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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1854. the coat of works which they have already provided in their own. The attention of the commissioners is respectfully invited to the report of Mr. Walker, Sir William Cubitt, and Mr. Brunel, which was made in 1848, and will ba laid before them. Since the period of that report further and extensive works have been executed on the principle ap proved by these eminent engineers, till at last the sewerage of the City is all but completed, and the reduction of the rates has already commenced. " Fifthly. It is said that the accounts of the corporation are intentionally kept in an unintelligible form. "We deny both the asserted fact and the motive im puted. The Chamberlain keeps the requisite set of books for She oviduct of the business of his office, in which the general transactions of all the various funds in his depart ment are daily posted and balanced. He keeps, in addi tion, a separate set of books for each of the distinct ac counts or trusts in respect of which he is treasurer, the entries of which are regularly balanced with the general cash books. This separation of funds (without which in extricable confusion would result) is provided for, at the same time that an ef fi cient check is furnished by the repub lication of entries. Those accounts ars again arranged for audit according to the system known as charge and dis charge,' which has been in operation more than a century. The system affords proof of accuracy, and has called forth expressions of satisfaction from all who have made them selves acquainted with its working. "That it is quite misunderstood by those who have given evidence upon it before this commissionwill be made apparent. Abstracts of all the acoounts of funds arising from public moneys under the control of the corporation, are laid annually before Parliament. " Upon this head it will probably be sufficient to add that, apart from all theory, the efficacy of the system as now established will be best proved by its practical work ing, which has afforded perfect security for the various funds committed by the corporation to the charge of the chamberlain. " The statements made to the effect that the audit is conducted apart from the check afforded by the comp troller's charge, that vouchers are not produced, and that the audit is performed by the officers and not by the audi tors, are quite contrary to fact. Without asserting that the corporation arrangements in these respects are perfect, and admitting that from time to time all well considered improvements should be introduced, we yet feel confident that this branch of the corporation administration will not be found unworthy of comparison with that of other p u blic departments, municipal or even i m p er i a l, an d i s un deserving of the censure bestowed upon it. S ixthly—lt is said th a t th e L or d Mayor, Aldermen, an d ommon Council, d ur i ng th e present century, have been and are shopkeepers ; that they are greatly inferior to the corporators of former times in rank, respectability, in telligence, and public spirit ; that they are unfit for their positions, and have been regarded with disrespect by the citizens. " Statements to this effect have been made by many of those who have been examined. One witness condescends to refer to vulgar caricatures, and others indulge in coarse and disparaging language, and in terms more or less offensive. One witness alleges that a sharis cast upon us by the higher classes of the commercial community, and insinuations abound throughout the evidence that the corporation have fallen into disrepute because the aldermen and common councilmen, unlike the great corporators of former times, are now taken froni the retail shopkeepers of an inferior grade. "As far as the commissioners are concerned, it would seem almost unnecessary to notice such aspersions, for the witnesses making them can hardly have hoped to bias the judicial mind of the commissioners by such statements, but as they have been circulated through the public press as assertions made upon oath, some of them by men of cha racter and station, it becomes our duty to reply to them, lest they should be considered unanswerable if left without refutation or comment. " One of this class of witnesses says that the corporation impede all public improvements, and are guilty of jobbing and mismanagement. He attempts to support it by ad vancing the following items : " 1. He says that the corporation jobbed away the con trol of the New River, in consequence of which the citizens are surcharged for water to ten times the amount they ought to pay. 'The corporation relinquished all concern with the New River two centuries ago. " 2. That the corporation, by collusion with the Govern ment, jobbed away the Gresham-house and grounds, on lease in perpetuity, for 5001. a year, by which the public lost 108,000 Z.—the sum for which the lease has recently sold. This transaction, be its character what it may, took place in 1769.. " 3. He says that the corporation refused to make docks from London-bridge to Blackwall, in consequence of which the merchants abandoned the corporation, and established the London Dock ; this, however, was in 1799. The wit ness says, from that time the downfall of the corporation may be dated. Another witness, though he employs less offensive lan guage, speaks with equal disrespect of the corporation, as being now composed of persons of an inferior class ; he fixes the same period as the former witness as the date of the downfall of the body in commercial respectability. Although this gentleman professes to speak as from his own personal knowledge and observation, he totally mis takes facts, which if correctly stated would entirely nega tive the inference he draws from them. " The witness represents that his friend, the late Mr. Robert Williams, the banker, of Birchin-lane, threw up his gown, and that a partner in Glyn's house did the same, and that from that time there seemed to be a sort of slur cast upon the position of aldermen.' " How far Mr. Robert Williams, the gentleman referred to, meant to cast any such slur upon the position of the colleagues he left behind bim may be judged of by the fol lowing letter addressed to them on his retirement. " ' TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR AND COURT OF ALDERMEN. " My Lord and Gentlemen,—As I find myself quite I unable, through the multiplicity of business in which I am engaged, to give that time and attention to the duties of a magistrate Nvhich I think such an office requires, and knowing how important it is that they should not be ne glected, I think, it both for the interest and credit of your respectable court and my fello .v-citizens in general, that by retiring from my present situation I should give an oppor tunity to so respectable a part of the City to elect some person better qualified to represent it in the magistracy. On these uoundsl will requestyour lordship and thecourt to accept the resignation of my gown. In th us reti ring from a situation which I shall ever consider as the most honour able a citizen of London can be placed in, I beg to add that I do so with the deepest sentiments of gratitude and respect for the Court of Aldermen collectively, and to al. most every individual of it, for such marks of cordiality and friendship as I have received, and which I never can forget.—l have the honour to be, my lord and gentlemen, your most obliged and faithful servant, ROBERT WILLIAMS, jun. Bedford-square, 25th May, 1801.' " When the late Mr. Robert Williams retired from the corporation he left behind him Sir Wm. Curtis, Sir John Pernng, and Sir Charles Price, all of them baronets and bankers of London, who remained members of the court till the day of their respective deaths, and also Sir Richard Carr Glynn, the head of his eminent house who remained for more than a quarter of a century, till he retired frill of honours and of years. " We deny that that there is any foundation for the as sertion so often made, in terms more or less disrespectful, that the corporators, as a body, are inferior to the corpor ators of former times in the qualities essential to fill with honour and usefulness the position they occupy. "Several witnesses, who in their evidence appeared anxious to separate themselves from their fellow-citizens by fanciful distinctions of classes, speak of themselves as merchants and gentlemen commercially connected with the City;' while they describe the corporators by the title of retail dealers of an inferior class,' who live in the City. We deny the existence of such class distinctions in the various walks of commerce and trade as has been assumed. It is true you may define the characteristics which, in the earlier history of commerce, distinguished the merchant, the manufacturer, the wholesale and retail trader from each other; but we say that commercial operations are now so intermixed that it would be difficult to distinguish the various classes referred to, and there are probably but few of the members of either court who are engaged exclu sively in retail trade. " Of the existing Court of Aldermen, eleven of its mem bers have graduated to their present position through the Common Council. "The personal honour and respectability of the alder men, and the perfect honesty and independence with which they have discharged the duties of their office, have not been impugned by any witness ; on the contrary, they have been made the subjects of praise by some of the wit nesses, who, upon principle, would prefer stipendiary jus tices. " We believe that there exists amongst the citizens of London a very strong prepossession in favour of the reten tion of aldermen as magistrates, instead of having justice administered in the City by stipendiaries ; and in our opinion there exists well-founded reasons for this prepos session. Almost all the aldermen are or have been engaged in the pursuit of commerce and trade within the City, and have been accustomed to judicial inquiries, by occupying the post successively of potty, special, and grand jurymen for many years. In the great majority of cases that come before the aldermen the matters to be investigated are questions of fact, on which their commerce with the world, and their knowledge acquired as jurymen prove of the greatest value ; and the relative proportions of acquittal and convictions of their commitments to the Central Crimi nal Court manifestly prove that the judgment exercised by them is at least as frequently justified by the result of the trial as in cases of other commitments to the same tribu nal. No witness has questioned the character and profes sional ability of the clerks in attendance upon the Lord mayor and the aldermen in the justice-rooms. To them is committed the exclusive duty of adjusting the forms of the