The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-15 00:00:00

birt Wibition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY WALFORD V. PAYNE. This was an interpleader issue, to try whether certain property, seized by the; Sheriff of Middlesex, at the snit of the defendant, a grocer, in Begent•street, was or was not the property of the plaintiff: It appeared that the plaintiff, Mrs. Walford, an aged lady, bad been for many years the confidential servant of the Baroness Dillon, now deceased, and that in consequence of her having been in that capa city since 1801, and on account of back wages, and the loan of a sum of 2001., she assigned to her the unex pired lease of the premises which she occupied in Quebec -street, and the entire furniture of the house. Subsequently the defendant distrained upon the pro piirty for rent and for sums owing by the Baroness. The original agreement was put in, and evidence adduced to show that the property really belonged to Mrs. Walford. Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Ball appeared for the pla - Mr. iIIIDEFERY, who appeared for the defendant, stated that the case of the defendant amounted to this, that the assignment was a friendly one, and was adopted for the purpose' of preventing the property from being taken under a Chancery suit then pending. The evidence, however, did not support the defence. The jury found for the plaintiff. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTI- TUTION.--(THIS DAY.) The 13th annual meeting of this very prosperous institution was held to-day, at twelve o'clock, ,at the London Tavern ; S.; H. Lucas, Esq., in the chair. About 500 members were present. From the report read by Mr. MAnss, the secretary, it appeared during the past year, and by the 20th of November, 1,423 new poli c i es h a d been issued, realising an annual income of 24,5001. The total annual income is 126,0001. notwithstanding reductions in premiums of upwards of 10,000/. under the division of profits of last year. The total capital is 440,0004, and the total amount of policies issued since the commencement of the institu tion, 9,200. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the members on the suecessfal progress of the institution; after which the report was adopted, and the meeting proceeded to ballot for the election of two directors. The candidates are Messrs. Synnott, lieskett, Smith, Metham, Gilpin, Sheppard, Thorp, Hull, and Tirrell. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r the Week ending on Saturday, the 9th day of December, 1848. Issua DZPARTIKENT. Notes i55ued........ 27,733,735 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 13,225,826 Silver bullioa ...... 507,909 £27.733,735 27,733,725 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 14th day of De cem b er , 1848. BANKING DEPAZTICIN T. X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest .. •....... .. .. 3,374,251 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 7,061,202 Other deposits ••• • • • 9,567,966 Seven day and other Government securi ties (including Dead = Weight A1um71t3 , 577 13,329,012 Other securities .. 10,668,558 Notes ••• • .. 10,771,720 Gold and silver coin.. 789,855 bills.. :....... .. •• 1,002,726 £35,559,145 X 35,559,145 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. r. 1848. Dated the 14th day of Deem' COURSE OF EXCHJ Amitenlam .......... 12 3 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 Retterdam .......... 12 3 Antwerp .... 25 85 liamburgh .... • • 11.13. 13 1238 Altona.. ...• • • • • •• - Pa. is, 3 days' sight ...• 25 50 LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. ...... Leghorn .. .. ••.. • . 32 0 Gen0a................ 26 20 Milan . . Venice Naples Palermo, perms Messina . Lisbon... Oporto • .. Rio Janeiro ... Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .......... PILICMI Or BULLION, PEI OX Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 40% • •• - •• 117% 118 •.•• •••.•• Ditie, 3 months 25 7734 Marseilles 25 77> Bourdeaux.... . 25 7736 Frankfort on Maine.... 1213( retersburgh, SU. Rble.. 3634 Berlin ........ ........ Vienna, effec..ilo.. :• .. 11 24 Trieste, ditto.... .... 11 24 Madrid .............. 47% Cadiz ................ 48% Barcelona ..:: ...: :: sevilla.• •••• •• • • • • • . New Dollars .....: 0 4 iN Silveri' bars ........ 0 4 1134 THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, DEC. 14, 1848. The Queen 'has been pleased to appoint the Rev. George Augustus Frederick Hart to be one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to her Majesty. WHITEHALL, DEC. 13. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Robb to the Church and Parish of Longside, in the Presbytery of Deer and county of Aberdeen, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Imray, late Minister thereof. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 15. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry Andrew Sarel to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wedderburn, pro moted ; William Wedderburn Arbuthnot, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sarel, Dec. 15. 10th Light Dragoons—Cornet John Drummond, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parker, who retires; Francis Benjamin Hallowell Carew, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Drummond, Dec. 15. 15th Light Dragoons—Cornet James Henry D'Arcy Hutton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colston, who retires; William Oliver Bird, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutton, Dec. 15. Scots Fusilier Guards—Captain Patrick L. C. Paget, from the 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Ray, who exchanges, Dec. 15. 10th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Henry Radford Norman to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hollins worth, died of his wounds; Ensign Patrick Brown Lucas to be Lieutenant, vice Norman, Oct. 4. 30th Foot—Lieutenant Armar Lowry to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wilkinson, who retires ; Ensign William Robert Hepburn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowry; George Francis Coventry Pocock, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hepburn, Dec. 15. 49th Foot—Captain Henry George Hart to be Major, by purchase, vice Faber, promoted in the 2d West India Regiment; Lieut. Henry Seymour Moon Donneley Ful ton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hart; Ensign Wil liam Whitaker Maitland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fulton; Gentleman Cadet George Henry Lamb, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Maitland, Dec. 15. 54th Foot—Lieutenant and Captain John William Hay, from the Scots Fusilier Guards to be Captain, vice Paget, who exchanges, Dec. 15. 55th Foot—Lieutenant-General John Millet Hamer ton, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General John Wardlaw, deceased, ,Dec. 7. 62d Foot—Lieut. John M. M. Hewett to be Adjutant, vice Lambert,twho resigns the Adjutantcy only, Dec. 15. 63d Foot—Lieut. Henry Lees to be Captain, without purchase, vice George Gardine Shaw, who retires upon full pay; Ensign D. C. Augustus Delhoste to be Lieu tenant, vice Lees, Dec. 15. 95th Foot—Lieut. W. Minchin to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Rouse, who retires; Ensign John Herbert Armstrong, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Min chin; George Lynedock Carmichael Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Armstrong, Dec. 15. 2d West India Regiment—Major William Raikes Faber, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Allen, who retires, Dec.ls UNATACHED.— Lieutenant John Kellerman Wedder burn, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase; Lieutenant Allan Menzies, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Captain, without pur chase, Dec. 15. MEMORANDII3I.—The removal of Ensign Joseph Charles Gooutellow, from the 10th Foot to the gild Foot, as stated in the Gazette of 15th August, 1848, 1123 been cancelled. Captain Thomas Smales, upon half-pay of the Ist West India Regimen t, has been permitted to retire from the army, by Captain of ss'eer an IluattachA Commission, as a of Good Hope. Infantry, he being about to settle at the Cape Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. Ro.y al Monmouthshire 1,;11-;dA,11:70aitrd1Z;oLlsd,niEusnqd., to be Captain, vice a Philip Herbert, Esq., to be , vice E. Carter de ceased; Richard Arthur La.uarietnain to be Lieu tenant, vice J. S. Macgregor, not ctoe'bG:nt" BANKRUPTS. e a°ll4l s r .. Solomon Child, farm er , Ewhurst, Surrety, to t render Dec. 29, at eleven, and J an. 30 , it the Court of Bankruptcy. P e n ne ll, () m ew :et re u at Watson and Son. Bouverie street, and Hammerasselr James Henry Garrood,srocer and drap er , Thornl-iftru Magna, Suffolk, Dec. 24,4 at one, and Feb. 3, at eleve n , at the Court of B a nk r up t cy, Ba s inghall- s t ree t. G reen, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Abbott and Wheatley, Rolls'-yard; Miller and Sons, Norwich. Peter Thompson, sen., carpenter and builder, Outta burgh-place, New•road, and Commercial-road, Lhme house, Dec. 22, at halt. past twelve, and Jan. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stsnsfeld, official assignee; De Medina, Crosby - hall-chambers, Bishopsgate. Jahn Webb Fielder and John Bradbury, lace mer chants, Thavies Inn, Holborn-hill, Dec. 22, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansteld, official assignee; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. Edward Pillow, paper hanger, ;,Canterbury, Dec. 27, at one, and Jan. 18. at twelve, at the Court of Baulk. ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street-buildings; Buchanan, Basin; hall -street. Thomas Roberts, grccer. Minories, Dcc. 26 and Jan. 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, offi cial assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Rogers, Fencburch-street. Peter Clark, jun., pawnbroker, C , )lchester, Essex, Dec. 21, and Jan. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Bull, Ely place ; Abell, Colchester. Thomas Wood, miller, Tunbridge, Kent, Dec. 21, sit half-past two, and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-streot buildings, Moorgate-street ; Coverdale and Co., Bedford row. James Blackshaw Sancrar, cabinet maker, Dec. 29 and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Ancra man, official assignee, Bristol ; Blower, Vizard, and Co., Lincol n ' s I nn-fields ; Leman, Bristol. Thomas Nosworthy Heyward, grocer, Torquay, Dec. 26, and Jan. 24, at eltven, at the Exeter District Court. THE SUN, LONDON, Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter; Spyer, Broad - street - buil dings. Thomas Cariss, coru dealer, Thirek, Yorkshire, Jan. 11 and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignees, Leeds ; Johnson and Co., Temple; Leman and Clark, York; Courtenay, Leeds. PRICE OF SUGAR. ____ The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending December 12, 1848, is 225. o%d. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 15.) Stioaa.—The demand was brisk to-day for West India for home trade purpcses, and the rates paid are 6d per cwt. above those of last Friday; the market also has a firm aspect. At public sale 107 hhds Barbadoes went at stiffer rates; fine yellow fetched 40s to 40s 6d, good 37s to 395, and middling 35s 6d to 265; 52 hhds Trinidad, low yellow 33s 6d to 34s per cwt. The purchases to-day are 505, making 3,745 hhds and trcs for the week, which is a large quantity for the time of year- On Tuesday 315 hhds 125 barrels Porto Rico Sugar, :150 hhds Barbadoes, and 115 hhds of Demerara chrystalised will bo offered at public sale. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were in excellent demand for home trade purposes, brown lumps at 46s 6d to 475, and Standard Lumps 47s 6d to 48s. In Bonded Crushed Sugar there is no variation to notice. MAIIRITIIIS.—This afternoon a good demand was ex perienced for Mauritius Sugar, and 3,990 bags at auction sold readily at fully former rates ; good yellow at 37 8 to 37s 6d, middling 34 s 6 d to 35s 6d, low 33s 6d to Us, fine brown 32s to 335, good 31s 6d, middling 305, out d condition 30s to 363 per cwt. in with greater freedom, uflo 6bondldeic4 middling alst a n sra olt d eong 3 4 y,l4egs yesterday tc 3 3:dsr b :sd a yda g t oa mysy atyellow auction ,l744oso97Bs fi6an dbteat4gowows4sh of EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was dealt t o 4 a ß t 2 e F s, a very ro g ß o eE o s f i d u 4: l 4 3 l s B . _ P t s o r t iA4oc3:3ss9: public Is. Pernambuco Sugar were offered, when a part only sold at 36s to 378 for yellow, low to fine white was taken in at 38s to 41s per cwt. To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, but privately much inquiry existed. For the week 1,900 bags yellow Havannah have been sold at 193 6d to 20s 6d; 1,000 bags white Pernambuco 38s to 39s 6d, and several parcels of low Java, Manilla and China at firm rates. MOLASSES.—There is at present not much demand, yet holders remain firm, the rates asked are 14s to 17s for West India, 13s to 14s for East India, and 15s for Bengal Treacle ; the purchases made are, however, still of little moment ; at auction 14 puns of ordinary St. Vincent's were taken in at 14s per cwt. COCOA —This afternoon at public sale 3,113 bags Guayaquil Cocoa were offered; the sound was taken in at 29s to 30s, but damaged sold at 25s to 26s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was in excel lent demand, and 944 bags Plantation at public sale sold at stiffer rates; middling 503 6d to 525, low middling 46s to 495, fine and fine fine ordinary 35s 6d to 455, triage 29s 6d to 30s, and pea berry 48s to 525. 45 bales Mocha went at stiff rates; ordinary old yellow long berry 57s to 59s 6d, middling greenish, not long bean 52s 6d, low middling 48s to 48s 6d, damaged 45s to 50s, and triage 15s to 225. The value of good ordinary Native Ceylon is 29s 6d to 30s per cwt. TEL—There has been little passing in Black this week, and sellers are willing to accept former reduced rates; 6kd to 7d is the value of common Congou, and 7fd for good ordinary. Green met with little attention, and can be purchased upon rather lower terms. For Scented and Pekoe Teas there is a dull sale, and quota tions tend downwards. Pnblic sales are declared to take place on Thursday; at present the quantity advertised is 3,000 packages. SPICES.—To-day at public sale 125 bags Bourbon Cloves sold at 6FI to 7d for middling and good, and or dinary 6d; 1524 bags Malabar Ginger 255, damaged I7s to 20s 6d; 1722 bags Malabal Pepper sold at stiffer rates—shot 30 to 31-d, half heavy 2id to 2id, damaged 24d to 34d; 41 bags of White, sound 44d; 50 bags of Pod taken in at 50s tces6s; 114 boxes Preserved Ginger sold sold 13d to I Id; 53 cases of Preserved Nutmegs 2s to 2s id; 27 packages Malabar Cinnamon sold aid to 4d; 96 boxes of Capenne Pepper, damaged 2d, is to is lid; one lot sound is 8d: 5 packages Nutmegs taken in 2s to 38 4d for brown, and middling 2s 6d; 4 cases of Mace sold at is 10d to is lld, and mouldy is 10d. SALTPETRE.—To day rough Saltpetre was in excel lent demand, and 2,748 bags at auction were nearly all sold at rather higher rates; Calcutta, 28 per cent refrac tion went at 27s 6d, 44 to 4i do at 26s 6d to 275, 64 do 26s to 26s 6d, 9i to 9 do 255 6d to 265, and damaged 20s 6d to 255; a portion was taken in at 27s to 27s 6d for 5i to 7 per cent refraction. A public sale of 1,000 bags Calcutta is declared to take place on Tuesday. RICE.—To-day the demand was act brisker for East India Rice. At public sale 2,699 bags Bengal only in part sold at lOs 6d and 11 s for good white, and damaged 8s 6d to lOs per cwt, which are full rates. Seco.—At public sale 351 chests of Pearl Sago sold at 24s to 25s 6d for fine, and inferior 17s 6d to 18s 6d; 23 brls Tapioca 6-4 d to 7d per lb. A public sale of 666 bags Sago Flour is declared to take place on Wednesday. INDIGO.—For Madras rather more demand has been experienced this week, and the rates paid are 2d per lb above those of the last quarterly auctions. At public sale this afternoon of 22 serous Guatemala Indigo sold at 2s. 6d to 3s 2d. BOCHINEAL.—Buyers have made purchases with in creased freedom this week ; for low and silvers prices must be quoted Id higher, whilst better sorts and back fully sustained the previous value. At auction- the quantity offered was large, still the whole sold. SPIRITS.—The operations in Demerara Rum have been to a fair extent this week, and at stiffer ratrs. The sales are 250 puns; 33 to 35 per cent over proof at Is lid to 2s, 34 to 36 over 2s to 2s ld, fine 35 over 2s 4d. In East India an extensive business has been done, the sales are 1,400 puns at is 3id proof. Leeward Islands is held for stiffer rates, business in consequence has been restricted to 100 puns at is 4d to is 5d proof. Jamaica is held with firmness, plain quality 30 to 33 per cent over proof at 2s 8d to 2s 10d, middling and good middling 23 to 36 over 2s lld to 3s 2d, good 3s 3d to 3s 6d, and fine 3s 8d to 4s 2d. The amount of business done in Brandy has been small this week, and at rather lower rates. Deliveries do not fall off. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1845, can be bought at 5s to 5s 2d, ditto 1846 4a 8d to 4s 10d, ditto 1847 3s 3d to 3s 10d, inferior 3s to 3s 4d, Bourdeaux 2s 3d to 2s Bd, Spanish 2s to 2s 4d, and French 50 per cent over proof 2s to 2s ld. Geneva is little wanted, the value of ex port sold is is 10d and of fine for duty 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. For British-made Spirit the price has been re duced to lOs per gallon. FRUIT.—On Tuesday there was a public sale, consist ing of 109 butts 136 crtls Patras, 116 butts 128 crtls 141 brls and 30 bxs Zante ; all the Patras sold—the butts at 35s to 375, and the crtls from 37s to 38s, which was fully is under the market price ; the Zante were taken in at 355. There has been very little busi ness doing by private treaty this week ; but not withstanding the reduction in price, a n d th e pan i c caused in the trade by Tuesday's sale, the principal importers continue firm at former prices. The stock of Valentia Raisins is getting small, and the price firm at 365. Sul tana Raisins are selling freely from 60s to 68s. Turkey Figs are brought very sparingly from 56s to 84s. OlLs.—Previoas rates are not sustained for Linseed Oil, although a good home demand has existed, whilst exporters have been buyers to a fair extent. Olive has been dealt in with more readiness. Palm is yet only in limited request, and prices are receding on account of an increased stcck. The value of good to fine is 30s to 31s, and for low to mid 27s to 295. The moderate rates are likely to extend consumption. Of Cocoa Nut further parcels have come to hand, and much dulness exists in the market. Of Fish Oils imports have been trivial since this day week, whilst deliveries are to a fair extent, still no Un- provement is apparent in the position of business. To day at auction 99 casks of Palm Oil sold at from 25s 6d 28s 9d per cwt. TALLow.