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MORNING EDITION LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, APRIL 27. IN THE MATTER OF THE DEVIZES CHARITIES. Mr. KNIGHT BRUCE (with whom was Mr. Jacob) said this was the petition of two gentlemen named George White and Thomas Carter, both inhabitant householders of Devizes, and praying that a gentleman named Phipps might be removed from the office of trustee of several charities to which he had been appointed, and that it might be referred to the Master to appoint some other and proper person instead of Mr. Phipps, or otherwise that Mr. Phipps might be ordered to sign a power of attorney, and unite with his co-trustees in all necessary and proper acts to enable the trustees to transfer certain funds in the Three per Cent. Consols from the Bank of England, and that Mr. Phipps should pay the cost of the petition and order to be made thereon. This was the petition of two trustees to be dis embarrassed of their co-trustee—of a gentleman who, according to the different views which might be entertained of his conduct, either from obstinacy or firmness had persisted in refusing not only to act himself, but also to co-operate with the other trus tees, so as to enable them to act in such a manner as he had not the least difficulty in saying, without intending any disre spect to Mr. Phipps personally, was most unjustifiable, because Mr. Phipps appeared to have taken the same view of his con duct himself by proposing at a certain period of their proceed ings to pay the costs, on condition of being allowed to continue in the trusteeship. His Honour would find certain obvious reasons why that proposal was not consented to, and the trustees considered they should not have done their duty to the public at large, or as trustees of these charities, if they had not brought the subject before the Court. They wished it to be understood that they did not bring it forward from any adverse feeling towards this gentleman, but from a conviction that the line of conduct which he had thought it his duty to pursue, was such as rendered it impossible there could be any union between them in any actions that could be useful to the charities for which they were appointed trustees, and that therefore they were bound to bring the matter before the Court, in order that the Court might deal with it as it should think proper. At a meeting of the trustees held in 1838, a sum of money amounting to 1451. was paid by the Chamberlain of the Corporation to the trustees, and at the same meeting it was resolved that the same should he paid up and invested in the Three per Cents., in the name of four trustees appointed fur that purpose. He called his Honour's attention to the circumstance that four trustees, and four only, were appointed trustees of this stock. These were Mr. Phipps, Mr. Elliot,llr. Dredge, and Mr. Bishop. In order to enable these gentlemen to receive the divi dends on the Stock, the usual power was signed by three of the parties, but Mr. Phipps refused to sign, without giving any reason for such refusal, and he had since constantly refused to do to. Another meeting was held in the month of De cember, 1832, when Mr. Phipps, having again refused to sign the power, and the trustees being consequently un able to pay certain moneys into the Bank of England, for the purposes of the charities, the matter was referred to Mr. Anstie, the Solicitor of the Trustees, who again applied to Mr. Phipps to sign the power, which he again refused to do. Mr. Anstie then wrote a letter to Mr. Phipps, in his reply to which Mr. Phipps said that " had the Dissenters, in accord ance with their oft-repeated professions, abstained from inter fering with Church property, the enormous sums which have now been expended would not have been incurred in prevent ing the income of the charities falling into the hands of the Dis set ters. Mr. G. Austie wrote another letter on the sth of April, 1840, and another on the 9th Nov., again applying for Mr. Phipps's signature. He ( Mr. K. Bruce) did not know whether Mr. Anstie belonged to the Church or the Dissenters, but at all events his levers were those of a gentleman and a Chris tian ; but these applications were els( without success, the alle gations in the petition were all verifiea by affidavits. he ,peti tion was delayed until the 15th Dec., 1840, on which day it was presented. It would have come on to be heard on the second day of the following Hilary 'term, as an unopposed petition, but his Learned Friend, Mr. Wray, came and stated that there would be a compromise, and that it was therefore de sirable it should stand out of the paper, which proposition was accordingly assented to. This compromise, however, went off in consequence of the conduct of Mr. Phipps, from whose affi davit, without speaking disrespectfully of him, it appears that he was mistaken on several points, and the petitioners, therefore, thought themselves obliged to make other affidavits, which dis posed, in a great degree, of statements made, no doubt, under excitement, and exhibiting, in a remarkable degree, Sir. Phipps's want of recollection. Mr. Phipps, in his affidavit, said that he was appointed Rector of De vizes in 1533. Ile (Mr. Knight Bruce) had .yet to learn what the misconduct of the Town Council had to do with the matter, and taking into consideration the long negotia tions to obtain his signature to the gentlemanly patience and forbearance manifested with respect to the polemical letter which he hail referred to,—considering that this gentleman had had the opportunity of taking advice, and of considering his affi davits, the only conclusion he could come to was that Mr. Phipps, however valuable as a member of society, was not a person whose forte it was to act as a trustee. Under these cir cumstances, it appeared impossible not to come to the conclu sion that Mr. Phipps had committed a breach of trust, and had continued in this course of conduct up to the moment in which it was to be made the subject of investigation, when he pro posed to adopt a different course, and pay costs. Mr. JACOB followed on the same side. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the contents of some of the affidavits. That of the Rev. Richard Ellott, sworn the 11th of March, and filed the day following set forth that for 37 years he was minister of St. Mary's Chapel in the borough of De vizes ; that he was one of the charity trustees, and acted as Ho norary Secretary to that body ; that they held their first meet ing on the 15th of February, 1837, and that he was present at that meeting. The deponent further stated that he hail read Sir. Phipps's affidavit, and that it was not true, as stated by Mr. Phipps, that no account was ren dered by the Town Council until the 23d of July, 1838, inasmuch as the Charities' trustees, prior to that, were furnished with copies of entries in the books of the Town council. The copies of the entries so furnished were in pos session of the trustees previous to July, 1838. The deponent further set forth, that the trustees of the charity received much interruption in the discharge of their duty from Mr. Phipps. The Learned Counsel proceeded to read extracts from the affi davit of Mr. George Evans, a schoolmaster residing for the last ten years in Devizes, and a trustee of the charity, and from the affidavits of several others of the trustees, which were to the same effect, and which he would not therefore trou ble the Court by reading at length. There was one circum stance to which, however, he would advert ; it was a complaint of a very odd nature indeed, which was made by Mr. Phipps. The trustees had foun'l it necessary to apply to Counsel for advice as to what course they ought to pursue to compel Mr. Phipps to do his duty, and Mr. Phipps now complained that the solicitor for the trustees would riot inform him of the nature of the proceedings about to be established against hiM. Such were the erroneous views entertained by that gentleman of the manner in which business ought to he conducted. For very nearly two years the receipt of the payments of the stock was stopped through Mr. l'hipps's means, without any reason being assigned by that gentleman for such stoppage. Because the Lord Chancellor had ordered that one year's amount of the revenues of the charity should be applied to defray law expenses, Mr. Phipps had therefore thought fit to order that the succeeding years' revenue should be locked up in the Bank. Counsel, therefore, submitted that the Court ought to prevent the charity from being again exposed to the difficulties in which it had been placed by that gentleman ; that the steck ought not to be continued standing in his (Mr. Phipps's) name, and that he ought not to be continued one of the trustees. Counsel therefore hoped that the Court would make the order prayed for. Mr. COLERIDGE followed on the same side. His Honour would not forget the part:of Mr. Phipps's letters addressed to Mr. Anstic, the solicitor for the petitioners, in which he ac cuses the Dissenters of interfering with the Church Charities ; but how does he maintain this charge in his affidavits ; By alto gether itbstaining from the repetition of it—by giving it up altoge ther. He would observe that throughont the whole of the affida vit of Mr. Phipps there was not the slightest imputation upon the character of his co-trustees. There were fifteen trustees ; of these there were only five Dissenters, the remainder being members of the Established Church, and therefore any step they might take, which might be considered prejudicial to the interests of the charity, would be altogether futile, as they would be out-voted by the larger number who were of a dif ferent religious belief. The reasons assigned by Nlr. Phipps for refusing to do his duty, were of the most ridiculous cha racter, and he would not again trouble the Court by re peating them. Wheh Mr. Phipps was asked to execute the bond, instead of assigning any good and valid reasons it would appear from the affidavit of one of the trustees that so far back as Nov. 1N39, when asked to assign his reasons for refusing to dr, so, he absolutely refused to give any. The affidavit of Mr. Carter wa s to the same effect, and in fact throughout the whole opist,thion u the affidavits the statements wer e th e same , an d w ith th e ex e the ext raor d inary o b servat i on b e made respect i ng the Dissenters, not one of them even heard him assign any reason for refusing to execute the power of attorney. The offer of Mr. Phipps to pay the costs was worth 1 ttle or nothing, be cause the offer was extremely vague and undefined. There was no party w h o could deride upon what the costs were, nor was there any guarantee that he would pay the sun; that was agreed upon. U nder all the circumstances he trusted . the Court would make the or u d h e o r m a s rayed for. Mr. RICHARDS (with Wray) . said he appeared on behalf of the Rev. as Phipps against the petition. His Learned Friend r ue ed es .st Wigram was introduced on behalf of two of the trustees were anxious to oppose the petition ; and his Learn Mr. James Parker appeared on behalf of four of the trusteenea wh were willing to acquiesce in any order the Cou rt miehtthirok proper to make. Of the other trustees he might observe, that. two were dead, two were residing abroad, and one, M r . San. ders, took no part in the matter one way or another. Tne ap.. plication to the Court was, in reality, that the rector of the parish might be discharged from being a trustee of these chari ties for alleged misconduct which was attributed to him in the petition, or that he might be directed to execute a power of attorney in order that the dividends might be received. The object of the application it was plain, from the letter which had leen read by his Learned Fi iersd, was to remove Mr. Phipps, the two gentlemen who wrote the letter stating that they saw no prospect of his conducting himself