The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-28 00:00:00

_ Zbtril lillifitioni SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. --sp--...._... LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE STOCK- , AND OTHER COM PANIES' . r From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28. 30rETIN•STOCZ, ItALNIES. - - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -.--- - t stresses .. •••• • • • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Eritsh N orth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial.. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire ...• • • 151 per cent. - - - lonian -••••.. • • • • • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lorain and Westmlnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock - Provincialof Ireland Bl. per cent. 110 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... .... - 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 15 National of Ireland - Nat. Provncial of Eng 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New... ••• • . • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia •• - - - - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 25 2 10 0 1 4 23% 0 9 , - - - Union of London 6i. per sent. 50 II 0 1 10 0 0 $ - Union of Madrid - 40 0 0 40 9 0 % - LIST OP SCOTTISE COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name ram price. Name of Company. per Annum. Share. --- - .---------- ---- £ 0. a. £ a. d 71. er cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 163 Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 II 0 19934 British Linen Company 81. per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 4 Caledonian Bank p City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 9 0 10 0 0 II Clydesdale Bank.• • • Commercial Bank • Eastern Bank.. ••- • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 10% Edinl3.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 51185 Exehangeßnk of Scot 6l. per cent. !CO 0 0 50 0 0 50 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 1 0 0 0 70 • sm National Bank 6l. per cent. .50 0 0 10 0 0 13 Northof Scotlandßank 71. percent. 20 II 0 5 0 II 6 North British Bank_.. - 30 0 0 10 0 0 6% Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 9 143 Unionßank of Scotland' W. per cent. 100 I 0 50 0 0 84 Western Bank.. ... •• • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68% Aberdeen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 81a.65. B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 911 0 9s. .British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 II 0 les. Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. pc: cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life.. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 8s Edinburgh Life Insur. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17 1 % East of Scotland Life _ 10 0 II 015 II 12s. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 II 0 217 6 2% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 11 Insur. Co. of Scetlnd.. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. o: Scotland Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 51 Mercantile Life ...... - 10 0 0 II 10 0 Bs. National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 248. North British Incur. • . 5141. pr cent. 209 0 0 20 0 0 23 North & West of Soot. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. Is Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 U Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life 51. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 'los. Od Scottish Union Inarnce. 6 1 61. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. Is Standard Life •• • • • • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 12s. INSURANCE COMPANIES. . Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - - -------- --- X s. d. X s. e. Albion ••••••• • •• • • • • 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 171,E Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 00 I 50 0 sxd Atlai . 13s.6d.prsh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 - Britiet, Commercial - 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Clericl,Med.& Gen• Life 51. per cent. 100 I 0 10 0 0 203 C3unty ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 13s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle .••• • • • ..... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 5 9 0 6% Eng.k Scot. Law •• •• 5/. per cent. 50 9 0 212 6 2xd European Life ••• • • • % per cent. 20 0 0 al paid. - family Endowmr '. Soc. 41. & bs. 4 0• 4 0 0 - Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - Glob° ••.••••• • • • • • • • 6/. per cent. Stock. - 117xd Guardian .... •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 45 imperi a, Fire ••-•• • • 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 214 imperial Lite • ....... 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine.. • • it. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Fire •••••• • . • • .• - 100 0 0 2 10 0 3 Law I ife •••••• • • •• - IL ss. 100 0 0 70 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 - I.3ndon Fire •••• • • • • 10i. 25 0012 10 0 13% London Ship •.•• • • • • 10s. 25 0 II 12 10 0 13% - 100 0 0 15 0 • - &led. Invlid&Gen. Life 4341. per ct. 60 0 0 2 0 0 234 National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2'o 0 - National Life.... - Palladium Llie 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Pelican - - - 37 Vhceala ••• • • • ...... - 31. p. et. St bs. - - 165 - - - qoptector Life.... .• • 54. per t. .nt. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - rovldent Lift.. -- • • 11.5'.. 00 II 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life-- - Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 178 xd Sun Fire .. ... • ... • • • 61. 108. - - - Ditte Life 11. 6s. - - - Universal Life........ 10%1. pr cnt. 100 0 0 11• 0 - Weiorla Life . - _ 40 0 - O..A.S.4.XGET AND CORE COMPANIES. ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. ' Price Annum. Share. 1 X. s. d. Z. a. d. Eiltish •• • • .... ...... H. 40 0 0 18 0 0 17% Ditto Provincial •• • • IL Ils. 20 0 0 19 5 9 233 Bristol .. ........... WI. per cent.' 20 0 0 - _ Bl:ghton ••• .. • ...... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 19 City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 290 Continental Consolldat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 - Ditto, New • • ...... 85s. pr share 30 0 0 37 10 0 - Equitable- .•• • • ...... 451. pr share. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 38 'lmperial • • .......... 61. per cent. ,50 0 01 50 0 0 801 Independent ........• 61. per cent. ,40 0 0 40 0 0 64 London...-. •••• •• -2% /. pr cent.! 50 0 0 50 II I - Ditto •••• • • • • ...... 6/. per cent. 50 II 9 50 0 0 - Phcenix ........... - 51. per cent. 7 -0 0 0 45 0 9 34 x Ratliff -• • - .. ••. • - 51. and bns. .0 0 0 90 0 0 ' BO Vnited General .• •• • • 4341. pr cent. :•0 0 0 50 0 0 , 17 Westminster Chartered 3/, 40 0 0 - 55 3 4 xd Ditto, New -• • - ... , 128. j5O II 0 10 0 0 11% MISCELLANEOUS. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. s. d. X. s. d. Australian Agriculturl - 100 0 0 130 0 0 - Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 0 • , 10 II 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 II -- Canada ... • • ........ 61. per cent. 100 0 I 32 10 II 31 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. peKcent. .- i - -- City Bonds.. -- - - 3341. pr cent. - 1 - - Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 • 100 0 5 100 Equitable Reversienry 434'. pr cent. 100 0 II 95 9 9 90 Gat. Steam Navigation 11.8 x. 15 50 1 14 0 • 25 London Institution ... - - - p Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 21. per cent. 55 0 0 50 0 0 59 1 4 Reversionary Int. Soc. 3341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam •• - 3341. pr cent. It:0 0 0 60 0 0 47N South Australian ... - Si. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 9 - Tan Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 9 4 Universal Salvage.... - 25 0 0 I 5 II 0 - . WATER-WORMS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----- - X s. d. X s. d. :,- Birmingham. •••• • • • • 18s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - East London.. 100 0 0 - 166xd Grand Junction •• •• •• 2/. 105. 41 13 4 - 82 31. 100 0 0 - 84 Jew Rivr Lndn Drdge 2/. 10s. - - b 5 100 0 • _ Vauxhall • • • • • • • • • • • • 104 West Middlesex . • . 51. 15s.prent. 63 12 9 - 115 CANALS. e I . , Z Dividend .• Names of Dividend! Price. Names o f 4 i per Price. Companies. A Vi l per I Companies. - Annum. cr. Annum. . X Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. p e 11* Macclesfield . 1001 21. 10s. 42 Barnsley.... 160 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 1001 201. 340 tH Srknk&Abr g 150 51. 80 Oxford .•• • • • 1001 201. 200 Birmingham 35 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78, 31. 10s. 68 ~ e ." n l2l' •• • • 100 25/. - Regent's • ... 33 11. 4. 18M xd erb p ' ••• • • 1 00 61. 63 Rochdale.. • • 85! 41. 5 54 Ells.re&Che 133, 41. 50 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 E:e 4 ash -•• 100 82i. - Do LkFdSt 121 67 GraudJunctn 100 51. 7 S s t to ff ur r . d b & ri W dg o . r: 1401 ' 2 . 8 P 1 . . e. 27 - 5 arsaxdSarrey 100 - 30 lirand Union 100, IL 108 2134 125 151. - Shrewsbury.. Grantham - 150 121. • - 5, Severn w and 145 , 201. 305 Le nt & Avu ag 7s. 6d. Leeds& LiTrp 1001 341. 50_5 . Leicester ..• • 140', 101. wa Y rw e Rail . 1 26 11. Bs. 30 Leicstr &Nth 83' 41. 76 Binning, iOO 51. 