—This afternoon not much demand existed for Russian on the spot, and the rates taken are 43s 9d to 44s for fine P.Y. Candle; at auction 1,012 pkgs of South American sold at 39s 3d to 435; 294 pkgs Austra fian 393 3d to 435; 31 ditto North American were with drawn; 50 ditto of Cape sold at 43s 9d to 445; 40 csks of Italian at 41s per cwt. PRESENT AND PROPHETIC HIS TORY OF THE LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AM) SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. (From the Liverpool Times.) This line was originally projected by a Manchester company, who had the data to go upon, of the great passenger traffic from the interior, by canal and coaches, irrespective of the Liverpool traffic. With this groundwork, the West Lancashire prepared a Bill, seeking powers to make a Coast Line from Southport to Liverpool, joining the then proposed Leeds and Bury Railway at Kirkdale, which would secure not only the Lancashire canal and coach traffic, but also that of the vast tinily migratory population of Bootle, Lither land, Segforth, Waterloo, Formby, and the far-famed sanitorium Southport, and, in addition, opening out a sea shore of thirteen miles, hitherto inaccessible for want or _a road of any description. the Rou se _i2 no e a u ntu t r h e e . B.:nil thiswas bef ore Parliament, Committees of to e sh bt row se ou o t f C ,.il o l m ß m ai o lw ns ay h ß ar i l us de o te f r a m p i p n a e r d e , nt a i t y t a ha s t pe t c i u m in e_, project then was pla ced, ca tegory the West Lancashire Bill when, through the en andconsideration. bowled out almost without a decent The appeared abandoned altogether, Toogood, of Lottcye:aseverance of the solicitors, Messrs. and the Liverpool and Sosit board of Directors was formed, oorft Railway Bill was car variousof Liverpool, a L ive n rpo l Messrs. Duncan and Ratcliffe, ried, without almost a ahadusvP through its Parliament, , and eonrlTed f or b y , stages, during the on its own absolute intrinsic reer°siPet:Ps°l6ointha' ,ie next in the The portion of the line from South c , 'lnprising about l3i miles, was o l 3 Zt t to Waterloo, Messrs. Ilolme and At`Cormick shcrt space of three months, and the result ' of te tl i ;.,-ill, we ate informed, show that a return of 15 e t he r,- for nine mouths, and 7i per cent. for the thr‘p•eertvienetne montha, is a very moderate estimate when the remaining r iortion of the line is completed up to the junction with the Lancashire and Yorkshire line at Sandhill s - b r i dge a distan ce o f on l y 31 m il es . , For th e i n f ormat i on o f t h e sce ptic a l we w ill give the facts as they have reached us, in order to show that there is some solidity in railway investments, under sound management. Du — rirg the summer, or rather the autumn months that the line has been opened irom Southport to Waterloo, the average number of passengers was about 4,000 per week, notwithstanding the drawback of an omnibus convey ance of fire miles, and the Lancashire traffic conveyed by coaches from the Euxton station of the North- Western, which, however, on Monday nest, will be transferred to the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and con veyed from the Preston road station at Walton to Wa terloo by omnibus. _ _ The total cost of the line from Southport to the junc- tion at Sandhills-bridge will not exceed, for a single line, 180,0001., including plant of engines, carriages, &c., or say 10,000/ per mile, upon which a return is to be made, and not upon 50,0001, 60,0001., and 75,0001. per mile, as on some of the great lines. It may there Fore be assumed ;that the average for the year, when the line is completed, will show a traffic of 500,000 passengers, and this will give, at the low money average of Is. 6d. per head, 37,5001. per annum gross receipts. Tne working expenses of a single passenger line of chi, kind, requiring no night work or double staff, is estimated at 10,0001., leaving a balance of 27,5001. as profit. yielding a dividend of 10 per cent. and a reserve of 9,5004 to meet wear and tear, and to replace stock, say— Dividend, 10 per cent £lB,OOO Expenses £28,000 Receipts Reserve fund 9,500 ST. PETERSBURGH. The last advices from St. Petersburgh give the fil lowing summary of accounts received from the interior respecting the state of the harvest : ••Irtuvi mt.—The harvest of winter corn good—of summer, moderate. Hay good and sufficiently abundant. " CllERSON.—tomplaints predominate of a bad har vest of kinds of grain. The summer of this district has been of a peculiar character, a burning heat with uniform south-east winds and no rain, the result of which has been, an unhealthy atmosphere, andi a; scanty pro duce of grain and hay, which has been further dimi nished by the ravages of the locusts. It was not until the middle of last September that things recovered a little, when the fields and meadows clothed themselves in their spring array of green. " Kassw.—Throughout this province the harvest of winter grain is below en average, but the summer crop is somewhat more abundant. " KosTnoma.—Tbe entire harvest has been pretty abundant.. " ARCHANGEL.—Throughout this province the har vest bas been tolerably good. " GRODNO.—The winter crop of corn is good, and the summer crops abundant.'! The exports at Cronstadt up to the 27th November. are given as follows : Grain, 341,614 chetwerts; bristles, 69,032 puds ; linseed, 273,697 chetwerts; tal low, 3,281,932 puds ; potass, 348,021 puds ; hemp, 1,358,085 puds; and flax, 814,032 puds. The Customs receipts up -to the same date had been 12,412,119 roubles, being an increase of 420,760 upon the receipts of 1847. The return of the movement of the shipping trade is as under:— With Goods In Ballast With Coals Total Arrived. 1,027 48 439 Sailed. 1,351 116 1,514 vessels. 1,467 vessels Mr. Robert Chambers, of Edinburgh, in an in ,eresting account, given in his Journal, of a visit made by him to Paris, in September last, tells us that, at an evening party at Lamartine'e, a Parisian gentleman present, by way of " doing the agree able " to the British stranger, expressed a hope that England might soon become a republic. " Not, I hope, till the English are Republicans," was the quiet an swer of the person addressed. " I could see," continues Mr. Chambers, " that the words told. They do, indeed, badinage as they were, touch the whole case of France at the present moment. It has the misfortune to be a republic, while not one-fourth of the people have any affection for that form of government. Any Government, as we well know, with a small amount of cordial support from the people, must, in order to live, be a tyranny. France, therefore, being under a rule which rests on so narrow a basis, necessarily exhibits practical restraint, while nominally con- , ducted on the broadest democratic principles. It is but the simplest converse to this fact, that a despotism whichall are well affected to, might be practically more Liberal than the reddest republic that ever breathed." The pertinence of these remarks to the present position of affairs in France requires no enforcement from us. The truth must out : France has become a Republic before the French were Republicans. As we do not dabble in predictions, we shall not venture to conjecture the issue of such a state of things. We are resigned to wait, not without solicitude, until Time shall further evolve the events of the great drama. —Liverpool Mercury. RESUMPTION or PUBLIC WORKS.—We are glad to learn that arrangements are now completed under which stir. M'Cormick is to proceed with the completion of the long suspended dock works. This will not only infuse new life into the place, but will prepare it for commer cial operations.—Liverpool Mercury. THE LONDONDERRY STEAMER.—This vessel, which has acquired such notoriety by the late lamentable ca tastrophe that occurred on board, is now lying at Lance field Quay, a few yards to the west of Mr. Napier's wharf, Glasgow. She is getting overhauled for the purpose of being again put on the passage between this end Londonderry. It is intended to ventilate the steer age in the most efficient manner, so as to prevent the pos sibility of 'such a painful occurrence being repeated.- IVorth British Daily Mail. Accounts from Smyrna, of the 24th November, state that business during the week, although not very brisk, had, nevertheless, not been inactive. The sales of opium had been about 300 couffes at 72 to 83 the chequi. Prices continued to have a downward tendency, owing to the unfavourable news from Europe. The last packet for England, which left on the 21st, took 238 boxes, 33 of which were for Singapore, 43 for Hong-Kong, and 162 for London. The exports , of the drug since the commencement of the harvest up to the above date had been about 1,300 couffes, and there remained a stock on hand of about 700 couffes. The prices of madders were going down ; 1,000 bales had been disposed of during the week at from 163 to 175 per owt. The stock comprised 4,000 bales. Of valonia there had been sold for the London market during the same period about 3,500 cwt. at 53k, and 2,000 cwt. of second quality at 35 to 38. The prices of this article were rising ; the stock on hand consisted of between 5,000 and 6,000 cwt. of the old harvest. Has A CAT NINE LIVES ?—A most extraordinary circumstance lately occurred in Bedford, which has given rise to much discussion and speculation. It ap pears that Mrs. Ilalfheed, of Harpur-place, had three kittens, and it was thought proper only one should be kept ; accordingly orders were given that two should be forthwith drowned, and two were drowned, says 'our informant. The dead kittens were then buried in the garden. Six weeks afterwards a kitten was seen to come out of the ground on the spot where the two unfortunates had been buried, and it was immediately recognised as one of those identical victims! To remove all doubt about the matter, the ground was turned up, and only one dead kitten was found in the hole. It is supposed that it was a case of suspended animation, and if so, it is the m os t p rotracted case of the kind that has come to our knowledge. At all events, the cat is alive and well, but much smaller than its brother, who did not go through the process of prowning and burying.—Ltedford Times. THE WHOLESALE SWINDLERS:.--The family of swindlers, Maria, Ann, and Joseph Whitehouse, alias Green, whose capture we noted recently, were again brought up to the Manchester Borough Court, on Mon day last. Mr. Reay, of the Liverpool Guardian Society, stated that a number of other cases of swindling by the prisoners had been discovered, but they were similar to those already investigated, and hitherto they had not been able to find the husband of Mrs. Whitehouse. He had, therefore, no additional evidence to produce on that part of the charge.—Mrs. Buxton repeated the evidence she had previously given respecting the towel missed from her house, and identified by her little girl ; but it was not thought to be sufficiently conclusive to war rant the prisoners' committal on that alone. Mr. Rev then preferred a charge against Maria Whitehouse (the mother) and Ann (the daughter) for passing base coin at Liverpool. Mrs. Birchen, of Waterloo, Liverpool, was celled, and stated that the younger prisoner bought a pound of sugar in her shop, on the evening of Friday the 28th of January last, for which she paid a coun terfeit ss. piece, the baseness of the coin being disco vered immediately after she left the shop. Mrs. Hum mer stated that she lived about a mile from the last witness, and she was paid a base ss. piece at nine o'clock the same night, for some coffee; she believed it was paid her by the elder prisoner, but she was not positive. A baker residing near the same neighbourhood was also said a base ss. piece for some bread. He belived it was the younger prisoner from whom he received it, but he would not undertake to speak positively. Mr. Maude ':;id he should discharge the prisoners as far as his juris diction was concerned, and leave Mr. Reay to act as he thought proper with respect to the matter. Mr. Reay then had the younger prisoner taken into custody, the mother and son being liberated.