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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANGERE—Nov. 15. The Lord Chancellor heard cause petitions, lunatic petitions, and appeals to-day. IN THE CASE OF THE FEVERSHAM CHARITIES. This case came before the Court upon petition, praying the confirmation of the Master's report, ap pointing two new trustees to certain extensive charities in Feversham. A reference was directed to the Master to appoint new trustees in the room of two gentlemen who had left the parish, one now residing at Dover, and thi other at Finsbury. The Master appointed two gentlemen, and the object of the present application was to confirm that report. His LORDSHIP ordered the report to be confirmed. The Court then disposed of the several lunatic peti tions bn the paper, and afterwards proceeded with the part-heard appeal of Livesey v. Livesey, which occupied the Court the whole day. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov, 15. The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole morning with unopposed petitions and short causes. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) LUND V. BLANSHARD AND OTHERS. His HoNova gave his decision this morning o tvo demurrers, put in to the plaintiff's amended bill by the defendants, who are members of the Yorkshire Agricul tural and Commercial Banking Company, and the Lon don and Westminster Bank. The main arguments in the case had been heard, but the Court required a further hearing on the only two points raised by the demurrers' misjoinder and multifariousness; and ➢ir. K. Parker and Mr. Hetherington have argued on the part of the plaintiffs against the demurrers, on the grounds above stated. The plaintiffs are shareholders in the Yorkshire Banking Company, the defendants were con nected with the management and direction, and the Lon don and Westminster Bank had been appointed the London agents of the Company. His HONOUR overruled both demurrers. Sir K. Bruce did not sit to-day, his Court being en gaged for the business usually transacted in the Sea 'ions-house. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 15. (Sittings in Banco.) HOWARD V. GOSSETT. Tlis was an action brought by Mr. Howard, an attAney, of Norfolk-street, in the Strand, to recover damages from Sir William Gossett, the Sergeant-at- Arms to the House of Commons, for an alleged unlawful arrest and false imprisonment. The defendant admitted all the facts laid in the declaration, but pleaded that he was justified in what he had done, by a warrant of the House of Commons, for the arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff. To this the plaintiff demurred, and the demurrer came on for argument this morning. The case arose out of the proceedings in the well-known case of Stockdale v. Hansard. The plaintiff, as attorney for Stockdale, had conducted the proceedings in that case, and after Stockdale had been arrested and imprisoned for contempt of the House of Commons, the plaintiff, his attorney, was also summoned to the bar of the House, and shortly afterwards arrested and imprisoned by order of the House, and it was to recover compensation for this arrest and imprisonment that he had brought this action. Mr. KELLY, in support of the demurrer, contended that the warrant set forth in the pleadings could not justify the arrest and detention of the plaintiff, inasmuch as it set forth no cause of offence whatever, but simply directed the arrest and detention of the plaintiff without specifying any cause of imprisonment, or naming any time at which such imprisonment should cease. Lord Coke had laid it down in his Institutes, that every mitti mus must show good cause of arrest, in order that the prisoner might obtain his relief by habeas corpus if the cause set forth should be wrong. If this warrant, which specified no offence, should be held to be a good warrant, and if, on an application for habeas corpus, their Lord ships were to remand unon such a warrant, it would im port that the House of Commons might arrest any sub ject of the realm without any offence or any charge, which would be a violation of Magna Charts and of the Petition of eight, in both of which it VW laid down that no freeman should be imprisoned or detained without cause shown, whereby he is imprisoned and detained. It was true that in the bad times of the James's and the Charles's, when the Courts of Justice were themselves the greatest violators of the law, warrants were issued for the apprehension of per sons without specifying the cause of offence ; but Sir Edward Coke, before those times, had expressly laid down the law to the contrary ; and since _the days of James II , the practice had been universally condemned, and, in good times, the law, as laid down by Lord Coke, had always been considered as the current law. The warrant was also bad, for want of a lawful conclusion. It simply ordered the arrest of the plaintiff without stating where he was to be brought, where he was to be imprisoned, what time he was to be imprisoned, or how he was to be delivered. There was no indication of his offence, neither was it stated what he was to do to purge himself of his offence. This was directly contrary to the law as /aid down by Lord Coke, who laid it down, that every warrant ought to show a lawful cause of imprison• ment, and' ought to have a lawful conclusion, such as, that the prisoner should be detained until delivered by due course of ler. The defendant was not told by the warrant to bring' the plaintiff before the House, but he was to take him into custody, and to keep him in custolY t it would appear until they should choose to s arder what should be done with him. Now this was contrary to Magna Charta, and the warrant was therefore void. He now came to what was the practice in regard td eontempts, and he believed it would be admitted that it was only for con tempt that the House of Commons posse,ssed the nower of imprisonment. Now the practice of All tribunes having the power of attaintiag for contempt, was to call upon the party a-cused to answer; if he refused, or gave no sufficient answer, he was adjudged guil t y of con tempt, and the warrant authorising his imprisonment in variably set forth that he was committed for contempt. Here it was not stated that he was committed for con tempt, and he would ask on what principle the House of Commons was to depart from a practice which was binding on all other tribunals committing for con tempt. No contempt whatever appeared upon the face of this warrant, and the Court could not presume that the committal was for contempt. If the Court were to do so the liberty of every subject would be at the mercy of the House of Commons. He submitted that no au thority could be found in which any warrant had been held lawful, which did not set forth the offence for which the party was to bearrested. With regard to the cases of imprisonment for contempt, he would merely refer the Court to the arguments of Sir J. Campbell in the case of Stockdale and Hansard, where everyone of these cases had been collected. He did not deny the right of the House of Commons to imprison for contempt, but he did contend that they had no right to imprison for any other cause, or for no cause at all, or by virtue of a war rant showing no cause. The next question was, sup posing the warrant to be bad could the defendant fall back upon the averments in the plea in aid of the war rant. He apprehended the:defendant could not. Having set forth the warrant as his justification for the arrest, he could not depart from it, and if that warrant were bad he could not show aliunde that there was good cause to justify the arrest. If a Sheriff's officer arrested a man upon a bad writ of capias it would be no justifies tion of that arrest to show that the bad writ was founded upon a good judgment. Mr. Justice CoLzeinar.