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LAW INTELLIGENCE. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF TIM PRIVY COUNCIL, Dec. GORIIAM V. THE 1115110 P OF EXETER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of )esterday. Mr. BADELEY continued to say, that it was the most presumptuous thing to take upon ourselves opinions such as were entertained by the appellant on the subject of baptismal regeneration. The question was what doctrine had the Church held, and what had she handed down? He (Mr. Badeley) held that the opinion that prevenient grace was necessary to confer regeneration to infants in baptism, was unsound doctrine ; it was certainly not the doctrine of the Church of England, and was nowhere • to be found in her formularies. The idea of prevenient grace was putting a limitation upon the sacrament of baptism, and attaching a condition which the Church had not done. Mr. Gorham had no right to put such a limitation upon it, seeing that the Church bad laid down the doctrine of baptismal regeneration generally and absolutely. It seemed to him (Mr. Badeley) that Mr. Gorham's doctrine was a most fatal heresy. It was a lowering of the doctrine of the sacrament of baptism by preceding it with something of which the Church knew nothing. If that were so, then he contended that Mr. Gorham was rightly rejected by the Bishop of Exeter from the living of Bampford Speke. If he (Mr. Badeley) had proved that Mr. Gorham held doctrine inconsistent with the doctrine taught in the Book of Common Prayer, then 'he contended that the Bishop was bound to refuse him institution. Mr. Gorham had done more than contradict the doctrine in the Book of Common Prayer ; he had done some thing worse ; he had contradicted the Nicene Creed, in which we were taught to believe " one bap tism for the remission of sins." It was by bap tism, and by baptism alone, and not by any prevenient grace, that that remission of sins was given. If there was one part of the formularies of the Church of England which we should preserve with more religious tenacity than another, it was the Nicene Creed, since it had been handed down to us from the earliest period of the Church, and had alwaysbeen regardedwith the deepest veneration. He had little more to urge on their Lordships on this question. He had laboured under some disadvantage he believed, because he saw before him two Right Rev. Prelates, 'one of whom it was supposed at least, if not both, had during the pen dency of this suit committed themselves more or less to the opposite side of the question. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, with some emo tion, said—Upon what authority is that supposed, so far as I am concerned ? Mr. BADELEY—SimpIy, if your Grace asks me, it is supposed that your Grace has preferred a gentleman in the Church who has taken a very violent part in this matter—a very strong part as a partizan, and who has also taken it upon him to express himself very strongly indeed about the Right Reverend Prelate whom I have the honour to represent. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY—I gave that pre ferment to that gentleman in consequence of a work he published five or six years ago, entitled " The Rule of Faith and Practice," which I consider to be a most important work with regard to the Church,; and I had no thought at all of his book about infant baptism, which I believe had not been published at the time ; indeed, I am sure it had not. Mr. BADELEY—I thank your Grace most sincerely for that explanation. It will be received most thankfully by a large body in the Church ; and, whilst I most sincerely apologise for the remark which has elicited that statement from your Grace, yet I cannot say I regret it very much when I think of the explanation it has been the means of drawing from your Grace, and which will be received most thankfully by a considerable number of persons in the Church. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY—It only shows how mistaken it is to make observations of that kind founded upon imperfect or erroneous information. Mr. BADELEY—I most sincerely apologise to your Grace. Lord CAMPBELL (emphatically)—l must say the observation was extremely indecorous, more par ticularly when it is contrasted with Mr. Badeley's previous argument, than which anything more learned, able, or temperate I have never heard. Mr. BADELEY bowed and repeated his apologies. In conclusion he sai I—lf your Lordships should reverse this judgment the consequences will be most tremendous. It will be regarded as a sen tence declaratory, by the highest authority in the land, that the Church has forfeited her trust, that she has ceased to hold that primitive doctrine which is at once her privilege and her boast, and that she has lost that which is her only hold upon the affections and obedience of her children. But I do hope from such circumstances your Lordships will save the Church of England. With that remark I shall leave this momentous question in your Lordships' hands; and I can only pray God Almighty to guide you to a right decision.—(Murmurs of applause.) It being now a little after three o'clock, their Lordships adjourned until about a quarter past four. On the re-assembling of the Council, Mr. TURNER proceeded to reply upon the argu ments advanced on behalf of the respondent's case. Ile should abstain from giving one single answer to the observations which had been used respecting himself personally by the Counsel on the opposite side, as to the manner in which he had opened the appel lant's case. The argument which had been chiefly employed against Mr. Gorham by the Counsel for the respondent was, that he had dissevered regeneration from the sacrament of baptism. It was important for him (dr. Turner) to state exactly what Mr. Gorham did actually believe on this point. Mr. Gorham might have differed upon the extent of the grace given in the sacrament, but that the sacra ment, worthily received, did give grace, he had never attempted to deny, and never had thought of denying. Mr. Gorham held that the doctrine of regeneration being tied to the sacrament of baptism was a tenet of the Church, and not of the Church of England. It would be found, on a reference to page 86 of Mr. Gorham's book, that though he might have differed as to the extent of the grace conferred in baptism, that he did not deny that baptism was an effectual sign of grace, and that grace was given to the worthy recipient of that sacrament. If Mr. Gorham had fallen into any error at all, it was in ,holding that grace might be given by God when and where he willed, and not in denying the efficacy of baptism. The question was, whether that opinion was contrary to the doctrine of the Church of England. Dr. Adlams had said that the doctrine of the Church of England with respect to baptism had never varied since the Reformation. Now, in the Articles of 1536 and of 1552 there were very great discrepancies on the sub ject of infant baptism. The declaration that infants should be saved thereby, in the Articles of 1536, was similar in the Articles of 1552. It had been contended that the doctrine of the Church of England was, that in baptism there was remission of sins ; but it might be open to very great doubt whether remission of sins meant regeneration in the sense in which it was used in the Articles. Remission was something done for us; regeneration what was worked in us. The question was not whether sacraments conferred grace, but whether regeneration was tied to the sacrament. It was said that infants must necessarily be worthy recipients of baptism ; but had we any right to assume that infants must necessarily be an object of God's mercy? Had the Church of England ever under taken to declare the inscrutable purposes of God ? In the 9th Article the Latin word "renatis" was in one place translated " regenerated," and in another " baptized," and it was argued from thi s th a t " rege neration' and " baptism" were equivalent terms. That argument, if argument it could be called, was entirely destroyed by the word " baptized" being used in the passage in St. John, from which the Article wets drawn up, and Mr. Gorham's view was strengthened by the fact that the words " credentibus et renatis " were used in the Article. With regard to the argument from the Prayer Book, be should like to know on what ground it was assumed that the Ar ticles and Prayer Book were in pari materia. Lord CAMPBELL—I should say they were generally in pari materiA but alio intuitu. Mr. TURNER continued—Not one word had been said about the statute 13 Elizabeth. The Prayer Book was not intended, like the Articles, as a decla ration of faith, but as a form for insuring a uniform mode of worship. They had been told that the lex supplicandi was the lex credendi, and that might be true in :some cases ; but where the lex credendi was separate, was there any ground for saying that the lex supplicandi was the same, because it had been withdrawn from the lex credendi, of whieh a t one time it formed part ? Then, with regard to the canons, a direction in them to the minist e r to instruct that in the catechism was construed into a declaration the doctrine of thrt Church of Englandwdasha to be a d be not found in the catechism. His Learned Friends only omitted any reference to the statut e 13 Elizabeth but they hail omitted saying anything o f the King',s declaration prefixed to the Articles, in whi c h i t was said that any matter of doctrine not to be found in the Articles should be referred to convocation, and be judged of by convocation alone. On the office of private baptism, Mr. Badeley had stated that the matter and the words were the essentials of baptism ; but he did not saywhether promises of faith and repent ance were implied in that office. Nor had any answer been given to his (Mr. 