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scruples against the taking of an oath to make a solemn declaration. He congratulated the house that so far as regarded its members the Government intended to in troduce a bill that would enable a member to go to • ; ;, the. table of the house and take an oath which would not violate his conscience. His desire was that the witness should be allowed to 'make the declaration simply on stating that he had a conscientious objection to taking an oath. Within the last few years many oaths had been abolished which were formerly taken by the Excise, in the Bank of England, and by pawnbrokers and others in matters of trade. In consequence of bills emanating from the House of Lords, a vast number of Unnecessary oaths had been swept away from the statute-book, but it was in the power of Parliament to Barry this much farther. The members of the House of Lords, tfroba time immemorial, used not to be put on their oaths on the most 'important questions affecting the life of a brother peer ; but they' had the power of saying simply, "On my honour, guilty," or "Not guilty." Now, in the p rogress of legislation and civi , Tisation, why should not the community at large have the power of giving verdicts or of making affirmation ? The bill which he asked leave to introduce might be said to consist of twe provisions. One was, that any person presiding in a court of justice as a judge should test a witness whether he ought to be sworn, and if the witness had conscientious objections to taking an oath, he should be allowed to make a declaration, and, if he made a false declaration, he should be subject to the penalties of perjury. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. Lord PALMERSTON was ready to admit that there were many occasions when a declaration might be safely substituted for an oath, but he could not agree with his honourable friend to abolish the oath in judicial cases. However, a bill had been introduced in another place which was precisely the same in principle as this, with the single exception, that it left to the Court to decide whether the objection to take an oath was conscien tiously entertained or not. He confessed he preferred that bill, as it placed a just restraint on the witness which this bill did not contemplate ; but at the same time he should not object to the motion for leave to bring in the bill. • Mr. HUME concurred with the noble lord, and hoped the bill would not be pressed forward until they had the Government bill before them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would explain the object of the bill in one word. (Hear.) It mrou id enable ,all parties who in the opinion of the pourt, really entertained conscientious scruples to the t a ki pg of an oath, to substitute a solemn declaration • ~but before a perso n , cou l d claim the relief which the bi ll afforded, he must have satisfied the Court that his objec tions were both sincere and conscientious. Mr. DRUMMOND opposed the introduction of the bill. The house then divided, when there appeared . • For the motion . Against it Majorityaccordingly given to bring in the bill. LAW OF TREASON IN IRELAND. Mr. WHITESIDE moved for leave to bring in a bill to assimilate the law and practice existing in cases of treason in Ireland with those in England and Scotland. In the reign of William 111., when our religious liber ties were established, there was introduced an act to give certain advantages to persons accused in this country of treason which had never yet been extended to the sub jects of the Queen in Ireland. Previous to that time, however, a wise and merciful practice had ,prevailed of giving a copy of the jury panel to the prisoner ; and in the reign of George 111. the accused got permission to be defended by counsel. By the statute of Anne a copy of the indictment, together with the list of the jury and a list of the witnesses, was to be delivered to the pri soner 10 days before the trial ; and at the Union those privileges were extended to persons in Scotland, the preamble of the act stating that it was just that the law s should be identi ca l i n a ll parts o f the United Kingdom. He (Mr.Whiteside) was one of the counsel for Mr. Smith O'Brien, and he had no hesitation in saying that if the same lavis had prevailed in Ireland as in England, the prisoner would have been acquitted. They had 'struggled to obtain a copy of the jury panel and a list of the witnesses but both were very proper l y refused by th e Whig law officers, on the ground that the statute of Anne did not extend to Ireland. One of the principal witnesses against Mr. O'Brien was ispersoit named Dobbin, who was not an informer, but a spy. This person was entirely unknown to the legal advisers of the prisoner, and, of course, his counsel had to do what his countrymen often did, namely, to draw upon their imagination for the facts, and to cross examine the witness at hazard. At the conclusion of the case, and when the Lord Chief Justice was charging the jury, a witness arrived, named Dalton, who said that Dobbin had proposed to him to get up a sort of little Titus Oates' plot, and to give false information respecting the prisoner. Mr. O'Brien's counsel imme diately applied to the court to permit this new witness to be examined and confronted with Dobbin. That was accordingly done, and the Chief Justice told the jury that if they believed this new witness they must discredit the evidence of the spy. (Hear, hear.) The house would remember that the life of John Frost had been saved upon a technical point relating to the deliverf of the jury panel and the list of the witnesses ; and he should like to have it explained why they should have one law for a Welsh linendra_per and ano th er f or an Irish gentle man — one l aw for Win. Smith O'Brien and , another for John Frost ? (Hear.) "Viscount PALMERSTON admitted that it was de sirable for the same law to prevail in Great Britain and in Ireland, and he should not oppose the motion. Leave was accordingly given to bring in the bill. DISPOSAL OF THE PROPERTY OF NUNS Mr. WHITESIDE moved for leave to bring in a bil to secure to persons under religious vows the free exer• cise of their lawful rights in the disposal of their pro perty. He would at once admit that the bill related principally to ladies who were termed nuns, and who were inmates of convents. He would offer no observations respecting conventual establishments, but he would show that a practical grievance existed, and would ask the house to supply a practical remedy. The law of Eng land relating to the right of a person to dispose of his own property as he pleased was clear, but that relating to what was termed undue influence was not less so. No attorney could take a deed or conveyance from his client, no parent from his child, no guardian from his ward, no husband from his wife, no physician from his patient, unless precautions were taken to prevent the undue exercise of that influence which the one party might acquire over that of the other. In like manner the law was equally precise respecting spiritual in fluence. The first decision on this point was by Lord Northington in a case in which an Independent preacher had exercised a great influence over a widow. He comforted her in spiritual matters ; he took her about from place to place, and he kept her under com plete restraint. Finally he took a conveyance of her property ; but Lord Northington said he would spoil the independency of the Independent preacher, and make him restore the money. Afterwards Sir Samuel Romilly impeached a deed which had been obtained under similar circumstances. He decided it in ignorance of the pre vious case; but be brought to bear upon it the full power of his great intellect, and he came to the same conclusion as Lord Northington had done. He might be asked where was the necessity to interfere with deeds or wills executed within the walls of a nunnery. It might be said that the general principle of law to which he had referred was sufficient. But the difficulty was in obtain ing evidence of what took place in a nunnery. There were four cases where wills executed by nuns had been set nide. In one, decided in the Irish Court of Exche quer, a lady was professed as a nun before she was 21 years of age ; she then conveyed her property to the convent, but afterwards escaped from it, and then sought to set aside her deed. The learned judge held that, as she had taken the veil when under age, in violation of an express agreement, and had conveyed away all her pro perty under the influence of the ladies of the institution, the case came under the same rule as those of guardians and wards,• and he declared the conveyance void. In another case, a family of great respectability in Ire land was concerned, that of Mr. M`Carthy, late member for Cork. Two ladies of his family entered a conventual establishment near Cork ; after they had been there some years, their father died, and they be came entitled to 10,0001. each. It was always under stood by their relatives that this property would be be queathed to them ; but the institution claimed the whole of the property in virtue of the vows of poverty and obedience which the ladies had Wien. This was a direct infringement of their free choice, and yet these institu tions sought to take advantage of the noble principles of ouielaW. The; fund was vested in the hands of trustees, Who refused 'to give it up to the coevent ; the managers theretheefore i nst i tuted a suit in Chancery, in the name of adiel themselves, who had no wish to proceed againet their relatives. The hon. and learned gentle man then read a report of the ease, from which it ap peared that the bishop had told one of the ladies that e ek_e M}ust observe the vow of obedience. She re flise.' end said the matter should go into a court of equit y ol Pno whi ch • • lawyers on his the bishop replied that he had aide hel as well, and that it was too good a thing t o eq. ..Both of them gated that they had een ee ore to sign the deed against their will b and or.O a • - the hand , of a l a . e 4 2 t he pen might as well be put into compels . Maria, one of the sisters, had been cheer e;Lete an affidavit that she executed the deed e Catherine, the other arluelatear.iutatede y as a religious recluse. that she had suffered unheard of mental to she refused to execute the deed, and was- oulY,er- il e l e `do so by being told that her refusal was Z eiorts " a ni•clon to The Lord Chan cellor of Ireland, in ,his judgment wide ' e inmates of the house were not free agents. but we're 'enslaved by the re . and were compelled to devote all ~ vows they had take the benefit , of the c 'of ' ' their property for 0 inanity ; and as such they must be treated as Persons legall y dead. He likened te; case to that of a gaoler extorti ng a deed from workin g of a prisoner, and declared that the court would not listen to such a claim. This case showed nuns ere . 