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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY _EVENING, %APRIL 27, mt. eal ( ' " ----- e - to notbed-- insinishecl; but hecouldneverbring his mind t power that ought not to be granted to them. He s se 4,llell a conclusion. The greatest activity had been , thought if the Right Hon. Baronet wished to consult the ~,:-ato confirm the working classes in their deli: ion.— , public good and the opinion of the manufacturers, he ! i s.. r, hear.) Some trouble ought to be taken by them would alter this clause. neoels,reove it.--(Hear, hear.) There was no immediate ! After a few observations from Mr. BLAKEMORE, ait Y for the Bill. N o b o dy was anx i ous f o r the Bill I Sir J. GRAHAM said he quite agreed wiqs. the Hon. 914 ; the Ne e s, B ill. If an inquiry were granted, he would be 1 Member for Durham as to the necessity of the Govern -014 ~ uy the evidence. They could not interfere with- ment not asking for powers that should be needlessly ~, tu.reinishing capital; they could not diminish capi- exercised. • The powers given by this clause would not 7'tw.iithotit diminishing competition ; and they could be called into effect as a general rule ; they would only t di „,"_that by Act of Parliament. If they wanted to be exercised in cases where the inspectors, or sub-inspec th . "' - uisli competition, they must do so by increasing ! tors, had reason to believe that the law was violated, neeeitle_iMand for the labour, th a t was the o n ly way they and apprehended that the legal power of the master to set b" so ; and they would only aggravate the present exclude the sub-inspector would be used to conceal a te e Passing an Act of Parliament which would have vielation .of it. e ffect of diminishing capital.—(Hear, hear.) '.Mr. M. 'PHILIPS thought there might be a more l e es _, GRAHAM explained. minute division of the manufacturing districts, and that s ot ;: r u , ASHLEY said he should not have risen were it an inspector might be made resident in each district. fee What had fallen from his Hon. Friend, the Mem- He should wish to ask whether some such _classification the " 3 ,t;.Wolverhampton, who said that nobody cared for could.not be made? that Bill qua the Bill. ,He begged to contradict Sir J. GRAHA ‘i said that at present the whole of Pork . were s tatement, for he ! was quite sure the the manufacturing districts of the country ere divided p ertio n gclasses were anxious for the larger into four parts, over each of which was an inspector, it emci n of the Bill. They regarded the Bill, as now with sub-inspectors through all the subdivisions of these it s - e ", u eed, ai a very great improvement, and many of districts. Thus the Secretary of State had, by means of gr it risions had an admirable tendency. They were these four inspectors, through the sub-inspectors,. a con s tr it ti l to the Government for having introduced such trol over all the manufacturing districts of the kingdom. o f ~_. It was grounded on the report of the Committee He had formerly entertained an opinion similar to that i s i ii ",,nch he had the honour to be Chairman, before expressed by the Hon. Member, but he had subsequently We Ze three or four very eminent manufacturers seen reason to prefer the present menthearangement. thelexamined. Now he had to assure the House and Mr. HUME sail that at the ti y were removing h ni Vit. Member for Finsbury, that the delay which all restrictions from every trade it was melancholy to e iei ' d he caused by sending this Bill to a Committee hear a declaration from the Secretary of State, that he ri,„ be a source of groat disappointment..-. must have under his control the whole of the manufac tee - et " Hear, hear.") Those who represented turing districts; that was, that he must control all the 4,,,.., Operatives of Yorkshire and Lancashire were cotton manufactures of the kingdom.—(Hear, hear:) pinel,zus about the Bill. 14id not the Hon. Member for 'ln attempting it, he was undertaking what no one could ti er , 'lre' knovr this ? Had he not received informa- ! possibly perform. It appeared to him an intelerence Ne on the subject ? They begged of him not to inter- ! totally uncalled for, and he felt that the House ought to se nt an y delay, or to use his influence in getting the Bill be ashamed to sanction it. He could only enter his pro p stairs to a Committee. He (Lord Ashley) test against it; the whole Bill would not only be a nul iteeeewe t his business to inquire on the subject, and he i liter, but would be a discredit to the country; the Go- Poit,,„the working men would be most bitterly disap- 1 vernment seemed to think that it could manage the s teee. 7 if the Bill were delayed one hour longer than was ' capital of the kingdom better than the manufacturers eei r r r Y, r • They felt that no good would come from in- themselves. • 4 t , "_ ,8,e - ssion h , e o ß r, il p l e w rh o a u p ld s, be thrown back to the end of Mr. TATTON EGERTON objected to the power till next session. Hee - wished to given to the sub-inspectors to visit mills without the voeuititdentering upon the main question of wages, but he presence of witnesses. • I,4hdr:onclu ,de by imploring the Hon. Gentleman to Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the inspectors beeauself his motion, and not to divide the House ; could not, in any case, adjudicate. That power was succeed i n en`Leould succeed in carrying it, he would not taken away from them. They could now only state facts, ?ions of th e uduing th e hopes, or calming the expects- in the way of reporting to the Government. workin i Mr. co .BD -g classes.—(Cheers.) After a few words from Mr. BROTHERTON, the sherte ge t h de EN said that if by a measure which would clause was agreed to. efehe hours of labour they could obtain one-tenth Clause 4 was agreed to without discussion. • s "° Pers °() promised by the advocates of such a measure, On clause 5, which proposes the establishment of a for th e i t," ordinary humanity would refuse to vote central office , of inspection, to be situated in the metro • lit tle " ," ,, I, 80 simple as it was in its character, and so polls, - being put, li. c alculated to de injury to anybody else.—(Hear, Mr. MARK PHILIPS said he had the greatest ob. At , il But the question was, would a Ten Hours' Bill jection to the clause. London was the very worst place _e n , td tk eilt them if wages were to be reduced in proportion in which such an office could be established. He knew qv ue hours'of work ? He observed that amongst the nothing of the nature of the documents which formed tle c ' e ates of the measure there was a shrinking from the records of the business of the inspectors, b u t h e w a s co!Question—(Hear, hear)—but it was the main ques- convinced t hat, if th e y crea t e d t hi s o ffi ce , i t wou ld on l y d o H e wa s unwilling to adopt the phrase be the comm encemen t o f a more extensive system of the te nt i3r king classes." It implied a distinction ; lie thought Same kind. He thought such r ecor d s m i g h t , with great wis , there s h oul d b e no di st i nct i on o f i nterests , b ut h e propr i ety, b e transm i tte d to the Board of Trade. The ve t ne t l to say that if they passed a Ten Hours' Bill, Home -offic e wa s not th e b es t pl ace f or t k em . All t h at th et ~,Lie Prospect of benefiting the working classes, and the Secretary of State had to d o , was t o see th a t t h e the ;ages were to b e re d uce d i n proportion to the tim e , d u ty o f th e i ns p ec t ors was per f orme d accor di ng to l aw. toe; laboured under a delusion that it would be accept- He viewed the creation of this office with great jealousy, et ee t o them, The real question was raised by the Hon. and he should oppose the insertion of the clause. que7,l;Der for Finsbury, and it was a most important Sir J. GRAHAM defended the formation of the office, tV at ` t °e to raise in the preliminary step of the Bill— on the ground that it would, at a very small cost, kt_fur houquestion was, Would the reduction of the hours of nish the means of organising a mass of most valuable r reduce the rate of wages ?—(Hear, hear.) Now, information. te nto w ,ere the working classes paid in the cotton dis- Lord HOWICK thought that the objection of the Hone le ar) l They were paid by the piece.—(Hear, Member for Manchester to the clause, was a good one. hieh t l ie had met with but two arguments It tended to take the attention of the inspectors from . he e „.,ended to show that the same rate of wages would their districts, and to fix it on London. If an establish leiteltl, though the time of working was diminished. ment of this kind was created, the inspectors would be the r . a t was, that the manufacturers would increase apt to be making work for themselves. He thought that l'foeja Pee a of their machinery, and by this means they twenty resident inspectors with one intelligent senior tee4;Produce in ten hours what was now produced in clerk at the Home-office to receive their reports; would !Me,' Re had taken pains to inquire into that fact,• be a more satisfactory organization in that department.. e„tis ne e k answer he ot was this, that the machinery was Sir J. GRAHAM had formerly entertained a some ',es, t lis ?Y- the steam-engine, and that it was driven as what similar opinion, but he had seen reason to change t her e ~,I t was profitable to work it—(Hear, hear)—and it since he had beco me more acquainted with the system. t he r a .as rather a tendency in some places to diminish He said that the arrangement would be Most conducive Ouse rid itY of machinery rather than accelerate it, be- to the convenience of the public service. tiley i b Y increasing the rapidity of the movements Mr. BROTHERTON suggested that Manchester i ssr e%s e 't More i n waste than they gained by the should be substituted for London, as the place for de ,Peete, e fir Production.—(Hear, hear.) The next pro- positing the records. he, l • l ,itie n i.,A, e had heard put forward was this—that by Mr. HUME thought there was no necessity for the :uing the hours of labour from twelve to ten, creation of a special office. A clerk in the Secretary of !h i st i t - e `, 1114 be a diminished produce in the market, and State's office could receive and collate the reports. The 'Res, u eould there sell for the same price, seeing that principle of the Bill was to compel the inspectors to re there e "' °ul ,-d be no more to he sold ; and, consequently, side in their districts, and this establishment of an office "cited e .