'Turner's) argu ment that in the office of confirmation the promises given in baptism were required to be renewed by the party confirmed. The whole a rgumen t f rom sponsorial promises —the whole question of ovheisr con dition or no condition—had been without a single observation on the p p as ar s t ed of Learned Friends. Ther e were Articles in the Ch urc h of England which left a l a tit u d e for private judgme n t, like that which referred to Christ' sdescending into 1. Hell. What was there in the Articles on baptism which showed that no room for private judgment was left there ? They bad been told that the doctrine of the Church of England as well as of the Church of Rome on the subject of baptism had been the same for 1,500 years. The doctrine of the Church of Rome was explained by Archbishop Laurence to be that the infant was considered to be in a middle state, and it was a dispute among the members of that Church whether grace was conferred by baptism. If he were asked what was the state of an infant after baptism, before the grace of God was given to him —his answer was, that it was one of God's myteries, into which he ought not to be anxious to inquire. With respect to the argument used by his friend Mr. Badeley that day, he was sure that their Lordships would not expect him to follow that argument with• out preparation ; indeed, anything short of a year's preparation would have been insufficient for that purpose. Lord LANGD ALE said, at the conclusion of Mr. Turner's reply, that their Lordships would take time to consider this case, which was one of great im portance. COURT OF QUEEA'S BENCH, Dec. 18. GIBB 3 V. LONDON AND NORTH. WESTRRN RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yestt rday.) It was then proposed to put in the receipts. Mr. Watson objected, and they were ultimately rejected as evidence. The witness then proved the receipt of 601. per annum, by half-yearly instalments of 301. each, during the time the plaintiff was in possession of the stall. He understood from the late Mr. Long that the money was for rent. In 1848, Captain Huish was the general manager of the company. Mr. WATSON now objected that there was no evi dence of a devise of land, entitling the plaintiff to pass and repass over the station, as he claimed by his declaration. The testimony which had been put in proved no such right, but rather that the case was granted to the plaintiff in consideration of 601. per annum to sell newspapers and publications in the station. He sub mitted therefore that the plaintiff ought to be non suited. Mr. CHAMBERS, on the other side, insisted that the declaration made no such claim. It did not aver that the company devised land to the plaintiff, nor did thel plaintiff claim any such right . It declared simply that the company, in consideration of a certain sum of money to be paid in the way of rent, gave the plaintiff the right of way over certain premises, and vcith a licence to sell publications on a portion of those premises ; and he submitted that, before the defendants could have deprived him of that right, they ought to have given him a legal notice, determining the leave and licence. Mr. BRAMWELL, on the same side, insisted that there was evidence to go to the jury of even a demise, since it had been proved that the plaintiff held a, stall from the company under contract, which was a fixture to the freehold. The Learned JUDGE ruled that the evidence dis closed no cause of action such as that declared upon. The plaintiff's declaration alleged that the company devised a portion of the freehold, giving him a certain estate in it, but he was of opinion that the evidence failed to establish any such elaitn or contract. The next question raised by the declaration was, had the defendant wrongfully converted the goods of the plain tiff. The evidence, so far from making out that count distinctly proved that they had done no such thing, inasmuch as on the night previous to the ejectment the plaintiff was requested to remove his goods, and he refused to do so. Under the direction of the Court, therefore, a verdict w!as taken for the plaintiff on the first and last counts, and for the defendant on all the other counts, with leave to move the Court above for a new trial, or to amend on declaration. This decision, in point of fact, is tantamount to a► verdict for the defendants. ' COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 18. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) BADCOCK AND ANOTHER V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought by Messrs. Badcock, who are bankers at Taunton, to recover from the Great Western Railway Company 1,5001., the value of a box of specie which had been entrusted to them fur conveyance between Paddington and Taunton. The pleas were, first, not guilty; second, denying that the box and money were delivered to the de fendants to be carried ; and third, that the defendants were discharged from liability by the Carriers' Act, as no insurance was paid. To the third plea there was a replication that the box and money were stolen by one of the servants of the company. Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. 11111 appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. [Loggias for the defendants. It appeared that the box, which contained 1,2001. in gold, and 300/. in silver, was sent, in the month of January, 1848, by Messrs. Ransom, the London bankers, to the Paddington station, for the purpose of being transmitted to the plaintiffs. One of Messrs. Ransom's clerks had the box booked at the station, paying the ordinary charge of twopence, and then saw it placed in a compartment of a passengers' carriage, which was set aside for parcels and pack ages. When the train arrived at Bristol it was discovered that the lower panelling dividing the luggage compartment from the passenger compart ment had been cut through, and that the lid of the box had been taken off and the contents abstracted. Experiments were afterwards made which showed clearly that it was impossible for any one on the passen ger side to have forced the 'panelling underneath the seat, or to have broken open the box, and suspicion consequently fell upon a person named Billings, who was the guard of the train, and who had charge of the parcels compartment, and he was given into custody, but there being no direct evidence against him, he was acquitted, and the company immediately dis charged him from their service. The supposition that Billings committed tho robbery was strengthened a short time afterwards by his buying for 1201. the lease and goodwill of a public-house, upon which he spent a considerable sum in repairs. It appeared that Billings, previous to his being employed by the company, had been an omnibus conductor and a po liceman. Several witnesses were called on the part of the plaintiffs, and they all agreed in thinking that the box had been opened, and the panelling forced on the luggage-side of the partition. (The can had not concluded at the rising of the Court.) CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) William Hickey, 28, labourer, was indicted for the manslaughter of William M'Cartby, by stabbing him with a knife. Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. The facts of the case have been recently given in the police reports. It appeared that on the 6th of June the prisoner and the deceased quarrelled and fought, and upon the former getting the worst off in the struggle, he was observed to draw a knife from his pocket and to stab the deceased on the left side, and he then ran away and succeeded in making his escape. The deceased was taken to the University Hospital, where he remained for three weeks, and was then discharged, apparently cured. He subse. quently enlisted into the army, and soon afterwards he was found to be suffering from some disease of the lungs, and he died on the 12th November. The surgeons who were examined stated that the imme diate cause of death was an abscess in the lungs, but they at the same time expressed a confident opinion that this abscess was the result of the wound that had been originally inflicted by the prisoner. Ur. BALLANTINE made an ingenious address to the jury for the prisoner, and endeavoured to show that they would not be justified in convicting him of felo niously killing the deceased by stabbing him, when the evidence made out that the death was caused by an abscess on the lungs. The Comacom SERGEANT told the jury that, not withstanding the able address of the Learned Counsel, if they should be of opinion that the evidence made out that the abscess, which no doubt was the actual cause of death, was consequent upon the wound in flicted by the prisoner, he would be, in law, amen a bl e to the charge of manslaughter just as much as if the death had followed upon the wound itself. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The COMMON-SERGEANT, in passing sentence, said that this un-English practice of using the knife must be repressed by severe punishment. There was no end of such cases in every calendar, and he oonsidered they were a disgrace to the country, and so far as he was concerned, he determined to put a stop to them. He then sentenced the prisoner to transportation for seven years. Johanna Brown, 21, a tall masculine Irishwoman, and Margaret Forbes, 18, were indicted for the capital offence of robbery upon William Williams. The indictment alleged that at the time of the rob bery the prisoners cut and wounded the prosecutor. It appeared that the prosecutor met Brown in Westminster, and accompanied her to a notorious brothel in Castle•court, where they were joined by the other woman, and on his refusal to comply with their demands for money, they made a most mur derous attack upon him with a poker and cut his head open, and inflicted severe injury upon him, and at the same time robbed him of a halfcrown and some other money._ _ The jury found both prisoners Guilty. The COMMON SERGEANT said it was a very serious offence, and be bad no alternative but to order judg ment of death to be recorded against them. The prisoner Brown upon hearing this began to bellow most stoutly, and 23 she left the dock she shrieked out, , " Oh,. shall I be , hanged—am I going to be hanged?' THE SUN, LONDON, Judgment of death was recorded. NEW COURT. William Tarbuck, tallow chandler, was indicted for feloniously, with menaces, demanding of William Russell the sum of 21., with intent to steal the same. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. The prosecutor, who is in the service of Messrs. Lewis and Allenby, silk-mercers, of Regent-street, stated that at about nine o'clock in the evening of the Bth of this month, as he was returning home from Knightsbridge, he bad occasion to enter a place of public convenience, where he saw the prisoner, who spoke to him. Prosecutor instantly left and walked away, intending to cross the park, but finding himself followed by the prisoner, he turned round with the intention of getting into the main road, again, when the prisoner came up, and catching hold of him in a most indecent manner, said " You are a gentleman, and must give me 21." Witness tried to get away, and called for the police, when two came up, and he at once stated the charge, when the pri soner threatened to give him into custody for indecently assaulting him. The constable who took the charge said he had seen the prisoner for some long time hanging about the secluded psrta of the park. When searched at the station a small packet of rouge was found in his pocket, a duplicate, and a few pence. The jury immediately found him Guilty. The prisoner, who said that the could bring a clergyman to speak to his former good character, was ordered to be brought up on a future day to receive judgment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. Abraham Weston was placed at bar for final examination, charged with having assaulted and beaten his wife, Mary Weston, and caused her death. The prisoner was also examined on the charge of having assaulted - the sister of the deceased. The case excited considerable interest, and the court was excessively crowded. Mr. Wakeling was retained on the part of the prisoner. Mr. William Hope Popham, surgeon, of No. 9, Tonbridge-place, St. Pancras, was sworn.—He de posed that he was called upon to attend the deceased on Tuesday, the 11th inst. She was insensible. She was labouring under the effects of compression of the brain, and she died on the next day. By the direction of the coroner he made a post m•rtem examination. There were marks of bruises on the face, and a slight bruise on the kidneys. Mr. Mallett —Were there any bruises on the neek? Mr. Popham—Nothing material. Mr. Mallett—What was the cause of death ? Mr. Popham—Congestion of the brain. Mr. Mallett—Might that have been caused by vio lence ? Mr. Popham—Yes. Mr. Wakeling--Might it not have been caused by a fall ? Mr. Popham—Yes; but my opinion is that it was caused by blows on this occasion. Sergeant Graysmark, 8 E, deposed to having taken the prisoner into custody by order of Mr. Wakley, the coroner, and as to the qualified verdict of the jury. The prisoner was present at the inquest. Mr. Mallett now read over the evidence of the wit nesses examined at the investigation on Monday, as Mr. Wakeling had only been called upon to receive his instructions so recently for the defence. Mr. Wakeling questioned the unfortunate girl Coney. He asked her who began speaking first, the prisoner or the deceased ?—She replied that the pri soner did, and he threw the hot tea in her face. Mr. Wakeling—Did she not take up a knife to him? Witness—No, it was me. _ Mr. Wakeling—Did you not threaten to run him through the body with a knife ? Witness—l did, after he beat my sister. Mr. Wakeling put other questions to her, with a view to show that the deceased fell from a chair acci dentally against the stove. The witness replied that they were near the stove when they quarrelled, but it was through the blows she received from the prisoner she fell against the stove. Mr. Coxes—Did she fall heavily ? Witness—Yes, sir; he was slapping her at the time she fell, but I cannot tell whether he knocked her down or not. When she got up she was very weak. Mr. Cosins—Was she standing up when he hit her? Witness answered in the affirmative. Mrs. Geary added to her evidence, that after the death of the deceased the beadle called at the house whilst she was lying dead, and said an inquest was to be held upon the body. She met the prisoner on the stairs, when he said, " Mrs. Geary, make it as light as you can for me ' as I hear they are going to have an inquest on the body of my wife." She re plied, " I shall say what I know, and what I know I will swear to." Mr. COMISE now asked Mr. Wakeling whether the prisoner would say anything in his defence. lie meant to commit him for trial. Mr. Wakeling-1f so, the best course would be to say nothing. Mr. COAIBE—Does he deny the charges ? Mr. Wakeling--Yes ; but I suppose you will re. ceire bail ? Mr. COMBE—Yes, but it must be very good bail. Mr. Wakeling applied for a remand ; o carry the case over the present session. Mr. COMBE refused ; an application, he said, ought to be made to the Court. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial on the charge of assaulting the deceased, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm, and also for as saulting her sister Sarah Ann Coney, the cripple. The prisoner was then conveyed to prison. It was stated that the poor girl Coney was in the greatest distress, and was literally starving, when Mr. COMBE humanel y ordered her instant relief from the poor-box, and that every attention should be paid to her. LAMBETH. John Anderson, alias Ferguson, James Sinclair, and Daniel Fitzgerald, who have been in custody for some time on suspicion of being the perpetrators of several desperate highway robberies committed in different parts of the metropolis, were placed at the bar before Mr. Norton for final examination. The time, as well as the mode in which these des perate robberies have been committed, so favoured their perpetrators that it is very much feared the guilty ruffians will never be brought to justice. It will be recollected that Mr. Hall, a barrister, whose chambers are in Old-square, Lincoln's Inn, and his residence in Tavistock-square, stated that the person who grasped him by the throat from behind on the night of the 13th of the last month, instantly drew his head back, and the next instant he received several severe blows on his head and temples from a life preserver, or some such instrument, and all the time his head was in such a position that it was impossible he could see those about him. He thought, however, that he got a glance at a person in woman's attire. The robbery on this gentleman took place about ten o'clock, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, and nearly in front of Surgeons' Hall, and such was the savage violence of the thieves that they tore away and carried off with his pocket a considerable portion of his trousers. So serious also were the injuries which they inflicted that Mr. Hall is still suffering from their effects. 