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liFourtbEtettt .# 46;4,1111 SUN OFFICE, seven (). • IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHAITOELDOR took his seat on the 'woolsack at 5_ o'clock. The Bishop of LLANDAFF presented petitions from his diocese in favour of the establishment of institutions for the reformation of juvenile offenders. REFORM OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. In reply to Lord LYNDHURST, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had thought it most respectful to the house, as well as most useful, to refer the bill for the amendment and consolidation of the criminal law, to the judges for their opinion. This be had done, and he had already received the answers of most of them, but as there was some answers still want ing, he would prefer not laying any of them before the house until the whole were in his possesion, which he expected would he in a few days. THE VIENNA NOTE. Lord LYNDHURST said he understood from the ex planation of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday evening, that the Vienna Note allud!ng to Count Nesselrode'sdespatch, of the 7th September, was a French note, and had been delivered simultaneously at St. Petersburg and Constantinople ; but according to the despatch in question it would seem that it was considered by Russia as a note emenating from the Four Powers at Vienna, and that it was first sent to the Rus sian capital, and afterwards, when a reply to it was re ceived to the Ottoman government. He now wished to know which of these accounts was correct ? The Earl of CLARENDON said the best reply he cou ld give to the question was to repeat what he said on Tuesday. The origin of the note was French. It wa s submitted for the consideration and approval of her Majesty's Government, and, though they did not think it. was likely to be successful, they did not offer any objection to its transmission to St. Peters; .burgli,• as the French Government were desirous it should go there, being, as it was called, a kind of splicing of the notes of Prince Menschikoff and Redschid Pacha. • It accordingly was despatched to St. Petersburg, but no answer was at first given—Rus sia having at that time agreed to accept the mediation of Austria, and not being then willing to agree to a pro posal from any other power. It was then sent to Vienna, and was found in conformity with the note prepared by the Austrian Government, and that Government wrote to Constantinople to in quire whether some middle term might not be found between the two notes of Russia and Turkey, with a view to the maintenance of the independence and integrity of the Ottoman empire. But at this crisis the principalities were occupied by Russia, and Austria being opposed to such a proceeding was determined not to take any further step without the assent of the other three Powers. The representatives of the Four Powers then met. One or two alterations by Austria having been approved of, the note so altered was sent simulta neously to St. Petersburgh and Constantinople, but afterwards it occurred to the English Govern ment that certain amendments would tend to make the note more sufficiently secure. They proposed them to the same conference, and they were adopted and sent by telegraph to St. Petersburgh, where they were assented to by the Russian Govern ment, and this fact was also communicated to Con- stantinople by telegraph. Lord BEAUMONT observed that there was a great discrepancy. between the present explanation and the explanatiod of the noble lord on Tuesday night. Was the French note, in its first stage, sent simultaneously to St. Petersburg and the Porte. (Hear.) The Earl of CLARENDON could not state positively that it was entirely a French transaction, but believed it was. The subject then dropped. The Earl of EGLINTON gave notice that on an early day be would call the attention of the house to the sub ject of national education in Ireland. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAiiILTON a new writ was ordered for the borough of Ludlow, in the room of Robert Clive, Esq. who, since his election, had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. STANDING ORDERS. On the motion of Mr. SOTHRRON, the following mem bers were nominated as the select committee on stand , ing orders :—Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Henley, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Greene, Sir John Yarde Buller, Sir. Robert Ferguson, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Aglionby, Captain Jones, Mr. Wrightson, and Mr. Bramston. COMMITTEE OF ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. ......S.THERIN, the following members were nominated as the Committee of Selection :—Mr. W. Patten, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Sir John Yarde Boller, Sir Robert Ferguson, and the Chairman of the committee on standing orders. PRIVATE BILLS. A large number of private bills were introduced by Mr. BROTHERTON, and rea.c.4a first time. PETITIONS. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the Grand Jury of Birmingham in favour of the establishment of Reformatory Schools: Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the medical profession of Manchester, praying that naval medical officers might be placed on the same footing as surgeons in the army. Sir GEO. TYLER presented a petition from Glam or ganshire in favour of reformatory institutions. Mr. FAGAN presentej a petition from the Shannon liaard praying for an amendment of the Irish Fishery Law. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from the General Assembly of Scotland complaining of the treatment which certain dissenting ministers met with last year in Ireland, and praying the house to take steps to prevent a recurrence of small lawless proceedings. Mr. TATTON EGERTON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Cheshire praying for the esta blishment of reformatory schools for the reclamation of juvenile offenders. NOTICES OF MOTION. Sir J. PARINGTON gave notice that on the 7th inst. he should move the appointment of a select com mittee to consider whether any, and what alterations could be made in the forms and proceedings of the house by which the despatch of public business could be more efficiently promoted. (Hear.) Mr. BRADY gave notice that on the 7th inst., he should move for leave to bring in a bill providing for the registration of duly qualified medical practitioners. Sir J. V. SHELLEY gave notice that to-morrow he would move for a return of the expenses incurred by the various commissions appointed last session, to inquire into the bribery and'other corrupt practices at the late election. Sir F. KELLY gave notice that on the 16th instant, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the mode of proceeding at elections for members of Par liament, and to prevent bribery, corruption, and intimi dation, and to diminish the expense of such elections. Mr. FOSTER gave notice that on an an early day he should move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Truck Act. Mr. DRUMMOND gave notice that on early day he should move the appointment of a committee to inquire into the management of the Crown Forests of England, with the view of ascertaining whether it would not be for the public interest that the smaller forests should be sold as being unfit for the growth of timber. Mr. FAGAN gave notice that on the 16th instant he should submit a motion to the house having for its object the abolition of Ministers' Money in Ireland. Mr. Serjeant SHEE gave notice that on an early day be should move for leave to bring in a bill to provide compensation for improvements made by tenants in Ireland. THE THAMES TUNNEL. Mr. A. PELLATT wished to ask the Commissioner of Works whether her Majesty's Ministers contemplate making the Thames Tunnel available for carriage and heavy traffic, for which it is designed ; and if not, whe tcho e s r they wou ld i nstruct their engineer to ascertain the t of constructing inclines for suitable approaches, and also to estimate the probable annual value of the tolls. Mr. WILSON replied that the Thames Tunnel was private, not Public property. It was true that a b ou t 250,0001. h a d been lent a nt for the purpose of compl e ti ng the works, but h ea ) He dferoauitilthat sum would nev er b e re paid. (A: laugh. stake therefore, recommend the Government to under the works alluded to ; but he had no doubt any information relating to the tunnel, which the hon. member might Nvis_h u f n o u r, he could obtain from the engineer to the Thames el. THE WRECK OF THE TAy LETT Mr. G. A. HAMILTON put the tollowNivtießtquestion to the President of the roard of Trade, inquiry has been directed to be made with reg ar d r t an y manner in which the emigration officers and the ° th r e veyors at the proper ports discharged th e dutiessure quired by the act 15 and 103 Vic., c. 44, i n reference to the ship Tayleur, recently wrecked at Lambay, an d espec i a lly as regards the ascertaining and certifying that the said ship was seaworthy, and that she was sufficiently manned, as required by the 25th section of the said act ? Mr. WILSON said no sooner was the lamentable occurrence known than Capt. Walke r was d espatc h e d to Dublin for the purpose of holding an investigation. He was present at the inquest, and was now making further inquiries into the subject. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HOLYHEAD AND DUBLIN. Mr. FRENCH asked if the alterations of their ar rangements with the public lately made by the Chester and Holyhead Company. for th e p urpose of securing a monopoly of the carriage of passenge rs an d mails from Holyhead 'to Dublin, had received the sanction of the .13Jard of Trade? Mr. 'WILSON replied that no correspondence bad taken place on the subject with the Government and the Company. F.PISOOPAL AND CAPITITLAR PROPERTY. The Marquis of BLANDFORD moved for leave to brin g in a bill to make better provision for the manage ment of Episcopal and Capitular property, which hesaid was essentially the same as the bill he had introduced last session, to apply the said property to the spiritual wants of the localities in which such property was ituated. Lord J. RUSSELL said there was no objection t the introductionn of the bill. It related to a subject considerable importance, and he was not sorry that it bad been thus early introduced. Mr. HADFIELD hoped some provision would be made in the bill, or some other measure, for the total abolition of church rates, which had become quite a puolic nuisance. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. BAILLIE wished to know whether it was in tended to introduce this session a measure of Parlia mentary Reform for Scotland. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied in the affirmative. Mr. FRENCH would be glad to know if it was in tenced to introduce an Irish Reform Bill this session. (Laughter.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to reply to this question in the affirmative also. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Mr. TUFNELL moved the following select committee for the distribution of Parliamentary papers :—Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Ewart, Colonel Mure, Mr. Hutt, and Mr. Walter. Mr. HUME hoped some general principle would be laid down to guide the movements of the committee. He hoped in no case would any papers be given away unless the parties applying for them could show that they had provided a place and persons to take care of them. Mr. TUFNELL promised that everything should be clone to provide the proper distribution of the papers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped it would be distinctly understood that the labours of the committee would be confined to preparing the rules under which the distribution should take place, and that the rules should be sanctioned by the house before they were put in force. Mr. TUFFN ELL said that was precisely his object in moving the appointment of a committee. The motion was then agreed to. CUSTOMS RETURNS. On the motion of Mr. MOFFATT, a number of returns connected with the Customs and the income-tax were ordered. SUSPENDED WRITS. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that no warrants for new writs for Barnstaple, Cambridge, Canterbury, Hull, Maldon, and Tynemouth be issued before the 9th day of March next. Mr. FRENCH wished :.o ask what was the object of the noble lord in fixing particularly on the 9th of March Lord J. RUSSELL said he had no objection to fix ing the 10th of March. (Laughter.) His only reason for fixing on the 9th was that it was five weeks from this day, and would give time to hon. members to con sider the reports of the commissions on this subject. Sir F. KELLY saw nothing against Barnstaple which could justify this delay. Lord J. RUSSELL said there . ought to be no dis tinction made between any of those boroughs. The motion was then agreed to. ASSESSED TAXES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for leave to bring in a bill to explain and amend an act of the last scssion of Parliament, cap. 90, relating to the duties on assessed taxes. He explained the object of the bill in the words—to amend a clerical error in that act, and to extend the time of commutation under the act. Leave was given to bring in the bill. POST-OFFICE RETURNS. On the motion of Mr. J. BALL and Mr. GROGAN, the following returns were ordered :—Return of the time at which the night mail from London to Dublin is due at Holyhead and Dublin respectively, under. the present arrangement ; of the date when such arrangement took effect, and of the actual time of arrival and delivery on board the packet at Holyhead, and of the arrival in Dublin, in each day, from that day to the 31st day of December, 1853.—And similar return as regards the day mail from London to Dublin.—Return showing the hours fixed for the arrival of the mail trains carrying the mails from London to Holyhead, at Rugby, Crewe, and Holyhead, and the hours at which those trains respectively arrived on each day of the year ending the 31st day of December, 1853.—And a similar return, showing the hours at which the mail trains from Holyhead to London, re spectively, arrived at Crewe, Rugby, and in London, during the same period. Return of all reports addressed to the Commissioners of Poor Laws in Ireland, relative to the appearance and spread of cholera in that country, and of all correspondence arisin ,, thereon ; together with a return of all cases of cholera hitherto reported to the commissioners from each poor-law union in Ireland. PRINTING COMMITTEE. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, the following mem bers were appointed a select committee to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to the printing exe cuted by order of this house, and for the purpose of se lecting and arranging for printing returns and papers presented in pursuance of motions made by members of this house :—Mr. Strutt, Sir John Young, Mr. George Hamilton, Mr. John Greene, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Hume, Mr. Vernon Smith, and Mr. Sotheron PUBLIC REVENUE. The house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole house, Mr. Bouverie in the chair. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose to move a resolution upon which to found a bill to bring certain public charges and expenses upon the Consolidated Fund, so that they might come under the control of Parliament. These charges and expenses ap. plied to the salaries of judges, pensioners, and parties engaged in collecting the revenue. The right hon. gentleman stated that the estimates connected with the Inland Revenue, the Post-office, and the Customs De partments were in a forward state, and he hoped shortly to be able to lay them on the table. Mr. HUME said nothing of late years gave him greater pleasure than the introduction of such a mea sure as that indicated by the right hon. gentleman. He suggested that a schedule should be laid upon the table showing the items proposed to be charged, and the manner in which they were now charged. Mr. WILLIAMS also bore testimony to this being a movement in the right direction. Mr. DISRAELI announced his intention to support lie measure. The resolution was then agreed to, and leave was given to bring in the bill. - The house then resumed, and the Chairman reported accordingly. QUEEN'S SPEECH. On the motion that the Queen's Speech be considered, The SPEAKER read that passage in it which re lates to the estimates, after which, Mr. WILSON moved that a supply be granted to her Majesty. The motion was then agreed to. The remaining orders were then disposed of and the house adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (taken). 