The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-01 00:00:00

. , ----` • ` , . ..,, ~ "•.` - . -, - , r illiiiiilliWWWWW=- ' • ili F ilt•- , .... - . ._ 1 . _ THE SUN LONDON, ....________________l •• • MASTERS IN CHANCERY.. 7501. a year for loss of fees, which they had been in btrb . xbittton the habit of taking previous to the passing of that (From the Chronicle.) We have for some weeks abstained from further Act. No inquiry, however, appears to have been allusion to the notoriously scandalous state of the made as to the legality of those fees before the com- SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. offices of the M aster in Chancery, caused by the pensation was given them. The clerks also are now es , extreme age and physical infirmities of two of the in the receipt of fixed salaries; but the old fees are LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, existing Master s, because no dut y of the p ublic press still taken, and the amount paid over to the suitor s' IN BANKS, ASSUR AN C E, AND O T H ER COM is so painfu l as censure upon the incapacity of the fee fund; but whether all the money received for PANIES' STOCK. aged and infirm public officer. Influenced also by fees finds its way into that fund is a matter relative From the Official List, this feeling, we have refused insertion to several to which the report states some very interesting par- PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. l e tters sent to us for publication from legal practi- titulars, which will enable the public to form their tioners of eminence, detailing cases of grievous wrong own o p inion u p on the subject. It appears that when LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. to their clients caused by this crying abuse of the any documents are filed in the Master ' s Office the xorrirr-sTocir, RANKS. tenure of judicial office. It is, however, no secret solicitors on both sides are compelled to take office Dividend ) Amount now, indeed it is a matter of gossip in the robing-rooms Name of Company. per of 11 Paid. Price copies o f them, and which the clerk charges for at the A.MIUM. Share. of Westminster Hall, that one of the Masters in ques \-• . rate of 4d. a folio, though he never pays the stationer _ elfin is meditating an immediate resignation; and x s. d. 0 A s. d. , more than ld., and sometimes not even that. Of Australasia .........• 40 0 oj,0 j , 40 9 0 - rumour is equally rife on the chances of candidates course all the clerks ere extremely anxious that the t e rits le ti n Noqh American 5 8 1 1 . per cent . 50 0 0 i so 0 0 - for the vacant office when the octogenarian shall number of folios of which the office copies consist per per cent. cent. 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 f 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 k - have actually retired. Mr. Aglionby, before the shall be ascertained as correctly as possible before so y mener ' cial . * o • f "* L ' o ' n • d • o; 61: 51. per cent. 100 0 oi' 26 0 0 - adjournment of the House of Commons, gave they make their charge for them ; but in an office eolonial. . ........... Gloucestershire i.it....... .... .... :: 1 6 5 1. 1pe pe r r cent. . 23 0 , • ' 25 O 0 notice of motion for a return, " Showing the date where a great number of people are constantly going - of the appointment of each of the present Masters in in and out, the attention of the clerk is frequently Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 ! 20 0 0 - - distracted, so that he finds it quite impossible to count Ordinary in Chancery, with the annual amount of Lo p n d i t o t o n J - toin . t • •-• S . t • o • c • It ' : : : 12 0 0 61 p er cent. cent. 50 O 0 10 1 0 Had each of their respective salaries, and when paid ; the folios correctly. This appears to be the case in Provincialof Ireland.. 81: ri per cent. 100 0 0 25 11 0 3% all the Masters ' offices, and what is singular, though e D i itto, New......... 81. per cent. 10 0 o io o 0 - also, stating whether any and which of such pre the interruption alluded to frequently causes the folios N e a t . rr al e of et l , Le o lir i tt . g .. Si.l. perper c ee en nt. t. 1 5 00 0 o e 2 3 2 5 1g 0 8 - sent masters are under any and what Act or Acts of an d. to he over-counted, there is no instance on record, Ditto, New.• ••• • • - SI. per cent. 20 00'10 0 0 - ' Parliament entitled, upon retireme nt, to an y even on days when the office was more than usually South i A t us A tral tr ia aii .-.. - - 22 10 e -- tb0 tt L0 ... t . i5 ..... a . , :: .... 61. per cent. 26 0 0 25 II 0 - what retiring pension • and also, stating whether any thronged, of any clerk counting the number of folios - - 219 0 - and what Masters in ; and have, since the year less than they actually were. This extraordinary Vln on e adrid ..... Klett/ o f f il London. - 61. per sent . , 50 1 0 10 8 0 1174 1830, retired upon any and what retiring pension, circumstance is explained by one of the witnesses, a - r 4.0 0 0 411 0 • - and for what periods the same w ere res p ectively paid . solicitor, who says-" The Master ' s clerk of course FIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES and received.' This significant intimation that Par liament is about to be called upon to apply a remedy profits by the over-counting, the fee fund profits by Dividend Amount to a great public evil in the •' administration of the law the over-counting, and the solicitor profits Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. will doubtless have a salu tar y effect. We have al- also, for he charges for drawing the docu - Annum. Share. ---- ways advocated the important principle of giving ment according to the number of folios .e s. d. A s. d marked on the back of it by the Master's Bank of Scotland adequate and full compensation to public officers t e l d s e h iil L a in n e ß n a Company 8811.. per rr sent. to 100 ) o o : 100 1 1 0 1 0 199 4 % clerk." Supposing, for instance , the Master's clerk C al edonian affected by reforms, and sufficient retiring pensions to old public servants entitled by age or infirmity to computed an affidavit at 40 folios. The Master, in City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 11 1 10 0 0 1134 Clydesdale Bank.. •• • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 II 0 0 12% superannuation allowance. In the case of the dis - taxing the costs, would allow ls. a folio for drawing Ea rn: ern e it • n l Bank k ... ..... •• 8. per er cent. eent . 5 2 0 3 0 u 0 0 1111: 0 s 0 15 1 % qualified Masters in Chancery above alluded to there it, and 4d. for the copy ; so that the suitor suffers in can, however, be no pretence for their i declining to re- two or three ways where there is an improper count- Edinb.k Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5118 s Ex le eh e a f ngeßnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 be 0 I 5 0 lax their hold upon the judicial office when their cepa- ing of the folios. The witness goes on to state " that Man. Company 71. per cent. II 11 0 7I I tg eity for official duties is lessened, if not wholly an- the Master's clerk merely gives a sort of rough guess National Bank 6/. per cent. 60 1 0 11 0 0 18 nihilated, by the weight of years and physical infir- of how man y folios there are, and marks it on the North erer oErgetttni Bank; nden k 71. percent. 20 11 0 50 11 6 - 6 mities. The Masters appointed since Lord Brough- back of the copy. He generally found them over - Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 g 0 6 1 1 00 1 0 6% 143 50 1 0 84 ham's Act of 1883 (3 and 4 Will. IV., c. 94) are not counted, and sometimes to a very great extent. In union Bank of Sco tland Si. p er cent. 100 11 11 Le s e r t e l r e ne teen L u r k6 l: I ° o : 60 0 0 8161.861 i entitled to claim the fixed retiring allowance pre- fact, the ',over-counting was habitual. He produced e and •• .- L • Li fe 1 1 2 1 i .Ppeerr cent .cen. - 20 1 1 8 It I Si. viously enjoyed by masters after a service of twenty a copy of an a ffi davit which was marked 10 as __ folios, re .A ti ec i r c t a Life and l'ilre which contained only four folios, and said he had half- ' Caledonian r F a ir l 'e e lnsu ns r: 101. pe r - cent. 10 10 0 0 ° 0 11 0 0 11 0 1 21, years. The former class can only now claim a pen in the case of permanent infirmity, under circum- a-dozen more. In the common law courts it is Church of England Ins. - II II 2 each side to hand over C F i d t i y nb o u f r Gi . asfo if w e _Lithe Si. . per cen. 25100 0 I 0 2 11 1 21. fis stances and in amount specified by that Act and usual for the attorneys on i L s ir e e r per 10 • I I 12 • 10 16 0 I g a s', subsequent statutes. But, if we mistake not, the two copies of their respective affidavits to each other, east of Edi nburgh Life Present Masters whose retirement the solicitors of the and to & ;rely upon each other for their correct - Eng. Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 51 1 11 217 6 ess mess ; an d there is no valid reason whatever wh Hercules Insurance Ce. 71 per cent. 100 11 1 ill 0 1 II equity courts are so anxiously and properly seeking, .., y Incur. Co. of Scetind • • Si. per cent. 100 0 11 111 0 8 7 this practice should not be introduced into the M ercantile ASSOC. of Scotland Si. per sent. 10 1 1 1 I 0 li. 5 i are entitled to fixed and ample annual allowances Court of Chancery. It would be a very con- Natinn L re ife an:zi .L.i.fe. Si. t 111 0 9 110 8 8s when they shall choose to resign their offices. Sir siderable saving, both of time and money, to the North British Insur. - s}lp.eprr cen t . 