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to Liverpool or Bristol. But as I have before stated, we have time to consider these points, if in the mean time we take steps to preserve the ship. If the property is not even now worth proteeting, it will indeed be waste of money to be preparing, at some considerable expense, to remove what will, in all probability, he only then a valueless carcass. " If the directors should determine upon adopting the course I have recommended, I must remind them that the plan is one depending entirely on the skill, the vigour, the aptitude for expedients, and possibly—if bad weather should come on, and day after day the work be destroyed—on the unwearying perseverance and deter • mined confidence in the plan of the party directing it, and the sufficiency of the means at his command. " I cannot conclude without doing justice to Mr. Bremner, whom I met on board, and acknowledging the friendly and liberal manner in which he discussed the various means to be adopted, and assisted me with his valuable advice ; and although I may have somewhat differed with him as to the advisability of attempting to float the vessel away to sea without first repairing her, yet upon most points we were perfectly agreed ; and I firmly believe that if any man could take her off (and if it would be prudent to let him do so), that Mr. Bremner's great experience and sound practical knowledge and good sense in devising any plan, and his energy and skill in carrying it out, would ensure every chance of success which the circumstances admit of.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " I. K. BRUNEL. " IS, Duke -street, Westminster, Dec. 14." THE LOSS OF THE OSPREY. PORTSMOUTII, DEC. 28.—A court-martial was assem bled this day on board her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, to inquire into the circumstances attending the loss of her Majesty's late sloop Osprey, on the coast of New Zealand, in March last, and to try Commander Frederick Patten, and the surviving officers and ship's company, for their conduct on the occasion. Present :—Rear-Admiral Parker, CB., President ; Captain John Pasco, her Majesty's ship Victory ; Captain H. D. Chads, C. 13., Excellent ; Captain Stephen Lushington, Vengeance ; Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., Sidon ; Captain Alex. Milne, St. Vincent ; Captain 11. W. Giffard, Penelope ; Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advocate. The proceedings commenced by the Deputy-Judge- Advocate reading the report made to Captain Charles Graham, of her Majesty's ship Castor, the senior officer on the station, by Commander Patten, of the loss of the Osprey, and inclosing a narrative of his proceedings. These, and other papers connected with the affair, were transmitted by the Secretary of the Admirrlty to Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., who signified their Lordships' directions for a court-martial to be held to inquire into the circumstances. After the court bad been sworn, all the officers and crew of the late brig being, pre sent, Commander Patten was asked it he had any complaint to make against any officer or man belonging to the Osprey on the occurrence of the wreck, or subsequent, to which ho replied, that he had not any. A similar question was then put to the officers and crew, if they had any com plaint to make against their commander, to which they immediately answered " No." The Osprey's people having then quitted the Court, Commander Patten was sworn, and identified all the papers, charts, &c., and from oral testimony and documentary evidence it appeared that, late in last year, in consequence of the disturbed state cf affairs in New Zealand, the Osprey had been sent by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, she Com mander-in-Chief in India, to augment the naval force, and she joined the senior officer, Captain Graham, of her Majesty's ship Castor, early in the present yea r . She was then ordered by him to Auckland, and when near the entrance of the river obtained from a small fish ing village a man who pointed out the method to enter the ilolkianga river, and described the marks, bearings, depth of water in the bar, its position and length, and the flag-staff inside. The Osprey stood up, and Commander Patten and the master observing a red flag exhibited, which denoted that there was plenty of water on the bar, ran up the river in safety, and anchored during the night about twenty-six miles up, and there remained for some time, co-operating with the Queen's forces. Commander Patten was afterwards sent by Captain Graham to the Bay of Islands, and left on the 6th of February. It ap peared, in answer to a question from one of the Court, that from the disturbed state of the country he did not feel himself justified in employing the master and a boat's crew to survey the entrance of the river, the direc tions being sufficiently plain, and in print, and being fur nished by a pilot paid by the Government of Auckland, and confirmed by a Lieut. Macdonald, a settler at New Zealand. After executing his orders, Commander Patten returned, and on the 9th of March made the island, and on the 10th the entrance of what he, the master, and the officers and crew, considered the real Hol kianga river; but the weather not suiting that day, they kept under easy sail all the night, and next day, the 11th of March, seeing the marks and the land in every respect exactly agr ee , and observing- a red flag dis played on a point of land, the course of the Osprey was then shaped for the entrance. and she ran in at the rate of seven or eight knots, sounding with the lead all the way, a man looking out on the yard-arm, and the officers and crew on deck to trim sails, work ship, &c. This was about half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, and tho weather pretty clear. They got several casts of the lead from 14, 10, 6, and at last a cast of the lead which gave them five fathoms, and while the man was hauling in the line the brig struck. Another cast was made, which gave them only two fathoms. The most prompt . measures were then taken to endeavour to save the vessel, and float her into deep water, by cutting away the masts, throwing the guns, shot, and other heavy stores overboard, and at last, by the send of the sea and the rollers, she was drifted on the shore some distance from the place where she struck. It was then pretty evident that the Osprey would soon be a wreck, and Commander Patten instantly caused rafts to be made to land all the crew, the Queen's stores, and everything he could, and finally, when the weather permitted, he stripped the copper off the brig, and drew 1,200 copper bolts out of her hull, ant before abandoning her, left nothing but a mere shell. Intelligence was sent to the senior officer of the calamity which had happened, and Captain Graham having an opportunity of a vessel going to England, sent the particulars of the wreck to the Admiralty by Captain Hay, of the Racehorse, and soon after freighted two vessels to convey to England the officers, men, and stores, they having previously marched a hundred miles across the country to the Bay of Islands, and they quitted in May. All the foregoing was detailed to the court, and also that until the wreck took place, not a man in the Osprey had ever heard of false Holki anga Bay, nor was it marked in the only Admiralty chart of New Zealand which Commander Patten had in his possession. The members of the court made the most particular inquiries of the commander, the officers, and men, as to the correctness of the statements, and ex amined the log, he. ; and Commander Patten having then been called on to say if he had anything further to offer for the information of the court, requested a quarter of an hour to look over a written statement which he wished to make. This was accordingly granted, and the court cleared. On its being re-opened, the D e p u ty Judge-Advocate read Commander Patten's report of the proceedings, produced his orders, and strong testimonials from a great number of officers, under whom ho had served for a period of twenty -four years, in which he was spoken of in high terms, for his ability as an officer and a seaman. He also took occasion to say that the officers and crew of the Osprey had behaved in the most exemplary manner during the whole time they had been under his command, and had submitted without repining to most extraordinary privations from the time of the wreck until they were embarked for a passage to Eng land. On the conclusion of this address, the court was again cleared for the members to deliberate on and draw out their sentence, which, as might have been antici pated by every one who heard the proceedings, was to the effect that no blame was attached to Commander Patten, or the officers and crew of the Osprey, for the loss of that brig, and that after she struck, and subse quently to being a total wreck, every person belonging to her did their utmost to preserve the Queen's stores ; and the Court then fully acquited Commander Patten and the officers and crew, and highly commended them for their exertions. The Court was dissolved at half-past three o'clock. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DircEmEan 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A large business has been done to day, and prices have in most case ruled higher. The brokers report a general scarcity of stock ; buyers are more nume rous than sellers. The sales are—Chester and Birkenhead, 50 1 ,4—Ditto, Halves, 25%—Eastern Counties, 23 1 4—Ditto, New, 73/ 4 p.—Great Western, 171. Shares, 4 3 / 4 p.—London and North-Western, 194-Ditto, Quarters, New, 13% . -London and M anc h ester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 736 p.-Ditto, Quarters (C), 6 3 / 4 p.-Midland, 130—Ditt o , New, 5 1 4 2.-North British, New, 14, p.-North Union (B), 156-South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, 5 / 8 p.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 534 p.—York and helby, Pre ference, 12 1 4 p.—Belfast and Ballymena, 6 3 / 4 di s ...___E ast Lancashire, 3% p. —Ditto, New, 31, p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 1% p.—Edinburgh and Northern, New 251. Shares, 2y 4 p,_ Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2% dis.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 414 p.