The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-02 00:00:00

MORNING SUN - - MEETING OF THE BRITISH IRON COMPANY. A Special General meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held, - ,yesterday at the London Tavern, Btshopsgate-street, in ; pursuance of the following requisi tion : " TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE BRITISH IRON COMPANY. " GENTLEMEN—We, the undersigned Shareholders of the British Iron Company, in pursuance of the provision of the Deed of Settlement of the said Company, bearing date the 28th April, 1825, do hereby require you, the Directors of the said Company, to call, without delay, a Special General Meeting of tt e Shareholders at;the Lon don Tavern, for the purpose of taking into- consideration the followin g resolutions, and confirming the same, pur suant to the Deed of Settlement. " Ist. That a true and correct copy of all thealterations and additions made in the clauses of the Deed of Settle dement of the Company since the 28th April, 1825, to the present time, be printed and sent to each Shareholder. " 2d. That the Directors furnish every Shareholder with the accounts and expenditure at the several works and establishments for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1841, upon which the report read to the General Meeting of the 19th November is founded, and also the balance sheet made up to the same period. " 3d. That the Report and Statement of ,Account pro duced at the Half-yearly General Meeting, held on Fri . - day, the 19th November, be rejected. because the same are neither satistlictory nor explanatory. " 4th. That the .British Iron, Company be, and is here by dissolved, and that a Committee of ten Proprietors be chosen at this meeting to carry into elli!ct the disso lution of the Company in the manner most advantageous to the interests of the Proprietors in general. " London, Ist December, 1841. "W. J. Richardson. "T. Goldsworthy. W. Jones. W. Atkinson. John B. Jackson. Abrm. Cohen. B. G. Maltby. John Tyrrell. Charles White. J. H. Brown. J. Thompson. A. Robertson." The chair was taken at one o'clock by Sir G. G. de IL Larpent, Bart., M.P. The CHAIRMAN said that the constant recurrence of meetings, such as the present; in which questions were brought forward for discussion on which the sense of the majority of the Proprietors had been already taken and recorded, was a circumstance very much calculated to have a detrimental effect on the interests of the Com pany. ' The Company was a trading one. The tendency of those proceedings, therefore, would be to lower the value of their property. At the present period the price of iron was low, the .market was overstocked with a supply, and the dissolution of the Company and sale of its property must not only be attended with no good or profitable consequences to any party, but be effected with great sacrifice on the part of the Shareholders—par ticularly those who had paid up the full amount of their shares. With respect to the information sought to be obtained from the Directors by the requisitionists, the Judge, to whom an application for an order to that effect was made, had refused to grant it. A motion of a similar nature had been on a previous occasion made by Major Richard - son at a; meeting of the Proprietors, and a ballot having been demanded 1,662 Shareholders recorded their votes against the motion, and six only in its favour. That was a pretty decisive expression of the opinion of _ the Company on the matter. The Directors were always willing to affisrd every possible information to the Pro s • . prietors, but the present demand for books, papers, &c., was refused, because the parties making that demand din so with the view or rendering those documents ancillary to their views in the law-suit now pending between cer tain Shareholders and the rest of the Company. Major RteitaansoN said he rose for the purPose of proposing the resolution which had been read to the meeting ; but, before he did so, he would first make some observations on the proceedings upon which they were founded. He would first e ill the attention Of the meeting to the Teed of settlement, which had been printed, and a copy of which might be obtained by every Shareholder for a few shillings, the cost of its printing, but for which there were no thanks due to the Direc tors ; and he would request the attention of the meeting; to the statement•he would - lay . before it, of the various al - - terations which were made in it. It was supposed that, 'in accordance with the 102 d clause, the number of Directors should not be less than sixteen, while, in fact, there had been, for a long time, only seven. How; he would ask, was this strange made ? And, again, clause 106 declares that the auditors shall never consist of less than four, whereas they have never been more than two ; and in .like manner had clauses 102 and 112 been set aside. He now came to the conduct of the Directors with regard to Mr. Mott, a gentleman of high respectability, and a barrister, towards whom they behaved in the most arbitrary and scandalous manner ; for, after having purchased thirty shares, and desired his broker to purchase thirty more, they • refused to admit him, in the teeth of clauses 137 and • 141. But what right had they, he would ask, to make the alterations they had . in the 29th clause ? They made statements that they had got the opinion of tire eminent lawyers upon the case of Attwood, but they kept in the background a part of that opinion, and de ceived the Shareholders, to their 'serious detriment. They petitioned Parliament in 1840, and the names of the. persons attached to the petition were those of Mr. Wilson, Mr. ItaVensletw, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Bahney, and Sir G. G. de H. Larpent. In that petition they state the capital to be but one million, thereby deceiving the Par liament as to the facts ; and upon sash grounds they ob tained an Act of Parliament. They either committed a fraud upon the Parliament or the Shareholders. „Mr. If. PALME re read the. Act of Parliament, which set forth the capital to be two millions. .1 - fajur Rico t uosos—That was not au answer to him.--. (" Oh, oh," and cheers.) it was easy to laugh, but they would soon find they were laughing on the wrong side.—([fear, hear.) lie was referred, it was true, to a rescinding of a resolution of twelve years' standing, by which it was pretended that the capital had been doubled,' and the shares raised • from 501 to 100/. He was also referred to a Report of May 4, 1838, and in order to ascertain its truth he went to the Bill-office and asked for a copy of the peti tion, by which he found that in March, 1840, two years afterwards, it was declared that the capital consisted of 1,000,0001., in shares of 501: ,each. But this was not all, for while the Company were losing 100,0001 a-year they made dividends, not from the profits, for no profits were there, but from the capital.—(Hear.) lie would ask had clause 79 been altered, by which it was ma,,de imperative to - sell all forfeited shares at the end of a moisth ? had they not last 50,0001. by not selling 1,161 such shares ? He contended that the resolutions he was about to , propose were just resolutions, and every person w i s hing to know his real position ought to support him in asking to know what alterations were made in -the deed of settlement. The resolutions having been seconded. Mr. GREEN said he should move as an amendment, that the resolutions be read on that day six months. Mr. COHEN inquired :if the gentleman who had just spoken was the editor of the-Paul Pry ? Mr. GREEN replied in the negative. He knew no thing of the Pad Pry, but he thought it was very in esmsistent in the parties now seeking to carry their re solutions, after going before a Judge, who refused the power of calling for the endorsement of the deed. Those persons came into the Company having few shares as a body; and for objects which, because of the law of libel, lie would not state, but which he well knew within him self. lie knew one of them to be a holder of only ten shares, and to have paid in only twenty-five shillings. He came into the Company, knowing his liability, for the purpose of becoming a leader of a party. Major RICHARDSON said lie had nothing to do with the falsehoods the gentleman was uttering.— (Order. ) The CHAIRMAN said he could not p erm i t such 'lan guage while he was in the chair. Mr. JACKSON--Then motives ought not to he imputed. . The CcautataN said he considered Mr. Green was hot wrong in stating what' was the interest of another in the Company, but if he were wrong it would be com petent to Major Richardson to reply. He hoped both would see the propriety of keeping within the bounds of fair discussion. • Mr. GREEN said that what he stated as to the gentle man being a holder of ten shares was correct. lie • 'thought it his duty, looking to •the great interest of the parties who paid up their calls, to move the amendment which he did. It appeared from the newspapers that the -parties had pleaded—they had gone before a Judge— they had withdrawn their pleas—and the reason they assigned was that they were . going to plead mores He be lieved that there were some ulterior views in_ moving these- resolutions, and to defeat them he moved his aciendment to the resolutions. Mr. KEY seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN said that he wished to call the atten tion of the meeting to what had fallen from Major Mr. Mott. The reas on w hy h e Richardson rtssPect in g had not been athoitted was that he was a defaulter. Major RICJIARDSON said that was not the case. Mr. WILKINSON quid that Mr. Mott had paid his calls, but said he would not pay any more. The CHAIRMAN said he did not mean anything per sonal to Mr. Mott, and he wished that it should be clearly understood that the only reason for the Directors acting as they did was, that if they acted otherwise they would be acting in opposition to the interests of the Proprietors, and it would be proved by the votes whe ther confidence was to be placed in their opinions. With regard to the amendment, he hoped it would be with. drawn, as he thought it the better way to meet the re solutions with a direct negative. - (Hear, hear.) The amendment was then withdrawn. Mr. it. TAYLOR was glad the amendment was with &min, because, it' it were nut, it would be the cause of meeting after meeting. The question was very clear. It was a question between the body of the Shareholders and those who had not paid up their culls. Legal proceed ings were going on, and it was with a view to prejudice the interests of the Shareholders that these resolutions were moved. lie thought the explanation with regard to Mr. Mott:pevrectly satisfactory. Maj wlticcartosoa protested against the imputation of motives, which were igsosantly said to influence the party with which lie was connect. A.. In answer to what had fallen from Mr. Green, he woui4 tell that gentleman that if he multiplied the body of the united Shareholders by 501., he would find it was not s o small a sum as lie imagined. He said also, that if he had only to pay his own share of the • costs in case he libelled hint (Major Richardson) he would not hesitate to state what he knew. Now he (Major Richardson) would only say if the same proposal were made by any man of respectability, he would as . cede to it.