The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-26 00:00:00

OCCUPATION OF TAHITI. The following appears in the Journal des Dacia : " Roads of Papaiti, Nov.t 9, 1843, " On board of the Uranie. " On the 4th of this month we arrived in the bay of Papaiti, the same day as the frigate Danae, and three days before the frigate Reine Blanche. On the next tir the following order appeared : 66 s e Vice-Admiral in command of the station of the Pacific Ocean informs the commanding officers and crews of vessels in the roads of Papaiti, that the - Queen Pomare refusing obstinately to recognise the treaty concluded on the 9th of September, 1842, and ratified by his Majesty Louis Philippe, he is com pelled to declare that the Queen Pomare has ceased to reign over the Society Islands and their inhabi tants, and to take possession of the islands in the name of the King of France. In consequence the frigate Uranie will debark to-morrow morning, at six, the company of Marine Artillery, and the men dependent on that service,'_ &c. " I will now explain to you the circumstances hich have so much changed the position of the respective parties to the last treaty. " It appeared that nothing more was wanted to the treaty of the 9th of November, signed by Queen Pomare, and by the Commander-in-Chief of the French Forces, to make it valuable and executable in all its clauses, but the signature of the King of the French. Mr. Pritchard, missionary, and merchant, and Consul of the British Government, did not inter fere with the negotiations, and he even disavowed the acts of his representative. It seems, how ever, that the Queen of Tahiti had exceeded the powers which the methodist merchant had left her in his absence. In fact Mr. Pritchard was in London when the treaty was concluded. But even his long acquaintance with the country, and his observations,' as a journal of New Holland seri ously said, of French manceuvres among the South Sea Islands,' inspired him with fears for the inde pendence of Tahiti, and he communicated them to Lord Aberdeen and to his colleagues. The English Cabinet did not, however, pay much attention to the representation of Mr. Pritchard, and it limited itself to sending,' as a mark of kindness to the Otaheitean Government, a carriage for Pomare, and a coat of red cloth for her husband. . . . . " Mr. Pritchard leaves England with his fears and his presents. He arrived at Sydney, and there learned what had passed : under the inspiration of the chiefs which surrounded her, and of her oldest and -wisest counsellors, the Queen of Otaheite had placed herself under the protection of the French Govern ment. On hearing this disastrous intelligence, Mr. Tritchard did not lose a moment in hastening to re gain the power which, had escaped him. lie ob qained from the Governor of New Holland,. Sir ,Geo. 'Gibbs, a large sum of money, intended for the pur -chase of additional presents, and he succeeded in obtaining a promise from Commodore Nicholas, corn :mander of the Vindictive, of recalling the French to - national good faith with irresistible arguments. " Strong in menaces and in seduction, Mr. Pritchard 'embarked on board the Vindictive, and arrived at Tahiti, where it did not take much time, nor many efforts, to persuade the Queen, like a bold child, to re turn to her duty. The sight of a carriage, and of some rags, not to speak of a formidable battery of -cannon, were enough to turn her head. " ( Thus not many , days had elapsed after the arrival 'f the Consul and the English commodore, when the flag of the protectorate was taken from the house, commodious and elegant as it is, called the palace of the Queen ' and Pornare hastened to replace it with one whichbea been given to her by the captain of -the Vindictive. Commodore Nicholas did still - more ; he landed his guns, and placed them in battery, so as to command the entrance of the roads. France had then at Tahiti but one corvette of 21 guns; hut the captain of the Boussola, and sub isequently the captain of the Bmbuscade, addressed Sto him such energetic remonstrances, that the English %commander thought fit to abandon his hostile demon ttration3 against a friendly flag, and he withdrew his guns. Commodore Nicholas, nevertheless, remained two months in the roads, not losing any occasion of 'treating with derision the French protectorate, and of 2mnoying the provincial government left by Admiral :Dupetit Thomas. A little later and the captain 'of the Vindictive, one of those old sailors who :nourish almost to madness the recollection of national 'quarrels, might have paid for the hatred, absurd, and extravagant feeling which he avowed against France ; but no large ship of war with the French flag ap peared to oppose his insulting extravagance, until Admiral Thomas, commander-in-chief on the English station in the South Sea, ordered the Vindictive away, and.replaced her by the Dublin, which frigate has remained a peaceful spectator of what was going on, and never neglecting the courtesy due to our officers. " Nevertheless, it became urgent to settle on a de finitive basis our relations with the Society Islands, and to put an end to the obstacles which were raised against us by the irresolution of the Queen, and the malevolence of her counsellors. The Urania frigate arrived at the Marquesas Islands, bringingout the Go vernor of the French possessions in Oceania, and King's Commissioner to the Queen of Otaheite. he found in the roadstead of Taio-Hae the Reine Blanche, bearing the Admiral's flag, and the Danae. M. Dupetit Thouars and M. Brunt agreed to present themselves before Papaiti, with the three frigates. To make under these circumstances a great display of force was doing an act of generosity. The issue of a contest with the inhabitants would not have been doubtful, but it would have been a bad commencement on our work of civilisation to have shed their blood. It was much more important to fill them with an idea of our power, as they had been persuaded that France had but one large man-of-war, and that it was always the same vessel which called there at different times, painted in a different manner to prevent recognition. " The departure of the Reine Blanche from Taio- IThe had preceded ours. We anchored three days after in the Bay of Papaiti, and we learned that the endeavours of the Admiral during those three days to persuade the Queen to frankly admit the treaty she had signed and ratified, and to re-hoist the flag of the protectorate, had been fruitless. It was necessary to put an end to this bad faith, which had been brought about by bad advice. On Sunday, the sth November, the order of the Admiral appeared which proclaimed the dethronement of the Queen and the sovereignty of the _King of the French, and which announced that, on the following morning at six o'clock, the three frigates would land their men, and the tricoloured flag would be immediately hoisted on the Queen's palace, and preparations were made to salute the national colours at daybreak. "In the night the orders were changed. The Ad miral wished to act as long as possible with indul gence. He thought that the order of the day pub lished in the day, would have been sufficient to have set aside the suggestions of Mr. Pritchard and his colleagues, and to point out to the poor Queen the precipice on which she stood. A delay was granted. Noon was the time fixed at which the tri-coloured flag should be hoisted by order of the Queen, and France would then content herself with the execution of the other clauses of the treaty. If this was not done the dethronement of Queen Pomare was to be declared, and • her flag replaced by our own. We waited for noon, and the intervening hours were those of emotion and lively anxiety. An Indian Princess, the issue of a family which was illustrious and powerful in her country, was either to renounce the inheritance of her ancestors or return to good faith and equity—France was either to possess nominal supremacy in these fine islands, or possess them entirely. Serious interests were thus attached to the hoisting . of a flag. The quarter-decks of all the vessels in the roadstead, including that of the Eng lish frigate, were crowded with officers; all their telescopes were directed towards the Queen's palace, and men were posted on the tops on the look out. The hour past ; the flag of Pomare was still waving ; Pomare—the blind, the obstinate Pomare—refused to yield to our demands. Two hundred artiller y and marines were landed, with 300 or 40 0 sailors' and surrounded the Queen's house, in which every thing was silent—the flag of Pomare was removed M. d'Aubigny, the Governor of Tahiti, exclaimed : Officers, soldiers, and sailors, and you inhabitants of these islands, to whom we bring justice and peace, in the name of the King, our august master, I take pos session of this country. We shall be content to die for the defence of the glorious tri-coloured flag. Hoist the flag r This order was executed amidst the rolling of the drums and cries of ive le Roi.' Queen Pomare has ceased to reign, and we tread French land ! "The flag of the English Consulate was immediately . lowered. A rather large number of natives were as sembled in front of the residence of M. Pritchard, and the latter was seen addressing them with vehemence. However, his exhortations do not seem to have been attended with much success. In the evening the town had resumed its wonted tranquillity ; the men smoked their cigars with as much insouciance, and the women exhibited their white teeth with a playful naivete as if they had not just witnessed a revolution. " The Governor-General was installed on the Bth, and had a Council Acknowledged, consisting of Cap tain d'Aubigny, Lieutenant Clog, and M. Makren bout, ex-Consul of France. " A proclamation, addressed to the iahabitants, has informed them that a fall guarantee is granted to their persons, property, and the free exercise of their reli gious worship. " Papaiti is declared a free port. No anchorage, customs, or other duties, vi ill be in future paid,. ex cepting pilot duties. " The French flag floats over a fine country, which, in certain respects, still reminds one_of Bou gainville's poetical description. I shall tell yoU later whether La Nouvelle-Cythere has any chance of proving in time a useful and produetive colony. " EUGINE GOSSE." SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. GLOBE.