proceedings to meet the cases brought before the aldermen, and they are men of legal education and attainment, which q u a lify them to assist the aldermen with their judgment and advice in cases where questions of a purely technical character arise, upon which it may be supposed that alder men, like all other magistrates not of the legal profession, are not so familiar. " We consider that all questions as to the manner in Which justice is practically adm inistere d b y the Lord Mayor and aldermen are more fitly the subject of evidence than statement. We therefore propose to place before the commissioners for examination the clerks and other wit• nesses who can varnish facts upon which the commissioners' judgment may be more safely formed. The objection raised in the evidence against the aldermen is, that they are not of the same rank and standing in the commercial world as some of the aldermen in former times. We assert that it would be difficult to find in the House of Commons, or in any other largo body in the kingdom, the same number of men who could be taken alphabetically, or by lot, from the entire mass, who could produce so many evi deuces as these gentlemen do that they enjoy a large share of public confidence expressed in so many different ways. Besides being all elected by the inhabitants of their wards, out o tho twenty-six, eight of them are, or have been, members of the House of Commons, five of them for large metropolitan constituencies. Fifteen of the aldermen, as well as several members of the Common Council, aro county magistrates, some of them for two or three counties. One of the aldermen is, and has been f or many years, a Bank director, and. is the chairm an of the Society of Merchants Trading to the Continent ; one or them i s the chairman of the Committee of the Joint Stock Banks of London ; two of them are dii ectors of the London and Westminster Tank ; two of them are direct ors of the London Joint Stock - Bank, and two of them of the Union Bank ; andin lost of them who have leisure and inclination, like many of the Common Co an ci 1, are directors of insnrance compani es, gas companies, canal and water companies, connected with the metropolis. It is hardly necessary to observe that Then are chosen for these offices of trust by their brother shareholders, who possess the strongest motives to select rson s of character and station, of respectability and pro y, of business a ptit u d e an d habits, to be the guardians of their m oney and their interests. " There are occasions when men are compelled to assert their true position. In the present case, therefore, we deem it a duty not only to ourselves, but to the citizens who have elected us, and to the important interests they have commit ted to our charge, to pursue this part of the subject still fur. ther than we have hitherto done. The witnesses against the corporation have not only failed to establish, but they have almost abstained from making, any tangible charge against our conduct as corporators ; as if they hoped by casting imputations upon our respectability, and by instituting invidious comparisons with former times, to justify their attacks upon the corporation itself. We, who are not conscious of any corruption in our administration, are not surprised at this course having been taken. It will be remembered that amongst the parties examined there are some witnesses who have had the means and opportu nity of knowing all that we know, and have in their evi dence shown no disposition to screen or withhold anything that could injure the character of the corporation or its individual members. We therefore feel ourselves justified in concluding that it is principally by a fallacious comparir son of the present andpast generation of corporators that it is hoped to succeed in this object. • "It is almost as difficultto find a dividing line to separate two generations as it is to make the separation of com mercial classes. But as two of the principal witnesses to this part of the case have fixed upon the end of the last and the commencement of the present century as the point on which the respectability of the corporation was said to turn, we will adopt that as the boundary line between the two periods, and we will examine the condition of the cor poration in the 18th and 19th century. "In the 18th century the aldermen obtained an act of Parliament (the 11th Geo. I.), by which they contracted the municipal constituency ; and, giving out of their own hands the power to regulate their own proceedings, they encumbered their elections with a mass of expenses and dilatory forms, which are and have been the admitted ob struction to the many beneficial alterations which other wise have been made in our corporate constitution. " In the 19th century the aldermen have joined with the common councilmen in seeking to repeal this act, and to place the constituency and the forms of election upon an extended and solid foundation. " In the 18th century, four years after the passing of the act, the corporation raised the redemption fine for free doms to 251., besides the charge of the livery companies and numerous fees to officers, thus imposing an additional pecuniary impediment to the exercise of elective rights. " In the 19th century the corporation remitted the 251., abolished most cf the fees, and passed a resolution ad mitting householders and persons carrying on trade in the City without the intervention of the livery companies. " In the 18th century non-freemen were constantly ha rassed and sued by common informers, who put the old acts of Common Council in force for their own private gain. " In the 19th century the Common Council put an end to the trade of common informers by passing an act inter dicting such proceedings. " In the 18th century almost all the officers of the cor poration were remunerated by fees, and the offices were sold or disposed of, both in possession and reversion ; offices judicial and administrative were disposed of in this manner, although the produce of the sale rarely found its way into the corporation chest. " In the 19th century as offices have become vacant the fees have been diminished or abolished. Not only has the sale of offices been discontinued, but the corporation has, as occasion served, bought up the right of alienation wher ever it existed. _ _ _ " In the 18th century the corporation likewise sold and leased, or authorised the Lord Mayor and the sheriffs to sell or lease, at fines and at nominal rents, the profits of the markets of the City, as well as the profits of certain coal, corn, and other meters' places. "In the 19th century no such sale can take place ; by pay ment of large sums of money, and by granting equivalent annuities and post obit compensations, which have now been almost all discharged, the corporation have bought up the revenues thus wasted in former times. In the 18th century, in consequence of the system of administration then prevailing, the corporation became in a very embarrassed state. " During the 19th century, by increased attention to the business of the corporation and by improved management of its affairs, its old debts have been paid off, the revenue has been lifted above its expenditure, and its credit has been so completely re-establishc d that when, for the pur pose of effecting great public improvements, the corpora tion has had occasion to go into the market to borrow very large sums of money, its seal has commanded the required loans on the lowest and most advantageous terms. " Daring the 18th century members of both courts were eligible to corporate offices and employments in the gift of the corporation, and such offices and employments were held by them to a large amount. "In the 19th century, none of these offices can be held by a member of either court : by standing orders of the Common Council every office is closed against every mem ber, and every employment and every contract is closed against not only every member;but his partners also. The self-denying regulations of the Court of Common Council in this respect have perhaps extended beyond those of any other popular assembly, for they render all its members ineligible for office unless they have for three months before the election ceased to be members of the court. The sons of members of the court are likewise rendered ineligible for office by a recent resolution. " During the 18th century bankrupts and insolvents might remain corporators. The Court of Aldermen thence became a very mixed body. Bankers and bankrupts re mained seated together. The vicissitudes of commerce that swept the merchant from his place left the magistrate in his seat, and many men continued to retain office long after the power to discharge its duties had ceased. "In the 19th century this anomalous state of circum stances no longer existed ; the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and commons obtained an act of Parliament, by which not only were the seats of corporators vacated by bankruptcy and insolvency, but absence from duty for six months worked a forfeiture of office. "In the 18th century, and even at the commencement of the 19th century, the corporation, with an income of 80,0001. a-year, remunerated their four stranding commit tees with cash allowances to the annual amount of 1,1001., and tavern expenses ad libitum, amounting upon an ave rageupwards of 4,0001. per annum. 13)f v u'einel:hyeeN to h century, by a series of resolutions, the same four committees, administering a revenue of 210,0001. a year, discharge their duties without any money allow ance, and with tavern bills restricted to 1,2001. among them all. " In the 18th century the 251. redemption fine for the admission of freemen was imposed and exacted, but two donations of one hundred pounds each were all that was returned out of the corporate funds to their indigent widows. "In the 19th century the fine has been remitted, but for the last twenty years 500/, has been annually applied to this just and beneficent purpose. " In the 13th century no assistance was rendered to pub lic education in the City, and the corporation, resting sa tisfied with performing the liberal trusts of John Carpen ter's will, gave a superior education, with board and cloth ing, to four youths out of the revenue of an estate left for that purpose. " In the 19th century the corporation have interpreted the same will in a liberal as well as a literal sense; they still give board and education to four youths, and they have likewise expended 20,0001. in the erection of the City of London School, and contribute out of their own funds 900!...a year to aid in the education of the scholars. " In the 18th century the corporation made no provision for the education and maintenance of the orphans of free men who had contributed to their funds. " In the 19th century the corporation has erected and endowed an orphan school, in which provision is made for boarding and educating orphans of freemen at the expense of the corporation. The fines paid by persons for not serving the office of sheriff, and the ancient fine of 21. 