The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-26 00:00:00

LAW ENCE. ARCHES' COURT, June 24. (Before Sir H. J. FusT.) WILSON V. WILSON. This was a suit for divorce, by reason of cruelty, promoted by Mrs. Ann Wilson against her husband, who resides at P4shore, in the diocese of Worcester. The cause was brought to this court by letters of request. A libel Was given in on behalf of Mrs. Wilson, and witnesses examined upon it. No de fensive plea was tendered by Mr. Wilson, but he interrogated the witnesses adduced by his wife. The parties were married in May, 1817, and cohabited together until September, 1833, when in consequence of Mr. Wilson's misconduct a deed of separation was drawn up, by which it was agreed that he should allow his wife 451. per annum; but this sum, as alleged by Mrs. Wilson, not being regularly paid, notwithstanding he had received a large accession to his income, making a gross amount exceeding 1,8001. a year, she instituted a suit in 1847 for the restitution of conjugal rights, and he was decreed to take her home. He provided her with a house next door to his own residence, and occasionally took a small portion of food there, under the sem blance, as was pleaded, of complying with the order of the Court. The charges of cruelty embraced two periods—that inflicted prior to the separation in 1833; and that which occurred in the time intevening between the return to cohabitation and the final se paration in October, 1847. Dr. PHILLIMORE contended that the cruelty ante rior to the first separation was clearly and distinctly proved, and that from its aggravated character it mounted to legal scevitice. There was not only great harshness, and the frequent use of most insulting lan guage, but he several times struck her violent blows. On one occasion he jammed her head, according to a witness, against the cellar door, and caused the blood to flow from her nose. If those facts had been brought before the Court, in 1838, it would have had no difficulty in granting the separation ; and the only question was whether there was not a sufficient revival of that cruelty by the subsequent acts. Mr. Wilson was ordered to take his wife back, and treat her with conjugal affection ; but what had been his conduct towards her ? Although he had an ad mitted income of 1,8001. per annum, he allowed her only one servant, who was entrusted with the entire management of the household affairs. .His conduct was so bad that the servant used to make a point of stopping in the room when Mr. Wilson was there, in order to protect the wife from his violence, and he sometimes said that he so treated her in order to get rid of her. When suffering from a bad foot, he deprived her of fruit in the garden, which was deemed necessary, and said he must sell it to pay for the servant. He shook his hands back wards and forwards before her face, and thrust a csmdle so near her that it was difficult to prevent him burning her, in fact, he kept her in a state of con stant alarm. He said he would not strike her, but would go as far as he could. He did not accompany that declaration with violence, but with threatening and most abusive language. Another witness de posed that he used to clench his fist and strike it on the table, but she added, that he did not shake his fist at his wife. It was impossible, however, that Mrs. Wil son could return to cohabitation without danger to her life. Insinuations were made against the wife of in toxication and infidelity in the interrogatories, but they had not been put in plea, so that the wife was unable to answer them, and the witnesses had nega .tired them. He (Dr. Phillimore) admitted that the former cruelty had been condoned by the return to cohabitation, but he submitted that it had been revived. The whole of the evidence tended to show that Mrs. Wilson was a lady of great mildness and gentleness of temper, and by abstaining as long as she could from exposing her husband had placed her self in a favourable position before the Court. Ac cording to the principle laid down in " Westmeath v. Westmeath," (2 Hogg,) former deeds would be revived by subsequent misconduct of a slighter nature than the original cruelty. The conduct of Mr. Wilson had been outrageous, affronting, indecent, and insulting to an extraordinary degree ; the home of Mrs. Wilson had been wretched and miserable, and he trusted that the Court would not send her back to cohabitation which must end in the ruin of her health and the misery of her life. Dr. ADDAMS followed on the same side. Dr. JENNEE said, that the simple question which the Court had to decide was, whether or not since the return of .Mrs. Wilson to cohabitation her husband had bean gullty of cruelty to such a degree as to entitle ths- wife to the sentence she now prayed for. He subinit'e.i that he had not. What was it that in duced this lady- to institute the suit for the restitution of conjugal rights ? Her object was doubtless to ob tain a larger amount of alimony than 451 a year. But whatever the reason might be the parties had lived together for a period of six months, and it was proved that Mrs. Wilson had said that she wrote a letter to her attorney every day ; that she kept a re gular journal, and if she could procure an additional allowance she would pay the debts of a relative. The frequent absence of Mr. Wilson from the house occu pied by his wife, and the not partaking of his meals there, arose from his pursuits as a farmer. It ap peared that when the candle was put in the lady's face she only laughed at it, so that she could not have anti cipated any danger. He admitted that there might have been a want of affection on the part of Mr. Wilson, but it was not likely that after the parties had been separated for fourteen years they would live together very comfortably. Mrs. Wilson could not expect that her husband would be all at once converted into an angel. There had been harsh language used by him, and it was not his (Dr. Jenner's) intention to justify it ; but hard words, according to a doctrine laid down in that court, broke no bones. Not the slightest fear need be apprehended that there was any danger to life, health, or limb. Ile refrained from entering into a consideration of the former cruelty, because he con tended that nothing had occurred during the renewed cohabitation to revive it. The dictum of the Learned Judge in " Westmeath v. 'Westmeath" had no bear ing on the present case. There the husband entreated his wife to remain with him, but here the return of the wife to cohabitation was voluntary. The life of Mrs. Wilson might have been rendered very uncom fortable, but beyond that the case did not go; and if the Court granted the wife's prayer, it would be car rying the doctrine applicable to these cases to a greater extent than had ever been done before. Dr. BAYFORD was heard on the same side. Dr. PHILLIMORE and Dr. ADDAMS briefly replied. The Learned JUDGE said, it really appeared to him that the case lay within a very narrow compass. With the deed of separation he had nothing to do. The Court could not inquire on what grounds Mr. and Mrs. Wilson had lived separate and apart, nor upon what principle it was that 45/. per annum had been allowed her. The ill-treatment to which the wife had been subjected from the time of marriage up to the first separation was sufficient to create ap prehension that the same cruelty would be resorted to on her return to cohabitation, even if it fell short of absolute personal violence. It was impossible not to see that gross cruelty had been prac tised towards this lady from 1821 to 18a3. One of the witnesses had seen the husband aim bl ows at her, and something strike her. Without th e slightest provocation on Mr. Wilson 's part he once struck her, aad a black eye supervened on the blow. On other occasions he struck her with his open hand. He was frequently in a violent passion, and had attempted to push her down stairs even when he was not in that state. There had been no denial of these facts, and no attempt to excuse them. The epithets applied by Mr. Wilson to his wife were most oppro brious. He (the Learned Judge) would say nothing as to the mode in which the lady had been received on her return to cohabitation ; the usual certificate was exhibited, and no complaint was made until after the final separation. Was Mr. Wilson emendatus moribus during the period that she resided with him the second time? On the contrary, there was con stant abuse, unkindness, and harshness, and a series of acts of personal violence. There were reasons connected with his occupation which might, particu larly during harvest, prevent him taking his meals with his wife ; but he had by a variety of acts sought to annoy her. If there was any truth at all in the insinuations contained in the interrogatories, the facts ought to have been pleaded so that Mrs. Wilson might have had an oppor tunity of replying to them ; but in his (Sir H. J. Punt's) opinion there was no ground for them what ever. It was true that Mrs. Wilson some times laughed when her husband had recourse to conduct which was now charged against him ; but the reason she assigned for it was, that had she acted otherwise he would have subjected her to still g reater cruelty, and the Court saw no reason to doubt the truth of her statement. 