The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-27 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS - Owing to the length of the debate on Thursday, we were compelled to omit the following extracts from the Evening Papers : (From the Globe.) Attila was not the destined " scourge of God" more emphatically than Mr. Sheil the minister of special and contihn chastisement to Sir James Graham. One would have thought the heavy baronet must have felt difficulty in his unwieldy turnings, sufficient at least to make him remember them, and avoid provoking that remembrance in others. Yet Sir James Graham unac countably imagines he can twit the Ministry with Lord J. Russell's letter to the Stroud electors, contrasted with their policy in opening the ballot, &c., and has wholly forgotten, or fancies no one else remembers, the days when he himself, this Anti-Ballot Sir James Graham, was member of a Committee of the Grey Ministry, for framing the provisions of the Reform Act, which Com mittee agreed in favour of Ballot. He has also forgotten his cool comparison of swamping the House of Lords with the submersion of the Royal George,—to say nothing of his eaeber fondness for measures approaching national bankruptcy. Another of Sir J. Graham's topics of affected alarm last night was, that, within a week after tne re turn to office (the year before last) of the present Ad ministrafon, " a supporter of the Government, the Member for Preston (Sir H. Fleetwood), made a motion te the effect that a 101. occupation franchise should be extended to the counties of England." Further Sir James Graham stated that he bad read the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Edinburgh, on his election. " When the Right Hon. Gentleman was elected, he announced distinctly to his constituents that he was a decided advocate for the extension of the 101. occupation franchise to the counties of England and Scotland, and the Right. Hon. Gentleman was admitted into the Cabinet avowing those opinions." Sir James Graham proceeded presently to say he had 'Tad with infinite satisfaction the Noble Lord (J. Rus sell'.) addreeeto his constituents at Stroud. Yet in that very address he might have found that s ery opi nion, which he magnifies into a bugbear, when coming from Mr. Macaulay—not, indeed, put forth by Lord J. Russell as his spontaneous sentiment, but us, strictly seeakin?, a logical consequence from adopting the Crandos tenant•at-will clause. (From the Standard.) Lord Bacon has borne testimony to the efficacy of boldness in the affairs of politics, and experience justifies the great philosopher in ascribing extraor dinary power to this quality. Whatever of cv:l has been inflicted upon men, in all. that concerns the instautions of Government, may be without difficol y tr aed to the boldness, call it impudence, call it audacity, of the guides to whom they have sub mitted themselves. The reason will not be long a secret to any one who relents upon the process by which the multitude are led astray. In that process there must he at least a pretence of reason ing ; and it is clwaye more easy to persuade men into extravagant paradoxes than to lead them to more modi fie I opinions. The paradox startles and confounds, and if it can be made for a moment plausible, it suggests to those ca bed to decide upon it not merely a rejection of argon eats formerly respected, but a distrust of their wild. preceding habit of thinking ; they are brought to cast away their old logic wtta their old convictions. Then all who may be disposed to resist the new doctrine or the new project arc forced to the most difficult of all tasks — the defence of first principles, the demonstration, as it were, of axioms. They must take up the argument from the beginning ; and this is what men who fancy them seiv s to have mae..e a progress in political knowledge will not patiently, still less favourably, listen to. The Bill of Lord Morptth is a desperate experiment upon the all-sufficiercy of impudence (to call things by their right names)—a trial whether men cannot be brought by a bell experiment to sacrifice the Constitution of the greatest empire on the face of the earth by way of inftena'o. (From the Courier.) Mr. Charl ,z Buller knows on which side his bread is to be buttered, if at all, that is clear, and inelve from the occurrence lat. ly in the Gazette, or elsewhere, of some brotherly looking limes tacked to snug office t, we suspect he hesi been already taking one instalment of his txi ectethans at the hands of Mr. Daniel O'Connell. We have the woful warning vision, first conjured before the cles of the Dublin rabble repealcrs by the pa triotic Mr. John O'Concell, next iettoduced with the met weary pomp of petty historical notes about Admiral Dancer. and the Texel fleet by the Larced Mr. MacAulay in his yesterday's diesett .t' on, of the tremulous :t ite of our foreign relations thus re ferred to in what Mr. Buller conceived, doubtless, to be most ominous and effective style—" Now let him ask—though he hardly knew how to touch the topic—whether the present state of our foreign relations was not such as to suggest great caution and concilia tion in ceiling with our own people? He saw with horror the intimations of a rupture that had appeared. He could not shut his eyes to the fact that there was a greater feeling in France against this country than there had been since 1815. There was growing up rapiely in the United States of America a feeling similar to that which ted to the last war." The irresistible conclusion, according to this jumping legislator, being that, to con ciliate " the greatest of men which the world e'er saw," in the pro!hund conception of the Member for Liskeard, we must abrogate the Irish Reform Bill, proclaim Uni versil Suffrage, and cut up the Constitution root and branch, or, mark the inevitable sequitur. Mr. Daniel O'Connell will sign treaties of allience, offensive and defensive, with France and the United States, and Mr. John O'Connell " hoist the standard of ' Ripale' " on Vinegar Hill or elsewhere, whilst John M'Hale " beats the drum ecclesiastic" at Tuam. If legislation is really to be carried on under threats and in prospect of pikes, pistols, and powder, why it were letter at once to turn out the House in Cromwell style, and replace the Members with a regiment of Irish traopers. These far worn and much abused clap-traps had not even the usuel success of Mr. Charles Buller's oratory, for they did not succeed even in raising a laugh in the House. PROM THE RVKNINO PAPERS ..P YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) Like the benevolent gentleman, who to roast his own eggs set fire to his neighbour's house, the Tories, to obtain office, and keep themselves in—when in, are wiling to sct Ireland in a flame. To strengthen themselves, they would weaken the empire; and this at a time, as Mr. C. Buller well said, " when there is only an armed peace in Eurnpe." Lord Stanley's machinations against the Irish con stituencies have been foiled. Whatever may be the fate of Lord Morpeth's Bill—however much Tory ingenuity may be taxed to impair its virility, or to limit its sphere of operation—even though the Lords strangle it, as they have strangled other measures which termed to pia: e Ire 1 tnd on a level with the other portions if the empire! if which she is nominally an integral part-- stilt the r e is abundant cause for c negratulation. Tr c majority if five has:eiled the doom cf Lord Stanley's Bill; wee eC iesed the Irish people from the infliction of a mea sure wide h would have delivere t item over, bound hand and foot, to the tender mercies of o:algeism; or have left them to the dangerous alternative of carrying constitutional re sistance t" its enactment to the utmost verge, wt ich, in the excitement of justly-kindled indignation, would, proba bly, have assumed a form before which even Stanley must have succumbed. Sir James Graham prudently abstained from touching this part of Mr. C. Buller's speech, to which he professed to reply. To have openly dared the Irish people to resistance, and to have prockiened the inde pendenci of England of their aid in any contest in which she might become involved with a foreign power, would have been worthy of the noble author of the ob noxious measure, but would have become no one else. The Right Hon. Baronet therefore wisely a! irked thst with wktch he feared to grapple. The Tories, throughout their opposition to Lord Morpeth's confuundeu two things essentially diff,ront. They assumed t h at the effect of toe Bel would be to augment the I constituencies -the result of its operation will be to prevent their dimi ; eution. (From the Standard.) The character of the disision gives full assurance that the Bill Hill never pass even r thr u ough , the House of Commons with the Ui ivers a sffa clause, and in truth, it is man i fes t that it was never intend e d to pays. Will Lord M elbourne 'bourne act upon his own or, an precedent in the case of e . ry a gre the Jamaica questi at constAution d al re,ign, because he cm ar no greeter majority than change over the first stage by fire? Ireland is surely as important a part of the e m p ire as Jamaica; and a Bill for changing the Constitut'on . of the United Kingdom is an affair of as much weight as a bill for temporarily suspending the co nstitu'ion f sugar Hand? Lord Melte:mime is indeed bound to resig n wt. l nee e Ymoa the authority of his own precedet • but he He too welt k nows t h a t a r e,ienation now coul I n ot be safely res orte d to as a f e i nt. H e h a s, morecv,r, another prec e d en t, weizli he hesfellewed inthistraesaction tvithsue: exact Wiry, as he prove that it has been all along In h's eoatemplation, and to show claiely what his per ptee is—the precedent of the frOli THAI Bill. He wished to centime the t the agertioa f.r party pur poses, and therefore he retarded the settlement of the tithe -question • for three whole years, by tacking the appropriation clause to it ; he now wishes to protect the corrupt system of the Irish registra tion, in which he has a deep direct interest, and which he may hope to make the occasion cf an agitation for Univer sal Suffrage that shall extend to England; and therefore he tacks the repeal of the Refor m nil, and the subver sion of the Constitution if 1832, tt a tnea,ure which ; Fri) , ought to be merely F arnewure of o r d er an d regu l at i on. ( Prom the Courier.) Ministers are safe, that is cle,,r the ,ks t ► tl e el-- mortal majority if five; for how tong easy b.: hllott:er quosticr. Bet if they can only cant,iv to throw ever the Commi,tre on the Irish Repeal and Revolution Bill to the commencement of the Easter holidays, or evon to past twelve o'clock of Lady-day, one more quar:er day's exi-tence will be secured, to tee infinite delight,aino ng e, - many others, cif Mr. She il, whose iofani hie raptures on ha s first nomination to the Vice Chair of the Beard e f Trade are still remembered amrrg a certain circle of quidnuncs some where about Piccadilly fir the unwonted diversion at joked. The Ministerial Journals e?ill woefully di • Nonce:tea with the same result of all their proeieic.us lours, and those far more Herculean of Mr. O'Con "us dating the recess and sire- tee commencement of this '..storm incipient S • •and ession—parturtunt mo nies, • a genie at ele es. L et them take courage ; they lace before rem divided by l of the rule three, and wilt again before Wily they are bowl ed from little - Vines sprine.,, out. What great evert{ of the philosopher, ethr may well be the exc l amat i on *Wiest the sips of times pi e.eut '. • • with a view to collate them with the reali ies of past ages. The Capitol was saved once on a day by the cackling of geese. exactly five, we doubt, not had his tcry condescended upon numbers; so also Whig capital has been preserved intact for one more quarter day by certainly as much cackling industry as was ever dis played by the sacred twaddlers of Rome. From first to last of Whig speeches, on occa , ion of this memorable debate of four long nights, we defy the most indefati gable inquirer to discover more than the endless repe tition of the same two cuckoo notes in each, from first to last ; the two cuckoo notes led, off by Mr. Daniel O'Con nell himself, and subserviently chat-Int ed and re-echoed from Dan down to Lord John, that is, " Justice t 9 Ireland," or " Repeal and desertion of Ireland to the enemy, whoever he may be." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THZ MORNING PAPERS OF THURSDAY. TlMES.—Stocks in general were rather firmer again to day ; and although the improvement, as far as Consols are concerned, was not more than per cent., the tendency of the markets was towards improvement. In the arrangements for the settlement to-morrow, continued to-day, money com manded not more than 3 to 4 per cent. Consols for Money and the Account were at one time see, buyers, but left off 88i, sellers. The last advices received from Chili on the subject of the foreign debt seem to hold out but a small prospect of a satis factory settlement, as far as regards the arrears of interest. The only proposal made by the Chilian Government is to con vert these arrears into a stock, which shall bear I per cent. for the first 10 years, 2 for the second, and afterwards 3 per cent., which would be the final rate. Nor is the inadequacy of this offer the only objection which the bondholders may raise agalnst it, for to this scheme many other conditions are at. tached, which will put the new in a less favourable position than the existing bonds. In the first place, the sinking-fund would be abolished, which was provided for under the present system ; then, the interest on the new stock is to be paid in Chili instead of London ; and further, the Chilian Go vernment is to be at liberty to come into the London market and contract new debts ; whereas the present bonds provide against any contracting of new loafs until one quarter of the ex isting debt is paid off. This last alteration does not, however, seem to be of much practical importance, since in the pi esent con dition of South American credit it is very doubtful whether all endeavours by Chili to raise money in the London market would not prove futile. Such terms as these Mr. Caldeleugh, the agent for the bondholders at Chili, represented to be most unsatisfactory, especially while the customs returns are giving cbvious signs of increasing prosperity, and Valparaiso al“ne, during the first ten months of the year 1840, has paid more re venue than all the ports of the Republic taken together in the whole year ]839, the amounts in the respective statements being 1,406,156 dollars, and 1,375,800 dollars. He repre sented that it would be more feasible for the Chilian Govern ment at once to convert the arrears into a 3 per Cent. stock, which should begin to pay the interest at the end of five years. The Government, however, refuse to accede to any terms but those at first proposed; and this very indifferent offer is, there fore, all that remains for the consideration of the bondholders. POST.—The funds continue stagnant in both markets. The operations of the dealers may be, at d probably are. in a mea sure suspended by the proceedings of Parliament, the result of the debate on Lord Moapeth's Bill being considered doubtful. The tea market continues to exhibit symptoms of weakness in what are called its main points, apart from the jobbing qua lites, of which there are now scarcely 2.5 thousand chests remaining on hand ; but the speculators, by buying and selling " for the account," as they express it at the Stock Exchange, manage to make these to represent a total of one hundred thou sand the ts ; and, on certain Saturdays, or settling days, the quotations are " up a penny," or " down a penny," as the transactions may eventuate, whetlnr in a " bull" or a " bear" account, but without affording any actual or legitimate key to the true position of the market. The public sales of last week proceeded, however, with tolerable steadiness, resulting in only a trifling decline on for mer prices, owing, as it is considered, to the good management of the importers who bad, in a quiet way, informed them selves of the fact, that the trade would not go further into pur chases than was required, in order to meet the regular retail demand, even had there been a disposition to submit to a fur ther reduction. About one•hali the quantity was bought in by the importing houses at rates nominally above the market value, but they afterwards manifested a willingness to sell by private contract, and buyers could readily procure parcels on terms fully as advantageous as they could have done at tke sale. A failure to an inconsiderable extent has taken place in the tea connection. The only importance to be attached to the event is to be found in the unpleasant discussions for which it furnishes occasion, as to the solidity of others who are known to have been deeply engaged in the speculation, much of the ex citement which had formerly prevailed upon the subject hay ing subsided and confidence been partially re-established. There is probably no reason whatever why a mishap cf the unimportant nature of that to which we have adverted should give rise to a renewed feeling of distrust for which no more in telligible grounds can be assigned. HERALD.—The Foreign Market continues in a very quiescent state, with scarcely any business doing. And this has not been the case for the last few days or weeks only, but for a considerable space of time,•so that, in sheer despair, it is said, some of the jobbers are about to expatriate themselves to South Austral.a, New Zealand, NOVJ. Zembla, or some other of those outlandish elysiums where money must be plenty as moonshine, and the " self-supporting principle," to judge from sp'endid specimens of golden pro ducts here among concoctors, once cf but seedy plight, should rain riches as well as roguery, and if as much of the former as the latter, the speculating emigration from Capel-court will not do amiss in slipping rotten Spanish and Portuguese stock here, in order to stock some part of the ter ritory of his voracious Majesty the King of the Cannibal Islands. The transition withal will be rather queer from giv ing for puts and calls to planting cabbage and potatoes, and from dealing in bonds to digging in lands. he fact however is, as stated, that there is more talk in the foreign stock house about emigration than about stock spec u lation, and so foreign securities remain, as for some time past, just as before. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY . POST.—A failure of some magnitude, in the Jewish con nection, was made known in the course of the morning. The old and respectable firm of 'Monte{lore, Brothers, has, it ap pears, been reduced t o the necessity of suspending its payments. The cause assigned for the occurrence is principally this : Messrs. Montefiore were in correspondence with several large houses in Australasia, for whom they were in the habit of making advances in anticipation 'of promised shipments of goods. Their accommodation in this way woulu seem to have been carried to an extent not altogether to be justified. They had, towards the close of the past year, come under acceptance to an amount for which they found them selves incapable of making the requisite provision. An appeal was made on the occasion to the friends of the house, when, such was the confidence entertained of its ultimate resources, that the sum of twenty thousand pounds was raised among them to enable it to meet its engagements. The Australasian firms have unquestionably acted with gross bad faith towards Messrs. Montefiore. From all that we can hear upon the subject, and we believe the facts that have been placed be fore us may be fully depended upon as authentic, the pledges made by them with regard to the consign ments upon which former drafts were founded, were never made good. The property did not come for ward at all, nor did the breaches of contract that were operating so injuriously to the credit of Messrs. Montetiore end here. The same system of deception was persevered in by the Australasian firms. Promises of cargoes of valuable produce were again freely given as an inducement. to Messrs. Montefiore to honour some further amount of bills passed upon them, but these promises, like those that had preceded them, remain unfulfilled to the present hour, and hence the embarrassments now for the second time experi enced. No hint has reached us of the probab:e amount of the liabilities of the concern. It is, however, assumed to be pretty large. Messrs. Montefiore have issued a circular expressing their deep regret at the circumstance of their being, for the mo ment, unprepared to answer all just claims upon them ; but, on the other hand, holding out the hope that their difficulties may prove but temporary, and speaking with the fullest confi dence in the sufficiency of their assets, if time be only given for their realisation. A meeting is called of their creditors for an early day. The stoppage of this firm is understood to have been accele rated by the refusal on the part of the Australasian Bank any longer to afford it the support, in the way of discounts and otherwise, which it had done for years past, and upon a conti nuance of which they had naturally calculated. TIMES.