—Manchester Guardian. TRADE OF ODESSA.—The following review of the trade - of Odessa for the month of September is from the local journal of that part:—" During September, the export commerce of this port increased very perceptibly, thanks to the multitude of foreign vessels that arrived. The total value of exports from this port during Septem ber amounted to 0398,766 silver roubles. The chief articles exported were 205,407 chetwerts of wheat, 5,355 ditto of linseed, 6,971 puds of wool. Neither rye nor tallow have been exported. The price of grain has been comparatively firm, and in that of soft wheat, rye, and oats (the two latter for internal consumption) there inwas a very October,e of grain is a little higher here than it was at the s v o ide tb n a t t riaste,thwehpierhesemntaimntoamineendt itself f p a r l i s e e e corresponding period of last year. The highest price of soft wheat is seven roubles fodrteen copeks; herd wheat, 6 71; rye, 4 28; oats, 4 57. The stock of' grain here has also considerably increased by arrivals !cora the interior; there are now in warehouse more than 800,000 chetwerts of wheat, and 25,000 chetwerts of r) e, barley and oats, which is more than the stock of the same period last year. The value of the imports from abroad has risen here during September to 613,587 roubles for merchandise, and 328,527 roubles in specie, making a total of 942,414 silver roubles. And :e:l7o.v,eesie6i vessels e o d u ut h ri l li e en s g of s forei gn b commencementer we ef m e r c handise.2t 6 h O e , anedarTthhteehearsrrivals been 827 arrivals of vessels here, and 650 sai DEATH OF LORD DUNSANY.—We regret to have to announce the death of the Right H llis Lordshie expired on. Lord Dunsany. /-1- "daV, the' 11t at Clevedon, in Somersetshire, on inst. Lord Dunsany, the fourteenth baron a that title, of Ireland, and l' was one of the Representative Peers lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the county of Meeth, and f ormerly Lieutenant -Colonel in in which he served in Holland and Egypt, at the lanain • was severely wounded. &na l, which latter country he 'ear and is succeeded by th ordship was in his 76th lion. Randal Edward Plunket. The late Lord had be e e n a constant resident on his property Mee,th, where he gave much employment to the poor, lingsea:ii,hinavges FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER l6, 1848 PRICES OF SHARES iN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISTIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15. ZOTIZT-STOCIL 3ELNIEs. Dividend per haze of Company. Amoaat of Share. Paid. I Pri Alinem. lastralasla • • • • • • • • • • Britsh tc ortli American Ceylon ...... • • • • • • • • commercial of London colonial . • .• - Gloucestershire . • • • • • lonian . • • • • • • • Loudn and Westminstr 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. par cent. 151 per cent. 61. par cent. 61. per cant. London Joint-Stock ... Provi nci al of Ireland .. Ditto, New... • • .... National of Ireland .. Nat. PrJvncial of Eng. DittG,©w.•.•••••. South Australia ...... Union of Australia.. • . 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 8/. per cent. bl. per cent. 6/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 5/, per cent. 61. per cent. Ditto •• •• .......... Union of L0nd0n..... Union of AfAtlrid 61. per cent, Nanne of Company. Charing-cross .. ...... Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. Ditto Nw of 7% p . c. Waterloo • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .... ... Av. Name of Company. Birmingham. • • • • •• •• East London...• •• •• •• Grand Junction -• •• New Rivr Lndn Brdgo Vauxhall .• • • • • •• • • West Middlesex . - - KIM'S tr; Name of Company. Albion Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. • •• •• Atlas British Commercial .• Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life County ............ Eagle ...... Eng.& Scot. Law • • • • European Life •••• •• FamilyEndowmnt Soc. Freemasons' . • • •• • • •• 131oLe GAardi an Imperial Fire •• .• •• •• Imperial Life • • •• •• • • Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire •• •• •• •• •... Law Life— •• •• •• •• •• Legal and General Life Londcn Fire .• •• •• •• London Ship •.••• • •• Marine .. Sled. Inv lid & Gen. Life National Leai Fund.. National Life— • • Palladium Life Pelican .....• • • • • .. • • •• ..... • • Piotector Life..... ••• Provident Life itoek •• •• •• itoyal Exchan:e Sit, Fire.. I:itto Lite Cniversal Life... ;iotoria Liie .... Name of Comiptuty. CAnnitrcial •• ••••• EAst and West India... Eist Country Lon,lon •• •••• •• dtto Bonds ........ it.liathatine •• •• •• Ditto Bonds... •• • • Southampton • • •• • GAS-LIGHT Name of Company. British ...... • ••• • .. Ditto Proyincial— Bristol ...... • • • • • ... Brighton • • .. .. City of London ...... Continental Consolidat. Ditto, New ........ Equitable— ....... • .. Imperial ...... .... Independent ......... London.. .... .. ..... . Ditto . Phoenix . .... • • • • .... fiatcliff ..... .. •• •• United General ...... Westnahaster Chartered Ditto, New • • • • - • • • BRIDG: Dividend per -knnum. z s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 hi) 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 Amount of Share. 1355. per cent. 11. ss. 4d. 11. 2s. 2d. 11. 17s. X. 9. d 632 12 g 50 0 U 100 0 0 70 10 3 WATER-W 0 3ELIES i Dividend per 1 Annum. Amount of Share. 21. 10s. 31. 10s. 21. 10s. 51. per cnt. pr ent. 'CM 0 Dividend per Annum. 31. 10, 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 13s. 6d. pr sh. 7s. per share I .`. pr ct..BG bs. 51. per cent. 534 per cent. 4/. & bs. Cl. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. 121. per cent. 11. sh.l4 bs. 11. 168. '4%/. per ct. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. sh. kbs per cent. 1/. ss. & bs. 4s. Si. per cent. 61. I Os. 11. 6g. 10 pr cnt. X 9. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 5 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 [OO 0 0 S 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 £ s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 X s. d. 40 0 0 1 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 20 0 0 21 13 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 25 0 6 - 10 8 0 - 22 19 0 - 35 0 0 3• 10 0 0 - 22 10 0 - 25 0 0 - 2 10 0 - 10 0 0 IC 4• 0 0 - Paid. X. e. d. 25 0 0 60 0 0I 21 40 0 0 2, Paid. 4 s. d. 25 • 0 IDIPALMTIES. Amount Share. DOC=il3. per Annum. 41. per cent. 61. pr cent. 255. per sh. 51. pr cont. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. 4 y a l. pr cent. 21. per cent. AND CO: Dividend per Annum. 11. Ss. 101. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. 925. pr share 85s. pr share' 455. pr share ' 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. 1. pr cent. 3/. 112 s. Amount Share. X a. d. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 M Amount of Share. X. 2. d. 40 • 0 29 0 • I 20 • 0 20 • • 100 • 50 • • 50 • • 50 • • ' 50 • • 40 0 • 58 • 8 50 0 • 50 0 8 100 0 • 50 0 0 50 50 0 • Paid. X a. d. 50 Y 0 7. 11 0 0 0 0 b 6 8 1: 50 0 1 10 0 0 1! 10 0 0 bS A N 50 0 g 2 12 6 All paid. 4 0 30 0 36 10 0 - 4i 50 e e 21: 10 e 0 1 , 5 13 1 210 0 ie o 2 0 0 411 12 10 0 1Z 12 10 o 12 15 0 0 I 2 0 • 2 10 0 5 6 0 2 0 0 1111 1 o 0 I -: 10 0 0 21 0 10 0 9 0 0 4 0 0 Paid. £ is. d. SO 0 0 :PA.IVIES. Price, Z. s. (1. 18 • g 19 • • 91 100 0 0 24 39 b 0 37 10 e i 0 0 0 3 , 50 0 0 6' 40 0 0 6 be 0 0 se I _ • • ! • • i is • • ! II o o I I is CANALS. it, . . .4 ,Dividend d Names of g t 4, Dividend; Names of .4 per Companies. .., per I Price. Compan a ies. Price. I. v-Anuum.! ga Annuf.a. en 9 , - --- --• , £ X ° Allan& Oldh 971 51. p e 78 Macclesfield . 100 - 15 1 Barnsley.... 1601 121. 180 Neath •• -• • 100 111/. 340 t irknk&Abrg 150' SI. 85 Oxford.. -• • 100 201. 190 3 Birmingham 35! 41. 1 75 Peak Forest. 7g 31. 4.0 Coventry..• • 1001 25/. 195 Regent's .... 33 IL Bs. 18% 4 derby ••• • • 100! 61. G 3 Rochdale•••• 85 41. 54 i Ells.rre&Chs 133, 565. 40 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 120 &re A ash ... 100! 32'. - Do.LkFtlSt 12 61. p. c. - Gra tniJunctn 1001 51. - Stffrd&Worc 140 281. 290 Grand Surrey 100 , - 30 Shrewsbu r y.. 125 151- s Grand Union 100' IL 10s. 25 Stoarbridge.. 145 201. 285 - Grantham • • 150' - - Severn and Kennt & Avn 39, 7s. 6 d. S34 Wye Rail.] 26 11.8 s• 24 Lec!is&Livrp 100 341. 310 Warwick& 100 4/. 47 Leicester .... 140 10 /. 75 Birming. 4 • Ar , . ' • eicB _ &Nth 23 4/. 36 Warreick&) Loughborogh 142 701. 650 Napton.. 3we al. 41 Monmouthsh I 100 81 . - Worcstr &1 ~, 2/. 3 , ' Mntgemrysla 1100, - - Birming. j ' i MeitnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 11 i :.IST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend 1 Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 ---- ------ -- -- X s. d. Z s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 194 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank• • ••• •• 6 34 percent. 20 I 0 10 0 0 123 Commercial Bank •• - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 . 151 , Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 • f. 91.105. Edinb. l k Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. If 0 0 50 0 534 Exehangeßnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 II 0 50 5 5 323¢ Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 • 7 0 0 - National Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13U North of Scotlandßank 4 1. percent. 