The Sun. — London, England, 1837-03-06 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE TEMPEST. VALPARAISO, OCT. 23.—A succession of fine serene days had given promise of the arrival of that season wherein nothing but the usual settled dry weather and customary southerly wind is anticipated ; in full confidence of which vigilance had, perhaps, become relaxed, the baro metrical and other indications overlooked or disregarded. " On Friday evening, October 21, the lightning about the mountainous regions eastward of Valparaiso was most re markably vivid and continuous, and accompanied with some thunder. The welkin in general remained free from cloud, but immense masses appeared stagnant upon the moun tains, and a dense fog-bank settled along the sea horizon. On Saturday the same weather continued ; the wind light or moderate from the northward. At three P.M. a smart shock of an earthquake took place, and in three minutes after a more severe one followed, which was general on the heights about the town as well as on the low ground of the Almandral, which is not usual, for slight shocks are frequent on the plain, which are not felt on the elevated positions. The night set in cloudy, turbid, and obscure, with a moderate northerly breeze, and falling barometer. Before midnight the wind increased, the sea became much agitated, the surf on the beach unusually so ; its hol low noise was deafening to a considerable distance, and so totally disproportioned to the wind, that it was considered more the effect of the afternoon shock than the precursor of a visitation unknown for a number of years. His Ma iestv's sloop Sparrowhawk, then at anchor in the port, and some few of the =reliant vessels, made proper preparations for bad weather ; but far the greater part of the shipping were seen, when daylight set in on the 23d, to have taken no precaution whatever. At daybreak, on the 23d, it blew moderately at N. by W., or right into the port ; a very heavy swell rolling in, and two or three boats were swamped at the jetty in at tempting to land. Towards eight some smart rain fell, and thick hazy weather set in. The wind also had rapidly in creased to a strong gale. At this time the Chileno brig Cinco de Abril, at anchor off the Almandral, in about six fathoms, was surrounded with broken water, which in bad weather occurs some distance off shore, and her case was already hopeless ; she commenced driving before 8. 30., and by 10. A.M. was thrown upon the beach, amid a most furious Surf, which in 84 minutes washed her to atoms. Her crew, except one drowned, escaped by means of a line secured on shore, which had been got there with great difficulty, although this vessel was thrown well up on the beach. At 8. 40. the American ship William Byrne, on the point of sailing for Guayaquil, and lying in seven fathoms, a short distance from that point denominated Cape Horn, began to drive. She then sent down her top-Tenant yards, and let go a second anchor, when she appeared at the end of her resources. At 10. 30. her starboard chain parted, and the other anchor refusing to hold her, she passed within a few fathoms of the dangerous rocks of Cape Horn, and came on shore on the western part of the Almandral beach, with her larboard broadside to the shore, where she conti nued beating and rolling about until her masts were cut away, when she took a more fixed position in the sand. At this time it blew bard in squalls, and the rain was inces sant. But though the surf beat most impetuously upon this ship, as well as upon the beach, yet no difficulty was apprehended in getting the passengers and crew on shore until it was put to the test. And now had arrived a moment of peculiar excitement —disaster and distress were prevailing in every direction ; 11 ( beach was crowded with spectators, among whom the foreign residents were most conspicuously assiduous, ren dering; at all points the most effective advice and assist ance, particularly the British Vice-Consul, J. A. Miller, Esq., J. Waddington, Esq., F. Burdon, Esq., Messrs. M‘Ferlane, Green, King, E. White, and Mr. It. Beccroft, late of his Majesty's ship Blonde. The evening preceding this eventful day Mrs. Cope, the lady of Walter Cope, Esq., his Majesty's Consul at G uaya (Fit, had embarked for a passage to that river, and had heen induced to go on board thus early in the persuasion that the ship was to sail forthwith. Having but latel% arrived from England she had embarked a variety of valu able property, calculated f,r a residence in South America. Nearly the first intimation this interesting lady received of tlie %cry perilous situation in which she was so sill:len', placed was the ship striking the ground with fearful vio lence ; the fury of the sea that beat across her decks, the crashing of her masts and yards as they fell over the side, and other distracting sounds, followed in rapid suc cession. At this particular point of the bay it became matter of infinite concern to relieve this lady without delay. IVitli the intent of getting a line on shore from the ship, a small boat, the only one within a mile of the spot, was hastily launched by Mr. Beecroft and five English and Aim ri,•an seamen, who offered their services ; but the boat was utterly incompetent for the occasion, and had hardly pro gressed ten fathoms when an enormous roll overwhelmed her, turned her over and over, and whirled her like a cork upon the beach, the people in her escaping with difficulty, chiefly by the assistance of the lassos thrown them by the numerous Chileno horsemen assembled. All attempts at filming a rope from the ship were found fruitless by reason of a strong off set. In the next place, an excellent and powerful swimmer was procured, and -by the assurance of a large reward was induced to attempt this hazardous enterprise ; with much difficulty he reached the ship by catching a line thrown to him from the bowsprit ; the off-set had well nigh set him out, he was given up as inevitably lost by the spec tators. His exertions led to no result. Meantime Messrs. Macfarlane and Green, the Navy con tractors at Valparaiso, with a promptness and zeal that eli ci`ed the warmest encomiums, appeared suddenly upon the spot with a powerful whale boat, conveyed from the port by a gang of their own people. She was immediately launched, manned, despatched, and succeeded in bringing a hawser from the vessel, and thus establishing a communication. This done, she brought the lady and her attendants on shore, for whose safety the most intense interest had been felt for the last two hours. She was landed, half-dressed, wet, terrified, and exhausted, but amid the heartfelt congratulations of the assembled multitude, and was immediately conveyed to the 'residence of the Vice-Consul. While on this particular spot the foregoing events were transpiring, other parts of the bay witnessed similar dis asters ; vessel after Vessel continued to break adrift, and gun after gun, fired as signals of distress, implored assistance vrLich it was impossible to afford. Numbers of the large launches used in the discharging and loading of merchant ships were driven on shore in groups, where they beat each other to pieces ; while others, more securely anchored, sunk on the spot. A great many ships' boats also drove on shore, but as no attemot was made to receive and haul them up, they also went to pieces. About 1.50. P.M., the Chileno barque Serena, deeply laden with timber, parted her cables, and came on shore stern foremost on the beach, near the Cape Horn Rocks. She broke up instantly from abaft the chestree, but the tows, with the bowsprit and foremast, resisted the elements for several hours before they also disappeared. About the same time the English brig Sir John Kean, and Chileno brig Independence, the Irish schooner John Echlin, and Chileno schooner Rosa, drove on shore in a group on the east side of the Jetty, where they lay beating with great violence, the sea making a clear passage over them. The Chileno vessel of war Arequipeno drove, and was in danger of foundering ; she fired repeated guns of distress, but to no purpose. In short, destruction and distress presented themselves in every direction. Between four and five P.M., the weather partially cleared up, and gave some hopes of a favourable night ; but this delusive idea bad well nigh been fatal to many, as it led them to lose the remnant of daylight, and the most favour able time of tide to land. Soon after sunset the storm re commenced with excessive violence, an impenetrable haze spread over the bay, the rain was impetuous and incessant, And before 8 o'clock night spread her very deepest shade over the scene of devastation. Messrs. Beecroft, Macfarlane, Green, and