The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-16 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. . . . --, • . The royal. commissioners met again on Friday at the Privy,Connell Chamber, Downing-street, and continued their higuiry. , - Conifnissioners present :.The Right Hon. H. Labbeichere (the' Chairman), Sir John Pat tescinS and Mr. Corne*ail Lewis. The sitting was com menced by the-further examination of • Mr. Sergeant Merewether, the town clerk, Who stated --a-Forty. mei:abet:9 constitute a 4piorum of the Common eciniiill hied seven eldnberalconatitate a quorum of 'corn eliatec : I haYe never known a failure to occur in Waking up a.. qUOLIII7II at:a Committee meeting during the whole twelve 'yeaaleof:my connectitter with the corporation. [Witnesg`lf4ef pet in eopiereot the notice-papers summon lug, Courts o' Common Council and Courts of Aldermen, and setting. forth the business to, be transacted.] T stated , . yesterday that there' was a charter enabling the, corpo ration to modify the customs of the city of London. I have brought with me au extract from the charter which enables them to do so. It is dated May 26, 1341, and is the 15th of Edward 111. This charter has often been acted upon. I think it would be im possible under that charter to deal with the number of the aldermen, or with the wards, and matters of that kind, as they are affected by acts of the Legislature, and they could only be interfered with by further legislation of Parliament. The experiment of setting up a ward in Southwark has been tried, but it failed. The corpo ration has endeavoured to do all that it could in behalf of Southwark, but it was prevented by circumstances. It has been said that Southwark once formed the ward of Bridge Without, but that I believe is a misconcep tion. An alderman (Sir J. Ayliffe) was once elected for a ward to which that name was given, and I believe the inhabitants tried to elect a common councilman also. This was shortly after the charter of Edward VI. was granted, but these proceedings proved abortiv e . I be lieve,the reason;w ll 9 thename of Bridge Ward With out was given was i ta eauee . there was a tdte . du pont in South wark ;} t it Was c learly without th e walls and bo u nd ar i es ofetiltieciea,e,,' Biltrthwark - never could' and. ne i er did ap point k vixen:lolAV and amass:lever a ward a t a ll. Th e charteroi 444 City :weire seized unde r the celebrat e d Quo warranto in the reign of Charles II. ; but they were • 1 11 406i -del in 'the 'strongest werds" by William 111. B e im , of therchatters might have been given for a tem porary purpose; but I have no doubt that the whole of . the, 420 or no the City a e s ea,44.l ',in , force , toe . one ose or purp enother. ' The - City, possesses considerable property IA Bouth+eark. ''fl' appeare' to hisie been a bedeficialgrant to the corporation for a money consid eration. There; s a .grant of Edyearel VI, giving the City jurisdiction over Southwark,. and assigning certain mesStragee 'and 'tenement's 'and ' certain fee 'farm rents to theeeity of London, for :the sum' 0f: 4 6471..25. 2d., paid to. tile. Crewel.. i Should Scuithalark be constituted here after into, a distinct, corporation, th e .. i n h a bit an t s o f that borough would have no claim upon the City pro perty eituatecKherei There Was a charter of William the Congitetor recognising the'priVileges; of the citizens of London; IfSisiwritten. in' the ancient Saxon language, and declares that the''eltizens 'are 'new - worthy," the . meaning of which term is that everyeitiZen is recognised to be legcstis horn"); .having,the, statist of :a freeman, and that his children are: dePalele of inheriting his property." The translation of that Charter is ae follows :—" William the King „greets William the riiSlsop andeGodfrey the Portreeve and all th e bu r g esses w i thin Lon d on, French and Engliele, ; hi endly ; ' iii . 4 I ia a k e k eke y ei S to ' you that`l. will that ye, be lawworthy'ae ye 'were in the days of .King" Edward. - And I will' that each child' be his fathWeiselraftbrhis father dye:.;' And I WillitiOt suffer that an)iliiiin command you wrong.':` GO'd 'keep you." All the' subsequent charters confirmed the City's privi leges, and'recognisedits'eustOms. A•charter of Richard Is gave the City power to reinoee- all weirs tin:the river Thames: The conservancy cifAthe , river 'had previously been entrusted to o;ie. 'City... :The votersewlie elect in the common hall are a specialAasie Of the freeneen, viz., the livery of the companies.,, In e tsbee ward elections, as far. as thefranchise, is, Ceeceraigd, the freedom ofthe. City is safficient' to entitlea perseu to, vote. . . ;The ChairmanYchat.evil . would, arise if . there was . . . one single Municipal frauctuae In the City?, , ; Mr., Xe r eewether.e i l, see •no dif i fieulty, in that, and in fact that: es what he e the corporation have been endeavour ing to. effect all' the means in:..thcir power. . The act of"lBs9'Veas' brought into T arl i ainent by the corporation td &instittite Oho uniform franchise, and the act was paSSed ; IStitiri the nOtise Of Lord4'Snch alteratiOns were made in the bill 'as totally defeated its object; and in some inetanoes reduced the number' of ioters instead of increasing it, according to the wish of the corporation. The poll for the election of Chamberlain is kept open for 7 day,s e hy what I consider a strange construction of the staitsetai e hick ,in my opinion, mere ly d ec l ares th a t it may t bfi open for - seven d a y s . My op i n i on i s t h at the sber,i and secondaries could lawfully close the poll at any time. liefAre,the expiration of the seven days if they hav,e_reaSpri to believe that no further voters will come up to' the poll, and if they give due notice of their intentlen'Soie close it. `Nearly the whole of the votes are taken on the first days of the polling. The Chairman—lt has been said that corruption is practised to a considerable extent at the City municipal elections, and that it is owing in a great extent to the fact ttiat the acts of Parliament 'for the prevention of bribery apply only to the parliamentary elections, and not to thelnunioipal elections. • • Mr. Mereweather---I believe it is quite true that the acts of Parliament levelled against bribery and corrup tion are confined to the parliamentary elections ; yet I apprehend that under the common law the receiving of a bribe at an election of a public nature is a punishable offence. No doubt the keeping open of the poll so long increases the expense to the candidate. Persons are induced to hold back in order to obtain a higher price for their votes, and the.protracted poll affords them faci lities for pursuing that course; bat on the whole my opinion is that the keeping open of the poll for seven deys rather tends to check corruption than to increase it. Bribery, I believe, has prevailed to a considerable extent et the City elections ; but I consider that it can be reached by the common law, without any very expensive process. The Courts of Common Council and of Alder men have endeavoured to check bribery and persecution by all the means in their power, but the difficulty of obtain ing proof against the guilty parties is very great. A great many persons hold up their hands at the common-hall elections who have no legal right to vote. There was a bill broug,hti'into Parliament by the corporation in 1852, whichveas framed expressly for the purpose of establish ing; one uniform constituent body in the City for all civic purposes e and it extended the franchise to every occu pier or joint occupier for a year and a day of a house, ediinting-honse, warehouse, office, chamber, or shop, who' was rated at' 101. per annum. The provisions of this' bill•were framed! by a committee of the Court of CpromowConneil, assisted, I believe, by. a committee of the Court of A.klerneen, and after lull deliberation. The franchise under that bill would have created a larger constituency than exists, in other boroughs under the Municipal Reform Act. This bill was, however, unsuc cessful-; it was opposed strenuously by the livery ; and, to my astonishment, the.select committee to whom the bill was eeferred, came to the unexpected conclusion that the preamble was not proved. The bill would have destroyed the monopoly of the livery 'to elect at the common-hall ;it would not have taken away any exist ing right'of the' livery, but would simply have allowed the votes of a: larger body to mingle with the livery's vetes. The select committee of the House of Corn monEi which threw out the bill had Mr. Bratieston for its chairman, and Mr. Conolly (an Irish member), and Mr. Smollett (a Scotch member) also acted upon it. After • the loss of this bill the constittiencyhad dwindled away very much, and the corporation thought fit to proceed rigainst,a. , numbe r of parties residing in the City to re quire. t,l3eu,tp take up their freedom. This step was not taken in order to obtain money, but in order to increase the constituency. It could not have been to obtain money, because all- the fines and fees had been greatly reducedi and what they realised was devoted to the pur poses of charity.: . • The Chairman—When these threats were made with regard to .compulsion to take up the freedoni of the City, was any distinction made as to persons I' ' Mr. Merewether--They were not threats, 'they were rather hints ; ;Ind they were made to a class of persons who were considered to be in a position to pay for the taking up of their freedom. The corporation merely wished to assert its undoubted right to compel parties to take.up their freedom, and it therefore proceeded against 4, .fevr• The ,airman' -Would it not seem to be an arbitrary mode Of ti'dbe6ding for the corporation to assume to itself theJpower of judging who were and who were not able to take upitheir freedom 2 - Mr. Merewether--Poor . persons were excused, and there ,was only one case in which a man's furniture was sold, and be was a peraon' who Could afford to pay, but h e ' wished to be a martyr. 