2 1 0 6 0 6 0 1 0 20 1 0 0 6 0 3 2 4 3 5• Giffin Wilson and Mr. Wingfield were appointed suitor. The Chancery Regulation Act, in addition to fixing North & West ef Soot. - 1081 111 11. 1 s Masters in Chancery before the act of 1833; and the the salaries of the Masters and their clerks, Scottish t.BlB. l..if it e ntt an G t n Gu L ar ifo . 6 . 20 1 0 0 I I 11 1 1 13 1 1 0 i 0.4 statute 46 Geo. 111., chap. 128, entitles them, 1• pe r cent. after 20 years' judicial service (or when &C., authorises certain parties to receive the fees im- Scottish Union Insrnce. 6%1. pr cent. 21 0 0 I 0 0 It. Is posed under the authority of the Act, who are di- St amiard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 59 0 • 4b o 9% afflicted by any permanent infirmity and " desirous P United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 111 11 1 1 1 1 12s. of retiring'), to the ample pension of 1,5001. per reefed to pay the amount received by them into the annum on the order of the Lord Chancellor. More- Bank of England, to the credit of the Accountant- INSMILANCE COMPANIES. over, these two Masters have enjoyed, since 1833, General, once a month, the amount to be verified by • Div id end Amount 7501. yearly as " compensation money," in addition affidavit. The fees so paid in form what is called the Name of Company. pe r Share. Paid. Price to their salaries of 2,500/. per annum, whereas'all the suitors fee fund, and are applied in payment of the - masters appointed since Master Brougham receive salaries assigned by the Act, and to defraying the x ti. d. A s. el. only salaries of 2,500/. This " compensation money," expenses of the offices connected with the . Court. :mien ......•• •• •• • • 31. 10s. 500 0 9 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 1 11 8 0 17% in lieu of abolished fees, may have tempted the two The onl y securit y that the fees shall be dul y collected DittJ Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent, 100 I 0 59 0 Sad worn-out Masters to "hold on" to office, , despite infir- and paid over, is that the affidavit of the officer re- ,alai 13s.6d.prsh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 - Britisn Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 11 5 0 0 - ceiving the money that the amount paid over is the Ludes, from a natural preference of their salaries of 3,2201. a year to retiring pensions of 1 , 5001 . Their total amount of what he has received. The publicl ., e u r i i i ctl y , M . e 3 .. !p .. G . e . n . ..L . i . f . e 51. •p e a r l cent . 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 , I I I I 0 0 00 2034 - long enjoyment, however, of an annual extra 7501. is may, perhaps, think that, as so many mistakes are Clown •••••••• • • •• •• 13s. 50 0 0 51 0 11 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 II 6% is truth a reason why they can better afford " resin- made in counting folios, is it not impossible that some E , bale rig ....Scot. Law .... Sr. per cent. 50 1 11 212 6 2 Ned trifling mistakes may occasionally be made in the re- Euru ' itean Life • ..• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - nation" on pensions of 1,500/. than other Masters; and certainly it is farcical that two judges disqualified turns, setting forth the amount of fees received. The pmily Endownar t Soc. 4/. & bs. 40 8 40 0 - by physical infirmities should persist in sticking to security is defective, because it does not insure the due o il:lawns' ........• 51. 81. per per cent. cent. 20 sto O ek. 0 3 0 0 118%- office, while younger and well qualified masters re- collection by the officer of all the fees which ought to Guardian ....•••• •• • • 51. per cent. 100 8 0 36 - 11 0 45 ceive lesser gross salaries, and are not assured of be paid ; because it does not provide a check for the ilr e , r r l ut al Fire lt .. ••• • • • 12 per cent. 500 1 0 50 0 0 914 100 00 0 0 0 10 0 0 14 3 any such adequate or certain retiring pensions. We discovery of any omission, and, lastly, because it does InTeolnity 31a . rin . e . •••• •••. 11. s l h 2 . e ic la. 1 0 513 1 - trust that we shall not be again compelled, by a , not afford any security against dishonesty in the Law Fire ••••.• - - • • - 100 11 0 211 0 3 11. Si. 100 8 0 10 1 11 45 Leo,' a sense of public duty, to comment on these palpable officer receivin g the fees. With re g ard to what is LAW l ife" •'•' - • ' • ' nd General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - casescalled copy-money, it appears that the salaries given I...ndcn Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 13% of unjustifiable retention of judicial o ffi ce. It by the Act to some of the subordinate clerks are in- si ep ar ne n o i l e r Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0912 10 0 13% is certainly the duty of a Government, or of th e tentionally fixed below the amount of fair remune- 12 s o 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 1 0 --. 24 Med. Invii3iG - e ' n ' .l . cie 4%1. - per ct . highest functionary of the law, to put an end to such ration, and the amount of copy money is made pay- cent.eent. 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 National il Lean i Fund Si. per cent. 20 11 9 210 0 - Pflal a um Lf Life a public scandal. Either the retiring allowances of the Masters in Chancery are su ffi cient, or they are able to them to make up the deficiency. This mode s 2 g g -- not. If su ffi cient, the incapacitated judge ought of remunerating them is certainly very objectionable, Pelican - - - ZS voluntarily to resign, or to be induced to resign ;if because it makes it the interest of the o ffi cer to fur- E•e i ß e ce te n s ix te; Life- . - - 165 inadequate, the Parliament ought to interfere, and nish copies, and thereby interferes with one important rovident Life •••: .: • • ' v i e . r 3 c B e . nt. 1 2 0 0 0 0 e 0o 10 1 0 0 1 4 ) , -.... increase the pension. We understand that the mem- Provision of the Act, that suitors shall not be cora- tt ßock Life 51. per cent. Stock. 5 I I ll 0 4% - -,- bers of the Law Institution are contemplating a pellable to take copies, and by making it the interest • ,i o n y , a t i ,j E re xchange 61. 10s. - movement on this subject, so important to the of the officer to magnify the length, it encourages, 1.7 Ditto Life .-.. • - - I __- v uiversal Life lO%l. pr cut. 100 0 11 $lB 1 - interests of their clients, and they will cer- to say the least of it, a very loose system of ascertain- !dorm Life - - 40 1 - thinly be justified in a strong appeal to ing the number of folios, and the check against this GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Parliament for the remedy of a gross abuse. which might be expected from the solicitors is, to a , It is generally reported that the . Commons' great extent, prevented by the circu mst a nce t hat their Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Select Committee for inquiry into the fees in courts of own charges are regulated by the length of those c op i es Annum. Share. law and equity, originating in Mr. Watson's motion and also leads to much slovenliness and inaccuracy in last year, and most expediently revived this session by the office copies, the clerks getting the copying done 11. s. 4. A. s. d. 40 0 0 to I 0 174 Mr. John Romilly, has during its sittings in th e as cheaply as possible; in some instances, by women Ditto Previncial.• •• 11. is. ,2011 0 19 I 1 me present recess brought to light some minor abuses in living in their attics. I have already stated, that let Bristol .• ••-•... . . .• 101. per cent.l 20 1 9 - - the masters ' offices which must also compel ulterior the business be ever so urgent, only one hour is Brighton of London . 5l. per cent. 1 1 r ) :•: 1 - 19 ~ proceedings for a thorough legislative remedy. The allowed for each warrant ; when that time expires CentinentalConso • lida7. 02s. p lo r l 'sharel 50 11 I 2: • •: 291 whole remaining system of fee gathering and fee the next case is called on. Now any , one would sup- Eq l :i t trPl N c e . w .. .. .. . .. 4-65:: pr rr share Zg : : : 7 0 1 : I is funding must be reformed. Much has been done pose that where there is so much business to do, and Imperial . • .......: .. 6/. per p cent. 150 1 1 60 0 1 I ses, within the last fifteen years for the abolition of law so little time to do it in, not a moment of that time L ln e ci n e d o o endent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 II 40 8 11 I 64 sinecure offices, and in the substitution of salaries for would be wasted, but it is just the reverse ;so far Ditton:::::::::::::: 2fil ;e p r r e c e e n n t. t.i 6 5 0 1 I I I f/ 6 5 0 0 I I I I - fees in the remuneration of legal functionaries ; but from the whole hour being devoted to business, one of Phoenix . ............Si. p er cent. 1 50 11 1 45 8 1 3 - 3% 5/. and bus. 100 0 0 90 8 11 80 far more good remains to be effected. The cost of the Master's clerks, when asked '° Is there an hour letaretclited G ff • • ..• •••••• •• eneral .. •• .. 4341. pr cent. 51 9 0 60 0 9 17 our judicial establishments-part paid out of the con- devoted to each warrant ?" replied, " No, nor any- Westminster Chartered 31, 60 11 0 - I 55%xd solidated fund, and part provided from the suitors' thing like an hour. The confusion that is going on Ditto, New .... -... 12s. 611 11 0 111 11 11 1 it% and fee funds-is an unnecessary and a mischievous in the Master's office would astonish any person. MISCELLANEOUS. complexity. The State, when it receives tributary reve- From the number of warrants granted, and the pres- Dividend Amount nue for such specific appropriation, usually cheats the sure of business, one party is always trenching upon Name If Company. per if Paid. Price. Contributor. 