'the attack upon Mr. Davis, in Cromer-street, Brunswick-square, was so sudden and unexpected, and the violence so great, that that gentleman in his evi dence stated that if the men by whom he had been attacked had even been before him, he could not iden tify one of them. Mr. Conden, a young gentleman who had been robbed in a similar manner in Wheeler's-fields, Ken nington common, was unable from the same cause to identify any person ; but that the robbery of this young gentleman and that of Mr. Hall had been corn mitted by the same parties there cannot be the slightest possible doubt. The instrument used in striking them on the head and temples left an impression of six points in the circle and one in the centre, and the marks on each were precisely the same, and therefore must have been caused by the same weapon. Sergeant Hardwick, 7 D, who has had the case in hand, informed the magistrate that he was not prepared with any further evidence against the pri soners Sinclair and Anderson, but had a charge to prefer against Fitzgerald of being a returned convict, and coming home seven years before his proper time. From inquiries he (Hardwick) had made, he dis covered that in the year 1844 the prisoner Anderson had been tried, in the name of John Ferguson, at the Central Criminal Court, for felony, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. He was sent out to Gib raltar, but, in consequence of his good conduct, re ceived a free pardon in the month of August, 1847. The prisoner Fitzgerald had been tried in the same year and also sentenced to ten years' transportation, but he effected his escape from Gibraltar three years after, and succeeded in getting home. Of the prisoner Sinclair he could learn nothing whatever. Sinclair said that since his apprehension officers from the dockyards, the prisons, and the police had been to see him, and not one of them could identify him, or say anything prejudicial to his character. Mr. NORTON asked him if he wished to give any explanation why he had represented at the lodging house in Short's-gardens that he was a pensioner, and in the receipt of Is. 11d. a day ; why also he had told one of the inmates that he had been transported, and wanted the same person to commit a felony ? These questions he might answer or not, as he pleased. The prisoner would not deny Ithat he had repre sented himself to be a pensioner, but said the other part of the witness's statement was incorrect. Mr. NORTON remarked that the case was one of considerable suspicion, for it appeared that on the morning before one of these murderous robberies had been committed both Sinclair and Anderson were without money, and obliged to borrow a sixpence ; yet on the night of the robbery the former was found with 1/. 12s. 100 and the latter with 17s. Anderso n said - that on that day he received 3/. from his brother, and gave 1/. out of it to Sinclair, who, he said, was a comparative stranger to him. Mr. NORTON said that there was another circum stance which added considerably to the suspicion in this case, and that was, though three of these despe rate robberies took place within eight days, not one, he understood, had been attempted since their appre hension. However strong the suspicion, the evi dence was not such as would warrant their commitment for trial, or offered the slightest chance of a conviction. 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Albion .• •• .. •••• - • • 31. lOs 500 0 0 59 I 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 7114 s Gd& bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine.•• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 I 0 b% Irina . . • British Commercial - 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 6 • - Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 11 19 County ••••••• • • • • • • • 21. 104 0 0 10 11 I 60 Crown ........ ••• • •• 14s. 60 0 0 6 0 0 14 Eagle -.• •• European Life •••• •• 4% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 10 e'l cemasons' .........Of. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - G 1 ,i,e - 121% G cardiac) •••••• • • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 61 Imperial Fire ...-• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 226 Imperial Life .. -•• • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 lb Indemnity Marine •• •• 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 27 Law Fire - .........• - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law Life- ---•• .. 11. 165. 100 0 0 10 0 6 42 Leal and General Life - 50 0 II 2 0 0 4 Licensed Victuallers •• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 rs Lowsk.n Fire -••• • •• 10s. 95 .0 0 12 10 0 16% London Ship ..•••• • • 10s. 25 5 0 12 10 0 16% ‘'Earine . • •••••• • • • .. 12s.per share 100 0 I 15 0 0 9 Med. Invild &Gen.Llfe 4%1. per ct . 50 0 0 2 I I 2% National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 9 210 I - National Life.... - Palladium Lift ••.• • . • • Si. per cent. 20 0 0 2 0 0 21 Is. Pelican - - - •• •• - - - - - - l'iiccaix • - - 142 P! otector Life.... •• • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 1 II 0 - Provident Life•• .• -. • 11. 53. & bs. 100 0 0 le 0 0 26 Rock Life - .... -- - ss. 5 0 0 010 0 5% goyal Exchange 6'. per cent. Stock. - 202 Sun Fire.. - - 205 I:itte Life . - - 47 United Kin= don - Universal Life.. - - Viztoria Life . BOWLS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - £ 1. d. £ s. d. East and West Ind' a ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country - 21 London ... - 117 Ditto Bonds.-- - 11. per cent. - - - ALE atharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - 80 Ditto, Scrip - - - - - - Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton ••- - - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 - BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - A. a. d. I. a. d. Charing-cross • . .....• - - 25 0 0 - fiouthwrk,Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 $ - 2 Ditto Nw of 7% p. e. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 6 Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 3 Ditto Old Ann. of V. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... . - Av. 11. 70 10 3 - - WATER-V.T ORBS Dividend Amount Name of Company. j per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. 4 s. d. East London. ..... •••• I U. 100 0 0 - 181% Grand Junction ••• • •• 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 82 Kent........ •• .. -•• 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - 71 Lambeth - 99 New Itivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - 56 Vauxhall .. •••••• - • • Si. per cat. 100 5 0 - 91 West Middlesex . . . 61.0 a. pr cat. - - 191 GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Nam* of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - ---- ---- X. s. 4. A. a. d. British ••••••.. • • • • .. 1/. 40 • • le • 5 14 Ditto Provincial.... 11. 88. 20 0 II 20 5 0 le Brighten -•.-• • • • .. 51. per cent. 20 5 I - 16 City of London .. •• • • 101. ,1011 I 0 111 I I 250 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share) 75 0 0 21 5 0 35 Equitable. •..-- •• • • fiOs. pr share; be 0 0 se 0 0 26 Imperial ........ •• •• 31. per cent. be 5 0 60 5 0 , 67 Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 5 \ 62 - 50 0 0 60 0 • - - 50 I 0 Se 0 I , - Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 I 0 2 10 5 I - Phccnix .--- •• - - 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 48 I 0 1 29 ttatcliff -•••..• • • • • • SI. 106 0 0 X, I I 1 75 United General - •... 71. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ' 13 Westminster Ckartered 21. SO 0 5 - 45% Ditto, New - - .... 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 I ui CAISI.III.B. 4 ' Names of j I ~ Dividend /44,4 m„ of i Dividend Companies. ! 2) , I Annum.! Price ' Companies. „, An . P u.. Price. 14 '--- - ---- I Ashtn 9. Oldhl 97 71. 113 Macclesfield . 100 \ 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley •• • • ;160, 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 1001 161. 341 Urknk&Abre 150 51. 55 Oxford.. •• • • 100 I 20/. 156 Birmingham 35 41. 53 Peak Forest. 76 31. 181. 70 Ceventry..• • 100 251. 210 Regent's .... 33 i 11. 2s. 111% Derby • • ... 100 61. 6 3 Rochdale.. • • 85 I 41. 50% Ellsmre&Chs 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 ' 71.105. 131 Erewash •• . 100 321. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 I 61. p. c. - Grandflinctnlloo 51. 3234 Stfrril &Wore 1401 281. 403 Grand Surreyloo 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 1 121. - Grand Union 'lOO 11. 105. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 300 Grantham -1150 - - Severn andl Kennt & AVIr 39 75. 6 d. 5 % Wye Rail. j 26 21 . 68 . - Leeds& Livrplloo 301. 325 Warwick& Leicester .... 1 140 51. 63% Itirming. j 100 41 . 63 Leicstr &Nthl 83 41. 46 Warwick& 1 100 31. 43 Leughboregh 142 701. 650 Napton. Nfonmouthsh 100 81. - Wercstr 8; 1 711 31. 42 Mntgemrysla , 100 - - Birming. BleltnNtwbry,loo - _ - Wilts & Brks -14 s. 0 zits's. or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRIME 8 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prim. Annum. Share. -- - £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 217 Caledonian Bank .. • • S per sent. 10 0 I 210 0 31. 19 City of Glasgow sank. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12% Clydesdale Bank •. • • Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 166 Eastern Bank .... •• • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 II I 0 8% Edinb.& Glasgow Itank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5% Exehange Bnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 11 0 50 0 0 20% tale of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 I 0 7 II I - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 15 0 0 14% North of Scotlandßank 41. percent. 20 11 0 5 I I 31.0 s North British Bank • • - - - - Royalßank of Seethind 51. per cent. 100 I 0 100 0 0 127 Union Bank of Scotland SI. per cent. 100 11 0 50 0 0 53% Western Bank .. ... •• • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 11 0 74 Aberdeen Fire and Life 'l3o.pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 9 E. Accord. Lite sued Firs - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per sent. 10 0 0 1 e 0 lls 6d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. pet cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 60 0 I 2 0 I - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. Ts Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 20 East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 125.0 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 511 0 0 217 6 1 - Elercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 I 0 - Ensur. Co. of Seetind• • SI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 I - Life Assoc. of Scotland Gl. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 7s Mercantile Life National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 11 1 11 0 203.6 d North British Insur. -5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 I 24 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 15 0 0 I 11 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 0 11 I , - Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 5 0 15 11 - Scottish Union Immo. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 I 233.6 d Standard Life •••• .. - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 j 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 14.. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - X. s. d. , Z. s. d. Auction Mart •• •••• • • 21. ss. 50 0 0 ' - 25 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 41. 10 I 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - i 210 0 Canada ... • • ........ 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per_cent. - - - Pity Navigation .... - - - 91 Gen. Revers. &Invest. sp. 0.15131,2/ 100 0 01 100 0 0 - Egnitable Reversionry 5 1 . pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 103 OCH.Steam Navigation 11.8.. 15 11 0 14 0 0 25 London Institution ... - - 175 15 0 - Russell Institution.... .... - 126 5 0 - Poulnslr & Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0' 50 0 0 80 Reversionary Int. Soc. 1%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 92% Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4. p. c 100 0 0' 60 0 0 50 South Australian .... • 11. Or share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 17 Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 , 23 0 0 3 FOREIGN Hors.—ln addition to the exceedingly , large arrivals of hops from the United States of Ame rica, the produce of the States to which we have re cently made especial allusion, imprtations of hops to a considerably extent are now taking place in various quarters for the first time, from Belgium, at places other than the metropolis, the produce of that Euro pean State. The vessel Albatross. arrived at the port of Hull, from Antwerp, has brought 24 bales, as a por tion of her cargo. This is the first importation of hops into that port from abroad, the produce of any foreign country. The vessel Fortitude, arrived at Liverpool, from Antwerp, has brought 12 bales of the article, con signed to a firm thero. Arrivals of hips have taken place at Liverpool on recent occasions from the United States, but this is the first importation of the kind into Liverpool from Belgium, or elsewhere, other than the States of America. The following arrivals have also simultaneously taken place on the same thy at the me tropo'is ,from lielg:utn:—Fhe Director, from Antwerp, has brought 10 bales, consigned; and the Flecha, ar rived from Ghent, has 20 bales, consigned; and also 48 bales of the article, to order, the produce - of Belgium. These arrivals of hops into diff-irent ports of the king dom from Belgium, are, it need scarcely be remarked, of very considerable in'erest anti importance. Srumous CnowN PIECES.—A caution we gave some weeks ago in reference to a largo amount of base coin, in the shape of crown-pieces, then i t course of circulation in this city, had the desired effect of stopping the circulation for the time. We learn, however, that it has again commenced. The crown•piece is so well finished, and so much resembles the genuine metal both in the appearance and in the " ring," that it cannot readily be detected. The date upon it, we may mention, is 1821,—.Caledonian Mercury. WORSHIP-STREET. Jeremiah Donovan and Caroline Donovan, his wife, were charged before Mr. Hammill with the fol lowing attack upon a labouring man, named David Murphy, who is now lying in the London Hospital in a dangerous state. _ _ A young man named Daniel Sullivan, a journey man tailor, living in 'Wheeler-street, Spitalfields, stated that at half-past nine on the preceding evening he called at the house of his wife's mother, in Geul ston-court, Whitechapel, to request her to visit her daughter, and after knocking several times ineffec tually at the door, he was at length answered by the male prisoner, who lodged in the house, and who, thrusting his head out of window, demanded the cause of his knocking. He explained to him that he wanted to see his mother-in-law, to which the prisoner replied that she was not at home, or some such answer, withdrew his head, and slammed down the window. Witness knocked again, but with the same unsuccessful result, and was about to go away, when the street-door was suddenly thrown wide open, and the prisoner rushed cut upon him in a state of ungovernable fury, with a heavy stick in his hand, followed by his wife, who brandished a hammer in her's. Witness immediately hurried away as fast as he could in great consterna tion, but was pursued by the prisoners with nearly the same rapidity, and on reaching the bottom of the court, finding them close upon him, he entreated the man Murphy, who was standing there talking, to in terfere for his protection, and drew his attention to the weapon they were armed with. Murphy in stantly ran forward to facilitate his escape, but the moment he got between them the male prisoner felled him by a heavy blow on the head with the stick, and his wife, the instant he dropped, followed her husband's example by striking him several blows in rapid succession upon the head with the hammer. The man screamed out, but became perfectly insen sible directly after, and the prisoners, upon seeing the blood, which was pouring in profusion from the wounds they had inflicted in his skull, retreated into their house and fastened themselves in. The witness expressed his inability to assign any reason for the furious attack the prisoners had attempted to make on himself in the first instance, as he had never had any quarrel with either of them, and had given them no cause of offence, unless his knocking at the door could be so considered. Police-constable 54 H stated, that while on duty in Goulston-street at the time in question, he was told that a man was believed to have been murdered in the court adjoining, and on hastening there found the man Murphy had been just raised from the ground by some bystanders, bleeding shockingly from some serious injuries in the head, and still entirely senseless. Upon ascertaining that the prisoners had inflicted the wounds from which Murphy was suffering, he proceeded at once to their house, and took them into custody, and the injured man was conveyed to a neighbouring surgeon's, who directed his instant removal to the London Hospital. The witness handed in a certificate from Mr. Wyatt, the house surgeon, which described the wounds the man had received as being three severe lacerated wounds of the scalp, and evidently inflicted with some obtuse instrument, and which were of such a nature as to preclude bis attendance, with any safety, for some time. The prisoners made some rambling observations in extenuation of the facts alleged against them, and Mr. RAMMILL having characterised it as one of the worst cases of that description that had ever been brought under his notice, ordered them to be re• mand.