—We cannot but think that matter of some wonderment, and of some amusement—new occasion for looking upon our dearly beloved countrymen as toto penitus divisos orbe Britannos—will be supplied to conti nental Europe by the last fortnight of pleadings pro and con before the Grand Inquest of the nation. The whole has, indeed, been somewhat in the character of Coroner's Inquest on a defunct trial. The trial is no more ; the convicts all alive and kicking. The grand convict, the " Anarch old" of Conservative enmity, is there in his place, reading the Minister, who had him con victed of conspiring against the public peace, sage lessons on the dangers to that peace from Lord Devon's commission, "unsettling the minds of the occupiers"— offering Sir R. Peel his " cordial assistance" for such and such objects—assuring him " he is not battling with him"—adopting the tone of Minister Plenipotentiary for the Irish people—and holding out the folds of his robe ambassadorial with the option of peace or war. All this is in somewhat amusing contrast with the nominal position of the parties ; as well as with the great Agi tator's pathos about dungeons and scaffolds the other night—upon other boards ; and, as we said, we fancy continental Europe will hardly know what to make of it. Do we object to the free and easy issue of legal con victions, thus singularly illustrated ? No more than we object to the bloodless issue of threatening arma ments. Everything, we trust, tends to mitigation of civil discords ; and we are nowise ashamed of the peculiarity which these proceedings will exhibit in the eyes of Europe. We rejoice that in Eng land no party is ever to that degree dominant that it can stifle the fullest possible utterance of the views over which it holds, for the time, the ascendant. We believe this character of fair play for both sides to be quite unique practically in the world. Not in France, with all its nonsensical boastings of social equality—not assuredly elsewhere in Europe— not, we believe, in America, can opposite opinions on questions so nearly touching the heart of empire as this Irish one come forth with so little restraint—with so little dangerous irritation—with such unlimited length and latitude of discussion—as in much abused old England. And not, most certainly, could any such freedom belong to an Irish Parliament—left alone. In this point of view, at least, the union produces fruits which could not survive its repeal ; and we are glad to be able to sub scribe to the closing sentences of the leading speakers on both sides, and express our conviction that the spirit of the times, which has proved so favourable to full and unfettered discussion, will prove not barren of healing measures. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel, with the serio-comic con siderateness of the man who was going to be hanged, and sought to mitigate the pressure of those who were crowding before him to the scene of action—" Don't hurry, gen tlemen, there'll be no fun till I come "—observed last night, with reference to the "consummation de voutly to be wished " of the debate, that " He was unfortunately in the position of being one of the speakers who was expected to address the House on the sub ject, and he could assure the House that he should do so as briefly as possible. He was willing to accede to any arrange ment that might be suggested. Was the debate to end that night?—(Loud cries from the Opposition of ' To-morrow, to morrow,' during which the Right Hon. Baronet resumed his seat. )" Indeed, we can assure Sir Robert Peel that he is " unfortunately in the position" of being expected to speak on the Irish question, and what is more, expected to say something on it. The position of his Irish law-officers was a fortunate one compared to his. They had only subministrant functions to give account of ; and it must be acknowledged that Mr. Smith acquitted himself as creditably of that defence as could possibly be expected—abandoning, of course, as indefensible, his extra-professional escapade, and throwing himself on the ready indulgence of an assembly , favourable tam Marti, q uam ‘ Mercurio. It must be acknowledged, indeed, that the ' counsel" on both sides have done themselves great credit by their appearance. We have al ready, however, disclaimed the intention of going over the ground of these trials again. It is, therefore, with reference to the more comprehensive and general portion of Mr. Sheil's speech of last night that we propose to shape the brief observations we shall offer at present on its subject-matter. The most important part of that subject -mat ter, which afforded material for the highly effective and power ful peroration of Mr. Sheil's speech, was the Irish Church question. We think that this affords one of the strongest examples of a question, all the interests involved in which have suffered most seriously, by its having been put forward so long as a mere watchword of political party. Will any one affirm that British statesmen, if they had only acted with the same indiffe rence to religious distinctions as on every other point of the British empire—if they had only acted with the same indiffe rence—we should say, with the same " impartial kindness " (to borrow a phrase of Burke) which they have shown to the tenets of Frenchmen or of Hindoos—which they have even stretched the unnecessary length of tolerating human sacrifices and doing the civil to Juggernaut—if they had only shown the same old Roman spirit of letting all parts of the empire live with their own life, and fellow the faith hereditary and habitual to them—and had but, in addition to this (as regards Ireland), endeavoured to reconcile an old and respectable form of our common Christianity to the established order of the State —we need not now have had an Irish Church question ? It is the having made that question political, contrary to all other British policy, that has done the mischief. When the cause of a Church requires to be made political in a free country, it is lost. A Church should be so rooted as to deter poli ticians from bringing it in question, one way or other. When a party adopt the cause of a Church—when they blazon their zeal for a Church—as the ground for this or that political course, which has- no direct connexion with it—the existence of that Church is, from that moment, most seriously compromised: It is as good as confessed that it cannot exist independent of this or that party policy—that its fate hangs upon this or that combination of secular interests. The blame of the actual peril of the Irish Protestant Church, even in its just rights, originally be longs to those who made the Church their watchword, when its rights were not brought in question. They have been cramming Church down our throats for nearly the last half century, and now they are surprised that those whom they cannot make drunk with the dose—are sick of it. We have had no answer but " Church" to every political proposition regard ing Ireland. They made a merit of supporting the Church, to secure for themselves support from the Church party. In this compact the Church is inevitably the ultimate loser. Those who do not scruple to profane its cause will not scruple to desert it. STANDARD.—A kind of promise was last night given on the part of the Opposition that the long debate shall terminate to-night, and as we shall be, of course, expected to say some thing of it at its conclusion, we readily avail ourselves of the excuse of our crowded columns for saying little about it to-day. The debate has been a long, a dreadfully long one—unparalleled in its duration , even already, but it is to be remembered, that its frightful prolixity is in no respect attributable to those who alone will derive advantage from it—her Majesty's Ministers. Indeed, if the servants of the Crown could separate their per sonal and official interests from the interests of the country, they ought to rejoice in the tedious debate that has so nobly justified every one of their acts, and so firmly fixed their power. We shall not be surprised to hear the fault-finders say that the easy permission of this nine days' nuisance is but another instance of Sir Robert Peel's craft, and that as he was merely laying a trap in allowing scope to the " monster meet ing's " of the Repealers, he has been in like manner preparing a pitfall, by conniving at their " monster speeches," still with the same view of exposing to all men the vanity, the worthlessness, and the guilt of his adversaries in the end. Mr. Sheil's speech was by a great deal the longest speech last night. Mr. Sheil is a clever man in a party which has but three clever men (Mr. C. Bul ler, Mr. Macaulay, and himself), and we never grudge him praise when praise is due ; but last night's speech was un doubtedly a failure—a failure, we mean, for Mr. Sheil, for it would be a prodigy from the lips of Lord J. Russell, Mr. Jos. Hume, Lord Howick, or Sir C. Napier, or any other Opposi tion Member but one of the three that we have named. The speech was a failure, lively as it was ; like all Mr. Sheil's speeches, it was beyond them all, thin, extravagant, and incon clusive, and soiled by personalities such as we hoped Mr. Sheil had left behind him when he withdrew from " the Catholic As sociation." There was one allusion—we will hope that Mr. Sheil is ashamed of it—that compelled us to recollect, however invo luntarily, a once notorious speech of 1826; but we pass this in the expectation that such offences against decency and good feeling will not be repeated. It would be a jest to investigate the success of Mr: Sheil's speech, as a reply to the unequalled argument of the Attorney-General for Ireland ; such an attempt would be as absurd as that of the mathematician, who tried to bring the " Rape of the Lock" to trial by " Newton's Principia." Widely different as the speeches are in the degree of merit, still more strongly are they contrasted in kind, and in the matter about which they are conversant. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 24. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord ABrNQER And Special Juries.) PICRFORD AND ANOTHER V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. Martin and Mr. Cardwell conducted the case for the plaintiffs, and the Solicitor-General, with whom was Mr. Crompton, appeared for the defendants. This was an action to recover compensation in damages from the defendants under the following circumstances : The plaintiffs are the celebrated carriers, and like many other private establishments of a similar character have suffered, of course, very materially since the various railways have come into their full force of working. They furthermore complained that upon some of the lines advantages are offered to some of their competitors which are denied to them. In the present instance, it seemed that they had sent a quantity of goods to the station at Liverpool for the purpose of their being forwarded to Birmingham ; that a portion of such goods consisted of pork and other perish able articles ; and that they were not forwarded and de livered in due time. It further appeared that, in the present instance, the goods had been sent to the railway station after four o'clock in the afternoon, and were not forwarded by the goods-train that left at eight o'clock the same evening. On behalf of the defendants it was contended, that inasmuch as there were certain rules and regulations by which it had been found necessary to guide the arrangements and pro ceedings of the railway, and that one of them was to the effect b o'clocket .1 0 l a r e t fo ‘ t'uraral o'clockgm o u o s d t s obn i e n t t dh e e n el c is l va e e d mr eae tdnoadafttbe osnt forwarded tnioonr daetrb L to ivere - pool sure their being duly forwarded ," e rn t h i e ) had not acted m ac cor d ance with such that ruie nt h h e e c p o l n a l in p t a i n ff; could not be held liable. The jury; entertaining an opinion f avoura bl e, returned a verdict for the defendants. WILLIAMS, ADMINISTRATOR, v. mAy Mr. Crowder, Mr. Sergeant Byles, and Mr. Butt, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humfrey, with whom was Mr. E. James, conducted the case for the defendant. Thi s was. an action to recover the value of certain pictures, of which the defindant had possession, belonging to the piaintiff as the ad ministrator to the estate, and effects of the Rev. C. Digby, deceased. It appeitt4that the deceased gentleman had, during his lifetime, a great collector of pictures, and that, having also been ellgaged in some mining transactions, he had become embatrassed so much as to induce him to quit the country for a 's)liort period. Being in bad health, however,he had died at Wiesbaden, whither he hadproceeded for the benefit of baths. Whilst absent from England he wrote to Mr. Francis O'Neal, with whom he was engaged in the milling matters, authorising him to pawn or sell such of his` pictures as he might find it to be necessary in order ctrenable him to pay certain bills which were ap proaching their maturity. With this view the pictures were sent to the defendant, a celebrated money-lender in Cateaton street, with whom a negoti a ti on was commenced for the ob tainment of an advance amounting to 4,000/. After various interviews the negotiation wen t o ft; and upon a subsequent application the defendant refused to deliver up the pictures unless he was paid the sum of 7001., which he alleged he had advanced to O'Neal on the authority and for the benefit of the deceased. This authority was disputed on the part of the plaintiff, and that wa s the question now brought un d er t h e cons ideration of the j ury. On behalf of the defendant, it was proved that the deceased had written more then one letter to O'Neal, telling him to pawn or sell thepktures, for the pyir.. pose of raising money; and furthermore, by the production of the chequee of the defendant, that the_7ool. had been ad. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1844. -.4 • IPM , • •••••14. vanced to O'Neal by the defendant. At the conclusion of the defendant's case, at the suggestion of the Learned Judge, the case was referred. HARRIS V. HOWARD. This was an action virtually to compel the defendant to deliver up certain prints, drawings, plates and other matters, to which the plaintiff laid claim as being his property. Mr. Kelly, with whom was Sir John Bayley, conducted the case for the plaintiff, whilst Mr. B. Andrews and Mr. Ogle appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff is Major Harris, to whom the world is indebted for a most admirable work, entitled " Wild Sports of Africa," and the defendant is Mr. Frank Howard, the artist. It appeared that the plaintiff, whilst in Southern Africa, being anxious to publish the work of which mention has been made, commissioned a Miss Cornwallis in this country to make arrangements with an artist to accomplish that object. The gentleman to whom the lady was recommended turned out to be the defendant, with whom she entered into an agreement, by which he was to be paid fifteen guineas for each of twenty : eight coloured plates, and five guineas each for the " tail pieces" and vignettes. Subsequently to this a second agreement was arranged for a second work, to which he was to supply twenty plates, at the rate of five guineas per plate. This sum, it was stated by the Learned Counsel, was far more than one of the most able artists of the day would have charged. The defendant furthermore undertook to correct the letter-press portion of the publication, and to act some what in the capacity of its publisher, having promised to for ward copies thereof to the different subscribers in India. In the course of time defendant was paid 1,9001. on account of the first work, and 5001. for the second, and there now re mained only 891. odd due to him. The balance had been tendered, but the defendant refused to accept it, and to deliver up the plates, printing, &c., &c., unless he were paid 500 L as his commission upon the transaction. This claim the plaintiff declined to acknowledge, on the ground that there had never been any agreement wherein such a thing as commission had been even hinted at. In the course of the statement of Counsel it appeared that, notwith standing so large a sum had been handed over to the de fendant, he had failed in applying it to its proper purpose, and that several of the parties who had been occupied under him upon the work, retained certain parts in, their possession until their claims had been satisfied. _ Evenivalli, as in the preceding cause, the case was referred. The jury, therefore, gave a verdict for the plaintiff, sabject to a reference ; the defendant, in the meantime, upon secu rity being given, to deliver up those portions of the work that were in his possession, and to give orders for the deli very of the rest by the different tradespeople. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 24. (Sittings in London before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) PHILLIPS V. IRVINE. This was an action of assumpsit upon a policy of insurance, brought against the defendants as directors of an insurance company. The vessel upon which the policy was effected was bound on a voyage from London to Bombay, or China. She was examined previous to her departure from this port, and was considered sound, but a short time before her amval at the port of destination the " cheeks" of her mainmast were found defective. She underwent repairs in her Majesty's Dockyard at Bombay, and was then detained there for several months, not being able to procure a remunerating freightage home. She at started on her homeward voyage, but she was found still to be unsound, and her captain put into the Mauri tius. It was there ascertained that the necessary repairs would have cost 7001. or 8001., and this being more than the vessel was worth, she was abandoned as for a total loss, and sold. The pleas put in on behalf of the insurers were—unsea worthiness, a concealment of rotten timbers, a deviation founded on her long stoppage at Bombay, "and an improper sale. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case, however, Sergeant CHANNELL, for the defendants, admitted that the verdict must be against him on three of the pleas, and as to the stoppage at Bombay, he should propose that the ques tion, being one both of law and fact, it should be reserved for the Court. He should then contend that the stoppage for the purpose of obtaining a remunerative freightage was a de viation, and would entitle him to move for a nonsuit. Sir T. WILDE concurred on behalf of the plaintiff, and The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE accordingly directed the jury to find a general verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) BOW-STREET. Mr. Cooper, the stage-manager of Drury-lane Theatre, ap plied to the sitting magistrate for a summons against certain parties who were engaged by Mr. Bunn, the lessee of that establishment, in the capacity of chorus-singers, and who, there was reason to suppose, were about to transfer their ser vices to the Italian Opera House. Mr. JARDINE inquired the grounds on which the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre had come to that conclusion ? Mr. Cooper said, the parties of whom he complained were eleven in number, and had been engaged by Mr. Bunn as chorus singers for the season. He had recently ascertained that they had attended several rehearsals that had taken place of the forthcoming performances at the other theatre, which was no doubt preparatory to their accepting an engagement at that house, although they were all the time in the service of Mr. Bunn, and paid a weekly salary by him—of course Mr. Bunn was anxious to put a stop to such a proceeding on their part. Mr. JARDINE said he had a great very doubt whether the case was one over which he, as a police magistrate, had any jurisdiction. The only Act of Parliament which gave a ma gistrate jurisdiction in the case of a breach of an engagement between masters and servants applied exclusively to handi craftsmen, such as smiths, carpenters, &c., and which gave the complaining parties a speedy remedy in case of any breach of the contract entered into between them. Mr. Cooper said that it would be attended with very con siderable inconvenience to the lessee or proprietor of a theatre, if persons whose services he had engaged for the entire sea son could abandon the contract into which they had entered with him at any moment they pleased, and transfer their ser vices to another establishment. Mr. JARDINE would admit that, but at the same time he knew of remedy for the evil, except an action at law against the parties for a breach of contract, a proceeding which would be attended with considerable expense and delay. Perhaps the better course to pursue would be to [make an application to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to restrain the persons from entering into an engagement with the proprie tors of another theatre until the period for which their ser vices had been engaged by the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre had expired. Mr. Cooper said, that he much feared a suit in Chancery would be even more objectionable to the lessee than an action at common law. Mr. JARDDIE said, if the lessee was unwilling to adopt legal proceedings, the only course he could suggest was that he should give notice to the parties of whose conduct he com plained of the illegality of their proceedings, and to inform them that if they refused to abide by the contract they had entered into with him legal proceedings would be taken against them. However, he had only to repeat that the case was not one over which he had any jurisdiction. Mr. Cooper promised to act upon the suggestion; and, having thanked the worthy Magistrate for his attention, withdrew. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A tradesman, named Kay,was summoned last week by the parish authorities of St. Giles's, for refusing to support his grandchildren. The parish prosecutor now said, that by subsequent in quiry circumstances had become known to him which dis inclined the parish at present to press on the grandfather, Kay. The old man was very ill, and it appeared he was just about to call his creditors together. As his ability to support his grandchildren was therefore very doubtful, the magistrates would perhaps advise the case to stand over till some evidence could be adduced affirrnatory of his power to aid them. The MAGISTRATE agreed that it would be well to delay for a month or so, :by which time Mr. Kay would no doubt appear personally, and show cause why the order should not be made upon him. George Garrett was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having stolen a dog belonging to a foreign gentleman named Calza, living in Portugal -street. The prisoner, it appeared, was seen by police constable Russell, following a gentleman who had a little dog with him in Regent-street. The prisoner, who seemed an expert hand, adroitly con trived to cut the string by which the dog was held, without being perceived by the owner, and then, snatching the dog up and concealing it in his apron, he ran down Argyll-street. The constable, however, was on the alert, and he not only succeeded in capturing the prisoner with the dog, upon him, but he contrived to make the owner acquainted with the loss he had unawares sustained. The prisoner was found to be an inhabitant of one of the streets in Spitalfields, in the very centre of the locality where the dog stealers abound. As there were good grounds for believing that the prisoner was an old offender, he was fined 11., the value of the dog, and 201. for stealing it, and in default of payment he was sent for six months to hard labour. UNION-HALL. A case exemplifying in a remarkable degree the mistakes fallen into occasionally, with respect to the identity of per sons, mine on before Mr. Cottingham, during the examina tion of a man named Jarvis, who was charged on suspicion of stealing a firkin of butter at Camberwell. The prisoner was brought to this Court a few days ago, charged with steal ing a firkin of butter, which he was seen carrying on his shoulder, and when stopped he said that he had found it lying in the road, and was in the act of taking it to an adjacent shop ; but this statement being disbelieved, he was taken into custody. The prisoner gave a similar account when be fore the magistrate, and two persons in attendance gave him a good character, and said that they had known him from his youth, and never heard of his being in trouble before. Two or three policemen, however, gave a very different character of the prisoner, whom they alleged had been convicted of felony, and trans ported for seven years. This latter accusation however, was denied by the prisoner, and he was remanded until this day, with a view that the matter might be further investigated. Accordingly policeman 76, P division, attended, and on looking at the prisoner he said that he took him into custody in the year 1835 for felony, and that he was con victed and transported for seven years. The prisoner declared that the policeman was mistaken, and went on to say that a brother of his was tried some years ago and sentenced to transportation, but that a subsequent investigation having been entered into before the Secretary of State, his brother received a free pardon. The policemen still persisted in their tale. Here a tradesman, who had known the prisoner since his boyhood, stepped forward, produced the free pardon of the prisoner's brother, and said that the accused had never been away from Camberwell a month together since he was born. This latter circumstance was confirmed by the shopkeeper to whoni the firkin Of butter belonged which the prisoner was charged with stealing. Mr. CorrniGnAm said that the investigation of the charge showed that the policeman was mistaken as to the identity of the prisoner, although he had spoken with such confidence on the point. He (Mr. Cottingham) had no doubt the police meneftaleicnettoi w ro n e s r e i nwtrho their g r , a d n e n d t i i t t y b behoved mindful persons,con s f t o a r b h l easdt it o b n e o t beens a an tis d - Nd unfortunateh- e o ( errorr t . li l o s f c Cottingham)instanceom niitghaa might innocent n have ca a ev c ne c tubs young been nu nwal led was man into transported,y p ro suma fo r enh tr N i cv a oo l n . nfil dd T eta h n e chee N o l a a fw g t h i a s em tr i a lni t e e gn a tfio d try d e t oh d f , e a t Ifuipatentrrseho,neanl until op n e o d ht estph:eaapskoqwliiiciitethe positive of it, and at the same time Mr. Cottingham dis charged the prisoner, saying that ho left the Court without any imputation on his character. Inspector Evans, of the L division, gave information of the sudden death of a gentleman in a public-house, on the pre ceding afternoon, under very awful circumstances. The Inspector stated that a gentleman, named Burrows, residing at South Lambeth, met a female in the Borough, between three and four o'clock on the preceding afternoon, and they walked together until they arrived at the Crown public-house inWwesalred up stairs inster-road, into whi a room on h which house they entered firsttered floor, and They called for a glass of gin and water, and Mr. Burrows had just tasted the liquor, when his companion ob served that he changed colour, and immediately fell off the chair on the floor. She immediately rang the bell, and the landlord coming up, and seeing the condition of the gentle man, immediately called in medical aid, but he expired al most instantaneously. A policeman having been apprised of the circumstance, took polemical, of the . doceasetri pro. , . perty—consisting of a goidwatch and chain, a purse contain ing a considerable sum of money, and some small silver arti cles. The landlord and the female who was in the company of the deceased at the time ho expired, accompanied the policeman to the station-house, and the woman who, it ap pears, is a widow, and lives in SnBw's-fields, had been for some time acquainted with the deceased, who had been formerly in the army, and was described to be about 60 years of age. . CLERKENWELL. REPORTING AT POLICE COURTS.--When the morning charges were disposed of, Mr. GREENWOOD said his attention had been accidentally directed to a report of an occurrence at this Court in the Illustrated London News. He wished to know in the first instance whether anything occurred before Mr. Combe regarding the case. Mr. Mallet (the chief clerk) said nothing whatever had occurred on the subject since the day on which the affair took place. Mr. GREENwoon—Then the report in this newspaper is grossly incorrect. (The Magistrate handed the newspaper to the chief clerk, who having perused the report, said it was full of misrepresentations from beginning to end. The reporter of The Sun begged to say that he had not furnished a report of the occurrence to any newspaper. As the postman's conduct was about to be made the subject of investigation before the Postmaster-General, he thought any newspaper statement previously to that investigation might create an unfavourable and unfair prejudice against him. Mr. GREENWOOD—YOU were the only gentleman from the press who was in Court at the time, and I am sure you will agree with me in saying that no part of the occurrence took place outside the Court. You confirmed the statement made by the gaoler regarding the conduct of the postman. The Reporter said the whole affair took place within the Court. _ Mr. GREENWOOD, after some further observations on the incorrectness of the report, let the matter drop. Alfred and James Bevis (brothers), and a man named Murphy, alias Murray, were brought before Mr. Greenwood for re-examination, charged with burglary in the dwelling house of Mr. Nathaniel Neville, boot and shoemaker, in St. John-street, Clerkenwell, and also with attempting to murder that gentleman. On the previous examination it came out in evidence, that last Wednesday morning three weeks, about the hour of six, the prosecutor was awoke by a noise in his Warehouse, when he immediately went and found three men packing up his goods. They attacked him, beating him most dreadfully about the head•with a " life preserver," until he was insen sible, and then they effected their escape. From subsequent information, the prisoners were apprehended by Sergeant Redman, who had taken them into the presence of the prosecutor, by whom they had been identified as the persons that attempted to take away his life and property. Sergeant Redman reported that the prosecutor was still too dangerously ill to leave his room, and produced a certifi cate, of which the following is a copy :—" This is to certify that Mr. Neville remains very ill in consequence of severe injuries of the head, and quite unable to attend any public examination.—H. Walter, surgeon, 59, St. John-street, Feb. 24th, 1844."—The prisoners were remanded again. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise Week Total. ended Name of Railway. X. s. d. Feb. 17 Arbroath and Forfar 129 14 104 17 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,166 4 7 16 Birmingham and Gloucester 1,683 8 0 17 Brandling Junction Bl4 0 10 16 Chester and Birkenhead 322 8 0 •20 Dublin and Kingstown 18 Dundee and-Arbroath lBO 3 94 17 Durham and Sunderland 667 2 1 17 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1,788 12 1 18 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 3,183 10 11 17 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr l,lBO 7 7 17 Glasgow and Greenock 671 19 6 4,735771 1512 444 17 Grand Junction 6,397 10 5 • 17 Great North of E ng land 1,334 2 2 18 Great Western 16 Liverpool and Manchester 17 London and Birmingham 22 London and Black-svall 4 7 4 7 17 London and Brighton 20 London and Croydon ' 200 374 22 London and Greenwich 613 5 0 1 1 5 8 London Manchester,and S B o o u l t t ohiTr and e st e ß r nu Bury .... . . . . 