'We desire to see a sweeping and real reform the engagements of another ; there is always a cer- Annum. Share. in this important and growing department of semi- lain time lost before they begin, and then a discussion - .t. s. 4. X. s. 4. nistration. All fees in courts of law ought to be takes place as to what they did upon the last occasion Australian Agriculturl - 100 1 1 31 111 - carried to one account, distinct from the civil revenue when they left off, and more than half the time is gone Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 18 911 111 11 1 - of the State. The scale of fees should be large enough before anythingis done." The witness was asked who- can Di a t d te a , Half Shares.. Si - t - 211 8 -. cent. IN II I 32 10 0 31 to defray the proper and full cost of our whole judicial ther the expense of an inquiry before the Master was Up pr C . Canada ' BOW& Si. per - -- establishments. We have reason to believe that, if not very great. He replied in the a ffi rmative, adding, c r , l o t i e n 80nd5.......... %I. pr cent. - - - kept out of the hands of the " State," and not partly " the chief expense of a Chancery suit is in the Mas- Gen. p Revers. ppr M 8: r l s ny E e n s g t .. 3 5 1, 1 1 p c elc h e i n , t 2 .1 1 1g: 11 • 7 0 I 10 1 0 I I I I 1 - 80 mixed with the " consolidated fund," the means exist ter's office." The Court, it appears, has no power to G Equitable Reversienry 4% 1. pr cent. 110 9 11 95 9 11 91' for an increase of judicial o ffi ces, and for a material accelerate the business in the Master's office, and a•ied.Sotnea7m.B ic tit a u vi ti ta n tio . n. 11. 85. 15 111 14 11 8 2 4 4% . - ultimate reduction of fees. The " hop, skip, and there is no penalty for not proceeding ; the aster Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 21. per cent. be - 9 9 50 - I 11 55 1 4 jump" of our judges and our bar from Westminster himself has no power of compelling the parties to go l E te e v y e a r l slo i n a n t l a nt. Sos. 3 3 %1. pr cent. 111 11 8 110 0 11 - to Lincoln's Inn and Guildhall, and thence to and on with the suit more expeditiously ;it is entirely South Australata rg .:: :•' B t . Ip. per rr cent. cent. 10 23 0 t o t o 1 2 69 8 0 47N 5 8 11 - Van Dientan's Land- - 100 11 8123 1 1 4 fro half a dozen times in the year, is a most absurd dependent upon the solicitor whether he will conduct Universal Salvage.. • • - 25 8111 4 0 I - and evil " remand' of our old judicial regime. The the suit expeditiously in the Master's office or not. ,...._. rotary motion of the metropolitan courts of law The witness was asked whether he had not found that WATER-WORIES. ought to be put an end to, and the courts ought to when a solicitor chooses to throw impediments in the , Dividend Amount be permanently fixed in some central part of London. way he may protract the investigation before the Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Some of our correspondents state to us that in Master to a v ery great exte n t, to w hi ch h e replied - " term time," and when the courts of equity sit in "He thought that an ingenious solicitor who cavils at I ..e s. d. di s. d. - 'Westminster, half 'the warrants of the Masters in ever y thin g , and exce p ts to ever y ste p which the Birmingham .••.. - • • 18s. 25 1025 0 0 - R a 100 0 0 - 166xd Chancery, on which counsel ought to attend the Master may take, may delay the proceedings without ora s n t ndo , to je n ti . o . n . •• • • •••• _ 81. 21 31 1 . 115. 1 4 00 1 13 0 4 I - 82 master, are " postponed" and unattended because end. He had known inquiries before the Master to - $ 4 counsel and solicitors are occupied in Westminster- last six, seven, and even eight years, which, without i ce i lv x ß ha iv it r Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - b - 104 hall. If the courts were fixed on one common and vexatious opposition, and with proper vigilance West Middlesex •: •: 51. 15e. prcnt. 1 6 ° 3 ° 12 : - 1 is% central site, such as Lincoln's Inn-fields ' • or its neigh- on the part of the solicitor, might have been CANALS. - --...sries..-- bourhood, and as designed by Mr. Barry, and ap- completed in six months. " So the Master and se proved by former Commons ' Committees, and if th ey his clerks charge the delay on the soli tors, and N ames of r•); Dividend! Names of i Divide i c were constructed sufficiently large and commodious, the latter, as a matter of course, return the companies e Price. Companies. per Price. . 4 per Annum. many fisting and abominable abuses would at once compliment The following is a very good specimen -- ez Annum. so be reMtlied. Among others, the Masters in Chan- of the manner in which some of the witnesses fenced x eery would really sit in public, with the unquestion- with questions which it was not quite convenient to Ashtn& Olctio 57 71. pc ' 11l Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 42 answer. The witness i s a c l er k i n one o f th e M as t ers $ able benefits of publicity; t he Masters would be t i larnsley •- • • 160 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 340 under the eye of the public and of superior judges, offices. Question--" You are aware that the copies B r ir tik u & ig A h b am rg 15 33 0 4 61 . . 8 80 1 O P e x a l t d i • o ' r • e ' s t • : 1 7 0 8 0 201. 200 estead of enduring their often solitary confinement made by the junior clerk are very imperfectly Coventry -- 100 251. - Regent's ••• • 3 3 3 1 1 1: 4 16 8 6' Id n the dark and cramped dungeons of Southampton- written. Answer-They are better than they used Ti r s b i;e • L • c • h .. . 1 ° 3 ° 31 46f.. 9 63 0 Ro . 0 chdale d .• Bl . $5 4/. 64 71.105. 130 to be. Question-Are they very often very di ffi cult Ens, ash •• • 100, 32t. - Dm:lt'd:St 150 buildings, and we should be saved the duty of corn- 12 61. p. c. - meeting on 'the unjustifiable retention of judicial to read. Answer-I never read them. Question- o graudJun cto 100' I rand Surrey 100' - , 1. 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275 Do you know whom they employ to copy them. urand Union 100 Ir. 10s. 21% 3 r to r n emshi . iry : . 125 15 1 . _ • o ffi ce by octogenarians. We are glad to learn that ' la s s • 145 201. 305 the trustees of Lincoln's Inn-fields are now likely to Answer-I do not know, they are not done in the i G c r e a n i t t , t t h f r A . • 150 1 21. - Severn and W e Rai .1 3 26 1L Ss. 30 • assist in the provision of a sufficient site for the erec- o ffi ce entirely. Question-Are they not usually done Lee4sSr.Livrp 1 3 0 9 0' Is i:47. d. 43 6 11 U Wa Y ickBsl , lion of new courts of law, and that successful exer- by poor men or women.-I do not know whether Leicester .••• 140 101. 75 Binning. i ' OO 51. 15 Leicatr &Nthi 83 41. 36 Warwick& / I lions are likely to provide not one yan ample room for they are men or women, Ido not see the persons. " Lou,chboregh 142 701. 530 Napton...) " - 46 every court, but also a fee fund, "the ways and Some of the other witnesses are equally ignorant on Monmouthsh 100 81. - Wercstr tol , 72 Mntgemrysh 100 51. - Birming.i 21 . 89 IBMS " of meeting the cost of the buildings. We the subject. They know as much as suits them to MeßnMwbry 100 111. - Wilts & Brks 67 IL 11 , e, are confident that such a consolidation of the courts, tell , a nd very little m o re except in . those cases where as to locality and neighbourhood, will be an invalua- the member putting the question evidently knows ARIDGIII3 ble approach towards " Law Reform." what is really the fact, and in that case an evasive Dividend Amount answer would be of no avail. The truth must and Name if Company. per of Paid. Price (From the Weekly Dispatch.) Annum. Share. would come out, whether the witness liked to tell it Mr. Editor,-An eminent solicitor of or not. What I have already written will give the A. s. d. lA. s. d. practice was once asked what he considered the _ • greatest abuse connected with the Court public some idea of the manifold abuses that exist in ilungerford .......... _ - - of Chancery, .Sonthivrk, NwSub.Av. - 632 12 fi -2% and he replied " ' the Masters' e office ; but, I shall have a gFeat deal Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent- 50 I I - 16 the Master's Office." It is there that the delays take place of which the snits he 73 ve more to say on the subject on a future occasion. Waterloat .... - .... - - 100 IP I - Syc Ditto Old Ann. of V. 11. is. 43. - • 60 0 0 tit so long and so justly com 1 ' is CENSORIUS. Dine Nrr dittos ef 71. it . 2s. 2d. - .41 • 0 28 p ained. It bad enough to have a suit in Ch ancer y Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 16s. 711 11 0 - IS at all, but once let it be _ " referred to the Master" to ascertain a something " WEB Pewies. " -A novel description of theft has - DOCKS. which might be ascertained in five •••••.••••••••••......01.... minutes, and the been for a night or two perpetrated upon a number of Dividend Amount chances are that it takes twice Name of company , per of laid. Price. that number of r brokers in the Calton, in which a good deal of dexterity iea s to enable the Master to mak e a report thereon. ' here has been exhibited . On .Wednesday night, no fewer ____ Annum. Share. the case remains as long as a single . . • • • than - ...••••••••••••••••••••• ..........a. shilling can be seven individuals were tricked in the following x s. d. A s. d. extracted from the pockets of the unfortunate manner :-A decently attired woman with a bundle in c Aninercial . - TO suitor East and West India - 117 in the shape of fees, legal or illegal. There are ather hand, came into the shop, wishing to dispose, ' 20 pre- it Fast Country - sent, I believe no less than 11 Masters of the Cour t of might be, of a shawl, or coat, or another articl e, L • andon . 