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IZtittion OSING PRICES.) FUNDS. India Stock 249 pm Ditto Honda ....... 18 pm Ditto Old Annuities — Ditto New Annuities 89& Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 39 pm Ditto 500/ 37 pm Ditto Small 37 pm Bank Stock for Acct 'lndia Stock for Acct ... Consols for Acct 92i FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent Ditto, Metallic — Spanish, 5 per cent. 23 Ditto, Deferred.... 101 French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.. Exchange —f —c. French, 3 per cent 119 f. 25c. Dutch, 24 per cent. 524 !Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 101 SHARES. Cheltenham and Creat Western (724 paid)... 204 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) Ditto New Shares ( paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...••• 56* Great Western Railway (65 paid)_ 924 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ..... ..... 634 London and Brighton (50 paid) Ditto Loan Notes (74 paid) London and Blackwall (25 paid) ll4 London and Birmingham (90) ...... .. 180 London and Greenwich R ailway (12/ 1534 d pd ) 54 Ditto Preference, or Privilege .. London and South Western (381 17s 9d pd) 634 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 54 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... 274- Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 294 Ditto Scrip. (f 5 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ...... 94 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—There is something very amusing in the pertinacity with,which the majority in the House of Commons continue to follow Sir Robert Peel, though nearly every step they take is in a direction diametrically opposite to that in which they expec ted to have been led by him. The Premier's con duct may be compared to that of certain omni bus cads, who desire to fill their vehicles with out any particular regard to the destination of their passengers, whose remonstrances are briefly dis posed of by an assurance that it is "all right," though they have a shrewd suspicion that it is all wrong, when they occasionally get a glimpse of the road. they are travelling. It has caused much astonish ment to certain simple gentlemen, on the Conservative side of the House, that the sentiments which they were encouraged to put forth upon the hustings are to be suppressed in the house, and that in fact the clap-trap which was so strongiy recommended for election use is discountenanced by the Premier as being ill-adapted to Parliamentary purposes. From the language held by certain candidates on the subject of the Poor-law, it would have been inferred that the majority of Tory Members would have come into Parliament prepared to anni hilate the present system at a single blow ; but, to the utter astonishment of perhaps many of the majo rity themselves, they are called upon to follow their leader in a proposition for confirming the .existing law in all its essential points, and thus sanction the alleged enormities they have so long been striving to exterminate. Again, with regard to many points in the Tariff, the Conservatives are being carried along in a road that they have not only been unaccustomed to travel, but in which. they have over and over again expressed their determi nation not to proceed ; and if a refractory member ventures to suggest that the party is taking an unusual course, he is advised tolet the Premier alone, for that he, of course,knows very well what he is doing. It is evident that many of the Tories are only recon ciled to the road they are compelled to go, on the principle that "needs must when—Sir Robert drives ;" and, indeed, they would have turned refractory long ago, but that they are every now and then subdued—(as children are by an allusion to old Bogy)—with a threat of the return of Whig government. We remember seeing the clown in a pantomime get into a sedan chair with nsither top nor bottom to it, when he shrewdly remarked, that "but for the look of the thing he might just as well walk ; and it really appears to us that if Conservatives are to be placed in awkward po sitikins by their own leaders, they gain nothing, except in the " name of the thing," by the accession of a Tory Ministry. This truth will no doubt burst upon them at last, after they have been voting in oppo sition to their own views sufficiently long to have lost the power of which it is the Premier's policy to de prive them; and when they are no longer formidable, he can afford to throw them away with the contempt that is certainly due to their extreme credulity. STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle devotes a very long article to-day to the proof that the Con servative party is declining. Our Contemporary, indeed, commences with an acknowledgment that it could scarcely withhold —an acknowledgment, namely, that, "the famous majority of ninety has on the whole gained by the decision of Coirimittees" —a prima facie confession, at least, that in the representative assembly the Conservative body has• not suffered any material deteriora tion. We are far from denying that success so triumphant as that achieved by the Conservative party last summer has been unattended by the con sequences always inseparable from such success — a diminished estimate of the value of the object ob tained and a slight oblivion of the danger escaped, in all ; with some disappointm en t o f t oo sangu i ne expectations in sections or individuals. To suppose that the Conservative party has not had to pay this price of victory, were to suppose that party different from what men have always been and always will be, while our nature remains the same. The Morning Chronicle, however, goes further than this, and intimates a conviction that the Conservative party is dissatisfied with the Ministry of its choice, upon account of certain specified measures which that :Ministry has adopted. Now, as these measures are all, as described by the Morning Chronicle, measures identical in kind, though differing in degree, with the measures of,the party opposed to the Conserva tive party, this surely proves no weakness in the latter ; at most it but proves that the Conserve.. tive party, which possesses " a famous" and " increasing majority" in the House of Commons, is more hostile to the Whig-Radical party than is the Conservative Ministry—a proof, an incontestible proof for strength ; for surely that host is strongest m which the main body is more eager to en gage with the enemy, than its more cautious leaders are willing to permit it. The utmost that can be inferred from the Morning Chronicle's argu ment is, that the Ministers are weak in the party— not that the party is weak. This inference would, however, go much beyond the truth. The modified Corn-law, the tariff; and the income tax, three of the measures upon which, according to our Contemporary, the Conservatives are dissatis fied with the Ministers, never met any serious opposi tion in the Conservative party, although here and there might be heard the expression of doubt and ap prehension, which every, change naturally provokes from among a numerous body of men thinking for themselves; these expressions, however, soon yielded to the force of reason, aided by the effect of candid explanations, and they are heard no longer. We are persuaded that were the measures to be again pro posed in the present instructed state of the public mind, they would scarcely challenge a whisper of opposition. IREL.AND. OUTRAGES IN GALWAY COUNTY. DUBLIN, MAY 16.—Within the past week some out rages, connected with the eviction of tenantry, have been committed in G I a-way —a county hitherto remark able for tranquillity. On this subject the Galway Vindicator contains the followin g " Since the regime of our Tory rulers, the borders of Tipperary, adjoining . the county o f Galway, have been the scene of many o u tra g es ; and, t o guar d as muc h as possible against the system of crossing over the Shan non, it has been deemed prudent by the executive to have a stipendiary magistrate stationed at Portumna. From the vigorous and impartial discharge of his duty by Captain Warburton, aided by the local Magistracy, we trust the Tipperary boys' will not be p ermi tted to sow the seeds of discord amongst the peasantry of Connaught." The same paper contains accounts of outrages in the barony of Leitrim—in ono instance a house, from which a family had been ejected for non-title, was destroyed by incendiaries ; in another, the owner of some property, from which a large family had been recently dispos s,,s,ed, was himself forcibly evicted by an armed party of " Terry Alts." EMIGRATION. Notwithstanding the advance of the season, emigration is still proceeding with as much vigour as in the com mencement of the spring ; and it is upon as extensive a scale in Ulster as in the. southern counties. From Bel fast alone, since the opening of the present season, thirteen vessels have sailed for Quebec, St. John's, and Prince Edward's Island. carrying out about 3,500 pas s( ngers. ...:otne vessels have also sailed for the United tates, with three or four hundred passengers. DREADFUL CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE. The Curh Examiner contains the following account of a desperate encounter between three policemen and a number of the peasantry. The district where this oc curred has been heretofor e very peaceable ; it is within the county of Tipperary, and upon the borders of the county of Cork : " A party, consisting of three of the police stationed 'at Kilbenney, near I\litchelstown, were on patrol about tr:;• eleven o'clock on Wednesday night, when they were wet by a party of between twelve and eighteen