The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-13 00:00:00

SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE ME- LAW INTELLIGENCE. • PRICES OF SHARES TROPOLIS. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 12. .N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. A meeting of the ward of Farringdon Without was NELSON v. CROSS. PANIES' STOCK. held last evening at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet -street, to The plaintiff is a commission agent, and the defendant From the Official List, take the necessary steps for securing to the city of London an extensive manufacturer in Rochdale. The action PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENES . G. a supply of gas at 43. per 1,000 feet. was brought to recover 281. 7a. sd. commission, at the _....e--. Mr. BUCKMASTER, having been called to the chair, rate of 1-4 per cent. upon a sale of goods, amounting to LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. . ' observed that the object of the meeting was the breaking t 1,8911., which he had effected. zorwr-sTocs BANKS. down of a monopoly. Evidence was adduced to show that the plaintiff had Dividend j Amount Mr. CARPENTER, in moving the first resolution, acted in various matters as the agent of the defendant, ts ammo of Company. per of Paid. Price " That the present charge of gas to the citizens of and had received commission upon the sales he had 1 -- Annum. , Share. _, -....... London is exorbitant and u n j us t," o b serve d, th at h e un - e ff ec t e d, an d th a t, i n accor d ance w ith his duty, he had derstood that they had me t th a t even i ng not to en t er e ff ec t e d th e sa l e o f th e goo d s i n que stion to Messrs. Z Australasia -".• - 4a .d. .. - 40 0 0 a. d. 40 0 0 - into details of the gas question, but to resolve to take the Beaumont and May, of Cheapside. BritshNorth American; 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - necessary steps to get rid o f th e evil under which they On the part of the defendant it was contended, that Ceylon ............ •• 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 21omnsercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 were suffering. They hoped to do that through the he was in town at the time the transaction was made Gloucestershire ...... 151 per cent. - :lolonial.. . • - - medium of the Corporation. But they all knew how and that the order was obtained by him, and not plaintiff - -- difficult it was to make the Corporation move in the t he plaintiff. It appeared, however, that the lonian - se per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - L , Judon Joint-s - right direction. The Corporation had determined to was present at the interview that took place, and that Lo i ld t n to a . nd W .. estminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2O • - 13 0 0 - apply to Parliament for leave to purchase the pipes he advised the defendant with respect to the . transaction.. tock ... 61 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% Provincialof Ireland 8!.. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 40 of the present gas company, and a committee of The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full Ditto, New.. .... •• • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - thetho Common Council had been appointed to watch amount claimed.. ' Westminster, before Mr. Jus- National of Ireland 5l. per cent. 50 0022 10 0 - Bill. If supported by the citizens at large, such a (Setings at Nisi Prins at Nat. Provncial of Eng. Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - lice WIGHT3IAN, and a Special Jury.) course might be productive of good; but that a chane•e Ditto, New......• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - from the present system was requ i s it e cou ld n ot be de- THE QUEEN vM . SITH AND OTHERS. S outh Australia - 22 10 0 - b nied. He was credibly inform e d, that although the This case, which had occupied the attention of the Union of Australi a 61. per cent . 25 0 0 25 0 0 - p i itto ......... Union - - 210 0 - present company had reduced the pric e of the gas from Court since Thursday last , was brought to a conclusion ee of Lo n d on ... •• 61. par cent . 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 7s. to 65., the consumers, in point of fact, paid as much this day. Union of Madrid ... - - 40 0 0 49 0 0 - • as before-(Cries of " More")-owing to the inferiority The evidence for the defence having been closed, of the gas, which obliged the c o nsu me r to burn a larger Mr. COCKBURN addressed the jury in reply, on behalf BRIDGES quantity, in order to produce the same amount of light. of the Crown. Name of Com Dividend Amount . pany. per of P a id. P r i ce , Justice WIGHTMAN then summed u p. H e state d It was well known that the present quality of the gas Mr. was much inferior, particularly in the city of London, that this was a proceeding Annum. Share. to to repeal lett ers p a t ent grante d by the Crown in 1843 to Mr. Julius Smith, on the - £. s. d. X. s. d. to what it was two years ago. So that, by the reduction ground that the Crown had been deceived. It was Charing -cr055........ in prices from 7s. to Os. per thousand cubic feet, the i.lleged that the invention was that of a foreigner, - - 25 0 0 - Southwrk , Nvr Sub. Av. - 632 12 8 - 24 who communicated it to Mr. Smith. If a party citizens had only gained a loss. Ire comparing the price Ditto ..Nw of 74 p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 15 claimed as his invention anything that was not really Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 4 they paid with that paid in other towns, they must not - omit from their comparison the quality of the gas. For although connected with that which was new, Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11.5 x. 4d. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - CO 0 0 28 40 0 0 2 24 4 % instance, the price of gas in Liverpool was 4s. 6d., and in Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 17s. 70 - 10 3 London Os.; but take into account the superior quality of the new, hole patent would be void. A patent privilege i? the Liverpool gas, and it would be worth 1 4 s. as coin- was . good for o ne art or i nvention which was a combine- WATER-WORKS pared with the London gas at 63. In all the large towns nOf several known arts or inventions, and it might Di v i dend Amount gas was supplied of a better quality, and at a lower rate, h t valid patent, thou g h th e t hi ng use d was well Name of Company, per of raid. Price. than in London. In Manchester it was supplied by the _ a known, if the nov e lty cons i ste d of dispensing with any . 1 1 Annum. Skare. - corporation at ss. 6d., which yielded a profit of 15 per one part of the previous machine. The patent in ques- 4 s. d. £ a. d. cent., which profit was applied to the general purposes lion was o ne grante d f or certain improvements in ma- Birmingham. •••• • • • • 15s. 25 0025 0 0 - of the corporation. It had been said that the cost of chinery for the sawing of timber. Mr. Smith divided E.,st London. •• • 51. 100 0 0 - 170 coal was greater in London than elsewhere. If so, they his improvements into two Grand Junction ••• • • • 21. 10s. 41 13 4 - SO parts-the one was for an K , ,nt.......... -. . - 31. 10 s . 100 0 0 - 74 ought, no doubt, to take that fact into their consideration. improved mole of sawing in curves, and the other for New Rivr Lndn Brdgo 1 21. 10s. - - 55 But was it so ? Coal in London cost 16e 3d. a ton, and bevelling timber. On the part of the prosecution it was Vauxhall ............ 1 51. per cnt. 100 0 o - 100 the gas was Os. and upwards. Well, coal in Stockport asserted that the Crown had been deceived, as the in- W- , st Middlesex . . . ,61. Os. pr mt. - - 117 cost 191. 4d , and yet their gas was supplied at 4s. 3d. vention was really not new, that it was not useful, neither INSURANCE COMPANIES. In Cheltenham it cost 245., and yet the gas there was was it communicated by a foreigner in the manner sug- Dividend Amount only about 43. The Imperial Gas Company consumed gested at the time the petition was signed. In 1841 !came of Company. per 'of Paid. Price annually 51,01)0 tons of coal, which produced 31,900 Mr. Smith petitioned fora patent. In June, 1843, he I Annum. Share. chaldrons of coke, and that at 145., gav e a prod uc t o f took out letters patent for these alleged improvements, -- ii 22,300/. But as to the enormous profits of these gas and described th e na t ure o f th ese improvements Albion .............. 31. 10s. 5 X 00 O d' I £ s. d. o 50 0 0 75 companies there was no s p ecu l at i on or doubt. Accord- in his specification-that the saw was mounted Affiance nrit. and For. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - ing to their own returns, he found the annual profits of in an interior frame, supported within a saw- Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - the Imperial Company were 58,0004 of the Chartered gate, and enabled to slide laterally, and toguide •ktias • British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Gas Company, 62,0001., of the London Gas Company the saw with a fork lever. The bevelling was continued Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life tpr ct.&bs. 100 0 e le o 0 19 57,000/., of the City Gas Company (which was said to by three processes, viz,, th e saw i ng p rocess , the process Canty •• •• •• •• •• •... 31. too 0 0 IS e 0 - be reduced almost .to a state of poverty) 62,900/., that for turning the log, and that which determined the c ' ' wn -••••••- - •• 14s. 50 0 0 50 0 13 Elgle .... - ...... •• • • 62. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% being the amount of surplus profits. angles to be given to the bevelling. The Learned Judge Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - Mr. LEE having seconded the resolution, it passed having recapitulated the evidence, left the questions at Europeas Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - unanimously. issue to the Jury. FamilyEndowmnt Soc. 4/. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - cemasons' ••••• • • • Cl per cent. 20 0 0 3 8 0 - Having retired for the purpose of consultation, the ci;._it.e. ..... .:........ 61. per cent. Stock. Mr. RADLEY moved the next resolution, to the effect - 1144 that the meeting call upon the Corporation to exercise jury returned, after an absence of about an hour and a- G Jai-Man ...... ••• • • • 51. 100 0036 10 0 40% the powers they possessed to bring about an immediate half, to their box, when they gave such answers to a I:pc-rill L F l i f r e e :: ••• • • • 121. per cent. 500 160 0 0 0 , 50 10 0 0 0 0 212 14 series of questions put to them as induced his Lordship r iM e e r l i n a ity marine • .::: le sh. & be. too o 0 513 1 -- 5 ‘ reduction in the price of gas by the admission of coin- peting companies. The speaker addressed some re- to enter a verdict for the Crown on some of the counts, Law Fire -•••••• •• •• - 100 0 0 210 0 2% marks to the meeting on the subject of his patent for and for the defendants on the others, with liberty to the Lim Life- •• •• •• •• .. 