'With regard to the prohibi tion to employ non-freemen i n th e C ity, a vexatious pro ceeding having' been instituted a ga i nstea tradesman who ' had infringed this custom, the Court' of Common Coun cil took up the matter, and 'a bye-lavi was' introduced, which now only remains to be read a third time, and which will have the effect of preventing batchere and otheettaders from being harassed by such -vexatious proceedings hereafter, and to shelter him from the pen- , alties to which he is now subject. The Cbairmen ee After that bye-law is passed, will any ~ tradesman heVe the power of employing anybody whom he thinka :fit, whether free of the City or free of the com paniee or not •1 .. . Mr. -Merewethere ff ,That is the, object of it ; but it will depend to someextent upon the ,charters of the corn ..paniee, . These,charters are, however, not often putt in . force in this reapect:" With regard to the' tax on coals, the 'tax' of ld. per ton levied by the City . was imposed by' tlieslist and 2d Will. IV. for: the purpose of building the New Coal Exchange ; but the corporation abandoned thedaathefore the expenses of the Coal Eichange were paid, and the Government of the day resolved to con tinue the impost for public improvements. The Chairman—What is the origin of the metage and porterage dues ? . Mr. Merewether—The metage dues aro levied by virtue of an act of James 1., which confirmed the pre scriptive rights of the corporation to measure all coals, corn, fruit, and all measureable merchandise coming into the port of London. The question of the metage is at present under the consideration of the corn trade on the one hand, and of the corporation on the other, with the view of ascertaining whether some arrangement may not be devised for collecting the metage _dues more conveni ently and more simply than they are collected at pre sent. Of course, the rnetage being a prescriptive right of the corporation, it is exercised in a 'peculiar manner by the corporation ; the corporation being adVised that' .. it cannot make an alteration ' in that prescriptive right, and be at the same time secure of that which is due to it without the aid of an act of Parliament. The corpora. tion is - desirous of relieving the trade of any unnecessary embarrasameat, and of reducing the fifteen diffdrent modes of levying the duties to one simple eliarge. The metage is not regarded by the corporatiop, as a means of . - ~.. . 41We:A I EsGu obtaining revenue, but as being for the convenience of trade. o..j.Jewis—dlow de yep.,reeoncile that assertion with the fact thatparties importing their own corn are`com pelled to pay for metage 'whether they wish to have it measured or net ? • , • Mr: Meres - ether—The general rule is that the. duty attaches to the execution of an office whenever the officer ( attends to perform the metage, and has with him the proper instruments, viz., his bushel measure and his shovel, and tenders his services. That is the general rule, which is not tied down to particular cases. Mr. C. Lewis—ln certain cases the importer-wishes his goods to be measured, and they have to be measured for the purpose of levying'the duties imposed on imports by the Crown ; but where the goods are not subject to import,duties, and the owner is aware of the quantity of his own goods from his own measurement, and does not wish them to - be remeasured, is that a case in which the general rule you speak of ought to apply ? Mr. Merewether—l would observe, first, that that question is now pending in a court of law, and it would not become me to express an opinion upon a question so raised and still undecided. Mr. C. Lewis—But the question is raised by the City. Mr. Merewether—The City has demanded what it has been accustomed to receive, and the question has been thus raised. I believe that the mode of carrying on trade in this case is one of, comparatively speaking, modern date. Almost all goods which come into the port are goods on which the Crown levies a duty, or goods which the interest of the buyer and seller requires to be measured ; but of late years persons have acquired facilities for carrying on their own trade in a diffe rent mode, and the manner in which this altered state of circumstances shall be met is one of the subjects which the corporation has now under its consideration ; and if a new trade springs up, and the old law seems in applicable to it, the corporation, I am sure, are quite ready to consider the question, and I believe they will make such arrangements as will be altogether satisfac tory, The Chairman—But, in the meantime, this case against the. Messrs. Combe and Loelafield has led to a long and expensive litigation. • Mr. iNlerewether—lt has ; and almost all questions do lead to along and expensive consideration. The Chairman—l)o - yon think that the special privi leges 'of the elty in this matter can be maintained upon any ground than that of the convenience of trade ? ' Mr:(Merewether—l have no doubt that, if you consi -der them only on the - principle of expediency, a vast amount of partici:lJ.. riAts would be imperilled. But I am sure the corporation are perfectly ready to consider such a matter, and that they have, no disposition to in sist on anything that is injurious to trade, or to any general public. interest. The Chairman—But do you not think that these pri vileges ought not to be considered as being the private property of the corporation, but rather as existing simply for the convenience of trade, and to be exercised or nul lified as the interests of trade demand ? Mr. 'Merewether—l feel that that question opens a very wide field .Of inquiry, and introduces many conside rations, and, would lead to practical injustice towards those who' have titles to things. The first step is for a person who has a right to be appealed to, to ascertain whe therhe will consent to abandon what is said to be inapplic able to the present state of things. On no other terms would corporation be justified in abandoning, *nor ought it to lb? expected: to aba.ndon rights which it has exercised. And I aiii.suie that in this case ,the corporation will be willing to do: that which equity and justice, and I may also add reason, require of theta. ' The Chairman----But you do not mean to maintain that the right of the corporation. to 'this privilege re mains the same whether it operate injuriously or bene ficially on the trade of the port ? Mr. Mereweather—l am not justified, as an officer of the corporation, in admitting, that the riht of the cor poration can be taken away frOm it without compensa tion being made to it. If the Sovereign at any time has granted an office to individuals, and the execution of that office is found to 'be. practically injurious to the public, and Parlianient in its wisdom thinks fit to interfere, it is the invariable practice to grant compensation for the 'loss of vested rights. At the same time I aiu_so far aware of the feeling of the corporation to knoW that compensation , would not be insisted upon by it as a matter.of right,' but that it would be disposed to yield to the public convenience. The Chairman—Are you disposed to put the privilege of the corporation to exercise a function of this kind, given for the benefit of trade, upon the same footing as you would put its right to any estate which it might possess?_ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,_JANTARY 16, 1854. pltints. Ilittvesspen greit - fadvanta.ge accrue fix:, some meinhers of the Cart of -Alder A- being brbkers by professien. It is a mistake to suppose that no advan tage is gained to the public by the control of the Court of Aldermen over the brokers. The cost ; of a4miSSion to the brokers is 181., including the expense of taking up the freedom ; and they also pay a yearly rent of 51. to the corporation for the right to carry on their business. With respect to the cart-tax levied in the City, it pro duces about 5,0001. a year. It has existed from time immemorial, and its produce has been mortgaged for public improvements, an important instance of which is the new Victoria-street. These mortgages are now nearly all paid off, and the corporation have declared themselves perfectly willing to relinquish these tolls. At this stage of the inquiry, the commissioners ad journed till Tuesday. TH,E ,EXTRAORDIN4RY,ATTEXTT TO TRANS- • . 'e_PER'THE EXPEIZE .•OFVEJE-• RE6EIPT AND': DELIVERY OF LETTERS AT THE QUEEN'S PRISON. 'A)l5\ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. T,7 Sin,—l_con3ider the_public greatly indebted for your• exertions to obtain redress for one of the most atrocious acts ever committed' by persons having the control of a public department of the - State. The wilful detention, for the space of seven days, of all the letters addressed to persons whose correspondence is generally of a con fidential character, and.demanding the best possible ar rangements, is unprecedented, and I trust the rest Master General will promptly correct the error and in justice which has been committed, in attempting to transfer so trifling a charge in the post-office expenses, to create a greater amount of charge in another depart ment, at the same time transferring duties to turnkeys whose occupation is of such opposite character—the post-office duties being of a confidential nature with the prisoners, their solicitors and friends, the duties of turn keys being confidential only with the Governor and his officers. At the same time it is due to the Governor to state, he has proved that he has a better sense of honour than to willingly permit his turnkeys to em bark in such duties. As a question of revenue it must be manifest that treble the number of letters will be posted in the office within the walls, and a proportionate number received ; for it must not be forgotten that every letter sent by special messengers to post outside, and also to purchase stamps, must be attended with inconvenience and extra cost ; but if this were not the common-sense view of the case, the wants of the prisoners demand the service as one of the most essential for the benefit of creditors as well as debtors.