The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-07 00:00:00

fourtfiEbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. ASCOT RACE S. (THIS DAY.)-BV EXPRESS. The St. James's Palace Stakes. ijriel ... Companion The New Stakes. Blarney William the Conqueror Penang ... ... . ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 Won by a neck. THE EMPEROR'S PLATE. ERRATII3I.—In our Third Edition we stated that Col lingwood ran third for this race; it should have been Cossack third, and Collingwood fourth. DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this undertaking was held this afternoon at their offices in Basinghall-street ; Mr. J. M. Matthews in the chair. The report of the directors was read by Mr. Mac kenzie, from which we make the following extract : " Since the last meeting in December the board have been using their best exertions to obtain payment of the call of 1/. per share, and have applied the moneys when received in liquidation of the debts created by the former board previously and subsequently to the passing of the Act of Incorporation. " The board have been most reluctantly compelled to commence several actions for the recovery of the call, and in some instances the parties have gone to trial, and resorted to every delay and expense which the forms of law allowed to defeat the claims ; but in each case these attempts have been defeated, and the judges at Nisi Prins and in Banco hair declared that the call was pro perly and legally made and must be enforced; however, an some instances the defendants have subsequently and almost instantly after the finaldeeision become bankrupt or insolvent, and one of them, Francis Deflinne, of Man chester, is now incurring the penalty of his vexatious opposition by the refusal of his certificate for twelve months; and another, Henry Tomlinson, of Ashburne, is suffering imprisonment for his vexatious defence to , the action against him. " The half-yearly account which has been sent to:the shareholders will show a considerable diminution in the debts and claims on the company, and the board think it right to observe that though the sum of 340 L appears to have been expended in law costs, they confidently expect that the greater part thereof will be reimbursed to the company. " Since the last meeting the action brought by Mr. Jeremiah Smith, solicitor, of Bugeley, against one of the late directors, for his claim of 2,8001., has been tried, and a verdict given in favour of the defendant; and the other action commenced by Mr. Smith against the corn parry, for the same amount, has been abandoned, with costs. " The board has teen anxious to diminish the neces sary expenses of management, and with this view the offices have been removed from Cornhill to this place, and the services of the clerk have been dispensed with, by which a con,iderable annual saving has been effected, the sole expenses of the company now being—rent, cleaning, &c., 471. ss. ; secretary, 2001.; boy, 131 ; making a reduction of expenditure to the amount of 148/ 17s. per annum. " The board assure the shareholders of their unre mitting exertions to carry out fully what has been so satisfactorily begun, and they confidently hope that at the next half-) early general meeting they will be en abled to announce the extinction of the debts created pre viously to their entering upon office, and to Lay betore the shareholders a proposal for their consideration acd decision, to render the Act of Incorporation advantageous to the locality where the railway i, ti be made, of great convenience to the agricultural and commercial interests, and profitable to those who may continue to hold their interest in this small but important undertaking." The CHAIRMAN said there was not a sufficient num ber of shareholders present to constitute a meeting, ' therefore the adoption of the report must be adjourned till the next meeting. The meeting accordingly adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. DEFECTS IN LEASES BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of the De' ects in .Leases Bill. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, the Bill was read a second time. BANKRUPTCY LAWS CONSOLIDATION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the third reading of this Bil', end in doing so expressed his objection to any prop sal that might be made for the diminution of the sal, ry of the Chi f Commissioner. He thought that noth ng could tend more to create a zeal in the execu t on of their duty on the part of officers than the pros ct c f iramotion, and he should be sorry to see this stimulus taken away from the junior Commissioners in Bankrupty. He was aware that his own recorded opinions as to the propriety •of the Jorcotion of pusne judges might seem to militate against this view , of the question, but the cases were entirely different. The Puisne Judges would owe their promotion to the Governmens, and it might appear to be holding cut a temptation to them, seeing that they had to decide in cases in which the Government was a party; besides, they performed a high executive duty, and the case was entirely different from that of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy. After a few' words from Lord CAMPBELL, the Bill was read a third time. On the motion that the Bill do pass, Lord BROUHAM congratulated their Lordships on the Bill having arrived at this its last stage in their Lordships' House. He would take that opportunity of alluding to a petition which had been forwarded to him, signed by eighty-seven attorneys of Manchester, against the Bill, for the purpose of stating that nine-tenths of the okeetions made to that Bill in that petition had been met by the amendments which had been introduced into the measure; for example, the objection that the Bill pr..pised to inflict the punishment of imprisonment with out giving the accused the benefit of trial by jury was eptircly obviated. Again, the petition asked that some c'assification oh bankrupts should be made; that was done t,y the 8 . 11. Bankrupts were divided into three classes—the meritorious, the careless, and the fraudulent, and their certificates were awarded accord ing to this slassifica ion, and the allowance was also grante 1 in ace rdance with it. The Bill would go down to the other Howie as a digest and code of the laws relating to bankrupts, which was the most difficult portion of the general law of debtor and cre ditor, and he hoped that that system of digest and code would soon be extended so as to embrace the whole of the civil law. Before he sat down he could not but ex pre s a hope that as their Lordships had given their support to this Bill, so they would also give tht.ir support to another Bill which he had introduced, which wai a similar digest and code of the whole of the criminal law. He hoped the Learned Judges would give their attention to the subject for the Fu pose of assisting their Lordships ; but if those Learned persons should, not think proper to do so, he hop d they would not complain if their Lordships should pr ,ceed without waiting for their assistance—that assistance would be thankfully received. Ample time had been afforded them to state any objec tions they might entertain, and it was no fault of their Lordships if only two of them had availed themselves of the opportunity. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL in defence of the Judges, the Bill was read a third time. Earl NELSON presented several petitions in favour of the Bill for the Protection of Women. Petitions with a similar prayer were presented by the Marquis of WasalairiaTEa and the - Manny of LONDON. Lord SONDES presented a petition praying for agricultural protection. PROTECTION OF WOMEN BILL. The Bishops of LONDON and OXFORD presented peti tions in favour of this Bill. On the motion of the Bishop of OXFORD this Bill passed through Committee. On the bringing up of the report, the Bishop of OXFORD moved the omission of the 2d clause, which was agreed to. The report was then received, the Bill ordered to be reprinted, and the third reading fixed for this day week. CLONMEL SCHOOL. On the motion of the Lord Bishop of DUBLIN, the special report of the Education Commissioners relative to the endowed school of Clonmel was ordered to be laid on the table after Lord Monteagle had explained that the Education Commissioners and the Commission for Na- tional Education were two distinct bodies. The report was an answer to some charge which had been brought against the Commissioners. BEER-HOUSES. The Earl of lIARROWBY presented a large num ber of petitions, praying for the limitation of beer houses. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Fuur o'clock, when, there not being 40 Members present, the House was ad journed till to-morrow. SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 7. BREVET. Ta BE LIEUTENANT COLONELS. Majors—Matthew Smith, 29th Foor. J ames Hope Grant, C. 8., 9th Light Dragoons. Iviauric> Griffin DPnnis, 60th F oot. Edward Lugard, 29 . h Foot. Henry Bates, 90til Foot. John William Yerbury, 3d L;ght Dragoo ns , John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, 32d Foot. Augustus George Blachford, 24th Foot. ,4,' TO BE MAJORS. Captains unaaea J. Otter, 61st Foot. Arthur Lowry Balfour, 321 Foot. John Cldrk Kennedy, 18th Foot. Walter Unett, 3d Ligbt Dragoons. Joint Cameron Campbell, 9th Light Dragoons. Mary Farington Longden, loth Foot. Edmund Haythorne, 98th Foot. E sward James Pratt, 9th Light Dragoons. Frederick Paul Haines, 21st Foot. Robert Abercrombie Yule, 9th Light Dragoons. Hon. Francis William Henry Fane, 25th Foot. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the under menioned Officers, of the East India Company's Forces, to take rank by Brevet in her Majesty's Army, in the East Indies, as follows:—Commissions to be dated 7th June, 1849: TO BE AIDES DE-CAMP TO THE QUEEN, WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL IN THE EAST INDIES. Lieut.-Colonel Foster Stalker, C.B. 19th Bombay Native Infantry. Christopher Godby, C.B. 2nd Bengal European Regiment. Nicholas Penny, C.B. 69th Bengal Native Infantry. TO BE LIEUTENANT COLONELS IN THE EAST INDIES. Majors—James Colley Tudor, 46th Bengal Native In fantry. Skeffington Poole, Ist Bombay Native Infantry. George Connolly Ponsonby, 11th Bengal Light Cavalry. krederick Brookes Corfield, 20th Bengal Native Infantry. Edward Green, C. 8., 21st Bombay Native Infantry. " George Farquharson, Bth Bengal Native Infantry. Clements Blood, Bombay Artillery. David Williams, 45th Bengal Native Infantry. John D. Hallett, 3 d Bombay Native Infantry. John Finnis, 51st Bengal Native Infantry. William Robert Corfield, 31st Bengal Native Infantry. John Sackville Leeson, Bombay Artillery. Robert St. John, Ist Bombay European Regiment. Thomas Forsyth Tait, C. 8., 2d Bengal European Regiment. Hubert Garbert, Bengal Artillery. Richard Horsford, Bengal Artillery. • Edward Fitzgerald Day, Bengal Artillery. John Christie, 3d Bengal Cavalry. Robert Napier, Bengal Engineers. Arthur Mitford Becher, 61st Bengal Native In fantry. John Fordyce, Bengal Artillery. Thomas Fergusson Flemyng, 36th Bengal Native Infantry. Henry Tod Tucker, Bth Bengal Native Infantry. Frederick Mackeson, C.B. 14th Bengal Native Infantry. George Thompson, 40th Bengal Native Infantry. Francis Wheler, 11th Bengal L ght Cavalry. Walter Scott, Bombay Engineers. John Studholm Hodgson, 12th Bengal Native Infantry. John Kennedy McCausland, 70th Bengal Native Infantry. John Lealand Mowatt, Bengal Artillery. Frederick Coventry, 6th Bengal Light Cavalry. Charles Chester, 23d Bengal Native Infantry. James Mackenzie, Bth Bengal Light Cavalry. George St. Patrick Lawrence, 11th Bengal Light Cavalry. Charles Griffin, 51st Bengal Native Infantry. Robert William Honner, 4th Bombay Native In fantry, Stephen.. Williams, Bth Bengal Native Infantry. John Hobson, Istßombay European Fusiliers. Edward Henry Ludlow, Bengal Artillery. Robert Mignan, Ist Bombay European Fusiliers. George Joseph Mant, 19th Bombay Native In fantry. Edward Sainsbury Lloyd, 19th Bengal Native Infantry. George Borlase, Tremenheere, Bengal Engineers. sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear, Bengal Ar tillery. TO BE MAJORS IN THE EAST INDIES. Captains—David Cabel Keiller, 6th Bengal Native In fantry. Henry Stiles, Ist Bombay European Fusiliers. Hugh Hughes Lloyd, 72d Bengal Native Infantry. James Abbott, Bengal Artillery. Arthur Wheatley, sth Bengal Light Cavalry. John Dowdeswell Shakespear, Bengal Artillery. Francis Kyan Duncan, Bengal Artillery. John Lang', 36th Bengal Native Infantry. John James Hamilton, 36th Bengal Native Infantry. James William Henry Jamieson, 52d Bengal Na. live Infantry. Thomas Moore, Bth Bengal Light Cavalry. Charles Campbell, 42d Bengal Native Infantry. Ed ward Hume Hart, 19th Bombay Native Infantry. Philip Kearney Skinner, 9th Bombay Native_ln fantry. Edward Pelham Master, Bengal Artillery. Robert Augustus Master, 7th Bengal Light Ca valry. James Ramsay, 35th Bengal Native Infantry. Frederick Lloyd,l9th Bengal Native Infantry. George Cautley, Bth Bengal Light Cavalry. Thomas Tapp, Ist Bombay European Fusiliers. John G. Glassfurd, Bengal Engineers. William Pitt Robbins, 15th Bengal Native In fantry. B,obert.Rains Kinleside, Bengal Artillery. Barre William Goldie, Bengal Artillery. Alfred Huish, Bengal Artillery. John Clarke, 25th Bengal Native Infantry. George Biddulpb, 45th Bengal Native Infantry. Henry Marion Durand, Bengal Engineers. William Abercrombie, Bengal Engineers. James Duncan Macpherson, 22d Bengal N.I. William Maunsell Gabbett, Madras Artillery. Edward Griffiths Austin, Beng al Artillery. Murray Mackenzie, Bengal Artillery. James Roger Western, Bengal Engineers. James Alexander Duncan Fergusson, 6th Bengal Light Cavalry. William Kerby Warner, Bengal Artillery. George Palmer Whish, 60th Bengal Native In fantry. Michael Dawes, Bengal Artillery. Charles Hogge, Bengal Artillery. Henry Siddons, Bengal Engineers. Cairns Threshire, 10th Bombay Native In- fantry. Markham Ecles Sherwin, 2d Bengal European Regiment. Thomas William Hick, Bombay Artillery. John' Frederick Isiembhard, 56th Bengal Native Infantry. John Abercrombie, Bengal Artillery. Sydney Turnbull, Bombay Artillery. John Ramsay, Ist Bombay European Fusiliers. Robert William Disney Leith, Ist Bombay Euro pean Fusiliers. Altxanuer Cunningham, Bengal Engineers. _ _ Edward Wiggins, 52d Bengal Native Infantry. John Nicholson, 27th Bengal Native Infantry. TO HAVE THE LOCAL RANK OF MAJOR IN THE FUNTAUB, Lieut. Edward John Lake, Bengal Engineers. Reynell George Taylor, 11th Bengal Light Cavalry. Charles Herbert, 18th Bengal Native Infantry. SUPPRESSION OF THE INQUISITION. Memorial regarding - the tribunal of the holy office at the time of its supression in February, 1849. In cons( quence of a decree of the Roman Consti tuent Assembly by which the suppression of the tribunal of the holy office was resolved, the Govern ment ordered that the Fathers of the Dominican order then inhabiting that vast locality should re move to the convent called " Della Minerva," the chief seat of their order. They were in number eight, exercising the functions of commissary, chancellor, &c. The doors were then carefully sealed by the Roman notary Caggiotti, to prevent the abstraction of any object, and a keeper was appointed to the premises. These precautions taken, the inventory was commenced. The first place visited was the gronnd fluor of the edifice where were the prisons, and the stables, coach-houses, kitchen, cellars, and other conveniences for the use of the assessor and the father inquisitors. This part of the building was to be immediately prepared for the reception of the civic artillery with the train belonging to it. Some new doors were opened in the walls and part of a pavement raised ; in this operation human bones were found and a trapdoor discovered, which induced a resolution to make excavations in certain spots pointed out by persons well acquainted with the locality. Digging very deep in one place a great num ber of human skeletons were found, some of them placed so close together and so amalgamated with lime, that no bone could be moved without being broken. In the roof of another subterranean chamber a large ring was found fixed. It is supposed to have been used in administering the torture. It still remains there. Along the whole length of this same room stone steps, r ather broad, were a tt ac h e d to the wall—these probably served for the prisoners to sit or recline on. In a third under ground room was found a quantity of very black rich earth, inter mingled with human hair, of such a length that it seemed women's rather than men's hair ; here also human bones found.were inte h I t n h icthknes isds ofun geon a trap-door was formed e p x a a r n s s a i g n e a t i i n o n t h s e were flat a b c o o v n e . , leading wall t w o h t i c h h e opened room where a ducted. Among the inscriptions made with charcoal very on the wall it was observed that many appeared of recent date, expressing in most affecting terms the e sufferings of every kind endured in these chambers. The person of most note foundthe as e rwho had prisons o d f the inquisition was a bishop named in Kasner been in confinement for above twenty years. He related that he arrived in Rome from the Holy Land, having in his possession papers which had belonged to an ecclesiastic there. Passing himself for that person, he succeeded in surprising the court of Rome into ordaining and consecrating him a bishop. The fraud was afterwards discovered and Kasner being then on his way to Palestine was arrested and brought to the prison of the holy office, where he expected to have ended his days, less, as he expressed himself, to expiate his own fraud, than the gross blunder of the court of Rome which had no other means of concealing his character of bishop, its own absolute laws preventing his being deprived of it. The inventory of the contents of the ground flat being finished in a few days, it was then thrown open to the impatient curiosity of the public. The crowd that resorted to the scene was very great, and the public indignation rose so high that there was a loud and general cry for the destruction of an edifice of such detestable memory. This feeling was so strong that on a Sunday afternoon in March faggots were thrown into the cellars and other underground rooms, with the intention of setting fire to the build ing, and this would have been