--In an action against a magi • sti ate for false imprisonment, if the warrant is bad, but he sets forth that the conviction is good, would not that be sufficient, supposing he only pleaded the general iwsue? Mr. KELLY submitted that such a case could not apply to an action brought against the officer executing the warrant, although it might if they were suing the House of Commons, or the Speaker ; but he apprehended that, as the action would be for the imprisonment, and not for the conviction, the setting forth the conviction- would not be a su ffi cient justification. Mr. JusticeCOLERIDGE —I do not say so; but is it not a general notion —I do not say whether right or wrong— but is it not a general notion that a bad warrant may be aided by a good conviction ? Mr. KELLY apprehended not. The party sought his remedy against the party arresting him for the impri• soument, and not for the conviction. If a magistrate possessed the power on conviction by parole directions without the intervention of any written document, of ordering imprisonment, then the conviction might justify such imprisonment ; but if it was necessary that the warrant should be made in writing, and such warrant should be found to be bad, then the party would have beeu illegally committed, and would be entitled to his remedy. Now, what were the averments in the third and fourth pleas? They were—that the plaintiff, having been summ, m e d. to appear at the b ar o f the House' of Commons, failed to attend, and that thereupon an order was made that he should be brought to the bar. Now this was not an arrest for contempt It was an attempt on mesne process to comp e l a person to give evidence--a power possessed by no tri bunal in the country. He submitted that'the House of Commons had no power to arrest any of the Queen's subjects on mesne process. They bad a right to sum mon a person to their bar to give evidence, and on his refusal to attend, they had a right to adjudge him in con tempt, and having so found him guilty of contempt they bad a right to commit him. But they had no power to commit him for anything but contempt, least of all had they the power to commit on mesne process to compel a party to give evidence. He would not go into the pre cec'ents furnished by the House of Commons, for pre cedents might be found there for every crime and every folly, from the taking off the head of a king to the com mittal of a person for serving a n otice in a case of eject ment on a servant's servant of a Member of the House ; but there were no precedents to be found in cases argued and decided in courts of justice showing that the House of Commons possessed the power of arresting on mesne process, and it was not a sufficient justification for them to assume that they possessed suoh a right, and he relied upon the judgment in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard in support of that position. The possession of such a privilege must be distinctly averred, and could not be taken by intendment, as was done in these pleas. The plea ought to have distinctly shown that the plaintiff had been served with the summons to attend—the averment that be h ad had due notice was not sufficient. i r. Justice COLERIDGE—Do ought to h ave had pe _ you contend that he u.. KELLY contendedronal service ? that th e pl ea oug ht t o h ave shown that he hadha d therefore submitted thautch service as was usual. He bad,the warrant which was relied on as a justification was a iliasn:!uch as it set forth no cause of arrest, neither d to the imprisonment. But le ( 1 3 1 f alve any directions as in etrtdant could not fall back upon the averments bifaekthe eeCopurleatstsbronladid hold defective warrant ; but pon that he could fall aver ments, then . he submitted that the Court ° not by its decision hold for the first time that the House of of Commons possessed a power of imprisonment like that now sought to be claimed, and would not recognise by giving it their judicial sanction the existence of a power which had never before been claimed by any court of justice._ I - The SOLICITOR- GENERAL felt the deepest concern in rising to defend the privileges of the House of Commons, the very existence of which was directly struck at by his Learned Friend's argument. The existence of these privi leges had always been admitted. It was admitted that the recognition and the exercise of them was essentially neces sary to the House for the performance of its important functions, and it appeared that there was now a desire to strike down these privileges of the House one by one, by appealing to the judicial tribunals of the country. He trusted, however, they would find that protection in this Court, which would not render it un necessary for them to resort to self-protection. He trusted he should never forget the respect that respect, he insisted in the strongest manner on the existence of those privileges of the House of Commons. Now, in this case, the first plea alleged, that certain matters and things were then in debate before the House of Commons, concerning which the House considered it necessary that the plaintiff should be examined at their bar, and that the House, in pursuance of its ancient usages and privileges, ordered the said plaintiff to attend the House forthwith, of which order the plaintiff had had due notice ; and that the said plaintiff did not attend, but wilfully, con • temptuously, and without reasonable cause or excuse, refused to obey such order, whereupon in order to compel the attendance of the said plaintiff, the House, accord ing to its ancient usages and privileges, and in accordance with the law and custom of Parliament, ordered that the plaintiff should be brought before the House in the custody of the Sergeant, and that the Speaker should issue his warrant accord ingly; and that the Speaker, in pursuance of that order, and in accordance with the ancient usages and privi leges of Parliament, had issued his warrant, reciting the order of the House, and that upon that warrant the de fendant had taken the plaintiff into custody. Lord DENMAN—The order sets forth that he shall be brought to the bar of the House of Commons. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was much obliged to his Lordship—it did so. The second plea was the same as the first, and the third plea alleged that the arrest was justified by the contempt of their ancient usages and privileges of which the plaintiff had been guilty, and concluded in the same manner as the first. To these pleas the plaintiff had demurred—admitting that the summons had been issued—admitting that he had bad notice—admitting that he had contemptuously, and without excuse, neglected to attend—admitting that all that had been done had been done by the House of Com mons in pursuance of its ancient usages and privileges, but affirming that these pleas were not a suffi cient answer to the action, inasmuch as the order did not set forth the cause why he was to be examined, or show why he had not a right to conceal himself, nor on what occasion he had been guilty of contempt; and the Court was called upon to decide that acts done in pursuance of the admitted ancient usages and privileges of the House of Commons, and according to the custom of Parliament, were illegal, and that in the most degrading, offensive, and contemp tuous manner that could be imagined. The first point on which he insisted was, that the defendant being an officer of the House of Commons was protected by the order of that House directing him to do to the plaintiff the thing complained of, and that such order of itself, and without more, was an answer to the action. The latter part of his proposition undoubtedly led to the consideration of the cor rectness of the judgment of the Court in the case of Stock dale v. Hansard ; and notwithstanding all the respect he bore to their Lordships, he must be permitted to say that he was not to be taken as being precluded by that judgment from firmly protesting against the decision in that case, in order that if hereafter that judgment should be called in question, his acquiescence on the part of the House of Commons might not be quoted in support of it. But this case essentially differed from that of Stockdale v. Hansard. There was no allegation in that case that that which was done had been done in pursuance of the ancient usages and privileges of the House, which was alleged in the present case, and which was admitted by the de murrer ; and he would call their Lordships' attention to the judgment of each of their Lordships in the case of Stoekdale v. Hansard in support of this view. It was impossible for their Lordships to avoid giving judgment in favour of defendant without deciding that the House of Commons bad no legal right to exercise their admitted powers and privileges. In giving judgment in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard, their Lordships had admitted that they hail no right to , question the exercise of those rights and privileges which the House of Commons was acknowledged to pos sess. The House of Commons had unquestionably pos sessed those different privileges and powers, and had exercised them from the earliest period without question, and they were absolutely necessary for the due per formance of its functions. The powers of the House 01 Commons were different from those of courts of justice. Courts of justice could not originate an inquiry. The House of Commons could. Lord Coke called them the great inquisitors of the realm, and referred to their own journals—to those journals, the authority of which was denied by Mr. Kelly, from a knowledge of those privi leges, and of the manner in which they were exercised. In the judgment in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard there was the strongest recognition of those very powers. In a case of conspiracy for an invasion, which might be come the subject of inquiry before the House of Com mons, were they to give notice to a person who might perhaps be implicated in that conspiracy of the subject on which they wished to examine him, giving him in fact notice to abscond ? It was very doubtful whether a ma gistrate did not possess the power of compelling the at tendance of witnesses. Lord DENMAN—What is the case with regard to corom rs ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—It was very doubtful whe ther a coroner did not possess the power of issuing his warrant to compel the attendance of a witness, but the H o ,:_•se of Commons had always exercised the power. Lord PENMAN—But I should like to hear you say a lit t l e m , , re of the power of compelling the attend ance of witnes..