—l am; Sir, your obedient servant, OBSERVER. ~, A VOICE FROM,' THE QUEEN'S BENCH TO THE EDITOR OF. THE TIMES. Sir,—Since your insertion of my letter of the 29th of Decerriber,, for which accept our warmest thanks, the authorities of the General POst•office have carried out their ruthless order, and we have been shut out, by the consequent abolition of our Post-otEce, established for about 50 years, ever since the sth of January, from all communication with our friends, relatives, and legal, ad- visers. The confusion, peipiexity, and distress it has occa sioned, " pceque ipsa misserrima vidi, et . quorum pars magna fui," beyond hll description or belief. Had a similar interdict cut off the denizens of the Temple or Lincoln's-inn from postal, communication with the ex ternal world what indignation, remonstrances, and de putations would have besieged and overwhelmed the General Post-office ? , But we are prisoners, and, con sequently, fair • game. • The General Post-office know well that they have to deal only with defenceless pri soners, and, beyond a formal acknowledgment, no further attention has been paid- by them either to our respectful memorial or to individual remonstrance. Their attitude puts one in mind of Russian aggression and of Roman menace to a conquered country, We vie/is I. In pursuance of the order of the 21st of December, the postmen presented, as they have since continued to do, the letters of each delivery at the gate of the Queen's Bench, and Were met • by the courteous offer of the Go vernor to furnish them with lists of the staircases, num bers, and their inhabitants—with greater facilities, in fact, than they met with at.the city chambers and Inns of Court, to which this place bears a resemblance so Close as to render the distribution of letters a matter of no difficulty when the details have been once mastered. But,the postmen, apprehensive of the consequences of exceeding their instructions, and aware flint the General Post-office did not consider us entitled to the priVilege enjoyed by the most insignificant alley in the dirtiest court of the metropolis, declined to avail themselves of the Governor's assistance, and returned our letters to St. Martin's-le-Grand; As I have already explained in my letter of the 29th of December, the present officers of the prison (even supposing there to be no insuperable objection to the delivery of letters by irresponsible par ties) are utterly inadequate to the performance of a duty requiring one man's incessant and undivided attention for 12 hours daily. They are divided into a day and night watch ; the first experience difficulty in snatching an hour's relaxation, and the latter have not more than four hours' sleep out of the 24. The distribution of letters, therefore, by them, without an addition to their number,—which would entail an expense of nearly double that of the late postmaster,—is an absolute impossibility, of which an hour's investigation would have convinced the Postmas ter-General. The insinuation, therefore,- of "obstinacy" against the Governor,—than whom no One more sincerely deplores, or is more anxious to-remedy' the present state of things, by anything short of a concession that would indisputably demoralize his officers and throw all the arrangements of a hitherto well conducted prison into confusion,—is an inconceivable absurdity. With regard to ourselves, indeed, it is an exquisite re finement of cruelty in the General Post-office to visit men already bowed down by misfortune, in addition to the penalty already imposed by very', stringent statutes upon every bankrupt and insolvent debtor who fails to give satisfaction to his creditors, with so tremendous an ag gravation of their difficulties, and an obstacle to every arrangement to procure their liberty. The law says, "You shall exert summary diligence in satisfying, or arranging with, your creditors, and a post-office has been established within your walls to afford you every means of communicating with--them and your legal ad visers for that purpose." But the General Post-office, ignoring all this, says, "We have nothing to do with acts of Parliament ,for your relief, or their general policy, but only to carry out our plans of economy, which require the abolition of • your post-office." But what justice or economy can there be in a regulation so contrary in every respect to the letter and intention of statutes for our relief, which injures the creditor by cutting him aeff from all but personal intercourse with his debtor;; for which he may have neither time nor in clination, and brings ruin and starvation upon the debtor by the stoppage of his communications and sup plies The period, too, at which this cruel regulation has been enforced is singularly unfortunate and inap portune. The necessaries of life, in consequence of the absence of Shops within the walls, and of a peculiarity in our internal arrangements invidious to allude to, fur ther than that it is severely felt by the inmates, have risen to more than double the price of last year, while the means of procuring them have in many instances diminished. The Post-office has chosen this very mo ment to add to our distress by damming up their source, and consigning some dependent upon the occasional bounty of friends, and others long struggling to protract existence, embittered by misfortune and want, to star vation and despair. . Surely, the Postmaster -General cannot be aware of the confusion, perplexity, and distress caused by this hasty and inconsiderate regulation, more merc iless even than that of the .Winchester ga o l er ; h e on l y s t a rved them by inches, but the P o stmaster -General would fain finish out right. Shnuld he, :however, persist in endeavouring to add another Jones to the Est of inquests—and there is already a painful rumour, of some in great distress —he may perhaps be branded by a verdict of a more stringent character than the last, .the shame and remorse of which will attach to him to his dying day. There are some here who have served her Majesty and the country in various capacities, with more or less dis tinction.; others, members of the learned professions ; and some who have been, or still are, extensive land holders,. proprietor 4; and merchants, and who have hitherto discharged -the functions of grand jurors, deputy lieutenants, magistrates,' &c., and continue to pay rates and taxes to a large Amount, until misfortunes, more or less temporary, brought them here to effect an arrange ment of their affairs. Are these, sir, to be suddenly de prived of a privilege not withdrawn from felons —of of the birth of a-child, or the decease of a parent— of receiving the cons o l a ti ons o f friendship or the allevia tions of charity. • The Postmaster fif a y not, perhaps, be aware that this is not a common PriSon, lik e Whitecross-street or Horse monger-lane Gaol, to which every one is of necessity brought after capture. This is filled by migration from even the most distant parts of the country. Its superiority over others consists in strict but more liberal regulation —a private-apartment, with sashed instead of grated windows, unadulterated beer, and a little more leg room. To obtain these mighty privileges, 31 ., or , according to the conscience of th e attorne y procuring it, as much as 5 /.e.iapaid_foralctliecEs t o remove from another prison at --an?-adelitiontel-.exp enseeaccor ding to the distance, amount ing sometimes to 25/. or 30/. It is said that a portion of this is paid into the Consiolidated Fund, and which, added to the revenue derived from the late-post-office, has amounted to several hundred pounds per annum. Is it not then, sir, -a hard case that, after being mercilessly plundered by the bailiffs and sponging-house people to our last shilling, and then turned out into Whitecross-street Prison, where it .is impossible to obtain the smallest privacy for the arrangement of our affairs, we should now be tre a t e d worse th a n felons by the Post- o ffi ce, after having p a id so d e arly for i privilege in' whi c h we have ac qu i re d , as it were, a vested interest, and the public also with us as creditors ? But the Post-office turn a deaf ear to every remonstrance, to every argument; and it is therefore, only through the medium of your journal, which exercises an influence to which the peer and th e pe asan t, the monarch and the slave a lik e defer, th a t I i n common w ith my fellow-prisoners ap peal to he r M a j esty ' s S ecr etary of State for th e H ome Departme n t— w h ose o ffi ce it is to superintend thi s p l ace —to redres s thi s mons t rou s wrong ; and we do s o t o one no less di s ti ngu i s h e d f or his urbanity and justice th an for his readiness to listen to the complaints of the hum blest, in the fullest confidence of his redeeming the promise he made to that effect last year in Scotland, on the broad ground that the abolition of our post-office is. contrary to the letter and spirit of enactments for