The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

Vbirtt 92tition SUN OF_HGE, Seven o'Ciock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Div!dend par Aw.ount of Share. Annum. X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 Paid, riama of Company. tistralasia •.•• •• •• •• Brash North American Ceylon • • • • • • • • •• •• • • Commercial of Loxdoß Colonial.. •• •• ••••• •• Gloucestershire .• .• • • lonian • • •• • • • • •• •• •• Lomin and Westminstr Lyndon Joint-kock Provincial of Ireland • • Ditto, New... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New.• • • • •• • • South Australia • • • • • • Union of Australia.• • • Ditto 1J nical of London. • • • • Union of 312driEl. 51. per cent. 61. pr cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 15/per cent. 6/. per cent. 61. pe: cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent 61. per cent. Z i. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 15 Union of 31adruil . • • • • k --- i CJA.N.A.1. 13 • i . 1 (Dividend Names of I til IDivideudl Price. Names i of ... per Price. Companies. A ; per 1 - Compan es. ..1 , Annum. ri, ~ Annum. ( Z - --- - .£ Ashtnek Oldh 97 51.5 s pc' 70 Macclesfield . 100 - 15 Barnsley •• • • 160' 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 340 Srknk&Abrgl 150' 51. 80 Oxford.. •• • • 100 20/. 200 Birmingham! 35 41. SU Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 cirventry ....!100 i 251. - Regent's .• • • 331 11. 4s. 18 %ad e 1 ., ,, ,, . .... 1001 61. G 3 Rochdale .. • . 85; 41. 54 taalre&Chsil33l 41. SO Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 h.:2,.3,115h •• • ;100i 32e. --Do.LkFd St 12 1 61. p. c. - Grati3.l unetn ; 100 i 51. 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275 GrandSurreylloo; - 3U Shrewsbury- 125' 15/. - Grand Union, 100 11. 10s. 21% Stourbridge.. 145; 201. 305 Grantham - 150, 121. I - Severn and ) 26j 11. 85. 30 Kennt & Avul 39' 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rail. Loe , 11& Livrp l loo 341. 505 Warwick& 1 , 1 Leicester ....1140 101. 75 Binning. j ' OO 51 . 65 Leicstr &Nth l 83 4/. 36 Warwick& 1„1 Lem4hhoroghll42, 701. 530 Napton.. '' 1 - 46 Monmouthsh 100' 81. - Worcstr & 2 78 21. 39 Dintg9mrysh!loo 51. - Binning. IleltnMwbry' 100 101. - Wilts & Brks 67 , 11. 11 INSUSULNCE C OMP AN XEIS. ---- .Name of Company. Albion • • ; • • • • • • • • • • . Alliance Erit. and For. D:tto Marine. • • • • • • atlas . • •• .. ..... British Commercial • • Clericl,Med. Sc. Gen.Liie --• • • • C: )wn ....... Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • European Life ••• • • • runny Endowmr t Soc. r:cernasons' . • • • • • • • • Dividend per Amount of share. Annum. A 8. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 .0 i 3; ote Guardian • • • ••• • • • • • Imperial Fire • • • • . • • • Imperial Life •• •• •• .• Lldemnity Marine • . •• Law Fire .. •• •• •• •• •• Law I ife.. •..• •• •... Legal and General Life - .i...)tadca Fire .• London Ship Marine.. .• •• .\fed. Invlid & Gen. Life rational Loma Fund.. Vational Life.. •• .• • I' illadium Lite ...... •• Felican 1•rice:10( • • • ...... .• • • ''iotector Life....... rovident Life • • • • • • • • Rock Lila •• •• •• •• • • •• Royal Exchange .••..• Fire............ Ditto Life .•• • • • • • •• Universal Life.... • • • • Vittoria Life •• • • • • .•• GAS-MIGHT Name of Company, British .. •....... • • • . AND CO: Dividend per annum, U. 11. Rs, paid. £ 8. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 8 0 2 12 6 All paid. 4 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 2 1 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 JO 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 8 10 0 4 0 0 Price 6!{, 2 zd 120 44 , 4 214 14% Amount Share. £. s. 40 0 20 0 Ditto Provincial• • • • Bristol .• •• • • • • 331 ighton • • • • • • • • • • • • City of London I:ontinental ConsolidAt. Ditto, New •• •• •• Equitab1e............ Imperial • • .. . Independent ..• • • •• • • Loadon• • .. • • Phcenix . •• • • • • • • • • • • Rateliff • • .• • •• • • • • • • United General • • .• • Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .• • • -• • • Rll. per cent. 20 51. per cent. 20 10/. 100 0 925. pr share 50 0 85s. pr share 50 0 15s. pr share 50 0 6/. per cent. 50 0 6/. per cent. 40 0 2 /. pr cent. 50 0 6/. per cent. 50 0 5/. per cent. 50 0 5/. and bns. ,100 0 /. pr cent. , 50 0 3/, 50 0 12s. 50 0 4 t :PANIES. raid. Priec. Z. s. d. IS 0 0 174, 19 8 0 23% 100 0 0 290 39 5 0 54 37 10 0 51'., 50 0 0 38 HO 0 0 80 i 40 0 0 64 50 0 0 50 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 55341(1 11% IS' PRICES or SCOT' 3/. 10e 6 per cent. 61. per cent, 13s. 6d. pr sh. 7s. per share 51. per cent. 31. i 13s. 51. per cent. per cent Ql.& bs. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 12 per cent. I 2s. 11. sh. & bs. /Z. As. 4141. per ct. 51. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. p. et. & bs. 51, pot' cent. 11. ss. 51. per cent. 61. 10s. 11. 6s. !ON!. pr cnt, 'MN COMPANX: ....._ Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----------- -- ~ Bank of Scotland • • ... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 16t British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2Ol Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Lank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0; 10 0 0 1l Clydesdale Bank ••• • .• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0I 10 0 0 117 Commercial Bank Eastern Bank •••• - • • 6/. per cent. 25 ll 0 10 0 C 10Ao Edinb.k Glasgow Bank Gl. per cent. 5 0 0 6 0 0 5/ l':s Ezehange Bilk of Scot.. Cl. per cent. .00 0 0 50. o 0 48 1 4 , Isle of Man. C3mpany 71. per cent. 10 0 0 70 0 8 1 4, National Bank 6/. per cent. ..,0 0 0 I 0 0 0 127 North o: Scotland Bank 7.,. ,e_ cent. 20 0 0 50 0 5N North British Bank .• - 50 0 0 10 0 0 6 1 4 Itoyal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 143 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 844, 'western Bank •••• •• •• 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65 1 4 -Aber leen Fi - e and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 818,0. .. Accord. Life and Fite - 20 0 0 011 0 I 9s. British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 98. 60. Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. !00 0 0 10 0 0 221 1 Church of Eng. and Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 121. iis Edinburgh Life Insur. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1714 tact of Sc .tland Lite.. - 10 0 0 015 0 , 12s. }:ng. Sr. Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 24 s Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 104 Incur. Co. of Scetlnol Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 i Life kssoc. of Scotland Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I/ 5. Mercantile Life .. • • - 10 0 0 010 0 1 Bs. National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. :0 0 0 1 0 0 1 245. North British Insur. .. 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 1 23 North & West of Soot. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. Is Scottish Life and , oar. - 20 0 0 011 0 Nt scot. 51a4. and Gen. Life 51. per cent. 1 0 0* 015 0 13s. ild Fcottish Union Insrnct. 6141. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I 1/. Is wan alc - 1 '.ife ...... • 51. yet . cent. !•.0 0 0 4 5 0 I 9% I/tilted Dep. Assurance Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 12s. uocns. Dividend Amount Name Of Company, per of raid. J Price. Annum. Share. ..---- - -- - £ s. d. £ s. d. C Antnercial •• • • ••••• 4/. per cent. Stock. - 70 East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country •• •• • ... 11 per sh. 100 0 0 - 20 ...............Si.pr cent. Stock. I )ndcn - Ditto Bonds ••••• . .. 1 11. per cent. - - );t, Katharine ••••.. .. , 5 per cent. Stock. Blxo _ Ditto Bonds.. • • .... 11141. pr sent. - - 6)tithatnpton •••••• • • • • • • 21. 21. per cent. 50 0 0 150 0 0 1 22 IVA-TIER-WORK S . D;vidend 1 Amount 1 Name of Company. per i of raid. rrte, Annum. 1 Share. - --- - .£ s. d. £ s. 0. 'Birmingham. •••• • • • • its. 25 0 0 2:5 0 0 - Etat L0nd0n...... •• •• 81 . 100 0 0 - 166x0 Grand Junction ••• • •• 2'. 1 05 . 41 13 4 - 82 Kent B4 • • 3/. 100 0 0 - J 5 01 8 51 New Rm. Lndn Bidge It. 10s. - t Auxhall •• •• • West NtL• !diesel: ... ••• • : 51. 15s.prent. 100 0 o - 43 12 9 51. 15s. prent: BRIDGES Name or coro,o.ny. Dividend Amount of Paid. Price Annum. iShare. ----- Ilungertord ........ 3. d. --- • Southwrk, Nw Aub.A:v. X. X. F. d. Ditto Nw of 7X, p., - _ 35 632 --; Waterloo ••• • .....: 8 . per cent. 50 1 6 3 (1 2!4,, Ditto Old Ann. ors/. ~ ;---- 100 0 0 16 Idtto Sw ditto of 71. r i ,'S. 4,1. _ 5 1 „, Vauxhall ••.• • • • Av. 1 j i 2 ;•,, 2,1 . 60 0 0 2 s 40 0 0 26 70 10 0 -- VllSCELLaa irmou Dividend A rno :: 2s Namo of Compan y. Annum. ts i l' a r re. ,\ Paid. Price ------------ ------_,. ..C• s ~ 1--- .Australin Avriculturl 100 0 l.. d .Anglo-111e Mint.. 11. 48. 10 uO O ;$0 i Ditto, Hal Shares.. — l lO 0 0 Canada ..• ••••• . • • • . 6/. p'r cen::. 100 0 0 2lO 0 Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per Gant. ._ 1 32 10 0 --_.: City Bonds— •• • • .... 