The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-21 00:00:00

07-79 V t Al t . • to z - y „&„ bliv 0 Pic (I , Seven ‘Y LA 'PEST PRICES OF SHARES, I- BAN $, ASSURAiNCI, AND MUER UOM- P.ANIES I STOCK. From the Official List, PIBLISICED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. JOINT-STOCK naNics. Dividend 2e of Company. per Anarm. A...l•Anuit c: share. • rahuna . ...... North American Ceylon • • • . .• • • • .• • • Form:lure:al of Loudon int . • • • • • tilouceste . :shire • • • • • • ..fol ;au • • • • • o r•ln znd Westrainstr r. d. 4000 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 X rt. O. to 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 51. per cent. Cl. p.r cent. 61. per cent. 51. par cent. 151 per cent. Cl. per cent. 61. per tent. 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 '0 0 0 40 0 0 Ditto .• a- ;KcrJoint-Stock .rincial of Ireland • • ,)itio, SOW.— •.ti• of Ireland .. . Proviicial of Eng. atli Australia • •• • • of Australia— .• 61. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. N. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. AO 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 GO 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 61. per cent. Ditto ..•....••••••• 'eni 'a of London... •• Vlaion of Madrid .•• . • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0 CANALS. •-.. I ..; 4 Dividend Names of 1 ~.,.. Dividend! Names of tv .. per Price. Price. Companies. id aupanies. 0 per A Annum. cc Annum. En 1 - - - - -. ------ -- --__ , .£ 1 £ ,=- i'ntn ge Old h 97 51.5 r .pc ! 70 Macclesfield • 100 -- 15 11510/ •• • • 1601 121. 1180 Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 340 ' : .ii',...:..khrg 1501 51. 80 Oxford.. •• • • ICO 201. 200 tir.ninaham . 351 41. 80 'Peak Forest. 78, 32. 40 Coventry ....II 00 251. - Regent's •• • • 331 1/. 4s. 18 %xd 'OO 61. 63 ItochdWe -• . 85 ! 41. 54 Ells In.,&.Chs, 133 41. 50 Somrset Coal 150; 71. 10s . 130 1,;:, ~ ash ..•1100. 32e. - Do.Lk Fd St 121 61. p. c. -- 41rx.4:1.1unctu,4001 51. 79 Stffrd& Wore 140 281. 275 Gran:lS urreylloo, - 30 Shrewsour9•• 125' 151. - k4rand Union' 1001 ?I. 10s. 213{ Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305 '.;rantham - 1501 121.. - Severn and / 261 11. Bs. 30 :Lnnt & AVU 39, 7s. 6d. 5U Wye nail. j 1., la& Li vrp:loo' 541. 505 Warvrick& 7 , 3,cic..25ter..•.1140 101. 75 Birming. j 001 51. 65 teicW &Nth! 83 41. 36 Warwick& 7::- - awhhortr,111142, 701. 530 Napton.. j' 1 1 - 46 Alon In Oti t hsil I 100' 81. - Worcstr 81 78 1 21,, 39 ~ • 1 ats4mrysh,' in 100 51. - Birming. 1 lieltn3lwbry 100 101. i - Wilts & Brks 671 11. 11 INSITRA.NCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Amount Paid. Name of Company. Annum. Share. s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 X R. e. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 El 0 2 12 6 All nale. 4 0 0 3 0 0 •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ..• anee Mrit. and For. )itt Marine.•• •• •• tiv . i Commercial . • rici,3icd. St Gen. Life 41e • • • • • • • ..... • • • • . Scot. Law •• •• uropean Life •••• • • amity E110.01,411r t Soc. o eensasons' .• • • • • • • • Lirdian • • • • • • • • • • • • ,peri at Fire • • • • • • • • penal Life • • •..... • leinnity Marine.... Fire. • • • ......... 1. Y I !le •••. • . • '1.:• al and General Life Fire ........ London Ship Marine . 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 !0 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 '0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 31t-d. Inylid& Gen. Life bra tional Lean Fund N:aional Life.... Lile• . • . • •.. • Vt),P.:I 4 X •• • ..... •• • • otmtor Life• • •• ••• r idelit Life •• •• •• •• Life.. •• •• •• •• •• - ri Exchange .r. Fire— ••••• •• •• • 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 , ttr, I. , te ... • • ••.•- + nivereal Life...• •• •• Life .... 8 '0 0 4 0 0 :. , ,,XST OT SCOT' Name of Company. ti ank of Scotland Itritish Linen Company Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . Clydesdale Bank Commercial Bank - .1"-:astem Bank.. Ed nb. fc Glasgow Bank Exchange Bnk of Scot.. Isle of Man. Company National Bank Zti , .rth of Scotland Bank :go •th British Bank; 3:). al Bank of Scotland It'alon Bank of Scotland ""Vostern Bank • • • • • • • • leer Fi •e and Life • ..Accord. Life and Fire itritish Guarontee Ins. Caledonian Fire Insur. Church of Eiwiand City of Glasgow Life.. lidintni Twit Life Insur. 1",a4 of Se Aland Life.. Zug. & Scot, Law Life lorcules insurance Co. irmir. Co. of Scotlifel • • ksoc. of Scotland Ifercantile Liao •• National F•Ye and Life :11 - irtli British Insur. •• :North & West of Soot. Ccottisit Life and ,luar. Acet. It and Gan. Life 15:icing' Union Insrnes. F.' an 'sad Ile .. •• .. • United Dep. Assurance Name of Company. ,rnmerclal Vast amt Mai. India... 'East Country 7 ander; • • • . lite Bonds•• • •• Rt. Katharine •...•.•. lAtto Bonds.. ••.. •• outhampton • • ...... :flame of Company. ..;tainham . t i.010wn..• • •. • • • • r; Junction Itivr I.nde Brdge •• •• •• •• •• - 4‘recgt MitHlegex • . • 31. 109 per cent. Gl. per cent, 136.6 d. pr sh. 7s. per share 51. per cent. 31. 135. • 6 5/. pe e cent. 0,4 per cent. & bs. 5.. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 12 per cent. 11. sh. & II Ss. 14 1 „?' per ct. 51. pc : cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. V.p.et.&bs. 5/. pox' cent. 11. 55. la. 51. per cen+. 6/. 10s. 11. Os. 10%1. pr cnt, 'ISE CO Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 81. per cent. Si. per sent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 6/. per cent. 71. pe. cent. 6/. pe, cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 121. per cent. 101. per cent.) 51. per cent. 51. pe. cent. 51. pe cent. 7s. per cent. Si. per cent. 5/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 15 1. cent., 5/. pee cent. 6141. pr cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. Doc: Dividend per Annum. 41. per cent. 61. pr cent. I/. Der sh. 5/. pr cent. 41. per cent. 5 Der cent. 4341. pr cent. 21. per cent. 'ATER- D.vidend per Aiinum. Bs. Si. 21. 108. 21. JOS, I/.ls3.prent 4 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 iOO 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 iOO 0 0 5 0 0 stock. 100 0 0 :PANI: Amount of Share. s. d. 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 u 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 12 !O 0 20 0 0 10 0 8 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 'OILIES, Amount or Share. X s. d. 23 0 0 100 0 0 41 /..1 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 g 2 12 0 IS' PRICES 84% 65% 811.6 u. 99 9s. 6d. Z s. d. 50 0 0 d, 25 0 0 G.A.S..X.IGELT AND COKE COMPA.NI: Dividend Amount per I of Xamo of Company. Ar iuin, Share. j X. s. d. 1/. 40 0 0 I/. Bs. 20 0 0 IC/. per cent.' 20 0 0 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10/. 100 0 0 925. pr share 50 0 0 sss. pr share 50 0 0 Isq. pr shay 50 0 0. 6!. per cent. j 50 0 0 61. per cent. 40 0 0 2 1 ,4 1. p 7 cent ' 50 0 0 61. per cent. 50 0 0 5/. per cent.; 50 0 0 5/. and bns. 1 100 0 0 /. pr cent. 50 0 0 sl. 50 0 0 12s. 50 0 0 Itritish • • • • • • • • ...... Ditto Provincial— . • .• •••••• • • • • • ../•;r;4hton • • • ..... City of London .. • • • • • Infaiental Consolldat. ltitto, New • • •. • • • • Equitable ••••• • •• • • •• •••• -•••• radependent •••• Ditto— •• •• ••• • • • • • •• •• • • 3tatelitf • • •• •"• • • United General •• • • • • 7.VeAttninster Chartered bitto. New •• • • Paid. Z. 3. d. 18 0 0 19 0 0 Price 100 0 0 290 39 5 0 51 37 10 0 51 , „, 50 0 0 38 50 0 0 80„ 40 0 0 64 50 0 0 50 0 0 45 0 0 ; 34 xd 90 0 0 , 80 50 0 0 17 55 3 4 xd 10 0 0 fly • MISCELLANEOUS. ;Ina 01 company. Dividend Amount per of ' Paid. Price. _...----_ Annum. Share. ..kaitrallan Agritithurl X. s. d. X. s. d. ..,.... I , 4 : o _ll.clican mi nt.. , 100 0 0 30 0 0 Ditto, lialf Shares.. a. 45. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 —. 1 v.;., !i tr, .. .•.... • . .. Gi.i , e 7 uppr Canada Bonds . cent. 100 0 0 32 )0 0 ~.t. _ .• Bonds.. •• • • .... V.Ll,7_ cent. ._ • ~r :up C ppr Mars Eng• 57. p g cen l t t . . --- c,-...1:- B e ver,. & Invest. SP. c.& t,,, , ,, M 0 0 70 0 0 -,•fquitable lieversionry 4%/. Pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 .t;e.,.Strair Navigation 11.89. 15 0 0 95 0 0 9f ,London institution .• • 0 0 i 14 0 0 24 l'eninslr & Orient.Stm. 21. per cent. 50 7, 0 ti reversionary Int. Soc. 3 1 / 2 1. pr cent. 100 0 ; , 5 ,.„.. ° 0 0 59),". q.,oral 111.11 Stearn •• .. 3W. pr cent. _ 1 60 wu 0 0 r .:-4t.ttti Australian ..• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 ,: 0 0 43 '; "la Dieman's Land.. 100 9 0 1 ~., 00 \ _ 'e Thireraal Sa'vage • ••• •• 25 00\1 0 0 0 4 BRIDGES 0 Dividend Amount 1 _Name of Co m p sny. per of Paid. Price A nn um. Share. -------- —.--------- ___ 1 ............ X. s. d. X. E. d. _ Ninngerfati ••••• • •• • • 632 12 8 uthwrk, Xvr Su b.A. 214 Ditto Nof 734 p.c. 355. 100 0 0 per cent. 50 0 0 16 :Waterloo • • • ....... • • Nw CO 0 0 2 5 5 31 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 53. 4 d. k;itto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. 23. 40 0 0 2G 2d. .. 28 ___—..........------••--- ViuKthall •• .. ... Av. 11. 16s. ,010 0 . ••••••••••••••••- MARKET INTELLIGENCE• From the London New Price Current of Jan. 21.) Sucan.