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - purifying gas made fr om th e o il o f b ones an d ot h er o ff a l , Crown to move t o a l ter t h e ver di ct i f i t thought proper. I L , enl e a n n f d ir G u elf!!! 1!e . 1 - os. 50 0 0 12 2 10 0 1 0 6 411 25 0 0 3% and which he undertook to show could be supplied at a Thus has ended a case that had occupied the attention Ceseou Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 13% much cheaper rate than coal gas, while it would ma- of the Court for an unprecedented length of time. In m•trine . • .••••• • • • • • 1. - 100 0015 0 0 - tcrially aid the sanitary movement, by consuming that the course of the proceedings the most beautiful models A s i ,cadi...lnnar Lean idB4 F e n u n dLife. 4J. pe p r e c r e e n t i .. 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2% which now went to swell dungheaps and poison sewers. were produced, which were described and explained by ~ ~t i o nal Lif e . - Mr. KIRK seconded the resolution, which passed nem. some of the most scientific engineers of the day. esiten am Lite 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 11 18s. con., as did the ne x t, " name ly, th a t a competent pu bli c Pelican •• • • • • •• ••.. • • - - - - .., ,ealx • 3/. p. sh. & bs - 140 - officer should be appointed by the Corporation of POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ir'oteetor Life"- .• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - London to inspect matters and see that the gas is of MANSION HOUSE. P:ovident Life •••. . . -1/. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 good quality, and that no i n j us ti ce i s d one to t h e con- A tradesman who transacts business in Leadenhall- li,elr. Life.. • ..... •• •• 4 s . 50 0 010 0 4% sumer." Royal Exchange 5/. p er cent . Stock. - 172 market brought to the Lord Mayor a forged note, pur- Sin Fire.. - - 197 This resolution, which was moved by Mr. Lee, porting to be a Bank of England note for 101., which he hitto Life . 11. 6.. - - 49 and seconded by Mr. Gear, gav e rise to numerous had taken in the course of business from a person who Universal Life........ 10% p r cnt . 100 0 0 9 0 0 - eml, '!,toria Lite .....•' . remarks from different s p ea k ers , ell t en di ng to s h ow had all the appearance of a respectable dealer. He con • . - - 40 0 - that the meter did not give a sufficient security sidered that as the forgery was one of the first of a new DOCHS. to the consumer, because, as explained by a scion- and ably-executed inineesaion, it would be serviceable to - tific gentlemen present, if it were on ly atmosp h er i c air put the community ce, their guard by a description of the Dividend Amount which passed throu g h it, i t wou ld st ill s h ow a consumrument. He had been Name of Company. per of P a id. Price . p- f ihricated inst informed at the Annum. Share. tion of gas. Several very pointed allusions were also B ink that it was ihe second forgery from the plate which ------ -- made to the approach of at. Thomas's Day, and to had been presented. £ s. d. £ s. d. C Anintrcial .... •• • • 41 per cent. Stock. - 70 the necessity of having representatives in the Common The LORD MAY 0 B. examined the note, and observed L tl a i i, s )i t ito a tno n, B l .0 t5 .n e::: : 1 .. n : d .. 1a . ........ 2445 6 5 1: : . p.ep p eprr r rec c : ; :sn ni tt.. .. 1 1008 Stock. Stock.ic .0 - 117% Council who would support the wishes of the citizens on that it was executed with remarkable skill. It had the Eat Country - 21 this subject, singularity of being dated from London, all former for- - A resolution was then passed, determining to present genies having been dated from branch banks in the se Katharine - _ stock. - 71 a requisition to the Lord Mayor, to convene a ward meet- country. The paper, however, is rather darker than Ditto 80nd5........ 441. pr cent. - - - ing on the questi on; an d th an k s h av i ng b een voted to that of which the genuine notes are made, and the water Siuthampto n •• - - 21 . per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 o - the chairman the meeting broke up. mark had been evidently put in after the manufacture of GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. On Monday, the Remernbrancer having brought up the paper had been completed. The imitation of the the Bill, the clauses we r e di scusse d ser i a ti m, an d t h e genu i ne note i s qu i te extraor di nary i n all other respects. Name of Company Dividend Amount per of Paid. P r i ce .. whole of them approved of with ou t a l terat i on , not hi ng GUILDH ALL. Annum. Share. being changed except a few words in the preamble. George Wilson, residing at No. 67, George-street, - 4. s. d. Z. s. d. , The whole having been gone through, the committee Pimlico, was charged before Alderman Humphery with British .•••••-•• •• •• 11. 40 0015 0 0 14 adjourned till yesterday, when, despite some opposition, stealing two coats. Ditto Provincial.. •. 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 • 20 the Bill passed. Mr. Thomas Jacobs, salesman to Mr. William Mar- Bristol .............. 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - - - - --- tin, o f N os . 156 an d 1 5 7 , Fl eet - street, ta il or, sa i d that Brighton • • .... ••• • .• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16 City of London ...• ..101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 245 • THE CHARTER HOUSE. on Monday night, about six o'clock, the prisoner entered CcntinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 - THE FOUNDER'S DAY. his employer's shop, and informed him that he wanted Ditto, New ........ 85e. pr share, 50 0 0 37 10 0 Equitable.. .... •• •• 455. pr share' 50 0 9 50 0 0 , 36 - Yesterday being the anniversary of the foundation of au outfit. He proceeded to show him some coats, and imperial • • .... ••- • •• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 67 the excellent institution of the Charter House by at last two were picked out, which the prisoner fitted on Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 1 64 Thomas Sutton, was celebrated with the usual ceremo- one over the other. He then reqaested to be shown London. • ...... •• -••- 50 e o 50 0 0 I - ties, the,.attendance being as numerous and distinguished some pieces of cloth, as he wanted balf a dozen pair of _. Ditt . 0.............. - 50 0 0 50 I - I L:ncenix ............. bl. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 • 30 as on, any previous occasion. trousers. 'While on the ladder getting the cloth, the , .ateliff .... . ........ 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 • 72 prisoner ran out of the shop with both coats on his banß, United General .... .. 441. pr cent.! 50 0 0 50 0 0 12% At two o'clock the venerable brothers had the usual banquet ire the upper hall, the repast including good old darted under some horses' heads, and ran d o wn Bouverie- Westminster Chartered 31. '5O 0 0 English fare. street, where witness caught him. After several attempts Ditto, New -••- • • 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 l O Divine service was performed at four o'clock, the to escape, an officer was met with, and he was given into , C.a.NALS. sermon being preached by the Archbishop of Canter- custody. t bury. His Grace d we lt f orc ibl y upon the advantages In d e f ence , th e p r i soner sa id h e was try i ng tho Narnes of i i Dividend Names of Dividend accruing from a system of education, such as coats on, when he observed a friend on the opposite Cimpanies.l L , l 1 Annum. per Price. Comanies. tii 2 p per Prime' 4 Annuls. - duringthat imparted in the Ch ar t er H ouse, and exhorted the s id e of th e s t ree t, an d w i s hi ng part i cu l arly to speakss - _ young men so t o con d uct t h emse l ves during their t o him he ran out, but was followed so closely by Mr. - 4 ! 4 probationary co urse , t h at w h en they launch e d into J aco b s, t h at h e cou ld not attract the attention of his J.i.thtnts Oldh 971 51. p e Is Macclesfield . 100 - 15 the world they might become ornaments of so- friend. In fact, he was seized before he could get near Barnsley •• - 160 121. 180 Neath -•• • • 100 111. 340 ciety. At the conclu s i on o f t h e serv i ce, the coin L rknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 O x f or d.... • • 100 201. 190 pany hi " Birmingham 35 41. 75 Peak Forest. 7s 31. 44 retired to the great hall, where Mr. Charles Green- Alderman HUMPHERY asked if he was known ? Coventry.. • •1100 25/. 193 Regent's ...• 3 3 11. ss. 18% wood Floyd, the senior scholar, delivered a Latin era- Chambers, the gaoler, said that he had been in cus- D- roe ••• • • ,1001 61. 63 Ro c hd a l e ... • 85 41 . 54 tion. The youthful or a t or commence d b y re f err i ng to foray before for stealin g a coa t a t th e G u ildh a ll C o ff ee - Ells rre&Chs 133 565. 40 Somrset Coal 150 : 71.10.. 130 the state of Europe durin g th e p as t y ear , as contraste d house. GrandJunctn 100 f 51. - Stffrd&W Ere v, ash •• • 100, 32 1 . - Do.LkFdSt ore 12 1 GI. p. c. - 140 1 281. 290 with the tranquillity of England. With reference to the Alderman HUMPHERY committed him for trial, and GrandSurreylloo, - 30 Shrewsbury.. 1251 151 . domestic affairs of the Charter House, he mentioned the the depositions being made out, he was conveyed to Grand Union; 100 11.103. 25 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 285 ilia. 24 deaths of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Mel- Newgate. G•antham • • 150 - ...... Severs andi 1 K,nnt & Avnl 39 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rail. 5 26 F bourne, and the Earl of Harrowby, congratulating the BOW-STREET. i 1,0 Is& Livrp 100, 341. 310 Warwick&l new governors who had succeeded them, namely, the Mr. Archer, a solicitor, applied to Mr. Jardine, on be- Lcicaster ..-• 140 101. 75 Ilirming. j 100 41. 47 present Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lima- half of a local society for the prevention of burials in I,re:he s ' t - i r l „& N o . g t li b 142 83 7 4 0 1 i 6 3 8 5 W N arwick&l 100 31. 41 dafe, and Lord Denman. The.orator proceeded to recite towns, for a summons against a grave-digger employed ate' rim . ou 'r tese 100 81.. 0 W o r a c P s t t ° r n F..c 17$ 21. 39 the nam e s of th ose w ho, ha v i ng b een s t u d ents i n t h e in - at the b ur i a l- groun d in Cross-court, Drury-lane, to Mntgotnrysk i 100 - - Birming. stitution, had gained honours in the Universities of Ox- auswer the charge of disinterring bodies, and thereby MeltnMwbry,loo - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 11 . . - - -- -, - - - Divine service was performed at four o'clock, the sermon being preached by the Archbishop of Canter bury. His Grace dwelt forcibly upon the advantages accruing from a system of education, such as that imparted in the Charter House, and exhorted the young men so to conduct themselves durinc , their probationary course, that when they launched into the world they might bnome ornaments of so ciety. At the conclusion of the service, the company retired to the great hall, where Mr. Charles Green wood Floyd, the senior scholar, delivered a Latin ora tion. The youthful orator commenced by referring to the'state of Europe during the past year, as contrasted with the tranquillity of England. With reference to the domestic affairs of the Charter House, he mentioned the deaths of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Mel bourne, and the Earl of Harrowby, congratulating the new governors who had succeeded them, namely, the present Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lian we, and Lord Denman. The.orator proceeded to recite the names of those who, having been students in the in stitution, had gained honours in the Universities of Ox ford and Cambridge during the past year, alluding par ticularly to Mr. W. H. Stone, just elected to a scholar. ship at Balliol College, Oxford; Mr. B. Elwyn, elected to the Craven scholarship in Trinity College, Cambridge ; and Mr. H. W. Fisher, student of Christ Church, Oxford, who obtained a first class in Literis Humanioribus. Mr. Floyd passed the following graceful compliment on Sir Robert Peel, who had placed him on the foundation:— •` Verum übi tot et tantas res commemoro, übi tot no mina illustria coram vobis recenseo, unum tamen, ut opinor, vos non me praeterire sinetis, cujus propter splen didas mentis et ingenii facilitates, virtutemque ejus et morum probitatem, non Britannicum modo Senatum, sed etiam totum or hem terrarum fama pervagata est. Ilium igitur et patroeinii jure et necessitudine conjunctum fa miliari, auctorem mihi video beneficiorum eorum quibus intra has cedes frui potueritn. Adrnonet me quot et quanta sint ea ipea beneficia ex Fundatore Suttono in nos omnes delata." The oration, which was couched in elegant Latin, was delivered with much energy, and was greeted with loud applause. The usual festival in celebration of the anniversary took place at six o'clock, the banquet being held in the ancient hall of the institution, built about the reign of Henry VIII., its principal decoration being the portrait of the founder, by a contemporary painter. The Master (the Venerable Archdeacon link), as on all such ( ccasions, presided at the banquotting board, supported on the right by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and Sir Robert Peel, Bart., and on the left by Lord Denman, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, M.P.4 and among the 120 gentlemen congregated to do honour to . the memory of th e f oun d er were t h e following officers of the fo un d at i on :—The Rev. Folliott Baugh, M.A., preacher ; the Rev. Augustus P. Saunders, M.A., head master ; the Rev. Oliver Watford M. A., second master; assistants, the R ev . W . H. Philloit, the Rev. F. Poyud er , M .A., and the Rev. C. G. Curtis, 8.A., the Rev. Ch ar l es R. Dickens, M.A., r ea d er an d librarian; Mr. Archib a ld Knig ington, Mr. P. C. Sice Horsley, Mr. Ch ar l es 3:, Mr. Joh n M i l es, D r. B a b - Gatty, &c. Th e hall Y vi i Mr. W. lendidly lighted, and th e ra banquet wa s o f a moat tisua.l: ptuons char acter . I n the gallery was st a ti one d a of the cloth, al band. Oa the removal The MASTER gave successively_ui he--: Church and ptirlinee Albert, the Queen"--" The Queen Dowan.er" e. Royal Fa ux ceternum, Albert Prince of Wales, and thebrest of mily;" and the toast of the day, R oreat which was drunk with three times th ree. The toasts which followed were the Governors of t h e Charterbouse—the Master and Officers of the Hospital —the Masters of the School—the Preacher of the Day...... the Stewards of the Current Year—the Stewards of the next Year—and the Orator of the Day. The Orator, Mr. C. G. FLOYD, as customary, delivered grace previous to the dinner. The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart., and the Archbishop of Canterbury addressed the company after the banquet, as did also the Venerable Archdeacon Hale, the master of the hospital. About half-past nine o'clock, the party broke up, the majority of the company adjourning to the residence of the Master, whose respected lady gave a ball to cunclude the festivities of the Founder's Day. Mr. Archer, a solicitor, applied to kr. Jardine, on be half of a local society for the prevention of burials in towns, for a summons against a gravedigger employed at the burial-ground in Cross-court, Drury-lane, to auswer the charge of disinterring bodies, and thereby cuing a great nuisance in the neighbourhood. A person named John Muggridge, residing at 14, Cross-court, whose back window opened upon the burial-ground in question, deposed to baying seen the grave-digger and another man dig up coffins, hammer them to pieces, and apparently throw the bodies into another hole, with quantities of lime, to effect their de struction. Other abominations of the same kind were mentioned by the witness, who communicated the circumstance to Mr. Walker, surgeon, and the police ; but as the mat ter will be fully investigated when the defendant appears t 3 the summons, we deter our report. The application was readily granted by Mr. Jardine, with the view of having the matter taken up and properly investigated. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Charles Roland, en elderly man, filling the office of clerk to the Swiss Protestant Church at the West-end, was brought up for final examination, charged with having abused the person of Frances Ann Keast, a girl about twelve years of age. The prisoner was on terms of disgraceful intimacy with the mother of the girl, who had been separated fr*m her husband for some years ; and, according to the girl's evidence, the prisoner had Wen in the habit.of indecently assaulting her for some time past. She complained in vain to her mother, and at lest having met with her father, she communicated to him the prisoner's conduct towards her, and a warrant was immediately obtained against the prisoner. Mr. French, a surgeon, sent a certificate, which cor roborated, to a certain extent, the statement of the girl. Mr. BINGHAM, af:Er hearing the prisoner gibe a general denial of the charge, fully committed him for trial. James Jones, spectacle maker, No. 11, Moor-street, was charged with having criminally assaulted Catherine Grady, a girl about twelve years of age. The complainant said she was in the service of the prisoner, and the assault in question occurred during the absence of the pris'iner's wife. The statement of the girl would lead to the inference that a capital offence had been committed. The girl said she told the prisoner's wife what had happened as soon as she came home, and she communicated the same circumstances without delay to her friends. PEPYS' DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE. - The 4th volume of the new edition of this valuable diary is• just published, and one more volume will complete the work. It is seldom that an individual will a ll ow us to read his . soul or trace his actions to their motives. When there fore it is possible to unlock the secret depositories of thought, and reveal the hidden springs of action, the ari viloge must be considered as eminently valuable, and the more so, when we are permitted to investigate the mo tives of such men as Samuel l'epys, who enjoyed high offices,. and fulfilled their duties with distinguished ability, and who exerted considerable influence over the affairs of the period. His diary is valuable as depicting to us many of the most important characters of the times. Its author has bequeathed us the records of his heart, the very reflections of his energetic mind; and his quaint but happy narrative clears up numerous disputed points, throws light into many of the dark corners of history, and lays bare the hidden substratum of events which gave birth to, and supported, the visible progress of the nation. We owe P e py s a d e b t o f gra tit u d e for the rare and eurion information he has bequeathed to us in this most amusing and interesting work.—Tait's Magazine. The pri.oner was fully committed. WORSHIP-STREET. William Roberts, an inmate of the Bethnal-green Union Workhouse, was brought up before Mr. Hammill, at the instance of the parish authorities, charged with au assault of an aggravated character upon a young mar ried woman named Jane Weldon, also an inmate of the establishment. Mr. likaimim. asked in what manner the parish au tsaid horities intended to deal with the case?—Mr. Fairfield that he was instructed by the board of guardians to leave.rit entir e l y i n the hands of the magistrate. :14)1.51ml. sa id t h at the offence was one of such a st i r to coi oll nsids edreBwchnePtthieorn,ththeyatwthoucldgunaortdivanndseorutag k h e t t c o e r p t a r o i n s e l y . cute the charge befor e a jury, and he s h ou ld t h ere f ore order it to s t and over for a week to afford them an opportunity of corning to some determination in the matter. _ John S Mary Cr on i n were charged w ith SOUT HWARK. uflivan and M ar :;leafing a Post-ollice order for moo s ._ . j tran smitted from Ireland for Bartholomew Hag gerty , The MAGISTRATE, after hearing some contradictory evidence, said, that in order to sift the case to the bottom he should remand the prisoners.—Remanded accordingly. HIGH TIDE IN THE TllamEs.--Yesterday after no , m the river Thames continued to dew fora consider able time after the period fixed for high wate r , and at- half past three the low grounds on either bank were completely under water, the Bishop's-walk, Church street, and Fore-street, Lambeth, and the approach to Lambeth Palace, being impassable, except by boats, a number of whi c h were employed to ferry the inhabitants to and from their dwellings. The basements of the houses in Fore -street were completely flooded, and con siderable damage and loss occasioned. The tido over flooded the Hungerford and Adelphi-wharfs, and washed over the Temple-gardens embankment. At all the steam-boat piers the passengers had to clamber over planks. The Essex, Woolwich, Wandsworth, and Bat tersea marshes were placed under water. Much damage is reported to have been sustained on the south bank of the river, though no lo ss o f life. Dividend Amount I Name of Company. per J of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -- --- X a. d. X a. d. Australasia ...... —..— 40 0 0 40 0 0 BritshNorth American 151. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Ceylon ••....•• • • • • • • 7/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial. 51. per cent. 100 0 0' 25 0 0 Gloucestershire .. •• • • 151 per cent. -- lonian •• .. .. .. •• •• • • 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 207 Ditto . 13 0 0 Loudon Joint-Stock Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 15% Provincialof Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 40 Ditto, New......• • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provncial of g. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New....... • • per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 South Australia .... • . 51, per cent. 22 10 0 Union of Australia.— • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto ......... ..... 210 0 Union of L0nd0n..... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 Union of Madrid ..... 40 0 0 40 0 0 . BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. X. s. d. X. s. d. Charing-cross .. .. .. •• 25 0 0 Southwrk , Nvr Sub. Av. 632 12 8 24 Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 15 Waterloo ............ 100 0 0 4 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 17. ss. 4d. CO 0 0 28 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. 40 0 0 2434 Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 24 WELTER—WORKS . Dividend Amount Name of Company, i per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. Z s. d. Birmingham. •••• • • • • 18s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 E.,st London. V. 100 0 0 170 Grand Junction ••• • • • 21. 10s. 41 13 4 80 1C , int................ 31. 10s. 100 0 0 74 New Rivr Lndu Brdgo 1 21. 10s. 55 Vauxhall ...... ••.. .. 1 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 100 W,st Middlesex . . . ,61.05. pr cnt. 117 INSITILANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount ' !came of Company, I per 'of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X s. d. I X s. d. Albion ........ ••• • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 150 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - A.tlas . British Commercial - 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life tpr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 0., )unty ••••-•• • • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 IS 0 0 - 14s. 50 9 0 5 0 0 13 EAgle .. •• • • ...... •• • • 6e. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - European Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Family Endow= t Soc. 4/. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - cemasons' . .........Cl. per cent. 20 0 0 3 8 0 - :;:.)Le ..... ...... •• • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 1144 G Jai - Man ...... ••• • • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 40% Iliperial Fire •• •• •• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 212 Imperial Life -••• • • • 12s. IGO 0 0 10 0 0 14% la.leinnity Marine •• - 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 5 13 1 - Law Fire -••..•• • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Lim Life- •• •••• • • - 11. 165. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Le.;al and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 041 10s. 1,..c1cn lire •••. • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13% Lmridon Ship •.••• • • • 'Si. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13% M.:rine . • •••••• • • • • • - IGO 0 0 15 0 0 - Aled. Invild& Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 2% z." atonal Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. '2O 0 0 210 0 - ~ ,ctional Life - PAlladium Lite 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 11 18s. Pelican • • • • • • •• • • .. • • - - - _ t', _cods • 31. p. sh. & bs. - - 140 P otector Lite.- .•• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - P:vident Life •• - i:.‘,clr. Life Royal Exchange • 5/. per cent. Stock. - 172 Sin Fire.. - - 197 1 •itto Life . 11. 6d. - - 49 Universal Life.....• •• 10% pr cut. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - V!,:toria Lite ......... - - 4 0 0 - DOCHS. Dividend Amount Name of Comp/thy. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----- ------ - X s. d. X s. d. C Anrntrcial --•• . • • 4d. per cent. Stock. - 70 l: :at and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 117% L tit Country - 21 London ••••••• • . • • • • 51. pr cent. Stock. - - Ditto Bonds .. •• . 41. per cent. - - - S:. Katharine .... •• - 4 per cent. Stock. - 71 Ditto Bonds •• 4%1. pr cent. - - - Siuthampton •• -•• •• 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - X. s. d. Z. a. d. British ••-••-•• •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.... 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 II 20 Bristol - - .......... 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton • • .... ••• • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 5 - 16 City of London .. - - 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 245 CcntinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 - Ditto, New ........ 85e. pr share, 50 0 0 37 10 0 - Equitable.. - .... •• •. 455. pr share' 50 0 0 50 0 0 , 36 Imperial ••. ... ••- • •• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 67 Independent ... .. .. • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 I 64 London. • ...... •• -..- 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 - - 50 0 0 50 I - Plicenix ....... • • .... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 I 30 ItAtcliff ..... ........ 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 72 United General .• .• • • 4%1.pr cent., 50 0 0 50 0 0 12% Westniuster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 Ditto, New •• • • .... 125. 50 0010 - I So ;i 0 0 10 !IST OP SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Same of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----- --- X s. d. £ s. d lit Ink of Scotland British Linen Company Si. par cent. 100 0 0 100 • 0 194 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% Clydesdale Bank.. -•• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Commercial Bank ... • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ;100 0 0 151 Eastern Bank .....• •• 6/. per cent. 25 u 0 ' 10 • C 9/.los. Editib.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 5 • 0 5% Exchange Link of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 • • 32% rile of Mau. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 :rational Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 1 ,4 North of Scotlandßank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.175. North British Bank - 50 0 0 10 0 0 275. Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 • 118 lTh.ion Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 77 Western Bask.. ... •• • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69% Aberleen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 20 0 5% B. Accord. Litealid Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s Od ilritish Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 is Od i,:aledonlan Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 5 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 • 2 City of Glasgow Life.. Gl. per cent. 25 0 0 2 • 0 21. 5s I.:dinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17 East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 0 15 0 1 1 s.Od Eng. & Scot, Law Life bl. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 46s 6d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 • 0 IN [num Co. of Scotlnd•• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 • 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 •0 1 11. 6s Mercantile Life ...... - 10 0 0 010 0 i4s. Id. National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 , 20s. Id North British Incur 1 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 224 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 • 1 • 0 178.0 d. Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 ss. Scot. Alm. and Gan. Life - 1 0 0 015 0 'los.Od Scottish Union Insrnce. 6MI. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ; 11. Os ,t an lard Life United Dep. Assurance .51. per cent. 10 0 0 , I 0 0 ; 123.041 MXSCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - ..........• X. s. d. X. s. d. Australian Agriculturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 IS Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0...... Canada ... • • ... •• .. GI. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 26 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - 82 City Bonds.. ........ 3%1. pr cent. - - - Comp.Cppr Mars Eng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& he, 21 100 0 0 100 0 - Equitable Reversionry sf. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 55 Gen. Steam Navigation 11. Bc. 15 0 0 14 0 - London Institution . -.- - 78 15 - Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 A 57% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 90 Royal Mail Steam •• - '3%/. pr cent. 100 0 0 60 0 43 3 4 South Australian ..... It. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 - Universal Salvage.... - 25 0 0 5 0 - NEW DOCKS AT LEITH. —The extensive harbour works are proceeding with great rapidity. Notwith standing the advanced period of the year, and the storminess of the weather, one hundred tons of stones, besides rubble work, have been laid down daring the last ten days. About 350 men, masons, carpenters, and la bourers, are constantly employed, at wages averaging from 12s. to 203.; the circulation of so much money in the town must tell upon the shop trade of the port. But the greatest boon is to come—the after-good to the port, from the increased facilities to shipping by the enlarge ment of the docks, as well as the deep-water entrance, will shortly be felt by all classes whose interests lie with the trade and commerce of the town. To the present Lord Advocate Leith is mainly indebted for these im provements.—Caledonian Mercury. SUICIDE OF A SCHOOLMISTRESS. —An inquest was held on Monday, at the Feathers, Temple-street, White friars, before Mr. W. Payne, on the body of Maria Carter, aged 29, a schoolmistress. It appeared in evi dence that the deceased kept a day-school for children, a ssp : ve 4 c 3 lte , ef F dt r Ob i a yn r e - h S o t e r fr e e nh t e , eirg ß hi l .r a bi e ae k an f rd l s. 7: ooo - r a n w a sh d ao , tmu a r n (s d , 131 ye was va ied m n i u na c g h v ils r ai e st • t : Ldo promisedther , living at behaved in an aeelquwaiinthtanhceer: how to ev r e a r t , u a r h n a w t en n t ig t h o t a a n n o d ld sl I -w extraordinaryharf Strand, ad a n d getting unaccountable She insisted upon seeing a gentleman with whom she was perfectly unacquainted, and with whom she had no business, and because sh with him, sa id she we iver wa s w i thin a fe el could not obt a i n an i n t erv i ew u r d drown h erse lf. T hough the notice of h er threat, and nd feet of h er no one took any next morning h er b o d y was found flo a ti ng off the T positive e vid ence that sh e e ro pl e- pi er . A s there was no had committed suicide the j ury returned a ver di ct of " Found drowned." , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1848," FROM THE LONDON' GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WHITEHALL, DEC. 9, 1848. The Queen has bee+► pleased to direct letters patent to be passed ❑nder the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto James William Colvile, Esq., Puisne Jus tice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Calcutta. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 11. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Jose Magill, as Vice Consul at Belfast for the Mexican Re public. DOWNING-STREET, DEc. 12. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Barkly, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the colony of British Guiana and its dependencies. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint William Frederick Desbarres, Esq., to be Puisne Judge, and Alexander MacDougall, Esq., to be her Majesty's So licitor-General for the province of Nova Scotia. NEW WRIT FOR THE BOROUGH OF LISKEARD. In pursuance of the directions of an Act, passd in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled " An Act to repeal so much of two Acts, made in the tenth and fifteenth years of the reign of his present Majesty, as authorises the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown for making out writs for the election of Members to serve in Parliament, in the man ner therein mentioned, and for substituting other provi sions for the like purposes:" Ido hereby give notice, that the death of the Right Honourable Charles Buller, late a Member serving in this present Parliament for the borough of Liskeard, bath 14 been certified to me in writing, und er th e h an d s o f two Members serving in this present Parliament, and that I shall issue my warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the electing of a Member to serve in the present Parliament for the said borough, at the end of fourteen days after the insertion of this notice in the London Gazette. [63 , Given under my hand the 9th day of December, 1848, CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE, Speaker. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—John Edward Bridge, Gent., to be Cornet, vice J. C. Mansel, promoted, Dec. 8. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. John Walton, baker, Coventry. John Heslop, wine and spirit merchant, Ripon. BANKRUPTS. John de Levante, clothier, Wood-street, Cheapside, to surrender, Dec. 20, at half-past one, and Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Wollen, Bucklersbury. William Keys, linen and woollen draper, Robert's place, Commercial-road East, Dec. 20, at one, and Jan. 23, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Sole and Turner, Alderman '% bury. William Trapp, mason and victualler, Warminster, I Wiltshire, Dec. 23, at half-past eleven, and January 12, 3' at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Holt, Chatham-plac e , . Blacfriars. Thomas Page, silk manufacturer, White Lion- street, Al Spite!fields, Dee. 18, at one, and Jan. 29, at ele ven , at I the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, A Coleman-street; Hudson, Bucklersbury. John Taft, carpenter, Warwick-road, Paddington, !7 's Dec. 18, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bank _ [es. ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; IN Mason, South-square, Gray's-inn. John Parish, brick maker, Sible Hedingham, Essex, Dec. 23, at eleven, and Jan. 20, at one, at the Court of - Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street; Thompson, Southampton-buildings, Chansery-lane. Andrew Hewlett, builder, Abbott's Ann, Southamp ton, Dec. 20, at two, and Jan. 23, at one, at the Court ' of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane,34 Lombard-street; May, Queen-square, Bloomsbury; ' Lamb, Andover. John Wildey, victualler, Snenton, Nottinghamshire, Dec. 22 and Jan. 12, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Lees, Nottingham. Joseph Stevens, jun., glass manufacturer, Coalbourn tee. brook, Uldswinford, Staffordshire, Dec. 28, at twelve, and Jan. 30, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, offieial assignee, Birmingham; Collis, Clowes, and Uhthoff, Stourbridge. John Hirve), builder, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset shire, Dec. 28 and Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Bri.,tol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; King, Bristol; Jones, Blaxland, and Co., Crosby-square. John Marshall, Reuben Marshall, and James Mar shall, fancy manufacturers, Rastrick, Yorkshire, Jan. 8, and 22, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope official assignee, Leeds; Sudlows, Torr, and Janaway, Bedford-row; Higham, Brighouse; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Edward Davies, flannel manufacturer, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Dec. 18, and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row; Jones, New town; Rogerson and Co., Liverpool. Thomas Richard son , common b rewer, N orth Shields, Dec. 21, at h a lf- past ten, and Jan. 24, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Lietch and Kewney, North Shields ; Maples, Pearse, Maples, and Pearso, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basingball•street. G. Clay, Queen-street, Cheapside, woollen-wart.house. - man, Jan. 3, at twelve. In the Country. J. Thompson Tarnworth, bookseller, Jan. 17, a t t we l ve , at the Court, Birmingham —J. Clarke, R. Mitchell, J. Phillips, and T. Smitb, Leicester, bankers, Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham —R. W. Godwin, Lin coln, ship and boat builder, Jan. 17, at half-past ten, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon -Hull—S. Dethick and T. R. Kay, Newton-heath, near Manchester, common brewers, Jan. 9, a t t we l ve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. C. Howe, Plymouth, draper, Sid., on any Tuesday or Friday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. J. H. Hill, Plymouth, veterinary surgeon, Mid., on any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. W. Medland, St. Austell, Cornwall, common brewer, Sid., on any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. S. B. Serjeant, Callington, Cornwall, attorney at law, 2s. 3d., on any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. E. C. Holland, Honiton, Devonshire, surgeon and apothecary, ls. 6d., on any Tuesday between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. J. Bevan, Bridestowe, Devonshire, tanner, saddler, and harness maker, 4s. 2fd., on any Tuesday between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirt ael, Exeter. H. Martin, Plymouth, al e an d porter merc h ant, 2s. 2d., pi on any Tueslay, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. os. Mary Heatherington, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, inn !l.; keeper, ls. 10d., on any Tuesday, between the hours of "- eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. 0 4 E. Cato, Hartlepool Durham, innkeeper, 2s. ld., on Is ' Saturday, Dec. 9, or any following Saturday, between ; the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. )% T. Hutchinson, Blackiriars-road, and Old Gravel-lane, I}4 Od Wapping, sugar refiner and capillaire manufacturer, Od 54. 9d., on Wednesday, Dec. 13, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the hours of twelve and three, at 58 the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-Court, Basinghall / street. .0d T. Capren, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, merchant, 6d., on Wednesday, Dec. 13, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of I S ci s Mr. Follett, S am b roo k Court, Basinghall-street. Id F. Adamson, B ond -court, Wallbrook, merchant, 3s. 4d., on Wednesdays, between the hours of twelve and „ three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Ba nd singhall-street. es W. F. Powell, Monmouth, clerk, 3 s . 2d., on Wednes -4 days, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. H. W. Damsell, Bisley, Gloucestershire, grocer and draper, Bd., on Wednesdays, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. T. Bevan, Brecon, corn dealer and grocer, 2s. 11d., on Wednesdays, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. J. Gainer, Stonebouse, Gloucestershire, dyer, 61d., on Wednesdays, between the hours of eleven and one, et the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. J. Pugh, Monmouth, tailor and draper, 25., on Wed nesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. W. Swain, Cheltenham, builder, plumber, and glazier, 9id. ' on Wednesdays, between the h ours o f ten an d two, 34 at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. 3 J. B. G regory , Bi rm i ng h am , straw p l a i t dealer, Bid., on Thursdays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. A. Beattie, Alverstoke, Southampton, coal merchant and rope maker, ls. 3d., on Wednesday s, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. W. Thomas, Catherine -street, Strand, publisher and advertisement agent, ls. 4-Id., on Wedue ,clays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Basinghall-street. T. Sternberg, Northampton, wine mere!) ant, 3s. 61d., on Wedn es d ays, b etween t h e hours of clown and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghallestreet. NOTICES OF CERTIFICAT ES. At the Court, Basingball stroi.t. C. Pottinger, Banbury, Oxfordshire, tailor and draper, Jan. 5, at eleven—G. Gillingham, Churc lu-street, Chel sea, veterinary surgeon and farrier, Jan.. 5, at twelve— H. M. Bowden, Lime-street, Leadenh all-street, City, dealer and chapman, Jan. 2, at one—R. J. Popplewell, Southampton, out fitter, Jan. 3, at half -1 cast eleven—R. G. Clods, Windsor, corn and coal mercblant, Jan. 8, at twelve—J. Goodman, Alpha-cottage, C aledonian-road, Islington, cattle dealer, Jan. 9, at one. In the country. S. L. Gaskell, Congleton, Cheshire, cr.tock and watch maker, Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. B. Murphy and H. Mosley, Derby, carvers, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—R. .71,ister, Belper, Derbyshire, draper and grocer, Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—Betty Crankshaw, and J. Crank shaw, Higher Booths, Lancashire, cottota spinners and cotton manufacturers, Jan. 4, at eleven,. at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, Jan.. 2. T. Massey, Burslem, Staffordshire, vri ocer and tea dealer—W. Warden, Birmingham, corn agent and corn dealer—E. Sommers, Motcomb-street, Bel) ;rave-square, baker—E. Tibbey, Frith- street, Soho, d iamond mer chant—H. Hastings, Cheltenham, butcht Ir—J. A. G. Smith, Manchester, auctioneer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. W. Carr and J. M usson , F en - court, Fenchurch street, ship end Custom. house agents—J. Chiesman and J.. Nelsen, Leeds, auctioneers and appraisers —W. Budd and J. W. Grose, Davonport, drapers and rnereers—J. C. Birkenshaw, H. Birkenshaw, T. Gibson, and It. E. Huntley, Netherton, Northumberland, coal owners— T. Barneby and G. W. Bentley, Worcester, attorneys and solicitors—G. Jackson, R. Wilkinson, and R. Mal comson, Clonmel, Tipperary, and Manchester—J. H. Brooke and R. E. Creasey, Boston, Lincolnshire, dealers in gutta percha—J. Ireland and W. Ireland, Manchester, dyers and bleachers—A. Cowperthwaite and A. Kenny, Manchester, joiners and builders—W. C. Bodley, J. Goldsworthy, and W. Huxtable, Exeter, ironfounders—W. Froggatt, W. Bramley, and H. Bramley, Shadwell, confectioners and bakers—J. Rus sell and R. Russell, Great Winchester -street, Old Broad street, leathersellers—G. Mitchell and J. Whitaker, Halifax, Yorkshire, tobacconists and tea