—A city failure of some importance—viz., that of Messrs. Montefiore, Brothers, has occurred this morning. As the house was believed to have been a very prosperous one, and to have made large profits within these few years, the event has caused much surprise, but it is explained by the fact of large draughts upon them having been made for which they were wholly unprepared by previous notice. It is believed, therefore, that at a meeting of the creditors, which has been summoned for next week, some arrangement of a nature to sa tisfy them will be entered into. This belief is strengthened by the knowledge of the wealthy connexions of the house, who have expressed their willingness to afford assistance on this oc casion. These, at least, are circumstances generally stated on 'Change to-day. The principal business of the house was with Sydney, New Smith Wales, and en a very large scale. The notice by the Bank does not differ from the last notice of the kind, and is only liable, therefore, to the objection which must always attach to it as a banking operation, that it is much more calculated to assist in stock-jobbing than in commercial objects. The settlement of the account in Consols, which took place to-day has been unattended with any important results, though the fluctuations during its progress have not been inconside rable. he fall was about 2* per cent., reckoning the ex treme prices, being from 90i to as, and the chief exciting cause was the affair of Mr. M'Leod on the Canada frontier; besides which, the market has been more or less during the whole time under the influence of parti es maing preparation for the contingency of a new French loan, which required them to keep their resources mainly at their dis posal. Latterly the same parties have reversed their opera tions, under the persuasion that the negotiation of that loan would be deferred for some months, awl their purchases, made in consequence, occurring at the time when the American question most agitated the market, contributed mainly to the rally which then took place. Thi s is designated by the job bers as a " bull" account, but it is likely that the balance of the time barga ins is not large either way, as the market as sumed rather increased firmness at the close of business. ROWLAND'S ODONTO.—This discovery, for effectually cleaning the teeth and purifying the breath, may be considered without a rival. Disease of the teeth and Gums generally arise from neglect, or the use of delete rious acids; the former allows concretions to form, while the latter corrodes the enamel, and so produces a quick decay, Rowland's Odonto, from its disinfecting and ati mulative properties, whitens the teeth, stimulates the gums, and purities the breath; thus effecting all that human agency can in .continuing the existence of those highly prized organs to the latest p et iods of human iFe. POPULAR MOVEMENT —IRISH MEETINGS. —The It ish counties ::.re in motion. RAY comrnen met to day. The courty of Waterford assembl,s on the 28th instant. Wexford and several ether counties are prepar ii•g. All through Ireland—in every pact of the four pro vinces, and especi tily in the North, the towns and parishes tither have met, or arc about 0 assemble, to petition ia !?PPo , t of the Keform Bill of Lord Alorpeth aridst the di3franchisement scheme of Lord Stanley.—Dublin Fuming Pest. ATTEMPT TO POISON A WHOLE FAMILY Tuesday's Police Gazette contains the offer cf a reward f o I° p o ° i l s . on f t r h t e h e9 f, c.h Webster, of Men;ri'Y icorory cf the person or rersons t;ho, oa Tuesday the instant made a most l!cal attempt (nine t ia number) of the Rev. Joseph hill arsenic n i e n a t r o f d a il mly g partook, which W s o r u )r p e? s o t e r r, w h h y ic t t r i o l ; a quantitroaf"- whole, and from whiehnea a r t l a y te :ccasioned.the death of the still in a moat dangerousseveral members of t l .7e family are THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1841. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110USE. THR POOR-LAW IN TIIE CITY OF LoNnoN—Yesterday Mr. Pontifex appeared before Alderman Hooper, upon the part of the Guardians of the West London Union, in con sequence of a statement which appeared in the newspapers on Wednesday, tending to reflect upon the conduct of the gentlemen who act for the poor throughout that extensive district. Sir Edmund Head, the Assist Ant Poor-law Commis sioner, attended upon the part of the Commissioneks of the Nor-laws, and tie City Commissioner, and several other gentlemen who felt an interest in the subject t) which the statement referred, were also present. The statement was to the effect that a policeman bad taken three utterly destitute persons to the \Vest London Union, and requested the porter to a d m i t an d re li eve t h em ; that the porter bluntly refused, and told the policeman to take them to the Straw-yard (the Refuge for the House less Poor), or where they pleased, and slammed the door in his face. There were some minor circumstances de tailed which were calculated to show that there was a very rigorous mode of carrying the law into effect adopted in that Union, and that there was a sort of conflict between the West London Union and the City of London Union, by which the ends of justice were in many instances de feated. Mr. Pontirex said that the report having occasioned such excitement, and subjected the Guardians to most unjust suspicions, he came forward to deny, in the most unqua lified manner, that these gentlemen had ever acted negli gently or injuriously to any of the numerous applicants fir relief. In consequence of an arrangement entered into betwe2n the Guardians of the West London Union and the City Commissioner, the gate-keeper was ordered not to admit any destitute person who should apply for admission after eleven o'clock at right, without a note from the In spector, and the Guardians believed that the man was justified in the course he had pursued, in conformity with that regulation. Now, the difficulties which the West London Union officers had to encounter, were not few nor light, for as many as 257 applicants had been received last week after the hour of eleven at night, and Letween that hour and six in the morning, and the conduct of the class of persons who applied, was generally as bad as could b 2 imagined, in as much as within a month, seventeen complaints had been male against those who were received for having wantonly broke!' the windows of the house, and the delinquents mentioned as a reason that they wished to go to prison, as they were better treated in gaol than in the Union. As to the charge made against the gate-keeper, be (Mr. Pontifex) did not know how far it was founded in truth, but the Guardians believed that if the man erred, it was from misapprehension, not intmtion, and they by no means wished to screen Lim. The Commissioner of the City Police said, he most rea dily exonerated the Guardians of the West London Union from intentional error. He admitted that, for the most part, they were prompt and exemplary ir, their conduct—. at the same time, the defence of ttsi ir officer, set up upon this occasion, was altogether untenable. The three des titute persons, whose case was before the Court, had ap pLed for relief five minutes after ten at night, whereas the rest lotion alluded to only referred to applications made after the hour of eleven. That resolution had been suggested by himself and adopted by the guardians to meet two objects; first, that by taking the applicant to the sta tion-house, it might be aseerta'ned whether he was an habitual vagrant ; and next, that the parish in which he had been found might be known, so that the guardians of the union might be able to remove bim thither. The fact was, the resolution was never attended to by the officer, for it appeared in evidence that he refused to receive the wretched individuals, and told the policeman he might take them to the Straw-yard, or anywhere else. The inquiry at the present moment was of the greater importance, inasmuch as tne continuance of the Poor-law Act was now before Parlia ment, and he would venture to suggest that the state of the law, in reference to the peculiar circumstances of the City of London, well merited the attention of all the paro chial authorities. It could not be denied that a very un desirable conflict was going on between the parishes within and the parishes without the walls of the city : and that, in the strife, the condition of the poor was made a very subordinate object; and he was the more anxious to press this subject on the notice of his Lordship, because be con sidered the existing grievances, as cone( reed the poor, might be easily remedied. Sir Edmund Head said that he attended, by direction of the Poor-law Commissioners, whose usual bourse, under circumstances of complaint, it was to institute intmedia•e inquiry into the conduct of the officers ;mewed. The case before the Magistrate had been heard of by the C Anmis sioners, and he begged to state that if it appeared that the conduct of the officer, against whom the charge had been brought, deserved animadversion, an inves:igation should be commenced. He agreed with the Commissioner of the City Police that the most marked distinction should be drawn betwe.n the destitute and the designing, and some of de officers of unions, who had acted without pay iag due regard to that distinction, had been dismissed. It could not be for a moment said that a destitute person was not to be me, iced. With respect to the sugge,tions which had been just submitted by the Poor-law Commis sioners, he considered them to be very valuable. Mr. Pontifex begged to be allowed to correct an omission he bad made in his statement. It had been said that the Ui ion house bell had been muffled. The reason was that last summer crowds of sturdy beggars used to pull for hours at the hell, to the annoyance of the whole neigh bourhood ; and he assured the Alderman that so anxious win: the Guardians to do everything humanity could suggest that they appointed an additicoal porter for the night work. Af,er some further conversation the Alderman men tioncd to Mr. Edmund Head that the City Police Com missioner did not wish to proceed further against the gate., keeper cf the West London Union, whose refusal to ad mit the destitute, from whatever cause it originated, bad been very prorerly brought before the public. by the naivete of the answer, and yet unable to sup press a joke, " I hope you aro able to run alone ; but come to-morrow and I'll see what can be done for you." The little man went, and was appointed tooth-drawer to the hospital ; though this was the only instance in which Sir Astley departed from the old rule of " keep ing good things in the family," so rigidly observed in these institutions. Sir. Astli-, indeed, carried nepotism to no ordinary extent. had two nephews installed as surgeons at Guy's, another at St. Thomas's, and he appointed more distant relations to we know not how many metropolitan charities. Sir Astley's first marriage was odd and accidental. While rolling into the city one day, his carriage got locked with that of another gentleman on Ludget_i-hill. The coachmen interchanged civilities in the customary style, but their masters conducted themselves with ex emplary patience. " Steady, steady, John ! don't swear so touch," said one of the gentlemen cooped up. " I think I know that voice," observed Sir Astley, " A'ot your name Jones ?" " Yes," said the other, " and yours ?" " Cooper." " Alt ! I thought so," continued the surgeon, " and what's become of our old filmes, the Bliss Cocks ?" " lam married to one of them," was the reply, " and the other's waiting for you." " The deuce sbe is!" was the rejoinder, and Sir Astley lost no time in driving d own t o hi s old c/ieee wale, whom he married in less than a month, and re ceived with her a fortune of 30,0001. The lady was the daughter Of a wealthy apothecary in the Borough. Sir Astley obtained an equally large dowry with his second wife ; but notwithstanding this, and bis large professional emoluments, he was always frugal, and latterly evinced no small share o f th e " gentlemanl y vice" of avarice. In his latter days he was unwilling to give advice to medical men, from whom it is not customary to exact a fee. To an old friend who cal'ed on hini some time ago, and tendered a sovereign in stead of a guinea, he exclaimed—" No, no, it won't do ; I must have the shilling too ;" and he resolutely in sisted on giving change for a five-pound note, in order to get possession of the coveted coin. This, however, may in part have originated from a cherished attach ment to old recollections ; for, on the whole, he was one of the most liberal-minded of his profession. J. n* We lieve teen, informed that the tumour was not on the posterior of the Royal scalp, but on that of the most bulky portion of the Piirice's bulky person, aid tha it was removed at the desire cf the Marchioness of C-, lecause it produced no trifling inconvenience when tits " first gcrtleman in Europe" sat down upon the throne, cr sunk into a common chair. Lord Liverpool's ludicrous expression of an " eye sore" in such a locality was of course thus renderel irfini:ely more ludicrous. EXTRAORDINARY FACTS.