'The shaking of his fist in her face, and the striking of the table with the clenched hand, showed a malignant disposition on hi s p ar t towards his wife. The holdin g a candle to her f ace was not clearly proved. of here , owever, enough i theconduct of Mr. Wil son to ex cite terror and alarm. n had If the case had rested on what occurred have since the renewal of the cohabitati on , there might been some difficulty in pronounci ng that there was i a n sub ac. stantive case of cruelty to justif y the Court ceding to the wife's prayer; but; looking to what took place in the former part of the cohabitation, there was every reason to apprehend that Mr. Wilson would renew his violence. He had no hesitati on in saYing that the ca se was su ffi c iently proved, a n d in signing .the sentence of separation. Sentence signed accordingly. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, June 24. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) THE CHARTIST LEADERi.—According to notice served by Mr. James Macnamara, solicitor, Lincoln's Inn fields, on Friday, on the Solicitor to the Treasury and the Governor of Newgate, Mr. Toseph Irenseus John Fussell appeared before Mr. 'Justice Erle, this day, in order that his sureties might be ersmined as to their sufficiency to become bail for his appearance at the Old Bailey in the July sessions next ensuing. Mr. Thomas Lister, watch-case finisher, 51, Percival street, Clerkenwell, was immediately accepted, and Mr. William Gazeley, builder, 9, Grange-road, Camden Town, after a slight opposition by Mr. Hayward on the part of the Crown, was also accepted. Mr. Fussell, then entered into his own recognizances for the sum of 3001., and his above-named sureties in the sum of 1001 each. Mr. Fussell was looking exceedingly well. He is now the second out o❑ bail, Ernest Charles Jones being liberated on Friday. POLICE INT ELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. On Saturday, a young man of respectable ap pearance, named Alfred Grogan, for some time con nected with the metropolitan theatres, was charged with forging orders of admission to the pit of Her Majesty's Theatre, and obtaining money upon them. Mr. C. Nugent, box-office keeper, and manager of the free list department at Her Majesty's Theatre, stated, that the prisoner had sold several tickets to different persons without the sanction of Mr. Lumley, the signatures of which were all forgeries, there being no such persons as those represented connected with the establishment. Sergeant Bray, A 21, stated, that he had been em ployed by the treasurer, Mr. Robinson, to make in quiries respecting the forgeries, and having suspicions of the prisoner, he went to him at a public-house in Leather-lane, when, after questioning him on the subject, he admitted at once that he had written the orders, one of which was sold for ten shillings by a man to whom he gave it for the purpose. He also said he had written and signed five orders of admi ss i on , men ti on i n g the persons who had purcha se d th em . Th ese we re Mr. Emanuel, of Gee's-co ur t, O x f or d- s t ree t, to whom one was sold for 43. 9d. ; M r . B enne tt, f o r 4s. 6d. ; Mr. Wilson, a publican in Drury-lane, for ss. ; and Mr. Jones, of Howland-street, for 2s. 6d. It was through the last individual that the prisoner was discovered. Witness had known the prisoner and his family for years. They were all connected with the theatres, his father having been a box-keeper at the patent theatres and the Lyceum. Prisoner told him he was driven to the forgeries by poverty. Mr. C. Bennett, a bootmaker, of No. 3, Tavistoek row, Covent- garden, stated that he had known the prisoner and all his family for a long time. He called upon him a few days back, and said he had a ticket for the pit of Her Majesty's Theatre to dispose of, and he wished to know whether witness knew an y one who would buy it. Witness replied he did not, but he would try what he could do. The prisoner said it was a press order, and as he was going to Greenwich and could not use it h e would sell it for five shillings. After the prisoner had gone a gent l eman named Sherwell came to hisshop, an d agreed to purchase it. The prisoner returned in the evening, and witness told him to take his order to Mr. Sherwell's residence. He left for that purpose, but returned shortly after, saying that Mr. Sherwell was from home. Witness then agreed to give him the money for the order, and he sent it by his errand-bay to Mr. Sherwell's house. He afterwards heard that it was a forgery. Mr. Nugent stated that the prisoner and his father had both been employed by Mr. Lumley. The pri soner had the .care of the coats and cloaks. He had no authority whatever to write orders for Her Ma jesty's Theatre. The five orders produced were all forgeries. One of them, which had been sold to a Mr. Jones for 2s. 6d.,' was brought to witness at the box-office in the daytime by Mr. Jones, who in quired whether it was all right, as he had purchased it at so small a sum, and was rather suspicious. This led to the discovery of the other forgeries. The orders had all been 'presented at the free-list office and returned as forged. They were signed with dif ferent names, such as Johnson, &c.—no such names being in the books. Mr. HENRY inquired what the prisoner had to say to the charge, which had been clearly brought home to him ?—The prisoner replied, that he had been driven to it by poverty, Mr. HENRY requested Mr. Nugent to inform Mr. Lumley that, as he would have to employ a solicitor to prosecute, it would be as well he should attend the next examination, as the case was of some nicety. The prisoner could either be tried for forgery, or for ob taining money under false pretences. Remanded until twelve o'clock on Wednesday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James B. soord, a very young man, who has been assuming the title of viscount, and who states himself to be a lieutenant in the Madras Cavalry and a nephew of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, was brought before Mr. Hard wick, charged with having obtained money by false and fraudulent pretences. Mr. Joseph Lane, hotel keeper, St. Alban's-place, Haymarket, said, on Thursday afternoon the prisoner came to his house and asked if he could be accommo dated with apartments. Witness said his rooms were full, but he gave him a recommendation to a lodging-house, 08, Haymarket, where the prisoner was accommodated. The following morning the prisoner came to his house and asked to see him. The prisoner offered him a cheque for 151., and wished to know if he could cash it. Seeing the cheque was only a written cheque, he told him it was not his practice to cash cheques, but if he would write a proper cheque he should then know what he was about. The prisoner, then named two gentlemen who frequented the room, and said he was known to them. The prisoner then wrote out a second cheque, and on the representations he made witness was in duced to advance 51., promising that the pri soner should have the remainder in a few hours if he found all right. Witness after wards saw the gentlemen whom the prisoner had named, and they denied all knowledge of the prisoner. Witness then sent his porter to Gard ner and Urquhart's, St. Helen's-place, with the cheque. When it was presented the party was told there were no effects, and that the prisoner was not known to them. The name of Colonel Morgan was on the face of the cheque, but he was not known to Messrs. Gardner and Co. Thomas Cooper, porter, proved that the cheque was refused payment by Messrs. Gardner and CO. He was told at St. Helen's-place that the drawer of the cheque ought to be taken to a police-court. In reply to the charge, the prisoner said that Col. Morgan was his intimate friend, and that he had _ _ served under him for a considerable time, and if the cheque had been presented to Colonel Morgan it would have been paid. He had been told at the East India House that Colonel Morgan was to be found at St. Helen's-place. Mr. Lane said, this was not true. He held in his hand a letter from Messrs. Gardner and Co., which he had received the previous evening, advisinghim to be on his guard against the prisoner, as they had received a second draught for 201. signed by the prisoner, who had endeavoured to pass it away, but without success. The next charge was preferred by Mrs. Elizabeth Heylin, 68, Haymarket, who said the pri soner ca me to her hous e on Thursday evening last, recommended by Mr. Lane. The prisoner took one of her apart ments, and shortly afterwards asked her for the sum of 21. She said she had nothing less than a 10/. note. He then wrote out a cheque for 101. on Messrs. Grindley and Co., Cornhill, and she gave him the 10/. note, he promising- to return the money the next morning.r The p risoner went out, and whe n he re turned h e w an t e d t o borrow 101. more, which witn ess refused to lend. Th e p r i soner th en s t a t e d h e was goin g to Mr. Lane, who had promised to cash a the 1 cheque for 25i 0/. cheque . to Messrs. Grindley and Co.; and the Witness's brother-in-law presented answer was, that they knew nothing about the pri soner, nor i ‘a d they a , Piccadilly, hands. Witness s aw, nothing more of the prisoner awa a 5,,,,, n t , teiiil money at all of his in their until that morning, he found he was in custody. The next case 010 7. Hemming, shirt maker. y, w s h o o ne s r ai s d ai t d he prisoner andawaonmd woman h lo e th e i m er e to his on Friday night and a o n m d e w sh ith i n r e t e s sws ly oto i o n ll g dd was forthcomingthe y were. Witness called in the Haymarket on Friday night, and found that the prisoner had gone