properly The VICE - CHANCELLOR-IS Mr. Phipps willing to exe cute the nower of attorney? Mr. Rieri o ans—slir. Phipps was willing to do so if his Honour was of opinion that lie ought. He had been most improperly brought i n t o a C our t of Equity, but he stated his willingne ss to act in such a way as the Court might think proper to di rect hi m. If the Court thought the money ought to be applied in the way the petitioners had stated, still the Court had authority and jurisdiction under the circumstances to make such an order. Mr. Phipps was perfectly rea dy to acquiesce. H e referred to ' the provisions of Sir Samuel Romilly's Act as regarded charities, and the question was whether, when the avowed object was as t o w h a t channels the trust should now through, the Court could make an order upon p et i t i on without anyinformation being filed. His Learned Friend had not served the Attorney- General with the petition, andit was a question for the Cou r t whether it would be fit and p roper to deal the funds in the way suggested, in the absence of the Attorney General. He would, however, again repeat, th at if the Court - thought the a power of attorney should be exe cuted Mr. Phippsffioioauvlidt do so. Be would now refer his H onour to the of Mr. John Bailley and thirty-six inhabitants of De vizes, who stated what their opinion was of the cOnduct of the rector, Mr. Phipps, and as to the coarse he had adopted in the management of the funds in question. The deponents stated that they had h ear d with regret of th e petitff i n nne th n a ta t they were acquainted with the proceedings of the trustees of these charities, of whom the Rev. Mr. Phipps was one, and they were convinced that he had used his utmost exertions to benefit the charity, and that he had not been influenced by any personal objects or motives in the course he had taken, but had been anxious to see them properly and judiciously managed. They stated that a portion of these funds were for repairs of the Church and the benefit of pe rsons connecte d t h erew i th that M r. Phi pps, in his capacity of Rector, was the distributor of the `produce of the trust fund; and it was desirable for the benefit of the charity that he should continue to act as such, and that his re moval would be a serious loss to the trust fund, and materially Impair the confidence of the inhabitants and the public in the management of these funds. He hardly knew whether it would be necessary to trouble his Honour with what had been alleged in the affiavits on the other side as to the dismissal of 31r. Phipps from pthhie trusteeship. He would remind his Honour that Mr. was appointed a trustee in 1836, when the report of tgr'e As as th ter was confirmed by the Lord Chancellor. The question per e i n, and the only question, was whether subsequently to the shed when that gentleman was appointed one of the trustees he had been guilty of such con duet as would induce his Honour to come to th e conc l us i on that he was not fit to continue in the tr objection that had been urged agai n sabi ns t eeThi P• The o nly as, that he had re fused to execute a power of attorney. Now, be submitted to , his Honour that if there was a fair and reasonable doubt exist ing in the mind of Mr. Phipps as to the disposal of these funds —if he thought that the manner in which it was intended to appropriate these funds was not a legitimate one, or within the intent and meaning of the charity, then he had a right to with hold his hand and to say that he would first have the opinion of the Court, where the rights of the claimants to these charitable funds could be fairly urged and decided upon before he executed such a deed. He would nosy call the attention of the Court to the meeting of the 10th December, 1839, when Mr. Phipps having been requested to sign the power of attorney, in order that the trustees might be enabled to pay certain sums which were due to the several charities, and he having refused to do so, the trustees, being thus impeded in the dis charge of their duty, as they alleged, were compelled to apply to their solicitor, Mr. Anstie ; but he contended that where a reasonable doubt existed in Mr. Phipps's mind as to the manner in which the money was to be applied, he was perfectly justified in not executing the power of attorney. He was anxious to avoid a public discussion of a matter which, being connected with a public charity, was not the most ad visable to be brought before the public. That, however, was repudiated, and the present petition was presented. The prin ciple on which the Court was called upon to Pronounce its judgment was whether orno Mr.Phippshad acted in a dishonest manner, and whether his impropriety was of such anature as to amount to a breach of trust. The statement of the party on the other side was, that they had been obliged, from want of funds, to refuse the accustomed allowance to the poor women at these almshouses, but he doubted whether Mr. Phipps would not have been open to more censure if he had, by ac ceding at once to the request of his co-trustees, placed in jeopardy the interests of the charity. He would now draw his Honour's attention to some statements in the affidavit of Mr. Phipps, to show the motives by which he had been actuated. He stated that although the control of the Town Council ceased in August, 1836, yet no account was rendered for a considerable time afterwards, and the money was vested in the funds. That the money had been antici pated for nearly two years in consequence of the expenses of re-appointment of trustees. They were therefore obliged to refuse to grant the usual sums from these funds. That he was instrumental in preparing a statement of the funds, down to 1838, when there were claims of the Charity remaining unli quidated. The Learned Counsel here referred to various items in the account so rendered, which in April, 1839 was laid before a meeting of the trustees and by them admitted to be cor rect. That the parish officers of each of the two parishes clai me d a sum of 41. each annually instead of the interest of 1001. which they had been previously paid. They then stated that they were recommended by a vestry to take legal proceedings, and a resolution was come to by the trustees to postpone the consi deration of the question till the next meeting, and that in the mean time the Rev. Mr. Elliott, one of the trustees, should confer with the Chamberlain, but no report of the conference had ever been made. The VICE CHANCELLOR inquired what was the value of the stock at present ? Mr. KNIGHT BRUCE said the value of the 2001. was some where between 3 and 4 per cent., and it was the difference between that and 41. per annum that had induced Mr. Phipps to resort to the present proceedings and divide the town of Devizes. Mr. Ric HARDS said Mr. Phipps had merely been actuated by a desire to discharge his duty conscientiously. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—But while the matter remained in dispute respecting these two chanties all the others remained without any benefit whatever. If he remains in the office of trustee I suppose he will have noobjection to execute the power of attorney ? Mr. RlCHARDS—Certainly not, if your Honour thinks he ought to do so. The Court would however recollect that that order would be made onthe application of two of the trustees —the opinions of the others being divided in the way he had mentioned. Now, with regard to costs he was satisfied that there was nothing in the conduct of Mr. Phipps that would justify the Court in making an order fur the payment of the costs. If his Honour was of opinion that the power of attorney ought to be executed Counsel would submit that Mr. Phipps should not in that case be compelled to pay the costs. What he thought the Court could do was to order, if it so thought fit, the power of attorney to be executed, but his Honour could not, he conceived, order Mr. Phipps to pay the costs. Mr. J. PARKER said he appeared for the trustees, and his instructions were nut to oppose the prayer of the petition. Mr. WRAY appeared for Mr. Phipps, and went at consider able length into statements to show that that gentleman was justified in the course which was complained of on the other side in consequence of the unsettled state of matters m dispute between the Corporation of the borough of Devizes and the trus tees. The object of the petitioners was to remove Mr. Phipps from the trust. If the case were to be minutely examined into, it wostld be seen that the affidavit of Mr. Phipps was not contradicted entirely by the statements set forth in all the pe titioners' affidavits. The affidavit of one petitioner contra dicted one statement of that gentleman, and another affidavit con tradicted another statement, but all did not unite in showing that there were satisfactory grounds for removing that gentleman from the trust on account of misconduct. He would submit that the Court ought not, under the circumstances, order Mr. Phipps's removal from the trust. There was no foundation for asking such an order, and he was sure the Court would not make any order of the kind. Mr. WIG RAM appeared for two of the trustees, and did not consider the affidavits of very great weight, as the Court should try the case against Mr. Phipps by its merits, and its merits alone. With respect to any justifica tion of the conduct of Mr. Phipps, he would give no opinion, directly or indirectly. However, he should say that if the Court was to decide on the removal of that gentleman from the trust under the present circumstances—if the Court was to decide that this case furnished materials for such a de cision, the result would be, that no respectable persons would have anything to do with charities. The Learned Counsel's clients were most anxious that the Court would not take such a course, the effect of which, in a small community, and in a community, too, in which Mr. Phipps held the respectable po sition that he did, would be greatly to be regretted as convey ing a great censure on his conduct. In other parts of the question he would not interfere ; his clients wished simply to s t an oppressive attempt to remove Mr. Phipps from the trust. They were desirous of an amicable arrangement being come to by all parties, and that his Honour would not make any order, the effect of which would tend to injure the charity for which alone they were concerned. Mr. K. BRUCE replied. He was astonished to hear it ad vanced by counsel that the Court ought to be influenced in its decision by what might or might not be said or thought on the question out of Court. Mr. WIG RAM—Did not put the argument in that way. Mr. K. BRUCE understood it so, and nothing but the Learned Counsel's denial of his intending to advance what he (Mr. B. ) understood him to say, would make him believe that such was not his intention. It was for the Court to decide with justice between man and man, and not to be influenced in its decisions by what might or might not be said in the lanes and alleys of Devizes. Ine Learned Counsel went on at some length to argue that the conduct of Mr. Phipps was such, that his views on matters of business were so extraordinary and erroneous, that he was not fit to be continued one of the trustees. He (Mr. K. Bruce) did not object to Mr. Phipps that a cler gyman of the Church of England preferred his own religion to that of all Dissenters. God forbid that he should do so ; but why should Mr. Phipps saddle the Dissenters with with holding the money with which they had nothing to do ? Such conduct reminded him of the line in the " Rejected Addresses," in which, after an obnoxious individual had been accused of all sorts of crimes it was inquired— " Who fills the butcher's shops with large blue flies ?" But when Mr. Phipps was informed that the objects of cha rity were in distress, that they were obliged to apply to the Guardians for relief—when he heard and knew this of those whom it was his duty to protect, it