11 "ele Placed in the system. Since the reformation a worse position than before. Under the ancient law they were treated as dead, and administration was granted to the relatives of their property. Owing to the present absurd :system of not recognising the facts of these conventual establishments, the inmates were de prived of this protection. In another case, "Megg Y. Megg," which also came before the Lord Chan cellor of Ireland, judgment was given against the convent, but an appeal had been made to the House of Lords. Th 3 object of this bill would best be shown by its preamble. The title was, " A bill to secure to persona under religious views the free exer cise of their laewful rights in the disposal of their . Property." Th e p ream bl e was to the f o ll ow i ng effect . --4*- -Wkereas 10 males on b e i ng rece i ve d into col? - 01041 ilee as peofe:s -ed nuns, bind themselves by oertana ~2,7l_ie t . !keieue - _ tgs ' others by vows of . obedience . to siiii , muug to( be heir religious superiors or s.piri ,e', - e l?P.' ei' • pi •,, teas cases have been established . ;::, ,,, 4*&.:;46.v . ( , -... - - -...,... ii,. ,i. in evidence before the tribunals of the realm in which females, influenced by the importunities of their superiors or spiritual directors, exercising a colourable' authority derived from such vows, have been induced to make dis position of their property contrary to their expressed wishes and desires ; and whereas such dispo -.tions of property have been declared void and set aside, as being obtained by undue influence, and contrary to the policy of the law ; and whereas, by reason of the secluded life enjoined upon such females, the circumstances attendant upon such dispositions of property are, with the excep tion of the fact that they are under the restraint of such influence, exclusively within the knowledge of the per sons obtaining such dispositions of property or their agents, and evidence is therefore not morally accessible : be it enacted," &c. The great difficulty was, owing to the secluded lives of nuns, to get at the circumstances of these cases. He therefore proposed to enact that all such dispositions of property should be taken to have been obtained by undue influence, unless evi dence was given on the contrary. The second clause (there were only three) provided that the treatment of a person as a nun should be evidence of her having taken the vows. The effect of this enactment would be to shift the onus probandi to the authorities of the convent, and call upon them to show that the property had not been obtained under that spiritual authority which amounted to undue influence. To restore their free will to the in mates of nunneries, which was destroyed by the autho rity of the superioress and others, he submitted this bill to the house. No objection need be taken to it, except by those who were anxious to clutch at property to which they had no right by an abuse of their spiritual influence The hon. and learned gentleman concluded by moving for leave to introduce the bill. Mr. G. MOORE said the case of nuns was most analo gous to that of husbands and wives. In the case of the latter, the legal restriction was wholly nugatory, and it would be so in the case of nuns. The affidavit quoted by the hon. and learned gentleman proved one thing, if true,—that there was free access to inmates of convents, and free persuasion by their friends, such as existed with regard to no other class of women in this country. The only possible effect of the bill, and he believed its only object, would be to place nuns in a position of pain and inconvenience. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BOWYER said he would not follow the hon. and learned gentleman through his cases, which, if they proved anything, proved that legislation was unneces sary, it being held that deeds executed under such cir cumstances were null and void. Every unprejudiced person must see that there was no necessity for legisla tion here. These cases came before Protestant judges and juries, who are no doubt looked at the instruments with a salutary jealousy, and upheld the well known principle of the English law that a disposal of property could not be made under constraint. He objected to the preamble of the bill ; it prejudiced the whole matter, and condemned conventional establishments. Its lan guage was scarcely less strong than that of the hon. and learned gentleman's speech. It was impossible for those who believed conventual establishments to be a most essential part of the discipline of their church, and a great means of education, to assent to such a bill as this. He agreed with the last speaker that there was no necessity for legislation ; but he would not have objected to a bill which put the inmates of convents on the same footing as married woman. Such a proposal would have been fairly met and discussed. Bat the principle of this bill was contrary to the ordinary rules of jurisprudence. It declared a deed void unless it were proved not to have been executed under undue influence, thus calling on the supporters of the instrument to prove a negative. This was not done in the case of prisoners even, or of mar ried women, but it was simply required that the deeds should be executed with certain formalies. A mass of litigation would be caused if this bill was to become law. It was to be regretted that the hon. and learned gentle man could net for once lay aside the acrimony with which he always approached the subject of the catholic church, and cease to regard its members as persons ca pable of any wickedness. (Hear.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL blamed the hon. and learned member for having brought the bill forward at a time when Ireland was cordially uniting with England to pre serve the honou r o f th e country. But the bill was wan ton and mischievous, it had not been asked for by any section of society, nor had any case been made out in its favour ; and he therefore called upon the house not to sanction its introduction. Mr. MALINS denied that the bill involved any legal difficulty whatever; it was based upon a well known rule of equity, and sought to apply the same law to the inmates of conventual institutions that applied to the case of attorney and client, physician and patient, master and servant, guardian and ward, &c. If a solicitor ob tained a gift from his client, he was bound to prove that the client had acted thoroughly independent of himself— that he was at arm's lengthwhen the deed of gift or will was executed, or the Court of Equity would debar him from taking any benefit under the deed. And why should not the same principle be extended to the inmates of con vents, who, by the nature of their vows, were often de barred from exercising their own free will with regard to the distribution of their property? It is a pity that a bill of this nature should be received in a spirit of religious intolerance. It asked for nothing for the Roman Catholic which did not already apply to the Protestant. There was nothing unreasonable in the proposition that a deed or a will executed by a lady in a convent should prima facie be taken to be void until it had been shown that it was not done under the influence of those who benefited by the act, but by the advice of totally independent parties who took no i n t erest w h atever by the deed. Such a law would not preclude conventual institutions from re ceiving gifts when they were properly and legally be stowed ; and he really did hope the bill would receive the eerieee eeeemeeetion or the t*overnment. Mr. LUCAS observed that those who proposed to in troduce this bill had proved by their own statements that the existing law was correct in theory, and efficient in practice, and he was at a loss to understand what neces sity there was for a measure of this sort. The relations of nuns, as far as his experience went, were sufficiently alive to the good things of this world to make them look sharply after their own interest, and he had never heard of an instance where they were unwilling to press their rights to the fullest extent ; but suppose there was the shadow of a pretence for this bill, was this the time to bring it in when the whole question of conventual insti tutions had been referred to a select committee ? (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON thought there was some force in the last observation of the hon. member. A com mittee was about to inquire into the whole matter, and perhaps it would be better to postpone any specific mea sure until the report of the committee was received, and their recommendations were before the house. At the same time, as a question of principle, he was not disposed to object to this bill, but if it was brought in, he would suggest that its further stages should be postponed until the committee had mach their report. He thought a fair objection had been taken to the wording of the preamble, which was not necessary to the accomplishment of the object