65 1 3 6 Warwick, 1 1 Laughboregh 142, 701. 530 ..r Monmouthsh,lool Si• ___ jaPton.., - 48 ) Matgeml7s l ll 100 , 51. - "g r i e r str B 'l 78 21. 39 MeltnMwbry,loo 101. _ Wilts min ' & Brks 67 11. 11 r° • BRIDOES Dividend Amount - Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. 1 ..•.............1..........'0......... ............. ......... ....., ...... 4 . 11. d. z • ,• 5. -- a H ung erford • • • • • • • • • • - - 632 - 12 8 - Son•hwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - •_, Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. 35 5. per cent. 50 0 u Waterloo •••••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 - 16 ~ s)v Ditto Old Ann. of 81. IL ss. 4d. - CI 0 II 28 - 40 0 0 26 Ditto NW ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. Taux h au - ,, .... ... Av. 11. 16s. 71 10 0 - 25 DOMES. Dividend I Amount i per of Paid. pil e* . Name of CMIP"Y. Annum. , Share. ____.--- --- - ---- .----- £ s. d. £ s. d. 7o ommercial Stock. - 118/ g /, East and West India... 61. pr cent. East Country •••• • • • • ......... 41. per cent. Stock. - per sh. 100 0 0 IL Stock. - - 20 98 I andon 51. pr cent. - - Ditto 80nd5........ 4/. per cent. k. - 8 lxd . ilt.lratharine •• • • .... 5 per cent. Stock _ - . Ditto Bonds •• • ..... 4%1. pr cent. - • 00 0 0 22 ~, outharaptva • • ...... 21. per cent. j 50 0 CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE SIRMINGHAIL AND OXFORD RAIL WAY COMPANY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Sir F. KELLY replied at considerable length in this case, and The LORD CHANCELLOR reserved his judgment. The Court rose at half-past three o'clock. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) GOODALL U. LANCEFIELD. This was an action upon two bills of exchange brought by the plaintiff, endorser of the bills, against the defendant who was the, drawer •f the same. The bills respectively bore date the sth and 9th of August, payable three months after date. The cause was tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe, a few days since, and a verdict passed fur the plaintiff for the amount of one of the bills. It appeared that upon the dishonour of tke bill notice of the same was sent to the defendant, but it appeared that the notice was put into the post, addressed to Castlenau Villas, Fulham-road. The bill became due on the 12th, which was a Fri (lay, and the notice was forwarded on the lath, S. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1846. turday ; but, in consequence of the misdirection of the letter, the residence of the plaintiff being at Barnes, and not at Fulham, the letter was returned with the words " Try Barnes " written upon it ; and 1 in consequence of the delay thus occasioned, the defendant did not receive the notice till the 15th or the 16th, the date not being perfectly legible. Mr. CROWDER. now moved to set aside the verdict, on the ground of misdirection of the Learned Baron, he having told the jury that the receipt of the letter upon the Monday, Sunday being the intervening day, was sufficient notice. The Learned Counsel con tended that as there was a Sunday delivery of letters at Barnes, the notice was not good , inasmuch as it was delayed a day at least beyond the proper time. After some discussion, the Court decided that they would grant a rule nisi, unle ss the plaintiff should consent to have the verdict entered for the defendant on the issue with respe ct to insufficient notice. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7tk and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r the Week ending on Saturday, the 22d /ay of January, 1848. isaua DTPARTIIENT. Not, s tuned • • • • .... 26,559,265 Government debt • . 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,122,176 Silver bullion •-.. .. 1,436,689 £26,569,265 26,559,20 M. MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated tke 27tk day of January. 1848. JANKIN4II DEPAZTX6N T. Proprletors' capital.. 14,553,000 %est •• •••• • • • • 3,726,364 Public dopofias (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) 4,062,448 Other deposits .. . • 19,774,570 Seven day and other bills • • ........ • ... 903,278 G.vernment semi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity)" 11,464,665 Other securities •• .. 14,610,363 Notes .... 7,447,885 Gold and silver coin • • 617,547 Z 34,039,960 £34,139,960 M. ILLRSTULL, Chief Cashier. 1848. Dated the 27th day of jaattary, COURSE OF EXCH.I Amsterdam .......... 12 44 LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) 31bra1tar.......... • ... Leghorn .............. 31 10 Geaoa .. • • • ... • ....... 2 , 6 Venice.. .. Naples .. . • • • • • • • 39U Palermo, per oz 1181( 1 Lisbon.... • • .......... 52 Oporto • • .. • ..... • • .. • . 52 Rio Janeiro • ....... • . Bahia Buenos Ayres ........ New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • .... DitLk), at sight , 12 I)4 Rottc rdam .. • • • 12 4% Antwerp 2s b ilanaburgh ......M.B. 13 15 Paris, 3 days' sight .. 25 i 5 Ditto, • • • • .. • • 25 $5 Marseilles • • ••.. •• 28 -••• Bourdeaux.. •••• • .. 26 5 Frankfort ea Maine 123 Peter sburgh, Bil. Rble Berlin •••. • • • . „....... 7. Vienna, effec. 11.0•..• •• 10 18 Trieste, ditt0.......... 18 1834 Madrid •• 46' Cadiz .. • ............ 48 4 8i1ba0.... Barcelona ...... iaville PRICSII OF BIFLLION, PEI OZ. Foreign Gold ht bars.. X 3 17 9 /few Dollars ...... 0 4 9% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. t From the London New Price Current of Jan. 28.) SUGAR.—To-day a further advance was perceptible in the value of raw sugar, and the quantity on offer was not sufficient for the wants of the home trade. There was much inquiry after West India for all purposes, and the rates offered were 6d per cwt above those that existed previously, but business was checked, owing to the scanty supply. Tho quantity sold amounted to 420 hhds and tierces, including at public sale, 84 hhds Barbadocs, which were readily disposed of at a further advance of 6d per cwt—fine yellow realised 45s 6d, good 43s to 44s 6d, middling 40s 6d to 42s 6d per cwt. The total purchases for the week amounted to 1,670 hhds and trcs, whilst the rise during that time amounts to Is and Is 6d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day refined goods were in excellent request for home consumption, and stiffer rates were obtained, standard lumps selling at 563, and brown grocery 55s to 55s 6d; the supply is exhausted. There are sellers of Bonded Crushed Sugar at 29s to 29s 6d for first sort, bat few buyers are to be met with. AlAutuazus.—To-day there was no public sale of Mauritius Sugar, but privately several parcels were sold at a further rise in the value; low to fine brown fetched 32s to 36s 6d, yellow 37s to 445, and grey 34s to 42s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the demand for Madras increased, and 4,976 bags of damp and washed at public sale were all sold at 6d per cwt advance. Of white Bengal 2,867 bags were sold at and after the sale at a rise in the value of 6d per cwt, but 1,653 bags of yellow were nearly all taken much above the value. FOREIGN. To-day there was no public sale, but privately a good business was concluded in Foreign Sugar chiefly by the home trade, and stiffer rates were paid. MOLASSES.—West India met with more attention this week, and realised rather higher rates. Sales to a fair extent have been made, the better kinds meeting with the most attention. East India Treacle is held for 16s to 17s, but there is no improvement to notice in the demand. Cocos.—This afternoon 213 bags of Trinidad Cocoa at auction were sold at stiffer rates, middling dark red fetched 48s to 495, and grey 46s per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon a fair quantity of Ceylon Coffee was purchased for home consumption by private treaty, and former rates were well sustained, good ordi nary we quote at 335. At public sale 93 bags of Coffee from St, Helena were withdrawn ; 37 casks of Jamaica mostly taken in at 48s for fine fine ordinary, being above the value, the small part sold went as follows—fine ordinary 43s to 455, good ordinary 35s 6d, and low 29s 6d to 31s 6d; 22 bags of Ceylon, low middling Plantation 50s ed to 51s, and damaged 35s to 435. Privately 3,000 bags of Costa Rica have been taken in at 31s 6d to 32s 6d for fine ordinary home trade. For auction 1,000 bags of Costa Rica, 100 casks, 130 barrels Jamaica are declared. TEA.—There has been no public sale this week, and there is no arrival, but some ships may be shortly ex pected. To-day prices were firm for Tea, but there was little passing, as public sales are declared for Wednes day; at present 5,000 pkgs are declared. SPICES.—To-day black Pepper was sold to a fair extent privately ; and 784 bags of Malabar at auction went at 24d to 2jd for half heavy, and at 2kd to 21,d for damaged, which are rather higher rates. Of Mace 2 chests went at 2s 6d for mid, and at 2s 3d for slightly mouldy. 4 chests brown Nutmegs realised 2s 10d for good mid dling brown mouldy garbled therefrom, 2s 3d to 2s 5d for low middling, and is 9d for mouldy; 10 casks of limed Dutch were taken in at 3s Id for bold. Of Pod Pepper 126 bags fine bold at 70s to 90s. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The demand has been animated for all kinds of Jamaica Rum this week, and a rise in the value of 2d to 3d per gallon has taken place. The quantity sold amounted to 350 puns, 34 to 36 per cent over proof of plain quality 3s 9d to 3s 10d, middling ditto 3s 10d to 4s, 33 to 36 over good 4s ld to 4s 3d, and fine 33 to 37 over proof 4s 4d to 4s 7d. The demand has been chiefly from speculators and the home trade. Demarara met with increased attention, and brought enhanced rates, 250 puns having been sold at 3s Id to 3s 3d for 35 to 37 per cent. ever proof, and very fine 40 per cent. 3s 4d. For Leeward Island the demand has been active, and prices must be quoted id to Id higher. The sales are 3,000 ,puns at is 8d proof strength; small parcels, fit for duty, at is East India is much wanted, purchases of moment are prevented by the unwillingness of holders to sell, and a further rise in the value is apparent. The sales made have been at Is 7 to is Sd proof with certi ficate. For Brandy former rates are well supported, and there is yet a good demand. Geneva is wanted, and as the supply is small buyers are compelled to pay stiffer rates—common export sort selling at 2s 8d to 2s 9d, and fine, fit fin- duty 3s to 3s 6d per gallon. For British made Spirits former prices are well sustained. COOHINEAL.—Tbe demand has been active for all de scriptions, and a further advance lin the value of ld per lb is observable. At public sale 51 bags of Honduras Silvers were disposed of. Privately several parcels have been sold at smaller rates. The consumption continues to be of a satisfactory nature. RICE.—To-day there was little passing in East India Rice, but lower rates were not generally taken. For public sale on Tuesday 4,000 bags of Bengal and 3,000 bags Madras are declared. Ou.s.—This afternoon at public sale 70 pkgs of Cocoa Nut Oil were only in part sold at 561153 to 57s for fine Ceylon, which are lower rates. Palm realised better prices, 100 casks selling at 32s to 34s ; of Southern 10 tuns went at 301 5s to 321 which is the full value. For Seal prices are not so firm, 40 tuns went as follows : pale at 291 15s to 30/, straw 261 to 28, yellow 23155 to 24l 10s, brown 221 to 23/, and boiled 18/10a to 19/. TALLow.—This afternoon at public sale 300 casks of P. Y. Candle, stranded, sold 45s 3d to 46s 9d ; 387 pkgs of South American 43s 6d to 46s 9d for middling to fine, which are easier rates. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JAN. 24, 1848. Te Queen has be-n pleased to constitute and appoint Ma hr- General Joh n Bell, C. 8., to be Lieutenant 9ro vernor of the island of Guernsey, in the room of Major- General William Francis Patrick Napier, C.B. DOWNING -STREET, JAN. 28. The Queen h as b een pleased to appoint John Scott, Esq., to be Surveying Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works, and James Hosken, Esq., Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to be Master Attendant and Post master, for the island of Labuan. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Si m ms, Esq., to be Chief Clerk and Registrar of the Supreme Court, and Clerk o f t h e Central Circuit Court, of the island of Newfoundland. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 28. 2d Regiment of Life Guards,—Captain John Smith D o d sw orth, from half.pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Robert Blane, who exchanged•,Lieutenant the Honourable Robert Neville Lawley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dodsworth, who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the lion. Jacob Henry De laval Astley, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Law ley ; Lieutenant-Thomas Gabriel Leonard Carew Gwyn, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet and Sub- Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Astley, Jan. 28. 6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Alexander Augustus Meltort Cambell, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be , appointed to the Lieutenant,ecd 131:nlg. ,ertmtbirey en s by 0f Life G pureCge purchase,uardvsi,cJeaGn."2.Bn. Light Dragoons—Cornet George E. F. Kauntze to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Douglas White, llth Light Dra %vice Kauntae, Jan. 28. Ennis to have thegrank7 Thorne Ricketts, Gent., to be Edwin Adolphus Cook to Lieutenant, and Adjutant William of Lieutenant e , w Ja w n. h 2 a 7 rt ; on Co w ra i e l. t , vice Alexander, who retires ; e teatenant, by purchase, son, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cook, Jan, 28. 12th Light Dragoons—William Thacker, Gent., to be be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Brett, appointed to the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone, July 14. 14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Elmhirst Reader, from the 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Greenham, who exchanges, Jan. 28. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant William Charles Lyon to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Melville, who retire ; Ensign Thomas Francis Rolt, from the 63d Regiment, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by putchase, vice Lyon, Jan. 28. 19th Foot—Brevet Major Richard Denny, from the 58th Foot, to be Captain, vice Parratt, who exchanges, Jan. 28. 31st Foot—Rickard John Leeson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vic Swaffield, promoted, Jan. 28. 39th Foot—Lieutenant William Greenham, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Reader, who exchanges, Jan. 28. 50th Foot—Ensign, with temporary rank, Cohn Mac donald (Town Major of Montreal) to be ensign, without purchase, vice Heaton, deceased, Jan. 28. 56th Foot—Ensign Willliam Watkin Bassett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Saunders, who retires ; Marcell Conran, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bassett, Jan. 28. 58th Foot—Captain William Temple Parrett, from the 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Denny, who ex changes, Jan. 28. 60th Foot—Major Lord Charles James Fox Russell, from half-pay unattached, to be Major, rice James Harrington Trevelyan, who exchanges; Brevet-Major John Temple to be Major, by purchase, vice Lord Charles James Fox Russell, who retires; Lieutenant Douglas Jones to be Captain, by pnrchase, vice Temple; Second Lieutenant John Prevost Battersby to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jones; Charles William Pownall Lillingston, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Battersby, Jan. 28. 63d Foot—Ensign Edward Ralph Charles Sheldon from the 73th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Rolt, appointed to the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, Jan. 28. 70th Foot—James Adam Rae, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sheldon, appointed to the 63d Foot, Jan. 28. 75th Foot—Lieutenant William Brookes to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major John Bolton, 'who retires upon full-pay, Jan. 28. 91st Foot—William Barron Stanton, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lamont, who retires, Jan. 28. 93d Foot—Lieutenant John F. A. Hartle to be Adju tant, vice Macdonald promoted in the 37th Foot, Jan. 28. 99th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Augustus Frederick Smith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fraser, who resigns, Jan. 28. BREVET.—Major Lord Charles James Fox Russell, of the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army ; Captain John Smith Dodsworth, of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9. MEMORANDUM. The Christian names of Ensign Armstrong, of the 95th Foot, are John Herbert. The half-pay of Brigade-Major John Frederick Lewis Benne, as a captain of infantry of the King's German Legion, has been cancelled, he having accepted a com muted allowance on the 28th January, 1848. Erratum in the Gazette of 21st January, 1848, For Gentleman Cadet William Ball, fro - m the Royal Military College, to be Ensign in the 64th Foot, vice Mockler, rend, Gentleman Cadet William Bell to be, &c. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. James Hamilton Lloyd Anstruther, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 29, 1845. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Hilary Term, in the eleventh year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Thursday, the 27th day of January, 1848. This Court will, on Tuesday, the Bth day of February next, and four following days, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business now pending in the Paper of New Trials, and in the Special Paper, and will also proceed to give judgment in certain of the matters that will then be standing over for the considera tion of the Court. THOMAS WILDE. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Robert Spencer, printer, Exeter. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Francis Jeukyns, corn merchant, Love lane, City. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Ellison, plumber, Wellington-street, Luton, Bedfordshire, to surrender Feb. 4, at half-past one, and March 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can nan, official asssignee, Birchin-lane ; Silvaster, Great Dover-street, Southwark. Athaiah Eber Player, grocer, Braintree, Essex, Feb. 4 and March 10, at two at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Jones and Wright, St. Swithin's lane. Edward Maxted, bricklayer and builder, Upper Sey mour- street, Euston-square, Feb. 8, at half- past eleven, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy Pennell, officia: assignee; Iviney, Chancery-lane. Joseph Walters, bottle merchant, Union-street, South wark, Feb. 8, at h alf-past; one, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Dean, Leeks, Dixon, and Redpath, St. Swithin's-lane. Joseph Turner, saddler, Newmarket, Feb. 11, at twelve, and March 10, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Burkitt, Curriers'- hall, London Wall. John Inwood, builder, Albion-grovo West, Islington, Feb. 10, at twelve, and March 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermauburyj Jones, Gray's Inn-square. Anne Coley Hughes Ormsby, butcher, Church-street, Hackney, Feb. 4, at one, and March 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; M arson, Union-street, Southwark. Charles Cousins, corn merchant, Shepherd's-place, Lee's mews, Grosvenor-square, Feb. 10, at one, and March 18, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assionee, Aldermanbury: Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Henry Sheldon, corn-dealer, Brentford, Middlesex, Feb. 4, at two, and March 25, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street ; Hine and Robinson, Charter House-square. Samuel Wood Youngman, wine merchant, Norwich, Feb. 4, at one, and March 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Dim mock and Co., Clement's-lane. Charles Burrows and John Joseph Parker, coal-mer chants, Macclesfield-street North, City-road-basin, Feb. 8, and March 17, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London ; Roche and Co., Upper Wellington-street, Strand. Anthony Green, veterinary surgeon, Saint Ives, Hun tingdonshire, Feb. 3, at eleven, and March 13, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Grainger, Buck lersbury. John William Watson, scrivener, Shrewsbury, Feb. 12, at eleven, and March 11, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee Birmingham ; Bloxam, Shrewsbury; Hodgson, Birmingham. Edward Price, farmer, Leominster, Feb. 5, and March 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hammond, Leominster ; Ryland, Birmingham. Hannah 'Husband, innkeeper, Richmond, Yorkshire, Feb. 12, and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Nixon, Clifford's Inn, London ; Coulthard, Barnard Castle ; Harle and Clarke, Leeds. John W hite, auctioneer, Shrewsbury, Feb. 17 and March 9. at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. Edward Gough, druggist, Wem, Shropshire, Feb. 15 and MarcT3 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Barkers, Wets; Spurrier and Chaplin, Birmingham. John G l -adsby, wine merchant, Coventry, Feb. 15, and March 14,, at eleven. at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmor e, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Coventry„ Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. Andrew Morison, sen., hotel-keeper, Cheltenham, Feb. 8, and March 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. J lotion, official assignee, Bristol; Trehern and White, B argeyard-chambers, London; Sabine, Bristol. Jacob Moseley, watchmaker, Neath, Glamorganshire, Feb. 10, and March 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, of assignee, Bristol; Sabine, Bristol. Barnard Lindsay Watson, hotel keeper, Bathwick, Somers etshire, Feb. li, and March 10, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Bel lings, Bath. James Bromley, glass and china dealer, Kingston upon-Hull, Fob. 18, and March 16, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Stansfeld. official assignee, Hall y Saxelbye, Hull. Samuel Lee, con. fectioner, Thirsk, Yorkshire, Feb. 17 and March 9, at el, even, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official i Issignee, Leeds ; Milne and Co., Temple, London ; varbreck, Thirsk ; Barr, Lofthouse, and Nelson, Leeds. Philip James Anti 11, wine merchant, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Feb. 8, at hal f-past ten, and March 14, at one, at the Newcastle-upon, .Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastl a -upon-Tyne ; Stanton, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Megg i son, Pringle, Stevenson, and Slm), King's-road, Bedfo rd-row, London. Thomas Backer r,ille, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Feb. 9 and March a, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, 'official assignee, Liverpool; Bridger and Blake, London .- wall, London; Dodge, Liverpool. William Crave) general contractor, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Feb. 15 aid March 3, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Cour L Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co.,,Staple Inn, London; Morecroft and Co., Liverpool. : e . RICE OF SUGAR. The average price o f Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns min tile in tke week ending January 25, 184 i, is 245. 3:j 4 d. r cwt. THE KAFIR WAR• The following is , 1, /in extract from a letter by an officer of the Royal tl artillery engaged in the Kafir war : " Fort Hare, Ea.! tern Frontier, Nov. 18, 1847. " I received your etter of the list of July, which afforded me the „est pleasure, as it reminds me that there is civiliv:A' tion somewhere, which perhaps I might otherwise for get seeing nothing here but things the most savage. " Immediately S; 3ndilli gave himself up proceedings were taken to reduc .e Pato, the other rebellious Kafir chief, whose domini ons are across the Kei River. A patrol was ordered, consisting of the Cape Mounted Rifles, two compa: lies of the 91st, and a demi battery of artillery . Hill and myself were again on thb move with the demi-battery, and left this on the Ist of Noven iber to join Colonet Somerset's camp on the Delie flats, about twenty-five miles from here. We left there on the 3d of November, it was raining as usual. I was riding one horse; another with iiiy k ;atrul ai;i3;c grub, ' brandy, &c. On the morning of the sth of November we came to the banks of the far-famed Kei. No enemy had yet made hi 3 appearance, but we now saw on the rocks on the other side about 2,000 Kafirs and the hills covered with cattle. The Kei, from the heavy rains, had become a torrent, as is always the case here; so fast do the rivers rise that I have walked dry-footed over one in the morning, and at night, without there being any rain where I was, but from the rain in the mountains, it has become impass able ETen for horses. _ _ _ " Here we were, then, with the enemy in front, taking long shots at U 3 ; lots of cattle to tempt a cross ing, but the river impassable. After finding a place we could ford, Colonel Somerset ordered the Cape Mounted Rifles to cross ; Hill to unlimber, and fire from the bank ; I, with the drivers of the guns to disen gage their horses, to cross with the Rifles and act as Light Dragoons. I can tell there are more pleasant things than crossing a river running at a good pace on horseback. All the time your horse is not out of his depth he is stumbling about over great stones or sinking in the mud, and, when swimming, the motion, to gether with the water about your legs and underneath you, produces a giddiness very similar to sea-sickness. The whole of my party got across safe ; one man had his sword. belt cut in two by a ball. The Rifles were not so successful; one man was knocked off his horse, another, his horse becoming unmanageable, was car ried down the stream, and getting ashore some 200 yards below us, had his throat cut very dexterously by the Cafires, who immediately appropriated his horse, &c. The Caffres retired into the bush as we advanced. " I now saw my man, who was mounted on a troop horse, and leading my pack horse, struggling in the stream, not being able to manage the two. The Kafirs commenced popping at him ; to save himself, there fore, he had to let go my horse, and I had the plea sure of seeing him, my tent, and all the little comforts for the patrol, carried down the river ; the only part the Kafirs would care about were the brandy and grub. " The Kafirs commenced very ' pluckily' at first, calling out they were all ready, and for as to come on, but we soon sent them running, killing 14 of them. Two men of the Cape Mounted Rifles were killed, and one of my men had an assagsi through his arm. We then made good use of our time, and captured about 2,000 head of cattle. We encamped, at least those who had tents, on the banks of the river. "Next morning three of Pato's councillors came in to talk of peace. It is a very fine thing to hear these fellows talk ;• they will go on for hours, never being in want of a word. They commence in a very low tone, and gradually getting excited talk louder and louder, suiting their actions to their words. In this interview Namba, one of their chiefs, got into a fix by a question Colonel Somerset put to him, and was hesitating what to say, when Kona, one of the minor chiefs, got up and spoke to give Namba time to consider Colonel Somerset said, Who is that speaking ?' Upon being told, he said. Tell Kona I consider him a minor chief, and to hold his tongue.' The answer of Kona was—' Tell the great captain it is not Kona that is speaking, but the heart of Pato.' These fel lows are a complete set of lawyers,. and one young chief I think was the handsomest man I ever saw. When you get acccustomed to it I think the dress becomes them, the blanket hanging round the shoulders, their necklaces of tigers' and lions' teeth, and iaory rings round their arms. " Suspecting that Flarta, one of the chiefs who came in, had my horse, &c., I got the interpreter to tell him that the great captain would listen to him more favourably if he gave up my horse and pack saddle. He looked at me in a very condescending manner, and said, What does the man want ? Tell him I came here to talk of peace and war, and not of old saddles and horses.' We came to no terms however. " We encamped on the banks of the Kei, and lived the usual rough life for a week, at the end of which time not a Kafir nor head of cattle