‘e6• possessed by courts of common law. Suppose I was siCilig here at Nisi Prius, and a witness were contemptuously to leave the court without giving evidence, and I were to be informed that he was in Palace-yard, and refused :4') attend, ought I to permit the course of justice to be inte.'"cuPted, knowing that he was within the reach of my officer: ? Have lor have I not the power to order his arrest ? ,4 0 . , • The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Your L 0 ... '"" I P have the power, certainly, but it is a poi. er ought to -. that has never been exercised, and there is no judicial (.2.'e isi°n " the question. Lord DENMAN—It is a most important queslitin• Practically we depend upon subpoena and recognisance . " I compelling the attendance of witnesses, but it is very im portant to consider whether or no we possess any further powers. _ The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now came to the question of the validity of the warrant, and he submitted that it was the duty of the Court to make every favourable construe. tion on behalf of the House of Commons. The warrant was admitted to be in conformity with their ancient usages and privileges, and therefore the presumption must be in favovr of its validity. _ _ Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—The warrant is to take him into custody, but it does not say where he is to be taken. How can that be a justification? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL apprehended that as the order of the House for his attendance at the bar was re cited in the warrant, that was sufficient to show the place to which he was to be taken. But he would not agree to argue this question on the low ground taken by the other side. He would not submit to the low and de grading compromise sought to be instituted between warrants issued by justices of the peace, and other in ferior tribunals, and a warrant emanating from one of the supreme assemblies of the land. In early times no warrant at all was issued. The House sent the mace and that was sufficient authority. He denied the right of the Court to consider the validity of the warrant. The attachments for contempt issued by the, superior courts never set forth for what it was that the person attached was to be examined. It had been laid down by Lord Coke that the House of Commons was a court of judi • cature, and in such cases one court of co-ordinate juris diction could not question the validity of the proceeding of another. He, therefore, submitted that their Lord ships would not take upon themselves to decide against the practice of the Commons House of Parliament be cause that practice differed from the forms observed in this and the other courts. He next proceeded to contend that it being thought the House had in this proceeded in a matter over which it undoubtedly possessed no jurisdiction, a court of com mon law had neither right nor power to inquire into the discretion of the House of Commons in this matter, nor into the formal manner in which that discretion was ex ercised. If it were admitted, as it must be, that the House of commons possessed the power of compelling the attendance of persons before them to give evidence, no court would inquire into the man ner in which that - power had been exercised. (The Learned Gentlemen cited an immense mass of authorities in support of his position.) But, supposing the Court had power to scan this warrant, still he con tended that the warrant was quite certain enough for the purpose required. It was more certain than sending the mace to require his immediate attendance. He con tended that he had a right to bring in the averments in the plea in aid of the warrant, and if so, the ob ject and intention of the warrant would become apparent. He submitted, therefore, that a complete answer had been given to all the objections raised by his Learned Friend, and that the Court should give its judgment in favour of the defendant. He also submitted that even if the Court should be of opinion that the pro ceedings were void, there could be no action against the officer who executed the warrant. Lord DENMAN—We will hear you upon that point then on Tuesday. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 15. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court this day, took the demurrer paper, the cases in which were interesting only to the profession. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) The Court sat also as Nisi Prius, in the Sessions House, Westminster. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY monNtrici-NovEMntit 16, 1M44. BENHAM V. PIDDING. This was an action for goods sold and delivered, and would possess no peculiar interest, but for what was characterised as an " artful dodge" on the part of the defendant. The plaintiff is an ironmonger and general dealer, and supplied the defendant with goods upon a running account, for which he charged in his bill the sum of 231. Payment having been delayed longer than Is as agreeable to the plaintiff, he brought this action. The defendant paid into Court 3L, pleading to the re mainder of the claim " not indebted." Mr. JAMES, for the plaintiff; put in evidence of the goods being supplied. He remarked that the defendant, "ho was not represented in Court, had been advised by Tnomtlelearstful practitioner, mor e cunn i ng t h an w i se, to pay inoranderd tioulbprrits.nognmtheentd.ebtßubtelboywv!irOeL., and thuusnlescoaf 5 1 . , pear r est cent decision in the Court of Exchequer, it was clear that this manoeuvre would not avail him. Verdict for the plainiiff in the whole amount. CLEVELAND V. WALTER. This was an action of ejectment, under very curious cir cumstances. The principal was Miss Cleveland, who deposed that her father was a tripe-dealer, formerly residing in Tower-street, St. Giles's, but carrying on business at present in Silver-street, Golden-square. He quitted the house in Tower-street about twelve years ago, and left a relation in possession of the premises. Since that, Mr. Walter, who had married a distant re lation of plaintiff's, was put into possession of the business, with an arrangement to this effect: the plaintiff was to supply defendant with the stock in trade, and:to give him one-half of the profits; and also to allow him 11. per week independent of that commission. That once in two or three weeks she, in place of her father, used to settle with defendant, that she received from him the rent which he had received from persons lodging in the house. He used also to pay her the whole of the receipts of the business, and she re turned one half of the profits to him. He used to at tend at her father's house to settle his acconnts with him, but on one occasion he sent word to her that he was unable to come to plaintiff's house, being unwell. In consequence of this she went to the house in Tower street, when he told her that he had no money to give her. He afterwards refused to settle with any one but Mr. Cleveland, and subsequently refused to give any ac count of the business, whereupon plaintiff gave him no tice to quit the premises, which he defendant refused to do. Several other witnesses were called, who corroborated the above evidence. It was also proved that defendant, having been obliged to become insolvent, spoke of plain tiff as his employer in his schedule. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, who appeared for plaintiff, laid great stress on the latter fact. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, with imme diate execution. BAIL COURT, Nov. 15. (Sittings in Banco.) EX-PARTE JOHN RADCLIFFE. Mr. HATRERTON moved, in this case, for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the bodies of two infants, who were detained in the custody of their grandfather, Abra ham Turner. The present application was made on the part of the father of the children, who stated in his affi davit that his wife and infant daughter Mary, aged two years, went to the house of Turner, and that the infant was detained is the custody of Turner, who refused to give her up. On a subsequent occasion his second daughter, Fanny, aged four years, was taken to Turner's house without his knowledge, and also detained. The wife of the deponent also went to the house of her father and refused to come back, though he wrote to her to do so, and to bring the children with her. The deponent also stated that he treated his wife with kindness, as he believed.—Application granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 15. (Sittings in Banco.) PETTY V. WALKER AND OTHERS. The action in this case was tried at York, when a ver dict was given for the plaintiff—damages, one farthing. One or the defendants in the action, named Isaac Ironside, moved this morning for a rule of Court calling on Mr. Fretson, of Sheffield, the plaintiff's attorney, to show cause why he should not refund the sum of 43/. 18s. 6d., paid to him, under protest, as costs in the above action. The applicant's affidavit,upon which the pre sent motion was fonnded, stated that immediately after the verdict had been returned, he tendered to the plaintiff's solicitor one halfpenny (not having a farthing in his pocket), but that this sum was refused by the latter. The defendant further stated to the Bench that the Under Sheriff told him that if the plaintiff's solicitor imagined that the verdict obtained would carry costs he was mis taken, and that it was in consequence of his advice that he acted as he had done, after the finding of the jury. For ten days after the trial the defendant heard nothing of the action, but at the end of that time he was as tounded at receiving a letter from Mr. Fretson, dated Queen-street, Sheffield, making a claim of 431. 18s. 6d., as above, accompanied with a threat of execution if the amount were not paid within a specified time. In order to avoid running any risk, defendant paid the sum, under protest. He now applied to the Court, with a view of recovering the amount. The defendant having, at the request of the Bench, read the affidavit detailing the facts of the case, The COURT granted the rule. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-110[1SE. A lad named John Johnson was charged with having stolen a package containing sixteen pieces of Orleans cloth, each being about twenty-nine yard 3 in length, the property of Mr. Dade, in Friday street. A clerk of Mr. Dade, who was agent to a firm, stated that he saw the prisoner and another man near the premises, and the prisoner tooklip the package of cloth which lay in the passage of the warehouse, and walked away with it upon his shoulder. The witness followed, secured, and gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said the package had been placed upon his shoulder by another person, who promised to pay him for carrying it.—Committed for trial. Five young women who had been just discharged from Peckham workhouse, connected with the City of London Union, was charged with having broken eighteen panes of glass in the Mansion-house windows. The defendants, it appeared, could never be pre vailed upon to work for their bread, but were per petually in and out of the workhouse. They all came to town that morning apparently with the de termination to do mischief, and it was stated that while in the act of smashing the windows they in dulged themselves in roars of laughter. Each of the panes cost seven shillings. The LORD MAYOR asked each of the prisoners why they did so much mischief? They all declared they were prompted by distress. The LORD MAYOR—You shall all go to Bridewell to hard labour, and economical diet for two months, and so shall every window breaker who is brought before me. BOW-STBEET. A middle-aged man, named John Carlyle, living at 15, Eaton -street, New-cut, Lambeth, was brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with having stolen a sovereign, Lee h,, .-aging to Mr. John Luff, under the following singular circumstances : The p rosecutor was going over Waterloo-bridge on the night p'Tevious, about half-past seven o'clock, and stopped pa y the toll. He put his hand into his pocket a nulled out a quantity of loose money, from which, while B ,4ecting a gupence, he let fall a sovereign on the causeway. The prisoner was just coming up to the gate, and on the prosecutor searching for his sovereign, he assisted him, but, strange to say, it could not be found. The prosecutor, h a ving his suspicions, immediately asked the prisoner if he got ' , v ? But he replied he had not, nor had he seen it. Prosecu r have picked it up, and deft was certain no one else could mined to give him into cus tody. He accordingly callej th e p oliceman on dut y I r there, F 85, and gave the prisoLia into custody. He stoutly upheld his innocence, and b.fre"ed every facility for search ; but in his right-hand wa. ; Gw oat p ocket a cover inn covered with dirt was soon fount:, ,to his great discomfiture. . The prisoner expressed his ignorance of how it got there, and said afterwards it was his own. Mr. JARDINE said there was sufficient, without h. 14 1 previous statement of not-having a sovereign in his pus session at all, to commit him for trial.—Committed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Alexander White, junior, a clerk in the Charing cross Branch of the Union Bank of London, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, for an assault on Mr. Henry Nichol, tailor, No. 14, Regent -street. The case arose out of a charge recently made against Baron Vander Pforte. Mr. Nichol had ap plied an opprobrious name to the defendant, who threw an inkstand at him. Mr. HARDWICK said he would deal with the charge in a summary way, and inflict a penalty of 51. The defendant immediately paid the fine. Mr. HARDWICK received a letter from Baron Gers dorf, the Saxon Minister, who is at present out of town, relative to the claim of intimacy with him put forward by Baron Pforte, which had reached him through the public journals. His Excellency said in the note that he " regretted the unwarrantable use of his name by Monsieur Pforte, formerly page de la chambre to the late King of Saxony, and since that Monarch's death pensioned off with the title of gentil homme de la chambre.' As he had been nominally appealed to by Monsieur Pforte, he begged, in his official as well as private capacity, to decline giving any evidence in favour of Monsieur Pforte." MAI?YLEBONE. THREATENING TO HORSEWHIP MR. RA.WLINSON.— A tall athletic man, named Robert Kingston, a re tired publican, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with having threatened to horsewhip John Rawlinson, Esq., the highly respected magis trate of this court. The Court was much crowded with persons anxious to hear the proceedings. Mr. Randall, of Welbeck-street, attended to con duct the case on the part of Mr. Rawlinson, and Mr. Humphreys for the prisoner. The inquiry occupied nearly two hours. The prisoner's wife, rather a hand some young woman, to whom he was only married on Friday last, at St. Pancras Church, was accommo dated with a seat near the bar. Several persons having deposed to the excited con duct and violent threats of the prisoner, Mr. Rawlinson deposed on oath—The prisoner was brought before me last Monday week for assaulting an omnibus conductor and two constables, when, for each of the three assaults, I fined him 405., which sums he paid, and was discharged . On te next morning he was brought before me for having on the previous afternoon been guilty of riotous conduct and collecting a mob in Paddington-street, and on Jen nings, a constable of the D division, endeavouring to take him into custody, he (prisoner) having felled him to the ground. _For that assault I fined him 5/ , and, considering him to be a general breaker of the peace, I ordered him to find bail for his being of good behaviour. I allowed him time to procure the bail, and ho was then discharged, upon Mr. Lepine being answerable for his attendance to enter into the required sureties that day week. The worthy magis trate concluded by stating that, from what had transpired, he considered himself to be in personal danger. Mr. LONG said there was no doubt reasonable ground for apprehension on the part of Mr. Rawlin son, and called upon the prisoner to find bail to ap pear at the sessions, himself in 5001., and two sureties in 2501. each, with 48 hours' notice thereof. The prisoner was removed in custody. WORSHIP-STREET. Anne M'Corrnack, recently a domestic in the ser vice of Mr. M. Gomez Silva, a West India merchant, residing in King-street, Finsbury-square, was brought up for re-examination, charged with having inveigled away her master's daughter, an interesting child ten years of age, for immoral purposes, and also with having stolen a sovereign, the property of Sarah Leah, her fellow-servant. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, attended on behalf of the prosecution, and called the following additional evidence : Lydia Benson stated that she was at the house of her daughter, a married woman, keeping a fish-shop in Chandos-street, at twelve o'clock on Monday last, when the child, Julia Silva, entered, and asked if she could be accommodated with lodgings. Struck by the respectable appearance and extreme youth of the child, she put several questions to her, in answer to which she said her father and mother were both dead, and that she was then under the care of a lady in the City, to whom she was desirous of writing a letter. 'Witness was immediately convinced there was some thing wrong, and desired her daughter to take the child to the house of Mrs. Hall, in Charles-court, with a request that she might be taken care of until some thing could be sscertaiged with regard to her. Mary Hall deposed to the child being brought to her, and that on questioning her she repeated the same story she had told to Mrs. Benson, and added that she expected the young lady to come for her be tween six and seven in the evening. At that hour the prisoner came and inquired if a young lady was there, on which she was shown into a parlour, where a po liceman was in waiting, who at once took her into custody. Julia Silva was then called, and examined at great length by Mr. Clarkson, but it is unnecessary to re peat her evidence, the substance of which was given in our account of the first day's proceedings, further than to say that the prisoner had only been three weeks in her father's service, and received notice to quit on the third day after she came. Immediately after the warning had been given her she commenced tampering with the child, and told her that her mother was a very disagreeable person, and that if she (witness) went away with her, she would be a great deal more happy than she would be at home. In the evening before her flight the prisoner told her that she must go with her the following day, or she should drag her away by force. The prisoner also ordered her to go to her father's plate chest, where her mother's jewel-case was kept, which the prisoner told her she must bring to her, but the witness poi tively refused to do so. This being all the evidence produced as to in veigling the child, Mr. BINGHAM asked the Learned Counsel if he had determined as to what course he should pursue with respect to the conjoint charges ? Mr. Clarkson said he considered it most advisable at present to confine himself to the charge of felony in stealing the sovereign. Mr. BINGHAM then said that he should commit the prisoner on the charge of felony, but should remand her upon the misdemeanour, to allow the Learned Counsel time to reduce it to a more tangible shape. UNION-HALL. Thomas Greaves, John Graham, and William Bennett, were charged with stealing NO cwt. of iron, the property of Sir John Rennie, at Bankside. A policeman on duty on Bankside, at four o'clock. this mornin., hearing a noise on Sir John Rennie's pre mises, proceeded there, and found the above quantity of iron had been removed to an adjacent wharf. He also saw three men running out of the yard towards the river-sid4, and, on examination, the three prisoners were found con cealed in a barge close to the spot. Since the prisouer's apprehension, another man, named Bryant, a marine store-dealer, in Broadwall, was taken into custody, in the act of removing a large quantity of iron in a cart from his house, the greater portion of which was identified as having been stolen from Sir John Rennie's premises. The prisoners were remanded. Elizabeth Taylor and Sarah Co, ben, two young women, recently in the service of Mr. Beale, a solicitor, of Maid stone, were charged with embezzling 401., the property of their master. It appeared the prisoners were entrusted with the above sum, at various times, for the purpose of paying off the tradesmen's bills in the town. Instead, however, of discharging the bills, they both absconded, and were taken into custody in London, having taken lodgings ou this side of the water, and both were dressed out in the first style of fashion.—The prisoners were remanded. WANDS WORTH. Eliza Court, a respectable-looking girl, about eighteen years of age, was charged before Mr. Clive with being found sleeping in an unfinished house in the Clapham-road. This was another of those numerous cases of desti tution which we find in almost every police report. The girl had been seven months in service in London, and been dismissed. She was a native of Hampshire, vnd had no friends in the metropolis, and therefore she crept into the house for shelter. The Magistrate discharged the prisoner, and or dered the constable to take her to Lambeth workhouse for that night. Mr. Samuel Townes and sixteen other omnibus proprietors, were on Thursday summoned to this Court, by Inspector Creed, of the V division, for plying for hire, and stopping longer than was necessary for the taking in and setting down passengers opposite to the Plough Inn, Clapham . Mr. Wire, solicitor, appeared for the whole of the omnibus proprietors. Inspector Creed was then sworn, and stated that he had taken out these summonses in consequence of instructions from the Commissioners of Police, who had determined not to allow the Plough, at Clapham, to be any longer a stand for omnibuses, of which there were frequently as many as five collected at one time, but only to permit them the necessary time for the taking up and setting down passengers. He had previously forewarned the proprietors of the vehicles of the determination of the Commissioners, but they persisted in stopping after the notices were served upon them Police-constable Williams, 94 V, proved that on the 4th instant he was stationed at the Plough to take the time of those omnibuses that stopped there longer than was necessary to take up and put down pas of which the defendant se wasng etrhse. proprietorT he om ni omnibus 1 driver,,6 34 drew up, and stopped , six minutes. . In answer to a question put by Mr. Wire, the wit ness said that the Plough was the starting place for the omnibuses going to London, and that he had heard of no complaint against the custom being made by any of the inhabitants. Alr. Wire contended that the summonses were not sastainable, inasmuch as this was a starting point, and a place at which an omnibus called. The licenses menti~ R ed the Plough as the point or place from which they w e re licensed to start, and it was neces sary that there 'should be a stated place for each vehicle to go from a certain time kept. It had not been shown that it nd .: was a nuisance, but if there was any, it was a nuisance :clierated on account of the convenience to the public. Mr. CLIVE said that the very fact 6.! the Commis sioners of Police taking the matter up pro:'ed it to be a nuisance. He conceived the offence fully p."°Y...e.,d: and that- no answer had been given. He though, nothing was easier than for omnibuses to come to an appointed place at a regulated time, and start from thence on their journey, without any delay beyond that of taking up passengers. He should only inflict the nominal fine of sixpence and costs in this case ; the other defendants would pay one penny each and costs. Mr. Wire stated that it was the intention of the proprietors of the omnibuses to go in a body to the Commissioners of Police, and request them to appoint the Plough as the starting place for their vehicles. INTERESTING TO LADIES. To Messrs. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, London. Percy-place, Landport, Portsmouth , April 4, .5 44. Gentlemen,—l think it but an act of justice to inform you of the benefit I have derived from the use of your admirable Macassar Oil. 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The first volume, very beautifully printed, comprises as much matter as two ordinary volumes at the cost of 155., bound ; but there can be no question that this liberality will be met, on the part of the public, by a proportionably extended patronage. PRICES OF SHARES (~,I,VALS, RAILWAY, BANKS, ASSURANCB AIW OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 15. Names of Qom pat es. Canals. Ashton .in47l6ldliam... Ashby-de-la-Zotach..av Basingstoke Br eckneck & Abergay. Birmingham, 1-Ifit h sh. Do. and Liverp. Jut.c. Cheleaer & Blackwater Coventry Cromford Dudley ..... Danube and Mayne.... Ellesmere and Cheater Erewash Forth and ..... Grand Junction........ Grand Union Grand Surrey ...... Grand Western ..... Glamorgansh. ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield Kennet r.nd Avon ...av Lancaster av Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northamp Loughborough .......av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire . Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath ........ Oxford .......... Peak Forest iv Regent's (or London).. Rochdale tv Shropshire Somerset ... . . Da. Lock Fund Stock StafFord and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge Stratford .on.Avon...av Swansea.... ....... Severn & Wye & Rail. Trent & Mersey, sb. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Binning Wilts and. Berks......av Wisbestch Wey and Arun.... Docks. Commercial ...... East and West India... London ........... Ditto Bonds Bristol Do.Bnds,var.amounts St. Katharine.......„«.« Ditto Ditto B.nde ...... Southampton Bridges Hammersmith Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 84 Ditto New ditto of 7/. Ditto 80nd5........ Vauxhall. ...... Assurances. Albion Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County ............. Eagle Economic Life European Life Ditto New Freemasons ...... Globe Guardian Hope Life Ditto Imperial }lie Ditto Life..„.....„ Indemnity Marine Law Life ....... Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Funi Neptune Marine... Palladium Life ...... ...« Protector Life Provident Life Rock Life R yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto University Life. ..... Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint SUE Banks Australasia Ditto New ......... - - - Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & %Vestminstr 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 London Gaslight dr. Coke Bath ......... ....... ...... British Ditto Provincial Birmingham Birming. & Staffordsh Bristol Brighton.... ..... ..... Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New Equitable. Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent ........ Phoenix Ratcliff. 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. %Vest Middlesex......av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Grand Junction Great North of Englnd Great Western .... Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths ....... Harwich (Braitl - waite) Hull and Selby ....... Lancaster and Carlisle Leedi and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes London and BLckwall London and Greenwich London and Binning!). Ditto Quarter -Shares Ditto Third 5........ London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and firming Midland Counties North British Norwi h & Brandon Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 5/. die Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich I ork and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m i Ditto Subscription Bolanos Ditto Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.U.p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga Ditto Registered Care Copper ...... -. • - Coc' a P° ............. Columb:.". i s '. 51 . p.m General Min...7 g Hibernian Imperial Slate Conipy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland.. Real del Monte, Unreg. Ditto Loan Notes.... Ithymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Max., isg.2l. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip.„ Literary. Londn,with Sin. Ticket London University Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand Pen ins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land LIST OP SCOTTISH COM NOV. 2, 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 gcotl. Edinburgh Lite Insur. Scottish Union Insur Standard Life Insur Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas.Railwy Glasg. and Green. Rail. Dundeeand Arl.r 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent. 7 per cent. 6 per cent. Spur cent. 6 per cent. 7per cent. G per cent. bper cent. Goer cent. per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 2 4 per cent W 4 per cen t Account swollen all country is i bridges hav4 stopped up by the from Genoa state, that the rains have the torrents with which that mountainous interspersed. The greater portion of the 'e been carried away, and some of the roads 1 with rocks, which had been brought down waters. I Amount of Share. £ a. •d. 97 18 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCIIAZTGM. In consequence of the strong adverse bales the arrivals of English, and, indeed all other grain, up to our mar• ket this week, have been very small. The show of Wheat of home produce was small, yet the demand for that article was in a sluggish state, at Monday's quota tions. For the best fine foreign Whb at the inquiry was somewhat active. In other parcels next to nothing was doing. So little Barley and Malt were offering that the rates were nominally unaltered. Oats, Beans, and Peas were held at very high prices. Oar. '250 1 7,941 qrs. Flour 2‘Z.10 The stock is still diminishing, but is greater than it was last year. There has bean rather more inclination to pur chase East India Molasses, but at low rates. Prices are firm for Jamaica Honey, 16 cannisters at public salo fetched 69s to 70s per cwt. Of Sr. Kitt's Tamarinds 13 barrels were taken in at the moderate rate of 305 per cwt. Of China Preserves 210 boxes at public sale were partly sold, but at low rates- Ginger selling at Is to Is 3d per lb-Oranges is 3d-Citron Is, but Chow Chow was all withdrawn. Cocoa.-West India has fully sustained the advanced rates of last week, and a good demand has prevailed ; at auction 50 bags Grenada were sold, fair red at 42s 6d to 445, common 41s to 41s 6d, 48 bags 6 barrels Trini dad 43s to 44s for mid red, and 42s per cwt for grey. Fine red Trinidad is scarce, and much wanted. The stock shows a deficiency compared with that of last year. Foreign has been sought after, and the parcels disposed of by private treaty were at stiffer rates ; the stock is small on . e. Rtmi, BRANDY AND lIOLLANDS.-Holders of Jamaica Rum refuse to submit to lower rat:s, and supply the market sparingly. We quote 30 to 32 , per cent overproof 3s 8d to 3s 10d, 33 to 35 over 4s to 4s 4d, superior 4s 6d to 5s 6d. For Leewards some parcels have been sold at firm rates-proof fetching 2s 44d to 2s sd. For Demerara 3s 3d to 3s 4d is the value of 32 per cent overproof, and 3s 6d to 3s 7d for 33 to 39 over. Cal cutta Rum 2s 2d to 2s 2d per gallon is the value, proof with certificate. Brandy has met with little attention, but the limited business transacted has been at former rates -Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds at 5s 2d, puns ss; ditto, 1839, hhds 4s 1 Id, puns 45 9d ; ditto, 1840, hhds 4s lid, puns 4s 9d; ditto, 1841, 13 1133 4s 10d, puns 4s Sd ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd; ditto, 1843, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; common 2s 10d to 3s 2d, and mid to good mid 3s 3d to 3s 10d per gallon. Geneva, shipping sort is is 9d to Is 10d, and fine for duty 2s 4d to 3s 6d per gallon. English Corn Spirits is lOs 2d nett cash. SPICES.-This afternoon at public sale 74 barrels 24 casks of Jamaica Ginger were sold at stiff rates-fin e bold white at 11/ 5s to 12/16s, and low to middling 41 to 9/. 6 casks Mace were taken in at 2s 6d, and 108 bags 5 casks Pimento went id per lb cheaper, and sold at 4d for good mid, 3-4-d for mid, and 3id to 3id per lb for low middling quality. FRUIT.--The transactions by private contract in new and old Currants have been considerable-o ld Zante and Cephalonia 435, old Patras 43s to 46 3 , new Zante 475, ditto Patras 49s to 50s. Th e demand for Valentia raisins continues brisk at 5 0 % New Red Smyrna in barrels have sold freely at 455, cases at 46s ; of new Chesme there are two cargoes arrived, and will be in the market next week; A few half-chests Prunes were taken in at 38s. 13,1 2 ' drums new Turkey pulled Figs were also put u p, but being much out of condition were mostly taken in from 48s to 655. 1,600 drums Sultanas were withdrawn at 63s to 655, a few since sold at the latter price. 20 barrels new black Smyrna Raisins were taken in at 40s, and 35 barrels of old sold at 325. RICE-Holders of Bengal remain firm, and supPli, the market sparingly, mid white fetching I Is, goo d mid to good Ils 6d to 12s ; only 50 bags have been offered at public sale, which sold at lOs 6d per cwt for very small white. Madras by private contract at 8 5 6d to 9s per cwt for yellow. Java at 9s to 9s 6d for yello w ' and at 10s to lls 6d per cwt for white. Cleaned Ric! has secured a good sale, Patna at 13s Gd to 183, an Carolina 23s to 27s per cwt. INntoo.-There has been very little business trans' acted in East India Indigo by the home trade, there Ar e few shipping orders, and the holders that are disposed to realise are compelled to submit to a reduction on th° rates of the last quarterly sale of 2d to 3d, and in some cases 4d to 5d ; the general decline however cannot be quoted at more than 3d per lb. COCHINEAL.