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bins to give security to the amount of one year's salary it would never have taken place. With respect to tbe, !g reat outlay that had taken place r however it bad arisen, st was an awful thing for the Proprietors to look at. he thought the Proprietors ought not to be placed in the situation they were that day, namely, that of being called on for more money, and told if they did not fur nish it the concern must be broken up.—(Hear, hear.) He thought they ought to have the fullest information on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) If ever there was a case that called for inquiry —not an inqniry tainted with suspicion --it was the present.—(Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances he coincided with the Hon. Pro prietor who bad moved the adjournment of the meeting for the purpose of that inquiry taking place. He be lieved the Directors had made the best Report they could, but he thought the Proprietors were bound to inquire into it.—(Hear, hear.) His only object in making the observations he had done, was to keep the Ra lway welt with the public. Property to the amount of millions depended upon the mode in which the Di rectors acted that day.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. PARSONS could assure the meeting, that be had not made the motion he had done from any vindictive feeling. The CHAIRMAN felt sure of that. He begged to assure the Proprietors that in what he bad stated be bad only the interest of the Company at heart. If it would meet their views he would say for himself and the other Directors, that they bad no objection to a Committee of four or five Proprietors being appointed to examine the accounts, to whom every facility should be given ; and if, after that examination, it was consi dered necessary to call a special meeting, such a step could be taken ; but be was afraid. if they adjourned the present meeting without making provision for the two sums that he had named, it would throw suoh a damper upon their proceedings as would render it impossible for them to go on.—(Hear, hear.) He wished every Proprietor to be made acquainted with the whole concerns of the Company, and be thought the course he had pointed out would put them in possession of all they required. He trusted that the meeting would come to a vote enabling the Directors to raise the two sums he had mentioned. Sir Is.s.Ac- GOLDSMID denied that he was actuated by any vindictive feelings in the course he had pursued. He could assure the meeting he meant no offence to any obe of the Directors. All be was anxious for was, hav ing so large a property at stake, that the fullest inquiry shou'd take place. The CNAIRMAN would propose that Mr. Mozeley and four other Proprietors should be appointed a Com mittee. Mr. L. MOZELET would have been most happy to have been one of the Committee, but his residence at Liverpool, and his avocation, there, would prevent him from performing the duties of the office in person, and he never did an3tbing Ey deputy.—(A laugh.) He thought the Proprietors had too good an opinion of the Directory, notwithstanding any apparent neglect on their part, to deprive them of the mean; of paying their debts.--(Hear, bear.) But he must disapprove of con firming an act of which every Proprietor did not know the particulars.—( Hear, bear.) He thought they ought to consider that day what was the smallest amount that would be necessary, and he would at once agree to giving the Directors that. -------- The CHAIRMAN said that the Directors, in asking the meeting to provide for the two sums he had men tioned, did not ask more than they required. Those two sums together would amount to 270,0001. Mr. MozELEY—Would 200,0001. be enough ? The CHAIRMAN—It would not. Sir I. GOLDSMID wished to know whether it would not be better at once to raise the 185,000/. by calling for the 51. shares ; or were the Proprietors to have a pledge from the Directors, if they enabled them to raise the amount they required, that they would not call for the .5/.? The CHAIRMAN had no hesitation in saying, that, if the meeting gave the Directors the means of procuring the two sums he had mentioned, they would not call upon them for the 5 1. shares. Sir I. GOLDSMID—Never ? The CHAlRMAN—Certainly, never. Mr. PARSONS had no idea, in bringieg the motion forward, of placing the Directors in any difficulty as to present payments. 'With respect to passing the ac counts, he thought it would be far better to raise the money for the London-bridge terminus, provider' by the Act of Parliament, and the 185,0001. on the Si. sharer, than to pass those accounts, because they would then be acting upon Parliamentary grounds. He did not mean to say the accounts were inaccurate, but he wanted inquiry into them, in order that fair data ' might be formed for their future outlay. He would rather adopt any course than pass those accounts. The CHAIRMAN said, it was for the meeting to de termine as to the means by which the money was to be raised. All that he wished was, that it should not be said hereafter that it was the Directors who had made the 5/. call. It was essential, for the interests of the Company that the money should be raised ; and be thought that it would be found that the mode sug gested by the Directors would be easiest to the Proprietors. S:r I. GOLDSMID thought it would be much better to take the .5/. at once than use any debenture notes. Mr. WALEY thought the Proprietors ought to think deeply before they adopted a measure that might tend to destroy their property. He thought the better course would be to adopt the course proposed by the Chairman. The CHAIRMAN said be had just been informed that the result of adjourning the meeting would be to close the transfer books ; it was therefore desirable that such a step should not be taken. What, therefore, be would propose, was to withdraw his motion for the adoption of the Report. that subject being adjourned to a future day, and that if it was found necessary by the Committee to be appointed to examine the accounts, to have a. meeting on u future day, that such meeting should be called within a month. If the meeting agreed to that proposition, they would then proceed to consider the best means to be adopted to raise the money re quired. Sir 1., GOLDSMID would not oppose the motion for raising the money, as it was clear the Company must pay their debts.—( Cheers.) It was then moved by Mr. WALE Y, seconded by Mr. Paesoris, and carried unanimously, that the Directors should have the power to raise 300,000/. upon loan notes, with the option of shares. (For the rest:antic:ins, see our advertising columns.) Mr. Parsons, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Brown, Mr. Shuttle worth, and Mr. Thompson, were appointed a Com mittee to examine the accounts of the Company. They were to have the assistance of an accountant, if neces sary, and it was agreed that they should meet this morn ing, at twelve o'clock at the Company's offices. A resolution was then carried, declaring certain shares forfeited. The Directors who went out by rotation were re ele,:ted, and after . a vote of thanks had been carried to the Chairman, the meeting separated. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—The following ships are in preparation at this port for commissioning :—Sanut rang, 26, Tyne, 26, Orestes, 18, Ringdove, 10, and Sa tellite, 18, at Plymouth ; Canopus, 84, America 50, and Wolf, 18, also the Scylla, 16, and cutter Bramble. Alls The Powerful, 84, is ordered for commission, it is ru moured by Captain Locker ; and the Ganges, 84, on arrival, will be paid off for the like purpose. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyn Percy, C. 8., (ap pointed successor to Sir Edward King) will hoist his flag in the Winchester, 50, which ship is to be paid off at Chatham, and re-commissioned by Captain Eden, to relieve the Southampton, 50. Those two powerful frigates, Warspite, 50, and Vin dictive, 50, have left Spithead for the Downs, to await the orris al of the . Formidable, 84, from Chatham, w h en %ay will proceed t.o Ostend, to escort the King of Prussia to Woolwich. • The brig Rapid, 10, Lieutenant Earle, is under orders to proceed to the Cape and African station, and will take out despatches for the Madagascar, 46, senior officer's ship, and disposable boys. Commander Barker ap pointed to the Lily, 18, vice Allen, promoted, will also go out in the Rapid, among other supernumeraries. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Thomas, fitting as a ten der brig to the Queen's yacht, Royal George, will pro ceed, when ready, to the Irish ports for volunteer seamen. Letters from the Fair Rosamond schooner, of the 3d November, report her in Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, with the Sappho, 15. Both vessels had been suffering in a mitigated degree from fever, but there were no fatal cases. The former was about to sail for Antiema, and the latter for Jamaica and England, to be paid off. The Island was very unhealthy, some severe cases having oc curred in the 47th regiment, chiefly among the officers. The Wasp, 18, Commander the Hon. H. Murray, was at Malta on the 22d December, daily expecting to be or dered home. She has been nearly five years in commis sion, and has changed all her officers. The Atholl troop ship, Mr. Bellamy, master, last from Cork, has been spoken with, all well, bound to Barba does and Jamaica. The corvette Dido, Hon. Captain Keppel, was detained in the Sound, awaiting Admiralty orders, on the 15th instant, reported destination the Mediterranean. The Termagant brigantine, Lieut. Seagrim, is ordered }lime from the West Coast of Africa, and may shortly looked for ; also the Vestal, 26, fr om th e W est Indies. ' The Curacoa, 24, Captain Jones, was at Callao on the . 27t , n o f J u ly, prparing to sail for San Bias, afterwar ds to go to the Falk l a nd Is lands, and thence to theSo d et y Islands. She is expected .to be in England h October, 1842. At. Spithead.—Queen, 110. In Ilarb.)ur.