—(l7l ear, hear, and " oh.") lie had said f rom the very first, that he only wanted to get out of the cm , cern, having been unwittingly allured into it. Wh en h e got into it he found it in such a state that he felt the sooner he got out of it the better, Out of the numb er 410,14,, ~ ae which he purchased, he sold twenty. And he 4 , • • ,) ,N ari , which cost him 801., besides the costs ; - - must Shy, if the shares Were now reduced so low . alt 24 . Cd., "Th - ft-Shareholders were the cause. With re gard itlrs , to the is ludo to the th . drawing of the pleas which had been al p• , c ,-4 . .,,_. ere not withdrawn for the reason alleged. -- '' A • I .'l. ' ' * THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1842. And he trusted the time would come when they would prove they (the united Shareholders) were right.— (Hear, hear) —and when, despite of paltry insinuations they would compel those rights to be yielded to them.— (Hear, hear.) The CUArRISLAN, on putting the resolution, said he hoped no person who had not paid up their calls would raise their hand. The first resolution was then put, and negatived by a large majority on the show of hands. On moving the second resolution, Mr. JACKSON after commenting on some of the obser vations which had fallen from the Chairman, ' recom mended a dissolution to the Shareholders as the wisest plan they could adopt. He preferred suicide to slow poison. The foulest motives had been attributed to the United Shareholders, and imputations of the most vile and slanderous description had been cast upon them by some person who supplied the Mining Journal with false hoods and vituperation. He said that the United Share holders would soon be dead. But they were not dead yet. They had a duty to perform, and that duty they would pertbrm faithfully and honestly. The Company was in debt to an enormous amount, and yet they would not adopt the wise course of withdrawing from it. He called upon the Shareholders to look calmly at their position, and to beware. The reason he asked for the report mentioned in the second resolution was, that he considered they should be the greatest fools if they did not weigh the accounts, and look to the result. What had been done in the case of Ruabon ? Had it been dis _ posed of ? It was a cheap purchase, and why not get get rid of it ? He wished to look at the Report, and if the gentlemen on the other side deserved support th e y would get it. Let them come to them, and show them that they were mistaken, and they would then receive their support. But until it was shown them that they were mistaken they would not consent to be dragged at the heels of Mr. 11. Palmer and Sir G. De H. Larpent. Mr. JONES seconded the resolution. Mr. GREEN was about replying to Major Richardson, when the CHAIRMAN suggested to him that it was better not to open agy angry discussion again. Mr. H. PAmER said the Directors would be very glad to find a purchaser for Ruabon, and if a good one was brought them they would be glod to dispose of it. The resolution was then put from the Chair and negatived. On putting the third resolution we understood that Major Richardson consented not to press it to a vote. Major RICHARDSON said that the resolution which he now Meant to propose was one out of which he had been jockeyed at three different meetings. Indeed there had been one occasion on which the Chairman—as it was probably a sort of holiday—had given the Pro prietors leave to vote as they chose, and then he had been able to bring it forward. The resolution had for _ its object the imniediatedissolution of the Company. The necessity of such aproceeding was obvious. The Company had been long since virtually dissolved by theillegal altera tions made in the deed of settlement. Every step now taken was fraught with danger. The Directors ought to have proposed the dissolution of the Company in May 1838. If such a proposition had been made and carried at that time the Proprietors would have been at least 500,000/. richer than at the present time. The price of bar iron, According to their Report, was then 9/. per ton, at Newport, while now it was about 61., making a differ ence of 120,000/. on the 40,000 tons produced annually by the Company. Thus, according the Chairman's system of valuation—that the property was worth ten years' purchase—the difference of value amounted to 1,200,0001. Had the Company even been dissolved in 1840, when he (Major Richardson) first proposed it, they would have been saved at least 200,000/. Iron had fallen twelve per cent. Day by day, year by year, ruin became mo re certain, and there was but o ne remedy, a dissolution of the Company. Let them sell the property and pay just debts. lie begged them to get out of their difficulties with spirit and with honour—(Hear, hear)—yes, with honour ; and he told them that if they would go on with the Company for six years longer, not one of them would be able to protect himself from the consequences. They had lost 1,700,0001. during the last six years, and if they went on the next six years, which of them he would ask would undertake to pay the losses? Mr. RICARDO would have the Company first get rid of the liabilities that pressed on them at present. Let all the Shareholders be put on the same footing—let each contribute a fair share to pay off the liabilities, and then let them talk of dissolving the'Company. Who was to indemnify the gentlemen who made advances for the purpose of relieving the Company from its difficulties? With respect to the legal proceedings now pending be tween one class of Shareholders and another, he pro. tested against any information being given to these opponents, as they would only use it against them ; and he thought they were entitled to know from their legal adviser what was the real cause of delay in those proceedings. Mr. FRESIIFIELD, the solicitor to the Company, said that the pleas in the action were delivered by the Share holders in November, and amounted to 120 in number. As those were subject to the opinion of a Judge, they went before one, and he reduced them to thirty-eight, pronouncing the .remainder unnecessary. The Share holders appealed, in January, to the full Court, to have that decision reversed ; to have it allowed them to esta blish a certain number of the pleas which they had pre viously pleaded, and that application was, from clay to clay, during the term just ended, sought to be brought forward. On Monday, the last day of Term, the Court being still unable to get it decided, referred it back to the Judge who had previously entertained the question, to decide it himself. That was the present state of the matter. In a word, the question was not in a state to enable then► to go on with the trial at present. In answer to a Proprietor, Mr. FRESUFIELD stated that he would go on with the trial at the earliest possible period. At present he did' clot know the points which he was to meet. After some discussion, in which Mr. Freshfield, the' Chairman, and several Proprietors took part, Major RICHARDSON proposed the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. JONES—" That the British Iron Company be and is hereby dissolved, and that a Committee of ten Proprietors be chosen at this meeting to carry into effect the dissolution of the Company in'the manner most advantageous to the interests of the Pro prietors in general. ' The CHAIRMAN having put the resolution, which was negatived, the meeting separated. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Duke of Buckingham has re signed. The Tory snake appears casting its scales. The great champion of the sliding scale is the first to be cast off. "It was only yester day," says the Post, " that this termination took place of a discussion which, we believe, had en dured for eight or ten days, between the Noble Duke and the First Lord of the Treasury, in whose proposed measure upon the subject of the Corn-law every member of the Cabinet is understood to concur, with the single exception of his Grace." It was "only yesterday" that the matronly organ of Political Bucks-onomy in the Press was boast ing of " the consolidation of the strength of the Conservative Ministry," and declaring, as the ultimatum of Corn-law policy, that " a regular trade in foreign corn is what must be defeated." It was only a week or so back that the Post was in dignantly contradicting the rumour thathis Grace was going, to Paris,_ and the inference deduced from that rumour that there was any sort, or shadow, of disagreement between him and his colleagues. There is a timid animal which, when pursued, bites off the part which provokes the chase. In like manner the Premier, in nibbling at the Corn law, has bitten the " Farmer's Friend" off-- " The deep-revolving witty Buckingham No longer shall be neighbour to my counsels." We compared his Grace, some tune back, to a top-heavy " joggling" pilot-engine—and pro phesied lie would upset first, whatever became of the train behind him. The prediction has been verified; and it now only remains to be seen whether the Peel cotton bags will avail to deaden the effects of this overthrow. It is clear that the apprehension of those effects must have been tremendous; and the efforts