The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-07 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS_ From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) Amvunt, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, ol the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 25th day of D,c., 1847:- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon-Knapp and Co - Andover Bank, Andover - Heat h and Co 7,863 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,586 kylshana Bank, Aylsham-R. and E. Copeman 4,643 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford and Hunt 29,946 Bakiock Bank and Baidock and Biggleswade Palk, Baldock-Wells, Hcgg, and Lindsell... 27,343 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-D;ake and Co 9,848 Basingstoke and Odihatt Bank, Basingstoke- Cole, Seymour, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-I'. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. 3ewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Crane icester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co. 3irmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Airmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham-Lewis, Moilliett, and Co .... 12,541 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak. 6,451 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co ............. 62,585 Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co ................ 13,721 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 6,966 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 28,142 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 19,988 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co 66,321 Banbury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney 24,623 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 39,505 Bath City Bank, Bath-Mogen and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 28,299 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds . Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 61,816 . ;3ridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 22,575 1 3righton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding. Smith, and Co . ............ Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 14,720 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and 26,608 Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste 2 533 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, 5,830 21,181 ..: 10,138 11,930 2,272 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- 15 ; 964 33,617 41,189 cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire flank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, 7,685 12,690 65,233 Locke, and Co _ Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew 'rid Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- man T)orchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—WaHord. and Co . Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. li'arringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalmmg Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and 'Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware— s. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. V.untingdon Town and County Bank, Hauling don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall Tionitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharpies 1.785 5,063 5,193 11,820 33,669 23,234 9,263 10,403 9,329 48,312 59,573 7,590 27,907 82,915 43,483 40.502 18,414 18.492 3,336 9,687 4,886 4,953 18,045 9.353 22,989 22,510 12,170 22,467 17,411 39,026 4,390 15,410 28,317 and Co. dereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Balk, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. fpgwieh and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, rladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley :lank, and Woodbridge Bank, rpswich— Atexanders and Co. :entish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Ti."ington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co. Knaresnorough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co Kettering Bank, Kettering-0 oi.ch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvz'y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C......... Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Llandovery Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando very—David Jones and Co. lolighborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle twas and Cradock Lymingron Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis Gurneys and Co. " b y m nn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— macca_ssey and C o . lesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brooklehurst and Co.. ............ Manningtree g a ............... Bank ,Manningtree—Nunn Nunn and Co Marlborough ' Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, t l Marlborough ßan Old Bank, Marl borough Old and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford B ,Marlborough—Tanner ,and Pinckney ........ Marlborough aad .. ...... .............. Atiarlborough—Ward, f ri e r i rn, g and Hillier Merionethshire Bank, roo Y—Jones and Wi11iam5....................... Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyu, ...... ....... ( y.o. c ; Nfonmo uthsbire Agricultural and Commercialco Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and lidonmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, ... 25,561 Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank and 11 Monmouth Badnißoss and Herefordshire Bank, --Brornage and Snead lionrnonthshire Newport Old Bank, N New W. Williams and Sons Newark B an k,',Newark — G odfre y s and Hutton 9 7,424 -5,123 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark —Handley, Peacock, nd Co .......................................... .... 46,C35 ... a Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunn and Slocock. 1 7,324 y Newarket Bank, Newmarket —Eaton, Ham mmond, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dy50n................................................ 2,137 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudson's ................................. ....... 37,480 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Nom; ........ neys end Co 58,892 Nottingham and Nottingham s hi re B an k, Not tingham— Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Lank, Nuneaton—Craddcock and 18,206 20,236 69,892 11,480 91.764 6,315 17,259 36,174 6,060 5,200 45,672 26,485 25,785 27,385 16,858 81,534 14,585 6,923 2,969 35,917 13,786 9,298 5,285 9,242 7,355 8,896 15,403 9,161 Co •4,167 I'Taval Bank, :Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and Co s, rum B a nk, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and 00 ..,„ .............................. . 6386 !.lottin“.iam Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 27, 677 )swestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, O s - westr- r--Crox on and Co 9,480 Oxford .3ar.sk, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 9,625 o x ford 3 id Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, . dTh , l mpoon... ........ .Ni IoWNRIA TbOA.dge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge ..,..hr T B ink, Tonbridge and Tonbridge (4 - : :.... 76ii i i- i z i ,‘ venoaks Bank, Tonbridge ' -- - , l itri " IF r 1 .7:X:.1 : with .1t fi g • . , . Batik Willey—Williams, k . -; A -- ;7 '.: ,%:: :41 \ -A i ,- ;L: "Ale'S' XI a s 6,170 , 9,41. • _ 6,263 THE SIT.II, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1848. Average Amount. 'ease's Old Bank, hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, hu ll—Pease and Co 43,613 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,898 ?ecerborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—M.v,rs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 9,851 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordw est—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading— iimonas and Co 18,698 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 20,689 Richmond Bank,:ffichmond—Stapleton and Co 2,303 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co 3,153 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 7,437 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 12,253 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 12,839 Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 14,902 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co . . 