51. pr cent. Stock. - 98 Chancery, to whom are referred all those matters aril- she unrolled out of her bundle, and submitted for in- Ditto Bonds •• ••• • •• 41. per cent. - - - ing in the course of a Chancerysuit, which cannot con- spection. The broker, after examining the goods and II I teDici tat Catharine. Ba ro t s : .. .. .. . . .. : 4 5 34 p 1 er cent. Stock. - head veniently be settled in a public court, such as the fixing a price, tied up the article again in a bundle, with Southampton •••• :: • • 21. pe p r r c n e e n n j. • 50 - 0 1 50 -- g g., 2 - 2 appointment of guardians for infants, settling allow- the e view of turning putting it in some secure corner, but while in ---_-_-__... the act t n o dle turning round to procure the purchase money, ances and schemes for their education, consideringlNDlA. was c hanged, and another 1 proposals for the marriage of infant wards, and pro- precisely the same d exterous l y substitutedin of COMMERCIAL NEWS. appearance I posals for settlements, &c., and generally all matters unknown to the • had unsuspecting dealer. After the seller (From the Bengal Hurkaru Price Current.) which require the exercise of personal discretion. For departed the buyer • proceeded to re-examine his CALCUTTA, TUESDAY Dix. 21. the performance of every one of these duties, what is pu rchase, . when he discovered that a metamor his had The arrival of the Lladdin ton with the en sil of the called a warrant is taken out by the solicitor on one ta ken place , and his shawl or coat had been cony P erted in 24th g ' I of October, was announced on the evening of some instances, into side, a copy of which is served on his opponent, and n ot . worth anything. the solitary leg of a pair of trousers the 6th inst. The letters were delivered dmrin the anti for which, of course, fee is payable the ourse, a The per t t fpera or o this rather foll ow in g day, the news, however, having been l For the performance of this duty, whatever it may large.-North British M l u ring the brokers is still at cipated by the Bombay express, which came in on the be, and however urgent it may. be, one hour only in same morning. GROCERS ' AND TEA• DEALERS ' B ENEVOLSET allotted - The news again proved of the most climb ou s na each day is in any case. When that time has TECTION SOCIETY.-Yesterday the twenti eth expired the parties leave and another warrant is • election of ture. The distrust and depression previous ly pre one for the next ' annuitants on the funds of this institution took or some following day. The the London Tavern, when three pensioners piece at veiling among all classes of our commercial commu taken,numbr of warrants so taken out in were added , the progress of to the list of fifty-two already elected, receiving pens i on s pity was greatly increased, and a general ft eling of a Chancery suit is beyondall • belief. The charge varying from 181. to 301 per annum. Francis Hicks despondency succeeded the slight approach to a re for each warrant is 35., and I find that in the offic e • • E sq., presided, and it was announced that his Royal newel of business previously noticeable. T's 'o more of one of the Masters (Ferrer) the total amount re- ' Highness the Duke of Cambridge had in the kindest Commercial firms were compelled to suspend pi tyment, ceived for such warrants, during the Sth of April, 1846, was ' 9411. 17s. year ending the manner consented to take th e . chair at the ensuing anni. one of old standing, and much respected. dinner of the society in May next. This ch • This, be it re- versary . _ charity It is needless to state that all business has since membered, was in the o ffi ce of one Master only-the appears in a highly satisfactory state, the funded capital been plung ed into further and more serious co isfusion. next in amount was 838/. 10s. The total - amounting now to between 11,000/ and 12,000/ ; yet, Depression • • amount of and uncertainty are everywhere al /parent, fees taken in the above year in the office of the a Mas- from the disastrous events of the past year, in connexion nor has b • ness any tendency to assume a m( ire set ter above mentioned was 4 , 3691 . B s. 4 d. The salarie s rum with the mercantile community of London, it is feared tl e character. The consequences have been, 11-xvvering of the Masters are now settled by Act of Parliament that the applicants for the society's bounty will be nu- m -5. e The whole of the East and West India and m . arkets both for imports and exports. Native dealers at 2,5001. each ; but the old Masters, by the Chancery col onialint erest . connected with the tea and grocery in produce, and in some instances European holders trade are eligible to receive its benefits. of British goods, have been desirous to procteed with (From the Bengal ilurkaru Price Curvent.) CALCUTTA, TUESDAY, Ds:c. 21. The arrival of the Haddington, with the mull of the 24th of October, was announced on the evening of the 6th inst. The ,etters were delivered during the following day, the news, however, having been anti cipated by the Bombay express, which came in on the same morning. The news again proved of the most disastrous na ture. The distrust and depression previoul ly pre vailing among all classes of our commercial commu nity was greatly increased, and a general fi qeling of despondency succeeded the slight approach to a re• newel of business previously noticeable. lilt 'o more commercial firms were compelled to suspend pi tyment, one of old standing, and much respected. It is needless to state that all business has since been plunged into further and more serious co nfusion. Depressio n and uncertainty are everywhere ai )parent, nor has business any tendency to assume a m )re set tled character. The consequences have been, lq rwering markets both for imports and exports. Native dealers in produce, and in some instances European holders of British goods, have been desirous to proceed with the rev gsation of their stocks. GROCERS' AND TEA• DEALERS' BENEVOLENT PRO TECTION SOClETY.—Yesterday the twentieth election of anouitants on the funds of this institution took place at the London Tavern, when three pensionrs were added to the list of fifty-two already elected, receiving pensions varying from 18/. to 301. per annum. Francis Hicks, Esq., presided, and it was announced that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had in the kindest manner consented to take the chair at the ensuing anni versary dinner of the society in May next. This charity appears in a highly satisfactory state, the funded capital now amounting to between 11,000/. and 12,0001 ; yet, from the disastrous events of the past year, in connexion with the mercantile community of London, it is feared that the applicants for the society's bounty will be nu merous. The whole of the East and West India and colonial interest connected with the tea and grocery trade are eligible to receive its benefits. R T 1 7l n -^ ~- ~ ' ► e~T LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1848. It is satisfactory to be able to report th a t, w ith the exception of the two instances above noticed, no further suspensions during the last ten days have occurred among our mercantile community. At the same time there is no abatement of distrust or removal of confidence even in the most remote de gree . In produce a general decline has taken place, and, combined with the low exchange and reduced cost of freight, there has latterly been a slight tend e ncy to wards a renewal of operationsin some staples. Prices, however, are still hardly on a par with those reported in last mail. Buyers are few, and their transactions unimportant. In sugat a decline of nearly 1 r . p e r md. has attracted rather more inquiry. Silk is still without a buyer. Corahs are now offered at more reasonable rates, and there have ‘ been a fe w i nqu iri es , though no sales as yet. Saltpetre i s aga i n l ower and a moderate business is in progress. Rice of all kinds is to be had cheap, and new table for England is in slight inquiry. Jute continues in demand, and in other of the minor staples there is nothi ng o f im portance to record, those suited for America being generally in moderate request for that quarter. Opium has again declined 40 rs. per chest, and is now 980 rs. for Patna, with a stock of 80 chests of that kind only. In the import trade there have been no symptoms rof improved demand. Indeed, the depression has been almost greater than at any period since the commencement of the present troubles. The destruction of confidence, and im possibility of obtaining discounts on any acceptances European or native, or of selling Hoondees against missions to the interior, take away fr om th e usua l classes of buyers the ability, as well as the inclination to purchase. Goods are now, however, beginning to be sold off, and the general market duri ng th e l as t week is decidedly lower. Until the system of inter nal trade is placed upon some other and more secure footing, even the great reduction in the extent of all shipment to this country must fail to produce any effect upon prices. Cotton goods, twist, and metals, with scarce an exception, are only saleable at prices under previous transactions. Money is tight but not scarce. The Bank of Bengal is known to have a full treasury, and in the Bazaar there is no lack of funds, but little disposition to employ them, except in such a manner that they can be securely and easily made realisable. Com pany's paper has advanced considerably, chiefly from rumours current of the long-talked-of closing of the Five per Cent. Loan. Prices may now be quoted— New Fives, 2 rs. to 8 rs. ; Sicca Fives, 2 12 rs. to 3 12 rs. ; Company's Fours, 12 8 rs. to 13 8 rs. dis. Exchange became most unsettled on the arrival of the steamer, and any bills offering, still considered good, were taken at enhanced rates—document bills with good security have been scarce, and in much demand. The rates have since been stationary, and no great amount of business has been done. Present quotations are 6 m. s. with documents, is. 100. ; 6 m. s. Baring's credit, ls. 1 Oid. to ls. 11d. ; 6 m. s. private bills, ls. 1 ld, to ls. 11fd. Freights to England have been gradually on the decline, arrivals, though still much delayed, having been rather more numerous, and from the present in action in the export market, there has been rather more firmness latterly in the market, and 51. 