The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-19 00:00:00

I, I „ .` 6•-• GAZETTE; Or 1 5 17FSDAY 11 "r -4 •›- Liontenant of Merionethshit4. l-'• • e a:d r, G ent., to he See;)nd Lieutenant, Aug. 12. 18.17. Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Notting hamshire. Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Re giment of Militia--Themes Need, Esq., to be Captain, • Jan. 8. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Southampton shire. North Hants Yeomanry Cavalry-George Sclater, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Allen. deCease,a, Dec 28. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Nash, coach maker. Taiinton, Somersetshire. • BANKRLT4TS. `Thomas Williams, licensed see-Waller, Jermyn- street, 'Westminster, to surrender - Jam 26, at half=pasE two, and March 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-build ings, Moorgate-street; Mardon and Prichard, Christ church-chambers, Newgate-street. John Brown, cheesemonger, John-street, Edgeware toad, Jan. 27 and March 3, at one, at the Court of Bauka uptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Parker, St. Paul's-churchyard. David Duthoit, upholsterer, Moorgate-street, City, Jun. 27, at twelve, and March: 3; it half-past twelve , at the Coen of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingh-ril-street; Chid, ley, G u ildhall-chambers, Basing -. hail street. ' Job.n Apsrian Rodolph Deere, lithographer, White.._ Cottages," flomertoii, Middlesex , J an. 25, at two, antt. - eMo res 3, at, one; at the Court of Ba nkru p tc y . Belcher, ofrira cia'ssignee; Hensinaan, Basing-lane, City. 4 4osepie Rhoades, grocer, Mitcham, Surrey,Jap.2B, at twelve, and Feb. 3, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Waring, White Lion ' court, Coruhill; Mitcham, Surrey. • George Marsh and Ed ward Kirk Marsh, drapers, Car naby-street, Golden - sq uare, Jan. 27 and March 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, o fficial asie ' nee; Ashurst and Son, Cneapside. Ed ward Weddell and Joseph Edward Shelton, book sellers, i3ridge- place, City-road, Jan. 25, at half-past twelve, and March 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Tomlins, Barnard's Inn, Holborn. Jura& s Bell, fish factor, Lower Thames-street, Jan. 24, at two, and Feb. 29, at half-past eleven, at the Court .of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guild hall Chambers, Basinghall-street; Elmslie and Co., Moorgate-street. Alexander Warrand, money scrivener, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, Jan. 25, at one, and Feb. 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Reap son, Bucklersbury. James Mainer, saddler, Southampton, Jan. 24, at one, and Feb. 28, at half:past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall -cham bers ; Burkitt, Curriers'-hall, London-wall. George Clay, woollen warehouseman, Queen -street, Cheapside, Jan. 28, at half past twelve, and March 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Gale, Basinghall-street. William Spencer Clarke, printer, Dorking, Surrey, Jan. 28, at two, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Waugh, St. James's-street, Bedford-row. Frederick Pinder, tanner, Bishop's Stortford, Hertford shire, Jan. 28, at half-past two, and Feb. 26, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, offi cial assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Ring, Bread-street, Cheapside. John Binmore, coffee-house-keeper, Lower Brook street, Grosvenor-square, Feb. 1, at twelve, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court pf Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Davies, Son, and Campbell, Warwick street, Regent -street. James Rogers, oil and Italian warehouseman, Nor thumberland -street, Strand, Jan. 28, at two, and Feb. 2.5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Crosby and Co., Church-court, Old Jewry. Thomas Tullidge, brewer, Beaulieu, Hants, Feb. 1, at two, and Feb. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Paterson, Bouverio- street, Fleet-street. John Thompson, stone mason, Wells-row, Islington, Jan. 28 and Feb. 22, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Jaques, Edwards, Jaques, and Layton, Ely place, Holborn. Richard Goulding, cabinet maker, Gainaborough, Lincolnshire, Feb. 9, and March 1, _ste ten, at the Leeds District Court. Stansfeld, official assignee, Hull ; Scott and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Plaskett, Gains borough. John Mawson, druggist, RUncorn, Cheshire, Jan. 29 and Feb. 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, officicial assignee, Manchester ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple ; Christian and Jones, Liverpool. Joseph-John Moody, cotton doubler, Stockport, Jan. 27, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. James Anning White, draper, Stockland, Devonshire, Fele .1 and 29, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. llernuman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter; lieddell and Ce., Lime-street, London. Joseph Yates Ashton, builder, Liverpool, Feb. 1 and 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Case ' noee, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Adams, Old Jewry Chambers, London ; Pemberton, Liverpool. Joseph Sidebottom, plumber, Derby, Jan. 28, and March 3, at elm", at the Birmingham District Court. Bitleston, offieW **Knee, Nottingham ; Whiston and Sons, Derby; Bewley, Nottingham. John Meads, grocer, Nottingham, Jan. 28 ,and March a; eleven, atibe Birmingham District Court. Bittle ,eflicialitssige7iee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham John Leyshon, - ship-builder, New-dock, Carmarthen shire, February 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Grove. Llanelly. Edwin Whitehall, watchmaker, Newport, Monmouth shire, Feb. 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Philpotts, Newport. Jams Stockham, licensed victualler, Bristol, Jan. 31, and F,-b. 29, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Trevor and Sons, Bridgewater. John Wilson, jun., timber merchant, Ogle, Northum berland, Feb. 7, at half-past ten, and Feb. 29, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wak ley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Cheapside, London DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. IT. EP'ington, Maida-hill East, chemist and druggist, Feb. 8, at one-J. Gray, West Smithfield, saddler, Feb. 8, at twelve. In the Country. G. Shuffiebottom, Macclesfield, coach builder, Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. England, Bath, grocer, Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—C. Curme, Hilperton, Wiltshire, common brewer, Feb. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—N. J. Reid, Marlbo eour,h, common brewer, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol —J. Broadbent, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, woollen ~: nu facturer, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds— T. .gnraclough, Halifax, Yorkshire, woollen cloth ma nufacturer, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—T. Jackson, Halifax, Yorkshire, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Coert, heeds—J. Wilkinson and Z. Wilkinson, Brad lord, Y rkshire, worsted stuff manufacturers, Feb. 22, at n, at the Court, Leds—L. A. V. Rudolphi, Sunder lend, general merchat t, TO. 8, at twelve, at the Court, ewcastke up in-'Tyne—H. Wanstall, Durham, grocer, Feb 8. et one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne— W. D Hay, Newcastle upon-Tyne, bread and biscuit baker, Feb. 10, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—T. Bowser, Morpeth, Northumberland, linen deeper, F.b. 10, at half-past one, at the Court, New. caste)-tipon-Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. T. Pye, King's-road, Chelsea, timber and coal mer chant, is. 4d., on Monday, Jan. 24, and two following Mondays, between th , ‘ hours of eleven and three, at the fence of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. W hinney, Panton-street, Haymarket, licensed eictmAller , Is. 2d., on Monday, Jan. 24, and two follow ing Mo:idays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. J. Reay and J. R. Reay, Mark-lane, wine merchants, 3d., an y Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Ald erman b u ry. Mark-lane, wine merchant, 3d., any Satur aa.y, between the , hours of eleven and two, at the office o f M. Green, Aldermanbury. T.pejr On, Warw ic7c-court, Holborn, money scrivener, is. 6 ,1 . , any Saturday, between flit) hours of eleven and ew,,, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. I'. tawrow e, Reading, Berkshire, draper, 4id., any u • , coal and Saturday, between the . .hourasnobf eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Id ak W er h m arf, me two corn me the hoursammo with' and of eleven and following Mondays, between three, at the o ffice of Mr. Cennati,,n garden, 2s. 6d., on garden, 2s. Ci ty. J. Kirkland , N ew-street o.etbllotwthinegoffiMcoenodfamysr,. Cannan,between t M he ll' h ri o a t?; ' s 'l o a f t e L 2lev4enaand w and tw o at Birchin-lane, City. n. 24, and tw o following Saturdays, bt9',ween the h ours of serivener, 1., on Monday, J H. J. Sellars , Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire , money office Of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, iy. aeleve C n t a nd three, at the IDs chant, 6 d. , on J. Marshall, Birchin-lane , C it y , Saturday, Jan. 15, and two following Wednesdays, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of M r. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, City. W. Dicken, Brentford-end, Isleworth, grocer and 6eosemonger, 2s. 6d., on Wednesday, Jan. 19, a nd three follcrwing Wedne s d ays , b etween t h e h our s of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers , City. w. Osborn, jun., St. James's-street, Piccadilly, sil versmith and jeweller, lid., any Saturday, between the bourn of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. H. C. Broom, Lawrance Pountney-hill, City, grocer, a ny Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office - of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury, A. gr on stall, Bristol, merchant, ss. 2d., on Wednesday, Jan. 19, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the boars of Weir() and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman, 1 3ristol. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. N. Butcher, Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill, cap manufacturer, ,Feb. 8, at eleven—J. Craraond, Lime. reet, City, ship b r oker, Feb. 4, at half-past twelve— It Cmell Feb. 10, at 0. Evans, Grove - a: l e, aberw *mho—B. Mayhew' linci F. Sum, , Broml surgeon, ey New Town, • . 1 :::s; "I TIIE olevcn—j. Qno---3".:J , :nps and Feb; IL.: toT ; comm.:' , r, .br• - wets, Feb. 9 , E4ewvt.‘-r , ~ tationer, Alice Brt - Ayr Shoredite' In the Country. J. Ashcroft, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, timber breker, at the Court, Liverpool, Feb. 8, at eleven—J. Bates, Leeds, share broker, at the Court, Leeds, Feb. 22, at eleven—R. Scholes,_Bury, Lancashire, grocer, at the Court, Manchester, Feb. 8, at twelve—F. Smith, Man chester, innkeeper, at the Court, Manchester, Feb. 10, at eleven—G. Bradford, Bridport, Dorsetshire, baker, at the Cc:tun, Exeter, Feb. 15, at eleven. At the Court'of Review, Feb. 8. P. W. Smith, Bristol, currier—J. Lee, Coventry, watch manufacturer—T. G. Brownsmith. Bedford-street, Covent-garden, tringe manufacturer —H. C. Timpson, Woolwich, surgeon — W. H. Gratrix, Nuneaton, War wickshire, silk manufacturer —G. Sandeman, York street, Southwark, ironmonger—T. Moore, Tipton. Staffordshire. grocer—R. W. Sampson, Sheffield, wholesale spirit Hamp shire, tailor— J. Jones , Basingstoke, merchants —Mary Warburton, Freetown in Bury, Lan cashire, hat manufacturer —A. Linley, Sheffield, sheep shear and cut nail manufacturer—J. Kirkland, New street, Covent-garden, grocer—H. Brewer, Great W either's-, Essex, draper—R. Hutchinson, Jewry-street, Aldgate, leather seller. tPARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Jane Dodgshon, W. Hayhurst, Agnes Hayhurst, and Ann — Hayhurst, Milnthorpe, Westmorland, drapers— T. Myerscough, J. Steele, and J. Ferguson, Man chester, counterpane manufacturers (so far as regards the said J. Fergusorf)—J. Worley, W. G. Ireland, and -B. Worley, Philpot-lane, ship agents—J. Worley acid B. Worley, Philpat T lane, ship agents—J. D. Hass and J. C. Moore, Chancery-lane, translators—J. H. Balfour, and C. E. Moreton, Railway-place, ship agents—J. Hughes, E. Hughes, J. Hughes, and T. Ward, Man chester and New York, merchants, (as far as regards the said J. Haghes)—J. Smallpage, J. Lord, and N. Smallpage, Burnley and Haberghans Eaves, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—W. T. Moule and R. Makin, Liver pool, insurance brokers—A. Duke and A. Duke, Chichester, surgeons—G. Goble and J. E. Bennison, Stockwell, Surrey, coach builders—W. Arthur and H. Eider', Blackburn, Lancashire, leather cutters—D. Haughton and J. Haughton, Chorley and Blackburn, Lancashire, iron and brass founders—G. Graham and J. Hartley, Whitehaven, Cumberland, mercers—l. Ben jamin, G. Benjamin, and S. Benjamin, Montreal and Quebec, dry goods merchants (as far as regards the said I Benjamin)—G. Kent and E. J. Talbot, Falcon-square —W. Eagles and J. Grattidge, Birmingham, gun implement makers—J. Smith and J. Righton, Wal brook, auctioneers—T. Surr, W. Bradley, E. Conder, and J. Thorn, Queen -street, Chearsisie, eeffee merchants —H. Birch and P. Deacon, Strarieridge Lancashire, tin plate workers — W. H. Neale and C. Neale, Rumford, Essex, butchers—A. Roper, S. Tetley, J. Roper, and T. Roper, Bradford, Yorkshlte, woolstaplers—J. Cooper and H. Lister, Manchester, joiners—C. Kohler and H. Schmidt, Dublin, and Clifford -street, Bond. street, tailors —J. Anderson and J. Fostor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, millers—R. Boyne and B. seamell, Hatton-garden, tobacco manufacturers—G. Rowe, J. Lee, E. Lloyd, and D. R. Newell, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Bays-hill Estate Company (as far as regards the Isaid D. R. New all)—J. Wilson and T. Wilson, cross-hills, linendrapers —E. Edye and lE. Farmer, Montgomery, attorneys—J. Fowler and T. Fowler, Totnes, Devonshire, railway contractors—J. Browne, C. Wilson, and W. Kingdon, Bedford row, attorneys (as far as regards the said C. Wilson)—J. Russell, J. Douglas, W. Douglas; J. Law, and R. Thomson Bradford, Yorkshire, stuff merchants (as far as regards the said J. Douglas)—W. Wright, A. Large, and W. Lottimer, New York and Nottingham, merchants (as far as regards the said W. Wright). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Catharine Parkinson, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, St. Marylebone, teacher of music. Thomas Cook, Liverpool, grocer. James Gutheridge, Liverpool, licensed victualler. John Rasbridge, Merthyr Tydfil, rail striker. Henry Isaac Neild, Worthing, Sussex, attorney. Jacob Grigg, Treneath, Cornwall, farmer. William Searlei tansallos, Cornwall, innkeeper. George Downes, Sheffield. William Powell, Sheffield, saw handle makes. Septimus Godbeher, Sheffield Moor, Yorkshire, edge tool forger. Henry Andrews, Amersham Common, Buckinghamshire, brick maker. John Stockwell, Dudbridge, Gloucestershire, baker. George Horwood, King Stanley, Gloucestershire. James Edwin Davis, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Charles Robert Lee, Ensham, Oxfordshire, farming bailiff. John Sewell Johnson, King's Lynn, Norfolk, pastry cook. Thomas Moody, Brighton, boot and shoe maker. William Francis Boyer, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, beerseller. William Holmesby, Maidstone, beerseller. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Cairns, Glasgow, clothier, to meet within the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow, Jan.. 24, and Feb. 14, at one. D. Robertson, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the Albert Tavern, Glasgow, Jan. 24, and Feb. 21, at two. J. L. Blaikie, Glasgow, publisher, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 21, and Feb. 11, at two. J. M'Gregor, St. Andrew's, painter, to meet within the City Hotel, St. Andrew's, Jan. 25, and Feb. 15, at one. W. GrQig, Beady, innkeeper, to meet within the Inn of Thomas Mackenzie, Beauly, Jan. 26, and Feb. 16, at two. _ _ A. Christie, Crieff, ironmonger, to meet within the house of W. Ferguson, innkeeper, Odell, Jan. 26, and Feb. 23, at twelve. . _ _ J. aLd A. Deslie,'Edinburgh, 'victual dealer, to meet within the ißoyal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh, Jan. 24, and Feb. 26, at two. J. Taylor and Son, Peterhead, ship builders, to meet within the New Inn, Peterhead, Jan. 21, and Feb. 11, ai twelve. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 18.) Straws.—To-day importers of Raw Sugar manifested more firmness, and there was a falling off in the supply of all kinds at market. The home trade were desirous to do business, and there was likewise more inquiry from exporters. An improvement in the value of most kinds took place. All kinds of West India Muscovado ere in excellent request, both for the scale and refining purposes, whilst the rates obtained are 6d to is per cwt above those of Friday. The private sales amounted to 1,000 hhds, &c., and would have been upon a larger scale had holders taken last week's quotations. At public sale 102 hhds of Barbadoes went off with more briskness, and an advance on furmer rates of 8d per ewt. REFIriaD.--To-day the purchases in refined goods by the home trade were limited, and the progress of prices is downwards, brown grocery lumps selling at 535, and standard lumps 53s 6d to 545. Bonded Crush Sugar is dull of sale, and the best is offered at 30s per cwt. For Loaves there is less demand. FOREIGN.—To-day a fair amount of business was concluded privately iu Foreign Sugar, and in some cases stiffer rates were obtained, hut the demand was chiefly confined to grocers and refiners working under bond. None was submitted to public sale, and privately there is a less quantity on offer. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal met with little attention, and which was to be attributed to prices ruling above those current for other sorts of sugar. Of 3,542 bags offered at public sale a part only found buyers, yet full rates were obtained. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Mauritius Sugar, but privately several parcels were taken, and the rates obtained are rather above those that existed previously. The chief holders decline to sell for the present. COFFEE.—To-day there was more desire manifested to operate in Plantation Ceylon; holders insisting upon rather higher rates checked business. Of the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 116 casks 270 bags, a small part only found buyers. Native is more in de mand, and realises better prices, good ordinary selling at 32s 6d to 33s per curt. TEL—To-day the market was in a quiet state for Tea, but on the part of holders there is firmness, and full rates were obtained. For public sale on Thursday the quantity declared is 10,000 pkgs. SPIRITS.—To-day the market for Rum was firm, but there was a material falling off in the demand ; proof Leeward, however, could not be obtained under is 7d, and East India is 6il per gallon. RICE.—To-day there was no public sale of East India Rice, but the private purchases made were of little moment, still holders declined to take lower rates. SAGO.—The better qualities are more in request, and prices are firmer ; 30 boxes at public sale realising 25s to 26s for fine small white pearl. There are sellers of the lower kinds at previous reduced rates, but few buyers are to be met with, and 383 boxes at public sale taken in at 17s for middling small pearl. Arrow Root is in large supply, and must again be quoted a trifle cheaper. Of 170 pkgs offered at public sale, a small part only sold. FRUlT,—Raisins are wanted, and the stock being small prices rule firm, Valentin at 33s to 40s, and Denia in baskets 30s to 32s per cwt. Currants are less in re quest; holders, however, are firm, and insist upon late rates. The chief part of the stock of Fruit is of inferior quality, and out of condition. TALLOW.—The market for Russian has assumed a firmer appearance, and on the spot large purchases have been made by the town and country trade, whilst pries advanced to 46 6 to 46s 3d for fine P. Y. Candle. For deliv ery i n February and March, the operations more are upo n a m4osnsth9sd of f o 4 th 6 e s per c wt , but for e ex the e n laat three year few b uyers sea l s eat would accept 4la are to be found, whilst sellers als 6d. For home made the deni:lnd is more active t at 47s to 48s net cash, but there is a fair supply . ()Ll kin ds are in brisker request, and a rise in the value is apparent. et At public sale 174 p k gs of South American s old ca sks New South Wales, good and & ed to 52s 6d ; 790 fl an d middling 38s to 42s 6d • 253 cask of to 465, low ' P. Y. Candle stranded 43s litl to 44s 9d tof first sort er cwt. For auction 500 casks of Tallow are declared. Ons.—Southern has been much inquired' after, and stiffer rates have been offered, but the supply of all sorts i s scan ty. The rates paid have been 301. to 331, for good and fine, and 271. to 291. for common and middling. At auction 16 tuns of very ordinary dark went at 221. to 2.11. 103. In Cod many purchases have _ been made. Seal met with a t t ention, whilst on the . part o f and a good business has ._ bolut.7s_ there is firmness,publict sa l e 18 casks went been conciti,t' d • . ii i'i brown and yellow. Sperm at 241. 15s. to 261. . r .•—..f t md rates are well is wanted, and previous lai r - ---, At auction supported, while the supply is less plentiitu. 21 tuns fetched 801 to 82/ for good and tine quality, upon which terms several parcels have been sold privately. Cocoa Nut is broug ht more freely t o market, and a decline i n the g value is apparent, 277 packages of fine quality per cwt.in at Aphlie sale selling g 58s to 605 I wii4 Oil a good business has been nt ow, _LONDON, WEI_TA . ASiIIAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, ums pr,va..e ). At I ' bu t up in rather lower terms, and • lating to payments p Ln u o rpt d ir o t n in a g nd tohave keen made .r by - ' l 9; air , highest quotation. At public sale 65 t ons the p risoner to the Westminster Hank, 20 , for Tim', and at 27s 6 d to 28s per cwt for o n the 14th of July. .The gross amount of these pay ments was represented as 8401. 9s. .5d., including an g th o e od q consumption market continuesis still to Ne 1 1133 u s p a p t i l s ie fa d c , t rY• item of 5051. On the 3d of January last, the receipt In Rapeseed Oil the purchases may have been produced was handed to witness by the prisoner to upon a larger scale in conse q uence of holders accepting Glyn and Co., on acc o u nt of a r ailway company, and ra ther lower rates. For Linseed there is no imp rove included a 3 001 . note. The p ri soner had a desk at meat to notice in the value, notwithstanding t he lar g e Bank, and the papers therein had been handed to purchpes made by the home trade, and a fair expo rt d m e acie man , d a existing. ndthe elivlenrOielsivestislelveerxacleepdurcthheaseasahiavvaelsb, yeteen ttphhaeepesroloienitowrshifcohr the the pprroisseecnuetri,o being n e , h teget h together w pressed,itha prices do not improve. had given an account of defalcations to the extent of 7,0001. John Frazer, clerk in the London Joint-stock Bank, Pall-mall, produced a bill-book, containing an entry in his own hand-writing, dated the Bth July last, of the receipt of 3001., No. 74,255, Feb. 3d, 1847. On the 9th July there was another entry of a 1001., dated sth of January, 1847, No. 34,425. Also on the 12th of July, in the waste-book, of a 50/. note, dated May 6th, 1847, No. 20,838. And on the 13th, a further entry of the receipt of a 501. note, No. 34,713, dated Bth of October, 1846. Wit ness had examined the cash-paid books, and had ascer tained that none of these notes had been paid out of the Bank between the dates of their respective receipts and the 3d of January. John Stock, clerk at the bank of Glyn and Co., Lombard-street. —On the 10th of July witness re ceived 7691. Bs. 6d., on account of the Belfast and Ballymena Railway, and gave the receipt produced. Witness also received on the same day 121. 12s. 5d., on account of the Waterford Railway Company, for which he also gave a receipt. These payments were made in bank notes, amounting to 8001., and one of these notes was the 300/. Bank of England note, dated Feb. 3, 1847, deposed to by the last witness. The notes bad the name of " Wheeler" written upon them. Joseph Reese Adams, clerk in the issuing depart ment of the Bank of England, deposed that on the 16th of July the 1001. note, dated Jan. 5, 1847, was brought into the bank by Joseph Charles Ridge, Notting-hill, in London, and witness gave other notes in exchange for it. Richard Mullens, solicitor to the prosecution, deposed that on the 7th of January instant he received from Mr. Robinson, at the Joint-stock Bank in Pall-mall, a large number of papers which were taken from a desk in the bank; and among these papers was the receipt produced and a strip of paper, on which was written, in the prisoner's writing, an ac count of the notes referred to by the witness Frazer. Also an account between " Charles Wheeler, Esq., and J. C. Ridge." Robert E. Little, a stockbroker, of 11, Warnford court, Throgmorton-street, deposed that he knew a Mr. John C. Ridge, from whom he received 851. and 601. on the 14th of July last. It was paid to him in bank-notes, and were placed in Brown and Janson's bank, Abchurch lane. James Mee, clerk to Brown and Janson, proved the receipt, on the 14th of July, to the account of Mr. Little, a 501. note, No. 34,713; dated Bth Oc tober, 1836. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. HENRY then committed the prisoner for trial. SOUTHWARK. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 18. (Sittings is Banco.) NBW TRIALS. The Court gave judgment in the following cases this morning : JACKSON V. COLLINS. A rule. STEYRNS V. GRBENE. Rule refused. WILKINS V. WOOD. A rule. GEORGE V. THE MARQUIS OF CONYNGIIA.M. A rule. GALT V. RAYWORTU. Rule refused. - COLSON. A rule. PADWICIL V. BALDWIN. Rule refused. BAIL COURT, Jan. 18. AILLICL V. LLOYD. This was an action for a breach of contract. The plaintiff was a dealer in railway shares, and the defen pant a member of the firm of Lloyd and Co., bankers, Birmingham. In 1845, the defendant was the allottee and holder of a banker's receipt for 50 shares in the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company, which he sold through the instrumentality of a stock broker to the pkaintiff at par. The defendant, however, upon signing Ale contract deed neglected to hand over the scrip certificates to the plaintiff ; and the consequence was, the plaintiff,having sold the sharesat three- eighths premium, was compelled to purchase other 50 shares at the same premium, in order to be in a condition to complete the contract, and the present action was brought to recover from the defendant 121. 