--Itl the course of an inquest held on Tuesday before Mr. Wakley, M. P., at the house of Correction, Collbath-fi Ids, on the body of a primer who died therein, the chief turnkey, in answer to a question from a juror, said that the Prises era sent there invariably denied their guilt, even alter they had been tried and convicted. Mr. Wakley said it was generally supposed that all persons convicted of an offence were guilty, but, from his own experience, in a case, ti.e facts of which had never been made public, but which he would then shortly relate. he was convinced of the contrary. About twolears ago a surgeon residing in the Camberwell road, was, with his groom, charged with stealing from dcielling-houseadjoi itig hie ovvn a quantity of futniture, en which charge he was tried at the Surrey Sessions two days alter being taken into custody, found guilty, and sen tenced to twelve months' hard labour in the House of Cor. rection for the county, and his groom to three months. He (;Mr. Wakley) hearing of tee case, and believing tee charge to be uefounded, instituted inquiries at the Home Office, where he was informed that the charge had hen so fully estiblisbed as to render all ettemos to n a mitiga i,,n of the sentence fruitless. H-, howesesr, per_ severed, and, waiting upon Lord John Russ( 1 1 , requested bins to allow the Attorney-General to fully investigate the whole case. His Lordship kindly acceded to his request, and the result was that the charge was found to be a gross conspiracy, and the gentleman and his groom were consequently yet at liberty. The facts were that the house was let to a foreigner, who had gene abreael, having previous to his departure authoti ed the laedlort 4 , if he was not back within a certain time, to take away the furniture. The foreigner not returnir g, the landlord, as empowt red, remen ed the goods, aen subsequently the charge as above stated was made against the surge or. The surgeon, in consequer cc cf such an unfounded charge being made against him and the sentence passed upon him, went out of his mind, and was removed to 13ethlem Hospital, from whence, after an ork'cr for his liberetion had been given, haling regained his reason, he was brought up agaia to the Surrey Sessions at tee instance of the same prosecutor, charged Mali forging a will The charge being appareet'y preyed so as to leave no doubt of his guilt, he was sentenced by the very Chairman who presided at his fstrtue; trial to seven years' transportation ia pursuance of which tea:eace he was conveyed to the hulks et Woolwich. His f lends again bestirred themselves, and several Members cf . Par liament, among whom were Sir De Lecy Evans, Mr. Leader, Mr. Warhol ton,* Mr. Hawes; &c., &c., lat( r!en d in his behalf, but were told at the Home-office that leis was so clear that ntthieg could be done for n. He (Mr. W.) then again exerted himself, and succeeded in prosiag that the witnesses in support of that case, as well as itr the other, had, at the instance of the prosecu tor, grossly perjured themselves, and that there were not the slightest grounds for the accusations. The surgeon was then a second time liberated, and cams direct to Lis house from the hulks to thank him for bit interference. .-A CAse• FOR TIIE BENEVOLENTAII : WhO have del ghted i r Robinti n Crosoe—and Who has not ? will feel interested in learning that there is at present re sidipg at Canonmills, near Edinburga, a grand-nephew of fie verq Me Alexander Selkirk or Suleraig, the it is supposed, of th:-,t rematk4 La character. We nued not r:minfl err readers that Alexander Sell; i k resided four Scars and four months in the uninhabited island f Juan Fernandez, and that it is upon his adventures dtr.-irg that pe,i id the immortal work •of Do Foe is ell , ged t be founded. Selkirk's grand net.h:w, to whom we have alludetl, is Mr. John Seleraig, an aged and respectable min, struggling with ad s- v.,,rie f.rtune. Knowing his indigent circumstances, we have suggested that he might leave the relics of his grand untie, which have- faben into his possession, at our office, and that they might be the means of at tracting numbe , -, a walking-sti c k . and a is thus for him some l' tt l e contribe t 3c. y notice are en onl latter y t two i i ' i Life of Selkirk. "By far the most interesting re li c i s the flip-can, in the possession cf his grea t gran d- nep h ew , John Selcraig. It holds about a Scottish ri o t, en d i s i ai made of brown stoneware, glazed: it resembles a common porter- jug, as used at the present day. On it is the fol lowing inscription and posy, as, in farmer times, ever . i. thing belonging to a sailor that would admit of it had its rhyme:— " mir cia'er Salku r k e , t hi s i s my one. -- When you me take on bord of ship, Pray fill me full with punch or flipp. Fulham.' " That the flip-can accompaniei him in all his wande:- iogs and way on the island, I hav e no heiitwi )n to affirm. lie had no opportunity to get it made after he I.:ft Eng. land upon his last cruise, and that, it was manutact rr.d at his own request, the inscription, evidently showy. That he would get it made upon his return is not probable, as he came to Lcrgo soon after, whcro he would have no use for it; besides, ever since he went away from thenc', it has been generally iodic! up, and, at one time, by a niece, during fifty years together. It being cracked, there is a patch of pitch upon it, to strengthen and prevent the crack from extending. This must have been put on while at w.a by Alexander himself." Thit jug, and the staff which elso belonged to Selkiik, may he seen at our office, where any trifle telt fcr their present owner will he the means of alle. viating the distress of an aged and indigent man, whose life has latterly been spent in unrewarded labours as a teacher of the young. —Scotsman. WRECK OF A CHINESE JUNK.—Extract of aletter from Captain Codman, of the brig Argyle, of the port of bfaltimore:—" On my passage from Canton to Val paraiso, on the 9th June, at 8, 30 p.m., ( discovered a ves sel bearing E. S. E., apparently in disnrss, being under jury-masts. By 8 o'clock came up with and found her to be a Japanese or Chinese junk, dismasted, and in a totally disabled state. The vs r.iek was heading to the N( rth, with three poles up, on which were bent some old bits of canvass, having been dismasted and lost all her sails. Saw three persons on board of her, who made signs by dropping on their knees, and with uplifted hands praying to be taken off. The weather lacing mild, with light winds and smooth see, I have to a id dropped down alongside c f her. The three revs, ns hove oil their baggage on board oflis (which they had al ealy packed ready for leasing the wreck), and they jumped on board the Argyle thernselvo. As we could not understand a wArd from them, and as they appeared perfectly reconciled to lerv~ their junk to Ler fate, I thought it advisable to deapetch a boat to her, and examine if there was anything va'utll.l: which alight be saved, end to note the condi ina of ti wreck, as also to o b ta i n an y provisions she might have oa beard. She was found t o b e a complete wreck, her masts had been b carried away by the tleek.,:g perfectly her entirelyrurfoddoetlyr gone, her iol in fa hull strapp e d round and ro und with ropes to keep her from unmanageable. She was about 30 tens burden, with a part of hat cargo of rice, is bags, the greater pant of which was wet and spoiled. We found nothing else on board of her, saw bagseafe few articles les b b e e s l t on ri g e i a tg to the .They had about 40 gallons of rain water o nboard ; no food , except the rice an a few dec a y e d pi eces o f fi s h (shark). We took from her a a f nothing else wo r th sav i ng , recalled d iec t 2 h s of elx r t o t p , e, and seeing anileit e the junk to her fate. The wreck was covered with b srnaeles, or clams, from two to five inches in lergth. She had lost none of her crew. Her appearance indicated having been at least four er five months in that situation. She could not have floated many days longer, as her hull was already bursting from the swelling of the rice and the decay ..f the wood. It is worthy of notice that this wreck had drifted or been blown due east from Japan 2 400 mil .F. This faci mar lead to many interesting ingot le'. The thu cc men, the only ones that had ever been teen on board of her, were in good health, and we have since learned, from undou'itod facts, that they had been 188 days on the wreck, after h distraied ; thrt they lefr. one c f the small islands eat Japan to go to a neighbouring one with /ice, that she was die masted in a fungus tiphooe, a few hours out of poet, and never saw land sif,eroards. Site was but a small coasting junk. They had a corupasg, but no other guide.",llamp shire Telegraph. The Corporation of the Trinity House give grand banquet this evenirg, at Trinity Bola; e, Tower-hill, to his Royal Highness Prince Al'nert, who we understand, is to be enrolled as one of the cider brethren of that CorpOratiOn. Tho Duke of Wellington, al teas. ter, will preside, and among the noblemen and gentl roe wh o dine together, are Viscount Melbourne, Sir Robert Peel, B , rt., M. P., Earl of Mode. Sir James Graham, Bare., M. P., Admiral Sir J. B. Martin, Captain E. C. Bradford, &c. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 26. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—Lieut. R. S. Forlong to le Captain, by purchase, vice Macquarie, who retires; Cornet G. A. F. Sulivan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Forlong ; W. Grant, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sulivan, Feb. 26. 