20 0 0 4 • 0 .11.175. North British Bank : - 50 0 0 II 0 0 289. Royal Bank of Scotland Sl. per cent. 100 0 • 100 0 0 117 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 • 77 Western Bank •••• • • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 8 0 70 Aberdeen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 20 0 2 1 4 IL Accord. Lifemici Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s 041 Jritish Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 Ils Od , _:aledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 • 0 21 Church of England Ins. 549 6 • 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 • • 21. bs .:dinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 • 0 12 10 0 17 East of Scotland Life Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 46s 6d flerettles Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1034 Insur. Co. of Scetlnd- 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 • 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 • U. 6, , Mercantile Life ...... lO 0 5 010 0 4s. Od. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 12111 s. ed North British Insur... 5 34 /.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 1 223 North & West of Scot. 6/. per cent. le 0 0 1 6 0 1173.0 d. ;coltish Life and Guar. - 20 0 • 0I I 0 ' ss. icot.Mas. and Gen. Life - 1 0 0 015 0 103.041 icottish Union Insrnce. 6341. pr cent. 28 0 0 1 0 0 1 11. Os .4tan.,!ald Life •••• .. • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 I 936 I United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1125.043 I MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount I Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. i Annum. Share. . I ---- - X. s. d. X. s. d. % Australian Agriculturl - moo 3080 18 inglo-Mexlean Mint.. 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - F- P Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2100 -- Canada ......... • • GL per cent. 100 003210 0 26 h Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per cent. - - 82 1, City 80nd5.......... 33{ 1 1. pr cent. - - - Comp.CpprMnrs Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 • 70 0 0 - ;, Gen. Revers. & I nvest. s p. c.& be, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 `; Equitable Iteversienry bl. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 95 Gell .SteamNaTigation 11, 80. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - .I London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 - 1 ,, Peninslr & Orient.St m . 8/ . per cen t. 50 0 0, 5 0 0 0 5834 Ileversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Ste am .... 3341. pr cen t . 1 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 4314 l p c douth Australian ....• 11. per share. 25 0 I 25 0 0 - ti Van Dieman's Land., - 100 0 0 23 0 0 I Universal Salvage.... - 25 0 0 b 0 0 - IRELAND. TRUE BILLS AGAINST CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—The Court sat at ten o'clock. The city grand jury were in attendance about twelve o'clock, and the bill of indictment against Mr. Duffy was sent to them. None of the law officers were present, with the exception of Mr. Kemmis, jun., by whom the bills were sent to the jury. For three hours the jury were engaged in the exami nation of the Crown witnesses, and at a quarter-past three o'clock they appeared in their box, and handed in " a true bill" against Charles Gavan Duffy, on all the counts of the indictment. Tha bill was received without any remark, save a direction to the grand jury to be in attendance to-morrow at twelve o'clock. The case of Mr. Duffy cannot be entered into to•mor row. Perhaps the opening statement of the Attorney- General may not be made until Monday. This delay is owing to the arrangement made by the Court that the county business and the minor business of the city should be disposed of before the State prosecution was touched. It is scarcely possible that the other cases in the calendars can be cleared off before to-morrow even ing, and then, before actually going into Mr. Duffy's case, there will be a motion to quash the old indictment and a contest about the jury list, including challenges to the array and challenges to the poll. Perhaps it is not assuming too much to say that two days will be occupied by those preliminary matters; therefore, in case the Crown can enter into them on Friday, they may have the way cleared by Monday morning for entering upon the trial of the accused. STATE OF THE POOR. The Limerick Chronicle has the following : Price, " _HORRIBLE SPECTACLE IN CROSS, PALLASGREAN. —Six HUMAN BEINGS FOUND FEEDING ON CARRION.— ' The inhabitants of Cross and its adjacent localities have not yet recovered from the consternation created I by the fact, that in a miserable hut, by the side of the Limerick and Waterford Railway, six human beings were existing for three days on tainted horses' flesh. Anxious to It am the particulars, I bent my way on last Sunday evening to the hut of James Howell, and pro ceeded to make the necessary inquiries. From what I had learned, the following particulars may be relied 01):—A few days ago, Bowel entered the residence of Mr. John Ryan, and stated that he and his family were dying of hunger. He stated to Mr. Ryan that he was living on horses' flesh for three days. Mr. u Ryan at first doubted the statement, but when Bowel unsolicited took his solemn oath as to the truth of his statement, Mr. Ryan could not longer distrust the man. 3,4 He shuddered to suppose the statement true. Mr. Ryan immediately addressed a note to the relieving officer of the district, in which he communicated the _ afflicting circumstances. In justice to the relieving offi cer, I must state that he immediately Came to the spot, ' 4 and found the statement was true—found that tainted flesh was the food of the six human beings, and relieved poor Bowel. I cannot withhold one, at least, of the one hundred benevolent acts which the poor ascribe to Mr. Ryan. No sooner had that gentleman learned the real particulars of Bowel's case than he gave him a sum of money, and ordered his servant to supply him with bread and milk." THE MURDER OF SERGEANT GRANT. -- This day (Tuesday), two men, named John Ryan, of Scorduti, and James Hoolahan, of the Red Gate, near Shinrone, were escorted here by a party of constabulary from Par sonstovon, under command of Sub-Inspector Duncan, and ' lodged in the County Gaol. They have been fully com mitted to take their trial at the next assizes for the mur % der of Sergeant Grant, and the robbery of Major Phibbs. Ryan is an old offender—he has been fre quently tried for Whiteboy offences. Others of the banditti are still detained in Parsonstown Bridewell. i c e, Ryan is charged as principal. Three of the party have not yet been apprehened.—King's County Chronicle. o LAW IN TELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 14. (Sittings at Nisi Prins; in London, before Chief Justice o WILDE and a Common Jury.) 7 DAY V. HART AND ANOTHER. The plaintiff in this case brought his action to recover damages for an injury inflicted upon him by the servant ice of the defendant, an d w i tnesses were called, who stated that, on the 23d of May last, he was driving a cart violently down Holborn Hill, and proceeded midi he 5 reached Farringdon-street, when th e w h ee l s t ruc k t h e _ plaintiff, who is 60 years of age, as he was crossing from - Farringdon-street to Victoria-street. The result of r,f the blow Wits, th a t th e p l a i nt iff was thrown down, his coat was torn, and a wound was inflicted on the . elbow of his right arm, which rendered him unfit to I pursue his usual occupation. The plaintiff was deaf of both ears. The defendant's case was that the vehicle driven by his servant was a travelling trap, drawn by one horse. • That whilst going down the hill he was preceded by an 1 1 1 omnibus, which was stopped at the bottom of the hill that the skid might be taken from the wheel. The con if sequence of this was that the defendant's vehicle was x obliged to be driven to the right band side of the road to pass. At this time the plaintiff was about os. crossing, and was seized by a person who wished to preserve him from danger. Upon this the plaintiff turned round, and the step of• the vehicle struck his 2% right arm and tore his coat. When the accident occurred - the people cried out to the defendant's servant as fol- Bs. lows:—" Go on ; n o t h urt ; i t i s not your fault. " The . trap was going down the hill at a rate of not more than ) two miles an hour, and the-accident was the fault of the A witness was also called to prove that some person, a who ssid he was an Old Bailey lawyer, had followed the 7 trap to the Old Change, and said he would bring an ac -9 Lion unless half a sovereign were given to him. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da - wages, 151. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 14. (Sittings at Nisi .Prius, in London, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Common Juries.) OFFER V. THE BIRMINGHAM CROWN AND PLATE GLASS '0 COMPANY. 7% This was an action to recover the sum of 19/. 