The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-30 00:00:00

LAW INTELIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 29. IN THE MATTER OF W. RICHARDS. The bankrupt was the proprietor of the Fox Tavern in Oxford street, and appeared in Court on his final exami nation, when several proofs were admitted. The lease and good will of the house being valued at 1,250 Z, and it was calculated the property in stock and furniture would realise by private sale nearly 500 L, both /of which sums would be shortly available to the creditors. Sir CHARLES WILLIAMS, having examined the bank rupt at great length, said he considered him to have rendered- so clear a statement of his affairs as to be en titled to pass his final examination. However, he re gretted to perceive that, by some oversight, the balance sheet had not been ten clear days in the hands of the official assignee ; yet, and under the circumstances, could he think of allowing a bankrupt to pass his final examination, without affording every facility to the cre ditors in seeing the accounts rendered of the bankrupt's affairs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. _ • A female of dissiteted appearance, with a child in her arms, and a respatable working man named Wm. Walsh, was charged before Mr. Alderman Hooper under tke following circumstances : Police-constable 146 said, last night he met the pri soners, both of whom were intoxicated, but the man very much so, and watched them for some time, when he saw her snap the chain attached to Walsh's watch and.place it in her pocket. Upon taking her into custody she said he was her cousin, and that she took the watch for fear he should loose it. The male prisoner was locked up on the charge of intoxication. Walsh - , who seemed very unwilling to prosecute, said he knew her husband, who often did jobbing work for him, and he thought perhaps she did not intend to rob him. The female prisoner was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, and Walsh fined five shillings for being drunk. BOW-STREET. Ellen Foley, an oldish lady, who bore in her counte nance the strongly marked lineaments which indicate the character of a shrewish termagant, was charged with creating a disturbance at the Strand Theatre last night under the following circumstances. The complainant stated that last night being the first night of opening of this theatre for the season, as he was lighting the lamps, he heard a noise at the stage-door, where his wife acts as porteress. He went there and he found the prisoner at the door abusing his wife and chil dren, calling them thieves, liars, and other very objec tionable names. He knew nothing of the prisoner other than that she used at one time to live in his house. The officer of the theatre here stepped forward, and said he thought he could explain the matter. About 18 months since the prisoner was employed in the theatre, in the capacity which the complainant's wife at present held, but from her character for drunkenness she was dis charged by the then proprietors, and since that time she had been in the habit of frequently going to the stage door, and creating a disturbance. The prisoner, who had several times during the re cital of the evidence, endeavoured to east a slur upon it, by the ejaculation of such little expressions as " Oh, my !" " Well, I never !" " Did you ever 1" and the like, commenced her defence by addressing the following trite little admonition to the last witness—" Oh I do you ex pect there is a God at all, you false-faced man ?* She then went on to say— " Yes, your "Worship, I did go to the theatre, I went there. That man who has just left. the bar, has taken the .situation of every one in the theatre—almost. He and his family has filled every place in the theatre, and he works for nothing—almost. I'm not in the habit of going to the theatre neither. This man's wife has reported that I have taken so and so, and so and so, and he said that when he met me he would put me under the wheels of a coach ; but as for me Sir, I am neither an abusive woman nor a d run k ar d. Oh , your Worship, I wish you knew the facts of the case ; send for a friend or two of mine, and they'll let you know how thingi stands." Mr. JARDINE—Now, you have not said one word to justify your conduct in creating a disturbance at the door of the theatre. Prisoner—Decidedly I have, sir, what right have they to take away m y c h arac t er , when I have a living to earn ? Mr. JAnnlNE—Your husband must be surety to the amount of 10/. that you will keep the peace for two months. Minim AND IxcePABLES.—The number of persons in cluded in this charge this morning was only nine, and of these, shame be it to the women of England, six w e r e females, and three men, they were all discharged on their solemn promises " that it should not occur again." MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CharLs Biggs and William Fearless, two flashily dressed young men, were placed at the bar on the follow ing charge :—Mrs. Eliza Howard, a respectable young married female, residing at No. 14, Little Windmill street, Haymarket, stated that about half-past seven o'clock last evening, as she %Nits crossing from Regent street into Glasshouse-street . the prisoners, in company with another young man, came running up behind her, and Fearless struck her such a violent blow on the back that she fell prostrate on her face on the footway pavement, and was for a few s' conds completely stunned. On recovering herself she discovered that her reticule, which contained two half-crowns in a purse made out of her brother's hair, had been stolen from her—the string having been cut from off her wrist. The prisoners were pursued, and ultimately taken into custody.—They were remanded. James Johnson, a young man of respectable appear ance, was charged with the fi 'lowing most audacious street robbery. Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Fleming, a lady residing at Brook hill, Clerkenwell, stated that about half-past six o'clock last! evening she was proceeding along Coventry street, llaymarket, when the prisoner came up in front of her with an open pocket-knife in_his hand, and seizing hold of her reticule, which was hanging on her arm, cut the ribband which suspended it, and was making off with it when he was taken into custody by police Serjeant, No. 14 of the C division, with the stolen property in his possession ; the reticule contained a bead purse and some silver coin. The prisoner was recognized.-sea - a well known thief. He was fully committed. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday John Browney, the driver of a cabriolet, No. 5,896, and a woman, known by the name of Poll Ryan, and who has been repeatedly in custody, charged with being concerned in robberies of a des perate character, perpetrated in the purlieus o f Or-. chard-street and the Almonry, Westminster, were charged with committing the following robbery : William Smith, a toll-collector, residing at Slough, stated that on Monday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, having reached as far as Knightsbridge, on his way to town, he went into a public-house, near to the horse-barracks, to procure some refreshment ; and hearing some music and dancing going on in an apartment up stairs, he was induced to introduce himself to the company, which he found- to consist principally of soldiers and girls of the town. Having got into conversation with a man who was a perfect stranger he was prevailed upon to drink, and in the course of the evening they had three pints of porter between them. About ten o'clock witness had occasion to withdraw from the room for a few mi nutes ; he was at that time perfectly sober, and did not in any. way feel affected, but in the course of a very short perio.i, and before he rejoined his company, he was suddenly seized with gid'liness, and immediately afterwards became totally unconscious of what was passing around him, and continued in that state until . yesterday morning, when he found himself in the station-house. He felt quite confident that something deleterious had been put into his drink. When he went into the public-house at Knightsbridge, he had between 3/. and 4/. in gold and silver in his pockets, and amongst the money witness remembered he had a half-sovereiiim of the date of the year 1842. Yes terday Morning he had only six or seven shillings left. Police constable, No. 49 of the B division, stated that about two o'clock yesterday morning he saw the prosecutor, being supported by some men, at the door of the King's Read public-house, in Orchard-street, which is kept open all night, and is the resort of the most desperate thieves and prostitutes in London. He had, it appears, been brought there with the female prisoner by the male prisoner, in his cab. Know ing Ryan, he asked what was the matter, and she replied that " the man had been picked • up," and that just previously to witness coming up, " there were about fifty at him." Witness, concluding that the prosecutor had been robbed, took both the prisoners into custody, and in convey ing them to the station-house, Ryan was observed to pass some money to Browney, and on searching him at the station-house, 18s. 6d. in silver, and a half sovereign of the date mentioned by the prosecutor, were found about him, he having but just previously de dared that all the money he had about him was about 18s. or 20s. all in silver. The prisoners were fully committed. CLERKENWELL Mr. Chitty, a gentleman residing in Gower-street, brought the following charge against his servant, Wil liam Denny and Sarah Evans, a girl of the town It appeared that between twelve and one o'clock this morning, Mr. Chitty was alarmed by:a:noise in the lower part of b.is house. He called the man servant who first pretended to be asleep, but afterwards said he did not hear him Calling. There was a quantity - of spirits • s. , illed in his bed room, which the prisoner said was wa ter. lie denied having made any noise, and said there had been nobody with him. In a few minutes a policeman came .to the door with the female • prisoner,- — *lit) was apprehended with a portion ,of- Mr. Chitty's voporty on her person. She stated that 'she was one of a party whom the prisoner had invited to spend a few hours with him after his. mas . ter's family had gone to rest, and that she was then returning from the festivity. T' priSoner on being interrogated by the Ma,,istrate, wnoteildgive n ' o satisfac . tory explanation of the' " High life below g stairs "—be wept bitterly, and implored his master's forgiveness. lioth prisoners were remanded. UNION-HALL. Enna Jones was charged with committing a violent assault . oll Charlotte Webber, whose face bore ample evi dence of the fact. The complainant said, that her father held a situation in the House of Lords, and that as she and her sister were returning home the night before, • defendant came up and took her round the waist „ he should like to kiss her. She told him th at he made use of unparliamentary language—(Laughter) --and at . the same time slapped Ms face, upon which he knocked her down ; and the side of her taco coming in contact with the stones, marked it in the manner it then appeared. The defendant said ho was in liquor at the time, or he should not have acted as he had d o ne. He was fined 40s. i ~ ;~s~_ BIIRGLA RY.