6s. Bd. for freeman's admission, are applied to this fund. " In the 18th century the corporation provided no alms houses for decayed freemen. " In the 19th century the corporation have contributed upwards of 5,0001. towards the erection of almshouses, and have endowed them for the benefit of poor decayed citizens. "If blame is due to the alienation of the house and grounds left by Sir Thomas Gresham for the purposes of education, as stated by one of the witnesses, this took place in 1769, and that reproach lies on the 18th, and not on the 19th century. " In the 19th century the present corporation have, not withstanding, obtained favour with distinguished persons who have desired to find faithful guardians of funds destined to the purposes of education. Mr. Beaufoy generously in vested 6,0001. for four exhibitions to the University for scholars at the City School, and constituted the corporation guardians of his bounty. Alderman Salomons, a member of the existing corporation, has followed this example ' and when the proprietors of the Times determined that a large sum of money presented to them for a great service ren dered to the commercial community should be applied in the endowment of a scholarship, they selected the City School, and appointed the Lord Mayor and the Chamber lain of London trustees. "In the 18th century it appears to have been the policy of the corporation to avoid publicity in the conduct of its affairs. The Common Council frequently, and the Court of Aldermen and the Commissioners of Sewers constantly, deliberated with closed doors. They did not publish ac counts or minutes, and gave no facilities for the reporters of the public press. i" In 19th century a totally opposite policy prevails; the corporation publish their annual accounts, the minutes of their proceedings, and the reports of their committees. To insure a full attendance and a knowledge of the voting of each member, lists of the members present at the courts and the names on divisions are printed on the minutes. The Court of Aldermen and the Commissioners of Sewers, as well as the Common Council, hold their meetings in pub lic. They give every encouragement in their power to pro mote the publication of their proceedings, and afford the roost ample and convenient accommodation to the reporters of the pvblic press. " We desire emphatically to say that, by thus setting forth in comparison the acts of the corporation in former days and the acts of the corporation at the present time, we are but conducting to its legitimate conclusion an ar gument forced upon us by those who have impugned not alone the acts of the corporation, but the character and position of its members in the present day, as compared, or rather contrasted, with the corporators of former times. We confess that it had never entered into our minds t o institute such a comparison, until it was presented to us by the observations of the witnesses who have been exa mined. ofc , e it r v o i f iviv ev . " We have no desire to cast censure upon the members of the corporation who lived in evil times. In those times, C:hurch and the Crown itself, were wont to sell their pa tronage, _erYne:ea<wli:gj judged, Ministers of State, the and to disposes of places in their gift, as well in possession as in reversion. corruption against any of al leged before this commission against the corporation, and the absence of all imputation of moral turpitude or per sonaleivtesrp, r al es l en th t a m t e h m as be b r see,nandimpressed with the contrast above drawn between the ad ministration of its affairs in the late and the present cen turies, we hope and believe that much of the obloquy to has s abuses , for x f p o o r s ed whichis attributable i b r u e t s a e b n i t e e o li n r e f b body ancient h genera tion are not responsible, and to the errors of p our predeces rinduties, t w ra n d ic iht:thth e son, which it has been our constant endeavour to correct. conscious te rectitude corporation " performance has courted inquiry, and relies with confidenc e on the re sult. They believe it will relieve them from a load 0 f undeserved and unjust reproach. I " Having nothing to conc eal, a nd acknowledging the I weighty trusts reposed in them, the corporation and all its members appeal from prejudice and uninformed abuse to I the impartiality and judicial wisdom of this tribunal, and i while they seek the means of improved and more effective action in extending the basis of popular confidence, on which alone their institutions can safely stand, they chal lenge the severest scrutiny, and, contending for the main tenance of their just rights, they trust to the truth for their vindication. " By order of the committee, ' HENRY ALWORTH MEREWETHER, Town Clerk. " Guildhall, Jan. 10, 1854." T ommi • The readi ng o f the statement having b een con cluded, The C __ r Commissioners proceeded to examine M . Benjamin Scott, who stated that he had been con- , nected with the Chamberlain's-office ra ther better than 24 years, and for the last 12 years had been chief clerk in that office. He had therefore had ample opportunities of mak- I ing himself acquainted with the finances of the city of London. The principal duties of the Chamberlain's chief clerk were to attend to committees and afford information as to the state of the accounts, and generally to superin tend the accounts in the chamber. He has never been con sidered as the deputy of the Chamberlain, but he has power to sign cheques, and is removable by the Chamberlain, but his appointment was subject to the sanction of the corpo ration. The whole of his emoluments as chief clerk amounted to 9001. a year ; but he held another indepen dent appointment, that of clerk to prepare the accounts for the auditors, which yielded him another 1001. a year. The duties of this office consisted in arranging the Chamber lain's accounts in the form of charge and discharge pre vious to their being submitted to the auditors. He did not think there was any foundation for the statement which had been made, that the City accounts are kept in a cum brous and confused manner ; and he considered that those who had made that charge could only have done so from ignorance. In 1839 a committee of the corporation made a report recommending a net account of the City revenues to be made out, that was, an account showing the gross pro ceeds, with the expenses deducted therefrom. This was the system of account that was pursued in Liverpool. The Common Council were dissatisfied with this form of net accounts, and the matter was referred back to the same committee. The committee afterwards made a further re port, recommending a return to the former mode of keep ing the accounts—viz., the system of charge and discharge, which was originally introduced a century ago, at the sug gestion of twelve merchants of the City, who were inde pendent of the corporation, and who were called in to ad vise. In 1810 the same committee made a farther report, recommending the form of accounts now adopted, and in 1841. the Common Council agreed to this report. Mr. Ac land, in his evidence, had alleged that there were discre pancies to the extent of 9,000/. between the accounts of the comptroller and the accounts of the Chamberlain. The reply to this was, that the comptroller's account was a prospective statement of what ought to be received, which he, as the custodian of the corporate leases, could alone calculate; and the account of the Chamberlain gave the actual amounts which were received ; and if, therefore, the two accounts perfectly agreed, it would be almost a prima facie evidence of collusion. The difference between the two accounts was caused by the amount of the arrears at the commencement of the year and that of the arrears at its close, which were carried to the next year. Each committee could draw upon the City's cash by the signa tures of seven of its members. The Court of Aldermen drew by the town-clerk, who was their officer ; the sepa rate power of the Cl►rrt of Aldermen to draw upon the City purse being practically confined to certain heads of expense, viz., prisons, conservancy, pensions, and matters connected with the administration of justice. The corpo rate officers take no part in the audit beyond simplylaymg the books before the auditors, who require the production of a written warrant authorising every separate payment The livery elect the auditors in certain cases. Wherever the corporation is authorised to appoint additional audi tors it has always exercised that power, even where the exercise of that power was not compulsory, but merely op tional. If the officers of the City Chamber were not such as they have been for many years past, viz., men of the highest integrity, the auditors elected by the livery some times would not afford an inefficient check over the ac counts. The office of auditor was not so valuable as to make it one that would be greatly sought after. He could not recommend the appointment of a profes sional accountant as an auditor, because, in his expe rience, he found that professional accountants had generally some crotchet of their own, as to the form of the accounts, which they paid more attention to than to the items themselves. If the corpora tion were placed under a Government audit board as regards their accounts, it would remove a great deal of suspicion which now most unjustly attached to them. In 1829 an application was made to the Government for a million of money to be placed at the disposal of the cor poration for the execution of public improvements, and the Duke of Wellington, before acceding to such a request, required that evidence should be adduced by the corpora tion as to the mode in which it kept its accounts. Its accounts were accordingly submitted to a committee of the House of Lords, who, in their report, expressed them selves highly satisfied with the manner in which the cor porate accounts were kept ; and subsequently a committee of the House of Commons agreed to a report likewise eulo gising the corporate accounts as reflecting the greatest credit on all connected with them. The Chairman—Are there certain sums placed at the disposal of the consolidated committee? Mr. Scott—Your question refers to what has been called the secret•service money, I apprehend? The Chairman—Yes ; it has been stated that you are. cognisant of that expenditure, and can give us any infor mation with regard to it which might be desired. Mr. Scott—There is no specific sum placed at the dis posal of the consolidated committee for any such purpose. The circumstances are briefly these :—The corporation some few years back were very dissatisfied with the re ports of their proceedings which appeared in the