10s. for work and labour done. The only question in this case was, whether the defendants were liable to pay the money as a joint stock company. The evidence on this - point was, that they were a company formed by trans - ferable shams, and the verdict was given for the plain tiff accordingly. BEAGIN V. SHERMAN. This was an action of assumpsit, to recover the value of certain shares, which the defendant was alleged to have contracted for, and compensation for the loss sus tained by the plaintiff in consequence of the defendant's not having accepted them. The declaration stated that the plaintiff sold a quantity of scrip shares in the Namur and Liege Eailway Company to the defendant, at 4/. per share, to be delivered on the 28th of November then next following, and to be then paid for. It then pro ceeded to aver a breach of the contract, that the plaintiff being ready and willing to deliver the shares, the defen dant was not to be found at his usual place of business, having left England and gone to Belgium; and further, that the shares were tendered to the defendant on his • return but that the latter refused to accept them. The 5 defendant pleaded non assumpsit, denied some of the al legations in the declaration, and pleaded further, that the Namur and Liege Railway Company was not registered. The reply was, that the company did not require regis tration, and issue was joined upon the other pleas. Mr. Watson, Mr. Corrie, and Mr. Manisty, were for ' the plaintiff; and Mr. Martin and Mr. Wilde for the de fendant. It appeared that the plaintiff is a member of the Stock Exchange, and that the defendant, who was the proprie tor of the Bull and Mouth Inn, Piccadilly, had been ex ,34 tensively- engaged in railway share transactions, in the year 1845. A bargain was made between the plaintiff and the defendant in the month of November, in that year, for the sale of thirty shares in the Namur and Liege Railway Company. In substance the agreement etas that the plaintiff should pay 4/, per share; and though no particular day was named for the delivery, it was alleged on behalf of the plaintiff that the bargain was understood to be made for the next account day. When the day of the delivery arrived, the shares in question had fallen in value to the extent of 21. per share, but the defendant in the meanwhile had gone to Belgium, and the plaintiff was consequently unable to deliver them. The defendant did not return until after the expiration of six or eight months, but as soon as the plaintiff was aware of his ' having returned, he Bennis brother to his office, with the shares, who made a tender of them on his behalf. The defendant first denied all knowledge of the bargain, and then refused to accept them, on the ground that he o. ought to have had them much earlier, to which it was re plied that he was not in the way to receive them at the proper Lima. The shares were sold to the defendant at )5 , par, but during the absence of the d e f en d ant , t h ere were two calls upon the shares of 2/. each, which the plaintiff 1 % paid in obedience to the rules of the Stock Exchange. In this state of the facts, the present action was brought 7s, to recover 1201., the value of the shares, and 1201. for the 3 0. amount of the two calls. 7!.4 Mr. Barnes, a member of the Committe of the Stock Exchange, was called to explain the nature of the bar ;lA gain, and he stated that in the month of November, 1845, ed the defendant called him ou t o f t h e Stock t °d Exchange to inquire the price of Namur and t Liege shares. He answered that he did not deal in bi them, and therefore did not know. The plaintiff came up whilst they weFe. conversing, and t h en the 6d a witness said—" Here is young man w h o d ea l s in them, and he will tell you the price." Th e plaintiff said he had some Namur and Liege shares, and then the defendant agreed to take them. The d e fe n d ant sa i d he wanted id fifty, but the plaintiff said he had only thirty. Such a u bargain might either be for immediate delivery, or for I. the next account day, ac cor di ng to the hour at which it was made. By Mr. MARTIN—It is a rule of the Stock Exchange that the broker should pay the calls accruing due be tween purchase and delivery. The LORD GRIEF BARON—There is no occasion to have the rule of the Stock Exchange upon that point ; it is the rule of common sense. If a man sells a cow to be delivered next week, he must feed her in the mean while. The witness, on being cross-examined, further ex pressed his opinion that the defendant's words, "lot me have them," or "or send them in," meant that the shares were to be delivered immediately. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that the only question in the case was, whether this was a contract for imme diate delivery, or for delivery on the 28th of November? lie thought it was for immediate delivery, from the plain tiff's saying "I have only thirty." The jury immediately delivered a verdict for the de fendant on the issue of non assumpsit, and for the plain tiff on the other issues. TOOGOOD v. BUCHLEy. This was an action to recover the sum o f 521/. s. 6d., the price of 5 0 shares in the Northern of France Rail road Company, purchased by the plaintiff, a stock broker, for and at therequest of th e d e f endant, agentle man residing at Alphington, near Exeter. The whole case turned upon the operation of an order made by the Committee of the Stock Exchange in February last, in consequence of the sudden outbreak of the revolution at t'aris at that time, and ended in a verdict for the plaintiff with damages in the full amount, together with 9/. interest, being at the rate of 2f per cent. per annum for 260 dap. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. George Gray and Edward Mason were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having obtained a quantity of linen from the residence of Edward Fitzball, E5q.,27, Warien-street, Fitzroy-square. From the evidence it appeared that th e prisoners, on Tuesday week last, called at Mr. Fitzb a ll' s house, and seenhertbsy the laundr ess , who was unwell, elf, for the w ee kl y linen. stated that a nd they unable h hall d to bean cocome The servant, Mary Parke, after putting some questions to the prisoner who was the spokesman, became satisfied, and, believing the story told her, she gave the prisoners a quantity or The laundress, Elizabeth Gray, deposed that she had not authorised the prisoners to obtain th 6 linen in her nation of JoLn Dobson Jones, who stood charged with being concerned with another in obtaining from Mr. George Heil, a master baker, in the Bethnal-green road, the sum of 261. 55., by means of an artful stratagem in frequent practice amongst the horse-chaunting fra ternity, the court was crowded with tradesmen and other persons who had suffered from the chicanery of the gang, and were anxious to prefer charges against the prisoner. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor at the former examination, that be attended a horse and cattle sale, in his own neighbourhood, on Tuesday se'n • night, and was about leaving the place, when the pri. soner, whom he had never seen before, engaged him in conversation, and having intimated that he had just been in treaty for a valuable horse, which the groom who hod charge of it refused to sell him, because he had given umbrage to his master, requested the witness to purchase the animal in his behalf, and pro mised him a handsome gratuity for his trouble. Witness ultimately acceded to the proposal, and the prisoner having pointed out a man, in the garb of a groom, as the person who had the horse for sale, told him that the price agreed upon was 26/. 55.; and handed him twenty-seven sovereigns to effect the pur chase; but upon offering the amount to the other man he refused to receive it, alleging that he felt satisfied he was acting in collusion with the prisoner, with whom he could have no dealings, as he had insulted his master, and that it he really wanted the horse he must pay for it with his own money. At the further solicitation of the prisoner, who promised to reimburse the amount the moment the transaction was completed, witness was eventually induced to advance the money out of his own pocket, which he had no sooner done than both the fel lows simultaneously disappeared, leaving him in posses sion of a wretched hack, which he had since ascertained to be only worth 3/. The prisoner was subsequently ap prehended in the neighbourhood of Chiswell-street, and examined before Mr. Arnold, who remanded him till this day, but consented to accept two substantial sureties in 50/. each for his appearance. Upon the case being now called on, however, it was intimated that neither the prisoner nor his bail were forthcoming —and after considerable delay, to afford an opportunity for their appearance, Mr. Pelham, who conducted the prosecution, informed the Magistrate that between thirty and forty persons, who had been defrauded under similar circumstances, were in attendance to prefer fresh charges against the accused, and as he had failed to surrender himself, he trusted the recognisances would be forthwith estreated in the usual form. Several persons here pressed forward, and loudly com plained of the manner in which they had been swindled by the prisoner a nd hi s accomp li ces. Mr. ARNOLD observed that he was not at all aware of the number of cases that would be preferred against the prisoner, at the previous examination, on which occasion only one charge was brought forward, or he should cer tainly have either refused bail altogether, or bound him over in a commensurate amount; but he should now order the recognisances to be returned as forfeited to the sessions; and direct the officer to use all possible dili gence to trace out the fugitive. The policeman Smith, who had apprehended the pri soner, was also directed, in the meantime, to retain pos session of a sum of forty- five sovereigns, and an imita tion gold watch, of the most worthless description, which he had taken from him at the time of his capture. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 14.—At Gloucester and Worcester market, on the 9th wheat was about is per quarter dearer. Barley, except fine grinding, as much lower. Oats were disposed of; to some extent, at a reduction of 6d per quarter. Beans maintained their value. Peas more inquired for. This week some advance is dc mended on wheat, but our buyers hold off rather than comply, the price of bread and flour not being remune rative. Barley is nominally unaltered. Oats have found buyers in limited quantities, at about previous rates. Beans rather cheaper. Peas can only be disposed of in retail. At this day's market there was a large supply of English wheat, for which higher prices were asked, but th© market closed dull, at the currency of this day se'nnight. Barley firm. Beans is per quarter lower. On oats the turn was in favour of the buyer. Nothing worth notice doing in peas. BOSTON, Dec. 13.—We have been well supplied with wheat at our market to• day, and at the opening higher prices a ere asked, but merchants and millers held off, and at the close of the day a good business was done at about the rates of last Wednesday. Oats were firm. Beans the turn cheaper. Wheat, red, 42s to 475; white, .50s; oats, 14s to 235; beans, new, 28s to 31s; old, 38s to 40s per quarter. Return of Corn for the week ending Dec. 9—Wheat 3,111 qrs, 6,959110 s 3d (aver. 44s 8d); barley 182* qrs, 2741 4s (aver. 30s 1d); oats 1,390 qrs, 1,078/ Os 6d (aver. 15s Gd); beans 122 qrs 4 bush. 200116 s Gd (aver 32s 9d); peas 11 qrs, 251 is (aver. 45s 6d). SPALDING, DEC. 12.