15s. to 61. per ton are present quotations for sugar to London. Indigo—The indigo season could not have opened under more unfavourable auspices. The miserable result of the London October sales, and the crippled position of our general trade, have produced a general inaction in the market. There appears no inclination either among English or French buyers to commence the opera tions of the season, and almost the only transactions are for America. These are by private contract : DC 77 chests Hurrah, Kishnagur, at Co.'s rs. 135 per f. md. ; DC 21 chests Native, Kishnagur, at Co.'s rs. 112-8 per 1. md. A small public sale was held on the 17th instant, which passed off with much flatness, prices ruling about rs. 25 below those of last season. piece, and diagonal printed 20 yards schinders at Co.'s rs. 8-12 per piece. LOSS OF THE STEAMER SCOTIA. (From the Malta Times of Jan. 23.) On the morning of the 16th the Scotia was observed lying in the Bay of Stora much deeper in the water than customary, consequently as there was no one on board, Captain Williams, of the schooner Rhoda, lying at anchor close by, lowered his boat and went on board accompanied by a portion of his crew, when to his surprise he found that the water had risen so as to cover the machinery, and that it was fast increasing, which he imagined must have been occasioned by a material damage from a French brig, which parted from her anchors, and went foul of her on th,e night of the 13th inst. Captain Williams did not leave the Scotia until the arrival of Captain Pereira, which took place shortly, when a consultation was held as to the expediency of running her on shore, in order, if possible, to save a wreck of the ill-fated ship, which was done by the sole exertions of the Rhoda's crew and three or four of the Scotia's men. She was speedily run on the sandy beach and imme diately parted asunder. On the following day a large portion of her wood work was sold by auction on the spot. The boilers and part of her engines were ob served peering over the troubled waves, and will no doubt be ultimately recovered. (THIS EVENING.) COJRSE OF EXCH., AsnCer •• • • 12 4 1 ,4 Dit",,, at sight • • .... 12 1 Rotterdam .... • ..... 12 4% amtweris • • ............ 25 97 t,, daraburgh ......M.B. 13 14 Xitonit • • .... • • • . • • • • • • Paris, 3 days' sight ..• 25 57% Ditto, .••• .. • • ...... 25 12% Warseilles •.•• • • • ....• 25 95 rtourdeaux.. •••• • .. • • 25 90 Frankiort on Maine.... 12234 Fetersburgh, Sil. Rble .• I.NGE.-(THIS DAY.) T qliralter.. • • ...... . Leghorn .............. 31 Gomm .. •• • • .......... 26 .. • • • • • • • • Naples ..............89 Palermo, psi - 0z..—... 11814 Lisbon—. • • .......... 51% Oporto . • .. • • .. • • • • 152 Rio Janeiro .......... Bahia ....... ..... Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... • ..... Rethn ...... • ... Vienna, effec. to•• •• IS 1714, Trieste, ditto.... •• Mach id ••.. • • ........ 46% Cadiz .. • ............ 41% Barcelona •• •••• •• •. "AVID t • • • . ramEs or BULLION, PIE OZ. Foreign Gold in hors.. X 3 17 9 New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 9% rortugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 o !Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 lillver in bars ...... • • 0 4 113 i MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 29, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 340 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ... 43 Turbercular Diseases... ... ••• 221 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 143 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 46 i l s l 4 : s s p e i s ra t o il of the n Lungs,.. .and . other Organs .! . 0 .. f 353 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs CQ WHITEHALL, JAN. 31. of Digestion... ••• -•• ••• Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ••• Malformations... ... ••• ••• ••• Premature Birth ..• .•• •• ••• Atrophy ••• .•• ••• ... ••• Old Age ..• ..• ••• Vio',nice, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... •.• ••• DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Warwick. Pormlation Enumerated, Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. in the Five Winters. Week. ▪ 161 222 . 209 ... 247 • 203 ... 256 . 235 ... 348 . 299 ... 384 1841. West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 T0ta15........ 1,948,4'25 ... 1,107 1,457 739 .. 718 Males ••• Females ..• Sugar—At the date of our last there was a fair inquiry for the good and fine qualites of Benares. The accounts by the steamer produced a complete stoppage of demand, and holders being anxious sellers, the market is now fully 1 r. per md. lower for the better sorts. In the lower qualities the reduction in value is even still greater, particularly for the in ferior Benares and Dumma sugars, of which a large stock exists. There has been during the last week a recom mencement of business in good and fine Benares, though on a much reduced scale. For brown sugar of all sorts, with Tirhoot kinds, there is a complete stagnation of demand. Export§ from the Ist to the 16th of December, 1847 :—Great Britain, 62,720 mds. Raw Silk—The silk market continues completely inactive, and we believe that not a single maund has changed hands for homeward shipment. The Novem ber bund has not been received in any quantity, and present stocks here are chiefly ordinary Radanagore and Bauleah sorts. The large shipments in progress from China, and the unremunerative state of the London market for Bengal silks for so long a time prevent any approach to a renewal of demand. Prices are—Radanagore, Company's rs. 6 0 to 6 12 per b seer ; Hurripal, none ; Bauleah, Company's rs. 5 4 to 6 0 per f seer ; Cossimbazar, none ; Gonatea, none ; Jungypore, none ; Commercelly, none. Exports as above—Great Britain, 85 maunds. Silk Piece G-oods—Corahs are now offered at re duced prices, and one or two parcels have been taken in for inspection ; though as yet no actual sales have taken place. Middling to good native Cossim bazar may be had at 100 to 110 company's rupees per corge. We quote prices of corahs nominal at Cossimbazar, native Ist sort, Company's rs. 105 to 113 per corge. Ditto, 2d ditto, 95rs. to 100 per corge. Exports as above—Great Britain, corahs, pcs• 4,704 ; Choppahs, &c., pcs. 100; to North America, silk goods, pcs. 395. Saltpetre—The market for saltpetre is again lower, by 6 to 8 annas per maund, and at this reduction a moderate business is in progress, chiefly for America. The reduced freights have brought a few buyers into the market also for England. Jute—Sales to a fair extent continue to be made, prices remaining Co.'s rs. 11 to 12-8 per bale for middling to good picked quality. Our quotations are :—Shell lac, Ist sort, Co. rs. 10 Bto 11 8 ; ditto, Id ditto, 9 0 to 10 0; ditto, 3d ditto, 7 8 to 8 3 per b. md.; lac dye, Ist sort, Co.'s rs., 40 to 55 ; ditto 2d, 23 to 35 ; ditto, 3d ditto, 14 to 22 per b. md. ; Jute, Ist quality, new, 11 8 to 12 8 ; ditto, 2d ditto, 10 8 to 11 per bale ; linseed, Ist cleaned, 1 14 to 2 1 per b. md. ; mustard seed, 1 12 to 1 14 per b. md. ; safflower, nominal. Cotton—A sale of Nagpore cotton at Co.'s rs. 11 4 per f. md. is reported. Exports as above—Great Bri tain none. China, 4,379 Ind. mds. Opium.—The market has remained drooping throughout, and Patna has been quoted as low as Co.'s rs. 975 per chest. The stock is now reduced to an insignificant amount, and there is no business doing in the drug. Quotations yesterday were—Patna, Co.'s rs. 980 to 985 ; Benares, Co.'s rs. 955 to 960 per chest. Exports as above—China, 2,054; Singapore and Penang, 443 ; other places, 2 chests. Freights—The market for tonnage was unsettled after the arrival of the steamer, and from the scarcity of produce offering, and firmness of shippers, the rates of homeward freightage have gradually retrograded to our present quotations. For Liverpool and London—Saltpetre, 51. 10s. to 51.155., sugar, 51. 153. to 61., rice, Si. 15s. to 6 /. Gs. per ton of 20 cwt.; hides, 6/. to 6. 10s. per ton of 14 cwt.; jute, Si. 2s. to 51. ss. per ton of 5 bales; raw silk, 51. 15s. to 6/. 6s. per ton of 10 cwt. ; silk piece goods and indigo, 51. 15s. to 61, shell lac and lac dye, Si ss. to 51. 10s. per ton of 50 c.‘ft. For Mauritius.—Rice, 2.0 to 2.4 Co.'s rs. per bag nominal. For China.—Cotton, nominal ; opium 7 dolls. to 8 dolls. per chest. IMPORTS. Cotton Goods.