3 y,l. pr cent. Comp. Cppr 31mrs Eng. N. pc:cent. 100 0 0 1 70 —0 0 lien. Revers. at Invet. sp. c .k. hs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 — Equitable Iteversionry 4%i. pr cent. 100 0 0 95 0 0 100 Gen.Stettio Navigation 1/. Si. 15 0 0 14 0 0 'AI London Instltution .• • 1 I " Peninalr & Orient•Stm. 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 '9l Iterersion•iry Int. Soc. 3; 41. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 I 9'.' Royal Mai , Steam.• 3y 2 1. pr cent. 60 0 01 4s South Australian 61. per cent. 2 . 5 0 0 25 Van Dieman's Land.• •160 — 25 0 0 5 0 0 Universal Salvage.... 0 0 23 0 0 1 4 V 1 QUE'EN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) NEW TRIALS. The Court gave judgment in the following cases this morning A rule. Rule refused. 4 0 0 20 0 0 . Stock. , 100 0 0 1 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 tco 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 000 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 1 00 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. tOO 0 0 JACKSON V. COLLINS. STEVENS V. GREENE. WILKINS V. WOOD. A rule. GEORGE V. THE MARQUIS OF CONYNGIIAM. A rule. GALT V RATWORTH. Rule refused. - COLSON. A rule. PADWICK V. BALDWIN. Rule refused. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) KILLICK V. LLOYD. wa , 4 an action for a breach of contract. The plaintiff was a dealer in railway sham, and the defen dant a member of the firm of Lloyd and Co., bankers, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18,_ 1848 Birmingham. In 1845, the defendant was the allottee and holder of a banker's receipt for 50 shares in the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company, which he sold through the instrumentality of a stock broker to the plaintiff at par. The defendant, however, upon signing the contract deed neglected to hand over the scrip certificates to the plaintiff; and the c onsequence was, the plaintiff, having sold the shares at three- eighths premium, was compelled to purchase other 50 shares at the same premium, in order to be in a condition to complete the contract, and the present action was brought to recover from the defendant 121. 103., the price at which he agreed to sell his fifty s hares—the three-eighths premiumlwhich the plaintiff had paid on the second purchase, and the broker's commission for negotiating the purchase, the three items amounting in the whole to 341. For the defence it was contended, first, that the sale was not legal, inasmuch as at the time it was made the company was not completely registered ; and, secondly, that at the time the plaintiff made his second purchase the share certificates had not been issued, and therefore it was impossible the de fendant could deliver them. Evidence was adduced to prove that the certificates were not issued till subsequent to theZdate of the second purchase, and that immediately after they were issued the defendant tendered his certificates, together with a deed of transfer, to the plaintiff, vs ho refused to receive them. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said it was for the jury to decide whether the certificates were tendered within a reasonable time after they were issued. _ The jury decided in the affirmative, and The LEARNED JUDGE directed the verdict to be entered for the defendant, on the plea of illegality as well as upon the plea of tender. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) ENTWISLE AND OTHERS V. DENT. The LORD CHIEF BARON gave judgment in this case. The Court considered that the verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed ought to be re duced ; but, instead of making the rule absolute, he thought it would be better for the parties to appear before the Judge and arrange as to what amount the verdict should be reduced. Sir F. KELLY suggested that the Court should settle the amount, as that would avoid considerable difficulty which might arise between the parties. The LORD CHIEF BARON thought that the Learned Counsel was only anticipating difficulties which might not arise. The COURT would not interfere further in the matter, and declined to make the rule absolute. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SIMPCOX. The COURT delivered judgment in this case. The question raised was, whether certain lands demised by will to trustees for the benefit of certain parties, which were either to be divided, in the discretion of the trustees, in certain portions to the respective parties, or be sold, and the proceeds thereof divided, was liable to pay the legacy duty. The Court were of opinion that the duty was payable, and the judg ment must, therefore, be for the Attorney-General. COURSE OE EXCH. dmst , :ntam 12 6 LN GE.-(THIS DAY.) 311pra1tar..•• ..•• •• •• •• - 7 Leghorn ....•• •• •• •• •• 3 1 3 ^ Genoa ................ 26 16 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 3 Rotterdam • • • 12 6 lintsverp .... 26 7% gamburgh ......M.B. 13 15. Paris, 3 days' sight .. •• 25 65 Ditto, . • • Marseilles •••••• • • •• 26 7 nourdeaux.....• •.. 26 7% Frankfort on Maine.... 123% Pete•rsburgh, Sil. Rblo .• Venice.. .••••• • • • • • • Palermo, per 0z........ Lisbon.. ...... ........ Rio Janeiro • . Bahia ................ Buenos Ayres .. . . New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... • • .... Vienna, effec. tio•• .. •• 10 l' Trieste, ditto.... .• .... 10 20 Madrid •• ..•• ........ Cadiz • • • .. Barcelona PHICE - 8 OF BULLION, PIE Or. Foreign Gold in bars../3 17 9 New Dollars . • .... 0 4 9?4 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 • 3llverlnbars......•• 0 4 11 5avi11e................ MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ; From the London New Price Current of Jan. 18.) StroArt.—To-day importers of Raw Sugar manifested more firmness, and there was a falling off in the supply of all kinds at market. The home trade were desirous to do business, and there was likewise more inquiry from exporters. An improvement in the value of most kinds took place. All kinds of West India Muscovado were in excellent request, both for the scale and refining purposes, whilst the rates obtained are 6d to Is percwt above those of Friday. The private sales amounted to 1,000 hhds, and would have been upon a larger scale had holders taken last week's quotations. At public sale 102 hhds of Barbadoes went off went off with moue briskness, and an advance on former rates of 6d per cwt. I:EBINED.—Today the purchases in refined goods by the home trade were limited, and the progress of prices is downwards, brown grocery lumps selling at 535, and standard lumps 53s 6d to 545. Bonded Crush Sugar is dull of sale, and the best is offered are offered at 30s per cwt. Fur Loaves there is less demand. FoREIGN.—To-day a fair amount of business was concluded privately iu Foreign Sugar, and in some cases stiffer rates were obtained, but the demand was chiefly confined to grocers and refiners working under bond. None was submitted to public sale, and privately there is a less quantity on offer. EAST INDlA.—This afternoon Bengal met with little attention, and which was to be attributed to prices running above those current for other sorts of sugar. Of 3,542 bags offerdd at public sale a part only found buyers, yet lull rates were obtained. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Mauritius Sugar, but privately several parcels were taken, and the sates obtained are rather above those that existed previously. The cnief holders decline th sell for the present. COFFEE.—To-day there was more desire manifested to operate in Plantation Ceylon; holders insisting upon rather higher rates checked business. Of the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 116 casks 270 bags, a small part only found buyers. Native is more in de mand, and realises better prices, good ordinary selling at 32s 6d to 33s per cwt. TEA.—To-day the market was in a quiet state for Tea, but on the part of holders there is firmness, and full rates were obtained. For public sale on Thursday the quantity declared is 10,000 pkgs. SPIRITS.—To-day the market for Rum was firm, but there was a material falling off in the demand ; proof Leeward, however, could not be obtained under Is 7d, and East India is 6d per gallon. Rim—To-day there was no public sale of East India Rice, but the prirate purchases made were of little moment, still holders declined to take lower rates. SAGO.—The better qualities are more in request, and prices are firmer ; 30 boxes at public sale realising '2ss to 26s for tine small white pearl. There are sellers of the lower kinds at previous reduced rates, but few buyers are to be met with, and 384 boxes at public sale taken in at 17s for middling small pearl. Arrow Root is in large supply, and must again be quoted a trifle cheaper. Of 170 pkgs offe u ed at public sale, a small part only sold. FRUlT,—Raisins are wanted, and the stock being small prices rule firm, Valentia at 33s to 40s, and Denia in baskets 30s to 31s per cwt. Currants are less in re quest, holders, however, are firm, ar,d insist upon late rates. The chief part of the stock of Fruit is of inferior quality, and out of condition. TALLOW.