—The weather is extremely mild, and the wheats are growing remarkably well. Many of the farmers complain of the ravages the slug or grey snail are making with the young wheats. We heard of a youth picking by hand in eight days, off four acres of land, 10,000 of this enemy to the husbandman ; in such cases, place cabba ge or b roca li , or t h e l eaf of eiter, over the land, when they will take to them so readily as to be gathered into a bushel. Frosty nights would tend much to save the crops from further damage. The wheat trade is again firm, at is advance for all kinds. Oats a little more inquired for at former rates. Old beans the turn lower. New beans and peas out of the question. Wheat, red 41s to 475, white 43s to 48s; old beans 40s per qr.; oats 8d to lld per stone. SLEA FORD, DEC. ll.—The market to-day was rather higher than last week; not much business doing. Wheat, white, 48s to 50e; red, 46s to 48s; barley, 29s to 30s; oats, 17s to 21s; beans, 40s to 42s per quarter. GRlMSBY.—Return} of sales to Dec. 9—Wheat, 130 qrs, 2991 (aver. 46s Od); barley, 530 qrs, 7161 (aver. 27s Od); oats, 10 qrs, 71108 (aver. 15s). ALFORD.—Averages for the week ending Dec. 11: Wheat, 45s ld; barley, 28s; oats, 15s 94d per quarter. BARTON.—FIour, best, 2s 3d; seconds, 2s per stone. Bread, 41b loaf, 7d. SPILSBY, DEC. I I.—Wheat, 43s to 545; barley, 27s to 31s; oats, 15s to 18s; beans, 38s to 40s per quarter. MARKET RASEN, DEC. 12.—W e ,have again a dull market for wheat, but all kinds of grain remain about stationary in price. Return of sales up to Saturday last—Wheat, 180 qrs, 3921 Os (aver. 43s 6d); barley, 60 qrs, 831 Os (aver. 27s 8d) ; oats, 80 qrs, 601 Os (aver. 15s). LOUTH, DEC. 13.—There was a firmer feelings, evinced in the corn market to-day by the holders of grain, but no advance could be realised; therefore we call the prices the same as last week for all sorts. Wheat, 40s to 475; barley, 26s to 30s; oats, 16s to 19s; beans 35s to 40s per qr. LYNN, DEC. 12.—There was rather an increased quan tity of wheat offering to-day, for which the terms proved somewhat better than of late, and last week's prices were fully supported. The supply of barley was liberal: fine qualities realised quite as much money, but se condary descriptions were to be purchased on easier terms. Wheat 40s, 425, 445, to 465, fine 47s to 48s. I Barley 28s, 30s, to 31s, fine 32s to 33s per quarter. OAKHAM, DEC. 11 . —Wheat 44s to 495; Barley 26s to 30s; oats 20e to 265; beans 41s to 45s per quarter. UPPINGHAM, DEC. 13 . —Wheat 4Gs to 525; barley 28s to 325; oats 188 to 28s; beans 42s to 46s per quarter. Butter lld to 12d per lb. Eggs Id,;each. MELTON MOWBRAY, DEC. 12. We have had a good supply of all kinds of grain at this market, which sold at about the same rates as last week.—Wheat, old 52s to 545, new 483 to 51s; barley 30s to 335; oats, old 28s tc 30s, now 20s to 235; beans 44s to 48s per qr. Butter Ild to 124 per lb. Eggs 12 for Is. GAINSBORO', DEC. 12.—The wheat trade opened very firm: higher prices were demanded, in some instances obtained, for picked samples, and general runs fully sup ported last week's quotations. Beans and barley firm without alteration.—Wheat 46s to 54s 6d-210 quarters, 52619 s (average 50s 1P); barley, 335 quarters. 5141 16s Gd Caverage 30s 8:1d); oats 38 quarters, 361 Is Gd Euverage 18s 11 3 d); pease 2 qrs., 31 12s (aver. 365). NEWARK, DEC. 13.—We had a large attendance of buyers and sellers of grain at this day's market. The supply of wheat consisted of a majority of the second qualities which remained unaltered in value; fine qualities were is per qr. dearer. The supply of barley tar ex ceeded that of some weeks past, but the bulk offered of this article generally comprised second qualities, which were taken for grinding at late prices, while fine malting qualities were somewhat dearer than last week. In oats, beans, and peas, little passing, and with a downward tendency.—Wheat, white, 51s to 535, red 49s to 50s; barley, malting 32s to 36; grinding 28s to 295; beans, 40s to 445; peas, white 42s to 465; oats, new 19s to 21s, old 24 to 80s; Tares 56s to 60s; Malt 56s to 60s per qr. ROTHERHAM CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 11.—Nothwith standing this was the fortnight show, the number of beasts exhibited was pretty good as regards quality, but not so large in number, this being the great shew day at Wakefield. Of mutton a small supply. The attendance of buyers was good, but the trade did not rule brisk, on account of sal, amen asking higher prices: taking the business throughout the day, Is per stone for the best beef was the top mark: part was left on hand. Beef, Gs to Gs 9d, prime 7s per st; mutton, 5d to 6d per lb.—. N.B. Next Monday will be the day for the Christmas show of beef, when a good supply is expected. GLASGOW, DEC. 13.—Since our last the supplies from Canada and the United States consisted of about 2,788 quarters of wheat, 6,529 barrels of flour, 1,553 quarters of peas, and 2,136 quarters of Indian corn; coastwise and from Ireland, the arrivals were to a moderate ex tent. Business during the week has continued dull, without material change in price. This day's market was well attended by town and country buyers. Wheat and flour were held firmly at the currency of this day ee'nnight, with a fair business doing. Barley—Fine malting qualities rather more saleable ; inferior sorts neglected. Oats 3d to 6d per boll, and oatmeal 6d per load cheaper. Beans and peas the turn lower. EDINBURGH, DEC. 13.—The market was rather firm to• nay, in consequence of the small advance in price on Monday at Mark-lane, and sales were rather slowly effected, from the farmers asking a corresponding rise. The wheat was principally of an inferior description. The quantity of a heat brought forward to-day was 691 qrs., being 179 qrs. more than last week. Top price up ss, but the average is Gd down-142 qrs. unsold. The quantity of barley brought forward was 1,320 qrs., being 137 qrs. snore than last week. Price on the top up is, and the average ld up-92 qrs. unsold. Of oats we had 1,124 qrs. brought forward, or 105 qrs. more than last week. Top price is, and the average 14 up-174 qrs unsold. The quantity of beans to-day was 169 qrs., or 49 qrs. more than last week. Prices on the top 2s, and the avprage is 1 ld down-99 qrs. unsold. Top of Wheat ... ••• ••• 65 lb. Gls Od Barley ... ••• ••• 59 lb. 35 s Od Oats 46 lb. 24s Oil „ Beans ••• ••• 65 ilb• 35 3 Oil EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, DEC. I3.—The s u p p l y . of cattle this morning was 414, being 13 less than last week. Sales _were by no means brisk. An ything good name. Police-constable S 361 said the prisoners, on Saturday night last, came to him, one after the other, and con fessed they had obtained a quantity of linen in the way described from Mr. Fitzball's house, which they had sold to a dealer in Monmouth -street. mittedThe prisoners made n o d e f ence, and were fully com . WORSHIP-STRE ET. This being the day appointed for the further exami- - - ---- RAILWAY SHARE - MARKETS BRISTOL, DEC. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.There was an evident improvement in the share market to-day, Great Western, Quarters, being 4% dis. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market to-day has beer. better. We have had a good business doing, and at higher quotations. The sales are—Caledonian, Preference, par--• Great Northern, 11. 4 dis.—Ditto (A Shares), Deferred, 4%--' Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birming ham), 321. Shares (late kxtensian), 8 , ,t 2 dis.—Preston and and Wyre, No. 1, 35—London and North-Western, 119— Ditto, Fifths, 3 1 / 2 p. —Ditto, 4W. Shares (Liverpool W' Manchester), 5 1 A c. p.—Ditto, Quarters, 13s. 9d. c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 8,• 4 c. dis.—Ditto, 20/. Shares, 12 , 4 dis.—Midland Stock, 81) —Ditto, New Halves, 10 dis.—North Staffordshire, 6% —South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 6/. 16s. 3d. York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), IL 3e• 9d. dii. MANCHESTER, DEC. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—South-Ea-stern anti Dover, No. 2, 12 1 4 dis.—Ditto, No. 4, 6 - sf, —Leeds, Prefer— ence, p.—London, Fifths, 3% p.—Grimsby, Quarters, 7 9 16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 6% dis.—Grimsby, 201. Shares, 12 dis.—Caledonian, Preference, par—London Stock, 119—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 1% p. BIRM ThINGHAM, DEC. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. —e sales are—London and North- Western, New Quarters, I/ 2 p.—London and South- Western, 38—North British, Thirds, 31. 18s. 9d.—Amb erga t e , Not tingham, and Bosto n , 4 1 / 8 dis.—North Staffordshire, 61 / i 3 dis. Shrewsbury and Birminghttrit (A), 71. lls. 3d. dis.—Ditto (13), 4% dis. YORK, DEC. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The, businesi transacted to-day as follows :—Great Northern; ° H c. —North British (Ex— tension), 4s.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6%. _ GLASGOW, DEc. 13. STocE Excii.surenc.—The sales are—Clydesdale Junctiotlp 57—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 46 —Ditto, Halves, No.- 1, 98s.—.North British, Thirds, 83s. SUICIDE IN CONSEQUENCE OF PECUNIARY LOSSES:. —On Tuesday night an inquest was held before Mr-- Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of J. Buillivant, aged 39, who committed suicide. When de-. ceased attained his majority he entered into the posses sion of a valuable estate. He was induced to advance es considerable sum of money to Owen's Labour Exchange Bazaar in Gray's Inn-lane. In exchange for his money he received what were styled " one-hour" and two hour" notes, entitling him, upon the reciprocity principle, to the produce of one hour or two hours' labour. When. he wished to convert his notes into money he found that they were almost wholly valueless, and he was sompelled to take a quantity of articles from the bazaar which were completely useless to him. This speculation swal lowed up the bulk of his fortune. With what remained he opened a chemist's shop, in Camden Town, where he carried on a respectable business for some time. Subse quently, however, he suffered severe losses, and at length, beggared in fortune and in hopes, he committed self-destruction, by shooting himself in the back part of the head. The following document was found in his possession :—" Oh, wretched man that I am, unfit for the world and all society, I have been a prey to swindlers , all my life. That villian T— has sacrificed me to triumvirate of swindlers, and I have been more victi. mised than poor Tom Steele. But who knows it bug myself, or who cares for it; and, having no address, , am unfit for any business, and competent for none. . cling to life, but nothing but disgrace, which is wore ° than death, stares me in the face. That villain T— holds an estate which was my father's, and to which: I believe he is no more entitled than the man in the moor] • and he has had the audacity to tell me that he wa justified in sacrificing me to the swindlers.”