—The market has relapsed into settled dulness, and nothing else can be expected until the usual operations of trade with the interior are resumed, and confidence throughout the whole mer cantile community in some degree revived. There has been a tendency on the part of some holders to force sales, chiefly for cash, and prices of almost all staples have in c o nsequence given way, and have still a further downward tendency. Gray shirtings are still saleable, and the accounts from Mirzapore for these fabrics are favourable. In some instances, however, they are offered here at a reduction upon previous rates in exchange for cash, and the market is consequently somewhat unsettled. In white shirtings a few sales have also been made, without much change in value. White jacconets are dull, and the transactions unimportant. In gray jacconets also sales are quite insignificant, and mada. pollams are in less inquiry. Grey twills are still wanted. Glasgow fabrics are in a worse position than before, or as compared with the staple Manchester cloths, stocks of the former being much more in excess of the wants of the market. Holders in some instances showing an anxiety to sell, prices have generally given way, and the demand is of a very languid description. Book muslins have been disposed of to some extent at the low prices of 1 to 1 -lrs. for No. 1, and 3 annas consecutive rise for Nos. 2 and 3. A few sales of common lappets have been effected by submit ting to lower rates. Mulls of common and middling qualities. Nos:3 to .5, are in fair inquiry, but no sales have been made. Scarfs are neglected. In other light goods nothing of moment has occurred. The sales of printed goods are small, and confined to a few lots of zebra dresses, and such prints as are likely to suit the Afghans, now shortly expected. Printed handkerchiefs are still very saleable. Turkey reds are also dull. Twills have been sold at G annas per yard, jacconets at Co.'s rs. G-3 per , accompanied by an advance in prices. By private treaty several ;parcels have been sold, and 99 casks at auction fetched 311 to 341 for good and fine quality. The supply is on the decrease, whilst the consumption is improving. Cocoa Nut is offered upon reduced terms, still few buyers aro to be met within the private market, and 68 pkgs at auction were only in part sold. One the part of holders of Fish Oil more desire has been shown to realise, and the market has been better supplied, whilst the demand is not so good. The deliveries ate, however, yet exceeding the arrivals. For Southern prices remain much the same as previously, but only a limited business has been con eluded privately in eveay sort. At public sale 10 tuna realised 3015 s to 325. Seal is offered upon rather lower terms, but the private sales are of little moment in all sorts; at public sale, however, 42 tuns found buyers. '1 he sales made in Cod have been of little moment, and 251 to 251 lOs are the rates taken. Sperm is, however, in good request, and prices are firnaer. THE LONDON GAZETTE. LORD CHA MBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, FEB. 1, 1848. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thurs day next the 3d instant, for his late Majesty Christian VIII. King of Denmark, viz.—The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, neck laces and ear-rings, blaak or w hi te s h oes , f ans and tippets. Th gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday the 17th instant, via., the Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And, on Thursday, the 24th instant, the Court to go out of mourning. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major-General Sir John Hunter Littler, of the Bengal Infantry, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be an Ordi nary Member of the Military Division of the First Class or Knights Grand Cross of the said Order. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Arthur Bailey, Big., to be Surveyor General for her Majesty's Settle ments in the Falkland Islands. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reve rend Edward Hartoop Grove, M.A. the place and dignity of a Canon of the cathedral church of Worcester, the same being void by the death of the Reverend William Digby, late Canon thereof. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ludwig •ou der Pfordten, as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of Hanover. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. John Broadhurst, jun., Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire. The Earl Compton to be Deputy-Lieutenant; The llonourable Augustus Henry M'Donald Moreton to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Neil Malcolm, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Alexander Campbell, of Auch indarrach, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Archi bald James Lamont, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Alexander Campbell, of Monzie, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Murdoch MacLaine, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Duncan Mac Neill, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 24. Commission by th© Lord-Lieutenant of the County o Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Major King to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Sir Francis Lawley, resigned, Jan. 25. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. lIILARY TERM, ELEVENTH VICTORIA. Monday the 31st day of January. This Court will hold sittings, on Friday the 18th day of February next, for the purpose of giving judgment in all cases then standing fur judgment. BY THE COURT. Read in open Court, Edward Bennett. WHITEHALL, Nov. 23. The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Henry Stiles, of Northleach, in the county of Gloucester, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries and for the sub stitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Gloucester. - WHITEHALL, JAN. 27. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Stafford Baxter Somerville, of Doncaster, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. George Holland, licensed victualler, Portway, :War. wickshire. Joh❑ Stringer, draper, Kingston-upon-Hull. John Hall, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry. BANKRUPTS. William Wyatt, coach maker, Neithrop, Banbury, Oxfordshire, t o surren d er , F o b. 10 , at two , and March 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Messrs. Sharp, Gray's Inn; Francillon, Banbury. John Clayton, Manchester warehouseman, Crown court, Cheapaide, Feb. 10, at half-past twelve, and March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Teague, Crown -court, Cheapside. William Pike Barrett, ironmonger, Palace-row, New road, Feb. 11, at eleven, and March 17 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Official assignee, Basinghall street ; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry chambers. John O'Donnell, bricklayer, Sidney-street, Chelsea, Feb. 11, at half-past one, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Drum and Sons, Billiter-square. John Sheppard, brewer, Shirley, Southampton, Feb. 11, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Walker and Grid' ley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbnry ; Deacon and Long. Southampton, John Bezzell, builder, Deptford, Feb. 7, at one, and March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Atki ns and Andrews, White Hart-court, Lombard-street. John George Moore and Henry Bayliss, warehouse men, Norwich, Feb. 11, at two, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Abbott and Wheatly, Rolls-yard, Chan cery-lane; Miller and Son, Norwich. Thomas Luker, innkeeper, Great Coxwell, Berkshire, Feb. 8, at one, and March 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers White and Co., Bedford-row $ Crowdy, Far ringdon. Alfred King, timber-merchant, Oxford, Feb. 10 and March 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrooke-court, Basinghall-street ; Ruck, Mincing-lane. J.hn Bentlett, grocer, East Peckham, Feb. 7 and Diarch 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Oraham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Dods, St. Martin's-lane. William Starr, currier, Lynn, Norfolk, Feb. 10, at half-past one, and March 25, at one, a t th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermaubury ; Ilaslam, Copthall-court. Jason Pigg, grocer, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, Feb. 8 and March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Nicholls and Doyle, Bedford-row, London. Robert Rowell Fretwell, shipowner, Greenwich, Feb. 16, at two, and March 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 8511, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Cottarill, Throginorton-street. Henry Cross, farmer, Kirton, Suffolk, Feb. 8, at eleven, and March 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Kirk, Sy rnond's Inn, Chancery -lane. John Bumby, cattle dealer, Manchester, Feb. 13, and March 7, at eleven, at the Mancherter District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk ner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London ; Lees, Manchester. John Thompson, licenced victualler, Sheffield, Feb. 18 and March 17, at ten, at the Leeds District Court, Sheffield. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Moss, Sergeants' Inn, London; Toottit, Bionsley. Joseph Parker, grocer, Blackburn, Lancashire, Feb. 14 and March 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester ; Neville, Ainsworth, and Hollin ahead, Blackburn. James Rend, provision dealer, Preston, Lancashire, Feb. 10, and March 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Mayhew, Son, and Reynolds, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, London I Blackhurst and Son, Preston. Charles Middleton Kenot, chymist, West Cowes, Feb. 8, at halt-past twelve, and March 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall• street ; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn. Thomas Fox, George Rippon, Christopher Akenhead Wawn, and William Lishman, coal merchants, West Cornforth, Durham, Feb. 11 and March 17, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Lawrence, Crowdy, and Bowlby, Old Fish-street, Doctors' Com mons, London; Griffith and Crighton, Ne3castle-upon- Tyne. George Cradock, rope maker, Darlington, Durham, Feb. 15, at half-past ten, and March 10, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Neweastle•upon-Tyne; Burn, Great Carter lane, Doctor's Commons; Steavenson, Darlington. John Tucker, attorney Plymouth, Feb. 15 and March 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court of Bank ruptcy. Hirtzel, official assignee, Paul-street ; Stogdon, Exeter ; Keddell and Co., Lime•street, London. Robert Spence r, printer, Saint Sidwell, Exeter, lon Feb. 15, and March 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Bishop and l'itts, Exeter ; Harris, Lincoln's Inn. Samuel Benny Serjeant, attorney-at-law, Callington, Cornwall, Feb. 10, at one, and March 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. llirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Snell, Callington, Cornwall; Stogdon, Exeter; Fox, Finsbury-circus, London. William Bagnall, grocer, Burslem, Staffordshire, Feb. 19 and March 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harding, Burslem ; Spencer and Hollings, Birmingham. SUNDERLAND, JAN. 30.—Tho Ocean Maid, of Yar mouth, for Shields, came on shore on Whiteburn null yesterday, and remains, but is likely to be got off. /4!- BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 'Males ••• Females ••• Total ... -.1,346 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 1.) SUGAR.—To -day there was increased firmness in the Raw Sugar market, the home t rade were anxious, to make purchases in both free and sl ave labour of every kind. On the part of merchants there was also much confidence, and theymoderately supplying the market, were enabled to obtain rather advanced rates. Exporters and our refiners working under bond came forward with greater freedom. The de mand was active for all sorts of West India for home consumption, and the rates paid were 6d to is per cwt above those of Friday, but business was checked by the diminished supply, and the refusal of some holders to sell. The private sales amounted to 860 hhds, &c., and the rates current are as follows:—brown 36s 6d to 37s 6d, yellow 36s to 475, and grey 38s to 42s per cwt. At public sale 20 hhds, 19 trcs, and 26 barrels:of Berbice went at 37s to 38s for fine strong brown. The rise on West India Sugar from the lowest point of the market is 3s 6d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day there was less disposition evinced to operate in Refined goods, but prices ruled firm ; Standard Lumps at 55s 6d to 565, and brown Grocery at 55s per cwt. A slight increase in the supply is observ able. Bonded Crushed Sugar is in brisker request, and prices are firmer—first and second quality selling at 2es to :30s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar of all kinds was in excellent request privately, and the parcels offered at auction, amounting to 5,154 bags, all sold at full, and in some cases at stiffer rates. Benares fine white fetched 48s to 90s, good 44s 6d to 465, middling 43s to 438 6d, low 42s to 42s 6d, good yellow date kind 41s to 435, damp and washed 37s to 475, brown ditto 27s to 325, good strong yellow like Dobah 47s 6d to 48s 6d. Of Madras some parcels were taken by priv a t e t rea ty, and stiffer rates were paid. At public s al e 93 b ags went at 33s for low soft yellow. MAURITIIIS.—This afternoon there was a lively de mand for all kinds of Mauritius Sugar, and a further rise in the value took place, although the market was better supplied. At public sale 6,943 bags and 25 casks were offered, consisting chiefly of middling grey sorts : the whole sold at a rise on the rates of the last auction of Is. per cwt. FoREIGN.—Today there was no public sale of Fo reign Sugar, but numerous parcels were taken by private treaty, and at higher rates by 6d to is per cwt. The chief sales to-day were 1,700 chests brown and yellow Illiannah at 395; 400 chests brown Bahia at 40s to 40s 6d; a cargo afloat of 400 tons of brown Rio at 37s 6d ; one of 200 tons Pernambuco at 38s 6d. To wards the close of the market it was difficult to purchase sound brown Foreign Sugar however low in quality under 38s. MoLAssEs.—To-day there was a good demand for West India, and the rates obtained were rather above those that existed last week. The value of low to fine quality is 16s to 18s 6d per cwt., indeed some parties will not take these rates. COFFEE. —This afternoon Native Ceylon was sold to a fair extent by private treaty, at 33s to 34s for good and real good ordinary. Of Plantation 117 bags and 5 casks were sold at rather better rates, good bold coloury mountain berry went at 665, good middling 60s, mid dliti 6d, damaged 50s to 558 6d, triage 39s 6d ; 27 casks of Jamaica went at full value, fine at 103 s 6d, good 81s to 90s, middling 703, fine ordinary 44s to 48s, good ordinary mixed 35s to 36s per cwt. The market for nearly all sorts of Coffee has a firm appearance. TEA.—The deliveries have again been of a satisfactory nature, and amounted to 557,965 pounds at this port during the past week, and which is a larger quantity than last year during the same time. The market has assumed a tranquil appearance for both Black and Green sorts, and only a limited amount of business has been concluded since our last report, but holders refuse to sell upon lower terms, the market is, however, more liberally supplied. The rates obtained for common and good common Congou are 8d to 9d ; Ilyson, ordinary is to is 3d, Gunpowder Canton is to is 4d, and Imperial 10d to Is. the There l are low w ratessellers o f s o d f ct to common m 6d,m o still i y l l e l f l e o w w is purchasers leaf T w uti a ocr n yhe k e under those t theeo by a r et met with. The public sales declared to take place are heavy, arid rlgreate rast scantilyrt pu a o n p rpt f r e ad s n, o dp m r i e ct eh t isemareter.aadlNesooanmlel has come c i n o u tnr ofcye are eu is time in 1847. Rica.--This afternoon no improvement was perceiv able in the demand for any kind of East India Rice, and holders were disposed to realise. At auction 3,063 bags Madras sold, but upon rather lower terms—fine pinky white went at lls, good 9s 6d to 10s, fine pearl barley 10s, good 9s to Os 6d, fine bold white 12s 6d to 13s, line cargo 8s 6d to 95, and damaged 8s to 12s 6d ; 2,049 bags of Bengal were offered—the sound was all taken in—fine white at 14s 6d and good 12a 6d, but the dsmaged sold at 8s to 13s per cwt. Ss.ao.—To-day 146 boxes at public sale were taken in at 19s for small Pearl, being above the value. SPIRITS.—To-day there was an active demand for all kinds of Rum, and a further advance in the value took place, Leeward Island selling at is 10d to is lid proof, East India is Bid to Is 9d, Jamaica 30 to 38 per cent. over proof 4s to ss, and Demerara 3s 3d to 3s Gd per o g l a i ll a ( e m co ; uinntdeoefdthsoemexeppeacrtteidesrpet ti t u h t e y s . e rates, . more desire manifested to realise, and the rates accepted will educt l io o n t i a ti ec th e TALLOW.—On the part of holders of Russian there is are rather under those previou sl y q uoted. Only a limited has been concluded, and 47 s to 47 s 6 d amount of business are the prices taken for P Y Candle. There are sellers for the next. two mont hs at 475, but few buyers are to b e met with. The operations are upon a more extended scale only for the last three months of the year at 43s to 445, and upon which terms there is a desire to sell. Home made is not cheaper, but is not so much in de mand, and the supply is rather larger, still 493 to 50s per cwt are tke rates insisted upon nett cash. Other sorts of Tallow are less wanted, and rather lower rates are accepted. At public sale 133 casks of P. Y. Candle were disposed of. For auction 800 packages of Tallow are declared. Ous.—Prices do not improve for Linseed Oil, although the home demand is good, and exporters having been buyers to a fair extent. The supply is, however, larger than of late. For forw ar d d e l ivery several sales have been made at 24s to 24s 3d per cwt, indeed there arc not generally sellers upon these terms. Rape Seed Oil in good demand, and the supply being small, buyers have to pay stiffer rates. Little change in the value of Olive Oil. For Palm a much better demand has been experienced, 1,457 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jaa. 31. (Before Mr. Commissioner SLIEPIIERD.) IN TILE BANKRUPTCY OF CALLOW AND TEYBRSHAbi. The bankrupts were stockbrokers in Finch-lane and Cornhill. This was a meeting for the last examination, which was adjourned by direction of the Commissioner, in order that the bankrupt Callow may be enabled to furnish the assignees with a sepa rate cash account. The main items of the joint balance sheet, which begins January, 1846, and ends December 9, 1847, are as follow :—Creditors, 424 ; creditors holding security, 9,9221.; amount received from Mr. Teversham's private estate, 1561.; capital of Mr. Teversham, the younger, 1,3504; amount of commission, 2,7131. ; amount received from Mr. Smallbone, 925/. ; amount received from Mr. Tever sham, being paid by them as security to the Stock Exchange. The credit side of the balance sheet has the following :—Doubtful debts, 7,7204 ; security in the hands of creditors, 2904 ; losses, 5,5921. ; ex penses, 5351.; amount drawn out by Edmund Callow, 1,1841.; ditto by Mr. Teversham, 6811. IN THE BANKRUPTCY OP THE SALISBURY BANK. On Saturday last Mr. Abrahall, the registrar of Mr. Commissioner Evans' court, together with the principal officers of the same court, sat in the White Hart Inn, Salisbury, for the purpose of taking the proofs of debts in this matter. About 200 proofs, amounting to about 6,0001., were received. The convenience of which this arrangement is produce tive to the small creditors is shown by the fact, that the great majority of the claims averaged under 201. The next meeting under the fiat is fixed for the 3d proximo. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 31. The cases heard in this court offered no materials for a detailed report. In the case of Joseph Freeman, a rent collector, who was opposed for a breach of trust in not paying over rents which he had received to the extent of 110/. Air. Commissioner PHILLIPS refused to make any final order. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. William Rancock, and Mary Elizabeth Hancock, his daughter, were placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of stealing a gold watch and a quantity of plate, the property of Mrs. Burrows, a lady residing at No 6, Canal-grove, Old Kent-road. The prisoner admitted that he had been in the deepest distress, but accounted for his possession of the money by saying he had disposed of a chest of drawers for three guineas, and that the money found upon him was part of the produce of the drawers. Mr. ELLIOTT remanded the prisoners. SOU7'HIVARK. Thomas Barnash, a pugilist, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with committing a violent assault on policeman 137 L, and rendering him unfit for the performance of his duties. The policeman, who appeared to be very seriously injured, stated that on Saturday night, while on duty near the Surrey Theatre, he interfered to prevent a fight between the prisoner and another man. Tie moment, however, of his interference, he was struck by the prisoner and knocked down, and while on the ground his assailant knelt upon his breast with such force as to deprive him for some time of the power of breathing ; in addition to which he was also kicked in the side, hut he could not undertake to say posi tively the prisoner was the person by whom it was inflicted. The policeman here handed in a medical certificate, describing that he had received some serious internal injuries, which incapacitated him from attending to his duties, and adding that it was impossible as yet to ascertain the extent of them. The prisoner, in defence, said that some time ago he received a wound in the head, from the effects of which he suffered much, particularly when he drank; that on the night in question, while drinking at the bar of a public-house near the Surrey Theatre, he was insulted by a man, and that they went out to settle their difference, when the policeman interfered, and that it was by accident he (prisoner) fell upon him in the way described, which he should not have done if he had not been in liquor. Mr. COTTINGHAM, in strong language, denounced the conduct of the prisoner, who, he said, had evinced great brutality on the occasion. The men following the avocation of pugilists, he must say, generally displayed much cou rage , an d even if insulted by those over whom they knew they possessed much advantage in point of skill and science in the art of boxing, yet instances were rare in whick they used them against such persons. The Magistrate added that, as it was impossible to predict what might be the consequences of the prisoner's violence towards the policeman, he should commit him to prison for one month instead of inflicting a penalty, and that in the meantime if the policeman died, he could be brought up again from the gaol to answer for the more serious charge. The prisoner's wife, with a baby in her arms, soon afterwards supplicated for an alteration in the magis trate's decision, saying that imprisonment would be the ruin of him and his family, and that she would endeavour to raise the money to pay any fine that might be inflicted. COTTINGHA M refused to listen to the applica tion, and the prisoner was committed. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Jam. 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New. 334 dis.—Great Northern, 5% c. dis.—Great Western, 17/. Shares, 1% n. — Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, ern, 152 321. Sh ares, sc. dis.—London and North-W 1 / 1 / estern, 152 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 6W, p.—Ditto, Fifths, 91 ;4 1 ) - -Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, p.—Ditto, Quarter., No. 1, p.—Midland, 40/. Shares, 44% —Ditto, Halves, dis.—North British, Quarters, 1 4 c. die. —North Staffordshire, % p.—North Union (A), 209 c.— Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), New, % p.— South-Eastern and Dover, 31!.‘ c.—Ditto, New, No. 1, 3 1 ,4 dis.--Ditto, No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Ber. wick (N. and B. Extensions), No. 2, 3tt c. p,--Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 2 p.—Ditto, Preference, 2 p. MANCHESTER, J..x. 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lamm e, and Cheshire Junction, 514—East Anglian, New Pre ference, IA dis.—Great Northern, 5% di a. — Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, •,s,ic dia.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. Shares, 43,4 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2% dis.—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters ( A), 4 p.—Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 54 die. —North Staffordshire, 13-16 p. — South-Eastern and Dever, No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k, E xtens i ons, No. 2, 3 5-16.. p. HUL Th L JAN. 31. STOCK EXCHANGE —e , sales are—Blackburn, Darwin, and Bolton, 10 B. dis.—North British, Quarters, ls. 6d. C. din.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 9d. die. AN INFERNAL MACHINE AT SHEFFIELD.—The Sheffield Iris states, that early yesterday morning week an attempt was made to blew up the premises of Mr. Marples joiners' tool-maker. The infernal machine used for the purpose was similar to others used in that town for like diabolical objects; being formed of an iron tabs of great thickness, and plugged at each end w i t h l ea d , while a kind of touch-hole was left in the middle of the barrel for the insertion of the patent fu se . Th e v ill a i ns gained access to the premises by scaling a high wall, and had placed the loaded tube under th e ware h ouse, through a door which opened into the yard. When the explo sion took place no further mischief was done than the blowing down of the door. Mr. Marples had not been a member of a trades' union for two years, and bad had no dispute with any of his men. CLIRIST CHURCH, Sunnny.—A few days since the trustees of Mr. Marshall's estates assembled for the purpose of electing a rector of Christ Church, Surrey, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. Mapleton. The Rev. T. M‘Gill, 8.A., curate of Clapham, and the Rev. G. W. Lewis. M.A., minister of Sit. Peter's, Southwark, were nominated; and the votes -of the trustees were found to be—in favour of Mr. M'Gill, 1; and in favour of Mr. Lewis, S. Neither party would give way; and as it was found impossible under the cir cumstances to proceed to thelelection, it was agreed that the matter should be referred to the Bishop of Win chester, and that his decision should be final. A state ment of the case was laid before his Lordship, who forth with appointed Mr. Lewis to the benefice. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Debilitated Constitutions, Disordered Liver, Bile, and Indigestion, cured by Hol loway's Pills.—The good effects produced by this salutary medicine are really extraordinary, and speak volumes in favour of its excellence in the cure of impaired Digestion, Bile, diseases of the Liver and Chest. The benefits de rived from the use of Holloway's Pills in these com plaints are permanent, as the whole system is completely renovated, by inducing a healthy action of the liver, strengthening the organs of digestion, and promoting a free respiration. Persons suffering from any of these disorders should immediately have recourse to this esta blished remedy, to ensure a safe, certain, and speedy cure. —Sold by all vendors of medicine, and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 24th ult., at Turnham-green, Mrs. John Fletcher, of a daughter. On the 24th ult., at River Hill, near Seven Oaks, the lady ofJ oh n Rogers, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th ult., at Teignmouth, the lady of Captain F. T. Meik, h. p. 16th Lancers, of a daughter. On the 27th ult., at Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, the lady of Charles Gould, Esq., of a son. On the 27th ult., in Bentinck-street, Mrs. Frederick Nichol', of a son. MARRIBP. On the 29th ult., George Faish, Esq., of Brixton, Surrey, to Elizabeth, relict of the late William llolme, Esq., of City terrace, City-road. DIED. On the 29th ult., after a few days' illness, Mr. William Andrew Bain, of 2, Duke• street, Westminster, newspaper agent, in the 56th year of his age. On the 25th ult., at Putney, Mrs. Hussey, aged 82. On the 25th ult., at Southampton, Sir William D'ArcY Todd, K.H , aged 77. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUifG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sign Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of blitlJlesex,Tuesday, February 1, 1848. T ~~ , .