was to be seen; and now comes the most disagreeable part of my story. " Not having seen anything of the Kafirs for a week, we had suspected they bad retired up the country, and taken all the cattle, &c. But not a bit of it, they were close to us all the time. On the night of the 14th a sentry placed over the horses at grass was murdered, and seven horses stolen, my only remaining one amongst the number, all of the num ber, all of them being officers' horses. We were on the spoor, or track; of them the next day, but after five hours' tracking we lost it in the high grass. Coming back hot as furnaces and smothered with sand, the 7sd fellows proposed a bathe in Kei, and this is the most marvellous escape I ever had. The fellows had been laughing abont people not being able to swim, so I made an ex cuse for not going with them to the Kei, it being out of my depth. Those who went were Captain Baker, Lieut. Faunt, *sign Burnop, and Dr. Campbell, of the 73d, and Jr. Loch, of the 7th Dragoon Guards. I went to bathe in a little stream close to our camp, and when I came back to the camp, after talking to the officers a short time, we thought it time the other officers should have returned. We went down to see whether any accident had happened, and as a precaution took a guard of the Cape Corps. On proceeding to the banks of the Kei, we found the whole of them with their throats cut and mutilated in the most dreadful manner. You may imagine our horror at finding five men who had been living with us day and night, and whom I had not left two hours, thus suddenly pounced upon by these infernal rascals and brutally killed. The Kei was not three quarters of a mile from our camp, but some bush permitted the approach of the Kafirs with out being seen. If I had been a swimmer I should certainly have been one of the number, although I should not at the time have cared much about it, being so disgusted at the loss of both my horses,_&c.; but such is the fortune of war. Baker and Faunt were two excellent fellows, and as good-natured and obliging as any men I ever met. " Several patrols hare been sent into Pato's and Creilli's country, of the dangers of which I have not partaken, being hers du combat for want of horses. I remember when in England hearing people talk about the gifts being like a flock of sheep, and as easily killed; I wish some of those talkers were here, and had to deal with them a few months. To .day it is wretched here. When I arrived yesterday the wind blowing as if out of a furnace, the sand in dense masses, and the heat 105 deg. in the shade ; the sand and the heat together are intolerable." A SLEEPY FARMER. The Gateshead Observer tells the following story : A worthy Northumbrian farmer left home the other Saturday for Newcastle market, on the day of the rent dinner, and Peggy, the maid, who was also com ing, received strict orders from her mistress to see him in the train at night. Peggy was true to her trust; she saw her master into a second-class carriage, and got into a third-class carriage herself. On her arrival at the station she went on foot to the farm. " Peggy, where's your master," asked the dame ; " did you see him into the train ?" " Yes, ma'am," replied Peggy. " Then where is he?" continued her mis tress; "did you see him get out ?" " No, ma'am," rejoined the literal maid; "you didn't tell me to do that." " Stupid!" exclaimed the farmer's wife ; "he'll have gone on with the train." And so he had ! He went forward to the next station, and would have gone on to the very terminus of the line, but the guard popping his lantern into the carriage, saw him snoozing in a corner, and rousing him up cried, " Iloilo ! Mr. —, where are you going to ?" "To said the farmer. "To !" echoed the guard ; " why, you've got to -- ." Our hero started at the annoucement, and his friend of the lantern, assisting him to descend, transferred him to the mail train, which just then came up from the opposite direction. Manful was the struggle which he made to keep awake until the train arrived at —; but his potent enemy, sleep, came off conqueror. He awoke no more until a voice resounded in his ear, " Iloilo, Mr. —, what's brought you back to Newcastle ?" He thought it was a dream; it must be the reverberation of the cry which awoke him at —. But no !it was a waking reality. He had got back to Newcastle again ; and the news of his return reaehed his brother tenants before they had broken up from the rent dinner ! He made no further trial that night by the rail, but came to the resolution that "he would not go home till morning." WILL OF SCROPE HUTCHINSON, M.D.—The late Scrope Hutchinson, Esq., of Guildford-street, Russell square, Doctor of Medicine, formerly of Dover, Kent, who died on the 25th of November last, had exe cuted his will on the 16th of December, 1846. H e gives to his son William Barclay Ilutchinson all his medical books, and those books strictly termed pro fessional, and all his surgical instruments of every description; and to his son George Rowan Hutchin son he gives fifty volumes of books, to be chosen by him from his library; and directs that all his leasehold and personal estate, and all his freehold houses, lands, and real estate, be disposed of and converted into money, and invested in good securities, to pay the interest, dividends, and annual proceeds of such trust moneys or securities to his wife tor her life ; and after her decease to pay or transfer the same to his five chil dren, as follows:—Two-fourteenths thereof to his son, William Barclay Hutchinson ; two-fourteenths to his sun, George Rowan Hutchinson ; four fourteenths to his daughter, Mary Hutchinson; three-fourteenths to his daughter, Isabel Hutchinson; and the remaining three-fourteenths to his son, Charles Scrope Hutchinson; and leaves all estates vested in him upon trust, ur by way of mortgage, of which he had power of disposition, to his son, William Barclay Hutchinson, Esq., who is the acting executor, a power being reserved to his relict to prove hereafter. The personal estate was estimated at 10,0001., and probate granted on the 10th blatant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. An elderly, well dressed man, named William Edwards, was brought before the LORD MAYOR at the instance of the Mendicity Society, upon the charge of having acted as a gross impostor. The details of the system were so skilfully arranged that few, with the exception of tilo-e who had been deceived by the genius of the London mendicant, would be likely to entertain the slightest doubt o the genuineness of the tale of distress or of the signatures. Samuel Daniels, an officer of the Mendicity Society, stated that in consequence of information which he had received he went to the offices of Messrs. Thompson, in St. Swithin's•lane, for the purpose of taking the prisoner into custody. He had had the prisoner in custody on a former occasion upon a charge of having imposed upon Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and had known him as an impostor for seven years. Mr. T. Thompson, of Salters' Hill, said, I received this petition from my. brother. Here the following petition was read:— "Parish of Crayford, county of Kent.—Whereas, on the evening of Sunday, the 2d instant, while Mrs. Amelia Hall, widow of the late Mr. Edward Hall, grocer, draper, haberdasher, &c., of this parish, with her family of nine children, was attending Divine service, her shop and dwelling were entered by burglars,•who stole and carried away divers moneys, goods, wearing apparel, and plate, the whole amount ing to at least 800/. ; which said loss, together with previous misfortunes, will prove her entire ruin with out the timely aid f the nobility and gentry con nected with this neighbourhood. " Mrs. Hall is a person of the strictest integrity, and her family of excellent moral character, in con sideration of which, we, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do most earnestly solicit the sympathy of the benevolent on behalf of this worthy and distressed widow and family, trusting their combined dona tions, together with our mutual assistance, will re lease them from their present circumstances. " Given under our hands this 21st day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1848." Then followed the names of a long list of contribu tors, in which appeared the names of Lord Saye and Sele, Lord Bexley, and a number of the clergy and gentry of the neighbourhood in which the robbery was stated to have been committed. Mr. Thompson continued—lnformation was given to the Mendicity Society. The day before yesterday the prisoner called at the office, but I did not see him till this morning. I had gone to Bexley and ascer tained that no robbery had taken place at Crayford, and that the signatures were fictitious. The follow ing is the certificate of the police on 1 he subject : " Bexley. heath Station, Jan. 25, 1848. " Sir,—l certify that I have not heard of any such robbery as described in the begging petition bearing the name of Mrs. Hall, in the village or parish of Crayford during the last two years, and I am not ac quainted with anybody of that name as a shopkeeper in Crayford. " JAMES ROPING, Sergeant." Yesterday a young woman called with this letter, and said she was the writer's wife : " Crayford, Jan. 26, Wednesday, Seven o'clock. " Sir,—l am unable to leave my business to day, and therefore I take the liberty of sending this note by my wife, who will wait an answer to the docu ment I left in your possession yesterday, and for which I was desired to call this morning. I trust you will condescend to add your name to the list of subscribers as it may be of great service in the neigh bourhood.