The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-20 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 19. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice DEN MAN and a Special Jury.) WILSON V. HOLDEN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a stationer and printer, to recover the sum of 941. from the defend ant for work, labour, and materials supplied to the Avon and Severn Valley Railway, he being one of the pro visional committee. It appeared that the orders were given through Mr. Brooks, the secretary, who deposed to the attendance of the defendant at various meet ings of the committee, and to his taking an active inte rest in the undertaking. It was shown by Mr. Waterlow, jun. (the firm of Messrs. Waterlow having done some of the work), the plaintiff's son, and the managing clerk of Mr. Bailey, the paper-maker, that the work, though charged at a high rate, was not exorbitant, considering the extraordinary nature of the period-1845 ; whilst Mr. aiding, the banker, produced a letter signed by the defendant mid other members of the committee, requesting the firm with which he was connected to open an account with the company. Mr. CROWDER, who appeared for the defendants, con tended that no evidence had been adduced to show that the secretary was empowered to act as the agent of the defendants, and that unless the jury were of opinion that the secretary had so acted they could not find him liable. Lord DENNAN told the jury that the appearance of a person's name as a provisional committeeman in a pro spectus did not necessarily render him liable for the whole of the debts contracted by a company, but he could not get rid of all liability. It was right that they should bear in mind that the defendant did not become a com mitteeman until the 27th of September, and that the bill dates from the 22d of that month. The jury found for the plaintiff for the full amount Claimed, after A deliberation of nearly four hours. BAILEY V. BRACEBRIDGE. This was an action brought by Messrs. Bailey Bro thers, the well-known advertising agents, to recover the NM of 7704 the bal ance o f an account of 1, 5001 . odd, of which about 8001. had been paid. The plaintiffs were the advertising agents of the South Midland;of which the defendant was the vice-charman. The project, which was originally entitled the " Ashby de la Zouch and Burton-upon-Trent," was an unfortunate one ; but little more than soot . was paid in the shape of deposits. The advertisements were inserted in the morning and evening newspapers, and it was shown *bat the charges and per centage were reasonable, consi dering the nature of the period and the great additional expense involved in getting the advertisements inserted, and of employing extra clerks, cab hire, &c., and further that no complaint was made of the charges by any one connected with the company. Mr. 111731171LEY addressed the jury for the defendant, and contended that the defendant had never pledged his in lividual credit to the plaintiffs, who had inserted the advertisements upon speculation, expecting that they would be paid at some time or other by somebody. The defendant had already paid 100 guineas as his share of the expenses. Lord DEMEAN having summed up the evidence, the ury gave their verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages, 6301. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 19. (Sittirg• at Nisi Prius, in London, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) 7HOMPSON, M.P., AND ANOTHER V. BAILEY, M.P., AND ANOTHER. This action was brought to recover damages as com pensation for loss sustained by the plaintiffs, arising out of certain alleged breaches by the defendants of a con tract into which they had entered with the plaintiffs. The pleadings were exceedingly voluminous, and the trial engaged the attention of the Court from its sitting until near seven o'clock, when it adjourned, being, as was the case yesterday, the only cause heard during the Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Greenwood, were counsel for the plaintiffs; Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Watson, and Mr. C ow li ng , f or te defendants. The facts of the case, as a large portion of them re lated to mere matters of detail, are briefly these:—Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., and his partner, Mr. For man, are extensive iron merchants and manufacturers; and the defendants, Messrs. Bailey, Brothers, and Co., aro also largely engag ed in the iron trade. Th e l a t ter gentlemen, in 1847, bing under a contract to the Great Northern Railway Company for iron rails, entered into the present contract with the plaintiffs for the deliver) , to them of 2,000 tons of iron rails, to be made accord ing to a " template," or pattern transverse section of the rail required, which template was to be delivered to the plaintiffs within a week from the date of the contract. The rails were to weigh from 72 to 80 pounds per yard, to conform to the template in shape, and to be deli vered in batches not smaller than 500, or exceeding 1,000. There were also some immaterial provisions with respect to the second thousand. It appears that the template was not sent in by the defendant within the given time, but a sketch of it on paper, accompa nied by a short piece of the pattern rail, were by con sent substituted instead of it. In due course the first delivery was made, and it consisted of 737 tons. These were objected to as not coming within the terms of the contract, but a selection of 500 tons being made from them, the remaining 237 were returned to the plaintiffs, who had sold them in London by a broker, thereby realising only 6/. per ton. In consequence, as now alleged, of their not having the template soon enough, and the time becoming short, the plaintiffs could not manufacture the rest of the first delivery, and, therefore, though :at great loss to him self, he bought the remaining tons at Cardiff, from a portion of a larger quantity, which was originally a contract executed by Mr. William Crawshay. At this stage of the transaction the defendants repudiated the contract, on the ground that the rails thus supplied were not newsy manufactured, but ready-made rails, and fell short of the stipulated weight. The answer was, that their quantity was, nevertheless, what the contract sti pulated, and that, as the plaintiffs' witnesses now ex plained, It was impossible to make them exactly of the given weight, the template been also given, because the wearing of the rolls, and of the bush in which the axle of the machinery revolved, together with the varia tions of temperature and speed, occasioned the re sulting weights to vary within certain limits. The present action was now brought to recover compensa tion on the two lots of one thousand rails each, although the second were never delivered, or even made, the breach of contract being alleged to be by the defendant. The loss claimed upon each ton of the first was the dif fenence between the contract price and the selling price to the plaintiff of the rails he bought; and on the se cond, it was the difference between the contract price and that at which the rails might have been manufac tured by the plaintiff, had the defendant allowed him to continue the work under the contract. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in his - Charge to the jury, expressed his opinion that the conrtact implied a deli very of goods corresponding with those sent as a pat tern, but he did not think the plaintiff entitled altogether to so large a aum as he claimed. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages, 3,375/. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. IVO RTHERN CIRCUIT.—Ycrh, Dec. 18. Mr. Baron PLATT.this morning sentenced Eli Bates, aged 22, who was tried a few days ago for obtaining three cheeses and a pair of scales and other articles, on the false pretence that he was then intending to open a shop and begin business at Ilud&rsfield. This Mr. Price contended was not a false pretence within the sta tute, as it was an intention to do a future thing. To this it spas answered that the substance of the allegation was, :hat he, the prisoner, then intended, and the jury, by finding him guilty, had found he did not then intend. This view his Lordship adopted, and sentenced the pri soner to be transported for seven years. Thomas Whitehead, a well-educatA man of 64 years of age, who had practised as a surgeon at Sheffield, was indicted for manslaughter, at Sheffield, on the 22d of Septemter last. Mr. Overend stated the case detailed in the following evidence. Mr. Johnston with him. Sarah Taylor said she was the mother of the deceased. He was nineteen years of age. He first complained of a pain in his arm in May last, and then treated it with tu•pentine for three weeks. He then went to the dis pensary, and lastly to the prisoner. He got worse and worse, and during this, prisoner's treatment, he suffered grunt pain. Cross -examined—After going to the dispensary three weeks, during which time he suffered so much pain night and day, he had little or no rest, he went to the in- firmary. She did not know how often prisoner dressed the arm. He charged threepence each ti me . Af ter leaving the pri soner he wentnto theinfirmary and was there five weeks before he died. John Hydes said he was at Taylor's on August 16, when the prisoner examined the ar m ( . tow) a ou s t. tl;7 red, and when the prisoner took the hurds saw the hole was full of blood, which the prisoner cle t a n n e el oat with dry hurds, and witness could then see the bone. Prisoner then pressed hurds into the hole with e. w oo skewer, and put hurds and salve upon it, and put on t err a white powder ; it was keening (caustic) to eat the