-d until that day week, to afford time f o r ascertaining the result of the injuries the man had sustained. Harriett Goding was next charged with cutting and wounding a man named Henry Ward, who is also now lying in the London Hospital. In this case it appeared, from the testimony of a married woman, residing in the same house, that there was extreme provocation for the offence the pri soner had comrni'ted. She had been living, it seemed, for a considerable time past with Ward, who used her most cruelly. Ward came home at five o'clock on the preceding afternoon, and the instant he got in, without the slightest apparent cause or provocation on her part, exclaimed to the prisoner, " Take that, you -," and struck her such a violent blow in the face with his fist, that one of her eyes 'became contused and swollen immediately. The prisoner did not offer to resent this ill usage, hut remained perfectly silent, and taking a knife from the cupboard, held the cool blade of it against her eye to reduce the swelling. She remained in this position for a few minutes, when the fellow, Ward, got up again to strike her, and the prisoner, in fear of his brutality, thrust out her arm, in the hand of which she was holding the knife, to protect her face from his blows, when, whether the man staggered against th, blade, or she struck him with it inten tionally, did not clearly appear, but the result was that the knife was sent across his face, inflicting such a serious gash in his forehead that it bled terribly, and though he at first walked to a surgeon's to have his wound dressed, 111 was obliged afterwards to be removed to the hospitil, and now remains there. King, a constable, proved that on the road to the station the prisoner had several times exclaimed, in a tone of exasperated feeling towards Ward, that she hoped he would die before morning, as he had always behaved in the most brutal manner towards her. She was ordered to be committed till that day week, to afford time for Ward's recovery• THE LATE CASE 6F'AURDER IN HARLEY-STREET. It will be remembered that, after the second ex amination of the wretched woman Sarah Drake on Saturday last, for the murder of her child, Lewis Drake, Mr. Herring, her solicitor, made application to. Mr. Long for all the property belonging to his client to be given up, in order that sufficient funds might be raised for efficiently carrying on the defence. The magistrate acquiesced in the request, and Super intendent Kinder, of the Nottingham constabulary, handed over to Mr. Herring a go!d watch and about 11. worth of silver, which were found in the possession of the prisoner when searched by Mrs. Bridge at the Marylebone-lane station-house. Sergeant Whistler, of the detective .police, also gave up to the learned gentleman the keys of the prisoner's boxes, which were then at Mr. Huth's (her late master's) house. Shortly after Mr. Long made the order alluded ,to, Mrs. Johnson, the woman who had had the charge of the murdered child, and to whom many pounds are still due for the care which she took of it, spoke to Whicher upon the subject of the debt; and, on the matter being made known to the magistrate, he thought it right that a portion of what belonged to the prisoner, and which was still in her boxes, should be kept back for the benefit of her (Mrs. Johnson), whose peculiar position in the melancholy affair en titled her to much sympathy. Yesterday Mr. Herring, who was not aware that the magistrate had altered his decision in the first instance given, entered the court and addressed Mr. Long in reference to the insufficiency of the means afforded him for defending his client, at the same time stating that the worth of what had been given up to him did not exceed 51. or 61. He sympathised as deeply as any one could possibly do with Mrs. Johnson, but it was necessary that he should do all in his power for the prisoner whose cause he was engaged to defend. Mr. Long remarked that he could not interfere further than he had done in the affair; Mrs. Johnson ought to be looked to, and be had given such direc tions on Saturday as would, he hoped, have the effect of liquidating her claim upon the prisoner, and she certainly should not be a loser in any way if it could be avoided. Sergeant Whicher came to the court soon after the conversation above given, and held a communication with Mr. Herring, who ascertained from him that the boxes containing the prisoner's clothing, &0., had been taken away by him (the sergeant) from Mr. Huth's premises, and that in his opinion a sufficient sum might be realised to compensate Mrs. Johnson, and also to, furnish the accused with the moans necessary for the employment of counsel, and the payment of other incidental expenses attend ant upon a defence on the heinous charge which had been brought forward against her. The solicitor gave this information to the magistrate, and said that he had made an arrangement with Whicher to meet him at Scotland-yard at twelve o'clock to-morrow (this day), when the boxes which were there would be opened, and the contents carefully examined. Mr. Long said he was glad to hear that the adop tion of such a course, of which he entirely approved, had been agreed upon. In reply to a question from the Magistrate, Mr. Herring said that he had examined the whole of the letters produced on the last inquiry, and had selected two which he considered to be of much ilia portance ; but it was not his intention to cro3s examine Mrs. Johnson with regard to them, as he (Mr. Long) had no doubt made up his mind to send the prisoner before a jury. Mr. Herring then thanked the magistrate for his attention, and withdrew. ABOLITION OF OATHS IN ELECTIONS OF COMMON COUNCILMEN.—In the ensuing elections of Common Councilmen for the city of London, a declaration is to be made by voters in lieu of the oath heretofore taken; and in case any person shall refuse or neglect to make the same, the poll or vote of such person shall be null and Toid, and al such shall be rejected ;014 disallowed. Name of Company. Amount of Share. Z s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 AO 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 i 0 0 0 1)0 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. COURTS MARTIAL. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 18.— We are enabled to an nounce, upon as hat we consider the most substantial authority, that in the ensuing session of Parliament a strenuous effort will be made to alter the constitu tion of naval and military courts-martial, so as to render them more courts of equity than, as hitherto, courts of honour. In this movement the lead will be taken by Lord Brougham. The Actaeon, 26, was removed out of the basin yesterday, after a thorough refit. First-Lieutenant M'Carthy, of the Royal Marines, serving on board the Illustrious, 72, Captain Yates, who had oxalic ac id a d m i n i s t ere d to him by mistake On Friday lase, is recovering at Haslar hospital. Strong gales have been blowing from the south west all night and day, accompanied by sharp rain. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLVICII, DEC. 18.—Midshipman—Charles J. Bullock, to the Phaeton, at Sheerness. Naval Cadet—William L. Bridges, to the Impreg nable, flagship, at Devonport. AsqiAant.Engineers—Richard E. Percival, to the Fire Queen, at Portsmouth, fitting for service on the fialyhead station ; and II J. Sergeant, to the Ter rible, at Woolwich. Commander Robert J. Le M. M'Clure, recently promoted from First-Lieutenant of the Enterprise, on the return of that vessel from the searching expedition, is to have the command of the Investigator, fitting at NVoolwich for another searching expedition, and commissioned by Stephen Court, Second Muster, to accelerate her being made ready for sea. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17.