did not in duce him to depart one jot from the line of duty which it was to be supposed he had laid down for himself, but contented him self by saying, " Well, let it:be so—it is the Dissenters have done it." He (Mr. K. Bruce) said that a gentleman who took such a peculiar view of his duty was not fit to be con tinued a trustee. This went on for more than a year, during which Mr. Phipps was able to resort to legal advice, but though none of these considerations are able to affect him, no sooner was some degree of spirit exhibited by those he was op posing than he knocked under directly, and offered to pay the costs. It really seemed to him (Mr. K. Bruce) the worst part of the whole case, though his Learned Friend had insisted upon it as a merit in his client; but it appeared to him to make the case a thousand times worse. He trusted it would appear to his Honour that this gentleman ought not to be continued as one of the trustees, and that he was incapaci tated to act. He did not charge him with any corruption or malversation. He would say that he had acted under a sense of what he believed to be right, but he thought that, becoming irritated perhaps by opposition, he had gradually lost sight f the original feeling with which he had embarked in this matter, and assumed those oblique views and positions in con sequence, which otherwise he would not have done. With regard to the costs, he quite agreed that they ought not to be visited upon the charity ; and he therefore prayed his Honour's judgment as to who had given occasion to the present petition. It was absurd in Mr. Phipps to suppose that the direction of the Court was wanted with respect to the disposition of the fund. The only question was, should this income be prevented coming to the trustees at all for the purpose of being dealt with as they or the majority of them should think proper, and the ulte rior question was whether Mr. Phipps ought to be continued as a trustee of this stock, and whether the charities would not be better administered if the body of the trustees did not comprise that gentlemafi. He therefore prayed his Honour not to burden the charity with the costs of the peti tion, but to impose it upon the party whose conduct bad occa sioned it. The VICE-CHANCELLOR. said he had to decide upon a point of form, and not on matters that were incidentally made the subject of discussion. In the first place, nothing that he could say with respect to the obligation of the Corporation to pay the money, could in point of law have the least effect on the Corporation, and nothing that he could say with respect to the propriety- of adopting an pro eedings, could have any effect, because that question was not befor e him. The sole questions before him --ere, whether in respect of what Mr. Phipps had done, Mr. Phi ought to be removed from the office o f trustee, and the que-s: Lord Chancellor in December, tion of costs. Now , when the order was con fi rme d by the 18 36, whi c h appointed Mr. Phipps and the other gentlemen trustees, he was bound to a nd st t i h o a n t w A a l s r , having consider that as a perfectl , z n r d igh t t e ord er , • Phipps was thereby appointed. h n and that • been duly appointed, whether since that time there had been that degree of improper conduct, which would mak of e it r the ight that he should be removed ; and had it appeared, to him that Phipp s could made Mr. Phipps certainly did take an erroneous view ject, and he could not himself conceive how Mr. Phi possibly think it right, that no application should of the funds of the trustees, although in hand, merely because it might turn out that the trustees ought to have received more than they had received. It seemed to him, as he collected it, that Mr. Phipps had his mind biased by the supposition, that if an actual application of the dividends was made, it might have the effect of prejudicin g such a case as the trustees might be able thereafter to make. He could l conceive that, to some extent, in the long course of years, such acceptances might be considered as something of weight, but just and the same time he could not think that an y thi ng lik e a and reasonal.ile view was taken of the SA bject. It appeared ex traordinary that Mr. Philips, as a trustee, did not feel that he was committing direct and immediate injury on those intended to be benefited by the charity, on the mere speculation that something might be recovered thereafter, and might be paid to future objects of charity, which was a very whimsical view. But still he thought Mr. Phipps had all along, stated his views in which, unfortunately, he and his co-trustees could not agree. Now, he did not think there had been such a degree of misconduct as would make it right to remove this gentleman fr,,m his office as trustee. His was an error on a single point, and he thought it would be too harsh a measure, that because this view was taken, absurd as he confessed it seemed to him (the Vice-Chancellor), lie should be removed. He understood Mr. Phipps was willing to execute a power of attorney, and he did not understan 'd that there would be any difficulty in acting on that power when executed. It seemed to him, therefore, that an order should be made that Mr. Phipps should execute the power of attorney, but that he should not make an order to discharge him from his trusteeship. With respect to costs, it seemed to him that the view which Mr. Phipps lal taken individually, had been the cause of the whole dispute, and if by reason of an objection which he made it was necessary that an applica tion should be made to the Court, and it turned out that the ob jection was one which could be sustained as reasonable, he could not help thinkinc , that the costs almost necessarily fell upon him who made the unreasonable objection. There were but three modes in which he could act. He could not direct that the costs should come out of the charities, because thc-y had THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 18 . 41. arisen from the whimsical view which Mr. Phipps had taken. For the same reason the petitioners themselves should be indemnified, and the consequence therefore was that an order must be made that Mr. Phipps should execute the power of attorney, and that he should pay the costs of the petition. Some discussion ensued, in consequence of applications from the Counsel of the different parties respecting the costs, which were subsequently ordered to be paid as between party and party. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 27. THOMPSON V. LEWIS. It will be recollected that the defendant in this action being a judgment creditor of a person named Holder, proprietor of a well-known gaming -house in the Regent's Quadrant, seized in execution several horses supposed to be the property of that person. These were sold by the Sheriff of Middlesex, against whom Thompson and the niece of Holder separately brought actions, as fur an illegal seizure, they claiming certain of the houses as their property. The Sheriff, under the Interpleader Act, paid the money, the produce of the sale, into Court, and made Lewis, the plaintiff in the original action, defendant in those brought against him. The case of Thompson v. Lewis was tried in London, at the sittings after Trinity Term last, and a verdict found for the plaintiff. A rule nisi, to compel the defendant to pay plaintiff the money paid into Court by the Sheriff, and taken out by him (Lewis) with the costs in the action and of this application, was obtained this term, against which Mr. Sergeant Talfourd now showed cause, when the case was ordered to stand over until to-morrow. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, APRIL 27. HARRIS V. OBBARD. This was an action for negligence, which was tried before Lord Abinger in London, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 201. In the early part of the term Air. Platt, on the part of the defendant, obtained a rule nisi for a new trial. This morning his LORDSHIP read over his notes of the evi dence, from which it appeared that the defendant resided in noble-street, Falcon-square. It was a narrow street. The defendant used a truck in his business, which was frequently left standing opposite his door. There was plenty of room for waggons to pass when the truck was drawn up on the pavement. On the day in question it was so standing, and a waggon had passed safely on two occasions ; on the third, the plaintiff was passing 4t, the same time, the fore wheels of the wag g o n h a d passel the truck safely, but the plaintiff, on some ground that was unexplained, put his hand upon the handle of the truck which turned the wheel of it round—the hind wheels of the waggon caught the truck, knocked it round, arid pressed the plaintiff against tne wall, whereby his shoulder was hurt. 111 r. HAYWARD appeared in support of the verdict. tie contended that the defendant was guilty of negligence, first, in putting his truck upon the footpath, which was a place for foot passengers, but he further contended that it was even then improperly placed, because a part of it was placed over the carriage_way. . _ . The e COUILT were decidedly of opinion that the verdict was against the evidence, and there must be a new trial on pay ment of costs. 111 r. H.sY WARD was proceeding to argue the case when Lord ABINGEIL said it was a rule of the Court that there must he a new trial when the Judge who tried the cause cer tified that he was dissatisfied with the verdict. Mr. HAYWARD would not trouble the Court further. Mr. PLATT, for the defendant, said theil;.citiOiii-feelin2 towards the poor man who had been hurt by his own folly. He was willing to consent to a stet processus. The Coy ax—lt must be on payment of costs. Mr. PLATT—No, I can say nothing as to costs. The rule for a new trial was made absolute on payment of costs. The COURT intimated that the new trial paper would be called on Thursday, and rose at Two o'Clock. SHERIFFS COURT, APRIL 27. DAVIS V. BUTON. This was an action to recover the sum of 131. 2s. 6d. alleged to be due to the plaintiff for wages, she having acted as servatit to the defendant. The defendant pleaded not indebted, and witnesses were called on the part of the plaintiff, who proved that the de fendant, who kept a boarding-house in the neighbourhood of Fitzroy-square, in the year 1834, engaged the plaintiff as a servant, at the sum of three shillings a week, and the plaintiff remained in the defendant's house for sixteen weeks, when she left without rectiving any wages; but subsequently she returned to the defendant's bout., at the same wages as before, and remained till the end of 1840, the whole time she remained with the defendant, aniourt ing to 111 weeks, and the plaintiff, having received 31. 10s. 6d. since she last left the defendant, the balance remaining was the amount cla;med. • The defendant, a French woman, conducted her own defence, and addressed the Jury, stating that she h a d en gaged the plaintiff as servant, but never agreed to give her any wages. She was to board and lodge in her house, and for this she was to act as servant. The defendant then called her son and daughter, and hey deposed to having been present when the agreement alluded to by the defendant was made, and that it was al ways understood the plaintiff was to live pith them as ser vant without any wages. The Jury retired, and some time afterwards returned with a verdict for the plaintiff for the whole amount, CLAY V. HEWNTT. This was an action brought by thepla;ntiff, 'a surgeon, against the defendant, to recover 101 Bs. Bd., the amount of the plain! ill's bill, for medicine and attendance. It appeared that defendant's mother, who resided next door t) the plaintiff, had for some time previous to the 27th of April last, been in a very bad state of health, and in February tke plaintiff was called in to attend her, but in consequence of some misunderstanding that arose bz•- tween the plaintiff and some person in Mrs. Hewett's house, Mr. Gray left off visiting the house, but on the de fendant calling on the plaintiff, and requesting him again to visit his mother, as he need not be under any apprehension as to his bill being paid, for he (the defendant) would see it paid himself, the plaintiff again visited Mrs. fiegitt up to her death, which occurred in April last, since which the plaintiff had sent in his bill to the defendant for the whole amount of his attendance on his mother. The de fendant having called on another surgeon, and submitted it to him ; and taking into consideration that the plaintiff only lived next door to Mrs. Hewett, the defendant wrote to the plaintiff, stating that as his mother's income, which was small, was derived from an annuity, out of which nothing could be saved to meet her liabilities, but that her friends would have to dis charge them, he thought that five guineas, together with a sovereign which had been paid him before, would remune. rate him for his services; this the plaintiff refused, and in stituted the present action. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 27. IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM VYSE. The insolvent, who carried on business as silk-mercer and lace .dealer in bath, applied to be discharged under the Act, and was opposed by Mr. Nicholls on the part of the detaining creditor, Mrs. Anne Cooke. It appeared that the insolvent was intitled, under his father's will, to a reversionary interest in certain freehold property, situate in the town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, which was mentioned in the special balance sheet. He was also entitled, under similar circumstances, to certain mortgages, effected by his father, but which was not accounted for in the• chedule. Mr. Nictiotns applied for a remand, in order to afford his client an opportunity to make inquiries into the existence and nature of the latter bequest. The insolvent, in reply to the Court, said that before he signed the balance sheet it was read over to him, but he never observed the omission, although he had given full instructtuns to the clerk of Mr. Spencer, his attorney. The Clerk stated that the mistake must have arisen in the engrossing of the schedule. The COURT decided upon rdmanding the case, as it was the duty of the insolvent to state fully the nature and amount of all his available assets. 111 r. COOK, seeing the two Learned Commissioners on the Bench, made application in the matter of au insolvent named Gaily, who had recently vassed through the Court, that he be allowed to take from the Court, with the consent of his as,ig. nee, the lease of certain premises he held previous to his in solvency, which was now of no value, and, unlike the case of a bankrupt, an insolvent was still liable for accruing rent, unless the lessor got possession of the lease. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said that he always observed great caution in applications like the present, lest there might be collusion. Were there, then, any affidavits affirming the facts on which the Learned Counsel grounded his application ? Mr. Cook having put in the necessary affidavits, the Court acceded. A great many persons were discharged during the course of he morning, being unopposed. CAMPBELL'S " LIFE OF PETRARCH.”—We are requested to state that " The Life of Petrarch," by Thomas Campbell, Esq., author of " The Pleasures of Hope," &c., in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits of Petnrch, Laura, &c., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published the fol lowing new works :-1. A Summer in Western France, edited by Mrs. Trollope, 2 vols., with 'numerous illustra tions; 2. The French Stage at d the French People edited by Theodore Hook, Esq., 2 v ;3. Dr. Croly's Per sonal History of George IV., 2 vols. ; 4. Swinburne's Courts of Europe at the Close of the Last Century, 2 vols. ; 5. The Life and Letters of Beethoven, edited by Ignace Moscheles, 2 vols. ; and 6. Lady Biessingteres' Idler in Italy, the third volume of the small pap er edition. SPANISH GIPSY WEDDlNG.—Throughout the day there was nothing going on but singing, drinking, feast ing, and dancing ; but the most singular part cf the festival was reserved for the dark night. Nearly a ton weight of sweetmeats bad been prepared, at an enormous expense, not for the gratification of the pa late, but for a purpose purely gipsy. These sweetmeat', of all kinds and of all forms, but principally yemae, or yolks of eggs prepared with a crust of sugar (a delicious bonne bouche), were strewn on the floor of a large room at least to the depth of three inches. Into this room, at a b g nie i n v yi e oisr n ia:d a fn g att n ioi se t . d tripped the bride and bridegroom, dancing ro pe oTwaoemrcaooinfnveb convey all the Gitanos and Gitalies danc inga slight idea of the scene is almost words. In a few dancers were so il ed to the knees, with sugar , f ruits, and yolks of eggs. Still more ter rim ent. The men spran g - meats were r e d uced to a ponder, nn b or ,e ca m rather e t t o h a e mud, sug a r, and yolks of eggs. Still more hig i h ta i n n a t so the air, nei g h e d, b raye d , and crowed ; whilst the G cas s t n a a r pped their fing e r s i n their own fashion. louder than d dist t orting their forms into all kinds of obscene attitudes"; to repeat which were an abominatio n . In n n ut ering w or d s corner of the apartment calicied the while Sebastian'll ! 8 9 a convict gipsy from Melilla, strumming the guitar meat furiousl3 and producing demoniacal sounds whieu had so me re sem I ! ; once to Malbrun (Malbrook), and as he strummed, repeati n a t i n t rvals the gipsy modification of the:sung.-_,u r . g Borr Account of the Gipsies of Spain. A SIMILE AND RETORTS.—A witnes s .11 the Borough Court the other day, describing an issue of blood from the wounded log of a calf, said it fizzed like—like Belmont neater !._Another, on being asked if he could afford to buy a calf of a certain quality, replied, Ay, as, kud—if aw'd brass anoof !—A third, in a ftl , ny ease, pointed out the initi a l s J. P. o n a cart sheet. - Mr. Tay. lor, who defended the prisoner, after examining the plac e , said he could not see them. Put on yur spectacles, raid the witness, and then yo wull.—( Laughter.) Yo'd see urn soon anoof if yo wur for th' other soide I—(lnc teased laughter, during which the advocate sato down). Bolton Free Press. Lord Castlernaine is spoken of as a probable candidate for the vacancy in the !Hilt P4erage, caused py the death of the Lit: of Belmote. COURT OF JUSTICIARY. THE BISHOPBRIDGE MURDER. GLASGOW, APRIL 23.—The doors of the Court were this morning besieged by crowds of people anxious to ob tain admission to hear the trial of Dennis Doolan and others, accused of murder. At ten o'clock their Lord ships took their seats on the bench. The case having been called, the prisoners, Dennis Hart or Doolan, Pat or Patrick Redden or Redding. or Reddan Eagan, or Aitken, and James Hickie, were placed at the bar, and the Clerk of Court read the indirement, which had been served upon them, and which chtvged them with having, on Thursday, the 10th of December, on a wooden bridge erected over that portion of the line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, near to Cross bill, near Bishopbridge, assaulted John Green, then a ganger or superintendent over the labourers employed on the said line, and with an iron poker, and an iron bar or rod, inflicted several blows on his head and other parts of his body, and felled him to the ground, and repeatedly jumped upon him, and kicked him, and otherwise maltreated and abused hire, by which his skull was fractured, and lie soon thereafter died, and was thus murdered by the prisoners. The case was fully reported at the time, and created a strong sensation in that part of Scotland. The evidence was very conclusive against the prisoners. The following evidence of the Superintendent of the Railway works, gives a full account df the murder. Two accomplices gave evidence, and a man, Ls whose house one of the prisoners had been sheltered for three weeks. Francis Rooney, Superintendent of the railway at Cross hill-_I remember John Green; he was a ganger at Cross hill, and came about the 7th or f;th of December last. I never heard of any complaints against Green by the man. I heard Green complain ei Doolan the night before, and he desired me to dismiss him. He said the reason why he wanted him dism;.esed was, that on being compl tined of for not working, he gave some saucy answers. I live Bishopbridge ; I went home at night, and was at my work. about seven in the morning. I went by the line of the railway to Crosshill ; I heard a noise and bustle among the men about the bridge, and I heard a sort of moan. I ran up to the top of the bridge, to the end next the smithy, end called out " Murder " several times ; it was dark at this time. I saw two men beating another. When I got on the bridge he was on the ground. I continued to call " Murder." One of them had a weapon of some kind. He was striking with that. I saw the other man once or twice leaping un the body of the man that was down. This beating and Lapiegeontieued fir two or three minutes. was exhausted by the shouting, and terrified. A man came and took me away to the smithy. There was no one on the bridge but the three men, the one that was killed and the other two. The name of the man who took me away was Mungo Vane. I did not see the men leave the bridge. I went back to the bridge ai It a man called Montgomery, and found a man lying, whom I knew to be Green, rather to the south side. He was insensible. He never spoke at all. We carried him into the smithy. He was alive at that time. There were marks of injury about his person. He was all bloody about the head and breast. We sent for a cart to get him taken to the Royal In firmary ; and I went with him myself. He died shout three-quarters of a mile from the spot en which he got the beating. I brought the body back to a little store near the smithy. After bringing him back his guard chain was seen lesrigi.z out, but no watch. I could not speak to the appearance of the men on the bridge, farther than I saw one with a white slop on the outside —tee one that was wielding the weapon. I could not say whether he had a bat on, as I was not thinking of the it dress at the time. The other bad a darkish dress, and the one with the white slop was the tallest. It was the man with the dark dress that was jumping. I could not swear that the prismers were any of the men, these being more than a hundred employed there, all much like each other in ge neral appearance. I am sure there was no more than three men on the bridge. I heard the cry of " murder" in a faint voice, as if coming from the man that was moaning. I did not see any other men pear the bridge, but there were more than thirty between the bridge and the smithy. There were about twenty or thirty men on the bridge as I wont up. I did not see any men running away, but there were nut so many there when I went up as there were when I was coming. There were some men on the south aide of the bridge also; I did not see them going away. Bt fore I came back to the smithy for assistance I had been actu ally upon the bridge at the north end, and then I was seven or teght yards from the three men. I then saw no men on the south end ; I was about twenty-five ya ds from the bridge when I heard the first cry of murder and moaning. The - SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he had to bring the pain ful business with which he had been trusted to a close, and felt that he could not do so without asking at their bands a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners ; and as his Learned Friends on the other side of the bar had stated that they did not intend to address them, he felt that he would be discharging his duty by leaving the case entirely in the bands of the Court. Mr. P. ROBERTSON