flesh. Witness asked prisoner if he thought he could cure it. He answered, if he could not no other man could. H e saw the prisoner take the hurds out again the Saturday following. The hole was then a good deal larger. Prisoner, with a pair of scissors, cut away a large lump of flesh, as large as his fist, and it fell on the floor. He then with the scissors prised up two or three pieces of bone. Taylor, during the operation, was in very great pain, and croodled up in the chair all of a lump. Prisoner then took a lot of hurds and put them in the hole. He then told Taylor he must go into the infir _ 'nary and have his arm taken off, or it would kill him ; and witness went with him in a cab. Witness first knew the prisoner eight or ten years ago. He was then a butcher at Sheffield. Other witnesses, who had seen the prisoner's treat ment of the deceased, proved that its general nature was to procure a hole through the flesh by taking away the flesh by means of cutting and caustic, so as to expose the bone that he might see whether the disease was in the bone. An affidavit made by the prisoner, on being bailed, was read, which stated that he had practised as a surgeon 35 years, 15 at Sheffield. He considered the arm in a state of decomposition, and he treated it with calomel and opitim. On the 12th of August he separated the putrid flesh, and he then saw the disease was situated ;1 the bone, and advised the deceased to go into the in firmary. He had frequently cured diseases declared at the infirmary and the dispensary incurable. Mr. John Taylor Porter, surgeon at the dispensary, and his assistant, described the state of deceased's arm when he first applied at the dispensary, in the latter end of June. It was a disease of the membrane covering the bone of the upper arm, and they ordered leeches, fomentation, and opening medicine. A man of compe ,petent skill would, from the appearance, detect what j was the matter. They believed he would have got well j THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA Y EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1848. in two or three years with proper treatment, but if the a - m had not got well it would not have produced death. Irritative treatment was bad practice, and showed great ignorance. Cutting it was grossly injudicious, and so was putting hurds in the hole; and, in short, the treat ment of the case by the prisoner manifested the grossest ignorance, and entire absence of skill. Two other surgeons gave similar opinions. Mr. PICKERING (Mr. Foster with him) addressed the jury for the prisoner. He said the charge was that of want of competent skill; there was no pretence that the prisoner had been in any degree negligent. He called witnesses as to the prisoner's skill. Mr. OVEREND replied, and Mr. Justice MAULE explained the law with great care and minuteness, which was in substance, that if a per son without necessity took upon himself any art or business requiring skill, and for the management of which he bad not the ordinary and requisite skill, and death ensued, he was guilty of manslaughter. his Lordship then went through the evidence. He had shown in his affidavit overweening confidence in his own attain ments, having shown he believed himself capable of curing all curable diseases. If surgery was, as believed to be, a progressive art, that confidence was in itself a proof of the prisoner's i g norance. If the spelling of the a ffi davit was a copy of his original, i t disclosed ig norance of his mother tongue, but he might for all that be a skilful surgeon. The jury retired, but were not long absent. They found the prisoner Guilty. His LORDSHIP, addressing the prisoner, said it was an aggravated and cruel case ; the deceased had been misled by his preposterous pretensions. His treatment of the case manifested the grossest ignorance. He bad cut off a young man in the flower of his youth by his gross ignorance and overweening conceit; and the sen tence was, that he be imprisoned for a year. John Foster, aged 30, was indicted for the wilful mur der of Robert Slater, at Bradford, on the 2d of October last. He bad been a soldier, but eighteen months ago was discharged, because he was subject to epileptic fits. Ile had since then worked as wool-comber. He was not defended by counsel. Mr. Orerend and Mr. John Smith were for the prose cution. The circumstances of the ease, which will be fresh in the recollection of our readers, were, that Foster and Slater, after spending the evening in company, at Brad ford, left together. The next morning the body of Slater was found in the river, and soon after prisoner gave himself up, and confessed that he had thrown de ceased over the bridge. The statement made and signed by the prisoner, before the coroner, was then put in and read as follows:--"The a bole of what Tilley has said is true. I was not sorry for myself,tbuLl was sorry for the man. I had no ill will against him, but I had been desirous for a long time to do something to bring me to the gallows, and if I could have found a smaller crime I should have been glad to have done it, but I could not find one that would hang me. HIS LORDSHIP recalled Tilley, who, in answer to his question, said the prisoner, as far as he ever saw him, knew well enough what he was about. He was sober when he made the confession to him. He seemed in good earnest. Mr. Hopton, a surgeon, in answer to questions by his Lordship, said he only just saw the body, but he be- Levet!, from the blueness of the face and bands, that death was caused from drowning, He could have better known if he h3d made a post mortem examination. Apoplexy would produce blueness, but he thought not to the same extent. Mr. Justice MAuLE told the jury that the indictment charged the prisoner with having caused the death by drowning. The mode of death was not proved, as de sirable, by the strongest evidence of which it was capable. The surgeon who had men the body had of iy just looked at it, understanding there was to be an inquest, and the examination of the body by a competent person had been omitted. It was an essential part of the present inquiry that they should b., satisfied that the deceased came to his death by drowning. They, of course, in considering that point, were entitled to take into consideration the prisoner's statement. He then remarked on the very extraordinary nature of the case. It was, he said, a very round about aay that the prisoner had taken in committing suicide, if he even had done the deed. He would have thought it would have been a less objectionable thing for the prisoner at once to have destroyed himself, than to have tr ken away the life of another man, if he had any ish to die. _ _ The jury retired, and after being absent one hour and three-quarters, returned a ♦erdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner on the whole seemed pleased for a moment. His LORDSHIP told him he had better beware in fu ture. If the jury had found him guilty he would cer tainly have been hanged. The prisoner said that would not have been a bad thing if he were prepared to die. While he was a sol dier, and when on sentry, he had a fit and the bayonet of his musket had run in at the frout on the left side (ot his clothes or body, it was not clear which), and come out under the shoulder. lie was in the Guards. lie was then discharged with a pension of sixpence a day only, and no one would employ him in his trade on account of being subject to fits, lest he should fall into me dye-pan. o;erend said that his friends had offered to pro cure counsel to defend him, but he sent word if they did, he would plead guilty. Mr. Noble, the governor of the prison, said he had hA many fits since he came into custody. He consi ch red him insane, and wholly unfit to be at large. The prisoner smiled at that. his LORDSHIP said he should not at present discharge him. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19. THE MANCHESTER CHARTISTS.—The proceedings couimPnced this morning with the cross-examination of the witness Cookson, by the Counsel who appeared for dome of the defendants, and by the other defendants in pr rson . n answer to Mr. JAMES, he said he sail been in the police force since January last, and was previously a draper's assistant. He never attempted to take notes before he went into the police force. He was acquainted with McDonough previously to hearing him speak on the 21st of April. Was sure he never attributed to one s[ esker what was said by another. The meeting on the 21st of April lasted about two hours. James A. Ball was the next witness called. He bad bi en brought from gaol, being under committal on a cl arge of conspiracy. He said he was a printseller at Manchester. Had been four times in gaol for neglect ing his family and advocating the People's Charter. On the evening of the Ist of April a committee meet ing was held at his father's house, to raise money for agitating the People's Charter. On the following day another meeting was held at Tinker's-gardens, attended by unemployed Irishmen. On the 11th of April another m , eting was held, at which Rankin took the chair. Dr. McDowell, West, White, Grocott, and, in fact, all the defendants were present, with many others. They had ascertained the failure in London, and said it was foolish in them to attempt opposition to the authorities with de stroying property. Rankin said they were not strong egough unless they did so. McDonough proposed that there should be empty cellars taken in the neighbour hood of High -street—two at the corner of Turner-street, and one under Mr. Stevenson's shoe-shop, in Market-street. Leaders were appointed for the purpose of carrying out these objects. There were McDonough, Donovan, Leech, Crupper, Chadwick, Schofield, Nixon, and others. The