- St. Vincent, Victory, Powerful, Excel lest, Royal George yacht, Caryskort, Rapid, and Nautilus. ---Brighton Gazette. INQUEST AT BRIGHTON —On the 6th•inst. an inquest was held, at Westburton, on the body of Henry Flint. Deceased was bailiffin the service of Mr. Bisshopp, and went with two other men into Houghton forest to collect leaves for their master's pine pits ; and arci n g c a dead beech tree standing, the men began to cut own for their own use, and fixed a rope round the top of the tree an a l . all three pulled, when the tree sud- IlinerlijurYjae-611499e4treceivAr'"fk deceased, who died from the dict—Woaccidentay shout :Ituarter of -an ,hour. Ver- MEETING at WOLVERHAMPTON. At the conclusion of the meeting held at the above place on Tuesday, Mr. GEORGE WYNN moved the fol lowing resolution, which was carried unanimously : " That in order that this meeting may not be guilty of neglecting to pursue any measure calculated to assist the design for which it is assembled—i. e. to improve the condition of the hungry and unemployed—it is desirable that it should adopt the following petition to the House of Commons ; and that the Chairman be authorised to sign the same in behalf of the meeting:— " To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament as sembled. " The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the- Township of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, in public meeting assembled, " Sheweth,— " That your petitioners have met together (in com pliance with the order of the Constables of the township), on this 18th day of January, 1842, for the purpose of considering the necessity of entering into subscriptions towards alleviating the distress of the poor during the present inclement season. " That your petitioners, having been assembled toge ther for a similar purpose last year, as well as in other previous years, cannot in this instance approach the con sideration of the starving condition of a large multitude of their fellow-townsmen, withot feeling that their pe cuniary contributions are insufficient to afford perma nent relief, and inadequate to supply the immediate and pressing wants of the poor to the necessary extent ; and also, that it is a great hardship to your petitioners, and to those for whose aid they are assembled, that the latter should be reduced to the necessity of requiring support by alms, and the former compelled to maintain them by alms. " Your petitioners feel deeply sensible that such a state of things is calculated to operate most banefully upon the community, by destroying among the recipi ents of these alms that honest spirit of pride which ani mates men living by their own industry, and by depriving those who are yet able to maintain themselves by their labour, of the prospect of appropriating the fruits thereof to their own personal necessities. " Your petitioners, therefore, earnestly desire that your Honourable House should adopt some measure cal culated to remove the evil from which the impoverished condition of their fellow-countrymen arises, and to re store the commercial prosperity of this kingdom to that pitch which shall enable every man to live according to the decree of Almighty Providence—by the sweat of his brow. " This object your petitioners, who have well and at tentively considered the subject, believe can only be accomplished by the immediate and total repeal of the law which unjustly imposes a grievous tax upon the people's bread, and which unfairly limits the demand for the produce of the people's industry. " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your Honourable House will immediately and utterly abolish the law called the Corn-law, and take such other steps as may be necessary to establish a perfect system of unfettered trade. " And your petitioners will ever pray, &e. " Signed (by order of the meeting), 64 g Chairman." PRESENTATION OF TWO GOLD MEDALS BY HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE FRENCH TO TWO CAPTAINS OF BRI TISH VESSELS. The following letters have been received at Lloyd's : Admiralty, Jan. 17, 1842. SIR,—My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having received through her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs two Gold Medals which have been conferred by his Majesty the King of the French upon Captain Sharp and Captain Ward, Masters of the Bri tish merchant vessels the Clifford and the Mysore, in tes timony of the services rendered by them to the French frigate Magicienne, which was wrecked in the China sea on the 29th November, 1840, I am commanded by their Lordships to transmit to you herewith the said medals, and to request that the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's will cause them to be forwarded to Captains Sharp and Ward respectively, and the re ceipt of them acknowledged. It is stated that Captain Sharp's address may be found at Messrs. Pirie and Co., 71, Cornhill, but that of Captain Ward is not known`. I am, Sir, your obedient serv an t, To the Secretary, Lloyd's. SIDNEY HERBERT. Admiralty, Jan 14, 1842. Sta,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to transmit to you a copy of a note from the Minister of the United States of America, re ceived from her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, expressing the sense entertained by the American Government of the services of Captain Stamp of of the English brig Rover, in rescuing eleven of the crew of the Nfary Anne, of New York, on the 25th of August last, when she foundered off Sardinia. And their Lordships request that the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, will cause the same to be for warded to Captain Stamp of the Rover.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, SIDNEY HERBERT. To the Secretary at Lloyd's. (Copy.) The undersigned Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America has the honour to inform the Earl of 'Aberdeen, &c., that a letter has been received at this Legation, through the Ameri can Legation at Madrid, from the Consul of the United States at Malaga, containing information of the rescue from imminent death of eleven persons of the ship's company of the American vessel Mary Anne, of New York, foundered off Sardinia on the 25th of August. This noble act was performed by Capt. Stamp, of the English brig Rover, bound from Smyrna to Cork, with imminent danger to his own vessel at the time, and great subsequent inconvenience. A re bresentation of Captain Stamp's generous act h as a l rea dy een made to the Government of the United States by the Consul at Malaga, and the American citizens at that place-have endeavoured to convey to Captain Stamp, in a proper way, their sense of his humanity. The under signed feels it not the less his duty to seize this opportu nity, on behalf of his Government and country, to ex press the feelings of admiration and gratitude with which he contemplates, the behaviour of Captain Stamp, and to bring it, in the most favourable manner, to the knowledge of her ..Majesty's Government. (Signed) EDWARD EVERETT. Legation of the United States, Dec. 21, 1841. LLOYD'S SHIPPING LONDON, JAN. 20.—Wind this day at noon S. to S.E, DEAL, JAN. 19.—Wind, N.N.E.—Acrd. Achilles. South Seas. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 19.—Wind, S., moderate.—Arrd. Alcyone, Demerara ; Emblem, New York ; Brooklyn, Richardson, Charleston ; Holden Borden, Reed, New York ; Science. Baker, Odessa. Sid. Navigator and John Blake, Buenos Ayres; Albion, Moran, Savannah ; Warringford, Demerara; Lancashire, New York; Euclid, Mobile ; Simpson, Constantinople. Arrd. off—Lochiniar and Medford, New Orleans ; Royal Sovereign, Wall, bound to New York, has put back, with deck swept, loss of cook-house, boats, &c., part of cargo thrown dverboard, and crew, except three hands, disabled, hav ing been struck by a sea on the 4th instant, in lat. 51, lon. 33, during a hurricane, and the chief mate, two sea• men, and one passenger, washed overboard. The Cham plain, Brown, bound to Philadelphia, has put back, with loss of mizenmast, in a gale from N.W., on the 12th instant, in lat. 50, lon. 18. DuNBAR, JAN. 17.—Robert Nairn, from Stettin to Leith, is ashore near Scargall, and it is feared the vessel and cargo will be lost. OFF DOVER, JAN. 19.—Achilles, from Rio. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19. —Wind E. The Rdyal Georkr,e, De Grachy, from Swansea, which put in here 13th inst., with damage, has discharged her cargo, and is under repair_ The Isadore, from Cardiff to London, ashore near Ityde, is embedded six feet in the sand ; about half the cargo has been discharged, the remainder is under water, but every exertion is making to get it out at low water. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Arrd.Dove, Sables. OFF FALMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Tepula, t3myrna. Oo RR, JAN.I 7.—Arrd. A bererombie, Robinson,Halifax. DUBLIN, JAN. 17.