public papers. The reason why their reports were not so fully given as they might bo were two-fold—first, because there was no local press in London, as there is in the provincial towns, which pays particular attention to municipal pro ceedings ; and next, that the reports were occasionally in accurate. As an illustration of the latter point, I may mention that four years ago large sanitary powers were vested in the corporation, and they appointed Mr. Simon as their medical officer of health at a salary of 5001. or 6001. a year. By some accident one of the " noughts" was dropped from the amount by the press, and the con sequence was that it appearing in the papers that 501. or 60/ was the salary, several articles were published reflect ing on the corporation for allotting so small a sum for so important an office. This circumstance drew par ticular attention to the defective nature of the reports, and the matter was taken up by the consolidated commit tee. There were three remedies proposed for the evil. One was to engage official short-logncl writers to take notes at the table ; but on inquiry of M. Gurney, it was found that that would involve very considerable expense ; and that, besides, professional short hand writers were not in the habit of condensing their reports, but giving a tran script in full, which was not precisely what the corpora tion wanted, and would be too voluminous. Another plan was the encouragement of the. more general atten dance of the reporters of the public press, by circulating a certain number of newspapers containing good reports. The third plan was, that a weekly organ should be established, containing at greater length than heretofore reports of the debates, for circulation -imong the members of the corpora tion and the constituency. Such report; it was conceived, would prevent the misrepresentation and misapprehension which frequently interfered with the discharge of the duties of the corporation. The consolidated committee thcught it desirable that a week:y organ should be encou raged, and in January, 1849, the Citizen was commenced, but it commenced quite irrespective of the corporation or or its officers, being started by a stranger named Pete. Shortly after its commencement some difficulties arose as to the management of this paper, and Mr. Toulmin Smith became its solo proprietor and editor. I should not have felt myself justified in giving evidence ou the subject had Mr. Smith's solicitor not been before the commissioners, and given evidence as to the proprietorship of that paper. It is not strictly correct that I was joint proprietor with Mr. Smith. I advanced a sum of money out of my own private resources to carry on the paper. My views and Mr. Smith's coincided very much on the subject, and it was arranged that the paper should remain the sole property and be conducted under the sole editorship of Mr. Smith. The matter being before the consolidated committee, it was suggested by me and others, that it would be conve nient that there should be an organ for reporting the cor porate proceedings, if it could be so arranged. The Chairman—Were you a joint owner at this time? Mr. Scott—No, I was not. I had advanced a sum of money which was to give me " privity" of the proceedings of the paper, but I carefully abstained, as an officer of the corporation, from being a proprietor of the paper. The Chairman—Does not what you state make you in some way a joint proprietor? Mr. Scott.—l do not think it does., It certainly never was my intention to be so. I had a claim for the sum I had advanced, but I was no proprietor. The paper was sold without my knowledge or concurrence, and therefore I conceive I was no proprietor. The consolidated com mittee had no power from the corporation to deal with any such matter at that time, and when the subject was in suspense certain officers of the \corporation advanced cer tain sums from their own pockets to keep the paper afloat until a determination should be come to by the corpora tion. At the same time the consolidated committee ex pressed what the officers considered a justification of their keeping the paper so afloat. lam not aware whether the committee placed such an expression formally on the mi nutes, as that is not within my department; but certain officers, including myself, kept the paper alive for four weeks, in order that it might be in existence to carry out the committee's object if it were deemed desirable. The Chairman—This was under the expectation that the paper would be ultimately taken up by the consolidated committee, and that they would repay the officers their advances? Mr. Scott—Yes, it certainly was my impression that we would be rapaid for keeping the paper alive until a decision would be come to. While the paper was thus sustained, a difference arose between certain officers and Mr. Smith ; difficulties occurred, and the paper was sold by Mr. Smith for a nominal consideration, pending the discussions of the consolidated committee. The corporation ultimately re paid the officers the sum they had advanced. Mr. Smith made a claim on the corporation for the money be had ad vanced, and his application was referred to the consolidated committee ; but when they came to consider the subject, Mr. Smith did not appear, and the matter dropped. Twelve months after the transaction, the committee as an act of grace (for I made no claim), repaid me the money which they considered I had put in jeopardy with a sin cere desire to serve the interests of the corporation. The Chairman—Out of what fund did the consolidated committee make the repayment ? Mr. Scott—The funds of the corporation, the matter having been referred to them. The Chairman—Can you give us the particulars of th• sum ? Mr. Scott—The total sum repaid to the other officers, in cluding Mr. Smith's (solicitor's) bill of costs was 2801., and the amount subsequently repaid to me was 2501., making 5301. in all, It was certainly considered by the consoli dated committee as a confidential matter, and the 2801. appears in their accounts as " disbursements." The 2501. afterwards paid to me appears under the head of miscel laneous expenditure. The Chairman—Was the money given to the consoli dated committee for this special purpose, or is there a fund generally entrusted to them for distribution, under their discretion ? Mr. Scott — Therelwas a reference to them arising out of the defective nature of the report, and they were autho rised to make temporary arrangement, and they had drawn from the funds such sums, fr3m time to time, as they saw it. It has been already stated by a witness, that papers were circulated, containing reports of the corpora tion proceedings. In 1849, the sum paid to the agent of the corporation for newspapers was 44/. 2s. 6d. ; in 1850 it was 1951. 318. 3d. ; in 1851, 3461. Os. 11d. ; and in 1852, 156/. 15s. ; giving an average annual expenditure for circu lating r eports of corporat e proceedings of 1851. 12s. 10d. One witness has stated that a sum of 1,0001. a-year has been so expended. This is a total mistake, and may have arisen in this way : when the matter was under discussion in the committee, it was proposed to abolish the payment of 8001. a-year made for the Old Bailey reports, and it was in contemplation to add 2001. to this amount, with the view of obtaining sufficient reports of the corporation pro ceedings. The real sum spent, however, was 185/.125. 10d. a-year, instead of 1,0001. The Chairman—How was that sum expended ? Mr. Scott—ln the purchase of papers which contained the fullest reports of the meetings of the Court of Com mon Council, the Court of Aldermen, and the Court of Sewers. The Chairman—ls there any fund at all in the nature of a secret service fund connected with the corporation? Mr. Scott—There is no fund under that name. The Chairman—ls there anything at all of that descrip tion ? Mr. .Scott---There is no fund approximating to that which 14 annually voted by Parliament. There are mat ters of a kind occasionally which are considered confiden tial, and the object of which would be defeated if the public were made aware of all the circumstances. The Chairman—What kind of expenditure is there that a public body like a corporation ought to incur which it should not be ready to put before the world with the greatest detail ? Mr. Scott—lt was considered that -matters connected with the establishment of a newspaper were of a confiden tial nature. The Chairman—ls there any other object or class of ob jects in pursuing which a corporation, dealing with the public money, ought not to put before its constituents most fully all the details of its expenditure ? Mr. Scott—l am not aware of any case of that kind, un less it may sometimes be the confidential expenditure of a legal officer acting under professional confidence in behalf of his clients. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you consider expenses incurred in parliamentary proceedings to be of such a nature ? Mr. Scott—Expenses incurred in parliamentary pro ceedings are sometimes considered to be of a confidential nature. Mr. C. Lewis—Nave these expenses been considerable ? Mr. Scott —The opposition to bills in Parliament has often entailed considerable expense on the corporation. The Chairman—Do you mean opposition to private bills? Mr. Scott—l am not aware of that being the case in re gard to private bills. The Chairman— Do you mean that any expenditure on parliamentary proceedings cannot be fully stated? Mr. Scott—l have no knowledge of any such. The Chairman—Do you believe that there is any other expenditure, beyond what you have stated, which can be called of a confidential nature, and which ought not to be made public ? Mr. Scott—l am not aware of any expenditure of which a perfect knowledge does not exist in the minds of those who have to administer the funds, namely, the sub or select committee, rather than the general body. The Chairman—l suppose no such expenditure could take place without your knowledge? Mr. Scott—Not likely. The Chairman—ls there any system of managing the ex penditure of the City under which money is spent on what you call private and confidential purposes, and of which money no detailed account is rendered? Mr. Scott—There are many entries in the accounts of which the totals are given without the details. The Chairman—Does that arise from simple convenience, or because it is thought there is some reason why the de tails should not be published ? Mr. Scott—Full details would not be published of par liamentary expenditure ; the totals would be stated. The Chairman—ls that because there is anything in its nature which ought not to appear, or merely that it is not thought necessary to give details ? Mr. Scott—lt is not thought desirable to publish to the world the precise nature of parliamentary expenditure. The Chairman—Why not? Mr. Scott—lt has been considered undesirable. The