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rttrlV Etitturt THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. . Bank Stock ,173 India Stock —pm 3 per Cent. fi e d • 3 per Ce'at, Cons 94i Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent. Red 101 Ditto New Annuities... Nevi 3i per Cent... lOl4 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....8d. 53 pm New 5 per Cen' — Ditto 5001...... 53 pm Lour ; Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12a Bank Stock for Acct. Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 Consols for Opg. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto — 3razilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. 23i Russian, 5 pet cent....„ Chilian, 6 per cent 92 Ditto, lletallic ...... . .... Colornltian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent...... Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... . tuba Bonds, 6 per cent sq French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Danish, 3 per :ent — Exchange —f —c Greek, 1825, 5 per cent French, 3 percent —f. —e. 1 Mexican, 5 per cent..... 31i Dutch, 2} per cent. 521 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 101 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per et SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) ... 4l Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) Ditto New Shares (17/ paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Eli Ditto New (—paid) loa Ditto Debentures ( paid) loa GreatiWestern, (6.5 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) London and Blackwall ( paid) .. ..... ... London and Birmingham (90) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) si Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ......... ...... ... 257 1 York and North Midland t5O paid) ...... 93/ 8; 5i ... 169 34 STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Aferc!try of this day.) FOREIGN WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, DEC. 9.—About an average amount of business has been transacted in most descriptions of foreign wool during the past week, and prices are firmly maintained. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, DEC. 9.—Sales of wool, during the present week, have been mode • rately extensively ; and prices of both combing and clothing wools may be quoted a shade higher. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, DEC. 9.—We have had very few buyers in the market this week for any description of wools, and few and limited the sales that have been effected. Stocks, especially in comb ing wools, are proportionably light, and the market is firm at the prices of last week. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The current demand for pieces to-day is chiefly in Merinos, Or leans, and other plain fabrics, which are not held in average quantities of former years ; and the manufac turers are not without hopes of realising advanced prices on the rates now current. The fancy trade still admits of no real improvement ; although more inquiry has been made for Parisians, the prices offered are such as to tend only to throw the Jacquard ma chine into total disuse. The advanced rates demanded for wool causes the spinners to seek a corresponding increase on the price of yarn, at which the manufae turers appear very shy, knowing that they are the only buyers at this season, the shippers being comparatively out of the market; that hardly an average business has been done, though the buyers are more free to pur chase at old rates, which the spinner finds it impos sible to comply with. During the week there is quite a new feature in the wool trade, a spirited demand having sprung up. The recent sales in London, of colonial and other wools, ha v i n g f oun d b u y ers at ad vanced rates, has inspired a confidence among the holders of English wools ; and the result is, that higher prices have been demanded by both growers and dealers, which have been. acceded to by the buyers. The stocks in this and neighbouring mar kets (which were barely an average) are very con siderably reduced, and of such qualities as are gene rally in request, the supply is very deficient. The late advance in noils and brokes is fully supported. TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.— The market on Tuesday was very firm, at the previous advance, and has since so continued. This is the more encouraging, as the commercial accounts from India, by the late mail, are not over flattering ; in deed, so far as the sale of prints at Calcutta and Bom bay is any criterion, prices were never lower. Still these accounts have not in the least operated on the market for cloth and twist, and both articles are quite firer, with a large business doing. Th ere a p pears t o be a full demand for yarns, though the principal shippers are not exporting anything at the present moment ;—a decidedly healthy appearance.- MEETING OF PARLIAMENT PRIVY COUNCIL.-At the Privy Council held by her Majesty at Windsor Castle to-day, a proclamation was agreed upon for further proroguing Parliament, from Tuesday next to Thursday the 2d of February, then to meet for the dispatch of business. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENLNG PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The verdict given on Thursday against the Brighton Railway Company, in an action brought by one of the sufferers through the accident which oc curred some time ago on the line, has established the fact that the calamity in question was not the result of inevitable accident. The course taken by the Com pany in endeavouring to nonsuit the plaintiff by a technical objection, without going into the merits of the case, was, we think, very far from judicious. Had the Directors succeeded at once on their first plea, though they might have gained a legal verdict, they would have lost more in public con fidence than the whole amount at which the damages were laid could have made up. If there had been really no want of care on the part of the Company's servants, a full inquiry would have been courted rather than shrunk from. We are there fore not surprised that some degree of negligence was established against the defendants when the merits of the case were gone into. It is, perhaps, better after all for the Company that their defence could not be established, and that neither of their pleas availed them. If they had nonsuited the plaintiff on the technical ground that no notice had been given in accordance with the statute they sought to take ad vantage of, the public would have imagined they were afraid openly to meet the charge of negligence; and, on the other hand, had they established the second plea, amounting to an allegation that the calamity was the result of inevitable accident, a pretext would have been afibrded for increasing the prejudice against railway travelling. If such calamities as that which occurred, on the Brighton line, when fou r li ves were lost, and many perso ns injured,' were to be ascribed to the ordinary risk incurred by going on a rail road, it would operate strongly against that mode of conveyance in general. When, how ever, it is seen that accidents arise only from a neglect of the proper precautions, the public will be snore likely to feel confidence in trusting themselves on railways, if caution is rendered obligatory on the parties entrusted with their superintendence and management. The verdict against the Brighton Com pany establishes the fact, that if proper care had been shown, no accident need have occurred ; and the chief thing to be provided against, therefore, is negligence or want of skill—both of which may. be avoided on every railway. The result of yesterday's trial is, consequently, favourable on the whole to the interests of railway companies; inasmuch as it shows that it depends chiefly on themselves to secure the confidence of the public. STANDARD.—An Opposition journal of last night announced, with an ostentation of wide linee and whatever 'else could attract attention, the purpose of her Majesty's advisers to repeal the present Corn laws, substituting two 'several scales of fixed duty, to be applied according to the terms upon which different countries would admit British manufactures -12s. per quarter or 65., as he case might be. W e b e li eve that we c an safely affirm that in this announce ment there is not one word of truth. They who are not disposed to rely upon our simple con tradiction will do well to remember that the thing announced is impossible, inasmuch as Great Britain is already bound by various treaties, as to the propor tions in which she will burthea the admission of the produce of those countries with which we trade treaties for the violation of which no modification of our Corn-laws can afford any pretext. It is not for us to assign with certainty the origin of the fable promulgated by our Whig Contemporary. It may have had its birth in Mark-lane, and to say truth, the story has some lineaments of the meek and cunning family who occupy that dove-cote ;or it may be the ingenious suggestion of some Whig clerk in the Trea sury, or at the Board :of Trade, who having been called to furnish a particular return, has built this project upon the demand ; or it may be what in schools and colleges is called " a shot "—a bold assertion hazarded upon the calculation that it may possibly be right, and that, even if wrong, it is no worse than silence. The story may have originated in one of these ways. All we are concerned to say of it is, that it is not true. If our memory does not deceive us, something of the same kind, as extrava gant and as false, was promulgated from the same quarter about this time last year. _ „---...........,••••••••=.