—Ditto, Extension, 1, p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 3 / 4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 1% p.—Shrewsbury and Chester, New, par—Ambergate and Eastern Junction, % p. —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 11;, p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9 3 / 4 p.—Buckinillam shire, Is. 3d. p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 1 / 2 p.—Great Northern (late London and York), par—Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle Junction, 14 p.—North Staffordshire, 414 p.—North- Western, 13s. 9d. p.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, % dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2% p.—Ditto (13), 235. 2d. p.-West Riding Union, 2 , ,4 p.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 11 2 p.-Manchester and Southampton, 4 die. MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 28. STOCK EXCHARGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 7-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 11-16 p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% —Birmingham, Wolverhampton, &c., 315-16 p. —Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 1 4 p.—Boston, Stamford, and Bir mingham, 11-16 p.—Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 7—Ditto, York Extension, 1% p.—East Lancashire, 3 1 / 2 p.— Ditto, New (scrip), 1 11-16 p.—East Lincolnshire, 1 1 A c. p. —Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1 4 p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 9-16 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junc tion, Quarters, 1 4 dis.—Ditto, Extension, 1 dis.—Great Northern ( London a n d Y or k), 1s p.—lluddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4 5-16 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 11 A4 P.—Leeds and Thirsk, 34 dis.—Ditto, Preferentials, 1% P .— Liverpool, Manche s t er , an d Newcastle Junction, 3-16 p. —Lydon, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 7% .—'i ne hester Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, DA p.— Blanchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 p.—Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Manch ester, Bolton and ury, Halves (late Liverpool and. iu l a,„ 4 Ps. - rAlanejlester and Southampton, 5-16 dis.— , .4.c.wfort t • Extensioa, 15-16 p.-North Staffordshire, 41 ' 1 . 142, 7:A. _ ....,,,, fAldit 2 L s ni i i — n B ;o e r i; t P•-Northern cls Coft r s e w 1.1 23 Union, ropshire Union, 5-16 114 and l4 .- kit-• ~c&,, : , ~,, -Eastern:_4pover, N o , 3,2% p.—Ditto, No. 4, 5 ,i - i r.l lipalilding T'r l " , 3-16 p.-Wharfilale (late North r_ ;.,........ •• I -",, ri )i (bV -4 1 ' ' ' . -::.• - - EEDS Th:.eDsEac-Eler are- R 9 A B m . bergate, Notting : North ` - ~..- _..-- ,_, • - "`N ' C4‘ ," STodii&XCHA- I tG E. P.-I!irnair!ghanri and Oxford Lancashire, n. New, 3% D. 335. _ .... i p i: - . c. n.— Ditto, N .,.....- . , , "Eatn, ignljston, a. as 6d t Junction, 9Li .•13/ p East Lincolnshire, 1 1 4 n. p.— tuddersfield ',clip, 4 • and Manchester, 474 / n. p.--Leedsand Thirsk, IN altos and Ditto, New, , 1 ,4 p.-Ditto, Preference, same of Company. instralaala .......... Britsh North American commercial of London • . Londe and Westminstr London Joint-Stock .•• !detropolitan ....... • . Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New... .. • ... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, Xew... • . Union of Australia.... Union of London. • . • . Driffield Junction, 1% p.—Manchester and Leeds (late Hu& dersfield and Sheffield), 4% n. p.--Ditto, Extension, 325. p. —Ditto Extension (late Wak. P. and G.), 3 p.—North Bri tish, Thirds, 555. p.—Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 2 1 4 p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18a. p.—North Stafford shire, 4% c. p.—Northern Counties Union, 1 1 4 dis.—North- Western, 14s. Gd. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 18s. Gd. c. p.—York and Newcastle, 13 p.—Ditto, Prefer ence, 5% n. p.—York and North Midland, Preference, 12 1 % n. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. dis.—London and York, % p. s.—West Riding Union,44. HULL, DECEMBER 28. STOCK EXCILLNGE.-Our market to-day has been, brisk, with a considerable amount of business doing. All our quotations are in advance of those last marked, and remain firm at the close of busines. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 21.165. 6d.—Leeds and Thirsk, 20s. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 20s. p.— North British, 36—Ditto, Quarters, 73s.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—North- Western, 18s. p—West Riding Union, 4/. 3s.— York and Selby, Preference, 12 1 4 p.—York and Newcastle, Preference 5 % p. SIIEFFIELD, DECEMBER 28. STOCK EICHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 6s. p. —Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 245. c. dis.—Midland, New Shares, 4 3 / 4 p.—Sheffield and Lin coln, 14s. dis.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 18s. 6d. p.— Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, lls. dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 6s. 6d. p. EDINBURGH, DECEMBER 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 29 1 Ditto, New, 50s. 6d.—Direct Northern, 49 s. — Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 2, 291.—Dundee and Perth, New, 14% East of Fife, 61s. 6d.—East Lothian Central, 445. 6d.— Edinburgh and Northern, 15 i ex new—Ditto, New, Si. 2s. —Ditto, Newport, 6% ex new—Ditto, New, 74s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5 1 A—Great North of Scotland, 55s.—Newcastle and Berwick, 351.—North British, Thirds, 78s. 6d.—Ditto, Quarters, 695. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 32s.—Ditto, Fifths, 71.—Scottish Central, 21.:% Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 20s. —Stirling and Dun fermline, 695. 6d.—Strathern Junction, 78s. 6d.—East Indian Railway, 108. 3d. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM FAMES' STOCK. From t'e Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29. JOINT-STOCK 1311.N85. Dividend per Annum. 6/. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. per cent. 5/. per cent. :s co: 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 81. per cent. Cl. per cent. Cl. per cent. 7% 1. pr cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 7%1. pr cent. I 61. per cert. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 5% 1. pr cent. 101. per cent. Cl. per cent. 11.10 s. per c. 7s. 6d. p. s. 71. per cent. 21. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. nvsup.A.Nczt C, Dividend per Name of Company. Annum. Albion •• •• •• • • • • • • • • Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. • • . • • • Atlas. •••••• British Commercial ClericLMed. & Gen. Life county • • • • Crown •• •• •• •• • • • Eagle •... Eng. & Scot. Law •• • • European Life ••• • • • Freemasons' . • • • • • • • • Globe • • • • • • • • • • Guardian .... Imperial Fire • • • • • • • • Imperial Life • • • • Indemnity Marine • • • • .any Life • . • • . • • • • • ..egal and General Life .andon Fire •••• • • • • .ondon Ship •..• • .. arine • • • • • • • • • •• .. %fed. Invlid & Gen. Life National Lean Fund.. National Life • • • ..... Palladium Life • • Placenta • • Protector Life • • .. Provident Life • . • • .... Rock Life.. • • • • ...... Royal Exchange Sun Fire • Ditto Life Universal Life 31. 10s. 6 per cent. 61. per cent, 13s. 6d. pr sh. is. per share 51. per cent. 31. 10s. Gs. 51. per cent. 5% per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. and bonus, 12s. 11. sh. & bs. 1/. Ss. I N. I N. 5/. per cent. 434!. per ct. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 3/. p. et. & bs. 5/. per cent. 11. ss. 4s. 5/. per cent. 61. 10s. IL Gr. lON/. pr cnt Dividend' per Annum. X s. d 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 :czs. 14/.los 91 85% 7% Mi. 8 8 11% 41.11 s 5 0 0 it. 2s 10 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 An paid. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 All paid. 20 - 0 0 131. 7s 255. 9d 14 1 4 974, 27% 2256 18% ._._ All paid. i 6934 All paid. I 163 All paid. i 39) All paid. f 37 210 0 1 9 CANALS. z ' 4 Dividend ) Names of 4 Dividend Names of w Price. per Price. Companies. 2 per Companies. 4 Annum. T, Annum. cc - - X' X Ashtn & Oldh 97 5/.55. 13 e - Monmouthsh 100 81. - Ishby-d-la-Z 113' 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley.... 160 121. - Macclesfield. 100 - - Basingstoke..,loo - - Neath ...... 100 171. - Brknk&Abrg 150 5/. - Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford.... l loo 14/. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 75 Dudley 1100 1 4/, - Regent's.... 33 11. ss. 20% Derby •• • • • 1 100 6/. - Rochdale ..•. 85 41. - Ellsmre&Chsl33, 4/. 55 Shropshire .. 125 81. - E:ewash .• • 'lOO 321. - Somrset Coal 1M 71. 10s. - Forth & Clyd I 100, 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100 71. 83 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/. - (,rand Union' 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgnsh . 172' 13%1. - Stourbrldge.. 145 20/. 315 iiistr &Brklylloo - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham l5O 121. - Severn and }26 11. Bs. - Huddersfield , 57, --- Wye Rail. Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 5 ITrnt &MI 50 301. - Lancaster 47 11. 10s. - sey, U sh. Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 522 1 4 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester v 140, 101. 105 Worcstr Ik} 1 78 21. 43 Leicstr &Nth, 83 4/. 52 Binning. Loughborogh i 142, 70/. - Wilts & Brks 67 11. - DOCES. Dividend , Amount Name of Company. ; per of Annum. Share. I X s. d. X s. d. Commercial ... East and West India 6L pr cent. Stock. East Country ••.• • • • Landon ..... ...... 41. Katharine Southampton •• .• •• 41. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 WATEII-WORZS. Dividend 1 ... Amount Name of Company. • per of I Paid. I Price. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Annum. Share. . . East London..• ••••• • • 81. 100 .£ S 0 d 0 Grand Junction •• •• .• 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 I Kent • • ••••• • • • • . 2/. 10s. 100 00 J Vauxhall • • • 57. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middles° . . . 51.55. pr cnt. 63 12 9 PEDESTRIANISM. JOHN SMITH AND AN AMATEUR.