said, on the part of the prisoners, he felt, however painful it was to him, that he discharged his duty, and his Learned Friend concurred with him, ny leaving their case with the Court. It would not be of ad vantage to the prisoners to enter into any analysis of the evidence. It would be for the Court to exaniao that evi dence, and see whether there was any doubt in favour of any of the prisoners, and give the prisoners entitled to it the benefit of that doubt, Lord MONCREIFF then charged the Jury. They all, he said, must see that this was a very serious case, and in all its features a most remarkable case—few such had occurred during his exprience; and the course which the public prosecutor bad taken, and the course which had been taken by the Counsel for the prisoners, had imposed on him a very serious and important duty in summing up the evidence on which they were to return a verdict. On the one band, there was a very important interest to the public, considering the nature of the case, that justice might be admiaisterod according to the truth • on the oth er , h e nee d not tell them that in a cha rge o f murder, such as stated in the in dictmeht, and in the manner in which it had been en. deavoured to be supported, they must sec that there was a dreadful interest in discharging such an important duty in a way satisfactory to their own minds. It would not Le more his anxiety to discharge that duty with firmness, ac cording to the law of the country, than to deal with these prisoners in perfect farness. Neither of the Counsel had addressed them. He had, therefore, no choice but to lay before them the whole evidence, according to the notes which he had taken, with as much accuracy and fulness as possible. His Lordship, on the law of the care!, pointed out two very common delusions : first, that if a party of men sallied forth and waylaid another, and used such weapons as were libelled, merely for the pur pose of giving him a beating, and they killed him, that in these circumstances they did not commit mur der ; and next, that of an in lividual who went out with the others, and though did not lift his hand, if he was cogni-ant of than. acts, and abetted and en couiaged them by his Presence, being supposed not guilty, art and part, the proceedings. If he was pre sent, and did tot interfere to prevent it, be', on the other haul, entered into an arrangement by which the deed :',as to be committed. who could say that he was ':it art and part guilty ? He did not say that it appliel to any of the prisoners—far from it; that was tor the Jury to determine on the evidence which had been laid before them. At half-past nine o'clock the Jury retired, and, in about three quarters of an hour thereafer, returned with their verdict, finding unanimously the prisoners Dennis Doolan and Patrick Redding guilty as libelled, and, by a majo. rity, finding Jame 3 Hicaie also guilty, not as an actor, but art and part as libelled, and they unanimously recommonded him to mercy. The prisoners were then sentenced to be execut.!cl, on the 14th if Alay, at or near Crosshill. DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.—We have this weik the pleasing duty of recording an instance of the triumph of a great principle--the principle of Tolera tion. At a meeting of the friends of the aoove institu tion in the latter end of February last, it will be recol lected that the Bishop of the diocese refused to put a resolution nominating on the Committee Diss9nting mi nisters, members of the Society, on the ground that the motion had not been formally moved and seconde). At the time, we stated thit the reason alleged ap peared to us strange, the more especially as the other proceedings of the meeting • were not by any means conducted in a formal manner ; that our Diocesan suffered the names of the lay members of the Committee to be appended to the resolution after its original proposition by the mover; and that subsequently, the Bishop divided a re olution into three distinct parts, and so put it to the meeting. We then pointed out the strong appearance of a lack of Christian charity in the course pursued, the more especially as the bequest of a Dissenter was the foundation of this very excellent institution. Another meeting of the Society has been held, (P. F. Aiken, Esq., in the Chair,) at which the chairman stated, that on a former occasion " a committee bed been formed, and somewhat haEtily formed, and many excellent fa ends of the Society bad since regretted the constitution o f he Committee as then adopt,d, it being their wish, tied the wish of the Committee too, that ii should be formed on the most broad and liberal prin. eiple." The Chairman then went on to say, that the Bishop's former objection to the motion was only on the score of form—" to the principle of the resolution they now had it from thrir, respected Bishop that he did not object I They had it from his Lordship that he approved of it, and that he should consider it a most intolerant measur e wt r e t h e y to f orm a Committee in such a way as not to admit among its members Christians of every denomination." The Rev. J. Hensman then added, that the " proposed change met with the full concurrence of their esteemed diocesan." It is matter of regret that the seeming hesitation on the part of th e Bishop at the m ee ti ng over w hi c h b e presided, and the deference of those assembled on that occasion to what appeared to be his Lordship's feelings, in regard to the resolution in questio n , sh ou ld h ave o riginated any mistake, if mistake there were, as to the proceeding. We rejoice, however, at the chage, not because we were the first to disapprove of the course originally pursued, but because i t is a t r iumph o f t h e pr i nc i p l es o f Ch r i st ian charity and re. ligious toleration. Lx tRA.ORDINARY AFFAIR.--ill our last pub. licatioo we, had an advertisement from the Poor-law-office, s atitig ..nat a circular, i iviting the medical officers con nected, with the meLical institutions throughout Ireland to Con'.er thin day with Mr. Nicholls, was a fictitious docu ment. We have since seen one of these circulars, and , r2re at once struck with the remarkable circumstances, t eat the cover and seal base all the official characters o f t h e Poor..law.officc,—that Mr. Nicholi's signatuie is admirably imitated, and that it bears the initials of the chief clerk, Mr. Wandsworth. Several gentlemen who could not he aware of the forgery through the advertisement in the newspapers have arrived in town. Some of them have trot/died upwards of ono hundrei miles. The affair is extrJordinary, aid demands investigation. —Dublin Pilot. Sir William Somerville and Mr. Denison were prevented attendin g the House of Commons on Lord Morpeth's. R.!gistration Bill, by a severe domestic of -I RICES OF CAN AL,DOCK,ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. &c. LONIJON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27. bee Dividerd Price of per CANALS. per hares. Annum. Paid. Share 006 7 per cant. Ashton ~@ Oldbam...Avcrage97l.lBs.sh. 110 1,482 41. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Arcrage 1151.5 h. 72 1, 60 Basingstoke.... lool.sh. 5 1,00 51, Brecknock and Abergavenny" 150/.sh. 93 5,00.) I•l6th. 101. Birmingham, I-16th share ....811. & 711. 200 4 " 0 ...., Ditto & Liverpool itinct.lst'll. sh.loop , l 45 600 311 Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all pi -- 400 51. Chelmer and Blackwatcr lOOl.Bll. 101 500 321, Coventry ntry 1001. sh. 600 ~. ... ... ... . Croydon. .......... Average:3ll.26 10d. sh . - 2 , 060 51. Os. Dudley 1001. sh. 94 600 131. Derby lool.sh . 120 II 4 per cent, Danube aq,d Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd :3 3,5751 4 , Ellesnwreand Chester Average 133:.5k. 81 x3l 621 Erewasn lool.in . 750 1,2`17 301. Forth :aid Clyde... Average 4401.168. tn. 6yo 1,010 81. Grano... unction .. ...1001.sn 124 ' ',Mgt 255. Grand Union lool.Bh, 26 1,500 .... ..... Grand 5urrey........... 1,0001 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. 3.196 Grand Western 400 131.125. 96. GlAin , ,rganshire, Aver. cost 1721. 135.4 d. 2:',0 749 12s. Oran thrn l5Ol. sh. ir, J,238 2/. Os. Huddesoilld Average '6, 11. 6s. 6d. sh 27 100 Kensington lOO sh. all pd 10 25:328 11.10 s. Kennet ;nd Avon, Av. 301. IN. 10d. sh 2434 11,6994 11. 7s, Lancaster Average 47/. Os. Sd 2734 2,897; 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOO/. sh '750 5451 11!. Leicester 140/.11. 146 1,897 5/.os. Leicester & Northampton Aver 1.31.10? 73 .400 101 . . Monmouthshire lOOl.Bl 200 150 101. Melton Mowbray. leeLsh. 2126 800 25/. Mersey and lrwell lOOl. sh . 550 `3,003 21. 10s. Macclesfield lOO/. sh. all pd 34. 247 17/. Neath 2,400 51. Peak Forest Avei.ge about 7z3l.sh. 73% 21,418 Ed. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.114.9d. sh. ;0 5,669 6!. per cent. Rochdale Average 851.5 h. Sti 500 81. Shropshire ..1251.5h. 137 803 10/.os. Somerset Coal 3,600/. 41 p-r cent Ditto Lock Fund Stoa 121. 10s. sh. 11 1 4 700 301. Stafford and Worcester 140/.sh. 609 530 151 Shrewsbury 1251. sh. '2BO 300 9 3tourbridge ....... 145/.sh. 396 3,641 2/. Os. stiatioru.6ll- Aro, ~ v er....791. 9s. t-0, sh. 35 533 124.1 Swansea lool.sh. '265 1,702 21. Bs. Severn and \Vye arid Railway Av. 351. sh. 45 2,601 st, AV: 10s. Trent anal Mersey, f share lOO/. sh. 590 8.149 /Thames ant Mtdway Av. 191. 55. Bd. sh. 2 i ,0003 h. 1 ,„, Birmingham add , rmingham lool.sn 240 I,ooolr h. '' 950 13s Warwick and Aapi6o.' 'ool.Bh. 169 7,000 41 . Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs.sh. 55 5.000 325. Wilts at,d Berko. Average 671. 108 Bd. sh. 29 800 (h Wyi ley and Essington 125/. sh 74 .26 W:soeacn ' ^5.:. Mi. SO 905 Ir. Wey and Avun llOl, en. 22% DOCKS. .600 & 1 3n c. Commere al lOOl. sh. 65 1,065i5h. , • ... ...... East and West India ....Stock 93 3.238,310;/. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 075 i Ditto 'Bonds 2,209 30 Gs. sd. Bristol Average I 4"/. Os. sh. 75 68,3241. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 94 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier .. .01. sh. 201. pd 10 • BRIDGES. ,800 10s. Hammer.mitt 5O/.lh. 21 1,231 Southwark, Old ...... ...Av. 031.2 s Bd. sh. 23, 1,700 1/, Iss. Ditto, New, 0171 per cent., 50/. sh. 1:3 6,000 Waterloo 100/. sh. 3% 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ 60/. pd 21 5,000 I9s. 3d, Ditto, New Ditto of 71. .... 4O/. pd 18% 'O,OOO/ 50 per cent. Ditto Bonds -4)% 5,848 26s Vauxhall ........Average 701. 10s. 3d. at 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/10s Albion 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 72 50,000 t6fnetri cent.}Alliance British & Foreignloo/.sh. all. pd 14 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 51. pd 5 4,000 ill. per oh. Atlas 1,20040. Si. Birmingham t ire.. 5O/. sh. 55/. pd 10734 20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 5(11. pd 40 12,000 6/ per cent. British Commercial 5O/, sl,. 51. pd 534 5,000 5!. per cent. Clerical & Medi ir 11.11 e, 1005 sh. 2110 s pd 1 3S 4,000 2/ Os County lOO/. sh. 100 pd If 20,000 . as. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pd 5% on „ 15 per cent 1 Economic Lit, 16001. sh. 250/. d 400 `" j and 30, bs: j p 2,271 22s.per cent. European Li .0/. ch. all pd 22 50,000 2s, Ditto, 57. riv 2O/. sh. 2/. pd I% .000,000/. 61. per ct Globe Stock 118 .I'o,ooo 51' Gum - t'ian 30,000 s. FL'. Hope 2,400 5/. 7s. ficl. Imperial Fire 5OOO sh. 50/. pd 133 7,51)0 9s. Imperial Lite .. 100/. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,45 , 6 Si. per cent. Indemnity Maine lOO/. sh. 81. pd 212 2,020 31 108 Kent Fire 5Ol. sh. all lid 02 3/. Ditto Life 5Ol. pd 1 0 1 10,000 16s. Law Lire lOOl. sh, 10/. pd PO% 5,1333 16s. London, Fire '2sl, sh. 12/. IN. pit In' y 3,000 10s. London, Ship 25/. sib. 12/. 10s. pd lb% „000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life lOU/. sh. ~ 1 0,00•11 National Loan Fund ..... ......... 