accomplished had not a battalion of civic guards rushed to the spot from the Piazza di S. Pietro. To the truth of all that is here related thousands, both Italians and foreigners, who visited the place can testify; and there exists also a detailed account of everything, written and solemnly attested with legal forms. Passing to the upper fiat, the attention of the Go vernment was especially directed to the chancery and the archives; the first containing all the current affairs of the inquisition, the second, jealously guard ing its acts from its institution until now. Before commencing the catalogue of the contents of the chancery, it was resolved to remove such papers :as might disturb or compromise the tranquillity of those persons who had had relations with the holy office. Attention was especially directed to the book called of " Solecitazione" (it contains reports) and to the correspondence. This was done by order of the Go vernment, which thereby gave another proof of that moderation which its enemies deny to it. There re sults from a careful examination of these documents, which remain for the inspection of such as desire proofs, that the past Government made use of this tri bunal, strictly ecclesiastical in its institution, also for temporal and political objects, and that the most cul pable abuse was made of sacramental confession, espe cially that of women, rendering it subservient both to political purposes and to the most abominable licentiousness. It can be shown, from documents, that the cardinals secretaries of state wrote to the commissiary to the assessor of the Holy Office to pro cure information as to the conduct of suspected indi viduals, both at home and abroad, and to obtain knowledge of state secrets by means of confession, especially those of foreign courts and cabinets. In fact, there exist long correspondences, and voluminous processes, and severe sentences, pronounced upon La Giorine Italia, La Jeune Suisse, the masonic societies of England and Scotland, and the anti-religious sects of America, &c. There is an innumerable quantity of information and processes on scandalous and obscene subjects, in which the members of regular religious societies are usually implicated. Passing from the chancery to the archives, which is in the second floor, it appeared on first entering as if everything was in its usual place, but on further in spection it was found, with much astonishment, that though the labels and cases were in their places they were emptied of the packets of papers and documents indicated by the inspiriptions without. Some conjec ture that the missing packets have been carried to the convent "Della Minerva," or were hidden in the houses of private persons, while others suppose that they were burnt by the Dominican fathers. This last hypothesis receives weight from the circumstance, that in November, 1848, shortly after the depar ture of the Pope from Rome, the Civic Guard came in much haste to the Holy-office, from having observed great clouds of smoke issuing from one of its chimnies, accompanied by a strong smell of burnt paper. But whatever were the means, the fact is certain, that, in the archives of the Inquisition, the most important trials were not to be found ; such,•for instance, as those of Galileo Gralilei and of Giordano Bruno, nor was there the correspondence regard ing the reformation in England, in the 16th century, nor many other precious records. There remains, however, nearly complete, a collection of decrees, be ginning with the year 1549 down to our own days. They are divided year by year, each volume contain ing the decrees of one year. Of these, of all that was contained in the chancery and archives of the Holy Office, a catalogue has been taken, with every legal formality of certification. It ought to be added, that after the above mentioned threat of setting fire to the Holy Office, it was unanimously decreed by the Assembly, that instead of destroying that vast edifice it should be portioned into dwellings for poor families of Rome. In consequence of this ch cision the Government was obliged to remove all the papers in the chancery and archives, along with three libraries exiting in the holy office to the Palazzo dell' Apoli riare, which was the residence assigned to the Minister of Finance. Of these three libraries, one was private property, the other two belonged to the Inquisition. Of these last, one is most important, containing copies of the original editions of the works of the reformers of the 16th and 17th centuries, now become extremely rare. The other is of less consequence. In it are many recent publications; and it appears that the revisore (tf revi sori") at the Custom-house of Rome were in the habit of extracting books consigned to the booksellers there, without making any compensation. It must not be omitted to notiee that the holy office bad its independent revenue, arising from gifts of state property, chiefly bestowed by Sixtus V. and Pius IV., amounting clear to about 8,000 scudi. This sum was chiefly spent in paying the monks attached to the Inquisition, some of whom received considerable salaries. In the above income is not included the money exacted from prisoners as board ; the ac count of what was paid, for example, by the famous Abbess of Monte Castrilli was found to 3,000 scudi. The authorised paid agents of the holy office, called " patentali," were well remunerated ; indeed, this was a system by which many persons were demo ralised and corrupted, whose birth and education should have removed them far from such a base and guilty traffic, but who were tempted, perhaps, by necessity. _ To conclude. In a few categories we may sum up the results of this inquiry :- 1. That the Court of Rome availed itself of the tribunal of the holy office for temporal and political ends. 2. That to succeed in its purposes the holy office had especially recourse to confession, of which it made the most enormous and abominable abuse, not only violating its secresy, but tampering with its integrity. 3. By mean; of confession, the most odious licen tiousness was insinuated in the confessionals. With this branch the holy office occupied itself with extra ordinary diliger,ce, but without finding a remedy for the causes of such scandal. 4. That the holy office corrupted all classes, buying information and secrets. 5, and tasty. That the ecclesiastical nuncios at foreign Courts are in constant correspondence with the Holy office, and, from possessing means of pro curing intelligence quite peculiar to themselves, keep the Court of Rome informed of the most hidden poli tical secrets. THE - .LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DU l'Uti THE HAGUE, JUNE s.—ln the sitting of the Se cond Chamber, this day, a Royal Message was laid before the House, accepting the resignation of Al. Curtius as Minister of Justice, and expressing the thanks of his Majesty for the able manner in which he had discharged the duties of his high office. A second Royal Message contained the appoint ment of M. H. L. Wickers, to the office of Minister of Justice. Several messages were also presented from the First Chamber containing the adoption of six articles of the fundamental law, as passed by the Second Chamber. These articles, which included the payment of Members' expenses, had already received Royal sanction. One of the principal subjects to be submitted to the Chambers will be that article of the fundamental law which relates to Ministerial responsibility. During the last discussion of this project, so great a variety of opinions were expressed that the Minister of Jus tice withdrew it after it had been subject to a radical revision, and will be now submitted in an amended form. The Minister of Marines has sent two naval engineers to Russia on a Government mission. It appears, that for a long time, we have received from Riga only masts or spars of second quality, all those of 'the first quality being bought up on the spot by the English. Messrs. Schurt and Tromp have accordingly been sent to make some arrangement on this subject. AMSTERDAM, JUNE s.—Business was, on the whole, extremely insignificant to day ; there was no material fluctuation in any of the Funds, which were all quoted at yesterday's prices at the close of the Bourse. Peruvian Stock, however, must be excepted, having been in demand at higher exchanges. Dis count, 2i per cent.—Dutch Papers, June 6. RAMBURGU FUNDS, Jura 2. Bills. Money. RanoverianNew Loan,s per Cent.'.. • • 104 Ditto, 3% per Cent. .. •• ~ •••• _ Prussian 5 per Cent. • • ....... 1 f 1 107 1 4 Russian Certificate ...... Anglo-Russian Loan - • • • •• • • •• • • • • 101 100% Ramburgh Certificate, 5 per Ca n Russian 4 per Cent...—. • • • • • • •• 3d and 4th Series, Hope and Co. Ditto Sticglitz •• • • • • •• •• so Belgian Loan, 2% per Cent.... • • Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ....• 64 % 64% Ditto,s per cent....... • • • • • • • • 90%, 9 0 A.Dg l o -Swedish Loan .. •••••••• -• • • • • 27% Ditto, Transport Loan •••• • • „ • • ,• • • Norwegian Loane,rlCB4eBnt... .. •• •• 7 . 7 . 1 . 7 . 11 9 1 8 % 98% Span i s h New 5 p Ditto, 3 per Cents. ...• 0 22% 22 East India Loan, 4 per , Ditto, 1846.. ••••• • • .. . Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. • • ... Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• •• • • . . National Bank Shares •••• • • • ....... _ American, 6 per Cent. • • •••••• •• • • • • 107 34107% pau.wAYs. Hamb. Bergd. •••••••••••• •• • • • • •• • • 74 _ Ditto, Priority Shares •••••• • • • • • 101 101 Berlin and Hamburg ••••••••• • • • • • • • 59 5g% Ditto, Priority Shares .• •"•• • • •• 91% ___ Cologne and 3linden • • .... • • •••• • • • Ditto, Priority Shares •••••• • • • • • • M ec klenburg • • • • • - Altona and Kiel .••• • . . ....... .•• .. 02 91 % Gl uc k s tadt .......... •• • • .." —•••• • • Rendsburg.. •••••• • • • • • • .... ''•• • ' • anseatic Steam Company • . • • • • • • " H AUSTItIAN FUNDS. —VIENNA, MAY 31. 89% 5 per Cents. • • • • • • • • • • .............. Ditto, 1839.. • • • • .• .• • • • • ••• ••• • • • Bank Shares.. • • • • •• • • •• • •• Esterhazy's Loan .. •••• •• • : •:: :•• :‘ BArl•wsirs. The Northern.. 4. • • .• • • • • :-. ~41 / 4 . •—'•'• ' • • • • • 9614 Gloggnitz ... 1,125 RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LISCOLNSHIRE. The special meeting of the proprietors was held on Wednesday at Manchester to receive the report of the investigation committee, and to adopt resolutions thereon. The Earl of Yarborough presided. The attendance of shareholders was numerous, and the chairman and directors were loudly cheered. The report had been in the hands of the proprietors some days, and the Chairman called upon Mr. Simp son, the chairman of the committee, to give any explanations that the committee might have thought it necessary to print on the report. The board had never had any other object than the good of the company, and he was glad to believe from the ap plause that bad been bestowed that the shareholders felt that the board had nothing to disguise, nothing to screen from the sight of the shareholders, became they felt they need not be ashamed of any act they had performed. Mr. SIMPSON moved that the report be re ceived, and that the directors be requested to give early attention to the recommendations. He then stated that in the notice contained in the report re specting the arrears, the committee did not wish to cast any charge of neglect upon the solicitors who had care of that part of the company's affairs. The committee had not thought it desirable to allude to the extraor dinary absence of accidents on the line, but he thought it was only due to the officers to notice it. He then alluded to the very large stake which the Noble Chairman, the deputy chairman (Mr. Chapman), and two other of the directors had in the undertaking, and had held unaltered from the beginning ; and to the liberal arrangements which the journey of the com mittee through Lincolnshire had shown Lord Yar borough to have made in the negotiations for land. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from Mr. Jack, one of the committee, explaining that he was not present when the latter part of the report was agreed to, and he did not wish to be pledged to the view there appa rently put forth, that competency for the office of director was to be measured alone by a man's stake in the company. Mr. GREIG, another of the committee, replied to the charge of tameness, and the want of something striking in it respecting the past, and something grand as to the future. The committee had invited information from all quarters, but they had not found anything whereby they could possibly reflect upon the conduct of the directors. As to the future, he held that everything depended upon the Grimsby Docks; instead of being likely to sink the railway, they would be its making—its salvation. Mr. KNIGHT, of Lancaster, said he calculated it would require 10,500/. a week to pay 5 per cent. upon their outlay, and he wished for the opinion of the Chairman, knowing how deep an interest he had taken in the docks, as to whether the revenue would rise to that when the docks were completed. The CHAIRMAN said any opinion he could give would be only valuable as an individual opinion, and of course it might be an erroneous one. Give the railway time, and it would be one they would not be sorry to have embarked in. His own stake in it was large, and it was unaltered from the time he entered it. Mr. WILDS stated that at a general meeting in 1847 the Chairman, in speaking of the cost of the line, had said it would be 17,0001. per mile for the 220 miles, and now the committee said it would be 37,0001. The shareholders had a right to ask how this was. The CHAIRMAN said the observation he then made had reference to the line east of Sheffield, and not to the Sheffield and Manchester. Mr. GREEN, of Sheffield, produced a report of the meeting alluded to, issued from the company's offices, and read sentences in which the Chairman, and Mr. Holland, of Liverpool, a director, stated that the cost of the whole works, spread over 220 miles, would be 17,000/. Such statements compromised and damaged the company, and those who gave the Chairman such information should be dismissed from the company's servic The CHAIRMAN and MR. HOLLAND both alleged that their observations on that occasion had reference to the lines east of Sheffield, and not to that west. Mr. FOWLER, the engineer of the company, by whom the information was originally given, corrobo rated the statement. _ . . Mr. MAXWELL inquired whether the 37,0001. a mile would include all the expenses to be incurred in respect to the lines, or were there to be others ? lie suggested that the capital account as to the main line should be closed, and a separate one for the docks and branches now in course of construction. Mr. StmrsoN said the 37,0001. included every estimated cost, and all additions which the committee thought likely to arise. As to the capital account, he did not see how it could be closed when construction was going on. In answer to a shareholder who objected that an amount lost in arrears was very large. Mr. HEALEY explained that that was upon three calls at least. The report was then put and carried unanimously. The statement of accounts, the passing of which was postponed at the last annual meeting, was then brought forward, as amended by the committee, and passed. On the motion of the Noble CHAIRMAN, a vote of thanks was given to the Committee. The CHAIRMAN drew attention to the expense cast upon railway companies by Parliament in asking for returns. These had to be prepared by the companies' servants, at the companies' cost, and shareholders would do well to take steps to have the costs defrayed from some other fund than that from which their dividends were drawn. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was acknowledged in suitable terms by his Lordship, the meeting broke up. The railway is to be opened on the 16th of July. MOLD RAILWAY. The meeting of the Mold Railway Company, ad journed for the election of directors, was convened for Wednesday ; but there not being a sufficient num ber of shareholders present to constitute a quorum, the proceedings were further adjourned to the 10th of July. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at the offices in N ew Broad- s tr ee t ; but no business of importance was transacted. The line, it will be remembered, has merged in that of the South-Eastern Company. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—..At the Southwark Police Court this morning, Catherine Larrey was charged be fore Mr. Cottingham with attempting to commit suicide. From the evidence of a boy named Murray, it appeared that the prisoner was in company of some boys in a wherry, and when near Blackfriars-bridge she threw herself into the water, from which she was rescued by one of the Thames Police. In answer to the magistrate she said th© boys were rowing the wrong way, that the boat jerked, and she wa s thrown into th water. This the inspector denied, and stated that the boys were rowing the right way. The magistrate remanded her till a future day, in order that further inquiries might be made. BLACK BARLEY. —A beautiful specimen of black barley, healthy and strong in the stem, was brought to our office for inspection yesterday, having been grown by Mr. Nixon, at Union Hall, near Lemington, in this county. The stems are three feet in length, and there are six rows of corns in each ear. The seeds were sown in November last, and should the present fine weather con tinue the crop will be fit fur the sickle in a very short time. Not only is the yield prolific, but what is of great importance to the farmer, it comes to maturity so early that he will be able to obtain a green crop after it. The seed was introduced into this dis trict by Mr. Rogerson, of the Crown and Thistle Inn, in this town, last year from Cheltenham, where it was first grown from a few seeds found in the jacket pocket of a sailor after his death, but the previous his tory of which is involved in obscrurity. Mr. Rogerson will have much pleasure in exhibiting the specimens in his possession to the farmers attending our market, and others interested in the subject. —Newcastle Journal. VOICES Or THE NATION..