— A smart contest of 100 yards, for a dozen sovereigns, between mine host of the White Hart, Drury-lane, and a gentleman amateur, who fancied himself somewhat fleet of foot, came off on Monday at Child's-hill, Hampstead. By the conditions it was stipulated that Smith should give the novice 12 yards' start, and, as the event proved, the Re gent-street Pet had his work cut out in regaining the advantage he thus allowed. After a pretty fair start the amateur ran well and spiritedly, so much so that in the first forty paces Smith had scarcely lessened the interval by three yards ; after this, however, he gradually gained on his opponent, caught him within five yards of the goal, and ran in first by a bare half-yard. Some of the spec tators declared it a dead heat, but the referee decided otherwise, and Smith pocketed the stakes accordingly. SEWARD AND WESTHALL.—The stakeholder in the match of George Seward and Charles Westhall, for 50/. aside, has given up the stakes to the former, on the ground that Westhall was not at the appointal place be tween the hours specified in the conditions. EAST AND POWEI.L.—It is understood that the corn petitors in this much-disputed walking match, have assented to th e p ropos i t i on .to walk again. The day, however, is not yet fixed. For the credit and prosperity of a manly and heathful sport, let us hope "a clear stage, no favour," and a desire to do right will mark the next meeting. THE WEATHER.—On Mcsday a very marked alte ration in the weather took place, notwithstanding that the wind had during the evening of Sunday again veered from S.W. to N.N.W., accompanied by a sharp frost at an early hour in the morning, the wind was due north, the temperature of the atmosphere at the Royal Hu mane Society's Receivine. ' . House, in Hyde-park, being 24 Fahrenheit, but as the day advanced the thermometer rose ; near four o'clock it was at 33, with every indica tion of rapidly rising, the wind having veered from N. to S.W., at which point it appeared to be stationary, accompanied by a thick, heavy mist and fog, which be came so dense at the west end of the town as to cause much confusion and danger to pedestrians, from the im mense number of carriages and omnibuses, particularly in Oxford-street and R egen t- s t ree t, d e l a y e d by the fog from the fear of collision and the streets being crowded with a great influx of passengers owing to the holidays. The train from Carlisle, due in this town at nine o'clock on Thursday morning, did not arrive till eleven, having been delayed by the breaking of the axle of the engine near to Fourstones station. The mail train from the south, due at ten o'clock the same morning, was also delayed till three in the afternoon, in consequence, it is said, of a luggage train having got off the line near to Rugby. The north mail, due at three P.M. on the same day, only arrived at six o'clock on Thursday night, in consequence of the slippery state of the roads. The south mail, due yesterday morning, was upwards of an hour behind its time; and the express train due last night was also delayed beyond its usual time, owing to the state of the weather.—Newcastle Jovnal. LIST Or SCOT' Name of Company. Bank of Scotland ... • • Royal Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Commercial Bank • • • • National Bank Union Bank of Scotland Western Bank .. .. • . • • North of Scotland Bank Clydesdale Bank .. .. • . Eastern Bank .. • . • . • • Caledonian Bank • • .• • Edlnb.& Glasgow Bank City of Glasgow Bank . Scottish Union Ins. Co. Hercules Insurance Co. Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • . North British Incur ' Caledonian Fire Insur. Edinburgh Life Insur. Edin. & Glasg. Railway Ditto, 4 Shares • • • . Edin., Leith, & Grantn Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. Glasgw & Greenck Rail. Olsgw & Garnkirk Rail. Dundee & Arbroth Rail. Standard Life Assornce. I Amount of Share. s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 IDIPAN: Amount of Share. .e s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 100 0 :PAN Amount of Share. X s. d 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 Paid. Z 4. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 raid. Z s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 6 15 0 Price H is' PRII Paid. Price Price. Paid. 18i 5% 11) _7% 136 :41114 83, 231, 61 195 '241. Gd 23 4% Price. THE IRON TRADE. During the past fortnight great activity has prevailed, several large contracts have been taken, and others as extensive are now in the market. For pig iron, espe cially of good quality, the inquiries have been abundant, and it becomes every day more evident that the stocks of pigs in South Staffordshire are growing very small, the consumption considerably exceeding the make. Iron stone is also unusually scarce, and under the unprece dented demand higher prices are easily obtained ; while coals are procured with still more difficulty, and many works and furnaces are producing little above half their regular make, for want of this requisite—nor are we at all aware from what quarter the deficiency may to any extent be supplied. The question of prices, as far as relates to manufac tured iron, remains yet undecided. On the one hand, it is stated that many influential parties stand so committed in railway speculations, that it would be advantageous to them to sacrifice the interests of their legitimate trade in the critical attempt to realize a sudden fortune, and that it becomes of more consequence to them, either as ultimate holders of scrip, or as looking to a high rate of premium, to afford opportunities for the undertakings with which they are connected to contract for their sup plies at moderate rates, than to obtain any immediate benefit from an advance in the price of iron. A very considerable amount also of orders previously accepted at low rates remains yet uncompleted. On the other hand, there are many who have escaped the contagion, and, unencumbered by such undertakings, by no means coincide with this suicidal disposition. With overflowing orders, a scarcity of materials, excessive rates of labour, and an utter destitution to meet the prospective demand for home consumption, and with the exorbitant prices now offered on the continent for rails, they justly feel that an opportunity offers at the present moment which, if thrown away, in all probability will be lost for ever—at least so far as the present generation is concerned. Much surprise has been expressed that among the tenders for rails to the South Staffordshire directors, one should have been given in by a Welsh house at 101. 2s. 6d., de livered at a station on the Grand Junction Railway. To accomplish this, some sacrifice must certainly be sub mitted to in the deliver; but it should be borne in mind that this is not to be avoided when the market for any article is situated almost exclusively at a distance, and in a producing district. A much more natural ground for remark may be found in the fact that a Staffordshire house of standing should so readily and needlessly violate the rates agreed upon at the previous quarterly meeting, and supply rails :at 9/. 18s. 6., and chairs at 61. 18s. 6d. The circumstance that good cold•blast pigs were at the time worth 5/. 10s. in the market may have suggested the extraordinary stipulations lately inserted in such contracts, that an in spector shall attend the works to report upon the iron stuffs used in their manufacture.—Aris's Birmingham Gaze*. THE LATE DAVID BOOTH, E-3Q The death of this gentleman, at the house of his son in-law at Balgonie Mills, on the sth curt., was noticed in the obituary of our last week's paper ills connexion with the county of Fife, as well as his literary pursuits, call for a more extended notice at our hands. Mr. Booth was born at Kinnettles, in Forfarshire, on the 9th February, 1766, and was thus, at the time of his death, in his 81st year. He was entirely self-educated, so much so, that he often spoke of his father having only paid eighteenpence for his instruction, being one quarter at the parish school. In the early part of bis life, he followed commercial pur suits, first in his native county, and afterwards in Newburgh, in this county, where he is still well remem bered as the occupant of the brewery at Woodside. It was at Newburgh that his love of literature became that passion which ever afterwards remained the master one of his life. He bade adieu to his previous occu pations, and settled in London " a literary man." In describing his life thereafter, we copy from a writing he has left, " I am now (1843) in my 78th year, and during more than fifty of these years, have been chiefly employed in writing or in editing literary works. Several of them have been tabular for the count ing-room, such as the Tradesman's Assistant' and a Ready Reckoner,' in 8vo.; and a volume of Interest Table,' in 4to. Others of my works have been miscel laneous, consisting of the Art of Wine Making,' Re•- views,'' Poems,' &c., the ' Art of Brewing,' published by the Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and the Explanation of scientific Terms,' published by the same society. The only works of mine that can be called politi cal are' A Letter to Malthus on the Comparative State ments of the Population of Great Britain in 1801, 1811, and 1821,' and ' An Essay on the English Jury Laws.' My chief literary pursuits, however, have been concern ing the English language, of which I have published a Grammar,' and the ' Principles of English Coposition ;' but the work in which I have built my fondest hopes dur ing the last fifty years, and of which one quarto volume has been published, is entitled 'An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language,' on a new plan of arrangement, in which the words are explained in the order of their natural affinity, or the signification of each traced from its etymology, the present meaning being accounted for when it differs from its former acceptation ; the whole exhibiting, in one continued narrative, the origin, history, and modern usage of the exist ing vocabulary of the English tongue. The portion of the work already published comprehends nearly one-half of the existing vocabulary, and I have mate rials collected sufficient to complete the work, if life be spared me to carry them through the press." Shortly after writing this notice, Mr: Booth was permanently laid aside from literary labours by repeated apoplectic attacks, and the publication of his great work has never been completed. We understand, however, that the manuscript has been left by him in such a forward state, as to afford good hope of the finished work being yet laid before the public.