2/. La. pd 2 30,000 51. per cent Palladium Lit- 5Ol. sh. 2!. pct 216, 50,000 V. per cent. Protector Fr ' 2O!. sh. 21. pd 18.0 d 10,900 4 per cent. Protestant Di s s en t ers .... ILO/, oh. 51. pd 51 /2. 4, ,50 0 I/. Provident Luc... WO/. sh. 10/. pd 20 1,1(1 7s. Rock Life 00,220/ 50 per cast. Royal Exch.dige Stock 190 6,009 5 per cent University Lite 100/. sh. 51. pd 5I 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. 811;51. pd 7U JOINT STOCK BANKS, 25,0110 Agric. and C.,m. of Ireland2sl. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 8 percent. A ustrala , ia 40/. sh. 40/. pd t,8% 10000 10 per cent. Bank of Bii mingham ser. sh. 10/. pd 13'A 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 101. pd 194 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 201. pd 20 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 501. sh. 10!. pd 12% 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster ...... .......... ..... 1001. sh. 201. pd 30 25,000 Liverpool lOOl sh. 10!. pd Ili 50,000 7i percent Manchester and Liver- 1 50/.sh. 151 pc, 1014 pool District 20,000 7 per mat. Manchester ION. sh. 101. pd 90,000 Provincial Bank o 1 1 relandlool. sh. 25/. pd 421 rO,OOO 0. er cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. ah . 17i/. pd 15% 10,000 5 per cent National Prov,icial Eng.lool. sh. 351. pd 34► 10,000 Ditto New 10i. sh. 101. p 4 10 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32 51,000 lOper cent. i-iampshire 5Ol. oh. Si. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIUi. 2,500 16s Od Bath 20!. sh. 164 pd 22 5,000 'British 4Ol. sh. 101. pd 184 5,000 EZ l T ili c i . , c s. ci :ll Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 25 928 SI 106 Birmingham .50/. sh. 06 1,250 21 Os Bristol. 20.: sh. CC 9,250 3/ lOs Brighton 2Ol. sh. .135 i 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 9 2,471 43 per cent. Brignton General 2O/. sh. all pd P 4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ..751. 022/. pd 112% 1,000 10/. City of London., ....... .....1 . 00/. it. all pd 195 1,000 64 Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. pd 1U) 4,000 3/.os. Equitable 5O/. pd t2O 10,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 504 sh. 57 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pd 1‘• }4 2,350 61. per cent. 1 ndependent 304 .31). all r..,. 4!) 9,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 'Ol 55.:394 pa 31 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 10(1!. sh. 004 pd 00 4,000 South Pl4tropolitan 5ll/. sh. 19/. pd 16 9,000 51. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pi 30 240 W. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50 400 54 per cent Waßefield 2,000 V. Westminster Chartered ..... 5Ol. sh. 56 6,000 12s. Ditto New 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 18!. pd WATER WORKS 1,800 345. Birmingham 25/. sh. 254 pd 21 1,434 71. East London 100/. sh. 164 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 41/ ISs. 4d. sh. 61 2,000 2/. Kent 1004 sh. 463! 372 10!. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 3'.'.6 1,500 2 /101 New River London Bridge Water Ann... 00 6,486 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford 10‘.14 sh. 553 1,000 4 per cent. South London lool.th. 1043, 4,294 43/. West Middlesex Average 631. 12s. Pd. sh. 92 1,360 11141 York Building (,o. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 _. IRON RAILWAYS. 0,.300 Birmingham and Derby ...- lOl/ pd 72 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 1(01. pd 73 15,000 Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 63 pd 37 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 100/.81). 62 al. 3214 3,000 Clarence 100/. Eh. 1001 pd 30 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 5/, pd 00,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 23!. pit 9 10,000 Great North of England 100/. sh. 90/. pd 1)5 10,018 14 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 211 2;000 25,000 Ditto New..... 5O/. sh. `O/. pd 64% 3,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. 'o/. sh. 401. pc! 47 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool lOO/. sh. 1001 pd 145% 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. oh. 50/. pd 4i: N, 2,100 4/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. (5y6 5,100 hi per cent. Liverpool & Manchester 1)1./.sh. 100/.p61 185 7,968 Piper cent. Ditto Half Shares .504 pd 93 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares ' l 5/. pd 45 30,000 London and Brighton 50/. sh. 501 pd 4* 94,000 London and Blackwall 25/. sh 25/. pd 19h 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. s!.). 204 pd 84 15,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 901 pd 160 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares ....25/. sh. 5/ pd 24 31,250 Dit o New Shares 314 sh. 3/1. pd 51 36,01 , 0 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 38!,175. lld. 5'474 33,000 ..... .... London and Croydon Av. 134 15s 9d. I ' Ditto New Scrip.... ' • 1 I , H Manchestasr and Leects...loo/. sh. 704 pd 6i3, Ditto Half Shares 5O/.:51. pd 2' Manchester and Birmingham 701. sh. 40/. 25 Ditto Extension 7l pd ON 10,000 Midland Counties " 004 sh. 10 , 1. pd 83 15,000 North Midland ••• ...... Ditto New 401. rd 31 5129 ...... ... Northe..n and Eastern-1001. sh, 50/. pd 31 „tine Preston am) Wyre 5O/. sh. :in/. pd 36 „SAO 1,000 10/, per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 275 9,020 ... ...... Thames Haven .... 501. sh 51, pd 4.000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd 65 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 51.0 41.94: 12 4,000 11. ss. Alten l5l. sh 12/. !I spd 10 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican,iss. 51. pm.lool. sh. a , '. d 1 Ditto Subscription 25/. pu 1 2,000 10/. Bolanos l5O/. sh all pii 35 10,000 I/. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 25/. sh. 90/. pd 6 6,000 ... ...... Macauhas es Locaes United '25/ 5h.254 pd 6 :1,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 204 sh. 14/ pd 2% I:1,000 Bolivar Copper Company 204 sh. 20/. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip lO4, sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 I3rittsh Iron 101)1. sh. 60/. pd ,000 British Copper 51. sh. 4,4/. pd 1% C.l'l Br .nea 6,14 pd 6h Candonga ..... 10,000 11 Copiapo 8,500 ... Columbian, iss - . 4 50. pm 55/. sh. 55/. pd 03, 2,650 31. English • Cs. pd 2 20,000 General Mining Association2o/.5h.184 pd I% 6,155 Mexican Company lOO/. sh. :...71t pit 6 3,000 Polberou Consols .. lO/. oh. 84 pd 4 1,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered.. ......... .... 21 x Ditto Loan Notes ..... pd 160 United Mexican, iss. 2 pen. 401. sh. all pd N Dittt. Scrip 3% Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 4 West Cork 5Ol. sh 501. pd 38 LITER ARY 1 NSTITU'IIDNS. 3,000 13,000 0,0100 30,000 ,00n ...... „. London, with Bronze Ticket . ..75gs. sh. 116 1,500 London University lOO l. sh. all pd 7 700 King' College lOOl. jeiz • A MISCELLANEOUS. - • • • -- 10,)00 15s. Auitraliai'‘Agricultura l . loo /. sh. 28/. pd 41 6,700 1. per cent. British American Land Company 34,. pd ity.s4. 6: per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 321/. pd 31 IO,OCC 51. per cent. Upper Cana , :a Loan City Bonds, 4 par cent lOO% 11. 6s. General Steam Navigation 15/. sh. 14 pd 24. 10/.per csnt. Hudson's Bay Stock ,000 1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. sh l9 ,000 Caot..:chnue Company 1211. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Compaloy...sol pd 12 ~'54 W. per cent. Iterersirmary Int. 50c..,100/. sh. 1001. pd 107 _,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 'OO4 sh. 100/. pd 107 4,000 0 .000 6s. Van Die. ner.'s Land.... 1004 sh. 17i1. pd 6 !0,000 LIST of .5607718 H COMPANIES' PRICES APRIL 21, 1841. BANKS. ,(00,00fli. fit. p. ct. Bank of Neotland ...83/. 6s. Bd. :h. all pd 162 2,000,000/, 6 p. ct. Reyal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 154 500.000/. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 22,; 500,000/. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1 001. pd 169 500,010).. .3 n. ct. National IOC/.sh. 101. pd 14% 500,000/. 7!. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 85 1,000,060/. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 73 INSURANCE COMPANIES.?! :5(1,000sh 61p. cc. Scottish Union.,, 204 sh. 1/. pd 245.0 d. 7,500 7p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 19 , 10P,000 sp. ct. insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd le 50,000 Bp. ct. North British `OO/. sh. 10/. pd 18' 1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire ICIO/. eh. 10/. pd 20 5,000 tl p. ct. Edinburgh I,:e 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1114 100,000 31 p. tt. West of Scotland lOl. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 ........ Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalso/.sh. all pd 14% Ditto Allocat!!01 96/. sh. all pd 56 5,46( 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint its ck Water 25/.sh. all pd 35 2,0005 b :5 per cent. Shotts Iron 1'0unnetv......50/ sh 48/. ^d 45 /0,000 3 per mat, Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/.sh. 16/. pd 3% 4,5110 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gaq 25/. sh. all pd 4i 4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas ...... 251. sh. all pd 52 751 7a per cent. Leith Coal Gas 1,154 Edinburgh and Da • t h rlaitway 50L sh 29 FORTUNATE PRESERVATION OF THE PRINCESS WILHELMINA.—BERLIN, APRIL 19.—Yesterday morning the little Princess Wilhelmina was playing with her governess at one of the windows of the Palace. The latter having left her Royal Highness fcr a moment she fell out of the window, but was providentially caught by a young journeyman shoemaker, who, having remarked the danger of the Princess, ran rapidly, and she fell into his arms. A crowd assembled, and the Princess war carried back in triumph to her father, the Prince Albert of Prussia, who overloaded the preserver of his child with presents, and promised him Isis nroteetion for the future. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 23, 1841. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, Esq., in the room of Camp bell James Dalrymple, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commi.sioner of Arbitration to the Mixed British and Netherlands Court of Commission established at Surinam, under the Treaty con cluded on the 4th of May, 1818, between Great Britain and the Netherlands for the suppression of the slave trade. DOWNING-STREET, Arum 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Dyer San derson, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Island of Tobago. WHITEHALL, APRIL 21. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Stone, of the city of Bath, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetsbire. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—F. N. Bower, Gent., to be Lieutenant; C. L. Maher, Gent., to be Cornet, April 19. An Account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Notes in Circulation in England and Wales, by Private Banks and by Joint Stock Banks, distinguishing each in every week, be tween the 26th December, 1840, and the 27th March, 1841. —From Returns directed by 3 and 4 W. 4, c. 83. Private Banks Joint Stock Banks 3,644,258 £9,966,837 HENRY L. WICKHAM. Stamps and Taxes, April 27, 1841. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM CLARE, grocer, Wells -street, Hackney. JOHN NOBLE and JOSEPH FREER, hosiers, Huncote, Leicestershire. BANKRUPTS, JAMES JAMES, grocer, Ross, Herefordshire, to sur render Slay 15, at eleven, and June 8, at nine, at the Beau fort Arms Hotel, Monmouth. Park and Nelson, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Collins, Ross, Herefordshire. JOHN LUCY, jun., tailor, Liverpool, Slay 17, and June 8, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Cornthwaite, Deati's-court, Doctors' Commons, London ; Cornthwaite, Li verpool. ED WARD BANK S,lbutton..maker, Birmingham, May 4, at three, and June 8, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chaplin, Gray's-inn-square, London ; Harrison, Birmingham. JACOB GRANGER, grocer, Newport, Isle of Wight, May 20, and June 8, at twelve, at the Bugle Inn, Newport. Flicks and Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, Lon don ; Blake, Newport. JOHN BUTTER, grocer, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, May 20, and June 8, at twelve, at the Black Lion Hotel, Stock ton. Smithson and Mitton, Southampton-buildings, Chan cery-lane, London; Barnes, Barnard Castle. JOHN WARREN, innkeeper, Bolton-le-Moors, Lanca shire, May 2:), and June 8, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Bolton le-Moors. Chilton and Arland, Chancery-lane, London ; Hulton, Bolton. le-Moors. JOHN APPLEBY, grocer, Chester, May 13, and June 8, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London ; Barratt, Manchester. GEORGE WORTIHINGTON, common brewer, Liverpool, May 15, and June 8, at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liver pool. Taylor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London ; Holt, Live' pool. THOMAS DAY and THOMAS APPLEBY, paper ma nufacturers, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, May 11, at two, and June 8, at twelve, at the. Saracen's Head Inn, Shelton, Staf fordshire. Price and Bolton, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Bishop, Shelton-hall, S affJrdshire Potteries. ROBERT BONL\ G, milliner, Bridge-street, Westmin ster, May 4, at one, and June 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall.street ; Shuter, Millbank-street, Westminster. WILLIAM LLOYD, wine and brandy merchant, Hereford, May 10, at eleven, and June 8, at two. De Medina, Fitzroy square, London ; Lanwarne, Hereford. CHARLES LAWRENCE TOOMBS, oil and colourman, South Molton-street, May 11, and June 8, at twelve, at the Court. of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchen• lane, official assignee; Pain and Hatherley, Great Mar borough-street. JOHN PAGE, auctioneer, St. Alban's, May 10, at half past twelve, and June 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-court, official assignee ; Roche and Co., Charles street, Covent-garden. WILLIAM KNOTT, wine cooper, Swallow-street, St. James's, May 8, at half-past two, and June 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frede rick's place, Old Jewry ; Gerard, Suffolk-st, eet, Pall-mall. JOSEPH HAYWARD, bookseller, Manchester, May 10, and June 8, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manches ter. Freeman, 13othamley, and Bentall, Coleman-street, Lon • don; Lycett, Manchester. PETER CARR, JOHN JAMES ROBINSON, and CHRISTOPHER BELL, flax spinners, Leeds', May 11, at nine, and June 8, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Wiglesworth, Ridsdale, and Craddock, Gray's Inn square, London Richardson, Leeds. _ JOHN TOLLITT, bookseller, Liverpool, May 13, and June 8, at eleven, at the Clarendon•rootns, Liverpool. Car ter, Liverpool; Taylor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford row, London. JOSEPH MADDOX and GEORGE BLENNARN, warehousemen, Watling-street, City, May 7, at two, and June 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green. official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Hardwick and Davidson, Cateaton street ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester. RICHARD THELWELL, silversmith, Manchester, May 12, at twelve, and June 6, at one, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Neild, Bond-court-house, Walbrook, London. BENJAMIN BANNAN, pianoforte-maker, Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire, May JO, and' Julid:B. :at . - twelve, .at the Greyhound Inn, Blanciford Forum. Bishop, Southampton huilaings, London; Moore, Wimbourne Minster ' Dorsetshire. JOHN lIETHEItINGTON, tea-merchant, King's Arms yard, City, May 7, at two, and June 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Bainghall-street ; Tanqueray, New Bread-street. ED WA RD WRICifIT, commission agent, Manchester, May 10. and June 8, at two, at the Commissioners'-room, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle Temple, London ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Manchester. BARTHOLOMEW REDFERN, gun-maker, Birmingham, May 12, at eleven, and June 8, at two, at the Union Inn, Birmingham. Chilton and Acland, Chancery-lane, London ; Suckling, Birmingham. JAMES EASTWOOD, innkeeper, Halifax, May 18, at nice, and June 8, at ten, at the Old Cock Inn, Halifax. Em met and Allen, Bloomsbury-square, London ; Bennet, Ha lifax. ROBERT HANDLEY, tailor, Rochdale, May 14, and June 8, at Eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Lord, Rochdale. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. L. R. Bea e, packer, Marshal•street, Golden-square, May 19, at twelve. In the Country. W. G. Wilde, tanner, Ross, Yorkshire, May 24, at ten, at the Beaufort Arms Inn, Monmouth—T. Milner, draper, Stockton-upon-Trent, Durham, May 20, at one, at the Vane Arms Hotel, Stockton—L. Cooper and M. Case, cotton manu facturers, Manchester, May 20, at eleven, at the Commission ers'-rooms, Manchester—R. Light, grocer, Hanky, Stafford shire, May 24, at twelve, at the Globe Inn, Newcastle-under- Lyme—S. Wood, ironmonger, Northampton, May 24, at twelve, at the Dolphin Inn, Northampton—J. Webster and R. Brow:), fringe manufacturers, Liverpool, May 20, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. Webster abd R. Brown, fringe manufacturers, Liverpool, May 20 at one, at the Cla rendon-rooms, Liverpool—R. Bradwell, fustian manufacturer, Manchester, une 8, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester. CERTIFICATES-MAY 18. W. Mason, cotton spinner, Hrywood, Lancashire—J. Nay lor, wire drawer, Manchester—R. Howe, corn fact o r, Kilpi n , Yorkshire—W . Annan, printer, Watling-street—J. F. Harri son, wine merchant, New Broad-street—H. Tarboton, corn dealer, Thorner, Yorkshire—C. Smithies, worsted spinner, Bradford, Yorkshire—W. and T. Toplis, drapers, Nottingham —S. and W. Mead, iron merchants, Liverpool—T. Cross, coachman, Cambridge—R. Clements, publican, Notting-hill-- J. W. Sumner, builder, Reading, Berkshii Wylie, wine merchant, Ne w cast•e- under- Lyme. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H Elliot and G. Wellord, surgeons, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham—C. J. and R. Holmes, attorneys, South-square, Gray's Inn—W. Reynolds and S. Rogers, cheesemongers, Old street, St. Luke's—G. Swanwick and G. R. Soward, custom. house agents, St. Mary-at-Hill, Eastcheap—E. Moss and J. Humphreys, attorneys, Queen-street, Cheapside—R. Savage and J. Cain, cotton manufacturers, Manchester—S. Page and J. Shattock, boot makers, Tottenham-court-road—S. Francis and J. Horsford, builders, Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshir e -- J. and W. Hall, grocers, Warrington, Lancashire—T. Baker and J. Bruton, linen drapers, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford shire—J. Marshall and G. Sykes, scribbling millers, Paddock, Huddersfield—T. H. and J. Matthews, fruit salesmen, Bo rough-market—J. Gardner and J. Chesterman, ironmongers, Banbury, Oxfordshire—J. and J. Spencer, worsted stuff ma nufacturers, Thornton. Yorkshire—W. and J. Warren,grocers, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire—J. Whiteley, E. Sutcliffe, and J. Whittell, paper manufacturers, Stainlaud, Yorkshire —J. W. Thorne and A. W. M'Leod, surgeons, Okehampton, Devonshire—J. Anderton and C. D. Scott, attorneys, New Bridge-street—R. Wright and J. Booth, machine makers, Manchester—A. Stratford and J. Handley, shipwrights, Mal don, Essex—G. and G. E. Wellington, druggists, Yeovil, So mersetshire—J. and W. Mills, coopers, Poplar—J. Tonar and J. Hanlon, linen drapers, Exeter—O. Willans and N. Russell, woollen merchants, Dublin—H. L. and H. Goertz, uphol sterers, Windsor—H. and A. Bell, drapers, Halifax, York shire—J. Williams and T. Jones, timber dealers, Liverpool— I. Aydon, jun. and T. 'l'. Read, steam-engine manufacturers, Kingston-upon-Hull—T. Edwards, jun. and R. Edwards, farmers, Alvechurch, Worcestershire—C. B. Norton, W. Nor ton, H. Norton, and J. H. Norton, brewers, Carmarthen (so far as regards C. B. Norton). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES FRAIN, baker, Edinburgh, April3o and May 21, at one, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. JOHN SYMINGTON and CO., booksellers, Glasgow, May 3 and 31, at two, at the Writing Chambers of R. Hall, Glasgow. THOMAS RAMSAY, bright, Glasgow, May 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Chambers of J. Lamont, Glasgow. DANIEL M'FARLANE and CO., merchants, Glasgow, 'day 5 and 26, at two, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. PETER RUSSELL, grocer. Dundee, May 3 and 24, at three, at Denham's Hotel, Dundee. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. COLONIAL MARKET. The prices of ProdtTce;lllexhiblt7deciinint.r, tendency, and the public' sales went off with considerable heaviness, little being disposed of. B. P. Sugar was taken for immediate wants only, and rather lower prices were again taken by the merchants. 2,500 bags Bengal were chiefly bought in at full prices. Coffee went off steadily at full prices. Pepper brought the full value, but a small part only of 2,900 bags, put up to public sale, found buyers. Cassia Lignea was well supported, and 400 chi sts were disposed of with spirit, partly for borne use and partly for export. TEA MARKET. There -was a moderate business done in Free Trade descrip tion, and prices were steaoily maintained. Company's Congou sold in several instances at Is. 51,4 d. per lb., cash. TALLOW MARKET. Some sales have been made in fine Yellow Candles. Tallow on the spot at 475. 9d. per cwt., but the market was very dull, and showed every symptom of being lower. HITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. Our supply of Hay at market was only middling, th e demand very fair, the first cut fully realized 4/. 18s., the middling and ordinary sorts heavy of sale. Of Clover we had a fair supply, particularly of fine qualities, but the demand being good they were disposed cf at 61. per load; other sorts in little demand. Of Straw, the demand was g ood, and prices were well sup ported. Clover, first cut. 41. to 6/. ; 1 eadow Hay, 31. 10 0 . t o 4/. 18s. ; Straw, 11.155 to it. 18s. (From the London Mercantile Journal of April 27.) SuoAlt.—Another parcel of the new crop of Bar badoes was brought to public sale to-day, it consisted of MORNING EDITION. 148 Ws, and went off very quietly, but the whole was dispesed of at 64s to 73s for low to flue pilaw, being 6d to is under former rates. Privately the demand con tinued very slack, and not above 150 I.hda slut , res war disposed of, though the importers accepted a re:•.:.s6" op the rates of Friday of 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—Two parcels of Bengal were brought to public sale to; day, consisting of 2,593 Lags ; the quality was indifferent, and a small part only was sold at 1 4 1 rates, viz , brown at 45a to 545 , yellow at 60s to 625, se middling white 63s to 65. per cwt. COFFEE.—The home market continues firm, And a fair demand is experienced for the useful descriptions. Several parcels of Ceylon acrd privately at extren 3e rates, and further sales were made in Java, g ood pr e at 62s per cwt. The public sales consisted of 54 essl i. 37 barrels West India, 961 bags Ceylon, 5W bog Company's Java, and 150 casks of Cuba. The W I ! India was only partly sold at 86s 6d for low dliug Berbice, the rest being unclean was taken in at Et'u rates. Ceylon sll Bed at 72s to 73s fur good ordiaary pal e ' being 6d .o Is above former rates. Java nearly all to r s i in at 61s to 65s for good ordinary ; a f e w lots good () I' . nary greenish sold at 63s 6d. Cuba taken in at stiff Weft viz., at 80s to 85s for nii idling. Foreign Coffee continues to be held with &raw% aria in consequence little is dcing privately, while 2,542 bags Flavannah brought to public sale were all taken in above the value, viz. at 52s to 53s for good ordinary, at 553 to 59 2 for fine and line fine ordinary, and at 66s to 68s for raid' dling blue. COCOA.