E. White were an the beach till a late hour—indeed, nearly the night through ; but the above circumstance had now paralysed all further exertions, and the persons remaining on the wrecks had only their own resources to look to. It was under these circumstances that the crew of the William Byrne, worn out with the labour of the day, were thinking of repose, when their ship, no longer able to endure the accumulated force of the rising tide, commenced breaking sap with fearful rapidity ; leaving them no alternative but io attempt reaching the shore at the most difficult period sim'ce the forenoon. Their only reliance was on the hawser still fast on shore, but the difficulty of dragging themselves through the tangled kelp, and the tremendous surf, was most l a borious and hazardous, and required that sort of courage and exertion which we have no idea we possess until extraokelinary circumstances call it forth. Though more than half ;lead, yet they all landed, and it was here that the persons above named had the only opportunity of rendering any help sfece nightfal. Before midnight the William Byrne was beaten to pieces, and her fragments strewed the beach for many hundred yards. With her perished a cargo valued at 65,000 dollars. Major Sutcliffe, ex-Governor of Juan Fernandez, with a party of dismounted cavalry, took charge of the beach, to whom were joined a large body of police, which latter is in Chill,perhaps, the best organized and most effective force o ithe kind in the world ; yet when daylight appeared they were found to be totally inadequate to the protection of the pro p e rty thrown on shore during the night, and therefore free perivission was given to the thousands of men, women, and childeen to carry off sm a ll a r ti c l es , th e authorities satis fying themselves with stopping such as were laden too heavily, or attempted to remove bulky packages. Of the raperty of Mrs. Cope not avestige was recovered. She i. il fit 7 a ctd ,t ii,el : As . sag t e let t da y before, no part of which i>z ~"i~~ v °~l% It certainly exceeded all expectation that the ship should have separated and gone to pieces so speedily ;but though a showy vessel on the water, yet the examination other wreck proved that (like the generality of Americans), she was nothing but a flimsy piece of workmanship, put together more with a view to exhibition than for service or durability. Storms of this destructive kind at Valparaiso are of rare occurrence at this time of the year, and they are still more so at the full of the moon, having been constantly observed to take place at some other part of the lunation ; but this summary narrative may afford a lesson to strangers visiting this exposed bay, and warn them at all seasons to be in a state of preparation for bad weather, by having their spare anchors ready to let go, by veering cable in time, and by making their vessels as snug as possible. It is an up-hill drag, and a vessel in a proper berth, well found and at tended, has nothing to fear from the heaviest norther ever known at Valparaiso. Names of vessels thrown on shore :- 1. English brig Sir John Keane, much damaged, but expected to be got off. 2. Chileno brigantine Felix Yntelligente, much damaged, but expected to be got off. 3. Chileno schooner Rosa, the same. 4. Irish schooner John Echlin, bilged, and sold as a wreck by public auction, for the benefit of the underwriters. The Lords of the Treasury have at length consented to erect a Custom House for the growing trade of the city of Glasgow. Saturday week the Lord Provost received from the Treasury the plan of the proposed building, which is to be erected on the centre portion of the ground lately belonging to the Dumbarton Bottle Work Company.— Glasgow Chron. On Saturday a girl of the name of Harvey called at the police-office and stated that she could get no peace in her mind on account of the murder of her own child, which she was concerned in about two years ago. On being examined by Captain Miller, she stated that, about the time mentioned above, she had been with child by a soldier, and that at the period of birth she had gone to the Green, accompanied by another female, where she was delivered of a child, which im mediately after had been thrown into the river by the woman who assisted her. In a short time after this transaction, Har vey says, she went to the Magdalen Asylum, where she has remained ever since, but could no longer bear up under the remorse of conscience that haunted her continually, and which brought her at last to resolve on a full confession of her guilt. The soldier mentioned has been apprehended, and the whole affair, with the concomitant circumstances confessed by the girl, bears so much the appearance of truth, that it will be necessary to enter into a full explanation of the matter.— Glasgow Paper. NOBLE-MINDED CONDUCT.—A short time ago the vicarage of Leeds, which brings in a clear income of about 1,500/. a-year, and has attached to it the gift of twelve livings, became vacant by the death of the Rev. Christopher Mus grove, and since then has remained so. The Rev. H. Stowell being well known in Leeds, from his occasional cleri cal visits to that town, it occurred to the patrons of the vicarage that no clergyman more able or worthy than himself could possess it, and an offer of the elevated office and emolu ments appertaining thereto was accordingly made to him. Mr. Stowell, with a spirit deserving of the highest commen dation, respectfully declined the proffered honour and riches, on the Christian ground that he was united to a church to which he was dearly attached, and by which he believed be was equally beloved; that he was situated in a field of labour, where he might render himself useful to the utmost extent of his power; .that honour and riches would not add to the hap piness he had at present enjoyed ; and that with the income he now possessed he was satisfied.—Manchester Times. An attempt at suicide was committed by the Rev. Agilace !iceman, a gentleman residing in the Westminster road, who had been for some time past suffering under the de pression of spirits incident to pecuniary enibairassments, on Friday morning. Not answering the usual summons to she breakfast table, search was made, when the unfortunate gen tleman was found in the water closet, with his throat cut, and the razor with which it had been done lying at his feet. Sur gical aid was procured, and the wound sewed up, but its extent and the cense - latent loss of blood, leave but slight probability of his recovery. The inhabitants of a commune in the vicinity of Aire, in France, are at present in a state of consternation, in consequence of a superr.atural delivery of certain letters at the house of a young man whose mistress died about twelve months ago. IA the space of about a fortnight his deceased bride, it is alleged, has written no less than nine letters, in each of which she threatens that she vii come with all the horrors of the tomb, and drag him out of bed by the heels, if he dares to con tract the marriage which it appears he has in contemplation. The most extraordinary part of ,his strange affair is that the letters, instead of corning by the terrestrial - mode of transit, arc dropped down the chimney. COTTON.—The importance of this article is best shown by the great national benefit which has resulted to America from the capital and skill which have beer, em ployed in the cultivation of its cotton. The quantity of American cotton exported annually is 294,310 4 115 lbs., the value of which is 29.359,545 Spanish dollars, 6,330,651/. ; whereas, the total export from all India was only 61,411,015 lbs., the value of which, at 255. per maund of 80 lbs., would be 1,668,922/. ; so that the importation of the American cot ton in Britain has increased from about 19,000 lbs. to 294,000,000 lbs. ; and the increase of the Indian cotton is but 68,000,000 lbs.—East L.dia Magazine. A FREEBOOTER.