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " JOHN HALL. " To E. Thompson, Esq." I saw 21. given to her, and she was told that if the facts were correct, she should receive 31. more if Hall, her husband, called. The prisoner accord ingly called this morning. I merely asked him if he had authorised the person to call who had brought the letter addressed to me and signed " John Hall ?" He replied that he had; and he assured me that he had received 1201. in consequence of that petition, and that the money was paid over to Messrs. Swaisland. I held the petition in my hand at the time, and he told me the letter the woman brought to me was in his handwriting. The LORD MAYOR—Prisoner, what have you to say in answer to this most serious charge ? The prisoner said, he had taken the petition to Mr. Thomp son on Monday, and he could not help pleading guilty to the charge. He admitted also that the young woman whom he had sent with the letter had re. ceived 2/., but he protested most solemnly that he had n of handled a halfpenny of it. The LORD MAYOR—You spoke of the woman as your wife. Is she your wife ? The prisoner —No, my Lord. I merely said she was my wife ; but she is no relation to me. Ido not even know her. But I acknowledge that I am guilty of this charge, and I am very sorry for it. The LORD MAYOR—I have not, in all my expe rience, met with a more gross impostor than you. You have got up this case with all the ingenuity of a regular trickster, and no doubt you have been very successful, for it was one very hard to be detected. You have not only told infamous lies as to the rob bery, but you have added a great variety of forgeries to the falsehoods. It appears that you are well known to the officers of the Mendicity Society, and I regret that they have not produced any proof of a former conviction. If they could produce evidence to that effect I should be able to add the punishment of a good sound whipping to that of three months' im prisonment and hard labour, to which I now adjudge you. Lewis Jones, Nathaniel Kingha, William Jarvis, of the crew of the City of Rotterdam steam-vessel, and George Benton, were brought before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Gibbs upon an information charging them with having been on board a vessel liable to for feiture for having on board a quantity of tobacco upon which the duty had not been paid. The first three pleaded " Guilty," the last " .Not Guilty." Benton was, of course, the only person against whom evidence was called. Against him a case was proved, and each of the four defendants were fined 1001., and ordered to be committed until the penalties should be paid. The LORD MAYOR begged to acknowledge the re ceipt of 51. for the poor- box from " M. C." LiOIV-S TREET. Two miserably clad and impoverished children, the eldest of whom was named Mary Ann Murray, aged 13, and the other about two years younger, were brought before Mr. Hall, in the custody of Dodgson, of the F division, upon the following horrible charge : They had been in the habit of singing and begging in the public streets for the support of their worthless parents in idleness and debauchery. On this occasion they were found in Holborn. A male infant, about two years old, was in the arms of the eldest girl, the pitiful cries and apparent suffering of which excited the sympathy of by-passers, and caused them to be surrounded by a mob of persons. An elderly woman, perceiving that the child was writhing in agony, and feeling satisfied that it was undergoing some torture, mentioned her suspicions to the constable, who de sired the two girls to accompany him to the police station. The eldest girl dropped a large pia at her feet, and it was instantly discovered, upon examining the child, that his sufferings had been caused by its continual incision in the lower part of the body, while being carried in his sister's arms. The condi tion of the infant was altogether so deplorable, inde pendently of the punctures and lacerations caused by the pin, that it was deemed advisable to take it to St. Giles's workhouse, and put it under the care of the medical officer. The constable, by direction of his Worship, ascer tained that the inhuman parents lodged at 4, Tyn dall's-building, Gray's Inn-lane, and that the father, who received is. and some bread per week from the parish, spent nearly his whole time in a neighbour ing beer-shop, waiting for the alms brought to him daily by his wretched children. This man admitted to the officer that he sent the girls out with the baby to sing ballads in the streets, but denied that he either sanctioned or knew of the torture in flicted upon the child. He said that he had no parish settlement himself, having been born at Edinburgh Castle while his father was serving in the 92d Regi ment of Foot. One of the beadles of the parish proved that the father, with his children, had been repeatedly offered shelter in the workhouse, lsut that he had always re fused to go in—preferring, in fact, to live on the pro duce of his children's begging exertions in the streets of London. Mr. Bennett, the medical officer of the parish, said, that the child, when shown to him, was in a shock ing state of debility and disease, the result of neglect and ill-treatment. The body was covered with ulcers and otherwise disfigured by the itch ; the lacerations caused by the piercing of the pin being almost im perceptible in consequence. He did not think the child's life was in danger, but it was in a very sad condition. vv Mr. lIALL did not feel disposed to put the children in the witness-box, as they would hardly dare to tell the truth in the presence of their father; and, indeed, if they did, it would only be exposing them probably to more brutal treatment by the parents hereafter. lie desired the father, however, to be brought before him. The father, who said his name was John Murray, and that he was a working man, appeared to be rather elderly, but quite able bodied. He again denied that he was aware of the fact that his two girls were in the habit of pinching and torturing the infant to make it cry and excite compassion, although the bruises and other evidences of such treatment were suffi ciently apparent. He admitted that he sent them out to sing and sell ballads, not thinking there was any harm in that. Mr. Ham, had never heard of more horrible bru tality by a parent. He was convinced that ha was living upon his wretched, half-perished children's labours in the streets, and he must have been con scious of the state of the infant which they were car r3-iog it, - their af4115. It was higi, tune Lila, they should be separated from him for a while, and as the parish officers would take care of the children, he should commit him to one month's hard labour. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday the court was crowded to excess, in consequence of its having been the day appointed for the re-examination of Frederick Sharman, who for months past has held an appointment ass con stable in the D division, No. 254, who stood charged with having endeavoured to induce a man named James Walkley to assist him in the perpetration of a robbery ofjewellery, plate, &c., at the residence of Miss Dingley, 24, Paddington-green, to the amount of 2,0001. . it will be remembered that the prisoner was brought up through the exertions of Hardwick, an active officer of the division to which the accused belonged, who adduced such evidence at the Mansion-house, when a man named James Coates, a cousin of the prisoner, was charged on suspicion of being con cerned in railway and other robberies, that he (Coates) was committed for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Justins, from the office of Messrs. Maples and Co., Old Jewry, accompanied by Mr. Collard, super intendent of the Great Wester n R a il way Company 's police, now attended to prefer against the prisoner a charge of felony arising out of Coates's case. Mr. Justins opened the case by stating, that the company for whom he had the honour to appear had nothing to do directly with this charge, yet felt so strongly that the prisoner and Coates were so impli cated in the numerous robberies effected on their line that they felt it a public duty to take the matter up. Mr. Justins then stated, that Coates, since his incar ceration in Newgate, sent on Friday last for Captain Spong, one of the gentlemen for the robbery of whose property he had been committed by the Lord Mayor, and told him that one of his missing rings (a valuable diamond one) was pawned at the shop of Mr. George Bonham, High-street, Whitechapel, on the 17th of December last, in the name of Henry Phillips, for 305., and he believed from Hardwick's description that the prisoner was the person to whom the said sum was advanced. Mr. Justins called Captaing Spong, who deposed to the loss of the property contained in a bag while on his passage by steam from Black wall to Gravesend. Hard wick proved the finding of the bag and other property belonging to the captain upon Coates at the time of his apprehension. Mr. Bonham proved that the prisoner was the man by whom the ring had been pawned. Mr. LONG asked Inspector Wiggins if he thought it worth while, considering that the ring case was so clear, to press the former charge ?