7,747 Ross (Ad Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co 10,909 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co 22,326 Shrewsbury and Markel, Dray ton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adan.s, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Sbrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co 23,212 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son 2,703 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddisnn and Son Southwell Bank, Suuthwell—Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story 931 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 5,635 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 14,703 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 12,613 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- son and Stuart 1,716 Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 18,847 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton— Duns ford and Barne 7,278 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 9,793 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. 8,202 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. 16,896 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 4,903 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—. K•lynge, Greenway, and Co. 23,298 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Latham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 14,533 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co 3,810 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 8,776 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 65,213 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— _ _ Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenriek 1,572 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeek, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,975 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann. Clouzh. and Co 38,041 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal 7,380 Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 35,517 Bilaton District Banking Company, Wolver- hampton _ 9,152 Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad- _ . _ ford .... 11,523 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 6,898 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com- _ pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10.553 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle 21,580 Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 14,969 Dudley and %Vast Bromwich _Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 17,705 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 113,775 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 11,691 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 29,969 Hull Banking Company, Hull 23,973 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com- pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,425 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 13,545 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough .. 25,651 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,990 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 47,456 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 47,659 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 7,844 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 20,752 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham . Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 32,992 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 296,644 North Wilt:, Banking Company, Melksham 38,130 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 68,560 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 26,573 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester , _ Saddleworth Banking Company. Saddleworth 1,860 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 35,387 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamiord Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- _ _ _ ._, port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Corn pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and lislCmshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sholliehl . 51,426 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond". Storey and Thomas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury .. 9,201 Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... Wolverhampton a. I . l Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 31,810 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 9,830 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven , ............................... . 24 , 235 Warwick and Leumir.gton Banking Company, Leamingtcn .. ................................. 28,828 West of Englane aiii South Wales District 22,580 Bank. Bristol ••• • • • ........................ ...., 57,176 Wilts and Dorset Banking Corn , pan , ,, Salisbury 41,205 West Riding Union Banking .1.3f1.c.i.n.! •" find- Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester , ..................... 4,0 3 11 3 York Uni on Banking Company, Y0rk............ 61.7 York City an d County Banking Company, York 80,040 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. ' ptamps andTaus i January 1,18444 JAMAICA SOUTH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. An adjourned meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the London Tavern ; Mr. Shorter in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, the object of the meeting was to confirm a provisional agreement passed at a pre vious meeting, for the amalgamation of the line with the Jamaica Ra.lway, and empowering the directors to apply to the Jamaica Legislature for an Act to carry the resolution into effect. It was for the meet ing to say whether this agreement should be con firmed or not. He therefore moved its confirmation ; which, having been seconded by Mr. SMITH, Mr. CLEMENT RUDING proposed that it be not confirmed, which was seconded by Mr. SPACKMAN, who said he represented 9,000 shares—nearly half the shares of the company—who were unanimous in their opinion, that the motion of the Chairman should not be carried. The CHAIRMAN admitted that neither be nor the directors were desirous to see their motion carried ; they merely submitted it as a matter of form. The amendment was carried unanimously. Mr. SMITH, a director, stated, in reply to Mr. Spackman, that the directors would have in hand on the 31st of January, when they proposed closing their offices, 14,5001., after discharging all claims. The CHAIRMAN referred to a letter from a Mr. Smith in Jamaica, dated the 22d of May, stating that there would be no further claims from the colony upon the funds. - Mr. SPACXMAN inquired what would be the cost of an Act to obtain the dissolution of the company. The CHAIRMAN said they would not like to try to obtain one ; but Mr. Smith said he thought the cost would be about 3001., whether they were successful or not. Mr. RUDING considered that an Act to effect a dissolu tion would be unnecessary, inasmuch as the Act would expire if they did not carry out the powers it con ferred upon them. There being no further liabilities, he saw no further reason why they should not at once return 10s. per share, retaining the remainder for any possible expense that might occur. The CHAIRMAN said they must be guided by legal advice. It was possible, if they did this, that a small section of the shareholders might file a bill in the Court of Chancery against them, and compel them to pay the money into the court. Mr. RUDING said Mr. Spackman bad 9,000 proxies ; he (Mr. R.) had 1,500 ; a gentleman by his side 2,000; and the directors themselves, he un