Chairman—But tell us why? ----- Mr. Scott—Because it is not thought advisable that the other party should know the precise mode in which the opposition to a bill is carried on, or how public opinion is elicited. Mr. Scott then proceeded to give evidence on other points. He wished to correct some of the state ments made by Mr. Williams, M.P., before the com mission. That gentleman had stated the expenses of the mayoralty in 1836 at 25,034/. ; but when the report of Mr. Williams's committee making this assertion came to be considered, it was found that there were abatements to be made which reduced the amount to 14,2521. instead of 25,0341. Mr. Williams's committee's figures were called in question, the report was referred back to them, but no amended report was after wards made. M r . Williams also conveyed an exaggerated impression to the commission of the amount of the salaries ani emoluments of the corporate officers. That gentleman stated that a committee of the corporation, which sat in 1836, reported large discrepancies between the returns msde to the committee by the officers of their own emolu ments and the Chamberlain's account of these emoluments. The cause of these discrepancies was, that the Chamberlain's accounts stated the actual amount paid to the officers, and the returns made to the committee gave the nett receipts of each officer, after deducting the expenses of his office. Mr. Bennoch had stated that, although a considerable sum (19,6251.) appeared under the head of model lodging-houses for the poor in the corporate accounts, yet not one of these buildings had been commenced. Now, the answer to that was, that when the Clerkenwell Improvement Act was passed the improvement committee of the corporation was authorised to purchase ground for the sites of dwellings for the poor in that neighbourhood ; and of the sum of 43,0001. entrusted to them for this purpose they em ployed 19,4801. in buying ground at Cow-cross, which was covered with knackers' yards and other nuisances. They proceeded to clear the ground accordingly, but they were served with notices by a projected railway company (which was about to apply to Parliament) that the property would be required by them, and the exertions of the committee were suspended, and still remained so, until Parliament. should determine whether the land would be required by the railway—the Parliamentary notices having been renewed from year to year. The corporation had no power under the Act of Parliament to purchase land for dwellings for the poor in any other locality than Clerkenwell. The allowance to five committees be tween the years 1802 and 1809 amounted to 4,4861. 19s. ; and in 1835-4-5 the total allowance to committees (which had increased in number from five to thirteen) amounted only to 4,6621. 19s. 6d. That amount had been still further reduced, and was now only 2,7501. for fifteen committees. The Chamberlain acts as treasurer or banker to a great variety of trust funds, the corporation fund being one of them. Sir J. Key attends in the office daily, and for a great number of hours. It has generally been the habit of the person holding the office of Chamberlain to perform the duties himself, and to devote considerable time to the discharge of them. The duties of the Chamberlain and those of the chief clerk are entirely distinct. The Chamberlain is the responsible officer and gives a large security and he ex ercises a moral control over the whole office. He also hears complaints against apprentices in the outer chamber. The statement of Mr. Williams that fees to the extent of 70,0001. a-year had been received by the officers of the corporation, which did not appear in any of the accounts, was a very ex aggerated statem, nt but he (Mr. Scott)could not tell what the exact amount of those fees was. The practice of late years had been to abolish fees, and substitute fixed salaries in lieu of them. Great reforms had also been effected in the Chamberlain's office. In 1842, 3,6001. was returned as the annual receipts of Sir J. Shaw as chamberlain. This was considered as excessive, and had since been reduced to 2,5001., and beyond that there was a considerable saving effected yearly, because the proceeds of the Chamberlain's office were now more than sufficient for the whole of its expenses. 20,0001. out of these profits had been invested in Consols for the relief of the various trust funds ; and in the current year 1,7001. would be devoted to this pur pose. The net produce of the Bd. coal tax last year was 113,6001., and that of the ld. tax about 13,0001. The City had no interest in 9d. out of the 13d. per ton levied on coal, beyond a charge of 88,0001. for improve ments at Clerkenwell, which would come upon the Lon don-bridge approaches fund. With respect to the 4d. coal tax there was a charge upon its proceeds of more than half a million. The City paid the interest of that amount out of the 4d. tax, but it provided no sinking fund. They could pay off 40,0001. of the principal next month, and the rest would be applied to the general purposes of the cor poration. The sums due to the Board of Works on the Bd. rate, on the sth of January, 1853, exclusive of the 88,0001. for the Clerkenwell improvements, was 961,0001. The amount of the produce of the coal tax expended within the City was 1,190,8211.; expended without the City, 987,900/. ; and there was of expenditure of a mixed cha racter 1,818,221 1 . more ; making a total of 3,996,5431. The City being the heart of the metropolis, the improve ments effected there must al ways be more or less beneficial to the extremities. He (Mr. Scott) had contested the election to the office of Chamberlain at the last vacancy, and his election expenses altogether amounted to about 3,0001. This sum was spent upon polling lists, lists of voters, advertising addresses, & c ., canvassers ' and clerks salaries, cab-hire, refreshment to voters, and people em ployed, and money paid to persons who brought up voters to poll. A great deal ofmoney went at an election without a candidate knowing how it went. The expenses of bringing up non-resident voters were not large. Large sums went for refreshments to the committee-room, over which a can didate had no check. He dared say about 1,000/. was swallowed up in tavern expenses. At a City election, peo ple— whether friends or foes—ate and drank at the candi date's expense. He had no personal knowledge of bribery at the late contest, and believed that his agents had kept themselves as clear of corruption as was possible at a City election ; but charges for loss of time might have been made, which were a consideration to certain men for voting. Mr. C. Lewis—Are the elections at common hall con ducted in a satisfactory manner ? Mr. Scott—No ; I should say, far from satisfactory. The poll might be taken in one day, instead of in seven. The livery are a highly respectable body; but the electors were practically in the hands of persons who were not real bona fide liverymen at all. There were no two opinions about that in the City. There is a class of liverymen in reduced circumstances, and who are receiving charity from their companies, and these men are tempted by a day's employ ment, or by bribes, to sell their votes. Then there were the class who perjured themselves, and who personated voters, upon whom there appeared no check at present ; and a candidate, however honourable his intentions might be, was victimised by being supported, as well as opposed, by that spurious class of voters. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you believe that the last election for the office of Chamberlain was largely influenced by this class of persons? Mr. Scott—l would rather speak generally of the elec tions than confine myself to any one in particular; and I believe that the elections are virtually decided by the low class of voters to which I refer, who, by throwing their weight into th e sca l e, swamp the i n fl u ence of th e respect. able portion of th e li very. Th i s ev il, I believe, might b e corrected, otherwise I would abolish the existing mode of election. ➢ir. Scott's examination was not concluded when tho commissioners adjourned till Thursday. CURLING CLUBS.—During the last year, sixteen new clubs were admitted into the Royal Caledonian Curling Club—twelve belonging to Scotland, one to England, and three to the Canadian branch. There are ROW 270 associated clubs, embracing about 12,000 members. 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The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Kennedy No. 23, Chancery-lane, Gentleman, to be a London Corn missioner to , administer oaths in the High Court of Chan eery. MALCOLM, Vice-Consul. Nichols and Doyle, Verualm-buildings Drake, East Dereham. Thomas Curtis Bird, baker, Lee, Lent, Jan. 21, and March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall•street ; Bristow and Tar rant, Bond-court, Walbrook. Joshua Woodhead, fancy woollen-cloth manufacturer, Hogley-green, Yorkshire, Jan. 27, and Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Clough and Bantoft, Huddersfield; Payne, Eddi son, and Ford, Leeds. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Fiona the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—To-day the quantity of British Plantation Sugar on offer, was again not sufficient to satisfy the wants of home buyers, and rates close Gd per cwt above last Friday. Operations are 201, making for the week, 1,013 hhds and tierces. REFINED.—To-day home dealers were again free buyers of Refined Sugar, and rates closed firm, brown lumps at 153 6d, low to fine grocery 46s to 40s. There are few sellers of Crushed Sugar at previous terms. 31AriurTms.--This afternoon Mauritius sugar met with ready buyers, and realised rates fully equal to last Friday. At auction 11,120 bags were sold ; very ord brown at 26s to 27s Gd, bettor sorts 28s to 33s Gd, low to fine yellow 34s to 335, grainy 37s to 38s Gd for mid, and common to fine refinining 32s to .36's 9,1 per cwt. During the week four cargoes of Mauritius sugar have been sold for outports at 36s to 33s Gd. EAST INDIA.—To-lay Bengal sugar met with a good demand, and previous rates were well kept up. At auc tion, 3,200 bags were mostly sold. Benares ord to fine wi s ite at 37s Gd to 40s, ord to fine Mauritius kind 32S to 38s 6d, fine soft. brown 30s to 31s, inferior 26s Gd t o 29 s 6d, and ord to fine yellow do. 31s to 36s per Cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day several parcels of Brazil Manilla and Havannah sugar were sold privately at full former rates to a shade in advance. At auction 116 cases and 161 hags Bahia wore taken in at 40s Gd to 41s 6d for good white, and damaged 37s 6d, being above the value. COCOA.—There is an increasing 'demand for British Plantation for home consumption, and supply being limited, rather higher rates have been obtained. Low to fine red Trinidad, made at 35s to 40s, grey 33s to 355, and Grenada 31s to 335, Guayaquil 34s to 34s 6d per cwt. MoLAssEs.