--.MODS. Marrast, before the National Assembly was dissolved, called upon the representatives to give three cheers for the republic, which accordingly were loudly given. We must confess that for months past the news from Paris has not been so cheering' But, by the by, what should we think if, when the House of Commons was being prorogued, the Speaker called upon Sir Robert Peel fur a song? or knocked down Mr. Plumptre for the Kentish fire? or hoped the Members would not disperse without first favouring him with " For he's a jolly good fellow," and asking Colonel Sibthorp whether he would be kind enough to lead the chorus ?—Punch. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris aurgtote of n gold in is Paris. By advises fr om is 12 per mine, which, at the English M int p rice of 3/. 17 s. 10Id. per ounc e f or standar d go ld, gives an exchange of uwb in hL the price prie than 25.45; and th e exchange at P ar is on London at sho r t being 25.471, ii follows that go ld is 0.10 per c en t. dearer at the En g li s h M int price of 3 / . 17 s . 10P. per ounc e f or standard gold, g i ves an exc hange of 13.12; and th e exchange at H am b urgh on L on don at sho r t b e i ng 13 1 li, it f o ll ows that gold i s 0 . 23 per cent. d earer i n Hamburgh than in Lo n d on . The course of exchange at 439 per mark, whi c h, New York on London is 1081 par cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.08 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. A mBERGATE AND MATLOCK RAILWAY.—This line was publicly opened on Monday. Six trains ran each way between Ambergate and Hensley, taking the numerous excursionists to Matlock, Bakewell, and Chatsworth. GRAY'S IN; JUNE 6.—Sir George Stephen and Thomas Hughes Greenland, Esq., were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law by the Honourable Society of Gray's I nn . DONEGAL, JUNE 4.—The Acbsah, of Sunderland, for Philadelphia, in proceeding down the Channel yesterday, took the ground and remained till the flood, when she came off and anchored, SUN, N E 7, 1849. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEIVS BENCH, June 6. THE QUEEN V. PARTIAbI. This was a writ of quo warranto, issued by this court, to ascertain by what authority Mr. Parham held the office of judge of twelve district county courts, under twelve different appointments in Wcrcestcrshire. The question to be decided was whether one person was able to hold the anointment of judge of more than one district at a time. Sir F. KELLY, in support of the rule, contended that one person could not under the statute hold more than one appointment as judge of a county court, and there: fore that there ought to be a separate person appointed for each district. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who showed cause agaiust the rule, contended that one person was competent to hold office as judge of 100 county courts under 100 sepa rate appointments, if he was able to fulfil the duties of each office. If there was a separate appointment to each district there would be 640 judges of county courts iu England and Wales. The same observations he said applied to the high bailiff's and clerks. One person could be clerk or high bailiff to several different courts. He submitted that Mr. Parham was entitled to hold the several appointments. Sir F. KELLY to-day replied. The COURT took time to consider their judgment. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 6. (Sittings in Banco.) KINNERSLEY V. KNOTT:-A DISQUISITION ON NAMES. In this ease the plaintiff, an endorser of a bill of ex change for 651. 10s., brought an action against the de fendant as the acceptor, and declared against him by the name of " John M. Knott," being that by which he had signed the note; but without stating in the declaration that the defendant had so signed it. To this declaration the defendant demurred specially, and assigned as the ground of his demurrer that the declaration had not pro perly set forth his Christian name, nor assigned any reason under the statute 3d and 4th Wm. IV., c. 42, fur not doing so. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, on behalf of the defendant, said their Lordships were often told that a case rested on a word; but here it rested on a letter only. It was his duty to contend, both upon principle and precedent, that this was a good ground of demurrer. The Court had decided that the letter " I," being a vowel and capable of pronunciation, might be taken to be a Christian name, but they had at the same time intimated that such would not be the case with a consonant, which, as it could not be sounded alone, would be deemed to be not a name but an initial letter only. Now in this case "M" was plainly an initial letter, fir it could not be pronounced by itself. Standing by itself, therefore, it meant nothing. He was sure a very eminent authoress (Miss Edge worth), whose loss they had recently had to lament, was of opiuisn that all the letters of the alphabet, by the mode in which they were explained, were ,rendered little more (to use judicial language) than "a mockery, a de lusion, and a snare"—that A B C D, &c., meant A B C I), &e., and nothing more; but even if it would avail him, he feared his friend could not rely upon such authority. The Loan. CurEr JUSTICE—You say the " M" means nothing—then let it mean nothing. Would a scratch be demurrable ?• Mr. Sergeant Ter.FoußD—l say that " M" by itself cannot be pronounced, and means nothing; but here it does mean something, which something ought to have been stated or explained under the statute. Suppose a person of the name of John Robins, the Court would surely hold a declaration bad which described him by the word John and figures of the redbreast! In like manner the Court would hold this declaration bad, be cause it either put a sign for one of the defendant's names, or described it by the initial letter. - A conso nant-by itself was a mere sound without meaning. The letter H, indeed, by the custom of London and some other places, was no sound at all—(Laughter)—though elsewhere it protruded itself on all occasions. —(Re newed laughter.) _ _ _ Mr. Justice Metax—l had a policeman before me as a witness the other day, who told me he belonged to the " hen" division, and it was not until some further stage in the cause that I discovered it was not a division de signated by the name of a bird, but by " N," the alpha betical letter.—(Great laughter.) Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD—It will, probably, be con tended that this person might have been christened in the manner the bill is signed, but I submit that the court will not intend that. It is true, we often hear of absurd Christian names, and I myself remember when many persons insisted upon having their children christened " Sir Francis Burdett." Mr. Justice MauLE.—l remember a very learned and ingenious arguna,nt by Mr. Jardine, when I sat in the Court of Exchequer, by which he proved to the satisfac tion of the court, that the Christian name is the real name, and the surname is only an addition; that in the case of John Stiles, for instance, Joh❑ is the real name, but Stiles was perhaps originally added only because the ancestor lived near-one. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD—Thm having, I hope, con vinced the Court thus " M " by itself cannot be a name, and means nothing, I submit it must be understood as an and therefore _that it onght to have been so stated. Mr. Justice MAULE—Pleadings are in writing, there fore the law presumes that the Court can read and know its letters. Vowels may be names, and in " Sully's Memoirs" a Monsieur D'O. is spoken of ; but consonants cannot be names alone, as they require in pronounciation the ail of vowels. Mr. Sergeant TALFounp—Yes; hut in the case of con sonants they are taken to be but initials when used alone both in law and literature. Throughout the ponderous volumes of Richardson's novels, for instance, we find persons spoken of in this manner. In " Clarissa Har low e," for instance, " Lord M." is mentioned through out four volumes, but it could never be understood that this was the real name, or anything more than an initial. Again, an author well known to the Lord Chief Justice (Charles Lamb) wrote a farce entitled simply " Mr. II." but the whole turns upon this being the initial only of a name he wished to conceal. In his prologue to it, he humorously says— " When the dispensers of the public lash Sett penance give; a letter and a dash—, When vice reduced in size shrinks to a failing, And loses half her progress by curtailing, Faux pas are told in such a modest way, The affair of Colonel B— with Mrs. A—, You must forgive them; for what is there, say, Which such a pliant Vowel must not grant, To such a very pressing Consonant? Or who poetic justice dares dispute, When mildly melting at a lover's suit, The wife's a Liquid, her good man a Mute." And he concludes by an appeal to the consequences of this " mincing fashion," which (said the Learned Ser geant) I trust will have great weight with your Lord ships, for he adds— " Oh, should this mincing fashion ever spread From names of living heroes to the dead; How would ambition sigh and hang the head, As each loved syllable should melt away, Her Alexander turned into great A, A single C her Caesar to express, Her Scipio sunk into a Roman 5 And nick'd and dock'd to those new modes of speech, Great Hannibal himself to Mr. The Learned Sergeant then cited and argued upon a variety of cases on his side of the question, and sub mitted that their Lordships ought to decide in favour of his client. Mr. F. RospisoN, on behalf of the plaintiff, said he did not deny the right of every Englishman to be called by every name given to him at his baptism; but he submitted that before he claimed to be privilegd on that account, he must show that his privilege has been invaded. Here it was assumed throughout that the " M." in the name " John M. Knott" was an initial letter, but ho believed there were instances in which persons had been christened in this remarkable way in this country. Ile was told there was lately a bank di rector who was christened " Edmund R. Robinson;" but were it otherwise in this country, did it follow that in no other country, Jew, Turk, or heathen might not use such names? If, however, it were an initial letter, why did not his friend apply to have the right name substituted? If it were a misdescription, it was plead able in abatement. Such a name might originate from an error of the clergyman at the christening. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—In the upper circles of society it is customary to hand in the name in writing, which prevents mistake. Mr. Justice MAULS—The practice of the circles with which I am conversant was, and I believe is, to give the name verhally. There was, however, a gentleman, the sheriff of one of the counties I went through on circuit, Mr. John Wanley Sawbridge Erle Drax, whose name was very probably handed in.—(Laughter.) Mr. RomnsoN—There are many Scotch and French names, such as M'Donald, M‘Taggart, D'Harcourt, D'Horsey—how are such names to be set out in the pleadings? Suppose, again, a Man's name were the name of a river, as X ? Mr. Justice MAULE—But that is not spelt so ; it is idem per idem, X for ex. Beer, I believe, is sometimes called X, but not water. Mr. ROBINSON—There are some of our names which are precisely those of letters, as Gee, Jay, Kay, &c. Mr. Justice MAuLE—But here it is not sonans, only consonans, and cannot be sounded without other letters. Mr. ROBINSON—Their Lordships should remember the existence of a publication called the Fonetic Nuz, and unless they meant to give a " heavy blow and great discouragement" to that rising science, ho hoped they would not decide against his client.—(Laughter.) But he had seriously to submit that by demurring to this declaration the defendant admitted, according to legal principles, that his name was that which was stated in the declaration. Mr. Justice CRESSITELL referred to and di s ti ngu i s h e d this case from the case of "Roberts v. Moon," in 5 Term Reports, where a pl ea i n a b a t emen t o f m i snomer, begin ning " and the said Richard, sued by the name of Robert," was held bad. Mr. Justice MAULE suggested that as 651. 10s. de pended upon the question, it would be better for the plaintiff to amend. Mr. ROBINSON declined to do so. and contended no case could be cited directly, in support of the demurrer, and therefore the Court should decide in favour of the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having briefly replied, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE —The various stages in the argument in this case have been already discussed and decided. The courts have decided that they will not assume that a consonant letter expresses a name, but they will assume it expresses an initial only .; and they further decided that the insertion cf an initial letter, is ground of demurrer, and is not merely an irre gularity. In the ca se o f " N as h v . C o llier, this Court decided that a demurr er t o th e declaration which de scribed the clefrndant's name as William Henry W. Col lier was not frivolous, and gave a strong intimation, which the plaintiff had the good . sense to attend to, that he ought to emend his declaration. That decision was acted upod by the Court of Exchequer in the subse quent case of " Miler v, Hayes," and as it appears to me the case is precisely similar to the present, I think we must decide in favour of the demurrer. The other Judges concurring, Judgment for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mrs. Catherine Stultz was again brought up for final examination before Alderman Gibbs and Cardbn, on the charge of commissioning Mr. Barton, of Throgmorton street, stockbroker, to purchase 1,0001. worth London and North-Western Railway stock, which stock was purchased, and which she refused to pay fur, or the loss thereon, amounting to 371. IBs. Mr. Huddleston, the barrister, and Mr. Nobler, the solicitor, attended as before, to prosecute on behalf of some members of the Stock Exchange, and Mr. Wentner attended to watch the case for the prisoner. Mr. Huddleston said that since the last examination they had not had sufficient time to obtain such evi dence on certain points as to satisfy the mind of the worthy Aldermen. On the last occasion the points he understood were, first, that no evidence had been produced to show that the prisoner bad no means and, secondly, that the piece of paper was not of sufficient value to justify a committal, and that, in fact, it was not a valuable document. NN , ith respect to the first point, he should have produced Mr. Bur goyne, the father of the prisoner, but a letter had been received from a medical gentleman named Fenton, who said that Mr. Burgoyne was in a bad state of health, and if brought to London at present the excitement might prove fatal to him. Under those circumstances he was unable to prove she was a person without means. With regard to the next point, he contended that the contract note, even if not valuable security, could be treated as goods or chattels, and she obtained it under false pre tences. In support of this view, in the case of the Queen v. Perry, 1 Dennison's Crown Cases, p. 69, tried at the last spring assizes, before the fifteen Judges, a prisoner was charged in one count of the indictment with stealing a cheque for 131. 9s. 7d.; in another count for stealing a piece of paper value one penny, when it was held that, supposing the cheque to be a void cheque (as being contrary to the provisions of statute 55 Geo. 111., c. 184), it would still sustain the charge laid in the second count. , Alderman GIBBS—You have not shown me any evi dence that she had not the money in her possession when she commissioned Mr. Barton. Mr. Huddleston—Suppose she had succeeded in getting the shares from Mr. Barton under her repre sentations, that would have been a misdemeanour. Then came the question, did she attempt it; and he certainly was of opinion that she did. With respect to her means, her father could, at some future period, prove that she was worth nothing. Alderman GIBBS—He could not prove anything be yound hearsay, as he lives in the country and she in London. However disgraceful her conduct may have been, he considered there was no case established against her, and therefore she was discharged. If at any future time sufficient proof was obtained, then they could give her into custody'again..._ Alderman GIBBS (addressing the prisoner)—Did you receive a letter at the Compter from your brother Bur goyne? Mrs. Stultz—l did. Alderman GIBBS—WeII, I have a copy of it, and you now know what I think of you. Mrs. Stultz held down her head and made no reply. She was then discharged from custody. SOUTH WARK. William Richards, an undertaker at Kennington, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with uttering to the Equitable Life Insurance Company a forged po licy of insurance on the life of Walter Wilson for 2001. Mrs. Staff stated that the prisoner was her brother, and that some time ago their father died, leaving by will his property, which was to be equally divided between them. Amongst the property bequeathed was a policy effected in the Equitable Insurance Company on the life of a person named Wilson, which was assigned over to her father, and by him at his death the amount of in surance was to have been equally divided between her and her brother (the prisoner). On calling at the in surance-office, however, a few days ago, on the subject, she was informed that the prisoner bad produced a do cument assigning the whole amount of the policy to the prisoner, and it bore her father's signature. She, however, represented at the insurance office that it was a forgery, and on that account the money which was to have been paid over to the prisoner was withheld, until the result of the present proceedings was known, and that he established his right to receive it. She added that her father sent for her a few days previously to his decease, and informed her that he had left all his personal property, share and share alike, between her and her brother, mentioned that the policy of insurance referred to was deposited in a tin box, and that she was to receive half the amount when it was paid by the insurance company; and that she was to be careful and see that she obtained her rights, and that no advantage should be taken of her by the prisoner, with whom she was not on terms of icti macy at the time. The complainant added, that after this conversation her father became delirous, and that