—Arrd. Minearle, Leghorn. sailed Wanderer, Trinidad. THE ORIENTAL STEAMER. FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—The Montrose steamer, with the Indian, Alexandrian, and Levant mails, and forty passengers, arrived to-day, her dates being from Alex andria the 24th, Malta the 30th of December, Gibraltar the Bth, and Lisbon the 12th of January, having put into the latter to replenish coals. She has brought no mails from that city. The Oriental steamer, which left this on the 2d instant with the outward Eastern mails, had arrived at Gibraltar, and left again for Alexandria, but had not been at sea more than an hour or so when she came into collision with some vessel, which so deranged the machinery, besides other injury to the hull, that they could not get the engines to work for some time, but which being effected, the steamer returned to Gibraltar to refit, where she remained when the Montrose quitted, but was expected to leave again on the evening of the 9th. The Margaret and Dee steamers have left this to-day, the former with the Peninsular mails, and the latter with the West Indian and Mexican, and several passengers, among whom are Sir Charles Fitzroy, lady, and suite ; Sir Charles being on his way to Antigua to assume the Governorship of that island, to which he has been recently appointed. Extract of a letter dated Gibraltar, Jan. 8 :—" I write to inform you of an accident that has happened to us, and very nearly of a serious nature. We left here yes terday afternoon at five o'clock, and had got about 17 miles to the eastward, when a large ship, of about 600 or 700 tons, was seen on our larboard bow, running to the S.W., and before we had time to put our helm to port she struck us on the larboard sponson, sprung the fore and aft beam that supports the main shaft, tore the whole side of the paddle-box away, stove in the waist boat, carried away the gig and maintopmast, and tore the quar ter galley to pieces. We are in hopes to be able to pro ceed with the mail to-morrow. The ship we have nei ther seen nor heard anything of. We lowered our boat to look for her, as she fired two guns, and burnt a blue light. It is to be hoped that she is safe. We have half of her anchor stock and some 'rigging on board now. Had we put our helm up she would have gone down like a stone. We have the carpenters from the men-of-war on board now at work. Thank God it is no worse." I STRANRAER.—Some weeks since a call having been given to the Rev. Mr. Cochrane, of Edinburgh, to become helper and successor to the Rev. David Wilson, in the parish church here, a petition was forthwith sent off to Sir James Graham, (the presentation belonging to the Crown), for his approval- of the call. A few days ago a lette r was received by Mr. Wilson from Sir James, wishing to know his age, and if he was still able to per form the duties of the "parish. To these queriep Mr. Wilson returned suckh-answers as brought back from Sir James a decided - refusal to:sanction Mr. Cochrane's settlement in Stranraer. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. Jan. 20. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, shortly after taking his seat, called within the bar Mr. Roupell, Mr. Anderdon, and Mr. Loftus Wigram, those gentlemen having been ap pointed Queen's Counsel. The Court was occupied the whole day with appeal motions, none or which possessed any points of interest except to the parties concerned. ROLLS' COURT, Jan. 20. WILSON V. TUNSTALL. In this case the plaintiffs were the patentees of a cer tain manufacture of candles, which candles were pro duced from oil extracted from the cocoa nut. The de fendant was a candle manufacturer from the same material, and the plaintiff had obtained an injunction upon the defendant to prevent him manufacturing such candles from such materials. Since that injunction had been obtained, the defendant had recommenced manu facturing the same kind of candles, in consequence of which this, the second suit, was instituted. It was al leged, on the part of the defendant, that although the candles manufactured by him were, produced from matter extracted from the cocoa-nut, yet the -matter was not the substance from which the plaintiffs manufactured their candles, and for which they obtained their patent. He further alleged, that the process by which the plaintiffs obtained their material was not new, being obtained by means of the hydraulic pressure, a method known for years to those connected with the trade. The defendant also put in an affidavit, in which he deposed that he had not violated the injunction granted by his Lordship against him for the purpose of restraining him in the manufacture of cocoa nut oil candles, inasmuch as he had discovered a new and ori .ginal process, by which he could produce, by one opera tion, the solid and fluid oil from_ the cocoa nut, and which the plaintiffs knew not of. It was contended, on the part of the plaintiffs, that this was but a quibble on the words in the injunction, and which could not affect the injunction in its operation against the defend ant, as he admitted that which the injunction alleged, viz., that he had made candles from .the said oil, and which injunction never referred at all to the means of obtaining that oil, but merely referred to the process to which that oil was to be applied ; and therefore the de fendant clearly had violated that injunction in contempt of the Court, and also violated the patented right of the plaintiffs obtained by them for the exclusive manufacture of the said cocoa nut oil candles, and by which the value of that patent right was in danger of being rendered a nul lity as far as the interest of the plaintiffs was concerned. A great number of affidavits were put in to prove that the oil extracted from the cocoa nut was identical with that used by the plaintiffs, although called by another name by defendant. Although the processes for extracting it were different as used by the defendant and plaintiffs, yet, when extracted, the oil was the same in all its points as that used by the plaintiffs in the manu facture of their patented cocoa tut oil candles. Mr. Pemberton was heard on the part of the plaintiffs, and the Attorney-Gerieral for the defendant. The arguments were not concluded when the Court rose VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Jan. 20. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His HONOUR was occupied during the morning with hearing some motions which possessed no interest. The Court rose at a few minutes after 12 o'cicck. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) DOWNER V. PARKINSON. The bill in this part-heard cause was filed on behalf of Mary, John, and Martha Bowmer, who were infants, by their nearest friends, against Mrs. Parkinson and others, devisees in trust of the testator's real and personal estates, and against Mary Bowmer, the testator's widow and her husband, who were appointed executors by the testator's will. John Bowmer, one of the above mentioned infants, was the heir-at-law. The bill prayed the usual accounts of the real and per sonal estate, and sought to charge the defendants, the trustees, with wilful default, both as regarded the real and personal estate. The testator, by his will, had de vised to Parkinson and others all his freehold and copy hold estates, chattels, &c., to be held by them on trust, for the benefit of his wife, Mary I3owmer, during her life, provided she remained unmarried, and took care of, and maintained, his children ; and after her de cease, the property to be divided among his children as she should direct by her will. In case his wife married again, the testator directed that she should no longer have any power over his property ; and if she died in testate, the trustees were to divide the property among the children in equal shares. The will also contained a power, for the benefit of the family, of sale or mortgage. The testator (lied in 1832, and the will was proved by the executors in March 1833. In January, 1836, the widow married, and, consequently, her interest in the property ceased. Immediately on her marriage, the stock on the testator's farm was sold, and no steps had been taken by the trustees according to the trust imposed on them in the events that had happened. The widow and her husband had been permitted to continue in possession of the property and were so permitted, as the bill charged, only because the trustees did not take upon themselves the duties imposed on them ; neither had any accounts whatever been required by them from the widow of the real and personal estates from the testa tor's death to the present time. It was also set forth in the bill that there was abundant property for all the purposes of the will, without any sale or mortgage ; that the trustees had neglected to enter into possession; and that there wero various sums, and a legacy of 6001., payable to the testator's estate, which they had neglected to get in. According to the plaintiffs' Counsel, the answer put in by the trustees amounted to this,—that they had done nothing at all in the matter of the trust. The present application was fora special inquiry, reserving the question of default. His - HONOUR thought that he should direct an inquiry as to the circumstances under which no account had been sought from the widow respecting the legacy and estates ; and that, as the heir-at-law was a n infant, an interrogatory should be exhibited to prove the will, and if the Master should find the will proved, he should proceed with the ordinary administrative accounts, that an inquiry shoidd be made by whom the children were maintained since the testator's death, as well before as after the marriage of the widow, and that the Master should appoint a guardian in the usual way. Mr. SPENCE, who appeared for the plaintiffs, sug gested that in addition to the common accounts, there should be an inquiry as to who was in possession of the testator's real and personal estates from the time of his death to the present, and under what cir cumatance' and whether any • part of the pro perty had been let out, and by and to whom. With re spect to the personal estate, that the Master should in quire and report whether there was any portion of it out standing, why it had not been got in, and whether any proceedings had been taken for the purpose of getting it in. Mr. BOTELER, who appeared for the trustees, and Mr. FOLLETT for the widow and her husband, having ad mitted the plaintiffs' right to a decree to the above effect, His HONOUR accordingly directed a reference to the Master on those points. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAIVI.) No case of any public interest came before the Court. THE NEW APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Roupell, Mr. Anderdon, end Mr. Wigram, were admittcd within the bar. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 20. HALL V. FEARNLEY. This was a case which was tried before Mr. Justice Wightman two days since in the Buil Court. It was an action brought to recover damages against the defendant for having, with his cart, run over the plaintiff, and broken his leg. The verdict was for the defendant. Mr. CROWDER now moved for a rule nisi to set aside The verdict, and to have a new trial granted on the ground of misdirection -by the Learned Judge, and also on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The COURT took time to consider its judgment. THE QUEEN V. GREEN. _ _ In this case a rule had been obtained, calling upon the defendant to show cause why an information in the na ture of a quo warranto should not be filed against him, to show by what 'authority he exercised the office of a Town Councillor of the borough of Lichfield. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL appeared to show cause against the rule. The mail) objection taken by the Learned Counsel was that the relator was not a good relator, and not properly qualified, inasmuch a s he had taken part in the election, and had thereby contributed to the irregularity which was here the subject of the motion before the Court. It was also ob jected that the defendant had not acted as a Town Coun cillor after his full space of nearly twelvemonths, and just as the term Qf his office was about to expire the present application was made to the Court. The Learned Conn sol submitted .-that under these circumstances the rule ought to be dischirged. Mr. AIRVIR in support of the rule, contended that the relator had not taken that part 'in the election which was now disputed, which would disqualify him from bringing the case before the Court, inasmuch as the declaration ° administered by him to the defendant was tendered after the election had terminated. The Learned Counsel referred to several cases bearing on the question, in which such interference was not held to dis qualify the relator. The COURT was of opinion that the objection urged by the Solicitor-General to the rule was a good one, and must prevail. Their decision was founded upon the principle that the man who concurred in inducing the party complained against to do that act, was not the man who ought to be heard in that Court for the purpose of turning him out.' If the act was merely a blinisterial one, the objection might not, perhaps, be of such force, but it it would appear to be something more. The relator called upon the defendant to take and subscribe a certain decla ration, which would entitle him to act as a Town Coun cillor, and the defendant agreed to do that, thereby in ducing him to suppose that he had a good title to the office. The principle upon which their decision was founded, was based upor, something higher than Corpora tion law, and it was that no man could take advantage of the inconsistent act in which he had concurred. The act which entitled the defendant to the office, was the decla ration he had made—the relator was the party who had administered that declaration to him, and he could not now come before the Court to set it in motion against the defendant for that very irregularity which he him self had created. The rule therefore must be discharged, but without costs. BREACH OF PROMISE OP MARRIAGE.-DARBON V. ROSSER. In this case, which excited same interest in the sit tings after last Term, and in which a rule had been sub sequently - moved for to set aside the verdict, 1,6001., found for the plaintiff, on the ground of the damages being excessive, THESIGER stated to the Court that his Learned Friend, Mr. Platt, and himself had agreed to certain terms, which would save their Lordships the trouble of having the case again brought before them. Lord DENMAN expressed his satisfaction at the ar rangement. ' The terms were not stated in the Court, but we under stand the arrangement come to was, that the verdict be reduced to 8501. RYAN V. LORD KUNTINGTOWER In this case a rule had been obtained by the defendant to show cause why the judgment and execution sued out against him should not be stayed, and a new trial had. It appeared that an action was brought at the last Bristol assizes upon two bills of exchange for the sums of 2,6301. and 1,0691., and a verdict had for the plaiptiff, and it was with regard to these bills that the present application was made, and the ground was that the v er di c t asi sub sequent judgment: against him had b een obtainedly col lusion between the attorney for the plaintiff and the at torney for the defendant. Mr. CRESSWELL now appeared to show cause against the rule. The defendant had been taken in execution, but had been discharged from custody, on undertaking to pay the money. That was done, and the money had been raised, and the defendant now sought to have the money paid into Court, and a new trial had. The affi davit of Lord Huntingtower, on which the application was grounded, set forth that the first time he heard of these judgments was om.the 22d of Octoar last. I ord DEsmAN—Must 'la this end in a reference to. the Master ? Mr. CRESS WELL said it probably would, but here were very grave imputations against the characters of pro fessional men, and they were most anxious that they should be publicly investigated and contradicted. The previous statements of the defendant had somehow found, their way into the public papers, and he had been strenu ously urged by these gentlemen to bring the matter before the Court. Lord DENMAN-But everybody is aware that these are ex parte statements, and when the case is investigated before the Master, he will report upon it ; and I think where these imputations are made, it is much better for a full vindication of character that it should go where all the facts will be thoroughly investigated. Mr. CRESWELL understood that Lord Huntingtower had left the country, and had sold off his property. Mr. THESIGER said that could not prejudice his Learned Friend, for the money was now ready to be paid into Court. Mr. CRESWELL then proceeded to read the affidsvits at some length, stating the facts of the case, and com menting as he went along. The details were not of pub lic interest, further than that the charge of collusion was distinctly and clearly disproved. The Learned Gentle man hoped the rule would be discharged, with costs. Mr. MILLER followed on the same side. Mr. THESIGEn was beard in support of the rule, but in the course of his arguments he was stopped by the Court, who adjourned the further hearing of the case till Monday. JANUARY 19. THE QUEEN V. THE LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON RAIL. WAY COMPANY. This was an appeal against order of Sessions, im posing a certain rate upon that portion of the defendants, railway, which passed through the parish of Mitchin dever, in Hampshire, between Winchester and South ampton. Mr. M. D. HILL now appeired on behalf of the de fendants, and submitted that the rate was excessive, the Sessions having made the rate not only upon the tolls, but they also added something on the principle of taking into consideration the advantages the Company enjoyed from carrying passengers and goods. Now the Sessions had found that the actuah earnings of the Company were less than the proportionate earnings of that por tion of the line whi c h p asse d through the parish in question, but they had shown no grounds for resorting to these proportionate earnings as the measure of the rate, it being only resorted to when there was no means of ascertaining the definite proportion of the actual earnings, He contended that the whole of the profits on which the rate could be made was the sum which a tenant would pay, after making the necessary deduc tions for the supp or t an d ma intenance of the line It would be necessary to consider what the nature and object of the Railway Acts were, before ascertaining what were the hereditaments which were liable to a rate. The Act recognised the establishment of a statutable highway, which was to be permanent, and to be used by the public at their pleasure on complying with certain conditions. These conditions embraced the payment of certain tolls, which were not to exceed a certain sum per mile. There was also a set of provisions regarding the management and control of the railway, which the Le gislature had placed in the hands of the Company, sup posing very properly that the parties who had embarked a large capital in the undertaking, would be most likely to.conduct it in such a way as would conduce to the com fort and convenience of the public, and their own inte rests. A power, however, had since been given to the Board of Trade to give or withhold - their assent, as they thought proper, to the regulations made by the Com pany. The Company had also a power conferred upon them by their Act, of carrying on the trade of carriers, which they could not undertake without such a power. It was contended, on the other side, that the effect of the Railway Act was to establish a monopoly, but they had not shown even if there was a monopoly, that that was any ground for increasing the rate. The assertion that the Company was liable to abuse its powers and establish a monopoly, would not constitute a good ground for laying on an additional rate. The respondent parish contended that not only had they a right to lay a rate on the basis of the tolls alone, but also that the advantage which a lessee of the railway might be expected to derive from his lease by supplying power, and carrying upon it, must be taken into account. If a lessee (they said) was capable of deriving all the profits which now accrued to the Company from the con veyance of goods, cattle, and passengers, such lessee pay ing all the expenses incidental to the working of the railway, then the profit of the whole line might be taken for the purposes of the rate at 70,0001. per annum at least, after making all the necessary deductions. The effect of that statement was that, if by virtue of a person becoming the tenant of the railway, he became entitled by the expending of capital necessary to produce that effect to all the profits derived by the Company as carriers, something more than the tolls levied should then be rated, But a party becoming a lessee did not oust the Company —he did not touch the Company's ri g ht t o run their carriages and locomotive engines. Mr. Justice