-This afternoon there was no public sale' but privately several parcels were sold at an advance on the rates of the last auctions of Id per lb. TALLow.-For Russian Tallow on the spot prices have made a stand, and a good business has been trans' acted; new Petersburgh yellow candle at 40s 6d to 403 9 3 per cwt for the first quality. The transactions for forwar d delivery arc at 40s 3d to 40s 6d up to the end of the year , and at 44s 3d to 44s 6d per cwt for spring months. There is a larger quantity of Town Tallow in the market, an d 41s to 41s 6d per cwt nett cash has been accepted. F or other sorts of Tallow prices have suffered no further de' pression. The stock of Tallow is 1,200 casks more then last year, but prices are is 3d to 2s per cwt lower then at that period. This afternoon at public sale 444 pack ages of New South Wales Tallow were sold at 36s 6d W 41s 9d, 208 packages North American 37s 6d to 40e; 437 packages South American 37s to 39s 3d. OILS.-There has been an excellent demand for Lin" seed Oil from the home trade, at 23s 6d to 23s 9d on We spot ; prices are 5s Gd to Gs per cwt lower than they were last year at this period. Rape Oil has boil taken sparingly at 35s to 35s 6.1 for pale, and 34e to 34s 6d for brown. Olive has met with little a t ' tention, the demand has been limited at 431 to 441 for Gallipoli, Spanish 411 to 42/, Barbary and Levant 591 to 401 per tun ; these rates are from 20s to 60s lower than last year. Cocoa Nut privately at 27s to 29s per en" Palm is firm in price, and the demand has been goo"' For common Fish Oils there are very few shipping e ! 1 ; ders, and the home trade have purchased s'", caution. By private contract Pale Seal at 341 10 to 35' ; Cod 331; Southern good to fine 311 to 331, and infer ior 281 to 301 per tun Sperm, small parcels at 881 to 9(11, per tun for British of first quality. American Lard 0 is 40/ to 41/ per tun. The extent to which child poisoning is carried teal be surmised from the fact stated before the Parliatnen' tary Committee on the health of towns, that one single druggist in Nottingham, made up thirteen hundred: weight of treacle into Godfrey's cordial in the course of one year !—Nottingham Review. 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Aif a Li tt On the 12th inst., at Frant, Sussex, the Rev. •-•- re g g ri, Winter, M.A., of Crautield, Bedfordshire, to Matilda ca,/ youngest daughter of the late William Smith, Esq'' °f Hall, near Eltham, Kent. Gore On the 13th inst., a t B a tt ersea Ch urc h, the Re" - o utnt Ferris Whidb orne , i ncum b en t o f Ch ar l es Chapel, P1) ,..-n 01 to Rosa, f our th d aug ht er o f th e l a t e J am es Lucas , Loampit-hill, Deptford. lED. On the sth inst., in New D Ormond-street, Edward Br a bant Smith, M.A., aged 31. ro ricer On the 9th inst., at Witton, near Norwich , J ohn On the 10th inst., at Gibson-square, Esq., of Great Yarmouth, aged 85. I s lington, the wife off Mr. Palmer, of Paternoster-row. t h e Iste On the Ith inst., Mrs. S. M. Catmur, widow 0' Mr, Alexander Catmur, sen., aged 8.5. G eorge On the 13th inst., Martha, widow of the late Mr. u Pemberton, a(red 78. I , e I, Mar- On the 13th inst.., at St. George's-place, Carnberv, garita, wife of Tobias Browne, Esq., surgeon. o f Mr. ./-• On the 14th inst., Alfred Godfrey, youngest son L. Coombs, of Mount-gardens, Lambeth. . 5 goon , On the 14th inst., at Hackney, Hylton Den ni Esq., aged 62. On the 14th inst., at Southwick-crescen t, A Mary, wife of Mathew T. D. De Vitre, Esq Elizabeth, Do Yol 6jlf, London : Printed and Published by MUR— N - No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Olfice,r ° ; „,;° ty of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the ‘'`— itiddle3ex, Saturday, N9yeatber 16,1844• Dividend per Aimum. 4 per cent. 41. 4.10.. 8/. 4 per cent. 4/. 40/. .15s. 71. 11. ss. Si 12s. Bd. .ss. 1.101. 941. 104 17/. 304 3% Ns. 6d. 101. 6 percent. 28 sot 1/. 10s. 151. Sgl. - 10s. 101. 10s. 41. 1.4'. cent. 4 per cent. 4i per cent. 4 per cent. SI. 10s. 5 per cent. per cent. 14 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 4'4 per cent. It. Os. fid. 18s. 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J riper cent. iper cent, t 56 per cent fiper cent 125 0 0 145 e 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 IV So 0 Stock 5 0 - 0 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 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 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 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 • 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 SO 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 t 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 5000 23 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 3200 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 .... 150 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 4 0 0 45 0 0 '5 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 18 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 20 0 0 '2O 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 '0 0 0 60 4 0 25 0 0 SO • 0 25 0 0 4000 31 0 R 10 0 100 0 to 25 0 ( 150 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 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 !150 0 0 5000 10 0 0 W 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 ) 50 0 0 100 0 0 -.. 1 10 0 100 - 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 • 5 9 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 90 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 b 0 0 9 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 - 0 • 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 5N 0 0 50 U 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 AN lES' PRICES. 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 0 0 Paid. irric X E. d. ioo 1 o •1 13 4 160 O 0 100 0 0 .... All paid eW 0 0 40 0 1 50 0 0 5 0 0 n o n 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 o 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 96 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 5 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 40 8 0 40 0 20 0 25 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 2500 10 0 0 17 10 0 95 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 28 0 0 50 0 58 0 0 20 0 0 90 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 7 0 45.0 0 ARRIVALS. I Wheat. Harley. l Eng1i5h.......... 1,690 qra. 8,e211 qrs. Irish..... . ...... F0reign.......... 1,310 9,170 Malt. 3.010 ere. SMITHFIELD. We had a very limited supply of Beasts, yet the Beef trade was in a sluggish state, at barely Monday's quo tations. There was no Foreign stock offering, while the arrivals from Scotland did not exceed 40 Scots. The numbers of Sheep were very small, owing to which the demand for them was firm, at very full prices. The Veal trade was excessively dull, and the rates had a downward tendency. In Pigs very little was doing, at late rates. Mulch Cows were a mere drug, at from 161 to 10/. each. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 0 Second qualityditto.. 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 0 Coarse_woolled ditto.. 3 6 SlO Prime large Oxen 8 9 3 8 Southdown blethers 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 Ii Large Hogs Prime small ditto 3 8 4 0 Small Porkers 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 31 0 Quarter old Plgs,eachl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY A MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I P l 4. 'no I 3,110 : 180 NEWICILTE AND LEAMiIagIICAILL. The supply of Meat on sale was not very extensive, yet the demand ruled heavy, on the following terms:— At per none, 03y trie Carcase. s. d. to I. d. s. ci to s. ,t. Beef, inferior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior middling...—. 2 8 210 -- middling 3 0 3 2 prime large ...... 3 0 3 2-- prime ...... prime sinall ...... 3 4 3 1 pork, large Veal 3 0 4 0 —small 3 6 4 0 • BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Although the supply of Hops continues rather exten sive, the demand is active, and the late advakce in the quotations is well supported. The duty has not yet been declared, but it is estimated at 140,0004 The following are the prices of new Hops :—Sussex pockets, 71 to 8/ ; Wealds, 71 5 s to 818 s ; Mid Kent, 91 lOs to 12/ ; East Kent, 10/ to 121; Choice, ditto, 121 to 131; Farnhams, 10/ lOs to 134 COLONIAL SUGAR.—The demand for West India has been good, and advanced prices have been obtained. Sales of the week to last evening inclusive, about 1,900 hhds, in cluding 100 hhds Barbadoes at 66s for fine yellow, and 54s 6d to 56s 6d for low. 10134 21% 16 3 3 26 24 120 6% 5 g 400 1L L 41iN 1 64 189 rtl.l REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 72s Gd to 73s per cwt, and brisk. EAST INDIA.