-40 serons imported from Santa Martha WO brought to public sale, and bought in at 55s for fine red., IticE.—The demand for Bengal continues dull, and 9 4Y bags offered at public sale, and only partly sold at Ile t° 12s for low middling white, being a shade cheaper. , MACE.—Ten casks fair Dutch, offered at public swe , were bought in at 4s per lb. PEPPER.—Two parcels of black were brought to th e hammer, consisting of 3,1173 bags, which sold at 4,1 to 3d for unsifted, low to good la r Sumatra, and at 32' to 30 far middling Melabar ; the former is shout the pre" vious value; but the latter is kd per lb. lower. CASSIA LrGNEA.-426 chests offered by the bassine t. ' were sold at 90s 6d for low middling coarse, being p ip 2s lower, CINNAMON.—The quarterly auctions of this article took place yesterday. The quantity put up was 141 1 bales sound, and 100 chests and boxes broken Ceylon; the attendance was small, and the biddings 'ange l ! but 750 bales, and the whole of the ch es t s an d boxes 01- 1 hoe ever sold, but at 2d to 3J per lb d e cli ne o n the l i t sales rates' for 2d and 31 sorts, and 4d per lb decline; pieces and broken, first sort only maintaining tbn vious value. , tri de TEA.—There was little demand to-day for free ri descriptions, and some parties were inclined to sell lll lo rather easier terms, Is. 5 4 d to Is 5h,1 cash accepte d 4 common Congou ; the business don e , h ow e ve r, was 1 7 i s limited, the principal holders not being di s p ose d to Pr"' sales. s ea In Company's Congou few transactions took nlannk s . , A a e. at the close of the market there were sell e rs at Is 5 1 u r lb cash. SPIRITS.—There has been a moderate business de ll : in West India Rum since cur last, and at steady pry ce- o ' except for common Leewards, which have a g a in sold UP% easier terms. About 100 puncheons Jamaica bn: dt changed hands-15 to 30 over proof at 4s 5d to 5 ",,d 32 to 36 over 5s 6d to 5s 9d, with fine marks at 6 5 to 7s; 50 puns Demerara, 30 to 38 ov er have sold • t 4s to 4s 2d, and 50 puns Leeward;, proof at 2d lid, t : 2s 2d, and 2 to 10 over at 2a 3d to 2 s 5d per For East India Rum a much b e tt er d eman d has e•lsb e and an advance of ld per g a ll on h as t a k en place t h e value of the article; abort 150 khds proof Bengal bi l , / 7 - been sold privately at is 61 per gallon. On Friday butts 43 puns and 373 hbds Bengal Rum were offe e h at public sale, the chief part of which was sold d witin fair competition, and at good price s , viz., Is fi - Is 1 lid for 10 to 32 per cent over proof, arrerag; ing snout is 6J for proof. Foreign Rum is als ° e ,,, request for expert, and a parcel imported from „j be York sold at is 5d for 7 per cent. over-proof. T a Br'sndy market is firmer, with an advance of ld to 2 . per gallon on previous rates, and a good business hi; been done, especially in favourite shippers. G erev is steady. Corn Spirits are firmer at 9s lld per gaily°. OlL—This afternoon 65 tuns Sperm Oil, ton, from New York were put up to public sale, : so chiefly sold at from 901152. to 921 per tun. 5 4 c Palm Oil were also offered, and sold at 35s 3d per cot' TALLOW.—The market was very quiet this aftsrnon but prices steady; fine yellow Candle on the spot 476,9_, per cwt. A parcel of South American Tallow, consiktrtt of 73 casks was offered by section and sold at 403 9d in 46s 9d; 40 casks St. Petersburgh second sort bough t at 46s per cwt. for PROVISIONS.—There is a little more inquiry 985 fine Irish Butter, which is now getting scarce, and an d ex Wellies% to 100 s are more easily obtained for Cork, Carlow' o p Clonmel, landed. Foreign is steady ; fine is sell in the quay at 106 s to 108 s per cwt. Lard unalterend, value, but dull of sale. Bacon is very little in d e : ire notwithstanding the continued high prices of PiP l- or i t ne land ; but we have no change to quote in its value; 5 8 3 to Waterford landed is selling in small parcels at 59s per cwt. HAMBURG G Ii Wheat. Manta 40(1 to .42 Magdeburg 1 - 0 i to 312 Atittalt, whilc 30 to :45' -red :426 to 3 it: • - Brunsn ick 3 6 to 31" i -- Mecklenburg.. 214 to 31', ----- Polish - Holstein 52 to ;;08.• Rye, Mecklenburg .... 2,il to 2t..21 - Dantzie - Elbitig and Ko nigsburg - Upland -- llig:t COT'. Carolina and Tennessee 7t4to qeorgia, Ist suit • '7% 74, 2d 7 71 4 :1d and 4th ,04 7 COP; Macha hi to 1:44 Batavia S IA 5 , 4 Sumatra ._ 77r Rio Bahia SUGAR.— (Wit] Havannah, White 3 to 4 ' Brown * 4 2% Rio, White 4 Brown Manilla, Brow MARKETS. AIN. RI Barley, Meeklermorgh 134 to 1, - Alagdeburgh ilis to 11 1 --- Holstein -- Summer ll4 to 10! Oats, Eider ......... l O5 : 0 to -- Alec zlenburg - -- Holstein... ...... -- Est rriesland l O5 'O9 (Pease, Mecklenburg B eans 225 i ° 1 91 , Buck Wheat lO 0 57 0 Rapeseed, Hanover Halt 16/ t °2 "'' fares 'ON. F p 4 , tot% Atarinham Mer.ti 5 5 ,4 5% Sur.*,. DO (_IIZO Domingo Lr GuaNr4 Porto Rico t • '7% liavannah FEL. II 8% Discount.) Bahia, White o t 02% N Brown ri6 9 % Pernambuco, White 2% gla Brown 2:b 11. 2% to 2% LONDON.—London in length is eight miles, i n breadth three, and in circumference twenty-six. It coo 4 tains 8,000 streets, lanes, and alleys, and courts, an d "- squares. It has 246 churches and chapels, 207 meeting; houses for dissenters, 43 chapels for foreigners, an d synagogues fur Jews—making 502 places o f public tic ' , i ship. The number of inhabitants during the s itting Parliament, is estimated at 1,250,000. In this vast citi these are 4,000 seminaries fur education, 10 institution. for promoting the arts and ac.ences, 122 asylums for t„ he 4 indigent, 17 for the sick and lame, 13 dispei,saries, charitable institutions, .58 courts of justice, 4,040 po„ fi le- o . slot's! men connected w.th the law. There are 1 3,° ",0 ve•sels trading on the river Thames in the year, and 40, 1 -'4 waggons going And rutin ning to the metropolis same period. The exports and imports to and from t" Thames is estimated at 66,811,2221. annually, and ° l e property floating in the vast city every year is 170,000, 0004 stet ling. SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE WATCHE S ' —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, Cmrn hill, London (opposite the Bank of England), submit fors lection a very large STOCK of Highly-finished London - gee WATCHES, the whole of which being manufactured an d their own inspection, on their own premises , they can afford t a sell at least 251. per cent. below tim usual trade price for any 1 ; tide of the same quality. A pr i nted warranty is given vilL each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double- 0 6 backed enitine-turned cases, warranted ......X-1 4 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in jfour holes, maintaining power, hard enamelled diai, with seconds hands, and double-backed engine -. 6 6 o turned cases, warranted... •••• Either of the above in silver hunting cases, 10s. 6d. extra. A large variety of second-hand Silver Watches, which WI: been carefully examined, and case be warranted at 1:2 2s. eac o ,7 GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned gold case,., and gold dials, warranted £B 18. 6 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, war .. r . a . n .. t . e . d . 1 1 4 2 1 1 : Patent. detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials , warranted GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in s;x holes, seconds, double,-backed gold cases and enamel dials, warrantee. ........ . ....................... 17 17 0 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and 21 0 0 gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had in gold huntieg cases, for 31- 3s. each extra. Purcha se d i n exchange. N.B. Second - h and Watches --' SUP ERIOR LONDON TABLE KNIVES - . with Ivory Han dles, 14s. p er dozen • Dessert Knives , 1 Is. handles,Cver' 8s • Bd. per dozen , D esser t, 6 s . Sd. ; C ar vers, 31. sa. 6d. per pair ; Tabl e K n i ves , w ith white bo ne ner pa i r ; Globe-shape Tea- urns, 4 quarts, 2 7 5 . ; new shapes, 59 3 . ; Papier Alache Tea-tray s , go thi c s h a p e , 60s; th e se t 41 f u ll sage. C a talogues, Carver!, co ntaining the pike of every article a fu rnish' ing ironmongery and cut l ery, grat i s. RIP PON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. On the 22d inst at .the BIRTHS. Rectory, Ewell, Surrey, the WI/ of the R ev; Si ! Glynn, Bart., Vicar of Ewell, of a 1: t i : un the 23d inst. at TuLse-hill, the wife of Richard H er Esq., oi a son. On the '22d inst , at Langley House, Bucks, the lady of tbe Rev. H. T. Attkins, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the '27th ist., at Harbledown Church, by the ges' ' R. D. ba.ekhouse, n the Rev. C. Otway, M.A., eldest sou of the, Rey. S. J. Otway, to Caroline Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Rev. J. B. Baekhouse, Rtctor of Deal a nd Little Chart, in the county of Kent. On the 15th inst., at St. Luke's. Chelsea, by the Re% A y Hunter, James liresnridge, Esq., of Tunbridge Wells, to 1.2 '" Colebrooke, relict of the late Sir James Edward Colebr9eke' Bart., of Colebrooke Park, Kent. On the '22d inst., at Kinnaird House, Stirling the Hon. James Lord Bruce, eldest son of the Ear l of Elgto and Kincardine, to Elizabeth Mary, only daughter of C . Cumming Bruce, 111. P. for the counties of Elgin and Nair°. DIED. ohth Suddenly, in Mansfield-street, on Sunday night, the th inst., at half-past el. ven o'clock, in prematurely g iving to a son, still born, Augusta, the beloved w.fe of the HonouraWv Craven F. Berkel y; M.P., aged 28 London Printed and Published hz MURDO YOUNG, • .N l, o ,. ...lj a 2 r. , +, ra m nd ia , , t u t .A 7:/ r ! .... e Szi dn O e ll s t ri e t e v ,.N A o r. . ril l 1 2, 2 % Strand, io EV SALE ~-_ AD: T HE CUT AIR AI, of BRITAIN ar WroNEs on Y noon th C e up Rer Majesty's tri: era s, C eti Cato ynae s d i t : s ase t n i cod n ig.o g s uivhr:si EXCIS poR COAII C ISE REVS Old Broad-str ~., . 1841 , a tOne Goods in Lots F oreign Bra] 4 ses, Clarifii oareo and Se; various Utens Goods. s t t a Sa t t h ai rn e: l W u e e alre in f h t o a l Ton till Two of that Da y's TENDI The DIREI :UNCTION the powers of 1 for the LOAD o:l4htaedevhce:::neipnapdpyeafaronbryc CE ' f . ' s 4tORTGAGI dertaking as S Interest Wa delivered to th The Tender; ftt which they to, the Secreta Birmingham ; Midland Raila L o rton - street, pace, Auctic ed this I , Ci r RE A bs The Publi c WIGLAND bARLINGT( The Tra FR( R. M. 6 45 A. m.---' 8 0 A.M.-' 12 30 P. M. --I 3 0 P . . m . ..._1 0 r, x. FR( . 6 , 0 A. M. --I 20 A.m.-( 935 A. M. 1 2 30 P.M. --] 6 0 P. 31.-1 k tlutil further York, where On Sundays P AR_ ES BE ?ASSENGEIt 1 :2 d - d i. "1 years of Z c arriages and our before Ipointment, Cpan °ookedom and ti are particu 113 fully mark e P o 3ited on the INI t i t ) A Superi .4 'ge of the ot A Manage ssing a th lkiring of Ra A Manag i,l h aperience i q t . be a rem e t Zns; also ei %uperintei t e ,;'ese Officer: v ivice of the 0 'ger pursuit. tetters of ar s . as to qual "lo Edinburg iplieft at the ( a day of 111 a! applicant Zse who may 't.t them. tread Office, ' _.___ April WILKE REMO AT 4 1 WLINI t 4, R. WILK] Gt ti ts L$ of Roma Wi to damp o r or peel ol n g, iron but or any out t l Z'on paint. n 4l, l ay it on. 1 tio r 'i Sc e., it will N r o any paint _ on wood al orders for ili j r col our ma I .. !ice to the iktlle:is is an en itOWLA to, from Orie q t : t e§n virtue 1: 11 ktog the Te 14 % , eradicates ft4,,,‘ decay, poli ;14 1 a pearl-like oP t il l roperties, g lea the gums 11 4 leaf e d from du. ( iffers to the " i table signs c WLA , 4 : ::: ;:h r i t e l t g:r . prtAN. entific qpe different • tkeiTION OF th, '0 compound , practices of SIR ‘l i t, w a perm tzAkitre treat vi "A, with e tti t z ' St. Th. egurgem