away. Police-constable Checkley apprehended the prisoner in a brothel in Oxenden-street on Saturday morning. He told the prisoner the nature of the charge, and then took him to the station-house. The prisoner, in defence, said he told Mrs. Heylin that she was not to present.the cheque until Monday, on which day be should have money lodged to meet it. He did not know why he should be brought to that court. Mr. HARDWICK said the charge:wore a serious as pect, and he should remand him until Tuesday next (to-morrow), but would take bail. The prisoner,:after, great resistance., was removed to prison. WORSHIP-STREET. Saturday being the day appointed for the re-exami nation of George Hart, who stood charged upon his own confession with having been implicated in the murder of the unfortunate child Henry Lazarus, the court was crowded to inconvenience by members of the Jewish persuasion, and other; inhabitants of the district, who manifested the warmest interest in the proceedings. To elucidate the evidence now brought forward in support of the charge, it is necessary briefly to advert to an anonymous letter received by the police, bearing the initials "J. J.," and denouncing the prisoner in direct terms as the principal in the murder, but in reference to which the prisoner subsequently declared that, although he had certainly been present upon the occasion, the real perpetrator of the dreadful act was a man named John Jervis, who had no doubt written the letter in the hope of fixing upon another the fear ful consequences of his own culpability. Sergeant Sanders stated, that while keeping watch THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1848. • over the prisoner in the cell attached to the court, after his committal at the last examination, some conversation ensued between them, in the course of which he stated that he had accidentally met Jervis, as he was leaving the Pavilion Theatre on the night in question. He then entered into a minute descrip toin of the personal appearance of Jervis, whom he represented to be a man of about five feet nine inches in height, wearing a fustian jacket and trousers, with a white apron bound round his waist, and a blue cloth cap ; that he was occasionally empleyed as a labourer in the London and St. Katharine , s Docks, and lived for some time in Fashion-street, Spital fields. He stated further that he himself liv e d with two unmarried sisters, in a place called Crown-court, opposite the Liverpool-road, Isling ton, and entreated the witness not to communicate to his sisters the unhappy position in which he was placed. Witness had since made the m os t diligent inquiries at the latter address, b u t f oun d that no such persons as the prisoner or the s i s t ers h e referred to were known in that neighbourhood; and he had also made a similar search for the man Jervis, both at Fashion-street and the docks, but with the same fruitless result. On telling the prisoner that morning that he had been engaged for three days in an unsuccessful search tor Jervis at the places he had mentioned, the prisoner merely laugh e d, an d made no reply, but gave him another address in writing as his own, and also that of the person for whom he alleged he had last worked. The prisoner then asked him how he thought he should get on that day, as he himself expected he should b e i n N ewgate that night, and he then intended to plead guilty. The witness . added, that on con d uc ti ng Ch ar l es Savage, the imbe cile vagrant who professed to have been an eye•wit ness to the murder, to the cell in which the prisoner was confined that morning, the latter immediately started up and turned hi s b ac k towards hi m. Police -constable Linzan, 67 N, proved that soon after Sergeant S an d ers h a d l e f t the cell the prisoner again anxiously inquired whether he expected that he should be sent to Newgate, and added, " If I am so I shall not deny it; but if not, I shall drown my self the instant I get my liberty." Mr. ARNOLD, after addressing the usual caution to the prisoner, asked him if he wished to make any fur that statement ? Prisoner—l can only say that I know nothing at all about it. I was half mad when I gave myself up, and I don't know what possessed me. The prisoner, who exhibited much more firmness and self-possession than he had done at either of the other examinations, was ordered to be again remanded for a week. LAMBETH. Mr. Thomas Gray, pawnbroker, of Southampton street, Camberwell, was summoned before Mr. Norton for refusing to deliver up a silver watch, pawned at his shop, on the tender of the principal and interest. It appeared that on the 27th of January last the complainant pledged a silver watch at the defendant's shop for twelve shillings, and on Satur day, the 18th of March, on going to redeem it, was told that it had been stolen by the rioters on the previous Monday. She had since applied for it and was told the same, but she was not satisfied that that was the truth, and at all events considered she was entitled to compensation for the loss she had sus tained, as the watch was worth three times the amount for which it was pledged. Mr. Gray expressed publicly his deep regret at not being able to afford redress and compensation to the complainant and other of his customers for the losses they had sustained ; and, in :order to show his total inability to do so, he drew to his Worship's recollection the whole of the circumstances attending the desperate attack made upon his premises on the 13th of March last, the clay of the great meeting on Kennington. common, by a mob of Chartist thieves, when his premises were broken open and robbed of property to the value of upwards of 1,0001., amongst which were no less than seventy silver and other watches, including the complainant's. Mr. NORTON said he considered Mr. Gray's was a special and peculiar case, from the police having been taken from the place, and he thought it was one on which the opinion of the law officers of the Crown might be taken, as to his right to compensation from the hundred. Mr. Gray observed that he understood that Sir W. Clay was about to introduce a Bill into Parliament giving a right to persons in his situation to recover from the hundred, but as it would be prospective, it would be of no assistance to him. Mr. Humphreys, his solicitor, had forwarded a memorial to the Trea• sury, to which the following answer was received : " Whitehall, 22d May, 1848. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your memorial, praying compensation for loss sustained from an at tack made upon your shop by a mob on the 13th March last, and I am to inform you that there are no funds at the disposal of the Government out of which compensation could be made. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " H. WADDINGTON. _ _ " Mr. T. Gray, SouthamptOn:stTeett, aarlbet;ell. Mr. NORTON said he felt perfectly satisfied that Mr. Gray's case was fairly placed before the public, they would not allow him to be at a 1055,;,., on the contrary, they would at once respond to :it, and subscribe a sum not only sufficient to compensate him, but to enable him also to mske good the losses of the poor people whose pledges had been stolen ; and, feeling that it was a case call ing on public sympathy and support, he would be most happy to put his name at the head of the sub scription. He would recommend Mr. Gray to lose no time in forming a committee, and he had no doubt that his losses would soon be made good. Mr. Gray expressed his gratitude for Mr. Norton's kindness, and said he had been offered the kindest support from the body of pawnbrokers, but they did not consider the question at issue a trade question, but a public one. Mr. NORTON adjourned the summons for a month, and Mr. Gray gave the complainant 65. for her trouble and loss of time. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 23.) SUGAR.—To-day a further improvement took place in the position of the Colonial Sugar market, but for all slave-labour kinds the demand was languid. West India was much sought after for all purposes, higher rates were again obtained, and the quantity sold amounted to 500 hhds and trcs. At auction 128 hhds of Barbadoes only in part found buyers, at former rates ; fine yellow realised 43s to 43s 6d, good 41s to 42s 6d, good middling 40s 64 to 41s, and middling 39s to 40s; 35 trcs and 153 brls of crystalized St. Vincents went at stiff rates ; fine strong yellow at 48s 6d to 525. good 46s to 47s 6d, ordinary and middling 41s to 45s per cwt. The total quantity sold for the week amounts to 1,800 hhds and trcs; the advance in prices during that time amounts to is per cwt on West India. REFINED.--To-day refined goods were in excellent re quest by the home. trade, and prices are looking up ; standard lumps selling at 55s 6d, brown grocery 54s 6d to 553 per cwt. For bonded crushed Sugar there is little demand, sellers are ready to accept 26s 64 for first, and 25s 6d to 26s for second quality. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was an active de mand fur Mauritius Sugar ; at public sale 5,009 bags and 312 casks were offered—the whole sold, and at is per cwt advance on former rates. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with increased attention, and 1,500 bags at auction went at stiffer rates. Madras is wanted, but 1,059 bags only realised the former worth. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately there was scarcely any demand. Holders were sellers upon rather lower terms. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was little desire evinced to make purchases in Coffee, either for home use or ex portation. At public sale 24 casks of Jamaica were taken in at the full value—good middling 72s to 72s 6d, middling 525, low middling 475, fine fine ordinary 36s to 40a; 196 bags Plantation Ceylo n were b oug h t i n , goo d 66s to 70s, and good middling 58s to 60s. MOLASSES.—An improved demand is expected to take place shortly, and an advance iu the value. In Bengal Treacle the sales made are of little moment, yet holders are not disposed to sell upon former terms. Cooo.L.—lmporters of West India are not inclined to further reduce their prices, but the trade evince little desire to operate, and there is a plentiful supply. The tendency of quotations is evidently downwards. Of 617 bags Trinidad offered at public sale, a small part only sold. TEA.—lmporters have manifested more firmness this week, and refrained from submitting any to public sale. Arrivals have been of little moment, whereas a large quantity has again been cleared for home consump tion, b e o b t 'nveeedlbinlnarsdteatvi kinds e _ For auction on Tuesday small parcels aar good business In the better sorts of Congou usiness has been concluded, and at prices hl )above those previously current, low and middling per lb middling to eteikn,swgiuthotmatoiornesf—reoerddoimna,raynadnclagnonoodt l e o al d ised 6d to 7frd, but middling and ordinary 3d, fine is 3id t,:,, strong blackish leaf 100 to is For scented T ea the is 7d, sup er i or is 8(1 to 2s. market is brisker, and rather better prices a g r e e p p e a k id o . e (Toervvi.al parcels have been taken, Scented Oran a n n ar d yrd middling quality realises 9d to is 2d, good prices are on the Scented Caper is 2d to is 9d, nthemmadoe in other Therene is 4d to 2s, and has been a much better demand for Twankay, an d ad vance. Sales to a fair extent have P sorts of Tea ; the better kinds selling and holders generally will not take last week'sstpr'aedilY9 RICE.—To-day East India Rice was less sough r t ic after; s at public sale; 2,635 bags of Madras sold 3d e to 6d cheaper ; 798 bags Bombay, good white small gra i n of t 1, went6aotoBs bags6d B to e 9 n s g , ai anwdadsatmakageen ia damaged u 61 :so to B 12e for flues; the pearly white, but damaged sold at 7s 6d to los per cwt. p SPICES.—To-day at auction 436 bags of Malabar Pep.er were all withdrawn; 76 bags Bombay Cloves sold id to id cheaper, good bold only realised 6id, damp 6d to bid, and damaged sid to 6d per lb. SALTPETRE.—To-day rough was less in request, and of 1,371 bags Calcutta at ae'ction a small part only sold at barely former rates. SPIRITS.—The proposal of the Government to make a reduction in the duty of Sd per gallon has caused holders to ask an advance of 2d, but the home trade have made purchases in all sorts with caution, and export orders I continue extremely limited. Leeward Island of proof strength is held for is 9d to is 10d, East India Is 6d to Is Sd, Jamaica 29 to 36 per cent. over proof 3s 10d to 4s 3d, fine 4s 4d to ss,and Demerara 28 to 38 per cent. over at 2s 9d to 3s. 4d per gallon. For Havannah holders ask is 6d proof, but there are few orders. Brandy is not much iu request and there are ready sellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 at 4s 7d to 4s 9d, and 1847 ditto at 3s 7d to 3s 9d per gallon. Geneva is not much wanted, and common export sort can be obtained at is 9d; fine fit for duty at 2s 8d to 3s 3d. In British Corn Spirit less business has been concluded, still prices have not suffered any de pression, as stocks are small. For Gin rates ar© sus tained. Ou.s.—This afternoon at auction 40 tuns of Sperm Oil was suld at 761 for good, and .low at 711 to 71155; 50 casks Palm in part sold at 26s to 28s. TALLow.—This afternoon former rates were not ob tained at the public sales of Tallow; 263 casks of New South Wales are chiefly sold at 36s 6d to 43s 9d; 403 pkgs South American 39s to 45s 6d; 100 casks stranded P.Y.C. 38s 6d to 43s 9d; 50 casks Italian 40s to 43s 6d; 72 casks of Galatz 36s to 42s 9d. PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. LONDON. FRIDAY, JUNE 23. /WENT-STOCK BANKS. 3 Dividend Amount B Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. 5 Australasia •••••• • • • • 2 s. d. Z s. d. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Briuhlr or th American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - s2e rt sn .. .... .. ••• • • • 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - • ommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 7.olonial. • • - ' Gloucestershiro ••• • • • 15/per cent. - _ - lonian ........ •• •• • • 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 I Ditto .. •••••• • • • • •• - - 13 0 0 - • London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Provincial of Ireland• • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New .••• • • • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - 1 National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 ' - Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia ••• • .• 5/. per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union oi Australia •• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - - 2 10 0 - Uni.zn of London • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ...... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - ' INSURANCE CODIP.ANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Pald. Price Annum. Share. Albion - •••• •• X s. d. £ a. -•• • • 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 1l z) 16% Ditto Marine... -• • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 - Ithta . • itritiszi Commercial - 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 6 Cleriel,Med.& Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 19 County ••••-.. •• .• „ 31. 100 0 0 10 0 _ 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 11 Eagle ••• • • • .. 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 6 Kng.Bc Scot. Law .... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 212 , - European Life ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Family Endowmnt Soc, 4/. & be. 40 0 40 0 - Freemasons' ... ...• .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - Liiolie ......... ••• • .. 61. per cent. Stock. - 115 guardian • ......• •• •• 5 1 . per cen t. 100 0 0 36 10 0 45 linperial Fire •.... •.. 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 218 Ifiperzal Life ........ 12s. 100 0010 0 0 15 Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 25 Law Fire ............ - 100 0 0 210 0 - L.tw Life , 11.8 s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 Os. Louden Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13 ilarine.. ........... - 100 0 0 15 0 0 Sled. Invlld & Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 20' 0 2% National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -- rational Life......,.. 8/. p er cen t. 100 0 0 5 0 0 Palladium Life- - ' Pelican .• •• . • • • •• .. • • - - - 36% Pficeztix .... ........ .. 3/. p. sh. & bs. - - 154 Pz otector Life.... ... 5./ • per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life - ...... 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life •• - ........ 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - 162% Sun Fire • • - - - Ditto Life - Universal Life........ 10% pr cnt. 100 0 0 8 - 10 0 25 Yietoria Life ......... - - 40 0 4 BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ -- X. s. d. Z. r. d. Charing-cross.. -•• ~, - - 25 0 0 19% Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 8 - 3 Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 350. per cent. 50 0 0 - 15 Waterloo - .......... _ 100 0 0 - 5 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall ....... Ay. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 - 27 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. Commercial •• •• •• •• • 41. per cen t . Stock.d• s. d. - East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 119 East Country ..... •.. 255. per sh. 100 0 0 - 21 London • • .51. pr cont. Stock. -- 103 Ditto 80nd5......., 4/. per cent. - - - S . .liatharine ••••• • • • 4 cent. Stock. - 76 Ditto Bonds • • • • 4141. pr cent. - - - Southampton ••.. - - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - WATER-WORMS. 1 Dividend Amount Name or Company. i par of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. F x s. d. X s. d. Birmingham. ...... •• . 18s. 25 0 0 50 0 - 1 E.tst London..• •• • •... 81. 100 0 0 176 .. Grand Junction .... • • 21. 10 s . 41 13 4 - 81 3/. 100 0 0 - 75 New Myr Lndu Brdge 21. 10s. - - b 5 Vauxhall • ... ... ••. • • 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - - West Middlesex .. . ,61.0 e. pr ent. 63 12 9 - 117 GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. -- - - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----- ---- - X. s. d. X. a. d. British ••••••• • • • • • .• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 16 Ditto Provincial.. •• 1/. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 22 Bristol .. ............ 101. per ce n t. 2 0 0 0 - Brighton ••••..• • • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16 City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 Continental Consolidat 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 - Ditto, New . • .... •• 855. pr share' 51) 0 e 37 10 0 - Equitable .•• • • • ...... 155. pr shared 50 0 0 50 0 0 36 imperial ...... ~ .... 