the relief of bankrupts and insolvent debtors, to public prin ciple and common humanity. For there can be no doubt, sir, that, deprived of communication, thi s p l ace would cease to be what it was intended by the Legisla ture, .and become an abyss of misery, despair, and death frightful to contemplate—Pandora's box of evil, with ou t hope, with Dante's sentence inscribed upon its portals, " Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate." I remain, sir, your obedient servant, A DIRER YEAR'S CAPTIVE. Queen's Prison, Jan, U. had been done with the property ? Floyd said, that he and Symes took it over the water, and it was all melted. Ile_.also promised Boyd that if he (Boyd) shQuldget into touble, he would take care to get a solicitor for him. Floyd added, that the money he had got out of the job had done him no good. Boyd asked him how much the things fetched, and he replied 951. After this they all went to Liquorpond-street, and the two prisoners left her to go to Symes. She waited at the corner of the street, and saw them altogether, with Mrs. Symes, who was cry ing. Witness did not hear their conversation. Boyd came back to witness afterwards, and went home to her lodgings, where he told her that he had been robbed of his share of the money, and swore that he would either shoot Symes or himself, or " split" about it. Witness first heard the particulars of the robbery from the printed handbills in the windows, and it was after this that Boyd told her that he, and Symes, and Joe (meaning Floyd), had done it. Witness was taken into custody on Friday week, since which time she had sent for the police to make a statement. The prisoner Symes, with unblushing effrontery, said that he knew nothing of the woman (Pullen), nor she of him, although he might have seen her in the course of his life. Mr. Henry—She says she has known you for twelve months. Symes—That may be. Pullen was cross-examined by Mr. Parry without any damaging results. She said her brother and landlady had advised her to tell the truth. Mr. Henry remanded the prisoners for another week. PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ETENING. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. I Share. - --- X 8. d. .£ s. d. Australasia.:.... .... 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 71 14 British North American 61. per cent. 50 0- 0 f 0 63% Commercial of London. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial .............. 31. percent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 1934 lonian . ...'..... ... 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lond. Char. Bk. ofius. - 20 0 0 210 0 15% London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 311 A Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 39 London Joint. Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. , 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New. ••..• • • . 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 all - National of Ireland.... , 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 223,E Nat. Provncial of Eng. , 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New .... -• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 43 South Australia -.• .. 8%. p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 if 42 Union of Australia -• • 40/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 73 Ditto . - 210 0 - Union of London ..... 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... ' - 40 0 0 all - INSURANCE COMPANIES. ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. , • . - - £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .......... •• .. 3/. 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 95 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. Qd.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 26 Ditto Marine....... 61. p,c. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas ,i rgus Life . ..... ...•• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 23 British Commercial .. 78, 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7% Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2u34 County .... „ „ ...... 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 125 Crown .. •. .. .. .. .. 16s. Gd 50 0 0 50 0 2034 Eagle • • •....: 55. 50 0 0 5 0 0 734 Equity and Law...... 434 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 6 European Life .. 15s. 20 0 0 all 20• X General.... • . - 5 0 0 fif 5% Globe •• . 61. per cent. Stock. 144 Guardian ............ 5!. per cent. 100 0 0 45 0 0 59 . Imperial Fire... - :... 12/. per cent, 500 0 0 50 0 0 375. Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... I'. Mi.& bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 62 Law Fire .......... •. 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4 3t Law Life............. - 100 0 0, 10 0 0 - Legal and. General Life - 50 0, 0 2 0 0 6 1 ,, London Fire ..... 10s. & be. 25 0 0 1 2 10 0 35 London ', hip... .: , .. ... ' lOs. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Marine ..... .... -•• .. 15s.per share 'lOO ' 0 0 18 0 0 - Med. InVlid & Gen. Life 4% /. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 314 Minerva ............5 p. ct. & be . 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 Monarch ••-.•• • .. .. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 20s. 6d National Loan. Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 8 2% Palladium Life , ..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 ' 3 Pelican .............. - - 45 Phcenix ..... ...... - _ _ 186 Professional Life...... 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 14 Provident Life........ ,IL ss. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 n 44 Rock Life.. .. - -.. -.. ss. 5 3 0 010 0 7% Royal Exchange .... -6/. p ct. & bs. Stock, all 240 Sun Fire ...... U. 10s. - Pi ...- Ditto Life .. . I/ lOs - it 65 United Kingdom .. .. 41, p. ct & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 - Universal Life ..' 21.55. par sh. 100 0 0 10 0 0 453 y. Victoria Life ...... • • 5/. per cent. - 412 6 - • BRIIkGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. , Price. Annum. Share. • £ 5. d. £ S. d. Hungerford - - - 12 Southwark - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c 7os. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo ....... - 100 0 0 - 534 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. I/. 12s. 60 0 0 60 0 0 - Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. Bs. Od. 40 0 0 40 0 0 Vauxhall - 22 . . . WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per •of Paid. Price. , Annum. Share. - -7 -- - -- - - £ s. d. £ s. d. East London 6l. per cnt. Stock. 100 130 Grand Junction .....• 4 . per cnt. 50 0 0 ' all 73 Kent.... - .......... 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - - Lambeth ............ - 100 0 0 - New River Company .. 2L 10s. - . - - Southwark & Vauxhall 5, per cut. 100 0 0 - 89% West Middlesex • ..... 5/.los. pr ct. - - 11134 DOCKS: • , . Dividend Amount . Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Commercial.• ..• •.. • . 4/. £ s. d. 4 s. 0. pr cent. Stock. , Stock. - East and West India.. 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 128 East Country.. - - - London .... ...• • • - 11134 Ditto Bonds.. ••.. . • V. per cent. - - _ St. Katharine ...... • • 4 per cent. • Stock. :- outhampton .... • • - Victoria ;.•.; 50 60 j 50 0 0 20 0 0 i 6 0 D o u u CANALS. • Names of E Dividend Price. Names of Dividend i Companies. I per Companies. t 7, per Price. m Annum. .g Annum. X X A shtn &Oldh 98 71• p. et. 167 Macclesileld . 100 21. 10s. '5O Barnsley •• • • 160 Neath •• • 100 161. 150 Brknk& Abrg 150 41. Oxford.... • • 100 , 13/. 115 Birmingham 40 4/. 991 Peak Forest. 78 5 6. Os. 95 Coventry.... 100 251. 205 Regent's •• • • 30 1 7s. 17M Derby ••• .. 100 6/. 63 Rochdale.... 85 1/, lOs. 66 Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct Somrset Coal 140' GrandJunctn 100 4!. pr. ct. 65 Do. Lk FclNt 12' Do , 6 pr. Ct. 10 6/. pr. ct. Stftrd &Wore 1 48 1 281. 407 Grand Surrey 100 2/. 10s. 50 Shrewsbury.. 1251 Grand Union 100 11.01. 12U Stodrbridge.. 145; 20/. 285 Kennt & Avn 39 6s. 04. ievern and Lancaster . 100 —' Wye Rail.] • 2/• 24 Leeds &Livrp 100, 251. 930 Warwick & { Leicester • 100' ell. 68 Blrming. 5 1 00 '" 31m Leicstr &Ytt 83 41. Warwick & Loughborogh 142 701. Napton.. 3 100 "—• 1 9 Monmouthsh 100 Worcstr &t 78 31. 31 Mntgmerysh 100 •Birtning.3 MeitnMwbry 100 —• Wilts & Brks , . —10 s. Od. 636 GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I price. Annum. Share. -- ---- X s. d. £ s. d. British - • • - • - •• •• .. - - _.. - Ditto Provincial .... IL Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 1 -- Brighton •• •• .... •• ~ 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 City of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 160 e 0 132% Continental (3d Cap.)... 4/. 75 0043 10 0 67% Equitable- •• •• ...• •• 50/. 50 0 0 all 26 Great Central: •• -• • • 71 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 Imperial ............ 31•& bonus. 50 0 0 all as% Independent ......... 61. 40 0 0 ~ . 46 L'indon....._ ........ - 50 0 0 Of •- Do., Pari. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 9 9 25 Pecerix .•• .......... 311. per cent.) 50 0 0 49 0 0 I 27% Ratcliff ..... ....... 5/. 100 00900.0 I 70 United General .... • • 1/. 50 0 0 all 22 Westminster Chartered 5/. per cent, 1 60 0 0 „ 40 -.9 Ditto; New ...• •... -. • • 51. 51. per cent. ,50 0 0 10 o[ 7% LIST OF SCOTTISh COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. .£ s. d. Bank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 184115 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2081 0 Caledonian Bank ..... 