17 Manchester and Birmingham . 2,722 14 7 484 1 5 1 1 7 1 4 1177 Midland Counti es Leeds, and Hull Assoc 2,2785 17, Newcastle and Carlisle 1,291 12 1 18 Newcastle and North Shields 3OO 19 8 17 North Midland 3,885 3 4 16 North Union 13 Paris and Orleans 3,280 5 6 19 Paris and Rouen 3,120 0 0 17 Preston and Wyre 204 5 1 17 ,Sheffield and Manchester 478 11 3 22 ;'South Eastern 17 'Taff Vale 18 Ulster 555 7 7 • 17 York and North Midland STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FEB. 23.—We can merely this week confirm our last report. The demand continues good, but stocks are light, and the choice only indifferent. ENGLISH WOOL MAR. - REP, LEEDS, FEB. 23.—Sales of combing wool during the present week have not been quite so extensive as for some few weeks past. Prices are firm and stationary. Clothing wools are in good demand, and last week's quotations are fully realised. WAKEFIELD WOOL, MARKET, FEB. 23.—There is no further improvement in the demand or price of wool since our last ; sales have been limited in all sorts, but prices are firm. - LEEDS.—We have nothing new to report of our Cloth markets this week. The demand has again beenbrisk for low-priced cloths, particularly in common blacks ; for middle priced cloths there has been a moderate de mand, but fine goods continue dull of sale. There have been good markets for Tweeds, both on Saturday and Tuesday, and the stocks in the Halls are very low. There have been a good many whol esa l e b uyers in the town during the week, and business in consequence has been better in the warehouses than for some time past. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY. --Pi eces are in good request, and the stocks very low for the season of the year. Prices are tending ..upwards. Although there is yarns, yet the spinners deaTleursu.nsDAy not are a so ll in ve u ry ch b ac us t y ual wi p th urc c h o a n s t in ra g cts in entered into, and are o y ld a e s rs are exceedingly firm, hardly stocks at prices that will not at all disposed to increase talheuiarhobrduesirase, business sexdcoeipatg as cost on the rates demanded in our market this week, and prices are nominally the same for all kinds. This state of things cannot long enableal full3a s y f et the TRADEhr e e rywi et growers eheeeseak.l nns o n F topast,°l. thge a rere etaPdnli prun e a csd c o e th e un at rht MANCHESTER,r y continue, as buyers for early spring shipments cannot much longer delay operations, and it will then be seen, and perhaps not before, EVENING.— There has been little change what complexion as regards prices will then wear. At present small and needy manufacturers are not realising more than about one-half the advance on 'cotton. The large and wealthy houses are not sellers at present rates. Twist is without change, though in better demand. Fine i numbers secure and support firmly the advance asking.— Leeds Mercury. CORONER'S INQUEST. — HYDROPHOBIA.—On Satur day, an inquest was held at the Rising Sun public-house, Brooksly-street, Islington, on the body of Henry Baylis, a bricklayer, aged 31, who died from hydrophobia. James Baylis, brother of the deceased, said that on Sunday evening last he complained of great pain in his left arm and shoulder. raving m lf- a On Monday he was unable to go to work, and on that even ing he complained that the pains in his head were so grea t that he thought he should go mad. On the following day he was so ill, that Mr. Bateman , a surgeon, was sent for, and past eight o'clock that d, perfectly furious, and made so many attempts on his own life and the lives of e p v re e s n c i ri ng bed dec foreasdedeceased. Zin became those about him, that they were forced to place him in a strait waistcoat. He continued in this state, with the exception of one or two lucid intervals, until eight o'clock next morning, when he suddenly fell down dead. Another witness stated that on the night of the 24th of December last deceased came home, accompanied by a dog, which he said had followed him from the AlbiOn Arms. The dog lay down by the fire till he went to bed, when, in speaking to him, he flew up and bit deceased's finger. He immediately turned the dog out, and merely washed and fomented his finger. About a month ago the finger became very sore, and a sur geon was called in. Mr. Bateman, of 9, Church-row, Isling ton, said he was called to attend the deceased, and had no doubt that he died of hydrophobia.—Verdict accordingly. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINXING.—The in vestigation into the circumstances attending the death of Helen Goodlad, some particulars relative to which have be fore appeared in this journal, was resumed and concluded on Wednesday, at the Red Lion, Batty-street, Commercial-road East. Mr. Chadwick Jones appeared to watch the case on behalf of the persons charged as instrumental in causing the death of the deceased, who were themselves present in the custody of an inspector of the H division of the police. The evidence of the young woman Papworth, the only witness examined on Monday last, having been read over by the Coroner, she was subjected to a severe cross-exami nation by Mr. Jones. Her statement varied in no important particular from that made on the last occasion ; but she ad mitted deceased was often the worse for liquor. The Coroner said he had been informed that the parties in custody had given wrong names when before him on Monday last, and he thought it would be•desirable to amend the error at once. Mr.'Jones thought the matter immaterial in the present stage of the inquiry ; but the jurors were unanimous in re quiring that the proper names should be given. It was then stated that the name of one was Hands, and that of the other person Asell. Mr. Dillon, a comedian, attached to the Gar rick Theatre, was next examined. His evidence went to show that the parties charged were not so much to blame as the first witness alleged, and that every attention had been paid to the deceased and her companion after they had taken the spirits. Mr. Mark Garrett, surgeon, stated that on making a post mortem examination of the deceased, he found no marks or bruises externally. On dividing the scalp he found a small quantity of coagulated blood 6ffused, probably caused by a blow or fall. The brain was much congested throughout, and at its base about half an ounce of serum or bloody fluid had collected. The stomach was empty, with the exception of about a pint of liquid, which smelt strongly of spirits. He at tributed death to the concussion caused by the fall, accele rated no doubt‘y the state of the system from having swallowed so large a quantity of spirits. There was no appearance to in dicate the deceased's having been a person addicted to drink - ing. Other witnesses having been examined, the Coroner summed up at great length, pointing out the law as it applied to cases of manslaughter generally, and quoting an opinion laid down by Mr. Justice Park in the case of the Queen v. Packard (where the defendant was indicted for having ad ministered a . quantity of spirits to a sheriff's officer, and getting together to afterwards driven him about in a cab until he died), to this e e ffect—" T a h t drink, or the one pressing another to do so, is not an unlaw atural ful act, or if death ensues an event that can be construed into manslaughter." The Court was then cleared, and after a short deliberation the jury found that the deceased died a asehncepleleraftaedctsbyofdrPien:nngs an excessive quan tity of spirits called Geneva, and that she had suffered no violence from any person. The jury refrained from com menting on the conduct of the parties who had been privy to her taking it, inasmuch as they felt that the publicity which the facts had obtained would be a sufficient punish ment and a warning to them as to their future conduct. : The parties werethen taken to Lambeth-etreet police-effico. MURDERS BY A YOUNG CHILD. On Monday was to Lincoln Castle, for trial, charged with the wilful murder of her two little bro thers (on•the mother's side), Mary Johnson, a girl not yet thirteen. The inquest was held at Benington, near Boston, the place where the parties reside, and it has proved a most painful and intricate investigation. • The prisoner's improbable story is as follows : She went to Mr. Overton's shop, the Post-office, to in quire for a letter ; there not being one, she went out again, and in about ten minutes returned, and asked for a pennyworth of arsenic, which, after a deal of hesitation, she obtained. The same night, when par taking of their meal, the two children were poisoned, and died the next morning, within two hours of each other. On the night in question, after their meal was over, Farr (the father) and his housekeeper went to a Ranting chapel, in an adjoining parish, and upon their return home they found the two children at a neigh bour's house, under 'the same roof, retching, purging, and vomiting, which continued with but little intermis sion until they died. The father fetched Mr. Cummack, a surgeon, but upon his arrival William expired. The day after the death of the two children, the father, hearing that the prisoner had procured poison at Mr. Overton's, took her with him, and confronted her with Mr. Overton, putting the question, " Did this girl get any poison here ?" Being answered in the affirmative, the father then asked the girl what she did with it ? She replied, " I gave it to a woman on the road, who sent me for it." At another stage of the investigation, being asked by the Coroner if she should know the woman again, or describe her dress and person, she answered, she had never seen her before or since; that she was a tall woman, wearing a brown cloak, a white straw bonnet with coloured ribands, and car rying a reticule basket; and that she accompanied the woman on the high-road as far as the guide-post leading to Butterwick, being a distance of betwepn 200 and 300 yards from Mr. Overton's, where the woman left her, and pursued her journey towards Boston, and the girl returned home. After vigilant inquiry by the officers and pollee no such woman can be found. At this stage of the proceedings a witness was pro duced who completely refuted the statement of the pri soner, and swore that on the day in question she was going on the high-road. to Boston, and saw a woman coming over Mr. Overton's stile, and that she also saw the prisoner, but that they never came near one an other, and that no communication did or could take place between them. - Mr. Overton proved serving the prisoner with a quar ter of an ounce of arsenic, and he asked her how they were going to use it ? She said "to poison mice." lie advised the girl to be very cautious where she put it, as it was highly dangerous, and then took the precaution of duly labelling it with the word "poison." Mr. Cummack made a post mortem examination of both bodies, and detected arsenic in their stomachs. The housekeeper underwent a severe cross-examina tion by the Coroner, but nothing could be elicited from her or the father to criminate any one but the prisoner ; and upon the Coroner's address to her upon the verdict, and the painful duty which devolved on him in sending one so young in years to prison and to trial, she appeared to be the only one, in an unusually crowded Court, who remained unmoved, indifferent and mute. TUESDAY NIGHT.