to obviate his Grace's final - secession immense—from the pe riod of the Stanley and Graham mission to Wotton —to the "eigh tor ten days" discussion between the Noble Duke and the First Lord of the Treasury. No wonder Sir Robert Peel has been looking latterly very Chandos-worn. "This occurrence," says the Post, " will be hailed by the opponents of the present Administration, both in public life and in the humbler sphere of general society, as eminently propitious to their views." We may certainly be permitted to re gard it as somewhat confirmatory of our views of the precarious tenure of Minis terial union, and a pretty strong pendant to the alleged divisions between the several sections of Liberals. Here are a set of Ministers who can't keep together on their first " Speech." Will they ever arrive at a second; or how many scales will they cast at each process? How much " interest-begotten prejudice" can their political strength afford to part with ? It is amusing to observe how comfortable our opponents affect to make themselves under the circumstances that have just taken place, in which the writers of the party really see no particular ground for uneasiness. The Post is sorry for the split to be sure, but consoles it self by reflecting that the Duke of Buck ingham, though "no longer a member of the Cabinet, will be still its friend," which is comparatively, if not positively, the fact, for lie will probably do less harm to his late colleagues by leaving them than by staying among them. But we think we remember that when the Duke of Buckingham joined the Administration he was said to give it considerable weight; and we should he glad to know how, if his accession was SO beneficial to the Cabinet, his secession can be regarded as insignificant? Do his old colleagues insinuate that his Grace was a millstone round their necks--a weight it was desirable to throw off ; and can they pos sibly be secretly pleased at having got rid of him ? This cannot be the case, for the Tories know that the Duke and his followers are pon derous, anti consequently powerful; it may be difficult to move with them, but it will be an texuagllh his y arduous task to get on against them, and Grace may lave been a dead-weight in the Cabi ne t, h e is still something in the scale, and will be fouild no less inconvenient as an ob- struction than he has hitherto been as an incubus. STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle has to-day a long article upon the Dublin City elec tion, in which the letter M is again made to play a great part. Our Contemporary persists in as serting that 600 voters whose initial is this ill used member of the alphabet have been precluded from exercising the franchise, and of course ascribes the defeat of Lord Morpeth to their exclusion. Now, admitting the premises for a moment, and for a jest, we contend that this is going something too fast. The other twenty-five letters have, we may suppose, returned Mr. Gregory by a majority of 403, and letter M must, therefore, divide in the propor tion of something more than three to two, to neutralise the effect of that majority. But why should this unlucky letter be so much worse dis posed to the Conservative candidate than its Cad mean brothers? Are there, however, really so many as 2,000 M electors in Dublin, according to the statement of the Morning Chronicle? We have before us the Dublin Post-office Directory of "gentry, merchants, traders, Sze." This Directory extends to two hundred and fifty pages, containing about 13,000 names, and of these names we find - the letter NI to com prise about 1,400, contained in less than 30 pages. Are there more M electors than there are M gen try, merchants, traders, &c. in Dublin; and if there are, how does it happen that the gentry, mer chants, and traders of other letters are not so fairly represented in the franchise ? If M ought to have two thousand, it is plain that the other letters ought to have about sixteen thousand. We request the Morning Chronicle to explain this. There is something. curious in the exact number said to be excludecT; there are, as we see by the Directory, 1,400 M's in Dublin, of the classes probably qualified to vote. The Morning Chro nicle, however, says, that there are 2,000 elec tors, but that 600 were excluded. Does not this appear as if the bona fide M's had all, in fact, voted, and that the 600 victims were creations of the same lively imagination to. which the world is indebted for the imagination and Phillipstown murder% and the awful Orange outrage upon Mr. Murphy's wig? But leaving the six hundred in the clouds—their native home—we can direct the Morniug Chronicle to other solutions of the defeat of its party in Dublin:. The influence of seditious agitation had spent its force, and the re sources of corruption had been exhausted. COURIER.—At length, and for the first time since the accession of the present Ministry, the Chronicle is in extatics—the Duke of Buck ingham, so long the mark of its matutinal vitupera tions, so often the subject of its daily lie, has in reality abdicated the functions of office at length ; hence shouts of triumph from the Radical press. There is no . longer any doubt that his Grace retires from office, but in divesting himself of his official insignia it does not follow that he separates himself from the Admi nistration, the members of which are the friends and the associates of all his political life and po litical sentiments. It may serve, perhaps, to chasten the exultation which his secession in spires among his enemies and calumniators to know that, excepting on one question, that of the Corn-laws, the most perfect accordance still hap pily subsists, as will be duly verified by the evi dence of words and deeds hereafter, betwixt the Noble Duke ex Minister and his late colleagues. This event, however we may lament the cause and the effect, has neither taken us by surprise, nor, we should conceive, any portion of the observ ing public. Whilst we honour the scrupulous fidelity of this eminent individual to convictions conscientiously entertained and ever acted on with unfaltering uprightness of purpose, we could not shut our eyes to the fact, that any alteration ' in the Corri-lawS which should materially depart from the principle, or the system, on which at present they are constructed, must necessarily meet with the dissent of one who stood so deeply and earnestly pledged against innovation, how ever disposed to concede to a certain limited ex tent theirnecessary modifies tion.For our own part, we do not hesitate to express our conviction that a large alteration and improvement in those laws is no less expedient than inevitable in the interests of all classes of the community. But if we could be persuaded that by such alteration, large arid liberal in the best sense as it may be, and as we believe it will be found to be, any injury or in justice could possibly be inflicted upon or result to the agricultural, the greatest of all national interests, we should he among the foremost to Offer it our strenuous, however humble, opposi tion, and to contribute to .its defeat. MONEY MARKET I.nd CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. POST.—We have more than once suggested; the holders of the American State securities the policy of calling a meeting and appointing a Committee to watch over their interests. No such step has yet been. taken, -but we are informed that Mr. R. C. Wyllie, of the Spa nish and Spanish American Committees, is about at once to take his departure for the United States for the purpose of enforcing their claims on the Governments of the non-paying States. A gentleman better qualified than Mr. Wyllie for the undertaking could not have been selected, as his general talent and aptitude for business, which must by this time be well known to all parties interested in Foreign Loans, are equalled only by his perseverance. CHRONICLE.—The Message of Governor Porter, of Pennsylvania, gives a full and candid exposition of the public debt and resources of that State, while it calls upon all classes of citizens to maintain the sacred ness of public faith. The total debt of the State is 36,331,005 dol. 69c. The income appropriated especially to its payment is derived from tolls on canals and railways, auction duties, tax on collateral inheritance, dividends on turnpikes, &c., and the tax levied on real and personal property is 924,059 dol. 15c. The sum in the treasury applicable to its payment was 1,020,936 dol., making together a surplus of 125,942 dol. 62c. above what is necessary to pay the interest due on the Ist of February. The internal improvements, for which the principal amount of the State debtlhas been incurred, consists of 7681 miles of canals and railways completed, and 1651 miles of canal in progress of construction, and nearly completed. The Governor urges the sale of the Colum bia railroad, and the Delaware division of the Pennsyl vania canal, and hints that the price might be taken in State Stocks. He alludes, in most appropriate terms, to the insolvent state of the banks, and the depreciation of the currency, and recommends the repeal of the law of last Session, under which the State borrowed 3,100,000 dollars from the banks, and to redeem the loan suggests the creation of a Six per Cent. Stock, to be sold at what it would bring. Along with the repeal of this law, he recommends the enforcement of specie payments by the banks, and that some day in June should be fixed as the period for resumption. We have always maintained that, this was the first step towards the restoration of American credit, and augur favourably from the decided tone in which Go vernor Porter expresses himself. " Those banks," he justly observes, " which are in a sound condition will conform to the requisitions of the Legislature without much embarrassment, and those which are not will be brought to the touchstone of their merits." If Pennsyl vania takes the lead in resumption, as she did in sus pension, the imitation of her example in this case by the other States will go far to compensate for the evil of her former course of policy. The paper of the insol 'vent banks will lose all currency, and will be driven from circulation by paper of intrinsic convertible value founded on a specie basis. To compel the banks to re sume, the Message discountenances the renewal of any bank charters or the granting of new ones until they re turn to specie payments, and caution 3 the Legislature against the grant of corporate privileges. LENT ASSIZES. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Before Lord Chief Baron ABINGEI and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS. Days and places appointed for holding the ensuing Lent Assizes : Northampton—Monday, Feb. 28. Oakham—Friday, March 4. Lincoln and City—Saturday, March 5. Nottingham and Town—Thursday, March 10. Derby—Saturday, March 12. Leicester and Birmingham—Thursday, March 17. Coventry and Warwick—Monday, March 21. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Westmoreland—Appleby, Saturday, Feb. 12. Cumberlaud—Carlisle, Tuesday, Feb. 15. Newcastle and Northumberland—Newcastle, Friday, Feb. 18. Durham—Durham, Wednesday, Feb. 23. York and Yorkshire—York, Tuesday, March 1. Lancaster—Lancaster, Friday, March 18. Liverpool—Wednesday, March 23. Twenty-seven pupils of the Royal Academy, Gospoit, have been appointed Volunteers of the First Class to ships in the Royal Navy, within the last few weeks. _ _ Why 'do fathers and mothers, in speaking to their children, imitate their infantine manner instead of addressing them in proper language ? A bachelor bag man in driving one day came up to a woman carryino• child, who asked in a polite manner, a ride. The bag man agreed to do so, on the condition that no nonsense should be talked by her to her child. The woman, comfortably seated, in her happiness forgot the contract, and thus addressed her little one :—" Georgie porgie, ‘ ye are gettin' a fine ridie pidie." The bagman pulled up his horse and said, " Good woman, you will be so good as step out of my gig and give Georgie porgie, a walkio palkie. , ' NOVEL MODE OF COLLECTING DEBTS.— " SUBSCRIBERS."-Of some two dozen Mail subscribers transferred to our list by the defunct Advocate, not a single man has paid us except Henry Hagner, Esq.,. of Jamaica. Many o f t h ese h onest gent l emen after having received the paper for upwards of a year, intimate now they never subscribed for it and will not pay. Now, therefore, take notice, that we will, after the sth of January next take such measures as will compel all those who have received our paper to pay for it ; with a considerable addition of both expense and exposure. That's the law ; men will not get leave to cheat the printers as easily as they may think.---American Paper. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S, BENCH, THE QUEEN V. THE CORPORATION OF SANDWICH. MANDA 3I I79 - JUDG3IENT. Lord DENMAN, in delivering the judgment of the Court in this case, said it was an application for a man• damns to be directed to the Town Council of Sandwich, directing them to set the seal of the Council to a deed awarding to John Murillon, the sum of 779/. as com pensation, due to him under the provisions of the Muni cipal Corporation Act, for the loss of certain offices held by him under the old Corporation. It was . not disputed that Mr. John Murillon had held the office of town clerk, and various other offices under the old Corporation ; that he had been deprived of those offices : nor that he had made his claim to compensation in due time. That claim was sent into the Town Council in the month of September, 1836, and a copy of the same was imme diately sent to each member of the Town Council, and a meeting of the Council was held in the mouth of October following, for the purpose of determining on the claim, Mr. Murillon, it appeharaedd, he even haediiio been summoned tbeencalledup to at tendonforanyetxhPaltamttii nor meeting. After some debate, the Town Coun cil had come to a resolution that the claim was inadmissi ble, at the same time also distinctly stating that that de cision was not to be considered a.; depriving of them of their right to go into the particulars of the claim in the event of their decision being appealed against by Mr. Murillon. Mr. Murillon, acting under an impression which had very generally prevailed shortly after the passing of the Municipal Corporation Act, had appealed to the Lords of the Treasury, but that appeal had not been made until the month of March, 1837, when both parties went before the Lords of the Treasury, who en tered into the investigation of the claim. Now it had been contended by the Solicitor -General, on behalf of Mr. Murillon, as one of the grounds on which the man damus must go, that the Town Council, by omitting to award any sum for six months, must be held under the provisions of the Act to have admitted the claim to its full amount, by not having proceeded to investigate and award a compensation within six months of the time of the claim being made; but the Court was of opinion that was not a valid ground for issuing the mandamus, be cause the Town Council having within six months of the time of the application determined that the claim was inadmissible, must be h e ld t o h ave so f ar com pli e d with the provisions of the Act as to take them out of the operation of the proviso, on which the Solicitor-Ge neral had relied. If, indeed, they had determined that Mr. Murillon was entitled to some compensation, and had for six months omitted to award him any, then it might be contended that they had admitted the claim to its full extent, and he would be entitled to his manda mus in the manner prayed for. The Lords of the Treasury had investigated the claim, and had awarded Mr. Murillon the sum of 6001., and this sum the Court understood that the Town Council had always been ready to pay. It was, however, contended by the Soilcitor- General on the authority of the Warwick case, that the Lords of the Treasury had, under the circumstances, exceeded their jurisdiction in taking the case into their consideration, and in that opinion the Court concurred. The mandamus theref ore must go ordering the Town Council to award compensa tion generally, and if they should award the sum which the Lords of the Treasury had already awarded, then Mr. Murillon might appeal from that award to the Lords of the Treasury, and endeavour to induce their Lordships to increase the amount awarded. The rule must be made absolute for a mandamus to the Town Council to award compensation. The Jury, after having been charged by Lord Abinger, in stantly returned a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 1. JAY V. PILL RIM. The plaintiff, Mr. C. Jay, is an attorney, and brings this action to recover the amount of his bill of costs for conducting the affairs of a person named Clarke (de ceased), through a bankruptcy, the defendant having, as alleged, guaranteed the payment of the same. The de fendant is Coroner of the county of Norfolk. and was clerk to Mr.-'George Jay, solicitor and banker at Nor wich. for whom the plaintiff appears to have been the London agent. Out of this connexion the action, which presented nothing of public interest, has arisen. A verdict was taken for the plaintiff, with the under standing that the damages, which were laid at 751., should be assessed by the Master. COURT OF RE VIEW, Westminster, Jan. 3 EX PARTE FOSTER IN RE BATSON AND OTHERS, BANKRUPTS. An application was made on behalf of the assignees of Messrs. Batson and Co., who carried on business as bankers at Berwick-on-Tweed, asking that a renewed fiat should be directed to Newcastle-on-Tyne. The fiat issued on the Bth of December, and after it had been opened, assignees appointed, and debts to the number of 300, and to the amount of 10,8001 proved, it was dis covered that out of four Commissioners three were cre ditors, and the fourth a debtor to the estate. Newcastle on-Tyne, the nearest place where there was a list of Commissioners, was distant sixty miles, and, as most of the creditors lived in the immediate neighbourhood of Berwick, an application was made to the Lord Chan cellor to facilitate the matter by allowing additional Com missioners to be nominated. This application had been unsuccessful, and the petitioners now presented a peti tion, but were anxious to obtain leave for the present Commissioners to act, rather than occasion a removal of the commission to another place. The COURT having intimated its disinclination to comply with the latter request, the petitioners applied for leave to withdraw their petition, which was permitted. ADMIRALTY COURT, Jun. 31. THE PERSIAN.-SALVAGE. This was a claim on the part of the owners, masters, and crews of two fishing smacks (the DitPhburn, of 53 tons, and the Ann and Francis, of 54 tons, each having a crew of nine men), for services rendered to the Per sian, a collier brig of 257 tons, belonging to Sunderland, heavily laden with coals, off the coast of Norfolk, near Cromer, on the 14th and 15th of September last. The vessel had touched the ground, and in consequence made considerable water, which increased, though the weather was fine. The salvors worked at the pumps all night, notwithstanding which, the water had increased to six jeet when they got th e vessel to Yarmouth. The value e fthe ship and cargo was 2,0001. A tender of 1504 had been made and refused. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE and Dr. WHITE, on behalf of the salvors, claimed a higher reward, since it had been admitted by the owners that, but for their exertions, the vessel must have foundered or been run on shore. Dr. PHILLIMORE and Dr. JENNER, for the owners, did not deny that assistance had been rendered, or that the vessel had stood in need of it ; but submitted that, look ing at the risk of the property, its value, the nature of the service (pumping), and its duration, 1501. was a suffi cient reward. They, moreover, contended that the sal vors had needlessly taken out a commission of appraise nient. Dr. LusHlNGTowsaid, that in this case the owners had stated the value of the ship at 1,8001., and the salvors, dissenting from that statement, had taken out a commis sion of appraisement, the result of which was, that the vessel was worth 1,707/. Now, he was determined, wherever a commission of appraisement was taken out, and it ultimately appeared that the parties taking it out had erred, it should be a rule (subject, of course, to just exceptions) that the parties taking it out should pay the costs of the t bommission. In this case the appraisement had returned the value at less than the owners' state ment. He should, therefore, direct the costs of the com mission to be borne by the salvors. With respect to the merits of the case, he was of opinion, on the admitted facts, that, considering the risk and value of the pro perty, the tender was not sufficient, and instead of 1501. he should give 2701., condemning the salvors in the costs of the commission of appraisement, all the other costs to be paid by the owners. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 31. IN RE DAVID HANNAY. This day was fixed for the final adjourned examination of the bankrupt, who was the Managing Director of the Marylebone Bank, at Cavendish-square. It appeared at the previous meeting that the bankrupt was possessed of considerable personal and inheritable property in Scot land, and that with the avoidance of law proceedings upon the part of the creditors his estate would most probably realise a dividend of 15s. in the pound. A lengthened conversation took place to day, as to the proof of certain debts, and it having been stated that the bankrupt required further time to prepare his accounts, and no objection having been made to the application, the further hearing was adjourned for three months.- SHERIFFS' COURT, Feb. 1. KING V. STACEY--GRIM. CON. Mr. STAMMERS, who appeared as Counsel for the plaintiff, said that this was an action brought to re cover compensation, in damages , of the defendant, for criminal conver sa ti on w ith the plaintiff's wife. lie be lieved neither the plaintiff nor the defendant occupied a high position in life. The-former had been for 26 or 27 years clerk to a stock-broker in the City, and he had conducted himself with such propriety and strict inte grity, as to gain the entire confidence of his em ployer, and up to the time of the defendant inflicting this injury upon him, he had lived upon terms of peace and happiness with his family at Ponder's-end. In the year 1826, the plaintiff became acquainted with a bliss Tyler, and in 1831, he was married to her, the union taking place under the sanction of the friends of both parties. It was not until within the last twelve months that the plaintiff had reason to' suspect his wife of infidelity. About that time, in consequence of the severe indisposi tion of the plaintiff, it was necessary that he should re side nearer his physician in town; and during his absence, it appeared the defendant was in the habit of taking his meals and sleeping at the house of the plaintiff. But if there was one circumstance that ought to in crease the damages more than another, it was this, — the plaintiff's wife was a woman of an exceed ingly eccentric, and, he might say, weak mind, so that if it should be attempted to be shown that she had not conducted herself with that prudence and modesty which other females do, it was easily accounted for by the im becility of her intellect. And when he told the Jury that since she had been restored to her friends she had been placed in a lunatic asylum, and had been under the care of Dr. Sutherland, they would not be surprised at her eccentricity, but would visit the defendant with proper punishment for the course which he had pursued towards her. Several witnesses were called in support of the Learned Counsel's statement, when the Under •Sheriff summed up, and the Jury, after a • brief consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001. The damages laid in the declaration were 1,0001. SCOBELL B. PA U MIER-JUDGMENT. Lord DENMAN said that this was a rule which had been ob tained to set aside the award of an arbitrator on various grounds, none of which were in the opinion of the Court suffi cient, and therefore the rule must be discharged with costs. The Coug.T was occupied the greater part of the day in hear• ing cases in the Special Paper, none of which were of any public interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 1: 3IACDOWAL V. BICKLEY. The declaration in this case was upon a bill of ex-. change for the amount of 401., endorsed by the defendant, and made payable to Mr. William Walker. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Crompton, who appeared for the plaintiff, that the bill, which was dated in the year 1840, had passed from the hands of Mr. Walker into those of a gentleman of the name of Platter, who afterwards endorsed it to the plaintiff. Mr. Walker, who was an attorney, had received the'bill under the following circumstances : A gentleman of the name of Banks was indebted to him in the sum of 1251., and was in the custody of the sheriff's officer at his suit. The defendant, Bickley, who was also an attorney, came also to Mr. Walker, repre senting himself as the agent of Mr. Banks, and offering to effect a compromise of the debt. It was then agreed between them that 201. should be paid out of the sum due, that 201. should be forgiven, and that two bills should be given, the one of 401. and the other of 451. in payment of the remainder. The 401. bill was guaranteed by Mr. Bickley ; and this was the bill of which the payment was now sought. Three pleas were put in for the defendant ; first, that that he had not endorsed the bill ; secondly, that he had not due notice of non-payment ; and, thirdly, that the bill was endorsed by the defendant in payment of a debt incurred by him previously to his having been discharged under the Insolvent Debtor's Act. Mr. Walker deposed to his having received the b: under the circumstances we have mentioned above. Mr. Frederick Platter deposed to his having left a notice of the dishonour of the bill at the office of the defendant. Mr. PLATT, who appeared for the defendant, con tended that, according to a recent decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, the notice was insufficient, inasmuch as it did not contain a distinct notification that the party to whom it was addressed should be held liable. There was nothing of the kind, however, in the notice produced. Lord ABINGER said the notice • appeared to him to be sufficient, it called upon the party to pay, and he could not attend to a mere declaration that a certain decision had been given in the Court of Queen's Bench. It was next shown that the bill was endorsed in 1840, while the defendant had been discharged under the In solvent Debtors' Act in the year 1839. Lord ABINGER having briefly addressed the Jury, The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plain tiff. BISHOP v. 'WILLIAMS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff for the re covery of the sum of 281. Mr. LEE stated the case for the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff, who was a person of some fortune, re sided in the year 1839 at the house of the defendant, a saddler, at Sawbridgeworth. The plaintiff had advanced the defendant 201. in the course of that year, which de fendant's wife received, he being himself at the time in a very delicate state of health. The plaintiff afterwards paid 8/. for a carpet to be used in his room ; and the debt of 281. was thus made out. A clerk of the Messrs. Shoolbred, in Tottenham court-road, proved the payment of the price of the carpet by the plaintiff. Caroline Cross stated that she was the niece of the defendant. Witness saw a letter in the year 1839 from Mr. Bishop to her uncle, the present defendant, enclos ing a 20/. note, which was taken up to her uncle, who was at the time sick in bed. Her uncle accepted the money. Cross-examined by Mr. TRESIGER—Mr. Bishop was understood at the time to have been paying his addresses to a sister of mine, who was also living at the house of witness's uncle. In July last witness's sister eloped with Mr. Bishop, and they had since lived together ; but they were not married. Between June, 1840, and July, 1841, Mr. Bishop, who had previously left the house, had been there very frequently, and used to remain there for days. lie often invited persons to plaintifff sfißhprii sj e ms thn. Cross-examined d tfc poi t ia h astenso e t,i evening hddtreAuelptsi dsatsaetyhtf:emendrbe odny l ss v atets ictwfotoahr, of rd h chtTelh i ea m neoti hadm i sil n en:ogGtti h heaElet i keßhi s yen—en r s bAtti the f the sum now in dispute. The defendant gave no answer the Bishop himself. ' e p ß i i n s h g o a p t , pub lican. He was formerly a train-groom to Lord Egerton. Mr. his house. Mr. Williams told witness, when he applied to that he would pay Mr. Bishop himself. He did not say he would settle with him. Witness might have told the solicitor for the defendant that Mr. Williams said he would settle with Bishop p W w i a tn s e a ss ge h n ad tlem se an en w ill o r. w ß as is 4w hop ow in n Court that t t h u a r t f, day. and the plaintiff; but he used the word in order to mislead the A so lr ii . ci ß to i r sh . who kept horses of his-own. This being the case for the plaintiff. Mr. THESWER proceeded to address the Jury for the de fence. The Learned Gentleman commented, in the severest terms, on the conduct of the plaintiff in this suit. He had never known a more impudent attempt to obtain the verdict of claimed theaWp viatdwyin mhtohlaeeebnswistbt lettersoyooiusffndsit sleeping e f .wper oadamye a Jury, or the protection of a Court of Justice. The de fendant, after breaking the heart of one who had trusted in his honour, did not blush to come before them, claiming the payment of a sum of money which he had advanced, under very suspicious circumstances, and had the effrontery to produce as a witness in his favour the sister of his victim, to bear testimony to her dishonour. Since the seduction o f th e niece of the plaintiff he had lived with her in a state of shameful and abandoned concubinage ; and now, finding probably his affairs utterly ruined, he hoped to extract from the family he had irreparably injured a sum to which he never had a claim. But the Learned Counsel trusted that he should be able to defeat the heartless attempt. It would be made apparent that the plaintiff was indebted to the defendant in more than the stun now in dispute. The plaintiff had used the rooms of the defendant from June,lB4o, to July, 1841, and had made no compensation to him on that account. There he eis would debt. had Those himself e c ircu m stances renounced tan see would all