-- William Walking:haw and Thomas Clarke were charged on suspicion with bitniting into the house of • Mr. Clark, art Undertaker, in Crucifix-lane, and stealing a quantity of plate, and 31. in money. The prisoners, who asserted their innocence, were remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—lsabella Lucas, a demure look ing elderly woman, was charged with having stolen-a pocket-handkerchief from the shop door of Mr. Lucas, a haberdasher in ChurchTstreet, Shoreditch. It appeared from the evidence, that on the preceding evening the prisoner went up thedoor of the prosecutor's shop, and deliberately tore off a • handkerchief from a piece that was hanging there for sale, and she was quietls , walking away with the property, when she was stopped by police constable, H 89, who took her into custody. The prisoner dropped the handkerchief on being taken, and it was found lying at her feet. The prisoner (who declined saying anything) was re manded to give time for inquiries to be made respecting her. All the other night charges were destitute of interest, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT—Kingston, Tuesday, March 29. CROWN COURT. Baron GURNEY tooChiaseat - inihis Court soon after ten o'clock. His Lordship, in charging the Grand Juiy, expressed his gratification at seeing so numerous an as semblage of gentlemen in attendance ready to fulfil the important duties of grand jurors ; not only was the num ber of twenty-three that was actually required by the law, present, but a great many others also, and this showed the interest taken by the gentlemen of the county in the due execution of the law, which was of so much importance to them all. With respect to the calendar before him, he regretted to see that it contained two charges of child murder, and in both of these the most important question for them to take into their consider ation in the first instance was, whether the child was born alive. He perceived by the depositions that in one case the medical gentleman gave a decided opinion that the child was born alive ; but he must observe, that some of the signs that were urged in support of this opinion had been long exploded ; and he was, indeed, surprised that medical gentlemen of the present day should place any reliance upon those tests. In the other case, there was evidence of the child having been born alive, and it also appeared that there were wounds upon the child's throat and head that would amply ac count for death. His Lordship then proceeded to say, that they were now assembled :o perform a most pain ful and important duty, that of discovering and punish ing the authors of crime, and it behoved them to look about them and endeavour to discover the causes of crime, and to see whether they could not do something that would tend to put an effectual stop to it. Much had, no doubt, been done by improvement in the law, and in its administration, and also in the improvement of prison discipline, but it was very evident that very much still remained to be accomplished, and they should never lose sight of the importance of giving instruction and education to the people, not mere education only, but a moral and re ligious education, which was alone calculated to teach the lower orders of society their duty to God and to their neighbours, and by this means only would they be taught to recoil from the commission of crime, and to believe that it would lead to their destruction in this world and in the world to come. When they were aware of the scenes of vice and debauchery in which many of the unhappy persons who appeared before them had been brought up, the result was not to be wondered at, and it was their duty, there fore, by every means in their power, to remedy such an evil. He therefore prayed them to use their influ ence, in whatever capacity they might be placed, to exert themselves, to improve and instruct the young ; and, in accordance with the terms of the proclamation that had just been read, to discourage the vicious ;' and also, he begged of them to do all that lay in their power to put down that odious vice of drunkenness, which his experience taught him contributed so much to swell the calendars at the different assizes. His Lordship con cluded by stating that there was one other vice most dangerous in its results, viz., gaming ; and he observed, that, if in any part of that county it was allowed, as was alleged, to be carried on openly, publicly, and shame lessly, he was compelled to observe, that the Magistrates of the county neglected their duty in not putting the law in force to suppress it. Sarah Smith, 24, Sarah Conollq, 15, and Ann Clines, 16, wire indicted for stealing two hats, the property of Sarah Cox. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and. Mr. Charnoek defended the prisoner Smith. It appeared in evidence that on the 17th of February, Conolly and Smith, accompanied by a man, went into the shop of the prosecutrix, who carries on th e b us i ness of a hatter in the Borough, and the man asked to see some of the best hats, and a number of them were shown him.. He made various objections to the hats, and while the shopman's attention was engaged, each of the two women contrived to secrete a hat under her clothes, and when this had been effected, the other o man came in and asked the way to Blackfriars-bridge, and the other prisoners then left the shop. The hats were missed directly, and the prisoners were traced to a public-house in Redcross-street, and under the table at which they had been sitting, a piece of tissue paper, that had been round one of the hats, was found crumpled up. The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty, and Smith was proved to have been before convicted of felony, and it appeared that she w as sentenced to be transported for seven years. Baron GuaNEY sentenced Smith to be transported fur life, and the other prisoners for seven years. When the sentence was delivered, Smith, who several tin e 3 prayed the Court earnestly not " to give her life," cal - el out " Good bye all, I have only got life," - and sl:e continued to vociferate the same expression until she was removed from tffe-Hbek. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron Alderson.) DARRITT V. THE DUKE OF NORMANDY. This was an action to recover the sum of 2381. fcr goods sold and delivered. Mr. Platt and Mr. Wordsworth were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Sergeant Channell for the de fendant. Mr. PLATT said the plaintiff was an upholsterer, residing at Camberwell, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 2381., for furniture supplied to the defendant, whilst residing in that neighbourhood. The defendant claimed to be King of France, but was residing in , this country as a private individual, and if und(r such circumstances, he incurred any debts, he was bound to pay them as any other person. The defendant at first resided at Camberwell-green, but subsequently removed to the Old Kent-road, and then applied to the plaintiff to furnish his house. Goods were supplied according to his wish, but in August last the plaintiff, having reason to suppose that the defendant was about to return to his hereditary estates in France, sued him for the balance of his ac count, which amounted to the sum in question. After some witnesses had been called to prove the delivery of the goods and their value, Mr. Baron ALDERSON suggested that as there we s a cross action, it would be better to have both cases deferred, when their merits could be inquired into together: The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, subject to a reference. TILE DUKE OF NORMANDY V. BARRITT. The nature of this action did not transpire, a verdic t being taken by consent upon the same terms. STEPHENS V. EMILY AND ANOTHER. Mr. Platt and Mr. Petersdorff for the plaintiff ; Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Swann for the defendant. The plaintiff, who is a builder, sought to recover th Q , sum of 521. 15s. Od., for work done at the Alliance i_;lub house, Pall- mall, of which the defendants Mr, :Emily and Mr. Hastings were members. It appeared that in the early par. of the year 1837, a I Lshed a club, whi c h th ey number of gentlemen es t a b called the Alliance, and wok suitable p rem i ses in Pall mall, the lease of ':;:nich was granted to the defendants and two other. gentlemen. The affairs of the club were conducted by a Committee selected from the general body a members, whose duty it was to give orders, audit the accounts, &c. The defendants were on the Committee from its first appointment to the final breaking up of the establishment, in 1839. The Club did not answer the expectations of the founders, and was abandoned in consequence of want of funds to meet the necessary expenses. Orders to tradesmen were given by the Committee, through the Secretary, an d payment made by cheques signed by three of them. The work, which formed the subject of the present action, was ordered to be done in the usual manner, and at va rious times ; but it was not distinctly shown that, on -any occasion when such orders were given, both the de fendants were present. One of the items was for erect ing a platform in front of the building, at the time of the Coronation ; and it appeared that Mr. Emily objected to such an outlay being made, in consequence of the state of the funds of the Club, but as the question was decided against him, he refrained from attending the Committees from that period (June 1838) till Feb ruary in the following year, when it was found that the receipts were totally insufficient to meet the expenditure, the, affairs were wound up, and the Club was found to be in debt several hundred pounds. The defendants, feel ing that the Committee were bound to pay the out standing debts, suggested that each member of the Committee should subscribe a certain sum for that pur pose A few paid their portions, but others refused to do so. The plaintiff, being unable to obtain the amount of his bill, brought the present action. On the part of the. plaintiff, it was contended that the defendants being members of the Committee by whom the orders were given, were liable for the amount ; and some letters, written by them jointly, were put in, in which they expressed their fears that they (the Com mittee) would be compelled to pay- the outstanding debts. Mr. THESIGER; on behalf of the defendants, com plained of the hardships of, their being alone called 1: 11 - 01 - 1 to liquidate the debts of the Club, after they had f.lene all in their power to induce the other members CO raise a sufficient sum to meet all demands upon ; no proceedings s h ou ld b e taken again,;, those who had refused to accede to so reasonable '..nd..equitable a propo sition. The Learned Counsel contended that the de the prese n t i nstance, as it fendant not l had not s been were found iable ~fat they were present when the order in question - dere given. Th e quest i on was not to whom credit v; as given, but with w h om t h e contract was made; if it was found that the Committee made the con tract e.:,ther personally or by their agent, they would be l l fole, but if the order was given by the Committee gene rally, the defendants would not be liable. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in summing up, said the question for the consideration of the Jury was, whether the work, the order for which was given by the Secretary, was ordered by the defendants, or either of there. If they were satisfied that Mr.,Hastings was present When the order was given for erecting the platform at the tithe of the Coronation, he would undoubtedly be liable, but not under the present action. The members of a club THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORND wero not bound, unless by some specific agreement ; if they were satisfied that the defendants Were present in hen the orders Wee given, they would undoubtedly be liable, Or if they believed that they had agreed to be bound by any order given by the Committee ; and although they were not actually present when the order in question was given, still they would be equally liable. Mr. Emily, in his letter, said he considered the Committee liable for the debts of the concern; and it would be a question for their consideration, whether by that he meant that he considered the Committee, each and every one of them, bound by a previous agreement. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. MIDLAND ClRCUlT—Warwick, March 26, THE QUEEN V. HENRY SMYTHIES. This was an indictment charging Henry Smythies, solicitor, at Birmingham, with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in an affidavit sworn by him and filed in the Court of Review, in opposition to a petition of William Southall, the prosecutor praying that a cer tain fiat of bankruptcy which had been issued against him by the defendant might be annulled. Mr. WHITERITIIST and Mr. MELLon conducted the prosecution, and Mr. HILL (Queen's Counsel) and Mr. DANIEL appeared for the defendant. The case occupied the Court during yesterday after noon and the whole of this day. From the opening of Mr. WBITEBURST, it appeared that the prosecutor had invented, and obtained a patent for, certain machinery for the making of horse-shoes and iron tips and heels for men's boots and shoes, and that in the year 1836 a com pany had been formed at Birmingham to carry out the invention, for which tho prosecutor was to be paid the sum of 3,0001. out of the profits, and it was ;stipu lated that the Company was not to be dissolved until he should hare been paid that sum, or given his consent in wriLing thereto. It further appeared that the defendant was the attorney for the Company, and also a share holder, and that; though if. had been at first to some ex tent profitable, it afterwards became very much the re verse, and the defendant and the other shareholders had therefore been desirous of breaking up the concern, which course had been resisted by the prosecutor, unless he should have 'been previously paid the said sum of 3,0001. The Learned Counsel stated, that it was alleged on the part of the prosecution, that the defendant and certain other members of the Company had most unjus tifiably conspire& to break up the Company, and, amongst other means adopted for that purpose, had made the prosecutor a bankrupt, on the petition of the defendant, for a debt which was not a proper debt for that purpose, and that the prosecutor had by means of that conspiracy been declared a bankrupt. A petition had been presented to the Court of Review to annul the fiat, which was opposed by the defendant on an affidavit, wherein he deposed " that he had never entered into any agreement or engagement, or made any promise whatever, written or vcrbal, to Southall (the prosecutor), or Billinge, or either of them, in respect of a certain action which had been brought against one Gibson, and the sheriff of Warwickshire, by them, and tried at Warwick, and in which he had acted as their attorney, that he would take upon himself the risk of the action and charge only costs out of pocket ; but, on the contrary thereof; that they gave their consent to the bringing of the action without any agreement, engage ment, or promise on his part whatsoever that he would take upon himself the responsibility of the action, and in the event of its being unsuccessful would take only costs out of pocket,"—which statement was now alleged to be false, and formed the subject of the present indictment. Mr. Pegg, the Registrar of the Court of Review, had reported against the sufficiency of the debt, and a trial at law had been directed, in which the prosecutor had suc ceeded, although a rule for a new trial had been obtained upon another ground. The questions for the Jury to try, upon the evidence which would now be presented to them, were—first, whether the statement in the affidavit of the defendant which was alleged to be false were so or not ; and if it were, then whether the defendant at the time he made it knew it to be false? A great deal of 'documentary evidence relating to the trial at Warwick, the proceedings in bankruptcy, and the more recent trial in London directed by the Court of Review, was put in, and witnesseswere then examined to facts. Mr. HILL then addressed the Jury for the'defendant in a very powerful and impressive speech, in which he observed upon the high and hitherto unsullied character of his client, upon the vast importance to that gentleman of the decision at which they should arrive, upon the probabilities of the case, and the sort of witnesses who had appeared before them on behalf of the prosecution; and then called a great number of most respectable gentle men, who deposed in the warmest terms to the high cha racter borne by the defendant for veracity, integrity, and honour. His LoupsniP=having summed up at very great length, The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver dict of Not Guilty, and the defendant immediately re ceived the hearty congratulations of his many friends present. There was another indictment against the same gen tleman, with others, for a conspiracy arising out of the game transactions, wherein Mr. Whitehurst and Mr. Mellor appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hill, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Humfrey, Mr. Waddington, and Mr. Daniell, were for the several defendants, which threatened to last a very long time ; but after some con versation between the Counsel and the Judge, Mr. WRITERURST said that as the evidence would be much the same as in the preceding case, he would not, after what had occurred, trouble the Jury wit!: any evi dence, and they would accordingly pronounce a verdict of Not Guilty in this case also. BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE. The Lord Mayor gave the customary Easter banquet yesterday evening, in sumptuous style, to about two hundred and fifty gu6ts. The hall and the tables were decorated with the usual splendour and taste ; and the Royal canopy was erected at the extremity, in expecta tion of the presence of the Duke of Cambridge, who, however, was unable to attend. After the toasts of " The Queen," " Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales," " The Queen Dowager," aid " The Army and Nary," The LORD MAYOR proposed " The health of the Bi shop of Salisbury," to whose sermon he had that'day listened with great advantage and satisfaction. The Bishop of SALISBURY observed that it was al ways a matter of satisfaction to him and his Right Re verend Brethren to attend on such occasions as those to which the Lord Mayor had alluded, and thereby to countenance and promote, as far as in th em l ay , t h e ad mirable chariti es f or which that city was so remarkable. The LORD MAYOR gave " Sir R. Peel and her Ma jesty's Ministers," observing that the Country had now the good fortune to possess a government equally distin guished for its strength and its integrity ; one in which general confidence was placed, and which, he trusted, would prove as permanent as, by its honesty and its talents, it deserved to be. This toast was received with the most marked and rapturous approval. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, in returning thanks, said he had to apologise for the absence of his Right ion. Friend at the head of the Government. When it was considered how laborious had been his remit duties, what fatigue he had undergone, and had still to encounter, it was not surprising that he thould require a few days relax ation. The Lora-Mayor had said that the present Go vernment rossessed the general confidence of the coun try. ite (Lord Wharnehlfe) was aware that no Govern ment, however constituted, or whatever its acts, could nbtain universal praise ; but the present Ministry was, at least, resolved to merit the confidence of the country, by adopting the fixed principle of proposing no measure without honestly and firmly carrying it into execution. The PRUSSIAN MINISTRR, in returning thanks on his health being drunk, dwelt on the gratification his Prus sian Majesty had experienced in the reception recently given to him, and which he regarded as an earnest of the good understanding which he trusted would always subsist between the two countries. He had considered himself the guest of the nation at large, and the cordiality with which he had heen received would never be effaced from his memory. The health of "LordDenman and the Judges," "Mr. Masterman and the City Members," "The Hon. Francis Scott," and " Mr. Laurie," were among the other toasts. Mr. Wilson sang some very pleasing Scotch melodies in the course of the evening. CORONER'S INQUEST. SUSPECTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, an inquest was held at the York Tavern, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, before Wm. Carter, Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, on view of the body of Simon Ravaneigh, aged 45 years, which was found on the bank of the river Thames, opposite to Messrs. Dawson's, Belvidere-road, - Lambeth, about - nine o'clock on Saturday morning last, having apparently been in the water two or three days. There was a severe wound of the scalp on the right side of the head, which most probably was caused by some barge passing over it. It was left on the bank of the river by the receding of the tide. *was subsequently owned, in consequence of a paragraph appearing in the public journals. The deceased had, it appears, been in very good v c ierrcyu muchs t a e reduced,s, but had become, o f l a t e years, and lately had been solely subsisting on the charity of an acquaintance, with whom, _until within the last fortnight, he had been residing at Smallberry-green. Middle sex. He h.E.'d - lately been in a very dejected and desponding state of mind, and abruptly left his friend's house, having, however, a day or two pre viously, stated that he intended coming up towards town, and endeavour to get employed in some of the market-gardens in the neighbourheod, but which it is supposed that he was unsuccessful in doing, and having no means of subsistance, he had, in a fit of despair, thrown himself into the Thames. Only four penny pieces w,ere found in his pocket. The Jury agreed to return a verdict of round drowned, but whether by his own actor otherwise they had no evidence to prove." It was, however, not recorded, ow ing to the party who id en tifi e d him having neglected to attend. The inquiry was there fore adjourned until Thursday next. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Helen Jane, Cfl.: outfit to London, 19th ult., lat. 3N, lon. 23 ; Chi , .: 4 - ta _i n, Swan River to London, to London, sth instant, lat. 28, lon, .0 , -, . Bombay ~‘ , Mary Gray, Bonenza, Buenos Ayres to Cork. - " ' • to New York, 22d instant, lat .ad Virginia, Liverpool cure, arrived at Liverpool -• 48, lon. 12, by the WI.- 9th insta " . t lat. 30, lon. 39 ; Video, 4th ult., la* ...L. Rambler of Jersey for Monte London for C-• -- 2N, lon. 20 W ; Princess Victoria, ~,,.,,,. _....otcutta, sth ult., lat. 3 N, lob. 20 W, by the .... 1 j,.,,,, arriy(3.4 off Weymouth. iIRiGtS OF CANAL;DOCK,ASSUR- . ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. ' LUNUON, TUESDAY, MARCH 29. Number Dividend - . .. Price of • per CANALS. , oer Sham. Annum. • Paid. Share. 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBs.sh. 92. 1,482 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Aeerage 1121.1 h . '7B 1,260 ..», „.. Basingstok e 1601.e 6 . 5 400 i, Brecknock and Abergavenny l5Ol. it . 92 8,000 I-16th. 10/. Birmingham, I-16th share ...611. & 711. 194 4,000 ...i . . Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l2ol. 811.1000 21 600 t . : Bridgewater and Taunten.lool.Bl . .. all pl - toe ge. Chelmer and Blackwater ..... -.1001.th . 101 soo 321. Coventry ........ ............... ... . lool.sh. SOO „„.».. Cr0yd0n......... Average3ll.2 B . l od. sh . - .2,060 51. Os. Dud1ey.................. 1001. sh. 92 600 191. Derby lool.sh . 120 ' 20,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.131. 4d.pd 30 3,5751 4 1 Elleemereand Chester Averagel33:.sh. 69 231 621 Erewasn lool.sn. 735 6,485 811. Forth and Clyde 1001. sls. 1001. pd. IfB 11.453 el. Grand ./ unction 1004. s n 125 i 2,8481 25 e . Grand Union lOOl sh 27 • JlOO . . Grand Surrey.... ........ lool.Bb. 15 1,0001 11. , pei:c .., ent . Ditto (optional;.l.7an . O. sh. 1001. . 008 . Grand Western allpd 10 600 13.,121. Ort. Glamorganshire, Aver. coat 1721.13 e. 4d. '2lO 749 121. Oranthani ....,.......... ....... .....150/.Bh. 220 6.238 2., Os. Huddersfield ....Average 511. 68.41 d. eh. 20 1 100 ..... Kensington ..... .......... - . 100 sh. allpd 10% ... 23.928 11..105. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.185. 10d. sh 1834 11,699} 11. 10s. Lancaster Average 471.65. 8d 27 2,897 f 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh 120 6451 1' 1. 105. Leicester 1401.12 150 .897 51.0 e. Leicester & Northampton Aver 831. lOr 7134 2,409 101. Monmouthshire ... 1001.51 200 2511 101. Melton Mowbray • ..... ..... 1061.1 h. 200 NO 25!. Mersey and Irwell ..» «....... 1001. sh . 510 3,000 11. 103. Macclesfield ......... ..... ...1001. sh. all pd 1534 247 171. Neath ....' .. ........... ........ ....1001.sh. 30 Imo 51. Peak Forest Avet.ge ;bout 781. sh. 64 1,418 81. Regent'. (or London) Av. 331.168.8 d. sh. 1034 ow 61. Rochdale Average au.sh. 62 100 81. Shropshire ... . ....... ................./25 1 .5h. 137 800 111 . 103. Bomelleet Coa l .- . .... . . ....... ...I 501. sh. 170 3,6001. 6 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock:.. ...... 121. 109. sh. 11 1 4 700 361. Staftbrd and Worcester. 1401.5 h. 686 800 kss Shrewsbury.... 1251.0 h. 280 300 91. 3teurbridge .. ewes». e l e ! .... 14 5 1 . 111 . 396 3,647 ft oe. Stratford-on-Avon Aver... 704.95. lid. sh. 33 6.33 1214 Swansea ... .. V .. ... ... ...... . . ... . . 1001. sh. 262 3.762 2 1 . 12 s. Severn and3ye thrailway ............ sh. 45 ,6004 en. 22/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share IOW. sh. 475 8.149 1 1,000 sh. 00fsh.] 141. Warwick and Birmingham lool.sh 202 ,0 990 104 Warwick and Lupien' 1001.1 h. 117 7,000 41. Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.81. sh. 55 1,000 366. Wilts and Berke Average 671. lOs Sd. sh. 28% 800 6.. Willey and Essington........ 1251. sh '74 .....».. .26 .... Wieneacn .....,. .. lO3/.sh. 20 905 11 Wee and ATUIL •••••••••••••••••• 1 10i. VI. 20 DOCKS. 2,600 & i 3 c. Commerc al ..,....»...e....«. 1001. sh. 61 P . 1,06515 h. 5 per cent. East and West India ,.........., Stack 103 1 .238.31011. 311 p.ct. London ...........Stock 77 Ditto Bonds 2,209 31.65. sd. Bristol ' ........ ........ Average 14^1.95. sh. 75 69,3241. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 152,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 97% 500 . .e94141 per cent.- Ditto Benda .... ... . ..... ....... ..... 100.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ..... .....«.. Deptford Pier 201.88. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES, 1.600 I/. liammersmit( 501.3h. 213{ 2,231 Southwark, 01d.... . ...Av. 631. 2 s Pd. sh. 34. 1,700 1/. 155. "'Ditto, Now, 0471 per cent., 50/. sh. 15% 3,000 MOO 225. 02, Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 601. p 4 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 1834 10,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds .. .. . ........... .. ..... .... . . .... . . 9934 5,848 27s Vauxhall ..... ...Average 104 10s. ... Bh. 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/ 108 Albion 5OOl. eh. 50/. pd 72 woo t c 6 per cent.] Allianceßritish &Foreignlool.sh. 111. pd 14 and 158. 30,000 8 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5!. pd 51,0 24,000 11. per eh. Atlas 5O/. sh. 51. pd 14% • 1,20015 h. 5/. Birmingham k ire.. 250/. sh. 551. pd 10734 10,000 41. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 01. percent. British Commercial .504 eh. 5!. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 100/.5h.21108 pd 634 4,000 2105 County ... .............. ......100/. sh. 101. pd I' 3,000 3s. Eagle.. .. : .... • ....... ..... SO!. sh. 51. pd 43f 200 f a s r i Vrg s. 9 Economic 1.110...... ..... 10001. eh. 2501. pd 400 2.271 225. per cent. European Lit 2Ol. sh. all pd 22 50000 ' 2s. Ditto, New 20/. sh. 21. pd 1% .000,0001. 01. per c t Globe Stock 116 20,000 51' Guardian 30,000 4s. 02. Hope SOL sh. 51. pd 53 2,400 5/. 12s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OOl. ,h. 501. pd 136 7,500 10s (d. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd ll 13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOOl. eh. 8!. pd 32 1,020 31 105 Kent Fire 501.1h. all pd 91 31. Ditto Life 504 pd 06 10,000 2.5 s Law Life 2 ..... ..........' « ..100/_sh. I 0!. pd 32 3{ MVO 10s. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 17 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 17 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 21,000 51. per cent. National Loan Fund... 201. sh 2!. 10s. pd 2% 33,006 51. per cent. Palladium life 5Ol. ah. 2/. pd 216 s 50,000 5/. per cent. Protector Ilfe 201. sh. 2/. pd 1716 d 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ...1601. sh. Si. pd 534 2.500 U. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 10!. pd 20 200,060 4s. Od., Rock Life 89,220/ 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock 170 6,0044 5 per cent. University Life 1001. oh. 5/. pd 11 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. eh. 51. pd 7 1 4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agric. and Com. of I reland2sl. sh. 10/. pd 19,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd ,53 10,008 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 501. eh. 101. pd 134 39,000 Oper cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 201. pd 2214 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10!. pd 12% 3,009 4 per cent. Lancaster lool.lh. 101. pd 30 25,000 In per cent. Liverpool 1001 .h. 121/. pd 19 50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Liver ] 501. sh. 151 pd 1934 pool Die-onnt 20,000 7 per ceet. Manchester lOOl sh. 101. pd 4% 10.000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of lrelandlool.sh. 251.14 40% 10,000 6 per ccnt National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 171/. pd 16 10,000 6 per cent National Prov:.icial Eng.loo4 eh. 351. pd 35 1 4 10,006 Ditto New.... 104 sh. 10/ pd 10 10,000 Gloucestershire .501. sh. 101. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 504 sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Od Bath 2Ol. sh. 161. pd 22 5,000 .....«.. British bpni , r 51.percen9 Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 191. pd 23 ''"" /and Bs. Os. 928 51 105 Birmingham 501. sh. 06 1,250 2/ Os ' Bristol 2O!. sh. 36 2,250 31 10s Brighton 2O/. eh. 13% 750 31 10s Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent Brighton General 2Ol. sh. all pd 934 4.000 71. 