leaders were to place in each of the cellars one parcel of gunpowder, containing one cwt., one cask of naptha, con taining 36 g all ons , an d one cask of turpentine. Shavings, mixed with straw, were to be placed next to the casks, and those were to be set adjoining the door, well steeped in naptha, for the purpose of being instantly ignited and the places fired. It was also agreed that an empty shop, formerly occupied by Dr. Balley, phrenologist, should be taken, adjoining the gas-works in Lower King-street. It was to be taken under the pretence of carrying on the provision trade. After getting possession of the shop, thsy were to bore under the ground so as to get to the gas works yards, to place five cwt. of gunpowder under the boring, blow up the gas-works, and put the town in complete darkness. Several persons were appointed to superintend this, and M‘Donough was to act as their leader. A resolution was agreed to on the motion of Cropper, seconded by Downey, that persons should be appointed to secrete themselves in the churches, and to be provided with implements to break open the doors. Other persons were then to be admitted, provided with nsptha, to fire the churches. Leaders were appointed for particular churches, as follows: St. George's Church, Scholefield; St. Paul's, Chadwick; St. Ann's, D moven; St. Mary's, Leech; St. John's, Cropper. Per sons were also directed to let off the reservoir at Bes wick, and also the canal. Lecturers were appointed to go through the country to make the plans known. Arch deacon ar,d Rankin went to Oldham; Cropper, to Brad ford; Chadwick, himself, and Leach to Ireland; and Do novan, to Birmingham. Witness went to several places in England, and then to Ireland. He had seen ADD°. noueh train men, and there were drilling places ap pointed. The drilling generally took place at mid night. He had also seen Cropper and Rankin engaged in drilling. Cr oss - examined - by Mr. JAMES—Was once charged with Stealing a cash-box and acquitted. He had been a fool t o himself and his family for advocating the dan gerous and abominable principle of Chartism. Had been w e d e n a i ttein great an Owenite. Did not . now believe that there was any r e e x a a l m O ia xistre. The witness was cross manism and Chartism , a a d s to his connexion with Ro made violent speechesnadnaitted that he had fre quentlywhich contained state ments akin to reasonalel ' The witness was requesteadnryar Lordship to iden tify the prisoners, and excused was self from doing so on the ground that his eyesight was now defective. The witness was here assailed with a shower of hisses, on which, His LORDSHIP severely reprimanded the parties, and threatened to clear the court if it was repeated. If saw any man that dared to defy the law, he would punish him. Though he sat there alone as ajudge, h e would remind them that he sat there with the whole msjesty of England in his power, and whilst men were on th it trial for an offence like that charged against the prisoners, he cautioned all present not to repeat such an offence as had been committed. Eventually the witness could only identify M Donough and White. He admitted having made a speech at a Chartist meeting, and advising his bearers not to sign any more petitions to Parliament, but that the next inches long, signed sh ou ld b e w i th a steel pen s i xteen long, and a handle nine feet long, and that that petition be signed in the heart's blood of the aristocracy of this country. At the close of this witness's evidence, The ATTORNEY. GENERAL intimated that the case On the part of the Crown was closed. Mr. JAMES then addressed the jury for the prisoners M`Donough and White, after which, Mr. TINDAL ATKINSON followed on behalf of his clients. The prisoners who defended themselves in person then proceeded to address the jury, and the case was proceeding when our report was dispatched. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. A man named Henry Jones, was brought up for re examination on the charge involved in the following statements. Another man was also put to the bar as an accessory, but as a clear alibi was proved by Mr. Nobler upon the part of the latter, in whose behalf a number of respectable persons attended to give evidence, we omit his name. Samuel Obee, 649, said, on the evening of Monday, the 11th inst., I went on duty, at nine o'clock, in Bevis Marks, Bury-street, and as I walked along my beat I came to an empty house. I observed the door par ticularly, as I had made some private marks on it, and they had been removed. I heard some one inside, and listened again, and heard footsteps approaching the door within the house, and the door was then opened from the inside, and two men, one of whom was the prisoner, came out. I asked them what they wanted there, and the prisoner's companion said they had been to look over the house. I said they had no business there, and they must come along with me. The prisoner's companion said, what the devil are you going to do? We have only been to look over the house. I seized both the men, when they came to the door, and one seized me on one side and the second on the other, in order to get from me. The other man hit me on the arm with his hand or fist, which made me leave my hold, and be ran off to the corner and looked back. He did not run fast, and I did not see him afterwards. I still held the prisoner, who struggled with me, and whilst doing so pulled out a lot of picklock keys and flung them about the road. He then pulled out an iron bar or jemmy, and struck me with it across the head a dozen times. I tried to get it from him, and he threw it away. I fell several times, and my head, forehead, and nose were cut open. I could hardly see from the blood, but I still kept my hold. When I first laid hold on the two prisoners I think there were about six men near me, and I called out for help, but no one came to my assistance, nor while I was struggling with the prisoner's companion. Whilst I was struggling with the prisoner his hat fell off. I succeeded in taking him along Bevis Marks into Camomile -street, where I put him into the custody of two constables. I then made my way back to the place in which the keys were thrown down, and when I got there I fell and my senses left me. Mrs. Solomon, who resides at No. 16, Bury-street, four doors from the empty house alluded to, identified a shawl which was produced. She last saw it about a fort night ago, in the wardrobe in her bedroom, on the second floor. She was not at home on the evening of the 11th instant. The shawl disappeared that evening. She also lost a 10/. bank-note and four sovereigns, which had been wrapped up in it, a diamond ring, a pearl brooch, a card case, a striped French shawl, and a small silver pocket knife. Sarah Becket, servant to Mr. Emanuel, the owner of No. 15, Bury-street, was at home on the evening of the 1 1 th. There was only a little girl with her. She did not hear any noise until about half-past nine, when she beard a great disturbance iu the street.. She then went up to close the attic window, which she had forgotten to shut. The doors of the bedrooms were kept open in the evening. About half-past ten she went to her mas ter's room, and found some papers on the bed, and re moved them on to the drawers. She had not been into the room since the morning. Samuel Sykes, 71, was called into Mr. Emanuel's house at eleven o'clock on the night of the 11th, by the servant girl, and in the second floor front room he saw papers strewed about on the bed. He then went to the third floor, and observed footmarks on the bed steps, under the window. Ho could not discover anything particular outside. At the station-house Mr. Emanuel identified a silver candlestick. William Jarvis, a constable, deposed as to having seen Obee, the policeman, and Jones, struggling together in Bevis Marks, and the latter given in charge to c f&ers in uniform. He followed Obee to Bury-street, when Obee became insensible, having the jemmy produced and two skeleton keys in his hands, and being much cut about the head. Witness took Obee to a surgeon, and afterwards went to the spot where the struggle had taken place, and found three picklock keys there. Henry Ashley, who had the care of the empty house, said it was to let, and the keys were left in his counting house at the time, and no one had a right to be there that evening. Mr. Henry Emanuel said, I left home on the 11 th inst., about half-past seven in the evening. I returned at about ten, and went to bed about eleven. On going into my bedroom, I discovered the contents of my box scattered about on the bed. I then sent for a policeman, and went with him to the station house, where I was shown a silver candlestick, which is my property, and which is usually kept in another bedroom. I observed about my room some drops of green wax, apparently from a taper. I also found a key in one of our bed rooms, which did not belong to me. My own keys had been taken from an unlocked drawer in the dressing table, and the drawers had been opened, and the things pulled about; but I believe nothing was taken away ex cept the shawl. I observed footmarks upon a mahogany piece of furniture which stands against the wall, under the window, and from the outside of which a person could piss along a ledge or gutter to the other houses. Abraham Soman, trimming-maker, was passing by at the end of Bury-street, and saw Obee (the policeman) and the prisoner struggling together. He heard a voice call out to pick up the hat and keys, and he looked on the ground and found an empty canvass bag and the pri soner's hat, in which was a silver candlestick covered with a shawl. He saw the prisoner several times strike Obee with some weapon on the head. He was going to assist Obee, but was told by