—Fife Herald. MURDER IN ALGERIA.—The Correctional Tribunal of Phillippeville, in Algeria, was occupied on the 4th, with the trial of four Arabs for the murder of M. Guieu, contractor of works at the village of St. Antoine. It appeared from the evidence that, in 1845, three natives having been executed for the murder of two French wood-cutters, the Arabs of the same tribe exclaimed loudly against the injustice of thus taking three lives for two. In consequence they swore vengeance by eating a piece of bread together, declaring that it was the salt that bound them together to revenge their brothers. On October 14, 1845, the prisoners and another man, who afterwards escaped, hid themselves in a thicket, close to the Constantina Road, and when the deceased rode past, they fired at him; and, on his falling off his horse, they seized on the animal and made off with it. A servant of the deceased, named Berthaud, came up shortly after, and found his master expiring, being just able to state what had occurred. On the trial three of the prisoners did not attempt to deny what they had done, but the fourth showed that he bad been in some measure constrained to accompany the party. In consequence this man, named Messaoud-ben-Ali, was acquitted, whilst the other three, Messaoud-ben-Saad, and Ahmed-ben-Saad, and Abdallah-ben-Boucheliga, were condemned to. death. The same sentence was passed by default on Ali-Ben- Anari, who has hitherto escaped arrest.—French Paper. THE FLUTE.—The invention of the flute is as signed to the goddess Minerva, of whom it is related that having excited the derision of Juno and Venus whilst playing upon her favourite instrument, she examined the rt lection of her face in a fountain, and perceiving the con tortions it underwent whilst blowing her flute, she threw it into the water, and from that time confined herself to the lyre. Prior to the invention of the lyre, the flute was the most favourite instrument of the ancients ; so greatly was its music admired by all classes of the Greeks that they who played upon it skilfully were assured of their fortune. Plutarch tells us that the Pythoness at Delphi, pronounced her oracles in verse, and her voice was generally accompanied by the sound of the flute. Aristotle, indeed, tells us that at its first introduction among the Greeks, the flute was little thought of and less esteemed, but after the defeat of the Persians, so great was the change of public opinion in favour of this instrument, that, to be unable to play upon it, was a serious reproach to one who pro fessed to have received a good education. _ _ _ The Armoricain of Brest, of the 19th, has the fol lowing:—" A serious disturbance took place on the evening of Wednesday last, in the naval school estab lished on board the Borda. For some days previously there had been partial acts of insubordination, which necessarily called for numerous punishments. The prison was on Wednesday evening full of offenders, which was made the occasion of a move ment amongst the rioters. After supper, and during the lessons which terminated the labours of the day, a signal was given to rescue the prisoners, and, whilst a part of the pupils rushed to the prison and broke open the doors, at the same time shouting. the Marseillaise, the rest began the work of destruc tion in the school-room, extinguishing the lights, throw ing the lamps overboard into the sea, breaking the win dows, and insulting the adjutants by throwing at them every species of projectile within their reach. The immediate intervention of the officers on duty, and of the commandant, were equally unavail ing ; their - authority was set at nought, and the disorder did not die away of itself until a late hour. On Thursday morning the maritime prefect, being informed of what had occurred, sent the major-general on board, who, after addressing a severe reprimand to the pupils for their conduct, ordered the ringleaders to be confined in the prison of the Amiral, to await the de cision of the minister. On the following morning, some further agitation manifesting itself during the lesson of one of the professors, two more of the pupils were or dered into confinement. Order was then restored, and the other lessons of the day passed off without any further disturbance." The will of the late Thomas Massa Alsager, Esq , has just been proved by his executors and trustees 11. 11. Cannan, Esq.. of Tulse-hill ; John Oxenford, Esq., his nephew ; and Alexander Dobie, of Lancaster-place. The personal estate was valued at 25,0001. The will was executed in the presence of three witnesses on the 12th of November, three days before he expired. He has left to his son, Thomas Hicks Alsager, when of age, his share in the Times newspaper ; in the meantime the profits to be applied fur the benefit of all his children But if his said son should not arrive at that age, his in terest in the Timcs to be valued at six years' average and to be offered to his nephew, Mr. John Oxenford ; and should he decline to purchase, then to be offered to any one of the proprietors of the paper, or sold, as most advantageous to the estate. The trustees to sell all his real estate, and leaves to each of his executors 50/., and appoints them guardians of his children. Bequeaths all his personal estate to his daughters, equally amongst them. His age was 67. VOLUNTARY OFFERING.—Mr. Fairs, of Hanover street, has presented two very handsome stained windows to All Saints, St. John's-wood. This is the third dona tion which has been made by members of the Bev. Edward Thompson's congregation to this beautiful and unique church. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT Ca BANKRUPCY, Dec. 29. IN RE EDWARD HODGES. To-day was appointed for declaring a dividend, under the estate of this bankrupt, who was one of the directors of the Tanquhar Slate Mines, in New South Wales. Mr. Duncan appeared on behalf of a gentleman named Wallis, who sought to prove a debt of 1,6601. The proof was tendered on a warrant of attorney given by the bankrupt and the other directors. The facts are these:—The company was formed in 1841, and the capital to be raised was 40,000/. in 4,000 10/. shares. Mr. Wallis was induced to purchase shares tc the amount of 8501., and also to advance money to the extent of 2,5001., for which he at first received promissory notes, which were afterwards given up, the bankrupt and the other directors depositing the leases of the mines, and also giving a joint warrant of attorney, on which judg ment had been entered up, and on which Mr. Wallis now claimed to prove against the separate estate of the present bankrupt to the extent of 1,6601., being for money advanced and interest. Mr. LucAs, who appeared for the assignees, opposed the proof, on the ground that a judgment against the directors jointly could not be proved against the separate estate, and said it bad been so held, in 1808, by Lord Eldon, and that decision had not been reversed. The Learned COMMISSIONER asked Mr. Duncan whe ther he could adduce any cases in support of the claim, and, on being answered in the negative, decided that the proof was inadmissible. Another proof was tendered by the same creditor, to prove on a note of hand for 1001. The note was made payable " to order," and it was contended that under the statute 5 Anne it was not provable. The question being under the consideration of the Court above, the claim was adjourned until the dividend meeting. No dividend was declared. A curious interruption occurred in the course of the proceedings by the blunder of a gentleman who had mis taken the case (no unlikely event when three or four cases are going on at the same time, each being heard piecemeal as points arise), and said that be must address the Court, for he could say, in a few words, more to the purpose than all that had been said before. As be re fused to confer with counsel or solicitor, it was some time before it was discovered that he had mistaken the case. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE. HOUSE •BREAKER'S DETECTED.—Mary Green was brought before the Lord Mayor. John Spittle (policeman 671) stated that as he was on duty, in plain clothes, opposite to the theatre, in Norton Folgate, at a quarter-past five on Monday evening, ho noticed the prisoner near several ladies, and knowing her to be a thief he watched her. She endeavoured to pick the pockets of several females at the doors. At last she attempted to rob a lady, who was ascending the stair case to the boxes, after which she suddenly retreated, and made her way to Bishopsgate-street. Another policeman (White, 667) then followed her by direction of witness, who returned to the theatre and learned that the lady, to whom he had allud2d, had been robbed of her purse. In the meantime White dogged the prisoner to No. 5, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate; apprehenthd her as she v:as going in at the hall-door, and upon searching the spot found behind a shutter a purse containing four teen shillings and two penny pieces, which proved to be the property that had been stolen from the lady at the theatre. Miss S. Wells stated that she had gone to the City of London Theatre with some friends, and after being spoken to by the policeman, found that she had been robbed of her purse, containing silver under the value of a pound. (The purse found under the shutter was here produced and identified by the witness.) The LORD Meson having ordered that the prisoner should be committed for trial, Spittle said that he had another charge to prefer against the prisoner in conjunction with a man called James Green, with whom she had been living for some time. James Green, a tall, well dressed, resolute-looking young man, was then put to the bar next to the female. The officer said he charged the two prisoners with having in their possession a quantity of housebreaking implements, consisting of crowbars, files, pick-lock keys, &c. He had after the woman's apprehension watched at the door of the house, and at an early hour next morning apprehended James Green unlocking the door to go in. In the back room of the second floor the wit ness found the articles already described, and nine silk handkerchiefs, fifteen duplicates (most of them I elating to silk handkerchiefs), and a new silk umbrella. Elizabeth Nicholl stated that she owned the house No. 5, Skinner -street, and let out several rooms of it to lodgers ; that she knew both the prisoners well, they having lodged in the house as man and wife about twelve months ; that they appeared to be very quiet peo ple, and upon taking the room they gave a reference, to which, however, witness had not taken the trouble to apply. The witness, as she went early to bed herself, did not know what hours they kept. Spittle said he believed he should be able to produce the owner of some of the property found on the man. The case was accordingly remanded. The commit. ment of the woman for stealing the purse of Miss Wells was then made out, and both prisoners were ordered to be brought up again on Friday. The whole of the conduct of policeman Spittle, in fol lowing up both parties, was much commended. CHARGE Off MALICIOUSLY SHOOTING AT A PERSON.