—Since the opening of the moors on the 12th of August last season, the farmers in the parishes of Large, Kilbirnie, Lochwinnoch, Dairy, West Kilbride, &o. have been exceedingly annoyed by a dog, which has made sad havoc among their sheep. To such an extent has this ma rauder carried his devastations, as to cause certain individuals to post handbills offering a reward of 101. for his bead, and latterly a roving commission was granted to a number of per sons, at the rate of 6:1. per day, for the purpose of de stroying him. He continued for a long time to elude their search, and sometimes, when they conceived themselves upon the right scent, he would break off at a point, and taking a circuitous relate, would fall into their rear, and worry a sheep in the flock they had most recently passed ; if there happened to be any unsmeared sheep in the flock, he instinctively seized these for his prey, and was remarkably partial to white-faced sheep, commonly called pets, of which he sometimes killed three in one night. But as his doings were of a kind to pro cure him many enemies, it was almost impossible he could any *longer escape ; and about 14 days ago he was traced and shot by a person of the name of Anderson, a mason, belonging to Lochwinnoch, and sent to Mr. Wilson, innkeeper, Beith, for the purpose of being stuffed. He appears to have been a full bred pointer, of beautiful figure, brown and white colour, quite young, and weighed 661 b. We are informed by those who had the best opportunity of knowing, that no fewer than 15 score of the woolly tribe have fallen victims to the rapacity of this notorious freebooter.— Glasgow Courier. A man, of the name of Richard Swallow, has been committed to take his trial at the next Liverpool assizes, on the charge of having caused the death of his wife, at Man chester, by brutal violence. From the evidence taken before W. S. Rutter, Esq., coroner, for the district, it appeared that the deceased separated, from her husband about four months ago, in consequence of his ill treatment of her. On Monday se'nnight she went to see him, and a man, named Richard Campbell, went to inform him that she was in a lower apart ment. He was then in bed. The deceased went up stairs to him, when he immediately gave vent to the most brutal lan- guage and struck her. Sbe — observed that he should not strike her again, when he sprung out of bed, and, after beating her severely on the head, took her round the waist and threw her backwards down the stairs. Campbell (who was afraid of Swallow) then went down, and found the poor woman lying at the bottom of the steps, bleeding profusely at the right ear, and her face and bonnet covered with blood. Campbell called in the assistance of police watchman Hyde, who secured Swallow, and hi s w if e was conve y e d t o th e infirmary, where she languished until Sunday week, when she died. On an examination of the body there was found a fracture of the skull, completely across, from one side of the base to the other, with extensive laceration of the substance of the brain, and other symptoms, the effects of great violence • and there was no doubt in the mind of the house-surgeon of the infirmary that these were the causes of death. There was other evidence to prove the brutality of the prisoner towards his wife; and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against him.—Liver pool Mercury. The housekeepers of Madrid have been kept in a state of much alarm during the past week by the depreda tions of a gang of robbers, who enter houses at all hours of the day and night, in numbers varying from ten to twenty, and, securing the inmates, proceed with the most daring deli beration in the work of plunder. In Madrid the houses are all, with the exception only of such as belong to the nobility or persons of great wealth, in flats or stories, as in the old town of Edinburgh. A common stone staircase conducts to one or more separate habitations on each landing-place. In London it would be hardly possible for a number of persons to enter the street-door of a house, by surprising the servant, or with vio lence, unobserved by passers-by, or by the opposite or adjoin ing neighbours. From the different construction prevailing here, no such security is offered against plans of depredation. In the instances which have lately occurred the practice has been for one of the gang to present himself at the wicket, using some plausible pretext to gain admittance. The door once opened the servant is secured, and the remainder of the gang let in. The thieves assume a different disguise for each occa sion. To the Queen's milliner the decoy of the gang went in the evening in the garb of a Cabinet courier, pretending to have brought letters from her daughter in Paris, the usual mode by which the correspondence between mother and daughter was kept up. The door was instantly opened to him. It hap pened that a party of friends were assembled at the house. To these the pretended courier introduced a dozen unexpected guests, who stripped them of all the valuables and money they had about them. An individual called during the process. Not to have answered the door would have caused an alarm, which might have proved fatal to the freebooters. The visitor, their fore, was admitted, and added to the number of the victims. From this house, the owner of which is exceedingly rich, the thieves sacked upwards of 6001. In the house of a rich esterero (maker of coloured matting, which serves universally in Spain in the place of carpets) they robbed, money and plate, to the extent of 1,7001. Two of the gang bargained in the morning for a considerable quantity of matting, taking away a portion, for which they paid, and promising to call on the following day for the remainder. In the evening, when all the workmen had retired, they presented themselves again, and being recognised as customers we re rea dily a d m i tte d. Th ey were followed by ten of their companions, and easily effected the robbery, there being none but the master, his wife, and one servant, to resist them. In this manner they have gone on, every other day, fur nishing fresh instances of their dexterity. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of March 3. ) SUGAR,-In the West India Raw Sugar Market there con tinues to be a good business doing, the refiners and grocers having been again both purchasers, and the importers have obtained an advance on last week's rates of 6d. to Is. ; there has been no public sale of Barbadoes, but 130 casks are adver tised for Tuesday ; the supply at Market of all descriptions is now getting rather short. The arrivals this year have been 568 hhds., &c., more than last. The deliveries again show an increase on those of last year. There have been no arrivals this week. By the Gazette, the last average price was 335. 21d., and at the same period last year it was 38s. 71. The total deliveries for home consumption this season have been 11,000 hhds. and trs., against 8,000 hhds. and trs. during the same period in 1836 ; the difference in the stock continues to di minish. This afternoon a good business was done in the refin ing and grocery descriptions at fully the rates of yesterday ; the purchases for the week have been 2,600 hhds. and trs. For Refined goods there has been a good request from the grocers at Is. to 2s. advance; sales of Lumps rather under the standard made at 795. to 80s. ; the business done for shipping has been at an advance of 6d. ; 375. paid for delivery in three weeks for parcels of double Crushed, and there are now few or no sellers under 375. 6d. to 38s. ; but few goods are in the Market ready for immediate delivery. Treacle is rather dearer, and the demand has been pretty good. Bastards are dull of sale, but in the prices no change has taken place. Dutch Crushed remains at 345., but there has been nothing done. Msuarrius.-There has been a good business done, princi pally in: the: good and fine qualities, and an advance of is. a Is. dd. has been established on the large public sales of 14,022 bags, which have gone off with spirit, nearly all find ing buyers; fine yellow at 655. ; good, 611. 6d. a 635. 6d. ; middling yellow, 60s. ; ord 575. 6d. ; grey 555. a 645., good and fine brown 535. a 545. very ord. heavy brown was taken in at 455. The. arrivals this year have been 79,713 bags, which is 10,295 bags less than was imported last year. The ensuing crop is likely to be much inferior in quality to that of the last season. There are at present no public sales an nounced, and the supply at Market of the best yellow descrip tions is very short. EAST INDIA.-For Bengal there continues to be a good re quest from the grocers, and a further advance of Is. has been obtained, but for shipping little has been done. 1,000 bags at auction met with ready buyers, good white at 335. Gd. a 345. Manilla is held for high prices, but there is still no de mand, and 1,932 bags at auction wero all taken in, ord. and good brown at 20s. a 21s. 6d. Of white Siam there being still no supply at market, business has been again prevented. The arrivals of all descriptions this year have been 21,150 bags, against 10,660 bags last year. The stocks now exceed those of last season by 21,156 bags. This afternoon 890 bags Ben gal at public sale went off briskly at ls. to 2s. advance, mid. white at 325. 6d. to 345., damps and washed 275. 6d. to 315., sound grey 235. 6d., low dry brown 218. FOREIGN.