10s., the price at which be agreed to sell his fifty shares—the three-eighths premiumlwhich the plaintiff had paid on the second purchase, and the broker's commission for negotiating the purchase, the three items amounting in the whole to 341. For the defence it was contended, first, that the sale was not legal, inasmuch as at the time it was made the company was not completely registered ; and, secondly, that at the time the plaintiff made his second purchase the share certificates had not been issued, and therefore it was impossible the de fendant could deliver them. Evidence was adduced to prove that the certificates were not issued till subsequent to the..date of the second purchase, and that immediately after they were issued the defendant tendered his certificates, together with a deed of transfer, to the plaintiff, who refused to receive them. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said it was for the jury to decide whether the certificates were tendered within a reasonable time after they were issued. The jury decided in the affirmative, and The LEARNED JUDGE directed the verdict to be entered for the defendant, on the plea of illegality as well as upon the plea of tender. In the course of the morning Mr. Richardson, of the firm of Richardson and Son, provision merchants, Tooley-street, near London-bridge, attended before Mr. Cottingham to make a complaint of an alleged nuisance existing in the vaults under their pre mises. Applicant said, that for some weeks a horrible stench had arisen from the vaults underneath their premises, so much so that the health of themselves as well as the neighbours was much endangered. There were five vaults underneath the house, which are in possession of Mr. Fenning, of Fenning's wharf, but by him let to another person, who dealt in salt pork. Finding that the effluvia did not abate, but rather increased, he sent for his plumber, Mr. Brighton, of Tooley-street, who went and examined the vaults. They then found that the smell arose from barrels of diseased pork. The stench was sooverpowering from one of the vaults, that neither himself nor Mr. Brighton was able to enter it. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 18. (Sittings in Banco.) ENTWISLE AND OTHERS V. DENT. The LORD CHIEF BARON gave judgment in this case. The Court considered that the verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed ought to be re duced ; but, instead of making the rule absolute, he thought it would be better fbr the parties to appear before the Judge and arrange as to what amount the verdict should be reduced. Sir F. KELLY suggested that the Court should settle Lhe amount, as that would avoid considerable (lifficu ty which might arise between the parties. The LORD CHIEF BARON thought that the Learned Counsel was only anticipating difficulties which might not arise. . Mr. COTTINGHAM—DO you really suspect that it is injurious ? Applicant—l do. The effluvium from the vaults is so great, that unless it is instantly re moved, there could be no telling to what extent their health may be injured. Mr. COTTINUHAM—By a recent Act of Parliament the magistrates have the power to remove such nui sances. But, in the first instance, you must apply to the parish officers, who will send two medical men to inspect the premises, and sign a certificate to that effect. They would then bring the occupier of the vaults before me, when I might order the nuisance to be instantly removed, or inflict a heavy penalty. I consider that it is a great pity you did not make com plaint before, as the nuisance might have been abated much sooner. The COURT would not interfere further in the matter, and declined to make the rule absolute. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. ELKPCOX. The COURT delivered judgment in this case. The question raised was, whether certain lands demised by will to trustees for the benefit of certain parties, which were either to be divided, in the discretion of the trustees, in certain portions to the respective parties, or be sold, and the proceeds thereof divided, was liable to pay the legacy duty. The Court were of opinion that the duty was payable, and the judg ment must, therefore, be for the Attorney-General. Applicant—l thought that it would have been abated, and that it was only temporary. Mr. COTTINGRAM—We hear the owner of the pre mises is highly respectable;: I should, however, like to have the occupier of the house before me, when I have no doubt he will consent to the removal of the nuisance. The Magistrate then directed Murray, one of the officers of the Court, to proceed to the premises with Mr. Richardson, and request the occupier of the vaults, to return with him. Murray then left the Court with Mr. Richardson, and in an hour's time returned with Mr. Fenning. The officer stated that he had examined the vaults, and as certained that there was no truth in Mr. Richardson's statement. He wanted that gentleman to attend with Mr. Fenning, but he positively refused. Mr. COTTINGHAII said that he WAS very much astonished that a respectable tradesman should come before him and make such a statement. He had actually said that he had employed his plumber to examine the premises, and that the effluvia from one of the vaults was so great that he dared not enter. He (the worthy Magistrate) believing that such was a fact, took the trouble to point out the Act of Par liament which gave him power to remove it. Mr. Fenning said that there certainly had existed for a short time a slight smell, which was caused by the removal of some barrels of pork, the brine of which had become sour, but he could assure the Magistrate that the meat was quite sweet and good. A tradesman, carrying on an extensive business as a pork and provision dealer, attended with Mr. Pen ning, and proved that the pork was sweet, although the brine was a little sour. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that from Mr. Richardson's absence it clearly showed that he was wrong. It was a great pity that he should come into a public court and make such an exposure, which, if it had gone forth uncontradicted, might have injured Mr. Fenning in the estimation of the public. He cer tainly must express his disapprobation of his conduct for making such an erroneous statement. _ _ Mr. Fenning thanked the magistrate and wit] drew. LAMBETH. Joseph Parnell, a little fellow, whore head did not reach the top of the bar of the felons' dock, in which he was placed, was charged with stealing eight sovereigns, belonging to his parents, and Sarah Walker, a middle-aged female, was also charged with receiving a part of the money, knowing it to have been sto!en, and further with unlawfully harbouring the child. _ _ From the statement of the mother of the youthful prisoner, which was corroborated by himself, it ap peared that on the sth inst. her son absconded, taking with him eight sovereigns, which herself and husband had, wi:h the greatest care, saved, and- did not re turn until the day before. From questions she had put to the boy, she elicited that on the day he took the money he met a boy belonging to the female pri soner, end accompanied him home, and from that time until the day before she harboured him at her house. It also appeared that in order to disguise the boy, and prevent the police, who had been made acquainted with the robbery, from knowing him, the female prisoner had caused the long curly locks of the boy to be shorn off, and, further, purchased a suit of coarse slop clothes and a south-wester, so as to make his disguise perfect, but on finding that all his money was gone, she turned him out, and de sired him to go about his business. The poor woman, who seemed almost broken-hearted, said she had eleven other children, six of whom were younger than the prisoner, that she worked hard at ironing from morning till night; that her husband had also been obliged to work hard to support their large family; yet the fruits of many years' labour, and that which they had accumulated by sixpences and shil lings at a time, was now gone. The only defence set up by the female prisoner was that her boy had brought her fellow-prisoner home, when the latter said he had got no father or mother, and that the money was his own. Mr. ELLIOTT very much regretted the loss of the prosecutrix, and admitted the robbery was in her case, and, with so large a family, one of great hard ship. He remanded the prisoners until Monday next, but as the boy was so extremely young, only ten years, he, on the application of the mother, allowed Mint° go home to the day of examination. MoNwr-MslurnT.—The premium on gold at Paris is 13 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. lis. 10i61. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.47 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.621, it follows that gold is 0.60 per cent. dearer in Londoa Than in Paris. By advices frail Hamburgh the price of fold is 4341 per mark, which, at the English Mint price 17s. 100. per ounce fo'i standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.91 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.121, it follows that gold is 1.14 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at 'New York on London is 110 1 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows tbat the exchange is 1.18 per cent. in favour of England. _But, the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the in terest must be added to the above difference. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of public business, and to receive the return of the election of an alderman for the ward of Tower, io the room of M. Matthias Prime Lucas, deceased. The attorney in waiting stated the substance of the proceedings at the wardmote, which was, that Mr. T. Q. Finnis had been elected alderman unanimously. Alderman Finnis was then introduced by Mr. Simpson and Mr. Clark, and a number of the most respectable inhabitants of the ward, to the Court. Mr. SIMPSON said that he and his colleague came to the Court, accompanied by the elite of the ward of , Tower, who were interested in the business of the day. They regretted and condoled with the Court upon the death of Alderman Lucas, between whom and them it had pleased Providence to put an end to the connexion, and they now attended to introduce an individual well qualified to fill up the gap made by the loss of that able and efficient officer. The ward had, as was meet upon such an occasion, se lected one of the most eligible of its men in Mr. Finnis, than whom no man had ever been more unani mously chosen. He was a gentleman of good family and education, and fit in every respect to be the com panion of the aldermen of the City of London. He was one of the leading members of the trading com munity of the ward of Tower, which was so dis tinguished for its commercial respectability, and qualified by experience, and knowledge, and habits, and manners, to do credit to the choice of the electors. Mr. CLARK wished to add a few words to what had been said by Mr. Simpson. Nothing, he assured the Court, could have been more spontaneous and unani mous than the election of Mr. Finnis.—(Cheers.) He considered the cause of Mr. Finnis had grown up amongst them. They had seen him for 34 years rising amongst them, and distinguished for high moral integrity. Without moral integrity the per severing industry, the aptitude for business, and other qualities for which he was remarkable, would have been nothing ; but, possessed of all these, no man could do more credit to the situation which he had been elected to fill.—(Cheers.) Alderman Finnis was then sworn at the table, and all the usual formalities were gone through. The following gentlemen accompanied the new alderman on his presentation :—Mr. Deputy Selson and the common council of the ward, and the ward-clerk, Mr. Geddes Mackenzie Simpson (proposer), Mr. L Matthew Clark (seconder), Mr. Joseph Barton, Mr. Thomas Banning, Mr. John Ruck, sen., Mr. Thomas Bennett, Mr. James Hunt, the Rev. Mr. Letts, the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, Mr. R. B. Postal, Mr. Charles Skipper, Mr. Allen, Thomas Howell, Mr. Keeling, Mr. Barkley, and Mr. Farrow. STATE OF THE DEBTORS' PRISON. The sheriffs presented the following report of the Debtors' Prison : Men. Women. Total. Middlesex side - ... 127 ... 7 .. 134 Prison of Ludgate' ... 5 ... 0 .. 6 Poultry Ward . ... 19 .. 1 .. 20 Giltspur Ward ... 17 .. 0 .. 17 and after the transaction of some unimportant busi ness the Court adjourned. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 'We have received papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the Ist November. They bring no further news respecting th(l surrender of Sandilla than that of the 20th December. We take the following from the Cape Frontier Times of October 26 : " There is no intelligence from the front, except that the troops would cross the K2i in a few days, on their errand to Kreili and Pato. _ " We understand that Mr. J. H. Delport, com mandant, will be at Fort Beaufort on the Ist of No vember, with a considerable number of Dutch farmers, for the purpose of co-operating with the troops ih the lei expedition. Mr. Delport has had assurances of ,upport from several districts, but he fears that in consequence of a report that, now that Saudilla was taken, no further movement would be made by the Government until the arrival of Colonel Smith, fewer persons will muster than would otherwise have been the case. " The so-called rebel chief Sandilla was escorted to Graham's Town on Sunday afternoon by a detach ment of dragoons under command of Captain Bisset. lie was accompanied by one of his brothers and some councillors—in all twelve people—who are confined in a detached building situated in the Drostdy field. When it was explained to him that an attempt to escape might bring death upon him, he coolly asked, ' Why he should attempt to escape when he had vo luntarily surrendered himself ?' " The following memorandum is published in the Cape papers : " H. M. HIGH COMMISSIONER AND MR. PRETORIUS. " GOVERNMENT NOTICE.—Her Majesty's High Commissioner, &c., is pleased to direct the publication of the annexed memorandum, which has been this day sent to A. W. Pretorius, Esq., in reply to a letter addressed by that gentleman to his Excellency, on the affairs of Natal and the north-eastern frontier. (By order) " RICHARD WOOSNAM. " Graham's Town, Oct. 21, 1847. " MEMORANDUM.—I have read Mr. Pretorius' letter and its accompaniments with attention. The perusal of these has only strengthened the resolution I had previously formed of not attempting to inves tigate the matters to which they relate. " 4 1 am indeed surprised that Mr. Pretorius, who is evidently a gentleman of great good sense and strong reasoning power, should have imagined that such a step was possible in my present position. He, and every one else who choose, to think about it, must know that my duties as Governor of this colony, and her Majesty's High Commissioner, are so onerous at the present time, that it is only by exertions which few men either could or would make that I can get through them; and, therefore, to add to those duties such an inquiry (admitting I saw ground for it), as Mr. Pretorius' letter called for, would be perfect mockery. Besides this 'primary, and in my eyes sufficient reason, it is now understood that I am shortly to leave this colony, and therefore I should deem it to be only delicate and proper to leave a mat • ter of this serious nature, which must occupy mo n th s in references, Ste., to the discretion of my successor. " I observe that Mr. Pretorius strongly urges the necessity for the inquiry not being ex parte. I should be glad to know how it could possibly be otherwise at this time. Mr. West is not on the spot to explain his views, and even his dispatches, written since my arrival, have been sent to Cape Town. Moreover, I have had no time to look narrowly into what hap pened at Natal before I came to the colony. " 4 I have had dispatches from the Lieutenant- Governor of so late a date as the 27th last month, and am able to detect from memory some important discrepancies between their contents and what is set forth by Mr. Pretorius, especially regarding Panda's convention with the emigrant Boers and others. I do not mean to insinuate that Mr. Pretorius has in tentionally distorted facts, but were I to give implicit belief to his statements, I should be obliged to acknowledge, at least tacitly, that I doubted those of his bonnier the Lieutenant-Governor. "'I however ascribe those discrepancies chiefly to differences of opinion. Mr. West does not at all wish to conceal his policy. He writes to me as he proclaims to the world, and all his acts and measures `are specially submitted to her Majesty's Government. %Ir. Pretorius must know, from his practical acquaint ance with the nature of all Governments, that, even supposing I saw cause for doing so, I could not set Mr. West's acts aside without calling for his rea sons. He may be quite right, though I may differ from him. Look at the discordant, and, in many cases, absurd views and opinions entertained and put forth in this colony respecting the Kafir war. One adviser recommends the immediate demand of the surrender of all the Kafir chiefs (from whom is not stated), and their being sent to St. Helena, as state prisoners. Another suggests my treating the Kafirs as Lord Hardinge did the Seikhs (a nation with a standing army of 100,000 men, and and a revenue of six or seven millions of pounds sterling), and sub stituting the word cattle for rupees, in other terms requiring them to pay 1,500,000 head of cattle. A third advises my taking possession of all the country as far as Delogoa Bay, and a fourth confines himself' to extending that conquest so as to include Natal, and the expulsion or extermination of all the present native population. " 'ladduce these recent instances to show how men allow their judgment to be carried away by a favourite theory. I am far from meaning to apply