men er t ned, and apparently on some desperate intent. On the. police „ challenging .them, they answered very roughly, and ,immediately attacked th e . police. Their arms not being loaded at the time, they could badly defend themselves. Two of them were desperately beaten, and, now lie in the bar racks, with very little hopes of their recovery. One of them, named Strap, made a desperate fight, but was thrown over a bridge near the place. He held his as sailant so firmly as to drag him, over with him, and gave him several stabs with his bayonet, from the effects of which, it is supposed, he must have died ; he also kept firm hold of his gun, and though his skull was fractured in three different places, he succeeded in keeping it from him. Robinson, another of the police, also made fight, but was knocked down by a blow of a hammer, a nd his skull badly f rac t ure d. Th e o ther policeman endeavoured to discharge his carabine at a fellow who attacked him, but missed fire—he then made off to the barracks for more assistance. Two countrymen, who lived near the spot, rushed out of their house and gave the police every assistance ; they knocked down several of the fellows — in fact but for them the two police would have been mur dered on the spot. The neighbouring police, with Mr. Bourke, the sub-inspector, have been out all day en deavouring to trace them, but without effect. This has caused a great sensation in Mitchelstown, which is a peaceable quarter of the country. There is no idea what the fellows were intent on, but it is hoped by the active exertions of the police, they will speedily be brought to justice." DISCOVERY OF A BAND OF MUR DERERS AT NUREMBURG. In December last the limbs of a body, sup posed to be that of a rich widow named Bayer, who had suddenly disappeared from her habi tation, were found in the streets of Nuremburg. The police made the greatest efforts to discover the circumstances which had brought the unfor tunate deceased to her frightful end. They could only succeed, however, in discovering the most vague information ; and the public had begun to think that the crime mist remain unpunished, for two other persons had been assassinated in a mysterious manner without the criminals ever having been detected. 1 The police still kept a close watch upon a young woman who had been in the habit of working fbr one of the murdered persons, and 9.t length they succeeded in procuring some very important testimony, and they proceeded to arrest a woman named Romstatt, who, however, denied all knowledge of the matter, and indeed nothing was found at her residence of a suspi cieus nature. But a search at the house of her daughter, who lived not far from Pegnitz, was attended with different results, for in a drain they found the intestines of a human being, and shortly afterwards the confes sion of the mother led to the discovery of the head of Madame Bayer in the drain of the Hotel de Ville. All the part that the woman Rom statt- acknowledged to have in the transaction was that . o 'taking the portions of the body to different parts of the city; but she pointed out certain persons as the assassins, who were imme diately apprehended and imprisoned; and proofs were soon established of the existence of a band of murders, who had doubtless committed the murders we have alluded to, and probably many ethers which have never come to light. As soon as these circumstances became known, the irritable character of the citizens of Nurem burg became greatly incensed against the authors of these diabolical outrages; and it became ne cessary that the police should take extraordinary measures to prevent the populace from inflicting summary justice upon the criminals on their way to prison. It appears from the later details of this horri ble affair, that the woman Romstatt has stated that Madame Bayer was murdered on St. Tho mas's-day, a winter fete which annually brings thousands of strangers to Nuremburg. She says that the assassins having contrived to entice her into a secluded house, seven of them imme diately fell upon her with razors and poni ards, and that having killed her they pro ceeded to cut up the body, Romstatt being employed to get rid of the remains by disposing of them in the drains or sewers in different and distant parts of the city. With regard to the fate of one of the murdered persons, a book keeper, for whom she had worked as a daily servant or laundress, she pretends utter iglu). ranee. She was, however, heard to say, that a woman named Bezold, who was found in bed with her throat cut, had been murdered by a barber, who formed one of the gang, and who has been apprehended. Nuremberg being situated on the great Euro pean route, and being consequently te constant rendezvous of foreigners, it is supposed that the band of demons had imagined that their devilish practices would be less likely to be detected from the fact that foreigners would not be readilyrnissed. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Atternoon Edition.) CORK (COUNTY.) Cross-examined by Mr. AUSTEN-1s known in Cork. Went up with five voters to the Court-house ; that num ber constituted a tally. Went up with five others who voted also. There were others who did not vote ; went up to protect the voters. Had two tenants of the name of Good. Does not know if they voted. They might have done so ; might have voted himself, the placard that was exhibited at the Conservative Committee room did not tend to allay . the people ; applied to the Mayor to swear in special con stables ; does not know whether he is a Tory. His name is Besnard. Cannot mention the name of a single voter who remained unpolled except himself (it having appeared from the poll-books that the two Goods voted). It was about forty yards from Daly's Club that Mr. Fayne fired. Mr. Payne is a clergyman of tilt Established Church ; witness held a pistol in his band. To the Committee.—When Mr. Payne fired he had access to Daly's Club. The keople were pressing on them when Mr. Payne fired. 'the pistol was fired at the people. Thinks it was necessary for their personal safety that the pistol should be fired. Met with no obstruction in coming to Cork. He travelled the same road with the Bantry voters. Had about thirty voters with him. Is not aware that the voters received any injury when they returned home. Sir Michael Creagh was next examined—Was Lieut.- Colonel of the 86th Regiment, at the last election for Cork; General L'Estrange was the Commanding Officer; there were 150 men in the barracks ; fifty of them were in the town who were relieved by 50 others, and 50 were always in readiness at the barracks ; there were about twenty-five cavalry beside. The town was very mud. excited. Conservative voters would run great risk in going to the poll without an escort. Saw missiles thrown. Every day he was in town he. saw acts of violence but they were chiefly committed by women.—(Laugh ter.) They were near the soldiers, and afforded the men much amusement.—(Laughter.) Does not know that men were dressed in women's clothes ; did not nxamint particularly.—(Great laughter.) If witness were I. uoter, he would have felt apprehension. _ _ Cross•examined—Thereivas the usual noise and ex citement in Cork which usually takes place at Irish elections. Might have brought into Cork a greater number of troops if required ; had 700 at Ballincoliug, which is about four miles distant from Cork. Mr. Coulon, Head-constable of police, stated that two hundred of the police-force were called into the city. of Cork during the election ; the people called the Conservative party "bloody Conservatives " and said " they ought to be kicked." They were armed with great sticks, The people were very much excited. The voters had to be protected. They passed through the police. The police were frequently obliged to chase the people. He saw persons with fustian jaekets, who appeared to be ringleaders. He saw one person, respectably dressed, with his back chalked. When he made his appearance, he heard a cry of "now, now, now V', He was then fol lowed, and beaten with sticks. Witness came up and protected him with his fixed bayonet. While do mg so witness was etruck himself with a stone. Saw a second person marke with chalk. He was market: outside the Court-house. He was followed and beaten with sticks. Witness could not reach 'him, by reason of the, crowd. Saw four or five persons leave .. the crowd and go to the Committee-room of Messrs. O'Connell and Roche ; they, said they had taken awh3 a pistol. Saw a gentleman put out his head through the window, and draw a charge from the pistol. The people became very violent in consequence. The wit ness went on to detail acts of violence, and stated that, in his opinion, there was not any safety for life or limb for Conservative voters, without an armed protection. Nothing particular was elicited by the cross-examina tion of the witness. _ I._. The Committee theu adjourned till eleven o'clock to. morrow. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge arrived in Dublin yesterday, for the purpose of paying a farewell visit to Colonel Stawell and the officers of the 12th Royal Lancers. His Royal Highness was entertained at the mess of the regiment yesterday afternoon, on which occasion General Sir E Blakeney and all the military authorities were invited to meet him. We are sorry to learn that his Royal Highness must leave again to-morrow afternoon, as he is under the necessity of being present at her Majesty's birth-day drawing-room on Thursday next. It is creditable to find a Royal Prince so uni versally beloved as Prince George is by all who have the honour ut knowing him, and especially by his bro. ther officers, with whom he has been most intimately as sociated for the last three years, and the regret of part ing is, we learn, quite reciprocal.