•m i JRIST OL SUGAR MA.RICET, DEC. 9.-Without much apparent briskness to attract attention, the sales of II; w ; 41 1 , 3, vek, liave amounted to about COO hhds., princi m• .•tas and St. Vincent's, to the refiners, at ---. . . --4 ; • 4 1y.- •.• cN \ —Br i stol Mercury. ...YA- I * - -" 1 - - -.......7 % " Y•—Looking at a mad bull Q:w,, , : '' ' 4 IN: - . I t:. - 1 - .-- 1. '. 41 - a scope inverted, for the purpose of Ai li-. 2,- „ i '.„_,--. - - '-'-' ' al at a respectable distance. —New ngi r, ° I r k< .w;i:-1 4..,P,,. c \-.4. 1: : : --- ; :- .71 - ,,, -, :f4 • , - .1:'; ••••-..,zt-, w a s INCENDIARY FIRES. INCENDIARY FIRE NEAR NOTTINGHAM. (Further particulars from the Notts Review.) A fire, under very painful circumstances, occurred on Sunday morning last, which is undoubtedly the act of an incendiary, and therefore must strike feelings of terror and alarm into the hitherto singularly peaceable and quiet neighbourhood where it has occurred. On the above morning, Mr. Savage, a very respectable farmer, a tenant of Lord Rancliffe's, and who resides in the centre of the village of Bunny, was awakened by the barking of the dog in the farm-yard, and the noise of the cattle, and on looking out. of the window, discovered that a very large stack was in flames about the centre. By great exertions the fire was subdued by nine o'clock, it having got so much into the stack that it had to be taken to pieces and put out as it was thrown down. The singular and fatal hold which the fire had, may be attributed, at once and with truth, to' its having been set on fire in the centre, from which the flames rapidly spread on the other side, and soon completed their work of demolition. nder the stack was used for, and formed, a very good hovel for cattle and carts, and at the north end of the stack was the barn, with a very large quantity of grain in sacks. It consisted of from twenty-five to thirty quarters of wheat ; next the barn was the produce of five acres of oats, and at the other end were five acres of beans. The whole of the wheat, and about two-thirds of the oats fell a prey to the unsparing element. The remainder of the oats and beans was saved, which could not have been done had there been the slightest wind; indeed a much greater amount of damage would, no doubt, have been caused in that case, as on the opposite side of the yard are the stables, a wheat stack, a barley stack, and a pea stack, two hay stacks, and in the middle a straw stack. The stack burnt was forty yards long, so that the extent of the conflagration may well be conceived. Mr. Savage declares that no one had been on that 'side of the yard that night with fire or candle. He and the family went to bed about nine o'clock and he was -awoke as above stated. It must have been the act of an incendiary, or the firing in the middle could not have taken place. A reward of 501. has been offered by the Bunny and Bradmore Association for the Prosecution of Felons, of which Lord Rancliffe is President, for the discovery of the villainous midnight depredator. We heartily and sincerely trust he may be traced out. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hds., Monday, Salt Hill ; Friday, Woking Station-11. Quum hds. , Monday, Houghton-on-the-Hill ; Tues., Widmerpool Inn ; Thurs., Keythorpe ; Fri., Wartnaby Stone Pit-104. Mr. Hellier's hds., Mon., Barrills House ; Wed., Stoneleigh Abbey ; Fri., the Clock at Bickenhill-10i. .Mr. Archer's hds., Mon., Trebartba Village ; Thurs., Dolsdown Mr. Atty's IA., Tues., Prentrebychan ; Thurs., Worthenbury ; Saturday, Carden-10i. Shropshire hds., Tues., Otely Park ; Fri., High Ercall. Albrighton hds., Tues., Hunnington ; Thurs., Bel broughton ;' Saturday, Highland Pool-101. Capt. Candler's hds., Mon., Copcut Elm ; Wed., Stonebow Turnpike ; Fri., Bransford Bridge—•lol. Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Hope End ; Thur., Recluaarley Village. Heiefordshire hds., Tues., Berrington ; Fri., Chilston Toll. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Skinforth Village; Thurs. Dingestow Wood-10. Marquis of Hastings' hds., Mon., Cavendish Bridge ; Wed., Clifton Village ' • Sat., Morley Toll-b ar . Warwickshire hds., Mon., Ufton Wood ; Tues., Mit ford Bridge ; Thurs., Goldicote ; Sat., ilmington—lo:}. Mr. Robertson's hds., Mon.. - Ellingham ; Tues., Rod dam ; Thurs., Buddle ; Fri.,. Howick-10i. Mallet harriers, Mon., Gore-street ; Wed., Minster Mills ; Fri., Newlands-10. East Sussex hds., Mon., Easthoastly ; Wed., Bedding ham Hill; Thurs., Green Mau; Sat., Street Green-101. Brighton harriers, Mon., Thunder's Barrow ; Wea., Patcham ; Fri., Dyke. Brookside harriers, Mon., Newmarket Hill ; Thurs., Telscornbe Tye. Surrey hds., Mon., Effingham Common ; Wed„ Sheer walk, Albury ; Sat., Hartwocxl-101. Mr. Mure s hds., Mon., Haverhill Town ; Thurs., Bournbridae. CarobridEeshire hds., Mon., Stow Fox ; Wed., Ickwell Green ; Fri., Great Morden UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE' CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 9.—The following appointments have taken place : The Rev: John Stoddart, D.D., of Clare Hall, to the rectories of Lowick and Islip, Northampton'shire ; value 6851. Tha Rev. John Artily, M.A., Jesus College, to the rectory of Caister St. Edmund, with lliarkshail, Nor folk ; value 447/. The Rev. Thomas Turner Baker, 8.A., of Trinity College, to the peryetual curacy of St. Stephen, Tovil, near Maidstone, Kent. The Rev. Thomas Storer, 8.A., of St. John's Col lege, to the incumbency of St. Andrew's, Northampton. The Rev. Thomas Hill, 8.D., of Trinity College, to be one of the non-residentiary canons of the Cathedral of Lichfield. The Rev. Robert Sutton, M.A., of Trinity College, to be chaplain to the Lord Mayor of York. The Rev. Augustus. Kerr Bozzi Granville, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, to be domestic chaplain to the Earl of Ripon. CHARACTERISTIC REPLY OF THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.—In the course of last week, an applica tion was made by a tenant farmer to his Grace the Duke of Portland, to ascertain if his Grace would sanction a reduction in the wages of farm labourers from 12s. to 10s. per week. We understand that his Grace's significant reply was characteristic of the Noble Duke, "that if his tenants could not aff or d t o pay their labourers at the rate of 2s. per day, they were quite at liberty to give up their farms, and he would occupy the land himself." Is it not needless to ask who is the " labourers' friend ?" Doncaster Gazette. CHINA DESSERT SERVICE FOR THE QUEEN.—The Derby China Manufactory has long been celebrated for the taste displayed in' the manufacture of superior articles ; and we have this week had the gratification of seeing a splendid dessert service, ordered for her Majesty, the designs for which are in every respect original, and evince great taste and judgment on the part of the artist, as well as skill in the manufacture. The numbers of pieces contained in the service are 96 plates ; 16 dessert plates, varying in height from 16 to 24 inches f 16 fruit dishes, mounted upon cornucopi as ; and 2 pair of ice pails, the shapes of which are per fectly new, having been modelled from designs pre pared for the purpose. The whole are painted in equal portions of fruit, flowers, birds, and insects, and are enriched with embossed, chased, and burnished gold borders upon a green ground. Altogether it is one of the most beautiful sets of porcelain we ever saw, and does infinite credit to the manufactory from whence it proceeds. The service is about to be re moved, and in a few days may be seen at Mr. Blore's warehouse, 34, Old Bond-street, London, where it will remain until the 21st instant. —Derby Reporter. Tn. NIGER EXPEDITION.