°l -nd be one-sixth more mills erected, which in London was in direct contravention of the principle g ut th i er aPloy the same number of hands as at present. of the Bill. `kstl 4 ar gument proceeded on .the supposition that a Mr. F. MAULE was glad to find that the experience tile ntinantity of cetton goods would be sold, whatever of the Right Hon. Gentlemen had induced him to conic qeg e rt d ee was, forgetting that the present price of cotton to the opinion that the system of the inspectors and the tie tt i ese e d on its cheapness, and that the manufacturers sub-inspectors was the best. He recollected the time t 1 4 4,7 great sales of cotton ' in consequence of its when the Ri -ht Hon. Gentleman had endeavoured to thirlesse--(Rear, hr. It was in consequence of force opposite views upon him (Mr. F. Mettle). had wss 'Perk ; a cilities in obtaining iron and coals, and the long glad to find that the Right Hon. Gentleman now 1 5 sil e d n a. g hours of the 1 bu ing men that 'they had exs come round to his views. He should support the clause. the e e • „`" Power-loom a ail r s innii jenny, no:, only in Mr. C. WOOD could not understand the necessity for Lye t de n e t ,rY, hut had even P superseded the distaff and the constitution of this new office in London. All the b 'e a en , - 7 1 e in other countries. P Now if they increased changes which had been proposed did away with the t:se• - ",i'_'? the manufacturers, the price would be in necessity for it. While the inspectors posse.ssed the tt te ‘ siZ x estld they would perhaps force other countries ' power of making regulations, there might be some ne troise nei ` a , ‘ heir spindle and distaff, where they were now cessity for their having an office in London, in which to b:,. : Y eo u l d - Z Now these two arguments, if arguments meet and deliberate, but that power was now taken from 1e_,,1111 it ttlle w7orkciainicia, were put forward and impressed them, and there was no necessity for the creation of a men with great earnestness. He new office. 'jte eir forgrante that they would see the unsoundness Sir J. GRAHAM said that the inspectors were now Ne d y Vi ews, and that their wages would be reduced if obli"ed to come -to London twice every year. The itk .I!educed the time. That was admitted by the Hon. clause, in fact, only established an additional clerk or t 's Dn * r iled Member for Wi nc h es t e r. That se eme d t o t wo t o assist the inspectors when they came to London. tsier i erally admitted. If it were admitted, and put Mr. STRUTT asked who was the head of the new Ivo e irl, honestly and fairly before the labouring. men, office ? If the office was to consist of only one or two (Il ea ; t eY then be anxious for a Ten Hours' Bill? additional clerks, why could not they be attached to the ! i ts -, Il ear.) Let them recollect that they had short- Home Secretary's-office ? ef t : Y erk before in the cotton districts. Did the men Sir J. GR ItIA;I did not attach any particular int i it?_ (H ear, tet.Y.4..‘tind got ( 4r; days' wages They worked eight- hours a portance to the clause—(Hear, hear)—but lie had pro wages for their labour.—(llear, posed the appointment on the ground of economy. The Iltei ) I), d- the working •te find the wages raised for salaries and allowances of the clerks in the Home Se itrpli"l're:;_nslYpef:kuirn f l 4 a t Y o s' ai ;%'or It en ?—( Hear , hear.) No. He cretary's-office were on a high scale. The clerks in this ehi h vt " in to w eminent manufacturer,. who was office would be appointed at a lower salary, and the ac c e'er 0 :• n, Upon the subject. He had mills commodetion in the Home Secretary's-office was so very formed e eleve n h - l e _ hire ttrkt . i . y two steans•engine3, and he in- limited, that if additional clerks were appointed for this tirniee slower the,l one of them worked even half en p . urpose it would be necessary to procure for them addi 14.metion in the the other, there was a perceptible tional accommodation. t h 'l4g ad tted ty t(,wages of .the men : —(Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would 14 0 Proc 4 e—they were indisputable—would give up the clause. If the office was to have . _ no Ileac 'l3rilarti ford the ° a law to diminish the wages of there was no necessity for the clause ; but if they ap twP°ltritssing classes? Did they think the pointed a new office, it would not be long before a head , 11 sre f v e eB of Lancashire would thank them and bless was appointed to it. If the clause passed, within two ;Nee e r Passing such an Act? for that was what it years an lnspector-General would be appointed. This 11'.1See thee to. They were going to pass an Act to office had been shadowed forth in a Factory Bill some . ,'sk, We e wages of the working classes. Did they two or three years ago, on which occasion some allusion I.e kpe ruatever basis they could put it on, they could had been made to the appointment of an Inspector-Ge- le a -r'ru the obloquy of passing such an Act? A neral. He was astonished that the Right Hon. 'Baronet to meal had I, th e ee __, been said in this discussion with regard should give encouragement to the Factory InTecters to ti ':,heh ai nct of free traders. The free traders had come about the Home-office. He was h sure theexpe -0 the ATI with being friendly to long hours of labour, rience of the last two years must have convinced the s lsif y "•un. Member for Finsbury had undertaken to Right Hon. Baronet of the great harm which was oc 1 i4litittPeairties on this subject, and he divided them into ca Toned by these incessant meddlings . with trade.. There ki e ttib er f a sses and free traders. 'But he told the Hon. were but two Factory Inspectors residing in the districts, 0.4 4 r -Finsburee , who represented himself as the one in Kent and the other at Stroud, but neither Mr. i l fee th e of the working classes, that the working classes Horner nor Mr. Saunders, the Inspectors of Lancashire :I L. b4efriends.of free trade. Indeed, he (Mr. Cobden) and the West Riding of Yorkshire, resided in their dis reh Upbraided with having, at several meetings tricts. There were already jobs enough in the country, 4 1 4 the he Called in various parts -of the country, none and no good would arise from this office. He thought ,„!.,„,, lower orders as his hearers—that he was the Right Hon. Baronet must have had as much of fac t7teti•,.°4 only in his free trade doctrines by the tory legislation within the last two years as was agree 11'114 tr: t a - . But with regard to the accusation of able to him. ! The great body of the manufacturing inte -4,' Iv r - i7s being the friends of long hours for rest were against this clause, and he hoped the Right el t he ° lt - d 'lng classes, he (Mr. Cobden) stood there . Hon. Baronet would withdraw it. ties N V°e ate of the only means by which the working Mr. STUART eVORTLEY supported the clause. atild , e ) , 11 , 1 4 have a mitigation of their labour. He He thought that the apprehensions of the Hon. Member te - p ".te e T i l ,s ' them how they - could shorten what he must for Durham, that the constitution of this office would t o 'es. i `ereasonably long hours of work in manufac- lead to the appointment of an Inspector-General, were h er Lon I•`e did not say, as the Noble Lord the Member unfounded. th' t ki, e 7 e ( 1 11 , bad said, that a reduction . of the price of Mr. M. PHILIPS hoped the Right llon. Baronet b e ope r „:!' , and other necessaries, would compensate would withdraw the cause. There was no necessity for Cie 4,""ves for any reduction in wages consequent the creation of the office, and nothing could be worse te„) did a „ B ening of the hours of labour. He (Mr. Cob- than the appointment of clerks without a bead. If that t;„‘t, o e " l3 , e t look to any reduction in the price of bread, office were created returns would be constantly moved it",,kte n „,' ° 'lee, or any other thing, as a means of con- for from it-, the printing of which would entail a great i f ley b the labourer for any reduction of wages. But expense to the country. ti i t.tey :°uld enlarge the market of the manufacturer— Dr. BOWRING entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to to eo 'old allow a f r ee exchange of the productions of withdraw the clause, which wa s f ee bly sup p orte d an d t te t4 Il in try f or the corn, sugar, and coffee of other strongly opposed. It was unpalatable in the anufac -Itll4 n 9 ' , without any restriction whatever—they would, taring districts, and there was something objectionable st' a % 2 t m eans, so raise the value of the pro- in the creation of a new office. I to tsi of the operative, and, in consequence, After a few words from Sir J. GRAHAM, the Coin s,.°,Sle `,ae of his labour—(Hear, hear)—and they mittee divided— li'al s ‘"so at the same time so enhance the value'of ca- For the clause iZ t tli tn et ip t i ti e Yed in manufactures, that it was his firm be- Against it 53 s h 3 e labourer with ten hours' work might have Majority in favour of the clause ttltil mUCh wages as he now had, and capitalists as Clanses 6 and 7 were agreed to. istwlte - t• That was not his own opinion merely. On clause 8 being proposed, which provides that no the e i ei e h, "Pinion of a most intelligent capitalist, and manufacturer shall take a child into . . his employment 1 4 , te th 'e in conversation with him, he said, " You may without first obtaining a surgeon's certificate, kk e t t q l el te e ,liottse of Commons, and state that lam ready Mr. BROTHERTON objected, on account of the op iis bar gain with them • that if they remove all burden it threw on the manufacturers. This burden IN, el I. . li r e th e e - that o b struct commerce, I will immediately was not less than 20,0001. a year. He should move, on tij: a s lame wages for ten hours' work to my opera- bringing up the report, the insertion of a clause to re s,')‘+'hieil, o crw give them. He thought the investiga.