him to look for the keys. The depositions were then ordered to be made, and the prisoner Jones to be committed for trial. The spirit of Obee, the policeman, in seiz'ng and hold ing the prisoner, notwithstanding the denerate attack made upon him, was much commended, and some sur prise was expressed at the fact that there w& re several persons in the immediate neighbourhood, to whom that officer had called for assistance in vain. WORSHIP-STREE T. Eliza Devine, the wife of a journeyman weaver, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Hammill, charged with having been concerned with others in stealing 1,600 bobbins of silk, and a quantity of skein silk, of the value of 200 Z, the property of Mr. George flay, trimming manufacturer, in Abbey-street, Bethnal-green-road. It appeared that during the night of the 9th inst. an entrance was effected into the prosecutor's warehouse, which was completely ransacked, and property to the above amount carried off. A reward of 301. had been since offered for the discovery of the thieves, and it having been ascertained that a portion of the stolen property had been offered for sale by the prisoner, in structions were given to the police which led to her ap prehension. Mrs. Rebecca Downes, the wife of a master weaver, stated that on Monday, the 11th inst., the prisoner called at her house, in John street, Bethnal-green, and produced a number of bobbins, containing altogether about a pound weight of silk, which she offered for sale, and stated that it was merely a sample of a large quantity of the same description, in the possession of a person with whom she was acquainted, and who had employed her to dispose of it. Having heard of the ro'•bery, and observing that the prosecutor's initials, "G. II.," were stamp e d upon t h e bobbins, she re quested the prisoner to return back in the evening with the property, and she would probably treat with her respecting it. At the time appointed, however, instead of bringing the same silk, she offered her several other bobbins of a different description, which witness declined to purchase, and the prisoner then lett, with an intima• lion that she would return next morning with the original sample, but in the interim she was taken into custody. Sergeant Teakle stated, that after leaving the house of the last witness, the prisoner was traced to the shop of a greengrocer, where she left her basket, which was afterwards secured, and found to contain several bobbins of silk, the property of two other manufacturers, who were now in attendance. Witness then proceeded to her lodging, and charged her with having attempted to dispi)se of a portion of the silk, which she at first denied, but afterwards admitted having done so, and said she had received it from a person whom she accidentally met in the street, and with whose name and address she was unacquainted. On searching her apartment he dis covered 400 bobbins, bearing the private marks of nearly all the manufacturers i❑ the metropolis, and he had reason to believe, if the prisoner were remanded, that several other cases would be established against her. The warehousemen in the service of Messrs. Carter and Co., Russia-row, Milk -street, and Messrs. Sanderson and Co., Gresham-street, identified several of the bob- bins in the prisoner's posse s sion, as the property of their respective employers, but were unable to state in what manner they were abstracted from their master's premises. The prisoner was then ordered to be remanded for a week to afford further time to the police to presecute their inquiries. William Roioerk, an inmate of the Bethnal-green Union Workhouse, who stood charged with an aggra ♦ated assault upon a young married woman named Jane . - Walden, was placed at the bar for fuel examination. It having been intimated by Mr. Fairfield, the master of the worklAuse, that be was instructed by the Board of Guardians to leave the case to the decision of the Magistrate, as they had no funds at their disposal to carry the prosecution into another court, Mr. HAMMILL sentenced the prisoner to pay a penalty of 51., or to be committed in default for two months to ;he House of Correction. Jeci ASHORE.—A few days since her Majesty's steam-frigate Driver landed at Portsmouth 120 of the crew of the Superb, lately paid off at Portsmouth. The jolly sons of Neptune, with purses well lined, and ripe for fun and frolic, fully maintained the character gene rally attached ito sailors, in their position of reck lessness in the expenditure of their hardly-earned pay. One of the petty officers, who had received 78/ 1 was advised by a f r i en d t o l a y it u p f or " a ra iny day.' "What!" said he, " and go to sea and get this nutshell (pointing to his c ran i um ) crac k e d t h ree wee k s a ft er ! N o; I've entered on board another ship, and shall join her in about five weeks, and before I go I'll spend every penny I've got.'*—Pool e Herald. MOIiEY MAREET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. p er ounce f or standar d go ld , g i ves an ex change of 25.40 ; an d t h e exchange at Par i s on L on d on caetnsthor being 2 5.42 i, it follows that gold is 0.10 per Hamb ueragrhe r t i h a e P p a rc r i is e than advicesfr atom the English Mint of gold is 437 per mar k , w hich, price of Si. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an e xc h ange of 13.11; and t h e exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.111, it follows that gold i s 0. 11 per cent. dearer in London than Thien Chancellor ilamburgb of th e E xc h equer left town yester . day for his seat, Mickleton Hall, Yorkshire, NOTICES TO MARINERS. RELATING TO AN ARRANGEMENT RESPECT ING THE DANISH LIGHTVESSEL IN THE GROUNDS NEAR ELSINORE. " Admiralty, Dec. 14, 1848. " Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send you herewith, for the informa tion of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, an extract from a letter addressed on the 23d of No vember by her Majesty's Consul at Elsinore to her Ma jesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, reporting that the Danish lightship in the Grounds' will be al lowed to remain at her station until the 31st of De cember in each year, instead of the 21st, unless prevented by ice. " W. A. B. HAMILTON. "Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's." " Extract from a letter from her Majesty's Consul a Elsinore, " Elsinore, Nov. 23, 1848. " I have the honour to inform your _Lordship that, ac cording to a decision recently come to by the Danish Government, the lightship in the Grounds-(Drogheden) will remain at her station until the 31st (instead of tht 21s t ) of December in each year, whenever the state of the ice shall not render it necessary fur her to seek a harbour of safety at an earlier period. " The same concession, however, has not been granted with reference to the other Danish floating lights, which it is expressly ordained shall be removed as heretofore on the 21st of December." NEW LIGHTHOUSE AT DARSZER-ORT. " Royal Prussian General Consulate, 1015, Fenchurch-street, London, Dec. 15. " Sir,—l beg leave to transmit you my translation of a notice issued by his Prussian Majesty's Government at Stralsund, concerning a new lighthouse at Darszer-Ort, on the promontory of Darz, and I shall feel obliged b) your giving publicity thereto for the benefit of mariners frequenting that part of the Baltic. " B. HEBELER, Prussian Consul-General. " Capt. G. A. Halsted, RN., Secretary, Lloyd's." " At Darszer-Ort, in the Peninsula of Darsz, a light house, with two lights, has been erected, which will burn throughout the whole year, to begin on the Ist of January, 1849. Both lights will be lighted every day at sunset and extinguished at sunrise. " The first light is 105 Prussian feet above the level of the sea, and consists in Fresnel's apparatus of lenses of the second order of rotatory light, with darkness per minute. The upper and lower part of the star remain in sight during the darkness, in order that navigators may not lose their direction while it prevails. It is, therefore, only the centre of that star which is subjected to the darkness. The light illumines the entire horizon, and serves the navigators who lose sight of the light of Arcona in the east, on approaching the shore, clearly to mark the promontory point of Darszer-Ort. " The cond is a fixed light, 40 Prussian feet above the level of the sea, and is formed by thrcgorgand lamps, with reverberatory refl. ctors. This Tight, in connexion with the Gyedser light on the Danish coast of Falster, marks the passage between the sandbanks mar Darszer Ort and the rocky reef Trendelen, and lights an angle of 40 deg. from W. N. to N.W. by compass. " Darszer-Ort, where the lighthouse is erected, is situate in lat. 54 29 N., long. 12 31 E. from Greenwi c h. " This li g hth ouse i s s i tuate d at a distance of 57 rods, or 114 fathoms, from the sea, the tower being 100 feet high, built of red brick and not plastered, on which the lantern is placed, and serves also for a landmark. " Stralsund, Nov. 16, 1848." QUARANTINE NOTICES. " Cagliari, Dec. 8. " Sir,—ln consequence of the existence of cholera morbus in England and Scotland, departures from Lon don and Hull since the Ist of October are to be subjected to a quarantine or 15 days for the vessel, and 21 days fur the cargo in the lazaretto; all other places in Great Britain and Ireland, up to the 9th of October, to eight days of observation, alter which to be subjected to the same quarantine as London and Hull. " W. S. CRAIG, Lloyd's Agent. " Capt. G. A. H a l s t e d, R.N., Secretary, Ll o yd' s ." "Lloyd's Agency, Terceira, Dec. 8, 1848. " Sir,—Referring to my letter of the 22d inst., I have to report that I have on this date been officially inti mated by the Health