—There is an improving demand, and prices rule firmer. West Incia selling at 17s to 18s Gd, Cuba and Porto Rico 17s 6d to 18s 6d. Bengal and Mauritius 16s 6d to 17s per cwt. _ - . -- COFFEE.—To-day Ceyloncoffee was in improved request, and 1,500 bgs were sold privately at 30s for good ord. Demand increases for plantation, and prices are well main tained. At auction 198 casks and 39 bgs were sold, low mid to mid at 59; 6d to 63.4 611, fine fine ord 57s to 595, triage 52s to 565, and peaberry 69; to 70s. TEA.—The dulness in the market for inferior congou increases, and there being a larger supply prices show a reduction of ld per lb. .Full terms are required for better kinds, and there is no speculation, demand for consump tion has been small, and supply exceeds that of the previous week. The currency is now for low to good ord sound is id to is 10 per lb, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf is 2d to is 4d, and strong to pekoe flavour is 5d to 2s 5d per lb. Supply increases of green, and dealers only pur chase sufficient for present consumption, there is no general decline for good to fine, but lower qualities show a small reduction. SPIRITS.—In Demerara largo tran actions have taken place, and there is a further advance, 4s to 4s 4d per gallon having been obtained for 30 to 42 per cent. over proof. Jamaica met with ready buyers, chiefly for home con sumption, and there is a general rise ; superior qualities 36 to 40 per cent. over proof, realising 5s 4d to 5s Bd, g ood to fine 4s 10d to 5s 3d, low to m id 30 to 35 over , 4s 7d to 4s 9d. TALLOW.—In the early part of the week there was an excited market, with a rapid advance. On Tuesday the currency was for first sort P. Y. Candle on the spot 62s to 62s Gd, and 63s to 63s 6d for delivery. Since which de mand for consumption and speculation has much decreased, prices have fallen to 60s 6d to 61s, on the spot, and 61s Oil to 62s for delivery. Home melted is now only in moderate request, and can be obtained at 64s cash. Other sorts dealt in with caution to-day : Australian mutton at 58s to 60s 6d, beef 57s Gd to 60s ; South American 56s to 60s 6d per cwt. Only a moderate quantity was offered at public sale. Stock of tallow is 3,500 casks deficient of last season, and rates rule 15s to 16s per cwt. above. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Tats DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 14% G'l'-,altar Ditto, three:months .. 11 1614 Leghorn .............. 30 30 Rotterdam ...... 11 164 Genoa ................ 25 55 Antwerp .............. 25 20 Milan ................ Brussels .............. 25 '2O Venice ................ flamburgh . l3 sy k Naples .. Altona ................ Palermo .............. 1268 Paris .• ........ •• •• .... 25 5 Messina ..... 126% Ditto, three months 25 32% 'Lisbon ................ 53 Marseilles.l. • ... •• • ..... 25 3 2 34' Oporto ......... . 53% Bourdeaux 'Rio Janeiro ............ Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118 % !Buenos Ayres .......... Berlin ................ 'New York, 60 days' sight Vienna . ..... ..... 12 18 Philadelphia .......... Trieste ............ •• .. 12 22 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Petersburgh ...• • • ...... 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ................ 50% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz .................. 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona • ............. New Dollars ...... 0 0 n Seville ................ iiiver in bars ...... 0 0 0 EDG WARE-ROAD NIGHTLY REFUGE FOR THE POOR. At the Westminster Police-court, John Abbot was charged with receiving money under the false pretence that he was the collector for the West-end Refuge for the Houseless Poor in Market-street, Edgware-road. It was shown, on the prisoner's previous examination, that a person named Guyenette was the manager of the refuge, and prisoner, up to 1850 his collector, was em powered to give receipts to the benevolent in his name. The charge against the accused was that, since his dis missal, he had waited upon Mr. Locke, M.P., and periodically drawn his guinea subscription, giving the receipts as before in the name of Guyenette. In remanding the case, Mr. Broderip observed that a new complexion had been put upon it by Mr. Wontner in his cross-examination. This was called a society, when it seemed very questionable indeed whether it was not the property of the witness Guyenette, who had been examined at such length, and the benevolent pub lic were contributing to what they believed to be a society. There were bill transactions and other things which did not redound to witness's character, and he, after what he had heard, should take till Thursday to determine upon the case, and should take bail for pri-, soner's appearance. He hoped the public would be put upon their guard against this so-called society. Yesterday Mr. Herring, a solicitor, appeared to con duct the prosecution, at which Mr. Broderip expressed his satisfaction, and then proceed to make further in quires about the institution. It appeared from the admission of this gentleman that Guyenette had managed the society fifteen years, and that the lease of the premises was in his name. Mr. Herring was proceeding to say that Lord Dudley Stuart was one of the acting committee, when Mr. Wontner informed the court that his lordship seceded from the "society" in 1852, fur sufficient rea sons. Mr. Broderip asked where were the books of the society which should have been produced on that day, and was informed that they were at the institution. He then asked what was the income of the refuge ? Mr. Herring said that Mr. Walker, one of the com mittee present, had just told him it was about 801. Mr. Broderip intimated to the solicitor that he had been told on the last occasion that 7,700 persons had been relieved last winter. How could that be ? Guyenette said that the receipts last year amounted to about 2101. or 2151. Mr. Broderip wished to know the names of the audi tors of the society. Mr. Herring replied that Mr. Brazier had audited them. Mr. Broderip thought it a most unusual thing for a treasurer to audit his own accounts, and Mr. Brazier had been represented as the treasurer. Mr. Herring admitted that there were no regular auditors. The account was made up, and duly sub mitted to the subscribers for inspection. Mr. Broderip—l can get nothing tangible to show that this is a real society—no books, no auditors, Mr. Her. ring. lam asking for the bona fides of a society, and can't get them. I wish Mr. Guyenette to be sworn. The oath having been administered, Mr. Broderip —I wish to ask you a question. You will understand it is not with any wish to be offensive to you. I ask it in consequence of a letter I have received —Were you not tried at the Old Bailey on the 17th of June, 1853, for uttering a forged note ? Guyenette—l was. Mr. Broderip—You told me it was a false charge, and that an action was now depending on it. Gueyenette—l did. I was accused innocently. Mr. Broderip—When did you give notice of action ? Guyenette—l am not versed in the law. I was told there *as a summons or something necessary. Mr. Broderip—For your own sake answer the ques tion cautiously, for you may hear of it elsewhere. I ask you upon your oath whether you have given notice of action at all ? Guyenette—You may ask my attorney, Mr. Herring. Mr. Broderip here read the letter alluded to from Mr. West, who had prosecuted Guyenette at the Old Bailey, in which be declared that having seen in the newspapers that Guyenette had said an action was pending, he begged to assure the magistrate that he had received no notice of action. Mr. Herring said that a writ was issued, but, from circumstances, he proceeded no further. Mr. Broderip—l have no doubt that from what I have seen of your knowledge and experience as a lawyer, for which you were entitled to much credit, you acted ♦ery wisely. Mr. Broderip (to Guyenette)—How came you to swear, when last here, that you were acquitted by Mr. Bingham, at Marlborough -street ? Mr. Herring explained th a t M r . Bingham thought i there would be no convi c ti on , an d would not have com mitted, but was pressed by Mr. Duncombe for the prose cution, and then took small bail for Mr. Guyenette's appearance. Mr. Broderip—How can I believe this man ? He swore distinctly that he was acquitted by Mr. Bingham, and kept back the fact that his acquittal was at the Old Bailey. The trial was the 17th of June, and after six months he comes here and swears an action was pending. Mr. Herring was free to admit that after the meeting of 1852 the institution did assume the appearance of a private society. After that Mr Diazier and others con sented to be committeemen. Private or public it had done much good. Mr. Wontner having said something in favour of his client's former respectability and affluence, Mr. Broderip observed that there was no merit in the prisoner's, whatever there might be on the other side. If Guyenette did owe him money he had no right to have paid himself at the expense of Mr. Locke. Under the circumstances he would wish to know how Mr. Herring could shape this case for a prosecution. Mr. Herring admitted that he saw no probability of getting a conviction upon the evidence of Guyenette, and therefore withdrew the prosecution. Prisoner was then discharged, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. QUARANTINE NOTICE. --- New Orleans is declared to be "simply suspected" of yellow fever, thus altering the order of the 14th September last. CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 12. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Caroline Johanna, from Ma riac,er ; Julius C esar, St. Michael's; Erindring, Copen hagen ; Fury, Memel ; John Bunyan, Shanghai and S. Helena ; Swan, Gothenburg ; Caroline, Frederickshaven Pet, St. Michael's ; Mariner's Hope, Cronstadt ; Therese, Rostock ; Henry Holman, S m y rna ; Louise, Galtstrom Anna, Nykjoling. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Cosmopolite, for Valparaiso ; America, Geelong ; Sir Charles Forbes, Adelaide ; Glance, Mogadore ; Sarah, Leghorn ; Gretina, Antwerp ; Adalheid, do. ; Norman Morison, New Zea land ; American Lass, Sydney ; Jeannette Phillipine, Port Adelaide ; Isis, Sydney. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO The Waldemar, for Valencia ; Sea Queen, Hong Kong ; Hellespont, Algoa Bay ; American Eagle, New York. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 12. The Mount Washington arrived at this port from Mon treal ; left Quebec, Nov. 25, and was seven days getting down the river, which was much encumbered with float ing ice.. WARRENPoiNT, Jan. 10.