—The Wilberforce steam vessel, recently returned from the Niger expedition, thewa s paid off K a tr t roao l n lr f o ec o nr lii ap c p het appear r o t n ha Wednesday ardy yachl(t.r°°TrilheenWilliamracea and m Mary en, and able an d willin to work ,btniilt and pro ve excellent sailors on theirnative s t e h s . s g , northern clim a t e they complain o . aiou fe r„. piercing winds going threugh th em , th t s It.:ocuodman fortably clothed, a n d w i th flannel s their body. The Wilb er f orce left the shirts next steam-vessel at Fernando Po, and it is expected she will receive the slight, •repairs she will require there. The Albert steam-vessel is still on the coast of Africa and, owing to her small draught of wat er , i t was said she was to be employed in looking after slave ves sels. An impression prevails amongst the few remaining of the crew of' the Wilberforce that she will be re-commissioned in the spring of next year, and be worked exclusively by volun teers, assisted by Kroomen, and again proceed to the Niger. That river is described as being for about twenty miles below the spot where the model farm was one entire marsh, the whole of that distance clothed on each side with magnolia trees, growing into the river, and presenting a singular appearance where the rise and fall of the tide had washed away the earth from their roots. It was invariably in pass ing through this spot that the greatest number of cases of fever and deaths occurred amongst the white portion of the crew, and even the W es t I n di ans em ployed in the expedition could not resist the effects of the malaria. The country above Idah is described as comparatively beautiful and fertile, and the intel ligent portion of the cr ew o f the Wilberforce think a situation for the model farm ought to have been selected farther up the river, if such could have been obtained from the King of that country. The Niger at Idah is represented as being about twice as broad as the Thames at Woolwich, and in some parts immediately below Idah, about three times the breadth of the Thames in that quarter. The dew falls every evening after sunset in the marshy parts of the Niger in the form of a dense fog of greater intensity than was lately experienced on the River Thames. Several of the black crew of the Wilberforce, on being paid off, were very proud of being freemen, and proceeded to London the same evening, with the view of obtaining vessels. The great majority understood and could speak English very well, and conversed with each other in that language. DANGEROUS SITUATION OF THE DIME OF WEL LINGTON.—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, within a few days of her Majesty's arrival at Walmer Castle, in the early part of last month, was placed in a most dangerous and alarming situation, from which he was providentially rescued b y the speedy arrival of his medical attendants. His Grace was dining from off a partridge, when, by a most unfortunate mischance, one of the small bones of the wing stuck n hi s throat. The THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1842 Duke, with' his usual coolness, being well aware of his perilous situation, signified to those in attendance that his medicat advisers at Deal 'should be instantly sent for ; .and in a very short time afterwards Dr. M'Arthur and Mr. IV, Hulke, surgeon, had arrived at the castle. An attempt was first made to extract the bone by means of forceps, but it was too deeply seated for this instrument to reach it, although every means were tried which skill or ingenuity could sug gest to the two medical practitioners thus to relieve the illustrious sufferer. At last, it being then deemed essentially requisite that immediate relief should be given to the Duke, the probang, as a dernier resort, was had recourse to, and the bone was most skilfully thrust downwards, through the gullet into the stomach, rather severely but necessarily, from its position, lacerating the throat of the Noble Duke. It is ex tremely gratifying to be able to add, that the illus trious and venerable warrior has since experienced no inconvenience from the effects of the unfortun ate (and what might have proved, but for the skill of his medical attendants, most lamentable) occurrence.— The Britannia, ORDNANCE l IJRVEY.—The persons engaged in this great national work are actively employed in the survey of the streets of Leeds and the neighbour hood, and their operations seem to attract a good deal of public attention.—Leeds 21fercury. Jane, the wife of Stephen Cork, labourer, Cledford bridge, near Middlewich, is now cutting three teeth, at the age of 60. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 6, 1842. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James Mllenry, as Consul at Londonderry for the United States of America. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 6. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain W. L. Kaye to be Captain, vice Drew, retired on full-pay ; First Lieut. P. Ellis to be Captain, vice Kaye, Nov. 26 ; Second Lieut. H. W. Patton to be First Lieutenant, vico Ellis, Nov. 29. MEMORANDUM.—The date of promotion of First Lieutenant E. A. Williams is altered to Nov. 26, 1842. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry.—J, P. Oates to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Osborne, deceased, Dec. 6. WHITEHALL, Nov. 29. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Bridges, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. STEPHEN THOMAS,vietnaller,lleworth,Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. EDMUND PETER POWELL, tailor, Southampton, to surrender, Dec. 16, at eleven, and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Walker, Southampton-buildings, Bloomsbury ; Deacon and Long, Southampton. JOHN BURSLEM, stationer, King's Lynn, Norfolk, Dec. 19, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; I3ankart, Clement's lane, Lombard-street. THOMAS HARTLEY, batter, Liverpool, Dec. 19, at one, and Jan. 10, at one, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Grocott, Liverpool. RICHARD BABY URRY, coach maker, East Ret ford, Nottinghamshire, Dec. 19, at twelve, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy. Hope, official assignee, L ee d s ; V o ll ans , E ast R et f or d . ROBERT CHESHIRE JANION, commission agent, Liverpool, Dec. 16, at one, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, offi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Johnson, St. Helen's, Lan cashire. JOHN DAVIES and HENRY EDWARDS, linen drapers, Westminster-road, Lambeth, Dec. 22, at eleven, and Jan. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing hall-street. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman -street.. buildings ; Ashurst, Cheapside. JOSHUA BEAUMONT, victualler, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Dec. 19, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Plaskett, Gainsborough. ISRAEL WADE, grocer, Manchester, Dec. 15, and Jan. 16, at one, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Putt, official assignee, Manchester ; Dear den, Manchester. WILLIAM BELL, merchant, Bridlington, York shire, Dec. 23 and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy, Hope, Leeds, official as signee ; Towse, Lawrence Pountney-lane, London ; Mather, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Wetwan, Bridlington. PETER BLATCHFORD, miller, Plymouth, Dec. 20, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Harris, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Stogdon, Exet er; K e lly, Plymouth. EDMUND OAKLEY and JOHN WISE, corn. dealers, Poole, Der- 21, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 13 at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Bishop, South. ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; Moore, Wim. borne, Dorsetshire. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy,Basinghall-street. T. Marris and T. Nicholson, bankers, Barton-upon. Humber, Jan. 2, at one—J. J. Grant, alo merchant, Gloucester-street, Queen's-square, Bloomsbury, Jan. 2, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. and G. Lockwood, linen drapers, Wakefield, York shire, Jan. 11, at twelv e , a t th e L ee d s Di str i ct Court of Bankruptcy—W. S. Batson, J. Wilson, and J. Lang horn, bankers, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Dec. 31, at eleven, at the District Court ofßankruptcy,Newcastle-upon-Tyne. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. W. Richardson, wine merchant, King-street, Covent garden, Dec. 30—J. Dennis, sen., and J. Dennis, jun., linen drapers, Tooley-street, Dec. 30—W. Walford. merchant, Great Winchester -street, Dec. 30—W. C. Gotland, I:nan draper, Cambridge, Dec. 30—M. Otley, milliner, St. James's-street, Dec. 30—R. Jacques and R. Wilson, flax spinners, Leeds, Jan. 2—T. Mennell, cloth merchant, Leeds, Jan. 4—G. A. Cator, wool merchant, Leeds, Jan. 3—T. T. Johnson, ribbon manufacturer, Wood-skeet, Cheapside, Jan. 3—R. Duffel', tar distiller, Bow-common, Jan. 3—W. Ridge, C. Ridge, and W. Newland, bankers, Chichester, Dec. 30—E. J. Trough ton, merchant, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, Dec. 30—W. Nockells and J. Barsham, oxalic acid man u f ac t urers , Stratford, Dec. 31—R. II Goddard, fringe maker, Wood-street, Jan. 4—B. Hargreaves, tailor, Manchester, Jan. 2—W. S. Batson, J. Wilson, and J. Langhorn, bankers, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Dec. 31 —B. Paice, victualler, New Windsor, Jan. 4—W. Dunn, merchant, Southampton, Jan. 6—B. Ward, boot manufacturer, Charlotte-terrace, New-cut, Lambeth, Jan. 6—J. Allen, cattle dealer, Much Wymondley, Hertfordshire Jan. 6 Collinson and W. B rown , upholsterers, 'Oxford street, Jan. 6—R. B. Thompson, warehouseman, Wood street, Cheapside, Jan. 6—J. Dudley, chemist, London terrace, Hackney-road, Dec. 30—P. Protheroe, jun., iron merchant, Bristol, J. I2—A. G. Gifford, wine mer chant, Mark-lane, Dec. 30 —T. Stephenson, coach maker, Manchester, Dec. 30—J. Russell, merchant, Manchester, Jan. 3—J. Wilson, commission agent, Man chester, Jan. 3—J. Ale xan d er an d H . Gibb ons, chemists, Wolverhampton, Jan. 2—F. W. Fiddian, architect, Bir mingham, Jan. 3—T. Hampson, broker, Liverpool. Doe. 31—T. Allen, silkman, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Jan. 2 C. Biggs, commission agent, Manchester, Jan. 2. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. Lane and P. Wilson—T. and W. Stripling, watch makers, Litchfield—S. Baker and A. Windle, timber merchants, Wortley, Yorkshire—J. H. Watson and S. Wix, attorneys, Great Winchester -street, City—W. Kightley and H. W. Hall, solicitors, Panten-square, Haymarket—My. and M. Dunne, dress makers, Con duit-street, Westminster —C. Heathcott and S. Linley, manufacturers of joiners' tools, Sheffield—G. Ewart and R. G. Spedding, zinc workers, Quickset-row, New-road, Bridge-road, Westminster—J. H. Sellers andJ. Blomley, attorneys, Rochdale, Lancashire—N. Buchanan and W. Tuppen, hair dressers, Hastings—G. Fox and H. Horner, engineers, Sheffield—C. Hinnell and R. Willan, attor neys, Bury St. Edmund's—T. Kershaw, C. Holt, J. Jack son, S. Jackson, and J. Stott, coal miners, Spotland, Lancashire (so far as regards S. Jackson)—J. Barnes and E. Chantler, bleachers, Elton-fold, Lancashire--J. Wright and W. S. Partridge, surgeons, Bordesley, War wickshire--T. and W. Dickins, whip manufactu rers , Da ventry, Northamptonshire —A. and W. Dove, iron mongers, York —B. P. Gurney and R. Carr, ivory cutters, Sheffield —J. Coote and A. Ardley, carpenters, Witham, Essex —T. C. and P. R. Jackson, engineers, Little Bolton, Lancashire--J. Reid and J. Breckenridge, tailors, Liver pool—T.Kershaw, S. Ja , Ason, J. Jackson, J. Stott, and M. Stott, coal miners, Spotland, Lancashire (So far as regards J. and M. Stott)-- J. Plaisted and B. J. Vick ers , J. Vi c k ers, jun., , Vickrs, wine erchants, Tooled (so far as r egar d s Be Vickers).m SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES 11100 D WILSON, flesher, Dundee, Dec. 15 and Jan. 10, at two, at the British Hotel, Dundee. MATHEW TOD, farmer, - Bankfoot, Haddington shire, Dec. 3 and Jai. 4, at twelve, at the George Inn, Haddington. ALEXANDER JAMES KILGOUR, china dealer, Dundee, Dec. 17 and Jan. 4,' at two, at th e R oyal Hotel, Dundee. GEORGE MACFARLANE and CO., merchants, Glasgow, Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, at one, at the George Inn, Glasgow. LAUDER and CO., brewers, Jedburgh, Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, at twelve, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Jedburgh. JAMES SCOTT, grocer, Leshmahagow, Dec. 14 and Jan.4,a two, at the Chambers of A. and J. Morrison, Glasgow. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 9. (Sittings at Nisi Prins before Lord DENMAN and a Middlesex Special Jury.) LIBEL.-BAKEB, V. WILKINSON. This was an action brought by the High Sheriff of Rutlandshire, against the proprietor of the Leicester Herald, for the publication of a libel. It appeared that the plaintiff was a great agriculturist and a feeder of stock, and that he had obtained several prizes for a certain fat steer which he had fed. There was afterwards an hccusation brought against him that he had misrepresented the age and feeding of the steer, and in the course of the controversy, frequent allusions were made to the plaintiff's stock book. Meetings were held on the subject, at Leices ter and Stamford. Pamphlets were published, and while the controversy was at its height, the alleged libel appeared in defendant's paper. It was in the form of a letter to the Editor, and was headed "The Cheating Sheriff of Rutland." The letter itself was dated Limpston ' April 6, 1842, and purported to be written by P. Brown. It stated, that as regarded Mr. Baker's herd book, the writer who had lived in plaintiff's service for upwards of six years, had made frequent entries in it, and that to the best of the writer's recollection that book contained something much more like 300 pages than only 6, as had been represented in the Times of March 30. The letter was followed by a paragraph, in which the plaintiff was denominated the mean, lying sheriff. The SOLICITOR- GENERAL (with whom was Mr. Hill), for the plaintiff, stated the circumstances con nected with the controversy relating to the age, and said that the plaintiff had only brought this action for the purpose of vindicating his character. The clerk from the Stamp-office was called to prove the proprietorship of the paper. It appeared, however,' that there was a verbal difference between the Stamp office record and the statement in the declaration as to the residence of the defendant and the place of pub lication of the paper. Mr. KELLY objected that that variance was fatal to the action. Lord DENMAN having heard the Solicitor-General in reply, directed the cause to proceed, but stated that he would reserve the point. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to the point being reserved. Lord DENMAN could not reserve it if the Solicitor- General objected. Witnesses were then called to prove the purchase of the paper at defendant's office, who were cross -exa mined as to the meetings held jibout the steer, but.from which nothing of importance was elicited. A letter from defendant to plaintiff, dated June last, and. apologising for the insertion of the libel, was then put in, and also an article in November last, in defend ant's paper, relating to the action, and stating that Sir W. Follett was retained for plaintiff, and Mr. Kelly for defendant. The case for the plaintiff having been concluded, Mr. KELLY, for the defendant, admitted that the verdict must go against his client, but he submitted that the smallest possible amount of damagea would fully satisfy the justice of the case. He denied that the plaintiff had brought this action bona fide for the vindication of his character, because if that had been his intention he would have put wit nesses into the box, who could have told the Jury what had occurred at the Walton and other agricul tural associations, who could have given them some in - sight into the transaction. On the contrary, the plaintiff had taken advantage of one strong expression in the heading of an article in a local newspaper, in order to snap a verdict. The plaintiff himself had pub lished a pamphlet on the subject, and what right had he to complain of another person publishing an article in a newspaper on the same subject ? He submitted that nominal damages were all that the plaintiff was entitled to recover. With regard to the apologetical letter that expressed defendant's regret for the publi. cation of the libel, the defendant stated that if he had been aware of plaintiff's defence at Leicester and Stamford the article would never have been published, founded, as it had been, entirely on the report of the Walton Committee, and yet after that plain tiffcontinued his prosecution. It appeared that at the meeting at Stam ford Mr. Baker had been unanimously acquitted of the charge of misrepresenting the age of the steer, but why had - he not brought his action against the Wal ton Committee instead of against the present de fendant, who had merely published an article founded on the report of the Committee. The defendant had, in his letter of the 14th June, offered to let judgment go by default; and he did not envy the feelings of the then prosecutor, who, after such a letter could have continued this action. The only reason why judgment had not been suffered to go by defa u lt was , because the defendant h a d b een advised th a t it wou ld be better for him t o h ave t hi s case tried b e f ore a Judge with a speci a l J ury, than before an U n d er Sheriff, and the diff erence of ex pense would no t be more than 101. or 201. L p o la rd ine of as a libel w as w h o ll y unintelli gible DENMAN in summing up sa id, th at t h e letter complained "The Cheati ng Sh er iff of Rutland,' gible whe n taken by itself, but un f ortunately it was headed concluding with these expressions, " We wonder what the lying Sheriff will say to this, how will he wriggle out of it ?" his friends assist him. They are underdone brown. And with this witticism, for the Jury would recollect that the writer of the 'article signed his name F. Brown, the article concluded. Now, it really was a miserable thing that the Jury and Court should have their time occupied by stuff like this. He could not help expressing his regret the station fill e d b y oc w cu h p o y ing must be men of educati on , the that de pe fe r n s d o a n n s ts, and of intellectual attainment, and who ought to have the feelings and manners of gentlemen, in