Department that, in pursuance of instructions received from the Government at Lisbon, no vessels proceeding from the ports of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, will be admitted to pratique unless they shall have performed quarantine, and be properly fumigated at either of the accredited lazarettos of Brest, Vigo, Genoa, Marseilles, Port Ma hon, and Malta ; and further, that this measure extends to all vessels coming by the way of the islands of this archipelago, so that a vessel from England, calling at St. Michael's and performing quarantine there, and after wards provided with a cleau bill of health, even so will not be admitted to pratique at this port, as the instruc tions state that the ports of Sunderland, Newhaven, Leith, and London are declared as infected with Asiatic cholera, and all the others of England, Scotland, Ire land, and the Channel Islands as suspected ones. " JOHN READ, Agent. " Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's." - - - FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. At the Court at Osbone House, Isle of Wight, the 16th day of December, 1848, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the representation of the Right lion. the Lords of the Committee o f Council on Education, to appoint the Rev. William James Kennedy. M.A., the Rev. Harry Longueville Jones, M.A., and Thomas William Marshall, Esq., to be three of her Ma jesty's Inspectors of Schools. WRIT FOR THE BOROUGH OF TRURO. The Gazette of this evening contains the following notice:— " I do hereby give notice, that the death of Edmund Turner, Esq., late a Member serving in this present Par liament for the borough of Truro, hath been certified to me in writing, under the hands of 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 this present Parlia ment for the said borough, at the end of the fourteen days after the insertion of this notice in the London Gazette. " Given under my hand the 15th day of De cember, 1848, " CHARLES SHAW LEFETRE, Speaker." DOWNING-STREET, DEc. 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Gregory, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Bahama Islands and their dependencies. CROWN-OFFICE, DEc. 19. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. • County of York, West Riding-Edmund Denison, of Doncaster, in the said county, Esq., in the room of the Right Honourable George William Frederick Howard, commonly called Viscount Morpeth, now Earl of Carlisle, called up to the House of Peers. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. Kent Regiment of Ye omanr y C ava l ry -M a j or Viscount Sydney to b e Li eu t enant -C o l one l ; John Captain% V c Robert o h James Chapman t o b e M a j or , v i ce Viscount' Sydney, promoted; William Joseph Berens, Esq., to be lsie er Captain, vice Chapman, promoted, Dec. 13. Commission by the Lord - Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeo manry Cavalry-The Right Hon. Granville George Earl Granville to be Second Major, Dec. 12. BANKRUPTS. John Shields Gomine, cabinet-maker, Hammersmith, to surrender at half -past elev en , an d J an . 30, at one,at the Coljuerc. 2 Court Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official as signee; Tate, Basingnall street. John Teal!, corn dealer, Bampton, Oxfordshire, Jan. 2, at two, and Jan. 30, at half -past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's. place, Old Jewry; Close, St. Mild re d' s-court, City; Rose, Hampton. John Morrison, coal merchant, Beiuliew• hill, Nor wood, Jan. 1 and 29, at half -past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall. chambers; Silvester, Great Dover. street, Newington. Gilbert Currie, grocer, Upper -street, Islington, Dec. 29, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Cattarns, Mark-lane. Roger Upton, grocer, Dawlish, Devonshire, Dec. 28, at one, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Terrell, Exeter; Terrell, Gray's Inn. George Lockyer Betty, baker, Taunton, Somerset shire, Dec. 28, at one, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter; Penny, Taunton; Baker, Ruck, and Jennings, Lime -street, London. Henry Douglas Cooke, dealer in paper hangings, Liverpool, Jan. 5 and 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Gre gory and Co., Bedford-row; Hampson, Manchester; Woodburn, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. • At the Court, Basinghall- street. W. Pyman, St. Osyth, Essex, corn merchant, Jan. 11, at one-E. Read, Great Marylebone-street, Marylebone, tailor, Jan. 11, at half-past twelve-J. Foster, Barge yard, Bucklersbury, City. East India merchant, Jan. 11, at half-past one --J. Speller, High-street, Sboreditch, cheesemonger, Jan. 11, at twelve-E. Butt, Croydon, ironmonger, Jan. 11, at twelve-W. Williams, Colches ter, hat maker, Jan. 11, at eleven-D. H. Morgan, Peckham-walk, Old Kent-road, coal merchant, Jan. 11, at half-past eleven-G. Gloge, Portsmouth, tailor, Jan. 11, at eleven-W. Wilkins and J. E. Evans, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, woollen drapers, Jan. 18, at two-J. Pearse, Andover, Hampshire, ironmonger, Jan. 11, at twelve- A. H. Chambers, sen , New Bond-street, and South Molton-str eet , Banker, Jan. 12, at twelve-H. Hill, Gray's Inn-la ne , b rewer, J an. 12, at eleven. In the Country. D. Hughes, T re d egar I ron - wor ks, Monmouthshire, grocer, Jan. 22 , at eleven, at the C ourt , B r i sto l-R. M. Toogood, Cw m B rane, near N ewpor t, M onm outhshire, Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol-R. Kay, Tot tington Lower-end, Lancashire, corn and flour dealer, Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester-D. Green wood and J. Bateman, Bury, Lancashire, joiners and builders, Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester- J. Broadbent and J. Hughes, Waimersley cum Shuttle worth, Lancashire, paper makers, Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-C. D. Matthews, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, and Chipping Camden, Gloucester • shire, hanker, Jan. 16, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham -C. Robson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-W. Em merson, North Shields, banker, Jan. 15, at one, at the Court, Newcastle -upon-Tyne-W. Smith, jun.,Stockton, Durham, manufacturer of earthenware, Jan. 12, at half past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. E. Cahan, Strand, tailor and draper, 9d., on Wednes day, Dec. 20, and three subsequent Wednesdays, be tween the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Tur quand, Onai!dhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. J. Every, sen., Lewes, Sussex, ironfounders, lOs , on Wednesday, Dec. 20, and three subsequent Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of sir. Tur • q sand, Guilihall• chambers, Basinghall-sireet. G. F. Arnold, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, carpenter, 3s. 2d., on Wednes lay, Dec. 20, and three subsequent Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turqaand, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall street. J. Eckstein, Notting-hill, ironmonger, *l., on Wed nesday, Dec. 20, and three subsequent Wedm sdays, be tween the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. 'Tur quand., Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. J. Webber, Wood-street, Che-apside, warehouseman, Bd., on Wednesday, Dec. 20, and three subsequent Wed nesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Basin. : hall street. W. Watts, Ashton under-L3 ne, draper, 55., on every Tuesday, betwo n the hours of ten and one, at the ffice of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Acomb, Blackburn, Lancashire, and York, draper, 55., on every Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. E. Edmunds, Lowndes street, and St. George's place, Knightsbridge, hosier and glover, 24d., on Thursday, Dec. 21, and three following Thursdays, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate street. S. Solomon, Strand, tailor, 4d., on Thursday, Pee 21, and three following Thursdays, Letwcen the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate- street. W. Maunder, Peel place, Kensington Gravel-pits, baker, 2s. 6d., on Thursday, Dec. 21, and three fol lov+ing Thursdays, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. T. Blenitarn, Chancery-lane, law stationer, 6s. Bd., on Thursday, Dec. 21, and three following Thursday, be tween the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, King's Arms•yard, Moorgate-street. IL H. Marshall, Plymouth, draper, third dividend, 6d., on Thursday, Dec. 21, and three following Thursdays, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. J. D. Hill, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, seed merchant, Is., on Friday, Dec. 22, or any subsequent Friday, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. J. Harper, Dudley, Worcestershire, and Walsall, Tip ton, and Bilaton, all in Staffordshire, mercer and draper 45., Tuesday, Dec. 26, and any jibsequent Tuesday, be tween the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr, Fraser, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Hubbard, Dorking, Surrey, linendraper, Jan. 10, at eleven—l. Battie, Eriih, Kent, licensed victualler, Jan. 10, at one—J. C. Chappell, Great Marlborough-•street, surgeon, Jan. 11, at eleven—W. Bignell, Cudicute, Here fordshire, tailor and draper, Jan. 11, at eleven—J. Evans, Gilbert-street, Oxford -street, wine merchant, Jan. 11, at eleven—J. R. Mann, Adam-street, Adelphi, lithographic printer, Jan. 11, at eleven—W. Shackell, Regent's Canal, St. Pancras, and Hammersmith, coal tar and naptha manufacturer, Jan. 12, at twelve. In the Country. C. Turk, Stow-in-the-Weld, Gloucestershire, inn holder, Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol— W. Smith, jun., Stockton, Durham, manufacturer of earthenware, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—R. Kay, Tottingtiam Lower-end, Lancashire, corn and flour dealer, Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—N. Denton, Gorton, Lancashire, hat manufacturer, Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—M. Sibsen, the Grove, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, cattle and sheep dealer, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Martin, Birkenhead, inn keeper, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— H. Glynn, Liverpool, broker, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. At the Court of Review, Jan. 9. J. Betts, Winchester, upholsterer and cabinet maker 1). G. Porter, Great Tower- street, wine merchant--W. 11. Stray, Lambeth-walk, hat manufacturer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Rigg and J. Bottomley, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted stuff manufacturers—W. Jones and S. Rad!ord, Liverpool, rupemakers—Mary Murray, Emma , Jessie Russell, and Ann Orr, Port man-street, Portman-square, dress makers M. Bromhead and J. Merryshaw, Brooks- market, butchers —J. Poyser and S. Poyser, junior, Manchester, engravers—G. Von Zablensky and E. A. Von Dorp, Great St. Helen's, merchants— J. Taylor and T. Briggs, Milnethorpe, Westmoreland, flax and tow spinners—C. M. Crooks and J. R. Stree, Buckingham-street, Strand, licensed victuallers—W. Wader and T. Livsey, Roch dale, brassfounders—G. Knight and J. Knight, Tewkes bury, builders—Mary H. Toms and H. Webber, Ply mouth, coach proprietors—W. Butler and J. Hopkins, A klermanbury and Goulston-square, Whitechapel, wad ding manufacturers—W. Wurd and J. Hart, I3ankside, Southwark, fire brick merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Cox, Yatton, Somersetshire, butcher. Thomas Jones, Wolverhampton. William North, Wolverhampton, mine agent. William H. I3iddlecombe, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, pro fessor of music. John Rowe, Manchester, stone mason. Robert Wilson, Manchester, saddler's labourer. William Hartin, Worcester, tobacconist. John William Lewis, Worcester, victualler. Henry Hubhard, Norwich, labourer. Thon - iss Bennett, Norwich, upholsterer. Joseph East, Tealby, Lincolnshire, wheelwright. John Goulding, Swinathorpe, Lincolnshire, farmer. Robert Ross, Shaldon, Devonshire, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Thomas Clarke, Bristol, licensed victualler. Thomas Parsons, Maidstone, butcher. John Saunders, Little Dean, Gloucestershire, carpenter. Thomas Chappell, Denby Dale, Yorkshire, beer-house keeper. George Edward Marston, Sr. Alban's, baker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. E. Piper, Edinburgh, coach contractor, to meet Dec. 26, and Jan. 15, at twelve, within Du well's Rooms, Edin burgh. J. Fenton and J. Johnston, Leith, shipowners, to meet Dec. 22, and Jan, 15, at twelve, within the New Ship Tavern, Leith. W. Anderson, Leith, merchant, to meet Dec. 26, and Jan. 16, at two, within Stevens's Rooms, Edinburgh. J. Wilson, Airdrie, grocer, to meet Dec. 27, and Jan. 17, at eleven, within the Royal Hotel, Airdrie. S. M'Kean, Fordo!, Fifeahire, merchant, to meet Dec. 26, and Jan. 16, at twelve, within Mrs. Hunt's New Inn, Dunfermline. A. Angus, Batbgato, merchant, to meet Dec. 28, and Jan. 18, at one, within the Star and Garter Hotel, Lin lithgow, Lloyd and H. Simpson, Edinburgh, wholesale stationers, to meet Dec. 25, and Jan. 15, at two, within the Commission and General Sale Rooms of P. S. Fraser, Edinburgh. is 3d, good and fine Is 4d to 3s 3d; Hyson ord and mid Is to is 10d, good to fine 2s to 3s 4d; Hyson skin 8d to Is 6d; Twankay ord 3d to 4d, better sort 6d to Is, and Cai er 7d to Is 6d. Other sorts of Tea are not much wanted, low as prices are—Orange Pekoe of low and mid quality can be purchased at 7d to Is, good and fine set nted Is 3d to 2s; Pekoe black leaf 6d to is 9d, fiosery is to 3s. Prices are still under those of this time last year, and dealers in both town and country hold limited stocks. RICE.—To day there was no public sale of East India Rice, and privately little business was done, still lower rates are not taken. Sabo.—The quantity offered at public auction has been 660 cases and 425 bags; fine white Pearl went at the high rates of 24s to 263. Other sorts, however, were only in moderate demand, and a part sold. Sago Flour has been dealt in eith caution, and prices are on the decline : of 650 bags offered at auction a part only sold. Tapioca is cht aper. Farina is dull of sale. SPIRITS.—The value of Cognac best br4nds of the vintage of 1845, is 5s to 5s 2d, 1846 ditto 4s 8d to 4 s 10d, 1847 ditto, 3s 8d to 3a 10d, inferior 3s to 3s 4d, Bor deaux 2s 2d to 2, Bd, Spanish 2s to 2s 4d, and French 50 per cent over proot 2s to 2s Id. Geneva is :till only in limited demand, export strt at is 10d, and fine for home use 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. British made spirit is quoted at 108 per gallon cash, which, is a reduced price To-day several parcels of Rum were sold, proof Lee wards at 23 41 to is sd, East India Is 3id, Demerara 30 to 38 over 2s to 2s 4d, Jamaica 2s 8d to 3s Bd, fine and very surerior 3s 9d to 4s 6d per gallon. SALTPETRE.—To-day Calcutta was less in demand, and 1,592 bags at auction were only in part sold, still full rates were obtained ; fine grey 34- per cent. re f, action went at 27s to 27s 6d, 3:4 ditto 275, middling 9i to 9i per c,nt. 265, 15 ditto 25s 6,1, not refracted 23s to 26s per cwt. FRUIT.—To-day there was a material falling off in the demand for all sorts of Fruit, and as supplies were large, prices suffer a depression. Prime Valencia Raisins will not fetch above 36s per cwt. At public sale 4,912 pkgs of Muscatel Raisins were offered, and a very small part only sold at 46s to 60s, better sort 80s to 105 s ; 123 bskts Denia damaged-_ went at 22s ; 175 bxs Jordan Almonds withdrawn 6110 s to 61 16s; 12,107 drums 192 bxs Turkey pulled Figs a small part sold 48-s to 655, better sort 70a to 90s; 189 drums Sultana Raisins 67s to 68s; 1,629 plegs Valencia old 265, new sound 34s to 355, but of in-' ferior quality; 100 boxes of Sunn 335; 1,100 cases of Eleme 38s to 425; 389 pkgs Prunes 20s to 255; 55 bls Faro soft-shell Almonds taken in at 50s; 100 bskts Nor mandy Pippins 565; 55 bxs Grapes 225; 94 pkgs Patras Currants, a few lots only sold, new 34s to 375; 4 pkgs Zante, new 33s to 355; and 905 pkgs Cephalonia 35s per cwt. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon all kinds met with greater attention ; 150 bags Honduras at public sale were all sold—ordinary and middling silvers 3s 10d to 4s, good and fine 4s Id to 4s 6d, black, tine, and good, 5s Id to 5s 6d ; and 48 bags Mexican—good silvers 3s 9d to 3s 10d per lb. These rates are Id to 2d per lb. above those current on this day week fur low and middling silvers—all other kinds realising fully former prices. SPICES.—There is 'a better supply of Nutmegs at a decline of 2d per lb. At public sale 32 cases found buyers; fine went at 3s 3d . to 3s:6d, good 2s 10d to 3s 2d, middling 2s 5d to 2s 9d, small 2s 3d to 2s 4d, mouldy Is 6d to is Bd, slightly mouldy 2s 8d to 3s 4d, and wormy 7d to is Id. Of limed a small portion only of 28 packages was disposed of ; fine bold at 2s Bd, good 2s 5d to 2s 6d; 6 bags in the shell went at is 3d. For Mace full rates are obtained, and there is a good demand. At auction 38 cases were nearly all sold, ord at is 10d, mid Is lid co 2s Id, good 2s 6d, blood red slightly mouldy Is lid to 2s, mouldy is Bd. Of Pimento the supply is getting larger, and as there is not much demand prices have suffered a further depression of kd per lb. At auction a part only of 384 bags found buyers; good quality at 4id to 44d, mid 4d, and damaged 31c1 per lb. There is much duiness in the market for Ginger. Jamaica is quoted at from 21 to 6/ 10s, fine 71 to 101, African 28s to 30s, Barbadoes 28s to 295, East India home trade kinclBos to 903, and shipping sort 23s to 255. For Cinnamon there are few buyers, and prices are looking down for most sorts. For Cassia Lignea prices are still uncertain, as there is none here, but a large parcel is near at hand. 125 bags of Bourbon Cloves sold at bid to 7d for middling arid good, and ordinary 6d; 1,324 bags Malabar Ginger __ 255, damaged 17s to 20s 6d. Black Pepper has met with a better &mend; 1,722 bags Malabar Pepper sold at stiller rates; 41 bags of White Sound, 41-d; 50 bags of I Pod taken in at 50s to 565; 144 boxes Preierved Ginger sold at 10d to 1Id; 53 cases of Preserved Nutmegs 2s to 2s Id; 27 packages Malabar Cinnamon sold 3id to 4d; 96 boxes of Cayenne Pepper, damaged 2d to Is lcli; one lot sound at Is Bd. 01La.—Although Palni can be obtained at a further reduction still buyers do business with caution, and fine is not more than 31s per cwt. At public sale 99 casks were sold at from 25s 6d to 28s 9d for low to mid. Cocoa Nut is yet little wanted, and further parcels have ce•me to hand. Rapeseed is in good demand, and at firm rates; pale selling at 36s to 36s 611, brown 35s 6d to 365, and pale Foreign at 37s to 38g. Linseed is held with firmness, and home buyers have made purchase s to a lair extent. Olive finds a more ready sale, still better rates are not to be obtained, as further arrivals are near at hand. Lard Oil is in fair demand at 46s to 48s for exportation, and American 42a to 445. Ground Nut is worth 325, and there are few buyers. There is no improvement to record in the position of business in common Fish Oils, although imports have been light for several days past, and home trade deli- veries upon a fair scale. For Sperm the market has s a firm aspect, and a good demand exists. Fine Colonia . • realises 841 to 851 per tun. TALLOW.