6th Regiment of Dragoons--Lieut. W. J. T. Walker, from the 61st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mansel who exchanges, Feb. 26. _ 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant R. 11. Smith Barry, from, the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Lord F. G. Lennox, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons, Feb. 26. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Lord F. G. C. G. Lennox, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieute nant, vice Boalth, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons ; Cornet J. W. M. G. Hughes, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Rosser, who exchanges, Feb. 26. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. Boalth, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice S. Barry, ap pointed to the 10th Light Dr..goons ; Cornet C. P. hoser, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Hughes, who exchanges, Feb. k 6. 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign A. J. Otway, from the 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice .ti,cane, promoted, Feb. 26. 10th Foot—Lieut. J. G. Paley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lecky, who retires ; Lieut. G. H. J. Leigh, from half pay of the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Goode, promoted ; Ensign J. W. E. Penrose to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leigh, who retires, Feb. 26 ; Ensign G. J. Thomas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paley, Feb. 27; H. Fitzgerald, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Penrose, Feb. 26; t .e Hon. P. F. Lysaght to be EnAgn, by purchase, vice Thomas, Feb. 27. 11th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel J. T. Pidgeon, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice G. L. Goldie, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; Major B. V. Derinzy to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Pidgeon, who refit e 3 ; Brevet Major H. K. Bloomfield to be la.jiir, by purchase, vice Derinzy ; Li eu t. B. C. Mitl or d to b e C apta i n , by purchase, vice Bloomfield ; Ensign W. F. Clerk to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mitford ; Gentleman Cadet 0. F. L. Ward, from Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clerk, Feb. 26. 12th F.,ot—Lieut. F. G. Hamley, to be Adjutant, vice Hersse. who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Nov. 10. 21st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon F. Laing, from the Staff, to be A mist ant-Surgeon, vice Richardson who exchanges, Feb. 26. Donald, 24 th Foot—Assistant-Su rgeon J. ;onald, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Drysdale., appointed to the 33d Foot, Feb. 26. 33d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Murray Drysdale, from the 24th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Hall, appointed to the Staff, Feb. 26. 37th Foot—H. C. Foss, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Logic, deceased, Feb. 26. 42d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. M‘Gregor, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice J. Patterion, who retires upon half-pay, Feb. 26. 51st Foot—D. Stephenson, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice (Away, promoted in the 2d Foot, F. b. 26. 61st Foot—L. H. Mansel, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Walker, who exchanges ; A. vVedderburn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Forbes, whose appointment has been cancelled, Feb. 26. '74th Foot--As,istant-Surgeon W. L. Langley, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Honibrook, deceased. 81st Foot—Ensign F. E. Sorell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Kerr, deceased ; D. A. Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Sorel!. 82d Foot—Ensign T. V. Isaac to be Lieutenant, without purchase,'vice Sherlock, deceased; Ensign G. H. Nicholls to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Isaac, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled; Quartermaster-Ser c icant B. Stoodley to be Ensign, vice Nicholls, Dec. 26. • 93d Foot—Lieut. It. M. Banner to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Trevclyan, who retires; Ensign E. D. Macpher son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Banner ; H. 11. Stewart, Gent„ to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macpherson, Feb. 26. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign M. Matthews to be Lieut., without purchase, vice O'Donoglque, deceased, Nov. 23; En sign P. Hackett to be Lieutenant, vice Matthews, whose pro. motion, on Bth January, 1841, has been cancelled, Jan. 10 ; W. Steevens, Gent., to be Ensign, vise Hackett, Feb. 26. BKEVET.—Major T. W. 0. 111‘Niven, on half-pay Unat tached, to have the local rank of, Lieutenant-Colonel, •on a par ticular service, Nov. 17. STAFF.—Lieut.-Colonel J. Bazalgette, on half-pay Unat tached, to be Deputy. Quartermaster-General to the Forces in Nova Scotia, vice Lieut.-t. olonel Snodgrass, deceased, Jan. 15. HOSPITAL STAFF. —Surgeon J. Hall, M.D., from the 33d Foot, to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice Elliott, promoted; Assistant- Surgeon J. Richardson, from the 21st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lai►,g, who exchanges, Feb. 26. To be Assistant-surgeon to the Forces, A. T. English, Gent., vice Donald, appointed to the 24th Foot, Feb. '26. MEMORANDA.—The names of the Lieutenant, on half-pay of the Royal West India Rangers, are John Elly," not John Elley," as erroneously stated. The Chri,tian names of Ensign and Lieutenant Hepburn, of the Scots' Fusilier Guards, are Henry " Pooh," not Henry " Park," as before stated. The Christian name of Ensign Neweomen, of the 59th Foot, is " George" only, not '= George Brabazon," as before stated. Commission by the Lard Lieutenant of Wigtownshire. Wigtown and Kirkcudbright Militia—Sir W. Maxwell, Bart., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice John William Henry, Earl of Stair, deceased. COURT-MARTIAL. On Monday last a Court-martial took place on board of i er Majesty's ship San Josef, lying off Plymouth, before Rear- Admiral Warren, president ; Captain ;John Forrest, and Cap tain J. M. Taylor, C. 8., Captain Morse, Captain Eden, and Captain T. Nicholas, C. 8., to investigate the charge laid against Lieut.-Corn. Bastard James, and the circumstances at tending the loss of her Majesty's packet brig Spey, which oc curred in November last. The master, Mr. Barratt, and the officers, were also tried for their conduct on that occasion. The Judge Advocate stated that the Spey was lost en her passage from the Crooked Mands to Havannah, on the 26th of November last, by striking on a coral reef. The charge against Lieut. James, &c., was, that by imprudently attempting a passage between the Racoon and Bona Mesta Keys, instead of the old Bahama channel, the vessel was lost. From a letter dated the 26th of November, received by the Lords of the Admi ralty, from the defendant, Lieutenant James, it appeared that the Spey arrived at :the Crooked Islands on the 23d of that month, and proceeded on her way to Havannah by a passage between the Racoon and Bona Vesta Keys. On the 26th they arrived in sight of the beacon on Racoon Key, when sail was shortened and a good look-out was kept. The ship was mak ing about five knots an hour—the lead at the time was going all the time, and every precaution was adopted to prevent the ship running on any rock. A few seconds before the ship struck the soundings showed nine fathoms of water, and before the leadsman could make another cast the vessel had run into a dangerous coral reef. The officers'and crew worked day and night to save her ; but on the following day she became a wreck. Evidence was given in support of the charge, and the parties were heard in their defence, when the Judge-Advocate delivered the following verdict and sentence :—" The Court, having attentively considered the evidence on the circum stances attending the loss of her Majesty's pack e t Sp e y, aril having heard th defence of Lieutenant James, and the mas ter, Mr. Barratt, was of opinion that nothing had been shown to justify the attempt to make the passage they did, instead of the old Bahama channel, and that great blame was therefore imputed to the commander and master on that occasion. That no blame was imputed to the rest of the officers and crew. But, in consideration of the exertion of the lieutenant and master after the ship struck, and of their former high charac ter and creditable service, the Court only adjudged Lieutenant James to be severely reprimanded, and be placed at the bottom of the list of lieutenants. That Mr. Barratt be also repri manded, and be placed at the bottom of the list of masters. ANECDOTES OF THE LATE SIR ASTLEY COOPER. Sir Astley entertained a supreme respect for the Duke of 'Wellington, on whom he looked with a sort of super-human res cream Not long ago, while visiting. his Grace at Strathfieldsaye, he chanced to be invited to amompany him to church, and afterwards to join in a walk through the ilJasure-grouncli. To this important event Sir Astley was wont to refer with great satisfaction as the proudest day of his life ; and when the Duke, who is notoriously punctual in answering notes and re turning visits, called to inquire for him during his last illness, he was positively enraptured. The imperturb able patience with which the Duke listened to the par son's drowsy homily—equalled only by the resignation be displays under Lord Aberdeen's more balmy ha rangue;, had struck Sir Astley (who )awned himself) with equal admiration and astonishment. "Ab !" said the expiring surgeon, whose thoughts were beginning to . wander, " he sat out that sermon with extraordinary de votion—he has the finest kitchen-garden I ever witnessed in my life !" _ _ _ Sir Astley, indeed, had an overweening affection for rank, even when unaccompanied by any true nobility. When summoned, in 1822, to Windsor Castle, to ex tirpate a tumour from the back of George the Fourth's bead, he exhibited considerable trepidation on being ushered into the presence of royalty. The Earl of Liverpool, who witnessed his nervousness, took him into a side room, and counselled firmness ; but Cooper, per haps unwilling in his agitated state to use the knife, ad vised that the excrescence should be removed by liga ture. " Your plan is too tedious," said the Premier ; " the thing is an eyesore, and must be instantly re move(l. Courage, Cooper! Ccesarem vehis et fortunas —you aro going to cut a tumour from the head of George the Fourth." Sir Astley, under this impres sive adjuration, quickly recovered sell•possession, and perforrnel the opration with his wonted skill ; though he was strangely puzzled, and used afterwards heartily to laugh, at the Earl's magniloquence and curious Wet of an " eyesore."