—A report is prevalent that the youthful murderess has made a confession to the chap lain, which implicates other parties. TWO VESSELS ON FIRE. Intelligence was on Thursday received ofa fire having broken out on board the Sarah, Captain Brady, belonging to Bark ing. The fire was first perceived about three o'clock in the morning, at which time the vessel was about midway of the Shipwash and the Whiting, port of London. An im mediate alarm was raised, and all hands did all that possibly could be done to extinguish the. fire ; whilst they were so engaged, the vessel struck on a wreck with such violence that it is supposed part of her bottom was stove in. The captain, finding that the vessel -was fast filling, gave orders h eSar after, h siunn passing , k. picked to launch their long-boat, which was just accomplished whets time up, and took Hamilton, them some ed Sus th se em x, p on board. The Ramona steamer, however, took them on board at a subsequent hour, a n d l an d e d th em . Th e loss sus tained by the disaster must be somewhat considerable, and it is not known, as yet, whether the vessel was insured. Every accommodation was shown to the captain and crew by the captains of the steamer and the Sussex. Intelligence was likewise received on Thursday of a fire of a very alarming and destructive nature having occurred on board the Home, belonging to, and lying in, the harbour of North Shields. The vessel was what is termed a brig, and was registered at 360 tons ; she was built at Newcastle in the year 1826, and has been for several years engaged in the North American trade. The fire broke out On Tuesday night, and when the flames were first discovered they had obtained a strong hold of the vessel ; so much so, that its destruction appeared almost certain. Great fears were also entertained for the safety of other vessels lying in the har bour. A steamer . was therefore obtained, to which the flaming vessel was made fast, and it was towed out of the tier, and laid on the land side. Notwithstanding all that was done to extinguish the fire, it was not mastered until the Home was almost burnt to the water's edge. The total loss Must be very heavy. ',The origin of this fire, like the preceding one, is unknown. IVOOD PAVING IN CHEAPSIDE.—A notice has been posted up at Guildhall, by order of the Commissioners of Sewers, stating that, on and after Monday, the 4th of March, Cheapside will be closed to vehicles, for the purpose of carrying out a resolution of the Commissioners for repav ing •the whole of that thoroughfare with wood. The Com missioners also give notice that stone removed from Cheap side will be used in repaving parts of London-wall. ACCIDENT AT THE LEAGUE MEETING.—We are exceedingly sorry to state that a serious accident happened at the great meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League, in Covent-garden Theatre, en Wednesday evening. Just as Mr. O'Connell'appeared upon the platform, a rush took place to see him as he entered, and a gentleman named Howell, residing at Clapham-rise, who was standing at the barrier at the back' art, was unfortunately hurled off backwards by the retiring of the wedged mass, and fell some distance to the stage below. When picked up it was found that his leg was broken, and without disturbing the meeting, or making it known in the slightest degree, he was carried out while Mr. James Wilson was speaking, and taken to Mr. Hooper's, chemist, 24, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden. Here it was found that the fracture was two inches below the knee, and Thomas Wakley, jun., Esq., (son of the Coroner for Middlesex), who had accompanied him from the theatre, im mediately set it for him. He was conveyed home in a cab, and is now doing well. THE DIFFICULTY OF DISTINGUISHING ILLNESS FROM DRUNKENNESS. Mr. Payn.e, City Coroner, held an in qftest on Thursday at Bartholome• w's Hospital, on the body of John Pantland, a bricklayer, aged forty-seven. From the evi dence it appeared that on the mot.: rung of Saturday week last, the deceased, who had complained of illness for four days pre viously, was at work assisting in rebuilding a house (burnt down some time since) in Ayl esbury-street, Clerkenwell. His duty was to wash clown the 'outside of the house ; but about half-past ten o'clock, Mr. NV 'ebb, the contractor, going into one of the rooms, saw him , standing by the side of the fire-place: On seeing his employ rer, he went up stairs, but staggered, in such a manner that / dr. Webb thought he was under the influence of drink, and sent up a man toprevent him going'on to the scaffold outs ide, being afraid he would fall off. he came down stairs, ana had nearly reached the bottom, when he fell heavily on I its head and shoulders off the stairs into the passage. He wa 9 removed home, and sub sequently to the hospital, where -I) .e remaiied in a state of insensibility (with but a slight int serval, when he wished to see his wife and five children) until Tuesday, when he. died. He was unconscious of ha .ving fallen down. Mr, George Roy, houseesurgeon, proved the deceased to have died from- serous apophixy, the fall ha ving in no way any con nexion with his death. Verdiet-- "Died from an attack of apoplexy." . . THE - CITY POLICE FORCE.— -According to a state ment just published by Mr. D. W. Harvey, the City Police Commissioner, the total cost of th e City police (including some serious items, which it is h_ ardly fair to place to the annual expenditute)• is 41,3511., « dila, including commis sioner, officers, and man (543 in al 1), is 761. per head ; the cost of the Marylebone police (18 1 men) exceeds 1121. per head. If the force of the City pol ice were restricted to the number originally proposed (300), when the amalgamation e the force was under consideration ~ the total annual amount would be many thousands less the 0. at present ; so that, in fact, says the Report, we have near ly double the strength, at a &ries, average charge than that Marylebone. HUNGERFORD MARKET.—S ome improvements are at present in progress in Hungerfo rd Market, under the di rection of the Company, in expect: 'lion of a large increase of traffic following the erection of the suspension-bridge, which. it is stated, will be opened for foot- passengers about the mid dle of the next summer. There is to be an addition of forty two shops, - which are being built in two separate rows, in that part of the market which is called a Le grand wall. The stalls will be all removed. Over the ep stern gallery, rooms are being raised for the accommodati on of the tenants under them. It is expected that in the course of a few days the engineer will commence placing the t suspension chains on the piers, the chains being all ready for 'that purpose. A LEGACY TO PRINCE A - GDERT.—The Leipsic Gazette states that the late Duke E rnest of Saxe Coburg and Gotha has left personal property t ) the amount of twelve millions of florins, and has not (lisp osed, by any will or testa ment, of this large fortune. AccorO ling to the laws of inheri tance in Saxony, personal property left by a father is equally divided between the children, and t here only being the now reigning Duke Ernest and his Roya 1 Highness Prince Albert, the latter's share will be about six I itindred thousand pounds, if the statement proves correct. The word " Napists" frequently appears' in the po litical correspondence from Gree4 ;e. It is applied to the Russian party, and has the f o ll ow i ng origin :—When Count Capo d'lstrias was at the head of the Greek Government, there was at Napoli di Romania a madman, or idiot, named Napas, constantly followed by the c bildren of the town. This appellation was therefore given in >I - ,..‘rision to Capo d'lstrias and his party. Our readers are already aware c d 'the ukase which the Emperor of Russia has issued, requiriq g• 36,000 Jewish fami lies to remove to a distance from that part of his territories . which they have occupied, we suppose from time immemo rial. The despotic co mman d i s i n it sr :If so cruel that it can hardly be looked on as aggravated in its horrors by the circumstance that the expatriation nta ist procceed amidst the snowy rigour of winter. Our countrym en, claiming as they do the credit of national generovity, sti rely should not stand aloof when this vast act of barbaric n is being committed affainst a defenceless people. The • churches of the United Kingdom have lately shown a bac ou sing zeal for the spiritual welfare of this ancient and benig 314 , c 1 race. We trust the same love which dictates these ts will beget an imme diate sympathy with them in respe t a their outward wants. On the common ground of hu - assn ity, and on the still holier ground of the high place this' peculiar people once held in the Divine favour, an ,d wAich (if prophecy is read aright) they are again to In dd, •we are bold to assert, that the Christian population of Eng land are imperatively called upon to interfere in their bel.;‘alf . Without presuming to limit or prescribe the extent and mod not 'the mediation:that may be attempted, we respectfully sugg sat that the inhabitants of Liverpool should hold a public ale sting, and memorialise the Government to remonstrate 1,,t1 th the Russian auto crat. A vote of sympathy, were n l e more carried at the meeting, would be gratifying to the sufferers, so long de spised and trampled upon in all Eurol )e, and would tend to support them in this ray of their ca !amity. We hope the town of Liverpool will show an exaul le that will be followed throughout the country. " Blessed iS he who blesseth thee." —Liverpool Courier. Our market continues to be s upplied with fish, of all kinds. The cod-fishing has j us t comn ienced off' this coast, and, from appearances, promises an abunticut supply of that excellent commodity,Moaa Herald, - • - - - - PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE ►ND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 513.: Dividend per Annum. bj per cent. 41. Names of Com panies. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-de-la- Zouch..av Basingstoke 131 eeknock & Abergay Birmingham,l-16th sh Do. and Liverp. Juuc Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry Crom ford Dudley Derby Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erovash ....... Forth and Clyde Grand Junction Grand Union Grand surrey Grand Western Glainorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Granthain Huddersfield ..........av Kennet r.,ui Avon ...av Lancaster zv Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northanip. Loughborough . ..... Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Melton Mowbrsy Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath Oxford Peak Forest 2V Regent's (or London).. Rochdale as Shropshire .......... ....... Somerset Coal I)o. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury, Stourbridge Stratford .on. A von...av Swansea Severn & Wye & Rail Trent & Mersey, 1 4 sh Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton Wircester & Birming Wilts and Berks av Wisbeach Wcy and Arun....... Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol I)o. Buds, var. amounts St. Katharine Ditto 80nd5........ Ditto Bonds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7 pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 81, Ditto New ditto of 71, Ditto 80nd5....... VauxhalL AV Assurances Albion Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen, Lire County Eagle Economic Life European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hope Life Ditto Fire ....... Imperial Fite Ditto . Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fund , Palladium Life : Protector Life Provident Life Rock Life R , .yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life University Life Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Australasia......... Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New London Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland..... Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight d Coke Bath British Ditto Provincial , Birmingham Birming. & Statfordsh Bristol ...... Brighton Ditto General, City of London Ditto New Continental Consolid... Ditto ',New Equitable Impel ia1............... Isle of Thanet Independent . ........ Pticenix Ratcliff Bout h Metropolitan United General - Westm ins. Chartered Ditto New... ..... Water Works Birmingham East London Grand Junction av Kent .............. Nw Riv on. 13ridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Cheltenhm & Gt. West Clarence Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto New Grand Junction..„ Great North of Englnd Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths ....... Hull and Selby ....... Leeds and Selby .. ... Liverpool & Mancliestr Ditto Half-Shares Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and •Blackwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter -Shares Ditto Thirds... London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Birming Ditto Extension Midland Counties North Midland Do. %-Sh., iss. 10 dis. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. Si. dis Paris and Rouen Stocktm & Darlington SOuth East. and Dover Ditto New, iss. "25 dis. York and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss. 5/. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Ditto Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss. 51. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. 1)o. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, iss. 51. p.m General Mining ... Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Un reg Ditto Loan Notes Rhymney Iron Santiago sic Cuba United Max., iss.2/. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Literary. Londia,with Sin. Ticket London University Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds Copper Miners' Comp Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. 1/. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian . ..... Thames Tunnel . . .. Van Diemen's Land Stock X & sl. ioo b 0 41 13 4 33 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 0 140 0 0 125 0 0 146 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 50 -0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100' 0 0 70 10 9 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 250 9 • 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50'0 0 1000 0 0 20 6 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 420,0 0 0 - •w0.0;40, ‘ - 0 5 0 0 - • Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 204) 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 2$ 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0. 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 41 0 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 .... 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 leo 0 0 100 0 0 All paid 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 10000 7000 80 0 0 100 00 2300 5000 12 100 100 100 0 75 00 500 0 12 00 500 0 100 100 50 00 25 0 0 5000 1 1000 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 • 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 . 0 AO 0 0 45 0 0 ' 15 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 . 50 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 5' 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 31 0 13 10 0 IEIO 0 u 25 0 ( 150 0, 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 50 - 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 1100 0 0 105 31k 65 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 1200 155 100 117 360 160 11 620 2 4 30 a 0 138 106% 72}i 17 5% 15% 6% 63( 5% 400 1L:133. 137% 48 6 ' 2 184 16 16% 2 40s. 20s. 4' 170 205 3 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 2b 0 0 50 0 0 12% Itol 43% 40 135 414 16% 13% 34 914 25 35% 71% 29 281( 65 3 4 13 21 207 81 • 59 60 10 57 14 230 106 N 253 g 110 42 11% 6 5! 227 26% 28 77 1 4 164 117 265 35% 35% 117 3% 2 2 t 3 6% 6 4U 116 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 ANTES' PRICES. 14. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 ,50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 9 0 Amount of Share. Paid. (Price. 4 per cent. 41. 401. 8/. 153. 71. IL ss. 13/ 12s. Bd. 15s. 11. 10s. 34/. 101. 171. 30/. 3% 173. ad. 10/. 6 percent. 28 151. 20/. IL 10s. 151. 321. 10s. 10/. 81. 10s. 41. 11. 4s. 3 per cent. 11 ,4 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 0.4 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. IN per cent. I/. N. Sd. IN. Id. per cent, I/. 7s. 3t. 10s. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 13s. O. pr sh 5/. ss. 4 per cent. 7s. per share 5 per ent. 3/. 6s. 5 per cent.? & 30s. bds. 5 34 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 4s. 2s. (3d. 12 percent. 'l2s. Lai. & bds. 1/. ss. 10s. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 11. ss. - - 5 per cent. 6)4 per cent. IL 4s. 5 per cent 10% per cent Si. R per cent. 6 per cent. 5 percent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. H per cent. 8 per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent. 21s per share 6s. per share 10 per cent. 5 per cent. ]6s. ]l. ss. 11. 7s. 51. and bs. 4541. and bs. 10 per cent. 4 per cent. 8! per sh 315 s per sli 2!. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent; 6 per cent 436 per cent. 34 12s. 21. 10s. 2/. 10s. 2/. 10s. sper cent. 4/. 16s, 1/. 14s. 10s. per sh 11. 4s. 4 per cent. 21. 10s. tils. per sh. 21. ss. per sh 7s 10d per sh 41) per cent. 234 per cent. 3.55. per sh 2341. per sh. 12s. per sh. 4 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1%/. per sh 101. per sh, 1/. 14s. 31. per share 9s 4d per sh 31.175. pr sh 113 s per sh 11. 1/. 10s. 11. 15s. 11. Ils. 10d. 15 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1/. 11. St. 17s. 6d. 1. 10$. /Oper cent. las. per sh. • . 11. /04 per sh. 11. 4s. 14 15s. (per cent. b per cent. b per cent. /14,84. and/ is.6d. bs. per cent. iper cent, it% per cent 6 per cent. LIST OF SCOTTISH COM FEB. 21, 1 Bank of Scotland..„ Royal Bank British Linen Comply Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central Bk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance.. Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scott. Edinburgh Life Insur. Scottish Union Insur... Standard Life Insur.... Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Railwy Glasg. and Green. Rail. Dundeeand Arbr Rad. (per cent. (per cent. Eper cent. (per cent. Iper cent. t per cont. t per cent. per cent. 7per cent 9 per cent. tper cent. (per cent. bper cent. bper cent. 214 per cent 254 per cen t 1334 13 9 39% 101 26N 20s r 4.4 4 52N 2ti 104 riii 17% 1 4% 50 THE LATE COUNTESS OF ELGIN.—The Jamaica House of Assembly has evinced, by a unanimous grant of 300 guineas for a tablet to be erected in the cathedral church of Spanish Town, to the memory of Lady Elgin, the high opinion entertained of her layabip by the utenal;era of that id9U4Q. MARKET NE WS.-SATURDAY. COVENT-GARDEN - . We hail a full average supply of both fruit and vegetable, while • the demand was, throughout, inactive, at but little variation in prices :—Potatoes, from 2s 6d to 4s Gd per cwt' Spring Onions, 2s 3d to 4s 9d; ColeWortB or Greens, 2s 6d to 4s; Turnips, is 8d to 2s 9d; Carrots, 3s 6d to ' 55 6 d; and Leeks, 8d to is 2d per dozen bunches; old Onions, is 9d to 2s 3d; Spinach, is 9d to 2s 3d; Apples , Is 3d. to 45 ; Pears, 6s to 12s ; and Brocoli sprouts, Is 6d to 2s. 3u per half sieve. ATEWG.ILTE AND I.EADENRA.Ta.. Although the supplies of both Game and Poultry were not to-day extensive, the demand ruled inactfve, at bard,' last week's prices :—Fowls, is 8d to 4s ; Chickens, Is 6d to 2s, Ducks, is to 2s 3d; Geese, 4s to 6s; PigeOns, 4d to 10d; Turkeys, 4s to 9s; Rabbits, 6d to is 6d; Hares, is 91 to 2s 9d ; Partridges, ls to 2s ; Pheasants, 2 s 6d to 4s; Wild Ducks, Is 6d to 2s; Teal, 9d to is 6d; Widgeons, la to is Gd; Snipes, 6d to Is; Woodcocks, 2s to 3s 3d; 3d to Gd, each ; and Larks, Is 3d per dozen. Although IP" supply of Meat was tolerably good, the general demand W . ag steady, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 33 4a; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d. to 4s 8d; and .1 7 . 