10.. Continental Consolidated -751. 6211. pd 110 1,000 101. City of London.. ....... . AO/. sh. all p 3 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New 1004 ah. 75/. pd ILO 4,000 31.05. Equitable 5O/. pd 19y, 10,000 31. per cent. Imperial 5Bl. sh. 6034 SOO 5/. per cent. Isle nt Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pd 18 34 1,7350 W. per cent. Independent 00/. ah. all re. m 9,000 51. per cant. Phoenix 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 303; 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff ..«....« ... ........... 1001.3 h. 801./A 671 4,000 - ...... South Metropolitan 50/. oh.' ('334!. pd 17 9,000 5/. per cent. United General 501. sh. 47/. pd 28 240 M. per cent, Warwick ........ ..... 501. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield ..** ... .... ............. 25/. sh. 22 9.000 3/. Westminster Chartere d ..... 5Ol. sh. 5534 6,000 12s. Ditto New .........»...«..s(i. eh 10/. pd 11 760 2 per cent. Yarmouth 201..h. 181. pd WATER WORKS 4,800 345. Birmingham 25:. sh. 25/. pd 21 1,433 71. East London 1004 sh. 165 5,500 2/ 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 138. 4d. sh. 2634 1,000 24 Kent 1001. sh. 5234 372 IN. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 325 1,500 2110, New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 21 lOs Manchester and Salford. ..... IOW. sh. 54 1,000 5 per cent. South London ~'. .......... lOO/.sh. 98 9,294 41 1 . West Middlesex Average lall2s. 9d. oh. 90 1,360 11 146 York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. sow 24 Os. Birmingham and Derby lOO/ pd 54 9,500 3 pet cent. Birmingham and Gloucester KO/. pd 57 15,000 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter .... ..... 1001. sh. 70 pd 39 7,500 ....... Cheltenham& G. Western 1001. sh. 72%1. 18 3.00 0 ..,,,,.... Clarence .... 1001. eh. 100/ pd 20 ~«,....8 .000 ...... Dublin and Dro gheda 100/. sh. 5/. pd 10.000 .... .... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 231. pd 1034 10,000 iper cent. Great North of Englandlool.sh. 11104 pd S 7 10.918 12 per cent. Grand Junction 1001.814 all pd 182 25,000 4 per cent. Great Western 1001. sh. 651. pd 92 25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New 501. sh. 801. pd 64 6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5O!. sh. 501. pd 59 2,000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 1004 sh. 1001. pd 145% 8,00 Hull and Selby 301. oh. 50/. pd 393; 2,100 4 per caul. Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 65 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool & Manchester 10( /Alb 1001.0 18834 7,968 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares .5 4 ,!, pd 90 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45 38,000 ... ...... London and Brighton 504 sh. 50/ pd 36 24,000 London and Blackwell 25/. sh. 25/. pd 1134 tO,OOO 3 per ccnt. London and Greenwich .40/. eh. 201. pd 630 25 , 000 94 per sh. London & Birmingham 100!. sh. 90/. pd 174 25,000 21.73 Id. Ditto Quarter Shares ... 11 51 sh. 5!. pd 431 31,250 2/. let. 42. Dit o New Shares 32/. sh. 322. pd 2934 36,000 3 per sh. • London and S. Western Av. 381,175. 92. 29% 33,000 Ditto New Scrip... Av. 131 . 15s. 9d. . Li% 13,000 4 . per ah. Manchester and Leeds-1004 sh. '7Ol. pd 81 ispo - 10,000 Manchester and 13irmieghami01.81). 40/. :7 Ditto Extension 7! pd 2 10,000 21.110. Midland Counties 'OOl. sh. 1001 pd 79 15,000 0L Os. North Midland 1.04 sh. NO/ pd 6:1 11.108. Date New 4O!. i,d 33 10,226 12.105. Northern and Eastern.... 501, sh. 40/. pd 3: 3 4 208 ......... Preston and Wyre ... ...... 50/. sh. al. pd :IR 23,000 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover ...... ... 4 S/. pd 25 1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington . ... . ...lOW. sh. 265 0,000 MOO 101. per cent. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 9434 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 51.111. 91/. pd 12 ... I L 15 5 . Alten l5l. sh 121. Its pd I% 10,000. .......„ Anglo Mexican,iss.s4 pm.lool.sh. al Id 134 Ditto Subscription ..................251. pu 134 2,000 . . Bolanos 504 sh all pd 4 10,000 ii . . Tile Brazilianlmp. Iss. 54 pm 351. 5h.211. pd 10 8 ,0 00 ......... Macaubas & Locaes United 25/.5h.251. pd 1% 11,000 .....„„ Ditto St. John Del Rey SIN. sh. 141. pd 144 ic.ooo ~«.,... Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 20/. pd 1 10.0)0 ........ Ditto Scrip 104 sh. 101. pd 2 20,000 ........ British Iron lOOl. sh. 701. pd 8 .009 ....... British Copper 5/. sh. W. pd 1% ......... Cita Branca 6al. pd 6% Candonga...... 10,000 1 / Copiapo ..... 204 sh. 131. pd 10 8,500 .' Columblan, iss. 54 pm 551. sh. 55/. pd ofi 2,850 W. English 14/. Gs. pd 3 243,000 6,155 .... 3,000 ' ..«..... Polberou Console lO/. sh. 81. pd 4 11,500 .....«.. Real del Monte, Unregistered 3% Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd 160 mom ...,... United Mexican, isa. 2 pre. 401. sh. all pd 334 Dittt. Scrip 1 ts Ditto New Scrip 41 pil 3 West Cork ................ ..... 501. sh 504 pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 ...H.. London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. eh. 13 1,500 ~.„.... London University ........1001. ah. all pd 7 79 0 King' College . .......1001. 1934 MISCELLANEOUS. 10, Xi is Australian A gricultural.loo4'sh . 28/ pd 97 6,300 1. per cent. m itish American Land Compan y 3541. pd 9 10,000 61. per cent . Ca nada Copatte 100/. ah . 3214 pd 28 30,000 51. per cent. Upper Clhii • <a Loan ... . Si B o nds, 4 par cent City 160 asinede.C..oinija. sh. 1001, pd 931 G H e u n d e s r e e n l 3, Hudson's e ß a a rn y l' e r e i k g ati a n 151.: h, 14/. pd 24% 2°,000 101. 1 p L e 6 r s c'ent. 11. London Coin. Sale Roorns....Av. 75/. sh 1934 Caoutchouc CoMpany 124/. pd 1234 pd le 1 5 :633 :387 45/1.. perper ceecnntt.. 100/. sh. 1001. pd 107 4,000 10.000 6.. Van Die.ner.'s Land.... 100 1 . sh. 1811. pd '7 l / 4 . --------- N it eer;weitrß: Ditto e n Nn e a si wy i c 1 k 7 int. ---______ LIST of SCO 7'7'ISE COMPANIES' PRICES MARCH 26, 1842, BANKS. 1,0f0,000 1 61, p. ct. Bank of Scotland...B3 l . de. Bd. sh. all pd 155 1,000,0001 fl. p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/.sh. all pd 1493 500,000/. 8/. p. ct. British Linen Cotnpany 1001. sh. all pd rol l 600,000!. 71. p. ct. Commercial MM. h.l 00t.pd 158 500,000:. 6 o. ct. National lOOl .sh IN. pd • 14 500,000/. 8!. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 815, 1,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh, 401. pd C 8 INSURANCE COMPANIES: 00,000 sh. 6i p. ct. Scottish Unton 201. sh. 11. pd 23s ed. 7,500 10 p. et. Hercules !OM sh. 104 pd 1314 100,000 10 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10!. sh. all pd 9ti 50,000 10 p. ct. North British 400/.sh. 10/. pd 17% 1,000 10 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 2.9N05740t 4 100/. sh. 10!. pd 20 5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh inte::: .. 1901. sh. 10!. lad 15 101. pd 11.1SCELL.Altke0"! 4,818 ......... Edin. and-Utas. Un, Canalsol. oh. ai ipti 11 Ditto Allocated' 96/. sh. all pd th titib..loitit Steck Water 25/.sh all pd 34 I,ooUsh per cent. X otir, ita P ciiihdetV......so/ sh 481 pd 40 Mill to ilei cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glats.2o/.sh. 16/. pd 3% pe 3 r i :en c l . ‘4l""f Is7tiatid' . P 4,500 1 0. .....7 ;CTI; '4inburgh Coal Gas 25/, sh. all pd 50 40450 IO ;es bon t . . i talasgni ,- /Y0 ) , : .... "' 25/.lh. all pd 52 /WO n per cent,' Leith Cost. tldb . . - 2 ! ) , 1 ' 44- all pd 25 54 .........• Edinburg h and Da k Ith na,.. " : ""l ' lb . 3tl L 1 re • In the afternoon of the da l y oa b d e e f d or u e ,i 3 t r h es l t v e o r o d d a , .—.....--.....- 1 yesterday man in charg e of a ' ' a10 . " ..6. - :;rt neays y tne Rue 'Neuve des Petits-Champ:, from being drunk ) suffered his hories to take their own course, and thus endangered the other carriages, and the lives of the passengers. Two sergens-de-ville, observing his neglect, called upon him to go with them before a commissary of police. The man resisted, and at length became so ex cited, that he threw himself under the wheel of his cart, which was still going on, and had one of his legs and ono of his arms dreadfully crushed. Ile was taken under a gateway, and there had the first attentions paid to him by surgeons who were sent for, after which he was car ried on a litter to the hospital, G, 10.. ARCH 30, 1842 4 • FROM LA g - 1 1. RIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 29, 184/. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Assistant-Surgeon G. Pitcairn, M.D., from the 58th Foot, to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Graves, promoted to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, March 29. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Assistant-Surgeon J. W. Moffat to be Surgeon, vice Idavehs, deceased, Jan. 17. 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Cornet and. A djutant J. Cocks to have the rank of Lieutenant, Jan. 27. 7th Regiment of Foot-Capt. C. F. B. Jones, from half-pay of Sub-Inspector of to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Wm. Guard, who exchanges ; and Lieut. the Hon. W. P. M. Talbot to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires, March 29. 10th Foot-Brevet-Colonel J. Considine, from half pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Custance, appointed to the Depots ; Captain T. Miller (2d), from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice J. G. Paley, who exchanges, March 29. 24th Foot-Lieutenant G. A. Ferrier to be Paymaster, vice A. Tovey, who retires on half-pay, March 29. 37th Foot-Lieutenant S. M. Eddington, from the 78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice T. M. Keogh, who ex changes, March 29. 58th Foot-Assistant-Surgeon W. Denny, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Pitcairn, appointed to the 4th Light Dragoons, March 29. 60th Foot-Serjeant-Major T. Berry to be Quarter master, vice Waterhouse, deceased, March 29. 78th Foot-Lieut. T. M. Keogh, from the 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Eddington, • who exchanges, March 29. 80th Foot-Captain W. Hay, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice E. L. Wolley, who ex changes ; Lieut. E. H. Ffinney, from half-pay 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice 11. T. Torkington, who ex changes, March 29. 