derstood, held 6,ooo—being more than 18,000 shares in the aggregate. _ _ Mr. SPACEMAN, being callei upon, explained that it was undoubtedly in the power of any shareholder to take law proceedings. The shareholders could not dissolve the company ; all they could do was to allow it to fall into abeyance, and expire in five years; and therefore he would suggest that a resolution should be passed, at a meeting to be called, to em power the directors to lend the shareholders a certain sum upon their shares for five years, when the com pany would expire, retaining enough to meet any contingencies that might arise. This seemed to him an advisable course to adopt. The shareholders were much indebted to the directors for the attention which they had paid to their interests. The business of this meeting then terminated. The business of the special meeting, called on the requisition of several shareholders, was then proceeded with, and, after some discussion, resolutions were agreed to, to the effect that the powers of the Act be at once suspended; that all calls should also be sus pended ; that the assets be: returned to the share holders (it being left to the directors to consider whether they could give legal effect to the resolution, the Chairman said the directors approved of the pro position); that the directors be authorised to make an application to the Jamaica Legislature if they should deem such a course advisable, for the repeal of the Act, and that if there was any opposition, and the Legislature should not grant the Act if applied for, that the directors be empowered to allow the company to expire in its natural course. Thanks having been given to the Chairman and directors, the meeting separated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 6. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCMILL.) STEADMAN V. MILLER. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 4/. 17s. 6d. for professional services as an attorney. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. THOMAS stated the case. The defendant was the trustee and executor of a Mr. Yeldham, and the work chatged for was in respect of taking counsel's opinion as to the defendant's liability to pay a certain sum of money to a Mrs. Keene, one of the daughters of the testator, who was living apart from her hus band ; from this circumstance plaintiff declined to act on her behalf, and wrote to the defendant stating that fact, but that he was willing to take counsel's opinion on the point, but that if he did so, the defendant must understand that he (plaintiff) would, in that case, consider him self as employed by the defenda n t. The defendant afterwards gave instructions for the case to be drawn, which was accordingly done, and counsel's opinion taken; but defendant afterwards contended that plaintiff was acting for Mrs. Keene, being the legal adviser of her sister, Miss Yeldham. Austin, clerk to the plaintiff, was called, and swore that he posted a letter in which plaintiff said he would not take the opinion for Mrs. Keene, and if one was required, ho would only prepare it on the defendant acceding to being held responsible. De fendant afterwards called at the office and gave instructions. Plaintiff suggested that defendant should place the matter in the hands of his own so licitors, but defendant said he would prefer the plaintiff doing it, as he understood the case better than they did. Defendant afterwards called and pro duced an account as executor, end said that if plaintiff would paws it as attorney for Mrs. Keene, he would pay the bill. Plaintiff declined doing so, and said that if he did he would be struck off the rolls, and on this defendant said he would not pay the bill at all. Mr. GRAY, on behalf of the defendant, contended that the plaintiff had throughout been acting for the Misses Yeldham and Mrs. Keene ; therefore the witness had not given a faithful version of what ha-I passed between the plaintiff and defendant, but that all the it.terviews had been with the plaintiff as Mrs. Keene's attorney. The Learned Counsel then put in a variety of letters to Mrs. Keene, in which plaintiff treated her as his client. Mrs. Keene was then called, and swore positively that she retained the plaintiff. Frederick Miller, son to the defendant, was called, and proved that he had conducted his father's business for three years, and always opened the correspondence, his father residing at Peckham. In February, 1847, the time when the alleged letter was sent, he was in con stant attendance at the place of business in Fenchurch street. Mr. THOMAS replied, and contended that the evi dence on the part of the plaintiff had not been in the least shaken, for the evidence of Mrs. Keene was not to be depended on in the slightest degree, as she had admitted that she was living with a man not her hus band, and that she was also receiving money from another in consequence of having had a child by him, although the child had been dead for four years. The jury, after being locked up for two hours, gave a verdict for the defendant. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTRSON and Mr. Justice MAULS.) Samuel Uriah Sloter, who was yesterday found guilty of uttering a warrant or order for payment of the sum of 551., with intent to defraud Messrs. Mas terman and Co., was sentenced to ten years' trans portation. Thomas Duck, aged 40, labourer, was indicted for feloniously attempting to administer to his wife, Jane Matilda Duck, a large quantity of a certain deadly poison called laudanum, with intent to murder her. When the prisoner Wa3 placed at the bar he declared with great earnestness his innocence of the crime im puted to him. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk, instructed by Mr. Hayward on behalf of the Treasury, conducted the prosecution. The prisoner had no counsel. Mr. BODKIN having stated the case for the prose cution, the following evidence was adduced:— Jane Matilda Duck deposed that she was the wife of the prisoner, and they had been married twenty two years, and always lived together, except when she was in the Hammersmith workhouse for one night. The occurrence in question took place in November. Before she went into the workhouse she had occasion to go to the Hammersmith police•court to complain of her husband's violence, but she forgave him all that occurred previous to this transaction. After she left the workhouse she went to live with the prisoner in a room in White Lion.passage, Harro w-road. Upon the day in question her hus band came home about half .past five o'clock in the evening, and they were about to have tea together. Witness made the tea and poured out two cups full and placed them on a chair, as they had no table in the room. The witness, who was evidently actuated by a feeling to favour the accused, then said that her child cried and wanted to sit on the chair on which the prisoner was seated, and the prisoner got up and changed seats with her, the result of which movement was, that the cup of tea before her was the one that was intended for the prisoner himself. The child had been sent for some milk, and after she went to let him in she tasted her tea, and observed that it was very nasty. She asked the prisoner to taste it, and told him she would see what was in it, and he replied that there was nothing in it for her. She then poured off a portion of the contents of the cup, and the prisoner took it up and threw it under the grate. Witnesi tasted the other cup of tea, and did not observe anything par ticular in the taste of it. She then went out with the basin and cup, and went to different doctors' shops, and on her return she told the prisoner that they said there was poison in the tea, and she asked the prisoner to go with her to a doctor, but he refused to do so. During the time they were living in White Lion passage she never saw her husband take any pills, but ever since an accident which he had met with while employed at King's College he had been continually complaining of pain in his back and bead. The