he remained in that condition until his decease. The solicitor of the Equitable Insurance Company attended and produced a deed assigning the amount of the policy to the prisoner, and it purported to have the deceased, Mr. Richards's, signature attached to it. He added that the prisoner had called at the office and pro. eluted the deed in question, and that the money was to have been paid to him on Wednesday last, had not the complainant (his sister) cafled there in the interim and represented that the document was a forgery. The prisoner denied in the most positive terms that the deed was a forgtry, and said that there were no grounds for such an accusation against him; that it was true his father left bis property equally between him and his sister, with the exception of the policy of insurance, which he made over to him, and executed a deed for the purpose. He added that he had a person in attendance who witnessed the execution of the deed, and who would prove the fact. He then called John Hammond, who, on being sworn, stated that he was formerly in the prisoner's employment, and that he recollected about three or four months ago (he could not say precisely) being called on to witness the deceased (Mr. Richards) execute the deed produced, assigning the policy of insurance to his son (the prisoner), and that upon that occasion he (witness) read over the document to the old gentleman, whom he afterwards saw attach his signature to it. The deed was shown to the witness, and he identified it as the same he had witnessed on the occasion alluded to. Mr. COTTINGHAM inquired whether the deceased's will was made previous to th e execu ti on o f t h e deed assign ing the policy of insurance to the prisoner? The com plainant replied that the deed purported to have been executed eight or ten days subsequently to that of the will. Mr. COTTINCHAM said that the case was fraught with suspicion. The accused, however, had called forward a witness who was in his employ, and who had sworn that he saw the deceased attach his signature to the deed. He (the Magistrate) would not, therefore, entertain the charge as alleged against the prisoner, but would advise the complainant to enter an action against the prisoner, and that he had no doubt, if she would indemnify the insurance company, they would withhold the payment of the amount of the policy to the prisoner until the ques tion was tried before another tribunal. The prisoner was then disc'narzed. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, I 3 asinghall-street. J. Gale, Bruton-street, B..rkeley-square, bookseller, June 26, at eleven—M. J. Pyke, Brighton, jeweller, June 27, at half-past eleven—W. B. Brodie and C. G. Brodie, Salisbury, bankers, June 27, at half-past twelve —T. IL Pinder, Southampton, Cheltenham, and Glou cester, tailor and draper, June 26, at one. In the Country. J. D. Abrams, York, tailor and draper, June 28, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Chaffer, Barton-upon- Humber, Lincolnshire, ironmonger, June 27, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. E. Holmes, Lichfield, Staffordshire, coachmaker, 55., on Thursday, May 31, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. W. Smith, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, mercer, 3s. 6d., and second dividend 2d., on Thursday, May 31, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. T. Edwards, Bursiem, Staffordshire, earthenware ma nufacturer, 4d., any Friday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. Birch, Kingston-upon-Hull, tailor, second and final dividend of Bd., with the first of 2s. 3d. on new proofs, on Friday, June 8, or any subsequent Friday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. D. Bolton, Kingston• upon-Hull, corn-merchant, third and final dividend of 1 6-16 d., with the first and second of 6d. and 9d. on new proofs, on Friday, June 8, or any subsequent Friday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. C. Bertram, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, 3s. 6d., on Saturday, June 2, or any following Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle upon-Tyne. -W. - Parkinson, Newcastlo-upon-Tyne, merchant, 4s. 4d., on Saturday, JUne 2, or any following Satur day, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle- upon-Tyne. T. Towerson, Tudholes, Cumberland, miller and lime burner, 3s. 9d., on Saturday, June 2, or any following Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Fraser, Brighton, draper, June 27, at eleven—C. Howard, Kingston, Surrey, and Great Tower-street, City, wine merchant, June 27, at eleven—J. H. Davis, Windmill-street, Haymarket, livery-stable keeper, June 27, at eleven—E. L. Blackman, Gracechurch-street, tailor, June 27, at half-past eleven. In the Country. L. L. Whittle, Bolton, Lancashire, grocer, June 26, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. B. Smith, Liver pool, joiner and builder, June 28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Carthy, Stafford, carpenter, joiner, and builder, June 27, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, June 26. J. Hellings, Rugeley, StaftOrdshire, common brewer— H. Kenward, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, tailor —J. S. Robins, Tavistock, Devonshire, attorney—E. Davis, Marnhull, Dorsetshire, cattle dealer—J. Johnson, jun., Uxbridge and Iver, Bucks, common carrier—E, Burnell, jun., Bitton, Gloucestershire, cattle and sheep dealer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Fearfield, J. Bircurnshaw ' and J. Osborne, Notting ham, lace manufa c t urers —J. Fearfield and J. Bircum. shave, Nottingham, lace manufacturers—C. M. Terry and R. Appleton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, surgeons and apothecaries—J. W. Harris, Upper Swell, Glouces tershire. and C. badge, Gloucester, corn dealers—E. Owen and P. Hall, Birmingham, engravers and printers —R. Roberts and J. 11. Jones;Liverpool, drapers—W. Swift and J. Swift, Sheffield, linendrapers and hosiers-- G. B. Belcher and J. S. Crocker, Basinghall-chambers, Basinghall street, accountants and agents—J. Williams and W. Williams, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, general shopkeepers—F. Kensington and E. T. King, Eastcheap, wine merchants—W. 11. Osborn and Elizabeth Stockton, Birmingham, jewellers and silvcrsrciths—S. Smith and M. Sharpley, Macclesfield, silk manufacturers and fancy trimmers—J. S. Wardell and T. L. Wardell, Three Colt street, Limehome, grocers—C. Lutge, E. Benham, and C. T. Parson, King Edward•street, Newgate-strett, whole sale furriers and skin merchants (so far as regards E. Benham)—W. Runde!' and T. Handel, Tywardreath, Cornwall, drapers, grocers, oil and colourmen—E. H. Tripp and J. W. D. Lockwood, Castle court, Birchin- lane, stock and shartbrokers—T. Tunna, Sarah Nickson, and A. Davies, Edstaston-park and Quinn- brook, Shropshire, lime and coal merchants—E. J. Doran and C. Lerry, Liverpool, letterpress printers—E. Latchmore and J. Latchinore, Northampton, rope, sack, and twine manu• facturers—M. Pellett and W. King, Brighton, wine, spirit, beer, and porter merchants. INoOLVEN r PETITIONERS. Charles Smith, Sunning, Berkshire, tailor. George Thompson, Ilensington, Oxfordshire, glove ma facturer. John Marshall Smith, Honiton, Devonshire, plumber. John Lidd,in Fry, Honiton, Devonshire, tailor. Joseph Crimes, Salford, Lancashire, journeyman joiner. William King, Newcastle upon-Tyne, general agent. William Claxton Laidler, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mus tard-manufacturer. William Cox, Wistow, Huntingdonshire. Henry Douglas Munro, Westbury-upon-Trym, GloW. .cestershire. John Hodson, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, hay factor. William Robinson Fairclough, Liverpool, painter. James Mead, Liverpool, wine and spirit agent. Isabella Watkinson, Liverpool. William Speed, Liverpool, tripe-dealer. John Edgar Gutteridge, Woodchurch, saddler. William Reece, Birkenhead, stonemason. John Gomm Baker Bird, Birkenhead, accountant. James Thompson, Tamworth. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Lyell, Newburgh, cloth manufacturer, to v 26134 within the George Inn, Newburgh, June 11 and July 9, at one. A. P. Reid, Dundee, merchant, to meet within the British Hotel, Dundee, June 11 and July 2, at twelve. D. Beveridge, Trequeer, baker, to meet within the King's Arms Inn, Trequeer, June 11 and July 5, at one• R. Dunsmore, Whithorn, farmer and shipowner, to meet within Mrs. Hawthorn's Inn, Whithorn, June 12 and July 3, at two. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, TUESDAY, JUNE Since this day se'nnight the arrivals of fat beasts from Edinl burgh and the northern counti es o f S cotland have compr i se " about 260 head, which are of a very superior quality ; also a good seasonable supply from the border counties, both in re' spect of quantity and quality. With sheep and lambs the shot is good, especially the former; sheep is good, but lambs are only in middling condition. The supply of beef will compris• about 640 head. Small heifers are maintaining their former value, while heavy weights are scarcely making as much ramie/. There is a good attendance of buyers, and nearly , all is solth The mutton trade is sluggish at drooping rates, and a considet able quantity remain unsold. Lambs are in active request' and nearly all are disposed of. Prices—Beasts, small heifers. 