6/. per cent. ,50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 140 0 0 40 0 0 64 London ........ ••• • • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ditto - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Phoenix ........• •• •• 51. per cent . 50 0 0 46 0 0 29 Itatcliff .... -..•• • • • • 5/. and bns. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General ...... 4%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15 Westminster Chartered 3/, 50 0 0 •" 544 Ditto, New •• ••• • • • 12s. 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 101 i ..ISM' OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. _ .... Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 195 Caledonian Bank •• ••• 7545 per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 41. Os City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 114 Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• 6 56 per cont. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1214 Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 151% Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 10 Edinh.tsGlasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 5 0 0 5% Exehange Bnk of Scot 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 42 Isle of Sian. ClJnipany 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank ...... •• 6 56 Percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1314 North of Scotland Bank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 50 0 4 North British Bank • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 31 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125 Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80 Tester's Bank •••• • • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70% Aberleen Fire and Life 121. pe - cent 12 10 0 20 13 2% B. Accord. Life stud Fire 2O 0 0 011 0 - British Guare.ntee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 105 Od Caledonian Fire Insur. 10 1. Per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of Bng;and Ins. --- 50 0 0 2 0 0 City of Glasgow Life.. 61 . Per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 4s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17 East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 1 Is.od. Eng. s, Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 11 Insur. Co. of Scotlnd• • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 li. 75 Mercantile Life .. •• • • . - 10 0 0 ole 0 s s . 6d. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s. North British Incur. • • 55451. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 22 North & West of Scot. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 178.6 d. Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 0 4 Scot. Mal. and Gen. Life 5/. per cent. i 0 0 015 0 10s. 0•1 Scottish Union Insrnce. 641. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. is Stan laid Life ...... • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 94 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 13s.ed THE WAR IN DENMARK. RUSSIAN INVASION OF PRUSSIA. HULL, SATURDAY. The Transit steamer, which left Hamburgh on Thursday, at eight A.M., arrived here at seven o'clock this morning with the following important intelli- gence :-- CANALS. Names of e, Dividend Price. Names Names of a. Dividend Price. Companies. o , per Companies. :74 per Annum. :1 Annum. X X Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. p c 80 Macclesfield . 100 - Barnsley. •• • 160 121. 180 Neath .•• • • • 100 181. 12 6/. p. c. - Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 140 281. 290 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 190 Birmingham 35 41, 80 Peak Forest. 78 - Coventry... • 100 251. - Regent's •• .. 33 1 1. ss. 7 I,erby ••• •• 100 61. 63 Rochdale.. •. 85 4/. 5 . 8 % 145 201. 287, Ells r re&Chs 133 41. 48 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 1 E.:e,, ash •• • 100, 324 - Do.Lk Fd St 3ranthain • • 150 121. iirandJunctn l loo , 51. OrandSurrey 1100' - 81 Stffrd &Wore 40 Shrewsbury.. 1251 151. ~rand Union 1 100 11. 10s. 25 sSetovuerrtriadngds.. Leicester .. • • ,140 101. , Cennt & AYH 39 7s. 6d. - 4% Wye Rail.] 2 6 11, Bs. 26 1 - ,e,:t•ls& Livrp 100 341, 410 Warwick& Let extr &Nth! 83 41. 36 Warwick& i 100 75 Riming. I 10 0 51. 65 loughboroghll42 701. - Napton.. - 46 Monmouthsh ' 100 81. - Worcstr 31 78 21, 32 Mntgemrysh 'lOO 51. - Birmlng iteltnMwbry 100 101. (-- Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 IIaiscELL2INE OI7IS . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. _______--- ----- ---- _ .Z. s. d. X. a. d. Australian Agriculturl 100 0 0 30 0 0 Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 5 0 Ditto, Half Shares.. 210 0 •-... Canada ... • • ........ 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 I I.lppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. City 80nd5.......... 331. pr cent. 82 Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.Sc hs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 I I Equitable iteversionry I. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 95 Gee. Steam Navigation it. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 London Institution .•• 10 Peninsir 84 Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 I 0 52 Reversionary Int. Soc. 3341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Royal BUD Steam.... 33(1. pr cent. PO 0 0 60 0 0 46 South Australian ....• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Van Dieman's Land.. 100 0 0 23 0 0 Universal Salvage.... -- 25 0 0 5 0 0 BRISTOL SUGA.R.MAIMET, JUNE 23.—Scarcely any business h as b een transacte d i n our sugar -m ar k e t thi s week, and unt i l the duty quest i on i s sett l e d, wo d o not look for any improvement in the demand. — Bristol Mercury. In consequence of the writ for the borough of Horsham, and the withdrawal of Sercy Shelley from the field, Lord Edward Fitaalan Howard has offered himself as a candidate for the suffrages of the electors, and is engaged in carrying on a spirited canvass with every prospect of success. The editor of the Borsenhalle writes that the Prussian Minister, CAMPHAUSEN, has resigned, and that intelligence has been received of the Russian army having been ordered to invade the Prussian territories. The following also appears in a Berlin paper : " Certain information has been received, that the march of the Russian army into Prussia will take place within the next few days, by the way of Czenstocho w. " Pontoons have been forwarded to the banks of the River Prosna, to enable the troops to effect a crossing, and the avenues to the same through Poland are occupied by immense masses of troops. "Numerous battalions of Landwehr are ordered to assemble in Upper Silesia; and the fortresses adjoin ing the Russian-Polish frontiers are to be put in the most perfect state of defence." There is no further intelligence of importance from Schleswig, but a battle is daily expected to take place. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of Saturday.) A rumour has been for some time current that an ex change of commands is about to take place between his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge and Lord Frederick Fitzclarence. We are in a position to give the most positive contradiction to the rumour. It is en tirely destitute of foundation. We understand that it is decided that the distinguish ing marks on the shell jackets hereafter to be worn by officers in substitution of the frock coats, are to be—for Subalterns, one ring of gold lace round the cuffs; for Captains, two rings, and for Field Officers three rings. The Admiralty, in consequence of the reports from the respective Captains and Commanders on the defects of their ships proceeding to foreign stations, have im pressed on the Superintendents of the various Dock yards the necessity of directing their particular attention to all vessels fitting being in every respect perfectly completed for sea before leaving port. The Admiralty have directed steps to be taken at Plymouth to procure a sufficient space of ground to be converted to the purposes of a ball court for the exercise sod amusement of the Plymouth division of Royal Ma rines. Our anticipations last week, with respect to the " haul ing down" nomination of Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Austen, K.C.8., have turned out to be correct. Instead .f his son having been promoted, on his nomination to he rank of Captain, his Flag Lieutenant and nephew has been promoted to the rank of Commander. COAST GUARD BATTERIES. —The Admiralty have ordered materials to be supplied for Sheerness, Port,- mouth, and Devonport Dockyards, for the erection, in he respective neighbourhoods, of drilling batteries for the Coast Guard Force. Captain H. Chads, who recently paid off the Styx ,team-sloop at Woolwich, adopted a very efficient plan of distilling sea water for useful purposes. Mr. Grant has been ordered by the Admiralty to inspect and report upon the process. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. T. Cremer, St. Mary-axe, merchant, July 14, at one—T. K. Thompson, Great Tower -street, wholesale grocer, July 14, at half past eleven—S. T. Taylor and W. Byers, Skinner -street, woollen and Manchester warehousemen, July 14, at half past one—M. Lewis, Oxford-street, linen draper, July 14, at eleven—M. Merentie, King William -street, City, merchant, July 14, at eleven—J. Coates, R. T. Bartlett, and G. Beck, Wat ling-street, warehousemen, July 14, at eleven—W. Hughes, Chatham, and Stoke, Kent, grocer and cheese monger, July 14, at twelve—A. Campbell, Regent-street, army agent, July 14, at twelve—H. Tamlyn, Totton, Hampshire, coal merchant, July 18, at eleven. In the Country. W. Anderson, Chester-le-street, Durham, draper, July 20, at half past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon ryne—J. Graham, sen., Alnwick, Northumberland, bookseller, July 18, at half past ten, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—C. Dearlove, Knaresborough, York shire, grocer, July 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. D. Hawkesford and J. Hawkestord, Bilaton, Stafford shire, ironfounders, 2d., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and t wo , a t the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. W. Penn, Liverpool, licensed victualler, 6d., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Roberts and Son, Liverpool, ironmongers and ship smiths, 35., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Roberts, Liverpool, ironmonger and ship smith, 203., any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Baker and J. Baker, Fore-street, City, tobacco 'lists, July 14, at half•past one—H. S. Searle, Queen's dace, Kennington, dealer in surgical instruments, July 17, at twelve—Henry Roose, Salisbury -street, Strand, Lod Liverpool, merchant, July 14, at half-past two 1. Keymer, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, warehouseman, July 14, at twelve. _ In the Country. J. Sargent, Beaufort, Brecknockshire, innkeeper, July 14, at eleven, at the Court Bristol—W. Anderson, Chester-le-street, Durham, draper, July 17, at eleven, it the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—G. Cradock, Dar ington, Durham, ropemaker, July 20, at half-past one, the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Lee and J. Lee, Sunderland, irontounder, July 20, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—C. Dearlove, Knares borough, Yorkshire, grocer, July 25, at e l e v en , at the Court, Leeds—W. Dickinson, Clayton West, Yorkshire, corn-dealer, July 25, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. B. Browne, Newcastle-under-Lyme, wine and spirit merchant, July 18, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Holt, Bury, Lancashire, rope manufacturer, July 18, at eleven, at the Court, Man chester. At the Court of Review, July 14. - E. A. Taylor, Tottenham Court-road, licensed victualler—J. H. Adams and W. Adams, Samp- Paid. Price cord Peverell, Devonshire, machinists—A. W. Hart, Liverpool, merchant—T. Morris, Maida-hill, dealer —G. F. Arnold, Apsley Guise, Bedfordshire, A carpenter—D. Martindale, Star-court, Bread street, ' Os warehouseman —G. Cl ar k e , D unsta bl e, common , hrewer—J. Kershaw, Brecon, draper—S. King, A !:3 , 4 Cheltenham, dealer in cutlery—S. Timperly, Ashton under-Lyne, linendraper—F. Waters, Church -street, 5/ hackney, cheesemonger—F. B ut l er, S tafford, iron monger—W. I. Dawson, Lime-street, City, cigar mer chant—W. Wheeler, Adelaide-terrace, Notting-hill, 14 builder—W. Beach, Salisbury, cutler—D. Gilby, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, coach builder—Amos Potter, Paken ham, Suffolk, butcher—A. Duncan, Wilson-street, Fins bury, manufacturer of preserved provisions. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Hawke and W. Hawke, Billiter-street, City, and ed James-street, Covent-garden, builders—J. Greenhalgh I And H. Greenhalgh, Manchester, watchmakers and 4 , jewellers—W. Ellis and J. Birks, York, law stationers / and stock brokers—E. A. Starling and J. G. Atkinson, ,Od. Norwich, warehousemen—A. Croysdale, J. Croysdale, J. Croysdale, and W. Croysdale, Leeds, dyers and ware grinders (so far as regards A. Croysdale)—J. 7s Lowndsborough and J. Harding, jun., Liverpool, estate agents—T. Jepson and W. Maynes, Woodley within Bredbury, Cheshire, wool carders and fur Gd. blowers—J. Gott and W. Exley, Rawdon, York )'a shire, clothiers—J. Smedley and 'l'. W. Whittaker, is `klanchester, cabinetmakers—F. C. N or t on , Sh rews b ury, )1 4 and J. Morris, Knighton, Radnorshire, drapers and ed 4rocers—J. Dean, E. Dean, and J. Redhead, Liverpool, salt agents (so far as regards J. Dean)—J. Fisher and J. Peake, Watling-street, City, cheesemongers—S. Woods, jun., A Woods, and I. Stubbs, Liverpool, stock and aharebrokers (so far as regards S. Woods, jun.)—S. Parker and W. Rayner, Birmingham, millers—D. Abbott and M. Swallow, Huddersfield, tobacconists and coffee housekeepers—F. Savage and R. E. Iloneywill, Bristol, sugar refiners—J. T. Walker and H. Hill, Corn Exchange, City, corn factors—G. Rendall and A. Ren• dell, Cape de Verd Islands, and Bathurst, river Gambia, merchants—H. H. Mason and J. T. Smith, Old-street, St. Luke's, chemists and druggists --T. B. Ayshford and J. Chamberlin, Drury-lane, wheelwrights—Mary Emily Kirby and Lucy Ann Maitland Hill, Surrey-square, Newington, schoolmistresses—J. Lord and P. Lord, Scarborough, ironmongers and hardwaremen—W. M'Clure, J. Booth, and H. Leigh, Manchester and Pa tricroft, silk manufacturers—G. Wheatcroft and J. Kendall, Darlaston, Staffordshire, coach and railway carriage smiths. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Fenex, Pensnett, Staffordshire, huckster. Henry Hs zeldine, Amblecote, Staffordshire, horse dealer's assistant. William Hatton, Amblecote, Staffordshire, spade tree maker. Christopher Browning, Bridgewater, shopkeeper. Edward Easton, Icklesham, Sussex, harness -maker. George Newsome, Rowley, Yorkshire, toy dealer. Sarah Barrett, Totnes, stewardess of the South Devon Railway station. Thomas Colgate, sen., Chipatead, Kent. , Abraham Smith, Walsall, Staffordshire, button blacker. John Clouter Webley, Bristol, cabinet-maker. [mac Dyrnmeck, Bristol, mason. George Cooper, Adlington, Lancashire, farmer. John William Clunne, Milton, Kent, coach-builder. George Poole, Bridgewater, fishmonger. ,Tabez Bartram, Salford. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. Robertson, Aberdeen, hotel keeper, to meet June 28, and July 20, at twelve, within the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen. D. Davidson, Leith, corn merchant, to meet June 26, and July 17, at eleven, within the New Ship Hotel, Leith. N. Shaw, 'Johnstone, Renfrewshire, grocer, to meet June 29, and July 20, at two, within the Saracen's Head, Paisley. J. Davidson, jun., Dundee, flax spinner, to meet July 3, and 19, at one, within the British Hotel, Dundee. W. Frame, Glasgow, provision merchant, to meet Juno 29, and July 20, at two, within Cowrie's Hotel, Glasgow. J. Gibbon, IT. Robinson, and J. Skinner, Glasgow, and Riverbank, Pollockihaws, calico printers, to meet June 29, and July 20, at one, within Carriek's Royal Hotel, Glasgow. J. Davidson and E. Davidson, Leith, merchants, to meet June 30, and July 2 1 , atone, within the New Ship Tavern, Leith. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. OPENING OF THE METROPOLITAN EXTENSION. The extension of this line to Waterloo-bridge will be opened to the public on Saturday next. It is understood that the first experimental trip will take place on Wednesday, and the Government inspector will survey the line on Friday. The following is a brief account of the works :—The undertaking was commenced in July, 1846, the contract having been taken by the Messrs. Lee, who engaged to complete the works by the Ist of July this year. Mr. Thompson has acted as sole superintendent on the part of the contractors, and Mr. Curliew, on behalf of dr. Locke, the engineer. The length of the new line is nearly two miles and aiquarter. The first quarter of a mile is carried over an embank ment, then succeeds a viaduct, consisting of six massive iron girder bridges and three hundred arches (exclusive of those forming the present station in the Waterloo-road). These arches, which are expected to form a very considerable item in the receips of the company, have been so carefully con • strutted as to be easily applicable to various purposes, and their perpetual dryness has been insured by the application of the Seyssel asphalte, which has rendered them impervious to wet. There are four distinct lines of rail, and the quan tity of iron alone consumed in laying down what is technically called the " metals," is at least 1,200 tons, independently of about 800 tons weight con sumed in the erection of the bridges. In the con struction of the viaduct and station in the Waterloo road upwards of 80 millions of bricks have been consumed ; and the present terminus, which is all on arches, covers a space of three quarters of an acre of ground, its width being 260 feet. The major part of the present terminus has been coated with the asphalte, so that the ar c h es on w hi c h i t rests may with safety be made use of as storehouses, &c. The whole of the permanent way is laid down and ready for the trains to traverse ; but the stations, both at the Waterloo-road and Vauxhall are not yet completed, although, being for the most part wooden erections, their completion may be considered as certain at the lapse of three or four days. To the present terminus in the Waterloo-road there are no less than four approaches for carriages and foot passengers, the pedestrians having in each ap proach footpaths eight feet in width. At Vauxhall station there will be only two entrances. The stations at both Waterloo -road and Vauxhall will be only temporary. The fares on the main line are to be increased as follows :—First class, 6d.