—Dublin Mail. FATAL CAB ACCIDENT. —Last night, about . ten o ' c l oc k, a dreadful accident occurred to a respectable lad o ) . - 1 1, namedWarren,turnstile, years of age , res idi ng a t N 115 :Worn. Th e d ecease d was crossing Holborn from K i ng - street, when a gentleman's Litt L le yd T ia u cab passing knocked her down, and the wheels passed over her. She was immediately picked up, and removed to King's College Hospital, where she died in a few mi nutes. The gentleman who occasioned the accident ex pressed great concern, and accompanied her to the hos pital. " WANTED A GOVERNESS. —lt has recently come within our knowledge that nearly one hundred applica= tions have been received, in each of two instances, by _ single gentlemen in this n e i g hb our hood, in reply to ad vertisements, announcing the want of governesses in their families.—Sher borne Journal. - The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday says the Kerry mountains were then covered with snow. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF B 41VKRUPTCY, May 17. WILLIAMS AND MOTTR AM'S BANKRUPTCY. (ADJOURNED EXAMINATION.) The adjourned examination of these bankrupts took place yesterday at the Bankruptcy Court, Basinghall street, before Mr. Commissioner Evans. The case seemed to excite the greatest interest among the mem bers of the linendrapery trade, several of whom were present. The Court, however, was not nearly so crowded as on the occasion of Hitchcock's examination. The meeting had been called to enable the bankrupt Mottram to account for the loss of a case of French goods, value 6151. ; to revise the private account of Charles Mottram ; to receive a statement of the affairs of the concern in Lamb's Conduit-street, up to Jan. 1, 1840 ; and to receive C. Mottram'S answer to the requi sition of the official assignee for further information. Mr. Maynard appeared on the part of the trade assig nees, and Mr. Wright appeared for the bankrupt Mottram. Mr. Bankes, the accountant having handed in the bankrupts' balance sheet, Mr. MAYNARD asked if there were any vouchers for Mottram and Moore's payment. The Official Assignee— Yes. _ In whose writing are they ?—Mr. Mottram's. When did you get them ?—About three o'clock yesterday. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—I see in this account an entry of goods furnished. Mr. Mottram Yes, they are goods furnished to my own family. The books show the history of the transaction. Mr. MAYNARD—The bankrupt takes credit for some goods that have been stolen. Now I do not wish he should take credit for those goods twice, which I suspect he has done; once in the profit and loss account, and again as goods stolen. Are you prepared to show that that is not the case ? Mr. Mottrant—l shall be happy to give any explana tion in my power. I have given over all the invoices, and I cannot find any relating to those goods. No doubt they were lost. Mr. MAYNARD—I have every reason to believe that there were some goods stolen, but what I want to as certain is, whether the same goods have been taken credit for twice over ? Mr. Commissioner EVANS—How have you made out your account of purchases ? Mr. Mottram—l cannot tell what they were—l know they were French goods, but Ido not know what they were. I know they were lost, from the information I received from the person em ployed in that department. Every one on the premises knew it. Mr. Commissioner EvANs—Have you made out an account of all the goods purchased ? Mr. Mottram—l believe we) have. I have gone through the books. I know nothing but what is in the books. I never knew what goods they were. Mr. Commissioner EvANs—lf they had been paid for, there must have been some account of them. Mr. MAYNARD—And if they had not been paid for, there could have been no loss sustained. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—Do you mean to say that you lost goods to the amount of 615/., and made no in quiry about it ? Mr. Mottram—lt was some person in our employment who told me. Mr. MAYNARD—Who? Mr. Mottram—Mr. Hersley, who was at that time in our employ. Mr. MAYNARD—Where is he now ? Mr. Maynard — I do not know, Mr. MAYNARD—Another circumstance which requires explanation, is the fact of the bankrupt appearing . to have paid - to the clerks various amounts of salaries im mediately prior to the stoppage. It appears they settled with all the clerks. The amount paid for salaries in Oc tober is 6701. The peculiarity of the transaction is this, that, assuming these payments to have been made, the bankrupt; for some reason or other, made a large in crease in the amount of the salaries which the clerks had up to that time been in the habit of receiving. It will be remembered that the bankrupt Williams had stated that he had been informed by Mottram that the salary-book had been destroyed. Mottram charged Williams with having made an untrue statement, and produced the book which he stated to be the salary-book, which the other had said had been destroyed. It is evident that the book in its present state is not the salary book, and I shall call Mr. Thompson, who was formerly with the bankrupts, and also other evidence, for the purpose of showing the state in which the book was formerly.- Call Mr. Thompson. Robert Binney Thompson, of 108, Wood-street, examined—l was formerly in partnership with the bankrupts. My connection with them ceased on 7th August, 1840. My brother was at that time their chief clerk ; he left their services on the last day of December, the same year. Do you recollect if there was any book kept by the firm in which was entered the names of the clerks and the amount of salaries at which they were engaged?—l am quite sure there was a book of that sort. The book produced was purchased by me. One end was intended to enter the orders given to manufac turers, and the other to place the amount of salaries. I placed the names of the young men with the salaries at one end—that has disappeared. I made entries in it respecting the salaries, but those entries no longer appear. By Mr. MoTTRAm.—It is the book, is it not ?—Yes, but those entries are not there. Mr. Salford Jones examined by Mr. MAYNARD—I succeeded Mr. Thompson's brother as the principal clerk to the bankrupts. I have seen that book before. I have seen it in a different state from that in which it now appears. Three or four leaves have been torn out, which I myself tore out between two and three months before the stoppage. Those leaves contained the me morandums which stated the amount of salaries at which each of the young men were engaged. I cannot say what became of them, Whether they were torn up or burnt. This book was useful as a guide, as long as we had thirty or forty young men. Afterwards, when the numbers were reduced it was no longer of any use to me. I knew the young men's salaries as well as I did my own, and wanting a book for some other pur pose, I thought myself justified in tearing out those few leaves, and using the book produced. I recollect Mr. Mottram settling the salaries of the young men about the time of the stoppage. To the best of my recollection those settlements were made upon the footing of the corrected entry, made in the leaves torn out—there having been, at various times, alterations made in the amount of he salaries by their being advanced. The leaves torn out, showed in some instances, not only the original engagements, but the alterations. In saying that, I mean to say the book was not kept properly like another book, it wag a mere memorandum-book of mine. There were regular entries always made in the cash book. Mr. Mottram settled with me at the rate of 3001. a-year. I had received that rate before. My salary was assumed to be that from the time I took Mr. Thoirpson's situation. The amount of salary I received as second clerk, was 150/. a-year. I entered the bankrupts' ser vice in 1840, in May or June. This entry of 300/. a-year, made in pencil, was made nine or ten months ago. That entry was made at the same time that I de stroyed the leaves. I have put in pencil the salaries of most of the young men in this book. I should say of all. I think they were all done at the same time, with in a day or two of the destruction of those leaves. I should imagine they would correspond with the entries in those books. I have not the least doubt of it. Ido not think the entries now in it, were in it then. At the time I took the leaves out, the book was blank. The entries now appearing in it \ are not in the hand-writing of any one in our employment. I should say they were made about the time of the stoppage by a clerk of Mr. Benson, the accountant. I should imagine he was em ployed by the firm. I did not want the book tor any specific purpose when I took the leaves out. I never made a single entry in it, but believing it might be useful. I tore the leaves out, for we were always wanting blank books. Can you recollect whether you have burnt any of the papers ?—None of any consequence. I never burnt a paper of the slightest importance, nor did I ever burn any papers by Mr. Mottram's direction. Each young man was settled with at the rate agreed on by Mr. Mottram and Mr. Williams. No doubt they had re ceived a similar yearly amount. There was no regular settlement made for twelve months previous. If a youn g man wanted 101. or 15/. he drew it. A balance had not been struck in any young man's salary for twelve months previous. I believe the amount of salary entered in pencil corresponds with the entries on the leaves de stroyed, but I will not swear it. I destroyed the leaves entirely on my own responsibility. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—You did very wrong. Re-examined by Mr. MAYNARD—The entries in the cash-books are true accounts. To the best of my belief the entries made on the 2d of November were of sums paid on that day, and I say the same with regard to the other entries. I made the majority of the payments. I cantot say with re;erd to the payment to Mr. Drewry whether I paid it myself or not. I believe Mr. Mottram paid Mr. Bennett. The payment to Turner and Co. was made by Mr. Mottram on the 2d. By Mr. WRIGHT—I can swear that the goods were sent to Mr. Ainsworth, one of the assignees, a day or two before the stoppage, to the amount of 450/. It ex ceeded that amount. This was certainly a week be fore the stoppage. I believe they were silk goods. The invoice was sent to Mr. Lackington, the official assignee. I have never spoken to him about it. I never told Mr. Williams that I had burnt the salary-book. That was the only parcel of goods sent back to Mr. Ainsworth, the assignee. Mr. Mottram asked me about the invlice. I knew nothing of it. He asked Mr. Quilter's clerk in my presence, and Mr. Quilter's clerk said he had had papers from Mr. Lackington, but he believed all had been returned. I have searched for it since, but have not found it. It was not sent back with the goods. I paid the clerks' salaries generally. By Mr. MAYNARD—The goods wore returned, I should say, about the Ist of November, and the stop page took place on the sth. Mr. Ainsworth offered one per cent. discount for ten days. Mr. Mottram, was of fended at that, and sent the goods back, as lie would not have them on these terms. The goods were sent back unpackel, and a letter was written. stating the reason they were sent back. Mr. Commissioner EvANs—With regard to the goods stolen, the bankrupt ought to make out an account of all the goods purchased, and discharged himself from the same. Mr. MAYNARD—Such an account would be useful in many respects. Mr. Commissioner EvANs—lf I had the power of making rules, I would crake every bankrupt make out such an account for the year before his stoppage. Mr. Mottram—l got 60,000/. out of 70,0001. by the creditors to sign a composition ; and if it had not been for Mr. Ainsworth, I Mr. Commissioner ETANs—Do be quiet, Sir. Mr. C. J. Kirby examine:. by Mr. b.fAYNARD—I was in the service of the bankrupt. The book produced was the entering book in the silk department. The altera tions appear to be in my figures. I cannot tell you the meaning of them, it is so long since. The date, Nov. 4,, might have been there. I can only say the figures _are mine, but why they are put there I cannot say. I should THE FINDS-(CL BRITISH • Bank Stock l6B 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 921 3 per Cent. Red........ 993 New 3i f per Cent New 5 per Cent Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... 12 7- 16 Oct. 1859 ......... 12 5-16 Jan. 1800......... 121 ....... Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 Brazilian Bonds... Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1624 27 Danish, 3 per cent Greek, 1825,5 per cent — 111exican, 5 per cent 36i Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MA/ 18, 1842. say that those goods entered to Mottram and Moore were sold to them. Ido not understand what thnse„entries mean. Mr. Commissioner EvANs—Do you not know what you meant by that entry ?—I cannot say ; I do not know. I consider I put them there because they are my figures ; but why I put them there I cannot say. Ido not recollect who told me to make the entries. I thought this was the entering silk book ; but I see it is not. I should have put down anything I was told, without in quiring . why. This entry, Gouger, Wood-street, is in my writing. Mr. Gouger, I believe, is still in Wood-street. The letter of the bankrupt, Mottram, to the official assignee, in reply to his requisition for further informa tion, was read, and admitted to be satisfactory. The bankrupt Mottram was then examined relative to various bill transactions with Faucit, with Parish, and with Mottram and Moore. With regard to Faucit, the bankrupt admitted that there was a mistake in his ac counts, and he was told he must correct the mistake in his account before he swore to it. With regard to the bill transactions with Parish and with Mottram and Moore, he offered the following explanation :—He had drawn a bill for 1,500 L on his private account on Mottram and Moore. Parish held it. When it became due. Mottram and Moore paid Parish 5001., and he consented to renew for the remainder, if Williams and Mottram would become security. They joined in the second bill, and therefore Parish came upon the estate. All the bills given to Faucit were accommodation bills. Mr. Brierly explained with regard to the payment to him, that he wrote for 1001. on the 30th of October, to gether with certain bills for amounts due to him. Mr. Mottram said, that the letter enclosing the bills was postod on the 3d of November, but that, being put in too late, it did not reach Mr. Brierly until the sth of November. Mr. Brierly had, in the interval, come to London, and had had other bills given him. While Mr. Brierly was in London, Mr. Brierly's son had paid away the bills remitted in the letter to the parties for whom they had been intended consequently Mi. Brierly had been overpaid. Mr. Commissioner Everts—lf the bankrupt puts in that account of purchases to which I have alluded, I think he may be passed. Mr. Banker, the accountant, said that an account of purchases had already been furnished. Mr. MAYNARD admitted that he thought it would be all but impossible for the bankrupt to furnish the account required. All he wanted to know was whether credit had been taken for that parcel of French goods twice. Do you find any entry relating to them ? Mr. Mottram—lt never can be found out. Depend upon it, the goods never came into our warehouse. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—AII I can say is, that any account the creditors require must, under the circum stances of this case, be furnished before I can let you pass your examination. Mr. MAYNARD would not press for the account. With regard to the entries in the book, as to which he had examined Kirby, he would ask Mr. Mottram a few questions. Mr. Mottram—l know nothing about them. I be lieve them to relate to goods sold to Mottram and Moore, but I never sold Mottram and Moore a piece Gf goods in my life. I gave no directions to have those entries made, and I know nothing about them. With regard to his transaction with a certain house in Manchester (we understood the name to be Godfrey), which had since become insolvent, Mr. Mottram gave the following statement :—I had been purchasing goods in Manchester, and these parties requested me to deposit the goods I hadi so purchased in their warehouses until I should require them, and they would see if they could not purchase a portion of them of me. They purchased 1,1001. worth, and gave their acceptances for the amount ' • there was 4,0001. worth in their hands ; I got nothing for the goods ; the acceptances were dis honoured, and they are now indebted to my estate in that sum. A Creditor said that the house in question had since compounded with their creditors, and had paid 6s. in the pound. He wished to know if they had got a release from Williams and Mottram. Mr. MAYNARD—The assignees have given no release. A Creditor complained that some of the meetings had been private, and that he had been refused admittance at them, while at the same time the evidence taken at those meetings had been published. Mr. Commissioner EvAsts denied that the meetings had been Private ; he disliked private meetings • if gen tlemen were to be witnesses of course they would have to leave the room, as in courts of justice witnesses were ordered out of Court ; and with regard to the publication of the proceedings, he thought it of the greatest pos sible advantage that everything that passed should be published. The same Creditor then complained of having been refused summonses for meetings at the cost of the estate. Mr. Commissioner Everts—lf you think you can benefit the estate, have meetings. If you benefit the estate, the estate shall pay—if you do not, you must pay for them yourself. A Creditor believed that if it had not been for the solicitor, they would already have had ss. in the pound, which they had been offered. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—I think it would be wrong to let you go without stating, that if such an offer had been made to me, I, as a creditor,' would never have ac cepted ss. in the pound. The statement of the bank rupt, when he made that offer, was so monstrous, that I do not think the creditors would have been justified in accepting it. I believe the creditors will now get as much as was offered. A Creditor did not like the one-aided way in which the thing had been arranged. He did not like the conduct of the official assignee, in suffering documents to be taken from his office to Mr. Quilter's. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—That was incorrect in the official assignee. Mr. Lackington (the official assignee)—lt was merely with a view to assist the investigation. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—I wish no documents to go out of the official assignee's hands. A Creditor—Mr. Lackington will no doubt be paid for his trouble. I do not think the estate ought to be charged with two accountants. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—You should attend at the audit. You may depend I will not suffer the estate to be charged for two accountants, unless good reason can be shown me for their employment. Mr. Mottram stated in answer to various questions that all the acceptances of the firm falling due the begin ning of November had been honoured. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—It appears that the bank rupts' expenses amounted to 28,0001., while their profits, amount to 5,0001. only. However, that is a matter for the consideration of the creditors. If they do not wish for any further explanations, as far as I am concerned, I must pass the bankrupts. Mr. Mottram could assure the Commissioner and his creditors that he had not done wrong intentionally. He felt much for his creditors—he felt that it was his duty to do all in his power to make up their losses to them, and he trusted that at some future day he should be able to do so. No exertion should be wanting on his part to enable him to make it up to them hereafter. The balance-sheet having been corrected, the bank rupts were sworn to its accuracy, and were then both declared to have passed their final examination. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Charlotte Drake, 17, was indicted for stealing six silver spoons and other articles, the property of Samuel Syred, and William Gowland, 70, and Margaret Berry, 43, widow, were indicted for feloniously receiving part of the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Doane conducted the prosecution, and Messrs. Phillips and Payne appeared for the prisoners. The case in itself was of an ordinary character, except from what transpired in the course of it, in reference to the conduct of a man named Tolhurst, one of the constables of the D division, who appeared to have acted in a most unjustifiable and improper manner in the transaction. The prisoner Drake lodged with the prosecutor, and she took an opportunity to open her box and remove the property mentioned in the in dictment. The other prisoners were alone charged with receiving a watch, and the only evidence against them was admissions alleged to have beer/made by them to the officer, Tolhurst. Upon his being closely cross-examined by Mr. Phillips, he was, after some demur, compelled to admit that when Gowland and Berry were locked up, he went to their lodgings and took away a great quantity of valuable property that had nothing to do with the charge made against them, and that with respect to any great portion.of that property he made no mention of it to his Inspector, or in any other manner, and that it was still in his possession. The RECORDER, in addressing the Jury, commented with some severity upon the conduct of the policeman, and left it for them to say how far they could rely upon his evidence, as affecting the prisoner, charged with re ceiving the property. The J u ry convicted the prisoner Drake, and acquitted both the alleged receivers. The R ECOR DER then directed that no expenses should be paid to the witness, Tolhurst; and he added, that in his opi n i on hi s con duct ought to be made the subject of inquiry b y hi s su p e riors. He thought he was not en titled to oto the pr isoners' lodgings, and take a quan tity of valuable property, which had nothing to do with the ch arge aga i ns t th e m ; and it looked still more sus picious when it appeared that he had given no list of the property taken to his Inspector, or any other person. lie c ould only speak of the case as it appeared before him, and he did not wish to prejudice the constable's conduct, but could not help expressing his opinion that it was a pro ceeding which ought to be inquired into. The Inspector on duty at the Court said, he would take care that the matter was reported to the Commissioners. The RECORDER said, if that were done, he had no doubt a proper investigation would take place. The pre sent conduct of the police was most praiseworthy ; arid it was necessary, for the sake of their character as a bcdy, that where individual cases of misconduct were discovered, that they should be rigidly investigated. The policeman intimated that lie could explain his conduct. The RECORDER said, lie should not enter into the inquiry, but when it took place he would remind him, that it would be important for him to show that, having taken a quantity of valuable property from a prisoner's apartments, he mentioned the circumstance, and gave a list of the articles he had taken to his Inspector, to show that they would be forthcoming. Francis Cornet', aged 26, was indicted for stabbing. and wounding Mary Anne Jones, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The occurrence took place in a public-house, where both parties were drinking. A quarrel took place, and the prisoner was struck by the prosecutor with a poker, and upon this he struck her with a knife. He was found guilty of an aggravated assault, and the Recorder sentenced him to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months. . _ • Samuel Lewis, 29, was convicted of a similar offence, and he vas also sentenced to twelve . months'. imprisow wont. John Summons alias Gillingham, who was convicted at a former session of obtaining money by falsely pretend ing that he had some ReLding sauce to dispose of, the article being, in fact, a spurious composition, was brought up for judgment, and after some consultation with the Counsel for the prosecution and the prisoner, the Re corder ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 20s. The business of the session terminated shortly after wards. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. George Paris, the driver of one of the East-end om nibusses, was brought or rather attended before the Lord Mayor on account of the death of a child under the following circumstances : Mr. Malthen stated that he was sitting on the omnibus driven by the defendant at seven o'clock on Sunday evening, when he saw two children run into the road. The defendant called out to them, buy they were be tween :the horses' legs before he could stop the horses. Witness immediately afterwards saw the hind wheel on the breast of one of the children. The omnibus was going at the time, according to the best of his judgment, at the rate of about five miles and a half an hour, and the de fendant did his best to stop the horses. The child died in about fifteen minutes. Mr. John Lannway saw the accident, and was con vinced that the omnibus was not going at greater speed than four miles an hour. Mr. F. Lucas, one of the Society of Friends, who also sat on the omnibus, stated that not a particle of blame attached to the driver, who did all he possibly could to avoid the accident. Corporal John Shirley, of the Ist Battalion of Grenadier Guards, saw the occurrence from the street. He was standing on the pavement opposite to the place where the children were, and saw the defendant slacken his pace when the people called out to let the children get out of the way. Both children were knocked down. Over the body of one of them, a girl about two years and a half old, he saw one of the fore-wheels pass, and the hand which rested upon her chest. The omnibus backed off the body. The defendant declared that he did all he could to prevent the occurrence, and that he greatly lamented it. The LORD MAYOR said although he entertained not the slightest doubt that the death of the child was occa sioned by an unavoidable accident, yet the defendant must be detained until Cie result of the Coroner's inquest should be ascertained. A man named John Smith, who has been marked as a contraband dealer, was charged with having had in his possession a quantity of tobacco, upon which duty bad not been paid. The defendant was seen coming from the Belfast foreign steamer, by an excise office, who suspected that he had upon his person some smuggled goods. The defendant denied that ho had any, but a handkerchief containing several pounds, was found concealed about him. He, however, contrived to fling it into the Thames. Convicted, and fined forty shillings. BOW-STREET. Yesterday two young men, named Henry Wilson and Charles Wagon, brothers, were brought before Mr. JAR DINE for final examination, charged with defrauding several tradesmen of property to a considerable amount. The prisoners contrived to evade the vigilance of the po lice since January last ; and since they were apprehended and examined at this court on Monday week, 39 cases have been made out against them. The court was crowded with persons who have been swindled by them ; and not less than 28 pawnbrokers were in attendance, with other witnesses, to give evidence. Mr. Pile, a solicitor, appeared for the prisoners. The first charge brought against them was for swin dling Mr. Sharwood, a jeweller, of No. 94, St. John• street-road, of property amounting to 28/. 15s. Thomas Lucking, shopman to the prosecutor, stated, that on the evening of the 12th of January last, the pri soner Charles came to the shop, and desired to see the gold watch produced, which was shown to him. He said he was Mr. Marsden, lodging at No. 15, Chadwell street, and requested the watch with others would be sent there for the approval of his lady. Witness ob served that some gold chains might also be required, and the prisoner desired he would send them. He then went away, and shortly after witness called, according to the directions he had received, with three gold chains, value 11/. ss. 3d., together with three gold watches, for 171. 