—The merchant barque Chebar, of Cumberland, 405 tons register, Captain Grayson, came in this morning with loss of figure head, cutwater, jibboom, bobstays, shrouds, and all head gear, and with damage to her starboard guard boards and quarter, having been in contact, off Cape Fini'terre, with a Swedish brig, the crew of which (,sith the exception of the master) she had on board. The accident occurred in lat. 46 20 N. long. 10 37 W., on Friday morning, 14th of December instant, at half- past five o'clock. The Chebar was from London, with a general cargo, bound to Bombay, and had 18 hands in all, and one passenger. She was on the port tack, under single-reefed maintopsail and double-reefed foretopsail; her jib was hauled down at four o'clock. The wind was blowing strong from west-south-west, the sea running high, and the weather very thick. It was the mate's watch on deck, and he saw the unfortunate brig just in time to prevent striking her amidships, when she would undoubtedly have gone down and all on board must have perished. The brig was called the Hilde de Charlotte, 250 tons, Captain Jacobson, of and from Stockholm, for Rio Janeiro and Pernambuco, with planks and iron; had a deck load, and was on the starboard tack, under foresail, mainsail, and closereefed topsails. She received the barque on the starboard bow and fell disabled alongside. The Swedish mate and eight men succeeded in jump ing from their brig. Captain Jacobson attempted to follow, but the vessels rolling off he fell between, and on their nearing again is supposed to have been crushed to death, as he was no more seen. The brig, with loss of both masts, then swung off, but Captain Grayson immediately lowered his canvas, and exhi bited lights to catch the sight of the second mate and three hands unfortunately left on board. Shortly after eight o'clock the brig was seen again, and a hole was observed in her hull on the larboard side, under neath the fore chain. The barque's boat was got out, and midway between the two vessels met the brig's boat in charge of the remainder of her crew, who were at once taken to the Chebar. The vessels had spoken each other in the Channel three days before the fatal collision. Captain Jacobson, who was 42 years of age, has left a widow and two children. It is a sin gular fact that he came out of his state room at eleven o'clock the previous evening and told one of the mates that he had just dreamed he had fallen overboard, and was up to his armpits in water. Both crews complain of the apparent apathy exhi bited on board a barque of 400 to 500 tons, showing Dutch colours, which they fell in with just after the second mate boarded the Chebar. The Dutch ship looked like a Government transport; she was under close-reefed foretopsail, doubled reefed maintopsail, and reefed foretopsail. There were 100 people on her deck, many of whom wore red clothes, having the appearance of soldiers, and aft were several officers in naval uniform. The boats belonging to the Chebar were scarcely stout enough to live in the sea then running, and her master hailed the Dutchman, which had plenty of large boats, and a sufficiency of spare bands to send to the dismasted Swec'e and ascertain her condition, or at least to bring off the chests be longing to the crew ; but the people on board the trans port either could not or would not understand their application. It is supposed they visited her after the Chebar left. The Dutchman was outward bound, probably from Holland for Batavia. PUGILISM. H. ORME AND H. JONES FOR 201. A-SIDR, AND CHARLES IIALLETT AND THOMAS GRIFFITHS FOR 50/. A-SIDE -It might, at first sight, seem to many that the heading of this paragraph is a retroversion, so far as the larger stake contended for is placed second in order. But, i❑ these days of lightness and speed, wherein velocity is power, an encounter between wl at is conventionally termed " big men" is o rare as to command the attention of the chronicler. Of the twain, Orme and Jones, the scribe can say no further than that this was, as regarded each, "a first appear ance upon any, stage"—and therefore slight mistakes, errors in judgment, and too ambitious a desire to displays cleverness not possessed, nor attainable unless by experience and practice, must be excused. The men were of the respective weights of 1 Ist. llb. Orme, and list. 31b. Jones—though, as the latter, a youth, has attained the perpendicular of 5 feet . 10i- inches, while Or:ne, with three or four years more to convert his cartilage to bone, is only 5 feet inches, the contrast in substance may be imagined without description. Jones was enquired by Hannan and Fuller, Orme by Hazeltine and Rowe. The ground was Frimley-green, in Surrey, whither, by landing at the Farnborough station, in Hants, the spot was reached. There the Commissary-General pitched his stakes, and at a little after one o'clock the aspi rants for praise and pelf showed themselves within the hempen enclosure. The battle raged for two hours and forty .five minutes, with varied success; yet an observation or two on in its progress may not be altogether without instruction to those who were not there. For the first four rounds, Jones, whose presiding genius was Jem Burn, got cleverly on to his man, whose iron hardy mug, brown as the late Gipsy Cooper's, and rough and ready form, threatened re taliation whenever he should get near enough. This time was not " a long time coming boys," for in the fourth round he popt in a body hit that made Jones very cautious how he again took a liberty with his head. Long and tedious sparring, with out brilliant !points, marked the next half-dozen rounds. The 7th occupying 27 minutes, the Bth 19 minutes ; yet they here and there showed determination and courage in the exchanges of hits. In brief, Orme had his man heavily on ribs and head, till his physical power seemed to leave him, so far as hitting was concerned, although he stopped prettily, took his punishment bravely, and often threw Orme in the closes. At the 40th round, two hours and three-quarters having been counted on the umpire's watch, Hannan threw up the sponge in token of Jones's defeat, and Orme was hailed as con queror. Jones was liberally backed at 5 and 6to 4 till the sth round. GRIFFITHS AND MALLETT, FOR 501 A SIDE.— Woking was the battle-ground of these well-known antagonists. Mallett, patronised by the Surrey men, who inhabit " long Southwerke," Griffiths, though a Lancastrian, backed by the " Woolwich divisio n.'' contended for 1 hour and 33 minutes , during which 73 rounds were fought. Griffiths, after the third round, taking a lead of the Borough . man, and keeping it, despite all the artful dodges of the school. Mallett, however, deserves praise for the coolness he displayed in receiving punishment, and the persever ance with which he rowed a stern wager," against youth, reach, steadiness, strength, and resol ut i on , all of which were united in the perso n o f th e v i c t or. The betting at beginning was 5 to 4 on Griffiths. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—At a Court of Aldermen held yesterday, a conference was agreed to with the consolidated committee of the Court of Common Council relative to the constitution of the Board of Conservators of the river ; and some of the aldermen expressed their hope that the legal proceedings between the Government sad the Corporation would be termi nated. Mr. Alderman Sidney attributed the lawsuit to the objectionable course of delegating matters to sub committees, and the secrecy of their proceedings. Others of the aldermen considered that the lavv.uit had bee n unavoidable. A report was brought up from the Pri vilegeiXommittee on the letter of Mr. Pete, M.P., re. specting his election as sheriff. It represented that the lion. Gentleman was justified in decling to act, he being a Member of Parliament. A report was agreed to, which recommends d an applictt ion to the Treasury fur payment of the costs of prosecutions and expense of maintaining convicts. VV IHE WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL. -- Yesterday meeting of the Governors of the above hospit d was held in the institution, fur the transaction of general business. The report itated that during the prevalence of the cholera wards for the special purpose had been Inept open day and night for the reception of such patients, who had been extremely numerous, as yell as several hundred cases of diarrl.ect end premonitory symptoms. During the present year there had been 1,891 in, and 13,479 out patients, making a total of 362,647 since the foundation of the hospital. The receipts fur the year were 3,982/. 9s. 11d., whilst the excess of expenditure over income was 1,6381. 51. 9id. During the l as. quarter the receipts aniounttd to 8481., whilst the ex penditure was 1,1621., being a deficiency of 314/. A lithotriptic ward has just been completed and fitted up for the reception of patents, for the treatment and cure of this delicate and difficult surgical operation, .011 r THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, DEC. 18. _ . There was a fair supply of wheat at market, but the continued wet weather has now materially affected the condition of it, and this wet day also tended to make it worse ; it sold ste=adily at late prices. Barley in good supply, fine sod much as of late, but the second and inferior sorts, of which a large portion of the supply consisted, were difficult to sell. There were some 1, , w samples of beans and peas, which were bought a little in favour of the buyer. 