—To-day further rise took place •,f raw Sugiv, AStbe home trade were anx ious ti, ; tirchas , , whilst on the other hand merchant s su pp lied in thecontinue value ~f tou e 'Silo market with caution. The demand was good for "eery kind of West India foe home use, and better r.'ices,..were again obtained, and the Sales amounted to 460, making the total quantity sold for 00 week 3,200 lihds, &c , the.riae in 'prices durin g th a t t i me a mounts to istois 6d per cwt The market for all sorts of Sugar Closes witi: much firmness. RETINED , - - Today Refined goods were in excellent Tequst by the home trade, and Rsices are firaZ.v. Lumps 6 5, r g a n a d re h to ' b u re to pass the standard selling at 5 436 d to: grocery 545. In the value of Bondedt Crushed Su gar 0 I..4)aves there is no variation, but few met with. , ' t: MATIRMUS.—This zfternoon there was Much enquiry after Mauritius Sugar, an 213 bags at auction sold at a Arlinkre ifr i t er a!lvance of 6d—good yeliO i'. 7 fetched 4os, m iddli ng - -1" 11 •LI Ctii gal(onBs 6d, low 36s 6d to 375, and damaged 36s 6d , er cwt. If ti.,, ~. s afternoon Bengal Sugar was in '.' lti s - 4k"W- . 4 TA ;r7d T p h ri i vately, and 1,340 bags at public 'PC.:IO - inje;aoid't4 cl per cwt advance. Benares, fine white e-% ` l l- . Zyirtc74 6s to 47s 6d, good middling and good 43s 6d to ~_. _7_,trOtF ddling 435, low 41s to 41s 6d, good soft ~.. --...... ~;..L , , i.s. !_,.. .-..7-• •IN . 3 S Prica Price 117xd 44% 214 ay, 178 xd TILE suli, O.N DON, rlingy :s ellow 395. middling 375, damped and washed 37s to 443. 0; Mania- 5,210 bisrs w s s, ( 4,;sed at auction and lid s Id et a ris, en former rates of 6d to 15, f. tie soft yellsw tchmg 35s to 365, good 33, to 345, mid dling 326 to 32s 6d, law 31s to 31s 6d, fine brown 30s 6d ;o 31s, good 293 6il to 30s, ordinary and middlieg 28s to 295, very low dark 26s 6sl per cwt. Of Bengal ills! private sal, s fur the week are 6,000 bags. FOBEIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Fo reign Sugar, but purchases to a fait extent were made privately. chiefly by the home trade, and stiffer rates paid. Of Cuba Muscovado 120 casks wore sold at 735; 200 chts of fellow kind at 41s, and a parcel of Java at 37s to 39s for brown and yellow. MOLASSES.--1 he dullness in the market for West India increased this week, all kinds having been dealt in with much caution, and the is a plentiful supply. The value of West India is 15s to 17s accord ing to quality. In Bengal Treacle there is still nothing doing, and prices are nominal, whilst there is a fair supply. Honey is offered upon rather lower terms. COCOA.—There is firmness on the part of holders of West India, and they supply the market sparingly, whereas there is a good demand privately, and the rates paid are fully equal to those previously current. At public sale 65 bags went at 335 6d for grey. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was not much demand for Mocha Coffee, and 109 bales at auction sold is to 2s under former rates, middling yellowish only fetching 49s 6d to 51s, and low mid 48s 6d. Of Plantation Ceylon 393 bags 4 casks were sold at stiffer rates ; low middling went at 47s to 48s, fine fine ordinary 43s to 46s 6d, fine ordinary 35s to 40s, good ordinary 35s to 36s 6d, ordinary 303 to 325, triage 25s to 28s. Native Ceylon was sold to a fair extent privately; good ordinary et 32s to 33s per cwt. TEA.—The home trade entertain a favourable opinion towards all descriptions, whereas on the part of mer chants there is confidence, and they refrain from over supplying the market, there is also an inclination on the part of most of the dealers in town and country to further increase their stocks. Prices are yet low contrasted with those of late years, and the consumption is proceeding as well as could be ex pected. The dealings in all kinds of Congou have been to a large extent by private treaty, whilst the rates ob tained are equal to those previously current. For good common sound the prices obtained are 815-el to 9d. A steady demand exists for Pouchong at from 6d to 8d for low to fine clean quality. Of Souchong several parcels have been taken, and the rates paid are 10d to is 2d for low to middling, and ls. 3d. to 2s. for good and fine. Green has been in excellent request, and the prices obtained are fully equal to those previously current, Hyson of common sound quality is with difficulty to be purchased under la. 21, Twankay ditto 7d., Gunpowder Canton 15., and Imperial ditto 10d. per lb. For Pekoe Teas the demand isincreasing, and the tendency of prices to advance. cheaper than at this time in 1847, and the dealers are yet scantily supplied. The public sale of Tea yesterday went off well, and at full rates. Of the 7,200 packages that passed, the large proportion of 6.000 found pur chasers, and which is a greater quantity than for some time past. Green Tea met with the most attention. Spiess.—To-day at public sale 500 pockets Bengal Ginger were sold at reduced rates, and went at 19s 6d to 20s for good bold rough, and at lOs to 16s for damaged. Malabar Pepper met with attention, and 1,243 bags went at id per lb higher. Pimento sells more freely, and 508 bags went at an advance of id to id. Of Mace 4 cases Penang were taken in at 2s 8d for good middling, and at 2s 4d for low middling. 12 cases Bencoacn Cloves, fine is 9d to Is 103, good Is 7d, ordinary Is 2d. 16 cases Nutmegs partly sold, fine bold brown at 4s 63, good middling 2s 10, and mid dling 2s 7d to 2s 9d per lb. RICE.—To day East India Rice met with little atten tion, and 2,664 bags 600 pockets of Bengal at auction were nearly all taken in at 13s 6d - for fine white, but rather dusty, and damaged Ils fid to 12s 6d; the part sold ;went 6d cheaper, good dusty white at 12s, good middling lls 6d to 12s, middling Ils, and damaged 2s 6d to lOs 6% per cwt. INDIGO.—The quarterly sale of East India will take place on the Bth of February, and at present 6,945 chests are declared, in consequence of which the purchases made this week are of little moment by exporters or home consumers. On the part of merchants there is, however, firmness, and they insist upon an advance on the rates of the last quarterly auction of 2d to 4d per lb. Of line Bengal there is yet a scanty supply. Spanish is held with firmness, and a fair demand exists. SPlRlTS.—Jamaica Rum continues in good request for home consumption, and exporters have purchased to a fair extent this week. On the part of merchants there is firmness, and they have obtained rather higher rates for all sorts. Total sales 200 puns. Demerara is wanted at stiffer rates, the sales amount to 150 puns : 35 to 38 per cent over proof of fair quality 3s to 3s Id, 36 to 40 over good 3s Id to 3s 2d. For East India there has been a much better demand, and prices are rather higher; 300 puns having been sold at is 7d proof with certifi cate. Leeward Island is wanted, and the tendency of prices is uwards, the sales are 150 puns at 1s 7d to Is 8d proof strength. The market is less freely supplied with all sorts of Rum, and the deliveries are going on satisfacto rily. Geneva sells more freely at 2s 7d to 2s 8d for common export sorts, and at 3s to 3s 6d for fine fit for duty. In the value of British made Spirits there is no change this week, but the demand is more active. Brandy has been in excellent request, and the deliveries are large, whilst arrivals are small. TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went off at advanced rates; 283 pkgs of South American sold at 44s 6cl to 46s 9d, inferior 42s 6d to 43s 9d ; 72 casks of New South Wales 45s 9d to 46s 9d ; 150 casks of Odessa, Sheep 45s to 475, Ox 45s 3d to 47s 3d ; 90 casks first sort stranded yellow Candle 45s 6d to 47s 6d. OILS.—The demand for Linseed Oil has increased this week, and a slight advance in the value is perceptible. For home consumption large parcels have been taken, whilst exporters were buyers to a fair extent, and 23s 9d to 24s per cwt are the rates paid. For forward delivery several contracts Abase :been entered into at 24s 3d to 24s 6d. Rape Seed Oil slightly declined in value, but the purcheses made are upon a more extended scale, pale at 37s 6d to 38s, and brown 375. There is yet only a limited supply, and the consumption is improving. On the part of holders of Olive Oil there is a desire to realise, although the de liveries continue to exceed the arrivals. Palm does not improve in value, but several parcels have been disposed of The supply is, however, less plentiul, and the consump tion continues on fhe increase. Cocoa Eut is dull of sale, and prices tend downwards. Of Fish Oils the arrivals have been trifling since our last report, and previous rates are not generally maintained. All other kinds are plentiful. COURSE OF EXCHA NGE.-(THIS DAY.) •• .. Leghorn ........ •..... 31 30 Genoa 26 10 Milan .. • • • • • • •• Ven1ce........ • • • • • • • • Naples •• •• 30 Palermo, 11814 Li5b0n................ 51% Oporto ................ 52 Rio Janeiro ........ •• Bahia Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight .... • • .... mst.miain .......... 12 5 3 4 Dit.o, at sight • • .... 12 234 Itottcrdatn .......... 12 6 Antwerp.......... .... 26 10 ILimburgh 11.8. 13 14 Itona• • ........ • • • • • • Paris, 3 days' sight .. •• 25 65 Ditto, .............. 25 95 ‘farsellles 26 5 nourdeaux......... .. 26 5 Frankfort on 2.Ctine.. .. 1234 Petersburgh, Sil. ........ • • • • - Vienna, effec. flo.. •• •. 