81. per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 3 , . 17 s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 u 0 11/ Os Clydesdale Ban's •• • • 5%/. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12, 5 s Commercial Bank - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 197/ Os Eastern Bank ........ 6/. per cont. 25 '0 0 10 0 0 10/14s 1 Edinb.&Glasgow -•• 3%1.p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4/. 102 Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 100 0 0 31 5 0 6s. 6d National Bank .... .. 6% percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16/ Is North of Scotland Bank bl.per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 4/. lOs Royal hank ofScetl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 13011) Union Bank of Scot. - 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 Os Western Bank •.•• • • •• 7/.percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 721 Os Alliance Fire and Life.. 8%1.pr cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os British. Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 IL 3s Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261. Os City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. 5s Colonial Life ......... 5/. per cent. 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 41. 15s Edinburgh Life I. - isur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 25110 s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 5 /.percent. 50 0 0 212 6 41. Os 'Life A sslc. of Scotland 61. p ercent. 10 0 0 110 0 1 4/. 15s National Fire and Life 61. percent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 11/. 13s North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 ,361 Os Scottish Union Insrnc. 17%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 , It. 13s standard Life •••••• • . 5?• per cont. 50 0 0 7 0 0 171 Cs United Dep. Assurance 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - MISCELLANEOUS. ---_ Dividend Amount Paid. Prire. Name of Company. of Ai P m e u r in. Share. ----- --- - ----- ----- ----- x s. (1. £ a. d• Assam Tea •• .. • .... 3 7 . 50 0 0 20 0 0 A.tictien Mart- -• .... 2/. 55. 50 0 0 - - lustralian koiculturl IL I Is. 6d. 100 0 9 17 10 0 0 0 41% 25 Australlan Trust .... 61. per cent. - 3 In 0 0 8 0 0 Australian Royal Mail bl. 10 0 0 . 10 0 0 ...... A nglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 105 . - 38 10 0 7 1 British t mericatt Land 15 s. I rcent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Canada ......... •• • • 6 .• pe er cent. - - -- Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. P er cent. - - 112% 11;tto, 6 per cent. • • " P er cent. --- 211 0 0 20 - 0 0 :- City Navigation Bonds 3 2 P .... Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 - Equitable Ditto .. .. ...... ( 1 0 51 pr_. cent. 100 .0 0 100 0 0 - Reversioury 50 0 0 12 10 0 - Ditto New p. c. & bs, 2/.100 0 0 100 0 0 - (len. Reveta. isi•in.v-oSi. 5 Gen.fitearnNavigation 10 p, et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - ,I • ..• •• - Stook. - - ~,1,i0 , 08 1 1 aY •• • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - fiuns4,-,1 - tort' • • • - • • •• •• London Institution . • • - - _ - London Reversionary 51. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 - Russell Institution •• • • - - 12 10 0 - p r i es , s patontCand.Co. 101 . per cent. 20 0 0!17 10 0 - Reversio na ry Int. Soc. 4%1. pi' cent. 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 - 1 i Roya l Mail Steam .... 4/. p. share. 100 0 0 1 60 0 0 - South Australian.• •• • 5/, per cent. 25 00' 25 0 0 37 T r ust and Loan Comp, of Upper Canada... , 7 '- •-•• ....: f__. .r , ' .~ ✓ THE ACTON MURDER. On Saturday Mr. Wildbore, who had been charged with being concerned in the abduction of the boy sup posed to have been murdered, was again placed at the bar of Clerkenwell Police-court. The lad, Jackson, was recalled ; and, in answer to Mr. Hawkins, the barrister, said he would not swear that he had or had not pointed out another man as the person who had taken the murdered boy away in a gig or chaise. Sergeant Earthy, 19 T, stated that he was with another officer investigating the circumstances of the horrid murder. The latter was in uniform, and witness was in private clothes. On Jackson seeing him (witness) he accused him of being the individual that decoyed the deceased from Old-street. Wm. Patten, a lad residing with his father, at 4, Riding House-lane, Portland-place, was now sworn, and said, that on the Monday or Tuesday at the end of October last, he ran away from his father's honse, and when going to his uncle's in Golden-lane, the prisoner, whom he recognised in the House of Detention, asked him to take charge of his horse and cart in Old-street. It was at seven o'clock in the evening. The prisoner came back in ten minutes with two boys, one of whom got into the cart, and was driven away by the prisoner, and the other went away►. The witness here gave his description of the prisoner at the time, and likewise of ti:e•horse, cart, and hirness. Mr. Hawkins severely cross-examined the witness, who contradicted himself and the other lad over and over again. Sergeant Gunn, G, stated that the last witness picked out one set of harness from several on the prisoner's premises on Friday. Mr. Daniel Griffin, of Golden lane, harness maker, uncle of the witness Patten, said that his nephew had run away ten times, .at the least, in the last twelve months, and come to him. He could not 'say when was the last time. Mr. Peter Patten, father of the witness, stated that he was positive his son, who is very unsteady, ran away from him on a Saturday in October last. He was quite certain he was..away on Sunday. He came back insix days. Sergeant Earthy was again called into the witness box, and in answer to questions, said he saw the body of the deceased an hdnr after it had been discovered, and he judged that death had taken place within 24 hours previously. It presented a fearful spectacle—the right eye was black partially down -the cheek, and the bones were almost protruding through the skin. Mr. Hawkins called: several witnesses, who clearly showed that Mr. Wildbore was not in town on the 31st of October with his horse and chaise ; that he dame to London on that day by rail, and returned by the same conveyance at 20 minutes to 6,' after dining with Mr. Frederick Sewell, veterinary surgeon, at Waltham-cross, and that he then took tea with two nieces and a nephew, and did not leave home afterwards on that night. At the conclusion of this .evidence he (Mr. Hawkins) sin cerely trusted that the prejudice against his client would be dispelled, and that his friends would feel satisfied that he had been more sinned against than sinning, at the same time he matt say that Superin tendent Martin and the other excellent officers had done no more than the circumstances of so horrible a case fully warranted. Mr. Mereweather—l confess that I can see no pos sible distinction between the two. A right is as much a right in the hands of the corporation as in the hands of anybody else. There are certain functions (among others, those connected with the - weighing and •measur ing) belonging to the Crown, and the Crown sometimes entrusts the exercise of them to individuals, who per form the services required of them, and charge dues from the public to defray the necessary expenses attend ant upon the performance of those services. There are many other privileges besides this one. The Chairman—Are not such privileges in the nature of public trusts ? • Mr. Merewether--:-I confess that I have never so re garded them, , The Chairman—Proceed with your evidence. Mr. Merewether—l believe that the sound judgment of the corn trade, if it were put to -them, would be that the sworn meters should be continued ; and the sworn porters, I believe, are also considered by the public to be useful. I think the corn trade generally consider that the metage should be obligatory on all foreign corn imported ; but that in cases like that of Messrs. Combe and Delafield, where the party imports corn for his own granary, the metage should be made optional with the importer to accept or to refuse it. A committee of the Common Council has sat and taken a vast body of evi dence on the subject, and the resolutions they have come to are to the effect that the various metage charges should be made one and simple, and be levied from the seller, and not from the buyer ; that the inetage should be compulsory on foreign corn imported, but that in other cases it should be optional ; and I have no doubt that the result will be that an act of Parliament will be that an act of Parliament will be intro duced by the corporation to carry out this altera tion, which act will be satisfactory to all parties concerned. The labour of the meters is of a kind very trying to their health. Their remuneration ought, if anything, to be increased rather than reduced, and it would be necessary to establish a superannuation fund for their benefit. The right of porterage claimed by the fellowship porters is held to be, and I think is, co-extensive with the rights of metage, and ranges be tween Yarmouth and Staines. It is true it is not speci fied in -the charter of ..James, conferring the metage rights, but it is a prescriptive right depending on usage, and can be traced as far back as the documents of the corPoratime extend. The trade of the port of London is peculiar, and it is the invariable practice of shipowners and the masters of vessels to discharge the crews on the arrival of their vessels in the river, and to employ the City porters to' unload the cargo. It would be con sidered a very great expense to retain the services of the crew