prisoner, on being asked by Mr. Justice MAULE whether he had any questions to ask the wit ness, said he had nothing to ask her. Mr. Faulkner, surgeon, in the Harrow-road, said that on the evening of the 22d of November the pri soner came into his shop, and asked him if a woman with a child had come to his shop with a cup in her hand, and inquired if there was any opium in it. Witness told him no such inquiry had been made, and he left the shop immediately. About half an hour after, Pollard, the officer, brought a teacup and basin to him. The former contained some dregs, and he immediately entertained an opinion that they were composed of coarsely-pounded opium, and he was so satisfied of the fact that he did not waste them. He again saw the prisoner on the same evening, and his wife and the officer were in the back room at the time. Upon this occasion the prisoner said, that if any one had taken any poison it must be himself', and it must be in his body, and he wished the stomach pump to be applied to him to see if such was the case. There was no appearance about the prisoner at this time to require such a proceeding. Jonathan Pollard, a police-constable, deposed that he knew the prisoner and his wife, and a short time before November he was called in upon the occasion of a quarrel between them. On the 22d of November, the wife of the prisoner gave him a cup and basin, and at the same time made a charge against him, and he accompanied her to the shop of Mr. Faulkner. He afterwards took the prisoner into custody, and told him that he charged him with attempting to poison his wife, and he replied that if there was any thing in the tea she must have put it in herself. He also said, that if there was any poison in the tea he must have taken it himself, and he wished to have the stomach pump applied. William Lee, a boy in the service of Mr. Moore, a chemist at Paddington, said he was 14 years and 10 months old, and he assisted in dispensing some drugs, with the nature of which he was acquainted. About a month or five weeks ago, a man, whom he could not positively speak to as being the prisoner, came to his master's shop and asked if his master was at home ? Witness told him he was not ; and the person then asked for ld. worth of opium, to smoke. Witness told him he could not serve him, and the man left the shop. _ _ . _ Mr. eharles Huyshe, lecturer on practical chymis try at St. Thomas's Hospital, deposed that he received the cup and basin from Pollard, the officer, and ana lysed the contents remaining in them. They pre sented to the eye and smell every appearance of powdered opium, and the tests he applied confirmed him in that opinion, and he added that three or four grains of opium would be sufficient to destroy life if no antidote were employed. In his opinion, if the opium had been put into a cup of tea in the form of a pill, it would not have presented the appearance he observed in the vessels shown to him. Mr. H. Phillips, one of the clerks at the Maryle bone police-court, produced his minutes of the diffe rent examinations of the prisoner, and the statements made by him. Upon one occasion he said that the roof of his mouth was then sore from the stuff his wife had given him, and if there was anything in the tea she must have put it in herself. He made several other immaterial statements, and after Mr. Huyshe had been examined and deposed to the presence of opium in the teacup, the prisoner, for the first time, said, that he had purchased opium pills, to take for a disorder, and that he had a great many, and must take a great many more. He also said, that on the day in question he did put an opium pill into his cup of tea, and mixed it up, and drank part of it, and threw the rest under the grate. Mr. M'Murdo, surgeon to the gaol of Newgate, deposed that his attention bad been called to the pri soner, but he had not observed any symptoms such as those to which he had referred ; and he was not aware that he had taken any opium, or required the administration of such an article. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said, that he did not buy the pills with the intention to poison his wife, but to take them himself to do him good for the malady under which he was suffering. Mr. Justice Melia having gone carefully through the whole evidence, The jury deliberated for a few minutes, and then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Upon an applicetion made by the counsel for the defendants, the trial for the forgery upon the Imperial Bank of Russia was postponed till next session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Byron was brought up by Bradley, ene of the Mansion-house officers, charged with forgery. Mr. H. Barrow, clerk to Messrs. Roberts and Co., of Lombard-street, bankers, stated that on the 11th of September Mr. Willis, of Old Broad-street, kept an account at their house, and on the same day the cheque produced, for 911. 10s. purporting to be drawn by H. Willis, was presented for payment at the counter, but by whom the witness did not know, Witness paid the cheque in a 501. mote, No. 50,781, May 6, 1847, and a 401. note, No. 67,213, Jan. 7, 1847, and 11. 10s. in cash. Mr. Willis, of 37, Old Broad-street, merchant. stated that he kept an account at Messrs. Robarts and Co.'s. The cheque produced was not in his hand writing. The body of the cheque was in the hand writing of the prisoner. The signature to it was in a feigned hand, but he believed it to be the writing of the prisoner. The prisoner had been employed as clerk in witness's office, but he had been absent from the office on the plea of illness, and during that ab sence the forged cheque had been presented. Witness had given no authority to him to draw it. The prisoner had been apprehended in consequence of notice given by Messrs. Bush and Mullen', the solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Felonies and Fraud, by telegraph, to parties at Newcastle. lie had joined a company of strolling players, and was playing in the name of Morgan, in the comedy of Much ado about Nothing, when the in formation that he was to be seized arrived. He was remanded till Thursday. The LORD MAYOR begged to acknowledge the re ceipt of Si. from Mr. Jones Loyd, and 51. from "(b)" for the poor-box. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday Mr. Long received from Sir Richard Sutton the sum of 51., through Mr. Tidd Pratt, for the poor-box of the Court. Our reporter was re quested to acknowledge the donation in this paper. WORSHIP-STREET. The MAGISTRATR announced his receipt of a letter from Sir W. Call and Co., the bankers, enclosing one half of a Si. Bank of England note for the poor-box of this Court, from " E.P.," the other half of which the benevolent donor expressed his intention to for ward upon seeing an acknowledgment of the receipt of the first in this paper. CLERKEN WELL. Mordecai Andrews, a countryman, was charged by a City policeman under the following circum stances : At an early hour in the morning the prisoner was observed near Smithfield with a horse and cart, the latter containing two dead cows and a horse, and the most offensive effluvium proceeded from them. The policeman, suspecting that they were meant for sausage-meat, followed the prisoner until he arrived at the premises of Mr. Lansdowne, a sausage mer chant, of Sharpe's-alley, Cow-cross, where he backed the cart in, but Mr. Lansdowne told the party that it was a mistake, and the carcases were no t mean t f or him. The o fficer, knowing that the dead carcases were not fit for human diet, questioned the prisoner, who hesitated, and gave such an unsatisfactory ac count of hie possession of the animals, that he took him and the property to the nearest station-house. Inspector Julian. G, and the City officer, stated that there were many dead carcases in Mr. Lans downe's yard. Mr. John Atcheler, 'on being sworn, said, he was horse slaughterer to her Majesty and the Royal Family, and he resided in Sharpe s-square, Cow cross, Smithfield.