30 to 1 agst Peggy (taken.) 30 to 1 agst Nabob (taken). 30 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). DERBY. sto 1 agst Autocrat. Bto 1 agst King Tom. 13 to 1 agst Dervish. 25 to 1 agst Acrobat. 33 to 1 agst Scythian. Business very dull. r - ACCEPTANCES FOR HANDICAP CRA Age st lb Nabob 5 9 2 The Reiver 4 8 10 King of Trumps _ 5 8 10 Adine 5 8 7 Defiance 4 8 4 Little David 4 8 4 Prime Minister Trifle (h-b) 5 8 0 Rattle 4 8 0 Ethelbert 4 8 0 Brocket 4 7 13 Indian Warrior 5 7 12 Jouvence 4 7 12 Mentmore Lass 4 7 10 Nutpecker 4 7 9 Dove Mr. Sykes 4 7 7 Caracara Khadidjah 5 7 7 Tonic 6 7 7 Sandhurst 4 7 4 Ticton Nicotine 4 7 1 ACCEPTANCES PG SUBURBAN Age at lb Daniel O'Rourke 5 8 7 King of Trumps 5 8 6 Orestes Little David 4 '8 5 Adine 5 8 4 Hunca Munca Indian Warrior 5 8 4 Lambton Prime Minister 6 8 3 Rattle Eulogist 4 8 3 Harbinger 5 8 2 Brocket 4 7 11 j Jotivence Invasion Mr. Sykes 4 7 7 Annie Sutherland 4 7 5 Catspaw 4 7 5 Nutpecker 4 7 5 Lieutenant Sandhurst 4 7 3 Pug Orrock Voucher ...... 4 7 1 The Friar, byCowl 4 7 1 England's Glory 6 6 13 Br to Grey Tommy 4 6 12 Mistletoe Hybla 4 6 10 Don Quixote 4 6 7 Itch La Belle 4 6 7 Old Noll Woodcote The Queen's Own 3 6 5 Vixen 3 6 4 ~ LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 1. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. KIRBY V. DE LARA.-BILL TRANSACTIONS, This was an action upon a bill of exchange drawn by the defendant upon and accepted by a Mr. Erle, and in dorsed by a person called Wallis, t o tholaintiff: a tailor in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. The defendant, who is a Spaniard, had formerly been a colonel in the Carlist army, but had been residing in the country for some years as a wine merchant, and teacher of languages. Mr. T. Jones appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. James and Mr. Hawkins for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant had advanced 1,0001. to a Mr. Erle, and on the 22d of June last he obtained that gentleman's acceptance for 1001., which he placed in the hands of a person called Wood to get it dis counted, but he had never seen the bill since or received a farthing for it. Upon arriving at maturity the bill was not paid, whereupon the plaintiff brought the pre sent action. The defendant had put several pleas on the record, the most important of which was that he had been swindled out of the bill, and had not received any consideration for it. The plaintiff stated that he had discounted the bill for a solicitor of the name of Greave, of Devereux Cha.m bus, Temple. Greave was indebted to the plaintiff for clothes in about 421. He had charged at the rate of 681. per cent. per annum for discounting the bill, &c. He did not know how Greave got t4ie bill. On cross examination he admitted that he had seen Greave since he had learned that defendant had been swindled out of the bill, but he did not ask him anything about it. Greave owed him between thirty and forty pounds on a promissory note when be discounted the bill. ACCEPTANCES FOR T. LITAN Tr" Age st lb Hungerford Newminster 6 8 9 Ariosto Rataplan Little David 4 8 0 Muscovite 5 7 7 Huncamunca Jouvence Pantomime 1 Exact 4 7 4 Haco Gossip I Dove Windsucker 5 7 0 Black Doctor Mr. Sykes 4 7 0 Cariboo a 7 0 Feversham Poodle Lindrick Annie Sutherland 4 612 Pancake 5 6 111 Dagobert England's Glory Mayor of Hull 4 6 8 La Belle 4 6 6 Ulster 4 6 3 Stamford Nonsuch (h. b.) The Event 5 5 13 Dear Polly 4 5 13 Brown Brandy 3 5 10 - The Chief Baron, in leavinc , the case tctthe jury, said bat if a man's receivi ng stolen b goods at one half their alue was to be taken as evidence that he knew they were stolen, surely the analogy should apply to a case like the present, where the plaintiff had not given one half the value for the bill in question. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. THE SUN, LONDON, TFTURS I DAY EVENING, FEERTTARY 2, 1854. possessed. The point as to . the description was renewed by Mr. Bianscomb. The question was whether the term "pedestrian" was a business or an occupation. Itwas urged that the insolvent lived by it, and he said he had a gentleman who backed him to run a race. When he won he got something, but when he lost he got nothing. Mr. Commissioner Murphy could not consider that it. was a business or occupation. Had a prizefighter applied to the court he could not make him describe himself as such. It was a point put forth by an astute attorney, but he could not be made to appear that he had decided that it was not proper. The final order was granted. IN RE GEORGE MAITLAND INNER. This insolvent, whose case was mentioned yesterday, attended and made an amendment to his schedule, set ting forth the creditor holding a promissory note. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COUR MEREDITH V. WALL. The plaintiff sued the defendant as the owner of the cab No. 1,803, for damage done to his omnibus on the 28th day of November last. The defence set up was that he had let the cab in question for hire, on the usual terms, namely, 14s. per day, and that consequently he (the defendant) was not liable for any damage done by the party to whom it had been so let, having by such hiring divested himself of the ownership or control thereof for the time being. The learned judge, on referring to the Metropolitan Hackney Carriage Act, held that the defendant was not liable, as the prisoner could not be construed as being a servant of the defendant. He, therefore, directed the plaintiff to be nonsuited. silver, and a bank book of the Woolwich Savings Bank, were found in them, and Mrs. ehapinan took possession of all the articles. She was very kind and attentive to the deceased all the time he lived in the house, and he was never visited by any relation, and nothing was known of his having any relatives until after his death. Re-examined--Witness was satisfied that upon both occasions when the papers were signed, the deceased had not the least idea what lie was doing. In addition to the evidence of this 'witness, other tes timony was adduced, among which was that of the me dical officer of the union, who had attended professionally upon the deceased, which went to Show that for several days prior to the death of the deceased he was in a com pletely unconscious state, and quite incapable of under standing the nature of such an instrument as a will. Other facts were also deposed to which tended clearly to show that the instrument in question was a forgery, and that it had been obtained under the circumstances above narrated. The prisoner Chapman, it appeared, how ever, bore a very good character in Woolwich, and there was nothing to show that she had acted otherwise than kindly and attentively towards the poor old man during the period he had lived in her house. Mr. Payne, in addressing the jury for the defence, urg ed the probability that the old man really intended to give all "his little property to the prisoner Chapman, in return for the kindness he had received from her, and particularly when it was recollected that during his life time no relation appeared to take the slightest interest in him. He also urged that even supposing the prisoners had, in an ignorant and bungling manner, obtained the mark of the deceased to the will in the manner stated, yet, if he really intended that Chapman should have had the property, no fraud had been committed upon any person, and therefore the prisoners were entitled to an acquittal. Mr. Justice Wightman having summed up, the jury consulted for a short time,' and then returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners, but at the same time recommended them to mercy on account of their good character, and also on the ground that the deceased did riot appear to have been treated in any way unkindly by the prisoner Chapman. Judgment was postponed. The trial of Wm. Anderson, for forgery, is fixed for Friday. Sir F. Thesiger is specially retained for the defence. HANDICAP ACCEPTANCES ACCEPTANCES FOR Age. st. lb. Mountain Deer 6 8 4 Nabob • 5 8 4 Newminster 6 , 8 2 The Reiver 4 8 2 Torment 4 8 0 Cineas 4 7 12 Trifle 5 710 Pelion 4 7 10 Muscovite 5 7 8 Indian Warrior 5 7 6 Lerrywheut 5 7 5 Cobnut 4 7 5 Talfourd 4 7 5 Haco 4 7 5 Pantomime Joe Miller 5 7 3 Umbriel 4 7 3 Lough Bawn 6 7 2 Annie Sutherland 4 7 2 Tonic 6 7 0 Ireland's Eye 4 7 0 Lancashire Lass 4 7 0 Crusader Lord Fauconberg 4 7 0 Cariboo lanthe Grey Tommy 5 6 12 The Cruisk 5 6 12 Dove Dagobert Catspaw Llanforda Black D0ct0r...,., 6 6 8 La Ballinafad Kilquade Don Quixote.... 