-For the brown and low yellow qualities of Ha vannah there has been very little request, and easier prices have been submitted to, but the best yellow sorts have supported former rates ; at auction 253 boxes 30 'Ads. have been brought forward, which went at a decline of Is. for the two former descriptions, brown and ord. yellow gold at 21s. to 245., mid. yellow 245. 6d. to 255., good 265. to 265. 6d. ; in white little has been done, the supply at Market being short ; 1,979 boxes yellow will be offered at auction on the 7th ; for Brazil littl e request has existed for the brown and yellow sorts, and 90 chests Bahia of the former at auction went Is. below the prices of last week, ord. to fine sold at 15s. Gd. to 20s. 6d., whites are held with much firmness, the supply at Market is short, and which has prevented business of the least moment ; for yellow little request has existed, but the prices remain firm ; 370 chests Rio will be brought to public sale on the 10th inst. ; the arrivals of Havannah this season have been only 2,179 chests, against 8,268 chests last year, but the stock is now 3,500 chests g reater than at this period i n 18 36 of Brazil 1,899 chests and barrels less have been received this year than last, but the stock is now 1,270 chests and barrels g• ea`er than last year. C FIFE.-Berbice mid. and good mid. at 85s. 6d. to 915., low m:1. 80s. ; Demerara fine ord. and mid. 80s. to 87 s , 6d. ; J. mama good ord. 70s. to 81s. ; Brazil offered at auction was only partly disposed of at Is. decline, good and fine even coloury sold at 465. to 495. 6d., ord. 38s. 61. t' 41s. ; 718 bags Havannah went Is. cheaper, fine ord. 425. to 435. 61., pale good ord. at 445. Gd. to 455. GI., good and fin, coloury 475. to 535. This afternoon Mocha and Sumatra we. brought forward, the former gcod mid. clean garbled at 735. to 765., one lot 78a. ; the latter tal en in, common at 38s, to 39. z. ; 622 bags went rather cheaper, and sold at 423. to 475. for good ord. pale. 13erbice mid. sold at 90s. to 953; the un clean were nearly all taken in. Alor.assEs.-West India are rati.er dearer this week, and there has been a steady business done; sales o" good Dome rai a made at 275. 6d. Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The Rum Market is still in a dull state ; 'or Jamaica and ord. Leewards there has been no request, and for a small parcel of Demerara of good qua lity 36 per cent. over proof 3s. 6.1. has been accepted, being rather under last week's prices ; 1,905 puns. and hhds. more have been received this year than last, but the stock is nov, 1,128 puns. and hhds. under that of last season. In Brandy o: Genera there has been little stirring. Cocos.—ln the British Plantation descriptions there has been nothing done, and 200 bags Trinidad at auction were all taken in at 51s. for fair quality. In Brazil no transactions have taken place. TALLovv.—.ln the prices there has been no change ; the de mand on the spot has been steady at 455. a 455. 3d. for PYC. For futrra delivery there has been nothing done. COTTON.—There has been nothing done this week, and tin prices remain the same as previously quoted ; 6,700 bales Surat and 1,200 bales Madras are advertised for auction on the PROVISIONS.—In the Irish Butter trade a good business has been done at fully the prices quoted. The supplies of Dutch have been short, and for the fine qualities there has been an active request at 4s. a ss. advance, sales of fine Friezland made at 1145., and in some cases 1165., but in the value of the inferior qualities there has been little change.—Bacon has. fully maintained the prices previously quoted, and there has been a steady request. Lard has secured a fair sale at 6 3s. a 70s. for Waterford Bladdered. SPICES.—In the absence of public sales of Pimento, there has been little request by private contract, but the holders still require fully late rates. In Cassia Lignea there has been scarcely any thing done, and the prices remain the same as previously quoted. Pepper has sold heavily, but in the prices no change has taken place-3}d. h as b een pa id f or sma ll parcels of ordinary Sumatra. Nutmegs are still taken very sparingly, and 19 casks fair consumers at auction were only partly disposed of at a reduction of 3d., and sold at ss. Cloves are unaltered in value, and little has been done. Mace and Cinnamon remain at last week's rates, but the purchases have been trifling. In either East or West India Ginger there has been little doing privately, and none has been brought to pub lic sale. This afternoon 40 bags white Pepper at auction sold at qd. to 91d. for low white. SILTPETRE. --•-• The prices of Rongh have undergone no change; but little business has been done privately. At auction this afternoon 2,490 bags Calcutta; refraction, 21- to 11i, all of which was bought in at former rates from 245. 6d. to 265. 6d. Fautr.—The Market has been dull—the prices are unvaried. COCHINEAL.—The prices remain firm ; but there is still little doing privately. 45 bags Honduras at auction went at 6s. 6d. a 6s. 10d. for good and fine silvers, and Bs. to Bs. Id. for mid. blacks. TURPENTINE.—There has been a steady business done in Spirits at rather stiffer prices. In Rough nothing has been done ; 3,000 brls. have arrived, but they are direct to drawers. NITRATE OF SODA.—There has been nothing done this week, and the prices remain at 18s. to 18s. 6d. Saco.—This afternoon at auction 175 chests Pearl went at I Is. 6d. to 12s. 6d. RICE.--In East India a, fair business has been done for shipping at 6d. advance ; 850 bags Batavia at public sale went at 10s. 6d. a 14s. 6d. for mid. and good. WooL.—ln the English Market a steady business has been done, but for Foreign the request has been moderate. SAFFLOWER.—At public sale 140 bales Bengal, sold at 4/. a 6/. for ord. and mid. frof.s.—The good and fine descriptions have been in re- quest, but for the ord. qualities there has been very little demand. Norm—The holders continue to demand fully late prices for East India, but there has been very little done; advices have been received from Calcutta to the 19th, estimating the crop at 110,000 to 115,000 maunds ; the quarterly sales arc fixed here for the 11th April, 750 chests arc advertised. At auction 168 serons Caracca, sold at 3s. 4d. a 6s. 6d. On.s.—The business done in the common descriptions of Fish Oils have been very moderate, and confined to purchases made by the home trade, and reduced prices have been sub mitted to. At auction 33 tuns Seal went at 47/. for pale, 44/. 10s. for straw, and 38/. a 391. for brown. For Cod 44/. has been accepted privately, but 40 tuns at auction was withdrawn.—Of 220 casks Palm offered at public sale only a small portion found buyers at 31s. Sd. a 32s.—Cocoa Nut at auction went at 325. a 35s.—Linseed Oil has sold slowly at 33s.—Rape has sold heavily at 465. 6d. for pale, and 465. for brown. LOGWOOD.—To-day at public sale 130 tons fine fresh Cam peachy, part sold 91. 7s. a 91. 10s. A ladies' boarding-school appears for sale in the Paris papers. The property is described to consist of house hold furniture valued at 5,000 francs, and fourteen young l a di es . On Friday afternoon, about five o'clock, the sloop Six Brothers, Benjamin Russell, master and owner, left the old harbour with a cargo of bones. There were four persons on board, the master, his son, and their wives. She had only reached about half-way between the west pier and the Corpo ration new jetty, when she was upset by a sudden gust of wind. Both the men were saved by clinging to the bottom of the vessel, but we are exceedingly sorry to say that the women, who at the time were in the cabin, were unfortunately drowned. The men were taken off the bottom of the vessel by two men, who perceiving her go over, immediately procured a boat and repaired to the place where she was, for the purpose of affording assistance. —Hull Rockingham. Within thecae few days vast numbers of spurious fourpenny pieces have been put into circulation in this city, ai well as in several towns and villages in our neighbourhood. Most people are off their guard with respect to this coin, and are, of course, more easily imposed on than with shillings and sixpences. A gang of notorious characters were apprehended on Friday, attempting to pass the imitation fourponnies, with all the implements for manufacturing them in their possession. —Glasgow Chronicle. The weather in all parts of Scotland, during the pa3t week, has been unusually severe. There have been vio lent.galcs, accompanied by excessive cold, the thermometer varying below 40, and occasional showers of sleet and rain, PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. • - • - Paid. Share. 1,760 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. 19s. sh. 135 1,482 4/. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke i 1001. sh. 51 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. 100 8,000 1-18 sh. 91. 9s. Birmingham, 1-10th share 811. & 711. 217 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ J. 100 pd 31 600 ......... Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 64 • 400 44 Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry 1004 sh. 700 4,515 Croydon Average 311. os. 10d. sh. 3 - 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley lOOl. sh. 78 600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 122 20.000 3,5751 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. SO 231 401. Erewash 100/. sh. 610 1,29'7 281. Forth and Clyde Average £4101.165. sh. 600 11,500 12/. Grand Junction 100/. ah. 200 2,8491 11. Grand Union 100/. sh. 241 1,500 Grand Surrey 120,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan WO/. 70 3,096 Grand Western lOO/. sh. all pd 1 600 131. 12s. Sd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 41. 230 ' 749 10. Grantham 150/. sh. 200 6,238 11. 15s. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 35 100 Kensingtin 100 sh. all pd. 10 23,323 11. 2s. Kennet asd Avon, Average 39/. 19s. 10d. sh. .21 2,14971 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 535 5452 .12/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 195 1,997 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver V/. lOs. 77 2,400 101. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 200 50 16/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 560 3 ,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 171. Neath - 100/. sh. 825 1,796 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 311 2,400 31. Peak Forest Average about 79/. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 16 5 , 06 9 W. per cent. Rochdale Average S 5/. sh. 1i 9. 500 81. Shropshire V 251 sir 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 153 3 . 6 00/. 41 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock • 10/ las. sh. 111 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243 300 5!. Stourbridge 1451. sh. 263 2 ,647 2/. Cs. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. fed. sh. 50 533 12/. Swansea 1001. sh. 220 8,762 11. 4s. Severn and Wye and Railway... Av. 351. sh. 191 2 , 5 0 0 1 sn. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 1001. sh. 355 8,149 1, 3 000 sh., I,ooofsh. 151' Warwick :Lid Birmingham 100/. sh- 95 0 960 191. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 140 6,000 41.05. Worcest n - and Birmingham... Av. 79/. Ss. sh. 82 5,000 225. Wilts an.. Berke .. Average 67!. 10s. 8,1. oh. 21 800 81. Wyrley and Essington lO5/. sh 75 126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 45 905 1/. Wey and Arun 110!. eh. 101. DOCKS. 2 . 60 " in c. Commercial 1001. sh. 56 1,06.5f5h. - • 403,06711. 6 per et. East India • Stock 114 8,233,31011. Wis. p.ct. London Stock 561 Ditto Bonds 1,390,000/. 5/. per ct. West India Stock 105 2,20 , .) 2/. 19s. Bristol e 5,324/. 6/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lls 1,332,751 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 91 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOll 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds fir 10 years lOO Shoreham [Labour 2.500 ........ Deptford Pier BRIDGES. 1,600 ICe. Hammersimti, . 50!. sh. 221 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 03/. Os. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 18s. id. Ditto, Old Annuities of V/. 6O/. pd 14 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 151 80,0004 W. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 6,000 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. lid. sh. 101 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 21 10 s Albion 5001. sh. 501 pd 79 50,000 f i ln e A t a t ' l Alliance, British & Foreign 180/. sh. loc. pd 13 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 51 24,000 f 1 per sh. Atlas 1,200 fsh. Si. Birmingham I ire 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/.6h. 50/. pd 40 12,000 W. per cent. British Commercial 501. oh. 5/. pd 61 5,000 81. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, IGO/. sh. 12/10s pd 31 4,000 2/ Ills County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 40 20,000 is. Eagle 200 [ 1 1,1 1. 3 ,-f i e Z s t . l Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. '250/. pd 875 2,271 228. per cent. European Li., 2O/. ch. all pd 22 30,000 2s. Ditto, New ... " , 01. oh. 0/. pd 2 1,000,000/. 71. per et. Globe Stock 151 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 271/ pd 3:1 449,0030 6s. 6d. Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 51 2,400 il. 7s. 601. Imperial Fire 500/ eh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 Os. Imperial Li le 100/. sh. 10/. pd sn 13,451 IN. per eh. Indemnity Marine 140!. sh. 64 pd 16 2,0211 31 10s Kent Fire SU/. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life. 7O 10,000 16s. Law Life 5,000 10s. London, Fir, 251. sh. 12/. 100. pd 151 3,900 10s. London, Ship 25/. sh. Iv/. 105. pd 15: 30,000 6/. per cast. Palladium Lit, 50/. sh. 21. pd 11l So 04 50,000 Protector Fire s .41/. oh. 21. pd IS, td 2,500 1/. Provident Die INV. sh. 10/. pd 2 , 100,000 5/. percent. Rock Life .0/. sh. 0/. pd 61 1399,9.2.0/ 51. per cast. Royal Excii-iiee Stork... 220 9,000 8 per cent. University Lite lOOl. sh. 5/. li 51 50,000 4 per cent. United King lona Life 2l. pd JOINT SIOCK BANKS 25,000 Agric and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. lad 14 5,000 Australa,i3 4Ol. oh. 401. pd 581 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Brimingliam 5 4!. sh. 1441. pd 1:i 10,600 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank SOL sh. 5/. 14,1 14 30,000 4 percent. London and Westminster-100/ oh. 20/. pd 211 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100!. sh. Di/. pd 344 23,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 21 60,000 8 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] im. sh. ird pd 21f Discount 20,000 7i percent. Manchester 100/. *h. 25/, pd 9.8 f 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 1001. sh. 25/. pd 3 41 40; 00 National Bank of Ireland 5Ol. ah 171/. pd 14 10,000 8 per seat. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 05/. pd 231 19,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. Bb. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh 5/. pd ii GAS LIGHT' AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 s 6cl Bath 2O/. sh. 10/. pi 24 6,000 British 4O/ eh. 161. pd 21 ",`""' /and Bs. is. rsl.percent.l ` , Ol. sh. 19 pd Ditto Proriocial 9251 5110 s Birmingham 501. sh. 4,250 ... 2/_llls Bristol `io . sh. 1,500 11/ 106 Brighton "0/. sh. 750 31 106 Ditto, New "ill. sh. IN. pd 2,471 I. per cent. Brighton General °Ol sh. all pd 4,000 41. Continental Cansolidated lOOl. 621/. pd 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all p.. 1 1, 0 00 61. Ditto, Nev 4,000 41. 10s. Equitable 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 800 hi. per cent. Isle of Thanet VV. sh 201. pd 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent 3Ol. sh. nil pd 8,001 S/. per cent. Phoenix .... 50/. sh. 39/. pd 1,000 4!. per cent. Ratcliff' 100/. sh. Wl. pd 4,000 : South Metropolitan 5 . ,/. sh. 101. pd 8,200 6/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 $l. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 12,000 Si. Westminster Chartered . Kol. sh. 6,000 12s. Ditto New KS Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. IN. pd WATER WORKS. . . 4,800 Its. Birmingham 2si sh. 25/ pd 4,443 R. East London lOO/. sh. 5,500 2110 s Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 40. eh. 2,000 2/. Kent lOOl. sh. 872 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 2/ lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,436 111 k Manchester and Salford IOO/. sh. 300 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 2,504 31. West Middlesex ....Average fi3l. 128. 9d. sh. 1.360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 8,000 Birmingham and Derby lOl. pd 0,500 Birmingham and G10nce5ter.............101 pd 7,500 ...... ... Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 15, 0 (10 Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 5 pd 660 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 711. 3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/. pa 12,000 8,001 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd 00,000 Eastern Counties '2sl. 611. 2/. pd Grand Junction 1001. Eh. 501. p.l Great North of England 7l. pd 25,080 Great Western lOOl. eh. 40/. pd 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/ pi 6,000 ...... ... Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. Si. pd 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. Si. pd 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 6,101 I 0 per cent. Liverpool and 111anchester...101/. sh. 100/. pet Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 10,000 London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 5/ pd 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201 sh. 11. pd 16,000 Ditto ditto (Itennie)...so/. 111. 31. pi 8,001 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. O. 31. pd 12,000 20,000 8 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. sic 204 pd 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 751. pd 20,h00 London and Southampton SOL sh. 35/. pd 7,000 ...... ... London and Croydon 20/. sh. 13!. pd 12,000 London Grand Junction 5 1. sh. Si. pd 111,000 Manchester South Union 100/. sh. 51. pd North Midland 1001. sh. 111. pd Northern and Eastern lOOl. 60. 31. pd 2,606 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 81. pd 211,000 south Eastern and Dover 71. !xi 1,000 (11. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 9,000 ....... Thames Haven 501. eh. 2/. 10s. pd 1,400 0,000 MINES. . ...____ 1,001 ...... ... Albion Copper 51. sh. 3/. pd 0; 4,001 ..... .... Alten 151. sh. 121. 10s pd 13 10,001 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd 31 Ditto Subscription .25/. pd 31 2,001 Boldnos r 1501. sh all pd 115 10,000 IL 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 115!. sh. 20/. pd 20 6,0v0 ... ...... Macatibas & Cocaes United.. 25/.Bh. 2311. pd 7 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. ah. AIL psi 21 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 21)1. pd 88. 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip WI. sh. Si. pd 9 20,000 British Iron 501. sli. 50/ pd 40: 6,000 „.. ...... British Copper Cata Branca 61/. pd 7 Candonga 7 ll. psl 71 10,000 1/. Copiapo 2Ol. fib 121/ pd 15 8,500 2 , 850 Si. English 20,010 General Mining Association - 2U sh. 151. pd 10 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh 54i/. pd li 3,000 Polberoit Consols 101. sh. Si. pd 7 11,500 Real del Monte Unregistered lO Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 150 30 000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ...AU sh. all pd 21 , Ditti. Scrip 2; Ditto New Scrip Si pd 3 West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 31 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201 1 , ,500 Russe ll London Univeisity ............... 100/ . s h . all pd 231 ll 700 0 5gs. i . 8 King' College .............. US 100/. pd 32 MISCELLANEO 10,001 15g. Australian A gricultural....lool, ah. 2rll. IA 35 6 , 000 8/.'per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 17 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Com pany 1004 sh.. .24/. pd 28 900,0 00 i, per cent. Upper Canada Loan 5 City Bonds, 4 per cent lot 15*0 ii . ed. General Steam Navigation -151. sh. 13/. psi 24 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 IL London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. If 8,006 Caoutchouc Company 251. sh. 21/. pd 1; New Brunswick L an d C ompan y 28/ pd 25i 2,754 5/, per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 130 !,03.h 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 451. pd 110; 4,0(8) Thames Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd 7; 10,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, FEB. 22, 11:07. BANKS. 1,500,30 it. 61. p. ct. hank of Scotland M. 6s. Pd. sh, all pd 201f1. 2,000,0X4 5f p. et. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 164/. 50)11,01@1. iii p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sli. i.llpd 236/. 3,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 174/. 5,000,0001. sp. et. National lOOl. sh. 101. pd 15f /. g,00n,0001. 51 p.ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 68/. 4,000,0001. 4 p. et. Western of Scotland .... -2001. sh 30/. p 13 6 1 1. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 25 1 ,0005 h. 61 p. et. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/. pd 25s - ,500 sp. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 13155. inc 000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 64 50,000 6p. ct. North British 200/. sh. 10/. pd 151. 1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 1004 sh. 10/. pd 1610 a 5,000 6p. el. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1415 s 100,000 . MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 2-21. Ditto Allocated WI. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.:Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 391. Carron Iron Company .2501. sh. all pd 4 11. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery .50/. sh 381. pd 46 /' 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass -.204 sh. 161. pd lil. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 60/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 611. 750 71 per coot. Leith Coal Gas 201. :h. all pj 451. 1,201 Edi n b urg h an d D a lk e tth Ratta:A..sol. 551. 101. 3,00 U 5 per cent. Equltable Loan Company 254 eh. W. Nei LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 4. ELLICE V. GOODSON. The LORD-CHANCELLOR gave judgment on this motion, which was argued during the week. It was a motion for the appointment of a receiver of an estate in Grenada, on the ground that the defendant, who is in possession as mortgagee, had refused to render any account to the specialty creditors of the produce of the property, and was about to appropriate to himself a large sum awarded as compensation, money by the commission under the Slave Emancipation Act. His Lord ship had not been able to look over the voluminous papers used in the motion, but lie had no doubt as to the course he ought to pursue. The Court was not at all disposed to en courage applications for the appointment of receivers on mere motions in the very eommencement of a cause. In the case of the Irish Society, argued before his Lordship, when Lord Commissioner, he had refused a motion of the same descrip tion, and as he did not see any material difference in the pre sent case he must refuse the motion with costs. Sir W. HORNE then applied to have the compensation money paid into the credit of this cause, as well as that of Young v. Goodson, another cause on the same issue. After some discussion between Counsel, the LORD CHAN CELLOR would consider that point, and give judgment at the next sitting. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MAncu 4. SHEWRINH V. HULBERT. The testator, the late Mr. Shewring, by his will, made in 1814, gave a legacy of 2001. to the defendant, Hulbert, in trust for the purpose cf being invested in the public funds, the interest to be paid his widow towards maintaining his children. The defendant placed the trust-money in the hands of Mr. Guy, a solicitor, in Wiltshire, supposed to possess consider able wealth, for the purpose of being invested, and who under took, until he could invest it, to pay five per cent. on the amount. Mr. Guy having become a bankrupt, the defendant was obliged to refund the amount of the legacy lost by his breach of trust, but resisted payment of interest from the date of the bankruptcy, and also the interest since the time of a tender made in I 829. Mr. JACOB, for the plaintiff; contended that the loss of the money being occasioned through the defendant's neglect, he was bound to pay interest and costs up to the termination of the suit. Mr. KNIGHT, for the defendant, argued against the Court fixing his client with the costs and interest, the widow hav ing acquiesced in the sum ill dispute being placed in Mr. Guy's hands instead of being instantly invested. His HONOUR directed an inquiry before the Master as to whether the widow did actually consent to the money remain ing in the hands of Mr. Guy; but at the same time advised the parties to come to an amicable agreement. A further application was made for the appointment of a new trustee of Mr. Hulbert, which his Honour refused. ROLLS' COURT, MARCH 4. SIMPSON V. LORD HOWDEN. His Lordship the MASTER of the ROLLS to-day gave judg ment in this case. The bill was filed by Sir J. Simpson and other persons, who had entered into an agreement with Lord Howden, praying that the agreement might either be delivered up to be cancelled on the ground of its being illegal and against public policy, or that the defendant might be restrained from proceeding at law to recover the money agreed to be given to him until some part of his land should be taken pos session of by the York and North Midland R:►ilway Company. The case came on for argument upon a general demurrer to the bill. After entering at length into the facts of the case, his Lordship said he could not decide in favour of the demurrer without entertaining a clear opinion the contract was valid ; and thinking it, on the contrary, very probable the contract would prove to be invalid, his Lordship was of opinion on that ground the demurrer must be overruled. Mr. WILBRAHAM then moved on the part of the plaintifri for the common injunction to restrain the proceedings at law on the overruling of the demurrer.