'There appears to be no demand for malt. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red 3Bs to 4 k Beans, old Do., mixed.-- 43s to 45- Peas.. 2Bs to 295 Barley, waiting 265 to 28. Oa •s 1)o., seli et 1)o.. grinding 2os to 22 , :halt Beaus 26s to 275 Flour, p.r sack.. 00s to 005 AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC 15. Whvat 1.223 qu,rters at 40, 2d. Barley Oats Bemis ... 71 ~ 27s 4d. Pees. .. . 43 21 28s 0.1. Rye . .......... 00 „ 00s Od. HULL, Drc IS. Afezt.s. Ta)ler and Bright's circular states: —The wevther during the past f•urteen days has been the re verse o•f euas.leitile, being at times quite mild, with • considerable fell of rain, white the iatest accounts from Ileenburgh represent , evere frost, and a complete closing el the navigation. 'I here has been decidedly more firm seiss in the trade g iieraily, aid fer the best descriptions of wheut is score money peid; still there is an ebserce of much life, sled probably will he until supplies really c4teie and we have general winter. At t ) day's market there was a more moderate show of farmers' wheat than of late, and the conditio❑ a good deal affected; fine dry samples brought I,i more money, but. the trade was not brisk. More itiviry after old foreign, but not much business resulting; the quantity dieting from vessel is very moderate, and landed parcels are held a good deal above late rates. Nothing doing in malting barley; good grinding supports its price. More inquiry for ell beans, but new ones are quit, neglected. Not much business passing in linseed, iheugh we do not alter cur quota:ions. In linnet d cakes bu)ers have an sdiantsge, but rape cakes are more sought after at the lute reduc tion. No bones afl at, and business wenting. The following are the prelent prices of grain : - 8. 8. S. 8. Wheat, English, red 34 to 36 Peas, white and yel. 25 28 Do. white 36 3 Do. grey ... 24 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea. 43 45 nigsberg 42 46 1 D0. Petersburgh 37 —42 Pomeranian and Do. Riga & Arc:Ling!. 36 —3B _ . . llamburgh . . 3B —4O Do. Konigsberg 35 —37 Danish, H, , lstein, & Per ton. Friesland 3l —361 Linseed cakes, Hull 71,712,6 1 liussian and Odessa 32 36 1 Do. fi ne foreign Oats, English Do. I)anish.... ...... 10 Is Rapeseed Do. Friesland l5 16 Rape cakes...72s Gd to 00s Od Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 14 Tares, English .OOB 004 Barley, malting 22 --- 24 Do. foreign 20s —24 s Do. grinding........ 19 20 Guano Beans 2G 32 Bones, do ...... 00s Od to 90; Od Do. foreign ...... 25 31 1 1tyc meal 6/ Os LIVERPOOL, DEC. 18.—Our supplies from Ireland and coastwise during the past week have been light of wheat and oats, but to a fair extent of oatmeal and flour. From foreign ports we have a largo arrival of wheat, but in significant of other articles ; and from Canada we have received 8,253 barrels of flour and 500 loads of oatmeal. The exports in the same time have been unimportant. The trade has been rather more lively, with a moderate business doing in wheat at full prices. India corn has been in fair r. quest, and holders have advanced their pretensions 6d to Is per quarter. For other articles' there has been merely a retail demand at late prices. At this day's market there was a fair attendance of the town and country trade, but only a limited demand was experienced fur wheat, at last Tuesday's prices for foreign, and an advance of Id to 2d per 701 b on not Irish. Oats and oatmeal were in moderate request , and realised 11d per 451 b, and 3d to 6d per load advance. For barley, beans, and peas there was a fair retail sale at full prices. Fine qualities of flour were held for rather more money, which checked the sale, but common runs were quite neglected. There was not much in quiry for Indian corn, but holders were firm at 30s per quarter for white, and 28s 6d to 2114 per quarter for prime yellow. LEEDS, DEC. 18.—There is a fair demand for good wheats at fully last week's prices, and in some instances a little more money has been obtained, but we can quote no alteration in inferior qualities. Good barley maintains its value, as also oats and beans. Christmas' day falling on Tuesday next, our market will be holden on Wednesday. CORE, Dec. 17.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s0d ; extra 14s; seconds, lls to 12s 6d ; households 9s to 10s 6d; thirds, 7s to ES per cwt. Oatmeal 9s 6d to 10a; Indian meal 66 6d to 6. Od; wheat meal, 9s 6d to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 12540 d to 12756 d per ton. Bran 31; 0s to 3112 a 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 32s to 365; average 00s ' • dealers 35s to 40s Od; average 38s per ton. Su aw—Farrner l 15s Od to 25s Od; average 20s; dealers 24a Od to 305 OA average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 60; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9d per lb. Eggs -6a6dto 6s 8d per hundred. Coals Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13a per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per eve- Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 3/ t d to sd; mutton 4d to sd; veal 4d tO Od ; pork 30 to 4d; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb. [lops 81 Os per cwt. Bangor dates 31 2s 6d to 315 s pet ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 8/ ss; Valonia 14/ to 0/; French 71 sa; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool les to 12s per stone. Hemp 32/ tot 0/ pet tot. Fish— Scotch herrings ltis to 19s; red ditto 24s to 26s per karrel ; Newfoundland 10/ Os to 12' Pet ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton ; deals, first quality, 184 i second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14a to It's; salted 14s to 20s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2id per lb- Potatoes, white lid to 9d; Minions lld to 12d; Guano--; Peruvian, 11/ lOs ; Ichaboe 9/ per ton; Tar —Archang el 191 par barrel. RAILWAY SHAKt. iviAKKETS BRISTOL, DEu. 18. STOCK EXCHANGIL—The market to •day was rather bet!er, for all descriptions of share ~, although the amount ?` business c,.nclutled was not very considerable. The nn'Y variations in price were—Grew Western, Quarters, 11% di!' —Ditto, 171. Shares, 8 dis.—Midland Stock, 6 per zeu" LIVERPOOL, DEC. - 18. STOCK ExertAxam—The share market was very de ll tc-day, and prices are rather lower. MANCHESTER, Dac. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The trans ctiona to-day were 35 follow :—London and North-Western, Manchester and Bir mingham, Quarters (C ), 1 5.16 p.—Lancasl ire and York shire, Fifths, 6 11-16 dis.—Ditto, West Riding Union, 6 A dis.— Ditto, Halves (A), 64 1 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, en" Lincolnshire, 15—North Staffordshire, p js dis. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 111. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thera was more business done to day, but prices were no better. Certain disparaging reporlo which are flying about with regard to some lines of 1.411 01 are attributed, truly or falsely, to attempts made by part ie i. s to run down prices, and by this means obtain possession stock before the ri,ia so confidently expected to take place 11 ' the commencement of the ensuing year. The transactio n to-day were as follow :—Hereford (calls duly paid), 2 51 / 4 per share—Coventry and Nuneaton, Fti p. —Midland (Bic miugham and Derby), 23—North ttaffordshire, 9% dis. YORK, DEC. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were e gig follow : Caledonian, 11N—Great Northern, P re f e rence, 7, 9 North Staffordshire, 73/4—York and North Midland, 163/4* GLA!GOW, DEC. 15.—Cotton—In the early part o c i the week the market exhibited a better feeling, prices, in some instances, advanced 1 11 I. per lb. Si r , e r then, however, things have become dull and 4t:0; and this advance has been lost. The market cl °st3 ; to-day very tamely. A good business has been d° ll in goods and yarns at firm prices, and a s stocks Ir . „" light a very healthy feeling prevails in the trade. 114 ; Iron—Our pig iron mark e t h as b een ra th er inacti c " during the week, and the business done chiefly on tb,,c l months' open delivery, tor which 475. were paid. 3° ,i day mixed numbers are offering at 468. 6d. cash ; 1113 . ; 475. three months' open. Buyers, to a small extent, 6d. less. 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Haworth, Esq-, of her ikiN es , E 2; chequer. ..roA u On the 17th inst., in Great Turner- street, Comtnerct..i. i 00 • East, Mr. Ross, formerly of her Majesty's Custom* ----I. don, aged 79 o f London: Printed and Published by MURDO '.tio. 112, strand, Printer, at The Sea Oflice, 1 ".,`"1 strand, in the Precinct of the Savvy. in th 3 gq"- Micidlrowc, Wednesday, December 19, 184 k raid. Z s. d. 40 0 0 b 0 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 II 2 10 0 10 0 4 1 40 0 0 Prit e. 14 ect *4 414 Net Of at,