in order to discharge the cargo without the assist ance of the privileged porters. The Chairman— Don't you think that the masters of vessels ought to_be able to employ their own crews, or to employ the City porters for the discharge of their car goes, as they may think fit. Mr. Merewether— If that were the case I do not think you could have a body of regular sworn porters continu ing in existence, and ready to do the necessary work, and not likely to desert their duty by strikes 'or combination. There is no close analogy between the port of London and that of the other ports of the kingdom. There are three classes of porters in the City, viz., the fellowship porters, the -tackle porters, and the ticket porters. In ordinary cases, one meter and four porters are employed to discharge a ship ; but in the case of large ships, a meter and six or seven porters .are sometimes necessary. The arrival of a ship to be discharged is communicated to the meters' office. The' porters and meters are neces sarily connected together by the nature of their duties. Mr. C. Lewis—The two may have to act in concert, but it does not follow that the City is to have a mono poly of the porterage. Mr. Merewether—The fellowship porters are a dis tinct body, which is separately incorporated, and forms no part of the corporations of London. They have their own rulers and — other officers, although the Lord Mayor is ex offlcio the governor of the body, The suit instituted against Messrs. Combe and Delafield was commenced e s ..._ by the fellowship of porters acting independently of the Lii_DVERTISEMENT.3—DARK DAYS AND LONG NIHTS.—The necessity of having the most perfect eye the - corporation, but other witnesses are better able to speak sight and hearing.—Messre. S. andß. Solomons, optician e s and °enlists, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe— as to that. The corporation commenced the suit for opposite the York . Hotel. Newly-invented . preserving the recovery of its metage dues. If the privileges of the fellowship porters were abolished, I believe the effect Spectacle Lenses. Immediately they are placed before would be to render the supply of labour in the port of extremely imperfect vision, every objeet appears clear and London very precarious and insufficient. I believe that distinct ; the , most aged, defective sight becames bright the feeling •of the trade ofLondon is, that there should and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and ori be a sworn body like the fellowship porters acting under Final state. — Royalßxhibitions, 1851.- —A valuable, newly p' roper regulations. .The porters raise , a feneda.mong invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket wlass, seen s and of a wal tinily proper answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera— • h "d'in the nature of a benefit fund, and . nu which a person can bo themselves, which i mode of seen known one and a half ' distant ; they it is'considerable in amount., Reverting to th of the freedom of the City, 1 enforcieg•ehe taking up houses, country- ouses, scenery, • • and ships are clearly seen believe the great merchants and bankers of the , City often tto' • a. 12 l4 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer object to devote what they cons ider th e ir valuable stalking, yachting, in' sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, tient* the performance of corporate duties, but this I and tourists. Telescopes —A new and most important re Ped as a great dereliction of public duty on the part invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary of .t144, e i a ,,, powers that some, 3i inches, with an extra e • will ye-piece, e Mr...C, Lewistaking of their freedom s— e . But the up show distincly upiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the would not eageose'Much of their time ? same telescope, weighing only 3 •.- ounces, can be aeon a person's - Mr. ! 3.tarewether—leto, but the y are afraid that it and a half distant, and anobject countenance three .1 miles tbey were freemeieehey woUld be required to fill eorpo , I They supersede every other lind for f • r tre w i. Jet t c o oat 2 ?po m e l ke e t s .. rate offices, such . 'ae . that of sheriff, and others. Tee I and are of larger and •alletizes, with increasing powers corporation has' trot' obsta.ined from prosecuting tho I acc ordingly. Opera and race-emuse glasses, with wonderful largo merchants' because they are more powerful than I power ; an object can be.clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles the retail traders. The privileges of the City, with , distant. Deafness—New. Discovery—The Organic Vi regard to the brokers, have been handed dosVn from I brator, an extraordina r y powerful and newly-invented time immemorial. The City admit s th e b ro k ers t o I instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all carry on their business, or probably ever can he, Being of the On -their admission they are required to enter into a bond, , colour as the skin, it produced. ti tibia ; it enables and find sureties for their good behaviour. The Court I 1 t s i l e m a n •f e persons to hoar distinctly is a n t o chn 'e r t c c h and at public as of Aldermen have jurisdiction over the brokers—they I semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singine noises in hear complaints against particular brokers who are : the ears is entirely removed; and it affords alfthe assist• charged with misconduct, summon the party complained i ance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, of to make his answer to the charge made against him, I Pi cca dilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotel. and require him to produce a book, in which he is re- I u .r e D VERTISEMENT.I---The E ar l of Aldborough and Hol- 1 quired to enter the nature of the transaction between' 1 ' Pills.—An astounding cure by this miraculous , 1 owa,y s Mm and the complainant. The matter is then discussed, medicine after every other means had failed. See ex and if it is thought necessary, the Court orders the bond tract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina to be enforced against the broker himself and against his Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. sureties' or they even strike the party off the Jell of i Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected sworn brokers altogether, if the gravity of thecase de.' / 'a cure of a disorder in ray liver and stomach, which all !nand such a. step. Complaints against the brokers are i the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the 'not of a very frequent occurrence ; but they sometimes 'Continent had not been able to effect--nay, not even the arise, and the control of the City is beneficial in prevent- I Waters of. Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) Aeneo ingieliseonduct on the part of the brokers in time of , w aiorn. ,, Thestewonderful pills will cure any disorders greal specelation. The jurisdiction of the Court•of Al- l• of the liver or stomach.—Sold also Holloway's ointment, deeinen over the brokers is an effectual security to the , at Professor ilollowa.y's Establishment, 244, Strand, publie, but I'd& not say that it might not be made more I London, and by all medicine venders throughout the effectual than it is if parties were oftener to prefer corn- . kingdoz, Mr. Corrie fully concurred with the learned counsel, for he had not the slightest hesitation in declaring there was no evidence whatever against Mr. Wildbore, and further, that he disbelieved altogether the testimony of Patten. Even if the evidence for the defence had not been given to-day, he should have discharged the pri soner, believing him to be an innocent man. . - When the prisoner "was eat ntaherty, he was warmly and heartily cheered by his friebds. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.-THE DREADIVOUGHT. On Friday the quarterly general court of the gover nors of this society was held at the offices, King William-street, London-bridge—Mr. John Labouchere in the chair. The secretary read the report, from which it appeared that the society took all possible precautions to guard against the spread of cholera among the shipping of the Thames, and opened a dis tinct vessel for the reception of patients suffering under that epidemic—a circumstance which they took care to have notified to every ship entering the river. They received from her Majesty's Government the sum of 2,3511. 55., in commutation of their interest in certain fines levied upon merchant vessels by the provisions of the Merchant Seamen's Act ; and a further sum of 551. from the executors of the late Miss Hardwicke, making in all 6051. from that lady's bequest. They also received, in a' letter from his Excellency the French Ambassador, Count Walewski to Admiral Bowles, a donation of 700 f., in the name of his Im perial Majesty Napoleon 111., to mark his appreciation of the service which the society renders to French seamen frequenting the port of London—an act of patronage' which he proposes to repeat annually. The Secretary invested a sum of 2,5001. in the Three-and-a. Quarter per Cents. Upon Christmas-day a dinner, suited -to-the-festival was,-under the direction of the medical officers, supplied to the patients. Since the Ist of Octo ber to the 31st of December last, 12 seamen from s her Majesty's ships were admitted as patients, and 1736 from British and foreign merchant vessels, which, with 101 on board at the first-mentioned date, made the total number of in-patients 849 ; of these, 159 are at pre ' sent on board, sick • 1 is convalescent, 4 fit for duty, and 685 have been discharged. The total number of patients admitted since the establishment of the hospi talship has. been 70,228 ; the out-patients for the last quarter numbered 379. The society commenced the labours of the quarter with a balance of 211. 