• ' second class, 4d. ; third class, 2d. The trains will run at the present fixed times. Nine Elms station is to be closed entirely to,pas senger traffic. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—After an abundant fall of rain, we have had several days of favourable weather, in which great progress has been made in cutting, making, and securing the hay crop. A considerable quantity of hay has been housed •on the early lands about Liverpool; and the hay grass is cut very generally throughout this country. In Lancashire the yield of clover and rye grass will be heavy, and that both of upland and meadow hay will be very good; but the accounts of the yield are not so favourable for the South and Midland Counties. The grain crops con tinue to improve, and give promise of a good and un usually early harvest. Potatoes and turnips now look very well ; and though we have heard of two or three instances of the appearance of the potato disease, yet there is no reason to believe that it is general, or even extensive. There is a great abundance of strawberries, raspberries, and gooseberries ; but only a moderate crop of apples, damsons, and the larger descriptions of fruit. —Liverpool Times. WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.--.Nearly five inches of rain has fallen up to this period in June (the 21st), so that the crops are recovering amazingly from the effects of the drought and heat of May. The corn crops are now safe, as far as regards moisture, and should July be warm and dry, the harvest will be very early, and one of the most abundant ever known. Potatoes never looked better; a great breadth has been planted this year. Small fruits, such as strawberries, currants, gooseberries, and raspberries, are an abundant crop; but the apples, pears, and plums have again tailed in many localities, from the attacks of insects.—Slieffield Iris. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE .—The wheat plant is looking very promising in most districts in this vicinity, and many broad acres are in full head; the straw is rather short upon clay lands. Barley begins to feel the effect of the genial showers, and the farmer may ex pect an average crop. Beans look very healthful, but are, in general, short upon the straw. The crops of seeds and grass are -heavy, and considerable quan tities of both kinds have been cut during the present week. The farmer is busily engaged in getting in his turnip seed, and the weather is all he could wish for such an operation. The potato plant is looking strong and healthful, and hopes are entertained that an abun dant crop will be gathered, as the diseaes seems to have worn itself out, and a much greater quantity of this useful vegetable has been planted this year.—Nettings ham Journal. LEICESTER.—We have had some fine rains during the week, with rather a high temperature; these circum stances will accelerate the growth both of corn and grass crops. Haymaking has commenced, and some fine weather would be very acceptable. Rain fallen in the week ending on Wednesday evening, the 21st, 0,99 inches. Barometer, lowest, 29.73; highest, 30.10. Thermometer, lowest, 50; highest, 76, in the shade, be tween 8 A.H. and 8 P.M.—Leicester Journal. THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND.—Too much of one thing is said to be good for nothing, and farmers say that we have certainly had too much rain of late to be good for anything. Still the crops look well, and with favourable weather would undoubtedly, in our district, be above an average in respect of bulk. The winter wheat will not be so bulky as it at one time promised; but oats and barley, where the braid came well away, have seldom looked better. Beans are decidedly better. Potatoes have come up well, and have a vigorous appear ance, but of course that is no securiiy against the old disease at a future stage of their progress. It is somewhat singular that, prior to the introduction of the rot, great difficulty was experienced in getting the po tato to vegetate freely, and farmers were put to consi derable trouble and expense in procuring seed from all sorts of outlandish districts, as it was found that those grown in late and high localities, and if among peat so much the better, throve best, and were less subject to curl. Now, however, provided the seed be sound and good, little attention is paid to whence it comes, as all seem to grow equally well. Turnips have not brairded very readily, and in some localities have been much in jured by the fly.—Scotsman. PROSPECT or THE CROPS.—After about a fort night of heavy and continued rain, with slight thunder, there is, at the time we write, a prosp ec t o f fi ne settled weather. The barometer indicates " fair," and the at mosphere is dry and warm. This will enable parties to proceed with the hay-making, which has been retarded, whilst the crops already cut, have been discoloured and injured. The autumn sown wheats have burst into ear, but are certainly not generally looking so well as last year; at the same time, a great breadth having been sown, we do not apprehend any deficiency; on the contrary, humanly speaking, the favourable prospect in the United States and Canada renders it probable that the price of this important article of sustenance will in the autumn bq even lower than it is at present. The Lent grain has recently improved beneath the genial in fluence of the recent showers, and beans and pease pro mise well, which, after the total failure of last year, is cheering. Apples will not be so abundant as was at one time expected, but pears will probably offer a plentiful crop. Potatoes offer a plentiful crop. Potatoes look as well as we ever remember, although there is a slight talk of the disease here, and our Presteign correspondent, who gives us a very minute detail of prospects in that neighbourhood, says th a t th ere h as b een a great cry out about it in that quarter. lie trusts, however, that it will turn out to be nothing more than talk. The hop yards of this county look well, and we observe, as well from the state of the markets as the reports, that the same is the case in the other extensive hop growing dis tricts.—Hereford Journal. 1 ROYAL NAVAL FEMALE SCHOOL, RICHMOND.-- The annual examination of this excellent institutio❑ took place on Tuesday, the 20th instant, in the presence of the Right Hon. Earl Manvers, President; Vice-Ad miral Lord W. Fitzroy, Sir Henry Baker, Bart., Ad• miral Hope, the Hon. Captain Maude, Commander Beechy, Captain R. Williams, the Countess Manvers, Lady Fitzroy, Ladies Baker, Phipps, Scott, Maude, and the gentry of the district. The pupils, 82 in number, were examined in history, geography, geometry, French, and drawing, principally-, by the Rev. J. Hales, minister of the parish, and acquitted themselves with great eredit to their teachers. But one of the most striking features of the examination consisted in the performance of the musical classes under the direction of Mr. W. C. Selle, illustrating the results of a system of simultaneous musi cal tuition invented by that gentleman, which has been attended with the most pleasing results. About forty young ladies, after having passed through a rigorous examination on the theory of musical composition, pre needed to its practice, and performed in class with re markable precision and neatness of execution, from tin. works of Osborne, Handel, Mendelssohn, Nlozarr, a n d Czerny, and we cannot but regard the effectiveness el their performances as indicating the complete success or Mr. belle's system, which seems to promise the most splendid results whenever it can be adopted in accord ante with circumstances auspicious to its full develop ment. After short addresses from the' Rev. J. Hales and the Hon. Captain Maude, the proceedings termina ted with prayer. ILLNESS OF THE PAIN C E DE JOINVILLE.—M. Pasquier, late surgeon in ordinary to the Orleans family, has just been summoned to Claremont to give an opinion as to the health of the Prince de Joinville, who is said to be labouring under a disease of the liver, the origin of which is referred to his stay in Africa. A great aggra vation of his malady has lately occurred, produced, it is said, by suddenly hearing of the decree of banishment lately issued against his family. DIABOLICAL ATTACK BY A GANG OF BURGLARS ON TWO MISERS. DEATH OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS. YORK, SATURDAY MORNING.