044 2s Gd to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. NEWPORT. We had a steady demand for all kinds of Meat, at Mil previous rates. HIINGERFORD. f u lly For each kind of Meat, we had a steady demand, at at last week's prices ; but, otherwise, the trade ruled heavy'; barely late rates. BILLINGSGATE. The supply of fish was good, while the demand was tegclY' at fully late currencies. WHITECHAPE For each kind of Meat we had a good T. demand, and Pr ice* were well supported. - • _ =. The prices of Wheate ß Brea LEAD d in the metropolis are from 80 to 91d; of Household 60 to 8(1 per 41b loaf. HIDE 211AILICEIC Raw Hides, at p er s t one o f 141b s —B e st steers andbeifeir*, 5s 4d to 5s 10d ; middli ng hid es , 4 s 6d t o 5s 2d ; infe rior get 4s to 4s 4d. Sh ee p an d C a lf Ski ns , a t per skin —gtir u ct e rt calf, Gs 6d to 8s; long woolled sheep, 4s 9d to Gs 6d; do, 4s to 5s 3d ; shearlings, 4d to Bd. each, and lamb si.'""' Is 3d to is 9d each. HATMARKETS. 31 1 2 SminmELo.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to , ful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3/ lOs; tine Upland ditto, 3, , gs; 3/ 16s ; Clover hay, 3/ to 5/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ Wheat Straw, 1/ Bst to 1/ lOs per load. Supply ve r y rate and trade dull. -. dal- CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, - 9 /15s to 3/ 3S; Os, .. ditto, 3/ 8s to 3/ 14s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 15s to l im es i Clover Hay, 315 s to 4/ IGs ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/ 9s ; W.., e ro' Straw, 1/ 109 to 1/• 123 per load. Both hay and straw "no in fair average supply and heavy demand, at the above cl 7: . . 63 to !ode tations. , 31; . _ WitrrEctu --- rEt..Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 53 ,"'", Ato useful ditto, 31 5s to 3l lOs ; tine Upland ditto , 3 , ' 2 l - 80; 3/ 16s; Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to 5/ 3s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6 s to I of Wheat Straw„ 1/ -8s to 1/ lOs per load. A: good 3° and kbeavy trade. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRID,,O:d a ks There has been a good attendance of buyers at "1„,,,, AC market. The Wheat trade has ruled dull, an d salps B : de it a reduction of is to 2s per quarter. Barley is hem , ' f ;t llxe few select samples sold at a decline of is per quarter , " la general runs must be noted is to 2s per quarter loner' Oats, Beans, and Shelling no material alteration. husbel. Per qr: of 601 b. to th e ' Sitir,' A bs OLD. to 7. Wneat, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent Red —to 57 b 6 .5s Ditto ditto White... O g 4 8 0 Norfolk Red 55 0 Ditto ditto White... --- •L "`" 4 8 0 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red....... — u, , 0 0 Ditto ditto White... ,-• 5 ,1 4 7 0 ~ Yorkshire Red .' 50 Ditto ditto • White 5 1 ... .....' Foreign fled 5 4 — au,,, ...- - 1 , Ditto ditto White... 56 -ev pro Per quaver , Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk • Yorkshire ar.d Lincolnshire _ 36 50 L Grinding Foreign — 35 . i jusb e l ; Per qr.. c f 631 b. to L" 50' 6 5 Beans, Small fine • 31 - 98 ;.• Ticks Foreign —.- ....4. • Oats, Potato and Pola• d .. —s. —s. 75inot; n.ealing.... ..... 10.. t. to 11d., Foreign —el, to --d- P e r Len' S , n „ aling - P;. Lei: M ilt Rapeseed..... .... 231.0s 241.05. 25 1 . 04•17 (From Prince's Price Current of Feb. 23.), its of SUGAR.-To-day a steady demand existed for all assn e.(l' West India Sugar, and former rates were The total sales for the week are 1,100 hhds and tierces. . without arrivals. t A BENGAL.,-At public sale, 1,100 bags in bond vret i a. Gd to 39s 6d tbr middling . yellowish white • 379 I) ,i't beißO paid, sold at 67s 6d to 70s for middling to 'fine whit e ' is very full rates. . businnell COFFEE.-The market is firm, and a steady - at well sus doing.. At public sale Ceylon were offered, and So' r diegi prices ; ordinary mixed 67s 6d, one lot 675, g ( P d i t laells,,, pale 68s to 68s Gd, and sea damaged 64s to 6556 0 L,r n0 ry stiff prices; blacks 28s 6d, bold triage 59s Gd, °Pr a t 69e, tine ordinary 73s to 755, pea berry 80s, and damage" CO: 70s. Dutch Company's Java, good yellowish at 5 0 sP to 17 0 pany'S Padang, ordinary at 30s, and damaged 265 per cwt. 00 14 PETANTO.-At 20 to 2id for good ord, and lo w bov.glit in at.3Ad per lb. ..,100 the CASSIA LIGNEA at an advance of is to 25 per 001 middling qualities ; good thin quill 65s 6d to 675,,t a ditto 655, middling coarse quill 638, ordinary co ars e tiP" 58s Gd to 595, ordinary , coarse thick quill 58s to 58s _, to .btlf class mouldy 59s to 60s, second ditto 555• to 555 6d, 7,1* mouldy 60s, broken 48s to 495, broken ends 58s at ° • GINGER.-Jamaica, middling and good white, 10/ 17s per cwt. t v 441 PEPPER.-Holders are firm for white, an d will n° bt ower rates : at auction 135 bags were offered and ban, 31 6 at 61d. per lb -for dingy white. Sumatra sold at 3 " per lb. • . doiit TEA.-The market is firm, - and a good business we ' a Common sound Congcat is selling at lied, cash. , old P LARD-424 casks 25 kegs American at public sttie- - 35s 3d to 37s 6d, one lot at 39s d per cwt. so INDIGO.-A fair amount of business has been d ena ker lf sorts of East India this week and prices are firm; the o 0 1Ir more , tions would have been on a extended scale, if but fe , ket had been better supplied. • Spanish is wanted' idare parcels are to be had ; the stock is light. RICE.-In all descriptions of East India the operatio_loo7lo, been upon a very extensive kale, and a further advaSetrOto taken place in prices ; middling to good white Bag 95 60 4 ing lls 6d to 12s, yellow Madras 9s, and white Jav t .:,o l 12s per cwt. Cleaned Rice in excellent request, , to 13s to 17s, and Carolina at 21s, 245, and 26s per e'f t ' t 19 9 4 ; SAGO is not so much in demand large Pear' at 15s Gd per cwt. Sago Flour 18s to 19s. Tapioca Arro to 21(1 for low white, and NO to Gd for good white. .40 root at firm rates. ' a. bui p ' 3 ,ok COCHINEAL.-The demand is brisk, and a„„ to f o r doing. Honduras at Id to 2d per lb advance, ordi ri 74o 6s dling silvers and foxy 4s 3d to 4s 9d; Mexlean s 4„,elts._;o middling silvers, and 5s 2d to 5s 6d for ordinary romi OlL.—This afternoon, at public sale 70 tll 2 / re , 7 11 e, Southern were offered, and partly disposed of at 20 tuns Davis Straits Whale, and 7 tuns .-A . Nortile` - out. were and WHALEFINSt auction 51 tons Foreign w. were . Ade and sold at 236/ to 2371 , and cleaned 240/ per ton. tns • ASIIES.-120 brls Montreal Pearl at auction , so r t out, but 248 brls United States Pot partly sold, 'ie. 21s 9d to 225, and unbranded 15s 9d to 17s 9d per FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZ E T TE NOTICES OF INSOLVENCI T '„„ A.*Bonser, victualler, Rempstone, Nottinghan"L , " . J. 0. Webb ) accountant. Greenwich. A. Deickmann, furrier, Dean-street, Soho. J. Turner, shoe-maker, Longdendale, Cheshire.. . t' of • W J Allen, butcher, Portsea, Southampton. .I,el J. W. L.. Blanchard, commission agent, Great Trinity W. Roberts, farmer, Wickwar, Gloucestershire. T. Hughes, farmer, Newland, Gl ouces t ers hire. G. Beesley, gardener, Tewkeshury, Gloucestershi▪ ly W. Audley, carter, Liverpool. North: W Charlton, carpenter, Dorchester-place, New J. Roebuck, farmer, Kirkburton, Yorkshire. G. Hewitt, cowkeeper, Sheffield. J. Axe, boatman, Mexborough, Yorkshire. J. Haywood, clothier, Shepley, Yorkshire. W. Griffiths, grocer, Saithaelwyd, Fli n t s hire. h • re . J. Stammers, licensed victualle r , Totnes, De v°°9-1 D. Pollitt, dyer, Pendleton, Lancashire. • T. Bate, land agent, Neath, Glamurganshire . E. Weatherstone, plumber, Cheltenham. R. Wigg, plumber, Redenhall, Norfolk. DIVIDENDS. .h P. , • h a il.su c i At the Court of Bankruptcy ; Basing l i o s W. Mett, laceman, Regent-street, Piccadilly, e• Mare twelve-R. Champion, furrier, Friday-street, CitY' Alarf o rle, at eleven-S. H. Smith, coach maker, Canibridg_4o,o, at half-past eleven-S. Chew, flour dealer, Clir e 'aet) 3 00 amptonshire, March 15, at eleven-J. Martin' e ! J. 14 . 1, (4 ,01 houseman, King-street, City, March 15, at on e nb, grocer, Tooley-street, Southwark, March ..15,sareb,ih, yr eleven-I. Hughes, shoe maker, Chelmsfonli marchAl eleven-.W . Cock, grocer, Bungay, Suffolk, Sr' a • twelve-G. H. Bush, upholsterer, Edgeware -r° .40 to tb at twelve. . •- s ho es 2 CERTIFICATES is be.granted, unless eause bc d. are h9 o contrary, on the day herein-mentor I ' l o l C. D. Leeder, cattle dealer; Billingford, Nor tho p bo w -W. Cox, money scrivener, DaventrY , 11 1',I or tha t ' l "Or r March 15-A Bell, ship owner, Greensfield , March 19-T. Bentley, cloth manufacturer, P shire, March 29-W. Wood, screw rasol fs l i o7le h upon-Trent, Staffordshire, March 16-T. w:, b akes ;o 4 • Wellington, Shropshire, March 18-R• P lL ' e "ijer, C' s Fre' don, Berkshire, March 15-T. Donkin, victua soo ts ha ters March 15-F. Barry, miller, Rye, Susses' • pior Thorpe, plumber, Chertsey, Surrey, hay dealer, Pillgwenlly, l‘lonmouthshire, Mean.owensarj.,,de,°, Marc. eh 15 _,..,,, 0100 v . ; grave, dyer, Leeds, March 15-C. Leaf, warn" iller ,b street, Chcapside, March 15-J. Edmonds%;,_r st. Lancashire, March 15-R. Mason, corn d 1,20 0 7; s tot! „ r March 15-J. Hudson, calico printer, G ale ' turert Yorl March 15-J. Pearson, :cut nail roam' . iia ,fort March 15-D. Hague, paper manufacturer, .1. shire, March 15. OLVE so . D ' d a rr e itst e PARTNER SHIPS DIS S J. and G. Mabyn, linen drapers , Br ! Mackley, grindery warehousemen , newa 0- „ -W. and W . Wilson , Curran and s A on . Thomas,ship stone Lomax builders, and G. Bragg, wine merchants, ninl is Morgan' ire and C. Murcott, factors, Birmingha Tad-eleY, shroPel:obir-A, gan, and W. Morgan, drapers, A bore, W °ree •re•-' 11. 0,0" Hemming and R. Steed, tailors, PersGlo cestero,ol u Nor C. Tolley and E. Trimmer, brewers Adams and R. Capell, grocers, Weedon er Vion shire-H. and D. Brook, cloth dressers, _u t shire-J. Fielding and J .' Crossley, drysal Eris r 0, shire-C. Alexander and W. Goddard!. _I , rC an Lowe and A. Grounds, shoe makers, Billing q', T. George, T. Sully, J. W. Sully, J. James , com panY sta f• fer e ;, carrying on business as the Park-end Coal hton Bu zzard 'carP en oi t and A. H. Wagstaff, surgeons, Lo n g , King, ilk 03_6, shire-W. King, W. Chapman, and i y a V e e t l l l l ;::, LO des' builders, New Windsor. • 00, Islington--J. SChehrersahtirr-d j T . • • Ge°"ll I3IRTIM- • g ton, 1/131. lady of a son. era, On the 21st inst., at Milner-square, Dil i ' o f I.' On the 21st inst., at Everinghain-P Constable Maxwell, Esq., of a daughter. . flo y, MARRIED- Joseph frouilaooll-- On the 20th inst., at Richmond, Jo l / 1 1,_. 1 daug hter o P iobor, $012 3 0 ,00 ia, D D. 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