—The Inspector said he should be satisfied with a committal upon the present case. The prisoner, who denied his guilt, was sent to Newgate for trial. _ _ "X. Y. Z." transmitted U. for the poor-box of the court, with a request that it might be acknowledged. IVES7'MINSTER. Joseph Clarke, a powerful looking fellow, was charged with being concerned with a woman of the town (not in custody) with drugging and robbing Mr. Edward Hynd, grocer, of Praed-street, Pad dington. The prosecutor, who appeared to be in a very weak and delicate state, said, that he was returning from the Blackfriars-road to his own residence late on the previous night, when he was accosted by a woman, and prevailed upon to accompany her home to Pump court, near Old Pye-street, Westminster, a neigh bourhood with which he was completely unacquainted. After being there a short time he gave the woman, at her solicitation, a sovereign, to procure something to drink, and she returned with some spirits. She handed him a glass, but he had no sooner swallowed it than he was seized with a most extraordinary sen • sation. Although he was cognisant of all that passed around him, yet he was completely powerless, and while in this state the woman plundered him of his purse, containing six sovereigns, and his handkerchief, and ransacked his pocket-book. He distinctly saw her do all this, but from the influence of the drug that had been administered to him was incapable of resistance. He was not aware how long he remained in this condition, but on recovering he was endeavour ing to follow the woman from the room when he was stopped by the prisoner, who had a male companion with him. Prisoner in a rough tone exclaimed, " Who are you ?" when prosecutor, recognizing his voice as that of a person he had heard exchange a few words with the woman just before he had been drugged, told him that he had been robbed, and that he believed that he (the prisoner) had been an acces sory to the act. Prosecutor then left the house, and was followed and abused by the prisoner and his companion. Prosecutor went in quest of a constable, and having found one, returned to the house, where he found the prisoner and gave him into custody. On searching the prisoner one of the letters which had been taken by the woman from his pocket-book was found upon his person. ' The constable who took the accused into custody proved that he endeavoured on his way to the station- Louse to pass a flash 61. note on the Bank of Ele gance to a compnnion. There were also three medals resembling base coins found upon him. The prisoner, in the course of a long rambling story, said, that he was at the tap in Palace-yard, and at another public-house in . Tothill-street all night with his brother, and knew nothing of the robbery. The house to which prosecutor had been taken be longed to him, and as he was returning to it early in the morning he met "Black Anne " (the woman who took the prosecutor home), and she gave him a a shil ling as he entered Pump-court, for her night's lodg ing; and when he got to the door of the house he found that somebody had taken off the padlock with which he had fastened it on the previous night, and been in the house. He went to the room which had been occupied by the prosecutor and the woman, and observing a letter on the floor picked it up and put it in his pocket. He could prove an alibi, and in the same breath that he admitted that he was the owner of the house declared that he could produce a number of witnesses to show that he was a most respect• able man. The prosecutor observed that the loss of his money was of but trifling consideration to him. It was a mercy that he had not lost his life, and it was only his desire to bring the perpetrators of such atrocious outrages to justice that had induced him to come forward on the present occasion. Ile could dis tinctly swear that the prisoner exchanged a few words with the woman in the passage at the time she went out for the liquor, and that they again spoke as she returned with it ; and he was confident that the prisoner was in the passage, close to the room dour, while he was robbed. The prisoner began repeating his former story, but admitted that he had no witnesses in attendance to prove it. 111 r. BITRRELL said it was a most serious charge, and he should remand the prisoner until Thursday. A post-office order for 1/. was yesterday received from "E. C. B." for the poor-box. The donor re quested an acknowledgment of it." LENT ASSIZES, 1848. OXFORD CIRCUIT. (Before Sir JOHN PATTBSON, Knt., and Sir CRESS. WELL CRESWELL, Knt.) Berkshire—At Reading, Saturday, February 26. Oxfordshire—At Oxford, Wednesday, March 1. Worcestershire—At Worcester, Monday, March 6. City of Worcester—Same day. Staffordshire—At Stafford, Saturday, March 11. Shropshire—At Shrewsbury, Saturday, March 18. Herefordshire—At Hereford, Thursday, March 23. Monmouthshire—At Monmouth, Saturday, March 25. Glocestershire—At Glocester, Wednesday, March 29. City of Glocester—Same day. SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN FROM DlSTRESS.—Yes terday forenoon Mr. William Carter held an inquest at the Fleece, Commercial-road, Lambeth, on the body of William Sawyer, aged forty-seven, a master hairdresser, of No. 10, Commercial-road, who committed suicide under the following distressing circumstances:—From the evidence of Jane Woolden, who passed as deceased's 7V ife, it appeared that for some considerable time past his business had fallen off to such an extent, that during the last two or three months he had been unable to earn on an average sixpence per day. The consequence was that deceased and his family were reduced to the greatest destitution. To find food for his four children, the household furniture had been parted with. Of late there had been a great change in the conduct of the deceased, and he appeared, according to the witness's testimony, heart-broken. He also felt greatl) depresseePon account of the condition in which the female was in with whom he lived, she being in an advanced stage of pregnancy. On the morning of Monday last he got up about seven o'clock, and having opened his shop and lighted the fire, he went and plunged head foremost into the water in the butt in the aril. He was found in that condi tion shortly afterwards, quite dead. Verdict—" Tem porary insanity." Mr. Samuel Hutton, a descendant of the historian of Birmingham, died at his residence, Satley, on Sunday night. was in the 63d year of his age, and had lately bi come possessed of his family estates, worth about 8,0001 a year. He was many years engaged in the paper trade, and was elected an alderman on the incor poration of the town. He ha s left three sons and on e daughter to inherit the property, the foundation of which was laid by the historian. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 7.—The Oriental Company's steam-ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, left the ducks at three r.m. this day, en route for Gibraltar, with the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails; also u full cargo of merchandise and 18 passengers. The inward mails from Portugal, by the Madrid, Captain Weeks, is hourly expected. The Royal West India mail-packet Teviot, now overdue since Saturday, is most anxiously looked for; as also the Indus, Captain Soy, from Alex andria, with the bulk of the West India mails. The Washington, from New York, will be due in two or three days. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAW. 27. S EACIIANGE.—The sates are—Birkeuhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 17—Ditto, 221. Shares, 7 1 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves (late L. and B), 9 1 ,4 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 1 / 3 dis.—Ditto. Fifths ( West Riding Union), 2, 7 i dis.—London and North-Western, 152—Midland, 115—Ditto, Halves, 14 dis.—North Union (A), 2084—North Staffordshire, % p.—Shrewsbury, Oswes try, and Cheshire, 54 dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, New, 4 di ..—S , uth-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1, 1 4 dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, 2 3 ji p.—Dutch Rhenish, dis. . _ MANCHESTER, JAN. 27. STOCK Excmassax.--The sales are—East Anglian, New Preference, is dis.--Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, par— Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 13-16 dis.—Manchester, Bux ton, and Matlock, 21fz dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 17%—Ditto, Preference, par— North Staffordshire, 7-16 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 31%—Ditto, No. 4, 1 11-111 dia. LEEDS, JAN. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following prices have been ob tained to-day, but only a few sales were made :—East Lan cashire, New, 3% dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 17s. 6d. dis.—Lan cashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2% n. dis.-- Leeds and Thirek, 15 1 4 dis.—North British, Thirds, par— Ditto, Extension, 9d. dis.—North Staffordshire, 7s. 6d. North-Western, c. dis.—South•Eastern and Dover, No. 4,1% dis. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwieks), 21 4 p. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 27. STOCK ExctraerGit.—The sales are—North Staffordshire, p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 3 1 ,( die. ax int. (B), 435. 9d. die. ex int.—Shropshire Union, 2% dis. ex int. BRISTOL, JAN. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market has been store active to-day. The following are the sales--Great Western, Fifths, 4 p.—Bristol and Birmingham, 125--Newcastle and Ber wick, No. 1,6% p.—Taff Vale, 125—Ditte, New 101. Shares, die. YORK, JAL 26. STOCK EXCNATIGE.