—Ordered. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT, DURHAM, ITTARcu 2. DOE DEM. TAYLORSON V. CULLEY. The Court was engaged a great part of the day in the in vestigation of the facts of this case, which, however, finally resolved itself into a question of law. The action was brought to recover a portion of the Denton estate, near Dar. lington, and it finally appeared that the plaintiff is the re presentative of a party who, in 1799, was tenant in common of the estate in question to the extent of one-third, the two other thirds hav►ng at that time become the property of the defendant, who has since continued in the unmolested pos session and the receipt of the rents and profits of the whole. The Jury found for the plaintiff, subject to a bill of excep tions with regard to his Lordship's ruling on the ( ffeet of the late statute 3 and 4 Wm. IV., c. 27, so far as it affects tenancies in common. CROWN COURT, 111.12wn 3. John Dawson was indicted for setting fire to a haystack, the property of James Hunter of Stockton, on the 17th of August last. The haystack in question was one of four situated in a field a considerable way down a lane, called Lonesome-lane, which runs at right angles to another named Yarm-lane, in the suburbs of the town of Stockto . o. Somewhat nearer the angle formed by the two lanes than the situation of the stacks is a small field called Wilkinson's field, and about the same place commences a footpath which, cutting off the angle, runs from Lonesome-lane into Yarm-lane, in the immediate neighbourhood of a public-house called the Brunswick Arms. In the field with the stacks is a small cottage, in which the father-in-law of the prosecutor resided. On - the night in question, at nine o'clock in the evening, he entered the field to go to l,is cottage, and fastened the gate, staple and bolt, behind him. At that time the stacks, which stand close by the gate, were all safe. About a quarter past eleven a Mr. Haddock, a butcher in Stockton, was proceeding along Lone some-lane, for the purpose of putting his pony in Wilkinson's field, where he bad purchased a right of pasture. He heard, as he closed the gate, the footsteps of some one approaching along the lane, in the direction of Stockton, and immediately afterwards his attention was attracted by smoke rising appa rently from the prosecutor's stacks. Flames almost immediately burst out, and he then saw a man (the same, he supposed, whose footsteps he had already heard coming towards him, and between him and the burning hay.) He immediately shouted out, " Bless me, man, do you not see those stacks burning behind you ?" The person, who afterwards appeared to be the prisoner, said, " Where, where ?" and, turning im mediately, ran, with Mr. Haddock close behind him, in the direction of the flames. Mr. Haddock laid his hand on the prisoner's shoulder, and said, " How did this happen ?" The prisoner made no reply, but conti nued looking at the fire. The prisoner, then, at Mr. Haddock's instigation, proceeded to the Brunswick Arms, across the path already mentioned, both running. On enter ing the Brunswick arms the prisoner sat down, and Mr. Had. dock then gave him in custody to the landlord, and a constable was sent for. The prisoner was examined, but nothing calcu lated to excite suspicion was at first found upon him. His hat with other things was handed to the wife of the constable to be locked up for safe custody, and she, on a more close exa mination of it, for the purpose of discovering the name of the party, found a piece of match, partly consumed, between the substance of the hat and the lining. The next morning also a bunch of matches was observed by a person passing to be lying beside a stile, on the footpath already mentioned, by which the prisoner and Mr. Haddock had crossed to the Bruns wick Arms. It did not appear that the prisoner was at all acquainted with the prosecutor, or had any enmity against him. He was ap prenticed to a mast-maker, and also engaged in salmon fish ing upon the Tees, in which latter occupation, being mu c h out at night, ho was in the habit of carry ing wit h him the materials for striking a light, and the matches were usually placed in his hat. The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. NISI PRIUS.—WALKER AND ANOTHER V. RICHARDSON. This was an action to try the right of the Bishop of Dur ham, through his lessees, the plaintiffs, to take certain tolls called anchorage and plankage within the port of Stockton. Ac cording to the evidence adduced for the plaintiffs, it appeared that for a very long period these tolls have been levied on all ships loading and unloading within the limits of the port of Stockton ; the sum levied upon each British vessel being 2s. 6d. direct, and on each foreign vessel ss. The toll of plankage apparently taking its origin in very early times, for the use of a plank, which, in the absence of the more modern accommo dation of quays and wharfs, was used to facilitate the opera. tions of loading and unloading. It appears that 1620 since there is a series of leases by which the Bishop has been in the habit of letting these tolls at the old rent of 20s. The earliest leases were for one-and.twenty years, and were described as demising on the part of the Bishop " all the anchorage and plankage, and all sums of money, duties, and benefices arising from them from all vessels arriving in the port or creek of Stockton." At this period Stockton was but a member of the large port of Newcastle. This lease appears to have been surrendered in 1634, and a new one granted from time to time. The language of the demise is changed, and described by the Bishop as " all that his port, haven, and ()reek of Stockton, specifying the limits thereof, and demising all his anchorage therein." Under leases of this kind, down to 1829, the subsisting lease the tolls have regularly been taken, not only within the manor of Stockton, of which the Bishop is Lord, or on that side of the river, only which bounds the palatinate ; but at Middleborough on the opposite side of the river, at Yarm and Cargo-fleet further up. But the in stances in which these dues were proved to have been paid at the two latter places were but few. Mr. ALEXANDER contended that the whole claim was a gra dual usurpation on the part of the Bishop. The Jury found for the plaintiff. CRIMINAL COURT--SATURDAY. OLD COURT. Bartholomew Kent, a person of gentlemanly appearance, was indicted for embezzling a bill of exchange, of the vnlue of 851. 13s. 9d., which came into his possession as accountant and secretary to the Argus Life Assurance Company. In this case, which was not concluded on Saturday when we went to press, the Jury brought in a verdict of Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENGE. B 0 TV- STREET. Charles Cormach, the notorious common informer, who, with his myrmidons, regularly infest the above office for two or three hours every Saturday, that being the day selected by them for having their informations disposed of, was on Satur day "called to the bar," at the instance of George Ruthven, one of the officers of this establishment, who stated that on the previous evening the defendant came into the Marquis of An. glesea public-house opposite the office, in a state of beastly intoxication, and made use of the most disgusting language in the hearing of the landlady of the house. When witness remonstrated with him on the impropriety of his conduct, he said "He did not care a d—n for any officer," making use of an epithet which no man would suffer to be applied to him, upon which witness put him outside the door, where he repeated the offensive expression, and witness then took him to the station-house. The landlady of the house, and other witnesses confirmed Ruthven's statement. The defendant pleaded intoxication as an excuse for his conduct. The Magistrate inquired whether the defendant had ever misconducted himself in a similar manner before ; and, on re ceiving an answer in the affirmative, ordered him to find bail himself in twenty pounds, and two sureties in ten pounds, t be of good behaviour for one month. Defendant—Won't you be satisfied with my cognizance be bail to any amount you like. Mr. Mt ; and, if you don't find the require sureties to-day, you stand committed for one month to the House of Corection. Defendant—Oh Lord I oh Lord 1 I'll never do so any more. I'll apologise to every body, I'll beg every body's pardon. Mr. MINSHULL—You, who bring so many people before me for breaches of the law, must and shall be made to suffer when you are guilty of bad conduct yourself. Defendant—Do look ever it—Oh, oh I do, your Worship I have business to attend to to-day—Oh ! do.