The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

I.btrtt Wtittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. JUDICIAL COMAITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL-(THIS DAY.) GORHAM V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. BADELEY continued to say, that it was the most presumptuous thing to take upon ourselves opinions such as were entertained by the appellant on the subject of baptismal regeneration. The question was what doctrine had the Church held, and what had she handed down ? He (Mr. Badeley) held that the opinion that prevenient grace was necessary to confer regeneration to infants in baptism, was unsound doctrine ; it was certainly not the doctrine of the Church of England, and was nowhere to be found in her formularies. The idea of prevenient grace was putting a limitation upon the sacrament of baptism, and attaching a condition which the Church had not done. Mr. Gorham had no right to put such a limitation upon it, seeing that the Church had laid down the doctrine of baptismal regeneration generally and absolutely. It seemed to him (Mr. Bedeley) that Mr. Gorham's doctrine was a most fatal heresy. It was a lowering of the doctrine of the sacrament of baptism by preceding it with something of which the Church knew nothing. If that were so, _then he contended that Mr. Gorham was rightry rejected by the Bishop of Exeter from the living of Bsmpford Speke. If he (Mr. Badeley) had proved that Mr. Gorham held doctrine inconsistent with the doctrine taught in the Book of Ctansnon Pea) er, then he contended that the Bishop was bouod to refuse him institution. Mr. Gorham had done more than contradict the doctrine in the Bords of Cowman Prayer ; he had done some thing worse ; he had contradicted the Nicene Creed, in which we were taught to believe "one bap tism for the remission of sins." E was by bap tism, and by baptism alone, and not by any prevenient graea, that that remission of sins was given. If there was one part of the formularies of the Church of England which we should preserve with more religious tenacity than another, it was the Nicene Creed, since it had been handed down to us from the earliest period of the Church, and had always been regarded with the deepest vensration. He had little more to urge on their Lordships on this question. He had laboured under some disadvantage he believed, because he saw before him two Right Rev. Prelates, one of whom it was supposed at least, if not both, had during the pen dency of this suit committed themselves more or less to the opposite side of the question. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, with some emo tion, said—Upon what authority is that supposed, so far as I am concerned ? Mr. BADELEY—SimpIy, if your Grace asks me, it is supposed that your Grece has preferred a gentleman in the Church who has taken a very violent part in this matter—a very strong part as a partizen, and whis has also taken it upon him to express himself vesy strongly indeed about the light Reverend Prelate whom I have the honour to represent. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY—I gave that pre ferment to that gentleman in consequence of a work he published five or six years ago, entitled " The Ruts of Faith and Practice," which I consider to be a most impertant work with regard to the Church ; and I had no thought at all of his book about infant baptism, which I believe had not been published at the time ; indeed, I am sure it had not. Mr. BADELEY—I thank your Grace most sincerely fur that explanation. It will be received mot thankfully by a large body in the Church ; and, whilst I most sincerely apologise for the remark which has elicited that statement from your Grace, yet I cannot say I regret it very much when I think of the explanation it has been the means of drawing from your Grace, and which will be received mot thankfully by a considerable number of persons in the Church. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY—It only shows how mistaken it is to make observations of that kind founded upon imperfect or erroneous information. Mr. BADELEY—I most sincerely apologise to your Grace. Lord CAMPBELL (emphatically)—l must say the observation was extremely indecorous, more par ticularly when it is contrasted with Mr. Badeley's previous argument, than which anything more learned, able, or temperate I have never heard. Mr. BADELEY bowed and repeated his apologies. In conclusion he sni I—lf your Lordships should reverse this judgment the consequences will be most tremendous. It will be regarded as a sen tence declaratory, by the highest authority in the land, that the Church has forfeited her trust, that she has ceased to hold that primitive doctrine which is at once her privilege and her boast, and that she has lost that which is her only hold upon the affections and obedience of her children. But I do hope from such circumstances your Lordships will save the Church of England. With that remark I shall leave this momentous question in your Lordships' hands; and I can only pray God Almighty to guide you to a right decision.—(Murmurs of applause.) It being now a little after three o'clock, their Lordships adjourned until about a quarter past four. On the re-assembling of the Council, Mr. TURNER proceeded to reply upon the argu ments advanced on behalf of the respondent's case. lle should abstain from giving one single answer to the observations which had been used respecting himself personally by the Counsel on the opposite side, as to the manner in which be had opened the appel lant's case. The argument which had been chiefly employed against Mr. Gorham by the Counsel for the respondent was, that he had dissevered regeneration from the sacrament of baptism. It was important for him,(lllr.Turner) to state exactly what Mr. Gorham did actually believe on this point. Mr. Gorham might have differed upon the extent of the grace given in the sacrament, but that the sacra ment, worthily received, did give grace, he had never attempted to deny, and never had thought of denying. (The Learned Counsel had not concluded his reply when our paper went to press.) QUEEN'S BEN CH.-(THIS DAY. GIBS3 V. LONDON AND NORTII WESTERN RAILWAY (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) It was then proposed to put in the receipts. Mr. Watson objected, and they were ultimately rejected as evidence. The witness then proved the receipt of 601. per annum, by half-yearly instalments of 301. each, during the time the plaintiff was in possession of the stall. He understood from the late Mr. Long that the money was for rent. In 1848, Captain Huisla was the general manager of the company. Mr. WATSON now objected that there was no evi dence of a devise of land, entitlirg the plaintiff to pass and repass over the station, as he claimed by his declaration., The testimony which had been put in proved no such right, but rather that the case was granted to the plaintiff in consideration of 601. per annum to sell newspapers and publications in the station. He sub mitted therefore that the plaintiff ought to be non suited. Mr. CHAMBERS, on the other side, insisted that the declaration made no such claim. It did not aver that the company devised land to the plaintiff, nor did• thei plaintiff claim any such right. It declared simply that the company, in consideration of a certain sum of money to be paid in the way of rent, gave the plaintiff the right of wav over certain premises, and with a licence to sell publications on a portion of those premises ; and he submitted that, before the defendants could have deprived him of that right, they ought to have given him a legal notice, determining the leave and licE nce. Mr. BRAMWELL, on the same side, insisted that there was evidence to go to the jury of even a demise, since it had been proved that the plaintiff held a stall from the company under contract, which was a fixture to the freehold. The Learned JUDGE ruled that the evidence dis closed no cause of action such as that declared upon. The plaintiff's declaration alleged that the company devised a portion of the freehold, giving him a certain estate in it, but he was of opinion that the evidence failed to establish any such claim or contract. The next question raised by the declaration was, had the defendant wrongfully converted the goods of the plain tiff. The evidence, so far from making out that count distinctly proved that they had done no such thing, inasmuch as on the night previous to the ejectment the plaintiff was requested to remove his goods, and he refused to do so. Under the direction of the Court, therefore, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff on the first and laid counts, and for the defendant on all the other counts, with leave to move the Court above for a new trial, or to amend on declaration. This decision, in point of fact, is tantamount to a verdict for the defendants. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittibgs at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) DADCOCK AND ANOTUER V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought by Messrs. Badcock, who are bankers at Taunton, to recover from the Great Western Railway Company 1,500/., the value of a box of specie which had been entrusted to them for conveyance between Padding!un and Taunton. The pleai were, first, not guilty; second, denying that the box and money were delivered to the de fendants to be carried ; and third, that the defendants were discharged from liability by the Carriers' Act, as no insurance was prrid. To the third plea there was a replication that the box and money were stolen by one of the servants of the company. Sir Frederick Thesiger And Mr. Hill Appeared for THE SUN, the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. noggins for the defendants. It appeared that the box, which contained 1,2001. in gold, and 3001. in silver, was sent, in the month of January, 1848,1 by Messrs. Ransom, the London bankers, to the Paddington station, for the purpose of being transmitted to the plaintiffs. One of Messrs. Ranscm's clerks had the box booked at the station, paying the ordinary charge of twopence, and then saw it placed in a compartment of a passengers' carriage, which was set aside for parcels and pack ages. When the train arrived at Bristol it was discovered: that the lower panelling dividing the luggage compartment from the passenger compart ment had been cut through, and that the lid of the box had been taken off and the contents abstracted. Experiments were afterwards made which showed clearly that it was impossible for any one on the passen ger side to have forced the :panelling underneath the seat, or to have broken open the box, and suspicion consequ ently fell upon a person named Billings, who was the guard of the train, and who had charge of the parcels compartment, and he was given into custody, but there being no direct evidence against him, he was acquitted, and the company immediately dis charged him from their service. The supposition that Billings committed the robbery was strengthened a short time afterwards by his buying for 1201. the lease and goodwill of a public-house, upon which he spent a considerable sum in repairs. It appeared that Billings, previous to his being employed by the company, had been an omnibus conductor and a po- !iceman. Several witnesses were called on the part of the plaintiffs, and they all agreed in thinking that the box had been opened, and the panelling forced on the luggage side of the partition. (The cafe had not concluded wlen we went to press ) THE LATE EXPLOSION OF FIRE WORKS IN BERMONDSEY.—(THIS DAY.) The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the four persons who lost their lives in consequence of an explosion of fireworks in a private dwelling house occupied by a person named Barlin, was held this afternoon at the King John's llead, Abbey-street, Bermondsey, before Mr. Carter, Coroner for East Surrey. It will be recollected that the inquest was adjourned from the 6th of November last, in order to enable the persons injured by the explosion to recover, and be present to give evidence. Charles Barlin, son:of Wm. Berlin, was called and examined. He had just been brought from the hospital, and, notwithstanding the long interval since the accident, he was still in great suffering, and gave his evidence with considerable difficulty. He ap- geared to have suffered great injuries on the head and hands. He said—l am 19 years of age next January. My father's name is William Barlin ; I lived with him on the 12th of October last, at 4, Brook-street, Bermondsey New-road, and on the evening of that day I was engaged roiling cases for a description o fireworks called blue lights, which are sold to children at 11. and id. each. There were other persons in the room, and to the best of my recAlection they were all rolling cases. I don't think my father was there. The explosion took place at half past eleven, ai near as I can say, and there were then in the room my father and mother, my brother William, and George Barlow. I believe there was a quantity of firevtoilcs being mule up in parcels of a gross each. All I can remember is that my mother asked me to give her a chair in order to sit down to supper. I'Ve had then cleared away everything. I don't know whether enything was knocked down, but a cracker went off. I have no distinct recollection whether in the act of giving the chair, something fell ; but a cracker fired off, and a number of others fol lowed. I made my escape in the first instance, with out injury ; but I returned to the house to fetch out my brother (the poor" fellow here sobbed bitterly). I got into the house by the window, by means of a ladder, because I heard two little children crying in the fire. I believe that the fire was occasioned by my striking the lamp as! I lifted up the chair. I can't exactly say whether there were any fireworks on the table. I think we had cleared the table for supper.—(lt was understood that the witness was to be taken back to the hospital ) The boy Larser, who was examined on the last occasion, said, in addition to his former evidence, that he was upstairs at the time of the accident, but from the position of the table when be left the room he thought the handing of a chair across the table might knock down the lamp and ignite some sulphur and lampblack which was on the table. Mrs. Berlin, who had also just left the hospital, said she asked her son for a chair, and as he was handing it over the table something fell, and immediately afterwards a cracker went off, and others followed. If she had not asked for the chair the accident would not have happened. Her husband had followed the business of making fireworks for many years, but he had been out of employment for a considerable time, and, being in great distress, they had to work early and late. They had a manufactory in the Westminster-road, but a simple thing, like blue lights and crackers they made at home. When the accident happened they were capping the fireworks, i. e., putting on the touch paper with a little damp powder. The CORONER said it now became the duty of the jury to consider whether any person was liable for the consequences of the explosion. There could be no doubt about the illegality of making fireworks, for the 9:h of Win. 111., ch. 7, sec. 1, made it so. The evidence went to show that the parties were finishing the fireworks; and the question for them to decide was whether that was a part and parcel of the making. The other question was as to the cause of the accident; and that was one of considerable importance. A person was liable to a criminal indictment, if he was instrumental in causing the doath of a person by the illegal manufacture of these commodities, but on the other hand he was not responsible for an accident which might have been occasioned by circumstances over which he had no control. The Recorder of London had already held that a person was decidedly answerable for the death of a party, occasioned by a n explosion of fireworks illegally manufactured. It was entirely, however, a matter for their decision. Should they think any onus attached to the father they would return their verdict against him, but if they were of opinion that the occurrence was purely of an acci dental nature he would not be liable for the conse quences of it. The jury then deliberated for some time with closed doors, and on the public being admitted, The CORONER directed that Mr. Karlin, the father, should be brought in, and on his entering the room, said, that the jury had found a verdict of " Accidental death," but had thought it right to append the following to it :—" We, the jury, cannot separate without expressing our regret that sufficient steps are nut taken by the police authorities to prevent the manuftturing and selling of fireworks, whereby lives and property are greatly endangered." IRELAND. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING.-At the meeting of the Repeal Association to-day, the attendance was fuller than usual, owing, perhaps, to the Hon. Cecil Lawless, son of Lord Cloncurry, and M.P. for Clon mel, taking part in the proceedings. The amount of rent was not announced in time for post. An awfully sudden death occurred this afternoon at four o'clock, in the shop of Pim, Goodbody, and Co., Westmoreland-street. An elderly gentleman named Ferguson, who, as well as his brother, an eminent saddler in this city, was remarkable for his portly person, was at the time mentioned transacting some business, when he dropped down in a fit of apoplexy, and immediately expired. As"the deceased was rather a remarkable man, his death has caused some sen sation. The case of Ffrench v. Ffrench is again adjourned. Mr. Brewster, for the plaintiff, after speaking for two hours on Saturday, occupied the Court from ten this morning till three P.M., when Chief Justice Black burne, in mercy to the jury, postponed his charge till to-morrow morning. Some very heavy bets are pending on the issue of this extraordinary litigation between two brothers. The Evening Packet says it has it from an un doubted source, that: the income-tax is to be ex tended to Ireland, and a two-shilling rate in aid im posed, immediately after the meeting of Parliament. This does not look as if Government believed all the statements of ruin which now meet one from the four quarters of Ireland. In reading over the items of provincial news one cannot fail to be struck with the contradictory nature of the reports even from vicinous districts ; whilst the reports of the fairs, &c., are even still more discrepant from the unanimous lamentations of the landed interest. Mr. Francis Morgan, late law agent to the Dublin Corporation, but who had to fly to France for the part he took, or rather was accused of intending to take, in the ludicrous insurrection of '4B, is, it is said, about to be reinstated in his office. Mr. Morgan returned from exile on the expiration of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, and seemed by no means exteriorly improved by his continental sojourn. Active preparations are in progress to give all the assistance in the power of this country to the effec tiveness of the great manufacture exhibition of 1851. A working committee has been appointed in Dublin, besides the general cne, and corresponding branches have been formed in Belfast, Derry, Cork, and Limerick—for the success of whose show of lace great lccal hopes are entertained. This was a beautiful day for winter, clear, cold, but bracing. The thermometer is now falling, and we shall have a tight of frost. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 16.—Part of a boat's stern, nnarked."Lady Gorwataby of Whitby" outside, and part of the name of Samuel_inside, has been picked up near here. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER, lB, 1849. but home dealers have been the principal operators, whilst better sorts are in request ; 400 puncheons have been sold at 2s 6d to 3s 7d for 30 to 38 per cent over proof, with small parcels of superior sorts at 3s 8d to 4s. per gallon. Of flue the supply is small, and likely so to remio. For Brandy trade is more active and holders are less disposed to realize. The value of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1848 is 4f 6d to 4s 7d, 1847 ditto 5s 2d to 5s 4d, inferior 2s Sd to 4s 21, and Bordeaux at 2a 41 to 2s 8d per gallon. Geneva has been selling at Is 9d to is 101 for shipping sorts, and fine at 25 3d to 3a. There is a good trade doing in British made Spirits at 93 7d to 9s 81, and Gin at 8s 3d to 8s 91 for 17 and 221 per cent under proof. SPICES.—To - day Nutmegs sold freely, and at auction 15 pkgs soil at full rates—mid and good mid brown 2s 81 to 2s 11d, inferior 2a 4d to 2s 71. 20 pkgs Alm], went at rather lower prices—good 2s 6.1 to 2s 8 , 1, and mid 2s 4d to 2s 61. Cassia, Lignea maintained the late figures ; 143 chests finding buyers—first and second pile at 1003 6d to 101 s, mouldy 803 to 975, mouldy and broken 775. 54 cases Cloves sold at to 7- 4 3 -d for good hold Bourbon. 44 bags Malabar Pepp.: , r at 311 for half heavy. 643 bags white ditto went a little lower—mid and good mid 41 to sd, and one lot bid. 1224 bags 612 pockets East India Cringer all told —shipping Bengal 19s 6d to 21s 61, damaged 14s to 19s per cwt. RICE.—To-clay East India Rice was dealt in with more freedom; the public sales of 1,893 bags went at rather higher rates, middling and good middling white Bengal realized 93 61 to 10s, ordinary and low middling 9s to 9 6d, damaged is 6 , 1 to 9,, and ordinary sound dusty Bombay 8s 61. Of Tapioca 4CO brls were only in part sold at 51 to 61 for good and fine white, which are rather lower rates. 134 packages Arrowtoot went f,,r East India at 51 to 51d, Rio 51, and West India at is 2,0 to 2s Id per lb, and a parcel of Tous lc Blois at 51. num—To day the dried Fruit market presented a dull aspect. At public sale 700 j kgs Eleme Raisins were mostly taken in at 48s to 523, damaged 43a to 455; 99 do Carabourne, and 278 do red Smyrna withdrawn; 30 do black taken in at 355; 17,000 do Turkey Figs a small part only only sold at 37s to 545; and few lots fin; 70s; 1620 drums Sultana Raisins taken in at 68s; 20 cks Dates 653 to 703, and some prunes at 22s to 25. per cwt. for old. TaLLow.—There is still much firmness in the market for Russian, and Operations have been upon a larger scale by dealers as well as speculators, whilst for fine P. Y. Candle on the spot prices ruled at 38 , 61 to 39s per cwt, and there are not free. sellers. For delivery in three first months of next year many contracts havo been concluded et 39s 3d to 395 6d. In home melted operations are upon a lar:er scale at 38s to 38s 6d Nett Cash, whilst for &livery there arc not sellers at these rates. O'her sorts have been sold readily at better prices, and the supply is not so largo as of late. At public sale 170 cks Petersburg szild at 371 Gd to 38s, very ord 33s 3d, 55 cks Soap Tallow 31s 9d to 32s 91 for low qual , ty, 150 Skins Gala:z 335 to 393, ord 37s to 37s 6d, 950 pkg 3 South American good and fine 351 to 36s 63, low and ord 33s 3d to 34s 9.1, and 300 cks Sydney 34a to 383 0 per cwt. For auction 1,830 pkgs are declared. Oma.—Operations in Seal have been limited, and a greater desire has been evinced to sell pale at 381 to 391, straw and tinged 341 to 371, yellow and brown 301 o 33/. Cod is offered at 30110, to 314 still few purchases have be en made. Southern has:been dealt in with caution, and can b- obtained at 301 to 341 for low to fine. The market for Oils is not expected to remain long in a quiet sate, as dt Everies are good, and arrivals rnoderatt.. Sperm met with greater attention, and higher Wes prevail as supply is small; sales of good and tine B kb have beer made at 82/ to 841, best American 81/ 103 to 821, and Ilaadmatter, 851 to 884 there is also a further increase in consumption, For Olive the market is in a firm po sition, and a good trade has been done; Gallipoli a' 44/ to 451, Spanish and Sicily 431 to 441, and other sorts 421 to 42/ 103 per tun. RA. further inerea,e has taken place in home trade deliveries. In thi Linseed Oil market more activity has existed, and there are not sellers at former rates. Sales to a fair extent have been made at 285 3d to 28s 61 per cwt on the spot, but home dealers are chief buyers. A good business has been done for delivery at 283 91 to 29a. ['HE LONDON GAZETTE, (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18. Orders for the Court's change of mourning on Sunda) the 611 o' January, 1850, for her late Majesty the Queen Dowager, viz.:—The ladies to w ear black silk, fringed or plain linen or muslin, white gloves, black or white shoes, fans, and tippets, white necklaces and earrings; no diamonds. The gentlemen to wear black, full-trimmed, fringed cr plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the Mourning further on Sunday the 13th of January, 1850; viz. :—The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet-coloured ribbons, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to continue in black, and to wear coloured swords and buckles. And on Sunday, the 20:11 of January, 1850, the Court to go out of Mourning. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DE of 18. It is the intention of the Queen and that of Col Royal Family to continue their mourning for her late Majesty the Queen Dowager until the 13th of March, 1850, charging to half-mourning upon the 13th of February, 1850. WHITEHALL, DEC. 7. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Merritt Shujar, of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton . Crept, to be a Matter Extraordinary in the High Cour of Chancery. WIHTEHALL, DEC. 13. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George William Nalder, of Long Ashton, near Bristol, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Fielding, of Dovo in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in th© High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Ed ward Whalley, cloth orker, Kingsgate street, High Holborn, to surrender Dec. 31, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Shaw and Nowstead, Ely- place. Francis Golding, grocer, Parade, Tunbridge Wells, Kant, Dec. 29, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall Chambers, Basinghall-street; Melton, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn; Hewitt, Tonhridge Wells. John George Briggs, innkeeper, Leicester, Jan. 4 and 25, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court, Nottingham, Bittleston, official assignee ,; Nottingham; Gregory, Leicester. Henry Hepworth, linendraper, Selby, Yorkshire, Jan. 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Rade and Clarke, Leeds. ; Hadgson, Selby. William Henry Malpas, innkeeper, Nottingham, Jan, 11 and Feb. 8, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham. Joseph Rephael, jeweller, Liverpool, Jan. 2 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Pemberton, Liverpool. Robert Gibbs, corn dealer, Birmingham, Dec. 31, and Jan. 28, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Benson, Birmingham ; Wright,/ Birmingham. Ma'thew Flaig and John Alexander, watch makers Bath, Jan. 3d and 31st, at twelve, at the Bristo! District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Hellings, Bath. Frederick King, auctioneer, Oxford, Dec. 29, at eleven, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghaa-street; Pownall and Cross, Staple-inn, Holborn. Thomas Maas, boiler and gasometer manufacturer, Brierly-hill, 'Staff,rdshire, Dec. 27 and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham District :Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteratn, Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham. THE POST- OFFICE SUNDAY DUTIES.—The whole of the district surveyors to the General Post-office in the country have been summoned to St. Martin's le- Grand, and have been closeted with Mr. Rowland Hill several times for hours together. The Precise object of the consultations has not transpired; but it is understood they have reference to the best and most satisfactory plan for abolishing the blank day circulation of letters and relieving the provincial forwarding offices from Sunday labour. The district surveyors, seven in number, are very superior officers of the Post-office department and their official residences being in distant parts of the country, they are never all summoned to meet in London but for some important purpose. The official residences of the surveyors are at Ipswich, Derby, Gloucester, Dorking, Penritb, Exeter, and Oswestry. DESTRUCTION OF THE WAREHOUSES OF MESSRS. WARD, AT BELPER.