— Patrick Power, a man who has been several years in the employment of Messrs. Eyre and Moses, of C.own court, Philpot-lane, merchants, was charged, under the Ist Viet., cap. 85, sec. 4, with having unlawfully and maliciously shot at William Nowlan. The prosecutor, a porter in the service of Messrs. Teed and Bishop, stated that the prisoner's employers occupied the upper part of the premises owned by that firm; that between eight and nine o'clock on the morning of Wednesday last he had a dispute with the prisoner about a water-pipe which carried off the water from the upper premises to a blind well in the cellar belonging to Messrs. Eyre and Moses; that the prisoner d—d his eyes about the water-pipe, and afterwards rushed out of the cellar, and retiring about three yards, deliberately fired at him with a pistol, saying, "th a t' s th e way to str ik e e Y fell u that he heard somet hi ng pass hi s ear, ; down, supposi ng th at h e was s h ot, i n atenrdro that iritho which supposition however he was mistaken, as he sus tained no injury. The witness further stated that he believed the prisoner to be a very desperate character. In his cross-examination, the witness could not exactly say why he called the prisoner a desperate character. The wadding of the pistol was, he stated, found, but no bullet was found. Mr. Sidney (the prisoner's solicitor)—ls it not noto rious that the men who work with you do all they can to make a butt and a ridicule of the prisoner? The prose cutor—Not to my knowledge. George Bull, in the employment of Messrs. Eyre and Moses, heard some words between the prisoner and the prosecutor, and saw the prosecutor double his fists and put himself in a fighting attitude, at which the prisoner snapped his fingers, and said he did not care that for the prosecutor, and a few moments afterwards witness saw the prisoner go down into the cellar, return speedily, and fire off a pistol in the direction in which the prose tutor was standing, saying " Take that." Thomas Holbeck stated that he bought the pistol for the prisoner above a year ago at Mr. Field's, on Tower hill, and was told by him that he wanted it to protect a a warehouse of his employer. William Gill (City policeman 538) was sent for on Wednesday, in consequence of the pistol having been fired. He saw the prisoner, who said he was coming to look for him, told him the pistol was in the cellar, and that he had fired it, but that there was nothing in it but powder and paper. David Hutson (City policeman 58) went to the pre mises, and saw the last witness, who said to him, " This man (the prisoner) has shot at some one ;" and the pri soner said,"The pistol is down b e l ow; I am no t a f ra id, I wll show where it is;" and th e p r i soner p o i n t e d ou t i where it lay behind some barrels. In the warehouse was found a piece of paper, which smelt very strongly of gunpowder, but no mark of a bullet was seen about the premises. The prisoner made a very roundabout statement, which plainly indicated that he had been harshly treated by some of the men employed in the adjoining premises, of whom the prosecutor was one. That they had d—d him for a spiteful wretch, asked him why he did not go back to his own country, and otherwise insulted him, and that the conduct of the prosecutor was particularly aggravating. "I had," said the prisoner, "to go up and down, and each time to pass Nowlan as he stood at the door threatening me, and I had a pistol with powder and paper merely in my side-pocket, and I snapped it at his breast merely to frighten him, and to bring the case before the Lord Mayor or some other magistrate. I had that pistol, I assure your Lordship, to protect myself against a combination which has existed against me more than two years. Mr. Sidney said the prisoner had beet the faithful servant of Ressrs. Eyre and Moses for twenty-five years, and that these gentlemen were convinced the man had no intention of doing any serious mischief, and had no objection to have him back in their service as soon as possible. The LORD MAYOR said the prisoner had been guilty of a very gross off ence , at a ll events , for, supposing there was no ball in the pistol, the wadding might have struck the eye of the prosecutor, and done him irreparable mischief. His Lordship felt that, although the state ments which had been made in favour of the prisoner would, in all probability, influence a jury, he had no alternative but to submit the case to that tribunal. The prisoner was then committed upon the charge of felony. William Pond, a regular dustman, and his wife, Mar gara, were charged with having aesaulted an old woman and two little boys. Several of the fraternity were present. The defendants had been drinking in the neighbour hood of Petticoat-lane at the close of their labours on boxing- day, and the beverage told more severely upon the dustman's wife than upon himself. An old woman was hobbling by as they came out of a . public-house, and the dustman, who was ripe for fun, clapping his hands, set his wife upon her, and cried out " Pitch into the ould 'un Peg, you devil." The order was no sooner issued than obeyed. Peg floored the poor creature, and two little fellows, who saw the incident, tried to prevent any further violence. Their antagonist, however, soon showed her superiority by pitching the boys over the old woman, and the dustman, whose powers were not called into action until th e police appeared and collared his wife, then began to show that he was deserving of his partner. He tried to rescue her, but the force were not to be denied, and they securely lodged both in the station-house. The LORD MAYOR—Which:were the more intoxicated ? The policeman, in whose custody they were introduced to his Lordship, said the man was sober in comparison with the woman. Pond—Why you see, my Lord, she was very lushy. A little oYertuck her. It is all she had this blessed Christ- mas ; and I wanted to cgn•y h•r home, but the gentle men there would'nt stand it, so I thought I would'nt leave her in sieha piokle. The LORD MAioß—Yau are fined 203., or fourteen days ; and she is fined 10s., or fourteen days. A rough voice in the erowd—"l say, my Lordship, what will you let the pair on 'em at liberty for ?" The LORD MAYOR—They shall be discharged upon paving Ns. The Voice—Take ten.. We'll rise ten bob here if you' . ll let the pair OR 'eat: go.—(Laughter.) The LORD ; they must pay 303. or go to prison, and that won't be comfortable. If the o:d wo man and the second boy had appeared. the punishment would have been much heavier. A deep and general groan issued from the dustmen behind the bar and their wives, and one of the latter cried out, " Oh, aint it scandalous to lock 'em up for a fortnight for only pitching into an old warmint,not worth the dirt she was tumbled in.* In a very short drat!, the fraternity contrived to pay 305., the presence of the defendants being indis pensably necessary in going the rounds for Christmas boxes in consequence .of the apprehended competition of the flying dustmen. GUILDHALL. Jenkin Hatches, a bs. rber Bowling-green•lane, was charged before Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall with appearing in the streets in female clothes, and Matilda Boddington, who described herself as an "artist" (which was explained by the policeman as meaning po.ture maker), was placed as the bar with him, on a charge of haling in her possession a parcel, containing a bane.' of koys:and a purse, of which she Gould give no satisfactory account. Sergeant Coram, 9.5, stated that he had often seen the male prisoner in company with women of bad character in Cheapside ; but as in dress, appeararce, and conduct he resembled them exactly, witness did not suspect him of being a man until Mhnday night, when hes aw him in company with the female prisoner in Little Britain. He followed them the whole way from that place to Smithfield, having observed that his hand was by no means like that of a lady ; and at length, suspicion having grown into conviction, he took him in charge. He appeared surprised at the accu sation of being a man, and denied the charge stoutly, but the woman said—" Come, it's of no use to deny it, you know you are." Witness questioned her as to where she got the bundle, and not being satisfied with her answers, took her in charge also. On searching Hawkes at the station, witness was satisfied positively as to his sex, and he could no longer deny it. The prisoners said that they had been to a ball, and that Hawkes had assumed that dress "for fun." The keys and purse were his property. The policeman said that the female prisoner bad stated to him, first that they were her property, and, after wards that they belonged to a brother of hers. The worthy ALDERMAN remanded both prisoners till to-morrow, in order that inquiries might be made as to their character and as to the truth of their statements in defence. BOW-STREET. Signor Philip Cioffi appeared to answer a complaint preferred against him by his wife, of neglecting to maintain her and his daughter, whereby they became chargeable to the Strand Union authorities. Mr. Boswood, the relieving officer, having handed to the court a printed order, signed by Mr. Cooper, an overseer of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, said that, in obedience to it, he waited on the complainant, who was lodging at 5, Tavistock-street, her husband residing at No. 40, in the same street, and from her representation it appeared she had come from America with her daughter, to fill situations in Covent-garden Theatre, where her husband was to be engaged in the orchestra, he having resigned the place he bad filled at her Majesty's Theatre. Having ascertained that the defendant was living with another woman, he waited on him to hear what reasons he could advance for allowing his wife to become chargeable : he refused to give any until the case was brought before the court. The complainant being sworn, said that having eloped with the defendant from her father's house in New York, she was married to him on the 4th of October, 1846, as appeared by the certificate produced. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Henry Chase in private, as she feared her father would prevent her marrying, she being a member of the Church of Eng land. The only form observed was, that they mutually promised to become partners for life, and there were a few prayers read, but there was no ring, as on similar occasions. The defendant, she believed, was a Catholic, but he adhered to no religion in particular, and they had lived together for several years, except when he was obliged to absent himself on theatrical business. She in consequence of ill-health, and through the mediation of Mr. Felton, who lodged in the same house, obtained parish relief from the Strand Union. The defendant denied that his wife was compelled to seek for parish relief, as she had sufficient money in her possession, arising from the sale of his property in Ame rica, in addition to which he sent her 20L about six months back. Mr. HALL put several questions to the complainant, and from her answers it appeared that she had disposed of two lots of ground, which, however, were of very little value ; and also a slave, for whom she had got 505 dollars, from which 35 were deducted, and she had paid 75 dollars for medical assistance, together with 12 dollars fur medicine, for all of which she could pro duce receipts ; and on her arrival in En g l an d, on Saturday week, she had 100 dollars, part of which she expended in the purchase of clothing fur herself and her daughter, and the reason why she had applied to the parish was, that she anticipated her husband, at whose repeated solicitations she had come to the country, would support her. Mr. HALL said that the case was not ripe for magis- terial interference, and he would suggest that she should arrange her differences in a quiet and satisfactory man ner with her husband. The complainant said that she would prefer return ing to America, where she could support herself by teaching music, to accepting of any engagement in Lon don, as her husband had deceived her in many ways for years. Mr. HALL said he could express no other opinion upon the matter, and the parties left the Court. CLERKENWELL. James Ayre was charged with breaking into the house of his employer, Mr.W. Hailes, and stealing, in conjunc tion with a person already in custody, named Shanley, the sum of 2L 195., in copper money, from the office desk. It appeared from the statement of the constable, that he saw the prisoner and Shanley get out of a cab on Thursday last in Golden-lane, and perceiving the latter to be carrying a large and weighty bundle, he followed him into a coffee-house, when in the bundle was found copper to the above amount tied up in cartridges. On inquiry at Mr. Hailes, it was ascertained that his house had been broken into on the preceding night. The prisoner was remanded till Friday. William Todd was charged witli stealing a watch, the property of Mr. William Alford, of No. 17, Belithe terrace, Barnsbury-park, under the following circum stances : The prosecutor stated that on last Wednesday the prisoner came to his (Mr. Alford's) house, and stated that he was directed by the landlord to call, and make some alterations in the locks of the doors and the bells, and soon after he left ; the watch which had been hang ing in a room upstairs was missed. - The prisoner, in his defence, denied having been at the house, and was remanded, in order that he might bring evidence in support of his assertion. John Wagstaff was charged with having stolen a pocket-book, containing bank notes to the amount of 301., from the person of Mr. W. Shaw. The prosecutor on Saturday went to a public-house called the Rising Sun, in the New-road, to pay his ac count, having in his pocket-book at the time four 101. notes, one of which he gave to Mr. Savage, the landlord, and returned the remaining three into his side pocket. The prisoner and a number of other cabmen who were pre sent began sparring. The prisoner pretended t o fall against Mr. Shaw, and while that gentleman reeled backwards thrust his hand into his pocket, took the money, and ran off. He was taken the following day. The notes have not been recovered. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was remanded in order that the police might have time for further in quiries as to the disposal of the money. MARLBOROUGH-S7'REET. Charles Groves was charged with breaking the lamp belonging to the Refuge for the Houseless, in Upper Ogle-street. James R. Goddart, clerk to the institution, said the porter was called to the door on Monday night about half past ten by a loud knocking, where the prisoner stood to make application for admission. Upon being asked whether he had ever been in the house before, the pri soner said he had not, and was admitted ; but after washing himself he returned to the office, and there complainant recognised him as having been in the house for six successive nights. The complainant explained that the laws of the charity allowed to admit people no more than three nights, at the same time that a devia tionwas admission by ad T o h p e te y d w w ou h l e d re ha th r e e extremity permtted of th e t p h r e is e o a n s e e r re quired.to he bad gained remain for the night, but that by falsehood, and was in a state of intoxication. They attachedth ere fur put e t u t t h h e i institution s o t i u t out, t i a o n n d o a u f t t s e i r d e t h . a t he broke th e l amp The prisoner was then arraigned for an assault on one of the prisoners in a cell at the Clerk's-buildings station, St. Giles's. F. Bicknell said he had been locked up for being drunk; and on Monday night the prisoner being brought into the same cell, became very abusive to witness, who was sleeping, and did not answer him ; whereupon the prisoner began to punch him severely in the face. Mr. LONG said the prisoner had seriously abused an excellent charity. He sentenced the prisoner to a fine of 40s. or one months' impris onment . apnmrgeevdioCu previo u s severalan , i Burke, gphuthtlihe houses, calling f or li quor, re f us i ng to pay, and creating a K. e Three ruffianly-looking disturbance. s d t u L r b a a n n g c e e , were llt appe ared a c p hil p a e 7 a g r Ue e d d r" W R that fellows, n w en s t i h e e r n i three defendants walked into a public-house in Webber street, and having called for and drank a pint of gin, refused to pay for it. The barman on insisting for pay ment was struck, audit was found necessary to call for a policeman, who in taking the defendants into custody was assaulted by them. At the station-house their con duct was described as violent in the extreme : and it was further stated that previously to the defendants visit 'at the public-house in Webber -street, they had called at three others, where they had liquor, for which they also refused to pay, on the ground that they were out of em ployment, and must be served free of expense. Mr. &OYER said that the defendants were very much mistaken if they supposed they were justified in entering a man's house, calling for liquor, and drinking it without paying for it, and then assaulting the bar-man. The Magistrate then inflicted fines of 20s. each on the defend ants, who, in default, were committed to the House of Correction. Edward Smith, s stable-man, was charged with assaulting Mr. Thomas Phillips, who described himself as private secretary to General Hay. The complainant said that he came up from Chatham on her Majesty's service, and went into a public house in Blackfriars-road for the purpose of taking a glass of ale. While in the house the defendant came behind him and knocked his hat over his eyes. He (complain. ant) remonstrated against such a piece of impertinence, and some high words having taken place, the defendant l struck him, and he gave him into custody. The landlord of the house was called, and he said that Mr. Phillips was in the habit of " larking " with the defendant whenever he came to the house ; that he (the witness) had seen the com plainant strike defendant over the head with a stick, and then say it was done in a joke. How ever, the defendant did not teem to relish such jokes, and threatened to strike hi; assailant if ever he struck him again ; and that on the preceding afternoon, he (witness) entered the room at the moment the parties were scuffling together. The witness added that, in his opinion, the complainant was the aggressor in the first in stance, by maltitg so free with the stable-man, and playing off practical jokes. The MAGISTRATE said if the complainant held the situation he described, and was in her 4 . Vlajesty's service, he had much better have proceeded on his business than to have entered the ale-house and commenced " lark ing '? with the defendant. As, however, an assault bad been proved, he should inflict a fine of sixpence on the defendant. The corriplain,nt off, red to pay the fine, but the de fendant refused to allow him, saying he could psy it hima‘lf. ORSIIIP ) -S7'REET. One of the most brmal and unprovoked cases of assault was brought. before Mr. Bingham for adjudica tion which it has for some time past been our painful duty to record. Mr. Joseph Penman, a master cabinet-maker, of 19, Myrtle-street, Ifoxton Old-town, 'having been sworn, stated that on Monday afternoon the prisoner, whose name is Hardy, and who was in his employment, called at witness's establishment and demanded money which was not due to him. Perceiving that he had been drink ing, witness remonstrated