-3,b53 bags Bengal sold well, mid to good white 61s to 64s per cwt, low to good mid yellow 53s to 595, and Dhobali kind 70s ; 651 bags Mauritius sold at 43s to 55s for low brown and yellow. Privately the demand for both these sorts has been good, and Ma nilla is 6d dearer. There were 228 bags Madras sold at 45s to 54s per cwt. FOREIGN.— 300 boxes common yellow Havannah Sugar sold publicly at 21s, and a good deal has been taken at that rate. COFFEE.—The business in British Plantation has been moderate, 141 casks 184 brls and bags, at auction, sold at 30s to 5Ss and 94s for triage to good ord and good mid; Ceylon has not been quite so brisk, at auc tion 3,567 bags have only been partly sold at 54s for ord, and very good ord was taken in at 55s to 565. Pea berry sold at 75s to 88s per cwt ; 108 bales Mocha went at 49s to 67s for sea-damaged; 3,532 bags Singapore Java were taken in at 38s for sound good ord brownish, and at 32s for very ord brown, some of the damaged selling at 21s to 35s ; and of 1,698 bags Padang, about 990 damaged found buyers at 18s to 24s 6d, being cheaper, and the sound being taken in at 27s for.good ord brown ; 257 bags Brazil partly sold at 29s 6d to 34a per cwt., line ord coloury being taken in at 43s 6d to 445. COCOA.—The demand for Cocoa has continued good. Grenada had been sold at 42s to 44s per cwt., and Trinidad at 42a to 445. SPICES.—Good bold heavy white Singapore Pepper has realised 60, and ord 4?- i d per lb. Malabar has been 3i-d to 3V, and Sumatra 2id per lb. RlCE.—Bengal has been firm at lOs 6d to 12s for white, and Java is firmer. CorroN.—There have been 7,300 bales of Surat offered, and which chiefly sold at 2d to aid per Ib, the rest being taken in at 4d per lb ; 1,630 bales Madras sold at lid to 34d per lb. TES.—The market is steady, but not particularly active. T4LLOW.—P. Y. C. has been 40s Gd to 40s 9d per cwi on the spot, and 40s Gd for the end of the year. RUM.—This article has been very dull. COAL MARKET. _ Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 16s 6d ; Tanfield Moor, 19s fid ; West Hartley, 20s 6d ; W. E., Hilda, 22s ; Eden Main, 22s ; W. E., Haswell, 24s 3d ; W. E., Hetton, 24s ; W. E., Lambton, 24s ; W. E., Pemberton, 22s ; W. E., Stewart's, 24s ; W. E., Caradoc, 23s 6d, 23:. 9d ; IV. E., Heselden, 2256 d ; IV. E., Houghall, 22s ; W. E., Kellue, 24s ; Sharp's Tanfield, 17s ; W. E., Adelaide, 24s ; W. E., South Wellington, 20s 6d ; W. E., Tees, 24s ; Lewiss Merthyr, 21s ; W. E., Killingworth, 21s 6d.—Ships arrived since last day, 36. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 15.) SUGAR.-This afternoon West India Sugar of all descriptions was in excellent, request ; two parcels of St. Lucia, amounting to 445 hhds 64 trs and 247 barrels were offered at public sale, and readily disposed of at full market rates; indeed, in some cases a small advance was obtained ; fine yellow fetched 64s to 655, good 59s 6d to 625, middling 56s to 58s 6d, low 55s to 55s 6d, ordinary brown 53s 6d to 545, middling 54s to 54s 6d, good 555, low to middling grey 53s 6d to 565, drainage damaged 54s 6d to 55s 6d. The total pur chases for the week amount to the large quantity of 2,753 hhds and trs, and the advance in prices for that period is 6d to Is per cwt. The market closes with a very healthy appearance. REFINED.-To-day the grocers were anxious to pur chase Refined goods, but the market was scantily sup plied, and a further advance in prices took place, brown lumps fetching 72s to 72s 6d, and standard 73s to 73s 6d. The market is firm for bonded Crushed Sugar, and it is difficult to purchase at 29s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS. -There has been much inquiry by private contract for all descriptions, and the rates offered are rather above those of last Friday. The stock of Mauri tius is, however, nearly all in second hands; at public sale only 651 bags have been offered ; the chief part was of ordinary quality, in indifferent condition, and mostly in small lots, they went as follows, viz., middling yellow at 555, good brown 50s, middling 48s to 48s 6d, low middling 455, and very low 41s to 43s per cwt, but a part only was sold on account of the stiff rates required. -EAST INDIA.-This afternoon two parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 2,957 bags were offered at public sale, and sold at very full rates, good strong yellow Do bah at 62s to 635, mid 61 s 6d, damp and washed 60s 6d to 61s, mid soiled brown 445, damp and washed 40s to 43s 6d, good ditto 50s to 525, low yellow 51s 6d to 545, middling 55s to 57s 6d, good 58s 6d to 60s 6d, and damp and washed 51s 6d to 595. In Manilla a good business was transacted privately at 19s to 19s 6d per cwt. for middling yellow. FOREIGN.-The accounts come to hand from the Ha vannah, stating that the Sugar crop had been greatly damaged by hurricanes, and that the production was not expected to be more than 600,000 boxes, whereas last season it was 850,000 boxes, have caused buyers here of yellow Havannah Sugar to be more inclined to operate; but in consequence of the scanty supply at market, together with the advanced rates required, an extensive business has been prevented; indeed, the lead ing merchants have withdrawn their Sugar from the market, waiting for further accounts. COFFEE.-The trade are still turning their attention to West India Coffee, and the tendency of prices is still upwards ; a good demand has prevailed this week for all descriptions, and the rates paid show an advance on those of Friday last of is to 2s per cwt. This afternoon a good demand prevailed for Plantation Ceylon, and 689 bags at public sale were all sold at full rates-mid dling coloury fetched 83s, low middling 79s 6d, fine fine ordinary 665, fine ordinary 61s 6d to 645, very good ordinary 57s ed to 58s, and bold triage 42s 6d ; good ordinary, however, was taken sparingly by private con tract at 53s ed to 545. Holders are not so desirous to sell as they were in the early part of the week. Of Jamaica, 64 casks were sold at the former value ; low middling at 77s to 80s, fine fine ordinary 60s to 655, fine ordinary 52s to 555, good ordinary 51s, and triage 21s to 30s per cwt. TEA.-Imrorters show firmness, and none has again been brought to public sale ; there is still little offering by private treaty. The stock is much the same as it was last season. For Congou prices are id to 2d, for Twankay id to 3d, for Hyson 6d to 10d, and for Gun powder 2d to 9d per lb higher than they were in 1843 at this period. The demand has fallen off for Congou, we quote common 10 to lOid, good common lOid to lid, but middling rather coarse 11 d to 114 d, rather blackish leaf, and blackish leaf is to Is 4d, strong blackish leaf and Pekoe kinds is 5d to 2a 4d, very superior 2s 5d to 2s 6d per lb. The supply is still small of fine Congr u. Pouchong at Sid to 10d ; superiors, ills have been fetching 100 to is Id. Souchong is held firmly. Twankay of common quality has been in brisk demand, and rather higher rates are paid, large parcels of yellow leaf having been disposed of at is lid to is 2d per lb ; superior sorts are fetching Is 3d to Is 8d for brightish leaf, and is 9d to 2s 5d per lb fur Hyson kind; the supply of the latter is still small, but fair of ordinary sorts. Hyson has been in excellent request, common at 2s 6d to 2s 7d, fair 2s 8d to 2s 9d, middling 2s 10d to 3s, and superior 3s 2d to 3s 6d. Gun powder is still much wanted, and prices are still on the advance; the supply is insufficient for the wants of the trade; clean has been fetching 3s to 4s 6d, and Canton 2s 2d to 2s 6d. The parcels of Imperial disposed of have been at stiffer rates, clean 2s 8d to 3s 4d, and Canton at 2s 2d to 2s 4d. Scented Orange Pekoe, 3s 4d to 3s 5d per lb. Plain and Flowery Pekoe is not much wanted, but prices are generally sustained. For Young Hyson the demand has been only for small parcels in conse quence of the high rates that are current. Caper has been in good request, and prices continue moderat e . Hyson Skin is selling at comparitively moderate rates. There has been one arrival from China since this day week, To-day the demand was brisker for all sorts of Tea, and prices rule firm, sound common Congou at load, and ordinary Twankay at is lid to Is 2id per lb. MOLASSES.-The demand is improving for West India, and prices remain firm ; of middling St. Kitt's 120 puns have been sold at 21s 6d, and on all parcels of other sorts, but of better quality at 22s to 24s 6d per cw t. I t is surprising that the is extensive, for prices rule very low is comparison with those of former years. 15% 11,0 4% 131 57% 212% 119 18 202 99% 46% 113 9 6% 9% 220 25% 36 16% 109 20 26 6 3 1 4 76 4y s 118 1609 2754 ?k pm 4154 U'4 31 12% 112 8 18 21s. 50 UE S 165 13% 105 313( 63