—A terrific fire broke out on Sun day night, on the extensive premises of Messrs. Ward, hosiers. The fire was discovered at nine o'clock, and immediate information was given to the police. A mes senger was instantly: dispatched to Derby, and the fire engines arrived from that town at the place of confla gration in an incredibly short space of time. At twelve o'clock the fire was at its height, and the firemen di rected the whole of their efforts to protect the adjacent premises. At three o'clock yesterday (Monday) morning the force of the flames had abated, and all tears for the safety of the surrounding buildings were now dissipated. The premises, however, of Messrs. Ward are a complete wreck. The amount of damage is immense. Messrs. Ward have usually employed upwards of 2,000 hands, the whole of whom from this serious disaster will bo thrown out of employment. It is doubtless one of the worst calamities that could have happened to the town of Belper, a place of about 10,000 inhabitants, and the suffering which will be entailed upon the lower orders residing there is immense. It has not yet been ascertained how the fire originated. GLASGOW, DEC. 15.—Cotton—In the early part or the week the market exhibited a better feeling, and prices, in some instances, advanced 1-1. per lb. Since then, however, things have become dull and quiet, and this advance has been lost. The market closes to-day very tamely. A good business has been done in goods and yarns at firm prices, and as stocks are light a very healthy feeling prevails in the trade. Pig Iron—Our pig iron market has teen rather inactive during the week, and the business done chiefly on three months' open delivery, for which 475. were paid. To day mixed numbers are offering at 465. 6d. cash ; and 475. three months' open. Buyers, to a small extent, at 6d. less. THE CHOLERA IN LONDON AND PA RlP.—From the official returns just published it appears that the number of deaths in Paris from this epidemic amounted to 10,950, or, inclusive of those which took pl,ce in the civil and mintary hospitals, to '/),000. The most fatal month was Jura, when 5,760 perishorl. In London the most fatal month was September, when 6,644 tell victims. Mr. Garcia is appointed Solicitor. General at Trinidad. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dcc. 17. MATHEWS V. THE EARL OF CARLISLE AND OTHERS. The argument in this part heard appeal from the Vice Chancellor of England was then proceeded with, to obtain the dissolution of an injuction which had been granted by his Honour, restraining the Earl of Carlisle, as chief graveller of the Forest of Dean, and the deputy gravellers, from granting a " gale " to any person but the plaintiff. The injunction was granted ex parte during the long vacation, and on mwien having been made some days ago in the Court below for its dissolution, the Vice Chancellor, upon hearing the argument, was of opinion that the injunc• tion should not be dissolved, and hence the present appeal. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bethel, Mr. Roll, Mr. Mslins, Mr. Bazelgate, and Mr. Malik, appeared for the different parties. On the conclusion of the argument, His LORDSIIIP said he did not see that there was any necessity for the continuance of the injunction. The plaintiff contended that he had preferable claims to the other parties in the cause ; but his Lordship said he could not decide between the parties in the present state of the litigation, although he was ready to do so if the parties concurred. Under the circum stances he was of opinion that the injunction should be dissolved, and the appeal allowed. VIt;E•CHANCE'LLORS' COURT, Pcc. 17. (Before the VICE- CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) Honour resumed his sittings to-day. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. GRAINGER. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL applied in this case to hare t'e costs of the parties paid out of the estate. It will be recollected that a short time ago the clailn of Christ's Hospital to certain property in the posses sion of the Corporation of Reading, was, after a lengthened argument, decided in favour of Christ's Hospital, and which decision was confirmed by the Lord Chancellor upon the hearing of the appeal. The information had, however, been originally filed a number of years since, although the case has only been recently disposed of. The application of the Solicitor-General having been opposed by Mr. STUART on the part of Christ's Hospital, His HoNoun said he did not think he should make any crder about the costs ; and certainly, as far as Christ's Hospital was concerned, he thought it should not be caled on to pay.. (Before - Sir J. IVJGRAm THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT V. MORRIS llis IloNouß gave judgment in this case, which was heard upon petition last term. The plaintiff was owner of a colliery in the basin of the Tavey, and the bill was filed to restrain the defendants from making a drift from an aojoining colliery, whereby the water would be let in from the latter into the former, so as to injure the plaintiff's mine. At the originsd hearing it was directed that the }AI should be retained, with liberty to the plaintiff to brill; an action, which was accordingly brought, but a verdict was found for the defendant. A new trial was asked for, on the ground that the real question had not been tried. The bill had prayed for protection for a pros pective injury ; but upon the issue left to the jury, they found that rao damage had been commi:ted. His Honour dismissed the petition, with costs, with liberty to apply to the Lord Chancellor for such order as he may choose to make, without re-hearing the cause, or re-hearing it if necessary. or, at all events, a considerable part of it, was taken to different places, and only a portion of it had come into the possession of the prosecutor. The evidence against Thomas M'Carthy and Grout was to the effect that they were present when some of the goods were re moved, and that the bill of sale was shown to the latter ; but as regarded the other defendants, there did not appear to be a tittle of evidence to show any illegal conduct on their part, the lad being merely proved to have been in his father's house when some furniture was taken away, and the other defen dant, Grady, who was a servant in the public-house, appearing merely to have acted - under the orders of his master. In the course of the case it transpired that, in addition to the bill of sale, the prosecutor was still in possession of the lease, which was represented to be worth more than the amount that had been ad- vanced to the defendant Thomas Al‘Carthy, and also the licences of the house, and it likewise appeared that although the whole of the property was charged in the indictment to have been removed, in point of fact a considerable portion of it still remained upon the premises, and that not more than 401. or JO/. worth were out of the possession of the prosecutor ; and it was also shown that an action for trespass had been threatened against the prosecutor, arising out of his proceedings in venturing upon the premises of the defendant Thomas M'Carthy. The COMMON SERGEANT, at the close of the case for the prosecution, said there was not the least evidence against the defendants George M`Carthy and Grady that would support a charge of conspiracy, and therefore they need not be called upon to answer the charge. Mr. BALLANTINE, in the course of his address to the jury for the defendant Grout, characterised the prosecution as one of a most abominable character, and said that it had evidently been instituted for vindictive purposes. He submitted that there was not the slightest evidence against the lad George M`Carthy or the man Grady, and yet they had been included in the indictment evidently with nu other purpose than to disgrace and degrade them, and pre vent them from giving evidence which might have been material to the other parties included in the charge. The COMMON SERGEANT, in summing up the case to the jury, said it always appeared to him that charges of con piracy ought to be watched very nar rowly, because they spread a very large net to catch any one in ; and a charge of conspiracy was frequently resorted to when parties found they could not succeed in a civil action. It was doubly necessary to watch such cases narrowly, when it appeared that those who instituted the prosecution went up to the grand jury room and obtained a bill upon ex parte evidence, and in the absence of the parties accused. He considered this the greatest calamity connected with the grand jury system, and he was of opinion that it was much more satisfactory for charges to be made publicly be fore a magistrate, as this gave the party accused an opportunity of knowing what he was charged with, and of answering the charge. In this case it appeared to him that there was no evidence vrhatevel against the defendants George M`Carthy and Grady, and the only question the jury had to decide was, whether the evidence satisfied them, under the circumstances as they had been detailed in the course of the case, that the other two defendants had conspired together with the object imputed to them by the indictment. The jury immediately returned a verdict of Not guilty. Alfred Lipseembe, 17, was charged with stealing 27 sovereigns, the moneys of Cornelius Phillips. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted. It appeared that the prisoner had formerly been in the service of the prosecutor, who is an upholsterer at Islington, but had recently been discharged. On the evening of the day mentioned in the indictment Mrs. Phillips, the wife of the prosecutor, hearing a noise in the bedroom, went there, accompanied by her servant maid, and on the latter looking under the bed, the prisoner was discovered concealed. An alarm was given, and he rushed out and made his escape, and it was soon afterwards ascertained that an escru toire in the bed room had been broken open, and the amount mentioned stolen therefrom. The prisoner was taken into custody the same night, but none of the money was recovered. The prisoner, in his defence, asserted that the witnesses were mistaken as to his identity, and de clared that he was innocent of the offence with which he was charged. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and he was sentenced to he kept to hard labour for one year. Samuel Marlow Phellp, 29, a young man of gentle manly appearance, pleaded guilty to a charge of em bezzling money belonging to his employers. Mr. BODKIN, who appeared for the prosecution, said he was instructed to recommend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Court. Mr. CLARKSON, who was instructed to defend the prisoner, said that as he observed by the indictment there was a charge against him of having been pre viously convicted of felony, he thought it his duty to inform the Court that fifteen years ago he was so convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Since-that period he had been abroad, and, ho was informed, had entirely retrieved his character by his good conduct, and he had served with honour for some time in the American army. He had returned to this country and obtained respectable employment, but having recently married, a temporary pressure, arising from that change in his position, had induced him to make use of his employer's money in the hope that he would have been enabled to replace it ; in which, however, he was disappointed. Under these circumstances he trusted the Court would think it was a case in which the prisoner might have anoth( r chance afforded him of becoming a respectable mem ber of society. The COMMON SERGEANT said the sentence he was about to pass was a very lenient one, considering the character of the offence, and he hoped it might satisfy the justice of the case without operating as a bad example. The prisoner bad been recommended to mercy by the prosecutor, and he appeared to have borne a good character for a long period, and under these circumstances, he should only sentence him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four months. RUNAWAY BANKRUPTS.—Tvro gross instances of bankrupts absconding from their creditors, carrying with them valuable property and large sums of money, have just been brought to light in the London Court of Bankruptcy. In one case, that of Noah Pattenden, of Oxford, woollen-draper, the bankrupt, after obtaining good: of the wholesale London warehousemen to the value of between 5,0001. and 6,000/., and disposing of them by forced stiles by public auction, absconded, taking with him nearly 2,000/ in money. It is believed he has gone to Australia, and since his flight kr. Archibald Harvey, a warehouseman, of Bow-churchyard, states that ho has discovered that the bankrupt had committed a number of forgeries. Mr. Cooper, the messenger in Mr. Comei , sioner Shepherd's court, has succeeded in obtaining for the creditors the bankrupt's stock in trade, valued at cost price at 687/., and some furniture, plate, &c., worth about 2001. In the other case, that of Charles Cotton Butterfield, of the Peterafield Bank, it has been ascertained within the last few days that the bankrupt took with him notes and gold exceeding 3,0001. Previously to his departure from this country he bad violated, in more than one instance, the sacred ties of hospitality and friendship as regarded the wife and daughter of a neighbour. He was last seen at Paris, and is now in Italy. Mr. James Johnstone, the mes senger, upon completing his information, will proceed to the continent for the purpose of recovering the property and person of the bankrupt, who was proclaimed an outlaw some time since. tie is the son of Admiral Butterfield, and h is deserted his wife and family. ANCIENT BRITISH VILLAGE.—Some very interest ing remains of an ancient British village have been dis covered by a Mr. H. Harrod, the indefatigable secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Archasological Society, on the crest of a range of hills at.Weybourne, near Holt. They consist of a collection of pits, of the uniform depth of four and diameter of eight feet, amounting in number to some hundreds, and extending upwards of a quarter of a mile. At a short distance from the village are the remains of sepulchral tumuli, probably the burial-place of the aboriginal tribe.—Busy Post. A VESSEL WRECKED AND ,DESERTED. —At an early hour on Saturday week a sheep named the Andrew White, of Sunderland, laden with timber, was drifted on a reef of rocks on the Claddah strand. A great many idles tales are in circulation respecting the fate of the crew, some of which are most horrifying to relate; but nothing certain can be ascertained on that point yet, as it is not known where the vessel is from, nor whither she is bound. There can be no doubt, however, that the crew must have either perished, or, having lost all hope of saving the ship, taken to the boats, and got to land on some other part of the western coast. There was no one on board to tell the tale of woe. At the time she was -boarded there was nothing in her except a few biscuits, nor anything of value except the cargo, so that there can be but little doubt that she was plundered on sea, espe cially as she was seen by the coast guards on Friday off Mutton Island, with two fishing boats in pursuit of her. —Mona's Herald, A Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday was published last night, containing the Earl Marshal's account of the ceremonial observed at the funeral of the Queen Dowager. This document is, of course, in exact accordance with the programme of the ceremonial before issued by the same high officer, which we published on Wednesday last, and with our account of the mournful proceedings of Thursday. It may be noticed, as a matter of precedent, that the document commences by stating that " Her late Most Excellent Majesty the Queen Dowager, having desired that the interment of her re mains might take place in a most private manner, and without any state, the Queen was pleased to sanction a departure from the usual ceremony observed in the fune rals of the Kings and Queens of the realm." THE PLEA OF NOT GUILTY.—A memorial, signed by several chairmen of quarter sessions, high sheriffs, justices of the peace, and a considerable number of chaplains of gaols, mayors, clerics of the peace, lawyers, and others, praying that the present mode of arraigning prisons rs by flaking them, ", How say yon, guilty or not guilty," may he discontinued, to that the suion3 evils attet , dLnt on this form io Opt. pr , sef'dik)gs troy be avoided, was on the 11 , h inst. fon% ardett by Loiti Ashley to the Secretary of State, the signatures having been collected by the Rev. W. C. Oslom, chaplain of the Bath Gaol, author of a pamphlet on the ;subject. FRANCE It is said that an outbreak took place at Belle Isle among those of the insurgents of June, 1848, who have not been amnestied, and that one man was shot before the disturbance was quelled. At eight o'clock last evening the National Assem bly voted :the Ministerial proposition for the re imposition of the tax on potable liquors by a majority of 225, the numbers being— For the Ministerial proposition 445 Against it Majority for the Ministers .. —225 La Presse says—" If we are well informed, dis patches were received in Paris on Sunday from Constantinople of the 29th ult., announcing the definitive solution of the differences existing between the Porte and the Austrian and Russian Govern ments. A definitive convention, satisfying all parties, and only waiting the ratification of the Courts of Vienna and St. Petersburgh, had been concluded be tween the Divan and the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and Austria." SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. Three projects of law were presented to the Cham ber of Deputies on that day relative—first, to the importation of iron; second, the adjustment of the debt ; and third, the electoral law. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 11.—The money market continued very firm, the Three per Cents. closing at 30 11 16 for paper ; the Four per Cents. at 124 ; the Five per Cents. at 134 ; the Debt without Interest at 41; and the Coupons at 8. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 13th says :—" Several arrests have taken place; the garrison was under orders ; and public places directed to be closed at an early hour." ITALY. A letter from Turin of the 13th says—" According to the last accounts 142 nominations are known. Of this number 92 belong to the Conservative party, 50 to the Opposition of the Left Centre and Left—the latter possessing about 36. Allowing to the Opposi tion a clear half of all the returns that remain to be ascertained the Government would yet have a consi derable majority, and which will in any case exceed their most sanguine expectations." The Paris Concstitutiound of yesterday publishes a letter from Rome of the 10th inst , which says the arrival of the Pope is announced for the 201 of this month, in the most formal manner. All difficulties are smoothed down. A loan of six millions of crowns is, it is said, negotiated. Preparations for the entry of his Holiness are already begun. Our readers no doubt remember the unfunded accusations brought against the Ministers of the Ro man Republic, of having been guilty of spollating the museums of Rome, accusations which notwithstanding the indignant denials and the proofs of innocence ten dered by the partied accused, certain coronetted agents of the Continental reaction did not ' think it beneath their dignity to repeat it in the British House of Lord.. When Rome surrendered to General Oudinot, a Commission was appointed to report on the losses occasioned by the Republican Government, and by the French opera tions to the monuments, public buildings, and museums of Rome. The Commission has not yet presented any report, and the reason is that it has discovered that spoliations and thefts have been committed, not by the Republicans, not by the Constitutionalis's, but by the " friends of the Cardinals and liegemen to the Pope," by the very persons who by the mouths of their lordly agents in the Engl6ll House of Peers raised the cry of " Stop thief,' the better to enable them to make off with the plunder. We extract the fol lowing from the letter of the Times correspondent, a gentleman known to be at all events not inclined to Republicanism, and whose conscientious belief in Roman Catholicism, and known attachment to the King of Naples and to Pio Nono, render his tes timony as against their protege unexceptionable. The Times correspondent, writing from Rome on the Bth, says— " A great sensation has been caused here by the discovery that no less than 137 valuable medals have bet n sto!en out of the Museum of the Vatican. Some of these medals were of great rarity, and their loss is a public misfortune; but of the greater number the dies still remain at the Mint, and nearly all those connected with Papal history can be replaced. The thief is now ascertained to be one of the young men employed in that department ; and the scandal given is the greater because he was recommended by the Popo himself, with whom he was a special favourite. I am now told that it was the know- ledge of this fact that has hitheto prevented the publication of the the two reports drawn up by order of General Oudinot on the subject of the losses occasioned by the Republican Government and the French operations to the monuments, public build ings, and museums of the capital, as it was known that guarrdians in the medal department had not been changed, that none of the Republican party during the reign of the Triumvirate had entering into that part of the Vatican, and that consequently the robbery had been effected by one of the Papal servants. However, a matter like this could not always be concealed, and a kind of triumph indulged in by the Republican party, when it is seen that the spoliation of a museum was not effected through their means, but by a special favourite of the Pope. The young man is now in prison, and the law is to have its course, but many persons hear with regret that he counts upon being relieved by Pio None from the effects of any punishment to which he may be sentenced. There has been an insurrection of the peasants at Spolito. Troops were dispatched thither from Rome on the Bth. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam •.. 12 2U, Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 0 liottcrdam .. .. 12 2% Antwerp .. •••.• • • • 25 67% 1 aamburgh • 21.8 13 13)4 Liton3. Paris, 3 days'sight ...• 25 45 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 6 5 tlarseilles .......... • • 25 6714 Bourdeaux— . . 25 67 )4 Frankfort on Mains.... 122 Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 367 Berlin.. • „ Vienna, efiec. d 0...". 11 30 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 30 Madrid ............ .. 49% Cadiz •••••••• • • • • •• •• 49% Bilbao. • • • • • .• .• • • •• •• Barcelona Se - rUle•• •• •• •• •• •• NGE.-(THIS DAY i Gibra1tar.............. 'Leghorn ........ • ..... 31 b Genoa •• •• ••••••• • •• •• 26 40 ,Allan .. •• •• • • •• •• •• •• Venice .. .. .. .. ........ Naples .. .... • • .... .. 407 i Palermo, p0r0z........ 121 4 Messina ••••••• • • • • • • • 1214, Lisbon.. • • .• .......... 5356 Oporto .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • b 35 Rio Janeiro .. .. .. •• .. Buenos Ayres .. .. _.. New York, 21 dayesight Philadelphia ...... micas os BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 ‘Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10 Silver lit bars ...... •• 0 4 11% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From tho London New Price Current, Dec. 18.) SUGAR.—Tc-day thero was greater activity in the Raw Sugar market. In West India Muscovado opera tions were upon a large scale in both grocery and refining sorts, whilst the rates paid exhibit an advance on those of Friday of 6d per cwt. The purchases amount to 1,240 hhds, &c., including a public sale of 150 hhds 8 tres Barb does, which went briskly at a rise on last Tuesday's terms of 63 per cwt; fine yellow fetched 41s to 41s 6d, and middling to good 38s to 40s 63; the sorts erom 38s 6d to 405 per cwt met with the greatest compe tition. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was in brisk de mand for home consumption, and prices exhibit a further advance ; sales of brown lumps were made at 49s 6d to 50s, and fair grocery at 51s to 51s 6d per cwt. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the market is firm at former terms. To-day several parcels of Mauritius Sugar were sold in the private market at 6d per owt advance. There was no puhlic sale. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in lively demand, and the parcels offered at public s de, amounting to 4,733 bags, went at an advance on Fri day's rates of 6d. per cwt: good and fine strong yellow fetched 426 6cl to 44s ' low and middling 37s 6d to 405, good and fine strong brown 35s 6d to 375, strong white 446 6d to 465, fine Benares 41s 6d to 438 6d, middling to good 395 to 41s, ord to fine yellow, like Mauritius 35s to 395, nood and fine soft yellow 36s to 37s 6d, and ord brown 29s 6d to 33; per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day a fair business was concluded in bonded and duty paid parcels of foreign Sugar, whilst rather higher rates were paid. CCCOA.—West India continues to sell freely for home trade purposes, and prices are still on advance for all sorts. At public sale 200 bags Trinidad were sold at 44s 61 to 47s for good red, and at 40s to 42s 6d for ord to good grey. Orders for Foreign are getting upon a larger scale, and a further advance of prices is apparent; sales aro made at 28s to 29s per cwt, and a less quantity is on offer, whilst holders display much firmness. MOLASSES.—There is a firm market for West India, and a good demand exists for all sorts, whilst prices are on the advance; about 300 puns have been sold, fine Antigua at 185 Dominica 16s, and other sorts 15s to lss 6d. Sales Of East India Treacle have been made at 14s to 14s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was not much desire evinced to operate in Plantation Ceylon Coffee. At public sale 67 casks 640 bags went upon rather terms, but all found buyers; low mid at 59s to 605 6d, fine fine ord 573 to 58s 6d, gool and fine ord 525 to 563 6d, low 49s to 50s, triage 46s to 495, pea berry 611 to 645 6d, damaged 50s to 565. Native met with little attention, and 426 bags went 6d to is under former rates; good ord at 51s to 525, real good ord 52s 6d, and damaged 483 to 503 63 per cwt. The Coffee Market closed with a quiet aspect. !'EA.