6s 3d; ditto steers, 6s Id ; large fat steers, 5s 9d ; middlings 5s 6d ; inferior, 5s per stone of 14Ibs. Sheep, shorn, bid to 5/d; lambs, 7d to 70 per lb sinking the offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JUNE s.—There wet,° in the market to-day 78 sac k s oatmeal, each weighing 280_,10' imperial, whereof 73,5 0 1 d th us : - 2 at 11 lOs Od, 34 at 1195 IN_ 4at 8s 6d, 20 at 118 5 od, 3 at 1/ is Od, 10 at Il 6s Oa• Average price of the whole, 11 8s 3d 7-12th. 7 sacks floors whereof 2 sold at 31s, 1 at 305, 2 at 295. 6, sacks barleymes 4 whereof 1 sold at 255, 1 at 245, 1 at 235, and 1 at 225. 1 sack peasemeal, which sold at 20s. 30 sacks pot-barlep whereof 6 sold thus: —let I/ 9s Od, 4at 114 s 6d, I at I/ 3s 6d• 2 sacks brosemeal, whereof 1 sold at 275. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, J U NE 6. Supplies of all kinds small. Oat straw s from 6 s 6d t 0 7s 6d per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat ditto, 75 al t° 8s Od ; barley ditto, 7s Od to 7 s 6d. H ay from 7d to 9d pet stone. BELFAST, JUNE 4.—The supplies of grain since Fria'' have been small, and p r i ces are unchanged. wheat' 9s 3d to lOs 6d ; barley, 6s 9d t o 7 s 3d ; oats, 6s 8d to 7s , oatmeal, 12s Od to 2s 4d per cwt. Butter, a free sale, at 73' to 70 per lb, and, in some cases a little more has been give n ; Potatoes, per stone, 9d to Is; ditto, per cwt, 5s 4d to 6s Fruit—Apples, per dozen, 6d to 9d; pears, per ditto, Od ten l ! grapes, per lb., 8d to 10d ; l emons, per dozen, Os 9d to Os nuts, per quart, tid to Pd ; wall-nuts, per hundred, Is to-1s 3 °; chest nuts, per ditto, Is Od to Os ; cocoa nuts, 6d to 8d eat! N , American apples, 10d t o I s Od per dozen ; mixed pickles, abs "' s, Butchers' Meat—b ee f , per lb , 4 d to 7d ; mutton, 5d to 7d'• veal, 6d to 7d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od per quarter. Fish—Trout, Os 6d per lb ; brett, 3s Od to 48 Od; soles, Is to 2s Od per pair. Poultry—Fowls, 2s Sd to'3 l pair ; chickens, is 6d to 2s per pair; ducks, Os to Os (id Per . pair ; turkeys, 3s to 4s each ; geese , 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; eger , per doz, 3d to 6d. H a y, I s 2d t o 2s Od ; straw, oat, 9d to 15, 20 • ditto, wheat, 8d to Is ed per cwt. BANBRIDGE, JUNF: 4.—Oatmeal, from 12s Od to 121 3d . per cwt ; Indian meal, 9s 6d to 10, Od per cwt ; flour, first, P i et 1121bs. 15s 6d; s ec o n d, 14 s Od ; t hi rd, 12s !)d; fourth, Pa 6 ,1 i bran, 6s Od ; wheatmeal, 12s 6d to 14s Od ; wheat, from 9j.'' to lOs 3d per cwt of 1121bs; oats, from 7s 6d to 8s od, per cwt of 1121bs; barley, 7s 6d to 8s Od per evrt; best butter, firkin, at the scale, none in market ; rneskin, to Od per lb; beef, 4d to 6d; mutton, Od to 7d; potatoes , for seed, Os Od to Os Od per cwt ; for table, from 6s Od to Os Od per cwt ; hens, is to is 2d each ; chickens, Iv" to Is 2d per pair; ducks, Is 10d to 2s 4d ; turkeys, 2s 3d to 2s 9d each ; geese, 2s 6d to Os Od ; eggs, hen, 5d to Od per dozen ; duck, Od to 6d per dozen ; turkey, 10d to Os per dozen), goose, Os Od to I s 6d ; h ay , up l an d , from is 10d to Os per cwt' ditto, lowland, from Os Od to is 4d; straw, from Od to 1 0 ". turnips, Od to I s 8d ; por k , ncae at market th i s day ' lamb, from Od to 7d per lb . We i ght of bread at Hamilts° Moore's bakery, 4lb s f ur ald. O ld grain wh i skey, at Nl' Robert Belt's, 6s 3d per gallon, duty paid. BALLYMENA, JUNE 2.—Oats, 6s 6d to /Bs Od ; oatine ii ! Ils 9d to 12 3 9d pe r cw t ; butter, 71c1; beef, 3d to 5d per 1 1 . ) 4 mutton, 4d to 6d ; flour, first, per cwt, 18 s Od ; second, 17.11' third, 15s Od ; inferior third, 135 Od ; fourth, 103 Od ; Os Od to 65 8d ; Indian meal, white, per cwt, 9s 6d to 10s Od' yellow, 9s 6d to 10s Od; potatoes, 3s 0•3 to 55 9d p e r cwt; Is 3d to 2 s Od per cwt ; American flour, 30s per barrel; talloo% 4s Od to 5s 4d per stone ; flax, 4s to 6s 6d ; straw, Bt l t° is r hides, 2s 6d to 6s 6d each ; pork, 35s Od to 41s Od per 08 turnips, 8d to is per ditto; carrots, Os to is per ditto I ben' 5s 9d to 6s 6d; grey peas, 6s 6d to 7s 6d. COAL MARRE Bate's West Hartley 13s 9d Buddle's W. Hartley 14s Od Carr's Hartley Holywell Main l4s Gd New Tanfield North Percy Hartley l3s 9d Old Tanfield Ord's Redheugh Tanfield Moor Walker's Primrose West Hartley Wylam .... l3s 6(1 Windsor's Pontop .... . 12s 6d Wall's End, &c. Acorn Close Bewicke and Co. Hebburn 7 .—YESTERPAY. Washington Wharncliffe ••• pis ed Eden Main l5O n a Lambton Primrose ..• 15 s -4 H aswe ll l6s 6 1 Lambton Morrison lO (0 6a Russell's Hetton Stewart's Lleugh Hall South Hartlepool , Tees ... .... - , oj Cowpen Hartley ...... lls o d DerwentwaterHartley ' s -. Hartley Ships at market, 103. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, JUNE 6. t o - S Zy c , 'K a n E d x f c e n w AN t transactions unchanged. The salts aro-:-Laneashlre and Yorkshlre,:prefere v n, s — a e T t i h o e n s g share oin gin forward.arke market a s Prices, gloomy however,and de preo;dr: 12—London and North-Western. 126% c.—Dltte, New Quarters, 4/ r, Pi p.—Midland, halves, 1134 Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 15—York, Ne wcastle, and ' wick (G. N. B. Purchase), guaranteed 6 per cent. t 111.1850, 785. 9 d' Svoca EXCHANGE.—The w p. e_re s a o s rth for ta l r E i . Manchester an_ di d sC ß .—a i l rm eDdoo l % n r,i g eiar h n a ? n N Y o r . et 4 e ) r , e 6 n xi ce n (l2, 11 ' 3-16—Sheftleld 0- s L h in ir c e Oln s ,l4 d % ls. —l3Tihße=SUaleitAiOt to- u d N a E y 6 1:aye teen as folleiv rill ° l • STOCK ExcnANGE. —Stour Valley, 10% di s.—London and .North-Western, 1.26-4° Staffordshiredis, 5% dis. YORK, JUNE 5. f 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The t ransactions to-day have been a 52 lows :—Great Northern, 10—North British, Preference, 19s. Sheffield, Rotherham, mid Goole, N. Div. (guaranteed 5 per Or 10!, , , —Eastern Counties S%—York, Newcastl e , an d Berwick (141 castle Extension), 13 3 4—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 4%. W, do 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The GLASG business ne JUNE obt In the Stock FA pen, to-day has been as follows :—Caledonlan, 53—Cl y d es d a le Jurle m r 63 —Edinburgh and Northern, 15A—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, ands6 % — Ditto, :Halves (No. 1 ), 6%—Wishaw and ColtneSO, 4671' es [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Th e unfailing success of Toi l. loway's Pill s an d O i ntment in the Cure of Ringworms an Diseases of th e Skin.—A medical gentl eman , res iding at f f or whose child h a d b een severely of Ringworm this with Ring t his upwards of six years, tried every known remedy to au re c hs. dreadful di sease b ut i n va i n, as i t was of so inveterate ro.. ratter as to baffle the skill o f hi mse lf an d ot h er pra ctitl i e nt , As a last resou r ce he was p ersua d e d to use Holloway's 'el,. ment and Pills, these medicines h av i ng obtained milabkenpy brity in all parts of South A mer i ca , an d t h ey b a d the Patio effect of soundly curing the child and p er f ec tly er adicetive ri ,_ o „ disease from the system.—Sold b y a ll D rugg i sts, an d at fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. AL di At Moncrieffe-house, Perthshire, on th e 2d i ns t., the Louisa Moncrieffe, of a daughter. 0 of On the 3d inst., at Badger Rectory, Sh ro p s hi re , the theOnßev. T. F. Boldington, of a son. the 2d inst., at Lower Cowley-house, Oxford, the wife of E. Bevers, Esq., of a son. At Reading, on the 2d inst., the wife of the Rev. Fr apcii Trench, of a son. On the 3d inst., at Cavendish-r oa d W es t, St. Jolin'e'W °odf Mrs. Joseph Boord, of a daughter. MARRIED. At Edmonton Church, on the sth inst., by the Rey'. -- to Baird, M.A., Benjamin Wilson, of Doctors' Conum,No Mary Anne Low ; an d Henry ra hton, of Brixton, to P"of Low; the two eldest daughters of the late John L° l4 Edmonton. On the 2d inst., at St. Philip's Church, Granville - e c l n tilire of Arthur Nicholson, fourth son of William Young, E, 5 ',1 1 .1. Highbury, to Hannah Mary Tudor, daughter of the a l " - Wordington, Esq., M.D., of Kensington. Ac heo, On the 2d inst., at Workington, Cumberland, IL O3O Esq • of Abbey- street, Dublin, to Ann, eldest daughter of late R. Spear, Esq., of Maryport, Cumberland. Oar' At Christ Church, M a ryl e b one , on th e 2d i n st., lde s Fsq., of Hamilton. terrace, St. John's-wood, to Sarah , Burma daughter of the late Mr. T. Watkins, of Cork-stree t, lington-gardens. DIED. i ,„r ar On the 29th ult., it Warwick, aged 80, Sir , for Thomason, Knight, for upwards of 20 years Vice-Cow seven the he Continental Powers. pr. On 2d inst., at South Crescent, Bedford-squ are' of William Rae Wilson, of Kelvinbank, LL.D., author " Travels in the Holy Land," &c., aged 76 On the 2d inst., at Woolwich, Robert Major Jeffery , Paymaster and Purser, R.N., aged 41. London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNGIII2°: N 3. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 143 1,, Q * of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coulaw Middlesex, Thursday, June 7, 1849.