10 I`4 Trieste, ditto.... •..... 10 20 Mmltid 46% Cadiz ............. 48X, ~ ftbAo.. • ..... •• •••••• earcelona •• •••••••• •• PRICES OF BILLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold ix bars.. Xa 17 9 New Dollars •• .. • . 0 4 9!•4 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver to bars -- 0 4 11% BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Vtatoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 15th .lay of January, 1848. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X. ziot a 13sucd.... • • • • 26,217,000 Government debt 11,015,1C0 Other securities .• 2,984.900 Gold coin And bullion 10,823,312 Silver bullion •. •• .. 1,423,088 Z 26.211,000 £26,247,000 M. MAUSUALL, Chief Cashier. 1848. Dated tho 20th day of January, , EARTHEN T. Government securl- ties (including Dead Weight A nnuity)• • 11,203,253 Other securities • ... 15,251,936 Notes ..... ......... 7,152,400 Gold and silver coin .. 576,602 £34,181,291 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1448. Daniel David Lecky, Gent., to be Ensign, by pnrehase, vice Scheberras, Jan. 21. 86th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry E , . - '..v2rd Jeremo, fi.orn the Royal Military Colletre, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stuart, promoted, Jan. 21. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Ralph Dudgeon, from the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenan+, vice Bancroft, who xelial4,Tes, fan. 21. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—George Charles Henry Waters, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, v i ce Winterbottorn, appointed to the 3d Dragoon Guards, Jan. 21. llosprrAL STAFF.—Assistant Surgeon John Henry Brummell, from the 40th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, Jan. 21. BANKING D Propectors' capital.. 11,553,000 :Zest • ••• • .. 3,720,147 Public dcipols:ts (in aluding Exchequer, Commitsioners of National Debt, Say- tugs-batiks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 4.331,680 Other deposits ••• • . 10,676.188 Seven day and other biUS • • • • 902,976 £34.187,2a1 Dated the 20th day of January. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 21. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Walter Charles Metcalfe Plowden, Esq., to be her Ma jesty's Coniul in Abyssinia. WAR- OFFICE, JAN. 21. 3d Dragoon Guards—Second Lieutenant James Win terbottom, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment (Riling Master), to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Williams, ap pointed to the 12th Light Dragoons, January 21. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Barrett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holder, who retires ; Stan ley 011ivant Black, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Barrett, Jan. 21. 29th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Joseph Singleton, from ; the 64th F oot, to be Lieutenant, vice Francis , appointed to the 64th Foot, Jan. 21. 31st Foot—Captain George Francis White to be Major, by purchase, vice :Bulkeley, who retires; Lieut. James Peter Robertson to be Captain, by purchase, vice White; Ensign Charles Jarne4 Orton Swaffield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, viceltobertson ; Ensign Thomas Edward Polder, from the 56th Foot, .to be Ensign, vice Bernard, who exchanges, Jan. 21. 48th Foot—Lieutenant William Frceme Wyndowe to be Adjutant, vice Wheeler, who resigns the Adjutancy Jtiale6ns46.3:l2hhlt:ii:no°!Lietit.ecneaLPP' only, Jan. 21. n Frederich Robinson Bernard, from to E fl b s g Ensign, vice Pedder, who exchanges, t John Canavan to be Captain, I ; Ensign vi • devciceeasecran Canavan, Jan. 12Robert Foot, 29tli F t o o o b t e ; ~w , ,.fi g t , l ic ko i n e t r p ut t o • chb a e s e, Lieutenan: 11°37 .. 1 .-. 'r iA a t n o c n is' ap ir p o o ln inte tn d e to 29 t t he Lieutenant, vice Sth i .,. '-- it from the Royal Military Lieutenant, Gentleman Cadet William oi. College, t o b e E ns i gn . vice Mockler, J 3ti. {falter Lawrencil 67th Foot—Gentleman i w n i g t e c 9 Ll without g u rc t h h as purchase, I , L je a e l Davy,Military ho resigns, W College,ato Jan. b )2Ein. Ensign, fro 7 m 6 t h t h e F 3 o t— d W L e i s e t u t l e n n d a i a n t C o ha b rl e es Li b eu a t r e ie n r a o n f t t: vice Dudgeon, who exchans, Jan. 21. 80th Foot —Ensign Attiligeo Scheberras to be Lieute tint, by purchase, vice Gordon, who retires; Robert COMMISSARIAT. Deputy Commissary General Francis Edward Knowles to be Commissary General. Commissariat Clerk John Hiram Allinson, Commissariat Clerk Ruprt Bruwnrigg B. Bower, Commip.sarict Clerk Ifenry Maule, Commissariat Clerk John Francis Rogers, Commissariat Clerk Hugh F. Durnford, Commissariat Clerk Thomas Strickland, Commissariat-Clerk Charles Thomas Walcut, Commissariat-Clerk James Wilkinson Woodley, Commissariat-Clerk Robert Henry Smith, Commissariat Clerk Primrose G. Julyan, To be Deputy Assistant Commissaries General. The commissions of the said Commissariat Officers to bear date Dec. 28, 1847. Erratum in the Gazette of 14th January 1848. 22d Foot—For Lieutenant " Fleming Gough Howell Games Williams," from the 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hunt, who exchanges, read, Lieutenant " William Couch," from the 41st Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Hunt, who exchanges ; and 41st Foot—For Lieutenant Witliam Hunt, from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, who ex changes, read vice Couch, who exchanges. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Hilary Term.-11th Victoria. 20th January, 1848. This Court will, on Tuesday the Ist day of February next, and the three following days, and on Tuesday the 3th day of February, and the four following days, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business in the Special Paper, Crown Paper, and New Trial Paper, and will also hold a sitting on Saturday the 26th day of February, and give judgment in cases pre viously argued. BY THE COURT. WHITEHALL, JAN, 17, 1348. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frederick Mar shall, of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed George Hargrave, of Caistor, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JAN. 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Peeling Brabner, of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lan caster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Thomas Haddock, of St. Helen's, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. ------- -. Georgo Hadfield, paint manufacturer, Liverpool. Edward Boaz Smith, timber merchant, Scarborough. BANKRUPTS. George Cork, livery stable keeper, Islington, to sur render Feb. 4, at half-past eleven, and March 3, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee; Cooke, King-street City. William Perhouse, cattle dealer, Trafalgar-road, Greenwich, Jan. 28, at half-past one, and March 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Russell, Martin's-lane, Can non-street. Brailsford Bright, merchant, Bridge House Hotel, Southwark, Jan. 28, at half-past one, and March 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry- Chambers. Charles Andrews, fruiterer, Brighton, Feb. 2, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Rickards and Walker, Lin coln's Inn-fields, London ; Bennett, Brighton. John Alexander, druggist, Yeovil, Somersetshire, Feb, 1 and 28, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel. official assignee, Exeter ; Slade and Vining, Yeovil' Terrell, Exeter ; Treherne and Co., Barge yard:el:ambers, London. John Calvin Dreaper, corn merchant, Liverpool, Fob. 8 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Lowndes, Robinson, Bateson, Liverpool. John Dawson, maltster, Fairford, Gloucestershire, Feb. 4, at twelve, and March 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Leo nard, Bristol. Richard Parsons, builder, Plymouth, Feb. 1, and March 7, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Her naman, official assinee, Exeter; Cross, Plymouth; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London. John Kershaw, draper, Brecon, Feb. 4 and March 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Abbott and Co., New Inn, London; Clarke, BristoL James Batson and Son, iron masters, Great-bridge, Staffordshire, Feb. 1 and 29, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. , James Rossiter, baker, Tor, Devonshire, Feb. 1 and 28, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Drake, Torquay; Terrell, Exeter; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row, Loudon. ' John Bond Cooke and George Shaw, hat manufac turers, Denton, Lancashire, Feb. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official as signee, Manchester; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lin coln's Inn-fields; Brookes, Ashton-under-Lyne. Frederick Chaplin and William Henry Chaplin, tanners, Bishops Stortford, Jan. 28, at half-past two, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basitighall-street; Ring, Bread-street, Cheapside. Jane Louisa Seymour and Emily Seymour, milliners, Bristol, Feb. 7 and March 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Holme and Co., New Inn, London; Prideaux and Sons, Bristol. William Hancock, fellmonger, Ticknall, Derbyshire, Feb. 11 and March 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assigdee, Notting ham; Dewes, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; Reece, Birmingham, John Honor Parker, carrier, Castle and Falcon-yard, Aldersgate-street, Feb. 5, at half past one, and March 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Todd, Thanes Inn. Thomas Clarkson, painter, Liverpool, Jan. 31 and March 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple, London ; Robinson, Liverpool. John Shellcross, provision dealer, Liverpool, Feb. 1, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court, Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Johnson and Co., Temple ; Bremner, Liverpool. .Joseph Robinson Pim, brick maker, Birkenhead, Che shit e, Feb. 1 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee,•Livorpool; Sharpe and Co., -Bedford-row; Rowe, Liverpool, • PRICE OF SUGAR. The average pride of Brown orlluscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending January 18, 1848. is 24a. 7:R t d. per cwt. INQUEST on Mrs. SHUTTLE WORTH On Thursday evening an inquest was held at. the Manchester Arms, Adam. street East, Manchester square, before T. Wakley, Esq., M.P. ' upon the body of Mrs. Martha Rhodes, alias Shuttleworth, who died on the 6th instant, at. the Lunatic Aaylutn, York House, Battersea. Before the jury was sworn, Mr. WAKLEY stated that the informations originally forwarded to him for the purpose of holding the inquest, at the re quest of Miss Rhodes, the sister of the de ceased, had not appeared to him to be sufficient, as there was no statement made of any grounds for supposing that the deceased's death had been occa sioned by any violence or ill-treatment. That he had, therefore, attended in the first instance more to satisfy the feelings of the sister of the deceased than for -the purpose of holding an inquest. But, that having inspected the body of the deceased, he found it so extensively covered with ulcerated sores and mortification about the hips . and sacrum, and so reduced to a skeleton, that he . was quite con vinced that an inquiry ought to take place ; that, although it would occasion him great personal inconvenience, he was prepared to hold the inquest, if the jury, and the relatives of Mrs. Shuttleworth demanded it of him, but that he would recommend that the body should be taken .back to the parish of Battersea, where the deceased had died, and that the inquest should be held before the Coroner of the county of Surrey ; as the inquest would be held with much disadvantage away from'the asylum where the death took place, whereas . the Coroner for Surrey might proceed with the jury to the asylum, and examine some of the patients, as well as the matron and nurses, as to the treatment He was, however, prepared to do his duty if so re quested, and to show that he had jurisdiction, as it was most important that persons should be made aware that they could not evade an inquiry of this sort by removing the body from one county to another, but that the coroner could,cause an inquiry to be made where the body was found. In this case the body had been in the jurisdiction of three coroners, as it had been removed from Battersea to the undertaker's who resided in Westminster, and thence into the county of Middlesex. Miss Rhodes being called, stated that she was very anxious that an inquiry should be made into the causes of her sister's death, as she wished to know what her death had been occasioned by, and why she had been removed from Battersea ; that she had not seen her sister since the 10th of November, when consequence o f for Sh had n the tr ea t ment s h e met w i t h was suc h t h a t s h e con ceived sh e was not perm i tte d to see h er s i ster ; th at i n this anordershe oinformation to se e h appliedto the e r, metropolitan Commissioners v hhhad been r refused. of her sister's illness, nor did she know of her death, which took place upon the 6th instant, till the 11th of January, wllen she was informed of it by Mr. New • land, a solicitor, and that the body was lying at Mr. Stockings, an wideria,ker, hi plinlico that, how ever, s h e had received a setter from tho go 7 • EVENING, Pill r A licitor, on the sth of January, requesting ! her to call upon him upon important bee,int- - ss—wilich she had not immediately attended to, as he wac the solicitor of the asylum, and she conceived the business referred to the appointment of a trustee to her sister's property, which she had refused to consmt to; that she proceeded forthwith to the undertaker, who told her he had orders from the Rev. Mr. Rowlett, who had signed the order for her sister's confinement, and from Dr. Malkin, one of the doctors of the asylum, not to deliver up the body, but to bury it, and to allow her to attend the funeral ; that, however, after application to the Rev. Mr. Rowlett, she received a letter from that gentleman, ordering the body to be delivered up to her, which was at last brought to her on Friday evening, the ' 14th ; that she was very anxious that Mr. Wakley should hold the inquest. The jury, with one exception, concurred in this opinion, upon which Mr. Wakley ordered them to be sworn in, and they afterwards retired to view the body. On their return the foreman and the jury stated that they were very much shoelled at the appearance of the body, and thought the case was one on which an inquest ought to be held. Mr. WAIELEY observed that the sores on the body were very bad, and the mortification very extensive, that such a state, however, sometimes could- not be prevented. The question was, whether proper means had been resorted to to prevent such extensive injury. Mr. Wakley recommended . that a medical man should be employed to examine_the body—and one acquainted with hospital practice. The inquest was then adjourned till Wedesday, Feb. 2, at ten o'clock ' A letter from Turin, in the Augsburgh Gazelle, states that the Russian Ambassador at Rome hai at length presented to the Pope the ratification of the treaty for the arrangement of the religious differences between his holiness and the Emperor of Russia, with an apology for the delay which prevented the Pope from announcing the fact in his last allocution. It appears that, according to tl►is treaty, there are to be seven Catholic dioceses in Russia and Poland, and that the Bishops are not to be appointed without the approbation of the Pope. The Roman Catholic clergy in Russia and Poland are to be treated with respect, and there is to be no obstacle thrown in the way of religious worship, ac cording to the creed of the Roman Church. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. A middle-aged woman, named Margaret Ives, ap plied in great distress to Mr. Arnold for his assistance under the following circumstances : About three months ago the applicant's husband, who was in the employment of the Road Trustees or Paving Board of the 'Whitechapel district, at fourteen shillings per week, was shifting some rubbish in the Bethnal-green-road, when two fellows named Crutch ington and Kemp, ono of whom was a returned transport, and the other had been repeatedly in cus tody for similar outrages, rolled insultingly against him. Ives, who had given them no offence, com plained of such wanton' conduct, and was imme diately struck down by two blows in the face from Crutchington, while Kemp seized a large shovel or F spade from his hand, and, dialing him a terrific blow in the side, effected his escape. Both men, however, were taken, after a violent contest with the police, in which two of the officers and a gentleman who assisted them were severelyinjured, and Ives, who had been conveyed to the London Hospital with four of his ribs crushed in, being efle"ngth enabled to attend against them, they were eovarbitted 'from this court to stand their trial at the Old Bailey;for an aggravated as ' sault. Ives lingered for a longtime under his sufferings, did not recover, and after hi 4 home had been stripped of everything that would proeure a shilling to sup port him during his illness, at last died. An inquest was then held upon his' body, and these facts having been detailed, the jury returned a verdict of " Man slaughter" against Kemp _and Crutchington, who are now in Newgate, and aiiinst whom a second in dictment will now be preferred for the more serious offence. The applicants means had been so exhausted by the protracted illness of her dead husband that she had no power to bury him, and the parish, therefore, performed that office for her ; but this was the only assistance she had ever asked of them, and as she was now entirely destitute, with an affection in the eyes, which rendered her incapable of helping herself, and and the whole of her children confined to their beds in the worst stage of fever, she trusted the magis trate would give her some relief from the poor-box, as, from the kind feeling displayed towards her in the neighbourhood, she felt satisfied, if she could muster two or three pounds to start her with a small stock of green grocery, she should be able to support her family in future without becoming a permanent pau per upon the parish. Mr. ASNOLD said it was certainly a most distressing ' case, well worthy in his opinion of every commisera tion, and having expressed his regret that the funds at his disposal would not enable him to do more, handed the poor woman 10s., which she received with the warmest indications of thankfulness. CLERKEN WELL. James Daddridgea middle-aged man, was charged with having. plundered tis emiilbyers, Messrs. Ham mond, ironmongers, of Old-str4t. Mr. Hammond, jun., `said, , that he recently took stock, and finding a considerable diminution in it not accounted for, made inquiries, and having discovered that the accused, who had been in his service up wards of twelve years, was living in splendour and considerably above his means, he advised with Serjeant Brennan, of the G division, wlien it was arranged to mark two half-sovereigns, and employ a Mrs. Black well to make purchases in his shop. Accordingly, on Wednesday evening last he entrusted her with that sum for that purpose, and in about two minutes after she had come out of his premises he entered and examined his till, and there being no gold in it he gave the prisoner into the charge of Brennan for felony. He was then searched, when 241. 