—Th e jute f returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." FULLER'S COMPUTING TELEGRAPH. —Tm I BREATHING SPACE IN THE STEAMER LONDONDERRY: - The account of the catastrophe on board the stesune r Londonderry, as published in the fifth page of tilt / Guardian of Saturday last, gives the dimensions of thi 3 space wherein the sufferers were confined. As ou r readers may like to know the precise amount of span 3 allotted to each of the 150 sufferers, Mr. Fuller has fur ' nished this, which may b e obtained in less than one mi nute by his admirable instrument. He says, " I talc( 9 the dimensions from the statement as given in you: r. paper, being an average one way of 20 feet 4 inches, ant 1. the other of 18 feet 2 inches; and a height of 6 feet r inches. The result is 16i cubic feet for each indivi - dual; being equal to a cask of 1011 imperial gallons This space, after deducting th e s i ze o f the person, must • as the result has shown, have produced speedy sulkies tion.”—lllanchester Guardian. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Tuesday morni c, about 15 m i nutes to one A.m., a young man, name 3 James Liatton, attempted to drown himself by thrown'', g himself from the west side of Blackfriars-bridge, fros the second arch, but was fortunately perceived by Cit: f Police constable Gronet, 325, and a man named Peale who immediately ran down the steps, and seeing thi body floating towards the coal barges, with admiralal presence of mind ran down William -street, and force a open the gates of Messrs. Capel and Co., the coal mei " chants, and, jumping over the coal barges, succeeded i catching him just as he was going under the barges, th tide was running very strong, there being about ten let 1 of water at the time. He was carried to the Glazier 3 Arms, Water-lane, and, after three hours' exertions, 11 0 showed signs of life, and was then removed to the We sr London Union, and from thence before Alderman Hut phery, who remanded him till Saturday. He is nit', e' teen years of age; and his father states he has a cot fertable home, and wants for nothing. 'ilia WEATHER.— Since our last, we have Is 01 somewhat finer weather, and very little rain. Saturd, sf was gloomy and showers fell, but Sunday was a very fi) 0 0 day. On Monday morning, a little rain fell ; but ti it; day became bright and fine. Yesterday was also fair at la warm. The temperature has been high, its maxima 0 2 on most days reaching to 55 or 56 degrees Fahrenbe it. The prevailing wind has been S.W. and the telegraph i 0 report of yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, gives 010 following as the state of the weather at the place s named :—Birniingham, E. fine; Hertford, S.E., cloud '; East Dereham, S.E. cloudy; Crewe, S. fine; Glouceste S. fine; Peterborough, S.W. cloudy; Yarmouth, S. 41 1• fine; Gosport, S.W. fine; Norwich, S.W. fine ; Londe); th S.W. cloudy; Portsmouth, S.W. fine; Brandon, S.Vi or. fine; Colchest e r, S.W. c l oudy; Ipswich, S.W. cloud 3 ; Chelmsford, S.S.W. foggy; Cambridge, S.W. cloudy. —Manchester Guardian. At Southend, on the 10th inst., the wife of the Rev. A. C. Tarbutt, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Falcon-hall, Goldhanger, Essex, the wife of 11. W. Wilson, of the Inner Temple, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Brighton, the lady of W. Stratton, Esq., of a daughter, stillborn. On the 12th inst., at Chitton, Suffolk, Mrs. J. F. S. Gooday, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Milbank-street, Mrs. T. I. Miller, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Whitehall place, the wife of W. R- S. Fitz Gerald, Esq., of a son. D.ARE On the 9th inst. in th e chap ßl el of Hatfield-house, the sette of her uncl e , th e M arquis of Salisbury, the Right Hon. Sin' Henry Lytton Bulwer, K.C.8., her Majesty's Ainbassadta to the Court of Spain, to the Hon. G eorg i ana Charlow ; Mary Wellesley, th e only child of the late Baron Cowley k f the Baroness Cowley. On the 12th inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Bright°. op Rimy Harrison, second son of the late IL Harrison, Esc of Castle Harrison, county of Cork, to Elizabeth, eldf ist daughter of the late Captain. Norton, R.N., Guildford. On the 12th inst , at St. Peter's, Pimlico, Richard Broo ke, Esq., eldest son of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., of Nor tort Priory, Cheshi re , t o L ou i sa Tollemache, seconddaughte r oe General the Hon. Castle, Aberdeenshire Sir Alexander D u fl; G . C .H., of Dell ;atf . On the 11 th inst., the Right Hon. Lord Dunsany, at Cleve don, in Somersetshire. Lord Dunsany, the 14th Ba; roll, of that title, was one of the representative Peers of Sco tla .nd, and Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the country • of Meath, and formerly Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldst,r earn Guards, in which be served in Holland and Egypt, a t the landing in which latter country, he was severely wou n ded• His Lordship was in his 76th year and is succeeded h-y the Hon. Randall Edward Plunkett. The late Lord had heen a constant resident on his property in the county of ui where he gave much employment to the poor. On the 12th inst., in Berkeley-square, Mary, the Nidf , e of William Ord, Esq., M.P. On Spital -square, Londhe 9th inst., on .at Exeter, Mr. J. Wi ng, of Elder-stz eet, At Cheltenham, on the 10th inst., Elizabeth Margaret, the wife of Major Edward Jeffreys, Bengal Army, aged 55. On the 10th inst., at Montpelier street, Brompton, Mr' William Moore, aged 48. On the 11th inst., at Pemmell-terrace, Peckham, Stt rreP Sophia, relict of the late Captain Timothy Scriven, 'C.) 3 4 R.N., formerly of the island of Jersey. On the 11th inst., Eleanore, the sixth daughter of t 1 se late J. Homan, Esq., of llabherley-house near Kiddermn aster. On the 12 t h inst., at Dorch ester-place, Blandford-s quare, Sarah, relict of the late Major Pritchard, of the H. E. I . C. S'' St. Helena. On the 12th inst., at Lon g Wittenham, Buks, W. flay ward, Esq., aged 68. London; Print e d an d P ublished by MURDO yoU:g No. 112, S trand, Printer, at The. Nan O 1 Strand, in th e P rec i nct of the Savoy, in he ccam•tr9 ffice, No. 1 t Middlesex, Friday, D ecem b er 15, 1848. tirc:iigt.t with difficulty 8s ner stone; current, 7s to 73 6di middling and inferior, 5s 6d to 6s 6d. A considerable number unsold. The supply of sheep this morning wig 2,246, being 241 less than last week. Sales were verf dull, and at the close of the market fully one-half went unsold. Prices had a downward tendency, in some in, • stances being 2s a-head lower. Top of best mutton ( 6d; current, sd; middling and inferior, from 3i-d to 40 . pur lb. DUNBAR, DEc 12.—Wheat, weighing 63ilbs., brought. 545, and prices to 40s; barley, weighing 57. lbs., brought 83s, and pri ces t o 20 s 6 d ; oats, weighing 4411b5., brought . 21s Od, and p r i ces to 17s; beans and peas, weighing " lbs., brought OOs Od, and prices to Os. Conic, DEC. 13 .—Flour—First quality, 16s to 17 s;‘ second ditto, 15s to 16s Od ; household, lls to 14s ; third ditto, 9s to lOs per cwt. Oatmeal, 12s to 12s fid per' cwt. Indian corn, 81 Os to 8/ 10s; Indian meal, 9/ 58 to , 9/ 10s per ton. Bran, 4/ 55 to 51.5 s per ton. Hay' Farmers', 29s to 43s Od; average, OOs ; retailers', 455 to 48s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far mers', 15s to 28s; average, 20s; retailers', OOs to 005 per ton. Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over proof,. 6s 3d per imperial gallon. Bread, 6Ad to 8d per 41bs. Fresh butter, 10d to lid per lb. Beer, 3d to 6d ; mut ton, 3id to 5d ; veal, 3kd to 41d; pork, Sid to 7d ; bacon, bid to 9d; sausages, 5d per lb. Coals—New port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Claim, 16s per ton. Potatoes, white, lld to 13d; Minions, 18d. Elides—Market ditto, Its to 17s; salted ditto, 12s to 17s per cwt; market skins, 2d to 24d; calf ditto, 2d to 2/d; veal skins, 3d to 3id per lb. Tar—Archangel, 18s per bl. Timber—Quebec red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 3/; deal, 171 to 20/per hundred ; Banger Queens, 3/ 2s 6d per ton. Sntck herrings,l93 to 20s per barrel; Norway ditto, OOs. gs foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 12/ lOs per ton. Tallow, OOs. Wool, 00s to OOs per stone. I. Robert M ay- Corarael A ), The : N praee? iittatifv The IN to their i Every The -] 'Society i The A Single pa losing th 3tailway The LA A new ante, wi able to tl Bentativc Advan hold, lea: The sy tent of : admissim and impr and other PROSI 1.100, ma} dressed ti street, jl Country. ITN] Geerge-at lege-greez This CI the most success 1r Incomis In 1841 The sum h Utile they that date added at t The bor "December Sum Assured. £5OOO 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 500 The Pr , ° MY one- Irtranee if! No Ent _ Everyll Director, G US 11, L, Ji henry Francis HI Ell' Walter whoolson I John Han J ohn G. H , 37rge Jo' a shy Labo °oho. Loch A• W. Rob : o,rainici: l ndteciu n hyntrhed t pesa h eaxut e ,recewtoshei l ric(, each of the the Bonus< LOANS attained In In the F en the 7tl Which had la now in c between th use by the Notice is 'Us must 1 Sa ms, No. Co id mpany's Vo. THE 84 Third Di Pry next, 'vision of Pi Among t Pour-fiftl The Assure Persons 1 c olonies of Good Hope the two lat A liberal Loans gr 11 ° aPpef Tables as ,__ A . R c SafeThly s b eat hal f - Yearly Years, or of Prospect agents. ,____ NAT l'ouL Notice IS 4114 Of P] poul try, , D ecember Every p o t . 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