—The vales are —Great Northern, 4/. 16s.—Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds, 8 c.—York, New. castle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 1, p.—Ditto, No: 2 'late New Berwicks), 123/4=R4to_ (G . N. R. Porch .), 9%. E DIN BURGH, Jim _26. STOCK EXCNANOZ.—The sales are—Caledonian, 36—Dun dee and Perth, Quarters, 435. 6d.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 3s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, 16% —Ditto. (Newport), 7%—Great Northern 975. ex int.— North British, Quarters, W. Bs. ex int.—Ditto, New quar t ers:(scrip ), 1 ls.—Ditto, Thirds, 41s. 6d. OLD ST. PANCRAS CHURCiL—This venerable edi fice is now in progress of undergoing a complete trans formation. The whole of the exterior presents a ruin ous appearance ; it is not, however, to be razed to the ground, but only to be enlarged and beautified. For this purpose, several graves have been disturbed, and the tombstones removed, but with all proper respect for the remains of the dead. In the space of a few wet ks the singular-looking dwarf tower, that has endured the storms of so many ages, will be replaced by an elegant new spire. The date of the erection of this ancient fabric is lost in obscurity. It is believed to be the oldest church in the vicinity of the metropolis. The churchyard is remarkable for the number of celebrated persons who have been interred within its precincts. It is a noted burial-place for members of the Roman Ca tholic persuasion, particularly of the Irish. CURLING COMPETITION.—The annual competition for the gold medal and prize curling stones, given by the lluddlestone Curling Club took place on Saturday last, on the loch, and were gained, for the second time, by John Gillespie, Esq., W.3.—Edinburgh Ad ver ti ser . CONVEYANCE OF GOODS BY RAILWAY COMPANIES. —On Wednesday, Mr. Greenlaw, coal merchant, sum moned the North British Railway Company for 81. 6s. ad. as damages due by the company for annoying and ob structing him in the pursuit of his business, by failing to provide trucks to convey his coals along the line, and also charging demurrage on the coal detained by the company. Acting Sheriff Campbell, after recommend ing the parties to seek a more deliberative mode of de ciding so important a point, and Mr. Greenlaw having pressed for a decision, pronounced judgment in favour of the pursuer, intimating his opinion that the company were regarded by the law as common carriers, and bound to provide the public with trucks for the conveyance of goods. —Caledonian Mercury. REFUGE FOR THE DRETlTUTE.—Yesterday the annual Court of Governors was held in the London Tavern, E. Forster, EA., treasurer, in the chair. The secretary read the report, which stated that during the year 42 were admitted to the male refuge, that 63 left, and that at the close of the year there were 174 inmates. In the female asylum 130 were admitted during the year and 83 left, leaving 185 inmates. The males and females were taught useful trades, and the conduct of those sup plied with situations proved highly satisfactory. The receipts, including 3,0001., a Government grant, figured 6,5051. 7s. Bd., and the expenditure left a balance of 3381. Bs. 2d. The funded property amounted to 20,3561. The report was adopted, and the committee was autho rised to expend 4,000/. in building a wing to the Female Refuge. CHARGES AGAINST. ARCHITECTS IN Till LATI WESTMINSTER SEWERS' COMMISSION.—Mr. Donaldson has addressed to The Builder a strong disclaimer, in which he says:—" It was my intention, when I had pe rused the report on the late Commissions of Sewers (published without the appendix of evidence), and the commissions had been superseded, to have taken no further part in the question. I did, indeed, feel sur prised at such a document proceeding from public men, who, having been commissioned by the Queen to inquire into what would appear to have been a mere question of science and economy, as to the very interesting subject of sanitary improvement, seemed only anxious to estab lish a foregone conclusion, and mixed up with their report much virulent personal matter. With that intent we find accumulated a mass of ex parte evidence, the ob ject ot which appears to be to charge with ignorance, dishonesty, extravagance, and perjury several bodies of public men. This inquisition is pursued in secret (like the Star-Chamber practice of old; those against whom imputations were brought were not allowed to be present, nor, indeed, to receive the slightest intimation of the nature of the accusation ; they knew not who were their accusers —what the evidence adduced—and were not afforded the opportunity of justification, refutation, or cross-examination. Under such circumstances of unfair, unconstitutional and anything but English pro cedure, is's report issued of a condemnatory character, written with a pen of galL TEM WEATHER AND THE PARRS.--The frost, which set in a few days since, continues with increased severity. During the night of Wednesday the mercury was as low as 25, being seven degrees below freezing point. During yesterday morning the wind was due east, occasionally veering round to the north ; the glass stood at the same point it did the preceding night until late in the afternoon, but at seven o'clock in the evening tbe mercury had fallen several degrees, denoting a con tinuance of frost. The whole of the ornamental waters in the several royal parks have become frozen completely over, and although the ice, in many places, is in an extremely dangerous condition, an- immense number of persons ventured upon the frozen waters, sad several serious accidents occurred. :NEWSPAPERS CANNOT RH LEGALLY LENT ON HIER. —At the Bloomsbury County Court, yesterday, a news vendor, named Miller, sought to recover from a Mr. Champion, a retired tradesman, the sum of 6s. for news papers lent to him to read. The plaintiff having proved his case, the defendant admitted the debt, but doubtad whether he could be compelled to pay. The Judge ob served that such a remark from him he considered dis graceful ; but still he could nut entertain the claim, as the law now stood the same as years ago, when it had been decided that persons lending newspapers to read could not recover, but were liable for se doing to a penalty of 501., it being considered by such trafficking in stamps t o b e d e fr au ding the rev enue , as i t prevente d the sale of papers. He therefore must dismiss the plaint.—Judgment for defendant. THE LATE MURDER AT DUNDRY.—BRISTOL, RESDAY.—The coroner's inquest on the body of the de ceased, Farner Hazel], was resumed at the Carpenters' Arms, Dundry, yesterday, before the coroner, Mr. Up hill. The prisoners were not in attendance. The evi• dente was of a similar character to that given before the magistrates. The inquiry has not yet terminated. DESTRUCTITR FIRE IN THE POULTRY.—Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out at No. 29; Poultry, adjoining St. Mildred's Church, in the 'Occupation of Messrs. Prettyman and Rixon, stationers, and other parties. The flames were first discovered by Mr. Helshsm, a solicitor, living on the third floor. He raised an imme diate alarm, and the inmates succeeded in effecting their escape. Mr. O'Hara, who lodged on the second floor, in returning to save some of his property, was burned about the face, and a female servant was also much in jured. Mr. O'Hara and the servant wrapped themselves in a blanket, and by rolling down Stairs they escaped. The engines from the Church of St. Mildred, the brigade from Watling-street, Jeffery-square, Whitecross-street, and numerous other stations, arrived in rapid succession, as well as the West of England engine, from the Water. 100-road. Great fears were entertained for the safety of the church. The flames almost surrounded the belfry for the apace of a quarter of an hour. The firemen got the mastery over the flares by two o'clock, but not until property of considerable value was reduced to ashes. During the time the fire was raging the utmost con fusion prevailed, the whole neighbourhood being ren dered impassable by the immense crowd, so that, to protect their property, many of the tradesmen in the vicinity were compelled to close their shops. BIRTHS. On the 27th inst., in Park-street, Lady R. Grosvenor, of a son. __ __ _ On the 23d inst., at Moreby Hall, York, the wife of Thomas Preston, Esq., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Hampstead-heath, the lady of Alfred Ray, Esq., of a son. On the: 27th inst., in Greek-street, Soho-square, Mrs. L. C. Hertslet, of a sou. On the 26th inst., in Grove-hill, Camberwell, the wife of Robert Wrench, Esq., of a son. On the 27th inst., at the Rectory, St. Anne's, Soho, the wife of the Rev. Nugent Wade, of a daughter. MAAMI.B. Oa the 25th inst., at St. Mary's, Farnham, Peter Spark, Esq., f Birchanger, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Parris, Esq., of Farnham, Essex. DIZIP, On the 2d inst., near Windsor, Nova Scotia, the Hon. Lewis Morris Wilkins, Judge of the Supreme Court of that province, aged 80. On the 15th inst., at Peckham, Lieutenant T. J. Irvine, R.N., aged 59. On the 21st inst., in West-street, Walworth, Mary Ann, widow of the late Mr. Benjamin Blakesley, aged 72. On the 2 tet inst., at Ilythe, Kent, Mr. William Chalk. On the 21st inst., at Netherton,Rectory, near Andover, the Rev. W. Lance, M.A., Rector of the parish of Earecombe cuin-Tangley, aged 86. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct et tke Savoy, ii the count► of Middlesex, Frid ay, Jokaary 211, 1841.