The Sun. — London, England, 1849-02-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) THE COMMAND OF THE INDIAN ARMY.—Sir George Napier has, we learn, declined to accept the command of the Indian army. The grounds of the Gallant General's refusal of an office at once lucrative, responsible, and dis tinguished, are not stated. We understand that Brevet Colonel Dennis Daly, late Brigade Major at Portsmouth, is to receive the pension of 100/. per annum, in addition to his half-pay, for dis tinguished tervice. EDUCATION IN THE ARMI.—It is bruited that, in addition to the other plans in operation for imparting knowledge to the officers and men of the British army, it is intended by the Commander-in -Chief that dis trict and garrison schools shall be established, upon the plan of those which were formed and conducted by Lord Frederick Fit zclarence. The results of the ex periment of Lord Frederick were of so satisfactory a character, that_ we can only, under the restrictions of our space, express an earnest hope that the rumour to which we have referred may prove to be well founded. One thing is quite certain: a system of examination, prepa ratory to the grant of commissions and the promotion of officers, is decieLd on. QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL TO THE FORCES.—Ge neral Sir Willoughby Gordon, Bart., G.C.8., and G.C.H., who has been seriously ill from an attack of erysipelas, is now pronounced in a state of convalescence, and will shortly be able to resume his duties at the Horse Guard F. ADMIRALTY PACKET SERTICE.—The Admiralty have given the officers and men employed in the Admiralty packet service notice that they are not to consider them selves entitled to any pension or gratuity. SUPERINTENDENT OF CHATHAM DOCKYARD.—We learn with much regret that Captain Sir Thomas Bour chier, K.C.8., is so seriously ill that his life is in consi derable danger, and that immediate resignation of his appointment is imperative. We have heard that Captain W. Peel, lately promoted, and son' of the ex-Premier, is about to study military engineering and fortification at Chatham. THE CHINA STATION.—Our latest intelligence from Hong- Kong, shows that Rear-Admiral Sir F. Collier, together with his flag-ship, the Hastings, and the Fury, steam-sloop, are at Hong, Dec. 30. It was high time for the honour, if not for the interest of the first mari time kingdom in the world, that an efficiently equipped man-ot-war should arrive at Hong. Kong ; for we find, that on the appearance of an American corvette, on the 4th of December, having on board Mr. Commissioner Davis, and bearing the pendant of a Commodore, there was no British man of-war there with guns on board sufficient to re tern; the complimentary salute with which the Americans honoured the English flag ; but after a great deal of delay, they managed to fire the usual number of guns from a temporary battery on shore. INTELLIGENCE TO THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—The Admiralty have ordered fifty tin cylinders to be manu factured at Woolwich Dockyard for distribution among the whalers proceeding on their perilous service in the spring, for the purpose of conveying intelligence to the Arctic Expedition. The patterh cylinder has been made at the metal mills at Chatham, and on being submitted to the Admiralty their Lordships ap proved of the specimen. T.. P. COOKE AND THE WAR MEDAL. —Who does not know T. P. Cooke, the only legitimate hero of the nautical drama ? Not to know him argues yourself unknown. Well, T. P. C., or " Tippy Cooke," as his familiars call him, has received the medal for his share in the battle of St. Vincent. It is not generally known, but it is nevertheleas a fact, that T. P. Cooke is the only survivor of the crew of the Raven schooner, employed in that memorable engage ment. He was sent out into the navy under the protection of the Marine Society, founded by his re lative, the celebrated Jonas Hanway, the philanthropist, and possesses to this moment the !ergo gold medal pre. sedted to llanway by the Marine Society at the close of the war in 1792. We congratulate Mr. Cooke on the acquisition of the decoration, but what are we to say to the Lordi of the Admiralty, who could not find a suffi • cient motive for honouring the veteran with the medal, without going back to the battle of St. Vincent ? Has nut T. P. Cooke distinguished himself in a,hundred fights since then ? Ask the thousands of people on the Surrey side of the water, who have nightly witnessed his exploits. Ask them if they have not seen him, single-handed, defeat and disperse a dozen Algerians, as many Yankees, and a host of Frenchmen and Turks? Have they not witnessed the intrepidity with which he has rushed into a host of smugglers, and stopped their contraband proceedings by putting a period to their wretched lives? Talk of the Coast Guard—pooh! T. P. C. has done more for the revenue (of the Surrey manager) than the whole of the Government Establishments. Then look at his intrepid championship of innocence in distress! How often has he—reckless of consequences—hitched up his nether gear, and with a " shiver my timbers," or " strike my top-lights," pounced upon the ruthless ravisher, and prevented a catastrophe which might have carried an old father's grey hairs in sorrow to the grave. We consider it a reproach to the country that such a seaman should only wear one medal. His breast ought to be covered with deeorations, and the First Lord's room be decorated with his portrait in the character of Harry Haulyard, or William (Black Eyed Susan's sweet William), or the immortal Long Tom Coffin. By the recent deaths of Commanders Campbell and Williams, Commanders James Burnard Tattinall and Richard John Head (1819) succeed to the half-pay list of JO& per diem. CAPTAIN OF GREENWICH IJOSPITAL.—It Will be seen by our naval service obituary, that the Senior Cap tain of Greenwich Hospital, John Simpson (1309), died on Tuesday last, full of years and services. His suc cessor has not been yet appointed; but among the can didale: the names of Captains Provo Wallis, Walcot, and Couch, have been mentioned. Captain Simpson held the appointment nearly seven years. The pay is 400/. per annum, with apartments, stores, &e. The appoint• ment of a successor, will, of course, make a vacancy in the active list, which, together with the vacancies caused by the promotion of Rear-Admiral Carrol, and the death of Captain Campbell, will entitle the new First Lord of the Admiralty to the privilege of promoting a Com mander to the rank of Captain. A General Court-Martial will be held at Goverment house, Mount Wise, Devonport, at eleven o'clock on Monday next, to try the Quartermaster of the 82d Regiment on certain charges that will be then preferred —charges that involve character. Colonel Rowland, of the Royal Artillery, is to be President. BAGGAGE OF THE INDIAN ARMY The following has been omitted for want of room:— The suspense caused by the delay of the Indian mail may be beguiled by the perusal of a very opportune publication by:. Sir Charles Napier, which, though apparently of confined and technical import, does in reality bear upon our whole system of Eastern war fare. It is in the form of a letter to Sir John Hohhouse, "on the baggage of the Indian army," but the errors which it exposes are so serious, and their consequences so fatal, that it might almost have been entitled, " An explanation of the causes which retard our successes in India, with suggestions for im provement." . Such a cemmunication as this from such a quarter must carry with it _so lively an interest at a period like the present, that we make no apo logy for introducing its details to general notice. The Indian army, according to General Napier': statement, both carries and requires a greater quantity of baggage than any other army in the world. Most readers will already have some general notion of this fact, but it may create surprise when we add that even in the regular calculation of such requirements the r.umber of camels is estimated at no less than half the number of men form ing the gross total of the army. Thus a force 40,000 strong would actually take with it 20,000 camels, if as many could be procured—a train which the General reckons would roach full fifty miles ac cording to the usual order of march in which each camel is fastened by the nostril to the tail of his leader. Practically, of course, • this "Indian file" is somewhat disturbed, but our readers will not have forgotten that Lord Gough' s siege train the other day did actually extend over a spice of from fifteen to twenty m iles, and however the beasts may be placed, the encumbrance on the efficiency of the army must re main substantially the same. The results are more ser i o us than any one unacquainted with the subject could possibly have imagined. In the first place this unwieldy column of beasts a n d fol lowers invariably costs the army an hour or two in the coolest part of the morning before a fair start can be managed; in the next place, it limits the pro gress of the army to about one mile and a haf per hour ; and as the troops themselves any in wea ther and ove r any ground could al ways be reckoned upon for an average advance of two miles per hour,. it follows th a t ever y ma rch occupies more time by one-third than it should do. Lastly, when the day's march is ended, and the troops arrive at their enca m p in g ground, they h ave at the very least a couple of hours to wait for their tents and baggage, during which interval they lie down, overcome with fatigue, under a broiling sun or a deluge of rain, and " the hospital fills with a quickness proportioned to the slowness of the camels. All these evils are of course increased in proportion to the length and difficulty of a campaign. A camel will not bear overloading. Too heavy a bur den infallibly kills him, and as the patience of these poor animals is notorious and their owners are far dis tant, but little mercy is shown them in this respect. When one of the beasts falls his load is immediately distributed amongst the survivors, till at length each back receives the last ounce that breaks it, and the most miserable confusion soon en sues. Elephants stand by their rights with more sa gacity and resolution. There was one attached to Si r Charles's baggagei corps . in Scinde, which quietly per mitted the to load him as much as they plea se d. When they had done, he deliberately removed with his trunk package by package,until his burden was brought w within the regulationeight, and the boldest man in dared t ca mp never n -put on e of them on again. The res ult of all this is exp ressed b G e y war--that in the erg:elusion that the first object of ene my—is, in India, t at of beatieg the made subordinate to that of protecting the baggage, and thus, when ever, as is at this moment the cas e in the . Punjaub, We meet with an enemy who relieves him self from this impediment, we fight at a great disad vantage. No reader will be at a loss to contrast the successive movements of Shere Singh from Moultan to Vizierabad, and from Vizierabad to the Jhelum, with the marches of our columns from Ftrozepore to Itamnuggur, or from Sukkur to Moultan. To remedy the evil Sir Charles offers two suggestions— first, that the baggage should be great reduced ; an ' l ' secon dly, that the corps conducting it should I e regularly organized. With Europeans hi India luxu ries partake so largely of the character of necessities that it becomes extremely difficult to draw the line of distinction. Still, the extravagance of the present practice will clearly bear great retrenchment , One officer, says Sir Charles, when some returns upon this subject were ordtred on a rf et-nt. "cca:sih 0, list of sixty servants as the low( st possible reps , s.s Cation of Lis requirements. amt w darn gay t! General can remember an instance of a poliueal officer in Scinde who was reported to hare taken 700 camels from the public service to carry his personal baggage." Sir Charles Napier would now permit no private carriage whatever. What is necessary to an officer should be carried with the public stores, what is not necessary should not be carried at all. But his chief stress is laid upon the necessity of organizing the body of men to whom these most im portant duties are intrusted. In addition to the contingencies of loss and embarrassment ahoy( - mentioned there is also the likelihood, or rather the certainty, that at the first approach of danger the hired camel-drivers will decamp, beasts and all, and the troops be thus left without any means of transport. Sir Charles's proposal is, that instead of this medley of drivers and camp-followers there should be a corps of men subjected to military organization and discipline, whose exclusive duty it should be to superintend the transport and delivery of the bag gage, to speed it and protect it on the march, to defend it when attacked, and to be always at hand with the ne cessaries for the relief and comfort of the soldier. He would do, in fact, with the baggage corps precisely what Napoleon did with the artillery train. He would make all the drivers soldiers, receiving soldiers' treatment, and liable to soldiers' duties. "It cannot be expected," says he, "that men who are hired by the day will risk their lives for their employers. Such devotion can only be demanded from soldiers—from men who are drilled, dis ciplined, paid, clothed, and fed—men who have a moral spirit instilled into them—and even then human nature makes a severe sacrifice." General Napier is judiciously reserved in his strictures upon the conduct of the present war, and however we may lament his silence on such points, it is impossible to complain of the spirit by which the forbearance has been dictated. " There seems," he very reasonably remarks, " to have been a want of know ledge both of the climate and the state of the Punjaub;" but he is inclined to think that we were rather precipi tate than remiss in our siege of Moulton, and that even General Whish's expedition should not have been under taken. "No man," says he, " who had any correct ideas of war doubted what a troublesome job Aloultau would prove to be," and he conceives that the proper scheme would have been to have aided Major Edwardes with money and irregular troops to keep up a successful partisan warfare until the season and the preparations should have enabled an overwhelming force to appear before the gates. As regards the final conquest of the Punjaub, nis ideas are certainly not encouraging, for although he unhesitatingly premises that " the Indian army, well commanded, is capable of subjugating all the countries between the Black and Yellow Seas," yet he is compelled to acknowledge that a country and population like that of the Seikhs Lay give us very serious trouble, and he even adds what is far worse—that after the cons quest has been achieved, " unless the troops in these parts be kept constantly ready to move within an hour after the arrival of dispatches, the Punjaub will be more troublesome than ever. '— Times. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Currie, Church-row, Upper-street, Islington, and St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street, oil warehouseman, March 22, at half-past eleven—J. Peterson, Mount street, Lambeth, shoemaker, March 19, at twelve— J. Jillings, Honiton, Devonshire, draper, March 19, at halt-past one—J. B. Montefiure, Nicholas-lane, City, merchant, March 17, at eleven--J. Wig,gins, Holborn, woollen drapt r, March 17, at twelve—G. Streeter, Lis son• grove, draper, March 22, at one—D. Moncri. fic Catherine. street, Strand, victualler, March 16, at twelve. In the Country. _ G. Evans, Bristol, carpenter, March 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Vallis, sen., Sparktord, Somerset shire, cheese dealer, March 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Read, Manchester, cigar dealer, March 16, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Knight, Manehester, stock and share broker, Is. 10d., any Tuesday between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. T. Wrigley, Halifax, Yorkshire, silk waste spinner, 44d., and Bs.4id., on new proofs, any Tuesday, betw( eu the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Anderson and W. Garrow, Liverpool, merchants•, 21-d., any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Wilkinson, Brymbo, Denbighshire, iron master, ls., any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. W. Hulme, Liverpool, rope manufacturer, 4s. 41d., any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. A. Forrest, Liverpool, glass merchant, sid., any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. I. L. Mocatta, Liverpool, commission merchant, 4s. 2d., any Monday, between the hours of eleve►► and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. P. S. F. Martin, Halstead, Essex, iron manufacturer, 81, Saturday, Feb. 24, and three subsequent Saturdays, bstw( en the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. F. Thompkins, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, bill broker, March 16, at half-past twelve. In the Country. M. Gaunt, Bradford, Yorkshire, grocer, March 20, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Harvey, Weston-super- Mare, builder, March 16, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol —E. Taylor, Rockfield, Monmouthshire, miller, March 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—H. Cook, Studley, Warwickshire, needle manufacturer, March 22, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Jackson, jun., Walsall, Staffordshire, miller, March 20, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, March 16. W. Wall, Bridenbury, Herefordshire, cattle dealer— J. Spence, Queen• street, Charles-square, Hoxton, dealer in China—W. Stephens, Leigh, Worcestershire, black smith—W. Walker, London-wall, and Regent street, City-road, paper-stainer—W. S. Martin, Brighton, brush maker—T. Ward, Smethwick, Staffordshire, rail way pin and bolt manufacturer—J. Thomas, Newport, Monmouthshire, apothecary—J. Borer, Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell, grocer—W. Sugden, Thomas-place, Gravel lane, Southwark, stone mason—S. Newton, Burnley, Lancashire, porter dealer—G. Greenstock, Weston super Mare, Somersetshire, ironmonger—C. E. Pears, Bodmin, Cornwall, grocer—A. Binyon, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, music seller—J. Lord, Cramahaw Booth, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer—F. Clark, Bentinck - street, auctioneer—C. T. Chapman, Cambridge, livery stable keeper—F. Elphick, Castle-street East, Oxford . - market, glass cutter. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. 011ey and W. Bridger, Shad Thames, coal mer chants—F. W. Stevens and R. G. Erlam, Royal Ex change—J. and M. Haworth, Church, Lancashire, glue agents—W. Mason and G. Taylor, Honey-lane-market, City, town printirs—J H. Braund and J. Hearn, Exeter, linendrapers—J. Y. Thurlow, T. Thurlow, and W. Tnurlow, (so far as regards W. Thurlow), Waltham cross, drapers and grocers—W. Morris and R. Warbur ton, Wheelton and Heapey, Lancashire, quarrymen— W. Bedford, J. Haigh, and G. A. Haigh, (so far as re gards W. Bedford), Gildersome, Yorkshire, coal masters —J. and 11. Haigh, Halifax, stone merchants—J. and T. Capper, Wem, Shrorshire, farmers--S. Scowen and T. IL Brown, Wood- street, Cheapside, stock manufacturers —A. Knowles and A. Parkinson, Sheffield, steel manu facturers—J. Robinson, S. S. Edkins, and T. Aston, Handsvvorth, Staffordshire, and Salisbury-square, City, manufacturers of silver and plated articles—F. Dowsing and J. J. G. Paull, Warwick -court, Holborn, litho graphers and printrrs—J. C. Keen and G. Doughty, Birmingham, brace manufacturers—W. S. Harris and S. Hamel, Leicester, cotton winders—T. G. Coles and J. T. Allen, Frome, Selwood, Somersetshire, che foists—W. Greenwood, and W. Robinson, Rochdale, timber merchants—ll. G. L. Long, C. G. Long, and G. Hawksley (so far as regards C. G. Long), Sheffield, merchants—J. Bowler and B. Brown, Eastrington, Yorkshire, brick-makers—T. C. Hincksman, J. Furness, and J. Cummings (so far as regards J. Cummings), Preston, Lancashire, flax spinners—G. Ashton, sen., and G. Ashton, jun.. Lubenham, Leicestershire, graziers— G. Viccars and H. Rivett, Kingston-upon Hull, hosiers andg ju lo n„ glovers._. Watson, F. Broughton, and F. Brough ton, Falcon-square, City, attorneys—G. Williams, j c . k Jo ) i r s L , i a v a e d rp W oo . l, M c a o d ai do d e e k al ( e s r o s fa T r . a p s h r ip eg p a s rd se s n l . V a . n M d a r d r: dock), jun., Chippi ng Norton — Oxfordshire,' ironmongers —H. Fuller and G. Pollard, King-street, Cheapside, , stationers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Charles Cooke, Leicester, clock and hire watch repairer. Robert Quirk, Tranmere, Cheshire, R o bert Dean, Wallasey, Cheshire, quarryman . Henry Chancellor , Great Yarmouth, groc • grocer. Thomas Meek, Gorlestone , Su ff olk, fish mer chant.e. William Bennett , s en., Wrotha m , Kent, fa rmer . John Jackson Hughes, Devonport, veterinary surgeon. Edward. Davies, Shrewsbury. John Webster, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, boos and shoemaker. Josiah Hall, Whitwick, Leicestershire, butcher. James Copley, Ashton-under-Lyne, shopkeeper. Thomas Hodges, :Flax Bourton, Somersetshire, black smith. John Vosper, Devonport, wait Er. Samuel Smith, Oldland, Glocestzrslaire, mason. Jane Cheek, Bristol, milliner. Edward Orchard, Bridgnorth. William Nicholas, Bridguorth. Jonathan Hannath, Caistor, Lincolnshire, butcher. John Stevenson, Chester, millwright. Alexander Litchfield, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, tailor. Richard Reeves, Abingdon, coach maker. Henry Robinson, Dideot, Berkshire, clerk. George &midi, Somerton, Someraetshire, saddler. John George Pugh Chatterton, Brighten, tutor. Charles Jenkinson, Caistor, Lincolnshire, horse dealer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Margaret Henrietta Somerville or Johnstone, Glas• gow, lodging house keeper, to meet within the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow, Feb. 26 and March 19, at two. J. M'Lachlan, Airdrie, sheriff officer, to meet within the Albert Tavern, Glasgow, Feb. 27 and March 20, at one. W. Stewart, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the Globe Hotc-1, Glasgow, March 2 and 23, at twelve. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 23. —We bave had a lively sugar market this week, and a large burine:ss has been transacted in British Plantation sorts at steady prices. The refined market continues comparatively dull. In rum there is very littledoing.—Brlstot Mercury PRICES OF SHARES • . A :2;3 From the Official Liza, ÜBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AYD YRTDAY EVENING. JOINT-STOCE 13ANILS. same of Company. lastralasia • • •• •• • • • • Britsh N orth American . leylon • • • • .. • • • • • • • • Cimmercial of London Cdonial. • •• • • Gloucestershire • • • • • • lonian •• • • •• .. •• • • • • Londn and Westmlnstr ...unden Joint-stock .• . Provincial of Ireland . - Ditto, New.•.••.•.. National of Ireland .. sat. Provnelal of Eng. Ditto, New... • • • . South Australia • • • Union of Australia.• • . Union of L0nd0n..... Union of Madrid .•... Name of Company. Charing-cross.• • • .. • • 3outhwrk•, Nw Sub. Av. Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. Waterloo • • • • • • • • • • . • Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall • • .. Ay. Name of Company. Dividend per Annum. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 15/per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. Gl. per cent. 81. per cent. 8/. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 31. 10s. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 13s. 6d. pr sh. Is. per share .`, pr ct.& ba. 51. per cent. 534 per cent 44 & be. Cl. per cent. 61. per cent. Cl. 121. per cent. 128. 1 11. sh. & bs. 11. 165. 4%/. per ct. 51. per cent. bl. per eent. 51. per cent. 31. p. sh. & be. 54. pox' cent. 11. se. & bs. ss. 51. per cent. 6/. 10s. it. 6s. 10% pr cnt. 51. per cut. Amount of Share. A s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 A e. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 Amount of Share. X. 8. d. I 355. per cent. 632 12 ki 50 0 0 100 0 0 11. 53. 4d. 11. 2s. 2d. 11. 178. 70 10 3 VkraIVAIR.-WORKS. Dividend per Amount of Slauo. Z .. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 2.5 0 0 Birmingham. •• •• •• •• EAst Lundoa..•• •• •• •• Grand Junction .• •• Annum. £ 8. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 New Rivr Lndn Brdge Vauxhall ............ West Whilasex . . . 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 21. 101. 31. 108. , 21. 10e. 51. per cnt. '6l. Om. pr Paid. Name. of Compamy. CAnmercial •• East and West India E Lst Country London ..... Z. s. d. 25 0 0 Pr] C, Ditto 80nd5........ St. Katharine •• .... Ditto Bonds.— •• Southampton •• .... •• DOC Dividend per An - num. 100 0 0 41. per cent. 61. pr cent. 40s. per sh. 51. pr cent. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. 4%1. pr cent. 21. per cent. Amount Share. Price 45g 41 105. I ,11192. £ s. d. 25 0 0 Price, Pr £ s. d. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Paid. X s. d. Stock. 50 0 0 Price. 2O 108% 50 0 0 GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend F Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. 1 Price Annum. Share. Z. s. d. A. s. d. l British ••••••• • • • •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial• •• • 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 Bristol ••••• • • • lOl. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton .. --• • • • 5l. per cent. 1 90 0 0 - 16 City of London .. •• •• 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 , 250 C on ti n entalConsolidat. 925. pr share' 50 0 0 39 5 0 1 1 45 Egaltable 455. pr share, 50 0 0 50 0 0 , 34 imperial • • .... •... •• 61. per cent. 150 0 0 50 0 0 , 67% Independent ... .... •• 61. per cent. 140 0 0 40 0 0 ' 64 London - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ditto - 50 0 0 50 0 1 - Phoenix 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 30 Ratcliff ••••-.. • • • • • • 5/. 1100 0 II 90 0 0 , 77 United General 4;4l.pr cent./ 50 0050 0 0 12% Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 1 48 Ditto, New .... -. 12s. ,50 0 0 10 00 j 9% CANALS. . Dividend Names of t: ,DlThlend I Names of <I. , CJinpanies. 11 Price. per Companies. cd Anpnum. er nice. .ci v.: Annum. lc --- - - - -- -- --- Z .£ Ashtn & Oldh 971 71. p c - Macclesfield . 100 21.105. 40 Barnsley- • • 160 j 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 181. 340 lirknk&Abrg 1501 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 190 Birmingham 351 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78' 31.185. 67 Coventry.... 100, 25/. 210 Regent's -.. 33 1 11. ss. 18% Derby ••• • • 1001 61. 63 Rochdale .. • • 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chs 133 1 56e. 40 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Erewash .•• 100, 32/. - Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100, 51. TO Stffrd&Worc 140 281. 310 qrstidSurrey 100 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151- - Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge- 145 201. 285 Grantham •• 150 - - Severn andl Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d, 5% Wye Rail. j 26 11.8 s. 24 Leeds& Livrp 100 301. 320 WarwickBcl Leicester ..- 140 101. 100 Birming. j 100 41. 50 'Aeicstr &Nth 83 41. 40 Warwick& i 100 31. 41 Leughhorogh 142 701. 650 Napton.. Nionmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr &2 78 21. 40 Mntgemrysie 100 - - Birming. MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----- -- s. d. .f s. d - Bark of Scotland , sritlth Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 9 0 191 lale.donlan Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 • 11% Jlydesdale Bank ••• •• 6% per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11 Jommercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 150 Eastern Bank.. -•• • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 9/. 7s EdlnbAGlasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 53 Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 31 bile of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13% Northof Scotland Bank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.17.. North British Bank - 50 0 0 10 0 0 455.0 d Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116 union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80 Western Bank.. ... •• • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74 Aber leen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 20 0 24 B. Accord. Lifeand Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s 6d ttritish Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 12s Od .!aledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. SP rldlnburgle Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17% East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 85.60. Eng.& Scot, Law Life 5:. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 46s 6d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10% Incur. Co. of Scetind•• AI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 it. 6. Mercantile Life .. • • - 10 0 0 010 0 ,2s. 6d. National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I 20s. 6d North British Insur. North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1172.6 d. Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 0 11 0 , ss. Scot. Mao. and Gen. Life - 1 0 0 015 0 '106.0d Scottish Union Inernce. 6 1 ,41. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s Standard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 914 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 155.0 d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -.-. .Z. s. d. £. s. d. Australian Agriculturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 Anglo-Mexican Mint ll. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -.- Canada ... •• • • ...... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 29 Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per cent. - - 88 City Bonds.. • • ...... 3%1. pr cent. - - 79 Comp.Cppr Mears Eng. 51. percent. 100 0 01 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& la, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversienry si. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Gen.SteaMNavigation 11. Bs. 15 00 1 14 0 0 21 London Institution .• • - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.. • . - - , 26 5 0 3 Peninslr St Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0i 50 0 0 6434 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 [Loyal Mail Steam •• - 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - South Australian.- • • 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 , 23 0 0 1 NUMBER OP CLOTHIERS IN LONDON.—Every one admits the importance of dress to all classes; but to, the professional world especially. Few patients confide their case to a pedestrian physician in shabby boots; a seedy coat seldom obtains for an attorney a good crop of cases; and who will believe that a barrister has much legal knowledge stored under a bad hat? Hence the propor tion of the population engaged in the clothing trades has next to be considered. Here is the list:-2,717 tailors; 197 clothes salesmen, upon whom hang a thin fringe of t h linenose perquisites ~cabb drapers,ag"cabbage." 4 o f ; O t hr h a e bwe p or ri la f l pr o fe ssion 2 list dealers and 23 "piece-brokers"—that is, buyers and t t. h io o u r s e lsyel arele r denominated,s2lolf;haberdashers, r o d s n , r a f 2 p a 2 e c 4 r s silk mercers (who are neither of the latter), 59; artificial florists (the fine-artists of ladies attire), 107; and milli ners, 1,027. " Where, then," the fair reader is tempted to ads on perusing the first and last of these sums, " is our boaste.l vanity in dress when there are in London nearly three tailors to one milliner?" The reply i s ready :__Female dress is a home manufacture with the larger p o rtion of our population—that of the middl e classes; w hile the habiliments of men are invariably be made, The number of hosiers and "put out" to h • f the t who do not join wit t eirs any o rat es glovers above enurnerat , d is 253 , that of boot an d shoemak ers 1.921, an d I that of hatters 477 . — Review o f the Post-office Directory in the Daily News. R AILWAY B ETWEEN ARMAGH AND DUNDALK.— We understand a company is about being u formedka to l , and that con struct a railway between this city and I s ort y. a putdic meeting on the subject will be held ere h I —Armagh Guardian. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. —...r affle for the week ended Feb. 18, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 7341. 18s. 6d. ; parcels, 341. 14s. lld ; goods and cattle, 2281. 3s. Od.; steam-boats,lo2/. 108.6 d. Total, 1,1001, 6s. 11d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 00 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 INSUILANCZI C Dividend per Annum. Name of Company. Albion ........ • • • • • • Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. • • • • • • Atlas ....... . • British Commercial • • Ciericl,Med.& Gen. Life County • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Crown .. • • • • • • • • • • • • eagle ...... • • • • Eng.& Scot. Law European Life ••• • • • Family Endowmnt Soc. Freemasons' ......... +4lobe Guardian .• .. ••• • • • Imperial Fire • • • • • • • • Imperial Life • • • • • • • • Indemnity Marine • • • • Law Fire .• ...• • • • • • • Law Life • . • . • • • • • • .. Legal and General Life London Fire .. ••• • • • London Ship ........ Ifarine • • • • • • • • • .• Med. In vlid & Gen. Life Nrational Lean Fund.. National Life.... PAlladium Life Pelican ... • .... • ... • • Phoenix ... Pi otector Life • • • • - • Pruvident Life • • • • Rock Life.... .. itoyal Exchange Ditto Lite Universal Life Victoria Life Paid, ISIPANIES. Amount of Share. ZEIDGES Dividend per Annum. Paid. .e 8. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 6 AU paid. 4 0 0 8 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 9 0 0 4 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 raid. MONDAY w A TEI3 FOR D. WFXF O T3 0, r) l luKr.~..~`,k' RAILWAY.) EXTRAOUDINARY iie tti.yeac) w-et:i,g Of . C 01.14, ,;.y for twelve o'clock on Saturday, at the office,., West Strad, but at that hour not more than twelve sharehohkrs Werr. present. After waiting fur an hour an individual entered the room and told these gentlemen that there was not a sufficient number of proprietors present to constitute the meeting, and it must, therefore, stand ad- journed, sine die. A PROPRIETOR asked the individual who he was ? The INDIVIDUAL—What is that to you. The PROPRIETOR—If you insult me in that way, sir, I will ram my umbrella down your throat. The INDIVIDUAL—DO it, sir ! Do it ! Mr. RICHARDS—ReaIIy that is not fair. No one has the power to adjourn this meeting but the chairman. Pray permit me to ask who you are? The INDIVIDUAL—NO. 12, Whitehall-plo.ce.— (Shame and laughter.) A PROPRIETOR—Oh, it's wasting time to alit this man any question. Mr. RICHARDS—Who has authorised you to attend here and adjourn the meeting. The INDIVIDUAL — I represent the solicitors, and I shan't answer any impertinent question. Mr. RICHARDS—I am not asking you impertinent questions. Will you permit me to ask further who are the solicitors ? The INDIVIDUAL—Messrs. W. 0. Hunt and Son, but there is no meeting and I shan't answer these questions. Mr. RICHARDS said the gentleman had taken upon himself the responsibility of adjourning this meeting, and as neither Lord Courtown, the chairman of the company, nor the secretary, nor any one of the directors was present, he felt that he had a right to ask, even as a matter of courtesy, who had authorised the gentle man to proceed in the manner he had done. He would ask whether the meeting could be put in possession of the half-yearly report ? The INDIVIDUAL (who said he was Messrs. Hunt's managing clerk)-oh, I know nothing about your report, It was then moved, that Mr. Nash should take the chair, which led to a good deal of confusion, the indivi dual and a clerk in the office, threatening to Gall in the police, and turn out the shareholders. The share holders persisted in holding a meeting, and when order was restored, Mr. NAsu prcceeded to explain the present position of the company, which he represented to be most deplor able. The directors were in the receipt of 1,000/. a year, and the secretary, who had failed to attend, also received 1,0001. a year for his services. The last ba lance-sheet of the company represented 13,0001. to be iu the hands of the bankers, but on inquiry it turned out that there was only 1,0001. The following resolution was then unanimously agreed to :—" It being alleged, and appearing upon the lace of the accounts, that the total capital originally subscribed for was less than three-fourths, and that the call of 1847 has only been paid on about one-fourth of the total capital, and the next call of 11. in March, 1848, on 6,500 shares only, or about one-fifteenth of the total shures,and that the alleged subscription of the South Wales Company, for 11,200 shares, does not appear in the ac counts' or books, or as paid up, and that the bankers had not in hand one-twelfth of the alleged balance, and that the capital has been lent without the sanction of the shareholders; resolved, that the accounts be re ferred to a committee of three, for inv. stigation, with liberty to report on the future prospects and management, or the suspension or sale of the line, and to bring these subjects before the Committee of the Home of Lords, now sitting on railway accounts." Thanks were then voted to Mr. Nash, and the meet ing broke up; not, however, before it had been ascer tained that it was the secretary's clerk who had threa tened to call in the police, and turn out till shart holders. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the saute week in the previous year: aleck ending Last week. - '!fi •E NAME OF RAILWAY. Feb. Aberdeen .. Amiens and Boulogne ••••••• • " • • ' • Belfast and Ballymena • • • • • • • • • • ''• • Birkenhead, Lancashire , an d Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y Caledonian... .......... •• • • •• • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead. • • • • • • • • • • • • " Cockermouth and Workington.... • • • • Dublin and Drogheda• • •• • • •••• • • • " Dublin and Kingstown • ..... • • • •• • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen .... East Anglian • • • • • •• " • • •"• • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •• • • • • • • Edinbnrgh and Northern • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • • • • • •• • • • Eastern Union ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock.• • • • • •• • •• '• Great Northern and E. L. • • • • • • • • • • Great Southern and Western • • • • • • •• Great Western, &c • • • • • ..... • • • • • • • • Kendal and Windermere... ••• •• Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • •• • - •• Lancaster and Carlisle.... • • • • ..... - Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport— Londonderry and Enniskillen........ London and North Western, &c..— • . London and Black wall ....... • ... • London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and South Western . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Newcastle and Carlisle North British .. • • • • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen . .................. Rouen and llavre .................. Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chester ............ South Eastern and Branches •• • • • • •• South Devon • • • • • • .. . .............. Tat! Vale .......................... Waterford and Limerick........... „ Whitehaven Junction • ~.......... York and Newcastle , „ ............ York and North Midland !,534 366 257 4,227 1,100 3,132 1,605 13,361 1,948 1,200 2,355 $99 1,663 3,305 17,670 11,072 2,000 36,712 512 6,755 7,471 3,112 19,319 1,064 796 654 595 734 473 2,727 716 12,701 971 1,000 1,865 1,002 2,312 5,755 :2,551 1,741 16,109 8,614 1,230 103 34,184 632 5,534 6,355 2,029 17,764 952 879 1,374 6,505 1,429 1,755 647 282 1,728 7,208 2,789 456 6,306 636 !,822 635 10,984 6,306 167 9,745 5,934 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 24. (Sittin g s at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.) DROWN AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES, V. NORRIS. In this case Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., Mr. Sergeant Wil kins, and Mr. Willes were counsel for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Warren represented the de• Pendant. Mr. COCKBURN, in opening the case, said this was an action brought by the plaintiffs, as assignees of Messrs. leather sell ers , i n L ea d en h a ll- street. Tanner and Ward, to recover 3001. paid to the defendant Norris, as money paid by what the law called a fraudulent preference. In November, 1847, the bankrupts found themselves in serious difficulties, so much so that 10,0001. was required, not as he (Mr. Cockburn) believed, to enable them to pay all their liabilities, but to enable them to go on. The bankrupts, by Mr: Tanner, one of the firm, made appli cation to Messrs. Streatfield and Co., for assistance, but they told Tanner that in csmsequence of the severe pressure, they could not discount their bills. Tauter then said he must stop payment. Lawrence, the partner in the house of Streatfield and Co., who had the inter view with Tanner, remonstrated with him for wishing to stop payment, and said it was all nonsense, and that he must go down to his father and brother in Devon shire and get assistance from them. Tanner then went down to Devonshire and got a conditional guarantee signed by his father and brother for 6,000/., but it was not to be used unless Messrs. Streatfield would advance or guarantee an additional 4 ,000/., and promised to look into the Messrs. Tanner and Ward's affairs and keep them straight. On the morning of the 24th November it was found Streatfield and Co. would not lend the other 4,0001.; and on the afternoon of the 24th Messrs. Tanner and Ward stopped Payments and sent notice to one of their bankers not to pay any more checks or bills; and to the other ot their bankers (for they had two) they sent the same notice. They did stop payment, and never resumed it again. The fiat did not issue until the 18th of February. On the 23 of November, the day before they sent the notice to their bankers, he should be able to show that they paid 3001. to Norris, and that was the amount sought to be reco vered. lie (Mr. Cockburn) apprehended the law was, that if a party on the eve of, and in contemplation of bankruptcy, paid any sum of money to the exclusion of his other creditors, that amounted to a fraudulent pre ference, if it was paid of their own free will, and not in consequence of the pressure of the creditor. In this case, so far from pressure, he should be able to show that they actually sent the money to Norris's banker's volunta rily. On the 24th they also sent a cheque to one Kempton for 430/. The partners took 250/. apiece themselves, and sent 500/. to their solicitors. On the 24th of November, he (Mr. Cockburn) believed about twelve o'clock, they sent those cheques to the bankers, and got the cash by a clerk named William. son, namely, one for 800/., one for 200/., one for 6001, and one for 50/. It was out of the produce of one of those cheques that they paid the present defendant, and Kempton, themselves, and also their solicitors. Mr. Thomas Lawrence proved, on the part of the plaintiffs, that he is a member of the firm of Streatfield, l i Lawrence, and Co., leather factors. In November, 1847, he was acquainted with Messrs, Tanner and Ward, the bankrupts. Mr. Tanner's brother and witness married two sisters. Before Tanner and Ward stopped payment Tanner called upon witness for the purpose of asking to discount their bills. Witness told him:the money market was such that he could not think of parting with money to anybody, for he had got enough to do to assist his own connexions. Tanner then said, if he could not have the discount he must stop payment. Witness ridiculed that notion, but Tanner insisted on his ivabidty to go on without assistance. Witness told him to go down to his (Tanner's) father and brother in Devonshire, who were men of large wealth, and he (witness) had no doubt they would assist hien during the existing pressure. Ile then left witness, who did not discount for him. Witness did not see him again before he .topped payment. Cross-examined by alr. Sergeant BYLES—Tanner's father, who died recently, was a man of very large for tune; he died wor h 100.0001. He had been in the leath e r trade, but he had re tired, and was upwards of 80 years of age. The old gentleman's credit was good in the City to the extent of 20,0001, or any amount. The Lo CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and stated, that if the payment were made . airly and hue& fide, and in the 0 dinery course of business, or if it were made under the ii fluence ot p ressu re, the jury should find tor the defendant ; b ut if it were made voluntarily, and in the execution of a desire to give the defendant a pre ference, in contemplation of bankrup cy, they should find for the plaintiffs. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. + L EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1849. .lun(?P.c' ru A tIRPRS TW, 24 l'.11"r17:!,N ) 1 3 13 1 iu ietuure L 4116 Jn:.4 Cuuic Bench. The application Has made on Thursday last by Mr Past)ley, on behalf of Colonel Inane, who stated that the grounds for the application were, that the mother of the child having applied to Mr. Hardwick, the magistrate of the Marlborough-street police court, for an order of affiliation, which h' refused, the case could not he re heard by a other magi,trate, and afro. that the chd having been born abroad, it was not within the jurisdic tion of the English law. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NO; TIIL RN ClRCUlT—Newcastle, Feb. 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Matthew Stewurt, aged 48, and his wife, were charged wish having, on the 28th of January last, siabbed and cut Alexander Young Robertson in the face, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Otter and Mr. Fenwiek appeared for the prosecu- Moo, and Mr. Taylor defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner and his wife kept an oyster shop near High•bridge, New castle. At midnight, on the 27th of January last, a half pay officer (whose name did not transpire) offered to treat a number of persons whom he met in the Ducrow public-house, to oysters, amongst whom was the prose cutor. The whole of these persons then went, the officer very drunk, to the oyster shop of the prisoners. There the half-pay officer called for a pint of whisky and six pennyworth of oysters for six, for which he paid 25.6 d., and the six went into a box to partake of the oysters and whisky. Almost immediately after the prisoner went to the door of this eating department, or box, and demanded ss. as payment for what had been provided. On this a dispute occurred, the guests of the officer, who appeared to be of the class of mechanics, in sisting that it was a shamefal extortion. The prisoner's wife then came forward, and said the charge was ss. 3d., upon which the whole party stood up and said it was time for them to go, as this was a downright robbery. The officer, who had partaken of the whisky, had be come still more drunk. On attempting to get out, the prisoner and his wife got hold of him on each side, and insisted on being paid. On this the officer pulled four half-crowns out of his pocket, which the male prisoner immediately seized hold of, saying he would keep what he had got, at the same time, seizing hold of an oyster ' knife with each hand, he struck both violently into the counter before him, threatening to stab any one who at tempted to take the money from him. The officer got sway, and fell on the floor. The prosecutor was stand ing looking on, with his hands in his pockets, and 2x - claimed against the whole proceeding as a " robbery," upon which the male prisoner seized an oyster-knife, and his wife a small table-knife which was beside her, and both almost at the same instant made a blow at the pro secutor in the face, one stabbing him right through the cheek on the left side of his lac and the other on the right side. The prosecutor was taken to the police statio❑ for medical assistance with a clean cut through each cheek, through which the surgeon could put his finger; his wounds were dressed and sewn up by the surgeon to the force. _ This was the case for the prosecution. The Learned COUNSEL for the defence contended that the sum demanded as payment by the prisoner might have been for a past scare; that the sticking the oyster knives into the counter with a threat . , so fur as the act went, was a custom of oysterman after they had finished opening their oysters, and thut thq stabbing which after wards took place might have been a swiden act dune in self-defence, in the confusion which ex!sted, the prisoner, probably from the noise and threats, imagining that he was going to be attacked; and that the prisone.'s wife, seeing a seal! and hluod flowing, had rushed forward to assist her husband. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said thPre was no evi (knee of the stabs having been given in at If•deferce, and as to the practice of oyster-deakrs sticking their knives into the counter, he did not know that it was their prac ti:!e to stick them into the cheeks of their customers. The jury found both prisoners Guilty of the whole charge. They were sentenced to b 3 imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months each. NISI PRIUS. His Lordship then proceeded with the cause list, in which there are five entries. ii 7 Pr 1 , -,,nr” , a. A ft.,: TtiT r Mrs. Onver to tay b , fore thew the contwits of her. lard,r. Having satisfied thems.lves, they oriered the whol, family before them, and mode them all go d,wu on their knee% in a row, and beg their pardon for having given them so much trouble. This strange act gave all the family an opportunity of observing them and speaking to th it identity; Kato th y It -d revi,insly known as w,rking at tn. Wt ~~ . _ jury fO , th the p::soio rs His LORDSHIP $, w ene , d !Lew to be each transported For fifteen )ears. NISI PRI OS COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) This Court was occupied nearly the whole day with a running down case off the coast of Norfolk. As usual in such cases, a number of witn?sses were called on both sitks to show that the other vessel was in folk. The case was devoid of interest. The as,izßi are exptet d to he coneltidt d here to•nigh'. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. John William, a letter carrier employed at the post office, Enfield, was brought up, charged with stealing a letter containing cash, the property of the Postmaster- General. There being many complaints made of late to the Post-office authorities respecting the loss of money letters from the eeiglihourhood of Enfielii, Mr. Scul thorpe, a superintending president, wrote a letter, directed " Miss Davis, Mrs. Clarke's, Ponder's-end, Waltham-cross," in which were enclosed a marked sovereign and a half. The letter was then delivered to Peaks, an officer attached to the Post-office, who took it to Waltham-cross, where he posted it, and having arrived in dm time at the General Post-office, it was forwarded in the mail-bag to its destination. Mr. Thomas Crossinghatn, the postmaster at Enfield, proved that on the arrival of the mail-bag, which was tied and sealed, he sorted twenty.five letters, which cor responded with the number on the way bill, of which the prisoner took twenty to be delivered at Enfield, and three at Ponder's-end; the former being for the letter carrier at Enfield, and the others to be delivered by himself. The prisoner, after hearing such undeniable evidence against him, said that he never saw the letter in ques tion, and, moreover, that the marked money, which was found upon him by the officer, was his own property.— He was then fully committed for trial. GUILDHALL. Caleb Fawkes, a clerk in the service of Mrs. Dakin and Co., of St. Paul's Churchyard, tea-dealers, was brought up for final examination on the charge of em bezzlement. Mr. Ballantine, for the prisoner, addressed Alderman Sidney at some length, and characterized the proceed ings against his client as being harsh in the extreme, as Mrs. Dakin and Co. bad all along treated the matter ae a debtor and creditor account, and one of the partners had even instructed his solicitor to proceed by civil action to recover the amount due to the firm. He there fore thought it was too bad to prefer a criminal charge to effect that object. He supposed it arose from the fact of the man having a situation in another tea ware house, and most probably having an opportunity of tak ing some customers there. Mr. Humphreys warmly defended his clients from the charge of harshness, and called the attention of the alder man to the fact, teat the two defalcations complained of were not discovered until after instructions had been given by Mr. Waterheuse to his solicitor. Alderman SIDNEY :Nought the firm too honourable to be euilty of anything unfair. He should o mmit the prisoner for trial, but allow him to be set at liberty tn entering into his recogniz nice of 100/, and two surety s of 50/. each, to appear at the Olt Bailey. The bail beine ewer vet] of the prisoner was liberate d. MARLBOROVGII-S7I?EE f. The Rev. T. 11' Hardinge was brought up on a war rsnt before Mr. Ilardweek. for threat. fling to do some bodily harm to.his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Hardinge, of No. 23, Park •lane. The complainant, a very lady-like woman, rather ad vanced in years, stated she had been married to the defendant four years, ever since which period he had ill treated her, and had threatened to do her some bodily harm. He had taken all he could away from her, and had been unceasing in his efforts to get hold of her pro perty. On Thuisday night last, between eleven ar.d twelve o'clock, he called iu two policemen, and turned all the servants out of the house, and she was now with out protection or attendance. On that occasion he threatened her life, and she went in bodily fear of him. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said he felt very much humiliated at the position in which he had been placed by his wife, who had separated herself from him, had gone to parties and indulged in company, while she had allowed him to get his breakfast and dinners alone. When he married her he settled on her the residue of his property, amounting to 5001. a year. When he was bound over to keep the peace some time ago, she offered him 250/ a year out of her income of 9001. to separate, which he should be most ready to take to escape from the horrors of his present situation. He could prove that his wife consumed more wine than al lowed her to keep sober; that the servants had orders not to do anything for him; and that he had been al lowed to clean his own boots, and perform other menial offices. He had turned the servants out of the house, because he was not sufficiently master of it, and the girl was a thief, and had accused him of taking improprr liberties with her. The man servant he made him a pri soner in the house, and charged him with seducing his wife. He considered the present case was a plot against him. He denied having threatened his wife, and said the treatment he had met with would have provoked the indignation of any man or gentleman. After eome further crimination and recrimination, during which the complainant said several deeds of sepa ration had been drawn up, but the defendant had always refused to sign, it was arranged that the warrant .should stand over until Wednesday next, to allow the parties to come to an arrangement. WANDSWORTH. Mr. George Davis, a master bricklayer, living in Wel lington-place, Vauxhall, was placed in the dock, before Mr. Bunter, charged with stealing twenty-seven pars nips, the property of Mr. R. S. Spencer, a market gar dener, in Battersea-fields. George Spencer, the son of the owner of the property, stated that on Friday afternoon, about four o'clock, he discovered that ten dozen of parsnips growing on his father's grounds, in Battersea-fields, had been pulled up and taken away, and sifter searching for some time he discovered a portion of them buried under about a foot of earth in some new foundations He watched this place, and in the course of about an hour he saw the pri soner go direct to the place, and on his return he cha!- lenged him with having parsnips in his pockets, and he produced twenty•seven, which he said he had picked up out of a hole. The place where the parsnips were hidden was within a few yards from the land where they had been growing. The prisoner said that he hail been employed by a Mr. Morgan to build a house upon the piece of ground al luded to, and that whilst in the presence of Mr. Morgan and a Mr. Lago, was selecting a spot to ?ink a wel,, he saw some pars dos sticking in the ground, with the roots upwards, and Morgan said he had b , tter tak, them up, as they tnin,t have been placed there for stealing. Mr. Morgan, of 16. George-street, Prince's-road, Lambeth, an Mr. Lago, of 73, Tower -street, Westrnin ,ter-road, said th-y had both purchased building sites iu Battersea-fields, and it was true that the prisoner found them as sits ed. They - had known him some years, and did not believe him capable of stealing. In answer to a question from the magistrate, Mr. Spencer said, after the parsnips were taken out, the ground was replaced over the hole, and done so cleverly, that he had some difficulty in discovering the spot, and when he did so, he found 23 more parsnips. Mr. PAYNTER said, the old adage of " those who hide can find," was applicable to this case. He was saddled from the fact just stated by the witness, that the prisoner, if he did not actually pull up the parsnips, was cogniz tot of the fact of their having being stolen, and he should fine him 205., or commit him for 14 days. The prisoner was removed in custody. THE OFFICIAL MANAGER OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND ➢ANKING COMPANY V. WINDER. In this case Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Manisty appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Grainger for the defence. The action was brought on a guarantee given to the North of England Joint Stock Banking Company, which bank had stopped payment in March, 1847, and the official manager had been appointed to recover the debts of the company by the Court of Chancery, under the recent statute of last session. The defendant, Mr. Win der, was a wine merchant, resident in Newcastle, and in 1839 was associated with other gentlemen in a project for supplying the town with pure water, to obtain which object it had been determined to go to Parliament to obtain a Bill giving powers to a company to carry it out, the company being known as the Newcastle and Gateshead Union Water Company. The defendant was a director of the provisional committee of this company in 1839, and after the Act was obtained in 1842 he was also a director. On the 15th of Fe bruary in that year, to meet the expenses of engineers, and of the Bill in Parliament, an application was made to the North of England Joint Stock Banking► Company to make the necessary advances to the water company, which they consented to do on the guarantee of the directors to the amount of 3,5001. The guarantee given was in the following form:—" In consideration of your honouring the cheques of the directors, or any three of them, of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Com• pany, to the extent of 3,5001., we hereby guarantee to you the payment of the same with interest." To this was attached the signature of seven directors, one of whom was the defendant. This sum had been advanced, and not all paid off, and there still remained due on it 2901. 16s. 7d., for which sum the action was brought. Toe guarantee was proposed to be put in evidence, but was objected to by the counsel for the defendant, on the ground that it was not stamped properly. At the time when the contract was entered into it required a 1/. stamp. and it had since under the recent statute been stamped with a 2a. 6rl. stamp. On the authority of " Deakin and Wile v. Penniall " (17 L. J., Ex., 217) this objection was over-ruled, and the document was given in evidence. The head bookkeeper of the bank was the❑ called to prove the entries in the pass-book ef the water company, to show that the sum of 3,500/. had been paid. From his evidence it appeared that two pass-books had been prepared, one a genuine one, one a fictitious one, made for the very purpose of imposing on the Committee of the two llewes of Parliament to induce them to pass the Bill. By the standing orders a certain amount of deposit on the shares is required to be paid, and the pass-book showed, on one side•, a debit of '3,5001. ad vances for expenses, and ou the other, a long list of de posits on shares. =nitride , * to that sum. the whole o which was fictitious, and had been prepared by the book keeper, by direction of the manager, at the request of the solicitor of the Wat-o- Company. On the pt., r. of the pleintiffs it was contended, nitwit hstanding this extraor dinary stwemt nt of the mode of conducting its business ee a b.taktng company—a statement w:,ich i=xcit•d nn lit le ,urprise in the court—that th.-re had been a bon! tide ticlvance of 3,500/. on the guarantee, irrespective of his fiction on the bank books, made to impose on Par- - dement . At the suggestion of his LORDSHIP, at this stage the cause, and all matters in difference, were referred to a gentleman at the bar, as the only feasible mode of ar riving satisfactorily at the truth of such an inquiry. Verdict accordingly, for the plaintiff ; damages, 100.0001., subject to a reference. CROWN COUR r.— (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) His Lordship proceeded throughout the day with the Newcastle town cases, none of which were of particular interest. Saturday, Feb. 24. CROWN COURT.—(BefiTre Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Thomas Richardson, a young man of prt possessing appeur ,nce, Wai indicted for the manslaughter of Henry Harley, a boy 13 years of age, on the 25th of October last. Mr. Otter appealed for the irasecution and M. Ove• rend for the prisoner. It appeared that both the prisoner an l the deceased were employed at the West Cramlington Colliery in this county; the prisoner as a " non-setter" and the de ceased boy as a " trapper." The duties of the deceased were to wheel down the coal tubs or carts on the tram way to the prisoner, who received them, in order to their being drawn out of the pit. The deceased ap• peared to have run down these tubs too rapidly, for do ing which the prisoner reprimanded him, and told him if he did not mind he would get his " cribs," meaning that he would the beaten. The boy was saucy, upon which the prisoner struck him with his doubled fist on the side of the head, and the boy fell against the wall of the pit. The boy took up a piece of coal in a passion to throw at the prisoner, who run after him to take it from him, and the boy, in endeavouring to get away, fell against a tub and cut his face. The boy continued at his work for several days after, but was taken ill with inflammation of the brain, of which he died in a fortnight. On the part of the prosecution this was said to have been caused by the blow; for the defence it was contended that the inflammation and fever arose from disease, or from the fall the boy had had. Verdict, Not Guilty. John Kane and William While were charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Oliver, and stealing therefrom 201. and a quantity of silver plate, on the 23d of December last. Mr. Mathews and Mr. Bigge appeared for the prose cution. The prisoners were undefended. It appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. John Oliver, was a termer, and lived at his farm at Wy lam, near the Whittle:lean Waterworks, in this county, his family con sisting of his wife, a nieco and a boy, who acted as ser vants. On the 23d of December last the prosecutor feeling unwell, went to bed soon after 6 o'clock. About halt-past 7, two men wearing black crape over their faces entered the house, and locked the door after them. The niece asked " what they wanted?" They answered they wanted her mtster; upon which she ran up stairs to the prosecutor's room in a state of fright, the men following. There they were met by Mrs. Oliver, who again demanded to know what they wanted, on which one of them answered, that "they would rip her up if she did not deliver up her money immediately." From the op portunity she had then, and subsequently, of observing the men, she was certain that the prisoners at the bar were the men. They then entered the prosecutor's bedroom, pulled dowti the bid curtains and threw them ov. r , nte of them stand ng over trim with an uplifted stick, and threatened to dash out his brain. if he did not keep his eyes shut, whilst the other ransacked a box in the room, and took out of it 20/. in gold, and a quantity of THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEI. 24.—The market yesterday was dull throughout. We had very few country buyers, and the business effected in any article was on a very moderate scale. The prices of wheat, oats, flour, and oatmeal were considered to stand the same as quoted last Tuesday. Barley, beans, and peas, were also unaltered in value. Indian corn was the chi e f article in demand, but the prices were not so good as on Tues day by 6d. to is. per quarter. 30s. per 4801 b. was the top price of American round yellow corn, and 28s to 29s for white and mixed. No change whatever in prices to-day. a. d. Wheat, per 701 b : s. d. s. d. Barley, Feeding.. 3 6 to I 9 English, white .. 7 3 to 7 6' Do. red.. .. 6 9 7 2 Irish, new .. .. 6 0 6 4 12ye, par 4801 b 0 0 I Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 34 0 36 0 De . ., old .. .. 6 4-- 6 7 0 0 Dan tsic . 7 6 - llrishandScoteh, Do., good mixed 7 0— 7 4 Lowerllaltic,whito 7 0 7 per 480 Th ,3tl 0-31 0 - IForeign, duty pd. 25 6 26 0 European, per im- Do. pedal quarter.. 32 0 33 0 American . Peas, English, per Canadian .. imperial quartr 32 0— 34 0 Spanish, red and Foreign 0— 34 0 white.. .. • • 7 0— 7 4 Malt, English, per Tuscan and Bar- imperial quartr 58 0 61 0 letta, red .. • • 6 6 611 Do., Irish .. 55 0— 56 0 3larlanopoli • • .. 6 0— G 3 Do., brown .. 54 0— 57 0 Odessa, Polish 6 3 6 6 Flour, English, pr Do., hard.. ig • • 5 6 6 0 2801 b .. 35 0— 36 0 Egyptian .. .. 4 0— 4 6 Irish, extra flne 37 0 38 0 Oats, per 451 b (Jutted States, per English and Scotch 2 g—2 10 barrel .. 26 6 27 0 Welsh .. • . .. 2 6 2 7 Canadian .. 26 6 27 0 Irish, new .. 2 6—2 71 Oatmeal, English, Do., old ~ .. 2 7 2 9 & Scotch,pr24olb 94 0— 25 0 Barley, English, pr Irish, new .. 23 0 25 0 imperial quarter 32 0- 34 0 Do., old .. .23 0 --:23 0 Irish, Scotch, and [nth m corn, per anx, per 601 b.. 3 6 3 9 4801 b .• .. 28 0— 30 0 MANCMEBTBR, FE). 24.—The trade throughout the week has been of an exceedingly sluggish character, and prices generally have continued to exhibit o downward tendency. A most inactive feeling prevailed in our market this morning, and wheat must be noted Id to 2d per 70Ib cheaper than on this day se'nnight. Flour being very difficult of sale, the best descriptions receded in value 6d, and middling and inferior qualities fully Is per sack. Oats and oatmeal were likewise in very limited request, and the turn lower. READING, Fix. 24.—Wheat, per quarter, 34s to 55s ; bar ley, 25s to 355; oats, 16s to 22s ; beans, 30s to 40s; pea s , 30s to 40s. Fat hugs, 9s to Os Od ; porkers, 98 3d to Os per score. Poultry—Fowls, per couple, 3s 6d to 4s Od; ducks, per couple, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; geese, each, Os Od to Os; butter, per Ib, is 2d to Is 3d ; eggs, 14 to 16 for Is. ABERDEEN, FEB. 23.—Grain—Oats 13.9 d to'lsl 64, 401 b per bushel ; barley, 235 to 245, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 23s to 245, 52 lbs per bushel ; wheat. 508 to 53s ; oatmeal, 13s to 14s per boll; flour, 38s to Os per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4d; to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d to 7d ; pork, per stone, 4s to 5s ; lamb, per quarter, Os to Os ; tallow, pee stone, 4s 6d to 5s ; potatoes, per peck, lOd to Is ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per Hs, 10d to I Id ; eggs, per d(.B, 8d to 9(1 ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per pair, 4s to 4s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6a ; turkeys, each, 4s 6d to 5s Od; gesso, ditto, Os to Os; butter fur exportation (present i red.. 6 10 7 0 .. 6 G— 7 4 6 6 6 111 ogre: , (tact. to 6r) ; rrice, p , r t : 41b loaf. Sd • /211) loat, 4d ; er 9tt,xr (d 14 i•fi 'lt 3, ; ,•, 0,, • ;., 4-; ; to 4b ;2'6; pur bark ei lbs, 03 to 100. Meal—Oatmcal, h 4d to Os Od ; bearmeal, Is 3d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 2., to Os Od; sids, 6d to 7d ; barley flour, Is 4d to Oa Od; barley dust, 7d to 8d; flour, 2s to 2s 2d ; barley, Per lb, lid to 2d. DALICEITH, FEB 22.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 31b, 18st 01b, and 16st 41b. Oats, 12st 12 b, 12st 11b,.:and lOst 10Ib. Barley, 16st 81b, 15st 131 b, and 143 t slb Peas and beans, 18st 11. b, 18st 7119, and 17• t 31bs. Qrs. Best. Curr.nt. Inferior. 326 Wheat ...... 12 0 £2 7 0 12 0 877 Oats 296 Barb y 1 10 6 1 6 6 1 1 6 46 Pease and Beans 1 10 0 1 7 0 1 4 0 Avei age of wheat £2 4s Od. CORK, FEB. 23. —Flour— Firsts 14s 6d to 15s 6d ; extra 16 sceonds 1356 d to 14s 6d ; households lOs to 13s ; thirds 8s to 1 ls per cwt. Meal— Oatmeal lis to lie 6d; Indian tr eal 8s ; wiloat meal Ils per cwt. Indian corn 75sto 7 12s 6(1 re: ton. Bran 5 , per ton. Hay Farmers 13s Od to 42s Od; average Os; dealers 38s to 48s; average Os Od per ton. Su ,w—b4rmers 14s Od to 275 Od; average . 225; dealers 28s Od :30s ; average ON Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf qd to 7d; household loaf 54d to 6d per 41b. Fresh butter, 10d to Is per lb. Coals—Newport 17s; Lydney 18s ; Landore 175 ; best Neath Culm 16s per ton. Tallow 43. 6d to 445 per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gal lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d ; Mutton 5d to 64e1; veal 50 to 7d ; pork 4d to 54d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. Hops 61 105 per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 21 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 6/ to 71; Valonia 11/ to 131; French 61; English 6/ per ton. Fleece Wool 103 to 12s per stone. Hemp 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 00s; red ditto 25s to 27s per barrel ; Newfoundland 11/ to 121 105 per ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ lOs; old scarce; red pine 3/ 15s ; yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 20' ; second quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market Ils to 165; salted Ils to 185 per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2-id; market 2d to 2id per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 12d; Minions 18d to Od. Coax, FEB. 23.—The weather during the week has been fine, dry, and seasonable. The trade is still influenced by the causes adverted to in our last, namely, continued arrivals, and the absence of thelarge millers from the market, as purchasers ; and the consequence is a continued and even increased depres sion in the various markets of the kingdom. In this quarter the depression is perhaps even greater than in others, the in flux:of foreign grain (though in most cases the vessels only call for orders) being of itself sufficient to throw a damp upon a trade already affected by other influences. The article of Indian corn, especially, has suffered by the large supplies poured in, and we have to report a further se rious depression in this branch of the trade. The supplies of home grown grain are very scanty, and owing to this we have very little alteration in the value of any article. In prepared Irish wheat we have no transactions to record. But little business has been done in Foreign also, which must be quoted Is per barrel lower, the selling price of MarianoVe, to-day, being 27s per barrel. Malting barley is scarce and in demand. Prepared oats aro little altered from our last, but the trade in the article is languid, and the market is devoid of animation. The trade in flour is very dull, bakers purchasing only in the most retail manner, and con fining themselves altogether to the supply of their more imme diate wants. The tendency of prices is downwards. We have had a m'iderate business doing in Indian corn, but at consi derably reduced rates, the current price for prime samples being 71 to 71 5s per ton. A small cargo has changed hands at 6l 17s 6d per ton. Indian Meal is in slow request at re duced rates. BELFAST, FEB. 22.—We have get into broken weather again, which, for the present, stops the usual field labours for the season. It is, however, satisfactory to know, that our farmers have taken advantage of the fine weather we have had since the Ist of the month, and are at present in a more forward state with their spring sowings and preparations than in any former year. The supplies of grain at market are small, and unequal to the demand, which keeps our prices relatively high. Wheat is still required to some extent for seed. I reduce the top price, however, 2d, and inferior parcels 3d to 4d per cwt. Flour—lt is difficult to give correct quotations in flour. Ire duce fine 6d per cwt. Barrels are held at a reduction of 6d also, but dealers hold off, not being disposed to give extreme prices. States flour 27s 6d to 28s, Canadian 6d less per barrel. Barley, a slow sale, at about former prices. Oats— The demand for seed seems to be generally setting in, and gives a high tone to prices. Feeding parcels, however, barely maintain their value. Oatmeal sells slowly at a reduction of 2d on the week. Indian Corn is in limited quantity, and in few hands ; yet, from the small demand for it, prices are barely maintained. Yellow sells at 7110 s to 71 15s per ton, and white 5s less. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been firm to-day, and full prices paid—The sales are—Aberdeen, Preference, 6 per cent. in perpet., i Is. 3 - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Chester (late C. and 8.),221., 6 per cent., 1849, 6% dis.—Caledonian, Preference, 7 per cent 11 !,g—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Leeds. Filths, V. 3s. 9d. dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle, 55—Leeds and Thirsk, 26}2—London and North-Western, 141—Ditto, New Quarters, 6 1 . 3s. 99., 614. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 41. Is. 3d., 4% p.—Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 111. Preference, 11% —Ditto, 201. Shares, 11 dis.—Midland Mock, 88 1 ,4—North Union (A), 216 Sihrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), New 13 1-3 Shares, 1 IN — South-Eastern, 26—Ditto No. 4, Thirds, 7%.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, 11. Is, 3d. 1 C. —Northern of France, 1% dis. BIRMINGHAM, FEZ. 24. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market generally remains comparative]," quiescent. If there be any exception, it is in Shropshire Union , ' which are shirt - idly improving. The closing prices of local stock re main almost the same as yesterday. The sales are—London and North-Western, 141—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 4% die. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 2 2—Shropshire Union, 43e. 9d.—iouth Staffordshire, 3 dis. YORK, FEZ. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The busine s transacted to-day was as fol lows :—Eastern Counties, 10%—Great Northern, 10 —Sheffield. Rotherham, and Goo!e, N. div., guaranteed, 5 per:cent., 83(—Terk , Newcastle, and Berwick Extension No. 1, 21% —Ditto No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 21% NEWdiIiITLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The business done in the Stock Exchange to day has been as follows —Great Northern (B Shares). 6 per cent. % dis —Hartlepool Dock and Railway, 140 corn. new - Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, New 10/. Preference, 11% —Wear Valley, New, 5%. GLASGOW, FEB. 23. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The following are to-day's transactions: — Aberdeen, Preference, 525. 6d. —Clydesdale Junction, Go - Dun dee and Arbroath,l3s% -Edinburgh and Bathgate 74 —Edinburgh and Perth, 15s—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,s per cent. guaran' teed, 104 —Ditto, Halves, No. I, 71. Is.—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 7 1 . ss.—Great North of Scotland, ss. 3d.—Great Northern, 111. 3 0 . -- North British, Quarters, 745. REPEAL OF TEE DUTY ON MALT AND 1101.S.."--" On Saturday the Warwickshire Protection Society held a large meeting, with a view of determining the pro priety of adopting measures to procure a total repeal of these taxes. The Lord-Lieutenant (the Earl of War wick), Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. R. Spooner, M.P., kc'' were present. We are unable to report the general pro ceedings of the meeting as the press were requested t 0 withdraw during certain p re li m i nary b us i ness, b u t IC was subsequently intimated to them that very eon• siderable diseu , sion had ensued upon the policy of enter ing, at this precise moment, on a local agitation of tlin question, and that an a dj ournment h ad b een c arried until some day after Mr. Disraeli's motion in the Cow mons on the Bth of March next. Mr. Thomas umbers , of Wappenbury, was in the chair. PENINSULAR MAILS.—SOUT H A MPTON , FEB. 25 ' 1849.—The Peninsular and O r i enta l steam ship, PachS; Captain Weeks, with the Pc.ninsular mtils, in 4 . harge Lieutenant Inglis, RN., arrived here last night, soo n after ten o'clock. The dates o f :a ili ng w , re —Gib ra ltarr 16th instant ; Cadiz, 17th ; Lisbon, 19th ; Oporto' 20th ; Vigo, 21st. 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(Signed) " AL D B OROUGH ." These wonderful pills ',O cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Hello"' d Ointinsnt) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, St ra nd, medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS. wife On the 19th inst., at the Har e hill s , near L ee d s , the Wi of W. S. Ayrton, Esq., of a son. On the 21st inst., at Beltha-villas, Barnsbury, Ponsford, of a son. ;re of On the 21st inst., at Turnworth, Dorset s hi re, th e Iv W. P. Okedon, Esq., of a son. On the 21st inst., at Belton, near Great Yarmouth, the - ife of J. E. Sp lling. Esq., late of the 46th Regiment, of a 5 013 ... : On the 22d inst., the wife of the Rev. H. Stretton, ineu""' bent of Hison, Staffordshire, of a son. A On the 22d ket ,in Somers-place, Hyde-p ar k, the la 4 of N. Winstanley, Esq., 01 a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Broad-green lod g e, C roy d on , the sae of W. Baines, Esq., of a son. 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