- medy this. ki l ed t e n", would be had before the Select Committee Mr. M. GIBSON would support the views of the Hon. th„ . • the d l„ Very much to clear up the disputed points Member for Salford. ettsespeieerences of view on the subject, and he would After a few words from Sir J. GRAHAM and Mr. , t f ,iti s Z i lete for the amendment of the Hon. Member BRIGHT, the clause was agreed to. Ito tr ap ry, Clauses 9 and 10 were, after some discussion, also I lse ,l iv er s iae were then ordered to withdraw, and the agree d to. V d- The numbers were — Clauses from 11 to le, inclusive, w i t h ver b a l amend or • 17' geteg into Committee () the amendment 42 Clause 19 was agreed to, after a few words from Mr. is ,ss 4 Majority —lo3 Ward, Sir J. Graham, and Mr. M. Philips. o' g reh ° , ll . us e then went into Committee, Mr. GREENE On - clause 20 there was some discussion, several'l '4 tr. Members having objections to offer. In the midst of put the question, and the clause was O s ases i ke ei,,, - and 2 were agreed to without discussion. •the m d r i . sc G u i s z s E io E n, NE id s 3V e .„ 3 being read, 'iothe remarks PHILIPS which he had made on a firmer occa- Mr. BRIGHT _ was objecting . to the clause, whop . , • N il ler, t ing sub-insectors of factories he had never Mr. GREENE informed hoti that it had assect j • — ; 'le' '1 , 1 , -n Y Personal attack on the present sub-inspec- Mr. BRIGHT-said hehad not observed t. —Ge a r.). te 4 -4 1 he" m anufacturers were desirous that the officers Clause 21 was thin proposed ;it provides that inae ! chinery shall be guarded. - NAlei ti , all of the same class, for though they had no 4,tl' of against theresent they looked to the oontin- effect,l‘lr a ß n i ci A sa lil g E ge N s l t o e ß d E tha s t a c id lau t s h e e s t c o la t u h s e e would be of no :16,7,..tu rz P e r t. sons being appointed to the situation of sub . NI; lz wuo were not so respectable as the present be substituted : eier b e would would suggest that for the future there "Two magistrate nt s jeut t ir o yp h ot e uon e t m his p e, o p i• g e rs r eo e ti d nle, t r o fryt a o. w mit a h r d d ielf d erc a igt n ih i v a et g oeorsf F i le '''' S UCh distinction as that of inspectors and n ac o t t i i t is no Ot GRAHAM ' t Z t si th e begged leave to observe, with re- ill ill secured machinery. "The party injured to be allowed, say five days, to elect ti e Powers ven by this clause, that it was li ete ti °I th ki hied . e powers of the inspectors. They had whether to accept the damages orproceed with theaction. "In case of proceeding . with the action, the damages 0 3 . with the power of making rules and regula hat w as ft',tli t 4) be now taken from them, and all rules i ! awarded by the magistrates to be applied, es far as ne- I t resp c made by Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) cessary, in paying the expenses of the action, and for 4 t e efi selected r ob ed., ~, to the character of the sub inspectors, h e that purpose to be deposited v •th the clerk of the peace. oe esention that they were, with one single ex- ! "The ma magistrates warrant of conviction and award to g be received in the courts as the declaration on which the It' c_ te ' there by his predecessors, and, since he came ! Om iTeers. had not been a single complaint against , ! "The' depositions taken by the magistrates to be the Om 'IGHT - action is tried. te n , fo r . said that unless there was some good ! instructions to counsel. appointedthe judges, the Ils sn e fLing ! insp ec t ors t h e power o f en t er i ng an y ! "Factory counsel to be eAactory any time th e y pl e as e d, it was tt same as revising barristers now are, . „ . "Damages awarded by the jury to be secured for the benefit of the injured person.'' After a few words from Sir J. GRAHAM, the clause was agreed to. On clause 22 being put, Mr. BRIGHT said that this clause was likely to occupy some time, and as it was now near twelie, o'clock he hoped the Right lion, Gentleman would have nq ob jection to postpone the discussion. Sir J. GRAIIANI having assented. The House reunacd, the CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. POOR- LAWS. The Committee on the poor-laws was postponed till Friday, the 10th of May. • On the motion of Mr. AGLIONBY a Select Com mittee was agreed to, to inquire into the state of the co lony of New Zealand, and the proce,dino of the New Zealand Commissioners, and to report the evidence and their opinion to the House. The House then adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL. APRIL 25, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Thomas Herbert Maddock, Esq., of the Bengal Service. DOWNING-STREET, Aral L 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles 'Bennett, Esq., to be Provost Marshal General for the Island of St. Luta. • CROWN OFFICE, Aran, 24. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. BOROUGH OF IItINTINGDO;:—ThOMaS Baring, of No. 40, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Sir Frederick Pollock, Knt., who has ac. epted the office of Chief Baron.of the Court of Exchequer. BOROUGH OF Wooostrom—The Right Honourable John Winston Spencer Churchill, commonly called Marquis of Elandford, i n th e room o f F re d er i c Thesiger, Esq., who has accepted the office of her Majesty's Solicitor-General. CITY or EXETZIL.—Sir William Webb Follett, Knt., her Majesty's Attorney-General. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 26. Ist Dragoon Guards—W. H. de Rhodes, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Sutton, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons, April 26. 12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant T. Bernard to be Captain, by purchase, vice Philips, who retires ; Cornet J. Williams to be Lieutenant, by pureas.e. vice Barnard; Cornet H. G. Sutton, from Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Wil liams, April 26. 9th Regiment of Foot—Captain J. Harvey, from 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ballard, who exchanges, April 26. I lth Foot—Lieut. S. S. Cox, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Forbes, who retires; Ensign J. Pattisou, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cox; W. Goode, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pattison, April 26. 23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. G. Watt, from the Staff, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Loinsworth,who resigns,April 26. 25th Foot—Lieut. E. G. Whitty, from 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rudyerd, who exchanges, April 26. 26th Foot—Lieut. H. E. S. Rudyerd, from 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Whitty, who exchanges, April 26. 44th Foot—Captain V. V. Ballard, from 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Harvey, who exchanges, April 26. 46th Foot—Lieut. W. H. O'Toole to be Adjutant, vice Sharpe, deceased ; Ensign J. E. Spilling to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Toole, appointed Adjut an t; J. G. Clarke, Gant. to be Ensign, vice Spilling; April 26. 47th Foot—Lieut. F. Estvrick, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clarke, who exchanges, April 51st Foot—Lieutenant W. Birch, from the 25th Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Stansfield, who retires; Lieutenant W. Birch to be Adjutant, vice Carey, promoted, April 26. 71st Foot—Brevet-Major W. Guard, from half-pay, Sub- Inspector of Militia in the lonian Islands, to be Captain, vice H. E. Austen, who exchanges • Lieutenant T. H. Colvill to be Captain, by purchase, vice Guard, who retires; Ensign W. Hutchinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colvill ; J. I. Macdonnell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutchin son, April 26. 74th Foot—Serjeant-Major F. Dunbar to be Quartermaster, vice D. M'Curdy, who retires upon half-pay, April 26. 87th Foot—Lieutenant W. Boyd to be Captain, by purchase, vice W. Boyd, who retires, April 26; Second Lieutenant W. E. Adams to be First Lieutenant, vice Vigors, deceased, April 11 ; Second Lieutenant F. Colegrave to be First Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Boyd, April 26; Ensign A. Dewar, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Adams, April 25 ; J. Doherty, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colegrave, April 26. 94th Foot—Lieut. R. N. Clarke, fro:a 47th Foat, to be Lieutenant, vice Estwick, who exchanges, Aprii 26. Ist West India Regiment--T. Clark, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thompson, deceased, April 26. Royal Canadian Rise Regiment—J. G. Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dewar, appointed to the 87th Foot, April 26. Unattached—Lieut. G. R. Langley, from the 19th Foot, I. be Captain, without purchase, April 26. Commisssons by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. C. S. Hawkins, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; W. F. Vernon, Esq., to be ditto, April 22. Royal Eastern Regiment of Middlesex Militia—T. M. Carvich, Esq., to he Captain, April 22. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutlandshire. The Hon. C. G. Noel, commonly called Viscount Campden, to be Deputy Lieutenant ; the Hon. W. H. Dawnay to be ditto ; H. B. Pierrepont, Esq., to be ditto, April 20. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex. G. Basevi, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; J. H. Borrer, jun., Esq., to be ditto ; Lieut.-Col. C W. Elwood, to be ditto ; C. Goring, Esq., to be ditto ; M. Pringle, Esq., to be ditto ; J. S. D. Scott, Esq., to be ditto, April 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwick. _ __ Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—The Hon. W. 11. Leigh to be Cornet, vice G. P. B. C. Noel, resigned, April 12. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire. North Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry.—R. P. Jones, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Clay, resigned; W. H. Austin, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Jones. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE PARK, cowkeeper, Charles-street, Common cial-road, Stepney, to surrender May 2, at eleven, and June 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street • Turner, Chancery-lane. SHARRINCiTON BACHE, builder, Commercial-road, Peckham, May 3, at half-past two, and June 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing hall-street • Buchanan and Grainger, Basinghall-street. BENJAMIN WILLIAM BLAE, merchant, City-road, May 7, at one, and June 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Hill and Matthews, Bury-court, St. Mary-axe. HENRY HAIGH, engineer, Ratcliff-highway, May 9, at eleven, and June 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Watts, Ber mondsey -street. JOHN WALTON ROBEY, builder, Upper John-street, Fitzroy-square, May 7 and June 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Janson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Walton and Forbes, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street. WATKIN ROGERS, draper, Newport, Monmouthshire, May 10 and June 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; W. and C. Bevan, Bristol ; Edward and R. W. Bennett, Manchester. THOMAS BAKE, brewer, Manchester, May 17, and June 4, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Dearden, Manchester; Johnson, Son; and Weatherall, Temple, London. ILLIAM ASH WIN, steel pen maker, Birmingham, May 15, and June 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Rawlins, Birmingham. ROBERT HARRIS, eating-house keeper, Liverpool, May 9, at half-past eleven, and June 7, at eleven, at the Liver pool official pistrlileetn,Caoundrt.sillposrogna,n,Bsrtiett's-buildings, Holborn ; u assignee, Liverpool ; N No r ris , ri A s, Liverpool. ROBERT DAWSON NEWMAN, corn-factor, Leeds, May 8 and 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Youn g, JOHN SIMPSON, jun., and WILLIAM TOFT. a lkali- L e eds; Smithson a o n ffi d ei C al o a ., B S ig o n u e th e' am Le p e to d n s -buildings, manufacturers, Wakefield, Yorkshire, May 11, and June 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London; Taylor and Westmoreland, Wakefield. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. R. Hiller, Bradwell, Suffolk. G. Warburton, joiner, Manchester. P. Unsworth, butcher, Liverpool. G. Chambers, clerk, Rosoman-buildings, Islington. W. Pennington, draper, Bedington, Durham. G. Sheppard, cook, Upper Stamford-street, Waterloo-road. G. Taylor, jeweller, Meredith-street, Clerkenwell. W . Fothergill, licensed victualler, Basley, Yorkshire. T. -L. Rogers, farmer, Knockin, Shropshire. J. Town, wheelwright, Halifax, Yorkshire. F. Gooderham, nurseryman, Vassal-road, North Brixton. H. Phillips, Temple-street, St. George's-road. T. H. Atkey, grocer, Brighton. J. J. Limebeer, boot maker, Great Queen-street. E. Wilkinson, innkeeper, Blyth, Yorkshire. H. Fearnside, carver and gilder, Leeds. R. H. Thurston, baker, Norwich. H. Nicholson, butcher, Leeds. H. Snhole6eld, wood dealer, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. G. Whitworth, farmer, Olney, Buckinghamshire. -* J. Craven, corn miller, Leeds. S. Baxter, fisherman, Barking, Essex. B. J. Deane, lucifer manufacturer, Sidney-street. 11. Everett, clerk, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square. J. Way, baker, Southsea, Hampshire. T. James, labourer, Wymondham, Leicestershire. J. Duce, cloth maker, Leeds. 0. R. Windsor, solicitor, St. Ann's-terrace, St. John's-wood. G. Smith, slate quarry agent, Carnarvon. T. S. Robinson, publican, Great Neston, Cheshire. E. M. Shaw, Manchester. W. H. Bagnall, watch maker, Bishopsgate-street Without. F. N. Bracher, schoolmaster, New Sarum, Wiltshire. M. Fothergill, attorney-at-law, Pontefract, Yorkshire. W. Dennis, joiner, Nottingham. J. Standen, block pitcher to a calico printer, Salford. J. Pagden, London-road, Southwark. A. Benjamin, dairyman, Gravel-lane, H oun d s dit c h. G. Carreer, edge tool grinder, Sheffield. J. Saffihill, farmer, Hillingdon. M. Piebble, tallow chandler, Strood, Kent. C. Hederstedt, Lambeth-road. W. Swann, fish merchant, Great Yarmouth. W. Barthram, livery-stable keeper, Raven-row, Mile-end. J. Luckett, coffee-house keeper, Adam-st. West. Marylebone. J. Thompson, veterinary surgeon, Aldborough, Yorkshire. J. Gerrett, licensed victualler, Cock-lane, Shoreditch. W. Curran, stevedore, Liverpool. G. P. Trounsell, Lieutenant, R.N., King's Kerswell, Devon,. R. A. Jefferiss, butcher, Newington. J. Bonny, tailor, Liverpool. W. Cornhill, coffee-house keeper, Coleman-street. R. Hamm, carpenter, Bedford-street, Tottenham-court-road. W. Ellerson, horse dealer, Eynesford, Kent. E. Baker, publican, Lawrence-lane, City. SECOND NOTICES. S. Pegrun, butcher, Notting-hill, Kensington, May 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official asPignee. J. Whipps, sen., coal merchant, Nicholl-street, Hagger stone, May 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. R. H. Morgan, coach builder, New Church-street, Port man-market, May 2, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. M. Edwards, tailor, Mitre-street, Lambeth, May 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Bone, farmer, Rottendon, Essex, May 2, at half-past one, 'at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. C. Cunningham ' attorney, Nutford-place, Marylebone, M a y 2, at one, a t the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. F. Henry, Caroline -street, Regent's-park, May 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Perry, saddler, Blackmore, Essex, May 2, at half-past twelve, at. the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. A. Levy Dumont, Upper Baker-street, Portman-square, May 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. G. Revill, linen draper, Mitcham, May 2, at two, at the Court of J3ankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. T. Hasler, East-street, Finsbtiry-market, May 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. W. Sewell, master mariner, Great Yarmouth, May 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. A. Jenkins, plumber, Ryde, Isle of Wight, May 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. R o wlinc,r, Beaumont-street, Alarylebone, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. W. Chapman, baker, Bedford, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. J. King, farmrr, Wattisham, Suffolk, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. T. Wilkins, grocer, Edmund's-place, Lower Wandsworth road, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assicrnee. J. W. Robertson, tailor, Wingfield, Suffolk, April 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. A. Woolman, firmer, Little Clacton, Essex, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. T. Vincent Hinton, plumber, Edgeware, May 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. W. L. Grace, clerk, Essex-place, Grange-road, Dalston, May 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. W. House Porter, cabriolet proprietor, Doughty-mews, Guildford-street, Russell-square, May 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. G. Cook, grocer, Greek-street, Soho, May 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. J. Barns, barge master, Rochford, Essex, May 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. A. Cooper, fanner, l'werton, Somersetshire, May 3, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee., J. Parker, fell monger, Northleach, Gloucestershire, April 30, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee. H. Williams, butcher, Liverpool, April 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caxenove, official assignee. H. Burton, corn dealer, Wem, Shropshire, May 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. J. Shinton, ale retailer, Tardibigg, Worcestershire, May I, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee. J. D. Jones, tobacconist, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, May 4, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. M. Bette, farmer, Handsworth, Staffordshire, May 1, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. J. W. Wood, Duddeston-row, Warwickshire, May 7, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. C. Ashurst, Manchester, May 2, at twelve, at the Manches ter District Court. Fraser, offici-1 assignee. G. C. Talbot, agent, Blackburn, :flay 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. J. Barlow, licensed victualler, Stockport, May 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. W. A. Locke, coal dealer, Manchester, May 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. R. Owen, tavern-keeper, Llanv , rst, Denbighshire, May 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. T. Newell; beer-house keeper, Pudsey, Calverley, York shire, May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. J. Horsfall, 'beer-seller, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. S. Drew, cabinet-maker, Wakefeld, May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. J. Brook, cloth-manufacturer, Ossett, Yorkshire, May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. W. Broadbent, plumber, Meitham, Yorkshire, May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. Eliza Cooke, widow, College-road, Masborough, May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. J. Charlesworth, machine-maker, Wooldale, May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court, _Hope, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. J. B. and W. Robinson ' ironmongers , Macclesfield, Che s hire, May 18, at e l even , a t th e M an chester District Court—W. Va vasour, wool merchant, Rochdale, Lancashire, May 18, at eleven, at the . Manchester District Court-.R. and J. Cam pion, bankers, Whitby, Yorkshire, May 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Murray and W. Brown, millwrights, Liverpool, May 7, at half-past twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court--T. and A. Templeton, silk tuanufaeturers, Con gleton, Cheshire, May 17, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court —W. Pringle, carrier, Morpeth, Northumberland, May 20, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court— M. Scarth, miller, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, May 20, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—R. Smith, attorney, Worcester, May 22, at one, at the Birming ham District Court—T. Tindall, linen draper, Hastings, May 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, 13 asinghall-street. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. N. Blake. linen draper, Edgeware•road, May 17—H. Wood, bookseller, Fleet-street, May 17—R. Maryoo, black smith, Chigwell, Essex, May 18—J. L. Heathorn, ship owner, Abchurch-lane, City, ay 17—W. Emmins, builder, Bromp ton, May 18—T. Brewer, flag-dealer, Liverpool, May 17—R. Aslop, grocer, Manchester, May 18—J. and W. Judd, meal men, Romsey, Hampshire, May 17--J• H. Batty, merchant, Liverpool, May 17—T. H. Giles, omnibus proprietor, Bow, May 17—T. Nuttall, pork butcher, Rochdale, Lancashire, May 17—S. White, surgeon, Lam b' s Conquit!street, May 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. E. Sherwood, J. Peace, and R. M. Jones, attorneys-at law, Tooley-street, ~ : outhwark (so far as regards T. E. Sher wood )—T. Perks and 13. Blackman, portable bath makers, Old Cavendish-street, Marylebone—J. Laurie, W. Hamilton, and J. R. Laurie, merchants, Cheapside (19 far as regards J. Laurie)—J. Laurie, W. Hamilton, J. R. Laurie, J. Hamil ton, and J. Hyde, lace manufacturers, Cheapside (so far as re gards J. Laurie)—G. Lomax and J. Chesworth, china manu facturers. Hanley, Staffordshire—J. assd W. Andrew, mer chants, City of London—J. C. Hind and D. Brown, engravers, Manchester—E. Turmaine and T. Laslett, ale merchants, Canterbury—W. and T. Stevenson, linen drapers, Leicester — T. and N. England, cern factors, Leeds—R. Vint, R. Hutton, J. Vint, W. Hutton, J. Blackwell, and T. Fletcher, paper ma nufacturers, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham (so far as regards R. and J. Vint I—W. Taylor and T. Balmford, ale brewers, Lindley. Yorkshire—J. and R. Rice, lacemen, Nottingham— T. Hill and R. Rooke, calico printers, Manchester—T. P. Williams, G. B. Granville, and J. Williams, bankers, Ches ter (so far as regards G. 13. Granville)—R. 131yth and W. Sharp, commission merchants, Hull—E. G. and T. Flight, attorneys, Bridport, Dorsetshire—R. Sawdon and T. Pearson, butchers, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire--T. Wedlake and S. Luxton, machine makers, Keynsham, Somersetshire —M. H. Hart, J. P. Ley, and J. A. Tulk, iron► masters, Whitehaven Cumberland (so tar as regards M. H. Hart)—J. Lunn and W. Swift, drapers, Staveley, Derb)shire—W. Davies and F. H. Simpson, surgeons, Ash, Surrey —J. Cash, jun., and C. Brown, common stage carriers, Louth, Lincolnshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. PETER SMITH, - cabinet maker, Glasgow, May I and 22, at twelve, at the chambers of Murray and Galloway, Glasgow. ROBERT BRUCE, tailor, Dunse, May 2 and 28, at one, at the Town-hall, Dunse. JAMES WA RRACK, M.D., Upper Middlefield of Wood side, Aberdeenshire, May 2 and 23, at one, at the Aberdeen Hotel, Aberdeen. GEORGE SHARP, baker, Newbipging, near Mussel burgh, May 2 and 23, at two, at the chambers of J. Bell, Edinburgh. ROBERT LAURIE REID, grocer, Edinburgh, May 3 and 24, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. PRICE OF SUGAR. Tke Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending April 23, 1844, is 365. 10d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the portation thereof into Great Britain. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. --On Tuesday night, about half-past twelve o'clock, as Mr. Inspector Attwood and P. C. Axford, 98, were passing the Royal Hotel, in the Mall, Clifton, they heard a bustle inside as of some person endeavouring to open a door. They obtained en trance, and found that one of the bed-rooms up stairs was on fire. They immediately procured buckets of water, by.throw ing which on the flames inside, and judiciously keeping the door shut during the time the water was being fetched, they succeeded in extinguishing the flames beflire they had spread beyond the room in which they originated. As soon as the tiff ing smoke had subsided they entered the room, and dis covered that the ge n tl eman who had been sleeping there had, in his fright, jumped right through the closed window, and had fallen to the ground outside, a distance of forty feet. His fall had been broken by a lamp, otherwise it is prtbable he would have been killed on the spot ; as it is, we regret to say that his thigh-bone was broken, a compound fracture of the knee, and dislocation of the foot, on the right side; on tke left side, the foot most extensively burnt, arid the knee dreadfully lacerated ; his arms cut by the glass, and his head and face much cut and burnt. The gentleman is Mr.Heatli cote, of the firm of Heathcote and Holman, solicitors, Cole man-street, London, who was here on professional business in the Bankruptcy Court. He was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary, where he remains in a very dangerous state, under the skilful care of Mr. N. Smith and DIN Greig. From a fragment of the Times newspaper, partly burnt, being near the bedside, it is imagined the accident arose from Mr. Heathcote's reading in bed. The most remarkable circum stance is, that only one pane of glass, and that not a very large one, was broken by Mr. Ileathcote jumping through the window.—Sherborne Journal. FAVERSHAM, MARCH 2 4.—About seven o'clock on an express arr i ve d at F avers h am w ith the intelligence th a t t h e corn s t ac k s a t Queen Court, Ospringe, wer e on fire. The mark t e e t lnmdaall ya s rnle m a vi n ei n ln d i g e n . a d fi g t a c t r e w l immediately r r d u s n go one eo from give the 3,r. alarm, and the Kent Kent and Norwich engines proceeded with possible dispatch, powder works, to the scene of the conflagration. The Ospringe stream running close past the farm, _ the there was a plen tifuled ~.n dT iiedp ooa mar g u e n iti vas tion of one wheat tpinthhp eit s lihy u r e p e p bffe l aoo y rnrntfi e ssn f , tooNsdvtsaaabttveloree.sithheecTo &c., adjoining; eo t i er c ru l a been t e a o L o • k a and r breeze zhea at t - s ttahcok time,Th severale t r h e ea W dw i l e oh r i e .onliongof; ed o t s h ht e aa r odk s . t st a h c ae k nr s de , at p of r to e ek nie r ) cl s vuon s n working kid ku i rg s a t ba h i a es hv timeeo rftaltlitemon time, sustained p s s a auni c sii r g.t. i ah fi ‘iTtn c n, e. headebm. some oef T oodnru h rge e ieß. o l rdte i ehas e nem n oco t ahfing e i ret n eei , g oma i o n .nea e dds , sufficientlyworking nearlyexti been apprehended, and will be examined this day , on suspicion of having wilfully set the stack on fire—Kentish Observer. g t u h is e he w d h . ole A boy y has [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- H O LLOWAY'S PILLS.—The virtue of this most extraordinary medicine is so admirable and efficacious that it wonderfully preserves man in health and strength of body, and of all the powers and faculties of his mind. It is a sovereign remedy for all diseases, however bad, that admit of a cure. All persons suffering from general debility, nervous affections, liver or bilious complaints, sick head-aches, indigestion, want of appetite, as well as every complaint brought on by sedentary habits. For all such these pills will be found to give almost immediate relief. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Esta blisement 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. A SAILOR'S PRANKS.--A few days a man named Webster, a sailor, was fined Bs. 6d. with costs, by the Magistrates of Falmouth, for assaulting a constable. The Recorder, Mr. Merivale, was riding through the town on a pony with a very long tail. Webster took hold of the tail and held on. The worshipful magistrate tried to roach him with his whip, but the length of the tail prevented him. The policeman came to. the rescue of the magistrate, but was attacked by the jolly tar, who hit him and knocked him with great violence.—Sher borne Journal. A SIGN OR THE. TIMES.--During - the last week no less than forty-five snares, some with hares in them, were found upon the estate of Tollerton, immediately adjoining the property of Earl Manvers at Cotgrave. There is a clue to :the offenders, who are threatened with being prosecuted with. the utmost• rigour of the law as soon as legal• evidence is obtained for that pur pose. Every precaution having been adopted, by notice and otherwise, to render them wilful trespassers, it may be well to inform persons who follow such pursuits, that it is not requisite to encounter them personally, but only to identify them in order to bring actions.'lVottingham Review. PRICES - OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 26. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. kROK THE EVEgING FAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—From the time of John Frost's memorable attack on Newport to the accession of the present Mi nistry, scarcely a day, certainly not a week, was allowed to pass without our being reminded that John Frost was put into the commission of the peace by the Whigs, An explanation was given, by which all blame was re moved from the appointment. At the time it was made there was nothing which impeached the fitness of John Frost for a borough magistrate ; and he was removed immediately his unfitness became apparent. Still the fact was undeniable that a man who bad been a municipal magistrate had become a furious agitator ; and, instead of preserving the Queen's peace, had headed a furious mob, and involved himself and others in the guilt and punitment of high treason. These facts were im questlbnable. Tory orators and Tory journals urged the necessity of making the fullest inquiries into the character and habits of individuals, before they were placed in the commission of the peace. We have no wish to revive the question ; which, for any advantage it can confer on the Tory party, they.say have their own way. The appointment of John Frost might be worthy of blame; if so, the present Ministry has been consistent in • its practice of borrowing from its prede cessors in office—only making it always a little worse. The late election at Woodstock has stirred up some rather unpleasant matters ; but that has been done in a sort of " unnatural contest ;" and, as it lies entirely among the Tories, we may leave them to settle it among themselves. It has, however, reminded us that the Duke