10s. On going to the house in Chadwell-street witness was admitted by a servant, and shortly after the prisoner invited him to step into the drawing-room. The articles were then exhibited, and on the prisoner re questing to be allowed to take them to another apart ment, where his lady was sitting, witness immediately complied. After waiting about half an hour, during which mo person appeared, his suspicions were excited, and having rang the bell, he was informed that the pri soner had left the house, taking the entire of the property with him. Witness here identified two gold watches and two gold chains as the property of his employer. Mrs. Mary Johnson, a widow lady, residing at 15, Chadwell-street, said that on the 11th of January the prisoner came to her house to inquire after apartments, and on the following day, having called again for the same purpose, he went away and called again shortly before six o'clock in the evening. In a few minutes the witness arrived, and being shown up stairs the pri sOner shortly left the house, and, on the last witness ringing the bell, it was discovered he had absconded with the property. James Steward, assistant to Mr. Kirkman, a pawn broker, residing at 388, Strand, proved that on the 12th of January, about eight o'clock in the evening, a person resembling the prisoner Henry pledged a gold watch and gold chain for 81. He gave the name of William Bell, address, 8, Belvoir-terrace, Walworth. The prisoners were next charged with obtaining from Mr. Waylett, 226, Oxford-street, eleven watches, value 451., under similar circumstances. The prisoners were again charged with obtaining, under similar circumstances, two pieces of Irish linen and a quantity of black silk, value 30/. and upwards, from Messrs. Ransom and Gardiner, silkmercers and drapers, of Brunswick-terrace, Islington. In this case it was proved by Thomas Mountain, the shopman, the prisoner Charles ordered, on the 15th March, the property to be Sent to 55, Cloudesley-terrace, Islington, for inspection. When he got to the house the prisoner took the articles into another room, and he never saw him again until he was in custody. The linen produced, and the blocks on which the silk was rolled, were the prosecutors' property. An assistant of Mr. Thompson, pawnbroker, Gros :venot-Tetw, Pimlico, produced the linen, which was pledged by the prisoner Henry, on the 16th March, for 21. The blocks and duplicates relating to the linen were found in the prisoners' lodging at Chelsea. The prisoners were committed for trial. The constable said he had several other charges to prefer, the most important of which was respecting a quantity of silks and velvets, about 501. in value. Mr. JARDIN E said it would be well to select such a case, although there was sufficient to send for trial, and upon each of which the evidence was complete. In this case it was proved that the prisoner Charles called at the shop of Mr. Howell, 19, Park-place, Ken nington-cross, and ordered the property to be taken to 22, Chester-place. Kennington-cross, where the other prisoner was sitting, and, under pretence of showing it to a lady in another apartment, they escaped from the house with it. The property was subsequently found, at different pawnbrokers, where it had been pledged on the 12th of April, by both the prisoners. The several witnesses being bound over, Mr. JAR DINE ordered the prisoners to be brought up again, as a portion of the property . was not forthcoming, an several pawnbrokers were not in attendance. TREATMENT OF EMIGRANTS. THE SHIP MERSEY. In our last, we mentioned the arrival here of the Mer sey, from Liverpool to New York, which put back in distress a scccnd time. This vessel sailed from Liver pool, the first time, on the 30th December, and again on the 24th of March. The passengers are wandering about the streets in a state of destitution. Lieutenant Hemnians, the Government agent here, has, we are in formed, brought their case before the Procurator-Fiscal. The following details have been furnished by some of them :—The ship Mersey, of 722 tons register, left Liverpool for New York on the 30th December, under the command of Crptain W. Rea. She was towed out about 3 miles by a steamer, but from the foggy state of the weather she could not proceed, and had to come to anchor after having nearly got foul of another ship. The following day she weighed anchor, and proceeded on her voyage till the 6th February, when she encoun tered a violent storm, which continued till the 14th, when one hundred and seventy of the passengers signed a pe tition to the captain, praying him to return, which re quest was complied with ; and the Mersey reached Liverpool on the 25th February, with mainmast sprung, and bulwarks, tiller, and round-house carried away. For the fortnight previous, the. passengers were short of provisions, and they complain much of the prices charged for such articles as were sold to them. The vessel lay in Liverpool docks till the 17th of March, when she went out into the river, where she was examined by the Govern ment agent. She sailed again on the 24th of that month, and on the day following she put back from stress of weather. She remained again till the 3d of April, when she set sail, and had a prosperous voyage until the 17th ultimo, when she encountered a strong gale of head-wind, in the course of which it was disco vered that the vessel had sprung a leak, and on the 18th she put about, with the intention of making for the nearest port, but when they got near the Cove of Cork, they were again blown out to sea. On the 4th of May, they were boarded by a Clyde pilot, under rather peculiar circum stances. A passenger had hung up a shirt to dry, which got entangled with one of the ropes, and when the crew were hauling, it got hoisted to the top of the foretop mast, and was seen by the pilot at a distance of seven miles, and he instantly made for the ship, boarded, and brought her to Greenock, after she had been 46 days out in her second attempt to cross the Atlantic. She had 285 passengers on board ; three died, and one was born on the voyage.—Grecnoch Advertiser. THE EPISCOPAL COLLEGE AT PERTH.—At the meeting of the Edinburgh Town Council on Tuesday. Mr. William Drysdale gave notice of the following mo tion :—" The Council, considering that for some time past subscriptions to a large am oun t h ave b een co ll ecte d for the purpose . of instituting a seminary at Perth for tuition in the principles of the Church of England, remit to the College Committee to consider what steps (if limy) should be adopted for the establishment of one or more chairs in the University of Edinburgh for that branch of study." He stated his apprehension that the proposed College would be hurtful to the University, of which the Council were patrons, and said that it appeared to him that it was their duty, as sworn Councillors, to do every thing in their power to bring the education of the country as much as possible to this city, and not allow it to be established any where else.—Glasgozo Saturday Post. BANKRUPTS , THOMAS CHAPMAN, jun., dairyman, Chenies street, Tottenham-court-road, to surrender May 27, at one, and June 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Copthall-buildings ; Alfred-place, Bedford-square. GEORGE GREENWELL, JOHN BENJAMIN DAVID DEARBERG, and WILLIAM WHITE HALL, silk-manufacturers, Fore- street, London, May 27, It two, and June 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Jones, Sise-lane. JOHN SMALLEY, corn miller, Duxberry Mill, near Chorley, Lancashire, June 8, at one, and June 28, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Belton. Alcock and Dixon, Burnley ; Cragg and Jeyes, Harpur-street, Red Lion-square, London. CHARLES PRATTEN, bootmaker, Bristol, May 31 and June 28, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bris tol. Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick-place, Old Jewry, London ; Hassell, Bristol. JOHN DOCKRAY and THOMAS PINDER, ma chine-makers, Leeds, May 31, end June 28, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Lambert, Raymond buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Snowden and Preston, Leeds. EDMUND WILBY, cloth-manufacturer, Ossett, Yorkshire, May 24, at ten, at the Sessions-house, Wake field, and June 28, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Stewart, Horbury. JAMES BARRAT, builder, Golden-square, Mid dlesex, May 24, at half-past one, and June 28, at eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assigitee Beaumont and Thomson, Lincoln's Inn-fields. JOHN POLLOCK, merchant, Liverpool, May 27, and June 28, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Howard, Brazil •buildings, Drury-lane, Liverpool.; Jenings, Bolton ; Jenings, Elm-co - art, Temple, London. DANIEL HADINGHAM, linendraper, Cambridge, June 3, and 28, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Cam bridge. Adcock, St. Mary-street, Cambridge ; Ashurst, Cheapside, London. WILLIAM WILKS, coal merchant, Bengewirth, Worcestershire, May 25, and June 28, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Evesham. Blower and Vizard, Lin coln's Inn-fields, London ; Workman, Evesham. EDWARD TOMKIES and THOMAS TOMKIES, fellmongers, Shrewsbury, May 31, and June 28, at eleven, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury. Pinniger and Westmacott, Gray's Inn-square, London. BEN WRIGLEY, woollen cloth manufacturer, June 7, and 28, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Spinks, John-street, Bedford-row, London; Redfern, Oldham. JOHN SIMMONS, furnishing ironmonger, Welling borough, May 30, and 'Tyne 28, at twelve, at the Lans downe Hotel, Leamington Priors. Blaine Lincoln's Inn fields. WILLIAM GILROY, ironmonger, Birmingham. May 28, at two, and June 28, at half-past two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Chaplin, Grey's Inn square, London ; Harrison, Birmingham. JOSEPH WOOD and JOHN HOWARD, mer chants, Leeds, May 31, at four, and June 28, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Payne; Eddison, ' and Ford, Leeds ; Wilson, Southampton-street, Blooms bury. THOMAS RENNY and WILLIAM BROWN, oil