*: Sir Benjamin Brodie was the King's future surgical attendant. __ • A n d yet, though thus inordinately devoted b rank, Sir Astley was not unapproachable to those of humbl er bil Ct. A dentist of some repute in the City, and now, we belie' e, attached to the hospital with which Si r z k i' 'l e long his i s connecte d, fortune. Desirous of g i v i ng some is chiefly i n d e b te d to the lt' i d e monstrations in t ooth-drawin g at Guy's Hospital, he applied to Sir Ast le y , who was astonished by the sim :i 7 a r waso ne tso for P. lcity of the applic ation, inasmuch as the applicant had " neither father, mother, brother, uncle, first cousin, nor any other relation" connected with the institution. ' Do you know no old woman about the place ?" asked Cooper. " No," replied the other ; - "my mother's dead !" "Poor little fellow !" said Sir Astley, touched DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. DANIEL WILLIAMS, shopkeeper, Carmarthen. SARAH TUTTON, MARY. ANN TUTTON, and CHARLOTTE TUTTON, milliners. Bristol. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. GEORGE BAYLEY, hosier, Bristol. BANKRUPTS. JAMES MARSH DEAN, linextdrayer, Cheltenham, to surrender, March 5, at half-past eleven, and April 9, at twelve, at the Court of Banktuptcy. Abbott, official assignee; Lloyd, Cheapside. ROBERT M'ICINL AY and ALEXANDER MARR, rectifiers, Silver-street, City, March 5, at one, and Ap , it 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Altiermanbury, nfficid assignee; De Itiole and Browning, Hatton-court, Threadneedle-street. HEN RY CL ARK E, ironmonger, Portsea, Southampton, March 9, at one, vid April 9, at twelve, atthe Court of Bank ruptcy. Gibson, 13asingball-street, official assignee; 1 horn dike, Staple,lnn ' London. HENRY JANIES STOREY, victualler, Somerset-street, Aldgate, March 3, at one ; and Apr,l 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman- st reet-buildings, official assignee; Donne, Prances-street, Spitalfields. JOHN MACE, victualler, Tottenham-court-road, March 12, at twelve, and April 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Groom, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, official as signee; Holmer, Southwark-bridge-road. WILLIAM FORSTER, grocer, Feuchurch.strect, City, March 9 and April 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee ; M'Duff, Castle-street, Holborn. WILLIAM TEMPEST, innkeeper, Chester, March 5 and April 9, at one, at the Green Dragon Inn, Chester. Rogerson, Norfolk -street, Strand; Parsons, Liverpool. THOMAS CROXTON ARMSBY, chemist, Wotton under-Edge, Gloucestershire, March 15 and April 9, at two, at the Old Bell Inn, Dursley. Marsden, Watling-street. WILLIAM WALKER, fustian-manufacturer, Manchester, March 16 and April 9, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, Lon eon.; Whitehead, Barlow, and Radcliffe, Oldham. GEORGE WAUD, miller, York, March 5 and April 9, at eleven, at the Guildhall, York. Jaques and Edwards, Ely place, London; Wood, York. LEWIS EDWARDS, grocer, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan shire, March 11 and April 9, at eleven, at the Castle Inn, Bre con. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London; Short, Bristol. DIVIDENDS, At the Court of Bankruptcy, Bainghall-sfrcet. R. Wild and H. Williams, linen drapers, Peekford-row, Walworth, March 19, at eleven—W. Maton and J. Hudson, leather sellei s, Fore-street. City, March 19, at half-past one J. and E. Cockrell, wool brokers, 13asingliall-street, March 22, at one—J. Deane, pasteboard manufacturer, Sydney-square, Commercial-toad, March 22, at two—H. Thompson, mer chant, Charlton. Kent, March 22, at half-past tvrelve— S. Smith, timber merchant, Pump-row, Old-street-road, St. Luke's, March 22, at half-past eleven—G. Wilkin, tailor, Frith-street,Soho-square, March 20, at eleven—W. Ryan, carpet (haler, Strand, March 26, at one—W. Croggan, sen., artificial stone manufacturer, Belvedere-road, Lambeth, March 20, at half-past twelve. In the Country. R. Sheppard, corn merchant, • Boston, Lincolnshire ' March 22, at one, at the Peacock Inn, Boston—W. H. Parker, printer, Brecon, April 1, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel, Brecon —T. Wythes, timber merchant, Northfield, Worcestershire, March 19, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Digbeth, Bir mingham. CERTIFICATES, MARCH 19. R. Butterworth, mercer, Liverpool—B. Sowerby, cattle dealer, Messingham, Lincolnshire—R. F. Breed and W. Ec. cleston, merchants, Liverpool—W. Ward, carfenter, Saffron Walden, Essex—E. Lindo, coal merchant, Kingsland-road—J. W. V. Jackson, spirit merchant, Walsingham. Durham—W. Richards, pawnbroker, Northampton—J. Austin, coach pro prietor, Huhrie, Lancashire—T. Wright,coffin furniture dealer, City. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Wickes, sen. and J. Friend, custom-house agents, Dover —J and W. Perry, bakers, Princes-road, Kennington-cross— W. Beale avid J. Williamson, brokers. King-street; Islington— H. and A. W. Miles, woollen drapers, Southampton—T. Wy burn, - J: Thomas, and W. :Heller, coach builders, Long-acre (so far as regards J. Thomas)—S. P. and W. Tucker, cloth manufacturers. Rodborough, Gloucestershire—W. Strickland and W. Felstad, butchers, Hastings—W. W. Nimble and J. Preston, ironmongers, Kingston-upon-Hull—J. B. Gwyn and P. R. Philipps, maltsters, Bwlch, Carmarthenshire—C. Wal ton, C. Walton, J. Morton, and J. Peel, machine manufactu rers, Leeds (so far as regards C. Walton)—J. Rogerson and W. Minton, silk mercers, Liverpool—R. Doyen and T. Easey, sealing-was manufacturers, Red-lion-street, Clerkinvrell—J. ll.'and W. Muller, general merchants, North and South Ame rican Coffee-house—W. Kirkby and A. Watson, merchants, Liverpool—J. and H. C. Williams, cabinet makers, Hereford —C. H. Thompson and J. Magill, music sellers, Liverpool— C. Mansell and J. Davis, carpenters, Hampton—R. Braddy and E. Moody, coal merchants, Rochester—B. Brearley, jun. and H. Hellewell. machine makers, Halifax; Yorkshire—P. W. Watson and P. Sharpe, builders, Darlington, Durham— R. H. Weston and R. H. Weston, jun., shipwrights, Wapping. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JOHN GALLIE, plumber, Edinburgh, March 1 and 24, at one, at the Royal Exch2nge Coffee-house, Edinburgh. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Suivar 9 com puted from the Bet urns made in the week ending Feb. '23, I is 50s. Lid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Cus toms laid 'or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 24.--At a Congrgation held this day. 11 , e followi"g Degices were conferred:— HONOURABLE MASTERS OF ARTS.—Hoy. Henry Lyttel ton, Trinity ; Arthur S N lle, Trinity College. MASTERS OF ARrs.--John Busher Duncan, St. Peter Colleg , ; Edward Henry Johnson, M:gdalen College. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—John Pearson, Cairis College; Henry Deck, Corpus College; Richard Edwardes, Sr. Peter's College ; Frederick Martin, St. Peter's College; Warner Westir;ia Walsh. St Peter's College; Theophilus Wslliim Law, Trinity College; Alexander James Beres ford Hope, Trinity College; William Alexander Ayton, Trinity College. TEMPERA NC IN IRELAND.—At a late meet ing in Cork, Mr. Keonagh,. Secretary to the General Ti mperance Soci,ty, noted that they hld 8 Roman Ca tholic prtlatet enrolled, 700 of the Catholic clergy, and of the population altogether not less than 4,647,000. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, FES. 26.—Wind N.W. DEAL, FEB. Z.—Arrived the Thompson, Thompson, from Hartlepool, for Constantinople. Sailed the Earl Grey, Mole son, for Sydney; M e d ora , B un ti ng , J ama i ca; Efiza Russell, Foote, Grenada ; Charlotte, Andrews, Savannah ; Syren, Grills, Newfoundland; Arabella, Jackson, Marseilles; Cle mentine, Symonds, Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. Z.—Wind N.N. E. to N.W.—Arrived the Ellen, Potter, from St. Alichaers ; Anna Maria, Surinam, with loss of bowsprit, fore-topmast, boats, &c., having been struck by a sea, bound to Amsterdam. - SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Aultby, Drug, from Oporto; Ann and Maria, Oummens, Youghal. DOVER, FEB. 25.—Arrived Anne, Philpotts, Rotter dam. CoWES, FEB. 25.—Sailed the Adonis, Morrell, Antwerp. POOLE, FEB. 24.—Sailed the Love and Unity, Williams, for Cadiz ; Fame, Thurner, Gibraltar ; Active, Walker, Cadiz. WEYMOUTH, FEB. 25.—Sailed the Mary Ann, Carter, for St. Michael's. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 25.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Wal lice, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Jams, Pringle, Ter ceira ; Augusta, Baddeley, St. Michael's ; Egidius, Stein, Ostend. S +Red the lanthe, Potter, for Maranham ; Martha, Astrope, Cape of Good Hope; Lydr'e, Petrie, Bahia; Rapid, Smith, Demerara ; Roscoe, 1114 Williams, New York ; Pren tice, Hopkins, Boston ; David Banks, Jolly, Ancona. YAR3IO WEIL, FEB. 25.—The Apollo, Sadler, from Rotter dam to Hull, got upon the Haisbro Sand this morning, and was abandoned by the crew. HA !MICH, FEB. 25. —Two brigs, supposed to be colliers, are roported to be on shore on the Gunflcet Sand. 7P. at. —A brig, in tow of a smack, has been brought up in the Rolling Grounds. BP. M.—The vessel brought up is the Ardwell, of Newcastle. She was fallen in with, abandoned, by the Badger, Revenue cruizer ; the crew had got on board a French fishing smack. _ _ SWANSEA, FEB. 23.—Ringdove, Cuba; Magnet, ditto; Alexander, ditto. LY lAN, FEB.—Arrived the lona, Olsen, from Stettin. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. CORN EXCHANGE. There was a good supply of Corn at Market, and more ves sels at hand. Tho trade for Wheat was dull, though less prices were not taken. Beans and Peas as last quoted. Oats maintained their value, with a slow sale. The fresh ar rival of Flour was good, and the trade has slackened. SMITHFIELD. The supply generally was short and trade brisk, the best quality making 4s. 6d. readily. Mutton was much in demand, particularly the best or Devons, but few of which were at mar ket; Veal was a brisk trade, and the best sort went off readily ; Pork sold briskly. Beasts, 406ts.it8theep, 2,020 ; Pigs, 312 ; Calves, 111. Beef, 3s. tid,c'to 4S. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal,. 4s. 4d. to ss. 10d. ‘,l-10rk,,45. to ss. COLONIAL 'MARKET. The market was in a dull state, the private sales were limited bosh for home use and export, and the goods put up at auction sold heavily at lower rates. TEA MARKET. The demand was to a fair extent, and prices were firm for Free Trade. Company's Congou met with a good demand at Is. 6'4d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The market for Russian was quiet, but prices were firm at 465. 6d. on the spot, and 465. to 46s 3d. for delivery in the last three months. Town Tallow, however, sells freely at 51s. 6d. per cwt. COAL MARKET. • Ships arrived since last market day, i:C7. s. d I s. ti. Marlon Main 17 01W.F. BraddylPsHettnii,. '24 0 Carr's Hartley Chester Dean's Primrose lB 6 Walls End Hinton 24 8 Hebburn Main 2O ti Walls End Lambton I.lolywed Man 22 ( ecaze's Main . New 1 anfield Moor Ord's liedhugh Orienal Windsor's Pontop 19 0 I'ontop Windsor' .. 