19s. 9d. against them, and since expended 4,2401. 12s. 11d.—in all, 4,2621. 12s. Bd. ; but as the receipts for that period amounted to 3,7761: 3s. lid., they have to commence the year with a balar.ce of 4861. Bs. 9d. against them. The report was unanimously adopted. The Secretary then read a letter from Sir Jame Gra ham, with reference to the withrawal Of:the sums paid from the Merchant Seamen's Fund, stating that itrested with Parliament to determine if an equivafent Assistance should be directly afforded from the public purse. He I would not encourage any such expectation, as no vote of the kind could be proposed 'without the consent of the Treasury ; but that the Board of Trade was the department to moot the question. A vote of thanks was passed to the Emperor of the French for his generosity, a bye-law was altered, and the meeting terminated in the usual manner. --- • . J. t ti boa 1 7aloiimetio 10 . onol C , :. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE._ ACCEPTANCES FOR D MIDLAND ST] ERBY SPRING RACES. EEPLECHASE. st lb Need wood lO 13 Carrig., lO 12 Star of England lO 6 Daphne Spring lO 1 Victress lO 0 Diana 9 13 st lb Sir Philip 9 12 Cervus Little Charley 9 9 Master Croft Trout br gby Algar Burnt Sienna 9 0 :EPLECHASE. SELLING ST/ st lb Victress Chatham Slashing Painter Cigar Cervus Hurdle Raci st lb Melon ll' 5 Newport lO 10 Alp lO 8 Bullfincher lO 6 Drayton c lO 6 Star of England lO 3 Victress lO 0 Beresford SELLING HURDLE RACE. st lb Jesuit Toni Bowling lO 12 Blue Stockings lO 10 Lord Byron br gby Algar lO 7 'e Handicap. st lb Galileo Luck's-all 9 6 Teddesley 9 5 Wee Mickey 9 4 John Bright 9 2 br gby Algar 9 2 Maria Monk 9 0 Alp l2 10 Sars Roselly lO 12 Victress Chatham ll 12 John Bright lO 7 Cervus Barmaid RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854. The Jockey Club having determined to commence their season on Easter Monday (April 17), the princi pal meetings—supposing the usual arrangements are ob served—will stand as under. Should the stewards, in any instance, determine to vary the fixture, it will be advisable, as a guide to others, to give us immediate notice : FEBRUARY. 2 I Lincoln Spring 14 N Es e e w rb t y on S S p p ri i n n g g 8 Nottingham Spring 21 MARCH. Liverpool Spring 1 Warwick Spring 2l I Doncaster Spring 7 Catterick 27 Salisbury Coventry Spring l4 Abergavenny 30 APRIL. Croxton Park 4 Catterick Bridge 19 Epsom AbergavennySprin , 6 . 2O Cheltenham Spring' l2 York Spring 25 Newmarket Craven 17 Malton 27 MAY. Newmarket F S Chester Spring 9 I Lewes l9 Lothians & Edinburgh...ll Bath 23 Newmarket S S l6 I Liverpool Hunt Spring ..24 Shrewsbury lB I Epsom , 30 JUNE. Manchester Ascot Heath 13 Stockbridge 99 Newcastle-on-Tyne 2O Ludlow 30 Uampton 2l I Winchester 3O Carlisle 26 Newmarket Worcester 4 Lancaster 6 Mansfield ll Liverpool l2 Ipswich 13 Stourbridge l7 Stamford Nottingham .20 Goodwood 25 Ripon 31 AII( Brighton Brighton Club 4 Wolverhampton 7 Yarmouth 8 Reading Odiham 9 North Staffordshire 9 W(2lverhampton l4 UST. Egham 22 York Hereford 24 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29, Derby 29 Plymouth 30 Lincoln 31 MBER. Bedford • 19 Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark Newmarket F 0 20 Northallerton 2B IBER. Warwick Autumn 17 Caledonian Hunt 17 Newmarket H 23 Worcester Autumn 31 SEPT] `Warwick Lichfield Western Meeting 7 Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 Chester Autumn 3 Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 Wrexham 5 Newmarket S 0 9 NOVE Epsom Autumn 2 Closing prices : Cowbridge Hunt 8 STEEPLECHASES TO COME. JANUARY. Oundle (5), ..... .. .-17 Oswestry (2) .26 Westbury and. shire (3) 25 FEBRUARY. Newton (1) Derby (2) MARCH. Liverpool (1) 1 Birmingham 9 Beverley (1) lO APRIL. Liverpool Hunt Club Cheltenham lB (Hoylake) (2) 8 j• Rothbury l9 - NOVEMBER Cowbridge Hunt THE LATE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY • IN THE STRAND. As Joseph Bow,h Floyd,- s tre e c t a b o . m n a S s t a e t r u , r d a a n y, J d, Edwardame B s oyd ,a gm Symes, a r o c o ab ma n, were brought up for re-examination, before Mr. Henry, charged with the robbery of nearly 20001. worth of jewellery, the property of Messrs. Alexander and Co., of Hatton-garden. The woman Pullen, who was originally charged, in conjunction with Boyd, as an accomplice, was admitted as a . witness for the Crown, by permission of his worship, it having transpired 'that she had sent for Serjeant Poe ock, one of the officers entrusted with the case, and volunteered a statement of all the cir cumstances attending the robbery. Mr. Wontner, the solicitor, of Skinner-street, con ducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Parry, the barrister, was retained for the defendant Floyd. Charles Boyd, brother of the first prisoner, repeated the evidence given at the last examination, relative to the disclosures made to him by the' latter while in the House of Detention, and to his subsequent interview with Floyd and Symes, who admitted their share in the robbery, and accused each other of having appropriated the money. The prisoner Boyd—My brother's statement is all false ; he has invented every word of it. Symes—lt's well known that he is a bad character, and has been heard to swear that he would do anything to raise some money. Witness —Then how could I know all the facts of the case if I had'nt been told ? Cross-examined by Mr. Parry—l have been in prison twice for felony, and I was committed each time for three months. It was for being concerned with others in two robberies. They both occurred 12 or 13 years ago, and I have never been committed, except once for being drunk, since that time. I have been a potman at the Talbot public-house, Gray's-inn-lane, but have had no employment latterly. I have lived partly on my pension as a seaman, which is 121. a-year, and partly on the earnings of my wife, who goes out ironing. Elizabeth Pullen deposed that she was an unfortunate girl, living in Holborn-buildings. She had known the prisoner, Symes, for 12 months, and was introduced by him, about six weeks ago, to James Boyd (Mr. Alexan der's coachman). On 10th December, Boyd gave her a ring, which she pawned, and after this , Symes gave her two other rings, at a public-house in Crown-court, Fleet-street, telling her to take care of them until next day.. At the same, time Symes gave her the duplicate relating to a gold pin, statitW that he feared something had been found out, and he must go away. She showed the rings to a companion, named Susan Kelly, the same night. A day or two afterwards Symes came to her in a great passion, and said, " You have shown them rings to somebody, and you want to put me away. If you' do I'll put your light out." He also said (in reference to the stolen property), " I can defy you, for it is all melted." On the following Saturday she saw Symes and Boyd in c o nversa ti on toget h er i n t h e S tran d, an d j o ined them in s ome thi ng t o d r i n k a t th e G eorge Hotel. Symes asked her if sh e h a d the rings and duplicate with her, and she said she had not. They all went off in a cab to Gray's-inn-lane, when Symes went to his lodgings in Liquorpond-street, and Boyd went home with her. He gave her ss. on that occasion, and 10s. on Christmas night, when she spent the evening at Susan Kelly's, and heard for the first time who Boyd's master was. The next week Boyd gave her several half-sovereigns, and asked her what she wanted to buy. On the Saturday she received 31. from him to buy a cloak, and to get some articles out of pledge. The following week she went with him to Woburn-mews to see Floyd about some money. Boyd had told her that Symes had re fused to give him any more, and he meant to see Floyd about it, as he had something to do with it. When they got to the mews, Floyd and Boyd had some conversation together privately, after which Boyd called to her and said, " Didn't Simes give you two rings to take care of ?" Wit ness replied, "Yes." Floyd then said that Symes was a rascal, and might have got them all locked up. Boyd asked him what cab he took the things away in ? Floyd replied " It was my own cab, and Symes must have picked up the rings in the cab," Boyd asked him if he knew what L 1 "WPM SHIPPING INTELLIGENI7E. - - -- CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 14. • ENTERED INWARDS.—The Lillie Edmund, froici Aal borg ; Unicorn, Messina ; Eliza, Thorntongistavia Alsa cia, Cronstadt ; Claudia, Demerara ; Maria Catherina, Mariager ; Brooking, Zante ; Ida, Marstran d ; Weber, Messina ; Lancastrian, Shanghai; Circassian, Ma, Bras ; Alamode, Leghorn; Wilsons, Smyrna; Con ques t, eadiz ; Thomas Snook, Acorn ; Eliza, Buenos Ayres ; Paxdine, Caen ; Anornia ' ' Havannah • Lark, Seville ; Ace o f T i -amp s , St. Mich ae l' s ; Lammet, Aarhuus ; Alida, Rouen ; Anne Jane, Colombo ; Centaur, Leghorn ; Arequipa, B 'shim; Sea Queen, Singapore and Cape Town ; Martha Miles - 1,. De merara ; .Gratitude, Madras ; Anna Hendrika, Lis Joon ; Giffrard, Shanghai ; Norna, do. ; Camerton, Bee 'Ace ; Austin, Boston, U.S. ; Waban, New York ; Ged( trosa, Cadiz. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADINO.—The John and Jane, for Brussels ; Premier, Demerara ; Nicotine; Cc )en hagen ; Claudia, Demerara ; Neruda, Jamaica ; Foxbon pad, Trieste ; Mary, Geelong ; Jane, Terceira; janet*Mi4olll tell, Port Philip ; Agrieola, Sydney ; Eliza Thornton, 1304 ,via and Singapore. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO --The Eter, for Vi cant, Carthagena, and Tarragona • Maria Anna, Antwet p ; Elizabeth, do. ; A c ti ve , H avre ; Ada, Athens and'Smyrn a ; Julie, Rouen ; Amelie, do. ; Spheroid, St. Vincent's. • LIVERPOOL, JAN. 14. The Iron Duke steamer, for Kingston, in getting under weigh last evening, ran into the Albert steamer, front Bangor, and damaged her own stern so much that her pas sengers wero transferred to the Windsor steamer, which left with them at 10 p.m, The Harold, from Calcutta, arrived at this port; with loss of mizen masts, &c., from a collision off the Skerries with an outward-bound American ship. The Constantine, from New York, p u t i n t o B e lf as t Lough, bound to this port, with loss of rudder and head spring. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Monarch, from Hong Kong to London, Nov. 8, lat. 31 S., loug. 35 E. The Raleigh (barque), of South Shields, Jan.. 3, l&.. 45 N., long. 9 E. The William Cobden, for Liverpool, Dec. 30, off nape St,Vincent. The William Nicholson, from Swansea to Santiago do Cuba, 13th, lat. 26 N., long. 37 W. The Ellen, from Colombo to Loudon, 1, Deo. lat. SN. COUNTRY MARKET& ; HADDINGTON--JAN. 13. ~. The following are the pri ces o f gra i n a t our ma rket to-clay : WIINAT. BAALZIY. OATS. First B6s Od. 44s Od 35s Od Second 7Bs 5d 41s 4d 32s 2d Third 6ss Od 1308 Od 23s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 1.755 qrs., ~ barley „ 6bB qrs ., ~ ~ oats „ 724 qrs., beans „ 141 qrs., ties Od 504 8d 448 Od 506 sold 627, sold 632 sold 111 sold DALKEITH GRAIN DIA.RIC.BT—JAN, 12. Witeab an ,the top-4s up, current 'price 2s' per qr. up, and lowest 3s up. O a ts on th e t op 2 s up, cur rent price is up, and lowest 2s 4d up. " Barley on the top 3s tip; current price is up, and lowest is 6d down. Peas and beans is up on the top, current .price la down, and 6d down on the lowest price. • Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 351 Wheat 88s Od 73s Od 1274 Oats 34s 4d 26s Od ......,.. 21i 4d 1122 Barley 45s Od 37s Od 69 Peas & beans 54s Od - - • Average of wheat, 3/. 'l2s lid. • • ABERDEEN—JAN. 13. The prices of grain are—Old oats, 30s Od to 008 Od; 401bs per bushel; new oats, 29s Od to 30s Od, 401bs per bushel; • bere, 39s Od to 40s Od, 531bS per bushel; harley, 38s Od .to' 39s 6d, 531bs per bushel . - wheat,. red, '708 ) 0d to .. 75s Od, 621bs per bushel; wheat, white, 73s Od to 77s 04,,' 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 21s Od to 22s 6d per boll; flour, 608 Od. to Gls Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, sd. to 84 ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 8d ; veal, ditto, sd. to 8d; pork, per lb,' Os 54 to Os 7,1 ; salmon, per lb, Os Oct to Os Od ; rabbits, each, Od to Od ' • tallow, per stone, 5 s 9d t o O s Od. ; potatoes, per p ec k, 8d to 94 ; Witter, per lb, &I' to 9d ; eggs, per doz, is 6d. to 2s Od ' hens, per pai r 3s Od 3s 64 ; chickens, ditt o , 2 s Oct to 2s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2s to 3s 0 1 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to Os Od ; turkeyo, . • each, 4s 01 to 5s Od ; geese, ditto, 4s Od to 5s Od ; butter for exoortation (present cure), per cwt, 84s to 00s 04 ; ditto (summer cured), 008 to 00s Od • eggs, wholesale,Trice, per dozen, Od to 94 ; 41b loaf, 8d; 21b loaf, 4d. ; pork, fine small, Os Od to Us Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os 04 ; . lamb, per lb., 58 9d. to Od ; cheese, per imperial :stone, 5s 6d, to 7s. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, JAIL 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The range of prices is 'slightly higher, but the business is very small. The sales were : Caledonian, 26i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 64; Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 211 ; Midland Railway Consols, 61i ; South-Eastern and Dover, 17g. BIRMINGHAM; JAN. 14. .'fitTocir•ExcHA.xem.—There has been very little doing in' the share market, but prices h a v e slightly recovered from previous depression. The chief in demand to-day were in local stocks, but there were no sellers; no business of any moment was transacted oh 'Change. The following were among the closing quotations :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston se ll ers , 5 ; Bi rm i ngham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 9it, ; London and North-Western, buyers, 1011, sellers, 1024 • Shrewsbury and Birmingham, buyers, 56, sellers, 60 ; ditto (London and North-Western gua ranteed), buyers, 56 f 1, sellers, 60; SOuth Staffordshire, buyers, sellers, 113 dis. u• ___..— LEEDS, JAN. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business in shares on 'Change to.. ay has been rather more than yesterday. The following prices have been obtain e d : —C a l e doni a n, 26f ; L ancas hi re a nd Yorkshire, 63i ; Midland, 61; North-Western, 84. DUBLIN, JAN. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market closed dull, although there was an anxiety evinced to do business. Amon g the closing prices were : Bristol and Exeter, buyers, 94i, sellers, 95i ; Caledonian, buyers,'62i,'' sellers 52 ; Great Western, buyers, 81i, sellers, 82 ; Midland, buyers, 61, , sellers 61i ; York and North Midland, buyers, 45k, sel lers, 46i. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the snails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch.) Day when made up From what Whe! COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due In Office, London.* Dispatched. England. - - America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Mon America (by United Sts. packet) Jan. 15 .......... Liverpool ... Arrived America (by U. States packet) ......... —24 Jan. 17 • • ...... Southampto ! Australia (Via South ampton) ,Jan. 20 • • .... Southamptoi, Feb. 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan. 8.. .. Dover .. Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ..... ..N Feb. 4 Africa (West Coast) ..N ?3d of the month.. Plymouth .. Arrived • Alexandria.......... N 8,9, 24, & 30 .ofm. Dover ...... J an. 16 Alexandria..., .31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Jan, 20 Bahamas ...........51 17th of the month tYeuthampton Jan. 16 Belgium Daily Dever ...... .Daily Brazil ............. . M 9th of the month.. Sou:harnptonlJan. 16 Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. SoutkamptonlJan. 15 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .• !Arrived Cape of Good Hope .. N 14th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds 9th of the month.. Plymouth .. Jan. 16 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth .. I Channel Isles ..N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. SouthamptoniTu•Th.Sat. Chili M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 16 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24.&27 ofm. Dover ...... !Jan. 10 Constantinople .. 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton 'Jan. 20 Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily Dover .. Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice dai1y...... Dover ...b iTwicedaily Gibraltar .. M 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Southampton'Jan. 16 Greece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Jan. 16 Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London .• • .. Havannah 2nd of the month Southampton Feb. 1 H011andDai1y............D0ver • Honduras 17th of the month. Southarapton 'Jan. 16 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Jan. 21 India (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... .. Ireland ........M & N Twice d a ily Holyhead .. Twi ce d a ll ,7 Lisbon,. Madeira 9th of the month Southampton J an. 16 Madeira ............ N 23d o f mon th Plymouth De c , 28 Malta (sce India) Malta 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover.,... . Jaa. 10 Mauritius (see India) • • I Mauritius ..... ..N 14th of the month Plymouth Naples. . co . 6 2 th nd n o th f twhethmoofrantohn...lDSootivtehrar.. Jan. 12 b. 1 2d & 17th of month 'Southampton Jan. 16 By private skip Various ports Uncertat sthlsth2sthofinon.: Dover ..:... ' Jan, 12 New Zea1and. ......... Z G e r a a l n an ad d a 7 t d hk 7 tg h th f o loon. Southampton Jan. 16 Papal States mon. Southampton Jan. 16 Peninsula ........ • • Peru •• •••••• •• ** —M 14th of the o :".NN sthlsll2sthonrontiz, D ri L m er " . (4 ...:: Jan. 12 htlilsth2stholinon. Dover ...... Jan. 12 Port Natal Sicily • • ••• • " •N 2d & 17U; of Month Sonthampton Jan. 16 Tuscany Venezuela .. • ••• • • • Australia) West Indies „..1%/ 12d & l7th ol month Fannflla.v...,.. e Van Diemen'aLand (see Southampton Jan. 16 12t1 & t7th of month when any of these dates Jail on a Sunday, the mails will „)a dispatched on the following day. With the exception of the India via goutham pton recedin), and the M alta, both of which will be dispatched the day pg. BIRTHS. OP A. SON. On the 13th inst., at Highgate, the wife of Richard Perrot t. On the 13th inst., at Balham, Mrs. Samuel Wiz. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 14th inst., the wife of Alfred Hall Penny, Esq., of Bla.:kheath-park. On the 11th inst., at 11, Onslow-cre scen t , O ns l ow - square, the wif e of. Paul John Bishop, Esq. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, Mr. Joseph Sayer, Oval, Kennington, to Miss Frances Sarah Hulot, Old Kent-road. On the 13th inst., at Wheathampstead, Herts, Mr. S. J. Shrnbb, of St. Albans, to Fanny, youngest daughter of William Walker, Esq., merchant, of Harpenden, Herts. DIED. On the 13th inst., at 10, Kensington-gardens-terrace, Hyde-park, Isabella, the wife of Colonel Cannon, in the 27th year of her age. On the 14th inst., at Howland-street, Fitrzoy-square, Mrs. Dicksee, sen., aged 66. 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