dealers—R. Grove and J. C. Chambers, Ipslev, Worcestershire, fish hook and needle manufacturers—J. Burgess and J. Cooper, Crosby-row, Walworth, tailors—E. F. Jones and F. Russell, Little Tower-street, City, tea and coffee dealers—G. Tett and J. Kerslake, jun., Osmington, Dor setshire, farmers—J. Harper and N. Harper, Clay Coton, Northamptonshire, and Wibcroft, Warwickshire, cattle salesmen—P. Bishop and C. Cheshire, Birmingham, bayonet manufacturers—W. Dawber, R. Dawber, E. Howitt, and W. Harrison, Lincoln, millers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. George West, Burg-in-the-Marsh, Lincolnshire grocer. Epiphras Seage, Exeter, whitesmith. Jacob Barker, Liverpool, butcher. Joseph Davies, Liverpool, commission and patent agent. John Lillywhite, New Windsor, Berkshire, baker. William Sanderson, Calverley, Yorkshire, cloth maker. Thomas Harvey, York-street, Barnsgate, poulterer. William Terry, Eagle-hill, Ramsgate, livery stable keeper. Richard Deveson, Bankside, Margate, booking office keeper. Isaac Line, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, wood turner. Mary Jevons, Tipton. Staffordshire. Thomas Amphlett, Walsall, Staffordshire, carpenter. Rowland Davies, Talyllyn, Merionethshire, carpenter _ and joiner. MeshaCh Simkiss, Walsall, Staffordshire, miner. James Hardman, Walsall, Staffordshire, harness bi maker. Henry Prow, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, manager of a grocery and provision warehouse. Timothy Loft, the elder, Beverley, Yorkshire, owner and master of a vessel. Mendel Mendhehn, Hound's-gate, Nottinghamshire, to bacco dealer, James Barton, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, butcher. James Taylor, Nottingham, licensed victualler. Robert Sugden, Bradford, Yorkshire, woolsorter. John Moak, the younger, Petersfield, Southampton, poulterer. Stephen George Smelt, Beverley, Yorkshire, shoemaker. Frederick Forman Gibbs, Bidston, Chester, commission agent. Joseph Whitfield, Pudsey, Calverley, clothmaker. James Stocks, Bradford, Yorkshire, and William Holds worth, Manningham, linendrapers. William Spooner, King-street, Margate, cook. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Hastie, Glasgow, brass and ironfounder, to meet within Whyte's Temperance Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 16 and Jan. 6, at twelve. , J. Hamilton, Neilston, Renfrewshire, coach driver, to meet within Mrs. Walker's Inn, Barrhead, Dec. 19 and Jan. 9, at on'. W. Calderwood, Kilmarnock, bottler, to meet within the George Hotel, Kilmarnock, Dec. 16 and Jan. 13, at twelve. 11. M'Askill, Broadford. Isle of Skye, cattle dealer, to meet wiLbin Portree Inn, Portree, Dec. 19 and Jan. 9, at twelve. G. Ruxton, Leith, baker, to meet within the New Ship Hotel, Shore, Leith, Dee. 18 and Jan. 8, at two. J. Mitchell, Glasgow, engineer, to meet within the Waverley Tavern, GlaTow, Dec. 18 and Jan. 8, at one. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED I.?: THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 9, MS.: Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*370 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... .„ .., 43 Turbercular Diseases... ... 172 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses— ... 113 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels „, 42 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 188 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... .„ 60 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... 6 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ... •• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... 29 ... 23 ... 43 ... 5 ... 30 DEATHS FROH ALL CAUSES ... ~. 1,146 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1843-7. in the 1841 Five Summers. Week. West Districts... 300,711 . . 142 160 North D.,tricts.. 375,971 .. 182 ... 246 Central Distr;zts 373,653 ... 178 ... 200 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 219 ... 248 South Districts .. 501,190 ... 251 ... 292 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 972 ... 1,146 Males ... ... ... ... ... 572 Females ... ... ... ... ... 574 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... 715 Females ... ... ... ... ... 665 Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,380 * There are 21 cases of death by Cholera included in lis number. THE POPE'S MANIFESTO. The following manifesto to the Roman people has been issued by Pius IX.:— " Pius IX. TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE. " The outrage in latter days committed against our person, and the intention openly manifested to continue these acts of violence (which the Almighty, inspiring men's minds with sentiments of union and moderation, has prevented), hare compelled us to separate ourselves temporarily from our subjects and children, whom we love, and ever shall love. " The reasons which have induced us to take this important step—Heave❑ know how painful it is to. our hearts—have arisen from the necessity of our enjoying free liberty in the exercise of the sacred duties of the Holy See, as under the circumstances by which we were then afflicted the Catholic world might reasonably doubt of the freedom of that exercise. The acts of violence of which we complain can alone be at tributed to the machinations which have been used and the measures that have boen taken by a class of men degraded in the face of Europe and the world. This is the more evident, as the wrath of the Almighty has already fallen on their souls, and as it will call down on them sooner or later the punishment which is prescribed for them by his Church. We recognise humbly, in the ingratitude of these misguided children, the anger of the Almighty, who permits their misfortunes as an atonement for the sins of our selves and those of our people. But still we cannot, without betraying the sacred duties imposed on us, re frain from protesting formally against their acts, as we did do verbally on the 16th day of November of painful memory, in presence of the whole diplomatic corps, who on that occasion honourably encircled us, and brought comfort and consolation to our soul, in recognising that no violent and unprecedented sacrilege had been committed. That protest we did intend, as we now do, openly and publicly to repeat, inasmuch as we yielded only to violence, and because we were and are desirous it should be made known that all proceed ings emanating from such acts of violence were and are devoid of all efficacy and legality. This protest is a necessary consequence of the malicious labours of these wicked men, and we publish it from the suggestions of our conscience, stimulated as it has been by the circum stances in which we were placed, and the impediments offered to the exercise of our sacred duties. Neverthe less we confide upon the Most High that the continu ance of these evils may be abridged, and we humbly supplicate the God of Heaven to avert his wrath, in the language of the Royal Prophet—' Memento Domine David, et °lnnis mansuetudinis ejus.' "ID order that the city of Rome and our states be not deprived of a legal executive, we have nomin a t e d a :_ governing commission, composed of th e f o ll ow i ng per. sons " The Cardinal CASTRICANE, President. " Monsignor ROBERTO ROBERTL " Principe di ROVIANO. " Principe BARI:1111'Ni. " Marquis BEVILACQUA di BOLOGNA. " Lieutenant General ZuccHr. "In confiding to the said governing commission the temporary direction of publi c a ff a i rs, we recommend to our subjects and children, without exception, the con servation of tranquillity and good order. Finally, we desire and command that daily and earnest prayers shall be offered for the safety of our person, and that the peace of the world may be pre served, especially that of our state of Rome, where and with, when children, our heart shall be wherever we in person may dwell within the fold of Christ. And in the fulfilment of our duty as Supreme Pontiff, we thus humble and devoutly invok e th e G reat Mother of Mercy, and the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, for their inter cession that the city and state of Rome may be saved from the wrath of the Omnipotent God. " PIUS PAPA IX. " Datum Gaeta, die Nov. 28." ----- MR. TEIVPLETON.—This gentleman, after having made a most successful professional tour through the West of England, has revisited Scotland. He is at present at Edinburgh, where his entertainment s have been most successful. The Music Hall is crowded every night that he appears. We are glad to learn that the damage done to the Caledonian Railway by the late unprecedented over flowing of the Clyde, has proved of a much less serious description than was at first apprehended, and that the injury having been repaired, the traffic is now being carried on as usual without interruption. —Caledonian Mercury. THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—The election for a director of this society took place yester day, at the King's Arms, in the Poultry. At the close of the ballot the numbers were, for Mr. Mollett, 664; for Mr. ilayae, 512; rogijority for Mr. Monett, 152. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 12.) SUGAR.—To-day the market for Colonial Sugar pre sented a firmer appearance, and home dealers generally were more disposed to extend their pu; chases. i.'r•st India was in gond ri quest, whilst the rates paid are fully equal to those of Friday, and for all sorts. The public sales of 182 hhds 4 tierces Barbadoes went upon full terms; fine yellow at 39s 6d to 40s, good 36s 6d to 38s, mid 35s to 365, low 34s to 34s 6d, and soft 33s to 33s 6d. The total sales reached 600 hbds and tits. The market closed with a more favourable appearance for raw Sugar. On Thursday 3,500 bags of Pernambuco, and on Friday 52 hbds Trinidad Sugar, will be submitted to public sale. REFINED.—To-day there was a larger demand for Re fined Goods for home use, and fair brown lumps fetched 468 6d. Bonded Crushed Sugar is much in demand at 25s 9d to 26s 6d, but the supply keeps small. MAURITIIIS.—This afternoon a brisker demand existed for Mauritius Sugar, and 2,699 bags at auction sold at fully former rates; middling and good yellow went at 34s 6d to 365, low 333 to 345, fine brown 32s to 32s 6d, low 28s, washed and syrupy 30s to 365, inferior ditto 253 to 29s per cwt. The chief part was out of condition. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market for Bengal Sugar presented a more active appearance, and 2,788 bags at auction sold at firm rates ; Benares fine white went at 42s to 445, damp and washed 39s to 41s 6d, fine strong yellow 30s to 425, good 37s to 38s 6d, mid 35s to 36s 6d, low 33s to 33s 6d, fine brown 32s 6ii, good and fine Mauritus kind 36s to 40s, low and mid 33s to 35s 6d, brown 31s 6d per cwt. Cocoa.—This afternoon a fair desire was shown to do business in West India Cocoa, and 80 bags of Trinidad at auction sold at 30s to 40s per cwt for middling. MOLASSES.