4s. Id. were found in his various pockets; but as the marked money was no amongst it, witness asked him what he had done with two half-sovereigns which had just been paid into the shop, and he replied that they were in a desk at the end of the counter. He proceeded to it and discovered two half-sovereigns and a sovereign wrapped up in a piece of paper, and he at once immediately identified one of the half-sovereigns as one of those he had handed to Mrs. Blackwell. The other he had not y P et discovered. The desk, which the prisoner hacrthe key of, was locked, and was not the deposit of cash for goods sold, the till being alohe the proper place. On makirig a remark about the amount of cash taken by Bren nan from the prisoner, tie latter remarked that he had received it from his_ :lodgers, and always carried it about him. Witness afterwards proceeded with Brennan to the prisoner's house, 13, Somerset-place, Hoxton, which was furnished and fitted up in the most costly styie f :and inhabited only by the prisoner, his wife, and three children. They searched it, and seized in an iron safe, which they opened with a key taken from the prisoner, 1371. in gold and silver, seven gold rings, four gold guard chains, a silver chain, and other articles of jewellery, three Spanish bonds, and the lease df a house ; and in various other parts of the house tfiey found a quantity of brass and other goods similar to those in witness's stock. In the possession of the prisoner were also discovered bread and coal tickets, which Mr. Hammond, sen., who is a guardian of the poor, claimed, at the same time ask ing the accused how he came possessed of them, to which he replied that he did not know. Mrs. Blackwell and Sergeant Brennan having given evidence in confirmation of the foregoing, Mr. TTANTLIITT remanded the prisoner. Application was made for him to be admitted to bail. Mr. TrIiWIIITT observed that the case appeared to him to be of extreme magnitude ; and he asked if it was known if the prisoner had any private property from which he could accumulate so much wealth ? Mr. Hammond, jun., answered that he had none whatever. He was only entitled to his weekly wages of 18s. and his board. Mr. TYRWIIITT, after much consideration, con. sented to take bail, the prisoner in 2001., and two sureties in 2001. each,. but he must give forty-eight hours to inquire of their responsibility. LAMBETH. Henry Wenman, a stick manufacturer, who had been remanded from Monday last on a charge of re ceiving and' disposing of a watch and guard-chain, the property of his father, well knowing them to hare been stolen, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton for further examination. Mr. Solomons, an attorney, attended on behalf of the accused, and at his request the evidence given before Mr. Elliott on Monday was read over. Mrs. Harriet IY,F.rd, the sister of the prisoner, and the principal witness in the case, in addition to her former evidence, said that having missed the watch and chain on the night of the 12th of October last, she on the followik morning proceeded to the resi dence of her fathir at Enfield, and informed him of the loss, and a 149 of her suspicion against the young woman Mary Ann Turford, who, she told him, had been to tea at her house on the preceding evening. She also informed her father that while at tea Mary Ann had taken up the watch from a tray upon which it was placed, and examining it, said, " This is your father's," and put it back again. Soon after she was gone the watch was missed, and no doubt whatever rested 311 the witness's mind that Miss Turford had taken it. Her father, however, having some doubts on the subject, desired her not to give Miss Turford into custody on the charge, re marking at the tine that time would develops whe ther she had taken ;he watch and chain or not. On her way home to Camberwell she (Mrs. Ward) called on a fortune-teller, whom she had been in the habit of consulting in matters of mystery, and having re lated the particular; about the loss of the watch, re quested to know th, thief. The fortune-teller having " read the cards," asked her if she was acquainted I with any person the initials of whose name were g.T. 7 and on her Emswerins in the affirmative, the JANITA"RY 21, 1848. fortune-teller told her that that was the person who had stolen the watch and chain. This circumstance, added to her former suspicion, perfectly confirmed her in her opinion that Miss Turford wis the guilty party, and she therefore, notwithstanding the injunc tions of her father, gave her into the charge of a constable fur stealing the property. Turford was subsequently tried for the offence at the Old Bailey, convicted, and sentenced to six months' hard labour at Brixton House of Correction. In her cross-examination, Mrs. Ward admitted that she was the chief witness, first against the young woman Mary Ann Turford ; next against her own son, who pleaded Guilty to the charge, and was sen tenced to seven years' transportation ; now prosecuted her own brother; and all for the same watch and chain. She positively denied having had any infor mation of the innocence of Turford and the guilt of her son, until after the conviction of the former, and sail, that the next day after she became convinced of it she gave her son into custody. In reply to the questions of Mr. NORTON ' Mrs. Ward said, the prisoner had seen the watch and chain at her house on the night before they had been stolen. She then produced the watch to settle some argument between the prisoner and her husband, about the difference between opening an English and a French watch. The prisoner on that occasion book the watch into his hand, and attempted to open it, but she (wit ness) requested him not to do so, observing that it appeared somewhat difficult, and told him it belonged to their father, who had left it to have a glass put in, adding, that he (the prisoner) knew what a particular man their father was. After the examination of some of the witnesses called on the preceding day, John Ward was sworn. He deposed that he was the husband of Harriet Ward, was a shoemaker, and resided at No. 40, Brandon-street, Wal worth. Recollected the prisoner being at his house on the night before the watch and chain had been missed, and saw the watch in his hand when his wife produced it to settle the argument between them, and Mrs. Ward then told him it belonged to her father. The watch was of so peculiar a description that any person seeing it once must know it again. Witness recollected the prisoner coming to his house on the night of the 28th of Octo ber, and, in conversation, asking "How do they get on about the watch affair ?" Witness replied that on that day the young woman, Turford, had been committed to take her trial on the charge. The pri soner then said it was a had thing to punish any one's child ; that his sister had children of her own ; and asked if he agreed with his wife in the course she had adopted in prosecuting Turford. Witness replied that he certainly did—that if persons were guilty of such offences they deserved to be punished for it The prisoner then said that Turford would get seven years of it for the offence ; but he (witness) said that her punishment would not at the most exceed six months, and they made a bet of a pot of ale on the result. He (witness) did not see the prisoner again until the night of the 15th or 16th of November, when he called at his house. On that occasion his (witness's) wife sent for him, and, on his coming down stairs, she told him, in the prisoner's presence, that her son " Jem" had stated at the station-house that his mother had parted with the watch and chain herself, and then charged Mary Ann Turford with it. The prisoner upon this observed, that this was about right, and that the things had passed through his hands. Mrs. Ward begged of him to state all he knew about it, and the prisoner said that the fact was the boy had taken the watch and chain and brought them to him, saying that his mother had sent him with them to him to sell, for that she wanted the money worse than them, and he (the prisoner) had disposed of them for 50s , handing over the money to the lad. His (witness's) wife was much affected on hearing this, upon which the prisoner observed that they had better keep the matter easy, and the boy might go to sea. His wife said she could not allow a person to be punished innocently