—(A laugh.) He had no know ledge of the prisoner, and was satisfied in his own mind that the carcases were consigned to his esta blishment, which was well-watered, and kept as sweet as any lady's drawing-room.—(Laughter.) His neighbour, Mr. Lansdowne, was a respectable man, and did not make the common sausages, but only those that were fit for the west-end of the town. —(Much laughter.) He meant the real German sausages, which were of the very best meat, mixed with a bit of " tommy." Mr. Mould (the clerk.) —Do you mean Tommy Cat ? Mr. Atcheler Oh, no ; a little of bull beef, which makes them good and stiff, and more palatable. He added, that how the prisoner could have been en trusted with the care of a horse and cart and such goods, was to him a puzzle, for he was as green as a leek. Mr. Josiah Knight, veterinary surgeon, of St. Andrew's-hill, Doctors'-commons, deposed that the animals were not fit for human food. They had died Porn disease, and had undergone medical treat ment. Mr, TYRWHITT—WouId they be dangerous to the health if they were eaten as human food ? Witness —I csn't say that; but any person of experience must know that they were not fit for human food. Mr. TYRWRITT—Do they make sausages of such • carcases ? Witness—l cannot say. WIRWRITT-I can only say that parties on whose premises such carcases are found are liable to indictment. Mr. Atcheler—l can only say, your worship, that if they boils'em in ray coppers, we are always obliged to put a little bull into it, to make it sound and good, and stiff, too, for the canines.—(Laughter.) Mr. TYRWHITT said, that he could not punish the prisoner, who was the instrument of some person who cared little about the health of the public as long as he could make money. He asked the prisoner who employed him to bring the carcases to London ? Prisoner—Mr. Henry Parish, of Bishop's Stortford. Mr. TYRwRITT said he must discharge the prisoner, but it was a matter of great importance at this period, when disease was caused through nauseous smells and vapours, and such proceedings ought to be carefully watched. The reporter is requested to state, that the follow ing letter was addressed to and received by Mr. Tyr whitt, the sitting magistrate : " Old Bond• street, Jan. 5. _ _ "Messrs. Sir W. P. Call, Marten, and Co. present their compliments, and inclose half of a 51. note for the poor-box, from E. P.' The other half will be forwarded on seeing an acknowledgment in the newspapers." After a short consultation the jury returned a unanimous verdict of " Wilful Murder' against Harriet Parker, in both cases, Some of the jury wished to add to their verdict a few words expressing their views of the conduct of Blake, which they conceived to have been most repre hensible both towards his wife and children. The CORONER said he could not permit the addi tion ; he was sure, however, that the publicity which had been given to the facts would sufficiently answer the purpose contemplated by the jury. The Court was then dissolved. THAMES. Mr. H. T. Gray, rope manufacturer and ship chandler, of No. 2, Marine-place, Commercial-road, Stepney, came before Mr. Ballantine, and stated that, in compliance with his worship's kind advice, he had allowed five days to intervene before he applied to Mr. R. Duke, a canvass merchant, in Lower East Smith field, who had purchased a large quantity of rope of which he (Mr. Gray) had been defrauded, for the restoration of that part of the rope which Mr. Duke had not paid for, and that Mr. Duke had refused to give it up. On Wednesday afternoon he sent his foreman to Mr. Duke's warehouse for the rope, think ing that five days were sufficient for him to cool upon the matter, but, instead of delivering the rope, he said he would not restore it without a written order, and a written guarantee to bear Mr. Duke harmless against all legal proceedings whioh might hereafter take place. Mr. BALLINTINE said he had already expressed an opinion upon the case, the only one he was justified in announcing. He would most willingly make an order for the restoration of the rope unpaid for if he could do so, and he fully appreciated the great sacri fices Mr. Gray had made in bringing the swindlers to fjustice. He was afraid he must leave Mr. Gray to his remedy by action. Mr. Gray thanked the magistrate, and put in the following letter he had that day received from Man chester : " Alanchester Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade. " Manchester, Jan. sth, 1848. " Sir,—Having noticed your advertisement in the London Times of the 14th ult. relative to the enor mous expenses incurred by you in prosecuting to con viction certain parties whose object was evidently to defraud any one who came within their reach, you have rendered most essential service to the commer cial community throughout the kingdom by bringing these parties and their practices so prominent before the world, and it is the duty of commercial men ge nerally to see that you do not lose either for your own valuable time, for legal expenses, or the loss of articles out of which you have been defrauded. I brought this matter before the committee last evening, and they desired me to express their high estimation of your spirited exertions in this case; and I was in structed to place five guineas at your disposal as the contribution of the society towards the expenses in curred. If you can point out any way in which I can be of service in making this matter more public in this quarter, you may command my beat services. " I am, Sir, yours faithfully, " SAMUEL EBOTHAM." Several mercantile gentlemen, who accompanied Mr. Gray, said the conspirators obtained goods to the amount of 30.000/. by fraudulent means before they were detected; that a respectable Scottish firm was cheated of one consignment of goods to the amount of 1,1711. by them; and that Halliday, now in New gate, who was once connected with a respectable house, and who had some years since acted bona fide and paid for goods on delivery to a large amount, became the chief of the gang, and by the influence of his name put tradesmen, manufacturers, and warehousemen off their guard. SOUTHWARK. Five stout young women, inmates of St. George's Workhouse, were charged with insubordination, and breaking upwards of forty panes of glass, in one of the wards. Several of the board of guardians attended to re present the violence of these young women. It ap peared that after prayers that morning the defendants caused an uproar in the ward, and when one of the officers went to request they would desist they became more uprorious, used the most filthy and disgusting language, and commenced smashing the windows, and broke upwards of forty panes before they were secured from doing further injury. The Chairman of the board of guardians said, as the Magistrate might perceive, the defendants were all strong and healthy young women, and could earn their bread by industry if they pleased ; that situa tions had been provided for them on several occasions, but they remained in none, owing to their bad con duct, and always came back to the workhouse, pre ferring the kind of life there to that which they ought to pursue, to obtain their livelihood without being a burden on the parish. The defendants, one and all, began to exclaim against the treatment they experienced in the work house, but were silent when told they were not compelled to remain there, but might go out and earn an honest livelihood. Mr. SECYER having in vain remonstrated with the defendants on the violence of their conduct, during which they only made a laugh at what was addressed to them, sentenced them to pay for the damage they had done, and in default committed them for two months to the House of Correction. The moment sentence was passed on the defendants they broke into loud denunciations against the workhouse autho rities, and their infamous language was infinitely worse than that of the lowest women of the town who frequently stand at the bar of this court., LAMBETH. Mr. Norton received a letter from Sir W. P. Call, Marten, and Co., Old Bond-street, enclosing the half of a 5 1. note from "E. P." for the poor-box, and stating that on acknowledgment of the same the other half would be sent. THE MURDER IN GOLDEN-LANE. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the two children who were recently found murdered in Golden-lane was held yesterday at three o'clock, before Mr. William Baker, coroner, at the William the Fourth public-house , Jeremiah Donnoghue, labourer, was the first witness called, residing at No. 9, Cupid's-court, who stated, that about one or •two o'clock on Saturday morning last, he distinctly heard the voice of Amina Blake, one of the deceased, cry " Murder" several times. About four o'clock on the same morning he was apprised of the murder' of the two children, Amina Blake and her brother. Mrs. Blake, the mother of the deceased, deposed to their being two of her children by her lawful hus band, Robert Henry Blake, under whose protection they were left in London. She was at present living apart from her husband at Birmingham with another of her children. Mr. Wright, surgeon, stated that he was called in to see the deceased shortly after four o'clock on Saturday morning last. He found the body of Thomas Henry Blake, the younger, lying upon a bed on the ground floor of the house, the bedclothes were in the greatest disorders; the body was warm, but life was extinct. There were several scratches on the tip of the nose and the nostrils, on the right side of the mouth, and upon the left cheek, and upon the throat near the windpipe; there were no other appearances of external violence on the body. He examined the chest and found the lungs perfectly healthy, but gorged with a dark coloured black fluid, the intestines and abdomen appeared also in a perfectly healthy state. On removing the scalp he found that the dura mater was covered with numerous bloody points, from which dark-coloured blood issued. The vessels of the pia mater were gorged with a dark-coloured fluid. The substance of the brain, when cut in two, also pre sented numerous bloody parts. There was no blood in the ventricles of the brain. Upon examining the body of Amina Blake, he found, with a small difference, precisely the same appearances, and in both cases he was led to believe, as the result of the examination, that death was caused by forcible compression of the mouth and nostrils. Mr. Courtenay, surgeon, of Whitecross-street, gave evidence of a similar nature. The CORONBR proceeded to sum up, and in doing so, completely exonerated the father of the children from any actual participation in the dreadful crime. There appeared to be no doubt that the murder was committed by Harriet Parker, who had been living with the father of the children for some three or four years. The only course for the jury to adopt would be to return a verdict of wilful murder against her. It appeared from her own state ments that she had contemplated the atrocious act for some months past, and that, since she had committed ' it, she had stated that she gloried in what she bad done, and had made use of the extraordinary expression, "That she could die on the gallows like a trump for it With respect to any c plea that might be set up on the ground of insanity, that would be a question to be tried in another place. The Coroner then proceeded to read over the whole of the voluminous evidence taken during the three • sittings of the Court, after which he said, he would trouble the jury with no further remarks, but leave the matter in their hands to return a true and proper verdict. A BARRACK FOR RATS. An extensive bacon merchant in Limerick (John Russell), who kills between 40,000 and 50,000 pigs in the season, has adopted the following successful method to destroy the rats which abound on his pre mises, where the abundance of food will always occa sion a vast collection of these troublesome and de structive animals. He has erected a quadrangular stone building, eleven feet long and seven feet wide, with a wall three feet high, having flags laid flat upon the top, but projecting a little over the inside of the wall. All around the wall inside, at the base, are numerous holes, like pigeon -holes, which do not go quite through, except a few, to allow a free passage to the little animals. Outside of the barrack, or building specially built for the rats, is a plentiful sup ply of water and food, such as bones and useless offal. The interior of these walls is occupied by boards, lumber, and straw, just such concealment as these animals are known to prefer, and the whole is covered by a moveable wooden roof. When it is judged proper to destroy them, the passages are stopped at the outside, the roof is lifted off, and the boards are taken out. The frightened animals run up the wall, but their escape is impos sible, for they strike against the projecting flags and fall back again. They then run into the small holes below, but these are only just large enough to admit their bodies, whilst their tails remain sticking out, a secure prize to the men who go in over the wall ; and by this unlucky appendage they suddenly drag them out and fling them to a posse of anxious dogs outside of the fortress, or into a barrel of water, where they are soon destroyed. As there are not holes enough in the wall inside, the noise and uproar soon frighten another division of rats into the vacated openings ; and these being treated in the same unceremonious manner, the whole garrison is thus speedily destroyed. As many as 700 or 800 have been killed in one clear ing. Rats being fond of straw, they also become very numerous in the lofts where this article is kept to be used for singeing bacon, and they cut it into short pieces with their teeth, which renders it useless for this purpose. The proprietor tried the effect of putting a pet fox to mount guard on the lofts, and it was found that he killed such quantities of the rats, that three or four were procured to garrison the place instead of one. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The Gazette de Cologne states that three commercial houses have suspended payment at Frankfurt on the 28th. This event produced a great sensation on the Bourse of Frankfort ; the losses will fall chiefly on foreign houses; they are said to amount to several millions of florins. The three houses are those of Messrs. Jacobs, Frederick, Gontard and Son ; that of Messrs. Haber and Flersheim, a fourth house, would even tually have shared the same fate it it had not re ceived timely support from the house of Rothschild. VIENNA, DEC. 28.—During the last few days there has been a sensible stagnation on our Bourse : the Exchange is feeble and again suffered a retrograde movement, in consequence of the announcement, in the Austrian Observer of this day, that, two battalions of infantry and a squadron of hussars had marched for Modena and Reggio, to reinforce the garrisons of those places. The Imperial Ferdinand Northern Railway shares fell more than 4 per cent., and went back on 'Change to 1471 while the 5 per cent. metal. were offered at 104. The Northern Railway shares subsequently rose again to 148. A great sensation has been produced on our Bourse by the circumstance that one of our merchants, a respect able leather merchant, has been taken into custody, in consequence of having issued false bills to the amount of 200,000 florins. A few of these bills, which were presented at the National Bank, led to the discovery of the forgery. Smesia, DEC. 12.—The importation of rye and flour up the Oder continues steadily, and is mtv.th facilitated by the mild state of the weather, and the favourable state of the wind. Nearly 100 vessels laden with grain and flour have ent,red our province this autumn. This, together with the fine harvest, has caused a great decline in the prices, in wheat and rye of 15 per cent. TRIESTE, DEC. 26.