—A further decline is visible in the value of Russia❑ on the spot, and the amount of business con cluded has been small for all purposes. The rates accepted are 43s 61 to 43a 9d for fine P.Y. Candle. Fcr the early part of next year few buyers are nak t with, and sellers are willing to accept 43s 3d. Home made is cheaper, and is offered at 44s net cash, yet little business hes been concluded, and the . supply is plentiful. Other sorts of Tallow met with little attention, and are d , pressed in value. At auction 1 012 packages of South American were sold at 39s 3d to 425, better sort 42s 6d to 43s 6d; 294 ditto of New South Wales, low to fine 39s 3d to 43a; 31 ditto North American were withdraw❑ at 40.5; 50 casks Cape were sold, fine 43s 9d to 445, and 40 casks of Italian at 41s per cwt. For public sale the quantity declared is 800 pkgs. Rough Fat is readily offered at 2s 6d per cwt. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, DEC. 19. Our wheat market was in a very heavy state to-day. Millers not inclined to purchase without a reduction of 2s .per quarter. Malting barley scarcely so good in value as the past week; other cotalities cheaper. Oats steady. Beans and peas is to 2s lower. Late prices for malt arc barely maintained. Flour looking downward in price. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat 4os to 50s Beans 283 to 323 Barley 2ss to 32 Peas 29s to 37s Oats. 2os to 25s Malt . 505 to 56s Rye.. ....... 28s to 30s Flour, per sack 403 to 453 AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 16. Wheat 2,063 quarters at 48s 9d. Barley Oats Beans BO 30s ltd. Peas ll7 „ 36s 41. HULL, DEC. 19. Messrs. Taylor and Brig hts circular states that the bu siness in every article of the trade has been most limited during the past week, and in every respect unsatisfac tory. To-day's market was met by a large supply of home grown wheat, the bulk in bad condition; farmers were rather anxious sellers, and this, added to a previous disinclination to buy on the part of millers, made the trade very heavy, and 2sjto 3s less hail to be submitted to a here sales. were effected for the damp wheats—good wheat was barely lower. More inquiry for good foreign wheat, but at low prices; the bulk of our stock being chambered, is virtually withdrawn for the present. In ferior wheats are almost unsaleable, though offered on very low terms. Barley remains very dull, and low prices are taken for both malting and grinding qualities; a good deal of Saal is going to granary. Beans, though offered low, are a drug unless quite hard and dry. The bulk of our supply is new foreign, generally soft in quality. Nothing doing in either oats or any kind of peas. Linseed and linseed cakes unaltered in value. Rapeseed more inquired for, but cakes difficult to sell. Good bones are fair sale. The following are the present prices of grain : 8. t.. Linseed cakes, English, per Wheat, red Do. new do 42 44 Do. foreign, do 7l to 815 s Do. white 46 50 Rape cakes, do ..87s 6d Do. new do 45 48 Bones, do 85s Od to 873 6d Do. Dantzic ..... ... 50 54 Guano 4/ to 9153 Do. Lower Baltic & FOREIGN GRAIN IN BOND. Harnburgh . 42 46 The free prices Barley,malting 26 28 duty. Do. grinding.. Oats... l6 22 Do. Lower Baltic & Hamburgh Do. Danish Do.Friesland lB 21 Barley, Saal and Magdeburg Do. Russian Beans 3O 33 Oats, Russian Do. foreign 2B 34 Do. Danish and Pomeranian... Peas Linseed, crushing 34 38 40 Do. do. feed Do. feeding Rapeseed, per 10 qrs. 241 to 26/ Peas HULL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN OF THE less current WEEK ENDING DECEMBER. 12. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 660 Qrs at 47s Od 315 at 30s 9d I 119, at 17s 5d Rye. Beans. Peas. I 0 Qrs at Os Od 00 a t 00 s Od 0 at Os Od LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.—There is no alteration in the duties this week. The arrivals from Ireland and coast wise during the past week, were very limited; from Canada there were good supplies of peas and flour; and from foreign ports they are large of wheat (5,46' quar ters of which are from Egypt) and flour. The exports in tho same time amount to 1,210 quarters of wheat, 10.726 quarters of Indian corn, 74 barrels of corn meal, 313 sacks and 3,183 barrels of flour. There has been a moderate consumptive demand for the leading articles of the trade, and prices of wheat, flour, oats, and oatmeal have not materially var i e d. Barley, beaus, and peas— probably in consequence of the mild weather—have been slow in rt quest at about previous rates. Indian corn was in less request, and the few buyers that appeared had a slight advantage. We did not hear of much bonded wheat being offered, but there were a good many inquiries for it, and the few sales mad.) were at ld to 2d per 701 b advance. Bonded flour was dearer, 26s being realised for Western Canal. This day's market was petty well attended, but the depressed accounts from Mark-lane caused the transactions to be very limited for all kinds of free produce. Wheat gave way Id to 2d per 701 b, and flour 6d per barrel and Is per sack. Oats, being scarce, enpported previous rates; but oatmeal Was rather lower and extremely difficult to sell. Englig malting barley was scarce, and saleable at our quotations; but the demand for other kinds was quiet in retail, and prices a little easier. Beans and peas were scarcely asked for, and the value nominal. Indian corn and oat meal were likewise in very slow request. although of fered at is to is 64 per 480Ib, and is per barrel &cline. There was less activity in the d, wand for bonded whea t and and fl , ,ue, and fe w sa l es reporte d . 7s per 70 1 b was o f and refused for American white wheat, and 25a 6il per barrel was accepted for Western Canal flour. LEEDS, DEC. 19.—We are largely supplied with grain bere to day. There is av• ry limited demand for all ar ticles, and upon the little buainess passing a decline of !s to 2s per qr was submitted to. There was a very this attendance of merchants at our cloth halls this morning, and the business done was correapondingly small. The goods which changed lian , !s were a few wool. d) ed blacks and woaded blues, with a few cloakings for assortment.. "rites remained firm. lIECHMONDWIKE, DEC. 19.—Thera was an improved attendance of merchants at the Blanket-ball this after noon; and a little more business was done for exportg lion; but as regards t!,e home trade, the buyers pur chased sparingly, and chiefly to keep up assortments of stock. SALISBURY MARKET, DEC. 19.—Although this was not what is usually denominated the large market day, it was much better supplied and attended than generally, from its being so near Christmas. The shows of Messrs. Smith, Marlowe, White, and other city butchers, were greatly admired for the great quantity of splendid meat exhibit( d for sale : the prices asked were from Id to 2d pur lb under the charges of last Christmas. Sates were good at from 7i I to 8d per lb for both beef and mut ton of best quality, a n d f rom 6d to 7 d for second-rate ditto. The Pig market was crowded with both fat and lean swine; the former sold at 9s to lOs per score, the latter were of dull sale, at a reduction of 2s each. A gr eat quantity of veal from Dorsetshire sold at 8s 6d per sco re . pounds. Dead fat pi gs , l arge and small, were also la great number, selling at from 8s to 9s 6d per score ; th e greater proportion was purchased by Smitn and Daps for Newgate market. Cheese was in good supply and In fair demand.. The best double Somerset and North Wilts sold freely at from 64s to 7Gs per cwt; second rate ditto and Dorsets at from 54s to 56s ditto; best single new ditto, 50s to 52s ditto ; half-cowards of best qua' lity, 56s to 48s ditto; poor ditto, 44s ditto ; best skins were disposed of at 30s ditto; ditto common ditto 26s to 28s ditto; American at from 44s to 45s ditto. Best po tatoes were sold at from lOs to 12s per sack of three bushels; common and small ditto, 8s ditto. CORK, DEC. 18.—Flour—First quality, 16s to 171; second ditto, 14s 6d to 15s 6d; household, 11s to 14s; third ditto, 9s to lOs per cwt. Oatmeal, 12s to 12s 6d per cwt. Indian corn, 81 lOs to 8115 s; Indian meal, 91'5s to 91 lOs per ton. Bran, 415 s to Si 5s per ton. Hay — Farmers', 25s to 46s Od; average, 38s ; retailers', 42s to 48s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far mers', 12s to 28s; average, 203; retailers', 30s to 005 per ton. Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over proof, 6s 3d per imperial gallon. Bread, 6id to 8d per 41bs. Fresh butter, 10d to lid per lb. Beef, 3d to 6d; mut ton, 3id to 5d ; veal, 3i-d to 4kd; pork, sid to 7d'; bacon, 6id to 9d; sausages, 5d per lb. Coals--New port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Culm, 16s per ton. Potatoes , white, lid to 13d ; Mi n i ons , 18d. Hid es — M ar k e t d itto, Ils to 17s; salted ditto, 123 to 17s per cwt; market !dons, 2d to 24c1; calf ditto, 2d to 2/d; veal skins, 3d to 3d - per lb. Tar—Archangel, 18s per bl. Timber—Quebec red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 31; deal, 171 to 20/per hundred ; Bangor Queens, 31 2s 6d per ton. Scotch herrings,l9s to 20s per barrel; Norway ditto, 001.. New foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 lOs per ton. Tallow , 475. Wool, 10s-to 12s per stone. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS BRISTOL, Dac. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was very firm to -day+ and there was an upward tendency in prices. The sales are —Great Western, Quarters, 3% dis.—Ditto, 171. Share s ' 2% dis.—Bristol and Exeter, Original Shares, 35 dis. LIVERrOOL, DEC. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been firm , but not so active as yesterday. A good business is doing. The sales are— Birkectlead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June" tion, 31/. Shares, 9 g dis.