when she knew the guilty party, and said her son " Jem" should never sleep under her r2of again. The boy on that night went to the house of the prisoner, and the following morning was given into custody. For the prisoner two witnesses were called, one a woman, who, it was alleged, lived with him as his wife, and the other her mother. The former said she was at the prisoner's house when the lad Ward came there and acknowledged he had stolen the watch and chain, and that they belonged to his grandfather, and the latter said she was present when the prisoner paid over to the boy Ward the sum of 505 which he had received for the watch. Mr. Solomons submitted that there was nothing in the evidence adduced that could lead any jury to convict the prisoner. The case was evidently got up on the statement of a convibted person, and with the intention, no doubt, of getting a commutation of the lad's sentence by implicating the prisoner in his guilt. Mr. NORTON observed that he had before him the statement of the boy Ward, made, as far as he (Mr. Norton) could see, without the slightest motive, in which he declared that he had been induced to take the property by his uncle, and that all he had re ceived out of what they had been sold for was ss. He (Mr. Norton) was aware that there would be no probability of convicting the prisoner on the unsup ported testimony of the boy, but he found that the statement was corroborated in many important points. Lord Denman's Act admitted the testimony of con victed felons, and he (Mr. Norton) should take the necessary means to have the boy brought before him to hear his testimony on oath. In the interim he should remand the prisoner, but had no objection to accept good bail for his aopearance on a future day. THE SPRING CIRCUITS. Yesterday morning the Judges met and arranged their respective circuits as follow : Home—Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Coleridge. Midland—Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Justice Maule. Norfolk—Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Coltman, Northern—Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Rolfe. Oxford—Mr. Justice Matteson, Mr. Justice Cress. well. Western—Mr. Justice Wightman. North Wales—Mr. Justice Erle. South Wales—Mr. Justice Williams. Mr. Baron Parke will remain in town. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL: •Ye!terday a Court was held for the dispatch of public business. The committees for the ensuing 'year were appointed. ABOLITION OF GRAND JURIES. Mr. flumritunrcs rose to move " That it be re ferred to a commit tee to consider and to report as to the expediency of presenting a petition to Parliament, for an Act to give power to the Central Criminal Court to try persons charged with offences within its jurisdiction without the intervention of a grand jury; and, further, to consider and report whether such trials could not be most beneficially had by informa tion, or by some, and what other mode than by indictment." He said his object was to get rid of what was neither more nor less than a complete nuisance to the community, and to propose some thing to supply its place with security to that com munity. It was well known that grand juries were instituted at a time when the administration of jus tice made the introduction of such a system ne cessary. The argument in their favour no longer existed. Formerly there was no police magistrate before whom a charge could be brought. The pre sentment of the gran 1: jury was sufficient authority for putting a man upon his trial. The evil was that after the remedy has been applied to the correc tion of the system, the system was itself in full exis tence. Under our present criminal legislation everything connected with the accusation of an individual took place before a magistrate. The man was charged, taken to a station-house, accused pub licly before the k nagistrate, and all that could be said against him was publicly brought forward and sup ported by evidence, which determined the magistrate either to discharge or commit him. What followed ? An inquiry took place before the grand jury in secret upon evidence merely in support of the prose cution. It was brought forward behind the back of the accused, who was denied the advantage of the presence of a single friend, professionally or other wise, to aid him in the monstrous difficulty of a secret attack made before an irresponsible tribunal, sworn not to divulge the facts sworn to before them. —(Elear, hear.) Now, if sufficient evidence were given before the magistrate to send a party for trial, what safeguard to the accused, or what advantage to the public, could a grand jury, whose inquiry was regulated upon the dangerous principle of concealment, afford ? If he could not show that the institution was wholly useless as regarded the public or pri soners, he would at once give up the question. The time was come when the profession of the law and the , people themselves thought there should be a change. The press exercised its powerful influence in the complaint that nothing was done. An inquiry had taken place before a Committee of the House of Commons into the subject of the institution, and two out of three of the numerous witnesses examined had given evidence in favour of the complete abolition, while several had expressed themselves the advocates of an accommodation or modified plan. He wished to have the question before a committee, because in a committee the whole merits could be considered, and a deliberate recommendation could be given to the Court, upon the result of the most minute inves tigation.—(Bear, hear.) The injury inflicted by the operation by grand juries was very extensive and. very material. There were, as was well known, to pro fessional men especially, numbers of persons in this po pulous metropolis, who were constantly employed in deriving pecuniary advantage from false charges, which they prepared themselves to support by false evidence. With that sort of evidence these wretches were ready to go before the grand jury at Clerken well, and accuse innocent persons of keeping gambling houses or brothels, or of other offences to which great opprobrium was attached, and bills were suddenly found without the ceremony of notice.—(Hear, hear.) In such cases the first intimations received were from the warrants upon which the individuals accused were apprehended and taken before the judge or magis trate, who had no alternative but to commit. In various instances that horrible species of intimidation led to pecuniary arrangements. An individual got a hint to inquire whether an information was not laid against him, and finding that such was the fact, although there was not the slightest ground for accusation, he was glad to get rid of the charge by satisfying the sordid demand of his unknown enemy. In other cases, by the intervention of the grand jury, justice was altogether defeated, and guilty parties escaped. He spoke of facts con stantly occurring. It was only last year that a re spectable female was charged with keeping a house of an infamous description. The grand jury found the bill, but her friends would not listen to any terms of compromise; and what was the consequence ? She came to take her trial, but no prosecutor appeared. There was no charge whatsoever against her. — (Hear, hear.) Now, if that resolute course had not been adopted, the proceedings would have been stopped by compliance with an extortionate demand. —(Hear, hear.) The mischief he described arose from the practice of preferring indictments without investigation before a magistrate, and there were numbers of men who profited by the vile practice which this obsolete institution promoted and fostered. If magisterial inquiry took place, the very magis trates who presided at the investigation would be present at the trial, and have before them the witnesses upon whose evidence they committed, and who would be deterred from prevarication. But the grand jury forming the intermediate authority, and bound to find upon the evidence before them, are frequently obliged, by the inten tional absence of the most important witness, to ignore a bill, at the same time that the committing magistrate and every one who heard the case, were convinced of the guilt of the accused.—(Hear, hear.) It was clear, then, that the grand jury undid what was well done.—(Hear, hear.) He was anxious that the question should nndergo the strictest and most public investigation, and he therefore had altered the terms of his original motion. Indeed it was his desire to have the investigation made by the whole Court; but he knew that, from the very nature of the subject, it was impracticable. With respect to the second part of the motion, he would say, that bad as grand juries were, he would not ask for their removal without pointing out a substitute. He would suggest a constitutional remedy, which was known;to the law and to the country. If a man had to complain of a grievance aumunting to a misdemeanour, he could go to the Queen's Bench without the intervention of a grand jury, and proceed by criminal information. What could be the difficulty of adopting a similar course in all matters connected with the Central Cri minal Court ? The clerk could prepare the information with the necessary formality, and all that would be necessary to be done then was to step from the magistrate to the court, and with the strongest proba bility of justice. He could not, however, help allud ing to a case which occurred about 18 months ago, in which a party was charged with having forged a cheque for 5,000/., and although the magistrate, and every one else who heard the evidence, believed the accused was guilty, the bill was thrown out by the grand jury.