which the bill had in view, but for his part he would endeavour to view this matter as if he were a Roman Catholic. As a Catholic, then, he should say there were two grounds upon which he thought the principle of the bill was right, but he should carry the principle a little further, be cause, as a Catholic layman, he should first be interested in preventing any improper subtraction of property be longing to the inmates of conventual institutions ; and next taking a real interest in the Catholic Church, which set great value on those establishments, he should think it most desirable that they should be freed from the sus picions to which they were subjected. If these institu tions were essential to the welfare of the Catholic Church, it could not be supposed that they should depend for their support upon the gifts of the inmates, and it would be much more to their credit that they should be per fectly free from the imputatiem that an unjust influence was exercised over the inmates to, force them to dispose of their property in a particular manner. Now, if such an influence did prevail, he contended the bill did not go far eno ug h ; f or th e vow ta k en b y t h e nun, if the hon. and learned gentleman was correct in his argumeut, would make a disposition of her property in favour of the convent accord with her own free will ; and if the vow acted in that way, how could the machinery of this bill accomplish the object which it had in view ? Pelt that was a matter of detail, perhaps, upon wheel he should not pretend to give an opinion, but for the pur peee of a compromise he would suggest that the bill should be introduced upon the understanding that it would not be followed up until the committee about to be Appointed should have examined the whole subject, are! reported the result of their inquiry. _err. WHITEiIDE had no objection to that course, but he was afraid the powers delegated to the committee di;i not embrace the subject of this bill. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL had no doubt what- evee that the question involved in this bill was in cluded in the terms of the resolution under which the committee was to be appointed. He entertained no doubt upon the subject himself, and he thought it would be more satisfactory that the matters of fact which had been referred to in support of the bill should be inquired into by the committee, in order that the hoese might know how the vows taken by the inmates of these conventual establishments operated upon them with regard to the exercise of their free will in the dis position of their property. It appeared to him, how ever, that the hon. and learned gentleman who proposed to introduce the bill had proved too much, because if the inmates of these establishment were, by their vows, made the passive instruments of their superiors, they ought to go very much further than the bill suggested ; they ought, in fact, to deprive these inmates of the power of making deed of gift or testamentary disposition of their property, but he could not believe that when a lady entered a convent and took the vows of poverty, she ceased, to be a free agent, and mentally became the mere slave of the superiors. If such was the case, unquestionably it was the duty of the state to interfere and put the disposition of her pro perty under the most effectual restrictions, but he did no, think this bill would have that effect, or even attain the object which its promoters desired. On the whole, he confessed, he saw no necessity whatever for legisla tion, as the law was quite sufficient to meet the case of the Roman Catholic as well as the Protestant, but at all events, if there was any necessity to legislate in the mat ter, let them take care to legislate effectually. 7iir. NA PIER had always regarded conventual insti tutions and the VOWS taken in them as irreconcileable witli the laws and constitution of the country, and his only difficulty in supp or ti ng t h e b ill rested on the fear that he entertained that it would seem to give a legal cas to th at w hi ch was at present. illegal. Howev er , be the eConstitutionlet of th thesebill be i ntroduced establishments and was referredabout to the select committee, who would no do übt be enabled to ascertain what the nature and influence of the votes taken by the nuns really were. Mr. KINNAIRD did not object to refer the bill to the committee, but then there was this difficulty in the way of adopting 'that course. The hon. member for Drogheda had given notice of his lutes ition to move that the order for the appointment of the committee should 4Lith t THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH is, 1854. On the motion of Mr. R. KEATING, the following re turn was ordered .—Return of the number of British ships wrecked on foreign coasts, foundered in the broad seas, and missing, during the years 1850, 1851, and 1852 ; giving the name of each ship, to what port be longing, rig, tons, men, where from, where bound to, age of ship, how classed at Lloyd's; estimated loss on ship, on cargo, and the number of lives lost ; with the site of the casualty (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 983, of session 1852-3.) CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. The following members were appointed as the com mittee on this subject :—Mr. H. G. Liddell, Mr. W. Patten, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Fortescue, the Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Laing, Mr. J. Macgregor, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. H. Herbert, Mr. Cowan, Mr. Alex. Hastie, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Blackett, Mr. Milner, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Divett, and Mr. Philipps. Five to be a quorum. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. The Exchequer Bills (1,750,0001.) Bill was considered, as amended. )er, an EXPIRING BILLS. Mr. WILSON gave notice that to-morrow (this day) he would move the committee on the renewal of Ex. piring Bills. The house adjourned at a quarter past eight. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS —MARCH 14. DECLARATIONS. Motion made and Question put, " That leave be given to bring in a bill substituting Declarations for Oaths."— (Mr. Pellatt.)--The house divided; Ayes 109, Noes 108 AYES-109. A'Court, C. Graham, Sir J. Palmerston, Visct. Ball, J. Green, Capt John Pechell, Sir G. Bass, T. Gregson, S. Peel, Sir R. Beamish, F. Grenfell, Chas. Pilkington, J. Bell. J. Hall, Sir it. P.Bard-Urquhart, W. Berkeley, 11. F. Hayter, W. Power, N. erkeley, Hon. C. Herbert, S. Price, W. Biggs, W. He: wood, J. Ri.,ardo, J. Boyle, Lt.-Col. Hindley, C. Rice, E. Bright, J. Hogg, Sir J. W. Robartes, T. Brotherton, J. Howard, C. Roebuck, J. Bruce, Lord E. Hume, J. Russell, F. C. Cardwell, E. Eutehins, E. Russell, F. W. Castlerosse, Viscount Johnstone, J. Sadler, John Chambers, T. Johnstone, Sir J. Scully, F. i bectham, John Keating, R. Scully, V. Cobden, R. Keogh, W. Shee, Serjt. W. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Kershaw, J. Shelley, Sir J. Cogan, W. H. F. Kinnaird, A. Sheridan, R. Craufurd, E. H. J. Labouchere,Rt.Hon.H Smith, R. Crossley, F, Laing, S. Smollett, A. Duncan, G. Langton, H. G. Stanley, W, Dunlop, A. Lowe, R. Strut r, E. Ellice, E. Mackinnon, W. A. Stuart, Lord D. Elliot, J. Massey, W. Sutton, J. Fagan, W . Mitligan, R. Thicknesse, R. Fergus, J. Milner, W. Thornely, T. Feilden, M. Mines, R. Vernon, G. Ferguson, J. Moffatt, G. Watkins, Col. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Monck, Viscount Whatman, J. Fortescue, C. Mostyn, E. Wickham, H. W Freestun, Col. W. Mulgrave, Earl of Wilkinson, W. Gardner, R. Norreys, Lord Wilson, J Gladstone, W. O'Brien, P. Young. Sir J. Goderich, Viscount. O'Connell, D. Goolinan Sir G. O'Connell, T. Gower, P. Otway, A. Grace, 0. Paget, Lord A. ' IgOES-10a. Anieriey, C. Hastie, Archd. Arbuthnott, Lt. G. 11. Henley, J. Bailey, Sir J. Herbert, 11. Baring, H. Herbert, Sir T. Baring, Sir F. Herbert, P. Barrington, Viscount Hilyard, R. C. Barrow, W. Horsfall, T. Bateson, Capt T. Hotham, Lord Beac a, Sir M. Hudson, G. Berkeley, Sir G. Hume, W. Blair, Col. J. H. Ingham, R. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Jermyn, Earl Bowyer, G. Jolliffe, Sir W. Branston, T. W. Kendall, N. Burghley, Lord. Kin;, J. Cairns, H. Kirk, W. Child, Smith Knatchbull, W. Christopher, Robt. A. Knox, Col. B. W. Codrington, Sir C. W. Knox, W. S. Dalrymple, Viscount Lecon, Sir E. Davies, D. A. S. Laffan, Capt. R. Dering, Sir E. ,1. Langton, W. H. P. G. Disraeli, Hon. B. Lennox, Lord H. Dod, J. W. Liddell, H. 0. Duncombe, Hon. A. Liddell, H. T. Egerton E. Lovaine, Lord Evelyn, W. Macgregor, Jas. Fulmer, Sir E. M ilms, R. Fitzg raid, W. Maunsell, T. Franklin, G. Michell, W French, F. Montgomery, Sit G. Frewen, C. Morgan, 0. Fuller A. Mowbray. J. Granby, Marquis o f Mailings, J. Grogan, Edward Na,).er, J. Hamilton, Lori C. Neeld, John Hamilton, 0. A. Newark, Viscount Drummond, H. ilanbury,Capt.HOn. C. Newdegate, C. Spooner, R. TILLZES. Pellatt, A. Hadfield, G. Packe, C. Pakington, Sir J. Palmer, Robert Patten, J. Portal M. Pritchard, J. Renton, G. Rolt, P. Rollout, Capt. G. &Mars, G. Sawle, C. Seymer, H. Sibthorp, Col. Smljth, Sir W. Smith. W. Stafford, A. Stanhope. J. Stanley, Lord Stirling, W. Thesiger, Sir F. Tomlin, G. Vance, J. Villiers, F. Yyvyan, Sir R. Walter, J. Wells, W, Whiteside, J. Whitmore, H. Wigram, Loftus T. Willoughby, Sir H. 'vise. A. Wy,,dhani, Gen. TELLERS. PROPERTY DISPOSAL. Motion made and Question put, " That leave be given to bring in a bill to secure to persons under religious vows the free exercise of their lawful rights in the disposal of their property."—(Mr. Whiteside.)—The house divided ; Ayes 68, Noes 40. Bankes, Rt. Hon. G. Hayes Sir E. Newdegate, C. Baring, Sir F. Hilyard, R. C. Packs, C. Barn's, T. Horsfali, T. Pakington, Sir J. Barrow, W. Hotham, Lord Palmer, Roundell Blair, Lieut.