of Marlborough-is Lord Lieutenant of the county of Oxford ; and that he received the appointment from the present Ministry. The Duke of Marlborough was a man not altogether unknown as the Marquis of Blandford ; as may be seen, not only in the daily papers -of 1838,- but in Adolphus and Ellis's " Re ports," vol. viii., p. 908, where we find that, on m a ki ng a rule for a criminal information absolute, the Lord Chief Jusise said, " I have no difficulty in saying that if it concerned Lord Blandford alone, I would not have consented to make this rule absolute. His own affidavit throws the greatest imputation on his conduct towards the lady mentioned in these publications; and I cannot pronounce that her statements on the subject are per- Jared." For the rest of the case, those who are curious in such matters may refer to the documents we have alluded to. The length and breadth of the gross du plicity, profligacy, heartless seduction, and subsequent abandonment of the hapless female whom his Lord ship entrapped by a pretended marriage, were set forth in the affidavits which were published in the daily journals at the time, and are 'alluded to in the judgment pronounced by the Court, as reported in the volume from which we have quoted. We ask, if a Lord _Lieu tenant had caused a commoner, concerning whom such an opinion, in such a case, had been expressed by the highest criminal court in the kingdom, what would have been said of him,- and of , the - government which allowed him to retain his Lord Lieutenantey ? The case in the Queen's Ben& could not have been unknown to the Government at the time of the Duke's appointment as Lord Lieutenant. To say nothing of the notoriety of the facts, and the scandal their publication fastened on the Marquis of Blandford (now Duke of Marlborough), Sir W. Follett was engaged in the Case, and he was So licitor-General at the time the Duke of Marlborough was appoints L We are not disposed-to-rake up the errors of a man's youth, and allege theta as reasons for excluding him from decent society or from office. Still, we have a right to ask, what evidence had the Government, which made him Lord Lieutenant of a county in 1842, that the Duke of Marlborough was then a better man than he was, as, Marquis of Blandford, in 1838? And if any, at what precise time they had reason to conclude that the respectability of character and decency of conduct commenced ? The criminalinformation was granted by the Court, as we have seen, for the sake of his family. Was the Lord Lieutenancy conferred for the sake of his borough ? One word as to the course the Government is, we conceive, bound to pursue underpresent circumstances. It is the practice of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his attention is called to grave charges against a magistrate, to require a contradiction, or ex planation ; which, if not satisfactory, is followed by striking the delinquents name out of the commission of the peace. On Monday last grave charges, affect ing the public and private character of the Duke of Marlborough, were publicly stated by Mr. Humfrey, the Government candidate, in the Town Hall of Wood stock, and in the presence of the Noble Duke's friends and retainers—charges which, if true, would justify the interference of the Lord Chancellor to prevent the party against whom they were made and sub stantiated, from continuing to act as a magistrate. How much more when the Lord Lieutenant, the head of the county magistracy, is thus accused, if he do not successfully repel the accusations? The charges were not contradicted at the ' time—no contradiction of them has yet appeared. If the Government do not interfere, and that very shortly, the subject is of sufficient importance to justify an allusion to it in Parliament. Some Member, of sufficient weight and influence to secure the attention of the House, should question Sir James Graham on the subject; and ask how long the control of the county of Oxford, and the appointment of its magistrates, shall be allowed to remain in the hands of a person who was de clared, by the highest court of the land, to have behaved too ill to be entitled to have a rule for a criminal infor mation made absolute ; and . whose subsequent conduct, as was shown by the proceedings at Woodstock on Mon. day last, is more than doubtful STANDARD.—Elsewhere will be seen the extract from Mr. Ferrand's speech, which is to be the subject of consideration with the House of Commons to-night. We can find in that extract no allegation which any man can be required to prove, because we do not see any elle• - gation which, even if true, it would be possible to prove either by documents or by the mouths of witnesses. Nit)ier do we see in the extract anything which a deeply prejudiced man might not conscientiously believe to be true, though to an unprejudiced man the extreme in• justice of Mr. Ferrand's deductions are manifest. As it has beea said before, Mr. Ferrand puts distinctly for ward the grounds of his opinion with the opinion itself, and pretends to have no evidence in reserve—what more can he be called upon to prove ? What, then, can the House of Commons do in the matter? The House may, no doubt, by resolution condemn Mr. Ferrand's two propositions affecting Sir James Graham and Mr. Hogg—as every rational and un prejudiced man in the country has already con demned them —but though there are precedents for such condemnatory resolutions of speeches, pamphlets, and sermons, the effect produced by them has left little to tempt to an imitation of such precedents, and we doubt whether Sir James Graham and Mr. Hogg would not be the principal sufferers, by leaving to generations, to whom their worth and integrity may be less perfectly known than to the present, a record of grave charges pre ferred against them. The same record will, indeed, carry the evidence of their honourable acquittal by the House of Commons; but, alas! we must not expect that the judgments of the Parliaments of our day will be more respected by posterity than we are in the habit . of respecting thejudgments of former Parliaments. The view of the present effect of any harsh course adopted towards the Hon. Member for Knaresborough is not more satis factory. The case itself warns us of the danger of imputing motives ; and the loyalty of the Learned Member for Bath, proved in both hemispheres—the loyalty of Mr. Hume, demonstrated by his Canadian correspondence—and the loyalty of the author of the appropriation clause and the confederate of Mr. O'Connell—the loyalty of the three movers of this unhappy debate forbids that we should assign to them any bad motives ; but though we are forbidden to speak of motives, the House of Commons (we believe, but are not qu i te sure), {permits to intimate consequences, and we think that with whatever motive or purpose Messrs. Roe buck, Hume, and Ward have kindled this broil, the consequences of • permitting it to proceed must be such as Parliament ought to avoid if.. possible. Mr. Ferrand has complained loosely and generally of attempts made to crush hire and to crush another gentleman, because they are opposed upon principle to the New Poor-law, and to long hours of labour in the factories. Will not a harsh proceeding against the Hon. Member, upon the very slight grounds affordedAlfhis speech, be eagerly seized upon by pre judiced' persons as irrefragable confirmation Of his complaint ; will he not, and with apparent reason too (considering by whom the matter has been stirred !), be treated as the victim of the economists, the martyr of the poor and of the factory children. This will give him a degree of influence which a Christian Conservative such as Mr. Ferrand's will not abuse, but it will also create a feeling of resentment against his antagonists (we will not call them persecutors) which even his vast influence, will be required to keep within proper bounds. , For our parts, we see but one course to pur sue, that will be at once just to Sir James Graham and Mr. Hogg, and to the quiet of the manu facturing districts, and that is, to expunge from the records of Parliament every word that has passed upon this affair since it was first opened by Mr. Roebuck, and then pass to other business, as if the subject had never been alluded to. This might be profitably fol lowed by a resolution of the House, declaring its aver sion to meddling firebrands—at all - events , the continued prosecution of the unlucky business prepares the country ill to consider with due calmness, and a proper freedo m from prejudice, the debates and the division upon Factory Bill. - - Names of Com panies. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby.cle.la.Zouch_av Basingstoke .... Breckneck & Abergay. Birmingham, I-16th sh. Do. and Liverp. Jubc. Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry Crom ford Dudley . ........ ..... Derby ......... . Danube and 11Layne.— Ellesmere and Chester Erewash ......... Forth and Clyde Grand Juncti0n....,..., Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western...... Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham liuddersfle;c! ..........av Kennet and Avon...ay Lancaster av Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northamp Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire. Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath Oxford . ............. Peak ForeSt Itv Regent's (or London).. Rochdale av Shropshire Somerset Coal. Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourhridge Stratford .on.Avon...av Swansea Severn & Wye & Trent & Mersey, 14 eh. Thames & Medway_av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton Wf,rcester & Birming Wilts and Berks av Wisbeach Wey and Arun Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol... av Do.Bnds, var. amounts St. Katharine Ditto 80nd5........ Ditto Bonds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith. ..... Southwark, new Subs Ditto New of 7% pr Waterloo Ditto Old Ann..of S/, 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. & Gan. Life County Eagle Economic Life European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hope Life Ditto Fire Imperial File Ditto Life Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal andGeneralLife London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Palladium Life ..... Protector Life Provident Rock Life Wyal 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 & Westrninstr Ditto New........... London Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland..... Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire Union of Australia Union of L0nd0n...." Gaslight 6. Coke Bath British Ditto Provincial Birmingham Birrring. & Staffordsh Bristol Brighton Ditto General City of Londo❑ Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New...... Equitable Imperial.. ...... Isle of Thanet Independent Phoenix Rateliff South Metropolitan United General. .... Westmins. Chartered Ditto New ....... .»..» Water Works Birmingham East London Grand Junction av Kent Nw Riv lon. Bridg An Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex .av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Pr op 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 Mitt° Fifths ....... Hull and Selby ....... Leeds and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr 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 Nevi-Shares Manchstr and Birming Ditto Extension Midland Counties North Midland Do. %.Sh., iss. 1U dis. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 5/. dis. Paris and Rouen Stockten & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, iss. 18 dis. York and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albinn C0pper......, Alten Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m. Ditto Subscriptiqn Bolanes Ditto Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.s/. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. 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 Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Mex., iss.2l. pm Ditto Scrip ...... Ditto New Scrip Literary. Londn, with Sin.llcket '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. IL Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand . ....... Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soe South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20u 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 6 iors o 0 100 e o 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 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 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 e 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 3000 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 9 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 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 7008 SO 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 5000 12 10 0 100 0 • 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 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 e 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 22 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 • 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 31 0 13 10 0 100 0 U 25 0 ( 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 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 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 'l5O 0 0 ' 50 0 0 10 0 0 , 40 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 tie 0 100 - 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 15 0, 0 5 9 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C 10 0 • 30 0 0 35 10 0 XI 10 0 so 7 1 3 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 PANIES' PRICES. 844. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 q 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 40 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 Amount Share. Paid. !Price. A a d. 1000'0 41 13 4 1 leo o o - 100 0 0 of~► )f the itself Ily to on of , re of very e, for now. Com ngest 0, of !ct of very Dividend per Annum. 51 per cent. 41. per cent. 41. 8/. Iss. 71. IL ss. 31 Its. 81. 1 10s. 341. 101. 51. 701. 171. 301. 334 17s. lid. 104 6 percent. 28 15/. 20:. 14 10s. 15/. 32/.705. 101. 81. 10s. ii. 4s. 3 percent. 1 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 1 3 / 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 1% percent. 11. Os. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. 7s. ai 10s. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 6d. pr sh 51. 4 per cent. Ts. per share 5 per cent. 3/. 6s. 5 per cent:l t 30s. bas. 5}4 per cent. SN, per cent. per cent. S per cent. b per cent. 4s. 28. 6d. lit per cent. 19s. /. ch. & bds. 11. si. 10s. 'los. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 1L ss. 5 per cent. 65 per cent. 11. 5 pe . cent. 10% per cent 51. P per cent. 6 per cent. 5 percent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. per cent. 8 per cent. per cent. 6 per cent. ils per share per share 10 per cent. 5 per cent. 16S. 11. 5s 1/. 78 5/. and bs. 454/. :And bs. It per cent. cent. S 101. 151 per sh . 15s per sls 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent.: per cent. • • per cent 6 per cent. 1% per cent. 31. 12s. 18s. 81. 21.106. 21. 1 es. 41. 10s. per cent. 44 16s. • 11. 14s. 10s. per sit i 11. 4s. !per cent. 2/. 10s. je. per sh. 5& perch Is'lod per Eh 10 per cent, 2% per cent. 34 SE. per sh 21. per sh. !s. per sh. 4 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent, lb per cent. /541. per sh ; - 101. per sh. 11.145. Sl.per share Ss 4d per sh SC 17s. pr sh 113 s per sh IL. 11. 10s. 1/. ss. 15s. U. 11s. 10d. 15 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 71. 175.6d.31. JO per cent. has. per eh. 11. 101. perch. IL 41. IL 15s. (per cent. per cent. 5 per cent. and I be. per cent. per cent. Ai per cent ter cent LIST or SCOTTISH COM] APRIL 24, 1 Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central Pk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance-. Hercules Insurance. North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scott. Edinburgh Lite !mint': Scottish Union Standard Life Insult Dslkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Railwy Glasg. and Green. RaiL *. - Dundertand Arbr !per cent. Cper cent. Viper cent. (per cent. .per cent. tpet cent. t Par cent. riper cent. ?per cent. 9 per cent. iper cent. (per cent. 5 per cent. iler cent. per cent. ge k per cent 234 pa cen Ns i 4 4 21 54 7 104 17014 HZ% 224 170 TIM LATE OODSTOCK ELECTION.—It is stated that the Duke of Marlborough has given instructions to his splipitor to copinience an action against Humfrey for libelling hiin on Ole hustings t the ;Kea 1194141(4ti94 for Woodstock. All paid 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock pe 50 0 0 83 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 60 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2.10 0 2 10 C 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 • 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 SU 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 • 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0.0 10 0 • 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 18 I 0 10 0 0 5000 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 9 3l 5 0 29 0 0 50 • 0 50 e 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 • 25 0 0 49 0 • 10 "Ti 0 25 0 0 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of April 2€ 6 ) Suawa.—There has not been so much activity in the Colo nial Sugar market this week, as some of the trade have come to the determination not to do more business than they are com pelled until after the Chancellor of the Exchequer has bronght forward the Budget. To-day buyers were more inclitlO chase West India Sugar, and 300 hhds were disposed of at fall rates : the operations would have been tipon a more extended scale, had there. been a larger show. The total sales for the week are 1,210 MIAs and tierces. The market closed very firmly, REFINED. —To-day the demand was brisker for Refined goods for home consumption and prices are firm ; brown Gro cery Lumps 775, and standard Lumps 78s to 78s 6/ Of Treacle several parcels sold, boiled from West India Mo lasses at 21s 6d, Patent 22s to 255, and best 7,1,;:ce 2tis to 28s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar bss Ad, and the Refiners will not enter into Nrtbev contracts under 26s per cwt. Loaves, at 4 3 e; to 34s for 6 to 14 lbs. Molasses at 1 is to 115 6d 5 Ilase tardy and Pieces 17s to 22s per cwt. . 11 1.auatrzu s—This afternoon Mauritius was in fair request, and 310 bags at public sale were sold at full rates ; middling yellow at 01s Gd to 625, and low 61s to 61s 6d per cwt. EAST b.:DLL—This afternoon four parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 1,746 bags 85 casks, were offered at public: s ale and sold most in cases at 6d per cwt advaAcs tine white fetched 675, go a d 65 s 6d t o 66 5, m idd l i ng 64s to 6.13 6 d, mid dling grey 61s to 61 ; yd, m iddli ng b r i g h t ye ll ow 63 s t o 63s 61 , good q 46 clamp anti washed 58 s 6ds to 65 : in casks, sou nd . foxy grown 50s 6d to 52s 6d, low heavy 480 to 44:36d per t FQREIG X.—White Havannah taken in s gepd at 28s 64 to 30s, middling 26s 6d to 24-and low 23s to. 243 per ewt 4anlatied Kid at 23s tq 243 to; middling and good quality - , ..z.`"lizeceves washed, sound fetched privately 28s; yellow at previous late I white Brazil at 21s to 235, for brown prices remain firm t brown and yellow Mimic* for Hamburgh at 171 per cwt. MoLassas.—Berbice 24s per cwt. Bengal Molasses Ils.to 17$ 6d good quality, and lba to 16s 6d per cwt for inferior. Honey at full rates. Comma.--By private treaty few purchases have "wear made in West India .Coffee, s and rather lower rates again siciepted. For Mocha prices are still going down. This afternoon there was no public sale of any description of Coffee, and . the home tradeoperated with reluctance by private contract ; the regular rnprket price of good ordi nar y C ey l on h 59 s per cwt. COCOA.—Prices have given way Is per cwt for Welt India this week, and the market has been well supplied. - Foreign Cocoa is held for previous rates. ~ TEA.