—(Hear.) Upon the subject of expense, he did not think that where justice was to be ren dered that ought to be any object, but he thought it would be an additional argument in favour of his position if it could be shown that a great nuisance could be got rid of, and that ten shillings in the pound would be the profit to the country upon its removal. (Hear.) Instead of waiting about the Central Crimi nal Court from day to day, as was the inevitable lot of prosecutors and , A itnesses under the existing sys tem, they would be directed by a list of cases regu lated by the clerk of the court, under the authority of the judges, as to the particular periods fixed, and their time would not be wasted, nor their ears offended, nor their health injured, by their obligation to wait amongst crowds of the lowest of mankind, in a place little better than a cold, damp, underground cellar.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. Humphreys' speech was through received with the most unquestionable evidence of approbation. Mr. WIRE seconded the motion. He knew that in advocating the removal of grand juries he had to con tend against the prejudice which attached to a very ancient institution ; but he knew, too, that that institution was formed when it was absolutely neces sary for the protection of personal liberty. The times and circumstances had essentially changed. When the grand jury system was esatblished, the object was to protect the innocent--to prevent any one from being put upon trial in the absence of a prima facie case of guilt. Such was not now the case. Grand juries were now used for the gratifica tion of revenge, or the base purposes of extortion.— (Hear, hear.) What could be done for an innocent person when prosecutor and witnesses, all prepared, went before a secret tribunal with statements unexa mined, and, necessarily, uncontradicted ? As Mr. Humphreys had said, a bench warrant was often the first intimati on w hi c h a man had that he as charged with an offence. The case, then, was precluded from coming before a magistrate for in vestigation. The magistrate's duty was limited to the absolute, unconditional committal of the accused; so that the tribunal, instead of operating as a shield over th e i nnocen t, b ecame a delusion and snare.—(Hear, hear.) The police magistrates super seded the grand jurymen by the performance of more essential duties. If, upon the examination of the evidence brought forward in open court, under the eye of the magistrate, and in the presence of all ac quainted with the grounds of a charge, it appeared that those grounds were not substantial, an iru o di ate dismissal of the case was the consequeneesesno com mittal took place. Before the grand jury, who were obliged to decide npon 0.; parte evidence, the ends of justice, were on the contrary, completely defeat e d. Grand juries were constantly throwing out bills in cases were guilt we: as certain as innocence was in many instances in which true bills had been found. In his under-shrievaity forty-seven bills, all of which ought to have been found, had been ignored, and thus a numerous gang of pickpockets and ruffians of all descriptions was let loose npon the publice—kflear,,) lie had seen thp deposigilns l and rum his experl- enee, he was cpulii. - A to judge that they were all guilty of the v,itti whi c h th e y were charged. It nowever, that the fore man of the grand jury thought himself a lawyer, and in every case in which the demeanour of a witness did not hit his fancy, the bill was thrown out. In other, cases it was well known that witnesses, whose evidence was conclusive before the magistrate, were bought off before they appeared before the interme diate tribunal, and lit was no unfrequent complaint that grand juries were made, unconsciously, the in struments of injustice.—(Hear, hear.) Who could for a moment doubt, that for all the purposes of jus tice, a public examination before a public magistrate was not superior to such a secret, irresponsible tri bunal ? He contended that by the existence of grand juries a denial of justice was inflicted upon the public. Who, he would be glad to know, after having once prosecuted at the Old Bailey, after having undergone the contaminating trial of attending in the avenues to the Grand Jury-room, did not regret that he had not allowed the offender to escape ? Mr. Wire then called the attention of the Court to the useless con sumption of the time of the public, to the inconve nience visited u p on th e J u d ges, an d to the enormous expense occasional by the system of which he com plained, and which, if it were abolished altogether, would lead to a rapid, strict, and economical adminis tration of justice.—(hear.) Mr.. Low said there was only one point on which he agreed with the mover and seconder on that most important question. He agreed with them that it was objectionable to allow bills to be laid before grand juries unless the parties accused had ken previously examined before a magistrate, for such parties had no opportunity of defending themselves.—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") All the rest of the obj ec ti ons were perfectly fallacious. He did not believe that the wit nesses in cases would, if no grand juries existed; hang about the court just as was their practice at present. The grand juries were obliged to wait for bills of in dictment, and were not themselves the cause of delay. It was true they ignored bills, and very justly ignored them.—(Hear, hear). They never did. so, however; without the strictest examination of the evidence, and the strongest grounds ; and he trusted that a power so beneficial in its operation would not be discontinued. —(Hear, hear.) He had no objection to the inquiry, for in the committee the true state of the case would be developed, and all the fallacies exposed. Mr. ANDERTON said the inquiry was the more ne cessary, as the' City Solicitor had given notice in Parliament of his intention to propose a change in the system. Ile instanced cases in which eVidence which had been given before magistrates was reversed before grand juries, whom he considered to be a tribunal sitting in judgment:upon the committing magistrate. Mr. H. TAYLOR supported the motion, from a per suasion that the members by whom it had been brought forward would, from their full acquaintance with the subject, be able to bring before the committee abundant matter to assist the judgment of the Court. Grand juries had been viewed merely as a safeguard against the Crown for the protection of the innocent; but their history showed that they were originally intended for the opposite purpose of bringing the guilty to trial ; and a Learned Judge had pronounced it to be a popular mistake that they had been intended "in favorem vitm." It was no doubt an evil that the innocent should be put upon their trial; but it was also a great evil that the guilty should escape, as they too often did, from the inter vention of a grand jury.— (Hear, hear.)j There was a strong feeling in some minds in favour of the grand juries as an ancient institution, but in the state in which it existed at present, it was not ancient, but had been greatly changed from its original purpose. Besides, formerly, until 1819, there existed a remedy against the evil to which he had referred, in the risht of appeal, against the abolition of which that Court had then petitioned. That form of procedure gave the party injured the power of claiming redress, not. withstanding the ignoring o f a bill, and h ad been held in high estimation by Chief Justice Holt, Lords Ashburton and Camden, and' by Horne Tooke sitid Bentham. That the power of grand juries might be abused to favour the escape o f th e guilty bad been fatally manifested, and in the case of the affair of the Manchester massacre, where the squires who had led on the yeomanry formed the grand jury, that frus trated all attempts to obtain justice. Mr. HALE said he was for inquiry, but he -would not take for granted what had been stated in Court against the principle and practice of grand juries. • Mr. HALL, as one who had served on grand juries, was surprised at hearing what had been statediagainst them.(L to see hear.) He s h ou ld , i ndeed, much regret power of i gnor i ng a bi ll, by which —lear the, they could save an innocent .person from danger and disgrace, taken from them.—(Hear.) Mr. EAGLETON defended grand juries from the charge of improperly ignoring bills. The motion was then carried, and after the- trans-. action of some business of no public consequence the Court adjourned. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.. BRISTOL, JAN. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was firm, and prices were well maintained, although there was not much business done, except in the new shares of the Great Western Com pany. The sales are—Great Western, Quarters, 2 5-16 p. —Ditto, New 171. Shares, 1 7-16 p.—North British, Ex tension, 1 1.16 p. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 20. STOCK EXCIIANOM—The sales are—Birkhenhead, LancaT shire, and Cheshi re J unc ti on (l a t e C. an d B .), 5 per cent. in 1847 and 1848, and 6 per cent. in 1849, 16;% 4 —Ditto, 221. Shares, 5 per cent. in 1847 and 1848, and 6 per cent. in 18491, 7% dis.—Birmingliam and Oxfiird Junction, 24'A--Glasgow and Dumfries, VA —Lancashire arid Yorkshire, Halves (late L. and B.), 9 dis.—London and' North-Western, -15 N Manchester, :8.1--ffield, and Lincol ns hi re , P re f erence, Midland, 115—Ditto, 401. Shares, 4436—Dittoi Halves, iq dis.—Ditto. Consolidated Birmingham and Derby $8 North British, New Halves, par—North Staffordshire, % p. —North Union (A), 209 —South-Eastern and Dover, 31— Ditto, New, N 0.4, 1% dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1 3 / 4 p. MANCHESTER, JAN. 20, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are--Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5.4 i dil.—Caledonian, 25% —Great Northern, 6 dis.- Lancashire and York Shire wit Union), 2;,—Ditto (Preston and W , yrc) Halves (A), 2% c. p. —Loud( n and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 60%—Ditto, Quarters (B), 4 —Man cheater, Buxton, M a tl oc k , and Midland, 2k dirp..-31*. cheater, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1- North British, Thirds, ,—North Staffordshire, South-Eastern and Dover, No.'l, 3 7 / 8 dis.—Ditto, No. 4,1% dis. EEDS, .tw. STOCK ExcHANGL— L The sale J s are— 20. Ambergate Notting ham, and B oston, 26 5. n. dis._Eastern Counties,l6—Great Northern, dis. —Mahon and Driflield Junction, 4 3 / dia. —North British, Halves. 121 4—Ditto, Thirds, 2s. 6d.p. Ditto, Extension, h. dis.—North Staffordshire, 33. Northern Counties linkti, 8/. 18S. dis.—North-Western, 4/. I ls. 9d. dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, 2% York, Newcastle, and Berwick,..No. 2 (Now Berwicks),46ll. 3d. p. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —So little business was transacted to-day that no official list has been published. North. Sta ffordshire closed at IA p. YORK, JAN. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North British, Thirds. 21. Is. 6d.—llitto, Quarters, 41. I Is.-- York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 34 %—Ditto (Original Newcastle and Berwick). 31N—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 9 3 A ex iet. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only sale was—North . British, Thirds,. is. p. - EDINBURGH, JAN. 19. Srocx EXCIIANGE.—The sales are— Caledonian, 36—Edin burgh and Northern, 16/. ss. —Ditto (Newport), New, 1/. 103.—Great Northern, 87s. 6d. —North British, 26/. ss-- Ditto, Quarters, N. ss. 6d.--Ditto, Thirds, 418.—Scottish Centrals, 29 —Shrewsbury and Cheater, 8 per cent. Prefe rence, 71. 158.6 d. L, JAN. 19. STOCK EXCITAN G GE.A — SGOW The sales are—Caledonian, 5% Dunblane, Don ne , an d C allender, 138.—East Indian Railways 17s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 13 s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and Ayr, 100—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan. 31s. —lllonkland and Kirkintilloch, 181.10 s. 6d.—Scottish Grand Junction, 10s. 6d. SERIOUS -FIRE AT BERAIONDSRY.--LaSt night, shortly b e f ore twe l ve o ' clock, a fire, involving a serious destruction of p ro p erty, and nearly atteneed with a lamentable los; of life, broke out upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. Crago, a linendraper and silk mercer, carrying on business in the Spa-road, Bermond sey. After considerable trouble the resident; consist ing of two children and an aged female, were aroused, but not before the whole of the contents of the front shop were wrapped in sS general blase. The engines' of the parish taiti London 13riga:_le were quick in their attendance, and under tho aireetton of Ar.,lienderson. the foreman of the district; they were worked until nearly one o'clock this morning, . when the flames were extinguished, but not until the whole of the stock in trade was destroyed. DESTRUCTIVE -FIIIR.—Tne. extensive cotton-mills at Stanley, near P ert h, b e l ong i ng to Messrs. Dennis tau, Buchanan .and Co., of Gldsgow, took fire on Sunday evening,.and a great' part of the mills have been destroyed.. The premises are Said to be fully insured,..... Scotsmas. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst,, at Chichester, Pia lady of Captain G. T. Johnson, Coldstream Guards, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at turn-hall, Durham, Mrs. Marina, duke Salvin, of a dau g ht er . On the 17th inst., hi Albemarle-street, Mrs. Reid, of the Node, near Wtlwyn, of a sou, still-born. LeeOn the 18th inst., 111 Cadogan-p1 P.a, the wife of John B. , Esq, ot assn. Ors tL4 19L1i the INiio of John Blurdoch, Esq., of A 1- bion Cottage, 1-11 :!:.oway, of a daughter.' MARRID. • • On the 18th in s t., a t St. John E 's, Hampstead, James Skaife, Esq., of Edinburgh, to Caroline Matilda, eldest daughter of the late G. Niblett, Esq., of Bow, ,Middlesex. DIED. On the 15th inst., cf Influenza, Anna Moses, the beloved wife of Mr. G. Johnston, aged 22. On the 13th inst., Major John Staunton, of the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, aged 71. On the 18th inst., Mr. James \Yhitelaw, of Lichfield street, Soho, aged 68. Lop4op ; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No, MI, Stand, Printer, at The Sun Qiiree, No. 114 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy,- is the county - of Middlesex, Friday, January 21, 1848 A MAN WITH TWO WIVES. An extraordinary case was heard at the Manchester police court on Tuesday. A man named Joseph Cooke, apparently a mechanic, was summoned for an alleged neglect of family. Some years ago, it ap peared, Cooke was married at the Romish chapel, Preston, by a Rev. Mr. West ; and about four years ago he abandoned his wife, and married another woman. For so doing he was apprehended, and tried atrthe Chester assizes, on a charge of bigamy, in the year 1844 ; but, as the prosecution failed to show that the registrar of Preston was present at the first marriage, the judge gave it as his opinion that the marriage was not legal, and Cooke was acquitted. Subsequently he was brought up before Mr. Maude, of Manchester, and, on being told that .he would be .sent to prison if he did not support his first wife, he entered into an arrangement to pay her and her two children Is. a week. The money was paid until within a month ago, when Cooke determined to dis pute his liability, and hence the present case. Mr. Roberts, solicitor, appeared for Cooke, and urged the illegality of the first marriage, on the ground that the registrar was not present when it was solemnized. Mr. Walker, of Preston, was in court and pro duced a copy of the register ; but all that he could say was he had no doubt that he was present, from the fact of his having found his name affixed to the entry of the marriage in his books. The brother of Mrs. Cooke stated that the regis trar was in the vestry when the certificate was signed; but he could not swear that the gentleman was pre sent at the marriage. At this stage of the case it was intimated that Cooke had admitted his liability to support his first wife by allowing her the 7s. per week, but Mr. Ro - - berts argued that he had done no such thing. He said the man had been brought befbre Mr. Maude, who said " I'll send you to prison if you don't maintain your wife," and by the solemn way in which he (Mr. Maude) had said it, he frightened the poor fellow, as he had done others before. The clerk to the magistrates referred to the Act of Parliament, and cited a clause enacting that a mar riage should be null and void if the parties " know ingly and wilfully" were married in any other place than the Church of England, without notice to the registrar, and without the presence of the registrar. From this he inferred that the onus lay on Mr. Roberts to show the neglect had been wilful, sup posing it had existed. Mr. Roberts disputed this interpretation, and pointed out that if the magistrates decided against his elicit, they would be setting aside the decision of a court °flaw ; they would be pronouncing a marriage legal which a judge had declared illegal, and they would decide. that the second marriage, which was now held to be legal, was illegal. After a consultation, Mr. Hodgson said that the bench were satisfied that the requirements of the law had been complied with, and that the marriage had been proved. The prisoner was then told that he might, if he chose, make an arrangement with the overseers ; but ultimately the matter ended by his giving notice of appeal against the decision recorded. STATE or TRADE.—The nail trade here is very depressed, many of the inferior workmen employed by the small masters are in want of work, and in the course of the last fortnight, 69 persons, most of them nailers, have been admitted to the workhouse, which never was so full before, except on one occasion.— Chronicle. tVorcoter IDIPO2.TATION Or VERMIN.—A stcam-ship arrived yesterday from Boulogne has brought a cargo of live foxes, consigned to order. 4 II i d lilt MP p Paid. Paid. Paid. Price. 161,4 201 11g 155% 10% 51 1 4 15 48% _B% 127 i 61( 143 22 1 4 2 2/. 8s 17Ki 7 11 5; 245. 23 1/. Is 133.61 1. 11. Is 9% 12s. Price. 8 Isd Price. I 66xd 12s. )2% 714 ;* 1