4 6 6 Ammonia Alexia 4 6 6 Aldford Sandhurst ...... 4 6 6 Maley a 6 4 Ida 4 6 '4 4 6 4 Peggy Lord Lieutenant 4 6 4 4 Hybl a St. Andrew 4 6 2 Dear Me England's Glory 6 6 0 Landscape 4 6 0 _ _ The Early Bird 3 6 0 Richard Primmer 5 5 12 Miss Peddle.. 4 5 10 Contentment 4 5 10 Wild Huntsman 3 5 10 Acrobat' 3 5 10 1 Light of the Ha rem 4 5 81 Barrel . Canute 3 5 8 3 5 8 Orson.. 5 7 THE CHESTER CUP. Age. st. lb. 3 5 4 L o v m a 3 5 3 Domino 3 5 3 Brown Brandy 3 5 2 Gamekeeper 3 5 0 Caliph Star of Surrey 3 5 0 Sir Jas. Graham 3 5 0 be by Tearaway 3 5 0 Toggery 3 4 12 The Jewess Jack Frost 3 4 12 Sarsfiel il 3 4 12 Billingharn 3 4 12 Adeline Dan Cupid 3 4 10 Epaminondas Selina 3 4 10 Trump Queen Dr. O'Toole 3 4 10 Ossifrage Nightshade Robin Hood 3 4 10 Roebuck 3 4 10 Sir Mark 3 4 10 Baalbec 3 4 10 St. Spiro _ 3 410 .. 3 410 ~ 3 4 10 . 3 410 . 3 4 10 Duchess of Lor raine colt Farsa Lurley St. Clair Seaweed filly Amos Bridesmaid Horatio . 3 4 10 • 3 4 10 .3 4 8 •3 4 8 Shakspeare 3 4 7 Ecclestone ...... 3 4 7 Royalist 3 4 7 Miss Sellon 3 4 7 Ham Mortimer 3 4 7 Ptolemy Comfort Kennysid e H ero 3 4 Brother to Little Swift Master Adanis . 3 4 7 1 Kitty Cockle filly 3 4 7 Boddicot Jujube Lamprocles Samson (b h). . ... 3 4 4 Jephson 3 4 4 Gabriel Marc Anthony Device Nelly 3 4 4 Little Jem 3 4 4 Blame 3 4 4 ACCEPTANCES FOR 9 AND PYTCH Age st lb Kingston Hungerford Newminster Mountain Deer 6 8 4 Chief Justice a 8 4 Red Lion Defiance.. 4 7 12' Daniel O'Rourke 5 7 12 Trifle (h b) 5 7 9 Elcot -5 7 8 Haco Nutpecker 4 7 5 Aldford Bohinoor Dove 4 7 3 Windsucker 5 7 0 Mr. Sykes 4 7 0 Mayor of Hull 4 6 12 Ticton 4 6 10 Diomedia, 4 6 10 Jacqueline .. 4 6 8 Veteran 4 6 8 St. Faith 4 6 7 Janey CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Feb. I. OLD COURT. • (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) Wna. _Entwistle Willis, 61, law writer, was charged with the capital offence of maliciously wounding Mary Willis, with intent to murder her. The prosecutrix deposed that the prisoner was her hus band, and they lived together in Lee's-buildings, Chan cery-lane, at the time the occurrence took place. She and the prisoner had latterly not been on good terms, and occupied separate beds. On the night of Christmas Eve, she went home about 12 o'clock, and at that time the prisoner appeared to be preparing to go to bed, and she proceeded to her own room, and had been in bed about two hours, when the prisoner came into her room and awoke her, and said, " Oh, Poll, I am so cold." She asked him why he came to her if he was so cold, and the prisoner without making any reply, got into her bed, and almost at the same instant she felt herself cut upon the ear and neck with some sharp instrument, and on her putting up her hand to save herself from further injury one of her fingers was nearly cut off. She screamed for assistance, and the prisoner went away, and a person named Hyatt, another lodger, came into the room, and a surgeon was sent for, and it was discovered that her ear and neck had been cut very severely. The prisoner, who had no counsel, put several ques tions to his wife, apparently with the object of showing that she was drunk on the night in question, and also that she had been unfaithful to him. The prosecutrix, however, indignantly denied th'it there was any founda tion for either of the accnsations made against her character. In answer to a question put by the learned judge, the prosecutrix said that she had been married to the prisoner for 22 years, and they had five grown up children. Thomas Hyatt deposed that upon hearing the screams of the prosecutrix he went into her room, and found her leaning out of bed, bleeding profusely from wounds upon her neck. After the surgeon had arrived, he went into another bedroom, where he found the prisoner, and upon his asking him what he had been doing, he replied that if his wife was not dead his hand must have been nervous. The prisoner was covered by the bed clothes when he went into the room, but on his raising himself up he ob served that his throat was also cut, and he appeared to have lost a great deal of blood. William Cheddeman, a police-constable, deposed that he was sent for on the night in question, and, in conse quence of what he was told, he went into the bedroom where the prisoner was, and found him with his throat cut, as described by the last witness. He inquired of him what was the matter, and what he had been doing, and he replied, " I am only sorry that I did not do it effectually." He saw the prisoner on his way home, about an hour before the transaction took place, and at that time he appeared to be drunk. The witness added, that upon examining the bed of the prisoner, he found a razor covered with blood. Mary Willis, a daughter of the prisoner, proved that she assisted to remove her mother from the bed, after she had received the injury, and that she found a carving knife, very bloody, in the bed. Mr. Joues, a surgeon, residing in Fetter-lane, deposed that he examined the prosecutrix and the prisoner shortly after the occurrence. The former had received a very severe cut upon the ear, and also upon the neck, and one of her fingers was likewise wounded. None of the injuries received by the prosecutrix were in them selves dangerous, but the wound upon the neck was very close to the carotid artery, and if that had been divided the result would in all probability have been fatal. He subsequently discovered that the prisoner had also re ceived a wound on the throat, but although it had caused the loss of a great deal of blood, the injury he had in flicted upon his person was not in itself of a very dan gerous character. The prisoner, upon being called upon to address the jury in answer to the charge, replied that he had nothing to say, and he must leave his case to the mercy of the court and jury. Mr. Justice Wightman having summed up, the jury, after deliberating a short time, found the prisoner guilty of maliciously wounding the prosecutrix with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The learned judge, in passing sentence, said that the jury, who were the proper judges to decide upon the intent of an accused person, had acquitted the prisoner of the intention to destroy deliberately the life of his wife, but undoubtedly if death had been the result of the act committed by him, the offence would have amounted to the crime of wilful murder. His lordship then adverted to the facts of the case, and said that although the life of the pro secutrix had not bean sacrificed, yet, taking into con sideration the nature of the injury that was inflicted, and the instrument made use of, it appeared to him that the prisoner was Morally as guilty as if that fatal re sult had taken place. He, therefore, felt it to be his duty, as a warning to others, to pass upon him a severe sentence, which was that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life. Mary Chapman, 30, and Thomas Higgins, 45, were indicted for feloniously forging and uttering a will and testament of John Reader, deceased. Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case, said the prisoners were charged with an offence which was regarded by the law as one of a most serious character, and it ap peared to have been committed under rather singular Circumstances. The prosecution was instituted by the daughter of the deceased man, who was a person in very humble circumstances, and 'who had with great difficulty obtained the necessary means to enable her to bring the case before a jury ; but when they had heard all the facts he should lay before them, he did not think they would entertain any doubt that the prisoners had fraudu lently concocted the instrument which was the subject of inquiry, in order to deprive the relatives of the de ceased of the little property of which he was possessed at the time of his death. The learned counsel then proceeded to, state that the deceased had formerly kept a lodging house at Woolwich but for the last few years he had given it up, and resided with the prisoner Chapman, who, with her husband, kept a place of the same descrip time in that town, and at the time of his death, which took place on the 13th October, he was possessed of a sum of about 120/., which was placed in the Woolwich Savings Bank. It would seem that at the old man's death the prisoner Chapman put forth a will, by which this money, and evertything else of which the deceased was possessed, was bequeathed to her, but he said the evi dence would leave no doubt that this will was a forgery, and that it had been got up by the two prisoners with the assistance of another man, named Fitzgerald, who, he said, the interests of justice required to be made a witness for the Crown. Mr. Bodkin then proceeded to narrate some other facts connected with the charge, after which the witnesses were called to substantiate his statement. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY ♦ND RIVER DUN COMPANY.- JUDGMENT. This case came before the court on a writ of error from the Court of Exchequer upon a demurrer to a plea. The South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company brought an action against the Great Northern Company on an agreement entered into between them relatiVe to the right of the latter company to carry coals over the lines of the former. The declaration alleged that by a deed entered into on the 26th of December, 1852, it was agreed that the Great Northern Railway Company might for a term of twenty-one years from the let of July, 1851, pass and go over the railways of the South Yorkshire Company, and have free use of all works and conveniences belonging to the latter for the purpose of conveying coals on the payment of certain tolls, and under such restrictions and conditions as were specified in the deed, and averred that during the six months ending June, 1850, they bad exercised that right, and a large amount of tolls had become due by virtue of the provisions of that deed, which had not been paid. To this the Great Northern pleaded, setting forth the deed in length. that it was not authorised by the acts of parliament in force as to their company. To this plea there was a demurrer. It appeared by the deed' that if a quantity of coals amounting in six months to 125,000 tons should be carried upon the South Yorkshire Railway, the Great Northern should pay such tolls as would, with any clear profit which might be made by the latter company for the same time, after payment of all annual and half-yearly charges for inte rest and outgoings, be sufficient to enable the former company to pay the dividend on the preference or gua ranteed stock, and a clear nett dividend of 3 per cent. The tolls were to vary according to the quantity of coals carried, so as to pay a like dividend on the preference shares, and an ordinary dividend, up to 41. 10s. per cent. ; and if the tolls once reached sufficient to pay that amount, they were not afterwards to recede. The judges of the court below differed in their judgment. Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Baron Platt thought the con tract was legal and did not go beyond the powers of the acts of both companies, and they regarded the payments made under it as tolls within the 87th sec. of the *Rail way Clauses Consolidation Act (tbe Bth Vic. c. 20). Mr. Baron Martin differed from his learned brethren, and the Chief Baron delivered no opinion, in order that the judgment might be entered on the record, that the question might be brought before the Court of Error. Mr. Justice Coleridge now delivered the judgment o: the court, affirming the judgment of the court below. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE ATIGUSTLTS FISHER. This was the certificate meeting. The bankrupt was a colonial broker, of Mincing-lane, trading under the firm of Foakes and Fisher. The accounts, prepared by Mr. Maynard, show the unsecured debts to be 5,119/. ; creditors of Foakes and Fisher, 2,870/. ; creditors hold ing security of no value, 3,478/. ; customers' bills, 12,013/. of which it is expected will be proved against this estate, 3,834/. The assets were retuned—good debts, 448/. ; doubtful, 143/. ; Foakes and Metcalf, about 300/. ; pro perty given up to the assignees, estimated to realise, after deductions, 3621. The profits during 13 months, the period over which the accounts extended, had been 1,017/. ; trade expenses, 1,406/. ; house and personal ditto, 8251. Mr. Linklater appeared for the bankrupt. Mr. Law ranee, for the assignees, did not oppose. After a conversation, His Honour granted an immediate certificate of the second class. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) F. F. Cobb, of Dover, grocer, obtained a second class certificate ; Mr. Linklater supporting. THE MONMOUTH AND GLAMORGAN BANK. The official managers appointed to examine into the affairs of this company, the failure of which has been attended with such ruinous consequences to a number of highly respectable families, have issued their report. The document itself is rather lengthy, but the following are the main points. The managers estimate that no further call will be required of those shareholders who have al ready paid the full amount of the call of 601., and it is anticipated a return will eventually be made to the above class. Considerable anxiety had been expressed on this head by a largo body of the more respectable share holders. The company was established under the pro visions of the Joint Stock Bank Act (7th Geo. IV., cap. 46) in the year 1836, with a nominal capital of 500,0001. in 25,000 shares of 201. each. Of these 19,327 were issued, the total paid up capital at the suspension amounting to 220,6391. The improvident and unjustifiable advances made to several parties led to the loss of the whole of the capital and to the stoppage of the bank. After the suspension, a meeting was held on the 7th of October, 1851, when it was ascertained that the liabilities of the company amounted to up war d s of 800,000 / ., an d a com mittee was appointed to investigate the affairs in con junction with one pre v i ous l y nominated by the cre d i tors. The result was an arrangement by which nearly the whole of the unsecured creditors consented to receive a compo sition of 15s. in the pound, prOvided ss, in the pound were paid Immediately, and the rest by instalments within two years. Upon this a fund, amounting to 101,734/. 3s. 9d., was raised by a portion of the shareholders, out of which the first instalment, with Is. Bd. in the pound in addition from other assets, was forthwith paid, and at the same time 572 depositors, whose accounts did not ex ceed 201. each, were paid in full. An order was then obtained to wind up the affairs of the company, and the matter was confided to the official managers. At that date the liabilities of the company were 606,4501. 12s. 6d., and, on a careful consideration of the assets and probable means of the shareholders, a call of 601. per share was deemed requisite, which was made. The instalments have been met as they became payable, and the managers will be prepared to pay the final instal. ment at the appointed time, when the creditors who accepted the composition to the amount of about 329,000/. will have been satisfied, and the large sum of 83,0571. 18s. sd. gained to the shareholders, besides the reduc tion in other liabiliti es t o th e amoun t of 149,793/. 12 s . 4d., an achievement unparalleled in any case of bankruptcy or insolvency. Much remains to be done towards settling the affairs of the company, and a considerable amount must be obtained from those contributories who have not as y e t answere d t h e call. The following are the liabilities and assets of the bank : LIABILITIES. THE DESCENDANTS OF FLORA MACDONALD.—We earn with much satisfaction that her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to grant the sum of 501. as a gift to Miss Mackay, the great granddaughter, and only des cendant of that relationship now alive, of the famous Flora Macdonald. The recipient is unable to do any thing to provide for herself, and, through the kind ser vices of the Premier, Lord Aberdeen, this grant has been obtained. There are descendants of Flora by a sister of the recipient of this gift, but the sister died about a year ago.— Glasgow Examiner. MILITIA TRAINING IN 1854.