PATTESON — There is no power to lease anything but the tolls. Tht Company may carry people in their own carriages, but it does not authorise the Com pany or their lessee to do so. - - -• Mr. HILL said the proposition therefore was clearly one which could not be maintained. In the case of the King v. Cook, which was a case in which the Crown granted a patent to the ancestor of Lord Lovell, to estab lish a light-house at Dungeness, the patentee was authorised to levy a toll upon all vessels passing within a certain distance. In that case, it was held by Mr. Justice Bailey, that the privilege of levying the toll was not to be taken into consideration in estimating the value of the freehold for the purposes of a rate. The Learned Counsel referred to various authorities bearing upon the question, for the purpose of showing that the profits of the undertaking were never included in the rate. The profits of carrying goods and passengers, were the profits of their trade, as in the case of the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal and were not rateable. The tolls constituted the profit of the land, as the tonnage was the profit of the land in the case of a canal, and was the only sum upon which the rate was to be estimated. The Learned Counsel concluded by submitting that the rate in the present case was clearly excessive, and the order of sessions ought to be quashed. After Mr. Kelly and Mr. Gunning (who followed on the same side) had concluded their arguments, judgment was postponed. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 20. RAHN V. HARDEN. This action was brought to recover the amount of a wager alleged to have been lost to the plaintiff by de fendant in a " lawful horse-race." It appears that the wager really depended upon a steeple-chase, which the umpire,' Mr. H o ly oa k s , d ec id e d against the defendant, although he came in first, because he went through a gate instead of going over it. Defendant, refusing to abide by the decision, because the gate was open when he.came up to it, this action was brought, and being tried at Shrewsbury, the verdict was for the plaintiff. Subse quently Mr. Sergt. Ludlow moved for a new trial, which was refused. He then moved for a rule to arrest judgment, on the ground that the wager was illegal. The steeple chase not being a horse , race, within the meaning of the Act 3d and 4th 'Victoria, which legalises horse races run in any place, if for a sum not greater than 50/. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD showed cause against the rule ; and, after hearing Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW in reply, The COURT decided that the steeple chase was, in the meaning of the Act, a horse-race ; and that, as the wager depending was not more than 501., it was not ren dered illegal by not having been run upon a public race course. The verdict was good, and the rule must be reftised. Jan. 20. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, The Court was occupied the whole day with two cases in the new trial paper, the arguments in which were of purely technical nature. EXCHEQUER CHAMBERS, Jan. 20. The Judges met this morning in the Exchequer Chamber, when the following arrangement was made for the ensuing Spring Assizes: — Northern Circuit—Justico Wightman, and whoever may be the new Judge. Norfolk—Chief Justice Tindal and Baron Parke. Midland—Lord Abinger and Justice Williams. Oxford—Justice Patteson and Baron Rolfe. Western—Justice Coleridge and Justice Erskine. Home—Baron Alderson and Baron Gurney. Wales, North and South—Justice Coltman and Jus tice Maule. Lord Denman is to be the Judge who will remain in town to transact the business at Chambers. turn to a wiars a ti °PitiLjority BAIL COURT, U 0 WARRANTO. THE QUEEN V. DEIGHTON — Q Mr. GUNNING applied fora rule nisi for a quo war ranto, calling upon the defendant to show-by what right Jan. 20. he exercised the functions of an Alderman of Cambridge. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to argue in support NeorsaiOn named Long , of his motion, when he was stopPect by Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, who directed him to apply to the full Court. present pcpelrietidoir Middlesex l n ' a o sr r ti 3a. a in a r c Ag i t e ll s e trates to amend a re turn THE QUEEN V. THE MAGIST It A TElniSciesOinFsfoeMrlDhaadDmLaEbniSedEeaXnm. ap plied M a gistrates present ; and, that no Magistrate, to keep a tavern. By t pc h oli e mlif s mr ta :ao t nADr u d t bi e nyp i g t was necessary that all such licenses should by be s at e th d e b r y section, it w o a f s ti e le nt l t ‘ L a e gi d ten Magistrates had being a wineth.oerfivspeiorift-thmeemrcihmadnts,ignshc:uld act on such oc ed the license, majority lied not signed it, but one of there forebe e! e l ann. actual Inpresent those who had refused to sign it was a gentleman named Barlow, a wine -merchant who. the license had been who was, in Consequence, disqualified, and, th ere f granted. On an ap pea l to. the Sessions it w as decided that garlo w being dis9aaiiked tbs 3 licence . ... y. , - '~,.~ • 'T ~, .~-_. had so farsbeen properly grant e d. B u t it a pp eare d th a t one of the Magistrates, who had originally signed the license, had subsequently withdrawn his signature, and the question arose as to his . power to do so. The Ma gistrates assembled in Sessions having considered the subjct, dismissed the order subject to a special case. A certiorari had accordingly been moved for, and the Town Clerk had, by mistake, omitted - to state in the return the nature of the special case, but had merely returned that the order had been dismissed. Under these circunistan- stances he hoped the Court would grant the application. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS would grant a rule nisi to show cause why the return should not be amended, but without a mandamus. CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST THE WORCESTERSHIRE CHRONICLE. THE QUEEN V. ARROWSMITH AND ANOTHER. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for a rule calling upon Isaac Arrowsmith and James Knight, the proprie tors of the Worcestershire Chronicle, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against them for the publication of a libel reflecting on the charac ter of Charles. Ellings, Esq., one of the Magistrates of Worcestershire. This application arose out of cer tain proceedings which .had been taken in this Court against the same parties last term, when a rule nisi for a criminal information had been obtained against them for the publication of a libel reflecting on the character of Mr. Ricketts, one of the county Magistrates for Wor cestershire, imputing to him that he had been guilty of gross jobbing to serve family and political purposes in rela- - tion to the erection of a station house for the police at Bromsgrove. When the case came on for argument • the defendants admitted the falsehood of the imputation they had cast on that gentleman's character, and apologised for their conduct ; and Mr. Ricketts consented to the rule being discharged on payment of costs. The article against Mr. Ricketts had been headed " From a Correspondent ;" and Mr. Ricketts had at first refused to accede to the terms proposed, unless the name of the author of the article were given up. On which the defendants stated - that the article in question was in reality not written by any correspondent, but by the Editor himself, on certain information which be had since discovered to be inaccurate. Subsequently to that, it appeared that Mr. E. Ellings was the person on whose authority they had made the statement, and they pub lished an article charging him with having published an anonymous slander, and leaving others to be answer able for it, stating that they had made the state ment on the authority of a brother Magistrate of Mr. Ricketts's charging that informant with breach of faith, in having permitted them to pay the costs, after having himself undertaken to do so, and saying that having got them into a scrape, he had left them to get out of it how they could, conduct disgraceful to a man of honour, a gentleman, a Magistrate, and, above all, to a Reformer. The affidavit of Mr, Ellings set forth that he had volunteered no statement or information whatever to the proprietors of the paper, but that having occasion to call on Mr. Arrowsmith. shortly before the publication of the libel on Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Arrowsmith had asked him if it was true that Mr. Ricketts had, instead of advertising in the paper, applied to the Tory tradesmen of Bromsgrove, and had subsequently employed a Tory tradesman of Droit wich to build the station-house, to which he had replied that he believed such statement to be correct, and he had also stated that he had reason to believe that the lease had not been completed, and, in answer to a question from Arrowsmith, as to whether Mr. Cutter, who had supplied the bricks, was not a relative of Mr. Ricketts, he had said •ha was a connexion by marriage ; that Mr. Arrow smith had then called for a sheet of paper to make notes, on which he (Mr. Ellings) had desired him to recollect that what he had stated was merely in conversation, and was not to be published. On which Arrowsmith assured him that his only object in asking the q ues ti ons , was t o ascer t a i n if the in formation which he had previously received was correct ; and, when Arrowsmith said that his partner Knight would dress up an article on the subject, he (Mr. Ellings) warned him to beware what he was about, and that the statement he had made was not to be published. He had not seen Arrowsmith again before the publication of the libel on Mr. Ric ketts ; and, from the affidavits on that occasion, it appeared- that every tittle of the information he had given was true, all he had stated being simple matters of fact, which had been distorted by the defendants into a libel. The affidavit then went on to state that the defend ant had received a letter from Mr. Arrowsmith, calling upon him to bear his quota of the costs, and that he had expressed his surprise on seeing such a letter, and had said that if it could be proved that he had stated anything untrue, or had misled Mr. Arrowsmith in any way he would pay whatever any third party might say was an equitable proportion. Under these circumstances he applied to the Court for redress.