—Black Tea i 3 offered rather under last week'a terms, still town or country dealers are no . disposed to extend their purchases. The value of low to good ordinary Congou is 8d to Sid, medium kinds 9d to Is Old, and better sorts ls Id to Is 9d. There are sel lers of green upon lower terms; still operations have been small, especially in good and fine kinds. Scented Teas ere not much wanted, and can be obtained at a reduc tion. At public sale 11,700 packages of Tea have been offered, tied the small proportion of only 3,000 found buyers. Further public sales are declared. SPIRITS —Leeward Island Rum has been purchased with more readiness, and stiffer rates are paid, sales having been made at Is Si to is 51d proof and there are not free sellers. Purchases to a fair extent have been made in East India at is 311. to Is 43 preof, ard on the part of holders firmness is apparent. In Demerara a fair amount of Lusiress has been concluded at 2s to 2s 4d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof, and there are not generally sellers upon those terms. A further increase is apparent in the transactions in Jamaica, whilst priices are firmer, COURT OF QUEEIVS BENCH, Dcc. 17. Sittings at Nisi Prius, at G Aildhall, before Mr Justice ERLE, and Special Juries.) TUCKER V. ROBARTS. This was an issue from the Court of Chancery, to ascertain by the decision of a jury, whether the de fendant, who was banker to the Pelican Life As surance Company, represented by their secretary, plaintiff in this action, was liable for 5,0001., which his firm had paid on a policy of insurance effected in the Pelican Office, believing the documents on which the payment was made to be genuine. The cause had been tried in this Court on a former occasion, and resulted in a verdict for the defendant. A rule was subsequently obtained for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence, and the case now came on for trial again. Mr. Martin, Q C., with whom were other Learned Gentlemen, appeared for the plaintiff; the Attorney- General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, and Mr. Sergeant Shee, were for the defendant. The cause of action arose out of the following circumstances :—A gentleman named Sherwood effected an insurance for 5,0001. on his life, in the office of the Pelican Insurance Company. He resided at the time at Stockport, and the in surance was effected through the agency of a house at Manchester, acting on behalf of the com pany. He died, and by his will appointed Mrs. Sherwood and his three daughters his executors, be queathing to them the 5,000/. due on the policy of insurance. They employed Mr. Winterbottom, who was deceased's confidential attorney, to take the necessary steps to obtain payment of the money for them. It was the custom of the insurance company not to pay on any policies unless they were duly en dorsed by the parties interested, and WTinterbottom having gone through all the required forms presented the papers to the company's agent in Manchester, who, believing all to be correct, transmitted notice of tine claim to the Pelican Company in London. The agent subsequently sent the bill for payment through a house in London, and it was in the usual course of business presented to Messrs. Roberts, who seeing that the acceptance was right paid it. It was soon after wards discovered that Winterbottom had forged the endorsements, and the Pelican Insurance Company was obliged to pay four thousand pounds on the policy to Mrs. Sherwood and daughters, being a compromise of the 5,000/. The ques tion then arose who was to be the loser of the money, the Pelican Insurance Company, or Messrs. Robarts. For the company it was urged that Messrs. Roberts were bound, as bankers of the company, to see that the endorsements were genuine; and on the side of the defendants it was contended that it was their duty only, as bankers, to see that the acceptance was right ; and that they were especially excused from investi gating the matter at five o'clock in the day, an hour when business was pressing, and when it was, under the circumstances, impossible for them to ascertain whether the transaction was all right. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury returned a verdict for 5,0001., on account of the money, and ls. damages for a breach of duty. E.AEXTR V. WHITWORTII. Mr. Martin, Q C., and Mr. Wiles, were for the plaintiff; Mr. Crowder, Q.C., and Mr. Montague Smith, for the defendant. This was an action brought by Mr. Barker, ad vertising agent, to recover a sum of 212/ , balance of a sum of 4121., for advertising the Southampton and South Midland Junction Railway, of which com pany the defendant was a provisional committee man, and also member of the managing committee. The case was of the ordinary description of railway actions for the recovery of claims. Plaintiff put in evidence in support of his claim, and relied partly on a letter of the defendant, in which that person had expressed his willingness to become a provisional committeeman, and partly on an admission made in conversation by defendant to a third party that he knew he was liable for the expenses of the company. For the defence it was submitted that the defendant was V not liable, notwithstanding the alleged ad• mission, and the circumstances of his having been a member of the provisional and managing committees, if he did not actually give the orders. The Learned JUDGe summed up. The Jury re tired, and after an absence of some time from the court, returned a verdict for the defendant. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. Thomas BarnardMCarthy, 44, George lit Car thy, a young lad, his son, James Grady, 61, and George Grout, 33, surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment, charging them with unlawfully conspiring together to defraud Henry Barry of certain goods and chattels. Mr. Parry prosecuted ; Mr. Ballantine defended Grout ; Mr. Robinson, Thomas and George M'Car thy, and Mr. Horry de ended Grady. This was one of those cases which come before the Court upon the finding of a bill by the grand jury without the intervention of a magistrate. It appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. Barr, was the secretary, and also one of the principal shareholders in a loan society, and in August, 184'7, the defendant, Thomas M'Carthy, who at that time held the lease of, and occupied the Hand and Flower public-house, at Fulham, applied to him for a loan, and a sum of 1001. was advanced to him upon a joint promissory note of himself and the defendant Grout, who was his brother-in-law. In the commencement of 1848 some negotiation took place for a further loan, and eventually another sum of 701. was advanced to the defer dant, Thomas M‘Carthy, and he gave as security a bill of sale of the whole of the furniture and effects in his public-house for the repayment of the amount that had been advanced. It seemed that the money was not repaid according to the arrangement between the parties, and the prosecutor put the bill of sale into force, and removed a considerable portion of the fur niture preparatory to its being disposed of by auction. Some further negotiations then took place between the prosecutor and the defendant Thomas M Carthy, which resulted in the latter assigning his lease and giving up all his licences to the prosecutor, who, as an equivalent for his doing so, agreed to restore the furniture that had been removed from the premises, and also covenanted, by a written agreement, not to put thst bill of sale into force until the Ist of Septem ber folloNA ing, the understanding being that the money was to he repaid before that day. This we 1 not done, and the foundation in the present indictment appeased to be that about the period covenanted for by the prosecutor, as that up to which he would not put the bill of sale in force, the property upon the precoises, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the po. Essex, from the 10th Dec., 1849, to the 15th Dec., both inclusive a. 3 p ca • ea CA 44 Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon 81 1 68 76 1 126 467 316 485! 182 ll_ 91 10 27 19 198 146 319 2"0 HADDINGTON, DEC. I4.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. I Beans. ... 402 6 1 1 • 24 s 6d 1 19s Od 29s Od Second ... ... 34s 7d I 203 7d 1 16s Ild 1 273 2d Third ... .. 303 Od I 153 Od I 15i 01 I 24s 01 Total quantity of Wheat in market 603 qrs., b7l sold Do. Barley do. 434 qrs., 424 sold Do. Oats do. 537 qrs., 510 sold Do. Beans do. 54 qrs., 33 sold KIRKALDV, Dac. 15.—The following are the quotations up to this date:— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. I Peas. First ... 423 Od 22s 6d 2 0 s Od — s Od —s Od Second 403 6d 21s 6d 17s Od —s Od 1 --a Od Third 313 Od 163 6d 143 01 — s Od I—s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs. imp., 24s to 2530 d. GLASGOW, DEC. 13.—Provisions—Cheese, 46s to 50a Od per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 18a to 00s per cwt. Country fresh batter, 9d to lid per lb; Irish pow dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 74d to tad. Country eggs, 9d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, bs 6d per hundred, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2s od per pair ; ducks, , 2s Od. STIRLING, DEC. 14.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 24s Od; ditto, home, 2:s Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, 16, to 181; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, 12s to 175 6d ; oats, common, 12s Od to 13s Od ; ditto new, 9s Od to 10; Od ; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt distillers, 33s to 35s ; ditto brewers, 35s Od to 381; beans, per boll, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 16s Od to 17s 6d; peas, 14s 6d to Os Od ; flour, new, per sack, 34s to 35s ; ditto common ditto, 24s Od to 25s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new 26s Od to 285 ; ditto per peck of 71bs, Bid to Os Od ; fresh butter, per Ib, 8d to 10d; eggs per dozen, 6d. to 7d; hay per ton, 44s to 475. KELSO, DEC. I4.—Wheat, old, ON to 00s ; ditto, new, 24; to 27s 60 ; barley, nen, 13s to 16s Od ; ditto old, 00s Od to 00s ; potato oats, 00s to 00s ; ditto new, rs to 12; Od ; com mon oats, UOs to 00s Od ; ditto new, 10; to 12; Od ; peas, ON to 00s Od ; beans, 00s to 00s per boll of six imperial bushels. PF.ivrii, DEC. 13.—Wheat, 323 Od to 445 Od ; barley, Ifis to 23; 00 ; oats, 14s to 16, ; peas and beans, 2 5 s Od to 28s Od per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26s to 28s. FALKIRK, DEc. 13. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 604 bolls; wheat at 15s Cd to 195 Od per b.ll ; barley, 14s 6d to 175:0d ; oats, lOs 90 to 13; 6d; beans, lls Od to 13s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per lead. HAwicr, DEC. 13.—Wheat, new, 24s Od to:29s Od; barley, new, 15s to 17s 00 ; ditto old, ON to ON ; potato oats, 12s Od to 14s Od ; common oats, lls to 14s Od ; peas, 20s Od to 24; Od ; beans, 20s Od to 24s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. BERWICK, DEC. 13.—Wheat, 30s 7d ; barley, 19s 21d , oats, 155 41d ; rye, Os 00 ; beaus, 00s Od ; peas, 00s Od ave rage per imperial quarter. COAL MARKET.— Y ESTEEDAY. Buddle's W. Hartley.. 163 6,1 Braddyll Old •fantield Wyliun .. Wall's End, &c. lielloe ... 195 Od Washington Eden Main Ships at arket, 8. RAILWAY SRARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DEC. 17. STOCK Excittwas.—The market to -day was very inactive. The only variation in prices were—Great Western, Quarters, 113, dis.—Midland Stock, 47:M. LI VERt•OOL, Dm. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to day, a-d prices are rather lower. The transactions were as follow ; - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and IL), 12% —East Lancashire, 11% c. London and North-Western, New Quarters, % p. Midland, 47—Ditto, Halves, 22 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 6N dis. —Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 1 1./. 168. 3d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 8 t—North Stafford shire, 9 1 ,E a dis.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6'. 65. 3d. York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur chase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 4% c. die. MANCHESTER, Dac. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as follow :—London and North-Western, Manchester and Bir mingham (0 ), Quarters, IA, p.—Lancashire and York shire, 58 dis.— Ditto Fifths, 6 11-16 din.—Ditto, West Riding Union, Cg a n. dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, I7—Ditto, Preference, 8 1 4—North Staffordshire, 9% dis.-- South Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Scrip, )i—Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire, 5. YORK, DEC. lb. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions taday were as follow : Great Northern, 7 1 / 9 —York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 174—York and North Midland, Ireference, 6 ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS: An ordinary meeting of the members of this society was held at the rooms of the institution, 16, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, last evening; Mr. Sidney Smirk oc cupied the chair, and the attendance of members and their friends was very numerous. An able and very interesting paper on the manufacture of glass, and its application to architectural purposes, was read to the audieuce by Professor T. L. Donaldson, of University College (one of the honorary secretaries of the institute) and illustrated by a variety of diagrams and specimens of the different descriptions of glass, including the moat recent improvements in its manufacture. The treatise was listened to with great interest, and elicited repeated marks of applause. At its close a discussion, further to elucidate the subject, took place among the auditory in which Mr. Swinburn, the eminent glass manufacturer of Newcastle and of Thames-street, London, as well as other gentlemen of practical experience on the question, took leading parts. A vote of thanks to Professor Donaldson and Mr. Swinburn wound up the proceedings. GLEN TILT CASE.—The Judges of the first division of the Court of Session on Tuesday, unanimously sus tained the decision of Lord Ivory, finding that the Par' ties who had brought the action of d. clarator against the Duke of Atholl in reference to a public road existing through Glen Tilt, had a good title to pursue. One of those parties resides at Aberdeen, another at Perth, and a third at Edinburgh, and their allegation was, that the/ had each occasion to use the road in question. This statement has been held sufficient to constitute a right to enter a court of law and have the question tried. Aa impertent principle has thus been decided in favour of the public, and the case remains to be Wed on the;merit s in the usual manner, the parties pursuers bringing proof of the usage of this road by the public for the prescribed period, and the noble defender being left to establish the negative.—GlisgowMail. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 17.—The royal mail steam ship Teviot, Captain Rivett, with the West India mails, left this day. She had a full general cargo, 71 passenger'' , and specie to the amount of 6,0001. The Peninsula r and Oriental Company's steam-ship Pasha , Capta in Weeks, with the usual Peninsular mails, left this after noon, having a full general cargo, and several passe gers. The Peninsular Company's steam-ship Ripon , Captain Moresby, with mails for the Mediterranean. India, and China, will leave on the 20th inst. The Dee , Captain Allen, with the West India and Mexican mails , is duo at the Pest-office on the 22d inst. She is ex' pected about the 20th. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Jupiter. Captain Meehan, with the mails from Gibraltar, &c., is expected on the evens ing of the 23d ii,st. THE COAL EXCHANGE.—The opening of the new Coal Exchange for the transaction of public business having caused the building which was temporarily used for the purpose during the erection of the new edifice, and which was permitted with the sanction of the Go' verument authorities to be built at the west end of the quay or terrace in front of the Custom-house, next 131!" lingsgate-market, to be no longer of any further 00 0 service, it is in course of being demolished, and th e materials of which it was composed disposed of. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Dreadful Enlargement of the Knee Cured by Holloway's Pills.—Abram Banks, elderly man living near the Dry Creek, South Australia, b!" such a painful affection and enlargement of the knee that b e despaired of ever recovering the use of his limbs, the nurses" s remedies that he made trial of failing to banish or even to mitigate the disease. In this suffering condition he was ea vised to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and he menoed a regular application of them, which in a short time effected a complete cure. The Adelaide Observer, of the 2 5 t h March, 1848, publishes this as one among the many astonislr 114. ing cures effected in south Australia by these invaluable 011,, tines.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor H o llowa y Establishment, 244, Strand, Laudon. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., in Cambridge-terrace, the wife of Mak° Tarton, of the Bengal Artillery, of a son. On the 11th inst., at Oak-field-villa, Crouch-end, Horns o the wife of S. Sugen, Esq, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Hampstead, Mrs. Richard Kinder, o f a son. On the 13th inst., the wife of Lieutenant F. L. Cotterh R.N., of Swanage, Dorset, of a son. On the 13th inst., in Regent-street, the wife of C. Howard' Esq., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., in Gloucester-place, Portman-sq o , o the wife of the Rev. Henry S. Eyre, of Wareside, tier' of a son.' On the 14th inst., at Wargrave, Berks, the wife of T. 1' Mai , land, Esq., of a son. On the 15th inst., at 215, Strand, Mrs. Samuel Ufa raf Twining, of a son. MARRIED. 11 Tie On the 13th inst., at Llanerechra Church, Henry Phipps, Captain in her Majesty's 63d Regiment, to Ein; e r widow of John Taylor Winninton, Esq., and third chair' of 'l'. Piothero, Esq., of Malpas-court, Monmouthshire. , On the 15th inst., at Streatham Church, Edwards Ai_. ° l ander, eldest son of Edwards Southard, Esq., Consul - Gee, of his Sardinian Majes , y at Bordeaux, to Isabella Jalf eldest daughter of Crastor Humble, Esq., of Balhafn-IS Surrey. DIED. 1 tir On the 12th inst., in Western-road, Brighton, Mr. than Greville, aged 82. 0 0 On the 6th inst., at Mount Elton, Clevedon, Mary, 01,,,,ir of the late Rev. Sir Abraham Elton, Bart., of Cleve,'" court, Somersetshire, aged 76. sf r tosb On the 13th ins.t., in the Adelphi, William n•L'A ll- Brookes, Esq. On the 13th inst., Mr. Bryan Mills, late of Great Wilr chOn esr-street. able . te the 14th inst., n o - in Harrington-square, Edward i/ d. y, of the British Museum, aged 39. da d 8 5 ; On the 14th in,t., at Addlestone, J. Hossack, Esq. , a brj s of On the 14th inst., in Jerrnyn-street, aged 69, Mr. .- Ewart, of the Stock Exchange. v i r t . On the 14th inst., aged 83, Mr. James T. Reed, of Norfolk. On the 14th inst., at Weymcuth, aged 73, Captain - 1 ,, oil Henry Carrington, late Barrack-master of Warm ed Do!chester, &c., and formerly of the Royal Marine'. f On the 15th inst., at Kentish-town, Frances, widow 7:01, Esq., aged 72. • Printed and rublit.thed by KU DO YOU r l.„ No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su , ' Office, IN i t tif pf Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the C Middlesex, Tuesday, December 18, 1848., -- First _ : gee, c John' Setterr A d a3 which t' th e con , thug, r ~~ Th e r • nthe p 0 4 the 'l "' set end as It°4 ° . (s ' ar c:t ar % Thu ate ".". ice , r t ll S ale de n , Eles taxerge: ies o Its in 1849, TI for E unt tem _rapy 4 Caplt the Aur the The r inte gini vy ac t . Soci Not n I ,tecei this The d =he c te n • th. , ter di e I Th e] Or The Aulti DO Nat ' l 4 ta u cat Ilact