claim bew 13 also a letter in the handwriting of the p laintiff, in which he then confidently leave the case in the ir hands. Several witnesses were then produ ced for the defence , deposed th a t i n t h e course of the years 1840 and 1841 , who Mr. Bishop had f requent l y ca ll e d at the house of th e defendant, and that he h a d stoppe d t h ere , an d slept there , from time to time. Mrs. Robi nson , t h e s i s ter of the defendan t, stated that the to proved th to e the Jury, t and of his rent of. the rooms thus occupied, from time to time, during twelve months by the plaintiff, was U. a-week. She men tioned to the plaintiff, on one occasion, that she wished' th e rooms might be let ; upon which he said, " No, I would rather take them myself—in fact, 1 shall take them." Mr. Robinson, the husband of the preceding witness, stated that lie had known the witness to have %lilted the rooms of the defendant—to have kept his books and his wine there, and to have invited his friends to the house. A letter from the plaintiff to the defendant was then put i n and read, in which the plaintiff stated t he g reat embarrassment in which he was placed, and his determination to leave this country for America until his a ffairs were improved. He also mentioned in the letter that he - wisiied that th e 201 . he had lent the plaintiff' s w if e might be made over to their niece, Mary Ann Cro ss . Lord ABIN GER o b serve d that he did not see how the plain tiff could now come i n t o Court after he had himself, as appear ed by that letter, renounced his claim to the debt. Mr. LEE submitted that he had renounced his claim on con dition that the money was paid to the young woman; but there was no evidence that the condition had been fulfilled. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to address the Jury at some length i llontending that they had not to pronounce their judg ment upon the conduct of the plaintiff, but upon the simple fact whether the debt had been incurred by the defendant or not. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 31 IN RE CHARLES WILSON BAKER. The insolvent, who is a comedian, and stage-manager of the Olympic Theatre, applied to be discharged. He was still the manager of the Olympic. In answer to a question, he said he had proved under the estate of Mr. Bunn, but there was no chance of a dividend. The case was adjourned for a service on a creditor. The insolvent, who is on bail, to be discharged. TUESDAY. IN RE ALEXANDER M‘DONNELL. The insolvent had been a bankrupt about eighteen months ago ; and now, on his application to be dis charged under the Act, was opposed by Mr. Woodroffe, on behalf of a number of creditors. The grounds of oppo sition were, that in inducing those parties to give him credit, he never stated the fact of his being an uncertified bankrupt ; and that subsequently, on demanding pay ment of their debts, he was guilty of the most insulting and insolent conduct towards them. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN' said it was quite sufficient for creditors to suffer the loss of their goods, without being met with insolence when making their just de mands, and in all such cases he felt inclined to inflict a severe punishment. He should, therefore, order the in solvent to be remanded for six months from the date of his vesting order. IN THE MATTER OF WM. BARNES. In this case the insolvent, who had been already fre quently before the Court, and remanded from time to time to compel him to give up certain property for the benefit of his creditors, appeared in Court to receive judgment, when Mr. M Commissioner LAW ordered the conditional dis charge of the insolvent, subject to handing the lease of his property to the assignee of the Court. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. - Wm. Yates, aged 45, described in the calendar as a surgical-instrument maker, was indicted with forging and issuing an order for Si., with intent to d e f rau d t h e president, vice-president, treasurer, and members of the School for the Indigent Blind. It appeared from the statements of Mr. Bodkin, that on the 14th of Decem ber last the prisoner called on the Messrs. Dodd, of Billiter-square, who are the Secretaries for the Insti tution, and after representing himself to be the steward of Sir Matthew Filmer, of Langley Priory, in Kent, he produced a letter purporting to be written by Sir Matthew Filmer, in which he was repre sented as expressing great interest in the different chari ties of London, and among them the School for the In digent Blind, and stating it to be the intention of Lady Filmer and himself to subscribe twu guineas annually. On the other side of the letter was an order on Messrs. Drummond for Si. On perceiving this order Mr. Dodd, jun., asked the prisoner if it was the intention of Sir Matthew Filmer to make a donation of 51. to the charity, to which he replied that it was not, that he had some small purchases to make, and for that purpose he was to have the 16s. Mr. Dodd then asked the prisoner if the letter was written by the Member for Kent, to which he replied that it was not, that the Member's name was Sir Edmund Filmer, that he was dead, and that Sir Matthew was the present Baronet. Mr. Dodd then wrote two receipts for each of the two guineas, and gave the prisoner 16s. On the cheque being presented at Drummonds' it was returned, with the statement that no such person banked at that house. It was also proved that there was no such person as Sir Matthew Filmer, no such place as Langley Priory, in Kent, and that the letter and cheque were in the hand writing of the prisoner. The case was most clearly made out against the prisoner, who declined saying anything in his defence, or calling any witnesses to his character. The RECORDER having sulumed up, • The Jury, without the slightest:hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty. There were several other similar indictments against the prisoner, Which the Court thought ought to be proceeded with. The next case was one charging the prisoner with forging an order for 101., with intent to Maraud the Directors of the Foundling Hospital. The facts of. this case were nearly the same as the last, the charge was clearly proved, and the Jury convicted the prisoner. - Mr. BODKIN, after inquiring if the Court thought it inadvisable to proceed with any of the othercharges gainst the prisoner, and being answered in the negative, observed, that he considered it his duty to state that the prisoner had been living all his life by writing begging letters, and stating fictitious 'cases of distress. He had himself been obliged to prosecute the prisoner about ten or eleven years ago, for a similar offence, when he was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Since the term of that transportation had expired the prisoner had been upwards of twenty times summarily convicted, and lid had no hesitation in saying that the Mendicity So ciety could produce a cart-load of fictitious letters of distress written by the prisoner, in most of which he was sorry to say he had been successful. The RECORD - ER sentenced the prisoner to transporta. tion for life. John Macy, egor was convicted of stealing on the 27th of December last one mare, of the value of 301., the pro perty of Edward Edwards, Esq., and sentenced to ten years transportation. MORE STARVATION.—Mary Ann Eaton, a poor woman, dressed in the workhouse garb, and who belonged to the Hillingdon Union, Uxbridge, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a bill-hook, the property of a labouring man of the name of John Green. It appeared that the prosecutor missed his hook the day before Christmas-day, and on the day following he heard of the prisoner offering the hook for sale, which he identified as his property. The handle was gonefrom it, but he could say it was his property by the blade. He had made several marks on the handle, but, of course, he could not swear to the hook by that. The witness to whom the hook had been sold, said thut he had given the prisoner 2.5• for it, and he believed she had laid that amount out in bread for her children. Her husband was living, but she did not know where he was, and she had two children. The prisoner said nothing in her defence. The RECORDER in summing up, said the Jury must not look to the effect of the verdict, but consider the •ri:kence. The Jury, after a short consultation, found the pri soner Not Guilty. The RECORDER addressed the prisoner, and said the Jury had acquitted her of the charge, and he was glad they had done so consistently with the evidence. They -had entertained a doubt and had, accordingly, given the prisoner the benefit of that doubt. As to punishment, it would have made no difference whatever as to the verdict of the, jury. The prisoner must be taken back to the union and taken care of. NEW COURT. No case of interest came before`the Court this morn ing, the cases being chiefly confined to crimes consisting of petty thefts. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAR YLE BONE. Monday two young men, named Richard Sfuggett and Frederick Barrett, both of whom are well-known to the police as forming part of a gang of daring burglars who for some time past have infested the neighbourhood of Lisson-grove, were placed at the bar. Police-constable 168 D stated, that on the same morn ing, about two o'clock, as he was on duty in Wiinpole street, Cavendish-square, a lady threw up her window, and told him that two men had just climbed over the wall into the back premises of Mr. Sanders, landlord of the Rose public-house, directly opposite ; he (witness) sprung his rattle, and on another• officer coming to his assistance both the prisoners, who were the parties al luded to, were taken into custody ; the former was found in the yard, and the latter was seated upon the flats ; and both were then conveyed to the station-house. A "jem my " (a crowbar used by burglars as an effective imple ment for forcing doors, windows, &c.) was picked up in the yard, and from the pocket of Barrett were taken a candle and a box of Lucifers. Proof having been given as to the bad character of the prisoners, who, it was stated, had been several times charged before, they were each committed to the House of Correction for three months. QUEEN-SQUARE. Michael Foley and Thomas Neale, were on Monday charged with violently assaulting George Best, 42 B. The complainant, whose eyes were blackened and his face and head bandaged in several places, stated, that about half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday night he was on duty in Great Chapel-street, Westminster, when he heard the defendants and two others, who were in their company, making a great noise. He went up td` them and quietly asked them to desist, and turned away in order to proceed on his beat, when- he received a violent blow on the mouth from Foley, which knocked him down, and as he was falling Neale struck him heavily on the side. On witness recovering his legs he saw the defend ants and their companions running off, and he then drew his truncheon, and went in pursuit of thou. He over took the party in the Broadway, and made a blow with his truncheon at Foley, but did not hit him. The whole party then attacked him, and Foley having wrenched the stair from his hand, struck him twice on the face and once on the back of the head with it with such violence that he was again knocked down. The blood flowed copiously from the wound, and while on the ground he was several times kicked on the head and body, and must have lost his life had not two other constables fortunately come to his assistance, when Foley was secured, the others having made their escape. In the course of a few minutes, however, the defendant Neale came to the station-house with Foley's hat, and' 1 having been immediately recognized by wit n ess as one I of the men by wnom he had been assaulted, he also was taken into custody. Inspector Taylor, of the B division, said, that when Best came to the station-house he found him bleeding very much, and so severely injured, that he deemed it necessary to send him at once to the hospital to have his Wounds dressed. The inspector here produced a certi ficate, which stated that the constable, Best, was so much injured that he would be for some time uafit for duty. Defendants denied that they had ever struck the con stable in the manner described. Mr. BURRELL said it was a most violent assault, and the defendants must pay the full penalty of 51. each, or be committed for two months to hard labour in the House of Correction.—They were sent to prison. CORONER'S .NQ VEST. Two DEATHS FROM SUFFOCATION.—Late on Satur day night a long investigation was gone into before Mr. C. C. Lewis, Coroner for the Southern Division of the county of Essex, at the Horse and Wells Inn, Woodford, on the bodies of Elizabeth Ann Friday, a maiden lady, aged 60, and Sarah Ashauld, her neice, aged 11. The circumstance excited a most painful interest in the village, in consequence of the landlady of the house (Mrs. Gershon) where the parties lived having also died on the same night through fright ; but she having been some time in an ill-state of health, the Coroner thought there was no occasion for an inquest to be held upon her. The first witness called was John Bird, a carpenter in the employ of Mr. Gershon, builder, of Inman's-row, near Woodfood, who said th a t th e deceased persons were tenants of his master, and lived in the adjoining house. On Wednesday morning last the baker called with the bread, and, not being able to make any one hear, went away. The deceased child was in the habit of coming into his master's house ; not doing so as usual his master became alarmed, and by his direction, between three and four o'cock, he placed a ladder against their window, and looked through it. The two deceased persons were lying on the bed in a life less state. Having informed his master, he, by his order, and with the assistance of a fellow-workman, named Brooks, broke open the door. On opening the deceased's bed-room door, they were nearly suffocated from some noxious vapour which escaped. The air becoming more pure they entered, and found the eldest deceased quite dead, and from the distorted state of the features she must have died in great agony. The child was lying by her side, also dead, her cap was torn to pieces, and .a portion of it stuffed into her mouth. Her face was covered with scratches. When he recovered himself a little he went for Mr. Bunce, a surgeon, who, promptly attended, and •-• • tried to restore animation s b ut without success. On searching the room he discovered a brasier, which had contained a charcoal fire, about four feet from the bedstead. By the Jury—l think the poor child, who was the pet of the village, must have suffered more than her aunt, and was longer dying. The scratches on her face were done by herself whilst suffering ; and I think she put the remnants of her nightcap into her mouth to prevent the effluvium of the charcoal going down her throat. There was no fire place in the room. Mr. Bunce gave his opinion, that the deceased persons had been dead 12 or 14 hours. Sergeant White, of the K division, the summoning officer, in answer to questions from the Coroner, said, that from inquiries he had instituted, he had ascertained that the youngest deceased had purchased three penny worth of charcoal on the aft e r noon o f T ues d ay, say i ng, that in consequence of the room being cold and damp, they were going to light it (the charcoal) in a brasier. He had not been able to ascertain when they retired to bed. The last time the deceased child was seen alive was about eight o'clock on Tuesday night, when she came to the Horse and Wells for half a pint of port wine for her aunt, who had been some time unwell. William Brooks corroborated the testimony of Bird, and said, in addition, that on telling his mistress of the afflicting circumstance it had such an effect upon her that she died in a few hours after. After some remarks from the Coroner on the melan choly character of the case, the Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased persons were accidentally Sul-fixated: THE MARKETS.—(YESTERDAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. The public '•sales of Colonial produce were large; they went off quietly, and at rather lower rates for Sugar, but full prices for Coffee. E The MARKET were light. TA. There was little activity at the public sales, the trade operating with much caution, but holders were firm, and bought in large parcels at full rates. Low Congou, i s . foid. cash, and Twankey ls. 10d.' TALLOW MARKET. The market was firm, but the demand was limited. P. Y. Candle on the spot at 48s. 3d. and 48s. 9d. for de livery in the next Iwo months. The stock is heavy. WOOL MARKET. The Wool sales went off with briskness, at fullyformer rates, and nearly all offered has been sold. WHITECHAPEL lIAY-MARKET. The Market was well supplied with Hay and Clover ; the demand for fine qualities was good, but middling and inferior sorts were heavy of sale. The supply of Straw was middling, and the trade good; at ibrmer prices. NIORNING SEIN Clover, 2/. 10s. to 51. Bs. ; Hay, 21. to 41.. 6J. ; St raW 11. 12s. to 11. 16s. h ( Prom the Loudon New Price C u rrent of Fe_rual I ') has SUGAR.-1 he market for Braish Plantation SUB r ' a , i been in a quiet state during the past week ; the large arriv _ Mauritius and lien al causing both Grocers and Retiners ov !! be cautious in their operations, and the sales amounted to !f, , 950 &c. ; the market, however, being scantily suPl l ,7 l in the samples, the merchants were enabled to obtain I ts ; prices, especially for brown and middling yellow '",d, board have dark brown, with a few better samples on have been selling at 62s ; Trinidad, Demerara, and 13erbics, middling yellow, 62s 6d to 63s ; Jamaica, low middling , 64; St. Vincent, middling strong grey, 66s 6d; good 67s 6d per cwt. Some vessels have arrived. Accounts fats come to land from Trinidad of a lavoissable nature for the crop'• RIFINED.-In Refined Goods a fair business has been tra2 1 . 5 ., acted for home use, brown lumps common 73s to good to tine 76s to 80s, Standard lumps 81s to 8 1 ti ro l common 80s to 81s, mid 82s to 84s, good to .flee 85 5 84 i 91s, liambro' Loaves ord 81s to 830, mid to fine to 945, and superior 100 s to 120 s per cwt. Tres, common at 27s aid, Patent ord 28s to 295, good 30s to 315, 17; Golden Syrup 32s to 32s 6d per cwt. Pieces common at c 7 . 1; to bss, mid 66s to 70s, good 71s to 725, fine 73s to 74s per : lb Bastards fine at 56s to 60s, good 523 to 545, mid 46s to low 40s to '4ss per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 29s ab et 3d for first quality. Loaves 101bs and 14ibs at 32s to 351 ,__ f P ° . cwt. Treacle at 12s to 12s 3d. Bastards and Pieces, to! f t . m icidlinf; reer at 14s 6d to 16s ; and the latter 17s to 23s per fi ro .Thitch Crushed Sugar neglected ; 27s is the value of sort on board. The market for refined goods was in a dull state, and Ot t er lower rates we re acce pt e d ; S tan d ard lumps selling at Steil to 81s per cwt. 'I reac l e sa id s l ow l y at 27a for common. Bon , ot crushed Sugar l es s i n reques t, b ut h olders are firm at 29s ' the best. tO Ala uarrius.-This afternoon I m p orters were d es irous s realize, and offered 8,401 bgs, 11 casks, at public sal e .' o , l l which prices gave wa) 13 to o 13 Lid per cwt, a n d the biaditbs were languid; the princip a l p art h owever found buyers 004 following rates, fi n e an d very fi ne sold at 67s to 70s 6d ; i t to 64s Lid to 6tis 6d ; middling 62 s to 64s . ;low middling 60s of 61s 6d; good and fi ne b rown 5 4s to 60s; low and rood" 43s 6d to 52s per cwt. EAST I NDIA.-This a f ternoon t h e quantity of -Bella ISP gar offered at public s al e was large, amou n ti ng to 6,072 ~ 32 boxes, 110 ca s ks. Tie trade operated with caution, al some parcels were taken in; the quantity sold went Is to 1 5 0 under former rates ; good white sold at 69s to 7181 In , id ot. to 68s ; good to fine yellow, 63 s t o 6 8s 6d; inferior, 5 7 5 to low to good Brown, 43s to 02* 6d per cwt. FoieEioN.-Prices have been fully sustained for s" jo Havannab, at 20s Lid to 21a 6d for good and fine quality White, prices do not give way. Brown Brazil 15s 6d to low to good quality. White at the previous value. it .Monasszs.-West India at flit: rates, viz, Demerara fau n 28s, St Kitts fair 25s per cwt. Bengal Syrup at 23s to and Foreign Molasses at 6s 6d to 7s per cwt. To.day Deed rara, good at 27s 6d, A n ti gua or di nary 27s per cwt, goo " Grenada went at 38s. Rum, BRANDY, AND H OLLANDS.