—Rule nisi granted. THE QUEEN V. BERNARD CAVANAGH. Mr. COWLING appeared to show cause against a rule which had been obtained by Mr. James, calling upon the Mayor, Magistrates, and gaoler of Reading, to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue to bring up the body of the defendant, who is at present a prisoner in Reading Gaol. The Learned Counsel said he appeared on behalf of Francis Chase, Esq., the Mayor of Reading, who, being extremely anxious to clear his character of the imputations which had been cast on him, had filed numerous affidavits to which he would not now refer, as he apprehended the rule must be discharged on technical grounds, witheut going into the merits of the case. In the first place the rule was made not upon the gaoler but upon the committing Justice, who, he apprehended, could not, under the present proceeding, be called upon to state the ground of the commitment, as he had not the person in custody. In the next place it was stated that there were no depositions and he submitted that no depositions were necessary, the warrant of commitment being the sole document that the Court could look to. If that warrant was pro duced; he apprehended the case would at once be put out of the Court. The Court could not consider whe ther the conviction were good or bad. If it should ap pear that he had been committed by a Court of compe tent jurisdiction, the Court could not discharge him, unless the commitment were bad on the face of it, as it would be if, for instance, it had committed him for six months, instead of three. But such was not the case ; and therefore the Court could not inquire into the vali dity of the commitment. That point had been clearly determined by the cases of the King v. Brass Crosby, and the King v. Suddes. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—The question raised on the other side is that the commitment is not sustainable in law. Mr. COWLING submitted that it was. It was in the words of the Act. The defendant was committed as having been convicted as a rogue and vagabond in having sought to levy charitable contributions under the false position that he was able to abstain from food for five years. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—The argument is, that if he goes about and says he has lived upon air for five years, and persons give him money, you may call it what you will—it is not a charitable contribution. Mr. COWLING thought that would be too narrow a view to take of the word charity, and contended that the case was strictly within the meaning of the Act, which expressly provided that no conviction should be set aside on the ground of irregularity. If the con viction were bad, the legal method of quashing was by appealing to the Quarter Sessions, and if they affirmed it, then by removing the proceedings by cer tiorari into this Court ; but such a question could not be gone into on the present occasion. The SOLICITOR. GENERAL; on the same side, submitted that it would be a sufficient answer to a habeas corpus to show that the defendant was in custody upon a commitment by a Court of competent jurisdiction. Now, it was not disputed but that the Mayor had jurisdiction in this case ; it was not shown that he had exceeded his juris diction by committing the prisoner for a longer period than the law allowed, and therefore he submitted that the rule must be discharged. With regard to the meaning of the term " charitable contributions," he should be pr e p are d to contend that the prisoner had actually lived upon charitable contributions, within the meaning of the Act; inasmuch as, although under the pretence of living upon nothing he might not want alms to purchase food, vet he might ask for them to purchase clothing, or to main tain his family. He contended that the conviction was good, but that, if bad, the Court could not entertain the question upon a rule for a habeas corpus, to answer which it was sufficient to show that the com mitment was by a Court of competent jurisdiction, and therefore he submitted that the rule must be discharged. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he would hear Mr. James in reply to-morrow, and the Court rose at three o'clock._ ADMIRALTY COURT, Jan. 19. TEE CORDULA SOPHIA - -COLLISION. The Learned Judge was assisted in this case by two of the elder brethren of the Trinity House, namely, Capt. Charles Weller and Capt. George Probyn, the prin cipal point in the cause being one of nautical skill. The Cordula Sophia (a Swedish ship) and the Unity were both tacking up Blackwall reach in July last, the one following the other. The fbreign vessel having tacked, the other did not continue her reach ; hence the collision. The damage sustained was very small, indeed not worth a legal proceeding. The Trinity Masters, after advocates had been heard on both sides, and the Learned Judge having pointed out the material facts, decided that the English vessel was to blame; and that no blame was to be attributed to the foreign ship, and that her owners must be dis missed with costs. THE NEPTUNE—SALVAGE. Dr. Lushington was aided in this case also by the Tri nity Masters above-named. The Neptune sailed from Dantzic, for the port of London, in November, with a full cargo of grain. On the 14th of that month, mistaking the lights on the coast, she ran between the Kentish Knock and the Long Sand. She was d escr i e d b y t h e Atalanta smack, which bore up and rendered assistance,. but the Nept une ran on t h e L ong Sand. Subsequently six or seven other smacks came up, and the assistance of their crews was accepted to lighten the ship, by taking out corn in the boats and throwing other portions over board. The owner o f t h e Neptune resisted the claims for salvage, on the ground that the measures taken by the principal salvors to wear the ship were those by which she was driven on the sand. Drs. Haggard and Harding appeared for the salvors, and Dr. Addams and Dr. Robinson for the owners. Dr. LUSHINGTON put the facts of the case before the Trinity Masters, observing that it was an important sub ject, both as respects the property saved and the duration of the services of the salvors. The Trinity Masters would have to decide whether other measures than those ought to have been adopted by the salvors to put the vessel in safety, and if so, in what way. The Trinity Masters were of opinion that the crew of the Atalanta, in getting on board the Neptune, had acted wrong. They should have gone to the southward, close hauled on . the larboard tack, the wind blowing a fine breeze from the S.E. at the time. The Trinity Masters 'laving retired, Dr. ADDAMS moved that the owners of the Neptune be dismissed. Dr. HAGGARD and Dr. HARDING were heard on behalf of the other salvors, I" ho had come up after the vessel was on the sand, and who had assisted in lightening the Neptune. These salvors had nothing whatever to do with the first fault committed by the Atalanta. Dr. ADDAMS opposed the application, the owners of the foreign vessel having sustained already damage to the extent of about 1,000/. The COURT said it had thought from the first that there were difficulties in the case. It had been decided by the Trinity Masters that the course pursued by the Atalanta was wrong, and he, (Dr. Lushington) had felt that if all the salvors had participated in the original error, they could not claim. But this was not the case, and as property of the value of 7,0001. or 8,0001. had been salved, the Court would only be doing justice to the other salvors to award them 2001. and their costs. The Court could not allow the costs of the Atalanta, and the claim of her crew for reward must be dismissed, as the Trinity Masters had decided that but for the original error all the loss and costs that had been sustained by the foreign owners would have been saved. SECONDARIES' COURT, Jan. 20. THE QUEEN V. THEODORE HOOK. Mr. C. ROWE said this was a writ of inquiry issued by the Crown for the purpose of ascertaining what property belonged to the late Mr. Theodore Hook, in the City of- London, at the time of his death. An inquiry had been instituted elsewhere, and therefore he should be able to save the Jury a good deal of trouble. This case, which has already been before the public, related to the claims of the Crown on the property left by deceased, who was indebted to the amount of about 13,000 L to the Crown. Mr. Hopkinson, solicitor t the proprietors of the John Bull, deposed that Mr. T. Nook died on the 24th of August, 1841, at Fulham, in Middlesex, and at the time of his death possessed one-fourth share of the John Bull, as well as a right to one-fourth of the lease, No. 40, Fleet-street. The value of the fourth-share of the John Bull was about the sum of 2,2001., but the deceased had overdrawn his account between 5001. and 600/., therefore his share was worth between 1,500/. and 1,6001. The deceased became proprietor in 1830. During the last five years the paper had not varied five numbers. Mr. Joel Edwards had a claim for 3,000/., be sides interest. Mr. Secondary JAMES summed up, and the jury found fer the Crown, subject to the debt due to the partners. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 20. IN THE MATTER OT ALTRIDE. The insolvent had been previously before the Court and was opposed by a parson named Nathan, who stated that he had been instructed by John Galenston, the holder of certain bills of exchange drawn by the in solvent on a person named Dixion. Sir George Young attended in Court this day, and having deposed to the validity of the affidavit, the insol vent was ordered to be discharged forthwith. IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS LEWIS. The insolvent is this case was described as a coach maker, residing in Long-acre. His debts and liabilities 'were considerable, but none of the creditors appeared in opposition save one named Holmes, a butcher, in Silt el , street, Golden-square. This person stated that the insolvent had dealt with him at one time for upwards of I I years, and paid up his account. He subsequently ran in debtfor 51.65. 