cloth manufacturers, Liverpool, May 27, and June 28, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Atkinson, Liverpool. HENRY CHARLES MORETON DYER, merchant, Manchester, June 6, at ten, and June 28, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Adlington, Gre gory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Morris, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. J. Stone, maker of playing cards, BelleSauvage yard, Ludgate-hill, June 9, at twelve--J. Sanders, baker Manor-place, King's-road, Chelsea, June 9, at one. In the Country. _ _ W. Clare, watch-maker, Preston, June 11, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston—C. and S. Harrop, clothiers, I)obcross, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, June 7, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—W:Dutin, mer- chant, Southampton, May 25, at one, at the Star Hotel, Southampton—W. Verity, jun., worsted manufac turer, Birstal,Yorkshire, June 28, at two, at the Sun Inn, Bradford—L. Knowles, L. Knowles, jun., and S. H. Knowles, merchants, Gomersall, Yorkshire, June 28, at twelve, at the Sun Inn, Bradford—J. Wilson, victualler, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, June 11, at two, at the Claren don-rooms, Liverpool—R. Dawes, mercer, Drayton in Hales, Shropshire, June 14, at twelve, at the Phoenix Inn, Drayton in Hales—W. Brown, stuff manufacturer, High-street, Manchester, June 11, at twelve, at the Com missioners'-rooms, Manchester—B. Gray, T. Gray, R. Wilson, and J. Richardson, Liverpool, June 10, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. Prothe roe, jun., iron merchant, Bristol. June 10, at eleven, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—T. Snowdon, grocer, North Shields, June 6, at eleven, at the Cotnmission rooms. Newcastle-upon-Tyne—S., J., and J. Chadwick, cotton spinners, Heywood, Lancashire, June 10, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. FROM LAST GAZETTE. FOREIGN •OFFICE, APRIL 12. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Michael Linning Melville, Esq., in the room of Walter William Lewis, Esq., deceased, to be her Majesty's Commissary Judge in the Mixed British and Foreign Courts of Com mission established at Sierra Leone, under the Treaties and Conventions concluded with Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and the Netherlands, for the Suppression of the Slave-trade. WHITEHALL, MAY 11. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John William Fenwick, of North Shields, in the county of Northum berland, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. The Right Hon. D. Ryder, commonly called Viscount Sandon, to be Deputy-Lieutenant, May 12. Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Middlesex. The Right Hon. G. G. H. De Reede, to be Deputy- Lieutenant; De Ginkell Earl of Athlone, to be ditto ; the Hon. F. W. Cadogan to be ditto ; the Hon. C. L. Butler to be ditto; W. H. C. Plowden, Esq., to be ditto; G. Dodd, Esq., M.P., to be ditto; C. Elliott, Esq., to be ditto, May 9. Royal Westminster Middlesex Regiment of Militia— H. C. Sirr, Gent. to be Ensign, May 9. Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwick. Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet G. Unett to be Lieutenant, vice J. Unett, resigned ; the Viscount Fielding, to be Cornet, vice Lord Brooke promoted ; G. P. B. C. Noel, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Unett, pro moted, April 27. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. SAMUEL QUESTED, corn-dealer, Harrow-road, Paddington, Middlesex. JOHN MILLS, shipowner, Manor-street, Clapham, Surrey. CHARLES DENNIS BOWERS, comb-maker, Can non-street, City. CERTIFICATES-JUNE 7. W. T. H. Phelps, coal merchant, Newport—J. Mar shall, iron master, Wednesbury, Staffordshire—R. Wil cock, banker, Lower Allethwaite, Lancashire—H. R. Biggs, carpenter, Brewer-street, Golden -square—J. M. Sperling, scrivener, Halstead, Essex—W. Parker, grocer, Hockley, Nottinghamshire—J. Anderson and W. Gar row, merchants, Liverpool. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Pearce and G. A. Plowman, timber dealers, Chel sea, Buckinghamshire—J. Warren and T. Adams, china manufacturers, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries—T. Minshall and D. Middlemiss, commission agents, Man chester—J. Poittevin, P. F. Page, F. Liardet, J. L. Clarke, and F. Faulkner, Patent Disinfected Manure Company, Thomas-street, Whitechapel—R. Wynne, J. Y. Arrowsmith, and E. P. 0. Baines, surgeons, Shrews bury--S. and H. Jewell, surgeons, Tregoney, Cornwall —J. Melling, sen., J. Melling, jun., and T. Melling. iron founders, Rainhill, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Melling, jun.)—C. Cassarini and J. R Soldi, im porters of French shag trimming, Windsor-place, Southwark-bridge-road—G. A. Mills, and R.'Parch, coal merchants, Northumberland Wharf, Blackwell —T. B. and T. Herring, chymists, Aldersgate street—J., J., and H. Wilson, cloth finishers, Lindley, Yorkshire (so far as regards H.Wilson)—J. Puttock and R. Hill, solicitors, Epsom—S. B. Venning, W. A. Ven ning, and J. Busk, merchants, Old Jewry (so far as re gards W. A. Venning)—R. Stiles and S. Franklin, victualler, Gravel-lane, Southwark—T. and C. Rother ham, millers, Coventry—R. Roberts and A. Hopkin son, fancy woollen cloth manufacturers, Huddersfield— J.Williams, J. Park, and W. Douglas, iron merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards W. Douglas)—J. Kiteley and W. Fawcett, carpet and rug manufacturers, Kidder minster—J. Throup and J. Bumby, graziers, Riddles den, Yorkshire—J. Beardshall and D. Webster, pawn brokers, Nottingham—R:Aileywood and C. J. Darbi shire, cotton manufacturers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lanca shire—H. Bickford, J. Elisha, W. Elisha, and L. Bick ford, lace dealers, Lamb's Conduit-street—J. and E. Ramsbotham, - cotton spinners, Bolton-le-Moors, Lanca shire—T. Atkinson and J. Garforth, worsted stuff ma nufacturers, Midgley, Yorkshire—J. Nicholson, H. Sparks, M. Green, and E. Lumb, Monte Video (so far as regards H. Sparks)—W. Rider and E. Johnson,. linen drapers, Newport, Isle of Wight—E. Goodier,W. Krauss, J. Cooke, J. Goodier, calenderers, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. 'CHARLES KENNEDY, surgeon, Edinburgh, May 23, and June 13, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee house, Edinburgh. PUBLIC MEETING IN AIP OF THE UNEMPLOYED OPERATIVES AND THE POOL—At one o'clock on Thurs day, a public meeting, convened by the lord Provost, was held in the Town llall, to take into consideration the means to be adopted for alleviating the distress ex isting among the unemployed and poor, and appoint a Committee to carry the resolutions which might then be agreed upon into effect. The meeting was numerous, comprising many of the first men of the city, in addition to a large number of clergymen. Resolutions to take measures to relieve the distress of the people, to support a Managing Committee, and to solicit the Government to remit the duties on the provisions, purchased to supply the distressed, were agreed to.—Abridged from the Gasgow Argus. We learn that eight Paixhan guns, sixty-eight pounders, are to be immediately shipped from the Navy Yard for Portsmouth, N. H., to form part of the arma ment of the new frigate Congress, now fitting far sea. This frigate will be able to put her mark on an enemy, provided she ever falls in with one.—Boston Journal. THE PRICE OF CATTLE.—The in:ce of cattle and sheep is rising as rapidly as it declined. There was a large supply at the Liverpool Market yesterday, but still the prices were very high. We stated, a fortnight ago, that the decline was the consequence of a mere panic, and that it would trot co ntinue.. —Liverpool - Times. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 17.) SUGAR.-There having been again large arrivals of British Plantation Sugar have caused importers to be desirous to realise, and they have submitted to a further reduction of 2s, making the decline from the , highest point of the market 4s per hundred weight. New Jamaica low yellow at 63s to 645, mid bright 64s 6d to 655, good 66s to 675, fine 68s to 695, strong grey, 62s 6d, good and fine brown 62s to 63s ; Trinidad, low mid yellow 61s 6d, fine brow!) 60s 6d ; Antigua, low middling yellow with little colour 635; good middling 64s to 655, fine 66s to 695. ; St' Kitts, middling yellow 635. per cwt. ;. in the above quantity is excluded 154 hhds new Barbadoes being song and bright, fine b r i g h t ye ll ow so ld, a t 693 to 69s 6d, good 67s to 68s 6d,. good mids 66s t 0,665 6d, mid 65s to 665, low mid greyish yellow 63s to 64s 6d. The opening rates lair season Is ere several shillings above those, and were as foil9ws :-fine yellow 71s to 725, good 69s 6d to 70s, low to witi 65s 6d to 69s per cwt. Today the Sugar market was closed, but it will be re opened to-morrow. The stock of West India has con siderably increased, and exceeds that of last year at this period. REFINED.-For Refined Goods prices haVe further declined 2s. per cwt ; Standard Lumps at 81s, coin. brown lumps 78s to 795, good to fine 79s 6d to 80s 6d, H a snburgh i Loaves and Tittlers corn. 80s to 82s, mid 838 to 84s, goo"„ 85s to 87s, fine 88s to 975, and very superior sinito sizes 99s to 100 s per cwt. Bastards, fine, at 57s to 595, good 54s to 565, low to mid 46s to 52s per cwt. Pieces, fine at 69s to 71s, good 66s to 68s, low tc t . mid 60s to 65s per cwt, being cheaper. Tresc', e , el common 275, Patent 28s to 295, best old make 30s, " , 1 Golden Syrup 31s to 32s per cwt. Bonded Crushe d Sugar at 28s for the best. Loaves at 30s to 32s for 10 and 14 lbs. Treacle at lls to Ils • 3d. Bastards at 13s 6d to 163, and Pieces at 17s to 24s per cwt. ,at Dutch Crushed Sugar, 25s 3d is the value on board. , To-day sales of Standard Lumps were made at 80s 6 1 to 81s. Treacle at 26s 6d to 31s 6d per cwt. Bond Crushed Sugar at 28s for the best. Meunmus.