—The market for West India is firm at from 14s to 17s 6d per cwt, still only small parcels have been sold this week. Bengal Treacle met with little attention, and can be bought at 15s per cwt. For Honey the tendency of prices is to advance. COYFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was held with firmness, and 120 bales at auction were taken in at 50s to 51s for middling greenish, being above the value. Of Madras 531 bags were sold, and at stiff rates—middling 50s to 53s 6d, fine fine ordi nary 39s to 40s, fine ordinary 365, ordinary 26s 6d to 28s 6d, very low 225, and damaged 23a 6d to 28s 6d. 9 bags and 9 casks Jamaica went at 52s for middling, and low ordinary 25s 6d. For Native Ceylon there is a greater demand, and 600 bags at auction went at 28s 6d to 29s for real good ordinary and damaged 24s 6d to 28s, which is an advance of fully Is. Plantation is wanted, and 19 casks 783 bags sold 2s higher. 298 bags of Rio were in part sold—good ordinary 24s to 255, fine ordinary 31s, fine fine ordinary 33s to 36s 6d. A public sale of 882 bags of Rio Coffee is declared for Thursday. , FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of foreign Sugar, but privately COO chests of fine yellow Havan na!' were sold at 19s 61 per cwt; the market has a firm tone for all sorts. TEA.—There has been little desire manifested to make purchases its black, and for fine Cougou prices have fallen Id to 1-id per lb, but in the value of inferior little variation is visible, former rates are not to be ob tained. Green met with a dull demand, and an in creased quantity has been pressed upon the attention of buyers. Prices have suffered a decline of Id to 2d per lb for Hyson Gunpowder, fair and mid im perial, and for better sorts of Young Hyson. For fine Imperial and Hyson full rates were obtained, as a fair demand exists. Scented Caper met with a brisker sale, and former quotations, but for all other Teas the market has a dull aspect, and rather lower rates are accepted. Of 15,000 pkgs submitted to public sale only 6,300 found buyers; Congou of fair quality went at 6d to 81d, mid 94d to 9id, good I Od to I Id, pekoe flavour Is 6cl, scented Caper in boxes Is Ifd to is sd. Twankay low yellowish leaf 5d to 51d. Hyson good is Bd, Young Hyson Canton 8d to 10d, good and fine Hyson kind is 7d to 2s 3;d; Imperial low to fine Is o'l to 2s 4d, and Gunpowder, low to good Is 6d to 2s 6ct per lb. Of Assam 600 pkgs went off freely, and at firm rates. RICE.—To-day there was little desire shown to do business in East India Rice, whilst an increased quantity was on offer. At public sale 4,200 bags and 1,040 pkts Bengal were nearly all taken in upon rather lower terms—good and fine white Ils to Ils Id ; the small part sold went at lOs 6d to lls for good white, 95 6d for middling, 8s to 8s 6d for low, and 5,6 d to 105 for damaged. 10 brls Tapioca went at 70 for good white. On Thursday 2,200 bags of Bengal Rice, and 103 trcs of Carolina will be put up to public sale. • • COCRINEAL.—This afternoon the market Was largely supplied with Cochineal. At public sale 230 bags Ilondurus silvers all sold, and at firm rates ; in deed, ordinary went rather higher ; good and fine silvers 3s lld to 4s 3d, ord to good mid 3s 8d; 68 bgs Mexican, black 4s to 4s 3d, silvers 3s 8d to 3s 9d; 25 bgs of Tenerifie silvery black 4s to 4s 2d. A few bags of Honduras black went at 4s 5d to 4s 10d for mid and good mid. SPICES.—To-day, at public sale, 150 bags White Pepper sold at 31(1 to 4d for middling, and 3id to 31d for damaged. 6 cases Mace were taken in at 2s 6d tor good quality. Pimento is not much wanted, and 251 bags went *d to id cheaper; good quality selling at 4*l to 41d, fine 4i-d, middling 4d, and damaged 3id per lb. SPIRITS.—Brandy is not much in demand at present, still home deliveries do not fall off. Prices are rather lower, and rule for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1845 at 5s to -5s 2d, 1846 ditto 4s 8d to 3s 10d, 1847 ditto 3a 8d to 3s 10d, inferior 3s to 3s 4d, Bordeaux 2s 4d to 2s Bd, Spanish 2s to 2s 4d, and French 50 per cent over proof at 2s to 2s id. Arrivals are still moderate. Geneva is cheaper and few buyers are to be met with ; ord export sort is offered at is 10d, and fine for duty at 2s 4d. For British made Spirit prices are still kept up. To-day several parcels of Rum were all sold ; East India proof is 3d, Leeward Island of good quality is 4id, and Demerara 33 per cent over proof at is Ild. The price of British Corn Spirits has been reduced 3d per gallon. SALTPETRE.—To-day the demand was active for Rough, and former rates are well kept up for all sorts. The large quantity of 5,224 bags Calcutta at auction all found buyers—fine bold chrystal, like refined, 54 per cent refraction, went at 26s 6d to 275, 4i do 27s to 27s 6d, good and tine rather small chrystal 51 to 3,1 per cent 26s to 275, low and middling 114 to 54 lbs 25s to 265, not re fracted 25s 6d, damaged 17s 6d to 21s 6d; 1,349 bags of Madras—good sound white 164 to bit lbs 24s 6d to 255, and fine 7* per cent 25s per cwt. FRUIT.—This afternoon at a public sale of 6,020 drums 2,938 boxes Turkey pulled Figs only a small part sold at 56s to 755; 255 pkgs Patras Currants 35s to 38s; 416 pkgs Zante 35s to 375; 2,438 boxes 1,287 i-do. New Valencia Raisins 34s to 355; 60 cartons of Muscatel 103 s; and 287 4 pkgs Jordan Almonds were withdrawn. TALLOW.—Russian on the spot is offered at further re duced rates; still the town and country demand has been limited. The value of fine P.Y. Candle is 44s 3d to 44s 6d. For delivery in the three first months of next year few buyers aro to be met with, whilst sellers are willing to accept 44; 3d per cwt. Other sorts have been dealt in with caution, and prices are receding, as the supply is plentiful. At auc tion 200 pipes, 36 bhds, and 80 boxes of South American were sold at 41s to 45s for common to fine, and 185 casks of Sydney at 40s to 43s 3d for ord to good. There are ready sellers of home melted at 453 nett cash, yet few buyers are to be met with. The price of rough Fat has been reduced to 2s 6d per stone of 81bs. The public sale declared to take place on Friday comprise 1,000 pkgs. OILS.—.We have no further advance to record in the value of Linseed Oil; there is a good home demand, and several export orders have been concluded. Rape seed is held with firmness, and several parcels have been sold at 36s to 36s 6d for refined, brown 35s 6d to 3Gs, and pale foreign at 37s to 38s. For Olive there is only a moderate deMand, and prices are on the decline. Gallipoli can be bought at 431 to 441. Spanish and Sicily 411 to 421, Barbary, Levant, and Portugal 401 to 40l 10s. Palm is not much wanted, and prices are on the decline. the finest is not worth more than 3ls 6d. Of 214 csks offered at auction a part only sold at 30; to 31s for good and fine, and at 28s to 29s 6d for ord and mid. For Cocoa Nut the market is still in a dull state, and the tendency of prices is to recede; the finest will not fetch more than 39; per cwt. At public sale 27 casks of Sydney were sold at 35s 6d to 36s 6d, and wet 334 to 34s 6d. Lard Oil is more in demand; sellers ask 46; to 48s for English, and 42s to 44s per cwt for American. Ground Nut is little required, and can be purchased at 32s to 32a 6d. Of Fish Oils further parcels have come to hand, and the proceedings in the market have not been of an unsatisfactory nature. The de liveries are to a fair extent for home-trade purposes. Seal met with little attention. Pale is quoted at 261 to 261 10s, straw and tinged 251 to 251 15s, brown and yellow 231 108 to 241 10s. Cod has been dealt in with _ - caution, at 2315 s to 231 10s. There aro few buyers of Southern, and 23110 s to 261 lOs is the value of low to fine. Sperm continues in excellent demand and at firm - - - - - - rates; fine colonial 841 to 851. and headmatter 841 to 86 THE COUNTRY MARKETS. [A portion of the following, by Electric Telegraph appeared in our Third Edition of last night.] LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 12. The sales of the day are 6,000 bales. 1,000 on spe culation. Market firm. LIVERPOOL COIN MARKET, DEC. 12. The arrivals are large, notwithstanding which there has been a fair business doing here to-day in the leading articles of the trade. Wheat, both free and bonded, is firm, and Id and 2d dearer since Tuesday. Flour is in fair request at an advance of 6d and is per barrel, and Is per sack. Oats and oatmeal are in limited demand at late prices. Indian corn from is to 2s dearer, and consequently a somewhat checked de mand. In other articles no change. MANCHESTER GOODS MARKET, DEC. 12. The general tone of the market to-day was very firm. A good business is doing, and in many descriptions of cloth better prices have been obtained. In yarns for the home market there has been an advance of one-eighth per pound, and for the kinds suitable for the Continent there has been much more inquiry. IPS WICH, DEC. 12. Our market was well attended by farmers to-day. Good qualities of Wheat are in fair request, and prices are firm; some quantity comes to hand in poor con dition. It was with difficulty Malting Barley of fine quality reached the prices of this day week; other quali ties are lower. Beans are rather cheaper. Oats and Peas at our last quotations. Malt in a dull state. Flour steady. . PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat 4ls to 53s Beans 2Bs to 33s Barley 26s to 32s Peas.. 3os to 37s Oats.. Rye.. ....... .... 28s to 31s Flour, per sack 4ls to 458 AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 9. Wheat 1,953 quarters at 483 10d. Barley Oats Beans ... 129 pp 30s 7d. rota 97 ~ 354 lid. i LEEDS CLOTH HALL, DEC. 12. Very little business doing in the halls, the merchants buying very sparingly. Business in the warehouses very slight, and of no importance. LEEDS CORN MARKET, DEC. 12. Th. supplies of wheat were moderate, but buyers were by no means eager purchasers, and it was impos sible to establish any advance upon Friday's rates. Barley steady. Oats and shelling as before. Beans and other articles unchanged. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, DEC. 12. Little or no business doing, and we may quote prices the same as on Saturday last. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 12. The ma! ket is dull to-day, with a large supply. Prices of sheep about the same as last week. NEWCASTLE HAY Y MARKET, DEc. 12. There was a large supply to-day. The market for white dull, and prices lower. HULL, DEC. 12. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states that although the actual business of the past week has been limited, the general tone of the trade tended towards firmness, the impression prevailing that prices had seen the lowest. which feeling alone, from its gene ra lity, h e l pe d to c h ec k the downwar tendency we had to report last week. The only improvement, however, that we can so far note, is that sales have been made at prices not obtain able last Tuesday; demand is more active, but any attempt to get more money checks business. The long prevalence of westerly winds keeps back ar rivals, but with the first change we may look for good choice in all kinds of grain. We had at to-day's mar ket a good supply of wheat from the farmers: they ex pected, and asked, more money, but the dull report from London checked the spirit which might have been ex' pected in the trade; more looking after foreign, but at prices holders will not take—bonded finds more favour than free. We eannot report any improvement in bar ley; making is stilt difficult of sale, and grinding offered on lower terms. In beans and peas no alteration; of the former our chief supply is new foreign, mostly out of condition, and much remains difficult of sale. Grind ing peas are superseded by cheaper feed, and the sale of boiling is limited owing to the mild weather. In oats we have nothing doing. Indian corn goes off at late prices, say 31s to 325. Arrivals of linseed are still mo derate, and being mostly for crusher's account little comes on the market, which consequently re ma ins tiro —some fine East Indian feeding quality now on sale. Cakes are unaltered in value with a very fair sale for both English and foreign. No transactions in either rapeseed or cakes to influence our quotations. Hones more inquired for, but not many of good quality at pre sent offering. The following are the present prices of grain :- 8. a. Linseed cakes, English, Per Wheat, red Do.new do .. .46 48 Do. foreign, do 7/ to 815 9 Do. white 5O 52 Rape cakes, do 87 8 6d Do. new do 48 —52 Bones, do 85s Od to 87s 6 d Do. Dantzic ..... ... 54 58 G uano 41 to 91 5 8 Do. Lower Baltic & FOREIGN GRAIN IN BOND. Hamburgh 46 50 The free prices less currea Barley,malting 2B —3O duty. Do. grinding 25 27 Wh ea t, Dantzic & Konigsberg Oats.... l6 —22 Do. Lower Baltic &H 1 burgh _Attic- _Atm- ~ Do. Danish. , 16 18 D o . A rc h angel & Petersbur g ' Do.Friesland lB 21 Barley, Saal and Magdeburg Do. Russian l7 19 Do. Danish and Holstein ...... Beans 3O 86 Oats, Russian ..................... Do. foreign 2B 34 Do. Danish and Pomeraniari••• Peas ...... 32 36 Do. Friesland, brew ........... Linseed, crushing 34 38 40 Do. do. feed ...................... Do. feeding .. . 4O 44 Beans .. Rapeseed, per 10 qrs. 231 to 251 Peas ................................. HULL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN OF TU WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 5. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 569 Qrs at 47s Id 201 a t 30 s Ild f 182 at 17s l a Rye. Beans. Peas. I 0 Qrs at Os Od 50 a t 32 s Od oat Os Od TAUNTON. DEC. o.—Prices at the Tubs—Whea't 7s Oil to 8s Od; ditto new, 5s Gd to 6s Od; barley, 4s Od % 4s 3d ; malting ditto, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; new oats, 3 6 811 to 3> Gel; old oats, 3s 6d to 4 s Od; beans, 7s 6d to 8s Oa; old ditto, 4s 8d t o 5 s Od ; wbite peas, 8s Od to 93 Od; coloured ditto, Os Od to Os Od per bushel. DALKEITII MEAL MARKET, DEC. 11.—There were 1 38 bags of oatmeal and 23 of barleymeal at this day's mar; ket; sales ready. O a t mea l 6d per b ag up; barleyrne a' 3d per bag up; there was no peasemeal, flour, or pot bar ley in market. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. imperial .. Barleyrueal, per ditto Peasemeal Flour ... Pot barley ... First Second Third 28s 6d 28s Od 275 Od 22s 3d 22s Od —s (1 —s Od —s Od Od —sOd —sOd —sod —s Od I —s Od I --s Oa ••••••• GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, DEC. 9.—There 1111 , 6 , been but a limit e d b us i ness f or t h e past two days ; Pri„,ce' keep firm at our la s t quotat i ons. W e observe from Jor,: Gilbert's circular the s hip ments f or l ast month are muc h reduced, as compared with last year. Note of the ports of pig iron in November, 1848, as compared with 1847 : From Broomielaw .• ..• From Port Dundas an d Kirkin. 16,730 11,371 tons. till och 16,111 3,843 tv 32,841 15,214 Decrease in 1848 17,627 tons. Conic, DEC. 11.—Flour—First quality, 16s to le*: second ditto, 15s to 16s Od ; household, Ile to 14s third ditto, 9s to lOs per cwt. Oatmeal, /2s to 12a 6d per cwt. Indian corn, 810 s to 8/ 10s; Indian meal, 9/ 55 tO 91 lOs per ton. Bran, 41 5s to 5/ 5s per ton. Hay-- Farmers', 33s to 453,0 d; average, 43s ; retailers', 46s to 47s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far mers', 12s to 255; average, 20s; retailers', 00s to Os per ton. Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over prod , 6s 3d per imperial gallon. Bread, bid to 8d per 411* Fresh buytler, 10d to lld per lb. Beef, 3d to 6d; mut ton, 3id to 5d ; veal, 3id to 40; pork, sid to 70 bacon, bid to 9d; sausages, 5d per lb. Coals—Nev" port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Culm, 16s per ton. Potatoes , white, 12d; Minions, 14d. Hides—Market ditto, 119 to 17s; salted ditto, 12 s t o 17 s per cwt; mar k et skin ef 2d to 21d; calf ditto, 2d to 24d; veal skins, 3d to 3 per lb. Tar—Archangel, 18s per bl. Timber—Quebee red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 31; deal, 171 to 20/ per hundred ; Bangor Queens, 31 2s 6d per ton. Scot t* herrings,l9s to 20s p er barrel; Norway ditto, —e. NOW , foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 12/ lOs per ton. TOO , 475. Wool, 108 to 12s per stone. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, DEC. 12. binSTOCK EXCHANGE.— b The share market t o -d ay has , quiet, and w ith ou t any change to report in yesterday 0 prices. The s a l es are —L ondon, Leeds, and Dewsbury, 387 t --Manchester, She ffi eld, and Li nco l ns hi re (late Gre o Grimsby and Sheffield), 9 7/4—Midland Stock, Erevit g Valley, 10% dis.—N or th S taffordshire, 9 dis.—South-Eastv— and Dover, No. 1, 10% dig. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 12. STOCK EXC H ANGE.—The sales are—London and North; Western, 11 8;4—Birmingham. W o l ver h ampton, and StTl Valley, 8% dis.—North Staffordshire, 6 s . 6—North P."- tish, 3%. YORK,, DEC. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-davi i as follows :—G r e a t N ort h ern, 6% c.—York and North.Dl'",i, land, 49—Ditto, Preference, 896. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE — The sales are—N ewcast l e and (-:ab: lisle (scrip), 97—Ditto (red), 5 dis—North 86 1 -' 5 ) , Thirds, 314—York, Newcastle, and Barwick (Extensioll' No. 1,11 M. GLASGOW, DEC. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and Ra t . co ir. gate, 759.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 77—Glasgow, DumfrL. and Carlisle, 4—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 'lf ni ! Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 42 s. —Di tto, No. 2, 409.—Glasgow Greenock, Preference, 6 5 4—Great Northe rn , 6/. I.6s.—S& tish Central, 253 A. ACCIDENT WHILST SHOOTING.—The Hon. n Clive, ALP., is entertaining a party of distinguisbvi guests, including his nephew, the Earl of Powis, gi n , f other relations, at Howell Grange. At a shooting W h y, on Thursday several men were employed to beart, covers to put up the game, and one gentleman, in 7 4 . 0 charging his gun at a pheasant, accidentally lodged portion of the charge in three of the beaters. Two we o f slightly injured, but one of them received a laun3ber r shots in th e n ec k, an d was conveyed home, where Bu' o gical assistance was speedily rendered him, and be i s a fair way of recovery.— Worcester Journal. W At Leeds, on th e Bth inst. the wife of the R e . r. • Clair, of a daughter. ' On the Bth inst., a t Branham, Iroikslure, IMr s. J. W S' stead, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., the wife of Charles G. P. Win dsor, of Woodbury-vale, Green-lanes, of a son. At Bompstead, on the 9th inst., the wife of R. 1 Bea C her Esq., of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Montague-square, the Lady - house, of a son. ~, Of At Sydenham, on th e 10th inst., Mrs. Frederi c Barny a son. On the 9th inst., at Milner-square, the wife of T. C.' Se°' shave, Esq., of a son. ~ MARRIED. • 0/ On the 6th inst., a t St. St e ph en ' s Ch urch, Hui% ir l l 1 T. Dibb, Esq., of H u ll, t o C aro li ne S arah, third d aug h iv " , u . Lieutenant W. Knocker, R.N., of Spring-street, Mall. oft On the 7th inst., at St. Peter's, Pimlico, Rai art To Esq., son of the late Rev. Cha r l es Tower, of Sheni Essex, to Clara, youngest dau g ht er of Lieutemp It-C °_ 4 l, l°l3 Verner, and niece of the Dowa ger M arc hi oness of I /web - i t 01 On the 9th inst., at Chertsey, S urrey, David, Wit I° o Mr. David Nicholson, Wandsworth, to Elizabe th, daughter of Mr. J. Waterer, Chertsey. . ar ir On the 9th inst., Mr. T. J. W arr i c k , of Lorn-rt "al tou, to Ann Kay, youngest d aug h ter o f the late .fdr• J' — „„i Shillito, of Upper Thames -street, London. DIED. Suddenly, on the 10th inst., at the house of his E W. C. Beasley, Esq., Victoria-square, Pimlico, Edr mind or ner, Esq , M.P., aged 57. H e was a magistrate an d dell,tea lieutenant for the co un ty o f C ornwa l l, and had rt prom. Truro, his native town, since 1837. On the 11th hist., at Northwick-terrace, Ge ae-ral Hector Maclean, K.C.8.. H.E.1.C.5., aged 93. ag ° On the sth inst., at Bay.house, near Gosp or t, th e 3) ow - Lady Ashburton. w ed 49 ' On the 6th inst., at Dove r , A nn Mary Brydges, daughter of the late Sir Egerton Brydges. pf On the Bth inst., John Hayward, Esq., secont 1 eo n e+ R. Hayward, Esq., of West Chinnock, near Croy/I''' . Somerset. • g On the Bth inst., at B at h , aged 90, Sarah, only st sister of the late Rev. Canon Gould. On the 9th inst., at Dover, Harriett Comber Munn, ^W of the late Lieutenant -Colonel Henry Dillon, of rise Regiment N. I. Madras. On the 9th inst., at Muswell-hill, Hornsey, aged 75, widow of the l ate M r. R. Painter, of Cambridge. On the 9th i ns t ., M r. Thomas Eastland, aged 6g.. ° f Alban's, Hert s . On the 10th i ns t ., at Norwood-place, Kensington, r. Lawrence. 5 10113 On the 10th inst., at Middleton Rectory, Oxon, Alicia, the wife of the Rev. R. Pretyman, aged 53. ____ 1 f 01 I London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y(/...r. zd "" No. 112, Strand, P r i nter , at The San Office, t,,,42, Strand, in the Precin c t o f th e S avoy, in the cotes bliddleAe; %dumbly, December 13,1848. Jam By t afford geous 1 tribut 14 Care el at his death ; borrow of fort an am; should thirds ( The Cages w througl Secured 65, b) 21. 1; CI ~, : .c an .3t -4p 20 47 30 26 40 13 Imme( terms, a Showing Age 50, The AJ Office, or be forwa The pe That i agents, e. That al Inical Ma The abc Members Per cent., The aba Year come john Alio Richard L peter Catc James Da Thomas F Francis Fc Robert Or Thomas 11 Benjamin Sir WMlan Prenrtiun or before t Princes.: ' ll The fo ecaunissioi !tiring hi s * UPPose a that the ar 1)0 4 , 1 111de per ' 4 -rough th, ET, illustrated by and di seases taxa en. the a 6311tar7kabil DOCtO nbrurgh, 44 1 0 Edi Member of tl This treatii lunch neglect t amed the hii "'"al exPori( Meat of those Lem ert scenes in the Conscience ' • a:aortal whcin into which su such a mown withoi ready tutored of masterly Philosepky an Production ca „ V poo all Wh o vroPriety, A laxity innece has pre Pages is likely a l Lorolly Wen Ilited Kin I le work arooster-r: ,„,eet, liaYm Fleet- • residen ce, 1 : 41 SO: letter, dailj I Cot the a D tux out and With iion avail has, feltui Th at th, sixth on ea so it