-Col. J. H. Hudson, G. Palmerston, Viscount Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Ingham, R. Pigott, F. Brocklehurst. J. Johnstone, J. Rice, E. Cairns, 11. Jolliffe, Sir IV. Robertson, P. Challis, T. J ones, D. Bolt, R. Chambers, T. Kershiw, J. Sandars, G. Cheet ham. John Ki ng, J. Sawle, C. Craufurd, E. H.J. Klanaird, A. Smith, W. Crossley, F. Lacon, Sir E. Smollett, A. Davies, D. A. S. Laing, $. Spooner, R. Drummond, H. Langton, H. G. Thornely, T. Duncan, G. Langton, W. H. P. G. Tollemache, J. Dunlop, A. Lemon, Sir C. Walcott, Rear-Ad. Ferguson, J. Michell, Dr. W. Walter, J. Fitzroy, Hon. C. Morgan, 0. Wickham, H. Franklin G. Mowbray, J. Wilson, J. Frewen C. Milo' gs, J. Greenlll, Gilbert Muntz, G. Hamilton, Lord Claud Na ter, J. Hamilton, G. A. Neeld, John WESTERN CIRCUIT.—DORCHESTER, MARCH 13. (Before Mr. Justice Erle.) Elizabeth Cornish was indicted for attempting to ad minister poison to Frances Dyer, with intent to kill and murder her, at Toiler Porcorum. It appeared that Mrs. Dyer had given the prisoner, Who was her servant, and only 16 years of age, warning to leave her place. The prisoner upon this asked a little girl to go to a druggist's, who lived two miles off, and procure some poison for rats. The girl brought her some carbonate of lead. Mrs. Dyer, when at tea, thought taere was something unpleasant in it. She told her hus band, who desired her not to take any more, and asked tae prisoner whether she had put anything in the tea, when the girl confessed that she had put poison in the cream and among the water -tresses ; and the poison was found in her pocket. The prisoner on Saturday wished to plead " Guilty," but Mr. Baron Martin advised her not to do so. The foregoing facts having been proved, The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and she was sen tenced to four years' penal servitude. TEL LEES Whiteside, J. Matins, R. NOES . -40. Pass, If. Higgins, G. 0. Pilkinglon, J. Bell, J. Horne, J. Potter, R. Biggs, W. Keating, R. Power, N. Co.tan, W. H. F. Keogh, W. Sadleir, John Fagan, W. Lucas, F. Scully, F. Fitz , orald,Lt..G.SirJ. Maguire, J. F. Scully, V. Fortescue, C. Meagher, T. Shee, Serjt. W. Fox, it. Mall, E. Swift, R. Gai anal*, R. Murroagh, I. Wilkinson, W. , 'each, C. Norreys, Sir D. Williams, W. Goodtnan, Sir G. O'Brien, P. Grace, 0. -• O'Connell, D. Greene, Capt. John O'Coaliell, J Hadfield, George Olivera, B Heard, J. Otway, A. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YOIIK, MARCH 13. CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) GILL V. PULLAN. This was an action for a trespass, and for a libel, in Publishing some doggrel verses of the plaintiff in a news paper called Burniston's Northern Luminary and Knares borough Independent Press. The defendant pleaded " not guilty." Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Addison, appeared for ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BIRMINGHAM; the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Price —A frightful event took place in this town on Monday for the defendant. a young man named Taylor, a shoemaker, residing It appeared, from the opening statement of counsel, with his widowed mother in Sherlock-street, after at- that the plaintiff is a highly respectable attorney at tempting to take the life of a young woman named Knaresborough, holding various public appointments, Walton, cut his own throat, an d almost immediately and the defendant is a farmer, living at Hay Park, near expired. Mrs. Taylor and her son were weekly tenants Knaresborough. For some time the plaintiff had acted as of Mr. Walton, a respectable tradesman, carrying on the professional adviser of the defendant's late father, and business in Moor-street, and it was the custom of Miss had since beenconcerned, professionally, for other branches Walton, by the direction of her father, to collect this of the defendant's family. Some disagreement had, how and other rents every Monday. The Taylors were ever, arisen between the defendant and the plaintiff, and highly creditable people, and met their weekly payments in consequence the defendant had gone to the plaintiff's regularly ; nor does th ere appear to have b een the least offices for the purpose of annoyance and insult. This dis cause of disagreement betwee n th e p ar ti e s. Between agreement had arisen in consequence of some proceedings 10 and 11 o clock on Monday morning Miss Walton rendered necessaryunder the will of the defendant's father, called at the house, a n d, as usual, Mr. T ay l or discharged and the defendant had applied epithets to the plaintiff, the rent. The son was pacin g backwards and forwards in October last, sh ow i ng a strong feeling in his mind in the room, and Mi ss W a lt on, w h o was seated on a against the plaintiff. Two or three weeks after that a chair, knowing that for some tim e he had been labouring circumstance occu rre d w hi c h had given rise to the pre under occasional if not continuous indisposition asked sent action. Early in November, at a fair which is held if he was any better ! This inquiry was no sooner made at Knaresborough, the defendant had hired a black man, than Taylor, :firmed with a razor which had hitherto i who played mountebank tricks at fairs—swallowing hot been concealed, darted upon her, seized her round the , pokers, and performing other feats—and had gone with neck, and drew the razor across her throat and face, him to the plaintiff's house, where they had forced them- Mrs. Taylor, the mother, ran to the a ss ist ance of selves into the plaintiff's kitchen. The black man then Miss Walton, but not before that young lady had jumped upon the chimneypieee, and, pretending to be received severe wounds on the face, arms, and body the Devil, had performed various feats of mountebankism, was she able to rescue her from the murderous attack to the great terror of the plaintiff's maidservants. A Mr. of her son. A large gash, no doubt intended for the Vickerman, the constabl e of Knaresborough was sent fo r , throat, extended across the lower part of the face, and and the black man was given into custody, the defendant so fierce and determined had been the attack that Taylor offering to bail him. For this outrage the black man had succeeded in cutting through the stays, and indicted had been sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment as a va several severe wounds on the body. B e f ore M rs . Taylor, grant. An account of this proceeding was published in a who, in her attempts to rescue Miss Walton, was herself local newspaper called Burniston's Northern Luminary, severely cut about the arms and wrist, could wrest the and appended to it was some doggrel verse, which th e razor from the hands of her son, he inflicted a long and defendant had offered 51. to the editor of the paper to deep wound upon his own throat, which caused his publish. Before the publication the defendant had read death in a fe w minutes. The assistance of the neigh- the verses to a select audience at a public-house. He bours was obtained, and the surgeons gave it as their did not seek for vindictive damages, and would now opinion that Miss Walton's recovery is far from hopeless. accept such a verdict as would simply carry coats, if the Taylor was a steady, industrious young man, but all who defendant would make an apology for his conduct. knew him agree that his mind for some time past had The case had not proceeded very far, when been considerably impaired. ' Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, for the defendant, agreed to a TELLERS. Moore, R. Bowyer, G. be discharged, and, of course, if that motion were car-1 . ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.' ' ried they ve - cidd 'have ' neither - gill nor iriquiry. Now, , --=-=----e—_.__. therefore, he th oug ht, b e f ore any un O ersta ., d i ng was come to with r egar d to d e l ay i ng t he f urt h er stage- of HOME CIRCUIT—LEWE S , M ARCH 13 . the bill, should the house sanction its introduction, that (Before Mr. Baron Parke.) that motion of the hon. member for Drogheda ought to Emery Spriggs, 50, a respectable-looking man, was in be withdrawn. dicted for the wilful murder of Rebecca Spriggs. The house then divided— Mr. Johnson appeared on behalf of the Crown ; the For the introduction of the bill Against The bill was accordi n gly b roug ht i n , an d su b sequent l y case, and observed th a t th ere would not be the slightest read a first time. doubt that the death ar ose f rom t h e act of the prisoner ; GREENWICH HOSPITAL. the only question wo u ld b e, w h ether he was guilty of the more serious crime of wilful murder, or whether the Mr. HUME, in moving for a return of the accounts facts of the case would warrant the jury in coming to a of the Government es t a bli s h men t o f th e R oya l H ospital more merciful conclusion , that the offence ,mounted for Seamen at Greenwich, in the year 1853, stating the only to the crime of manslaughter. several officers in the military department and in the The following evidence was then adduced : the civil branch ; the number of pensioners, and estab- Martha Pole said—l am a widow, and reside at lishinent ; the number of superannuated officers, and the Westbourne , in this c oun t y . Th e prisoner kept the total expense in the year • and, of the monies expended Cricketers' Arms Inn at th a t p l ace. On the 6th of upon repairing and extending farm houses, etc., in that J anuary, T welfth Night, there was an entertain year, exhibiting tie same ki n d o f accoun t in etail for went and ball at his house. About five o'clock 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 495, on the following morning the prisoner came to my of session 1850), said that his object was to effect a house and aroused me. I went to the window, and better and more economical management of the the prisoner said, " Get up, will you ? there is a dead public property. According to a return which he woman at my house." I said to him, " Oh, Spriggs, moved for in 1840, the gross income of the estates don't say that !" And he replied, " Yes, there is, for I belonging to Greenwich Hospital in the previous year have been and shot my wife." I got up immediately was 40,6461. Of this amount 28,8001. was received and accompanied the prisoner to his house, and upon from land and houses. The expenses were 5,404/., being going into the passage, I saw the deceased lying upon 23 per cent. The expenditure on account of the revenue the ground with her head on the door-sill of the tap from the Woods was 551 per cent., and of the lead mines room and quite dead. I said to the prisoner, "Oh, 111 per cent. There was also an expense of 1,8901. for Spriggs, wiat have you done ?" And he said that a an establishment to manage the estates. The net rental few words had passed between him and his wife, and was 33,0001. In 1849, nine years after, he obtained the deed was done momentarily. The prisoner then another return, from which it appeared that the amount told me to go and get some assistance, and he said he of charge was nearly the same, being 221 per cent, for would stay with the body ; and, looking down at the the lands, 531 per cent. for the Woods, and 121 per cent. corpse, he exclaimed, " Oh, Becky, I am not afraid to for the lead mines, that was to say 241 per cent. on the stop with you. I loves you now, and I always loved gross produce. A sum of 11,0001. had to be deducted you." I then went out to get the assistance of some from the gross produce of the property. It seemed neighbours, and I returned with Mrs. Hedger, and her strange that, whilst all private property had increased in daughter, and I found th e pr i soner standing by the value during the interval tie publi c property h a d re- side of the body. I and Mrs. Hedger and her daughter mained stationary. He thought the time was come when then carried the deceased into the parlour, and I ob they ought to consider if this property could not be better served a wound on the right side of her head, just managed, and the expenses reduced. above the temple. There was a great deal of bl oo d The return was then order e d. upon the floor, and also upon the walls of the passage. ... WRECKS. The prisoner was not sob( td his conduct Was like that of a man wild. Cross-examined—The deceased had all her day clothes on, and was not at all undressed. Anne Hedger said—ln consequence of what the last witness told me I went with my daughter to the pri soner's house, and saw the body of the deceased lying in the passage in the state she has described. When the prisoner saw me, he put me a chair to sit down upon, and sat on another by my side, and he said, "Oh, Mrs. Hedger, no tongue can tell my trouble r He afterwards told us to take up his dear wife, and do our duty by her. We lifted the deceased from the floor, and carried her into the parlour, and the prisoner held a candle to light us. When we had laid the body down the prisoner said " Where is my gun I—l don't know what I have done with it ;" and I and my daughter searched, and found a gun in the prisoner's bar. The prisoner then wished a man named Goddard to be sent for, and my daughter went for him, and while she was gone I examined the place and observed a quantity of blood, and also a por tion of brain upon the door-post, and I wiped them off. Thomas Goddard said—l have known the prisoner and his wife for several years, but I do not know how long they had been married. The prisoner had a gun which he used for the purpose of shooting wild fowl, and it was generall3 kept loaded in the bar. On the night of the party at his house I acted as waiter, and I went there at half-' ' --pas. o'clock in the evening, and remained there until about half-past 4on the following morning. I saw the priscner and his wife from time to time during the evening, and when I left they were neither of them sober. About 11 o'clock they had some disagreement, and this occurred a second time shortly afterwards ; but when I vent away they seemed to be on friendly terms, and the prisoner was in the tap-room and the deceased in the ha-. Shortly after I got home, somebody came for me, and I went back to the prisoner's, and found him sitting it a chair by the fire. When he saw me he said, " Oh, Tim, I am glad you are come. I have had a bit of a fray with my wife, and she rushed at me with both her hands, but I gained the victory. I shot her withthe right-hand barrel." The double-barrelled gun now proiuced was afterwards given to me by the wit ness Eliabeth Hedger, and I found that the cap upon the right-hand nipple had been exploded, and the one upon tin other was whole. At the stage of the case the witness fainted, and he was remived from the court for a short period. When the examination was resumed, in answer to further mestions, he said the deceased was more intoxi cated thin the prisoner, and witness saw her fall down several tines during the evening. Cross-ccamined—He had known the prisoner and the deceasedfor 20 years. Formerly they lived very happily together, but of late the deceased had become addicted to drinking, and this had caused differences between them. The prisoier suffered a good deal from gout. During the evening he had requested him particularly to keep his wife from getting at the spirits, but she had done so without his knowledge. The hands of the deceased were very dirty, and her nose appeared to be cut, as though she bad been falling about. They were very good friends when he left them. The prisoner was suf fering fron gout at the time this occurrence took place, and he had his gouty slippers on. Eliza Hedger, the daughter of the former witness, said the prisoner repeatedly ex c l a i me d, "M y poor wife is dead 1" and seemed quite deranged and beside him gelf. Charles Hammond deposed, that he received the gun from Goddard, and that he found the left barrel was loaded. He drew the shot from that barrel, but was unable to get out the powder, and he therefore discharged it. There was a broken cap upon the right-hand nipple. William Neelance deposed that he was the superin tending constable of the Chichester district; and that he took the prisoner into custody on the day the affair hap pened. As they were going away from the magistrates' ofice the prisoner said to him, " Me and my w if e h a d a scuffle. I had th e gun in mhand, and it went off and shpt her, and lam sorry for it." I afterwards bad the gun given to me, and I ascertained that both the barrels had been discharged. Hr. W. Baxter, a surgeon, residing at Westbourne, said that upon deceased's examination he - found the skull at the back part of the head had been driven in, and it appeared as though the shot had passsed completely thilugh the head and the brain, passing out behind. Cross -examined—When he first saw the prisoner he was sitting by the fire and appeared to be labouring under subdued delirium. He was the worse for liquor, but did not appear to be drunk. The prisoner suffered occasionally from gout, and he had no doubt that this disarder was about him at the time. Gout was goner all7 accompanied by excessive irritability of temper, and any one suffering from gout was very easily irritated. When this malady was in the system and did not " come out kindly," as it was termed by gouty people, it fre quently occasioned temporary delirium. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Creasy then addressed the jury for the defence. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to be transported for life. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—John, Jones and Thomas Amos were charged with having feloniously broken and en tered the counting house of Messrs. Marshall and Co., in Savage-gardens, corn merchants, and with having stolen therein two Si. notes, two crown pieces, and other monies, and 43 cigars. James Scarborough (541) said—About 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, as I was passing down Savage-gardens, I saw marks on the crane at No. 2 (Messrs. Marshall and Co.'s), as if some one had gone up, and I observed that a square of glass had been broken in a first-floor window over the crane. I called for the assistance of another officer, who went for the serjeant, and when he was gone I heard a great smash of glass, apparently at the back of the house. I saw a man going along the parapet of the house, sprang my rattle, and alarmed the neighbourhood. The serjeant and I then went through the house of Mr. Smith, at No. 5, and on the roof of the house, No. 1, Muscovy-court, I found the two prisoners standing in the gutter, and took them into custody. Amos was bleeding very much. William Gale (520) stated that he assisted Scar borough in apprehending the prisoners, The man who was on the parapet of the house looked over the wall, and upon being called to ran away on the tops of the houses, and directly afterwards witness heard a crash of glass, as if some one had fallen through a skylight. He then found the prisoners in the custody of Scarborough and the sergeant. Inspector Fosbery stated that upon examining the offices of prosecutors he found a number of papers scattered about, and several drawers and two iron safes open. He also found the cash-box broken open, and a pair of large scissors, which had marks on them, and bad been apparently used to break open the cash-box. In the box were some sovereigns and other money. The window of the room was broken in, and in the back room adjoining, the window was open, and just outside that window was a glass roof over the warehouse of Mr. Curtis, who has the lower part of the house. There was a large portion of that roof broken in six or seven feet square. On the outside by the roof there was a waterspout which had marks upon it as if had been climbed up, and which led to the roofs of other houses. The lower doors were all fastened and safe, and the door of the counting-house was also safe. Evidence was brought forward to prove that on Satur day night the doors, and windo ws , an d d es k s, and cash box, &c., had b een left in a state of perfect security. Jones said he had nothing to state to the magistrate upon the subject. Amos said that he and Jones and another man had been drinking the night before, and that Jones and he went roaming about and looking about for some place to lie down in, and at last they got upon the skylight, and tumbled through the skylight, without knowing anything ' at all about th e ma t ter. The prisoners were committed for trial. Joseph Harris, a ship's carpenter, was convicted in the penalty of Si. the utmost fine under the circumstances) for having wilfully smashed with his fist a large pane of glass value 71. 