3d West India Regiment-Cornet Sir T. W. White, Bart., from half-pay 10th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign (repaying the difference), vice Mowbray, pronioted ; T. M'Curdy, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sir T. W. White, who retires, March 29. HOSPITAL STAFF.-Deputy Inspectors-General of Hospitals, with local rank : J. Robertson, M.D. ; W. Dawson, M.D., March 29, to be Deputy Inspectors- General of Hospitals. MEMORANDUH.-Brevet-Col. H. Custance, from the 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, for the purpose of taking charge of certain Infantry Depots, March 29. The promotion of Assistant-Surgeon J. W. Moffat, of the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Se cond Class, as stated in the Gazette of the 11th instant, has been cancelled. Commission by theLord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. The Right Hon. G. A. H. Anne Baron Rancliffe to be Deputy-Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, MARCH 12, 1842. The Lord Chancellor has appointed J. Pearse, of Hatherleigh, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM HOOPER, tobacco-manufacturer, Read ing, Berkshire. GEORGE BROWN, bricklayer, Pembroke-cottage, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-place, Middlesex. BANK RUPTS. JOSEPH KILSBY, shoe manufacturer, Roade, North amptonshire, to surrender April 8, at eleven, and May 10, at two, at the Dolphin, Northampton. Lowe, Sta ple Inn, London ; Becke, Northampton. JOHN CROWS, innkeeper, Durham, April 14, at twelve, and May 10, at eleven, at the Bridge Hotel, Sun derland. Shield. and Harwood, Queen-street, Cheapside, London ; Preston, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. SAMUEL WILD, coal dealer, Manchester,April 22, and May 10, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester. Wright, New Inn, London • Taylor, Manchester. EDWARD SMITH, grocer, Southampton, April 9 and May 10, at twelve, at the George Inn, Southamp ton. Sandell, Bread-street, Cheapside, London. SAMUEL MAGNUS, slop-seller, Dover, April 11, and May 10, at two, at the Shakspeare Hotel, Dover. Bass, Dover. ELIZABETH FRANKLAND, widow, innkeeper, Reading, April 11, and May 10, at the George Inn, Reading. Weedon and Slocombe, Reading ; bill, 23, Throgmorton- street, London. ED WARD TILL, butcher, Worcester, April 5 and May 10, at twelve, at the New Greyhound Inn, Wor cester. Becke and Flower, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Hill, Worcester. CHARLES JAMES WILLIAMS and EDWARD NEVILL, coffin makers, Birmingham, April 6, and May 10, at two, Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Tooke and Son, Bedford-row, London ; Unett and Sons, Suck ling, Birmingham. ROBERT MARTIN, carpenter, Beccles, Suffolk, April 12 and May 10, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Beccles. Read, Halesworth ; Francis- and Son, Monu ment- yard, London. JOHN DARBYSHIRE and SAMUEL POPE, Calico and Mousseline de Leine printers, Manchester, April 13 and May 10, at two, at the Commissioners'- rooms Manchester. R. M. and C. Baxter, Lincoln's inn -fields, London ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester. THOMAS SCOTT, brickmaker, Barnwood, Glou cestershire, April 11, and May 10, at twelve, at the office of Messrs. Winterbotham and Thomas, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Baylis, Devonshire-square, London ; W;nterbathana and Thomas, Tewkesbury. SAMUEL PALMER GLADSTONE, shipwright, Crisp-street, East India-road, Poplar, April 7, at eleven, and May 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Gole, Lime-street, Leadenhall-street. HENRY DUCKETT, carpenter, Ramsgate, April 6, and May 10, at one, at the Royal Oak Inn, Ramsgate. Daniel, Ramsgate ; Hawkins, Bloxam, and Stocker, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Fenner and S. Hobson, corn factors, London -street, Fenchurch-street,'April 19, at eleven-J. Ewbanke, draper, Crawford-street, Marylebone, April 19, at half past eleven-T. Wright, coffin furniture dealer, City of London, April 19, at twelve-G Smallfield, printer, Newgate-street, April 19, at half-past twelve-J. I'. Lloyd, boot maker, Coventry-street, Haymarket, April 19, at one-S. H. Croswell and J. May, jun., wine mer chants, Devonport, April 19, at twelve-J. Denyer, tailor, High-street, Soutnwark, April 21, at one-J. and T. Brook, drapers, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, April 21, at twelve-R. A. Jones, linen warehouseman, Friday street, Cheapside, April 20, at twelve-C. M'lan, up hOlsterer Poland-street, Oxford-street, April 19, at half past twelve-G. and G. Evans, hop merchants, High-st., Southwark, April 21, at one-A. Beauvais, wine mer chant, John-street, Berkeley-square, April 19, at twelve -C. Brown, china dealer, Oxford-street, April 20, at eleven-C. Stocking, bookseller, Paternoster-row, April 20, at half-past eleven--R. M`Kinlay and A. Marr, recti fiers, Silver-street, Wood-street, City, April 20, at twelve -A. and W. M. Oppenheim, timber merchants, Man sell-street, Goodman's-fields, April 20, at half-past twelve-W. Straker bookseller, West Strand, April 21, at eleven-C. Schofield, timber merchant, Kingston upon-Thames, April 21, at twelve. In the Country. J. Baker, brewer, Sidmouth, Devonshire, April 27, at two, at the 'Old London Inn, Exeter-A. Tempest, worsted spinner, Clayton-heights, Yorkshire, April 19, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds-P. Mann, army contractor, Leeds, April 21, at eleven, at the Com missioners'-rooms, Leeds-J. Hadfield, horse dealer, Manchester, April 25, at eleven, at the Commissioners' • , rooms, Leeds-W. Swift, draper, Manchester, April 22, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester- J. Molineux, sen., professor of music, Liverpool, April 18, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool -J. Young, ship builder, Newport, Monmouthshire, April 26, at one, at the Westgate Inn, Newport. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. Stebbing and F. Clemow, woollen drapers, Holborn -T. Storey and W. Elder, hosiers, Newcastle-upon- Tyne-W. Jackson and R. Holland, varnish manufac turers, Birmingham-T. Moore and J. Wilkinson, wheelwrights, Goodmares-yard, Goodman's-fields-E. F. Tilt and M. Sanson, portable jelly manufacturers, Isling ton-J. Robinson and W. Rogers, timber merchants, South Stookton-upon-Tees, Yorkshire-J. Sowry and J. Otley, pawnbrokers, Leeds-'-G. Edwards and G. Cra croft, engravers, Worcester-C. Bennett and J. George, innkeepers, Stowe, Buckinghamshire-E. B. and M. Reed, house carpenters, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-Jh. and Js. Lester, timber merchants, Bath-IL Tunstill and T. Haworth, cotton spinners, Burnley, Lancashire-J. Rich ton and R: Ratcliffe, cotton spinners, Hoddlesden, Lan cashire-H. Gilpin and J. F. Holmes, general dealers, Liverpool-E. Johnson and J. North, woollen cloth mer chants, Huddersfield, Yorkshire-J. B. Owen and W. Holdich, drapers, Black Prince-row, Walworth-road--- G. Martin and .D. Stephens, linen drapers, King's-road, Chelsea-J. and G. Moorhouse, cloth manufacturera, Holmfirth, Yorkshire-J. Fawcett, B. W. Rawlings, and D. A. Rivolta, attorneys, Jewin-street, Cripplegate (so far as regards B. W. Rawlings.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. THOMAS MAXWELL, victualler, Glasgow, March 30 and April 27, at two, at the Chambers of C. and R. Baird, Glasgow. ROBERT MARTIN, wood merchant, Burnbank place, near Airdrie, March 31 and April 21, at twelve, at the Commercial Inn, Hamilton. WILLIAM BAIRD, grain merchant, Glasgow, March 29 and April 26, at two, at the Chambers of C. and R. Baird, Glasgow. ERIC EDWARD, victual dealer, Edinburgh, March 30 and April2o, at two, at the Ship Tavern. Edinburgh. WALTER BUCHANAN and CO., printers, Black land Mill, March 31 and April 22, at one, at the Office of A. Millar, Paisley. JOHN MURDOCH, baker, Forres, Moray, April 1 and 29, at two, at Murdoch's Inn, Forres. JOHN DRUMMOND, distiller, Hosh Distillery, near Crieff, March 31 and April 28, at one, at the Drummond Arms Inn, Crieff. DUNCAN MACMILLAN, block maker, Broomie law, Glasgow, March 30 and April 27, at twelve, at the Chambers of C. and R. Baird, Glasgow. JOHN RUSSELL, merchant, Glasgow, March 31 and April 23, at one, at the Office of Knox and Findlay, Glasgow. - _ DUNCAN HENDERSON, ironmonger, Coat Bridge, near Airdrie, April 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Office of Marshall and Hill, Glasgow. 'ROBERT STIVEN, merchant, Glasgow, April 2 and at twelve, at the Chambers of Murray and Galloway, `lz dasgow. JOHN Glasgow, April 5 aim - Glasgow. ADAM RANKINI, merchant, 5 and 26, at one, at the Court Mouse, Mrs.- "sTNGLE NICHOL, insurance broker, ' 9 9, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Kirkcudbright, April '-^udbright. , - The Progras du Pas de Calais gal§ tha t e '" entire horses, lately brought into Calais,oalnglanhe T 11 , -- by Colonel D escarrieres , cos t t oge th e r' 80,00 6 .• - k d, , " new inau, cost of pne alone, thoroughbred * if 44. 25,000 E . . , THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. TEA MARKET. : , rht A fair businesss was transacted in Green Tea, and stiffer rates were paid, but Black Tea moved Off slowly on former terms. Company's Congou Is. Ild. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices are looking downward, with few buyers. Yellow Candle 476. 3d. to 475. Gd. on the spot, and 486, ed. for delivery. OILS, Th 3 demand was extretnely dull, and prices were barely sustained. Cod Oil, 281. 10s. per tuff, WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply of Hay and Clover was good, " with a middling demand for all descriptions. Of Straw the supply was moderate, and the trade good. Clover, 21. 10s. to 51.85.; Hay, 2/. to 41. 45.; Straw, 11.12. to 11.165. (Froze the London New Price Current of March 29.) SUGAit.-To-day the Sugar market was closed, but business will be resumed to-.: orrow ; some publie sales of Mauritius and Bengal are declared. REFINED.-A fair demand has existed for Refined Goods for home use ; brown lumps at 775• to 78s, good and fine 79s to 81s, Standard lumps 82s to 82s 6d, Tit tiers and Hamburgh loaves, common 80s to 82s, mid 83s to 84s, good 85s to 90s, fine 91s to 98s, double loaves 99s to 112 s per cwt. For Pieces a fair demand has existed 68s to 74s paid for good and fine, and 60s to 67s for common to mid. Bastards have moved off slowly, good to fine at 51s to 595, low to mid 42s to 50s per cwt. Treacle has been in good request-common at 26s 6d to 275, patent 28s to 295, best old make 28s 6d to 295, Golden Syrup 29s 6d to 31s 6d per cwt. In Bonded crushed Sugar a good business has been transacted at 28s 9d to 29s for best quality. In . Loaves a fair business has been transacted, 141bs have fetched 32s to 32s 6d, 101bs 33s to 34s per cwt. Treacle has secured a good sale at 12s 6d to 13s. Bastards and Pieces have been in good' request ; the former at 15s 6d to 17s 6d, and the latter 18s to 25s per cwt. For Dutch crushed Sugar no orders. MAURITIUS.