-Importers have submitted to a reducti o ' ll , on former rates of is to is 6d per cwt ; fine and very fine strong yellow at 65s to 675, good 62s to 64s 6d, Icl : c i f 'to mid 57s 6d to 61s 6d, and fine brown 55s to 565 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.-White Bengal Sugar has suffered a d e c i dine of 2s per cwt ; fine whit e a t 66 s 6d t o 67 5 , go o 6l 65s 6d to 665, mid 63s 3d to 655, damps and wash j 63s 6d to 66s per cwt : br o wn sor t s a t 4l s t o 435, w i 44s to 465, good to fine 47s t o 54 s p er cw t ; Marlins llt 15s to 17s for mid to fine brown, and l ow a t . 14 s 6d Per cwt. Siam at previous rates. For Java holders remai n firm. FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah at 20s for fair qualiti white Havannah, good and fine strong at 288 t o 2981 ) , e- a cwt. A floating cargo of Bahia has been sold at 16s per cwt. Porto Rico of fair and good quality 18s to !2°,1 MOLASSES.—HoIders of West India, have obtained ft' rates; tine Dominica 30s, Foreign Molasses at is 6d to to 8s 6d per cwt. en COFFEE.—The market for British Plantation has u c i ot in a dull state; and although the quantity offering ' re • sale has again been small, still holders hare been le °, desirous to realize, and have submitted to a reduction d . last Tuesday's rates of 2s to 3s per cwt. ; notwithstO ing this the private purchases have been limited, li n only for the immediate wants of the trade. To-day there was no public sale, and privately little business was done. We quote good ord Ceylon 71 8 735, fine ord 74s to 76s 6d, fine fine ord 77s to 805, 0 Company's Java 50s to Ms per cwt. COCOA.—British Plantation has suffered a decline 6. Is to is 6d per cwt. ; Trinidad low greyish red 5t 361 6cl to 375, mid 38s to 395, fair and good mid dark 40s to 425, good fair grey 36s to 38s per cwt. . 0 TEA.—The public sales , were brought to a concllisi,„ on ednesday ; the biddings were very languid thr oe : 7 f out the sales for both black and green - Tea, O 18,524 pkgs offered, only 9,560 were actually sold. Since the sales the market for Tea has been in al re n g dull state ; the large arrivals, together with the 8 0 : ° : ‘ , 7 desire that has been manifested of late by importerly sell, still creates an unfavourable opinion amongst he r trade generally, and the prices accepted are 1 1 , t re e under those of the last auctions. Common Trade Congou cash has been disposed of at 1 5 4 to ,ls Id, and Twankay is 71d, Company's Ce n „b:bi nominal at is 9d per lb. Public sales of Te!‘ shortly declared. The deliveries however are good , last week amounted to 410,000 lbs. SPICES. For Pimento prices have further clined id per lb ; 3d to aid for good Inid d „,ll, a and middling lid per lb. Pepper is held fire common Sumatra at 21c1 to 2id per lb ; for Cassia L i l l ' 100 prices have essu - ..ted a downward tendency. Ginge r been in steady request ; common and goo d Bengl,ioos 16s to 20s, Malabar at 15s 6d t o 19 s , an d J e mmies ' fo r to 130 s per cwt. Jamaica Ging er a t 51 to 61 153 h icit common quality ; Barbadoes Ginger at 45s for t g t coated. Cinnamon has met with a fair sale. Clo Yes easier rates. Nutmegs are firm in price. s hits RlCE.—Bengal at full rates ; mid and good mid 6 dla at 8s 6d to 10s, good bold pearly clean white /Os for Ils. Rice Flour 4s 6d. Java at 9s 6d to 1 15 6 b ieo white, and 8s 6d to 9s 3d for yellow. Carolina has tbs taken sparingly ; there is some talk of lowering of price. Patna at 13s to 18s per cwt. To -day !I fef business was transacted in Bengal Rice ; 1 05 P ai n d e middling white, and 9s 3d to 9s 6d for low dustY , to 9s for yellow. • rn, west - n Rum, BRANDY, AND 'JOLLA NDS.—i ee ha., Rum market has been in a dull state ; inr, r- j o r Lee" s ,, u ,a b r n d l s i , tt 2 ed s 3 ti d a h r a e , d i u n e g ti b on een of t id en to fo l r d pr p o e o r f. gir 3d per gal. cheaper ; 30 to 32 per cent 0.1". quality at 4s 4d to 43 6d, mid of higher strenothits ld to 4s 9d, good and fine sorts may be purchased at 0? ti o to 5s 6d per gallon. Strong Demerara an d Matl rl i ttl upon easier terms. Calcutta RIM, at Is. 81c1 t0 n 1 , 3 , 0 0, with, and at is 64d to Is 7d without certificate. - I ' 4 is firm in price, Cognac first brands of the v , intil ,r p s 1837, hhds at 5s 3d, puns 5s id ; do 1638, hhds -154(1' o'ifaC-01-11 itnadfa; pens 4s ltd ; do 1839, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d ; a n ,, fo f hhds 3s I Id, puns as 9d per gallon. Geneva at 0 1' common, and fine fit for duty at 2s 6d to 21 Id Pe r jwil lon. The English distillers are firm at lOs pet g cash. FRUIT.—This afternoon prices declined sever al 6 , 1 ;! 1 ; lings for Currants ; at auction 59 loa tts4o carlid 30 brls Cephalonia were sold at -43 s to 50s for O f fig' very ord, and brls at 51s to 528 8 casks Green 423 per cwt. OILS.—For Linseed Oil prices have declined 1.5 cwt, 34s have been accepted for parcels on the oi ll Rape at 47s for pale, and brown 46s 6d per cwt- Oil is firm in price, and in good request. , at last week's rates. East India Cocoa NA at 40s to 41s per cwt. In common descriptions Oils this week scarcely an inquiry has existed. ' l .l ll r 311 per tun. Pale Seal, 37/ 10s, and Southern, rid; 31/ per tun. Sperm Oil, 79/ to 80/ paid for fine 13 9 ,11c 4 TALLOW.—The quantity of South AmeriFall, ig i remaining unsold being very small, has comP e : ' 10 0$ trade to resort more to Russian. holders of *h ie c e taken the advantage, and have obtained an ad v lvt, previous rates of 9d per cwt ; on the spot 475'0011, 9d have been paid for P.Y. Candle ; for delivery' I . last three months of the year, 48s 9d to 49s P e j South American 43s 6d to 46s for common I " - f, quality. Town Tallow at 45s 6d nett cash. A (Or To-day holders were firm and obtained 475 9 ;:„ e tij Y. Candle on the spot, and 48s; 9d to 49s for del t;orj the last three months of the year, at which a fair 1; was transacted. Prices rule high at St. Petersba r b a.o, o urr are quoted at 113 to 114 roubles. The total OD. the season is estimated at 120,000 to 130,000 Os o °l ee e ° DESTDESTITUTION IN PAISLEY.—The ) .,,,ri onnTat t ott h,,,, week found it necessary to put a stopVthe-sollgooy in operation for the relief of the uneni ploy-ed. ,' e gi d understand, has been chiefly brought ab0tt..... 0111 0'( queue° of the Government Commissioner”hae ws :o ol ,l? the sole charge of the unemployed in Paisley , ..' itt,' • to the funds to be realised from the colleeti ° ' i st9, churches on the faith of the Queen's letter. T ll6 distributed by the Commissioner are compese u iitrl bread, and potatoes ; and we regret that the , P soup has not been continued. When it is AP?" ever, that the Committee are about 500/. in 6 pro, , " will be seen that little encouragement is given to of —Glasgow Argus. Ai ' .. ~1(P 'ig OPENING OF THE ASSEMBLY.—Th e c ereiii ti , ~ opening the General Assembly, which at ! . 40 14 . ,',0 ought to be attended with some pomp and d l i,ril l ;io this year, we believe, to be more than nsuallif e t, ',et The Marquis of Bate, her Majesty's CommissOca, 0 0 11 becoming taste and spirit, and to give ec/qt to t' l , o t ( o ,lt: ing of our nationatChurch, has given orders , o t 51 0i' that the ceremony be conducted in a magnin ce , 0; 1 1 0 1) . ' but that during the meeting of the Assembly O l i o P 1Y liberality is to be shown to all the members. dto o r; rood Palace all is bustle and activity preparOpte ,s' arrival of the Noble- Marquis. His Grace's 3 e /ipf , riage and eight beautiful horses arrived at t hor f t li°l staLles on Thursday last. The procession eil di h otr we hear, is to be very splendid. It is underldiP i the levee will be very numerously attended. -- lie' Paper. , 1 0 ,14; Mr. George, the English engineer, who in the frightful accident on the Paris and /Y e so, Railway, was formerly in the service of the t deaciP and Manchester Company. He was an in teh e V trustworthy man, and much respected by his Ill' ee i4 e both in England and France. of thiso NEWTON ABBOT.—The gentlemen ro tec`; l o hourhood are about to take measures for the f it itie il c of the fisheries in the Teign—as enormou s 1 ( 00, are usually speared in the spawning seas o T the, V, perly protected, the Teign would be one °,icte,.'" rivers in England for fishermen, and attract ': e t (i i f the neighbourhood fond of the sport.—Somer' v‘,. 9 1 D r Gazette. G r L af o to rd n,s S p o a u c t i h c a o m f Sout h ampton hounds it towt was Mr . purchased. *e4setooodo/11:1:(f fine pack that his Lordship bought. We 10'Z JO' / Duke of Grafton's bonnets have passed into tu Mr. Assheton Smith. i t, r" _ ___ ___ ~, BIRTHS. l/ 0" ill' On the 13th inst., the wife o f R . Hare , E s q •' - 4° cof f tl of a daughter. A l On the 14th inst.; at Co ho - square , Mrs. -- " cl'g. or bte r: 6 , o ., Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., Mrs. Adrian Hope, of a a ti a l t ef, j ' / On the 15th inst., the wife of G. Smyth i' s ' / Mitcham, Surrey, of a son. --- ofr ---- I, MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Paris William Atkinson, or worth, Surrey, to Miss C. W. Winkler, of D resden' °° I,te r '' t ty DIED. „ 4 . c nalf 0 1 0 '60 On the 7th of January, on board the Lacl• r tO A :0. his passage from Sydney, New South wilier Major William GI egory, of the 63d Regiftwu t . D I Infantry. r —tlr lj ; 3$ London : Printed and Published by IVIVOV:I6St9 No. I I‘2„`;;trancl. at The sn,c Office. 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