18 0 Snutli's Pontop l7 0 Tanlield Moor ..... Wyl.tm ....... Wal's End Bell and Brown 'a 0 Walls E.ai tsewic Band Co *22 9 Walls End Brown's ::0 0 Walls End Clennell Walls End Joslo th Walls End Hotspur Walls End Eallingworth Wa!is End Newmarch Walls End N. r nu s berla. d 21 3 I W. E. North Helton Lyons 23 0 Walls End Pemberton *a::: 6 Walls End Russell's Helton t's 0 Walls End Stewart's Walls End Whitwch 24 0 Walls Et,d Hartlepool '4 9 Walla End Kelloe Walls Mud Brown's Deanery 22 o Walls End rarrington Tees 21 0 rWal's End Barret Walls End Clarence Tan fieldl9 0 Walls End North Durham 22 9 Wail: End Seymour roes *.2 0 Walls'Eurl South Durham Will S End 'lees Walls End Weit detton 2 Walls End Wear l9 0 Allerton Main lB 6 Wads End Percy Bensham .'1• Waliz End Walker •:d Eden Main l?2 0 Williams Main l9 husselPs High Main Walls End Belmont Cuwihn Hartley 2l 0 Howard's Nethertun 111 in , 19 9 Newton Main l7 0 Stanley Main . W.,11s End cliff . (From the London New Price Current of February 260 SUGAR.—There has been an increased disinclination evinced on the part of the trade to purchase British Plantation, and, the market has been in a dull state this week ; the demand has been very limited from Grocers and refiners, and the pur chases for the three market days have amounted to only 430 hhds and trs, although the supply a: market is still small, yet holders have been more desirous to realize, - arid have sub mitted to a reduction on last week's rats of 2s for brown and middling yellow, and Is for good and fine descriptions, of the latter few parcels are to be met with ; the dull demand which has prevailed may be principally attributed to the Arge parcels of Mauritius which have been offered at auction ; - Mmerara, of middling bright yellow quality has been sold at 75s to 76s ; Antigua, fine 82s 6d :.good strong brown Jamaica and St. Kitts with some better samples on the board 745, low middling grey St. Kitts 755, good middling 76s to 77s per cwt. To-day the transactions in the West India market were on a small scale, the sales did not exceed 150 hhds and tierces, and the prices accepted were in favour of buyers, making the re duction for the week Is 6d to 2s on all descriptions, and the qurutity disposed of only 5C,0 hhds and trs ; a board of good bright yellow St. Kitts sold at 775. REFINED. —There has been a considerable falling off in the demand for Refined Goods for home consumption since our last report, and although the refiners have been willing to make sales, and hive submitted to a reduction on former rates of 2s . to 3s per cwt, still the trade have purchased with much caution of all kinds of goods ; standard lumps have been selling at 95s 6d to 965; Hombre Loaves and Tailors good and fine 96s to 104 s, common 94s to 955, brown lumps, ord 90s to 91s, better 92s to 945. Treacle 33s .to 34s for common, patent 3Gs to 36s ticl,,hest old wake and Golden Syrup 34s liastards °lcon - anon sorts at 50s to 545, better kinds at 70s per cwl; Pieces 85$ to 88s per cwt. For bonded Crushed Sugar, 32s 6d have been generally paid for tint quality. Leaves 141bs at 36s to 36s 6d, 101bs 37s to 38s, and 61b, 40s to 413 per cwt. Treacle 15s for small quantities, parcels 14s 6d. Bastards and Pieces have found buyers in small parcels, the former at 16s to 19s, and the latter at 20s to 265. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 31s, on board in Holism,. MA U RITIU s.—This afternoon the trade evinced little dispo sition to purchsse, at a public of 1,420 bags and 51 casks and cas, s, and a small part only was sold, but holders refused to submit to any further reduction, g,iod mid and good yellow went at 74s to mid 71s 6d to 73. , , low mid bright brown 545 to 55s tid per cwt. EAST INDIA. —This afternoon the home trade operated with caution at the public sales of Bengal, which comprised 4,212 bags 85 hhds, &c., and nearly the whole of the white was bought in, holders not being disposed to submit to the re duced rates, the trades were disposed to pay ; good white taken in at 80s to 80s 6d, middling 78s to 78s 6d ; a few lots, how ever, of strong bright yellow sold at 76s Gd to 77s 6d, being fair prices; some lots of washed and damps of various sorts at 74s to 78s. FOREIGN.—To-day 1,000 boxes Havannah and 36 tierces Foreign Muscovado were subm.tted to public competition; of the former 477 boxes consisted of yellow, and sold at 23s 6d to 24s 6d for middling and good middling, but rather soft, being full prices; the remainder was white, and all taken in at high rates, viz. at 3!s 6d to 32s for middling soft, Foreign Muscovado sold at '22s 5d to 23s for middling soft yellow, being rather cheaper. MoLAssns.—For West India former rates have been barely supported ; St. Vincent at 32s for ord. ; and fair Demerara 3.25; Trinidad common '3ls; Barbadoes good 3cts per cwt. This afternoon the demand was dull for 'A est India, and, 50 puns. Demerara at public sale sold at 3Us for dark quality, being rather cheaper. COFFEE. —The market has presented a tranquil appearance' this week for British Plantation Coffee, and prices have full a downward tendency, the supplies being large of East India and Coffee imported indirect ; of clean sorts of the for mer none were offered at auction, but the trifling parcels dis posed of by private treaty have been rather under former rates;_ unclean sorts have again given way in value : at public sale 53 casks were only partly disposed of at a considerable reduc tion, find and fine fine ord sold at 62s to 70s, and 6Us for ordinary Berbice. This afternoon the market presented a quiet appearance : the operations privately were on a small scale in all sorts, but prices underwent no further decline: at auction 106 bags Ceylon, litres Berbice, and 170 bags Laguayra from the Cape were offered, Ceylon sold at 68s 6d for ord much mixed, being the former value, Berbice sold at full prices, viz. at 97s 6d to 99s for mid quality, being former rates, Laguayra sold at 47s 6d to 48s, fur good ord pale mixed. Cocoa.—The market has become dull for West India, and at a lAA: sale of 507 bags prices gave way Is to Is 6d, and a small part only was sad at 50s 6d to 55s 6d for ord to good bold red, and fair to mid grey at 50s to Ms 6d per cwt. This afternoon the market was dull and 334 bags Grenada at publ.c sale were all taken in at 50s for fair grey quality. Mi.—The market for Free Trade was quiet in the early part of the week, but Jew purchases were made by private treaty, and half only of 2,036 packages at auction found buyers at rather lower rates : yesterday however the trade came for ward more freely, and at the public saes a good demand pre vailed for Black Tea, and a trifling advance took place ; the prices paid for Congou were equal to this day week ; green des criptions met with more attention, and brought previous rates, excepting Twankay, ordinary Ifyson, and young tiyaon, winch went 1 / 2 d lower for the former, and id for the latter. In toe speculative market a fair business has been done daily, and Company's Congou has produced Is bid, cash. The clearances of Tea from the warehouses are large, both for home consumption and shipping. For auction ox Tuesday, 3,000 pkgs are declared. To-day holders of Free Trade refused to sell excepting at a small advance on the rates of yesterday, the trade were abo disposed to purchase, and a fair business was done, it is diffi cult to purchase fair common Congou under Is 7d, cash, some parcels were disposed of for prompt at the rates quoted ; Twan kay of common quality may however be had at 1,6 id money. In the speculative market a good deal of business was done, and Company's Congou closed at Is 7d cash. Rtes.—lien„ al efts a tracted more attention th's week, and prices a - e linter, by private treaty the purchases have been to a fair extent, 13s to'l3s 3d have been paid fur mid dling white, and 13s 6d to 14s fur good middling, none bas been offered at public sale, and holders generally arc looking for higher rates. Java has met with a steady de. mand, and parcels have been disposed privately at 8s 61 to lls 6d for low to good quality. Carolina has been in good demand at the rates previously established. SrlcEs.—To-day 13 . 0 pkgs Cloves, 16 do Nutmegs and 9 do Mace, were offer'd at auction : Bencoolen Cloves, of which the most part consisted, sold 4d lower, viz. at 2s to 2s lid for good quality but rather small, Cayenne was taken in at Is 4d for dark. Nutmegs went at 4s 3d to 6s 3d for middling and fine being the full value • Mace went at 5s to 5s 3d for good bright Penang being the full value. RUM. BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The West India Rum market has been in a dull state this week, and the trifling sales made have been at ratl.er lower rates, but they are so limited that they are rapt worth enumerating ; the nearest price for proof Leewards is 2s 6d to 2s 7d per gallon.—East India has declined in value, and the demand has been dull • 50 puns Calcutta have been sold at Is 10d proof, and lahogshead s do. at 2s. The Government contract for 100,000 gallons Rum, half to be from British possessions, has been all taken by Messrs. Mahon and Simonds at the low rate of 2s Id 3-16ths proof strength, being a reduction on the contract of November last of 9d per gallon. The arrivals have been 300 puns and hhds since this day week.—Brandy of the vintage , of 1836 has been in fair request for home use, and prices are firm, but other kinds have met with a slow sale ; the principal part of the late large arrivals have consisted of new sorts : we quote Cognac, first brands 1840, puns 3s 7d, hhd s 3 s 9d, 2d d o. puns 3s 3d, hhds 3s 6d, 3d do, puns 2s 10d, hhds 3s, common puns 2s Bd, hhds 2s 9d; first brands 1839, puns 4s 6d, hhds 4s Bd, 2nd do, puns 49, hhds 4s sd, 3d do, puns 3s, hhds MORN ING EDITION• 3s 2d ; first brands 1838, puns 4s 104, hhds ss: first brawl( 1837, puns 5s Id, hhds 5s 3d; first brands 1836. Pun s 5' 4ds hhds bs 6d ; fine old, tens 5s 10d, hhds 6s ; Bordeaux, 2s 3d, hhds 2s 4d. —For Geneva a fair demand has prevaiku, 2s to 2s Id pa :d for pale, and 2, 6:1 to 2s 8d for fine f, r home consumption..—British Ccrn Spirits have met will a slow Fa cts , but t ohiescash. distillers are mostly unmilling to enter into contra under Otts.—For Southern Oil prices have improved a little; fin e quality 291 to 301; good 281 to 28/ rOs ; ordinary and middling . 261 lbs to 27/ 106 per tun. Cod 271, and Pale Seal 32105 to 321 10s per tun. Sperm has brought former For Linseed Oil on the spot 27s 6d to 28s. For deliverY. at . 28s 6 , d per cwt. For Rape former rater have bren suer ported. Cocoa Nut Oil at 38s to 395. Palm at 33/ to 3411 0 good quality. TALLOW —For Russian Ta'low this week prices are firm,e:ot. P. Y. CandLs on the spot at 46s 3d to 46s 6d per oct• October, delivery in the next two months 46, to 46s 3d, and f °' November, and December next, 46$ 3d per cwt. Town Tallow has been in god reqaest. C r ates. To-day there was a fair business transacted in P. . 