—In the village of Warthill, about five miles north-east of this city, most atrocious attempt at double murder has been perpetrated. The unfortunate victims of the brutal outrage were a quiet, hoffensive, and respectable widow lady, named Newlove, upwards of seventy years of age, and her son, Thomas Newlove, an un married man, between forty and fifty years of age. Jointly and separately they were possessed of con sidereble property, and adopted the foolish plan of being their own bankers, as much as 1,5001. being kept in their miserable abode. They lived in the most penurious manner, so much so as to follow the practice of seldom, if ever, retiring to rest until their neighbours, in the natural course of things, would be getting up; the strange object of their strange life being to watch their hoarded wealth. About eight o'clock on Monday morning, a labourer, who was in the habit of milking the cow and doing other little jobs for Mrs. IN; ewlove and her son, called at the house as usual. The back door was opened, and on entering a passage leadirg to the front kitchen he was horrified on perceiving her lying on the ground, apparently dead, and a quantity of blood about her. The man immediately raised an alarm, when, upon the neighbours assembling, a search was made for the son, who was s h or tl y a f terwa rds found outside. Hi s head was sadly beaten in, and blood was copiously flowing from the wounds. Me' dical aid being procured, the extent of their injuries was in some degree ascertained. An iron candle stick was found in the passage, which had evidently been used in the murderous affray. It was covered with blood and hair, and had apparently been bent by the force of the blows inflicted with it upon the heads of the poor creatures. On a further examina nation, it was quite,,clear that they had made a vigor ous effort to escape from their murderous assailants , which the state of the passage confirmed, pools of blood being visible in several parts. Mrs. Newlove in some degree subsequently recovered her senses, and from what could be gleaned from her, the ruffians were three in number. They had contrived to 0 1 ” tain an entrance into the house by a back window, and the robbers, believing that the son had fled to the village to give an alarm, decamped without obtaining any of the hoards they coveted. The police, bow' ever, discovered 1,3001., chiefly in notes, in different parts of the house, and 173/. secr e t e d i n a shaving' • box. In one of the rooms were several rolls of notes tied round with thread. This morning the police received intelligence of the death of Mrs. Newlove, who had sunk under the dreadful injuries she re ceived. No trace of the ruffians has yet been obtained, although the police have been scouring the country for miles round. --- ELECTION OF SHERIFFS. On Saturday a Common Hall was held for the election of sheriffs. The assemblage of liverymen was unusually small, the office of the shrievalty having stirred up no man's ambition in the present excited and unpromising times. On the contrary, ! II applications to gentlemen to serve have, it is failed; and the two who were elected will, according to the general opinion, rather submit to the several penalties annexed to refusal, than enter upon the duties of the office. At one o'clock the Lord Mayor, accompanied by several of the aldermen, the sheriffs, and the princi pal city officers, proceeded from the Court of Alder• men to the hustings, and the business of the day wa s immediately commenced. The COMMON-SERGEANT came forward to officiate in the room of the Recorder, in consequence of a heavy family affliction. The Learned Gentleman having addressed the livery upon the nature and lin' portance of the privilege they were about to exe rcise,. Deputy SELSON sto o d f orwar d f or the purpos e 01 requesting that the meeting should not call upon Alderman Finnis to serve until next year, on account of the recent election of that gentleman to the office of Alderman. The livery ♦ery readily excused Alderman Finn? and Alderman Lawrence, upon the ground of their late appointment to the magistracy of the city of London. Their were several names of high commercial emi' nence then put up, but, as if by previous arrange' ment, scarcely a hand was held up until the names of Mr. C. P. Bousfield, citizen and weaver, and Mr. J. R. Mills, citizen and fishmonger, were raised upon the board, and then every one raised his hand and his voice too, and the two unconscious citizens were elected amidst loud applause and laughter. The Chamberlain was then re-elected, as were some of the inferior officers. A statement of the Corporation accounts was then read, which, however, want of space precludes us from publishing. The Sheriffs having made their return to the Court of Aldermen, the hall was dissolved. COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court was held. After the return by the Sheriffs of the proceedings of the Common Hall, the Court proceeded to consider the petition of Mr. Thomas Wood (late Alderma,n of Cordwainers' Ward), and Mr. George Martin, chief clerk in the City Solicitor's office for the situation of chief clerk in the Guildhall Police Court. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, had also peti tioned the Court for the office ; but he withdrew upon being informed that he would not be permitted to practise in bis profession if elected. Mr. Wood was elected by a majority of three over Mr. Martin.—Ad' journed. The Chairman and Court of Directors of the Batt India Company paid an official visit to the Chinese JUL' on Friday last. The directors arrived in their respec tive carriages, attended by several of the officers of the company, about five o'clock; they remained on board about an hour, and appeared highly gratified with the novelty and interest of the exhibition. THE KELLYS AND THE O'KELLTS.—A genuine Irish novel has long been a rarity, and we are glad to see that Mr. Trollope, whose knowledge of Irish life h as been amply man if este d b y hi s previous productions, bas announced one under the title of" The Kellys and th e O'Kelly's, or Landlords and Tenants," from which the public may be led to expect a picture of society and manners as they exist in the Sister Kingdom which cat . not fail to amuse , an d i s very likely to astonish, th e reader. The peer and the peasant, the heiress and the beggar, the rich agent and the poor proprietor, th e sporting parson and the gentleman blackleg, are said to figure in the story with such vividness of portraiture 118 to excite the impression that they are taken from ex . isting originals. The fire annihilator is a small machine of the siz e of a common pail, containing several iron encasemen' and in the middle 71bs, of nitre, carbon, and g ypsums 1 1 the proporti on o f s i x, two, and two, and also one Wi' of water; at a touch of the finger on a small owl charged w ith a sma ll quantity of chlorate of potass a l3 o sugar, the co m p oun d i s i n a moment converte d in e steam to an amo un t so enormous, that i t equals u' quantity produced by a five horse steam boiler, an d equivalent to a brigade fire-engine. The whole mac can be made for 1/. o f w hi c h t h e com b ust ibl e spe nt I , worth only 14d.—Builder. The Right lion. Charles Arbuthnot has closed hi c s i visit to th e D u k e o f W e l l i ngton, at Apsley house , and proceeded to his seat in Northamptonshire. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--Another Person Cured _ , Dropsy by Holl owa y' s Pil ls.—Mr. Duncan, an extensi Of 7 farmer residing a t t h e Elms, near Boston, had been t years in a bud st a t e of health, the disease prodnc7,ea swelling in his feet an d ankles which gradually aeo n° until the whole of hi s b o dy was affected; convinced °be, he was labouring und er a con fi rmed case of drorY , a consulted some of the most eminent of the faculty , / A i used their remedi es , f rom w hi c h h e derived no helical but became worse; in this state he determined to Holloway's Pills, and, to the wonder of all, this suP er " o f medicine cured him in an incredibly short sli,n e lt o . time. Sold by all D rugg i s t s , an d at Professor AO way's establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTH& On the 23d inst., at Grosvenor-street, Viscountess dale of a daughter. Of On the 18th inst., at Lee Park, Bl ac kh eat h , t h e wi do w " ,..f A the late C. A. Lushington, Esq , Ben ga l Ci v il S er vice, daughter. On the 21st inst., at Clapham-road-place, Mrs. Frederick Webb, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at North-bank, R egen t' s - par k, the Wit' of Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener, of a daughter. v award At Clifton, on the 23d inst., th e w if e of t h e R ev . 11.A.,Walford, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., in York-street, P or t man - square , the w ife of H. Rodwell, Esq., of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Lark -hall-lane, Clapham, Mrs. J. G. Perkins, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at East Sheen, the wife of F. Otnina llneY ' Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, by the Rev. W. C. Davie M.A., Samuel W. Mealing' of the city of Norwich, to ' Mary, relict of the late Mr. J. Sparke, of the same city. On the 22d inst. at St. John's, Paddington, by the Be n S. Sturg es , M.A., ' Henry Smith, E s q., of Upper Sep:flea.; f street, Portman-square, to Eliz a beth M o rtlock, d a ughter J. Sturges, Esq., of Connaught-square. At Highfield, near South Di Kb. ampton, on the 18th inst., Louisa, th e w if e o f Li eutenant -C o l one l E J. C ra bbe. 1 01 ' daughter of the l a te J. C ra bb e , E sq ., o f Shidfielci, Hants. On the 20th inst., at Downton, Radnorshire, Mary Sar6- field, fourth daughter of Sir William and Lady Cockb urn ' aged 17. • of At Hastings, on the 21st inst., aged 74, Mary , re lict the Rev. W. Whistler. On the 2A inst., J. Peppercorne, Esq., of Thurloe -- q uore ' Brompton. aged 74. On the 22d inst., at Wallington, near Carshalton, Su rre y . Hannah, the wife of Mr. P. Rymer, aged 43. On the 22d inst., at Eaton-place, aged 19, Gertrud e Ca' therine, seventh and youngest daughter of the Hun. C. •E• Law, M.P., Recorder of London. On the 23d inst., at Montagu-square,aged 77, Mary, Ifidoo of the late J. Henderson, Esq. H a rriet At Holloway, on the 23d inst., R. Stillwell, Esq., of Shore" ditch, aged 74. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOIJNO , , 2, it No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TA. Sun °f ace, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the counW fdiddleeez, Monday, June 26, 1848.