—The market for Russian has assumed a firmer appearance, and on the spot large purchases have Le". been made by the town and country trade, whilst prices advanced to 46s to 46s 3d for fine P. Y. Caadle. For delivery in February and March, the operations are upon a more extended scale at 45s 9d to 46s ad , per cwt, but for the last three months of the year few buyers are to be found, whilst sellers would accept 41s to 41s 6d. For home made the demand is more active at 47s to 48s net cash, but there is a fair supply. Other kinds are in brisker request, and a rise in the value is apparent. At public sale 174 pkgs of South American sold at 41s 6d to 52s 6d ; 790 casks New South Wales, good and fine 43s to 48s, low and middling 38e to 426 6d ; 2.53 casks of first sort P. Y. Candle stranded 43s 9d to 44s 9d per cwt. For auction 500 casks of Tallow are declared. Oies.—Southern has been much enquired after, and stiller rates have heel] offered, but the supply of all sorts is scanty. The rates paid have been 301. to 33/. for good amid fine, and 27/. to 291. for common and middling. At auction 16 tuns of very ordinary dark went at 221 to 241. 10s. In Cod many purchases have been made. Seal met with attention, whilst on the part of holders there is firmness, and a good business has been concluded. At public sale 18 casks went 1 at 24/. 15s. to 261, for brown and yeHow. Sperm is wanted, and previous improved rates are well supported, while the supply is less plentiful. At auction 21 tuns fetched 801 to 82/ for good and fine quality, upon which terms several parcels have been sold privately. Cocoa Nut is brought more freely to market, and a decline in the value is apparent, 277 packages of fiHe quality at public sale selling at 58s to 60s per cwt. In Palm Oil a good business has bees tiune Rapeseed at po 2 en e ss s eue f r :dry consumption ni l e , concluded 29 privately, but upon rather lower terms, and ii we s n i t s the highest quotation. At public sale 66 tons and at 27s 6d to 28s per cwt for good • , q u altty, the market is still well supplied, but upon a larger scale continues to be satisfactory. rather lower rates, For n Olive se veral improve ment to notice in the value purchases made by the hom demand existing. I . the purchases may have been I T:i e nsuence of holders accepting Linseed . there is no , notwithstanding the large v e t r r e a l d p e u , r a e n h d a s a e s f a h i a r y e u x 6 o e o e r n t made, and the deliveries ill exceed the arrivals, yet prices do not improve. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (Tins EVENING.) Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Merion e th s hi re H.,yalMerionethsh ire Militia—Edward Barker, ent.: to be Second Lieutenant, Aug. 12, 1847. Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Notting. ham shire. Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Re. giment of Militia—Thomas N eed, Esq., to be Captain, 8. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Southampton shire. North Hants Y eo manry Cavalry —George Sclater, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Allen. deceased, 1/cc 28. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Nash, coachmaker, Taunton, Somersetsture. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Williams, licensed victualler, Jennyu-streol St. James's, Westminster, to surrender Jan. 2G, at half past two, and March 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. • Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-build ings, Moorgate- street; Mardon and Prichard, Christ church-chambers, Newgate-street. John Brown, cheesemonger, John-street, Edgeware road, Jan. 27 and March 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Parker, St. Panl's Church-yard. David Duthoit, upholsterer, Moorgate-street, City, Jan. 27, at twelve, and March 3, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Chidley, Guildhall-chambers, Basing • hall street. John Morgan Rodolph Deere, lithographer, White Cottages, Homerton, Middlesex, Jan. 25, at two, and March 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Henaham, Basing-lane, City. Joseph Rhoades, grocer, Mitcham, Surrey, Jan. 28, at twelve, and Feb. 3, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Waring, White Lion court, Cornhill; Mitcham, Surrey. George Marsh and Edward Kirk Marsh, drapers, Carnaby-street, Golden-square, Middlesex, Jan. 27 and March 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official asignee; Ashust and Son, Cneapside. Edward Weddell and Joseph Edward Shelton, book sellers, Bridge-place, City-road, Jan. 25, at half-past twelve, and March 3, at twelve,„ at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Tomlins, Barnard's Inn, Holborn. James Bell, fish factor, Lower Thames-street, Jan. 24, at two, and Feb. 29, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guild hall Chambers, Basinghall-street; Elmslio and Co., Moorgate-street. Alexawder Warrand, money scrivener, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, city of London, Jan. 25, at one, and Feb. 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basing hall-street; Empson, Bucklerabury. Junes Mainer, sadler, Southampton, Jan. 24, at one, and Feb. 28, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-cham bers ; Burkitt, Curriers'- hall, London-wall. George Clay, woollen warehouseman, Queen-street, Cheapside, Jan. 28, at half past twelve, and March 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Gale, Basinghall-strect. William Spencer Clarke, printer, Docking, Surrey, Jan. 28, at two, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Waugh, St. James's-street, Bedford-row. Frederick finder, tanner, Bishop's Stortford, Hertford. shire, Jan. 28, at half-past two, and Feb. 26, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, offi cial assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Ring, Bread-street, Cheapside. John Binmore, coffee-house-keeper, Lower Brook street, Grosvenor-square, Feb. 1, at twelve, and 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Davies, Son, and Campbell, Warwick street, Regent-street. James Rogers, oil warehouseman, Northumberland street, Strand, Jan. 28, at two, and Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard street; Crosby and Company, Church-cout, Old Jewry. Thomas Tullidge, brewer, Beaulieu, Hants, Feb. 1, at two,' and Feb. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Paterson, Bouveric- street, Fleet-street. John Thompson, stone mason, Wells-row, Islington, Jan. 28 and Feb. 22, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Jaques, Edwards, Jaques, and Layton, Ely place, Holborn. Richard Goulding, cabinet maker, Gainabourough, Feb. 9, and March 1, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Stansfeld, official assignee, Hull ; Scott and Co., Lin coln's Inn-fields, London ; Plaskett, Gainsborough. John Mawson, druggist, Runcorn, Cheshire, Jan. 29 and Feb. 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, officicial assignee, Manchester ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morriss, Temple ; Christian and Jones, Liverpool. Joseph John Moody, cotton doubler, Stockport, Jan. 27, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. James Anning White, draper, Stockland, Devonshire, Feb. 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter; Keddell and Co, Lime-street, London. Joseph Yates Ashton, builder, Liverpool, Feb. 1 and 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cue nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Adams, Old Jewry Chambers, London ; Pemberton, Liverpool. Joseph Sidebottom, plumber, Derby, Jan. 28, and March 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Whiston and Sons, Derby; Bowley, Nottingham. John Meads, grocer, Nottingham, Jan. 28, and March 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittle ston, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham John Leyshon, shipsbuilder, New -dock, Carmarthen shire, February 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Acraman„ official assignee, Bristol; Grove. Llanelly. Edwin Whitehall, watchmaker, Newport, Monmouth shire, Feb. 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Philpotts, Newport. James Stockham, licensed victualler, Bristol, Jan. 31, and Feb. 29, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Trevor and Sons, Bridgewater. John Wilson, jun., timber merchant, Ogle, Northum bet land, Feb. 7, at half-past ten, and 26, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wak ley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, Chcapside, London. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CL ERKEN WELL. Samuel Hurley, Mary Hannah Hurley, alias Smith, and Samuel Hurley, their son, well dressed and re spectable looking persons, were charged with having committed several ingenious robberies. It appeared in evidence that on Wednesday evening last the female prisoner and her son went into the shop of Mr. George Dixie, draper, of High-street, Islington, and purchased one handkerchief, and as she was leaving the premises she purloined two more, with which she made a hasty retreat. She was in stantly followed and given into the custody of Dubar, 253 N ; but it was found that she had as dexterously parted with them as she had stolen them. She, however, was given into custody ; and on being brought to this court she was remanded, in conse quence of two new coats having been found in her possession for which she could not account. The officer soon afterwards discovered that they bad been stolen from the shop of Mr. Moss, Goswell-street. The male prisoners subsequently called to make in quiries after the woman, and on Sunday morning Sergeant Brennan, one of the detective force belonging to the N division, with Dubar, followed them in disguise, and eventually took them into custody at their residence, Norfolk- street, New-cut, where several other coats were found, together with nume rous duplicates referring to wearing apparel. Joseph Loader, foreman to Mr. Moss, said that on the afternoon of Wednesday, he was standing at his master's door, when the younger prisoner and his mother accosted him, the latter remarking, " Why, you are the young man I used to buy my son's coats from ;" adding, that she was then going into the City to purchase one. Having assured her that he could deal with her as cheap as any one else, she, with her son, entered the shop, and after he had tried on up wards of sixty, he selected one, and paid a deposit of 2s. 6d. on it. Two of the coats produced are his mas ter's property ; but he did not know they had been stolen until the officers showed them to him. Mr. George Dix, clothier, of Hampstead- road, iden tified one coat that had been taken from his stock under precisely similar circumstances. The prisoners were fully committed on the two last named charges, the woman and her son for stealing , and the other for receiving, and on other charges they were remanded. They declined making any defence. LAMBETH. Henry TVenman a stick manufacturer, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of receiving and disposing of a watch and gold chain, well know ing them to have been stolen. It will be recollected, that in the month of October last, a young woman named Mary Ann Turflt, who had been committed from this Court, was found guilty, on apparently conclusive evidence, of stealing a silver watch and gold chain, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour at Brixton House of Correction. Nearly a month after her con viction, and while undergoing the punishment awarded for her alleged crime, a little urchin, the son of the prosecutrix, made a full confession that he was the thief—that his uncle, Henry Wenman (the present pri. soner), had disposed of the property for 60s. ' and that he (the lad) had spent the money. The lad, whose name is James William Ward, in consequence of this confession, was apprehended, and subsequently pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey, when he was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Since his conviction the lad has made some disclosures to the chaplain of Millbank Penitentiary, involving his uncle in the alleged guilt of receiving the silver watch and chain with a guilty knowledge, and keeping 2/. ss. of the money received for them himself, and this circum stance led to the prisoner's apprehension. The first witness called was Mrs. Harriett Ward, sister to the prisoner, and mother to the youth who has been sentenced to transportation, who deposed that on the 9th of October last her father had placed with her a silver watch and gold chain, to get a glass put into the former ; and on the 11th, two days after, she met her brother, the prisoner, and asked him homepwraotproduced ub l e o :4 h h a a v en e rdf s a o wt m bi te e nr 9t father's watch, In the course of the night some dispute arose between her husband and brother about the difference in opening English and French to and remarkable descrit d i w o e n hr aintchor, Shes wase tt l he oneetl question,hdeotfhea pecu liare hain in her hand, when the prisoner * laid hold of and at tempted to open the watch, but, observing he had some difficulty in doing so, she requested him to desist, telling him it belonged to her father, and with a vulgar expression he desired her to take it away. On that night her boy Jem went out I understand he leaves a wife and four children. I with the prisoner, when he was going, saying he ' suppose it was from five to eight minutes after the should go to see him a little way home. On the fol- luggage train was seen before it was into us. lowing evening Miss Turfit came to her house to tea, By the Foreman—l have no doubt that the red and at that time the watch was safe, but in less than I light was capable of being seen if the driver and the ten minutes after she was gone it was missed, and I stoker of the luggage train had been on the look out. having no doubt that she it was who had taken it, I had no means of judging whether the luggage train she gave her into custody on the following day, and had slackened its pace when I saw the lights the her conviction and sentence to six months' insprison- second time ; I thought' it had stopped when I got ment followed. The testimony of this witness was into the carriage a second time, or I should not, of proceeded in to considerable length, and from her course, have resumed my seat. The train I was in further statement it appeared that though she had seen consisted of six or seven passenger-carriages, a truck the prisoner while the young woman was under next the engine, and a truck, or guard's van, in the examination at this Court, and on the day of her rear. commitment for trial, he had not disclosed the fact Re-examined—l saw that Brovynsmith had a light of her innocence , t hou g h he must have been in his hand when he left our "train to meet the thoroughly convinced at the time that her son had luggage train ; but I did not observe whether it was taken, and he had disposed of the property, and it a red one. was not until the day of Turfit s conviction at the Mr. Behan, of Southampton, a passenger by the Old Bailey that he had acknowledged the guilt of her train, had, like the last witness, resumed his seat in son " Jem.' She further stated, that she was cer- the carriage when the luggage train ran into them. thin, both from his own character and the disclo- The witness said he felt a sensation as if the carriage sires made by her son since his conviction (a part behind him was lifted up. He was thrown forward of which was, that he had received only five shillings violently tes , but escaped unhurt. It was na very clear out of the money re ceived for the watch and chain) night, but sufficiently clear to perceive a light at a that the prisoner had induced her son to commit the considerable distance. offence. Mr. William Young—l am assistant-superinten - In reply to the Magistrate, the witness said that dent of the South-Western Railway. I was travel she heard something said by her daughter about the ling by the train in question on Friday evening, and confession of her son's guilt, before she gave him into when it stopped I got out. I saw the head guard custody. Mrs. Ward further said that it was her in- (Whiting) and the engine-driver (Markland). I tention to have given the prisoner into custody as inquired whether the accident would detain the train well as her son, but as ;he had stated he had given long, and the deceased replied that it would not. her son the whole of the money he received for the Brownsmith was sent back to stop the luggage- train, property, and as the officer did not think it necessary and I assisted in h oldin g a li g ht to the deceased and to take him she did not persist in her original inten• the stoker (Calvert), while they . were under the en ine making the necessary repairs. The deceased tion. g A little girl,' the daughter of the last witness, tor- told me I had better send for a pilot engine, and I roborated the statement of her mother as to the pri- sent off a platelayer to Woking for that purpose. We soner seeing the watch the night before it had been had been waiting twenty-five minutes, I suppose, be. stolen. fore we heard the noise of the advancing train. It Mr. F. Pate, a shopman to Mr. Sangster, the stick- must have been a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes manufacturer in Fleet- street, deposed to having pur- previous to that that the under-guard (Brownsmith) chased the watch and chain alluded to from the pri- had been sent back with a light to stop it. The soner, on the 16th of October last. The prisoner usual red signal lamps were attached to the last told him he had got it in exchange from one of his carriage of our train. When I heard the train ap customers. proach I requested Mr. Ward, a pay-clerk at the Mr. Wenman, the prisoner's father, was the next Nine-elms station to run down the line, and witness, and after the oath was adminstered to him he did so. I followed him. I got some little in the usual way, the prisoner objected to his evi- way down the line, and then heard a shouting, dence being received, on the ground of his being an and then the whistle of the approaching loco- Atheist; but this the father solemnly denied, and motive. The luggage train went by us; it was after the exchange of some angry expressions between going at a great rate. I will not undertake to say at father and son, the former identified the watch and what speed it was going. I was about fifty yards chain produced as his. from the passenger train when the luggage train ran The prisoner entered into a lengthened statement in into it. The deceased was killed by the collision. his defence ; said that the charge was brought through The train was due at Woking at eight o'clock ; it was mere spite and malice, and declared that he had sold as near eight as possible when the train came to a the watch for the boy upon his representation that his stand -still at Frimley ; we were then about two or mother wanted the money for it, and that he gave the three miles from the Woking station. We were not much after time. A copy of the printed rules of the lad the whole of the money. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that the evidence before him company was produced by guard the witness, from which it proved the fact that the prisoner, when disposing of appeared that the under- (Br o wnsmith), who the watch, had given a false account of it, and it was was sent to stop the luggage train, was bound to have also clear that the prisoner was perfectly aware of the been provided with six fog signals, and to have used fact that the young woman was perfectly innocent of them. This was not done, Brownsmith haying ad the charge alleged against her on the day she was mitted to witness that he had not used the detonating taken into custody, yet it was not until a f t er her con- si g nals. The persons travelling with a luggage train viction and sentence to six months' imprisonment that are the guard and breaksman, the driver and stoker. he disclosed the extraordinary fact. Mr. Norton had The guard should be in the carriage next the engine; already taken some trouble in the case, and was ac- the breaksman in a carriage at the rear. quainted with the whole of the circumstances and he The CORONER—What are the regulations as to should therefore remand the prisoner for further exa- keeping a look out ? mination on one of his (Mr. Norton's) days. Witness—The engine-driver and fireman must Mr. Young, the assistant-superintendent of the both keep a sharp look out forward, and use their South-Western Railway Company, applied to Mr. breaks and stop the engine:as soon as a signal is given. Elliott, at the request of the directors, for an order to Every guard, by rule 30, is also bound to keep a remove the prisoners, Jones and Fleming, in custody good look out, and be prepared, on signal, to apply on suspicion of causing the death of David Markland, the breaks. William Jones was the engine-driver of to Woking, so that they might be present at the coro- the luggage-train, and Lewis Fleming the stoker. ner's inquest, to be holden that evening, to suggest The guard's name was Fortescue, end the breaksman any questions to the coroner or jury, or make such was William Hudd. statements as they might deem beneficial to them, The CORONER said it was important that Jones under the circumstances in which they were placed. and Fleming should be present, either as witnesses in Mr. ELLIOTT replied that he had no power to give this inquiry, or to hear th 3 evidence that might be such an order, that authority being vested only in given aflecting themselves. He did not think it right the Secretary of State for the Home Department. to proceed further until he had made an application Mr. Young asked if it was likely the governor of urging the necessity of their being present. Horsemonger-lane Gaol, in 'whose charge the pri- The jury concurred in the view taken by the soners were, would sanction their being taken down Coroner. to Woking in proper custody, the directors being Mr. Young, in reply to the foreman, said that anxious that they should be present to hear the evi- when he saw the luggage- trapproathe e ching, the dence against them. stoker and driver were both standing on ngine, Mr. ELLIOTT replied that he did not know, but and looking ahead. Mr. Young might wait on Mr. Knox and ask him the A juryman—Supposing the guard of the luggage question. trrin had seen Brownsmith's signal lamp, how would Mr. Young said he would do so, but soon after he have communicated the fact of the danger to the returned and said the permission was refused. engineman and stoker ? Witness—The guard has a signal lamp, and if the fireman and stoker kept a good look out, as they ought to do, they would see the lamp, and stop the train. It was . stated that a period of six weeks or two months must elapse before Fortescue would be in a fit state to be examined. The CORONER said it would be his duty to adjourn the inquiry from time to time until the jury had before them every person whose evidence they thought to be material. The inquest was then adjourned until ten o'clock on Thursday morning next. (LATEST PARTICULARS.) Upon making inquiry at half-past eight o'clock last evening in the accident ward at St. Thomas's Hospi pital, the reporter was informed that the unfortunate man Thomas Fortescue, the guard of the goods train, had been in an insensible state at various intervals during the day from the severe loss of blood resulting from the injury to his arm, and that it was deemed necessary to delay the amputation of the limb (which was most fearfully crushed) until he had somewhat rallied. However, at eight o'clock last evening he had much improved, and seemed to have rallied con siderably. At the time above-named Mr. M'Murdo, one of the senior surgeons to the hospital, who had the care of the unfortunate man, discovered that mortification of the arm had presented itself, and such being the case, the removal of the limb was considered absolutely fie. cessary, as the only chance of saving his life. The poor fellow readily assented to the operation, which was performed on the bed in the ward by Mr. M‘Murdo, who took the arm off just below the shoul der joint. Fortescue bore the operation with much fortitude. The other injuries about his person are progressing favourably. At nine o'clock last night he was of course in a very weak and exhausted condition, and at present he remains in a very uncertain and precarious state. The man Thomas Calvert is as well as can be ex pected, and is going on comfortably. The former has a wife and five children dependent on him for support, and his wife was only confined three days before the accident, thus leaving the family in the greatest distress. 1 IThe two house surgeons (Messrs. Hubbard and Ilartnall) remain in constant attendance on the un fortunate men, and the whole of the officials con nected with the institution are unremitting in their several duties. THE RECENT FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. The inquest upon the body of the unfortunate man, David llarkland, who met with his death under pe culiarly shocking circumstances, on Friday evening, commenced yesterday before Mr. C. J. Wood, the Coroner for West Surrey, at the Railway Inn, near the Woking station. The company was represented by Mr. Dalrymple, one of their solicitors ; Mr. Stovin, general superinten dent of the traffic; Mr. Gooch, superintendent of the locomotive department; Mr. Beattie, superin tendent of the carriage department ; and Mr. God son, superintendent of the passenger department at Vauxhall. Mr. Games, the solicitor, attended to watch the case on the part of Brownamith, the second guard, who was brought up on Saturday before Mr. Elliott, at Lambeth, and discharged from custody, as there was not, in the opinion of the worthy Magistrate, sufficient evidence to warrant his detention. In answer to a question from the Coroner, Mr. Dalrymple stated that information of the ac cident had been given to the Railway Commissioners, hut it did not seem that any one appeared on their behalf. The CORONER then very briefly addressed the jury on the object of their assembling. Having stated such facts as have already appeared in this journal with reference to the melancholy accident, he went on to observe, that at this day, when railways had be come the ordinary and most usual means of transit from place to place, and when hundreds and thousands of persons were compelled daily, and almost hourly, to place themselves in the hands of railway companies and their officials, it became the bounden and impera tive duty of the companies to take every necessary precaution, in order to prevent the occurrence of acci dents; it was their bounden duty to lay clown certain rules and regulations for the guidance of their ser vants, and it was equally the bounden duty of those servants strictly and implicitly to obey those rules and regulations ; and those rules and regulations should be entrusted only to persons of known character, so briety, and trustworthiness. The jury must not imagine from these observations that he was prejudging the case, or presupposing that there had been any wilful neglect on the part of the servants of the company. He knew nothing of the case beyond what he had seen in the newspapers. This was a subject into which the jury would