those instances to Mr. Pretorius personally, but he has his plan and so has Mr. West, and no one can or should hastily pronounce on them. " If Mr. Pietorius wishes it, I will send copies of his papers to her Majesty's Secretary of State, and also to his honour the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal. They will of course be put into the hands of my successor. _ " see Mr. Pretorious complains of my declining to see him. I think he will be convinced, when he reads this paper, that my doing so would have been of no use. I cannot devote time to personal interviews, and, besides, it has been a rule with me through a long public life, that written communications are to be preferred, as utterly obviating misunderstandings. In no part of the globe is that rule more necessary than in the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. " With respect to the complaints of the emigrant Boers, and other persons residing beyond the north eastern frontier, I may remark that I had long de tertnined to visit, the moment my other duties would allow me, that part of the country, for the purpose of inquiring personally into the conflicting accounts and contradictory statements which are contained in the voluminous papers transmitted to me from Cape Town, forming a very large volume, but of course this de termination is no longer feasible, and all I can do is to recommend the matter to the early attention of my successor. „, HENRY POTTINGER. ”‘ Graham's Town, Oct. 21, 1847.' " SOUTH AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, JAN. 18. By the Swordfish, Captain Green, we have advices from Rio de Janeiro to the 23d of November, Bahia to the 30th of November, and Pernambuco to the 27th of Decenaher. Exchange on England at Rio, 27i to 271. The screw steam-ship Antelope arrived at Bahia on the 27th of November, after a passage of 31 days. . _ EXPORTS. PERNAMBUCO, DEC. 26, 1847.- Cotton--Our market h is been tolerably well supplied of late, and in consequence of the continued disastrous accounts from home, prices have fallen to our present quota• tions, at which the article seems to be in some re quest. First quality, 5,200 r. to 5,300 r. per arroba, or 51d. to sp. per lb. --on board, including 5 per cent. commission, ex freight, and exchange, 27d. Sugar-No sugars of the old crop left ; the supply of new in bags increases daily, but of cases the arri vals are yet small. The price of whites in bags opened at 2,280 r. to 2,300 r. per arroba for common assortments; muscovadoes, at 1,750 r. to 1,700 r. per arroba; cases, whites, at I,ooor. to 900 r. perarroba above ferro ; muscovadoes, at 900 r. to 800 r. per arroba. New cases , whites, 900 r. per arroba above Ferro, in usual assortments, and according to quality, equal to 19s. Gd. per cwt.; muscovadoes, 800 r. per arroba, equal to 13s. 2d. per cwt.; barrels and bags, whites, firsts to seconds alone, 2,400 r. to 2,500 r. per arroba, equal to 21s. Id. to 235. per cwt. ; ditto, common as sortments, 2,300 r. p e r arroba, equal to 21s. 2d. per cwt. ; ditto, low white s , 1,950 r. to 2,000 per arroba, equal to 18s. to 18s. Gd. per cwt.; ditto, superior muscovadoes or y e ll ows, 1,700 r. per arroba, equal to 15s. 9d. per cw t. ; ditto, muscovadoes , average quality, 1,600 r. t o 1,550 r. per arroba , equal to 14s. 10d. to 14s. 4d. per cwt.; ditto, muscovadoes, ordinary, 1,500 r. per arroba, equal to 133. 11d.-per cwt.--on board, including five per cent. commission, ex freight, and exchange, 27d. At our quotations of to-day there are still buyers, as several cargoes have yet to be completed before the Christmas holidays. In January we shall most probably see lower prices, and more particularly so if no better accounts are ro ceived from Europe by the December packet. Hides-Dry salted continue in little request, some small lots have been purchased for the Mediterranean during the last few days at 102 r. to 105 r. per lb. ' dry salted, 150 r. per lb., equal to 41. per cwt., on board, including 5 per cent. commission. Rum-22 per cent., 42,000 r. to 45,000 r. per pipe on board, including 5 per cent. comminion. Exchange on London, 27d, Freights-Cotton to Liverpool, and 5 per cent. ler lb. ; anger ballast, 30 s. and 5 per cent. for cases, 5 per cent. less for bags. Two first-class English vessels have obtained 50s. to 515., and 5 per cent. for sugar in bags, 15 per cent. higher for cases, to dis charge at a port in the United Kingdom, additi ona l rates if sent to the Continent. For Trieste the rate is 1/. to 3/. 3s. and 5 per cent. for bags, 15 per cent. higher for cases. There a re on ly one or tw o disen gagedcet vessels in port, Exchange had advanced to 28d., at which it was firm, and would no doubt have gone higher; but ow ing to the accounts from England, it has receded to 270. to 27d., closing at the latter rate by the present opportunity. With the least more cheering accounts from home, it would, we think, again advance, as money is by no means abundant, and will be much wanted next month. Dollars.—Brazilian, 1,960 r. to 1,980 r. each ; Mexican, 1,820 r. to I,ii4Or. each ; Spanish, 1,920 r . to 1,940 r . each. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. WALESBY and a Bench of Magistrates.) The January adjourned sessions commenced yes terday at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Walesby, who presided in the absence of the Assistant Judge. The calendar contained the names of 96 prisoners fur trial, 25 of whom stood charged with felony, and 11 with misdemeanour. Only two of the whole calendar were described as being able to read and write well, 39 were imper fectly instructed in these acquirements, 15 could read only, and 38 were destitute of both. The Grand Jury having been sworn, the Learned Chairman addressed them briefly on the nature of their duties, and they then returned to thier room. John Poole, John Smith, John Barrett, Thomas Williams, James Johnson, and Thomas Miles, railway labourers, were indicted for stealing a loaf of bread, value 31d., the property of Charles Butler. Poole and Smith pleaded guilty. The prosecutor clearly proved the fact with respect to Smith and Poole, whom he said came right into his shop, 64, Marylebone-lane ; Poole took the loaf, and immediately joined the other four prisoners, who were waiting outside the door. These men, however, denied that they had any knowledge of the theft. The Learned CHAIRMAN, in laying the case before the jury, said that it was a most painful spectacle to see six men reduced to such a state of distress as to be compelled to take 3id. worth of bread to appease the cravings of nature. There was no doubt that they were hungry, and he repeated, that it was la mentable to think that in London, where so much wealth existed, and where luxuries of every descrip tion abounded, these poor men should be driven by want to commit crime. A case came under his notice as a visiting justice of the Westminster House of Correction, in which a poor man was convicted of a similar offence. He was at once admitted into the infirmary in consequence of his exhausted condition. He had not, however, remained there long when he died. A coroner's jury was summoned to inquire into the cause of death, and they brought in a ver dict, " Death by starvation." The offence with which he was convicted was for taking a loaf of bread. This, he said, was enough to make one's heart bleed, and he would not trespass on the jury with these observations but for the purpose of calling the public attention to the matter through the me dium of the press. They did not sit there to admi nister justice only, but to listen to the voice of humanity, as well as for the protection of the public. - The jury found them Guilty, but strongly recom. mended them to mercy. _ _ The Learned CHAIR - MAN then said the worst feature in the case was the fact of their going about in parties of four and six, to the terror of the peaceable in habitants. Such proceedings must be suppressed, because if they were in want of bread they could have applied to the proper place for administrating relief to those in want. One of the prisoners hereupon said that they had been wandering about for two days without tasting a morsel of food, and soaked through with rain. They had been taken to the Marylebone police station by a policeman, but they were told there that there was only one relief ticket for disposal. The Learned CHAIRMAN said this was not the first time he bad heard charges of this sort made by pri soners, but which were afterwards found to be in correct and unfounded. It was, therefore, necessary that these charges should be made public whenever they were made in open Court. He then said that the Court would take into consideration the recom mendation of the jury, but nevertheless it could not deviate from that course most consistent with its duty. Justice as well as mercy should be exercised, and they must be taught that whatever was the state of destitution to which they were reduced, that they were not to seek or obtain relief by illegal means. The sen tence on each was one month's imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Charles Wheeler, a clerk in the Lonclon Joint-stock Bank, Pall-mall, was placed at the bar for further examination, charged with stealing a 5001. note, a 300/. note, another 5001. note, and several other large sums, belonging to his employers. - Mr. Mullens attended as before for , the prosecu tion ; and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prisoner. Charles Buttlar, clerk to the London and Westmin ster Bank, in St. James's-square, depos4Vaat on the 14th of July last he presented a charge at the London Joint-stock Bank, in Pall-mall, amounting to about 3401. 