st inst , at Maddox-street, Bond-street, Mr s ' Leod Solomon. On the 19th inst. at Road, near Bath, the wife of th e Rev. Edward Peacock. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at All S a i nts ' Church, Hertford, t!'„e Rev. J. W. Sharpe, curate o f B enn i ngton, to Anna Ma l i youngest daughter of the lat e R ev . J o h n P ollar d , re ctor o Bennington, Herts. On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Thoula h s Ewing Winslow, Esq., of the Middl e T emp l e, to S ar ah, filth daughter of the late Rev. Henry Walker, of Fitzroy-Ecluar— DIED. On the 16th inst., at Melbourne -cottage, Rush°lute, ne fir Manchester, John Whitehead, Esq.. aged 36. a , 8.3 On the 18th inst., at Castle Carey, S omerse t, age— Juliana Woodforde, widow of the late Dr. J. Woodforde. On the 19th inst., at nufford's-row, Islington. Marl J 4ri o f Taylor, relict of James Taylor, Esq., Master in Chancery the island of Jamaica, aged 93. On the 20th inst., at Arthur-terrace, Victoria-grove, St-°" la Newington, Ralph Reddoch, C.E , aged 64. On the 21st inst. , at Holly cotta ge , New-cross, William Grain, Esq., aged 69. At Southampton, the Rev. A. A. Hammond, aged 80. London: Printed and P u bli shed by MURDO YOUNn s, No. 112, Strand, P r i nter, at The Sun Office, Nci•,:, of Strand, in the Pr ec i nct of the Savoy, in the MOW Middleton Friday, Jitiltier7 23, 1024 r • • v r e n an ra( Is all Sc \ air 1 dal 11 ' 11 1 1 et 1P ' tee the wo me bee