-There has been no public sale since Tuesday, last, but privately a fair business has been transacted at fully former rates-good and fine yellow have realised 66s to 69s low to mid 63s to 65s 6d, good to fine brown 595,t0 625, per cwt. EAST INDIA.-Prices have been sustained for white Bengal Sugar-at auction 5,990 bags were chiefly dis posed ef-fine white at 70s to 70s 6d, good 68s to 695, mid 66s to 67s 6d, good strong grainy yellow 69s to 70s, good mid 68s, and yellow 58s 6d to 595, damp 505 t0 . 57s 6d, low to good mid brown 46s to 495, low to -fine grey 53s to 655. The arrivals have been light since this day week, and the deliveries large. With Manilla Sugar the market is scantily supplied. For public sale on 31st, 1,300 bskts Java, and for 12th April, 4,000 bags Siam, 5,000 bags Manila, and 500 bskts 120 bags Penang are declared. FOREIGN.-In white Havannah there .are row trans actions to report privately ; yellow has met with a good demand, and has commanded full rates. The private sales have been 850 chests, fine quality at 21s 6d, good 20s 6d to 21s per cwt. White Brazil has been little enquired for; prices, however, are firm at 20s to 24s 'for lvw to good white ; brown kinds have been in good request, principally by our refiners, the supply, however, is still insufficient for the wants of the trade ; good and fine qualities have fetched 17s to 18s per cwt. ; at auction 128 casks 58 barrels have been offered, white prin cipally bought . in, Pernambuco good dry quality at 23s 6d to 245. rather soft 235, being the full value , yellow realised 19s 6d for good, and 18s to 18s 6d for common and mid, and Rio 21s to 21s 6d per cwt. Of Cuba 200 boxes were sold at public sale, mid yellow at 19s to 20s, washed 18s 6d to 20s, and wet 15s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.-In West India the operations have been upon a small scale only, and confined to 100 puns at former rates. The advanced rates asked for Foreign has checked business, and at public sale 268 casks Cuba. were taken in at 10s, being 2s to 3s above former prices. 35 tierces 14 brls Cuba Honey sold at 40s to 47s ; 25 cases E. I. -Tamarinds 20s per cwt. RUN, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-For East India Rum, subject to the high rate of duty, the demand has been good for exportation, and 280 hhds have been dis posed of at is 4d to is 4d for common proof, and is Ed for good quality : with certificate there has been more inquiry during:the last few days, and 150 puns, &c., have been disposed of for home consumption, as follows :- fine quality at is 10d to is lid proof; good is 9d to Is9fd mid Is 8d to is Bd, low dark is 6d to Is 7d pergallon: the principal part of the East Rum here is only adapted for shipping. Prices for Leewards, the supply being short, and demand good : the sales have been 200 hhds-proof quality at 2s 2d to 2s 3d per gallon. Jamaica, however, has met with a slow sale, and rather lower rates have been accepted : 120 puns have been disposed of ; fine quality and favourite marks at 5s 4d to 5s 7d, good quality 30 to 35 per cent. 0. P. 4s 7d to 5s 2d, mid and good mid 22 to 29 0. P. 4s 2d to 4s 6d per gallon. Demerara of sarong quality in small parcels has been selling at 3s 6d to 4s per gallon. The arrivals of. Rum have been small since this day week. Prices continue on the decline for Brandy, and both ship pers and the home trade have operated with much caution-we quote Cognac, Ist brands of the vintage of 1836, hhds 5s Bd, puns 5s 6d ; 1837, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d ; 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; 1839, hhds 4s Sd, puns 4s 6d ; 1840, hhds 4s, puns 3s 10d per gallon. Of fine old sorts of Brandy the stock is light. Geneva in small parcels has been selling at is l ld to 2s for common shipping quality, and fine fit for duty at 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon. In English Corn Spirits there has been rather more business transacted at 9s 8d per gallon cash. COFFEE.—Prices have been sustained for West India Coffee, but the transactions by private treaty have been upon a small scale only, and at auction 95 casks 33 bar r,.ls and bags only partly sold ; Berbice mid at• 1.05 s 6d to 107 s 6d, low mid 98s to 10Cs, fine and fine fine ordi nary 83s to. 90s, good ordinary 75s to 795, ordi nary 66s per cwt. East India and Cape Coffee are held with firmness, and only a small quantity is pressing for sale ; Ceylon has been taken sparingly by private contract, good ordinary at 76s to 775, fine ordinary 78s to 81s per cwt. None has been offered at auction. Java has met with little attention, 56s to 57s accepted 'for good and fine Company's. Mocha has been dull .of sale : at auction 446 bales went 4s lower, mid to good clean garbled at 96s to 103 s 6d. ord to good ord 87s 6d to 90s per cwt. Other sorts of Coffee have been little sought after. The stock of West India Coffee is 1,026 casks, 1.001 barrels and bags, of Ceylon 204 bags of East India and Cape sorts 13,501 bags less than last year at this period ; of Mocha the stock is however 1,516 bales greater than in 1841 at this time. COCOA.—Prices keep up for West India, and there has been a fair demand : at auction 100 bags Trinidad went at 42s to 45s for mid to good red, being full rates. Foreign is steady in request, red at 32s Gd to 33s per cwt. FRUIT—Red Smyrna Raisins at 32s per cwt. Denia in baskets are much wanted, at 3Cs. Valentia Raisins at 36s per cwt. Currants have met with a free sale— Patrits we quote 57s to 59, Zante and Cephalonia 54s to 55s per cwt. The stock of Figs is light, and the demand steady at 56s to 70s. per cwt. Almonds have brought full rates, and for French Fr u it p r ic es remain firm. TEA—Since our last report the market for free trade Tea lias been in a tranquil state and prices have further declined, large parcels having been pressed for sale ; indeed the quantity brought forward has proved more than ample for the wants of the' . -- trade. The public sales were brought to a close on Thurs day ; of 33,000 packages offered, 15,600 were disposed of at prices which established a decline on last • sales! rates of id to 0 for Congou, Id to 14d for Twan kay, 3d to 4d for Gunpowder and Imperial, 2d to 3d for Hyson ; the proportion of green Tea offered was un usually large, and the biddings for such were languid; nearly the n hole of the Congou was of good quality. To day Twankay was in good request at is 10d to Is lOid for common, and it is difficult to make further purchase under Is 10d per lb ; but in black Tea the operations were upon a small scale only, the public sales declared causing the trade to be cautious in their pro ceedings—ls 100 to is lOid is the value of common Congou cash, and Company's is lid per lb. RlCE.—lmporters of Bengal Rice are still desirous to realize, and prices have suffered a decline of 3d to 6d per cwt ; the low rates, however, cause the demand to be good, and at auction 2,283 bags were all disposed of, good clean white at lOs to lOs 6d, and yellow 7s to 7s 6d per cwt. Java has sustained the previous value, Patna at 15s to 225. Caroline first sort at 365, second 345, third 325, inferior and broken 28s to 30s per cwt. . To-day some purchases were made by treaty in Bengal Rice, and stiffer rates were paid, mid white fetched 9s 6d to lOs per cwt. TALLow.—Since our last report the market has ex hibited a dull appearance for Russian Tallow, the candle making season being nearly at an end. To-day the trade operated with mueh caution, and P. Y. Candle on the spot cannot be quoted above 475. for delivery in the last three months of the year-48s 3d to 48s 6d is the value. Town is selling at 47s 6d nett cash. For auction on Friday 400 sks 100 sins South American are declared. OILS.—We have still to announce a dull market for all sorts of Fish Oils. Pale Seal has declined to 381. Iss to 39/. ; Cod 281. to 28/. 5s ; Southern 301. to 34/. per tun. Brown Seal is wanted at 24/. lOs to 261. lOs per tun. Sperm, 861. to 871. is the value of British ; at auction 70 tuns American were nearly all taken in. In Linseed Oil the operations have been upon a small scale either for home use or export; Crushers have been de sirous to realize, and prices have suffered a decline of Is 6d per cwt ; sales on the spot have been at 325, and for delivery at 32s 3d per cwt.; prices are low in compa rison to those of Seed, and few of the crusher. are working. Rape Oil, pale, at 48s to 48s 3d, and brown 47s 9d to 48s per cwt ; the supply is yet small. Olive Oil has found ready purchasers. 'Gallipoli at 58/. to 59/., and Spanish 541 to 55/ per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil is firm in price ; but the demand has been limited at 41s to 42s for the best ; the stock is light. Palm sells slowly, first sort at'32/. to 321. 108 per tun. INDlGo.—Prices remain firm for East: ` India Indigo ; Madras and common sorts of Bengal have been in good request at fully last year's rates, indeed, in some cases ld to 2d per lb advance has been paid. The quantity offering for sale is small. The better Rinds of Bengal have been more in request at the rates of January, CURIOUS INSTANCE OF THE VORACIOUSNESS OF A SHARK.—Captain Baker, of the brig Enterprize, just arrived at Charleston, reports that, when in the Gulf Stream, one calm day, the sailors amused themselves in catching shark. Upon cutting open one very large one, at least fourteen feet long, what was the astonishment of the crew to find the undigested remains of a carpet bag, and some parcels of neatly endorsed papers, •on one of which they could just discern the words " Brinck," and underneath, " Blunt counsel for Plant." We fear, how ever, from the captain's account, that the shark had so thoroughly digested the law arguments of the learned counsel, they can render him but little further assistance before the Courts. The bones of this huge monster of the deep have been presented to the Secretary of the 'me League," in this city, as they may suggest some of diamestic industry.—Southern Paper. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS' W IGNE Y. '4° ) (Brfore J. Merrifield, C. Cooper, and W. Attree, E The first meeting under the fiat is , ved against 31erof Wigney, of Brighton, bankers, took place L Y e : u t s incsi morning, at the Town Hall, Brighton. -I "! " 5 110 0 commenced at ten o'clock, and the room was 111;04 time crowded to excess by creditors and others integfic lu this business, whi c h has been the all - eng rossiA, of conversation since the stoage of the ba nk • Of Mr. James, the barrister pp , attended for a large bod y creditors ; Mr. Sidney Walsingham Bennet t was e cre' present to watch the proceedings on behalf a 0,03., ditors ; and Mr. Wilkinson, of London, attendea ° t t he part of the County Joint-Stock Bank. Mr' a;fitlici' petitioning creditor, was in attendance, with bis„ tors, Messrs. Furver and Hill, and Messrs. Opp Palmer,'and France, of Bedford-row, London. 11. " Ball was in attendance as accountant. ri ssl Mr. James then explained to the Commissione. g his object in attending was to see that proper a were appointed. Vs!! Mr. Bennett, solicitor, proposed Mr. ..i" °- ; 11 1 c0. Capps, Mr. W. Hallett, of the Bristol .Hote, 4 o l. ** 0 t itl Patching, jun., .Mr. E. Robins, and Mr. 11• assignees. Mr. Ridley proposed Mr. Richard P a tching , t , l ' lr ithe H. Creasy, auctioneer, and Mr. Thomas Wes Un B ion ank Mr. James ). remarked, that he was afraid ti11:3395401: were not sufficient to make the responsibilitY consequence. , 0 1 114' . Mr. \Vest, the banker, was objected to by 30. he cor on the all..gtd ground that he was cognis ant of ing failure. r ot, Mr. Hall, of the firm of Hall, West , and been 11°1P ~t (0 1 . the Union Bank, said if they had a ware of t 'ea" they should not have been sufferes. of Mr. Catt, the petitioning cred r itor, Was P re ' prove for 2,000. 'eh 0 Mr. James cr / oss-examined Mr. Catt a t gre7t 010 in consequence of his having drawn Out 900 . thst week previous to the failure, and su bmitted, e e roe Catt's claim must be reduced to 1,1 00 /. , on t' ts, that an undue preference had been shown. t iere ii ,;l Mr. Catt said that his claim was for two d el' 1,000/. each, and that the 900/ was a distinct oer His reason for striking the docket was f rom m rumour. When he deposited the 9001. it wa s incfrietiw under the usual voucher, that the money sb °ll ' 100.1 in the bank three months, but he had a yerba ht be w' standing with Mr. Wigney, M.P., that he ta i ig i " t : lowed to draw it out earlier if he reqnir eu ift ;d_ l 2 °tt k, 4 money was returned to him in Bank of En,g.7„- in and gold, which he afterwards paid into the Mr. Clement Wigney, one - of the bankrupts,",ritop,h; and confirmed Mr. Catt's statement, and, ill a d '' '. let t ' served, that other depositors had made applications ty withdrawal of their cash, but vere refused, Otes fro gave three months' notice. • the r Mr. J. N. Wigney, M.P., the principa l 10 „ r ich t . underwent a rigid examination by Mr. 13enne'4,13tOo'i hard to the suspected removal of some goods fe w idge b wick-terrace, but the bankrupt denied all spl" any removal, except a few articles of w earimb belonging to himself and wife. 41 , 0 1 4 1 ; A discussion then took place relative to merit. A statement was made by Mr. Fert l t olo,,er sheriff, who took possession Jof the things a k 1W„ in a shawl manufactory with which Mr. J. was connected, was forcibly ejected, under an the ilt a t the Lord Ordinary of Scotland, 11 ". in r , of Messrs. Holdsworth, who had made advaa ce ,,oly 111 ,4 hbusiness (in which Mr. J. N. Wigney was b th ` iving partner, to the tune of 10,0001; b" t of Scotland expressed some doubt w hether ro perl:,( Holdsworth were the legal possessors o f tb" P o cei „ He had granted the injunction under eir c " llls 6l/ i ii , emergency. It was further added, that tb e the c property might probably realise 17,0 001 . , bat ' tors entertain no such hopes. „ t o.? The meeting adjourned till to-morrow , a n 1 5 1 The debts proved to-day amounted to b ets'ee and 20,000/. A ,1 TOWN-HALL, BRIGHTON—TnSs ro .pee This morning, at ten o'clock , . the adjou rn " took place for the proof of debts and choi ce of 0' Tin Court as before was crowded to excess. 4 ,4 o h ': Mr. William Stanford attended to prove lit)rtho,4": and was examined by Mr. JAMES—He depose" in oe, father was formerly partner in the conc ern Mr. Wigney's lifetime. The partnership w as , twelve years ago and Gazetted. Witness W h a ; 01 9 , 1- e , the dissolution of partnership, which wai uu,s consent, wAs Gazetted. He was executor to his wLo never had anything to do with Vie ban l ‘ l 9l.s ness held no security for his debt. The Proof f all i f 0 Mr. Turner, a solicitor, attended on beha'a rei Warwick, to prove for 2,3401 . , being a deb t „„ ° rie l ho o tent- sugar speculation of Mr. Wi r , - cfnef,„ rlPl iii under the firm of Wright and Taplin.lin4 was the manufacturer, but he never had a sir VP',Ol whole concern belonged to Mr. Wigney 1% ;;" t h e O ht o offered, for the sum of 7001. , to worklip 51 ` ;ola $-$) on the premises into sugar, which would Y,',"ainii 7,0001., and the liabilities on the concern , claims of the Excise, would not exceed 0° s,"`" le balance of 2,0001. rld;‘ Mr. Isaac Wigney, Mr.' CleMent Wignet:to'd William Wigney, were then'examined, e7:,,ivenCci that a favoured few were informed of the I ,n — , e the bank, and in consequence exchange" . 13 amongst the tradesmen of Brighton. Messrs. West, Creasy, Hallett, Catt, an i u. o rDe" were appointed assignees and the meeting,o-9' the 22rof April. wertr' Amongst the largest amounts proved Richard Weekes and William Thomsett, 68 5 15 l, 1 Hurstperpoint Wm. Catt, Bishopstone 1 Edward bhort, messmaster of the Scots 423 Greys Isaac Bass, of Brighton, grocer, assignee 499, . of TrtiDgMer John Chatfield, Hone ..... .... 1 1 :!,8 65 , of one 7 1 Bright smith Thomas Ward Capps J. Lushmar, Brighton, baker. Cooper & Co., of Lombard-st., bankers 3 OO Wm. Hallett, Bristol Hotel e b , A young man named Thomas Watson 0 with stealing a quantity of lead, the prof'?" ie o Johnson, of Finsbury-square. th It appeared that the prisoner had been ini,ite cpy oA s oe v 9 ment of Mr. Jones about two years ago, 0 0,1 charged for dishonest conduct. On Sunda) ? ,i6t: 4 11, 1 constable on duty near the prosecutor's P r ;ia ir served the prisoner lingering about the Pla c ji e tla i ll 'i, manner as to excite his suspicions, when he CA ti ,O O V, policeman to take him into custody. 14`)1; ~bonito{ to the station-house he was searched, and art weight of lead found concealed in the lower P of dress. rc' bile oj ke prosecutor said he had been frequerltl ci fore, and entertained no doubt but Watsoll:?t, s rii to which he belonged were the persons who d' u ' e 0 1 41 the fact of having been in his service befote , V i o acquainted with the premises. t b° The prisoner, who said in his defence ths ,o the lead from a marine-store dealer, and to y to Mr. Jones for sale, was fully committed fo r 1151 1C 01 1` STATE OF THE COTTON TRADE. ----- T he t s ilt ere or the week ending on the 24th instant, / ( i, bales. The moderate extent of the delnantiieli fey "1 since Tuesday, and the free manner in vv i" . .oc e , , k porters have met it, have thrown an epP e . ci ti f pression over the market, and the inter , °',, o th . `"h American, have been sold cheaper, but in u can an,' change of price be noticed. To o r° , r ical l or, limitation of our present demand for Al the 9 may be ascribed to the circumstance of t es teli themselves importing that description nin re jo g this year, in consequence of the prices rung t bot t ill, l l rica at or below the limits which 0 S V, out at the close of last year. There c iY; featur total absence of any favourable Manchester market in goods and Pr ns ". o o s f :+4; cial men there, as well as here, are most a o „ c e 0 ,14 settlement of the important questions of finil- tri fore Parliament, the uncertainty' relative check much commercial enterprise. Th e I, o **/ I of/ America received during the week still i; tro tO ceipts at the shipping ports, but the est l j ISt, crop . have not been raised. It is calculuteo parties, that when the very dull accounts f r ta ° , o #t is t l i f up to this date reach the American intirhe check shipments, and since, at our ppresent „eft the American planters cannot derive a . og , equivalent to the cost of production, Pacicliect‘itcii nage to the shipping port, they will b e in, a be back any cotton uncleared for the chance 0006 sult another season. In many cases the ,P e t ti ,c . v er cessities of the planters may prevent this, "11,1' ones may be inclined to act in that vol . j Albion. , BIRTHS. . ' 14 ° pi On the 25th inst. at Braintree, Essex, th e Hulme Day, Esq., e ' f a daughter. f i l" s, On the 25th inst. at Edinburgh, the lady . o . o ft well, Esq., ( younger ) ' of Cardoness, of a son. i . to ., ",,, lr, On the 26th inst., at Lynn, Mrs. J. C. Vi c ih if la Ili, fl. A ,/ On the 27th inst., at Pakenham Lodge, ° Ll—n 0 Thomas Thornhill, jun., Esq., of a son. _NO' ' I On the 28th inst., in College-place, Calesl e° r i e ti Everest, th of a daughter. s o l o , , On e 28th inst., Mrs. T. C. Hayward'it, V i daughter. tides' john On the 28th inst., at Tottenham. A--- -' oil' : daught ,h er. Ls On the 28th inst., in Carlton-gardens, "e Alford, of a son and heir. P 0 I Il MARRIED. v a itlit ° I i On the 23d inst., at St. Andrew's,-Robert 7 1 - obt s I I Esq., M.D., Oxon, to Jane Anne, 01 " )/ ~ Of:. Mudie, St. Andrew's. ~i,u r c., , e i On the 23d inst., at Patrixbourne ‘a",„ 81 1 ,,f,:g Henderson, of Pineapple-place, Londollo,:: "°V daughter of the late Thomas Hitching', P'"' i C,t" London. . d e DIED. Cilig l On the 24th inst., at Morden Park, Ridge, Esq., formerly Captain in the 4 th , „ t o Regiment. A T • ° . . - sl O On the 25th inst., in Regent-street, R. •-• j of c o lon , 10 of Nottington, many years Lieutenant - " 1 Militia, and Magistrate for that county. VI At Nice, Butler Thompson Claxton, Sol.„l,is, Pik 4" On the 26th ult., at Montreal, Canada, l'"'" I r Jo hn SO " g ,! , Rev. W. Thompson, aged 41. On the 21st inst., at Orr, near Hastinge, t ie, nest', Esq., M.D. ~ Coo t Ito' On the 24th inst., at Kensinton, Mr. J°' n r rip" # On. he 26th inst., at Maryland-point, Strat' ° " •ii? Surre y, $ Smith, aged 78. il . f r b' On the 26th inst., at Bath, Ann, daugh te r ° phens, Esq., of Carnerton Court, near Beta' 11,40 1 i 0 Fr Londcu: Printed and Published by M ii ,; l .„. 1 ildo 4 No. 112, Strand, at The Suk Office,',l" e b 3 , the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, MI" t4At of 6, 1 t Th e 'fo At,, II th '‘ THlti -1/Iter tic tj