9s. sd. He had no draft to the amount of 505/. on that day. Mr. Robinson, clerk in the Western Branch of the London Joint-stock Bank, repeated his former evi 7e. that the prisoner was a clerk in that establish ment from to January last ; it being his duty to pay and receive moneys aer:,‘!4 the counter and keep aecountsiof the same in his cash books. There were certain entries in theselbooks of certain amounts re- Total ... " The Governor respectfully reports to your wor shipful Court that the average number of commit ments for the past quarter are about the same as the preceding one. The new regulations recommended by the Secretary of State, and ordered to be carried out in the Debtors' Prison by the Court of Aldermen, will in time produce much benefit, inasmuch as that the certainty of fraud being now marked and pu nished may have a salutary effect in checking it, and will show that the law makes a distinction between the fraudulent debtor and one who from misfortune is obliged to seek protection in the Insolvent Debtors' Court." TUB LATE MURDERER SALE. Alderman WILSON wished to be informed by the Sheriffs why a custom which had been observed for some years in the gaol of Newgate had been departed from in the case of Sale and M'Coy. It appeared that the former had endeavoured, in the prison, to murder M'Coy and one of the gaolers, and if the cus tom to which he alluded, of appointing two men to watch each person convicted of murder night and day, had been adhered to in that instance, no such despe rate attempt could have been made. Mr. Sheriff HILL satisfactorily answered the ques tion. The object of placing two men to watch a person convicted of murder was not to protect others from the prisoner's violence, but to prevent him from laying violent hands upon himself. It was not sup posed for a moment by any of the experienced officers about the prison that anything of the kind was con templated by Sale or M'Coy, and the means of pre vention were considered quite unnecessary. It was the custom, he believed, to place keepers over con victs of such crime after the day of execution wa , fixed, but not until then; and the attack described had taken place before the appointment of that day.— (Hear.) The Sheriff exonerated every one of the officials of the prison from the slightest blame upon the occasion; and he expressed his wish that the au thority of the Sheriffs and the visiting magistrates were more nicely defined than it appeared to be. Alderman WILSON said the answer of the Sheriff was quite satisfactory. He thought that what had taken place showed how necessary it was to appoint keepers to watch persons convicted of murder from the very moment of conviction, and he should move that an order be made accordingly, that the practice be adhered to inviolably.—Agreed to. ELECTION PETITION. The Court having been informed that Mr. Joseph Arnold had withdrawn his petition against the elec tion and return of Mr: W. Chadwick as one of the Common Councilmen for the ward of Bridge, Sir C. MARSHALL said it was necessary to provide some remedy against such trouble and inconvenience 4s were produced by such a proceeding, and requested to know the Recorder's opinion upon the subject. The RECORDER said, it would have been more regular and respectful in the petitioner if he had attended at the bar of the court and asked permission to withdraw his petition • as it was, it would be advisable in the Court to dismiss the petition at once. Petition dismissed. CITY SEWERS BILL. Alderman CHALLIS brought up the report of the committee on conferring with the Commissioners of Sewers on the Sewers Bill. It stated that the mat ters upon which it was supposed there would have been a disagreement between the two Courts had been accommodated in the conference.—(Hear, hear.) He informed the Court that everything that appeared to be likely to be rugged had been made smooth upon the meeting of the deputation with the Aldermen. TUB ORDINART ' S REPORT. The report from the Gaol Committee stated that the ordinary's report on the state of the gaol of New gate had been satisfactory, and was calculated to be ; but the committee recommended that the attention of the ordinary might be drawn to the sta tistical condition of the prisoners, with a view to classification.—The report was agreed to. STEAM-VESSEL MODEL. A report of the General Purposes Committee was brought up " upon the inspection of Captain Smith's model for ascertaining the number of passengers on board steam-vessels." It stated that the plan was ingenious ; but, in the opinion of the committee, not exactly adapted to the purpose intende I. THE CITY ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. Alderman n lllUSGsovE had gi ven notice of the fol lowing motion :—" For leave to bring in the Bill to extend the elective franchise for Aldermen and Corn m'on Councilmen of the City to every person being a freeman of London, renting and occupying, for a period of twelve months, a dwelling-house, warehouse, counting-house, office, chambers, or other premises within the ward, as a yearly tenant, at the annual rent of 101 and upwards." He had, he said, since he had given that notice, lent the subject the closest attention ; but after having searched the records and consulted the law officers, he had not. received the greatest encouragement to proceed in the course he had intended. A committee of the Corporation had, it would be recollected, some time ago ad vised that the elective franchise should be ex . tended to all persons rated to the ward-rates, and rented at 101. a year and upwards ; and the object was, to have a Bill to that effect originated in the Court of Aldermen. It appeared, however, upon reference to the 11th of George 1., that there were objections to the project not to be overcome in the opinion of the law authorities, and it necessarily fell to the ground. The Alderman then alluded to the number of persons in his ward (Broad-street Ward), of high respecta bility, and possessing large property, paying from 1001. to 2001. a year each, and yet denied the privilege of voting at corporate elections. lie observed upon the absurdity of allowing such a syste m of exclusion to exist. In the ward of Broad-street there were upwards of 900 freemen, a nd yet e had been elected by 150 constituen ts. In Bas sishaw and Cripplegate similar anomalies existed. Under such circumstances it was incumbent upon the Court to make some effort for the extension of the franchise. As he had in the course of his researches been dis couraged from pursuing the motion of which he had given notice, he should move that the subject be re ferred to a committee, with instructions to consult the law officers as to the extent to which it would be practicable to increase the privilege. If the decision of that committee were unfavourable to the idea of the practicability of a change likely to satisfy the public,he shouldapplicattihoenn toParliament. without . hesitation propose an immediate con vinced that the Legislature would willingly lie wlaisstentoan application of the kind, and he would rather the proposition came from the Corporation itself than from the Administration.—(hear, hear.) He then moved for the committee. Alderman FINNIS seconded the motion in a few words, expressive of his opinion that the extension of the franchise would greatly add to the respectability of the Court, The question was then referred to a committee, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 18.—The Stromboli steam sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerc, awaits sailing orders at Spithead. Mr. Stone, mate of the Excellent, is appointed to her, completing her staff of officers. The Cuckoo steam• vessel, Commander Dumaresq, was swung to-day to try her compasses for local attraction, and lett this afternoon for Jersey. The quarterly examination of the artisans of this dockyard by Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8., Superin tendent, took place this afternoon. The object of this examination is to ascertain the fitness of the men in bodily health for further service with a view to superannuate those who are from age or infirmity incapable of sufficiently discharging their duties. The Nautilus, 8, Lieutenant-Commander Rivers, went out or harbour this afternoon, and sailed to resume her station on the coast of Sussex. Wind S.S.W., light breezes and fine weather, but with strong indications of a change for the worse.