have to inquire. If the servants of the company had disobeyed the rules laid down for their guidance, if they had been guilty of any wilful or culpable neglect, they would be chargeable with an offence for which they would be liable to be sent before another and snore compe tent tribunal than theirs. That, however, was for the jury to decide. He did not think it would be possible to conclude the inquiry that evening, for, amongst other reasons, he understood that two per sons had been examined before the magistrate of Lambeth-street, and that they had been remanded. He thought it would be desirable that those persons should be before the jury, and certainly before the inquiry terminated he should make application in the proper quarter to that effect. The jury then proceeded to view the body of the deceased. On their return, The following witnesses were examined : Mr. David Nicholson, surveyor and builder, of Wandsworth, having identified the body of the de ceased, said—l was a passenger by the six o'clock train, which left Southampton on Friday evening. On coming down the inclined plane of the Friinley embankment, about a mile and a half or two miles from Woking, we came to a stand-still in conse quence of the engine being out of gear. I retained my seat for five minutes and then got out. It wa s a clear moonlight night, and we could see, I suppose, three miles in the rear. I ascertained that Brown smith, the under-guard of the train, had been sent back with a signal-lamp to stop the train behind us. I saw the usual three signal-lamps on our train, one centre and two side lights. I returned to my car riage, and, finding that we did not get on, I again got out and went to the locomotive, the axletree of which was out of order. I think we had been stop ping a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes, when I saw a white light approaching us at a considerable distance. Mr. Young told me that this was probably the goods train, but that the guard was far enough ahead to stop it. The engine-driver (Markland) was under his engine with another man ; he appeared to be driving a pin, connecting the coupling. iron or the axle. Whiting, the guard, was kneeling down hold ing a light to Markland, who was underneath ; the stoker, who had before been under the locomotive, had got out as the train was coming. I heard the deceased say to the guard, " By the time your pas sengers are seated I shall he all right," and I re turned to my seat. I had scarcely seated myself when a tremedous crash occurred. I was thrown violently forward. My lip wa s cut, a piece . of one tooth was broken, another was thrust o n one side, and I grazed my knee. We had a great e preventedpower of steam on our engine, which may hade ceased from hearing the noise of the approaching train. I afterwards saw the deceased lying across the rails. He was quite dead. The train, after a short delay, proceeded on its journey, a nd was brought to Woking. The trai n that ran i nto us w - :s a long luggage train, with a great number of carriages. The . deceased was an old servant of the company, and I CAPTAIN GLASCOCK, R.N. This worthy man, and an excellent servant of the ' public, did not, as stated, die of apoplexy, but of over-work. In fact, his life was sacrificed to his duty. Just arrived from a three years' command upon the Syrian coast, he was dispatched to Ireland, in the capacity of an administrant of the Government relief last year ; and there he was attacked with severe dysentery. This, combined with over-exertion and intense bodily and mental labour, it was which brought his valuable life to a close, and left a wife and two female children unprovided for, except by the or dinary pittance of an officer's widow. Captain Glas cock was a public benefactor as well as a public ser vant. His "Naval Officer's Manual" is a text-book in the navy ; and his naval novels have been the delight of thousands in this and other countries. In fact, his life was one act of devotion to the public and private good of his countrymen and his fellow-creatures. Is it to be borne, then, in a rich country like Eng land, that the children, the female children of such a man and such an officer, should be left unprovided for ? When the Pension List shows the sisters of sub-secretaries of the Treasury, the mothers of peers, and the sisters of ex Cabinet Ministers, in the enjoy ment of the public bounty, is it too much to require that a helping hand should be held out to the daughters of one of the bravest sailors and most in telligent authors that this kingdom can boast of? For bid it, Heaven.—Obserrer. DEATII OF TIIR EARL OF MORAT.—The demise of this Nobleman took place at Darnaway Caste, Moray shire, late on Wednesday night. The deceased, who was in his 77th year, had for several years been in delicate health, and having been attacked with the prevailing epidemic, it became evident he could not long bear up under'it. The deceased, Fran cialsos Stuart, besides his title of ; Earl of Moray, was Baron Donne and Baron St. Colme; in the peerage of Briton, 1796, Baron Stuart of Castle Stuart ; K.T., Lord• Lieutenant of Elginshire ; born 1771, succeeded his father, Francis, ninth Earl, 1810, married (first), 1795, Lucy, daughter of the late Major-General John Scott of Balcombic, who died 1798; (second). 1801, Margaret who r Jane, daughter of Sir Philip Ainslie, 1837, and has issue, by his first marriage, Francis b }i l Lord died Donne, born 1795; Hon. John, born 1797• marriage, Lady Jane, burn 1802, married ' 1?1 ' 30 s r "' Sir John Archibald Stuart, of Grantull • ' Bart.; -t le L la c t i; Margaret Jane, born 1807; Lady Anne 3' Grac b a ton . 1S09; Hon. Archibald, born 1810; lion. Charles, k born 1812; Lady Louisa, born 1813; Hon. George, born 1814. By the death of the N&Jle Earl the Lord- Lieutenancy of Morayshire has become vacant. r THE VERDICT ON TUE EUSTON STATION ACCT. DENT.—It does not appear to have occurred to the jury, that it was their bounden duty to make every effort to obtain " sufficient evidence" of how the wall fell: for, so far from doing so, they omitted taking the most ordinary and obvious means of arriving at the truth. A further investigation is not merely most den irable, but should be insisted ou.—.Builder. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—'We have received letters from the squadron at Malta, dated January 2, each descriptive of the awful loss of the Avenger and her ,crew, but they throw no more light upon the cause of the melancholy catastrophe than the documents fur nished by the Admiralty. The arrival of the packet puts us in possession of letters from our friends in Sir Charles Napier's squadron : Dee.l3l.—The English packet of the 27th arrived. "Jan. 2.—The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Wingrove, left to- day fur Madeira with dispatches for the Queen Dowager. "Jan. 3 —The squadron shifted topgallantmasts and jib-booms; the Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, performed the manwuvre in 49 minutes ; the Queen, 110, Captain Bruce, 72 minutes; Cano pus, 84, Captain Moresby, 76 minutes; the St. Yin - cent, 120, Captain Dacres (flag), 89 minutes. After wards unbent sails. " Jan. 4.—The Alert, 6, Commander Hugh Dunlop, after a refit, sailed this day for the coast of Africa. " Jan. s.—The packet arrived from Gibraltar with the sad intelligence of the loss of the Avenger, com manded by Sir Charles Napier's step-son. The awful fate of the captain and crew has created a mournful impression amongst us ; few of us but had friends in the vessel ; the admiral's feelings I will not touch upon. We are all too much distressed to offer comment. You will, doubtless, have received ere this the particulars of the dreadful wreck from your Malta correspondent. " 7th. A Court-martial assembled this morning at nine o'clock, by signal-gun from the flagship, to try the carpenter of the Amphion, screw-ship, 86, C a pt a i n •W. J. Williams, on a charge of drunkenness. The Court comprised Captain Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., Pre : sident ; Captains Sir James Stirling, S. C. Dacres, and W. 11. Hall. After a patient investigation of all the circumstances pro. and con., which lasted five , hours, the Court declared the charge not proved, and 1 ii recorded the prisoner fully acquitted. ' "9th. The Terrible and Strotnboli steam-frigates ore daily looked for. Commander Rogers, late First 1 Lieutenant of the St. Vincent, goes home in this day's packet. Squadron all well. ' "We shall be all adrift one of these days for the want of serviceable anchors to hold us." The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. AIT. Beauclerk, remains at Spithead. The Styx steam-sloop, Commander Chads, employed in the suppression of the slave trade, made her 13th capture on the Bth of November, and sent her into St. Helena for adjudication. The following are the promotions and appointments of the past week : PROMOTION. Lieutenant—Thomas E. L. Moore (1843), of the Plover, to the rank of Commander, and to proceed in command of that vessel round Cape Horn, and to Behring's Straits, in quest of Sir John Franklin's ex pedition. LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S BRIG SN AKE. (From the United Service Gazette.) MOZAMTAQUE, SEPT. 10.