- Few purchas es hold 10e ri beers. made in any des c ripti on o f W est India Rum ; ,go are, however, firm, and will no t se ll proof Leewards und er to per gallon. East India Rum w ith cert i f i cate has bqu"tsel attract the notice of the home trade, and „ l oot have taken 270 puns., & c ., at l s 8d tois BO fo r the Calcutta of mid love, quality ; 190 puns subject to iv high duty have been sold at i s 4d proo f strong fee The Brandy market has b een i n a d ull state; holder 9 os evinced less firmness, and have submitted• to a reductilo former rates of Id per gallon :-sales of Cognac, first br scll; of the vintage o f 1836 h ave b een made at 5s lid for 1141, puns 5s 9d ; ditto, 1837, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 441; ditto, 19d; hhds 5s 4d, puns Os 2d ; di tto , 18 39, hhds 4s I Id, puns arfe ditto, 1840, hhds 4s 2d, puns 4s per gallon ; the stock i 5 sd Geneva has moved off slowly, common at 2s, and fine* to 2s Bd. To-day East India Rum was wanted; sales of Calcutt a ., t to certificate made at Is 8 1 /d to Is 9d for .proof, and sobi i e , r isil . the high duty at I s 4d ; t h e arr i vals have been large °",, o t• the last few day s . W es t India Ruin, however, wa s teker t r ingly, but pri ces were sustained . Brandy dull, and prie`' „'`d spi' clining. '1 ke demand has been limited for English COrl p et rite, and the distill ers are press i ng sa l es at 9s 9it to 9s 1 v" gallon cash. TEA.-Since this day week the market for free tra' - nr e. presented a firm app earance. A good demand has tete vailed for both black and green sorts. Today Ü blic was less activity in the Tea market, although the P soo 3 sales, consisting of 32,000 pack a g es , attrac t e d a be ir attendance of the trade ; still they were cautious In k i so operations, and the demand was li m i te d for both his' psi' green descriptions. Importers for the most part .wer e and bought in large parcels at full rates; those, howeve r r ice/ were disposed to realize, were compe ll ed to submit to P an d id to id under those of last sale for Congou and Twank a il o 'er. Id to lid for Pouchong ; oth er ki n d s of Tea a shade„goO,' 7,600 packages were sold a t t h e f o ll ow i ng rates „,,scio coarse new and mixed leaf, Is 10d to Is 10P, rather 'traitor mixed blackish leaf Is 10%d to Is 100, blackish leaf r i s 3,l:o l strong Is lid to is 11%d, d o strong 2.1 to 2s Id, do 9 ,00 flavour 2s 2d to 2s 4d; Pouchong ordinary to fine 1 5 2s 00; Twankay, common yellowish l ea f l s 10d to 15 ., 4 1c1; brightish leaf. Is lid t o is 1 lad, Hyson kind 2s t° ... . i d Hyson, coarse y e ll ow l ea f, 2s sid to 2s SP, but mid to 6d to 2s 10d, good b r i g h t l eaf, 3s Id to 3s 8d; young ''&o3' Canton bright leaf and Hyson flavour 3s 2d to 3s 2d pany's Congou dull at Is 10P ash. clel CorreE.-There has b een a goo d demand f or aI ' 0 , is sorts of West India Coff ee s i nce T uesday last, nOd Te. ri gibe rates .have been paid ; unclean qualities have maintaine previous valne, and have been in fair request. in l air This afternoon middling qualities of Jamaica wer e *asti „„d 1%1 1 request privately at_ 115 s t o 120 s per cwt; of v. ° ato' sorts some parcels were sold rather above the rates of t 1 : : 1 boid tions held last week ; th e publi c sa l es consisted o f ge Ceylon and 12 casks Jamaica, the former all sold at 7, decline, good ord went at 69 s t o 71 s 6d, fine ord ,7 25 De' fine fine ord 795 ; th e l a tt er f etc h e d 96s for mid colourY merara, bein tte° g the full value. 60, Cecow.-British Plantation h as met w i th more agoeSi and 318 bags Trinidad at publi c sa l e fetched steady rat e* aos t ° middling to good red sold a t 4l s 6d to 42s 6d, middoo i ther e 41s, good to fine gr e y 39 s to 40s per cwt. For P rei Vsl s 'o are foie . purchasers, 33 s t o 3 4$ i s the value of good t ea a of "vo SPICES. -This afternoon the public sales consitte the fo r b ags Malab ar P epper, and 200 stases Cassia Lignea; ,A_ su mer went at full rat es , m id d li ng quality at 3 d to 31, - 2 00 half heavy 3id to 33d ; the Cassia Lignea sold freely ",, o3 rse 3s advance, mid quality fetched 77s to 781 6d, ordinall, 735 per cwt. Wl' 4; RICE.-This afternoon th e mar k et was qu i et f or East, 6dto at auction 1,500 bags M a d ras were pr i ncipally ta k en at g dull market for all lOs for low mi gddlin white, bein full rates. d e sctir Ort.s.-We have still to report a o pal tions of common Fi s h Oil s . P a l e S eal 411 to 41 1 10s, Y on to 321 lOs to 371 10s, brown, 29/ to 32/, Southern coin fine 321 to 351, and C o d at 291 10s to 291 ,tgs piU tun; upon these terms, however, some holders ii se not sell, stocks bein g ex t reme l y small and li i k e o le t t to continue for some month s , a dd e d to wh i c h the I.,josee scantily supplied. Sper m h as b een ta k en spar i ng ly. Oil at 33s 6d to 345, and 34s 9d to 35s have been fie , ai d large parcels on the s p o t. R ape at 51s 6d to 52s f or ploi fs ( Ms for brown ; the supply is small. Olive Oil, 591) , 6 81 ,: r Gallipoli, and 531 to 54/ for Spanish ; these lair rate s ' s e ever, have tempted several parties to operate. In F a.-- f o r t", business has been transacted at 321 to 32/ lOs per tun 5 010 best. Prices keep up for Cocoa Nut Oil, the stock bei 4 and the article wan t e d, 41 s 6 d to 42 paid for the best' stione, i This afternoon Oli ve Oil was i n i ncreased request, anmotja rates paid ; Gallipoli i s with difficulty to be had 601. ing'd the late arrivals have been cleared off the market. s Oil sells freely at 35s to 35s 3d on the spot, and 36s t° „-ncti""o for delivery. Th e mar k et for Fish Oil is still dull : at%; 50 tuns_ yellow and br own S ea l Oil went at 281. lOs to o '. tuns Cod 291. to 29/..5s per tun. TALLOW.-Holders of R uss i an h ave b een firm s i nc e t bi t y ° , week, notwithstandi ng th e stoc k i s large. On the e t sO" has been an active demand for actual coconut/1 CO; 48s to 48s 3d_ have been paid for large parcels of r. 0 14 ° ,1 dle. For delivery, however, the operations have be e o , a small scale only at 485 6d to 48s 9d for the next o' co si o o ll last three months of the year. South American of c , quality is cheaper, but the better kinds have bron,g g ro° - rates : at auction 551 pipes 124 hhds 113 brls 23: 1 01;0 were sold, good to fine qu a lity a t 44 s to 4 7 $ 3d, low to In sei 40s to 43s bd ; Grease, v er y l ow t o f a i r qual i ty 305 t ° per cwt. Town Tallow has been in good request. The Edinburgh petition was closed last with upwards of 28,000 sig na t ures. T he Glase, i , y li tion, although only a sho r t time before the Pl ll4 — oov. already received 3.8,000 names, and there is no a pe ti : d thatit will prove one of th e most numerously sie e te; tions ever sent from thi s c i ty. A separate petiti°ll the females of Glasgow has just been commenced!e Art as none of the sheets have yet been returned , " Th e j unable to report as to the number of nalne s i ,"yi 01) , various manufactories and workshops of Glasg - l io 135 ; suburbs are busily employed in getting up Pe ti jos e t and as this is a question in which the working. c ,tbs are in an especial degree interested, it is cert 3ll- 0, they will do their duty in the manner that beconies —Glasgow Argus. SILVERTLATED CORNER DISH ES T. CO ?‘ SAVORY, Manufact ur i ng Sil versm i t h, N°. hill, London (Seven door, from Gracechorch-street) , c o r o , o , the prices of the followi ng p a tt erns o f strongly Platet ie j43 Dishes, with silver handl es an d e d ges , an d s il ver 0 engraving the crest or coat of arms : 0 The Gadroon attern. Four Strongly Plat e d Corner Dishes P 4-10 10 and Covers ... -- Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and 13 Covers lO ° The Fl P. Four Extra Stron g ly Plated ower Caree at r tern Dishes and 1 3 Covers N.B. The covers are made with moveable handleb o they form extr a di s h es. D rawings of the above for w any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free. EMIR'S. S toll - On the 9th ult., at Mad e i ra , the lady of George i,o, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's onsul, of a son. gil l On the 10th ult., at Madeira, the lady of Willisn c Esq., of a daughter. AO' On the 27th ult., at Eton College, the lady o f the,,, ~, Luxmoore, of twins. The infants lived but a few 12° `;. Le' On the 29th ult., in Farringdon-st ree t, the wife 0, joy, Esq., of a son. the On the 30th ult., at the Rectory, N ac t on , Suffs.'iv , ric of the Rev. Harry Edge 11, of a daughter. A. O r° 0 On the 30th ult., Mrs. John Leman Brownsini."' g road, L the 30thambeth, ot a daughter. A A a r ° ' l On ult., at Chelsea, the lady of Ea" gto Esq., of a son. wif e On the 30th ult., at the Rectory, Solihull, the i , A r Rev. Archer Clive, of a son and heir. fo t, On the 31st ult., at Crescent-place, New Brilige - • • It° Robert Johnson, of a son. ..A of l/41 On the 31st ult., in Bruton-street, the 1.-Y Berkeley Call, Esq., of a daughter. 5. /3 ' AfAlt BIRD. the Re; , f gar' On the 25th ult. at Bramdea n , Hants, — A po Bourne, Rector of Colvaere and Priors Dean , 0, N. 'i Bran''' . Sophia, eldest daughter of H e n r y W oo d, Es+, ° so "a,. I ht n° l 3 House. . • „.. ar s- On the 29th ult., at St. Leonard's, Upper Deal, to ° H. Bicknell, of Conduit-street, Hanover- s9 l W e ' daughter of Henry Elvery, Esq., of Deal, Kent. lat . • D I E D On the 18th ult., Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Ega n, f ol. Royal Artilleryult., at :•o, aged 67. vrown . , On the 2ist uthsea, Hants, Willi?: , u te late of her Majesty's C us t oms , L on d on , aged,..° l ..if e of x''' On the 22d ult., at Gl ouces t er , Mary, r , "' - nant Charles Marsh, R.N., aged 38. r ?Belo ng .; 66 , On the 23d ult., at Dunkirk, Captain Jo hn sa to -n, On the 27th ult., at Cowes, Chules Day, 25(1 ,; 'IWO On the 27th ult., at South Lambeth, Mr. Jame s dray of Great Windmill -street, aged 39. i Derno'n of On the 29th ult., Agnes, the child of Dr. Pau , _ no , Egg" On the 30th ult., Mary, the wife of P. Mu"' Acton, Middlesex. ~,a , • 1 y V -1 , 'is London: Printed znd Published by MURDP I „ , Stra."': . No. 112, Straw, at The Sex (Mee, No. i , 2, ;OA the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, Februar y ,: