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The CHAIRMAN replied in the negative, the Direc tors being desirous of having the control over the funds in their own hands. A PROPRIETOR inquired if the profit set forth ii the Report was to the close of last year ? The CHAIRMAN answered, it was only to October, 1841, so that the Company bud always nearly a year's profit, which was not brought into tbe statement sub mitted to them at the annual meeting, as the accounts from the colonies could only be made Up to that pe riod.—(Hear, hear.) The following resolution was then carried :—" That the Report be adopted, printed, and circulated among the Proprietors." • The CHAIRMAN continued—The Directors having called the atte'ition of the Proprietors to the conduct of their local officers, at a time of no ordinary trial, feel it their duty to propose to the meetini , the fol lowing resolution :—" That the cordial thanks of the Proprietors be given to the Local Directors, and the Officers of the Bank on the Colonial Establishments, for their able management of the affairs of the Corpo ration during the trying period adverted to by the Directors in the foregoing Report," which was carried with acclamation. The Rev. Mr. MADGE said he had a resolution to propose. It was—" That the thanks of this meeting are eminently due, and are hereby given to the Chair man and Directors, for their excellent management of the affairs of the Establishment on every 'occasion." Several Proprietors rose simultaneously to second when it was unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks for himself and his colleagaes, could assure the meeting that this was the best stimulant that could be given to them, and he hoped they should continue to receive the same encouragement they had just received, by that vote of confidence.—(Cheers.) Mr. T. ROBINSON thought the meeting could not separate without passing a vote of thanks to Mr. Milli ken, their Secretary, for his able and assiduous atten tions to the affairs of the Corporation. General CAULFIELD would cordially second it, when it was unanimously carried, and the meeting sepa rated. ORIGIN OF THE WAR IN AFFGHANISTAN. Anaongst other letters . from India just received which throw light more or less upon the state of affairs there, and the occur rences which brought matters in Caubul to such a melancholy 'pass, one of an extremely singular character may be mentioned, which from its curious details is really worthy of attention, more especially as the lady writer asserts that the facts may be relied upon and are well known in the higher circles in India. It would seem, according to this statement, that woman, the " cause of all man's woe," was the cause, in perfect innocence however, of the late disasters in Air ghanistan. The story runs thus :—Some time after the arrival of Lady 3l‘Nag,hten in Caubul, to join her husband, Sir William, he received the news of his appoint ment as Governor of Bombay. When considering the necessary arrangements for proceeding to take possession of his Government, Sir William, of course, could not but look to the safety of his journey and the comforts of his lady and the other officers' ladies who proposed to accompany ber. At that time the passes through the Ghilzie territory, through which lay the route, were still infested and rendered dangerous by the unruly tribes inhabiting them. Previously, in order to restore tranquillity and ensure order among those tribes, Sir William 3hNaghten, on concluding, a treaty with the chiefs, had taken the precaution of making the condition that some of the more influential among them should take up their residence at. Caubul, so as to be under the surveillance of the 'British authorities. The ladies proposing to accompany Sir William to Bombay, well aware of the troubled state of the Ghil aie districts in the mountain passes, expressed naturally great anxiety about the perils of the passage,and in fact a disinclination to proceed without the best security for safety. In consequence, as the most ready means, Sir William summoned the Ghilzie chiefs in Caubul to a conference, at which he intimated to them his desire, equivalent to a command, that they should ac company his party through the unruly districts, so as by their presence and influence to secure the peaceful behaviour of their tribes. On retiring from the conference, the Ghilzie chiefs held a parley amongst themselves, and expressed their distrust of the proposition as being a snare for carrying them offprisoners mid confining them in Hindostan, as was the case with the Kakeer chief, Hadji Khan. They formed the resolution in con sequence not to proceed with but as disobedience, of course, would subject them to punishment, they re solved also, as the only way to escape the alternative, to raise an insurrection, the plan of which was com bined on the spot. And this was to attack the resi dence of Sir Alexander Burnes as the more formidable party they had to deal with, and to plunder the treasury, which, strange enough, was held in the next house to his, and un guarded. Early in the next morning tha project was put in execution ; Sir Alexander Burnes murdered ; the treasury plundered, and the population, already discontented, rose as one man to support this improvised insurrection. The result is known. At the nee s every district, valley, and hamlet in Caubul poured forth its man sad horse, contributed its sword and musket, to join in the plunder of Caubul and the expulsion of the Feringhees. The moral to be drawn from this lesson (for the facts can hardly be doubted) would seem to point to the impolicy and inexpediency of permitting the accompaniment of the wives, or other female relatives of officers, in an expeditionary force, not destined for the permanent occupation of a conquered country. CROYDON POLICE. At the meeting of the Bench of Magistrates at Croydon, on Monday, an application was made by Mr. Turner, the Chair man of the Board of Surveyors of Highways, for the decision of the Bench as to the liability of the building used as the Croydon Literary and Scientific Institution to be rated. The Board, it appeared, had rated Mr. Westall, the Secre tary, and Mr. R. Russell attended on his behalf to oppose the rate. _ _ Mr. Turner addressed the Magistrates, 11essrs. Reid, Adams, and Lucas, briefly, and said that the Board sought to recover from Mr. Westall the sum of Bs. 4d., being the amount of rate made in June. 1841, upon the premises used as the Croydon Literary awl Scientific Institution. They considered that there was such a beneficial eceupation of those premises as rendered them liable to be assessed to the rate ; and they therefore felt it their duty, in justice to the other - 'parishioners, to levy it. If, how ever, the Magistrates should be of opinion that such property was not liable to be rated, they would, of course, willingly abandon the claim. Mr. Russell, in opposition to the rate, said that the ques tion involved in the present proceeding was one of some import ance to all institutions of a similar character that were esta bli•hed throughout the country; and he trusted the Bench would come to the deci ion, that property of this description was not liable to be assessed, either to the highway or any other rate. The Magistrates were aware that the institution was sup • ported by a number of gentlemen, each of whom subscribed a certain sum, for the purpose of affording mutual facilities for the acquisition of knowledge within the strictest limits of mo rality; they neither derived, nor desired to derive, any advantage from the institution, and none of the Members resided on the premises, or made any other use of them than was necessary for the purposes of the institution. Under such circumstances, he submitted to the Bench that there was not such a benefi cial occupation, either by the Secretary or any of the members, of these premises, as would render them liable to be rated. Ile reminded the Bench that there was no pretit made by the So ciety. They had no income, and all the amount of subscrin- Cons that was received was expended for purposes of a public nature. 3lr. Adams said that a beneficial occupation did net at all i,nply that it should be a profitable one, and he said that if the rates could only be levied upon property that yielded a profit, be f,ared that they should have to relieve a great many persons from ply'ng the rates. The consequence of there being no profit derived had nothing to do with the question. It was clear that the memhe , s occupied those premises for their own purposes, and they were, therefore, liable to contribute to the rates. 31r. Rtthell said that he had felt it his duty, under the pecu liar circumstances, to make the objections he had ; but as the Magistrates thought that the law was against them, the mem bers of the Institution would willingly bow to their decision. The BENCH said that in law - there could be no doubt that institutions of this description were liable to the payment of the rates, but at the same time intimated their opinion, that it might be a matter for the consideration of the surveyors and other parish officers, whether property of this description might not be left out of the rate. The usual order for payment was then made and the parties retired. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JUNE 8. —Wind this day at noon. E. to N.E. OFF RAMSGATE, JUNE 3.—0 prey, Holdt, for Va'paraiso. DEAL, JUNE 7.—Wind moilerate.—Arrd. from the River and sailed, Kunear, Hobart Town; Susan Crisp, Cape ; Grecian Queen, Valparaiso ; Caesar, Demerara ; Charles Brooke, St. Vincent; Nautilus. St. Lucia. OFF DOVER, JUNE 6.—Julius, Koln, Hamburgh for Val- parai3o. /km., JUNE 7. —Wind, E. S.E., light.—Sld. Regent and George, Quebec. OFF HACTINGS.—Reserve Courant. Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Wind E.S.E.—Arad. Rubicon, Anderson, Newfoundland. Cowscs . , Ju - NE77 l —Arrd. Elva, Talbot, Matanzas; Galileo, Lombard, Havannah. OFF SALCOMBE, JUNE 6..—Louis XIV., New Orleans.. FALMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Wind E.S.E. to E.N.E. light provisions. Arra. Naples packet, Richards, Barletta, short of Sailed, Lady Mary Wood (steamer), Gibraltar. Arrct.off, Jordesen, Odessa, and railed for London. SHIELDS, 7uNE s.—Sid. Eclair, Rio; Elizabeth Jane, Cal cutta. KlNGsrows, JuE 6.—Arrd. Maranham, Grundee, St. John's, New Brunswick. CORK, JUNE 4.—Arrd. off, ' Susann a h Collings White .M aw itius, which passed her Nlajesty's ship I s i s off Ascesision LivEttror t.. Just; 7.—W ind southerly an d ‘ Alexander, Johnson , Jamaica ; Elizabeth, Ackerland, Fin land ; Palmyra, Simpson , New Orleans. Sld. Wilsons , De merara ; Saleln, 31obile ; Chaos, New Orleans ; Jafferson ' Virginia; Sherbrook, Quebec. The Goliah was pa sse d on t h e 27th April, by the Palmyra, Simpson, arrived here, ashore on the S.W. bar of New Orleans. Greenlaw. Palermo. CLYDE, .117 NE 7.--Arrti. Union, ST. Jots NkWI7II;:•IDLA ND.—The Melina, Butler, bound to Harbor Grace, Wait spoken, April 9, off Cape Race, all well, by the Sur; rise, which arrived here on the 10th April. The Melina had nit arrived at her destination on the 19th May. °sir BEAcitav HEAD, JUNE s ._H o pp et, Stockholm for Vienna. PonTssrolfli, JUNE 6.—Wind Chapman, Quebec Ott Daarsiouirtt, JUNE 6.—Terceira, Fay's], Icr Ilarnburgh. VESSELS SEOKEN WITH.—Her Majesty's ship Iris, off As cension, by the Susannah Collings, arrd. off Cork, from Matiti tiuz. David Canning, ou:ward bound. 19th ultimo, lat. 32, lent. 16, by the Rubicon, arrived at. Portsmouth. Mary and Elva, of ;Scilly, 31alaga, lat. 41, lon. 11, by the Krausty, arjvcd at Falmouth. Azores packet. nyrriouth to Malseilles, 19 ' 1 ' 'Ilt• lit. 89, lon. 11, by the Nal los packet, arrived at Fat mort.th. Grecian, Liverpool to Lima, 28th ult., iat. 42, lon. I. by 'he "Dodson. arrived of Falmouth.. clayk to Bourbon, Pith leagues west of Cape St. Vincent, by the Leo ead.ie, arrtv,d at Marseilles. Carricks, '27th ult., lat. 46 lon. 29. by the Palmyra, arrived at Liverpool. Ragasthin, s Londat.l to Borr.ba'y, ult., lat. .38, l on. 14 ; Fame, from Newcastle, '2sth tilt., lat. 41, lon. 11; Ja.mas Gibson. from Liverpool,. Nth 'ult., lat. 42, lon. 11, by t h e Wi lliam Herdman, arrived off Dartmouth. John Balton, bound to Quebec, 31st ult., lat. 51, lon. 13, by the Kingaloch, arri ve d at Cork. Louisa Prinses Nederlanikn, lordreeht to Batavia, With nit., lat. 4, lon. 6, by the Monnikendam arrived at Rotterdam. Trial, London to N. W . . 29th ult., lat. 44, low 12; Visitor of Liverpool, 26th ult., lat. 45, lon. 23, by the Marianne and Hedwig arrived at Pluto:pub. ELECTION COMMITTEES. WATERFORD. The Committee met yesterday at releven o'clock ; it having been decided that the objection of the Returning Officer to the certificates was invalid, and ought not to have been made, and the Committee came to the reso lution, " That the names of the following persons which had been improperly rejected by the Returning Officer, ought to have been placed on the poll for Messrs. Barron and Wyse;" then follow the names of the rejected votes ; this decision gives 330 votes to Barron, and 329 to Wyse, and consequently places the petitioners in the majority. Mr. CocxnunN said, what he now wished to do on the part of the sitting Members, was to reduce the majority in which the petitioners were placed by correcting the poll. Mr. AUSTIN stated that the poll, as amended by the decision, now stood as follows : Barron 532 Wyse 528 Christmas Reade 216 The Learned Gentleman contended that as the allega tions of the petition were confined to the illegality of the certificates and the return, the Committee was not com petent to go into a general scrutiny of the poll. He quoted a great number of precedents in support of this view of the case. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIIM, who appeared to be suffer ing from indisposition, replied; he contended that the Committee sat to try the whole merits of the election, as distinguished from the smaller question of the return. Mr. AUSTIN replied and had not concluded at four o'clock. ATHLONE (BOROUGH). The Committee appointed to try the petition against the return for the borough of Athlone met yesterday at ten o'clock. E. Divett, Esq. in the chair. The petition is from John Dowd and Thomas Glynn, electors of the borough, against the return of Captain G. de la Poer Beresford; the unsuccessful candidate was Mr. D. H. Farrell. The allegations of the petition are to the same effect as in the Waterford case, namely—that the words "houses and premises" were inserted in the certificates, and that such votes were improperly rejected, to the number of 93. The Counsel for the sitting Member are Mr. Cock burn, Mr. Austin, and Mr. Smyley ; for the petitioners, Sergeant Merewether and Mr. O'llamlyn. The petition having been read, Mr. COCKBURN took an objection, in limine, on the ground that one of the petitioners (Mr. Dowd) having withdrawn from it, and' voided his recognizances, the petition was informal ; in fact there was no petition before the Committee at all. He had announced his intention not to prosecute the petition, both to the Speaker and to the sitting Member. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER contended that this was a question, not for the Committee, but for the House 01 Commons, to decide ; and the objection ought to have been made when Mr. Dowd announced his intention to withdraw from the prosecution. The Committee decided that the Counsel for the peti tion should proceed with his case. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER then commenced his opening argument, and was proceeding with it when the Speaker was announced to be at prayers. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—We are not sure that, in alluding to the disgraceful exhibition which Mr. Ferrand made of himself last night in the House of Commons, we are not contributing to his gratification, by aiding his efforts to acquire notoriety. That honourable dis orderly gentleman has so often shown himself in sensible to shame, that it were vain to endeavonr, by reproof, to make him conscious of indecorum, however gross. To appeal to the rules which are recognised and obeyed by those who move in the society of gentlemen appears altogether ineffective when V Mr. Ferrand is in question. After the experi ment of last - night, the Hon. Member for Knares borough must be allowed to utter what he pleases, without being held responsible for his language. It would be only co-operating with the notoriety-hunter's desire to get up a scene, that he might play the chief part in it, to demand explanation from him of any personal allusion, however injurious, in which he had indulged—for the authority on which he had rested any accusation, however gross, or the re tractation of any.assertion, however offensive. A man of honour is as careful to avoid giving offence as he is prompt in vindicating his feelings or his fame from indignity or injury. Mr. Ferrand indulges in calum nies without seeming to imagine that he can be con sidered responsible for their truth. The assurance that he has heard them, or something like them, from some nameless individual, is the authority on which he rests their claim to credence ; and his making the state ment within the walls of Parliament is the protection which screens him from consequences that would ne cessarily follow the indulgence of his propensities elsewhere. The tumultUous proceedings of last night, by which the business of the country was impeded and the sitting of the House abruptly broken up, will, we trust, be the last of the kind the public press will have occasion to record. It cannot be that such scenes can take place in the House of Commons without materially lowering its character and im pairing its dignity in the estimation of the country. STANDARD.—After the termination of the pro ceedings upon Lord Ashley's proposition, the House went into Committee upon the tariff, when an obser vation was made by Mr. Ferrand ihat Dr. Bowring's statements upon foreign trade ought not to be received as an authority, because the inquiries of the learned gentleman had been partial and imperfect. A prodigious clatter of" personality" was raised upon this expression of Mr. Ferrand, and it more or less disturbed the debate through the remainder of the night's sitting. This stratagem of constructive affronts and mock passion is a very convenient and therefore a very trite one. Every one, however, must see through the trick—must see that there was no offence given or intended in Mr. Ferrand's telling that that had been the case whiCh it was evident beforehand must be the case. Dr. Bowring is, we believe, a perfectly honourable man, but he is a thoroughly bigoted political economist, and, as such, he was selected and sent abroad by the late Government, to aid their views of forcing measures founded on their politico-economic theories upon the country. Could such a man act fairly, however honourable his intentions ? The thing was impossible. He could not consult all ; and there fore, in the selection of those whom he was to con sult, he would be determined by his opinion of the intelligence of the parties; but this opinion would necessarily be formed from the agreement of these parties in his own doctrines, viz., the doctrines of the political economists ; all others would be rejected as narrow-minded, ignorant, antiquated persons, behind the light and intelligence of the age. Again, as Dr. Bowring's commission was not merely to receive evidence, hut to analyse and digest it, can there be a doubt that he must give a preference to those views which most nearly coincided with his own ? The fault was not in Dr. Bow ring, but in those who sent him out. The Learned Gentleman is not to blame for acting as every prejudiced man must act, how honourably disposed soever ; but the late Government is greatly culpable for sending a prejudiced man on such a mission. Dr. Bowring is—we repeat it cheerfully— an honourable Man ; but he certainly is not one jot a more honourable man that Mr. Ferrand. Now, what would the country think if Sir Robert Peel's . Govern ment were to send Mr. Ferrand alone to inquire into and report upon the state of the factory districts, with a view to measures of general legislation ? We have no doubt whatever that Mr. Ferrand would do his part honourably ; but we could scarcely have the face to represent his opinions as possessing any substantive authority, or to defend the Government employing the honourable gentleman as its sole organ for collecting information. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) STATE OF TRADE.—The unfavourable nature of the commercial advices from India, coupled with the an nouncement of one or two failures here had a rather depressing effect upon our market yesterday ; and goods and yarn were both flat, though without any change in prices. We are sorry to learn that the con dition of the working•cla§ses in the neighbourhood of Burnley, and indeed generally throughout the districts in which. hand loom weaving has been extensively carried on, is becoming worse daily ; and the patience with which their privations have hitherto been supported has of late greatly diminished. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JUNE 6. — The increased demand for flannels to-day has been quite equal to that of last Monday, but there is yet no improvement in the prices. The .principal purchasers are the large manufacturers, who are buying under the impression that wool has arrived at its lowest point. The wool market remains tolerably steady ; and the dealers are asking a small advance, but have generally submitted to the old prices, except in coarse qualities, which may be quoted a shade higher. IiUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JUNE 7TH.—There iS some difficulty in reporting the state of trade at this juncture, as we are evidently on the eve of some change which can scarcely be for the worse. In fact, appearances are on the bright side ; but certainly, as yet, there is nettling to warrant the beast of some newspapers of a general revival. The season of the year, the splendid weather, and years of terrific depression, must result in a change for the better ; and unquestionably there is a move, an inquiry, and a feeling of increasing con ed,liee, that indicate a gradual return to a healthful state, if it IN not counteracted by stupid, suicidal legis lation. to fancy woollens a fair amount of business ~„,, d o ne ; but tie; demand for waistcoatings and other uncles was dull. There was also a tolerable in q low-priced wooll ens ; b ut f i nd b roa d s we dull Prices are stati onary ; not i mprove d l e I : Yfor sale.av Never did the crops look , better in Dorsetshirc than they do now. T he wheat is' Particularly fine and strong ;so is the barley, and so the oats, The hay-grass Is uncommonly thick, and a heavy swath may be confidently relied on. The fruit-trees are loa ded with fruit ; and we may , therefore, with the continued bles sin g of Provid ence , look for ward to a plentiful harvest. We ca n sa y , from personal obser vation, that around Blandford, Alm", Corte M u ll en , Win borne, and indeed the whole of Dorsctshire, the luxuriant ap pearance of the fields is such that they cannot fail to arrest the attention of every passeslger.—Salidniry !Aral& THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1842. 4- MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS TIMES.—Now that the Income-tax Bill has passed into a law, the public must be prepared for its vigorous and prompt execution. It transpired in the City this morning, what may be received, perhaps, as the commencement of it, that the clerks at the Bank of England are busily engaged in making the calculations for such deductions as will have to be made, under that Act, for the dividends payable in next month. As the Act dates from the sth of April last, there will be, it is pre sumed, a tax of half a year. or 3d. in the pound on the July payments, where the total income of the parties exceeds 1501. per annum. Such is the quantity of business which is created at the Bank under this new arrangement, that most of the clerks, it is expected, will be deprived of the summer holyday, which they have enjoyed heretofore. The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 40k, and the ex change at Paris on London at short being. 25 50, it follows that gold is 0.38 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English l‘lint price of 31. 17s. 10 1 ,4 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 7, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 Bi, it follows that gold is 0.69 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. By the official returns published by the Customs, the export of the precious metals to foreign and colonial ports for the week ending Thursday last, were as under, viz.:— Ounces. Silver coin to Hamburgh 122,000 Silver coin to Madras and Calcutta 20,000 Silver bars to Hamburgh 38,534 In the foreign exchanges there was not much doing, the rate for bills upon Hamburgh again further recovered from the de pression recently experienced. Amsterdam was rather higher, and Paris remained the same. A letter has been received from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in which the writer states that the alterations recently made in the conveyance there of mails from London are daily producing great dissatisfaction. The morning mail, which until the 29th ult„ used to arrive at nine o'clock in the forenoon, has been discontinued, and the consequence is that only one mail a day from London is received, and that at a most inconvenient hour, since letters cannot be delivered in Newcastle before three o'clock P.M., when the business of the day is over. Thus a whole day is lost in the correspondence with London, while still greater inconveniences are suffered with respect to com munications with the Continent. Thus, on Tuesday last, the Dutch and German malls not arriving till the afternoon, three days were lost before the mails were made up in London for Hamburgh, and nearly double that time before they could be made up for Rotterdam. As a remedy, our correspondent sug gests that the mail-coach from Lancaster to Newcastle, by Stanemore and Bishop Auckland, should start from Lancaster when the train from London arrived in the evening, or that the way of York should be taken, by which route there is a railway communication to Darlington. Either of these methods would, he says, give Newcastle the advantage of an early mail. LAW INTELLItirENCE. ROLLS' COURT, June 8. HARVEY V. HARVEY. The arguments in this cause, which had been part-heard yes terday, were resumed to-day. The principal question turned upon the construction of the will and codicil of Peter Harvey, which bore date 1816. The details, which were of considerable length, were totally devoid of interest. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Mine 8. The COURT was engaged the whole morning in hearing the arguments in the case of the Duke of Beaufort v. Gough. The question in dispute was as to the right of property in a certain waste fn the Lordship of Gower, underneath which there were valuable veins of coal and of stone. The Duke had brought an action of ejectment, and had gained a verdict. Sir Thomas Wilde hid obtained a ruli nisi for a new trial on the ground, first, of misdirection by the Judge, and, secondly, that the verdict was against evidence. The SOLICITOR•GENERAL showed cause against the rule. BAIL COURT, June 8. No case which would justify a repot came before the Court • COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 8. The Court went through a number of cases on the special paper ; no point of any general interest was raised in the course of the argument.. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, June 8. IN RE WILLIAM FELTON BANNERMAN. The insolvent was mate on board the Royal Mail Packet for India, in which capacity he was allowed to supply the crew with articles of clothing, but having entered upon further spe culations, which were disallowed by the Admiralty, the unsold goods were landed at Southampton, where they were detained in the Queen's Dock, and would become available to the creditors on the return duties being paid. His application to the Court was to be admitted to bail until the day of hearing.—Granted. IN ILE. JOHN JAMES FRASER. The insolvent in this case was a vocalist, well known at all the minor theatres, and who had also been a favourite at Drury-lane some time back. He passed through the Court in the latter end of the year 1840, and now appeared aga'n to be discharged on bail until his final hearing. Bail having justified in the sum of 1401., he was ordered to be discharged. The Court was generally occupied during the morning in hearing uninteresting applications for bail. APPEAL COURT, Doctors'-Commons, June 7. WOOD AND OTHERS P. GOODLAEE, HELPS, AND OTHERS The last stage in the long-pending contest for the money of the rich Gloucester banker was reached to-day, and the struggle, now the main point is decided, was carried on with the same vigour and animosity which has characterised every step of the proceedings. The bill of costs was offered for sig nature to this Court (in which the formal business of the Pre rogative Court is generally transacted) by the proctors for the several parties who have claimed either as heirs, or legatees, or executors from James Wood. It will be recollected that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council pronounced in favour of the validity of the paper presented by Sir M. Wood and the other executors named therein, but directed the costs of all the parties to be paid out of the estate. Mr. Bum:Tom, the proctor for Mr. Hitchens, who was ad mitted a next of kin of the deceased, but who has since died, presenteil his taxed bills of costs. The principal bill for the main cause amounted to 1,311/. 13s. I Id., and there were three other bills, the first of which was 486/. I Is. Sd., tho second 2,6761. 12s. 3d., and the third 171/. 4s. Bd. Mr. LONGDEN, proctor for the executors, was directed to oppose the bills, as taxed by the Registrar, and prayed to be heard on his petition against them. Mr. BUCKT )N denounced this proceeding as unheard-of. The executors of the late Mr Wood, who had unexpectedly come into possession of all his wealth, were desirous, by a quirk and quibble of the law, of preventing him from obtaining his fair costs. lie asked to be sworn as to the truth and accu racy of the bills, as in case of his death no one could recover them, and the executors would then escape aly.gether. The COURT granted its permission, and Mr. Buckton took the customary oath as to the correctness of the items in the bills of costs. Mr. LONGIDEN—But the Court will net at once sign the bills? Dr. DAUBENY—Certainly not. Mr. TOKER., the proctor for Sirs. Goodlake (another of the parties opposing the validity of the papers propounded by Sir M. Wood, arid claiming as next of kin), then presented his taxed bills of costs. The first7was for 1,4741. 2s. 9d., the second fer 3961. 12s. 3d., the third for 2,6281., and the fourth for 2841. Is. A similar conversation took place in this as in the former case, with the addition of Dr. Phillimore expressing his opinion that the proceedings were disgraceful to the prac tice of the Court. It ended by the Court expressing its deter mutation to refer the whole ease to the Privy Council when the petition against the bills had been brought in. The bills of Mr. Pulley, proctor for Mr. Helps, was also given in. but in con sequence of his absence from illness, the consideration of them was postponed. They amounted, severally, to the sums of 3,2741. 13s. ld., 6921. 19s. 9d., and 4,1381. 12s. Ild., making altogether 8,1051. sq. 9d. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREE7'. Mary Smith, a very old woman, was charged with stealing 9id. in copper from a till. Sarah Rossiter, the keeper of a beer-shop in Great St. An drew-street, St. Giles, stated that the prieir.er went into her shop on Tuesday and called for half %pint of porter, with which she was served, and which she remained at the bar to drink. Witness retired far a moment into another room, and imme diately afterwards she heard the till rattling ; she returned to the shop directly, and observed the prisoner's hand in the till ; the hand was immediately withdrawn and the prisoner placed it in her bosom. The money was found upon her. The prisoner, in defence, s/ aced that she was drunk, and did not kno x what she was about. 11r. Twyvoan fully committed her to take her trial. WORSHIP-STREET. Caroline Bigsworth, aged 22, was placed at the bar for final examination, charged with having attempted to destroy the lite of Selina Just, her illegitimate female infant, and afterwards to commit suicide. _ The particulars of this most digressing case have already appeared. It will be recollected that the prisoner had lodged at the house, No. 3, Clarence-street, St. Luke's, in eohabita tion with the father of the child, a brass-founder, named Charles Just, who deserted her, on Monday se'nnight, and was said to have since lived with another woman. After his departure the prisoner was observed by her fellow-lodgers to be in a very low and desponding state, and, on the succeeding Friday morning, one of them discovered her suspended from a rope in the back kitchen, and the child was soon afterwards found lying on the bed insensible, and at the point of death from the effects of drowning. A pail was found in the room containing some gallons of water, in which it was afterwards ascertained that the wretched woman had immersed the child until life appeared extinct; after which she laid it on the bed, and proceeded to the kitchen, in order to conclude the tragedy with self-destruc tion. Both the mother and the child were at the last extre mity when they were discovered, but through the prompt and persevering exertions of a medical gentleman, named Mack, their lives were saved. A letter was found in the priso ner's room, addressed to the mat► Just, in which she appr►sed him of her criminal designs; and, in simple and touching lan guage, intimated a desire that the child and herself might be placed in the same coffin, and that the expenses of the funeral would be defrayed by the authorities of Walthamstow, to which parish she belonged. The depositions of the several witnesses having been com pleted, they were read over by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, in the presence of the prisoner. In answer to some questions from the Magistrate, respecting her intimacy with the man Just, the prisoner, in low and broken accents, said that she became acquainted with him about three years ago, and was in the service of a • family living in Bislaopsgate-street when he effected her ruin. The child was born about a year and nine months ago, and she had been since living with a family at Islington, but about seven weeks sinew Just induced her, under a solemn promise of marriage, to leave her situation, and place herself under his protection. The child, a lovely little creature, was in Court during the investigation, and its serene and smiling looks were in strong contrast with the heavy and heart-broken aspect of its un. happy mother. Mr. BROUGHTON said that although he could not help sym pathising with the situation of the unfortunate prisoner, who was the victim of the most cruel and heartless villany, it was his duty to prevent an impression from going abroad that any degree of ill usage or suffering that a woman could sustain would justify her in committing the dreadful crime of attempting to destroy the life of her innocent child. He sheuld commit the prisoner for trial, but it was his sincere hope that the Court would deem it compatible with the public safety to take a mer • ciful view of the case. —The prisoner was fully committed. ADVERTISEMENT.—D ENTITION.—There is per haps 110 part cf the human frame which more admirably exemplifies the wisdom and bounty oft he Creator than the structure andarrange ment of the Teeth ; for while among the animal races, some tribes are endowed with teeth which allow them to live only on vegetable diet ; Others being furnished with an apparatus cal culated only for animal food . ; man is provided with teeth which render him omnivorous, and enable him to live either on animal or vegetable substances, as either may be most conducive to his well-being. The embellishment, care and preservation of these important parts of the hue an economy are objects highly im portant ; and, among the various preparations offered for the purpose, the (Mont°. invented by Messrs. Rowland. of Hatton garden, stands unrivalled as a dentifrice, excelling all others in its capability of embellishing, purifying, and preserving the teeth and gams. MORBID NOTORIETY, AND AT- TEMPT TO FRIGHTEN THE QUEEN TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUP. SIR-I highly approve of your remarks upon the proceedings against John Francis. He could not have any possible motive for attempting the Queen's life, and should at once be pro nounced mad, and for ever secluded from public view. I have not the slightest idea that either he or Oxford ever attempted the Queen's life. Men do not commit murder with out a motive, and they could not have had any object in at tempting the life of our amiable and beloved Queen. Oxford wished for notoriety. He laughed in his sleeve at the formal and legal proceedings against him, and facetiously asked—is she killed—is the bullet found? knowing perfectly well that ex nihilo nihil fit. . The same with Francis, who says there was no ball in the pistol. I have not the least doubt hut that he speaks the truth, and I most fully and firmly believe him. These young madmen should be treated with humanity, but the public never should be allowed even to see them ; and these attempts to frighten our beloved Queen will then lose their romance and notoriety, and we shall hear no more of them. I also approve of your remarks upon the " disgusting thea trical exhibition made of Daniel Good," and hope the public voice will prevent a repetition of these scenes. I can only attribute these exhibitions to a desire of adminis tering to a disordered and depraved feeling, and the attendance of ladies on these occasions can only be compared to the Roman matrons witnessing the convulsive agonies of the dying gla diators. Ido most sincerely hope we shall reform these dis gusting exhibitions, and that the greatness of a man's crime will not be considered any reason for showing him the greatest kindness, attention, and consideration. We can well imagine that Good did not believe he was to be hanged, when he received so much kind and marked attention from ladies and gentlemen ; and when, though in perfect health, he had coffee and port wine, or any other indullence that he might fancy, even to the putting off the prison dress. Let such criminals only be allowed the common prison diet and din• cipline, and no strangers ever be permitted to see them, and then they will soon cease to be the admired heroes of our fair countrywomen. Your most obedient servant, June 6. EPHESUS. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Saturday evening Mr. Walker, the President of the In stitution of Civil Engineers, gave his annual converzazione. As is usual, in addition to a most hosi.itable reception, he sup plied ample food for curiosity by a remarkably well selected collection of works of art and models of machinery, all of which our limits will not permit us to particularise. The Admiralty had, with becoming liberality, sent a number of their beautiful models of men if war, showing the superi ority of the mode of construction introduced by Sir Wil liam Symonds and his assistant, Mr. Edye. Near these were appropriately placed a collection of models of improved marine engines, by Maudslay and Field, Miller, Seaward, and Fairburn. From among the multitude of other models may be selected Dockray's self-acting signal ter railways, mallets for raising ships, the Maplin Sand Lighthouse, by Messrs. Walker and Burgess, bridges by Gravatt, Roe's arrangements for cleansing sewers, Captain Reid's water-wheel, Oldham's machine for numbering bank-notes, Palmer's corrugated cast iron roof, and a beautiful collection of tools made by Bodmer, of Manchester. Cheverton's mechanical carvings in ivory, and Braithwaite's pressed carvings in wood, exhibited the close alliance subsisting between the fine and mechanical arts; Dent's astronomical clock, made for the Emperor of Russia, and that with Professor Airy's new scapemerit, at tracted much attention • as did also the models of Wilton Church and the Cambridge Courts, by Salter, from the designs of Wyatt and Brundon ; and that of Railton's Nelson memo rial column, with the simple and mechanically contrived scaf folding with which Grissell and ?eto are now erecting it. A bugle-horn, covered with platinum, by means of Mons. Roulz's electro-galvanic process, showed a very successful substitution of a chemical for a mechanical process. First among the specimens of the fine arts must be placed Thoings Landseer's beautiful engraving of the beautiful Miss Power; some portfolios of spirited sketches by Nixon, and, by Oliver ; and Tatham's striking likeness of the Lablache, may also be singled out without making an invidious distinction. Bailey's busts of Fuseli and Stoddart, and his model group of charity, of course were admirable, and it was scarcely fair to place so near them the busts of the President and Mr. Sibley, which were modelled by J. E. Jones, in which, however, so much talent vt as displayed that he has little cause to be dis tif stied at any comparison, especially as we learned that he has hitherto laboured with amateur love at the art of modelling, being professionally a civil engineer. The principal model room was too brilliantly lighted by Faraday's light—the same as that which illuminated the throne-room at the Queen's late fete. Defries exhibited his ingenious dry gas-meter in the same room ; and the other rooms were lighted by Wil kins's dioptric lamps, and Cross and Blackwell's improvement upon Palmer's candle-lamps, which appeared to be really an improvement. The attendance of the Council and Members of the Institu tion was so numerous as to point out wherein lay the strength of the body over which Mr. Walker so efficiently presides. The visitors also were very numerous, and many of them were of high rank and distinction. The Duke of Wellington made the complete circuit of the rooms, and examined everythtng with so much interest, as to make us envious of Mr. Manb), the Secretary, who had the agreeable duty of attending his Grace, and affording him any explanation he needed. Among five or six hundred visitors we noticed particularly—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Northampton, the Earl of Devon, Lord Bexley, Lord Lowther, Lord Monteagle, Lord Blayney, Baron Rolfe, the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons. SlRS—William Burnett, George Rose, Henry Ellis, M. J. Brunel, Peter Laurie, William Pearson, George Mu+ ray, Dun can M'Dougal, Jephson Norreys, Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Chas. Clarke, Edward Cust. General Pasley ; Admiral Dundas ; Colonel Sykes ; Majors Anderson, M'Clintock, Mercer ; Captains Norton, Locke, Groves, Porter, Henderson, Doran, Vetch, Probyn, Kinnaird, Goodwyn, Brandreth, Beaufort, Johnson, G. Smith, T. Dick enson ; Lieutenant Amsinck. The Reverend Lonsdale, Principal of King's College. PROFESS° as—Wheatstone, Vignoles, Cowper, Len is, Hall, Hosking, Partridge. DOCTORS —Farraday. Simpson, Willis, Ure, Liston, Reid, Arnott, Ruckland, Paris, Granville. Massas.—Mackinnon, M.P., Herties, M.P., Headley, C. Wood, M.P., Pendarves, M.P., Hodgson, M.P. Chevalier Benkhausen, Consul-General for Russia. Scum.Tons—Messrs. Bailey, Rivers, Wyon. ARCHITECTS—Messrs. Fowler, Hardy, Moore, Hogg, Cant well, Bossevi, Stulers (to King of Prussia) ; Stack (to King of Prussia), Chawncr, Hopper. Barry, Ferrey, Newman, Angell, Crake, KPy, Abraham, Woolley, Shaw, Wyatt, Hake well, Brandon. Tite. ARTISTS—Messrs. Stanfield, Knight, T. Landseer, C. Land seer, Doyle, Stone, Boxall, Stephanoff, Scanlan, Smith Smith, Lake Price, Hullah, &c. &c. The guests separated at a late hour, delighted with the re ception afforded them by their host, and with unanimous wishes for the success of so useful and well-conducted an institution► as that of the Civil Engineers, which is fortunate in possessing so hospitable as well as so scientific a president. THE " PROTESTANT CONFEDE- RATION" OF BittMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY.—The following is a reply frem Sir James Graham to an Address, which waa forwarded to him for presentation to her Majesty, by the Members of the " Pro testant Confederationof Birmingham ." " Whitehall, June 4, 1842. _ _ " Sir—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of a written paper, addressed to her Majesty, in the following terms:— To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.—Most Gracious Sovereign, we, your Majesty's most, loyal and dutiful subjects, the Members of the Protestant Confederation of Loyal Orangemen of Birmingham and its vicinity, beg leave most humbly to approach your Majesty's throne with the most heart felt abhorrence of the treasonable attempt which has been made upon your Majesty's life and person. "' Anti while we would on one hand adore that Divine Pio vidence which has thrice protected your Majesty fromiihe hand of an assassin, we would also implore the same Divine Provi dence that it may continue to watch over and protect your Majesty from treasonable violence and Popish machination. " Signed on behalf of the Gmfederation, " WM. FRENCH, Grand District Master, 6, Smallbrook- street. " WM. GREATWOOD, Worshipful Master, Prince of Wales's Lodge.' " And I am to inform you that Sir James Graham is of opinion, this is an address which he ought not to present to her Majesty for acceptance. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " To Mr. W. French." " S. M. PHILLIPS. THE LATE COL. DEIVIIII.E; Amongst the losses which we hive this 1 depl6re, is that of the gallant Col. Del - ,ne, who fell leading his regiment (11. M. 13th) against the enemy at Jellalabad on the Gth April, Col. a mile entered the Royal Army as an Ensign on the Ist January ; 1800; was promoted to Lieutenat, by parCbils .on the 4th August, 1804 ; to Captain, by pur chase, 4th October, 1810 ; to Major, by purchase, on the 19th April, 1821 ; and finally to Lieutenant-Co lonel, also by purchase, on the Gth July, 1832, having been the whole forty-two years of his service on full pay. Tie served in Incta during the campaign under Lord Lake in 1825-26—was present at the capture of the Isle of France in 1810—and greatly distinguished himself during the Burmese war in 1826-7 where he was severely wounded. In acknowledgment of his services on this occasion, the Order of the Bath was conferred upon him. lie was with the army throughout the Afghan war, from 1828, to the period of his death. He led the storming party at Ghuznee, and was the first man within the walls. On this occa sion, from some unexplained cause, he appears to have laboured under the displeasure of the authorities—the honours conferred on his juniors in service, and in feriors in rank, having been withheld from him. Of this he respectfully but bitterly complained to the Commancler-in-Chief, the Governor-General, and Horse Guards, but received no satisfaction. Through out the Affghan campaign acknowledgments of merit, however exalted, were suppressed when the party entitled to them chanced to he in personal disfavour. The man most distinguished at the storm of Ghuznee was slighted in the despatch, and insulted with the offer, which he scorned, of the third class Dooraunee Order. In the middle of September, 1840, he was dispatched in quest of the Wullee of Khooloom then in the field, with 10,000 men in support of Post Mahommed. After a series of difficult and brilliantly executed manoeuvres amongst the defiles of the llindoo Koosh, he succeeded in bringing the enemy to battle at Bamecan on the 18th of September, where, with a force of less than 1,000 men, he dispersed 10,000 of the enemy—about 800 having been killed or wounded. This action was so decisive as to terminate the campaign, and compel the surrender of Post Mahommed. Colonel Dennie was now offered the second class Doorannee Order, and he properly refused it. These were the days of mutilating public documents when displeasing to the Government. The victory was too brilliant; and half the despatches referring to it were suppressed. He was shortly after still further punished for a service snore distinguished than that which won Gen. Keane a peerage. He was deprived of his brigade! On forcing the Khoord Caubul Pass between the 9th and 30th October, he commanded first the rear-guard ; then, on Sir R. Sale being disabled by his wound, the charge of the force devolved on him. 'this duty he continued to fulfil thrOughout the greater part of th* siege of Jellalabad, just at the conclusion of which he fell gloriously in battle. He had, meanwhile been appointed Aide-dc-Camp to the Queen, but before the intimation of this reached Jellalabad, he had fallen. Few officers have deserved better of the na tion than Colonel Dennie, and few have suffered snore frem the unworthy jealousy of superiors. His fa mily have deep claims on his country. IREI.AND. DIMINUTION OF CRIME IN TIPPERARY. Duellist, uNE letter has been teceivcd in town from a very worthy anti intelligent Jtagi,trate, residing in this county, who states that the persevering efforts of the Roman Catholic clergy (continued in despite -of threats of vengeance from the leaders of the secret societies) have aire-Ay produced comparative tranquillity, and tha', there is reasonable ground to hope that the organised system of outrage will soon be entirely suppressed. This letter, which is dated on Friday last, contains the foll wing passage:— " I feel bound to state we are indebted to the exertions of the Roman Catholic priests for giving- the first check— and I am persuaded it will prove an effectual check— to the villanous procet-dings of the Rockites," Terryalts,' and Starlights,' who have been leagued in a common con federacy by the fellows called ' Paddy M'Kews,' who take advantage of the distresses and discontents of the peasan try to swear them into illegal associations in order to be tray them afterwards. Even before the Government had their measures fully arranged for a more rigid police and military surveillance, which might possibly have given a temporary check, or removed the disturbances to another quarter, the priests here, by their persevering zeal, are drawing away the peasantry from the sanguinary combinations, and inducing them to surrender their fire-arms. From long ex perience, it is my conviction that this is the only mode of securing permanent tranquillity. Day by day you can see the priests moving through the country, and I am told that some of them have received threatening notices, warning them that priests have been shot before now for their intermeddling, and that the same might happen again. These notices, of course, have come from the ruffianly Paddy M'Kews, most of them dis charged policemen, whose trade has been spoiled by the priests. " The movement of the priests commenced at Dunkerring, near Moreygall, on the borders of the King's County, where the parish priest, named Nolan, an energetic but most bene volent man, became alarmed upon seeing the rapid diminution of the Temperance Society in his district. He caused an im mense meeting of the peasantry to be convened, and produced such an effect by his solemn remonstrances, that crime has since been diminishing, and lots of fire-arms have been given up. 'I he other priests in this quarter have acted in the same spirit with zeal and effect. I " Three men accused of the murder of Kennedy. perpetrated a few weeks since, have been sent off to Clonmel, under a mi- I litary escort. They have been arrested on the evidence of an approver, who has given information at. Dublin Castle." SCARCITY IN IRELAND. A sudden alarm of scarcity has raised the markets in the west of Ireland beyond 30 per cent. Oats, which lately sold at Bd. a stone, are now eagerly bought at Is., and potatoes have all at once mounted from 3d. to 5d., with a general. ap prehension of a much greater increase. it is strange that the fear of a deficient supply was not en tertained during the planting of potatoes, when a temporary . advance in prices ordinarily takes place. 4 very great breadth of land has been cropped with seed purchased at 2d. and 3d. a stone; and it is only within the last fortnight that any doubt of the supply being other than most abundant for the rest of the year appears to have arisen. It is much to be feared that great suffering and privation must be endured by those poor people before the growing crop comes to their relief. Two months at least must intervene before they derive any sensible benefit from it. The season is, how ever, remarkably propitious, and the promise of abundance. both of corn and potatoes, most consoling. WORKING OF THE NEW CORN BILL.—It will be seen, from the monthly returns of foreign grain, that there were in bond on the sth of May upwards of a million quarters of foreign grain, and three hundred and sixty-eight thousand cwts. of flour and meal. A small quantity of this has been liberated since that time, but a larger quantity has been im ported from abroad, so that the stock of grain and flour now in bond cannot be much less than a tniilion and a half of quarters. The liberation of this grain at the present moment would have an excellent effect on the prices of food, and on the trade of the country, but how can it be expected under the present law? This week the duty on wheat is twelve shillings per quarter, the aggregate average price of the six weeks being titts. 9d. An addition of 3,1. per quarter to the aggregate average will reduce the duty to lls., by raising the averages to 615., and last week's return alone renders that addition certain. Now, it is as &ear as day-light that, the prices remaining the same, every holder of a thousand (planers of wheat. will gain fifty pounds by the change of duty in the emirs, of next week, and certainly fifty pound notes are not so abundant just at present as to be refused, when they can thus he obtained by waiting a few days, more especially in a case like thi , s, where there is a chance of gaining in the price as well as in the duty.—Liver pool Times. LOCKING CARRIAGE-DOORS UPON RAILWAYS.— ALTERATION UPON THE LINE OF THE GREAT WESTERN kAILWAY.—The Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, in deference to the wishes of the public, and agree ably to the suggestions made a short time since in Parliament, have resolved to discontinue the system hitherto pursued of locking the doors of their railway carriages, and the new plan of leaving them unfastened came into operation through out the line on Monday, immediately upon an official commu nication to that effect being circulated. In conseqpence of the adoption of this regulation very considerable alterations have been made at the several stations along the line, by the erection of wooden barriers upon the different plat forms. The circumstance of leaving the doors unlocked renders it. necessary that the tickets for the journey should be collected at its termination, instead of (as hitherto) previously to entering the carriages ; and in order to maitre this collection the passengers, upon alighting at the various stations, have to pass through a narrow passage from the platform (which is railed off for that purpose) to present their tickets to an officer appointed by the Company, and with out which they will not be allowed to pass. At Paddington, as no tickets will be required to be produced and presented before taking a seat in a carriage, the Company's police have received orders not to permit any persons to pass through the booking offices on to the platform, unless they show their tickets, in order that no persons should intrude themselves upon the plat forms who are not about to proceed by the Company's convey ances. In the event, upon the arrival of a train, of any pas senger attempting to pass the barrier with a ticket short of the distance he has travelled, he will be made, of course, to pay the difference of fare to which he may be liable. At the Slough station, where several thousands will arrive and depart during the -Ascot races, the Company have adopted every necessary and available precaution to prevent accidents from either the folly or carelessness of a certain class of the race-going public. THE CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.—(From a Corres pondent. )—lt was mentioned in the morning papers, a short time back, that the rumoured alterations in the circuit of the Judges required the sanction of an Act of Parliament. No thing further has occurred on the subject, nor as the matter been officially announced. It seems, however, that fur the present, any measure on the subject will be in abeyance, as the Northern Circuit has been fixed, and York still remains in the usual list, and has not been removed to the Midland Circuit, as it has been stated would take place. The number of civil causes tried at York is considerable, which, with the business generally provided at Lancaster and Liverpool, has always made the Northern Circuit a very laborious one, comprising, as it at present does, Durham, Newcastle, Cumberland, Westmore land, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the city of York, whilst the Midland Circuit consists of Northampton, Oakinghain, Lin coln, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Warwick, and Coventry. Should the rumoured change be effected, it must be productive of considerable diminution in the business among the bar of the Northern Circuit. - - Sheep-stealing - has not yet received any check in the Forest of Dean. On Monday week, five skins were found in a stone quarry, in Bieslade. Three of them were evidently those of sheep that had been killed in the past night, and the other two appeared to have lain a fortnight where they were discovered.—Monmouthshire Merlin. EDWARD HAMLIN ADAMS, Esq.—Died, on Thurs day, the 2d inst., at Middleton Hall, Carmarthenshire, in the 65th year of his age, Edward Hamlin Adams, Esq., ate one of the Representatives in Parliament for the county. lie was a most. affectionate, kind husband and preat, the most upright and impartial Magistrate, and a good landlord. His less will 11,e deeply regretted by his family and mends and the poor in the neighbourhood will long lament the death of their best friend and benefactor. We have received a letter from our own cor respondent, dated Birmingham, stating that P , left Ant werp on Sunt'ay afternoon, and that his jrsurney throughout from Antwerp to London, by the General Steam Navigation Company's British ship Rainbow, ant'. by the railway train from London to Birmingham, only occupied '22 hours. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. O XFORD , Jur: 4.—Mr. Denyer's prizes for Theological Essays have been awarded as follows : The Rev. G. Rawlinson, Fellow of Exeter College, for lis Essay " On the necessity of the Two Sacraments retained in the Church of England, and that they only are necessary to be retained." The Rev. Mr. Pattison, Fellow of Lincoln College, for his "On Original or Birth Sin, and the necessity of New girth unto Life." Dr. Ellerton's prize for a Theological Essay has been ad judged to Mr. Rendnle, Fellow of Exeter College, for his " On the Conversion of Constantine." Mr. E. B. James, scholar of Queen's College, has been elected a taberdar of that College ; and Mr. G. Heslop has been elected a scholar. _ The Enccenia, or celebration of Founders and Benefactors, commonly called the Commemoration, will be held on Wednesday next in the Theatre. On Monday there will be a concert at Queen's College. On Tuesday morning the Bishop of Sodor and Man will preach the annual sermon on behalf of the Radcliffe Infirmary, at St. Mary's Church. On the same evening the Commemoration ball will take place at the Star Hotel ; and on Wednesday afternoon the third Hor ticultural Show will be in the Botanic Gardens. The Dean and Chapter of Christ Church have presented the Rev. A. Hackman, a Chaplain of their Society, to the perpe tual curacy of Cowley, Oxfordshire. A Prebendal Stall in the Cathedral Church of Wells has been conferred on the Rev. Charles Deedes, late of Merton College. The Lord Bishop of Winchester has presented the Rev. D. Morgan to the rectory of Wecke, Hants. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. R. E. Wolfe to the vicarage of Bratihwell, Yorkshire. The degree of Master of Arts was on Thursday conferred on the Rev. E. B. Knottesford Fortescue, of Wadham College. A most MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A BC:PT.-1s- -- extra ordinary and determined suicide of a boy took place on Satur day last, under the following very painful circumstances : The name of the youth in question, whose age is but 15, is Coe, residing with his parents at 206, High-street, Wapping, and who terminated his existence by taking a large quantity of arsenic. About fifteen months since, a hair-dresser, named Dimond,.then residing in theemer cial-road East, was found gnilty, and had sente of death passed upon him, hut which was subsequently commuted to transportation for life, on a charge of having committed an unnatural crime. The deceased boy was the apprentice on whose evidence alone Dimond was convicted, and on whom the capital offence was proved to have been committed. Since that period he had been residing with his parents, and in consequence of the unfortunate circumstance alluded to, has been unable to procure a situation of any description, which appeared to prey much upon his mind. On Friday last he wrote a letter to one of his brothers, in which were the words, " Although I shall never meet you happy in this world, I hope I shall in the next." On Saturday he left horns about six o'clock, as he said, to look for a situation at Stratford. On the road he purchased half an ounce of arsenic, and called at the house of a relative at Stepney, where he asked for some water, and in which it is supposed he took the poison. lie proceeded to Stratford, and laid himself down to die in a hedge, close to the borders of Hainault-forest, where he was found by some police of the K division, arid in an almost lifeless condi tion. in which state he was conveyed to the London Hospital, where he died shortly after admission. HATCHING BY STEAM.—A person employed on the Torpoint Steam Ferry Bridge, by way of experiment, placed 13 ducks' eggs, embedded in saw-dust, upon the crown of the boiler, anxiously watching them, and sprinkling them daily with warm water; after remaining the usual time of incubation, 13 lively young duckiings burst their shells , and started into existence, and are now in the posse , sion of Mr. Cowley, of Tor roult.—Deconport independent. PRICES OF CANAL. DOCK, ASSIIR .Nr., 61L' &c. I 1 r ner LONDON 'iJE . SD , JUNE 7 Nunn er of ; F ~ , f ? Shiver. A Fir,..0., 1 3 /66 7 per emt. Asnryn & .'"ltinair... •.,..ecaek,..o7l. ibs.sti. 4;4 1.4§2 41. Ashhy.:ie-iq.i;ouch ..... it-ziltgt , 1 m 0 ,.. .71 tv) ~..,„.„ .5,01?%.,;:.!",0,1,t........... . _ A.01. 5, : 1,00 ,:..,:, lic,;;•ll , 3ci, ~,i .:L.1,,ii;,,,,1111y 1f 0 ,... . 92 •• • 0 11. 1.• 1151;1. ji - ;; fiir.,,h;ig; , ant ,: . IR!, share ... 8:i. & 71.: . 141 ~'O , ..,.„,.. iji , f, - . et, 1....i1,1..u0i .louci.le',l. oh. lel• p , al 1 600 ;L.% ;rhleetra:... r an. ? ..1.• , nn t o rt.lloW., J.. al 1 !Li See as'. C.'hcirrier.,,,,- illark water lre!, ,i t . 1„1 r 02/ rov.ntry o' ' : •-• ..... ' ... '. 1. 't - , •c c.. 1 ; i .46.. 1 ^d. v.. --. 1,06 0, 51 es ilmt , s,y., .... ,„ , .......... .. 600 131. Deibv ,_, . - .2 0 0 4 Per con; I..tannue and 'M. -. . ..• lc 5,575] 4' .Ellesm..treand Chtltsq k o .,:z..it 1 ? ,3 ••' 0,. . tl .001.. e.. 72 , 2;31 621 Erew. , ....in .. .P" '." - ' -. 4. I;'2 5,4 , 5 811 Forth mid Clyde PO!. 9f. r 44 - lbs. ~ 055 12.4 it. Oviria aunction ................. -..../I;.oin • L i 1,!'4.14 255. Granti Union lO6l dis u. ,500 ...... ... Grand Surrey ~... 1,0f.01 .*./. per cent . Ditto . cotional) 1., , an ............. l'Al. • !if.l6 .. Grand 'Western 100 ; 3 125.146 , (111infogan25ire, Aver. cost 17`41.135.44. 210 '749 12/. Grante'S\ MIL O. 1.-..:• 1 6 238 1... 3s. Fluti:lerse•,ld, ...... Average sa. 6s. tid ..'h :9 100 .. 25.'325 1/.los . Kennet ; ;id Avon Av. 39/. t Bs. 102. 5b 17%2 11,699; • 11. 10s. Lancaster Average 471.65. tid '27 'I,M/ 3011. Le,ds and Liverpool . .............. MN. !h 6z , 0 545; 1 I les. Leiceiter 140/.11 140 ,897 Mt's Leicester & Nort,:amptonAver Kil. Ot 200 '72 2,409 llt/ MonmouthshireMonmouthshireMonmouthshire' 100 i .s 1 - 250 131. Melton Mowbray .......... lo'4mi. 200 COO 451. Mersey and !riven lOO4. sh. 510 9,000 11. les. Macclesfield MU. sh. all pd 16 24'7 17/. Neath lolii,slt. 3'.5 '1,410 5!. Peak Forest Avet..ge about 721.5 h. (.3 1,416 %/. Regent's (or London) Av. 3:1/.16..8ii.*h. 16 5,669 rit. nod - 1(13.1e Average sh. ti 2. 500 81. Shrepshire / 251. sh . 137 800 II). 10s. Somerset Coal • ....1501.sti. 171, 3,600!. 6 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s.sh. 114 700 35!. StatSird anti Worcester. ............ 1401.5 h. 68f, 500 151 Shrewsbury 300 0!. 3taurhridge .............. 1451.5 h. 396 3,647 21. 0,. Stratford-on-Avo;•: A aer....791, 9slool. erd.. sh . 2.65 sh. 33 533 12;1 Swaaisca 3,762 2/. Us. Severn and,‘Nlyc &Railway .A.v.261.95. s h. 475 h. 45 2,60015 h • 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, ; share leol. o 6,149 I,ooos h. ] 14/. 1,000;0. Warwick and B , rmingha m ......1001.8n 200 960 101. Warwick and Naps,sn tee/. eh. 1 9 7,000 41 WJrcest4r & Birmingham Av.781.81.8h. 56 5,000 365. Wilts a nd B e rk. Avreace 671. lOs Scl. eh. '2O 800 6.. Wiriest and Losington 1•251. sh '74 .26 Wlsbeacn '"l.sh. no 00 5 .ii Wey and Arun. llOl. 6I)• 2 . 0 DOCKS. '2,600& • 1,06510. p. 3 C. Commerc at. lool.sh. 61 5 per cent, Fast and West India ..... ~.. ....Stack 1 11 14 1,238,310;1. 31/.p.ct. London Stock 62 Ditto Bonds .2,209 31.65. sd. Bristol Average 14'1. 9s. sh . 75 68,324/. 51. per c.mt. Ditto Notes, various amounts l‘ls 352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock leo 500,('M44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 y ears ••.. Deptford Pier ..,. .01. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES lOW 11. Haminersmiti sol.sh. 21!•,', 1,01 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, Now, of 7d par cent., 50 sh . 153,i i,OOO oh. 3 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 0 OO/. rl 21 / 5,0010 19s. 34 Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pit 18% 410,0001 51. per cent. Ditto Bon d s 5,848 278 Vauxhall .........Average 701. 108.3 d. oh 2B ASBURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 31108 Albion 5Oll, oh. 50/. pd 19 i cent °,OOO l e f er nd 158..1 Alli a nceßritish & Foreign 1 00 /. sh. I I /. p d 13 % 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 51. pi 53 ; 24.001' $l. per T. Atlas d 14 1,20018 h. 5/. Birmingham e ire.. ' l 5O/. sh. 55/. pd 107% 80,000 41. percent. British Fire 2501. eh 511/. pd 41 12,000 61 percent. British Commercial ... ...... 5 0 /. al.. 51 pd 6 5,0(10 51. per cent. Clerical & Mee ical Life, ICOL sh. 2 / Ins 0 (;k 9,0•10 211 1 , County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 10 1,000 53. Eagle 501. sh. 51. pd 4ii 00 0 r a ,U r s gri l , s L . l Economic Lie lnow. oh . 2501. pit 4(16 .2,271 225. percent. European L ,(O. i h all pd 2 2 ' , 0,000 2s. Ditto N ew 2O/.Bh. 21. pd I% ,000,(10111, (1, per ct Glob e Stock IFS 20,000 5/* Guardian 3n,n00 4a 01. Hope • 50/. sh. 51. pd foi 2,400 Al. 123. ild. Imperial Fire 5OO/ 'h. 50/. pd 140 7,500 111;. fd. Imperial Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 1114 13,456 5/. par cent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. oh. 8/. pd 32 '1,020 31 108 Kept Fire ''')/.sh. al ilai 91 Ditto Li., 3/. . 50/. pd 0,000 251 Law life 5,000 10s. London, Fir.' ' 4s l oh. 121, 10s. pd 17 3,900 10s. London, Ship .. ...251. oh. 12/. 10s. pa 117 +.000,0001 Minrrva Life ... . .lOOl. oh. 2 i, O OO 51. per cent. National Loan 'Fun(' .0/ sh 21. 10: pd 2 8 4 30,000 'l. per cent Palladium Lit - sill. sh. 21, n e 50,000 51. per cent. Protector I,' f . °II/. sh. 21. pd 19...0d 10,0 0 0 4 per cent. Protestant tAsoenters ....KO/. oh. M. pd 5% 9,500 11. Provident Lite /00,660 4s. Od. Rock Life 21. pd :17; 9,2'201 51. per c,let. Royal Exchango Stock 171) 650410 5 per cent. University Lifr lOO/. sh 5l. pd 11 (0,0114) 4 per cent. United Kincdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS -25,000 ...... ... Agric. and Cum. of I reland2sl., sh. 10/. pd 15,000 8 per cent. Australasia... lO/. sh. 401. pd 51 3 4 10,0003 10 percent. Bank of Bit mingham 5 0 /. sh. 10/. pd 13% (0,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5 0/. sh. 10 /. pd 13 31,000 6 per cent. I.ondon & Westminster 100/ pd 20 60,000 5/. London Joint Stoc k 50/. sh. 10/. pd 1 50 3 .4,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1101. sh. 80/. pd *25,000 lb per cent. Liverpool 100/ eh. 12t/. pd Is) 50,000 It per cent Manchester and Liver-3 50/.5h. 151 pd 10% pool Dis^onnt 20,000 7 per resit. Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 434 10,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of I reland IGOL sh. 25/. pil 4914 10,000 6 f er cent National Bank of Ireland 60/. sh. 171/. pd 16% 10,000 6 per cent National Proy,,acial Eng.loo/. sh. 35/. pd 35 111,008 Ditto New lOt. O. 10/ pd 10 10,000 Gloircestershi re 50/. sh. 10/. pd 3.2 5.000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 5!. pd 0% • GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 Ills Od Bath ' l Ol. sh. 16/. pd 22 5,000 . ...... .. British 401. sh. 15/. pd 19 nr ,,, f5/.percent.l ''''''" /and Bs. (18.5 Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. Ill!. pd 3 928 51 lOs Birmingham 50/. sh. 101 4,250 9/ Os Bristol 2131 .8h. 36 '2,250 31 les Brighton 201.8h. 11 750 31 105 Ditto, New 9O/. sh. lig. pd 9 3,471 4t per cent Brighton General 2O/. oh. allpd 9 54 1,000 71. 10s. Continental Consolidated ....75!. 62f /.pd 110 1,000 101. City of London.. ....... ....lOW. sh. all pd 195 1,000 N. Ditto, Now lOOl.O. 75/. '6d 150 4.000 31.05. Equitable 50/. pd 20 10,000 31. per cent. Imperial 50/. oh. 68 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thauet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 19 9,350 lit. per cant. Independent SO/. sh. all r. 56 0,000 51. per cent. Phoenix 5Ol. sh 39/. pd 30% 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratclift 1061.811. PO/. pd ifs 4,000 South Metropolitan 50/. oh. M4l. pd 17 0.000 51. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 30 240 51 . per cent. Warwick 5O/. oh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New „ 511. A. 10/. pd 1134 750 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd W ATE It WORKS 4,800 348. Birmingham 22'. sh. 951. pd 21 0,433 71. East London lON. oh. 173 5,500 21 158. Grand Junction Average 41/. L's. 4d. sh. 60 1,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 524 372 IN. Liverpool !tootle "801. oh. 2C.5 1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford 160/. sh. 54 1,000 5 per cent. South London lOO/.sh. 98 ' 8,294 411. West Middlesex Average 631.1128.9 d. sh. 95 1.3430 11 141 York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAII.WAYS. 6,300 21. Os. Birmingham and Derby ...- lOO/ pd 50 9,500 3 pet cent. Birmingham and Gloucester 1(0/. pd 52 15,000 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter ......... 1001. sh. 70 Pd 43 7,500 Cheltenham& G.Western ...100/.sh. 801. 55 3,009 Clarence 1001. sh. 100/ pd 20 8.000 00,006 Eastern Counties ........... 251 . sh. 23/ pd t 1 34 10,000 5 per cent. Great North of England 1001.9 h. I COL pd 87 10,018 12 per cent. Grand Junction ............. 11101.0. all pd Ir , o 55,"00 4 per cent. Great Western .............IJOI sh. 65/. pd 871. 95,000 3 per cont. Ditto New O/ sh 101. pd 6 1 . .4000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 100/ fli. 1001 pd 145 1 ,4 8.000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 504 pi t 40 2,100 4 per cant. Leeds and Selby Itli sh. ~ 5 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 101.1.511. 1(10/. p 0 188 7,908 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 11,195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 'l5/ pd 45 36,1100 London and aright°. 50/. oh: 50/ pi :15) , ;, 24,000 London and Black wall 25/. sh. 251. pd 11 -,,, 10.000 3 tier cent. London and Greenwich ...2.01. 04. 20/ pel 6 1 ., 25,000 9i per sh. London & Birmingham 100/. 311. 9. , i, p i t )•;7;, 25,000 21. 'Ts I'd. Ditto Quarter Shares -.251. oh. 5/ pd 37 31,250 31. vs, 40. Dit o New Shares 1.21. sh. 32/. pd 3 li,', 40,2(10 3 per sh. London and S.Western Av. 431,1:;5. 00. 03 33,000 London and Croy dan i Av. 13/. 158 I .lcl. 121; 11•11 ...... Ditto New Scrip.... • • 1..:•li 13,000 4.. per sh. Manchest:r and Leeds...l o M sh '7Ol. pi t 03 13,000 .. Ditto Half Shares ,ll l. 30/. pd :4 N, 10,000 31, nchester and Ilirmiagham 71.1 oh. 40/, 4 ;6 ~, Ditto Extension 7l pd 2 10,000 21.105. Midland Counties.. 'ool. sh. 1(111 pd '5 15,000 31. Os. North Midland ...... ... , .11/. sl'. li Cf ill 1 6 11. 1 0 s. Ditto New 40/. 1 d 33 10,2'6 11.10 s. Northern and Eastern.... 50/. sh es'. pd 43y, 2,660 Preston and. Wyre 5O/. sh, ::, 1. 0 ;,6 .8,000 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover LW. pd 25% 1,000 •101. per cei.t. S t o ckton anti T S Darlington 50/. sh 1( 4 51. pd . 2115 ,000 hames Haven 6.000 101. per cent. York and Nr.rth MlNESMidland 50 . sh. 50/ pd P 2 8,000 Albion Copper 51. 1, 1/. poi 12 4,000 11. ss. Alten l5!. sh 12/ 0s pd 14 10,006 ... Anglo Mexican,iss. 51. pm.loo/. sh. a' i d 2 Ditto Subscription l5l. lie '2 34 2,060 Bolanos l5O/. sh :ill p , i 11% 10,000 11. lOs Brazilianlmp. iss. 5/. pm 235/.sh. 91/ pd 9 6,000 slacaubas & Cocaes United 25/ a h. 251. pd 4 1 i 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/ sh. 141 pd lAi 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. Sill. p 4 1 10,000 .4... Ditto Scrip lOl. sh. 101. pd 2 20,000 ......... British Iron lOO/, sh. 70/ pd 8 .000 British Copper 5/. sh. 411. pd 10 .. . Cat's Br.snca 6 4 1. Pd 546 Candonga 741. pd 5 10,000 11 Copiapo 8,506 ... Columbian, isi. is. pm 55/. sh. 551. pd ON 2,850 141. English 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 16 1 01. sh. 60/ pd 1 3,000 Polbermi Consult lO/. sh. Si. tid 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2l Ditto Loan Notes 1501. pd 50 30,000 ......... United Mexican, W. 2 pm. 40/. sh. all pd 14 DIM. Scrip 1.4 Ditto New Scrip 4/ psi 336 .. West Cork 5Ol. eh 501. pd IS LI'IER AHY 1 NSTITUTION:, 1,000 ......... London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. 04 13 1,500 700 King' College lOO/. 1934 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,060 35e. Ataralis;AgriCiTitnral.loo/. sh 29/ pd 33 6,000 1. percent. British American Land Company 3' I:, pd . 4) 10.000 61. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 321/. pd 30 30,000 51. per cent. Upper Cana , .ll Loan City Bonds, 4 par cent ito 20,000 1/. 6s. Generaiteam Navigation 15/.. h. 14/. pd 24 101. percent. Hudson S's Ray Stock 1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms ....A v. 751. sh 193( ......... Caoutcheuc Company 12“. pc' IN New Brunswick Land Compai.y...sCl pd I . 5,387 41. per cant. Revfrsionary Int. 50c...100/.00/. pd 95 033 5/. per cent. Ditto New.... ......... ..100/. sh, 100.., pd If 7 4. 000 10.000 6e. Van Die.nen's Land.... 1001. sb. I 9!. pd 10 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PI?ICES JUNE 4. 1842. BANKS. 1,0 , 0,00115 61,p. ct. Bank of cot/and...85/. 6s. Bd. ch all pd 1 52 11,000,0001 C/. p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 15.5 500.000/. 81. p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. :‘llpd .;05 600,0001. 71. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1 031. pd I,L9y, 500,01101. 6n. et. National 1001.511. 101. pd 14 51,0,0001. 8/. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. 111 714. 1,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40i. pd (8 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h. 61p. ct. Ecottish Union !.'o/. sh. 11, pd '24s Od. 7,500 )0 p. ct. Hercules 100,000 10 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .101, sh. all pd P 50,000 10 p. ct. North rritish 2.00/.,h. 101. pd I 0 1,000 10 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 101. pd 2,1 5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh La , lOO/. sh. 104 pi 15 100,000 3 1 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd ;d ISCELLANEOU S. 4,818 ......... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalsol. .: h. all pd Fl Ditto Allocated 96/. sh. all pd .1".4 e 25,40( ei per cent. Edinb. Joint St,cli Water 25/. sh all pd 31, I.ooosh 21 per cent. Shotts Iror Founricry SP/ sh 481 pd fici 0,000 3 pc' cent. Edinburgh .Sr Len li (11..tss.V0/. sh. 10/. pd 31,', 4.500 10 per cent. Edinbdrgit Coil Gas 91/.0, all pd .50 3,450 10 pet c.at. Giaseom Gas ..... . 25/ sh, ..ill pd :59 150 71 per cent • Leith Coal Gas ... _ 2 1 .1 sh all pd 95 1.154 ........ e:'linbitrk h and Dilkeith 4.0it,,,i, 50/.0 , :m. 'The North and South American Coffee-house, which has long been known in the city for the spirit of enterprise with which it has been conducted. and for the facilities it has given in the diffusion of news, has lately commenced ope -a tines on a more extensive scale, under the management of Mr. Markwell, of Long's Hotel, Bond-street, the new proprietor. The ns.pers at present taken in compri,e all the London daily journals, 1 wide range of the provincial, including all those from the manufacturing districts and great. out-ports of the United Kinplom, with all the acknowledged foreign and colo nial journals of the day. The subscription- room thrown open within the last few days, on a new and extended scale, is fitted up with every convenience for busines=, and must, from its ad vantageous position, form a constant resort to merchants and others when the new Rol al Exttbange is finished. THE iNIARKETS.-YESTERD Y CORN i.XCll.n GE. The suililies of M,ii.dav have bent small ; very liitle buswess was d in,, but every a rticle was held fi rml y at Monday's yrices, The sale of Flour continues indifferent. COLONIAL MARKET. Prices have Lecture steaiiy, but the markets are still quiet. The imports were small. TEA MAR KET. • The market as quiet, but h(Aders were firm, and .priees was been sustained for alt I ire's. Company's Congou Is. Sd• cash. TALLOW AiARKET. There are few orders for Russian Tallow , but prices brte been sustained. P. Y. Caudle 4t 4 s. 6d. on the spot , and 491. fur delivery in last three months of the year. HOP MARKET. High t rice's vivre asked for Hops, but with few buy ers; the market scantily supplied, and the accounts unfavourable frogs the plantations. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 22. s. 1.., . d. iv ~ AUE:iel ... Carr's Hartley Old 'Fairfield ...... w 3.1„, .................- l5 9 Walls End Caradoc .......... ..%; d Walls End Hotspur ... Walls End Rolt,ioyort.t; WE . B ra ddyips Hari on Walls and Ha.we11.......••• 0 0 Oman. Stone ..... .. ........... ~ Walls End Helton ..„, 20 0 _ . (Front the. London h Ve, Prrtic the e Current SUGAK.-Since our last rem"' ro u ark e e n t t Jm Bri n ti e sh 7.,; : tation Sugar has been in a quiet ..'ate. To-day importers of West India lluscovadoes Suitt' o ‘ . those firm, and relused to sell excepting at i'yices eq ual to • Friday, but the market has been in a qui ,st state, and tTosta 4 mand was limited both fur the scale and WI. The 1, ) ,.„. d 0 purchases are only 322 hhds and trcs, rather under r' s ;ii rates ; there were however several buyers. '1;;Q snot getting small. The motion of Mr. Labouehere ter Foreign Sugar at 30s per cwt has been rejected. sri llr The public sale of 149 hhds 1 trc new Barba.d but oess went quietly, and at a reduction of Cid per cwt ; lb 4 . found purchasers, fine yellow sold at 66s 6d to 68s, g° °cl 65s 6d, mid 624 6d to 63s 6d, low 62s per cwt. 11 REFINED.-The home trade have operated with caati° refined g.,ods, and prices have further given way. the 014 To-day Refined Sugar was in good request by cbej trade, and stiffer rates were paid. Standard lumps ,f_erCtiao 81s 6d, to 82s, brown grocery lumps E o s 6 d to 81 s sales are making at 80s for brown, and 81s per cwt for tisie lumps. In bonded crushed Sugar a fair business 10 5 • gett;l. at 27s 6d per cwt. it I II( MAuItIT;VS-This afternoon the trade operate so dt° 0 extent, and 9,553 bags at auction were nearly all a.. advance of Gd to Is per cwt. Fine yellow went at ° b pi 67s 6d, good 62 s 6 d to 63 s 6 d , mi d 60s to 625 , low- 44 , to 595, middling to good brown 5 4s tid to 575, Jai l 45s Grper cwt. EAST INDIA-For white Bengal a good demand li s l l ro, veiled, and previous prices have been sustained. Maa w- sal been taken sparingly, at 13s to 16s for low to fine brelph good yel 16s 6d to lis per cwt ; Siam white lis 6d to 're yellow and brown 13$ tid to 7s per cwt. Java at easie t 1,4 0 This afternoon Bengal was in good request, and 3, 4 ""0 0 at public sale were all sold at full rates-mid yellow at 010 625, low mid 588, damp 53s 6d to 60s, midoling 64s 6d per cwt. itO FORE/ON-The low prices that prevail for white H als of have attracted attention , and a good business has beeloso4,, acted since this day week. Holders of yellow are less AT to sell. Brazil has sustained the former value. BO"' for brown, and 21s for white. To •day the market for all sorts of Foreign was boo was offered at public sale, but privately some pareeb, tag vannah were sold, fine yellow at 18, 6 d. good 175 6a and good mid to fine white at 27s to 29s per cwt. ' 4 OO Cocoa.-Prices have been sustained for British Pi sa, Thie afternoon the public sales consisted of 240 WU, and 12 brls 19 bags Grenada; the former taken in at good ord small ; the latter went at 34s to 35s for good being cheap. RUM, BRANDT, AND HooLAxns.-Pricer hee l supported for good and fine qualities of Jam, lower sorts have declined lid to 2d per cent. 0. P., mid quality at 4 s 2 d to 4 s 6 d. ' 1 good mid and good 4s 8 d to 5 s 3 d , fine an 36 0. P. 5s 6d to 5s 10d per gallon. Ler „ fo e' 1 0/, cheaper-proof very ord cloudy at 2s ILI to 'O. P. common quality 2s 2d to 2s 3id, l of but of good quality 2s 3d to 2s 41,', 1 d, 11 to 1 2s 7d. Demerara at 3s 5d to 3,9 d for 30 India Rum is held with firmness. Calcutt. without, and is 8d to is lld with eertifica, market is in a dull state; Cognac, first bri. of 1837, hhds at 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto 1831 4s 10d ; do 1839, hhds 4s sd, puts 4s 3d Is 10d, puns 3s 8d; do 1841, hhds 3s 9d, Geneva is dull at Is 10d. British Corn Spi lon, cash. To-day several sales were made in Jai 5s tid paid for good, and fine sorts 33 to proof ; strong Demerara in request at 3s 8s but common Rum moved off slowly, proof to 2s 2d per gal. COFFEE.-A good demand has sprung ui tation Coffee, and importers having ref ing forward a large quantity, they have bee an advance on previous rates of 25 per cwt, This afternoon a good demand prevailed of Coffee for home consumption, and th with more freedom, The public sales col new Jamaica, 2,963 bags Coffee from Sin h vannah, and 2,279 bags Rio, imported direct at an advance of 2s per cwt-good mid mid 107 s to 11.55, fine fine ord 88s to 90s, fit ord 62s 6d, and triage 56s ; East India but at moderate rates : Singapore Java fit good 41s to 425 6d, low 375, and common partly found purehasersat low rat es-ord to 32s to 345, and damaged 28s 6d to 32s per sold at 50s for fine ord, being cheap. TEA.-Since this day week the market ht lively appearance for Free-trade Teas, and firmer ; a good demand has prevailed for B, town and country dealers, who have beet higher rates. To-clay the Tea Market was firm; a good acted at Is 74 to Is 7id for good common 7id to Is Bid for middling and but middling but in good and fine sorts there was little de demand, fair and commom at Is 7d to Is 7 of the market for sound Congou is Is 7d ; Is 8d to Is Bid per lb, cash. . - SPICES. —1 he demand has been active and prices have further advanced, making late large sales, 5s per cwt. The market none has been offered at auction. East Ins with a steady sale. This afternoon Pimento met with ageoddi at auction were sold at 3d for mid, being r , SAGO.—This afternoon 273 bags Sago, Flour, were offered at auction ; the former Pearl, being rather lower; the latter fetcl being a full price. his afternoon 1,400 bags Bengal. 7,732 bags Java, and 10 casks of Americar at public sale. Bengal was all sold, but a 6d per. cwt; good mid white went at lOs ' 6d per cwt cheaper, viz , low white at 8s to good mid 103 to lOs 6d, low yellow 7s tt 8s 6d, repacked 6s to 7s 6d, filled from 7s 6d to Bs. Madras went at 8s 6d to Carolina went at 17s 6d for fine quality. SALTPETRE.—To-day Rough met wit 1,950 bags Calcutta at auction were all refraction 13i,- per cent good grey fetched refraction 5 to 3% per cent 27s to 27s 6 3 per cent 27s 6d, and damaged /.3s to 26s Tai.Low.—For Russian Tallow since T have not been so firm ; on the shot 48s o accepted for P Y Candle. For delivery been the current rates for the last three South American at 42s tid to 47s 6d for lite. Town 'fallow at 47 to 47s 6d nett et 'To .d.ty the trade operated with cauti cwt was the nearest price for :mall parse the spot. OiLs.—For Southern Oil there has lx for the home trade, and prices have adv ordinary and middling quality at 2t./ 5s t, tine pale 301 to 32/ 15s per t un. Cod 01 Seal at 38/, yellow and straw etlour at 3 brown 301 its to 311. Sperm Oil at 751 at 761 to 771 per tun. Linseed Oil has am on the spot 32s 9d to 33s have been accep eels. For delivery 33s 3d to 33s 6d. 4fis 6d to 46s 9d, and brown 45s 9d to 04 has met with a free sale. Gallipoli lOs to 55/, and Barbary 53/ to 541 per tc 321 lOs for the best, and 301 lOs to middling sorts. Cocoa Nut Oil at 40s to 4 to 39s for common sorts. FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDEN which lasted several hours, was held on Mt John Catlin, a boy, who was drowned so fa last, and whose father perished at the sam which they were having been run down by steamer. A dredgerman gave evidence o! body on Thursday last. It was in a very had lain in a ballast hole, near the spot wi took place, and was disturbed by the worki chine. The head, with the exception of gone, and the srms were also separated fro, feet came off with the shoes when they w' mother, however, was able to identify the the dress. Further evidence having been ner summed up, and the Jury, after an returned a verdict of " Accidental death, the Steam-boat Company presented the nit who had attended to give evidence, with a Mn. CHATTERTON'S CONCERT. --- Chatterton, a harpist of considerable min( on Monday morning at the Hanover-square attended by between 701) and SCO persons. harp-playing occupied a large portion of Ileinefettor. equally with Staudigl, displa; in the " Wanderer," and the storm-sot Gipsy's' Warning. The concert-room was ence highly gratified. The following ships belonging to tl Navigation Company arrived in the Rivet Monday :--Caledonia, from Hamburgh ; terdam, 22 hours; Soho and Rainbow, latter in 16b hours ; Menai, from Osten( Boulogne ; Belfast and City of London, Watt, from Ilavre ; Princess Royal, trial, hours; City of Hamburgh, from Newcastl from Bangor; Water Witch, from Hull; Ea: WirEAT.—Some old records in W in the year 1339, wheat in that county per quarter, and that it continued so for it soon after declined to 10s. per quartt, after it fell to 4s. 6d., and remained at Os fluctu,titni, for 20 years; that at the exPi r , a 2' vear• it rose to 51., and held that Flee till near tr." it fell to 2s. 6d. per quarter. 0 A tti? . llt BIRTHS. f eS t rielo et On the Ist inst., the Countess Albizzi , ,c , v a n I" 10°' On the h inst., the lady of Captain ti .. .,,,,pter•jed si t he the Vast India Company's Service, of a ": ; .73.10' On the 5111 inst., at t. horley Wood, Fityri P° of a daughter. Stoke Abe On the 3d inst., at Nelson-terrace , 0' wile of Mr. J. Lowe, of a son. eig lib b 90 to MARRIED- in .the roofer St. Giles On the ith instant, at : o sit'gtote4 ate " Rev. James Mapleton, William Stu r g e ' r of 01 coin's Inn field,, to Sophia, eldest G l ° al to' Esq., of th St. Luke Gower-street. • F, Old.' rI 101101" On e ith inst., at geF . eldest son of Mr. C.. 1. Furlonge r, 01 ifisslri _ry Ann, elder daughter of Mr. C. Beard, London : P It'll ' 9 t N b e U C 1 . o 1 u 2 n r : S y ntt o rea f tsl .4 . l a i r :f a :i t 7P s :i be . I 19 t4s ,7 • ~. ' ~:~ n~ '~ ',. . "144 ' ....._ % 4 ,lhp ' l 4l Ntir ~, l'et N ces have bee ° 1 -. ' , I [mica Ruin, h ~...., anon . • 29 1 t 0 0 ~ ~, i 6d. 34 to •• ' " f and very fin e ;1 1 , rewards gre_4o' 1 1 o2s lid, 17 0 0 0 , : 1 4 the banse 1 ft,' 15 0. 1 1 . $ 5 V to 36 0. I') '• 3 T to at is 6rl t° • cate. The 10 01 .13 irar,ds of the 638, . hhdi 0 1 t 0, .x l 3d ; do 16 1 rAr , puns 3s 7d Ll i ill Brits, at 10er if s 111 1 amaica R O l. $ *) o 36 per 10. 1 ),: Rd to 38 Wad r S if Leeward" !" ' 1 ... ap for. Briti ll / i efrained fro° $ en enabled t 4 = -°• 1 ,.? t. 1 for all d ,P, he shippers ...1 1 onsisted Of i i llif igapore. 6_, 'et ; Jima '',, i s 136 culory fete r,, , 1 0 fine ord 84°- lue i was all di , fine ord leen l j ,,,, . 4!..1 I Sumatra ' ~ 1 o good ord i 4 1 per cwt.; , . ti / aas preseet•"" , ..--- 1 holders , Black Tear, , ,,...4 1 m conapelleov cl business o _4 , 'l:Z s Congou, I cd, , i A blackish ' A i 1, 1 1 lone. Tal'llii I ,„,. 1 'id; the 101;iird ; I Company's 4fr 11 ' . ..* 4 for Cassia 0 0 , L, the rise, —7 is firm fc' l : 4 ' ,t 4; 4 ndia Ging" it ' 11 4 demand, * O 4 • rather high"' , ', 4 1 and 228 1 14..,.., r sold st_,P 4 Ik . , t4 s ' --4 ched lge: f4 o [ 4 ;al, GOO We . ~ .. rt an Rice . c t ' . at a dtelnejol E :,viwk to lOs 6d . „ : ,, t ga If 0 •',,,; 0 9s. mid _t o 4 : to 7s 6d, loffi 1, : ' l oose in ",, r . , .. ) 9s for Pm' '4,, it sld hofreset i stS ; ''' , 4144: 26., g °° ool4 :4414 J 3,1, good' -,, s ei ii per elst.. st Tuesday. l i a ' ~ , . , to 48s 3 0 • 'lllis t , 4? ' 49s to 4 9v i i cmuomninthuscerc fa ~ 11 , 1 1 ',:i ., 1 11 cash. es i " . ;ion, slid e ~. ,4 4 els of P 1 . ki 4 wilt 'it 1 0 been a ..-„,.',,,, vanced •!" -' . ` .'lli to 291. 159' , I, ll f I Oil at 3 16 „; , .'"if , 3'l lOs ri o t 1 . ~ . Ito 76; r, 4 :N I net witlis .,.! epted forA, A f', , L , I s . 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