with him, and, taking him gently by the arm, advised him to go home. Prisoner struck him a violent blow in the face. The scuffle which ensued brought forward Mrs. Penman, but the ruffian had no sooner seen her, than he caught hold of her and struck her with all his force several times in the face, until she dropped upon the floor, where he also struck her, and, but for the arrival of a police-constable, murder would most probably have been the result. Mrs. Penman came forward, but upon her removing her veil, {a cry of horror pervaded the court, not a feature in her face being visible; her chin, nose, cheeks, and forehead, being one mass of bruises, and both her eyes closed (although this, at first sght, may appear to be somewhat coloured, it is nevertheless far from being so), and as it was evident that she could not get into the witness-box, Mr. Bingham kindly desired her to be handed a seat, when SD he briefly corroborated what had been before stated. Mr. BINGHAM—This is so serious a matter that it is almost out of my power to dispose of it. Mr. Penman here said that he would leave the case in the magistrate's hands. Mr. BINGHAM, alluding to Mrs. Penman's approach ing confinement said, that under those circumstances it would perhaps be better for him to do so, and be would go as far as the law would permit him. He should fine the prisoner for the assault upon the female 51., or two months' imprisonment, and 21. for the assault upon her husband, or one month's imprisonment, the second im prisonment to commence after the termination of the first. The prisoner, who is a savage, athletic-looking fellow was, in default, locked up. MARKET IS E WS.-( YESTERDA Y az.v XVIEL/L=Vr ft . S MITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 215 s to 31165; Clover ditto, 315 s to 41 lis ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. CUMBERIAND.—Meadow Hay, 215 s to 3c 18s ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 41 15s; and Straw, 118 s to 11 13s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 16s ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 18s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. The markets are closed until the sth January next. (From the London New Price Current of December 29.); SUGAIL.—The business transacted in all descriptions of West India Sugar was extremely limited by retiners and grocers, on Wednesday and Thursday, the quantity disposed of amounting to only 440 hhds and trcs but holders evinced firmness, and obtained previous prices for all sorts. The ar rivals of Raw Sugar have not been of much moment since this day week, but the deliveries continue satisfactory, and prices are lower than they were in 1845; in the stock, how , ever, there is little difference. REFINED.—To-day several purchases were made in Re fined Goods by the home trade, and at firm rates, standard lumps selling at 655, and brown grocery lumps at 64s per cwt. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the market is firm, and there are several buyers. MAURITIUS.—Prices have not improved, but there hag been a fair business transacted by private treaty, and the rates paid are equal to those previously current; the better qualities of yellow and grey meeting with the most attention. EAST INDIA.—The rates previously established are sus tained for all kinds of Bengal Sugar ; but the amount of business done privately has been to a small extent only, and none has been offered at public sale. Madras, however, has met with attention, and several parcels have been taken; but holders are inclined to sell at previous rates. For Ceylon and Penang former prices have been taken for small parcels. FOREIGN.-To-day Foreign Sugar met with little attention, and the only transaction worth reporting, is that of 200 cases of brown Bahia for exportation at 21s per cwt, being about the former value; at this rate, however, holders are inclined to realise. COFFEE.—Holders manifest more firmness, and have re frained from offering any at public sale. The market has an improving appearance, a fair amount of business haling been transacted by private treaty, and the rates paid are rather above those previously current; indeed, of middling and good middling sorts the supply is far from ample for the demand. COCOA.—The low and middling qualities of West India have met with a dull sale, and for such prices tend down wards, the stock being large, but good and fine are wanted, and the parcels sold privately brought very full rates, the supply being small. For Foreign late rates are asked ; but little business has been done. SPIRITS.—.East India rum has been in good request, and the parcels sold are at stiffer rates. In Leeward Island several sales have been made, and the supply being small, prices rule firm. Demerara of strong quality has been sought after, and a fair business has been done. Jamaica is held with firmness, and there is but a moderate quantity of any kind on offer ; a good busi ness has been done, and at fully late rates. Brandy is dull of sale, and can be had upon rather lower terms. Geneva has met with little attention for exportation. At London and Liverpool duty has been paid on 20,015 gallons this year. British Corn Spirits have been in lively demand ; English at lls 3d nett cash, Scotch and Irish lis2d to lls 3d. Gin 17 per cent under proof at lOs 3d, and 22 per cent under proof at 9a 9d per gallon. SPlCES.—Holders of Black Pepper evince firmness, and offer only a limited quantity for sale; a fair demand exists privately for all sorts. White met with a fair sale at 3d to Pimento is wanted, but little is to be had, and 4d to 4id is the value. For Nutmegs the market has a quiet ap. pearance, and former rates are not to be obtained. Mace is no' cheaper, but the demand has fallen off. Cassia Lignea met with little attention, and is offered upon easier terms. COCHINEAL.—To-day there was an increased desire evinced to purchase all descriptions ; a good business was transacted by private treaty, and the rates paid were Id to 2d above those of the last public sales. TEA. —Congou of the low and middling descriptions is little wanted, and there are sellers even rather under previous rates ; these sorts are now actually as cheap as they were prior to the agitation relative to the duty ; for good and fine former quotations are insisted upon, but, they have been sparingly dealt in by the town and country trade. There is now no speculative demand for any description. INDlGO.—Purchases to a fair extent have been made in all sorts of East India, and at prices showing an advance on those of the last quarterly sales of 2d to 4d per lb; holders are sanguine in their expectatio ns as to the future position of the article, and offer 0111 Y a trifling qua nt i ty for sale. For Spanish a fair demand exists, and prices are looking up, the supply being small. RlCE.—There has been a good business transacted in Ben galla7nsd to supply 2os by private treaty during the last few days ; holde rs mani fest the market sparingly ; the rates mon and middling sorts are still in th e most request. M a d ras mpuaci much havefi firmness, and is wanted at 15s 6d to 17s per cwt, but there is little on offer. Of Java the market is still without a supply—there are se veral buyers, and at stiff rates. FRUIT. —Prices continue steady; the sales effected have been limited. Currants remain steady at 54s to 565; further sales are reported in Cephalonia for Holland at 555. Valencia Raisins are unaltered, viz. 44s to 46s for good and finest qua lities. No further arrivals of Fit, s, and the quotations re main unaltered, although holders are demanding rather higker rates; other kinds of Turkey fruit are quiet, and we have not heard of any business worth reporting Sultana raisins fully support the recent advanced price of 755. Oins.—Prices are prevented from improving for Linseed Oil by the large supply, but the home trade have been in duced to operate with more freedom, and on the spot a fair quantity has been taken by them at 25s Pd per cwt, but the crushers are desirous to sell thereat as they are getting good profits. For exportation few buyers are to be met with. The demand for forward delivery has been limited, although there are sellers at 26s per cwt. The consumption continues to be as large as ever in this country, and on the Continent it is on the increase—prices vary little from those of this time last year. Rapeseed Oil met with a brisk demand, and an advance in the value took place. Olive Oil has been largely dealt in, and an advance in the value took place. Cocoa Nut is much in request, and owing to the small sup ply buyers are compelled to pay stiffer rates. In Palm large purchases have been made, and prices have advanced. The stock of Fish Oil has further decreased, arrivals conti nuing small, whereas the deliveries are going on largely, and a further improvement in the value took place. None has again been offered at auction, and privately the quantity on offer is less than it was of all descriptions. Cod met with ready purchasers, and prices have improved to 271 108 to 28/ per tun, but for arrival there are sellers rather under these rates. In Seal a good business has been done, and a further improvement in the value occurred. TALLOW.—No further advance has taken place in Russian on the spot, although the demand has been good. For fine Petersburgh yellow Candle 51s to 51s 3d per cwt are the rates accepted. For spring months Ms 6d to 51s 9d are re quired, but only a moderate business has been transacted. Home made met wit! ready purchasers at 51s to 51s 6d nett cash. All other sorts of Tallow have been in excellent re quest at the previous currency. AQUATICS.— During the past aquatic season there wee e sixty five sailing matches, one hundred and thirty three rowing matches, and seventy-two regattas. SINGULAR DEATIL—The death of a young woman was lately occasioned in a somewhat curious manner, near Charleroy. Two dogs were fighting near the mouth of a coal-mine, in the vicinity of that town, when, in their struggles, they approached the brink of the pit and rolled over, to the great mirth of the spectators of the combat. Lamplitab!