dulged in the use of abusive and vulgar language Such as that which he had just read. It seemed as if the editors of papers thought it incumbent on them to follow the example set them by two persons in a work of fiction, with which, no doubt, all who heard him had been frequently delighted, and who, because they happened to be editors of rival newspapers, thought themselves privileged to indulge in the lowest and most abusive expressions against each other. The question was to what damages was the plaintiff entitled. He could not help expressing his opinion that all such language ought to be treated , with con tempt by men of character. With regard to the man ner in which the case for the plaintiff had been brought before them, he must say that he never saw a voyage of reputation embarked on with sails so closely reefed. It was absurd for. the Sheriff of Rut land to come `here to vindicate his character before a Special Jury of the county of Middlesex, who had never heard of his name before, and no one of whom knew anything about him. With regard to the defendant's letter of the 14th June, he considered that was a very proper letter ; and if the plaintiff had not thought' that a sufficient apology, he might have re quired a fuller apology, or have called for the name . of the person who had written the letter; but instead of that, after reading that letter deprecating his anger, and apologising for the insertion of the letter, plaintiff brought defendant here to meet the visitation of the law The Learned Counsel for the defendant said, that he was glad the case had been heard in that Court, and that the expense would only be a little different from what it would have been if judgment had gone by default, and the case had been heard before the Under Sheriff. He was afraid the Learned Gentle man's client would not find such to be the case, and he was desirous that it should not go forth to the public that persons were not doing themselves any injury by proceeding to trial in the superior Courts, when they had no grounds of defence to offer. He thought a Sheriff and a Sheriff's Jury would have done ample enough justice in the present case. The •juestion now was, whether they thought the plaintiff entitled to any damages at all beyond those nominal damages which every person was entitled to in cases of this nature, where there was no justifi cation. The Jury retired to consider the verdict at one o'clock, and at half-past four o'clock returned a verdict for plaintiff—Damages, 40s. KENDILLON V. MALTBY, ESQ. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who had been a police sergeant, against the defendant, the police Magistrate of the Marlborough-street Police , Court, for slander. Mr. C. CLARK opened the proceedings. Mr. KELLY, i n stating the case to the Jury, said, that the plai n tiff , who had always borne an irre proachable character, held the situation of sergeant in the police force in the month of June, 1841, and that his beat w as i n the parish of St. George, Hanover-squ are . It appeared that at that time, racter resided i n Woodstoc k- street, w hi c h was a Dumb er o f persons of abandoned eha on the plaintiff's beat. The plaintiff had been very active in endeavouring to get these women of aban doned character out of that locality, and at length he had succeeded in clearing the street. On the 21st June, there was a disturbance in Shepherd-street, to which these women had removed from Woodstock street. The,plaintiff in quelling the disturbance had been assaulted by a person named Woolrid, who was charged bef ore M r. Maltby w i t h the 'assault; in fact he had given the plaintiff a very severe blow. Some of these abandoned women had been called by Woolridge, and Mr. Maltby had dismissed On the 29th of June another disturbance had o ccurred at the same spo t. T wo gen the complaint. tlemen, Sir Thomas Moncrieff and Captain Ormsby. had complained to the plaintiff that one of them hAd been robbed. The plaintiff made inquiries on the spot, and offered to take any one into custody whom they would charg e aarhaving robbed them. One of the gentlemen immediately afterwards found the arti cle of which h e s t ated he had been robbed, and with drew the compl a i nt. The women became very vio lent, and attacked the plaintiff, and Sir Thomas Mon crieff and Captain Ormsby took part with the women, and gave the plaintiff a blow. They were taken into custody, and on being brought before the defend- ant they denied the assault. Now, Captain Ormsby ' had not been in a state, at the time the transaction had taken place, to kpow anything about it. In fact, he was drunk—he had been fined by Maltby him self for drunkenness. The case was then adjourned to procure further evidence; and on the 3d of July, when the case came on for final hearing, evidence having been given corroborating the evidence of the plaintiff, Mr. Maltby fined Captain Ormsby ss. for being drunk, and ss. for assaulting the plaintiff, and dismissed the case against Sir Thomas Moncrieff. At the conclusion of the case Mr. Maltby made use of the language which was the subject of the present action. The words made use of by defendant were, "I feel myself bound to say, with reference to this charge, and also to one before me a few days since, from the same spot, that Ido not believe Sergeant Kendillon on his oath ? " , This was said in the open Court, in the presence of men belonging to the Me tropolitan Police, and ofnewspaper reporters, who would report the words to the public. He would defy Mr. Maltby to prove the truth of the words he had uttered. The nature of the pleadings was sucti as to allow of a justification being put upon the record, but the de fendant had not attempted to justify. These words of the Magistrate had been communicated to the Commissioners of Police, who in consequence had dismissed the plaintiff. He had remained for some time out of a situation, but had at length been for tunate enough to obtain employment in the Surrey police. The Learned Counsel then called witnesses to prove the use of the words by defendant, and the dismissal of plaintiff by Mr.' Mayne, the Police Commissioner. The case for the plaintiff having closed, The SouciTon-UENERAL, for defendant, said that as no evidence has }peen given of malice on the part of Mr. Maltby, as the obse. - vations had been uttered by him on the Bench in the exeu,. 'tion . of his duty. as a Magistrate, and as there was no elatLence-• of special damage, for the evidence of Mr. Mayne cui. not go to that extent, he submitted to the Court that there was : no case to go to the Jury, for the observations has been made I by him in his judicial capacity i n g i v ing judgmentin a case before him, and he was entitled to 1 the protection of the Act of Parliament. Mr. KELLY, in reply, contended v that the expres sions themselves were sufficient to show malice from the manner in which th e y were used. It was neither decorous nor right in a Magistrate, because the per sons brought before him happened to move in the sphere of gentlemen ' and denied the truth of the charge, to state that he did not believe a witness on his oath, when at the same time there was nothing whatever to impeach the veracity of the witness. Mr. CLARK followed on the same side. Lord DENMAN said that in his opinion no Judge was entitled to any protection for uttering slander, and if he uttered it either during a case or beside a case, he must be held responsible, but in this case it appeared to him that Mr. Maltby was acting in some measure both as judge and jury, and in the exercise of his discretion as a Magistrate, having to form an opinion of the conduct of the officers under him, it appeared to the Court that Mr. Maltby was bound to state, as his reason for dismissing the case, that he did not believe the officer on his oath, if such was really the case, and he was also bound to make that osserva tion in the hearing of the superintendent, in order that information might be conveyed to the Commissioners. Under these circumstances, he thought plaintiff could not maintain his action without giving express proof of malice. None such had been given, and therefore there was no case to go to the Jury. Plaintiff nonsuited. PREROGATIVE COURT, Dec. 9. THE COUNTESS DE ZICHY FERRARIS V. THE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD AND OTHERS. The Court was occupied the whole day with hear ing the remainder of the argument in this case, which, as before stated, is a question respecting the validity of certain codicils to the will of the late Marquis of Hertford, propounded by the legatees (the Countess de Zichy Ferraris and Mr. J. W. Croker), and opposed by the executors (Mr. Croker excepted, who is one of the executors), on the ground that they were invalid under the Will Act. It is a dry question of law— namely, whether the codicils, inserted per se, are ren dered valid and efficacious by a subsequent attested codicil, or by constructive incorporation with a valid instrument. A host of authorities were cited on eithe side, the particulars of which would possess no public interest. The Queen's Advocate, Dr. Addams, Dr: Haggard, - Dr. Jenner, Dr. Harding, Dr. Phillimore, and Dr. Elphinstone, were for the different parties. Sir H. JENNER, FUST said it was quite impossible, with justice to this important question—important not only to the parties interested in this particular case, but to other parties in siwilar cases—that he could decide it without looking carefully into the variety of cases which had been cited. He must therefore take time to consider his judgment. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 9. [N RE JOHN GOODERED-THE PICCADILLY SALOON, This day being appointed for the final examination of the bankrupt, who was the proprietor of the above notorious place of resort, the Court was crowded with creditors of the estate, and others anxious to hear the details of the case. The bankrupt having been sworn, was examined at great length concerning his connection with, and the profits arising out of, the play and betting rooms at Doncaster. He stated that he had been connected with them for thirteen years, and the profits, after in cidental expenses, amounted to between 4001. and 5001. a-year. Some years they exceeded 7001. or 8001. but latterly they had fallen off very much. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE—That is but little to be wondered at, after the numerous exposures that have latterly taken place in the Law Courts. Goodereci—l have had sometimes as many as thir teen Members of both Houses of Parliament there at the same time.—(Loud laughter.) The bankrupt having answered the usual questions, and rendered his accounts, was declared entitled to pass his examination. IN' RE HANWAY V. THE MARYLERONS BANK. The examination of this bankrupt, who was the principal Manager and Director of the Marylebone Bank, was again resumed this day. The subject of investigation was the general items in the balance sheet, in which there appeared no point of public in terest. At the adjournment the further hearing was fixed ror to-morrow Morning at 11 o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YE STE RDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday the Lord Mayor said it gave him sincere pleasure to state that he had received, through the office of the Times newspaper, the following letter containing a contribution of Si. for the Greville-street Free Hospital, than which there could not be a more noble or useful institution in the country. It was with particular emphasis he called the attention of the benevolent public to the brief but comprehensive description of the nature and character of the charity. "MY Loin,—As yourpredecessor was kind enough to bestow his aid in favour of the Greville-street Hos pital, permit me through you to offer my humble assistance to that excellent institution. " Is it possible to imagine a qualification more con sonant with true Christian charity than that which has been fixed , on by the' Governors of that truly philanthropic establishment ? They require no letters of recommendation, no signature by Governors, no testimonials by parochial functionaries, no fees on admission. The simple qualification for admission is, that the applicant should, be poor, helpless, and afflicted. lam quite sure these terms, so necessary at this season, only require to be made known in order to secure the general support and assistance of the pubic for this hospital, and I beg to offer my con tribution of Si. in aid of the funds.—l am, my Lord, your humble and obedient servant, M. " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." Mr. Nobler begged to be allowed to state that in the performance of his duties, which were frequently most painful, in consequence of the influx of poor, helpless, diseased creatures, without home or friend in the world, he had been put in possession of facts connected with the Greville-street Hospital, calculated to show that the letter his Lordship had just read, did not at all exaggerate the merits of the institution. He knew from the experience to which he alluded, a sort of testimony the sincerity of which admitted of not a shadow of doubt, that at periods of the greatest severity and distress, the destitute stranger, who required medical or surgical aid, was sure to.re ceive at that hospital the most skilful and humane at tention. The LORD MAYOR said that the Committee had taken the large premises which formerly belonged to Messrs. Seddon and Co., in Gray's Inn-lane, in which, with the assistance of the public, the services rendered to our less fortunate fellow -creatures would be upon a most extensive scale. His Lordship then expressed a wish that the example which he had thus made public for the . purpose of . inviting imitation, would be followed by the crowd of excellent persons who were so well known to substitute benefactions for luxuries. Captain Henry Pratt, who had been appointed com mander of the Barbadoes, bound with em i gran t s f or Prince Ed war d' s Island, and who was, a fortnight ago, charged with bigamy, was brought up by Childs the constable for final examination. Childs stated that, according to his Lordship's di rections, he had written to the lady who was said to he the prisoner's second vs/ife, and that she had come from the Cove of Cork for the purpose of giving evi dence against a man who had in so base a manner de serted her. The first wife of the prisoner, a young woman of very respectable appearance, who was married to him on the Ist of December, 1836, and whom, with his child, he abandoned upwards of two years ago, was present during the examination. • Mr. Hill attended as solicitor to the prisoner. Maria Jackson - (the prisoner's second wife), a very well educated young woman, stated that she was 28 years of age, and that she met the prisoner at the Cove of Cork, and was married to him on the 4th of January last, by license, in St. Paul's parish, in the city of Cork, she being a widow, and he, according to his own account, being a bachelor. (She produced a copy of the marriage certificate from the rector.) The prisoner represented himself to her as a lieutenant in the navy.—(Here the prisoner laughed.) The LORD MAYOR—HOW long did you reside with him ? Witness—We lived togetherabout three weeks. The LORD MAYoß—Which of you maintained the other ? Witness—Oh, he maintained me. I went with him in his schooner from Cork to Dublin the day after our marriage, and when we got to Dublin he told me the schooner was to be sold, and as I thought it might be expensive to him for me to remain in Dublin I left him there to procure a situation, and I returned to Cork. He went off to Liverpool when I went to Cork. The LORD MArou—Had you any correspondence with him ? Witness—He wrote several letters to me, which I have here. • The LORD MAYOR—And by what means did you hear that he was a married man ? Witness—l heard by accident from Captain Nun, of Harwich. I never communicated with him afterwards. It was in March I heard of the circumstance. The last letter I re ceived from him stated that . he was still out of em ,ployment, and that he was going out as chief mate to the East Indies. Mary Ann Osborne, one of the bridesmaids of the prisoner's first wife, deposed that she was present when the prisoner married Fanny Josslyn, in the parish of Dovercourt. in the county of Essex, on the first day of December, 1836. The LORD MA - you—Well, prisoner, you told me some time ago that there was no truth in the state ment that you had two wives. What have you to say now ? The prisoner (smiling)—Why I have nothing at all to say, •my Lord. _ The Loan MAYOR—I have good reason to believe roll have more wives, Captain Pratt. The pri - 'ore ! No. Two are quite enough for one man. odvise you to hold your tongue. .oson to think that he has another that ..,' sore r-1. Mr. Childs—l have rt., wife at Liverpool, my Ll.. . The prisoner—No such thit7r* The LORD MAroß—Well, k - your Lordship. trial. The prisoner (laughing)—Than ___ PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Dec. 6, 1842, is 355. (Id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. UTILITY or SClENCE.—Science recommends itself to all classes of mankind by its practical utility, and by the numerous advantages and benefits which it continually brings to light. To expatiate on the im portance and the benefits of scientific research and discovery would be superflnous; and it will be suffi cient to select from the mass of facts a single illus tration to prove the advantages which its investiga tion confer on mankind. We would therefore, select the " Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice," prepared by Messrs. Rowland, of Hatton-garden, and of Macassar Oil Celebrity, as constituting at once an indispensable requisite for th e :t o il et ; and an instance of the success of scientific researc h in discovering an infallible pre servative of thos e i n di spensable attributes o f b eauty the teeth and gums, in balmy fragrance, freshness, and beauty WOPSHIP-STREET: EARLY DEPRAVITY.—Margaret Herring, a little girl, not quite ten years old, was charged before .Mr:, Bingham with having stolen several small bUMS 01 money from different children. These charges were preferred against the girl by children under nine years of age, whom she had robbed by means of the following stratagem :—They had been severally sent by their parents to make trifl ing purchases in their respective neighbourhoods, and were intercepted on their way by.the prisoner, who asked them to show her what money they had, as there was a woman lying in wait to rob and murder them if they had enough of inoney. The children, who were greatly alarmed, immediately complied with her request; but they had no sooner exposed their money than the prisoner snatched it out of their hands and took to flight. It was stated that she had com mitted numerous depredations of the kind, and was the terror of the juvenile population of the district. Police constable Redmond apprised the Magistrate that the prisoner was taken into custody a few weeio ago, for stealing half-a-crown from little girl under similar circumstances, but she was discharged on ac count of her extreme youth and apparent penitence. The prisoner's mother, an old Irishwoman, came forward, and bemoaned the wicked courses of the girl, which she said she had endeavoured to arrest by every means in her power, without success. Mr. BINGHAM observed that it was a most melan choly thing to see a child under ten years of age en gaged in such a systematic career of crime, and pur suing it with a degree of craft and hardihood equal to that exhibited by old and practised thieves. It was evident that she had fallen into bad hands, and, for her own sake, he should commit her for trial, when the Court would probably send her to the Isle of Wight, to allow her a chance of reclamation. The prisoner was committed on the three charges. PETER BORTHWICK, M.P. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DEC. 8. IN RE WILLIAM CARTER, This insolvent, who had followed no occupation, was opposdd on the part of Mr. Nathaniel Hartland, the public officer of the Gloucester Banking Company at Evesham, as also for a Mr. John Hudson, wine merchant, at Chichester. The disclosures in this case relating to bill transac tions were of an unusual character. The insolvent, who is much advanced in years, was father-in-law of a person known by the name of " Pea-green" Hayne, and who, it came out, had died in a lunatic asylum, after having squandered away a splendid fortune. The insolvent was discharged under the Act in the year 1832, and the debts on that occasion which remained unpaid were 9,9311. Gs 11d. The debts and liabili ties in the present schedule were 7,9631. 17s. 6d., of which sum 4,0541. were on accommodation bills ; 1,6001. more than once entered, and the bona fide debts 2,3091. 17s. 6d. On the other side 1201. was mentioned as bad debts. It was said that the credits on the former schedule were set forth at 10,0001. Mrs. Carter had a separate property to some extent. The insolvent was questioned on some bill , trans actions he had with Mr. Borthwick, M.P. He said (after an exposition of his former and present incum brances) that he had accepted two bills of exchange in January last for 1,0001. each, for the uccomtnode tion of Mr. Borthwick, which bills were now in the hands of Mr. Hartland, the opposing creditor, at whose suit he was in prison. Mr. Borthwick told him he wanted to pay his Parliamentary agent, Mr. Be denharn, and from representations he made induced him to accept the two bills. It appeared that there wero two other bills to a small amount, which were set forth in the schedule. The insolvent's wife was in the receipt of an income derived from Jamaica, and any interest he possessed had passed to his former creditors. Since his former discharge some compensation had been awarded on account of some slaves, which had been received by his step-son, but the money had not _come into his hands. Mr. CRESSWELL referred to an entry on the balance sheet of 5001. as 'expended from 1835 to 1839 in the maintenance " of my son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Hayne, who died in a lunatic asylum in Edinburgh, and paid for medical attendance on him." It appeared, with respect to the other opposing cre ditor, Mr. Hudson, that he had obtained a judgment in Edinburgh, on which he brought an action in one of the Courts of this country. Evidence was given that an action was brought by Mr. Hudson on his judgment, to which a plea was pleaded. A verdict was obtained for 951., and the costs were 541., of which 25/. was incurred on being compelled to bring a witness from Edinburgh. The insolvent, in answer to his Counsel, Mr. Cooke, said that his wife had a fortune from her West Indian property when he married her, in 1809, of from 1,8001. to 2,0001. a year. He was now 75 years old. He had been acquainted with Mr. Borth wick for 8 or 10 years. About October, 1841, Mr. Borthwick told him there was a sum of 3,0001. reserved for him by the Carlton Club for his election expenses. The insolvent mentioned some names of noblemen and gentlemen as connected with the Carlton Club, which were not distinctly heard. Mr. CooitE told him it was not necessary to men tion names. The insolvent proceeded with his narrative. He was so satisfied with the statement of Mr. Borthwick there was 3,000/. for him, that he went to a Mr. Bebb, and that gentleman, on his statement, advanced Mr. Borth wick 500/. on his bills of exchange. The next trans action was the bills now held by Mr. Hartland. Mr. Borthwick told him that his electioneering agent, Mr. Bedenham, was in town, anxiously waiting to be paid the expenses of his election, which were from 1,5001. to 1,7001., and he accepted the two 1,0001. bills, believing they would be paid by Mr. Borthwick. The bills given to Mr. Bebb were renewed, and on asking Mr. Borthwick the reason he did not apply to the Carlton Club for the 3,0001. which he had mentioned, Mr. Borth wick said he should be pauperised if he should apply to the Club. He (Mr. Borthwick) expected a diplomatic appointment from his friends of the Administration, and if he applied to the Carlton Club it would defeat his other object. Mr. Borthwick told him that the debt was duo to Mr. Bedenham, and that the bills were not to be negotiated. When he once called on Mr. BorthwiCk he saw the solicitor for Mr. Hartland, who required from him a judgment. He again saw Mr. Borthwick, who told him the matter would be ar ranged. It had not been arranged, and he (the in solvent) was in prison. Borthwick came to him at the lock-up house, begg►ing him not to go to prison, and when he was in prison he visited him some weeks back. He did not know where to find him. Attempts had been made to subpmna him for the present occa sion. An agent of Mr. Borthwick's had called on him in prison, saying that a proposition had been made to the creditors who hold the bills. Mr. CocucE—The result is, that he has left you in the lurch after you had stood the brunt of the day ? Insolvent—Yes. Mr. COOKE—And he being privileged from arrest ? The insolvent said he was pressed at the time by his own creditors, and Mr. Borthwick accepted some bills, but not one had been paid. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said the case was not put under a penal clause, and after the imprisonment and the age of Mr. Carter, he would be discharged. The insolvent was discharged. The Bude light has been introduced into the centre of the Market-place, Manchester, supeseding the various tiers of gas burners previously necessary to diffuse sufficient light around. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Yesterday morning Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Crown and Sceptre, Mile-end Old Town, on the body of Mr. Henry Spinks, 69 years of age, of No. 46, Luke •street, Mile-end. Mrs. Mary Spinks, widow of the deceased, stated that on Wednesday evening, during the heavy fog, the deceased had occa sion to go into the yard at the rear of his dwelling house, and a considerable time having elapsed with cut his return, she went to seek him, when she found him lying in the yard in a state of insensibility. Mr. Burchell, surgeon, of Whitechapel-road, said the de ceased was subject to asthma, and he was of op inion death was caused by deceased going out of a Wain room suddenly into the foggy atmosphere, which had produced conestion of the lungs, and subseq uently the brain. 'a c he Jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death." Mr. Payne held an inquest yesterday evening at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Edward H o lland, a child three years old. It appeared from the ev idence of his father and others, that on Tuesday last, the, child had for a short time been left to the c are of 11'5 brother, aged six years. The latter was burning? piece of wood to amuse himself, and the child in stretching over to pull it from the fire, unfortunately fell upon the hearth, at the same tune kettle full of boiliFg water which was upon the ate; His screams brought the neighbours in, who carrie: him to Mr. Masons a surgeon, where emollients we"; applied. The child afterwards removed to GO Hospital, but he had been so seriously injured ahoy' the head, neck, and breast, that he died on ThursdaP —Verdict, " Accidental death." upsetting Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Q Creechurcn-lane, on the body of Richard Baxt°l; aged 46. It appeared that deceased had been; an inveterate drunkard, and on Thursday ,n'g while ascending the stairs to his lodging j" l y9 : n Herring's-court, Creechurch-lane, and shou:;.f, " Buxton is coming, hurrah for Brave Buxton, fell backwards from top to bottom, his head coinclik with great violence against the stones, and rend el' ueen's Head, ceeding morning, he expired him. insensible; medical aid was procured and he c. removed to bed, when, after lingering till the sti e death." V rd . t " Accidentat _________—_ MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. lity in The following are the results of " A Table •rfoT l‘mi:aellrta Causes the Metropolis, showing th e N u mber of Dea ths Table is Registered in th e wee k en di ng D e c. 3, 1 842 ' "f - issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— weekly Aversg° 1838- 9404 ......, rout --, CAUSES OP DEATH. Total. r , l Four ari ALA , ' TS- c ye oo Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 150 14u „ .149 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 161 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of 0 75 2 68 Respiration .. ... 283 ,',, 18 .k.)iseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 2O " Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other 61 59 59 , 4 Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidnays, &c. ........ ... Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, ice 6 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 5 ' 1 1 106 jot Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain Seat 70 u" 0 1 4 Age, or Natural Decay Deaths by Violence, Privation,. or Intern- 24 2 5 32 perance --- Causes not specified ..... - ..... .•• - Deaths from all causes . BB2 912 ' 912 , . Average Weekly Deaths ...... Do ti. ' Population Average is ee the,, mu- DISTRILTS. =crated De aths -1, ti .IS4I. 1830-40-1. West—Kensington, St. George (Hanover-sqv,are), Westmin ster, St. Martin iii the , !:if . 5 . ,. 300,705 r---j'-;YF ; ° 3s jurllAu l tu f l ; "‘ 12 9 St. James North—St. Mary-le-bone, St. l6l j 93 Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don West London, City of l 6O London 373, 'I 806 188 East—Shoreditch,Whitechape , Bethnal Green, St. George 207 j 93 in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392;496 206 South—St. Saviour, St. Olave, St. George ( Southwark ),Ber mondsey, Newington, Lam beth, Camberwell, Rother- 09 R. 20 7 hithe, Greenwich ..... ..... -.438,060 221 "'" -----' ...---! 68 2 - —......--- Total 1,870,727 912 912 nr i o d the It is stated that under the term Metropolis are °" °l- l . o' 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the stiesCitle el don with and without the walls, the City and L illortal it Y Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of - ing toli, and the parishes of St. Itlarylebone, St. Pancras, ICe T Ps& ' Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chardle- 13ronv 1 r? dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonidols* ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich. t w igs, 0 ' and St. Paul (Deptford ), and Woolwich. The u° P lB4l. l ' a l enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in .1 0 " 18 40, an 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 18"7',„. v eal's. Di 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the io.- 1 , 208, and the deaths in the four Winters by 52. ~., TEMPEUATUHE IN THE WEEKS slags" 3. Nov. 26. De s6' 53' 40 3 43 6 48 - i, 1842. Highest Lowest Daily Mean General Register Office, Dec BANK OF ENGLAND. ftb. C Q i u rtch a u r e t l e aAt r ic. l o y t: Avera ge of the Weekly Liabilities and Ass e ":be3d Bank of E 3. n ..a g .n la d n .. 4 d, W f . romth e 106:y of SePtem bet ' t° of December , ' 1842, both inclusive, published pursullit LIABILITIES. IV., cap• Deposits £189:595627_:000000 £23,519,000 Downing-street, Dec. 8,1 E rainY ASIIDURTON.—Owing to the recent be at during the month of November, th e tillage of w ded, and b other field employments has bees reg : 1 0 0 _ but on the other hand, this boisteralls i sst ie forth on its tbe b b e il n i e s fi a t n s d b i y n causing the valleys,the s prings t ° . Ajpg an abundant supply of water, scarcity was experienced during the long P 7, a re drought. Nearly the whole of the potato crePwoblo taken from the ground, and this excellent vege in is selling at from 4d.. to 6d. per score ` ‘i ve e c a ss The early wheats are looking healthy, li n : E .:2! and turnips are pretty plentiful for the sea nib' Western Luminary. aNilVdllirCehplarli_Aireoos: I; t 411)- Two biographical works of great merit kre s vo .pes lished) call for our favourable notice. M rs. vr ith Bush's " Memoirs of the Queens of Franneu„.i.th Notices of the Royal Favourites," is written oth h, a due attention to the importance of the Life ch and with a happy feminine tact and delicacy co v Ito l eaves nothing worth recording un know E n. i 4 Literary Ladies of .England," by Mrs. k l , w ; i rk! written with the same discretion. The fir st that is that of Lady Mary. Wortley Montagu, the 'L I . ' it of Mrs. Maclean, better known as Miss La 12,,"" .oefr thus comprises our blue stockings from the o °._r %sell ment of the last century down to the preseDl'' t biography is marked by good taste and excegen than merit. The author is considered in each Itl ere tter e the I s the individual ; and yet suffi c i en t n arrated °- to interest and instruct.—John Bull. HEROIC CONDUCT.—On Wednesday las s 1., from Kale drove the Gem, of Bristol, lade n with e,° a „ - t wee Newport, on Shore at Lyrunouth. The bet swamped; an attempt was then made to an c'bain she parted from her anchor, and lost both it and w e bou ad together. She then drove on shore, on all i".,, n- i rt coast, a tremendous sea running, and t h e crew ch i e t most imminent danger. Mr. Hunter, " on her officer of the preventive service, got a rl n h i s l een by means of a rocket, and then with t‘wa ° su rfs went out to her through one of the inost,fe!rthe crew ever seen, and in two voyages brovVi';uid a boy. ashore, consisting of three men, a wonla without The ship herself was got off the next eelL: any very serious damage.—Bristol Goe r . T ivio , oo oo ' BIRTHS. On the, 9th inst., the lady of Willis F a ser William r ' at-law, of a daughter. pare, Mrs. On the gth inst., in Charlotte-stree t, Bedfor d ` s4l e ' Edward Gillam White, of a dau W g r. tof On the Bth inst., Mrs. W. Chaffers ' Vi l i tliall-sire° ' , jun., a daughter. .t;,.b e ll On the 6th inst., at Oxfonrl, the wife of the Rev. S. 1 " -e 8.D., of a son. -----" -------"--.---..------ . -., fliq. , barrister- S t. COO On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, Reading, Alfred, ike,, s Jes sie of J. J. J. Sudlow, Esq., of Kingston-hill, Surrey , w g i s tb- Anne, third daughter of the Rev. George Laurie, • 42' place, Reading. rs bire, On the Bth inst., at King's Norton Church, Wore' este „.„,,,, the Rer. Benjamb Spurrell, M.A., late of St. Johnli CA7 O Cambridge, and Curate of St. Philip's Birmingham., to P. Dutton, of Moseley. , ....----." .....-------.. 1 -------- 1 D I E D. On the evening of the 6th instant, at i'is residen.ce, Abblei L o dge, Regent's Park, in the 51 s t year o, r his age! Ch er Norris, Esq., late of the East India Corepan,v's Civll' Service' and Chief Secretary to Government at Bomb.aY Del li t loved in life, his death is most deep l y lamented by - his aui' c ' relatives and friends. road, k 4, Marlir On the 9th ilist., at Union-place, Nevr- bone, Captain David Sutton, late of the Hon. East „India COP. pany's maritime service, aged 67 - On the Bth inst., Mariam third daughter of T.. W. Aferle/' Es O q., of New Cavesh-street. On the Bth inst., n in di Albany- s t r eet, Regent's-park, _Alexander Erichsen, aged 21. On the Bth inst., in the Middle Temple, John Moak , Beg' of Basinghall-street, aged 36. On the sth inst. , a t Ware . c liff, near *Lyme Regis, .Lentitis Mary, the wife of Th omas Lisle Follett, Esq.' relict: On the sth inst. , in Hampshire, Lady Baynes , , ef th e late Sir Christop her Baynes, Bart. On the 13th of October, at Bombay, Captain R. D. Sts'ert' of the 14th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry, aged 36. On the 15th of August, at Loodianab, East Indies, Charles Andrews, commanding the 2d Light Infantry bat alin. On the 22d of October, at Spanish Town, Jamaica, I Irtbd r Fitzjohn Foster, Esq.. aged 30. s. d On the 13th of October, at Cawnpore, William 1 1 le••e r Kennaway, Esq., Judge of the Civil Court of Futtypore. 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