—A . good business - has been transacted in Tea this week, and rather higher rates are paid fer the lower sorts ; Congou common .for cash - .has fetched Is Oid to Is Id, good common Is lid to Is lid ; Twankay common Is lid to, Is-3d ; Hyson ordinary 2s 2d to 2s 6d, andePouchong 44 _to 104 per lb paid. To-day there was less desire shown to purchase - ,Tea, - but holders remained firm for all sorts. Rust, BRANDY, AND IfOLLANDS—CaIeIIttA Rum it _la 10d per gallon, proof strength, but hold ers generally refine to sell under Is 1 ; better qualities of Jamaica at stiff rates; 3s 10d paid for 30 puns 33 per cent overproof of good quality and high flavour ; common and middling sorts firm ; Leewards at 2s 2d per gallon, proof ; Demerara 33 2d to 3s 5d for strong descriptions.. There has been much more activity in the Brandy market, and higher rates paid. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838 ;hhds 5s lOd, puns 5s 84 - 1: ditto 1839, hhds 5s Bd, puns 5s 6d; ditto 1840, hhds 5s 6d puns 5s 4d ; ditto 1841, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d, ditto 1842, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d, middling qualities of various marks 3s 5d to 4s 6d, -low 2s 10d to 3s 4d, and Spanish Brandy 2s 9d to 2 , 3 10d per gallon. Geneva, shipping sort at Is Sd to Is 9d, fine fit for duty 2 s 2d t o 3 1 . E ng li s h C ora Spirits at les 2d per gallon cash. _ Rica.—Bengal good pearly white at 11s, middling' 10s 6d to 11s, sea damaged first class lOs to lls, and second 9s 6d per cwt. For Java and Madras Rice prices are looking down. Carolina cleaned Rice is 21s to 26s and Patna 13s to 17s. SAGO.—Pearl Sago, common • 12s 6d to 13s 6d, middling 14s to 15s, good les to 19s, and fine 20, to 25, per cwt Ta pioca at 5d to bid per lb for good and fine quality. - • COCHINEAL-1 his afternoon Honduras, low black went at 5s Id, mid 5s 4d to 5s 6d, good silvers 4s 9d, low foxey to mid 45 5d to 4s 7d per lb. bentao.—Since the sale a brisk demand has prevailed for Bengal for . exportation, and 200 chests of the new crop have been sold at an average of.ss 2d per lb ; in' all other sorts purchases to a fair extent made, and the advanced rates pre• viously established are fully sustained. OILS.—For Olive Oil further advine.ed rates paid, Gallipoli 52110 s to 53/, Sicily 52/, Spanish 511, and Barbary 501 per tun ; Sperm Oil at 751 to 76/ for fine British, and 721 to 741 for inferior. Cod is 34/ to 34/10s, pale Seal 34/, yellow and br0wn...2a.t0.321.10s per tun ' • Linseed Oil 27s per ca t ; P a l m 27s to 28s per cwt for fine; Cocoa Nut Oil at 32s per cwt; Rape Oil, pale at 39s 6d to 40s, and brown 386 to 38s 6d per cwt. This afternoon Southern Oil sold at reduced rates, ordi. nary to fine at 26/ lOs to 3el per tun. TALLow.—The market for Russian Tallow has been in a quiet state this week; 40s to 40s 6d accepted for P. Y. Candle, and 40s 9d to 41s per cwt for very fine in small quantities. For delivery the operations 42s to 42, 3d for the last three months in the year. Town Tallow at 40. to 40s 6d per cwt. nett cash. This afternoon New South Wales Tallow sold at 408 3d to 40s 6d, South American 33s 3d to 39s 9d, and very low dark soft 20s to 20s 3d, East India 38s 9d to 3405, North American 30s to 38s per cwt. IMPORTANT.—TO THE LADIES. (From Punch.) The great success which the " Strong Wind" has met with in the lottery ofwedloek, has induced his companions in arms and paint—the Ojibbeway Indians—to advertise for English wives; and as the said Indians are very shortly about to ierve the country, early applications on the part of the ladies are desirable. The Indians have already at least one wire, but they promise, even as " Strong Wind" promised, to remain constant to their new helpmates; a promise which, upon their return to the back woods, they will doubtless most honourably perfurm. We subjoin the advertisements No. 1. " An-ouE-wE-zaNrrs—the Boy. Chief. The 'adver tiseris in his seventy-fifth year, and shall be happy to form a matrimonial engagement with any English lady of known property. The Boy Chief, in his admiration of the martial character of England, will have no objection to the widow , of a general officer, if under forty. Her property must not be secured upon herself. She must know.how to cure bear's flesh, to hoe, and rake, and dig, and reap. She must also b e a bl e t o skin rabbits, and clean pipes. Principals only treated with. Apply from tea - to twelve. "N.8.--The squaw must have been vaccinated. No. 11. " PA..TAN-NA-WET-A- WER-DE—the Driving Cloud. The advertiser is the War Chief, aged 51, of a remarkably placable and humourous disposition. He has no objection to treat with a young English lady, and he will, on a mar riage settlement, secure to her nis scalps. The lady must have been tenderly and affectionately brought up, as she will have to carry the wigwam poles of the Driving Cloud upon all journeys. She must bring:a sufficient income to keep her husband in tobacco, rum, and laziness. English securities preferred: no holders of Pennsylvanian bowls will bo treated with." No. 111. " WE - NISH - KA - WEA-BE.—Flying Gull and Hereditary Chief, is open to the offers of the ladies of England. Having inherited his dignity, not won it by any deeds or virtues of his own, advertisers are confidently referred to the Ojibbeway Peerage, 4to. The birth of the Flying Gull will not allow him to treat with anybody below a Baronet's daughter." GISHrE-GOSR-E•GHEE, the Moonlight Night, and SAIL -NA, Tobacco, in the same unblushing manner, also forwarded their advertisements ; but as Punch discovered them both to be married men, with their wives here with them, he, with his known devotion to the proprieties, has, of course, refused to insert any such invitations to the connubial state. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. • Arrivals—Bucephalus, Fletcher, from Bengal, off Falmouth, sailed Jan. 9, Cape Feb. 29, St. Helena March 12 ; Foam, Greig, from China, off Salcombe, sailed Jan. 3, St. Helena March 4; Coquette, Bruce, from St. Helena, off Falmouth, sailed Feb. 5. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Cood Hope—Phcenix steamer, Feb. 21, from Algoa Bay ' • Nepaul, Campbell. from Madras ; Le Constant, 22d, from Bourbon ; Martin. Luther, Palmer, from Bengal and Mauritius ; Jane, Moffatt, from Bengal, and sailed, 24th, to London ; Vesta, Shearer, from London,; Johanna, Pool, from Rotterdam ; Louisa Baillie, Remington, from Mauritius; Woodlark, Hardie, 24th, from Timor ; Napoleon, Scott, from Swan River ; Hudson, Bayfield, 27th, from Liver pool ; Albania, M'Conachy, from Hull ; B oa di cea . Withers, from Calcutta and Mauritius ; Agnes Lett, Lea, from London ; Ilindostan, Lamb, from Mauritius ; Brazilia, Reus, from Batavia ; Alexander, Murray, from Llanelly ; Solway, Spence, from Mauritius. Departures from Table Bay—William Woolley, Feb:. 19 to London ; lanthe, 21st to Boston ; Lo Sabine, to Bourbon ; Anne Gertruida, to Amsterdam ; Victoria, to Cadiz ; Le Severe, 24th, to Marseilles ; John Brewer, and Phcebe, to London ; Ale xan d er B ar i ng, to China ; St. Louis, 25th to Bombay • Charles Kerr, 25th ; Thomas Coutts, 26th, b o th to London ; Phcenix, 26th, to Algoa Bay. Arrivals in Algoa Bay—Maid of Mona, Blake ; and Treckboer, Cobern, Feb. 19, both from Mauritius. Departures from Simon's Bay—Her Majesty's ship Winchester, Feb. 19, to St. Helena- VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Mary, London to Con stantinople, 12th inst., off Cape Finisterre, by the Prin cess Victoria, Ellis, arrived off Falmouth. John (barque), of Scarborough, 14th inst., la, 43, ion. 18, by the Co quette, Bruoe, arrived off Falmouth. Eugenia, Feb. 27, lat. 26 S., lon. 33 W.; Lady Milton, 13th, inst., lat. SON., lon. 11 W., by the Amphitrite, arrivd at Antwerp. Tuscan, Batavia to Falmouth, Feb. 21, off Cape Agulhas, by the Thomas Coutts, arrived at St. Helena. Anna Louisa, Cal cutta to Leith, Jan. 6, lat. 8 S., lon. 82 E., by the Charles Kerr, arrived at the Cape of Good. Hope. James Laing, Feb. 7: lat. 34 S., lon. 16 W. ; Marion, for Hobart Town, 16th, lat. 37 S., lon. 2 E., by the Alexander 'Raring, ar rived at the Cape. Lady Bute, Clyde to Calcutta, 15th ult., lat. 3 N„ lon. 22 W. ; Aurora, Liverpool to Africa, 17th inst., lat. 50, lon. 18, by the Catharine, arrived at Liverpool. Dublin, fur the Mauritius, Feb. 14, lat. 36 S., lon. 20 E. ; John &ewer, for London, 28th ult. lat. 5 N., lon. 28 W, 107 31' 9% 675 141 1200 155 100 117 360 15 365 502% 4.0 120 140 11 4 40 220 310 9% 172 122 lniel36l/: 6% 0% 5% 400 11.134 142 50% E 6 15M 23 16% 1 2 2 04 40s. 21s. 4% 170 205 12% 10 4► 41 135 iili 13% 44N 17 3 s 4 l ;i 25 26 10% 7U 150 25 urn 81 58 60 24% 37% 265 3532 "` 159% 13 4N 13 4% 118 INTERESTING TO LADIES. To Messrs. 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The Journal de Fecamp relates,_ that about the end of the first week of the pr esen t month the fisldng boat 'Wilma, of Feeamp, Ledun master, when in 19 degrees 8 minutes of north latitude, 12 degrees 7 minutes west longitude, fell in with a dismasted and deserted vessel, which was soon aster tamed to be the Quebec * of Sunderland, of 260 tons, laden with timber and A4Ves. Ledun immediately put some of his boat's crow on board of her, and assisted by the Petit Bonhey,:\ of-Saint Valery-en-Caux, Boudeville, master, who I ..appened to come up at the moment, took the ship in tow, and, with a favourable witld, made for Penzance, in Cornwall. When within abont two miles of this port, the crews of eight English fishing-boats forced their way on board, with all the Avidity or savages, evidently determined to claim a share in the salvage. In vain did the Frmehmen endeavour to make them understand that their Interference would do more harm than good, and it was not till Ma. Pearce, the Consul at 411., Marazion, got an board, that they cou l d be prevailed upon t o leave the ship. On Friday, th e 1 2th Ledun and Boudeville towed the• Quebec triumphantly into Penzance. harbour. Tim NEW POLITICAL NOVEL.—We are requested to state that " Coningsby ; or, The N ew G enerat i on, " by B. Dlsra e li, Esq., AIX ~ in 3 vols., port Bve., will be published by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough -street. In kl few days ; and those who desire copies on the day of' publication will please to forward their orders i/211110.. diately to their respective booksellers. t of or • ork' not :act ere Joir tion heir for !MO Ant. steli 30ei that. nine Lea, slot' ,sse o vere bad .eby ttee that Lted. ton say on. eh !er, en )e- 1. ios. - 15.