—The Hartford, from Mobile, at this port, experienced a heavy gale, Oct. 20, lat. 28, and shipped a h eavy sea, breaking the stern rail ing, and 7 stoving the provision and water casks. She sprang a leak, and next day passed four dismantled ves sels. When off Cork, experienced a heavy gale, and lost jibboom and all her top sails.—The Genova (s. s), for this port, has put back to Gibraltar damaged, having been in collision, Dec. 27.--A bale of cotton, marked "Bullock, R. W.," with a few Chinese characters, has been picked up on the coast, about one and a half miles S. from New castle, and another at Dundrum. NEWPORT, Jan. 11.—The Clarissa, for St. Thomas, has put back in distress, and will discharge to repair. LISBON, Jan. s.—lt h as b een blowing hard from S.W. to W.N.W. for some days, and during the night increasing to gales. Some damage has been done amongst the ship ping in the Quadro. DROGHEDA, Jan. 10.—The Thomas Miller, Liverpool to Shields, which was stranded on the North Bull, Jan. 7, remains on her beam ends full of water. Should the wea ther moderate some of her materials may be saved.—The Dolores, Bilboa to Liverpool, which was stranded north of this bar, Dec. 20, after her cargo was discharged, became 9. wreck. The hull and materials were sold yesterday.—A ship's boat, 18 feet long and 5 feet beam, carvel built, painted black outside and yellow inside, with stern stove; the figure-head of a large vessel, a lion with " British Em pire" eut upon it, and five bales of cotton, of fine texture, have come ashore in this district. BILBAO, Jan. 6.—The William, of Gloucester, from Falmouth to Santona, which was on shore to the eastward of this port, December 29, was got off and b roug ht i n to this river, 31st, b u t w i t h trifling damage to her hull. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Anna Maria, bound S., Nov. 24, lat. 5 S., long. 28 W. The Thetis, from Liverpool to Hobart Town, Sept. 24, lat. 11 N., long. 23 W. The Oud Nederranden, from Hartlepool to Hong Kong, Nov. 15, lat. 9 N., long. 24 W. The R. K. Page, from New Orleans to Liverpool, off the Banks. Acme from the Clyde, Dec. 25, lat. 51 N., long. 17 W. H.M.S. Madagascar, for Rio Janeiro, Nov. 25, lat 4 N. long. 22 W. Artistic, for Valparaiso, same day. A barque, No. 9071, 2nd d. p., 26th, lat. 4 N., long. 22 W. The Lady of the Lake, for Natal, same day, lat. 5 N., long. 22 W. b fet A t: etr I Uturt t ) Veil/ SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. ACCEPTANCES FOB THE OUNDLE STEEPLECHASE. st. lb Ploughboy lO 9 The General lO 9 Need wood 10 5 Topsy 9 2 A Y 9 6 st. lb Quasimodo Garforth lO 3 Nelly Brown 8 10 1 Sam Hood 9 13 1 Edward of York 9 0 THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ' BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JAN. 10. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Frederick, Earl Spencer, K.G., to be Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Most Noble Henry Charles, Duke of Norfolk, K.G., re signed. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 11. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Elliot, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy, now Governor and Com mander-in-Chief in and over the Bermudas or Somers Islands, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Trinidad and its dependencies. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 12. The Right Honourable 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-General at Venice, forwarding a table, of which the following is a copy, showing the reduction in the tariff of the Austrian Customs' Union on iron and iron goods, which came into operation on the Ist inst. (Copy.) Table showing the reduction that will take place on Ist January, 1854, in the Tariff of the Austrian Customs' Union on Iron and Iron Goods. Tariff on & after Present Tariff. Jan. 1, 1851. Description. English Weight. English Weight. Money . Money. Pig and Scrap Iron 2s. Od. Per 50 ls. 21d. Per 50 Kilog. Kilog. Bar Iron Railway Bars Steel, Spring, and Cast Steel 8 0 do. 5 0 do. Iron Castings WHITEHALL, DEC. 29. The Lord. Chancellor has appointed Henry Hughes, of Maidstone, in the county of Kent, gentleman, to be a com missioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chan cery in England. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 13. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Henry OrmD to be Captain, by purchase, vice Barnes, who retiros, Jan. 13; Captain Frederick Sitwell, from the 85th Foot, to be Captain, vica Orme, who exchanges, Jan. 14. 7th Light. Dragoons—Lieut. Frank Garforth from the 68th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Francis Wil loughby Ga3rforth, who exchanges, Jan. 13. Scots Fu!liner Guards—Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. Alexander Edward Fraser to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Fortescue, who retires ; Ch ar l es G eorge Tottenham, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice !?raser, Jan. 13. _ 13th Regiment of Foot, Captain George Abercrombie Robertson, from half-pay, unattached, to b e C a pt a i n , v i ce Honourable Emilius John Weld Forester, who exchanges; Lieutenant William Henry Kerr to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Robertson, who retires; Ensign Noel Hovenden Bryan Vardon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kerr; Philip Edward Victor Gilbert, Gent., to ba Ensign, by purchase, vice Vardon, Jan. 13. 21st Foot—First Lieutenant the Honourable William George Boyle to be Captain, by purchase, vice Watson, Naho retires; Second Lieutenant Henry King to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boyle ; Ed war d IsaacjHad dock, Gent—, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King, Jan. 13. 35th Foot —Serjeant Major Michael McLoughlin to be Quartermaster, vice Cole, who retires upon half-pay, Jan. 13. 41st Foot —Ensign Alfred Taylor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vi ce Barnard, promoted ; Walter AlTlellan Lambert, Ge mt., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Taylor, Jan. 13. 42d Foot--Lieutenant the Honourable George Henry Essex Grant to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wedderburn, who retires ; Ensign George Fraser to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grant ; Rothes Lennox Dunbar, Gent., to be Ensign, by putrehase, vice Fraser, Jan. 13. 43d Foot—, Ensig n Lord Eustace H enr y B rown l ow Gas coyne Cecil, t o be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Bury, who ret ires ; John Bardoe Bowes Elliott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lord Cecil, Jan. 13. 44th Foot—. Lieutenant George Nathaniel Micklethwaite to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Warren Glubb, who retires ; Ensign! the Honourable Henry Handcock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Micklethwaite ; Geo. Evatt Acklom, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Handeock, Jan. 13. 68th Foot—Lieutenant William Francis Willoughby Garforth, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Frank Garfo rth, who exchanges, Jan. 13. 70th Foot—Ensign Samuel James Lyle to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Armstrong, who retires ; Charles Gran ville Stuart Mente.sth, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lyle, Jin. 13. 77th Foot—Lieutenant William Fortescue Scott, from the Ist Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Galway, retired upon half-pay, Jan. 13. 82d Foot Ensign Charles Newton Biggs to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Luard, who retires ; Arthur Platt Hensley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Biggs, Jan. 13. 85th Foot—Captai a William Henry Orme, from the 3ti Light Dragoons, to be C a pt a i n , v i ce Sit we ll, w h o ex . changes, Jan. 14. 87i1 Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Benjamin Swift, M.D., from the 98th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Staunton, de ceased, Jan. 13. 98th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Neil Henry Stewart, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Swift, promoted in the 87th Foot, Jan. 13. UNATTACHED. —Captain Jonas Pasley Hardy, from the 58th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, Jan. 13. COMMISBARIAT.—Deputy Commissary-General Henry James Wild, to be Commissary-General. Assistant Commissaries -General Charles Williams, William Fletcher, and William Fisher Mends, to be De puty Commis' taries-General. Deputy Assi.stant Commissaries-General—Edmond John land, and S ean O s b orn, M`Mahon, Montague Willi am D ar li ng, Edward Strick- General. Commissariat Clerks—A r th ur West, Walter Thompson to be Assistant C omm i ssar i es - McKinsteY, 1 3 :4bert Grey Donaldson Selby, James Stewart Calder Sutherland, Charles Foster, James Bailey, Matthew Bell Irvi ne , G eorge Joseph Wrentmore, and Horaca Tra vers, to be :Deputy Assistant Commissaries-General—the above commissions to bear date Jan. 6. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 7. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet John Richard Mascall to be Second Lieutenant. COII3IISSIONS BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE WARDEN OF THE STANNARIES. Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Regiments of Militia —First Lieutenant Frederick Martin Williams to be Cap tain ; Second Lieutenant Robert Edyvean to be First Lieutenant ; George William Culme Soltau Symons, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, Jan. 11. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—Ensign Augustus Frederick Harrison Shaw t o b e Li eu t enan t ; Ensign Arch bold Macdonn.all Rawlins to be Lieutenant, Dec. '2. 2d Regiment—John Digby Wingfield, Gentleman, to be Lieutenant, D so. 31. West Kent Regiment of Militia—Edwin Balfour Kitt barley, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 30. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursue .nt to the Act 7th and Bth View,:a, cap 32, for the Week endit ,g on Saturday the 7th day of January, 1854. ISSUE DEPAB.TIMENT. Notes Issued .. • 29,148,800 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other sec uri ties ...... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,148,800 Silver bullion-- .. - £29,148,800 I Z 29,148,800 kr. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 54. :PARTMENT. Dated the 12th•. (lay of Jan., 18-; Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) ..... 14,833,299 Other securities.... 16,736,409 Notes .............. 7,800,600 Gold and silver coin .. 682,272 £40,052,580 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANKING DE Proprietors' capil 14,553,000 Rest.. • .• • . •... 3,247,894 Public deposits (in cluding Exche 7u er, Commissioners of National Debt, Sc .v -ing's Banks, and Dividend Atteourt ts) 8,291,993 Other deposits .. 12,744,634 Seven Day And ol:32 er Bills 1,215,059 £40,052,580 Dated the 12th da.y of Jan., 1854. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the retu) fIIS made in the week ending the 10th day of Jan. , 185 4, is. 1235. 11d, per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Cus toms paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof ilito Groat Britain. BANKRUPTS. Frederick M ayston, draper, Great Yarmouth, to sur render, Jan. 2 . 1, at half-past one, and March 4, at half past twelve, n. 4 ; the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Gail dhall•chambers, Basinghall-street ; Braham, Chanc , Jay-lo.uf Frederick Chater, chemist, Wolverhampton, Jan. 26, and Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, Facial assignee, Birmingham ; Thorne, Wol verhampto n ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. James F ielding, cotton spinner, Derbyshire, Feb. 2, and 23, at twe lye, at the Manchester District Court. Pott,• official as signee, Manchester; Hewitt and Needham, Mancheste r. • John Cl egg, licensed vilctualler, Liverpool, Jan. 23, at twelve, an d Feb. 20, at e leven, at the Liverpool District Court. Al [organ, official assignee, Liverpool; Radcliffe, Liverpool. Stephen: Dt ivis, furrier, York, Jan. 30 and Feb. 21, at eleven, at. the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assig• nee, Leeds ; [odgson, York ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Frederick :Willer, corn merchant, Newport, Jan. 26, at half-past one, :and Feb. 23, at [two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Bell, official asaivice, Coleman•strect-buildins ; , • COUNTRY MAIcKETS_ DERBY SMITHFIELD —JAN. 10. There was a better supply of fat beasts to-day, with large attendance of purchasers, and high prices asked for every quality of beef. The sheep pens were well filled with sheep, for which there was a good demand. There were but few fat calves. Fat pigs were more plentiful. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 61d ; mutton, 7d to 7id ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 6d to 6id per lb. ; pigs, lOs to Os Od per score ; rough fat, 5s 10d to Os Od per 141 b.; hides, 20 to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 3id to 4d per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—JAN. 11. Wheat on the top 6s, and the average 4s ld up. Bar ley on the top is 6d, and the average is Bd, up. Oats on the top 3s ' and the average 2 s 2d, up. Beans on the top 2s, and the average 3s 9d, up. Top of Wheat . .. 63i lb 90$ Od 8ar1ey....... ....................... 584 lb 45a 6d Oats .............................. 44 :.b 37s 4d Beans 65i lb 56s Od Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 904 qrs sold 741 qrs Barley 1670 qrs sold 1587 qrs Oats 1095 qrs sold 1080 qrs Beans 167 qrs sold 167 qrs Average of wheat 1:3 18 11 0-12ths Ditto of Barley -12ths Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans .. ..... .......... BOSTON -JAN. 11. --- At this day's market we had a fair supply of wheat, but such extravagant prices were demanded by the farmers that business came nearly to a stand-still, most of the mer chants and millers purchasing just sufficient to supply their immediate wants, whilst many refused to even look at sample. In the few sales effected prices must be noted 2s to 3s per qr. over the rates of this day se'nnight. All de scriptions of spring corn higher. Prices :—Wheat, red, 74s Od to 829 Od ; white, 82s Od to 86s Od extra. 89s Od. Barley, 35s Od to 41s Od. Oats, 23s to 31s. Beans, 33s Oct to 56s Od. Peas, 53s Od to 600 per qr. NEWARK—jAN. 11. At our Corn-exchange to-day we had good supplies of grain, with an advance of 2s per qr. for wheat and barley- A brisk sale for all articles. Prices :—Wheat, white, 92s Od to 96s Od; red, 86s Od to 88s Od. Barley, malting, 4.4 s Od to 48s (k 1 ; grinding, 33s Od to 40s Od. Oats, old, 34s Od to 36s Od; new, 268 Oct to 30s Od. Be ans , 60s Oct t o 64 s Od. Peas, 52s Od to 00s Od. Malt, 64s Od to 68s Oct. Tares, 608 Oct to 64s Od. SEA BURN t LAIG.Y. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what Willi! COUNTRIES, in General Post- Port due :n Office, London.* Dispatched. Fnxland. ----- America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ~. Each Mon America (by United Sts. packet) Jan. 15 .......... Liverpool .• . Ar r i ve d America (by U. States packet) .... • • ....N Jan. 17 .. ........ Souchatnotoi. Australia (via South-1 ampton) .......... M Jan. 20 • • .... Southampt,m ,Feb. 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) NJan. 8.. Ditto (via Cape of Gooffi Liverpool ,Uncei tain. Hope) .. Feb. 4 Africa (West Coast) ..Nl93d of the morth Plymouth .. Arrived Alexandria NB, 9, 24, &30 or ni. Dover .• Jan 16 Alexandria........ —3ll4th & 20th of mon. Southall] pton ;Jan. 20 Bahamas ..... • • • • ..51 17th of the month Southampton „Jan. 16 Belgium ............N Daily Dover Daily Brazil M 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres ........5i 9th of the month.. Southampton ;Jan. 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth 'Arrived Cape of Good Hope ..N;l4th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds • ...N '9th of th e month.. Plymouth ..Tan. 16 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .......• • ... N .I4th of the month Plymouth Channel 151e5.... • ...N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampton Tu.Th.Sat; Chi1i........., • .....M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 16 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24 , & 27 ofm. Dover ) Jan. 10 Constantinople .... • ... 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Jan. 20 Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover .... • • Egypt (see India) Twicedailf France ........ M& N Twice dai1y...... Dover Twiced Gibraltar .. M 4, 7,17, 20, 27 am. Southampton Jan. 18 ailf Greece (see India) Greytown & 17th of mon.. Southampton Jan. 16 Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London HHavannah ... .51'2nd of the month,Southamp ton Feb. 1 olland ...... • ..... M Daily .. .... •• • • ;Dover ....... Daily Honduras .... • • • • 51;17th of the month.' Southampt on Jan. 16 India (viaSouthampt.)sll4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Jan. 21 India (via Marseilles)sl,Bth& 24th of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see Indla)i7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover."... Ireland ....... M & NiT w i ce daily Holyhead .. Twlceffillif Lisbon • ..., • M 7,9, 17, & 27 o f m. Southampton Zan. 16 Madeira ............M 9th of the month Southampton Jan. 16 Madeira . Malta (see India) Malta Malta .......• •• • 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover ...... Jan. 10 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..N 14th o f th e m onth Plymouth .. Mexico ... ........ .M;211c1 of the month.. Southampton Feb. 1 Naples . .....N.sthlsth2sthormon. Dover Jan 12 New Granada 31 22 & 17th of month Southa mpton Jan. 16 New Zea1and........ By private ship .. I Var ious ports Uncertal Papal States .... •....N 15 th 15th2 5 thoftnon. Dover ...... Jan. 12 7thl7th2Bthoirtion. •Southampton Jan. 16 Peninsula 51 Peru ad Sc 27th or mon . Southampton Jan. 16 Port Natal „ ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Sicily . .. •••• • • • • —rcr s th ls t ll2s thofmon, Do ver ...... Jan. 12 sDoouvter h ... am Jan.ton n 1162 Tuscan y •••• • • • • 52dth&15117ht2h osthfllnOn °fin°thn. Venezuela .. ... • • • • • Van Dlemen'sLand (see p Australia) .. • ...... • West Indies 17th 01 month Southampton Jan. 16 • When any o f these dates la:1 el a S un d ay, the mails will ba dispatched on the following day, with the exception of the India via Southampton) , and the Malta, both of which will be dispatched th • day preceding. BIRTHS. OF A. SON. water, the On the 10 wifath inst., at No. 1, Inverne ss -t errace , Bays ofVulliamy, Esq. On the 11th inst ., , eorge at Northfleet, Kent, the wife of Ro bert Tufn e ll , Esq. ' A DAUGHTER. On the 10 t h inst., ol at Chatham, the wife of the Rev. Charles Green, Chaplain of the Forces. On the 12th inst., at No. 10, Hart-street, Bloomsbury sguare, th e wife of Mr. D. A. Rivolta. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Eling Church, Hants, Frederick Brock, Captain in tho 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, to Mar garet, only daughter of George 1 - 1. Ellington, Esq., of Colchester, in the county of Essex. On the 11th inst., Ellis A. Davidson, Master of the Chester School of the Department of Science and Art, to Catherine, youngest daughter of David Levy, Esq., of 5, Southampton-street, Fitzroy -square, London. DIED. On the 15th of December, 1853, at Toronto, Upper Canada, John Brownlow Osborn, Esq., third eon of the late Sir John Osborn, Bart., of Ohicksauds Priory. On the 10th inst., at Brailsford Rectory, Maria Shirley, widow of the late Bishop of Sodor and Man, aged 55. LONDON : Printed and Published by MITP.DO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 17e Sun Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in Ili* UQURf Middlesex, Friday, January 13,18544. 4 112, ity woodli COUNTR WANT El South-Eastern bt within thirty mil least two good s and stable attacl suit, and a sma essential. A ret good water Mils' 33, Erydges-stree GREAT DINGT(36 all the passenge from the New Monday, the 16 New Great West terrace. All the ITp-Trl Station, where c, By 10th January, LONDOB FOR] From and aft RATES for Go.a: Paris and the Ch Goods w - 111bec and betwixt HA rates, which incl or to the Chann( Insurance except Goods willbec Week, each way, For particular, in London, to : Southampton, tc Mr. GILLS, 5, (BY Railway -office EXPORT _11L24 DIES, CA For terms apply LAIIRE (Lessee, The above and will coot CELEBRATED Dancing to com THE WI HOUSE, dos can dine in bllshment at a is the largest in Wines are suppl: rooms are open : pURSSE to 5 Gni Cakes, is. to 10E Swiss and Free Pastry Is to 3s Macelimns, 2s. per Mhiedl for ls., viz., Ar man Cuddy or Jellies and Sou Dishes, Raised Trees and Ornai from 2s. 6d. p street, and 20 Li LADIES' GALON Gold and Silver fight Fabrics. These Dresse Parties of the be this Establishm Some of the lings the Dress, half the real Shawls, Mantle rom business o WARN CONTR Departm THE COI Lord Hi, and Ireland, d nstant, at Ox such Persons a quantities of as may be dem: CHATEIAM, fr days included. The contract residing on the All parties a tively the con( either at this c Majesty's Dock Every tender tender will be any noticed 13 authorised in v Every Wide] panted by a le Somerset-place become bound the due perforn AFFAI: crusty t face of the lak snoozing under every individut - lenctes of the' Never was the mess as during and comfortahl The success vantage, and 1. them by theek of the waters. It appears tt triumph, the b cold, wet, dam able attire for skaters and and Sox, the sl much superior Young gently Attire. Hats, C Paralleled for I For freezing gentlemen, me East and Weal tonlshing adva ..._ The VirllOle9. 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