41d. for goods supplied, which sum formed the grounds of the present oppos i t i o n . In his cross-examination by Mr. COOKE, who ap peared on behalf of the insolvent, he said that the in solvent's wife called on him a few days ago, and begged of him not to offer any opposition, as a prolonged im prisonment in his present state of health would cause his death, but he refused to listen to her. The Learned COMMISSIONER, after commenting on the opposition, ordered the insolvent to be discharged forthwith. IN RE JULES VICTOR PAGES. The insolvent was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of Jean Baptiste Rollin, of Frith.street, Soho, to whom he was in debt in the sum of 1491. From the evidence of the witness, which was given through the medium or an interpreter, it appeared the insolvent was an artificial flower maker, and it was al leged that he had borrowed various sums of money from the opposing creditor's wife, independent of the debt named in the schedule. which arose on bill transactions. After examining a French lady named Bailie, Mr. Cook, who appeared for the opposing creditor, declined proceeding farther with the case, and the insolvent was ordered to be discharged. IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS -FEACHIE. The iaaolvent, who vrai described as a botanical me deller In wax, in North -street, Brighton, surrendered on his bail, and the hearing of the case was further post- poned to the 22d of February. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL. On Wednesday George May was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged, on suspicion, with committing a highway robbery, attended with circumstances of great violence, on the person of Eliba Bentley, the wife of a policeman. Policeman 79 L, stated that on the preceding night, about a quarter after eleven o'clock, as h e was proceeding along his beat, in passing the end of a narrow and badly lit up thoroughfare, called Clarence-place, at the rear of Lambeth Workhouse, his attention was called on hear ing a low moaning noise. He immediately went to the spot, and saw a female lying in the middle of the road on her face, and a man, resembling the pri- Aoner, stood at a short distance off, who, on seeing him (policemen) addressed him , saying that the wo man was in the same position when he came up. The policeman then asked the man to assist him in lifting up the female, and when they got her up they found that she was in a state of insensibility ; upon which the wit ness asked the man to help him to take her to the work house, which he refused, alleging that he was in a hurry, and he then went away. When the policeman turned his lantern on the woman's countenance he observed a white lawn handkerchief crammed tightly in her mouth, which he pulled out, and two other policemen belonging to the same division coming up soon afterwards, they all assisted in conveying her to the workhouse, where medical assistance being at hand, restoratives were em ployed, and in about an hour and a half from the period of her admission, she recovered sufficiently to be enabled to describe the circumstances attending an assault and robbery committed on her, and the person of her assail ant. She was, however, too ill to attend the present ex amination. John. Bentley, a policeman, stated that the female al luded to was his wife, and that on the preceding night, about eleven o'clock, while he was on his beat, his wife brought him the key of the street-door, in order to let himself in the next morning when he came off duty. But she stood. conversing with him about five minutes, and told him that she had been at the savings' bank and drawn out eight sovereigns, which she said were tied - up in the corner of her white handkerchief which she had in her hand at the time. She then left him, and walked away towards their lodging, and he saw no more of her until he was informed that she was lying at Lambeth Workhouse. The witness here proceeded to detail the account given by his wife of the outrage and robbery committed on her, which was to the following effect :—That soon after she left witness, and as she was walking along near the end of Clarence-place, a man came up to her and said that , he had seen her courting a policeman, and that he (the man) would now court her. That the man then grasped her round the body, and tried to kiss her, and she threatened to strike him, upon which he immediately struck her a blow between the eyes, and' another blow on the head, which knocked her down, and she became insensible, and recollected nothing that passed afterwards. The white handkerchief taken out of her mouth when she was found by 79 L, contained the eight sovereigns, which she had tied up in one corner when she parted with her husband ; but they were all gone, and her gown and petticoat were cut through with a sharp instrument, and a gold ring, and 4s. 6d. in silver, taken out of her pocket. She also gave a description of her assailant, which afterwards led to the apprehension of the accused. 79 L stated that from the description Mrs. Bentley gave of the man who assailed her, he took the prisoner into custody at his lodging the same night, and when he was brought to the workhouse for her to see him, she said that he resembled her assailant, that he was dressed like him, and had large dark bushy whiskers like the prisoner. The prisoner said that it was a mistake altogether, and that he was not near the spot where the offence was com mitted ; that he could prove he was at the King's Head in Kennington-lane the whole of the evening in ques tion, and did not leave it till he went home. - 79 L stated thas he was confident the prisoner was the man he saw standing near Mrs. Bentley when he was at tracted to the spot on hearing her moans, and who walked away and refused to assist in taking her to the station house. That he turned his bull's-eye lantern on the man's face, and had therefore an opportunity of seeing it, and this made him still more convinced that the pri soner was the man. The accused, however, still asserted that he was not the man, and in reply to the Magistrate's questions with regard to his situation in life, he said that he had re cently been discharged from the police for an affection in one of his arms, and since that period he was acting as waterman to a coach-stand until he could procure other employment. The prisoner's father, a respectable man, said that he was convinced that both Mrs. Bentley and the policeman must be mistaken in the identity of his son, for he was a young man who always bore a good character, and that he was incapable of committing such an act as that of which he was suspected. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that at present he could not dis charge the accused, but would accept of heavy sureties for his appearance to answer the charge on a future day. The accused was then adjudged to enter into his own recognisance in the sum of 100/., and to find two sureties of 501. each to be and appear at that Court on that day week, and in the interval the police were directed to make the strictest inquiries as to where he was about the time the assault and robbery was committed. In justice to the accused, it is necessary to state that when he was taken into custody on the night in question at his lodgings, there was no money found in his posses sion, with the exception of a few pence. In the course of the day he procured the necessary sureties for his appearance, and he was set at liberty. 1Y OR SHIP- STREET. Yesterday John Barry, a reed-maker, was placed at the bar for final examination, charged with having stolen a cash-box containing bankers' cheques (drawn on Messrs. Carr, Gllpn, H a lif ax, an d C o., t h e b an k e rs), and bills of exehanglgf to the amount of nearly 3001., the property of Mr. William Chaplin, coach proprietor, Swan-with-Two-Necks, Lad-lane. Diehard Runt, No, 34, said, on last Tuesday week be • took the prisoner into •custody, and on his way to the station-house he . gave witness a cheque and some bills of exchange. Witness searched hie, there, and found two sovereigns and 245. 6(1, in silver in his pocket. He had a ring on his finger, which he bit of and swallowed. H 131 proved having taken three cheques from. the prisoner. Mr. J. S. Taylor, managing clerk to Mr. Wm. Char lin, who identified the cheques and bills of exchanger said that on Monday week, in the afternoon, he left the counting-house for a short time. The keys were in the lock of the desk, in which was a cash-box that contained the above property, several more cheques, one of which was drawn for 1261. 18s., three 51. notes, four sovereigns , some bills of exchange of no value to any one, and • 5 few memoranda. He missed the cash-box about eight o'clock at night. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSAL US—YESTERDAY. THE DERBY. Several offers to back Auckland had the effect of springing him to 27 to 1, any advance uf on which woul d have been taken by two or three parties. The on% bet laid against him was at 30 to 1, and to a very sill 6 amount. Wiseacre also rose half-a-dozen points, and i° likely to become a better favourite. Some other horses were mentioned. and a few scores; &c., laid out, but with out causing any material change in the quotations 7 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Attila—(take 15 to 2). 25 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham• 27 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland 1,000 to 35 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre—taken. 