10s. in the house of a licensed victualler. GUILDHALL.— James Tucker, the young man who was remanded from Wednesday last upon the charge of shooting at Mr. Umpleby, his late master, with intent to kill him, was again brought up for further examina tion. Thomas Pryor, a cab driver, said--I drove the pri soner on Tuesday last from the cab rank opposite the Eastern Counties Railway to the Smithfield police sta tion. The officer who had the prisoner in custody was the only other person who rode in the cab with him. In the morning, while searching my cah, I found under the seat this Spanish clasp knife, two pairs of bullet moulds, and a tin canister containing some bullets and pistol nipples. Richard Davis, of 2, Henrietta-street, Manchester square, said--I am a locksmith. On Tuesday last I sold the pistol produced to the prisoner. He asked me if I had any more pistols and some bullets, and on my replying in the negative he said he wanted them because he thought of going to Australia. The pistol has had a nipple put on it 'since I sold it. John Stevens said—l am a gun-maker, carrying on business at No. 11, Hackney -road-crescent. I know the prisoner. He brought this pistol to be repaired on Tuesday afternoon last. It had a new percussion nipple put to it, and when he came again for it he bought a pair of bullet-moulds marked No. 54. The other pair produced I know nothing of. The bullet produced by Inspector Teague fits the pair of moulds No. 54. When I returned the pistol to the prisoner, there was a bullet lying about, and as I was removing it the prisoner said, "You need not put that away just give me a load." I accordingly loaded the pistol with powder and ball, and having put a percussion cap on it, I delivered it in that state to the prisoner, and he then went away. Inspector Teague said the bullet spoken of by the last witness, as fitting'No. 54 moulds, is the same that was discharged from the pistol by the prisoner while in the police-station. Evidence was then given with reference to the embez zlement of several sums of money. After which, a previous convictio* was proved against the prisoner, by which it appeared that he was imprisoned for eight months for embezzlement, and on his being released from prison, Mr. Umpleby, knowing that fact, took him into his service at a salary of 30s. per week, with the view of giving ism an opportunity of reforming and retrieving his lost character. The depositions being completed, they were then read over to the prisoner, who, in answer to the charge of attempting to murder his master, said, "It was quite an accident, and not at all a premeditated thing. In taking the pistol from my pocket to lay it down on the bench it went off quite unawares. I never told the in spector that I means to shoot Mr. Umpleby. What I said was that I did net mean it for the inspector, neither did I intend it for Mr. Umpleby." The prisoner was then fully committed for trial upon all the charges. George Pike was fined 305., and Michael Millis 405., for treating a horse with cruelty of a most revolting character. W ORSHIP -STREET.—Maurice Grsenburgk, a well dressed German, was charged with having obtained various sums of money by false and fraudulent represen tations. Harriet Green, the wife of a compositor residing in King's-head-place, Hoxton, stated that about six weeks since the prisoner called at her house and handed her a printed card, bearing the inscription " Greenburgh and Walford, medical botanists, 175, Southwark- bridge road," at the same time apprising her that he had effected numerous remarkable cures in cases of deafness and other organic diseases. The daughter of witness happened at the time to be labouring under a total de privation of speech, occasioned by a severe cold ; and on describing her conchtion to the prisoner, he confidently assured her that he had some medicine with him that would have the effect of restoring her voice, and accom plishing her perfect recovery. The prisoner then pro• duced a small bottle containing a dark coloured fluid, which he directed her to administer to her daughter, in doses of 5 drops at a time, and for which he said his charge was only 10s. the half of which he accepted on account, and promised to call again in the course of the week to ascertain how the health of the girl was progressing under his treatment. The prisoner however failed to keep his appointment, and after applying the drops according to his instructions, without producing the slightest beneficial effect, she forwarded a communica tion to the prisoner at the address he had given, but her letter was returned through the Post-office, with an in timation that no such person resided there, and she saw no more of him until that morning, when she acciden tally met him in the street, and gave him into custody. A second charge was preferred against the prisoner by a married woman named Elizabeth Blake, living at Windsor-place, Hoxton, who stated that he had visited her house under similar circumstances about two months before Christmas last, on which occasion he undertook qo restore the hearing of her sister, who was afflicted with deafness, by means of the two bottles of the drops, for which she paid him ss. 6d. About a fortnight after wards the prisoner called again, and on learning that his medicine had been wholly without effect, he strenuously urged to persevere in the application, and wished her to purchase another bottle, but she refused to do so, and he then left the house. The prisoner made no observations in answer to tile charge, and The magistrate ordered him to enter into recogni sances for his appearance on that day week for further exam ination. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John M'Donell, draper, Baillieitan, Lanarkshire, Ceorge Buchanan, dealer in shares, Glasgow. Robert Cochran, manufacturer, Port-Glasgow. Dunstan and Steven, merchants, Glasgow. DIVIDENDS. April 4. J. Richardson, J. S. Wi c k s , an d H. S mith, Upper Queen's-buildings, Brompton, upholsterers—April 4. E. Cox, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, plane manufacturer—April 4. J. Belbin, Beaumont-street, St. Marylebone, coach builder—April 6. J. Read, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, licensed victualler—April 5. H. Martyn, Aldgate-street, City, woollen-draper—April 5. W. Legh, New Windsor, Berkshire, wine merchant—April 13. A. Crosfield, Ty Mawr, Glamorganshire, coal miner, and Newport, Monmouthshire, common brewer—April 13. T. N. Ashman, Yeovil, Somersetshire, currier. CERTIFICATES. April 5. J. Raynes, Nottingham, laceman—April 4. J. Tilbury, jun., Gloucester-place, New-road, coachmaker— April 4. W. Powditch, Exeter, grocer—April 5. T. C. Bird, Lee, Kent, baker—April 6. J. Watson, Liverpool, broker—April 6. J. S Riley, Liverpool, commission mer. chant—April 6. G. Warhurst, Leigh, Lancashire, iron, monger. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. H. Edge and W. Crosby, Salford, Lancashire, sur jun., W arrington, Lan geons—j, Hatton and W. Stott • w • cashire, glass manufacturers — J.. Perkin and G. Hulme, Heaton, Staffordshire, silk throwsters R. Smith, W. J. and H. Wright, Redcross-street, City, tobacco pntst Wright,'' so far as regards R. Stnith—R, T. Joyes and J. p ' s , Dorking, tkailors—JG. Stewart and W. J. Pitt, Bir mingham, gun ma ers— J. R. Lynch and J. Butterworth, Cheethaln-hill , near Manchester, chemists Elizabeth W. J. Howorth, arid J. S. Howorth, Rawstrom, Li s b on , Portugal, merchants, so far as regards Eliza beth atle Raws Car trom Yor—shine Inghairi and J ose ph I ng h am, By , re, flock dealers —S. Eyre, J. Thorpe, and rani Davenport Derby, silk throwsters .B. Walt .Gosling, ' Selwood-terrace, Bromp ton, auctioneers—W. Musgrave, W. Selby, and J. Wood, Leeds, flax spinners —R. Burn and A. H. Burn, Epsom, Surrey, ironnaougers —T. Beardmore, T. Birks, an d E , m; Blood, Longton, .taffordshire, manufacturers of earthen ware, so far regards T. Beardmore—F. Turner T. Shailer, B. Gould, and T. Davis, Tividale, Staffordshire, butty colliers —A Dye and J. Taylor, East Dereham, Norfolk, pluinbers—W. Kershaw, R. Kershaw, and T. Kershaw, Staleybridge, Lancashire, plumbers, so far as regards W. Bershavv—G. Pilkington and T. 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" Twenty-fiveyears nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for whi c h m y servan t h a d consulted the advice of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time. I shall he happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid lington Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left a rm , an d general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, has been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." - Copies of testi monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart de Decies, Major-General Th comas King, Drs. Tire, Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. • 121 b., 225.: super-refined, 51b., 22 5. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du Barry and Co , 77, R e gent-street, Lon aon ; a l so, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly. ' [ADV ERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pill s ahfwaysrl,health, hiaetdriil certaindruggists, uhhae ,pFgrpdaeg e rtetso m ei dti etrnsews, completelylls eee i oaelv e vfv nrseieecirdrl every other leaeei r oa. at i ntlr o ehspedell liniments, d lrrt oottSwfthraivaseedeoe wounds afflicted ysaow a tHu n ,i huvtn d orlmo U ioueicntaa l tw o e yintalinbydet r s lehdo,esnf . . nr — s:;Eo_fims ra C ttseeoist o l;seardo p ieboblc y ddpiniui ins o mtibhmel f yss.e7y, a , letter from Mr. John Johnson, of Tregaron, Wales, i dated December 19, 1853 :—" To Professor Holloway. legs and arms, which gradually broke out into ulcerous wounds, and disabled me from following any of the ment, 244, Strand, London. verdict for the plaintiff, with is. damages, and costs. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. The whole matter, he said, was a silly practical joke, ie. and unworthy of being brought seriously before the MARCH Court. The d e f en d an t was not sober at the ti me , w hi c h LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, will 10. was the best e x cuse h e cou ld make for him. Notice is hereby g i ven , th l t h er Aljeity hol,l a His Lordship s a id, th e d e f en d ant ' s conduct at the Levee, at St. Jam e s' s P a l ace , on W e d nesday, the 22d inst., plaintiff's house w as ou t rageous an d wholly unjustifiable at two o'clock., LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 10. I and his counsel had taken the wisest course for him. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Verdict for the plaintiff accordingly. Drawing Room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the - 30th • _ inst., at two o'clock. WHITEHALL, MARCH 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Christison, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the shire or sheriffdom of Ayr, in the room of Archibald Bell, Esq., resigned. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 13. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a minute of the Gibraltar Board of Health, imposing an eight days' quarantine on all vessels arriving there from England. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 14. MARINE DEPARTMENT. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Elsinore, trans mitting notices issued by the Matine Board of Copenhagen (translations of which are subjoined), relative to the light ships in the Cattegat. (Copy.— Translation.) NOTICE TO MARINERS. The Light-ship in the Drogden (Dragoe) took up her sta tion and showed her light on the evening of Thursday the 28th February.—Marine Board, Admiralty-office, the Ist of March, 1854. (Copy.—Translation.) NOTICE TO MARINERS. The Light-ship in the Lessoe Channel was moored at her station, and showed her light on the evening of the Ist March. The Light-ships on the Copperground and the Anholt, or Knobben Reef, on the 2d March. And the Lessoe Trindel, the 4th March.—Admiralty Department, Marine Board, the 6th March. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 14. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant George Harrison Ann Forbes to be Second Captain, vice Robert son, retired on half-pay, March 7 ; Second Lieutenant Charles Gray Johnson to be First Lieutenant, vice Forbes, March 7; First Lieutenant Charles Hunter to be Second Captain, vice Lambert, resigned ; Second Lieutenant Henry Cardew to be First Lieutenant, vice Hunter, March 12. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— William Verrall, junior, Gent., to be Ensign, March 3. Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Henry Lloyd Nicholson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the High Court of Chancery : William Wyke Smith, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury. Frederick Paley Chappell, Golden-square. John Philpot, Montague-street, Russell-square. Charles Ford, Bloomsbury-square. Robert Henry Baines, Veralam buildings, Gray's-inn. David Williams Wire, St. Swithin's-lane. George Sandford Corser, Shrewsbury. Thomas Mortimer, Albany -court-yard, Piccadilly. John Charles Williams, Whitehall. John Curtis, Haberdashers'-hall, Gresham -street West. Charles Gwillim Jones, Gray's inn-square. John Howard Williams, Bedford-row, Holborn, William Houghton, Vernlam-buildings, Gray's-inn. John Ward, New Elvet, Durham. William Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. Edward Hobart Barlee, Bungay, Suffolkshire. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Goble, miller, Shoreham, Sussex, to surrender, March 2?, at two, and April 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Edmunds, South-square, Gray's-inn. Max Gugenheimer, importer of foreign goods, Alder manbury, March 21, a t h a lf- past one, and April 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury ; Hodgson, Bir mingham. William Henry Cooper, upholsterer, Great James-street, Bedford-row, Middlesex, Marsh 24, at two, and April 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Parker, Rooke, and Co., Bedford-row; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Alderinanbury. Thomas Long, horse-dealer, Southwark, March 18, at two, and M at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Alfred Ford, surgeon, Lowndes-street, March 22 at two, and April 26 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; George and Compton Smith, South ampton-buildings. William Houghton, licensed victualler, Kennington-oval, March 23, at halt-past twelve, and April 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside. Henry Meadows, druggist, Wellingbor oug h , Northamp tonshire, M arc h 24 and April 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook -court; Roscoe, King-street, Finsbury; Cook, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. J. Forrest, East-lane, Bermondsey, builder—G. Frost, jun., Hornsey-road, I s li ng t on , carman—W. B. Wild, Dal by-terrace, City-road, commission agent—T. Whitehurst, Coulson-street, Chelsea, traveller to an ale brewer—W. L. Hurry, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, plumber —J. Wilkins, New Compton-street, Soho, boot and sh oe ma k er —C. Sloper, G rea t Castle-street, Regent-street, carver— T. H. Edwards, Garden-row, C am b erwe ll -coed, van pro prietor—J. 'arman, Paterson-street, Stepney, green grocer—T. Alley, jun., Deptford, dealer in china--J. Vaughan, Grange-read, Bermondsey, assistant to a leather dresser—G. Baylis, Little Queen-street, Westminster, tailor—J. H. Flack, Bethnal-green-road, oilman—j. Har ris, the Parsonage, Mile-end New-town, afternoon lecturer of St. Ann, Limehouse—R. Taylor, Uxbridge, butcher— W. H. Saville, Nettleton-court, Aldersgate-street, hosiers' shi r t d resser —R . C. Spooner, East-street, Walworth, oilman—W. Thomas, Margaret-street, Com mercial-road, East, journeyman engineer C Hun tingdon, Bond-street, Pentonville, livery.stable keeper—W. G. Rea, Wyndham-place, Bryanstone-square, wine merchant—R. Wardell, Vauxhall-gardens, Lambeth —Ann Williams, Pall-mall, lady's maid —B. Daniell; Hope cottage, Kentish-town—H. J. Story, Montpellier -square, Brompton—J. E. Gibson, Panton-square, Haymarket—J. Risdon, John-street, Portland-town, journeyman coach builder—G. Berry, Bridge road, Battersea, baker—J. Brinkworth, Albert-terrace, Paddington, auctioneer's clerk —L. Hales, Saxony -cottages, Hackney— W. Whitelaw, Lower James-street, Golden-square, cutter to a tailor—C. Pritchard, East-place, Lambeth, plumber—j. W. Walsh, Westbury-road, Harrow-road, attorney—J. Smith, Brun ton-place, Commercial-r oa d E as t , d ruggist—R. Elliot, Argyle-place, Regent-street, commission agent for betting on horse races —G. T. Simpson, Coburg-place, Rotherhithe, surgeon—S. Clark. Oval-cottages, Hackney-road, grocer— H Narks, Gee-street, Somers-town, milkman—S. Couch man, the Oval, Hackney-road, cheesemonger. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. • Thomas Pratt Wills, Portsea, tailor-2d div. of 3d., March 15, and two subsequent Wedne-days, at Lee's. Moorgate-street. Robert Brennand, Addle-street, Wood-street, warehouse man—lst div. of 9(1., March 15, and two subsequent Wed nesdays, at Leo's, Moorgate-street. George_ Hart and Thomas Hart, Union-street, South wark, trimming manufacturers —lst div. of 14d., any Wed nesday, at Whitmore s, Basinghall-street. Thomas Avison, Leeds, stone merchant-Ist div. of 55., any day, at Young's, Leeds. Fenton, Murray, and Jackson, Leeds, engineers -2d div. of 45., any day, at Young's, Leeds. J. W. Ackroyd, Bradford, worsted spinner -2d div. of 2d., any day, at You ng ' s , L ee d s. tephen Crutz, Liverpool, slater-Ist diz. of 7s. 10d., March 16, and any subsequent Thursday, at Cazenove's, Liverpool. William Cross, Chester, lead merchant—Div. of ls. 5d., on new proofs, March 16, and any subsequent Thursday, at Cazenove's, Liverpool. John Gray, Chester, iromfounder-Ist div. of 205., March 16, and any subsequent Thursday, at Cazenove's, Liver pool. SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 14. ENTERED INWARDS. -The Lioune, from Gravelines ; Flurel, do. ; Thea, do. • Helene, New O r l eans ; H o ff man, Aalborg; Marie Amelie, Seville; Favourite, Havre; Speedwell, Seville ; Speed, Demerara ; Vier Gebroeders, Lisbon; Vasco de Game, Galatz ; Albatross, Dunkirk; John Edward, Calcutta; Ariadne, Marseilles; William and Charles, Genoa ; Mead, Cadiz ; Allegro, St. Michael's; Ernest Arthur, Charente; Pembrokeshire Lass, Mar seilles ; Ebenezer, Antwerp ; Olive, Selgroate and Ghent ; Patrie, Alexandria; Princess Alice, Demerara, London, Singapore ; Blundell, Rotterdam ; Industrie, Emden. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Virginia, for Boston ; Alice Maud, Hobart Town ; Feronia, Santa Cruz, &c. ; Harmonie, Konigsberg ; Isabella, Naples ; Prince of Wales, Launceston ; Petrus Hoerius, Amster dam ; Admiral Zortman, Sydney ; Cordelia, Port Philip. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.- The Joseph Weir, for the Mauritius ; Era, St. Kitt's and Nevis ; Eliza Thornton, Singapore. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 14. The David G. Fleming, from St. John's, N. 8., in at tempting to enter the Brunswick Dock this morning, got jammed at the entrance, but by the aid of two steam-tugs was got clear, and is now on the Devil's-bank. The Emu (s s) was spoken March 6, 3.30 p.m., 30 miles E. of Cape St. Vincent. The Arno (a a) was spoken March 5, 7 p.m. off Cape St. Vincent. The Sunderland was spoken in lat. 49 N., long. 8 W. The Pantheon, on shore at Holyhead, went to pieces during last night's gale. The Crisis, which sailed hence for Bombay on the 12th inst., has put back. ST. JUST, March 12.—A board from the stern of a ves sel, with Bruquelain on it in letters cut out and gilt, which has not apparently been more than a week in the water, has been washed ashore here to-day ; there are also several pieces of American lathwood floating about. SKAGEN, March 4.—The Idun, of and from Christian sund, with a cargo of timber for Aarhuus, got aground on the N.E. side of the Scaw Reef, this morning ; crew saved. Vessel expected to be got off, should the weather prove favourable. DRONTHEIM, Feb. 26.—The brig Burgemeister, of Chris tiansund, was driven on shore during a heavy gale at N.W. yesterday, and will probably become a wreck. PARIS, March 14.—A pipe of palm oil, marked " H.M.," which has been apparently from 15 to 20 days in the water, was picked up Feb. 27, twenty-five miles west of Penmar, by the Orzonnois, arrived at Rouen. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Charles Barton, Jan. 9, off Cape Good Hope. The Panala, for Liverpool, Feb. 23d, lat. 11 S., long. 34 W. The W.S. Lindsay, from Canton, Feb. 2, lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. The Francois Theodore, Feb. 17th, lat. 16 N., long. 34 W. The Montgomery, March 7, lat. 50 N., long. 13 W. The Fernandes, March 9, o ff W a t er f or d . The Arno (s.s.), March 5, off Cape St. Vincent. The screw steamer, with painted ports, March 6, long. 40 E. of Cape St. Vincent. The Emu (s.s.), same day, 30 miles E. of Cape St. Vin cent. The Sunderland (barque), lat. 49 N., long. 8 W, The Margaret Elizabeth, from London to Cape of Good Hope. Jan. 2, lat. 4 N.. long. 20 W. The Royal (ship), from Clyde to Melbourne, Jan. 14, lat. 22 N., long. 5 W. The Cornelius W. Edward, from Hal tiepool to China, 11th, lat. 4 S., long. 28 W. The Mary Stoddart, from Clyde to Port Philip, 19th, lat. 19 S., long. 33 W. The Ellen, from the Cape de Verds to Santos, 26th, lat. 22 S , long. 39 W. The Aglae, from Hartlepool to Suez, March 4, 27 miles north of Cape La Hogue. The Thordenski o ld, from M e lb ourne t o F aaborg, Jan. 22, lat. 3 N., f ong . 21 W. The Montpelier, or Mountaineer, bound west, Feb. 22 off Fire Island A ship, standing S.W., showing 2d distinguishing pen dant, No. 68, red flag, with white cross, and five o f Mar ryat's Code, Jan. 6, l a t. 6 N ., long. 113 W. The Levi E. Law, from St. John's, N. 8., with loss of three topmasts, Feb. 2, lat. 50 N., long. 13 W. The Tynemouth Castle, from Plymouth to Adelaide Feb. 20, lit I.i N., long. 27 W . , The Anna Jane, bearing S.S.E., March 7, lat. 46 N., long. 17. The Ecclesburg (English barque) for California, Dec. 31, lat. 33 S. The Coringa, from Liverpool to Sydney, Jan. 17, lat. 13 S. An English ship, 2d distinguishing pendant, 4,793 (Sea King), from Callao to Baltimore, 18th, lat. 11 S. The John Banks, to Melbourne March 1, lat 45 N. A brig, 2d distinguishing pendant, 7,641, sth, lat. 47. COUNTRY MARKETS. 8 8 Wheat, Engli Ear, red 71 to 80 Ditto white Bu to 84 Dantzie and lK.onigs berg ........ Pomeranian ar i d Ham burgh Danish, Hoist, 3 in, and Friesland. Russian and Odessa 63 to 72 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Frieslanid Ditto Russian Barley, maltintg Ditto grinding • 36 to 38 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white a ad yel 54 to 60 Tares, English oos to )Os Ditto foreign Guano 4/ 10s 81 to 121 Os Bones l26s Od to Os Od Rye Meal COUR E3E OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam.... •••• • . 11 13M Gibraltar ............ RDitto, three n Aoaths 11 15 Leghorn ...... •••• • • :30 65 Aotterdam ••• .. ••• • . 11 15% Genoa ........ • • • • •• .. `i . s 55 Brntwerp ..... ..••••••• 25 15 Milan .........• ••• • • • Baussels ..... .••• • • . 25 15 Venice .........• ••• • • • Altomburgh ......... —.. 13 31( Naples ..—....•. • • •• • • 42 na .... ....... •• .• Palermo ...... ••••• • • • I_2 Paris ........ .••••• • • .. 24 97% Messina •• • . MDitto, three • 'months .• 25 27% Lisbon .........• ••• • • • 63 % Bourdarseilles .• •• ...• •• • ... 25 30 Oporto ••••••••• • • . • • •• 53N eaux .• . . .• .• • . Rio Janeiro .......• •• • • BFrankl'ort-on.• Maine .... 118 Buenos Ayres... ••• • • Vierlin ..... ....... •• • • New York, 60 days sight enna .... •• ••• • • • ..... 13 16 IPhiladelphia ........ • • Trieste ..... ••••..• • . . •• 13 12 i num OF BULLION, PER oz. Petersburgh •••••••• •• 35 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid •...••••• • • • • • •• 50 (Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 , 0 o Cadiz •••• . ........... 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 15 0% Barcelona.. :•. .. .... I New Dollars ...... 040 4 Seville .. •••.•.• • •• • • • • Silver in bars .•• • .. 0 .6 17' NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC,. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, ' WAR M — Information having been received from the Prussian Post-office that unpaid letters for E gypt cannot be forwarded in the Prussian closed t nails via Belgium, except those addressed to the pa cket Port of Alexandria, the postage upon letters directe, d to any place in the interior of Egypt, and intended to be sent via Belgium and Prussia, must in future be paid in advance, or the correspondence cannot be forwarded to its destination. BIRTHS. OF A SON. At Robert Low Zante, ry, on 47th Regimen the 4th inst., t Emily, th e w i fe of Captaik On the 12th i ns t., at her residence, C oombe -wood, Aire. R. Campbell. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at 0 an, Yorkshire, the wife of thie Hon. J. C. Dundas. - On the 13th inst., at Acacia-road, St. John's-wood, thee wife e. of the Rev. John Fi n l ey, vicar of Studley, Warwick - shir On the 11th inst. MARRIED. , at Wrington, Somerset, D. J. Whitty, Esq., M D., of Britonferry, Glamorganshire, to Hariei4 Anne, only child of T . Hamlin, Esq., of Red-hill-house, Wrington. DOn the 4th inst., at Duisburg, in Rhenish Prussia, E. T.. undas, Esq., o f M anor, N.B , to Everilds, thi r d d aug ht er Essex. the Esq., of da unt Barnard, rector of Littl e Bardfield, DIED. On the 11th in,st , at Hastings, the Rev. T. B onr dill on , an d formerly Fellow and Tutor of T r i n ity H a ll , Cambridge, aged 82for 50 years vicar of Fenstant on - cum -Hilt on, H unts, On the 13th is ist , at Windleston e , coun t y o f D ur h am, G. F. Ed en, thil rd * son of Sir William and Lady Eden, aged two years a L id a half. L )NDON: Printe of and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Stir; and, Printer, at he 'an Offi,:e, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county o Middlesex, We ki inestlay, Mairoh 15, 1854. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 14. At this day's market there was a larger attendance of the town and ccuntry trade than for some time past, and an extensive trade was done in flour, but at a decline of 3s to 4s per barrel on the week. Wheat, although offered at a reduction of 6d per 701b5., was too much above the rela tive value of flour to admit of any sales of importance. Oats and oatmeal offered with little effect at a further re duction of §d. per 451bs. and is per load. Barley and beans were 2d per 601bs. and is per qr. lower. Indian corn fully is per qr. under the prices current on this day week. IPSWICH—MA.IIOH 14. The supply of wheat was a little increased upon the late several weeks. The sellers were reluctant to subrait to any reduction in the price, but were at last obliged to give way, and a reduction of 2s per qr. took place. Barley was much shown about, and the large maltsters are sweeping up ; hence it met a dull sale, and the business done was at an abatement of is to 2s per qr. on last week's rates. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 77s to 80s Barley', grinding ... 34s to 36s Ditto (new) ........... Ditto, white (new) 82s to 86s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, maltlng ... 38s to 40s Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WRER ENDING MARCH 14, 1854. Wheat Barley Oats Beans PP 44s 9d Peas PP 458 ld HULL-MARCH 14. To-day we had a good attendance of farmers and dealers, the former haying brought a moderate quantity of wheat. Farmers were unwiring to submit to such a reduction as would enable dealers to meet inland consuming markets, and, in consekquence, the business done was at abort 2s to 3s per qr. decline upon last week's currency. Foreign wheat not m Lich pressed on the market, and that being in bad conditioi3t, it could only be sold at several shillings re duction on expected prices. A fair inquiry for barley, and Indian corn and Dari attracting attention for Ireland. Linseed is to. 23 dearer Oil and cakes in demand, Bones in fair requef rt at our quotations. S. d Peas, grey and black 50 to 52 Linseed, Black Sea... 82 to 64 Ditto Petersburgh ... 51 , to 60 Ditto Riga and Arch- angel 'Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 44 to 50 Per Ton. Lins. c.,Hull 12/ 00s Od to 0/ Os Ditto fine for. 01 Os Od 01 Os Ditto inf. for olos Ud to 0/ Os Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 Os 'Rape cakes ~,~ One to polio Annuli endow Pooio No AcU agricul • App respzc LIFE friars, others, Voyag T , Eva Msurs I_4 ( The Febra , betwei port, ( inelud , weight To ii must t above, Horne Swan- Wood- Horse, Blue dilly; Eagle, street. The to av the ch T' and IT the 18' such p savera Patt reptfc Office. of tree agent Eve: and be a tett4 bound formai Mr. J( lery Barth 1 formic. remov in eon: posed SEV includ Equip chasec of the Salver urns a SUPE and a of a brood riched and si an Int Cau three Cellar their 1 next, ThE ing fc Catali T' alter know receiv script in T) wt Phan sepal &c. proti stree ON Illus Nevu 'Uoi me are dot F. 14