—(lt was here stated that the defendant had summoned a host of tradesmen, for placing casks on the footway pavement; and that, if he failed to attend, the charges against them would be dis missed, and the defendant, consequently, minus the costs out of pocket.) _ _ _ Mr. NltNsiitu.L—Take him away, and lock him up. Defendant—Do, Sir, settle the case summerly (summarily), and I'll pay any fine you like. Mr. MINSIICILL—I shall not alter your sentence. The defendant was then removed. HATTON-GARDEN. Henry M'Farrar charged his wife with assaulting him. The poor husband, a respectable middle-aged man, appeared as grave as a Judge, and evidently was in awe of his better half, a sharp, tartar-looking, dark-eyed, little woman, who kept dancing about, evidently longing to have another claw at him. Only nino weeks ago to-day (said the complainant), this woman swore to love, honour, and obey me. Wife (biting her lip and fidgetting about)—Yes, and I'll make you do the same to me. You are not going out and coming in when you like, I can tell you. The Magistrates desired her to keep quiet if she possibly could, which they much doubted, and listen to the evidence. Wife—And he shall listen to me too. Husband—lf I were to tell you all the evils which I have been subjected to through my unfortunate connection with that woman it would tako me two or three hours ; but to save your worships' time, and the interruptions which would be made by my wife— Wife—Certainly—You know I'm not to be made to hold my tongue. The Magistrates wore again obliged to interfere. Husband—To cut the matter short, she is tormenting me morning and night ; and yesterday, as I was walking through the streets with a gentleman, she poured upon me a volley of abuse, collected a mob, and tried to scratch my eyes out. Wife— Serve you right. Why were you not at home with me? You were going after some dirty hussy, I've do doubt. The Magistrates observed that it would be labour in vain for them to endeavour to keep her mouth closed, and make her hear reason, so they should order her to find bail. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Madame Lumley, a French milliner, carrying on business at No. 18, Ebury-strect, Pimlico, was charged before Mr. DYER, with shoplifting. An officer pi;duced a quantity of lengths of silk found at the prisoner's house. Mr. DYER observed that he should order it to remain in the officer's hands for a week. The prisoner he should fully com mit on the above charge, and he should order her to be brought up again next Saturday, in case anything else was brought for ward against her.—The prisoner, who appeared dreadfully agitated, gave her name at first Marie Andre, MARYLEBONE. A labouring man, named Thomas Waith, was placed at the bar before Mr. SHUTT, charged by Mr. Charles Knapp, a pawnbroker's salesman, at 167, Edgeware-road, with robbery'. The prisoner was committed for six weeks to the House of Correction. Q UEEN SQL LARE. DEFEAT OF INFORMERS.—The office was honoured by the attendance of Byers, Digby, Stapleton, Burn, and varioug other informers, to prefer informations against stage-coach and omnibus proprietors for alleged infringements of the law. With the exception of one case, the informers were. com pletely beaten, and left the office apparently much discomfited at the result of their day's work. The principal conviction obtained was against Richard Burton, the driver of a post chaise belonging to Mr. Blizard, of llounslow, who was summoned by Digby for plying for hire on his return from London to Hounslow. lie was fined 205., and 13s. Gd. costs. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Mr. Coo, !Kensington, took his seat on the Bench, and transacted business for the time as a Police Magistrate of this district. He was received and congratu lated on the appointment by other Magistrates, Mr. Brough° ton and Mr. Grove. The vacancy had been occasioned 13 / the removal of Mr. Twyford to Bow -street Office, to replace Mr. Halls. UNION-HALL. William Bayne, a shoemaker, residing in Church-street► Woolwich, was charged on suspicion of having been concerned •in causing the death of. Mr. Isaac Newton Slocombe, a medi cal student, in an affray, during which the latter received such injuries on the head as to terminate his existence on the fol lowing day, at his lodgings in the parish of Newington. An inquest has been held on the body of the deceased, but it was postponed until Monday (this day) evidence of the prisoner having been engaged in the conflict which ended in the above melancholy result being brought forward, but he was not taken into custody until yesterday morning. Richard Hatton, a private in the Grenadier Guards, who was on duty at the Woolwich Dock-yard gates, near to the spot where the affray took place, on Friday, the 24th ult. stated that he saw the deceased reel towards a gun at the gate of the dock-yard, owing to a blow he had received from some man with a stick. The deceased having made an exclamation as to the injury he received on the head was taken into the dock-yard, and, in about ten minutes afterwards, the prisoner came up to witness and said to him, " Did you see me bit the deceased and reel him ?" Witness replied that he saW the deceased struck ; but did not see the person who gave him the blow. The prisoner then said that he was the man who struck the deceased, arid that he deserved it. The wit ness then added, that he had a perfect recollection of the prisoner's person, and that he subsequently pointed him out at a public-house in Woolwich, amongst several other per* sans. The Magistrate, in answer to the prisoner's application to I be bailed, sa id t h at h e had not the . power to comply with t, and that it would be necessary to remand him until Tuesday, when the result of the Coroner's Inquest would be made known. The prisoner was accordingly committed to Horse monger-lane gaol, The House of Assembly of Upper Canada has re solved to pay three reporters 3001. for giving a full and impt!r" . tial report of the debates of the session. The manuscrill of the reports is to be sent to the proprietors of the Standard Journal, who have undertaken to put the reports in type, and to furnish the other newspapers of Toronto with corrected slips for 251. The resolution was carried by the casting vote of the Speaker. As two men were, on Saturday morning, wa lking along a field at Llangattock-vibonavell, near Monmouth. belonging to their master, Mr. Vaughan, they were surprised by seeing a brace of foxes come down from the top of an ivy' covered pollard that had been lately lopped. A y oun g grey hound they had with them immediately gavo chase to one 01 them, who shortly turn e d u p on hi s pursuer , an d a f ter a WO turned the greyhound, who retreated to the men for safety. Hereford Journal. FAMILIES RESIDING IN THE COUNTRY are.supplied with TEAS and COFFEES at the WHOLESALO PRICE for CASH : Black.. ?s. Od. 2s. 4d. 2s. M. S. Ss. 6d. 4s. 41. 6d. fig. Green.. 3s. Bd. 4s. Od. 4s. Bd. 53. as. 6d. 6s. 7s. Od. Coffee, Is. 6d. Is. Bd. Is. 10d. 2s. ..Finest Mocha, 2s. When the order exceed s £lO, the Carriage is Paid. G. T. MANSEL L, and CO., Wholesale Tea Dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. PATENT LEVER WATCHES• Price, at T. 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On the 2d inst., at G rea t Mil ton, Oxfordshire, Thomas -ga s " e to ville Mynors Baskerville, Esq., of Clyro Cou r t, Radnorsbir e, _d Elizabeth Mary, daughter of the late Rev. P owe ll C. Guise , r e. neice to Sir 3. Guise, Bart., of Rendcomb Park, Gloucesters D lED. On the 27th ult., a t Ti c khi ll Castle, Yorkshire, age d 49, Fr e e Lumley Saville, Esq. On the 25th ult., in London, Mr. Richard Brown, aged 6° ' .re iate , of the fir m o f K eat i ng and Brown, Duke-street, Gros venor-qtbt and Paternoster -r ow , Catholic booksellers and p r i n ters to the I ' 4 ° Rev. the Vicar Apostolic. On the 28th ult., Patience, daughter of the late Charles Po. Esq., of Kent, aged 67. On the Ist inst., in Surrey-street, aged 62, Mr. M. L_ aWs • f London : Printed and Published by AIURDO ° J OY 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, N o . 112, Strand, in the co " of Middlesex.—Monday, March 6, 1637. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1837.