- 5 P.M. lIATIIAM, JAN. 18.—The Banshee Holyhead steam packet, commissioned by Mr. William Smithett, ar rived at Chatham at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, to be taken into dock and fitted for sea. The Meander, 44 guns, Captain Hon. Henry Kep pel, was towed from this port yesterday to the Norm by the Fearless steam-vessel. The Blossom Hospital ship which has been in use for some years in the quarantine service, Standgate creek, is ordered to this port, the vessel having been condemned as unfit for further service. The Worcester, 50 guns, is ordered from Sheerness to this place, to be taken into dock, and to be fitted with the screw. The Plover, Commander Moore, which has , been fitted for the expedition in quest of Sir John Frank lin's disccvery ship in the Arctic regions, which left Sheerness the Ist of this month, h as arrived at Devon port, and during her stay there the storeroom, where the crew's warm clothing is kept, was found to have been broken open and 69 fur skins stolen. Suspicion falling on the Sergeant of the Marines, who had taken temporary lodgings on shore, information was given to the police, when his lodgings were searched, and the whole number of skins was found concealed in the room. The sergeant was immediately placed under arrest, and will be tried by a court-martial. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EXAMINERS' COURTS ON STANDING ORDERS. COMMITTEE- Room, , RO.B::Before Mr. SMITH. The standing orders were declared to have been complied with at the sitting of the Court yesterday, in the following cases Leeds and fhirsk Railway (Harrogate and Pateley Branch)—Ditto (Branch from Melmerby to North allerton, and Junction with 'York and Newcastle) — Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Ossett Branch, and Dewsbury and Morley Stations)—Furness Rail• way—Londonderry and Enniskillen, for relinquish men of line between Omagh and Enniskillen—En largement of Londonderry station, and reduction and consolidation of capital—Londonderry and Coleraine (deviation of. line and amendment of Act)—Drum pelle Railway ; object, to extend period for construc tion, and to revise compulsory powers for purchase of land—Midland Railway (alteration of line, and branches near Wellingborough). The Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Deviation from Leamington to Warwick) is adjourned until Thuri , lay, on which day it will be proceeded with, should the decision of the Lord Chancellor on the main question at issue have been given. COMMITTEE•Room, No. 11.—Before Mr. MAY. Standing orders complied with: Edinburgh and Glasgow, Nos. 1 and 2, for alteration and increase of capital—Ditto and Glasgow and Airdrie amend. ments—Sailisbury and Yeovil, and Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, suspended Bills last session. Standing orders not complied with as regards references, &c.: Dunfermline and Queensferry Rail way, with a branch to Inverkeithing Harbour. THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. —We understand that there has been some subsiding, at one or two points of this line, where embankments had to be made over a mossy bottom, and that it will require some time to raise them up, and allow them properly to consolidate. In consequence of these impediments the opening of the railway for traffic has been post poned, and no definite day can yet be named; although, with the exceptions mentioned, everything is ready for working.—Caledonian Mercury. EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.---The portion from New Holland, opposite to Hull, to Louth, will be opened on the Ist March next. We believe the length is snore than 30 miles. The carriages (built by Mr. Williams, of Gray's Inn-road) are ready for delivery. A communication by the guard with the engine -man has been contrived, which is as simple as i twell can be. It consists of a string or cord passing through a tube along the upper part of the side of the several carriages of a train, from the guard's carriage to the engine; it is intended that it shall be connected with the whistle, so as to blow it when pulled, or with a bell. In order to pre vent the slackening of the cord between the carriages (where, of course, there is no tube), on their buffing, the rope is kept gently tightened by means of a spring, like the main spring of a watch, in the guard's room, at the end of the train. The spring necessarily is not sufficiently strong to pull the bell or blow the whistle, when called into action by buffing. Between each carriage the cord can be disconnected and fastened by a simple contrivance, in order that carriages may be added to or taken away from a train. It is scarcely so complicated as a common bell apparatus in a house.—Herepath%l Jour nal. The Journal de la Somme announces that the Amiens and Boulogne Railroad Company has applied to the Governtnent for a cencession of the road between Boulogne and Calais, whereby the two ports nearest the coast of England would be united in one line. The expense is estimated at 8,000,000 f. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JAN. 18, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues in the same firm state which it has for the last few days, and prices have been maintained. The sales are—Bristol and Exeter New Shares, 4% dis.—C4ledonian, 14 di s. —G reat Western, 'Quar ters, 2 1 4 p.—llitto, New 171. Shares, 1 7-16 p.—North Staffordshire, % p. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 18. STocK EXCHANGIL—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 16 East Lancashire, 21 1 / s —Edinhurgh and Glasgow, 44 Lancaster and Preston, Three-Quarter Shares, 7 p.—London and North-Western, 164—Ditto, Quarters, New, 5% p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1 4 P.— Osweatry, and Chester, 5% die. Midland, 114 1 / 2 —Ditto, Halves, 1% dis.— North Stafford sShoiurteli-ilasditser; S a h n r d ew D s o b v u e r r 3 , ' No. 4,1% dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B. Extensions), No. 2, 2: 1 4 p.—. Ditto, G. N. E. Purchase, 1% p.—York and North Midland, Preference, 7 p. MANCHESTER, JAN. 18. STOCK EXCEIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties. 16 c.— Hulderstield and Manchester Railway and Canal. Thirds, c. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire_ (West Riding Union), 2 15 -16 dia.—Ditto (P reston and. Wyre), Halves (B), 5-14 p.—Lond,n and North - Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (B), 4 c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1-16 p.—North Staffordshire, par — South-Eastern and Dover, 31 c.—Ditto, No. 4, 1 11.18 dia. JA. 8. STOCK EXCIIANGE L EE The a i les ar N e— 1 East Lancashire, New, 2/. 11s. dis.—Ditto, Quarteri, 18s. 6d. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 575. dis.—Leeds and Dews shury, 4r, t i n. dis.—Ditto, Halves, 555. n. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 151: t n. die. Ely and Huntingdon, 104 dis.-- Malton and Drdll44 Ju.iction, 4% dis.—North British, 2s. n. p.—Ditto, Extension, ls. 6d. dis.—North Stafford. shire, Is. 3d. p._so , uth-Easter n an d D over, No. 4, 1% dis.— South Yorksaire, Doncaster, and Goole, 2/ dis.—York and North Midland, Preference, 7 p. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 18. STOCK ExcuArkin.—The sales are—Leeds and Bradford, 931/2—North Staffordshire, 3s. 9d. P.—Shrewsbury and Bir mingham (A.), 31/4 die. ex int.—Ditto (B), 435. 9d. ex int. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The only sale was—Newcastle and Carlisle, 99;x. MILL, JAN. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are,—Ambergate, Notting him, and Boston, 7s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 44—North British, Thirds, la. p.—Shropshire Union, - 50s. dis. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at Grange, near Milnthorpe, Mrs. W. Hargreaves, of a daughter. On the 12th inst, at Denston Hall, Suffolk, the Lady Keane, of a daughter. On t he 14th inst., at Kensington, Mrg. John Forbes, of a son. On the 15th inst., at the Parsonage, Upton St. Leonard's, near Gloucester, the wife of the Rev. J. Clements, of a son. On the 15th inst., at Derby, Mrs. F. J. Jessopp, of a syn. On the 15th inst„ at Alarine-parade, Brighton, Mrs. F. George, of a (laughter, On the I Gth inst., at River-terrace, City-rostd, Mrs. Henry GriF!se.il, of a daughter. On the 17th itut., the lady of F. k'owell Buxton, Esq., of a daughter, MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at Minster, Shepy, Thomas Chandler, Esq., of th e Pier-heati, L9ndon-dock s , t p 9 Ann, only daughter of Rohort Edmeades, Esq., of Sheerness. At Sittingho urne , Kent, on DIE:4 the morning of the 9th inst. Helen, da ug ht er o f t h e lute Sir Alexander Jardine, Bart.,, Applegarth, Dumfriesshire. On the 13th inst., at K en il wort h , M rs. Parr, the widow of the late IZev, Dr. Samuel Parr, aged 82. On the 16th inst., in Montagu- place, Bryanston-square, Elizabeth, relict of the late W. Wheeler, Esq., aged 87. 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