—,The Militia Bill having given her Majesty in Council power to extend or reduce the period of the training of the militia in England and Wales, provided the whole period of such training in any one year do not exceed fifty-six days nor be less than three, last night's Gazette contains the announcement that her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, hap been pleased to order that the whole period of exercise and training of all the regiments and corps in England and Wales, during the present year, shall not in any case exceed fifty-six days nor be less than three. DEMAND FOR SEAMEN IN THE WEST.—Several ren dezvous for the entering of seamen and eligible landsmen for the Royal Navy have been opened at the various ports of South Wales, and in several instances with good success. At Tenby twenty fine young fellows have been enrolled, and there is every prospect of more being ob tained, as the near approach of war, and the hope of prize money, seem to be inducements which our brave seafaring population cannot resist. In addition to the unusual pressure for men for the Royal Navy, the supply of seamen for the mercantile marine is by no means equal to the demand, in consequence of the large number of vessels which have been despatched for Australia. This is the case at all the ports of the Bristol Channel, so much so that outward bound vessels have been de tained waiting for men ; and at the Welsh ports, on the other side, seamen are very scarce. INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—In an ancient chest long standing in a neglected corner of an obscure tower in Lambeth Palace, we understand that certain historical papers have just been found. No details as to the par- ticular contents of the documents now unearthed have yet reached us; but we hear it said that they are valuable of their kind. They are supposed to refer chiefly—if not exclusively--to the Cromwell period. We have even heard that some of them bear the signature of t I the Protector.—Atheneum. Jan. 12,1852. Sept. 30, 1853. Due on current accounts I:122,160 9 8 £41,192 9 10 Due on deposits Due on draughts and letters of credit on London agent 11,412 17 10 2,338 17 9 Due on circulation Dne to London and Bristol bankers 78,625 2 7 16,675 12 7 Due to other agents 11,931 5 5 709 3 2 Due on bills a exchange in other ha n d s Due on unpaid dividends Due to contributories who have paid more than the call of 60/. per share 13,109 15 7 £606,450 12 6 £233,407 2 10 Deduct amount, which will further be gained by creditors taking 15s. in the pound in full satisfaction of their claims, and to whom the lastinstalment of the composition, amounting to 26,4371. 10s. Bd., will be paid at the end of this year, £79,312 12 0 X 154,091 10 10 Balance, being the amount of surplus over present liabilities (supposing the estimates per contra to be realised) out of which will have to be defrayed tho further expenses of winding up interest to London bankers, and to con tributories who have paid in excess of the call of GO/. per share. ... ASSETS. VALUATION, SEPT. 30, 1853. Current account—bills receivable and overdue Agents' balances, and cash on hand Bills of exchange in other hands Estimated value of securities 12,20215 9 £166,297 6 7 Estimated further accounts to be received from call of M. per share £31,208, 11 11 4,062 3 6 49,350 10 11 40,853 0 0 £125,472 6 7 40,825 0 0 £166,297 6 7 INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) IN RE HENRY ALLEN REED. This insolvent, the pedestrian, was further heard. His mother was examined respecting some property which she SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.--MARCH 7. WEIGHTS FOR THE DONCASTER HANDICAP STAKES.— Forfeits to be declared on or before the Bth of February. St. Leger Course. (78 subs.) Age st lb Hungerford *Adine ,... 5 8 3 King of Trumps... 5 8 1 Eulogist 4 7 13 Songstress Daniel O'Rourke 5 712 Ethelbert rocket. Bucio 5 7 5 Feversham 4 7 4 The Little Fawn 6 7 2 Lerrywheut St. Michael 5 7 2 Ireland's Eye 4 7 0 Mr. Sykes 4 7 0 Jack Leeming Cariboo Dove Windsucker Alonzo Colsterdale Lord Fauconberg 4 6 12 Catherine Parr Little Davie 5 6 10 Morning Star 5 6 10 Radcliffe Hero 4 6 10 Jan ey 4 6 9 Jack the Giant Killer 4 6 S Needwood a 6 8 Cleveland Capt. Cornish 4 6 8 Jacqueline 4 6 7 Heapy Ammonia 5 6 6 Candlewick Florist Marchioness St. Andrew 4 6 4 Charity . England's Glory 5 6 2 * This horse having been entered without the know ledge of its owner will be struck out by the time pre scribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. WEIGHTS FOR THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.— Forfeits to be declared on or before the Bth of February About 31 miles. (38 subs.) Age st lb Bird Trap 4 6 2 Helena (h b) Vixen 3 6 0 Miss Peddie Dominio 3 5 13 Light of the Ha- rem 4 5 12 Pearl Baron Osy 4 5 10 Criterion The President Village Lass Middlesborough 3 5 7 King Alfred Caliph Baal bec Midsummer Ptolemy 3 5 5 El Dorado 3 5 5 Diligent 3 5 4 Lady Napier 3 5 2 Blakeley Toggery. 3 5 2 Communist Streatlam Fairy 3 5 0 Julius Agricola 3 5 0 Bridecake St. Clare 3 5 0 Pauline Maid of the Tees 3 4 13 Monimia, Jetty Treffz - 3 4 12 Andromache 3 4 10 Pebble Sister to Aphro- dite 3 4 9 Penitent Antonio 3 4 6 Lady Vernon 4 paid Maria 5 paid Age. st. lb. Peter Simple..., a 12 0 Sir Peter Laurie a 12 0 Miss Mowbray a 11 9 Oscar a 11 9 Bourton a 11 7 The Colonel a 11 0 Peter Half-and-Halt Abd-el-Kader Melton 6 10 2 Bedford (h h) Simple Peter a 10 0 Lucy Neale a 9 12 Tom of Tuam a 9 11 Victress Spring Maley Clansman 5 9 7 Star of England a 9 7 1 Forest Lad a 9 7 Garforth a 9 7 Age. st. lb. Cervus a 9 5 Sir Mark 6 9 5 Geraldus a 9 5 G by Algar, dam by Wanderer a 9 0 Royalty 5 9 0 GbyYoungPriam dam by Wolds- ' man Luck's-all a 9 0 Jumpaway (late • Quickstep 6 9 0 iThe Farmer a 9 0 S wiftsure Little Charley a 9 0 i Robin Hood a 812 Y : Trout Burnt Sienna Chester 1, 810 Old Rake a 8 7 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT. Yesterday the examiners of the House of Commons passed the following bills : York and North Midland Railway.—To construct railways to unite the company's Leeds and Selby Rail way with the London and North-Western and Midland Railways, near Leeds, and to use the existing lines of approach to railway stations at Leeds. Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway.—For a line from the Stockton and Darlington, near Darlington, to Barnard Castle, at a cost of 100,0001., and to make ar rangements with the Stockton and Darlington. As compared with previous sessions there is far less of what is termed "opposition" to the progress of rail way bills, with the exception of those for Irish railways. Wellington Docks (Southwark).--For the construc tion of docks and other works on the south side of the river Thames, with a proposed capital Of 1,200,0001. Birkenhead Dock Company.—For vesting in the company the wharf walls, and other powers. Brighton and Hove Gas Company.—For power to borrow 20,000/. - - - The other bills passed were—The Imperial Gas-light and Coke Company, Bowling Waterworks, Kingston upon-Hull Improvements,' Warringto❑ Improvements, Whittle Dean Waterworks, Shipley Waterworks, and Port Gordon Harbour Improvement ; for new works and rates. The New Westminster-bridge. —The Commissioners of Woods and Works are taking tenders for the con struction of the new bridge, and the offers, as might be expected, are very numerous. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. ---•- LONDON AND 601:MI-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 28, 1854 213,083 11 3 Corresponding week last year 12,841 8 2 • Increase in 1854 £242 3 1 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.-- Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 28, 1854 £9,147 7 8 Corresponding week last year 9,128 11 4 Total of the half-year to this d a t e , 1854 34,921 10 10 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 35,022 5 9 Daniel Fitzgerald, who was brought from the gaol to give his evidence, having been committed by the magis trate for the purpose of securing his attendance, deposed that he lodged at the house of the prisoner Chapman, and he knew the deceased, and remembered his being very ill, and dying in the house. On the 12th October, witness and both the prisoners went to the office of a solicitor at Woolwich, and showed him a paper which was supposed to be a will made by the deceased. The solicitor looked at it, and said it would not do, as it was incorrectly drawn up, and he gave them a form to be filled up, marking the places where the signatures of the wit nesses and the mark of the testator were to be placed. On their return home with this paper, they went into the tap-room of a public-house, where they drank two half-pints of rum, and the prisoner, Mary Chapman, said that as the will had to get back that night, they might as well do it at once, and he Higgins put their names and addresses to the paper. When they had signed it, Mrs. Chapman said they might as well put the old man's mark to it, and Higgins stooped down to the table, and was in the attitude of writing, but he did not see him put a mark to the paper. When this had been done they all three went to the garret where the deceased was lying in bed, quite speechless, and appa rently insensible. A pen was put into his hand, and Mrs. Chapman laid hold of his wrist and guided it, and she then said, " There now he has made his mark, and you will tell no lie about it." The deceased at this time did not appear to know anything of what was going on, and the paper was never read to him. He was unable to speak, and on the following morning he died. The prisoner, Mary Chapman, promised to give him a new suit of clothes and three sovereigns when the affair wa s settled. but she did not do so, and upon a (laughter of the deceased coming forward to claim his property he told all that had happened. Cross-examined—Witness was present when the first paper was executed or pretended to be executed. The ADVERTISEMENT.I—A LIEUTENANT OF DRAGOONS deceased was in the same state, and witness held I • E up in bed by one band, and Mrs. Chapman laid acrossiini AND P LLS This officer, who is in the Dutch army, ED OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT the bed behind him to support him. Higgins held the states Lat 'Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured paper to him, and put a pen in his band and a pair of him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurable, as spectacles on his nose. The old man did not seem to neith e rsea-bathing,vapour - baths,norpreparations vaunted takingwa i t t h h e o s t e i t vi s l i l t s c know at all what he was about. He held the pen in as sure remedies, did him any good, and the treatment cf enced his fist like a stick, and dropped it down upon the paper and blotted it. He did not make any mark, and seemed not to know how to make one. He appeared to be day ,which effectually cured him in the car otehees.docAtotrihaifetejrunseevtoerrael hem oonotrhosm' and rubbing the Ointment into the complaining p se ar o ts; quite faint, and Higgins took the pen and paper from sixtwice w The truth of this statement can be vouched for him. They all signed their names to this paper, as they 7 B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Duc.--Sold by all drug had done to the other. After the deceased died, his grsts; and at Professor Holloway's establishm en t, 244 , clothes were searched, an d a h a lf- sovere i gn and some ktre aid, London. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 22, 1854 £18,331 14 5 Corresponding week last year 13,055 0 1 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 29, 1851. £17,935 15 4 Corresponding week last year 17,119 10 3 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 29, 1854 £3,857 0 9 Corresponding week last year 3,062 18 9 Increase in 1854 ............................ . . £794 2 0 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAI LWAY.—Traffio re turn for the week endi ng J. 28, 185'4 ......... 24,388 7 Corresponding week last year ..................... 3,928 12 11 Decrease in 1854 £459 11 8 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 1.. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened quietly at the rates of yesterday, but subsequently improved, and closed at an advance. Chester and Birkenhead, 15 ; East Lan cashire, 15g ; L ancashire and Yorkshire, 62i ; Ditto (West Riding Union), sd . ; L ondon and North-Western, 1001 ; Ditto (4 shares), g d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 214 ' • Midland, 64 1 North British, 7i ; South - Eastern and Dover, 17Z ; Dutch Rhenish, 3A d. MANCHESTER, FEB. 1. STOCK EXCHANGIk.—The upward tendency of prices has has had the effect of checking business, but fohe market was scarcely so flat as it has recently been. Caledonian, 256 ; East Lancashire, 15 9-16 ; Leeds, 62k • East Anglian Six per Cent., 4 1-16 c um new ; Sheffields, ' 214 ; Midlands, 604 ; Dover; 17 13-16. THE NEWMARKET .VEN MEETING. Poodle Br g by Assault, out of Nor- ton Stamford Veteran 4 Bracken Sine qua non 3 Caliph -8 Toggery 3 Epaminonda,s... Virago Pauline 3 Coup d'4tat 3 Bro to Little Swift 3 Little Jem 3 Brigadier 3 Adeline 3 El Dorado 3 Selina 3 Conspiracy 3 Lincoln's Inn 3 111 THE CITY AND HANDICAP. Age st lb .. 5 7 0 Virago B f by Ascot, out Age st lb .3 6 4 of Seaweed 3 6 3 Eva 3 6 0 Inder Spider Twinkle 3 6 1 Horatio 3 5 13 Calliope 3 5 13 Madame Landeau 4 5 13 Merry Monk 3 5 13 Miss Peddie Village Lass 3 5 13 Bro. to Little Swift 3 5 10 ' Lysisca The Novice 3 5 7 Grimalkin Phoaniz 3 5 3 Humboldt PaulinepoPollard a E rd 3 5 3 Empire pi r e 3 5 3 3 5 3 The 3 5 3 Poetry Mishap Adelaide 3 5 1 ' Marc Antony 3 5 1 Mississippi 3 5 1 Kennyside Hero.. 8 4 13 Determination .... 3 4 13 Bianca Conspiracy epb so n eT 3 4 11 Toggery 3 4 11 Spicy lE GREAT METROPO MAKES. Age st lb Vixen 3 5 10 Baaibec 3 5 10 Virago Gamekeeper Jack Frost 3 5 8 Bridesmaid . . 3 5 7 Bro. to Little . Swift 3 5 7 Robin Hood 3 5 7 Horatio 3 5 7 Surgeon-General Caliph Selina 3 5 0 Jujube Billin gham Jennala filly ... Shakspeare ..... 3 412 F arsa Jonathan Martin Lamprocles Mortimer Jacob Petler 3 4 7 Vig,nt-un Ham Benvenuto 3, 4 4 Toggery 3 4 4 Lincoln's Inn Royalist 3 4 4 Little Jena 3 4 4 Brigadier Cable St. Clare 3 4 0 THE NORTHAMPTON :LEY HUNT. Age st lb Olinder Pancake 5 6 5 Benita Don Quixote 4 6 3 John ltn` 11 Sine-qua-non 3 6 0 ' Bracken... 3 6 0 Star of Surrey , Horatio Caliph 3 5 9 Ptolemy 3 5 5 El Dorado 3 5 4 Shunting 3 5 2 Alabama 3 5 2 Selina 3 5 2 Br to Little Swift 3 5 0 Lamprocles 3 5 0 Jujube 3 5 0 Jacob Petler 3 4 13 SistertoAphrodite 3 4 13 Roebuck 3 4 11 Marc Antony 3 4 11 Jepbson 3 4 11 Li ttle l Jem 3 4 11 YORK SPRING MEETING. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN Age at lb flungerford Kingston West Australian 4 8 12 Nabob Chief Justice a 8 5 Balrownie Daniel O'Rourke 5 8 0 Little David 4 8 0 Songstress Joe Miller 5 7 9 Hunca Munca Haco Brocket Indian Warrior 5 7 7 Yindex Defiance 4 7 6 The Deformed Lindrick Jouvence Annie Sutherland 4 7 3 Grapeshot St. Michael Lerrywheut Lough Bawn 6 7 2 Typee 3 7 2 Nutshell a 7 0 Aquila (bred in France) Crusader Dove Nutpecker 4 6 13 Lord Fauconberg 4 6 13 Kilquade Scarecrow 5 6 12 1 Brother to Grey Tommy 4 6 12 Colsterdale 6 6 12 Mr. Sykes 4 6 'l2 Guicowar 4 6 11 Saguenay 4 6 11 Catherine Parr 4 -6 11 Maid of Team Valley a 6 10 Radcliffe Hero Peggy 4 6 10 Miss Sarah 4 6 9 Ann Eliza HANDICAP. Age st lb La Belle 4 6 7 Augusta 4 6 7 Aldford (late Fri day Tavistock Ulster 4 6 6 Ammonia 5 6 6 Heapy 4 6 6 Braxey 5 6 6 The Puritan William Rufus 4 6 5 St. Andrew Dagobert 4 6 4 Contentment 4 6 4 Maley a 6 2 Trio 4 6 0 . Lord Lieutenant 4 5 13 Merry Monk 3 5 12 The Event 5 5 11 Stiletto Seducer 3 5 n. Virago Jack Frost Midsummer Sister of Mercy 3 5 9 Toggery 3 5 7 IJonathan Martin 3 5 7 Surgeon-General 3 5 7 Bridesmaid Shamrock 4 5 7 Horatio 3 5 6 Gamekeeper Device Diligent 3 5 5 C. by Coaterstone —Duchess of Lo raine Lady Napier 3 6 3 St. Clare Lamprocles Little Jem 3 5 0 Pebble Jujübe Br. to Little Swift 3 4 12 Lurley Determination --- SIIERIFFS FOP, IffE YEAR 1354„. ( From T'uesday's Ga:ette. ) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day' of January, 1854,—Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma jesty in Council, Bedfordshire Frederick Charles Polhill Turner, of Howbury-hall, Esq. Berkshire—James Joseph Wheble, of Bulmershecourt - Esq. Buckinghamshire—Henry Hanmer, of Stock-grove, Esq. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire —George William Rowley, of the Priory, St. Neot's Esq. Cumberland —Th omas Alison Hoskins, of Higham, Esq. Cheshire—Francis Duckinfield Palmer Astley, of Duckin field, Esq. Derbyshire—William Drury Lowe, of Locko-park, Esq. Devonshire —Richard Sommers Gard, of Rougemont, Esq. Dorsetshire—Sir Henry Oglander, of Parnham, Bart. Durham—Henry John Baker Baker, of Elemore-hall, Esq. Essex—Thomas White, of Weatherfield, Esq. Glocestershire—John Henry Elwes, of Colesborne-housso near Northleach, Esq. Herefordshire —Elias Chadwick, of Puddlestone-court, near Leominster, Esq. Hertfordshire —Robert Ffanbury, of Poles, in Thun dridge, Esq. Kent—Alexander Glendining, of Ashgrove, Sevenoaks, Esq. Leicestershire —Henry Charles Bingham, of Wartnabb. Esq. Lincolnshire —Anthony Willson, of Rauceby-hall, Esq - Monmouthshire Thomas Brown, of Ebb w-vale, Esq. • Norfolk —Benjamin Bond Cabbell, of Cromer-hall, Esq. Northamptonshire —The Right Hon. Anthony Henley, Lord Henley, of Watford. Northumberland —Samuel Edward Widdrington, of Newton, Esq. Nottinghamshire—Samuel Bagnall Wild, of Costockt Esq. Oxfordshire —John William Fane, of Wormsley, Esq. Rutlandshire—Robert Lee, Bradshaw, of Tinwell, Esq. Shropshire—Robert Aglionby Slaney, of Walford manor, Esq. Somersetshire—James Curtis Somerville, of Dinder, Esq. Staffordshire —John Davenport, of Westwood, Esq. County of S ou th ampton—Jeremiah Robert Ives, of Bentworth-hall, near Alton, Esq. Suffolk—Windsor Parker, of Clopton-hall, Rattlesden, Esq. Surrey—Robert Gosling, of Botleys-park, Esq. Sussex —John Day, of Newick, Esq. Warwickshire—William Charles Alston, of Elmdon, Esq. Westmoreland —John Wilson, of the Howe, Esq. Wiltshire—Edmund Lewis Clutterbuck, of Harden' huish-park, Esq. Worcestershire —Edward Bearcroft, of Mere-hall, Brows' grove, Esq. Yorkshire—H enry Wil loughby, of Birdsall, near Mal- ton, Esq. WALES. Anglesea—Robert Brisco Owen, of Hanlfre, near Beau maris, Esq. Breconshire—John Powell, of Watton Mound, Esq. Carnarvonshire—Thomas Love Duncombe Jones Parry, of Madryn, Esq. Carmarthenshire—John Jones, of Blaenos, Esq. Cardiganshire—Morgan Jones, of Penlan, Esq. Denbighshire—Richard Jones, of Bellan-place, Ruabon• Esq. Flintshire—Henry Raikes, of Llwynegrin, Esq. Glamorganshire—William Llewellyn, of Courtcolmant Esq. Montgomeryshire —John Michael Severn, of Wane!), Esq. Merionethshire —George Augustus Huddart, of Plasyw penrhyn, Esq. Castle-hall. Pembrokeshire —The Hon. Robert Fulke Greville, of Radnorshire —John Jones, of Cefnmaes, Esq. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHT-HOUSE ON THE BIGHT OP PIAVE. The Austrian Government has given notice that from the 21st of January last the lighthouse on the Bight of Piave will be illuminated by the Argand lamp. The tower is 145 Vienna feet above the level of the sea, and in clear weather is discernible from an elevation of 12 feel' above the sea at a distance of 18 miles-60 to a degree. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The St. Vincent, Nov. 13, lat. 26 S. lon. 35 W. The Diamond, Mauritius to London, , Dec. g 25, lat. 4 S., long. 19 W. The Cleopatra (screw-steamer), Australia to Liverpool, Oct. 19, lat. 39 S., long. 143 E., steering S. The Onderneming, Cardiff to Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 25, lat. 1 N., long. 23 W. The Pyramid (ship), standing east, Jan. 11, lat. 34 N. , long. 74 W. The Philah, Shields to New York, Dec. 14, lat. 46 N. , long. 17 W. The Aurora (ship), bound to Sydney, New South W a les, Oct. 23. The Surprise (American ship), Shanghai to Newport, Dec. 20, lat. 29 S. The Abbey Land, London to Sydney, N.S.W., Jan' 23, long. 22 W. The Eleanor Russell, from Bristol, steering N.W., Oct. 31, lat. 55 S., long. 86 W. The Yeoman, Callao to Liverpool, Dec. 2, lat. 21 S' , long. 33 W. The York, from Liverpool, bound westward, Jan. 1, lat. 24 N., long. 40 W. The Dabriada (ship), Liverpool to San Francisco, Nov. 18, lat. 29 S., long. 4 W. The Mopany (barque), hove to under bare poles, Jan. 13, lat. 37 N., long. 73 W. COUNTRY MARKET& - - EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET JANUARY 31. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in the market. The prices were as follow : Oat straw, from 7s Gd to 9s Od per kemple of 16 stouts tron ; wheat do., Vs Od to 8s Od • barley d o ., 5 s 6d t o 6 s 0d• Hay from 10d t o 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. EDINBURGH MEAL MAR,KET—JAx. 31. There wore in the market to-day, 24 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-24 at 21. 100, 0 at 0/. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET —JAN. 30. There were in the market to-day 95 bags of oatmeal, 26 of barleymeal, and 2 of pot-barley. Sales dull. The top price of o a t mea l was 2s up ; second, is 9d up ; and third is lid up from last market. Barleymeal on the top , 6d up ; current price, is Gd up. Pot-barley 2s up on the top price from last market. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial 47b Oct 46s 6d 46s Od Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARE Prices of Coal per ton at ti :Et —FEL 1. ie close of the market : Wallsend, &c. . Buddle W. Hartl e y sd. ...... 25 0 Burnhope ............ 26 0 Carr's Hartley .............. 25 0 Chilton Hartley •... • ,23 0 Cragwood's Hartley ...26 Davison's West Hartley 24 Eightou Moor ......... 29 0 Hasting's Hartley 24 e Holywell.. ._3O 0 Howard's W .. est Hartley Netherton ... . . Hartlepool West Hartley 24 0 liongridge's Wst Hartley 24 Ravensworth Hartley -.27 6 Redheugh Main. 22 0 Taufield Moor Buies 26 6 Walker Primrose 25 6 West Hartley 25 0 Wylam . 3O Wallsend, &e. Gosforth 28 0 Harton 2B 0 Hebburn 2B 61 Hedley 29 0 1 Leverson 23 61 Northumberland E. 24 G I R iddell 2B 0' Killingsworth E. 24 0 Ships at market _ 294 Washington Memodsley Lawson Eden Main Belmont Braddyll Hetton Haswell Ulm bton Plumm er Russell's Hetton .... Richmund . Stewart's . Whitwell Framwellgate Cassop ... Hartlepool Hunwi e k Heugh Hall Kelloe i;Whitworth i'Pees Adelaide Tees South Durham ...... St. Helen's Tees Grey's West Hartley I Sold ........148. BIRTHS. •OF A SON. On the 30th ult., at the Priory, T el , 3 plemore, Ireland, Lady Carden. On the ,30th ult., at Uffington, Stamford, the wife of file Rev. Patrick George M`Douall. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 31st ult., at Montpellier-lodge, South Lambeth, the wife of Wilson Twenty man, Esq. On the 29th Murray Richardson ult., ,Esq. at Park-lod ge, B lackheath, the wife of 214 RIZ/ED. On the 26th'ult, at Spondon, Derbyshire, b John Guthrie (uncle of the bride), pre y the Rev, benda of Sarum, vicar of Caine, a n d domestic chaplain to the Marquis of Lansdowne, John Blackwood, Esq., publisher, Edinburgh, to Julia, y o ungest dau g ht er of the Rev. J. Blandford, rector oiKirtou, in the county of Nottingham. On the 31st ult., at the parish church of Subdeaury, Chichester, the Rev. Duncan Campbell Mackenzie, of St. John's College, Cambridge, to Louisa, second daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolls, and granddaughter of the late General Nicolls. On the 31st ult., at the French Catholic Chapel, King street, Portman -square, and afterwards at St. Pancras, AdAmablc, only sou of Louis Prospere Caron, of Rouen, to ela, eldest daughter of P. F . Merlet, Professor at Uni rsity College, London. DIED. • On the 20 th of D ecem b er, at Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope, aged 45 , Si r Henry Aliers Elliot, K.C.8., Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. In Paris, on the 29th ult., Charlotte Sarah, widow of the late John Ritchie, Esq., of Aberdeen, and sole surviv ing chill of William Makepeaco Thackeray, Esq., of Had ley, Middlesex. On the 31st ult., Gilpin Gorst, Esq., of Balham-hill, late of Old Trinity-house, Water-lane, age d 77. On the 31 s t ult., at his residence, Great Baddow, near Chelmsford, in the 66th year of his age, , the Rev. R. F. Walker, M.A., of New College, Oxford, an d f or 30 years curate of Pu r l e i g h , near Mallon, Essex. __— LONDON : Printed and Published by MtTRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun °face, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tkve county Middlesex, Thursday, February 2, 1b64. A GEN and 1 25 pe cent. t 15 per cent charges such gate-hill, Dar FIFTE Share are informec RIGHTS of DAY, the 11 Norfolk-stree the final nun rights in the respectfully to be sure ill; the drawing. AN' ENGE PURCHASE Policy Star Assignmen _ . A Liberal introduction JAPIC DIRE EXHIBITIC Colours, SA, quires the R. v inc' EVERY Tuesday, Th Which can t 25.; gallery, EGYP' is opel o'clock. Th has been BROOKS. LAUF (Les The abo' and will c CELEBRAI Dancing to .....,.............._ ROYA FIR- T EXI GRAPIII( tints of n DRAPED( Monsieur sand squa SOLVING ings at a( LECTURES UNIVE R. 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