—Our corn market is by no means animated, and the prices are declining, as everywhere else. The introduction of the new tariff for the importa tion of goods from Russia and Austria, has now also been announced on the part of our civil authorities. The Russian boundary offices have already received the notice to take the duties on Hungarian and Aus trian wines. VIENNA, DEC. 28.—The bulletin of the health of the Archduke Palatine is more satisfactory, his Im perial Highness having been able to quit his bed for the first time yesterday. MUNICU, DEC. 30.—The deputation from the Emigration Committee has arrived here, in order to obtain the sanction of our Government also for their plans, and have had an audience of his Excellency Prince Wallerstein. ST. PETERSIMIGH.—In consequence of the severity of the weather the communications between St. Petersburgh and Constantinople are interrupted, and the navigation definitively stopped for the winter. The thermometer is 15 deg. R., with a serene sky and no snow. This state of the weather has had a favourable effect in checking the intensity and spread of the cholera ; and even in Moscow, where it was expected to be very severe, there are now com paratively few cases. The reports respecting the westerly spread of the cholera are incorrect. BERLIN, DEC. 31.—Letters from Vienna say that the late Archduchess of Parma left all her jewellery (which is valued at 6,000,000 mark +) to be divided by his Highness among the Imperial Family. In consequence of the negotiations with Rome, his Majesty the Emperor of Russia has given to the Comteillor of State, Count Von Bludorff, the order of St. Andrew, and to Councillor Count Von Butenileo the order of Alexander Newsky, set in brilliants. BRUSSELS, JAN. 4.—From the 25th to the 31st December, five vessels entered the port of Antwerp laden wholly or in part with grain. The importa tions were — Kilogrammes. Wheat .• . . . . . 796,410 Barley ... 170,000 Oats .. ... •• • 76,500 Total . . ... 1,042,910 Among the numerous addresses presented to the King on the opening of the new year, was one from the Societi4 Generale, con taining just observations on the financial situation of the country and on the commercial crisis. The di rectors of the society say they are of opinion that we have almost reached the close of the crisis, which has greatly troubled our commerce, and a portion of our manufactures. The same encouraging view is taken by the directors of the Bank of Belgium. This deplorable crisis which com menced in 1846, will, it is confidently ex pected, terminate at the commencement of the new year. The security of commerce has been affected, but happily the calm has reappeared, and we may hope that confidence will be established on a more permanent footing, because more enlightened by experienced. The Societe Generale and the Bank of Belgium promise their support to commerce. It would be desirable if we could see this difficult pro blem solved, and . that these two great establishments, instead of injuring, are aiding each other. Another paragraph in the speech of the Governor of the Sociite Generale is, "the Societe Generale trusts that the Government will adopt the most desirable mea sures for establishing credit on a solid and durable basis. These measures of the supreme Administra tion will soon find a reaction produced on commercial transactions." We trust the Minister of Finance will consider of this advice, which would induce the speedy adoption of efficient measures, either to de clare decidedly that he will conclude a loan or that he will adjourn it indefinitely. LIR HAGUE, JAN. 4.—The Nieuwe Rotterdanuche Courant of this day says, that the intelligence an nounced in the Handlesblad, of the recal of M. de Rochussen, and of his replacement by M. G enera l List, Minister of War , , is denied, a s b e i ng w h o ll y without foundat i on. This journal adds, thisJreport has been in circulation at the Hague for four weeks, but that it has not inserted it, because it did not attach any credit to it. The weather at Brussels was rather milder for some days, but the thaw was superseded by a very sharp frost last night. BERLIN, DEC. 31.—The process which has been commenced against M. Wedecke, the in timate friend of the lat e Alinister, M. Itochow, and his accomplice, M. Freyburg, has nothing whatever of a political colour, and has no resemblance whatever to the cele brated Cubieres-Teste, of infamous memory, as some journals have asserted. S o long since as the accession of the present King, the star of M. Wedecke began to set. At that time, when a presentation t oo k p l ace, of all the functionaries connected with the Mi n i s t ry Bing of the Interior , the refused to permit that M. Wedecke should be presented. He accordingly quitted not only the service but the states of the King of Prussia ; b ut making use of a cer t a i n i n fl uence which their intimate relations with M. Rochow had given them, M. Wedecke and M. Freyburg joined in nefarious speculations in all branches of commerce. It is entirely in connexion with such private specula tions that Messrs. Wedecke and Freyburg have been accused of frauds and impositions. M. Stieber, who had promised to defend M. Wedecke, has refused him his assistance now that he has been made acquainted with the true character of the case. The approaching marriage of the Princess Louisa, of Prussia, to the Crown Prince of Prince of Sweden, is much spoken of at Berlin. There is also a report of the marriage of the Princess Caroline, bDrn August 5, 1833, only daughter of the Prince of Vasa, son of the predecessor of Bernadotte, to Prince Francis Gustavus Oscar, of Sweden, born June 18, 1827. The Universal Prussian Gazette says that his Ma jesty the King of Prussia has nominated M. Von Bodelswing Royal Commissioner of the State. VIENNA, DEC. 28.—The Israelitish community of this place, in reply to a petition addressed to his Ma jesty the Emperor for civic emancipation, have been informed that the subject shall be submitted to the proper authorities, who shall take it into their deli beration. The petitioners themselve express the opinion that the present period is not one from which they expect to obtain the complete fulfilment of their wishes, and that they have therefore confined their request to these main points—viz., the abolition of the tax upon Jews, the abolition of the tax upon residence, and the according of the privileges of burghers and masters. The Government is said to be favourably inclined to grant all these petitions, and it is probable that a very essential amelioration will take place in the state of the Jews, and that in regard to the third point, that of granting them the privileges of masters, will be conceded—that of civic rights will probably be withheld, for it is as violently opposed to the present state of popular feeling as possible. The Arch-Duchess Maria Anna is seriously indis posed. His Imperial Highness the Arch Duke Ludwig is likewise ill, though nothing serious is ap prehended in his case.—Brussels Papers, Jan. 5. DUTCH FUNDS.—A.mixtznAn. JAN. 4. Money. llllb Actual Debt, 2% per percent.............. •• •• •• • 54% 654 Ditto, 3 per Cent •• • • • • • • • • 66% 51% Ditto, 4 per Cent.• •••••••••• • • • •• •• 84% 65 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent ••••• • • • •• Commercial Company, 4% per Cent 161% 163% East India Loan, 4 per Cent.... •• Exchangoon London, at sight ........ 12 12 Two m0nth5............... 12 On Hainburgh, at sight .... 35 Two m0nth5............... 14 76 On Paris . • .............. 56 30 Two mouths... .•.. •• 16 BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszts, JAN. 3. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent .......... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • Ditto Three per Cent • ................. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • .... Ditto,ditto,lB4s ............ Ditto,dltto,lB42 • . Ditto, 1844. •••• • • • •• • 91% Ditto, 1838 . Ditto of the City, 1833 .....• ••••.• • • . • ••••• Ditto, 1843 ........ ••• • • • •... Bank of 8e1gium........................ 80% —Brussels Papers, Jan. 4. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Jax. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our market to-day is better. The business dons has been considerable, and the prices firm. At the close, stocks and shares in general showed a tendency upwards, Dover being the only exception. The sales are— East Lancashire, 21 1 / 2 —Ditto, New, 3% dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 7—Great Western, 171. Shares, 1 1 A, p.—Laaca. shire and Yorkshire, Halves (late L. and B.), 12 dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 14 dis.—London and North-Western, 1494 Ditto, Quarters (A and B), p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, par—Midland Stock, 111 Ditto, 40/. Shares, 43—Ditto, New Halves, 1% dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 / 4 dis.—Suuth-Eastern and Dover, 81—Ditto, No. 3, 5 1 / 4 dis.--Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 1% dis.—Whitehaven and Furness, 8 1 / 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1 p. MANCHESTER, JAN. 6. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 1 ,E die—East Lancashire,2ll4 —Ditto, New 4 c. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 3 dis.—London and North-Western (Man chester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 3 p.—Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, dis.— Ditto, Preference, 1-16 p.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln shire), 4yg c. dis.—North Statlordshire, dis.—South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, 2 3-16 p. LEEDS, JAN. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New, 3% n. dis. —Great Northern, dis. ex int.—Leeds and Thirsk, 16 dis.—Ditto, New, 15 n. dis.—North British, Thirds, 2s. dis. —Ditto, Extension, 2s. 6d. dis.—North Staf fordshire, 6s. 3d. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwick), 465. p. HULL, JAN. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE —The' sales are— North British, 25% Ditto, Quarters, 10s. dis.—Ditto, Extension (Scrip), 2s. 3d. dis.—Ditto, Thirds (Scrip), 4s. dis.—North Staflordshirs, % dis. EDINBURGH, JAN. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 2s. 3d.--Edinburgh and Northern, 15% Ditto, Newport, 7 1 / i—Great Northern, 84s. ex int.—North British, Quarters, 84s. 6d. ex int.—Ditto, Thirds, 36s.—Scot• tish Central, 28. THEATRE ROYAL, EDINBURGILL—ACCIDENT TO MR. GLOVER.—The pantomime nightly attracts crowded houses. On Monday eight, end again last night, every corner was filled. We regret to learn that in the course of the performances on Monday evening an unfortunate accident occurred to Mr. Glover. He was performing with his usual spirit and effect the arduous part of Richard, in the tragedy of Richard the Third, in the last scene of which he was accidentally stabbed in the arm. pit by Mr. Wyndham, who personated Richmond. Mr. Glover finished the scene without giving any sign of being hurt. Ile made a narrow escape, however, from a very serious injury, and will not be able to perform for a few nights.—Seotmun. M. Persiani, the husband of our celebrated can. tatrice of the Italian Opera, having every reason to sus. pest that he had been robbed of three bank notes o f I,ooof. each by a person, named Senac, whom he employed as a copier of music, set his female servant to watch the man when he came to write. On New Year's day, the copyist made his appearance at an early hour of the morning, and the servant ushered him into the dining-room, desiring him to wait till her master cams out of his chamber; she placing herself in a situation to observe his movements unperceived by him. She soon saw him go from the dining-room into M. Persianes cabinet, and then take a key from his pocket, and open the secretary from which the 3,900 f. had been abstracted. She immediately gave the alarm, and Senac hastened back to the dining-room. M. Persiani sent for the Com missary of Police, and gave Senac into custody. lie was examined and searched, but the key seen by the woman could not be found upon him. Nevertheless, on the positive testimony of the servant and the fact of his having lately lived at a rate of expense which his obvious means could not afford, but which he attempted to acc)unt for by stating that he had won money at play, though he could not say at what game and in what society, the magistrate remanded him for further ex amination. In the mean time the servant found the key accidentally among the ashes of the dining•room stove, and which, though roughly made by the prisoner him self; could open the money-drawer. It was sent to the magistrate as corroborative evidence of the servant's testimony, and was considered sufficient to warrant Senac's committal for trial.— Galignani. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Two Bad Legs Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills, after more than Seven Years' suffering.—Mrs. Elizabeth Humphreys, of York street, Hull, had been most painfully afflicted for up wards of seven years with ulcerated sores in both legs t her sufferings at times were dreadful. She had tried almost every remedy, and received the advice of several of the first surgeons in Yorkshire, yet all failed to effect a cure until she used Holloway's invaluable ointment and pills, the astonishing . powers of which sou n dly healed every wound. She is now in the enjoyment of the best of health, and enabled to walk about the house with ease and comfort. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand. [ADVERZISEMIINT.]—CARRIAGE FRlE.—Families residing in the country are supplied with Teas and Coffees at the lowest wholesale pries, in quantities not less than six pounds, delivered carriage free to any part of England. Orders must be accompanied by a remit tance, or if a reference be made in London, payment will suffice on receipt and approval of the goods. A list of prices and samples free, on application to G. T. Man sell and Co., wholesale tea-dealers, 2, Bucklersbary, C heapside. Die verb "to build" has been much degraded amongst us, and has lost its full signification. " Our English word, to build" says Horne Tooke, " is th• Anglo-Saxon Byldan, to confirm, to establish, to make firm and sure and that, to consolidate, to strengthen ; and is applicable to all other things, as ►ell as to dwel ling places." In Germany the word retains its full meaning.— The Builder. BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., at Leamington, the lady of Keyill Davies, Esq., of a son and heir. On the 30th ult., the lady of Philip T. Gardner, Esq., of Conington, Cambridge, of a son. On the 31st ult., on board the Mary Louisa, and on her passage to Borneo, the wife of the Rey. W. B. Wright, of a son. theOn 3d inst., at Queenhithe, the wife of F. L. Palling, Es, a so t n. Mickley Parsonage, Mrs. Dalten Har rison, thet irge s o a n of a t ! rison, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., Charles Chad Turnout, Esq., of Tatter. ford, Norfolk, to Frances Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Master, of Calton, in the same county. On the 4th inst., at Walcot Church, Bath, Captain Edward Lionel Wolley, of her Majesty's 51st (or King's Own) Regi ment of Light Infantry, to Emily Georgina, youngest daugh ter of the late William Scott, Esq., of Camden-place. DIED. On the 27th ult., in Springfield-place, Bath, Mrs. Mary Ewing, aged 82. On the 31st ult., at Rise Cottage, Dawlish, Elisabeth, daughter of the late Sir James Pennyman, aged 83. On the Ist inst., at Wonford House, near Exeter, Henry Manning, Esq., aged 78. On the 2d inst., in Duke-street, Bath, Mrs. Catherine Smyth. On the 3d inst., at Woolwich, Colonel Thomas Peebles, of the Royal Marines, Second Commandant of that division. On the 3d inst., Mr. J. Miller, of Ipswich, aged 84. On the 4th inst., at Portsea, Frederick Siddall, Esq.. Pay. master and Purser, R.N. At Camden•town, Lieutenant-Colonel Waldegrave Tane. R.M., aged 88. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, i Strand, in the Precin c t o f the Savoy, n the county of Middlesex, Friday, January 7, 11411. `-- I I I 1