--You trill be sorry to hear of the total loss of her Majesty's sloop Snake, which is now lying, with her side open from the port gangway down to the keel, on a coral reef about six miles to the southward of this anchorage. After visiting Zanzibar and Anjuan, or Johanna, we were returning to this port, when, on the after noon of the 26 - h ult., if I remember correctly, we made the land somewhat to the northward. We stood off to the eastward for the night, under easy sail, and the next day found that the set had driven us upwards of 50 miles to the southward. The wind was from the southward and westward, with a tre mendous set directly in the contrary direction. The latter baflied our endeavours to reach the port during the next two or three days. At sunset on the 29th, the outer (or eastermost) one of the small islands off Mozambique was observed to bear about north. When these islands ceased to be visible, owing to the coming obscurity of the night, the Snake steered N.N.E., so as to pass a couple of points outside of all. But the tremendous set I have mentioned, together with a flood tide, driving us in towards the land, the N.N.E. course we were steering became in fact a N.N.W. one ; in consequence of which, at 7h. 45m. p.m., we found ourselves aground, unfortunately, just at the top of high water. As the tide receded the vessel heeled over till she reached her bearings, when she settled down with her deck at an angle with the horizon of between 30 deg. and 35 deg. Being a weak vessel, her butt-ends started, when her lee or port side immediately filled. As, even then, it could scarcely be credited that the current had set us to the westward to the extent I have described, doubts began to arise as to the islands we had seen at sunset being in reality what we had taken them for. Hence a painful anxiety existed during the long night we had before us, for we were perfectly aware that had we to take refuge on shore at any distance from Mozambique itself, we could only have main tained a precarious footing by constant hostility with numerous and warlike tribes, not unprovided with fire-arms. There was some apprehension, also, lest the ship should fall over altogether on her beam ends, or the masts go by the board, neither of which could well have taken place without the loss of life to some, and severe injuries to others. But lam truly happy to be able to add, that no one has lost his life, or been hurt in any manner ; indeed, we have not had a death on board since we were put in commission, now nearly twenty months ago. From the inclined posi tion of the ship nobody can live on hoard, and the crew are accommodated on shore abreast of her, at the distance of about two miles, in excellent tents, made with the sails and some spars. They are busy in saving stores, &c., and will, probably, be removed to this place in a few days, the Governor having removed the soldiers from the San Domingo barracks to make room for their reception. The French barque•corvette Voltigeur, of 20 guns, arrived here on the 7th inst. As there is no British man of-war in the Mozam bique Channel, I believe that, if none arrive here be fore the end of the month, merchant vessels will be taken up to convey us to the Cape. P.S. Sept. 18.—I have nothing particular to add since the foregoing was written. The whole of the crew were removed here on Monday last, the 13th instant. I have reason to think this will reach you before the original, as that was sent via Zanzibar. It was found impossible to get the guns out by means of the lower masts, as their inclination had already caused an immense strain on the weather rigging, the heart of which was gone ; and, owing to the surf, it was found impossible to rig a derrick on the bottom, consequently the saving of the guns is for the present given up. But a Portuguese man•ef-war schooner is going out on Monday morning, manned by a portion of our crew, to watch the breaking up of the vessel, now near at hand, and, if possible, to pick up some of the guns. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17.: STOCK EXCHANGIL—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lances shire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, % dis.—Ditto, (late C. and B.), 5 per cent. in 1847 and 1848, and 6 per cent, in 1849, 16 1 / c.—Ditto, 221. Shares, 5 per cent. in 1847 and 1848, and 6 per cent. in 1849, 74 dis.— Great Northern, 6 dis.—Great Western, Halves, 59 c.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, Thirds, 3 / 1 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1,4 p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, % die.— London and North-Western, 153 lA—Ditto, Quarters, New, p.—Midland, 114—Ditto, Halves, dis.—North Bri tish, New Quarters, Scrip, par—North Staffordshire, par— Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, Preference (guaranteed 8 per cent.), 3 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 1 ,4 die. York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B. Extensions), No. 2, 2 3 j4 p.—Ditto, G. N. E. Purchase, 1:54 p. MANCHESTER, J Ali. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 1 A, dis.—Eastern Counties. 16 n.—Great Northern, 6 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal. Thirds, % n.dis.—Lancashire and York shire, 321. Shares (late Extension), 51,4 n. dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 13.16 —Loud( n and North-Western (Man chester and Birmingham), Quarters (A), 4 p.—North Staf fordshire, par—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 18-16 c. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 11-16 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. '2, 2 111-16 c. LEEDS, JAN. 17. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 2 1 4 dis.—Eastern Counties, 16—East Lan cashire, New, 3 1 %. 2 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 575. 6d. dis. —Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves, 545. 11. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 15% dis.—London and South-Western, New Scrip, Thirds, 28. dis.—North British, halves, 12—Ditto, 'fhb ds, Is. 6d. p.—North-Western, 4 1 ,4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 355. dis.—York, New castle, and Berwick, Extension, No. I, 4t4 p.—Ditto, Pre terence, 114 p.- Ditto, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 2 3 / 4 p. HULL, JAN. 17. STOCK EXCIIANGE —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham., and Boston, 6s. 6d.—North British, 26 1 4—Ditto, Quar ters, L.'s. 6d. dis.—North Staffordshire, IA dis.—York, New castle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), p. It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of our fellow-townsman, James Corry, Esq., which took place yesterday morning, at his residence, Mont pelier Spa-buildings, in the 76th year of his age. The name of James Corry is one which has obtained a na tional celebrity in days gone by. A poet himself, ho was the intimate friend and companion of Tom Moore, the bard of Erin. He was one of the famous brother hood of " Kilkenny Boys," and mixed largely in the events which took place in Ireland preceding and at the time of the Union. Under the old regime ho was clerk to the Linen Hall, Dublin, and enjoyed, up to the time of his death, a pension of 8001. per annum, granted him on the abolition of that office. As a pow; and a friend of Ireland, Mr. Corry will be long remembered ; as a warm-hearted and benevolent man he will be long and deeply regretted. There are few, who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, who will not receive the intelligence of his loss with the exclamation, " Alas ! poor Corry,* —Cheltenham Examiner. Viscount Palmerston has returned to Broadlands, near Romsey, from town. The Noble Viscount and Viscountess are surrounded by a select circle. Lord and La ly Ashley have joined the party from Brighton. VLcount aid Viscountess Jocelyn, the Honourable William Cowper, and Mr. It. M. Wines have also arrived there. His Lordship comes to town to-morrow for the Cabinet Courcil, and her Ladyship and estab lishment remove to London at the close of the present week for Vie season. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--TIOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS are Producing Immense Sensation in the Bahama, Islands,—A letter recently recei►ed from Mr. Frede rick Williams, of Nassau, states—" I know of many here that have tried Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and who have derived the greatest benefit from their use; one case in rarticular, a lady, whose foot was in such a dreadful state that to save her life amputation was deemed necessary, and yet she regained the complete use of her limb by these celebrated medicines." Any wound, sore, ulcer, abscess, or bad leg, even if of 20 years' standing, will readily heal by their application.