—Caledonian, Preference, % C. 1:477 East Lancashire, 64 Preference, 6A—Great Northern, 104 dis.—Ditto (B Sh ares ) , 2 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Blanchester and Birmingham), Fifths, 3% die''' . Lancaster and Preston, 9% dis.—London and Nort h ' Western, 123—Ditto, New Quarters, 1% p.—Ditto, Quarte rs (C), 2' 4 p.— Manchester , Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 101.. Preference, 10i4 —Ditto, 201. Shares, 10% dis.—Midla nd Stock, 85—Ditto New Halves, dis.--Midland (Mr' mingham and De ' rby), 60—North Staffordshire, 5% die• —• North union (A), 206—Scottish Central, 26 Eastern and D over , 244—Di tto, N o. 4, Thirds, 71. 35. 9d... dis. —York, N ewcas tl e , an d B erw i c k (G. N. E. Purchas e )' dis. 4—south- BIRMINGHAM, DEc. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North Staffordshire. 51. Bs. 9d. dis.—North British, Thirds, 4% —Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, % shire Union, W. Is. Bd. dis.—South Staffordshire, 4IA YORK, DEC. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day . w" as follows : —Great Northern, B—North British (Extension)' No. 1, 44—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension), No. I, •144—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 14 1 4 —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 7%. GLASGOW, Disc. 18. 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FIRE AT PRESTON, IN LANCASHIRE.-011 Monday evening a tire broke out in the model room of the ex tensive premises belonging to Mr. Clayton, engineer and boiler maker, and which are generally known by th e name of the Soho Foundry. They are situate at the north end of the town, close upon the canal bank. The fire was discovered by Mr. Clayton, who, with his book keeper, proceeded to the fourth story of the building, where it appeared to rage, but as they did not succeed in putting it out they gave an alarm. Within a short time a number of engines arrived on the spot, and to consequence of the ample supply the fire was extin guished aft er th e d estruct i on of the fourth an d fifth stories of this extensive fabric. The damage done i 5, estimated at the le as t a t 10,0 00 1., as a vast num b e r of patterns which have been accumulated for the last fifteen years have been destroyed. A man of the name of note' bury met with a severe accident in attempting, with the assistance of some other labouring men, to remove 11 _, large cog whe e l. I t un f ortunately fell upon his legs a nd broke both of them. Very slight hopes are entertaine d of his recovery. CAUTION TO RAILWAY TRAVELL . ER B .—A gentle man, who had left this town on the preceding day, ha d his pocket picked on Wednesday last, at the railway station, Birmingham, of six 50/. Bank of England notes , dated Newcastle, 19th August, 1845, and bearing th e numbers from 3,456 to 3,461, i nclusive, together w ith 601. in 5/. notes, in a pocket-book. The payment of the notes has been stopped. The police have been informed of the circumstances, and are now on the alert to dis cover the thief.—Newcastle Journal. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at Ipswich, the wife of the Rev. George Jackson, Chaplain of her Majesty's ship O c ean, of a son. On the 15th inst., at Stonehouse, Plymouth, the lady 0 Captain John Fo o te, j un ., o f her Majesty's ship Rosamond , of a son. On the 15th inst., at Broad Oak, Accrington, the wife of John Hargreaves, Esq., of a eon. On the 16th inst., at Montague-street, Russell-square, Mrs. John Philpot, of a son. On the 17th inst., the wife of Henry Barrett Lennard, Egl• of Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Stationers'-hall, Mrs. Greenhill, of A daughter.. MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at Long Melford, Suffolk, the Rev Charles Chapman, late Fellow of King's College, Cambridg and vicar of Prescot, Lancashire, to Mary, eldest daughter 0 the late Richard Westhorp, Esq., of Long Melford. ; On the 16th inst., at Enfield Chur c h, R o b er t B r uce Ken nard, Esq., to Ann Grace, eldest da ug ht er o f J o hn Davies, Esq., of Devonshire -square and Enfield. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 19.) SUGAR.—This afternoon the market presents an im proving appearance for both free and slave labour Sugar ; home-trade buyers and exporters were desi rous to do business, and in some cases better prices are obtained. For West India the demand was active, both from grocers and refiners, whilst the rates ob tained were in some instances 6d per cwt above those current on Friday. At public sale 150 hhds 9 trcs 2 barrels Barbadoes went at full terms ; low yellow at 34s 6d, middling 35s to 36s 6,1, good 37s to 38s 6d, and fiae 39s 6d to 41s-121 hhds 1 tierce 128 barrels Deme. rara, chrystalized, sold at the market value ; very fine yellow at 465, fine 40s to 43s 6d, middling and good 38s to 39s 6d, inferior 37s to 37s 6d, brown 34s to 36s 6d. The total purchas:s to-day are 830 hhds and tierces. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was in excellent demand for home consutaption, and better prices are obtained, good brown grocery Lumps selling at 475, and Standard 48s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is in better demand for export at 25s 6d to 26s per cwt. Msuailius.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in excellent demand, and 5,319 bags at auction went readily at fully former terms; very low brown fetched 245, ordi nary 29s to 29s 6d, middling 30s to 31s, good and fine 31s 6d to 335, low yellow 33s to 345, middling 34s 6d to 35s 6d, good middling 36s to 36s 6d, good and fine 37s 6d to 38s, low to good grey 33s to 375, syrupy and washed 30s to 36s 6d per cwt. The chief part consisted of Sugar out of condition, and of the lower sorts. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the demand was active for Bengal Sugar. Four parcels were offered at public sale, amounting to 6,623 bags, and nearly the whole sold at fully former rates, indeed grainy went, in some instances, rather higher; fine realised 41s to 445, good 38s to 40s, middling 35s 6d to 37s 6d, low 32s 6d to 34s 6d, brown 32s to 33s ; middling white Benares 40s, fine 42s to 42s 6d, damp 38s 6d to 41s 6d, good and fine soft yellow, 36s to 38s, low and middling 34s 6d to 35s 6d, damp and washed 33s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—To -day sales to a fair extent were made p r i va t e ly in Foreign Sugar; at auction 315 hhds 125 barrels Porto Rico sold at stiff rates, fine yellow 41s to 42s 6d, good 39s to 39 s 6d, middling 37 5 6d t o 38s 6d, 10w 36s 6d to 375, and brown at 36s to 363 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.—There is firmness in the markets for all sorts, but at present not much demand exists, and only 100 puns of Porto Rico have been sold at 17s for good quality. The current rates for low to fine West India are 13s 6d to 17s, Mauritius 12s 6d to 13s 6d. Bengal Treacle has been dealt in with caution at 15s ; at auc tion 14 puns of low St. Vincent Molasses were taken in at 14s per cwt. For Honey the market has a firm aspect. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon Coffee was in excellent request privately, and 257 bags at pub lic sale went at stiffer rates—middling at 51s to 58s, low middling 475, and damaged 41s to 475. Of Mocha, 105 bales were mostly taken in at stiffer rates—middling yellow 60s, greenish ditto 53s to 545, but a few lots sold at 525. By private treaty a large business has been con cluded in good ordinary Native Ceylon at 30s per cwt. COCOA.—There are few buyers of Foreign, and as the supply is getting larger, prices keep en the decline. Of 3,334 bags offered at auction, a small part only sold. West India is in good demand, yid former rates are well sustained, as the supply is small. None has been offered at auction since Tuesday last. Of fine Red the supply is scanty. TEA.—The public sales declared to t ake place on Thurs - amount to li,ooo pkgs, of which about 700 consist of Orange Pekoe. For fine new Congou a good demand has been experienced at from is 7d to is 9(1 per lb, but all other sorts have been dealt in with caution; common and good ord can belpurchased at 60 to lid perlb. For other sorts of black there is a dull sale ; Souchong is readily offered at 7d to is 4d, good and fine la 6d to 2s 4d. Green has been dealt in with caution, and a desire is evinced by merchants to realise. The market also con tinues to be well supplied. The value of Imperial Can ton Is 2d to is 3d, Dyson kind is 4d to 3s, Gunpowder is 6d to 4s, Canton is to Is sd, Ye sing Hyson Sd to DIED. ...A On the 19th inst., at Carlisle-lane, Lambeth, of drops,' Mr. William Finch, aged 36. On the 16th inst., at Park-street, Westminster, the Hon' Lady Hope, widow of the late Admiral Sir George Hop K.C.8., and sister of George, Lord Kennaird. On the 13th inst., at Stonehouse, William John Symons, Esq On ~ late Major in the 16th Lancers, aged 71. the 14th inst., at West Meon, Mrs. Sibley, widow 0 the late John Sibley, Esq., aged 96. On the 17th inst., at Kirkleatham_hall, Yorkshire, Arthu Newcomen, Esq., aged 34. On the 17th inst., Mary, wife of Mr. George Cotton, o f Maida-hill, aged 55. On the 17th inst., at Stockwell, Mary Ann, widow of the late Henry Buckler, Esq., of Islington, and the Central Criminal Court, On t he 17th inst., at Regent-place East, Regent-squar e, Miss Habberton, agett 70. London : Printed and Published by 111IIRDO YOUNG, ; O. 112, S trand, Printer, at 7/to Ran Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cotual • Middlesex, Wednesday, December 20, 1848. real irita bei■ den s Wlae Serr It , tam F their la 15 x , .1. mot by Z. 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