1 • a 46s 6cl on the spot, and 46s 3d for delivery in the next Or a° last three months of the year. COUNTRY CORN BIARKETS, W heat. Lade; I Data. Deans. Per Quarter.' s. to R. x. to i... a. to s. ia. .t 0 40 I 3 B.ston 1 (04 ti 3 33 38 16 26 Brainttee 56 fiS °7 35 13 '36 40 Itighton 59 69 27 54 23 27 38 43 Cambridge i 63 31 21 56 Chichester.. •, ! 6 he —. I'2 .23 4 1 ~ Uutimow 62 61 28 57 24 30 34 sv Grantham ..., 51, 11.1 J2s 3.5 211 30 •—• 44 GrimsbY 5l 14 27 '5O 18 £0 3 3 53 Ilailidiam Ilitchin I •58 60 30 38 22 :30 28 31 Ipswich 53 30 30 34 24 .28 38 45 Lewes Leon ...... • Maidstone :', i 6 . 36 3'.) 26 32 3s 4•2 Norwich -.6 6.1 28 31 28 :1 9 38 40 48 Pet worth Bamford 6O 72 ix 31 20 30 04 44 Sandwich 56 61 31 4:1 y 7 :14 33 45 l'n et lord Wishech ......, 56 (4 i2B V 4 24 10 37 38 Witham ....,,, 157 07 21 :14 25 24 56 4 $ Yarmouth 103 65 ; 0 331 24 3.1 40 4' 2 • 4, 1 241 '1 0 ti Li v EripooL co its m 'otxtf.T.—Feb. 2 3 ~ IN ri %VII EAT, English, White, per 7(6b. ~, . lO --,--- Red -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White • 8 2 ty. 6 --- Red 1 8 pl 6 Foreign 8 0 910 OATS, Efiglfsh, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 h 22 II S J Irish - . ••• 3 0 0 ---- Foreign ' .6sithEv r English, Malting, per hap. quarter ...... ••• 30 4 Scotch and Irish, pet 001bs. Feeding 3 6 4 6 V ROANS, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 4 3 d• --- Irish, Ste. —... FOrt ign PEASE, English, per 1 iiiperiAl (pi - tiler 4l 0 A l 0. -- Foreign 53 0 FLOUR, English, per 2803% ;8 0 50 e - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs ... •• k 7 6 :I • 4 Nom CORN, pt r 4813 h. •-••• RYE, per Imperial quarter t i 0 MALT, per. Imperial quarter ••• C; 0 HULL CORN MARKET. A • (6;. Wheat, White (per Quarter) 604 .4, ~,,., lied 4Bs. 58 4 . • • ..... sns. 5 , 5• (1 .1, • Foreign , • Barley, Malting 275. Os '''f - • obi. Grinding 24s. '2" s • Z 3 5, Oats, British ~, :.° Foreign (in bond) Beans . 323 34 '• e• ,• 3 i.,. Pease, Grey Blue and White 313. 36 5. m iy, Linseed 41e4 .5121 At, Flour (per sack) .....5. 14!. •,,,, i. .4. 32. '''' Rapeseed per 10 quarters) ----, $ 31 59 4 0 33 -** it - T• n t .C 7 4 4 44 4 0 30 ' :1 ,1 44 40 , 28 59 3.4 iIS -COMMUNICATING APPAIIO FOR RAILWAY TRAINS• A notice appears in the Railway Times, of a u , s° ,olo .........—...1411 . ' po' rates which seems likely to contribute ssientia ll l tt ; tb. safety of railway travelling, It is a plan for enabgati e guard of a train (generally a very intelligent nht, e s CO of mmunicate with the engine•driver for tee purr -cow stopping the trair. It will he recollected that the , t o net's Jsry, who imposed the deodand of 2,0 001. ur i d Ole London and Birmingham Company, in consequence '", the fatal accident near Harrow, adverted in strorg Wei s ' n o. toed want of control over the engine-drivers which at sent exists. . to " The writer in the Railway Times, a!ter allacheg c e Si recent occasion, on which he bad teen the coutrieoced successful operation upon the Birmingham line , P r e a lefelf thus :—" We have since hat an opportunity of mar! -- 0 01 , inspecting the apparatus, and have no hesitation 61- ° bjer that it ste.ns well calculated to effect the impo rtant which has hitherto been a desideratum. , Of, site " The invent• r and patentee is Mr. William Pet - Eget the London works, near Birmingham and fors onleYol. we believe, an officer of the London and Birminghertaglit nay Company. The contrivance consists •of a ~W. c ar iron or copper tube fixed under the centre e ei,s-, is ri.ge, and passing under the tender to the eng'""4s," ewe of these tubes is inserted a metallic rove, e s t elb' parate division bcing eonnected.by ropes of 104 il";:sisi with cats h.hoeks at both ends, so contrived tha t , I t 4; co l be attached or detached in a very few seconds, e - #ll' t its iver y end of the rope is connected with a whistle upo n gine, and the other, by means of certain simp le t itsmae rot 0 which it is not necessary to describe, passes up r cry of the p incipel guard on the top of any parties'ech riage, and is so arranged that by the turninf . Of • to , IV the steam is let in up. n the whistle already referted..,t. sound of which can only he :topped by an act of thei"X,,t ill The sound of the whistle differs of course, front ordinary use. ffic ie6i ar The &Is antages to be expected from the .. t e t l working of an apparatus of this kind are t oo oho' ere re o i m n e e s l e nF p o rn on f e C t :o t e la i l e h ri lli: z l i C i n l a e i t . t :O e n A t be p t a t w s h e s e e e n n e g t e t r a e v ro g e u l i e . ,: l 6l : h b t e na :lt a rr *L, be i suddenly and dangerously ill—an accident no'g ht • ty7 to a wheel or an axle, or other part of the tea fire might break out in a luggage vaggon—evc ° h a 01 Of a train (as has titeiperiess, 'e ' er,: 'lessens., ' t ,:: WO might be skip:Vier left behind, and although 1 " o ' . we' ll ; were full aeare of what bad transpired, be has ° l i t e 0" of conve3i.ig information to the driver, or of nie a ct n; ° l c 'stoppage of the train, All this will be reuse t his 1 " ingenious contrivance of Mr. Pettitt. Nor ii, to d e' ; The elevated position of the guard will enable h im dog e cry olet. uctions upon the line, or any signal! it , i ipl' ir t that might escape nibhe notice of the driver, nn u , t ,; o e, t e a ` l o ratus will put it is power to give timely wa r "' erf ° •';„ providing aping a defect which has induced tfe!..,; to recommend the appointment of a 4 captuia' to weed' " , s, . 1 " - r The code of instructions proposed by Mr. Pe, r i t h i. , ' dil l ' c ; the apparatus itself, exceedingly simple. s h ; t le,' ' s e a, t upon hcaring what we may call the ' guard-yeu e be t'' i e reverse the position of his engine—that is, a' P . f o rO r c i moving, he is to stop; if stopping, be is to ESI, " s sdaP t r c o l A variety of other signals may, of course, be east. , 0 50 4 ' to the use of the apparatus, at the discretion 0 1 I . r managements. . . l a s tilt% s 8 e. " It is no slight recommendation of Mr• s, it t es ts. so . peratus that it is scarcely at all liable to ne ei n - ii thates raegement, and is moreover easily repaired, ai ss in A ; first cost is exceeding small. We understand t tie j 0 t gore, tender, and carriage can be cornpletelYksotl e; the apparatus at a cost of 20/. The wily adni`carriego pense, t' err foe, in a trail, consisting of twestY of t be (f.r the apparatus acts equally well from the I li lie t sc twenteth or fortieth carriage as of the first). o°ll e of small cost of the tube, &c., under each carrinf; e . of it tai . beyond the first. one be " The apparatus as now in frequent use twee g ere rr , London and Birmingham trains has secure d th" s r, •C l i t ; t on cf the Directors c f that Company, st ear e e tr. Y et sent, we believe, engaged in negetiations Wish for its general ietroduction upon the line." -- 13 °I ~•.'."...r".'f'f.._____-------------"-'"-------A - ; :; r REGISTER STOVES, 3 ft. artdeLt,; star f ek Poles for Window Curtains, ls. 3d. per foot. it"r i - ts e W ett er 84. per inch; elliptic stoves, 4d. pe inch; reir t iorOsir with bright fronts, bright and bl ars, bronze h 01w_, 100 s. ; brass poles for wi curtains, / i i nc ete . 3 l e ge, Is. 3d. per foot • 2 inc , Is. ed. ;a 2 inch p . for `,,io "e dsef inches long, with; en ings, and brackets, e e n f o e l: l e e r t ) e 'art ic ' Catalogues . gr . , containing the price ironmongery. d Ar * RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxfor -- -.. ~,,,---. _ .. . • BI R TICS. ~., Mr s . l " to °r On the 20th inst., at Greek-street, Soho-see - -' Hertslet, of a daughter. v lohi"' _ On the 21st inst., at Odsall, near Bradford, - ' 110 lady of C. Hardy, Esq., of a daughter. eSents On the 21st inst.. at Collingwood, Hawithorst,f. I, Lady of Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., of a daugh te c „ 5 1 ' s ' On the 20th inst., at Chatham-place, Heck" ' er r' Fordsham, of a son. . 1 Tul Ivo. 0 On the 20th inst., at Lower Belgrave-plac e, s."' is ne La‘lie of a son. On the 21st inst., at Brighton, the Lady J a - fa' erich• Peel, of a daughter. . s . er's - On the 21st inst., at Wvcr Hall Cottage , em u ` ,jole t r son. 's monton, she lady of J. A. 'T. Smith, Esq., 0 " lady ° On the 21st inst., in Upper Woburn-place, the of li .i Tt.' Straith, Esq., of a son. ri Milne , On the 21st inst., at Eltham, Mrs. A. '-'" s Da re ' a son., „., t wee On the 21st lest., in Gloucester -place, r e ' . v i s e) , " the lady of J. R. Hovel', Esq. of a daughter. son" On the 2'2d inst., Airs. Lawford Richardson, Pa ra° a f the heath, of a son,the log 7 On the 19th inst., at Denning on, Suffolk, dice, re Rev. Stanley h inst., Miller of a son. ' shire' A gong , of On the letat Liverpool, the lady of "' Esq., of a daughter. IV. On the 19th inst., at Lenton, Nottinglnue t he Isk W. Needham, Esq. of a daughter. Cap ra J. On the 19th inst., , at Portsmouth, the lady of Montagu, R.N., of a son. • an ew , M. 4 RR . voi la ' On the 23d inst., at Chislehurst • Church, 40E01' Esq., of the Inner Temple, barrister-at -law, toi" l sfo.es' " AL* sea only daughter of H. liaskcomb, Esq. - gr. • s ee- Oo the 24th inst., at her father's residence'Atuelitioper merchant of Montreal, Lower Canada, t" lace , . 1 k," daughter of Joseph Nathan, Esq.. of Artillery-P tirP: en' square. late of Rio de Janeiro. f 'leg e " f 1 On the 24th inst., David Stern, E s t"" ° es Egl 4 o ' to Sophia, second daughter of A. A. Goldsrm , 0 1: 410 ° : : o a 0 0 e dish-square. Eliza, n eldeste 2 daughter n i g n h s t t e . r , a o t f Y ch o r a k r 1 , o sthe Allred Rea. 12 , C 1 l e : e l. ..t i t t e rs: , Lie .' t et , of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace and P Pu •I Tr tt , af for the county of Middlesex. On the 20th inst., at St. Luke's, Cheis ea e 'ea s st cla ti 'Lepta l " Esq., of Camberwell, to Annabelle Preston, , the late John Drummond, Esq., and granddaughter 0 ' t i . Olit e o r i Drummond, of Sloane-street. oen , i l y ‘ro da ' og eter On the 22d inst., at St. Mary's, Esq.,' of Truro, Cornwall, to Rachel Fralscee:o°, T. Hutchinson, Esq., late of Heavitree, I ) el re, DIED. ton liCtalti On the 11th inst., at Bromley college ° , l irs a nd a Es"' lict of the late Rev. P. Collett, Rector - f' . leton , of Rye, Sussex, aged 96. , Hs SOT f s q. On the 16th inst., at Warbrook, Hants, u:n_elhoefer, loss On the 12th inst., at Lisbon, B. Rotherhith, W. dt i r l do e "' " e, i" On the 14th inst., at London, Alexen_ . I.a thar tant Deputy Paymaster-General, aged 60 ,. ton, .. On the 18th inst., at Colebrook-roes, i' sed '4e. __ e s al wife of J. Dillon, Esq., of Mincing-lane, se E• bhaddack, ae „sof On the 18th inst., at Hornsey, Mrs. • _ _---- ( - ) 6,10, 0 „RIO Y „ br il London : Printed and Published by I' sco. 112, '', 8 41. No. 112, Strand, at The Suit Office,_ss _at (4 .--.) the county of Middlesex.— S urclay, V y, 0 11 7 tl7l x