(- emit-, r. &ward is4tiing awn uugs, ILI Lilt if fail, had alighted on, and broken, the cover of the basket ; which was ascending the shaft, and the pieces falling on the young girl who was coming up in it, fractured her I skull in so shocking a manner that she died on the spot. WORKS by ROBERT J. CIILVERWELL, I[.D• 3 Lad C•'• One Shilling each. by nest One and abzwante ON SINGLE and MARRIED :Lin (An Original Medical lll4tory.) 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These interesting little volumes, although bearing upon subject , 6 very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be hound i t 11°°ea ` surable and general utility, for they tell of matters e verYliv ln g crew* ture able t, understand ought to know, but whirl laformation - these enlightened times, except that quality prom ulgate d throkit, qulne stionahthe exposition hereby c hanuels, is at offered of the a very terrible till disco n un ow 111---t- An trt , thsei hidden t nature, ct human disappointments and their ways 4f relief, it is ns contended that every eeader shall become his or ber own phYsicT e any more than their own lawy e ,, .. - 2t it is insisted upon thatiswg should know the simple principles of our own organiTalion , the whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several Malt: states depend, the duties that are expected of tie in our individ capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health Sino happiness of the present and future race of mankind LLtie t.° wed By such knowledge, and which is herein taithfiL n Y . h an f tine s health will be found to be in our own keeping, 0 .", " a ,„7 - within the attainment of all; by the availment here of our duty to ourselves, we secure the lib • advantages on 4>m' n i. 5 ,,,r to follow, and finally by the cultivation of our faculties , wl h il , c " v — m ay consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well asj lC beg be exalted to the summit of perfection, as best becomes the '"" of God's creations. wet- The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his ow n die d as lugs, and the avowal of their integrity of purpose, must be - -- m t the by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee k"" topics broached involve his legitimate study and ptlrgu l 147. 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Jr post paid, to any address, for I. 6d. in Posta3. direct from the Author's residence. ' al Treatise QELF. PRESERVATION : A 1\ led` e— wf tarn/ 1...7 on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of youth alid .....ttora illus.rated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates y o n the __li rga ss. PhYsiology, and Diseases of the Urinaryand shaw inS explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, __ o tbe the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, Sil,.____sti excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment orisez"'l:, Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and ether d s''" and Reproductivv the Urethra. i ., u itojrol4 Ey SAMUEL LA'MERT, •-; i ' '''''' l:llc- - Ann; 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, So Loa- t i ro, aortae/ Matriculated Member of the University ef g dinb Licentiate Member of the London Hospital Medical ciatY, Apothecaries' Hall, London, SLc Sze. ~ CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. „... its riindrallOed Cuarria I. 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REV IEWS or TEL W Oll. . _....-mr pig . l "The anther of this singular and talented w ork is a agef fled medical man, who has evidently had considerable exParlotr.e, the trr xtment of the various disorders arising from the 10 1 ;;,i. frailties of early indiscretion. The engravi n t a are an in Cal m e ji moa t dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, lc--,, p e r usal act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, And b 1 i, , i 0 sr many questions may be satisfactorily replied to. that adroit . "' peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. .. •SW Published by the Author, and may be had at his resiaeMla 9 from Kent and Richard-4, 52, Paternoster-row; Hammy and U. 0.1.. -A. Oxford-street; Starde, Ttehbonie-street, Quadrant; 'Gorden, - Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, LlTerl ol- and by all Booksellers. At Home for Consaltation daily, from Nine till Two, tind!!!! Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if cootATX the fee of I/., for advice, &c.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BED7 O SQUAI E. LONDON IRISH BULLS.—" Why do you write in so /ell large a hand?" inquired a friend. " Arrah, dear; 0130 ain't it to my poor mother I'm writing, and she is 1 I very deaf that I'm writing her a loud lather." u l s i r e that a thin fellow?" said an Englishman to a Fl id ".../ 1. " I do think I never saw in all England a man so ie'i thin." " Och!" said paddy, with a chuckling whner, "Do you call him thin?" Why a know a man in Y .' land that's as thin as two ay him." ;...• PIGEON-FLYING MATCH FOR TEN POUNPv• ~ Thursday, the a n nual pigeon - fly in g match, betVie:`; amateur pigeon fanciers of Lan3beth, came off. Tb I, flying ° II were fifteen competitors for the prize, each b ieb ton,blue n wd t ar h as e g o p t hn i g e p e iowgn eoni s n n w i n e bg r e e l , b) thrown tlot u p a t pigeon. The starting-place was Southmpton, at w, 6 miles) in one hour and twenty-seven rein ut le Diadt i th at SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY VENIN G. " --1 Ong tb r .. " -f) Peninsula, Cap:ain Bingham left various FUNERAL merchandise. oF THE his afterno t about b'. Sh took ou ad with the usual mails. e r gers• a one o'clock, 13 11 17 g 5. thirty tons oftwenty-four Passe ( . )P lamented Cemetery, p r g,LON• ~! • I. ATE CO fil lr er N W. T ßo'- ' elf. IC I" : Monday forenoona nobleman le th goods, e we ln r r i a n i te r r e r m ed ains a t t c'h fe. i rhon3i s ts n a i a l e l - v g r : 4. Shortly before nine o'clock rest" ... O'Connor, chaplain to the Sardinian Embessi' bodi' at the residence of deceased, in Lower Roman Catholic form of funeral service over O r e -Ar iel Grove n ? ot a tied at about ten o'clock the cortege, coosilooll hearse, eight mourning coaches, and his B .pa 2lee of it' S private carriage, moved towards the P 1 1 - d t he mere l y eocorr e th• destination. The attendants Marquis 41 Valancinno, Secretary to the egstil.l4ol39 Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister , Bei l j a r .l3 lVii n , i t h Esq. Governor of the Bank of England' 11 :, - i . 4-. C .t o s:q u . o ( t e p xe o c n u o t o o , rs it t m o a th y e b w e i s l at o e f d t , h w e as d , ee b ea s ec ee e i n Ver c e . at ic a s ; 7 r . 00 s e a Knight of the Order of St. Maurice, In f ie nk igi ' rvi„‘ Major-General in the Sardinian array'. - I 's.n s ir ti tli e' . i s i „..- in t o brother, who inherits the title, and who bested to arrive in this country,' holds 11 °I" oile d Elbe dec Royal Household at Turin. Thmother and a sister are also living. , • ft vet e ' A LITERARY CONSCIENCE.—The foliOWlAudoOt enclosing 51., was lately received by CaPta in 4 e ta R.N., of Braxted Lodge, and we publish it, tle i t i a ' f tot as a curiosity, but as disproving the g eneral be " Q uble ct with hk touches s er o s f and co book plunderers are d nerverrftbr: f l it !: nscience:—" llonere el tchloesieidbrFaeivreypaotubnrdaxnsotetedhisouArsfor Books talk° ..ar' lodge long wile agoe A b 5i vant."—The writer has certainly not profited 0 1 % 0 0 the books whatsoever they were ,• and if ever be r w ith to his old habits, it would be advisab le to begin Guy and Murray.—Esser Herald. , CO: [ADVERTISEMENT.] --BILIOUS AND STOllate- D OS' racePLsus'TS CURED BE Houower's nius.—Perhaps half ti t ',, e , t tli.l suffer from . disorders of the liver, few are aware oftenP- to labour under bilious or liver complaints, conseauentli fool medicine that is injurious, and so go on until past ail Care. to 0 ; great experience it is knoA n that no remedy was ever o.;gebrate,. so promptly upon the liver and stomach as HolloWsl a l -none sr° l'ills, as by their means even persons of shattered CO- - ,, tu t the o re , soon restored to perfect health. Delicate females, either .„- - ,heir_ ,1 0 ; t o h f e l r if e e gi o u r ro w d h b e e n n a e p fi p t r , o t a h c e bi l n i f e w r, om at an su h c o h od, may d i v er in iVg ° ratiit• — . r 44: period, , by a druggists, and at Professor llolloway Strand, London. . kheatt lb BIRTHS o f Doc On the 26th inst., Mrs. G •IT George _Ananias, of a daughter. 11 l itelf. On the 26th inst., at Cambridge-place, Camberwe , g htst. road, the lady of Lawrence de Neumann, Esq.- °fa d°ll --- S stablishrtiellt, .` gale, Esq., of Park- MARRIED. , 7 41 030; On the 24th inst., at St. Mich& l' Stockwell, J•,--, - r ole Nelthorpe, Esq., of North Brixton. . rit. • NO" . Park-road, Stocks ell, Julia, do l g u ' t- -.., On the 26th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, %Jura _ideli Liddell, Esq., of Basinghall-street, to Elizabeth, ' daughter of enjamin Smith, E.T.q., Old Kent-road. I' l. On the 16th of July, in NeDwIESDOuth Wales, Mu rrl Y °itch.' son of Sir Thomas Mitchell Oa r° ofE s c IO Major( 1 . ni , l ottfhhGee Randolph, n d ss dt i t t o i ii g nirpi t ss o ittl n .: : sa f a a 7tt r t C m , s, Canterbury -i Regiment. South-bank, 3ni e : l ki d . On the 18th inst., Mary, relict of the late James k FTCe ej Morel, spinster, age • d 83. gel' On the 2'd - . inst., Mr. George Bere, of Thaviefi lon, born- h ill. a , r eatt' On the 24th inst. , On the 23d inst., Walton Turner, Esq., of St. X l3 ' d Elms, Ipswich. • Icsb it* , G ' Keoerngti'anaga ellid a7rBi, 061° Anna Maria Sydney, the wile of the Venerable Areba" Spooner, aged 6. ii riP On the 24th inst., at the Court Lodge, Lamberhurst, Liam Alexander Moreland, Esq., aged 80. at Elmdon Rectory,Eegent'SW-Parar—w • faint Gbilti On the 25th inst., at Ba.)swater, Leonard, the in _ . . t of William Harrison, Esq. c°. On the 25th inst., at Leamington , Anastasia,)- daughter of the late General Leveson G ower. e tb O On the 25th inst., in Charterhouse-cquare, Anne , of the ,Rv. Nk . Goode. :re(l4o. - ' ~,,al: , . - 1" n 1.11.-5.— '', ./ , •-•* - ' _A' 69.: ~ (111 the 261.11 lIISt., Datuei bieirlierstr;,, Esq., aged --:` if, 11 ,1 0 1 ; 0 1 0 1.01,, It : ;rinteu .thril'istre.l bv A: t; RT. I Off:NU , s trand, Printer, at The sun ornee, N 0.112, St o ind, in Tot of m the Savoy, in the County of Ailddleses, We" cumber 30, 1846. ; , )* THE SEN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ao, 1846