—Sold by all dealers in medicines, and at Professor Mallow:Vs Es tablishment, 244, Strand, London. APPOINTMENTS. Rear-Admiral—The Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay , to be Commander•in-Chief at Cork, vice Sir T: Ussher, deceased. Commander—Robert J. Otway, to study at the Steam Factory, Woolwich. Lieutenants Richard H. Risk (1844), late Second Lieutenant of the Birkenhead, to command the Lucifer steam-vessel, of 180-horse power, at Sheerness ; A. C. May, S. F. Douglas, and A. Butler to the Wellesley ; H. Hannant, J. M. Jack son, and D. Spain to the Havannah. Masters—C. T. A. Noddall to the Wellesley ; W. J. B. Hilliard, to the llavannah ; W. 11. Thompson, to the Victory. Paymaster and Purser—W. Reeve, to the Welles ley ; W. P. O'Brien, to the Havannah. Chaplain—The Rev. Philip Somerville, to the Ganges. Acting-Master—W. Smithett (additional), to the Ocean, for service in fitting the Banshee, new Holy head packet, which he will command. Second Masters—G. Gilpin, to the Wellesley ; Martin Roberts, to the Adventure; R. L. Cleveland, to the llercules ; Walter Clark, to the Ocean. Clerks—R. Munday, to the Havannah ;N. Giles (in charge), to the Plover ; Richard Batchelor (in charge), to the Bonetta; John S. Lindsay, to the Plover ; Franklin Bellamy, to the Prince Regent ; W. B. Gordon and G. F. Grigor, secretary's clerks, to the Wellesley. Assistant-Surgeons —R. P. Chapman, to the Torch ; John C. Inglis, to the Jamaica Hospital ; D. W. Stephen, M.D., to the Victory. Midshipmen—W. H. Fenwick, to the Victory ; Sidney Woolrige to the Wellesley ; John Telfer, to the Queen. Naval Cadets—C. D. Claghill and Charles Nunn, to the Havanna; R. B. Abercromby and Arthur Salway, to the Wellesley ; the Hon. Henry Corn wallis Eliot, to the Prince Regent; J. C. Wells, to the Wellesl,y; John Coles, to the Sealark ; C. E. Slaughter, to the Inconstant. Master's Assistants—John Thompson, to the Bonetta; J. G. Mitchcson, to the Swift; T. 11. James, to the Ocean. THE LOSS OF THE AVENGER. Jan. 17,--The following. letter from Mr. Larcom (the gunner) to his wife, residing at this port, des cribing the loss of the Avenger, differs in some par ticulars from the statements made by Lieutenant Rooke : " Malta, Jan. 4. " I take this most welcome opportunity of writing a few lines to you to tell you I am safe, after suffering the most dreadful shipwreck ever known, The Avenger ran on a reef of rocks on the night of the 20th of December, about ten o'clock. I was in bed at the time, but was awoke by the shock. I jumped out of bed and began to feel for my clothes, but a very heavy sea striking the ship hove her entirely on her beam ends. I ran on deck without my clothes, when I was ordered to get the cutters lowered, but there was such a dreadful sea that not a man would clear away the boats. At last some of the officers, together with myself and the captain's steward, lowered cne of the boats, and myself and seven others shoved off from our ill-fated ship with hopes that we should be able to render some assistance to our dear and lamented shipmates, but I am sorry to say without success. We had hardly shoved off from the ship when the mainmast went over the side, taking with it the funnel and i nizentopmast, which fell in-board arid must have killed a number of men. A minute or so after this the foremast and bowsprit went, leaving the ship a total wreck in less than twenty minutes. All this time the wind and sea were driving our little boat away from our ill-fated ship, which we lost sight of in less than an hour and a half, and in this time the wind blew a gale ; and I then began to inquire wh o was in the boat, when, to my sorrow, I found that I had not a man in the boat who could do a thing. It must have been nearly twelve o'clock, when it came on to hail and rain in such a way that I thought we should have been sunk; one moment we were on the top of the mountain wave, the next seemed the bottom of the sea. Expecting every second to be our last, we were all praying for daylight, and at last it came, bringing to our gaze all the horrors of the previous darkness. I then took a glance at my ill-fated com panions. Oh, what a sight to see ! four of the eight lying lifeless, or nearly so, at my feet, the wind still increasing, and the sea running mountains high,which broke over and nearly filled us a great many times. At last land appeared right ahead, and our little boat was tearing through the sea. We made out the land to be the coast of Barbary ; we were forced to run right for the land; if we had not we should have assuredly been lost. It was now about ten o'clock, and I found my eyesight and strength leaving me. Our boat was nearing the shore at an amazing rate, and when within a few hundred yards of the land our little boat was capsized, when four sank to rise no more ; the other four reached the shore and fell senseless on the beach, or nearly so, but coming to our senses we got up and commenced walking, we knew not whither. At last we fell in with an Arab, who took us to his hut and gave us sonic warm milk which brought us to our right senses, when we tried to make him understand we wanted to get a place where we could get a vessel to take to the assistance of our lamented shipmates. We got a vessel ourselves after travelling 100 miles, which we did in two days with our faithful Arab for a but I am sorry to say when we got to the placewhere our ship ran on shore she was gone down and every soul had perished, being in all 256 persons." The Avon steam-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Cator, left on Saturday for Cork, to be employed under the orders of Rear-Admiral Mackay, the Com mander-in-Chief. ---------- The Nautilus, 8, Lieutenant• Commanded Rivers, arrived last night from a cruise for the protection of the fishery on the coast of Sussex. We have had a smart gale of wind to-day, with squalls and heavy rain, varying from S.S.W. to S.W. At 5 P.M. wind S.W. by S., fresh breezes and squally weather, with rain, and every indication of bad weather continuing through the night. PROGRESS IN Cl' EsTER.—A correspondent of the 13uilder at Chester writes as follows:—We are proceed ing with the sewerage of the place as fast as the funds phiced at our disposal will allow, and I think it can be shown c heaper than in any other place. We are now engaged in cleansing our courts, alleys, &c., awl in removal of all nuisance likely to prove injurious to health. An improved system of cleansing the streets has also been suggested, and we are carrying out an im proved mode of paving, both of which, if generally adopted, will also be conducive to health. A cemetery company has also been formed. We are trapping all our street gratings, and our sewers we are ventilating by passing the rain water-spouts into them, which, if nut the moot effective way, is the cheapest. It is useless to trap sewers unless you afford the means for the escape of the noxious gases generated in them. We want a L beau and cheaper supply of both water and gas. BIRTIM. On the 12th inst., at Church-hill, Woolwich, the lady of Benjamin Wilson Pidcock, Esq., of a ton. On the 13th inst., in Oxford-terrace, the wife of William G. Chapman, Esq., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Coppice-row, Mrs. James Tidmarsh, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., the wife of John Taylor, Esq., of Ely place, of a daughter. On the 14th - inst., at Powis-place, Great Ormond.streot, Mrs. Thomas Tate .ee, of a son. On the 14th inst., in Chester-tquaro, Pimlico, Mrs. Ed mund Hammond, of a daughter. On the 14th inst , at Claverton Manor, near Bath, kire. Vivian, of a girl. Oa the 15th inst., at Marine Parade, Brighton, Mrs. F. Genge, of a daughter. On the 15th inst , in Hamilton- place, St. John's -wood, the wife of Samuel Phillips, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., in Taoistock-square, Mrs. Rowland Neate, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at Dundee, David Martin, Esq., Rorer ang l e, to Mary Anne, daughter of the late Robert Law, Erg., banker, Dundee. On the 13th inst., at All Saints' Church, Norwood, Surrey, the Rev. Alexander Henry Bridges, to Caroline Matilda, eldest daughter of Christopher Hodgson, Esq., of Great Dean's-yard, Westminster. DIES. On Thursday, the 13th inst., at Brecon, in the 66th year of his age, Thomas Batt, Esq, late surgeon of the Royal Fusiliers, and Coroner for the county of Brecon. In December last, at Westgate-court, Canterbury, John Cates, Esq., aged G. On the 10th inst., in Albany-road, Camberwell, Mr. C. Whi twGrth, aged 55. On the 13th inst., the infant son of Alfred S. Wigan, Esq., of Michael's-grove, .13rompton. On the 13ih inst., Jails, relict of the late Augustus Bohte, of Sackville-street. On the 13th inst., Edward, eldest son of the late James Wetenhall, Esq., aged 34. On the 13th inst., at Southampton, Julia LovedaY. youngest daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Murdv Wood, aged 9. On the 14th inst., Mr. Bancroft, Butterfield, of Bucklers bury, aged 49. On the 15th inst.. in Cado6:ln-place, Elizabeth, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Verner. On the 15th inst., in tipper Grosvenor-street, Mrs. Dawson, wife of the Right Hon. George R. Dawson. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Tuesday, January 18. 1844. i