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna colt—tak°' 45 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper—take n. 50 to 1 agst D. of Cleveland's Pharold tn. and o 60 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Palinurus--taken. 2,000 to 40 agst Mr. I. Day's Curator—taken. 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Scott's The Artful Dodger—taken• CORN AVERAGES GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, o g For the Week ended Jan. li, 1842, made up from the Rdlurn S m i the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England Wales. per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 62s. 5(1.1 Vats 2113 4d.l 8ean5......... • i d. Barley 29s. Id.' Rye ..... 495. Ile Pea5e.........3.55. AVERAOES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. WPAC ending WHEAT. BAILET.I OATS. I EYE. I "ECM WO' 62 7 30 9 22 2 44 8 ; 99 0 39 0 62 9 30 5 21 2 49 5 97 9 6- 10 30 2 21 5 34 8; 37 0 T.; v?, g , 63 1 f 29 9 2 , 1 7 43 6 36 0 3: 1 0 63 0 29 7 7 39 9 56 0 14 1 62529120449 11 34 11 Do IMPERIAL AOORROATE AVERAOis or Tait SIX Wilt" ..... 625. 941. Oats 21 s. 211 Beans ......... n 6 - r d 30a. Csi. I Rye DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. Wheat.... ..... 2's. Bd. Oats Barley l6s. 10d. I Rye ..... Gs. &LI Pease Dec. 10 17 24 ... 31 THE MARKETS.—(YESTERDAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. a A fair business was transacted for the home trgide O ff very full rates were paid. The Cotton sales went 0 , with spirit at firm prices. In Su g ar not much done, bu" prices were firm. Coffee sold steadily at full rate s ' ,Cocoa neglected. TEA MARKET. The demand was good, and rather higher rates Wet paid ; the biddings were brisk at the public sales. C Olll. pany's Congou Is. 10Id. to Is. lid. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices firm, and the demand good; at 48s. 3d. on the spot, and 48s. 6d. for delivery in the two next months. WHITEHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was good, and the fine qualities rota made the highest quotation ; the middling and ordiner t f o sorts a dull trade. Clo ver , 21. 10 s . t o 51. B s . ; H a y, 21 '- 4/. 6s. ; Straw, 11. 12s. to 1/. 16s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Harley. I Oata. Beans. I re alm " ....----""., Per Quarter a. to a. a. to .. a. to a. s. to s. , 4 . ''' 40 Boston ilraintree 52 70 27 34 93 29 33 38 3 ,,, ° . •.6 6 , ighton - 62 70 28 37 22 28 87 44 4 . 00 Cambridge— — 62 27 18 35 •-• 44 Chichester 6O 66 27 35 21 24 33 40 f 8 a Dunmow 56 62 30 3', 20 26 30 41 3) '- Grantham - „ , , Grimsby 56 74 29 33 lb 21 36 40 -- 00 Hailsham 66 72 33 35 22 23 32 37 29 „.. Hitchin 5O 67 27 34 20 30 34 45 -- - 0 Ipswich....., 6O 67 28 P 2 21 26 33 34 31 t o Lewes 6O 66 32 3)3 21 22 34 '3s 33 03 Lynn 22 61 26 32 . 18 24 es st 32 Maidstone 59 67 36 39 26 32 38 40 -- Norwich Petworth Rom ford s4' 70 28 3.; 21 32 28 40 36 00 Sandwich 6l 71 23 34 25 30 33 C 9 11, 41 TnetlOrd 6l 64 32 36 24 28 40 44 T! 56 Wisbech Witham 62 72 29 35 24 11 31 42 35 4 0 farraouth 6O 69 SO 32 24 30 38 40 30 r LIVERPOOL CORN Ib hi an WHSAT, English, White, per 70. ....IRKET.—J ..--..--..-- ihi l 8 18- 0 4.1 , f 4) 51, Red ... ----- Scotch, Welch, and Manx ..... .......... ....... 0 0 -1 ) 4 ----. Irish, White 7 4 g 5 --- Red 6 6 c' 5 F0reign........ 8 9 I: 4 OATS, BOOM. Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 2 9 * -., j Irish ' S 0 f., •••••••• ..... ••• . 0 Focally! ....•. . ... ..... _ 60 66 56 rl lii) 73 56 74 66 72 50 67 60 67 0 66 1.2 61 59 67 I/4 70 73 74 54' '7O Cl 71 61 64 56 61 62 72 60 69 ERPOO. .sh, White, - Red ••.. - Scotch, Welch, al Irish, White Red • ••••• Foreign ••••••••••••• OATS, Buglish. Welsh, am - Irish 0000000 - Foreign Ss omit', English, Malting, per Imp. quarter Scotch and Irish, pet 60lbs. ..- Feeding oo . 000 0000000000 ••••• 00000 BEANS English, per Imperial quarter Irish. Fgt. . Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter Foreign FLoun, English, per 280113. Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per INDIAN CORN, per 48011). &MM RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter ... 33 40 30 41 36 40 36 40 32 37 34 45 33 3$ 34 3 * 28 34 38 40 38 40 413 44 58 40 33 C 9 40 44 86 42 :31 42 38 40 ,Jin s 04. 84. to I P,' r. g 9 3 r i 0 0 0 A 7 4 0 6 6 s 8 9 10 A 2 9 3 1 3 0 I ? ) 3 0 A 0 54 k g ' 310 4 0 3 9 4 40 0 44 • 0 36 0 4 2 e 37 0 40 • 42 44 0 o ▪ 40 0 42 0 • 48 0 3 14, 0 • f 4 o 5 0 A ..216 213 O a) eh ° 080 HAMBURg= MARKETS. Wheat, Minks 4OB to 528 Magdeburg Z.64 to 5441 Anlialt, white 444 to 544 ---- red 3:u to 525 --- Brunswick Ors to 528 AIN. h 6 to 100 Barley, Mecklenburg.. 1,. to it 9 , - blagdeburgh... J'' to pv to ---- Holstein . . ..... ~ .nleo ---,---- Odethruck . ...... IP° '" 04 90 to Oats, Eider i to ri -- blecklenhurg ... I- o 136 -- Holstein lO to I-- Upland 'Pease, Mecklenburg Beans 258 t° , ~5 $ Buck Wheat.. ......... ...: 2 3 1 W 1 0 Rapeseed, Hanover Malt Tares...... ........ ON. 161, to 3.' .. _, to 74 Mr a• nh am 04 5N Madras ' • Surat, Domingo .... I 53, , 4 6 5 to Domingo 3% g La Guayra............. Porto Rico Havannah .. 5% 4 hlecklenburg 378 to 528 - Polish 156 to :46 -- Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg -- Marks 264 to 303 Elbing and. Ko nigsburg :24 to 28P Pomeranian 246 to 221 Anhait COT] Carolina and Tennessee 7 1 4 to 11% Georgia, Ist suit 2d 634 tl3l 3d and 4th Co Ma's ' l3 to 135{ Batavia .............. 4% 55i Sumatra Rio Ult Bahia ............ •••••••••••• 6% SUGAR.—(Witt Havannah, White...— 3 to 3% Brown 2% 23i Rio, White 2% Brown Manila, Brow Dmeount.) Bahia, White ~3w XO 2 Brown iS 3 Pernambuco, White IS Brown llll 2% to 2% _'he Earl of Aberdeen has been invited by her Majesty- the Queen to Windsor Castle, during the ge•P, of his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Noble leaves town for Windsor to-morrow. THE BEER T RADE .—O n T ues d ay ev e ning $ meeting of the Licensed Victuallers, resident in and ri e , y a , the Broadway, Westmi ns t er , was h e ld a t theßarley-01° t Horseferry-road, Mr. Bi s h o pp i n th e c h a i r . The obi e F of the meeting was that of procuring an uniformity t the price of beer ; and after a long discussion the Inc e st ing, adjourned until that night fortnight, in order th the sense of the whole of the publicans in th e neighbo ur, hood might be taken as to the policy of the step. 4 CAPTURE OF THIRTY-THREE SLAVE'S ; t SELB.—The following is an extract of a letter from , Cape of Good Hope, dated November 9, 1841 . xee Majesty's ship Fantome returned to Simon's-bay on 0, 24th ult., after a six months' cruise on the coast of A n ti gola, for the suppression of the slave-trade, having, l . l 4 the Brisk and Waterwitch under her orders, during wi"d period they have captured 33 slave vessels, and liberat e o „ 3,427 negroes—viz., Fantome, 16 vessels, and 1,340 grow ; Brisk, 10 vessels, and 1,136 negroes ; and Piv . terwitch, 9 vessels, and 957 negroes." SILVERTLATED CORNER DISHES.."' T. COX SAVORY, Manufacturing Silversmith, No. 47, e' r r. hill, London (Seven doors from Gracechureh-street), the prices of the following patterns of strongly Plated Coon Dishes, with silver handles and edges, and silver shields I °' engraving the crest or coat of arms : The Gadroon Pattern. Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Come_ tlO 1 0 Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers 12 12 0 The Flower Pattern. • Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and 0 Covers lO 13 ~,t N.B. The covers are made with moveable handles, so, r to • they form extra dishes. D raw i ngs o f t h e above forwar d e d any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free. _......• BIRTHS. On the 13th inst., at Bearfurest, Mallow, Cork, the wife ° H. Bainbridge, Esq., of a daughter, which survived its birt h only a few hours. of On the 17th inst., at A s to n H a ll, D er by s hi re , the Liu/ Edward A. Holden, Esq., of a daughter. On the 17th last., at Croscombe Rectory, the wife of I/14 Rev. W. P. Purvis, of a son. • _.,.. MARRIED. On the 18th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, Edresti- Roberts, of Moorgate-street, to Elizabeth Winifred, young as i: daughter of the late Mr. J. Harris, of Pickett-street, Stran On the 18th inst., at Letherhead Church, Surrey, SOO; Jay, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, to Eliza b .„ e p , Maria, daughter of the late Colonel Spicer, of the Ne" Letherhead. On the 19th inst., at the parish church, Joseph Doasl: Esq., of Tottenham, to Mary Hannah, widow of the late Williams, Esq., of White Hart-lane, Tottenham. Ref' On the 19th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, the ' g Richard Hamond Gwyn, eldest son of R. Gwyn, Esq., of P. t " t , Stratton, Norfolk, to Hannah, eldest daughter of W. Cu Cu b ' Esq., of Great George-street, Westminster. DIED. ni •h On the 18th inst., in the lbth year of his age, W illiam seph, second son of Joseph Hornby, Esq., of Everton, Liverpool. ei On the 26th of October last, at Calcutta, Alexander Esq., formerly of Leith, aged 61. wrier On the 10th ult., at New York, William Stiell Cb e, 31. D., late of Mexico. On the Bth inst., at Hastings, Frances, widow of the la te 4• W. Hutton, Esq., of Carlton-on-Trent, Notts b. i n On the 18th inst., in Blackheath-park, Catherine, fent daughter of John Farrer, Kensington, Esq. a" W H On the 10th inst., at Jersey, Matilda, daughter of lesten, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Service, aged 3. n il On the 16th inst., in Chelsea, Philip Burrard. brother of the late Lieutenant-General Sir H. Burrard , •u"' On the 17th inst., Mary, wife of W. S eymo ur, ° Odiham, Hants, aged 62. On the 17th inst., at Preston-n ex t-Wi ng h am , Kent, S r ' Edward Slater, aged 65. On the 18th; inst., Mary, widow of the late Mr. Tspetero Craven-street, aged 69. —1" of London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUP No. 112, Sum:, at The Slot Office, No. 112, Stratadv the County of jsliddlesen, Friday; January 211 lea MORNING SUN THE ,SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1842. MORNING SUN .l. to i As the Pro a ny 14° n' 4i p G It t - Z 1 4 hd (