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The Com mittee divided, when there appeared— For the original clause For the amendment 3B Majority for the amendment 5 On our return we found Mr. HUME moving to insert th 3 Ist January 1836, in place of Ist January 1839. Mr. AGLIONBY supported the amendment. After a few remarks from Sir T. D. Arland, Mr. Hume, Lord John Russell, Mr. Liddell, and Sir James Graham, The Committee divided, and there appeared— For the Amendment Against it Majority —3 The CH AIRMAN then reported progress, and the clause was about to be added to the Bill, when Lord J. RUSSELL objected to it as being retro spective. Mr. WARBURTON declared his Hon. Friend, the Member for Cockermouth, had not Leen fairly dealt with by the Noble Lord. Mr. LIDDELL was surprised that the Noble Lord should still object to the clause. Mr. A G LIONB Y had only proposed the clause from a sense of justice to the country, and the country would ailliat see the way in which it had been treated by the gale Lord. After a few observations from Lord John Russell, and Sir James Graham, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided. The numbers were— For the clause Against it 45 Majority against the clause —6 The Bill then passed. 3IETROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS. Mr. F. MA UL E moved the committal of the Metro politan Police Courts Bill. On the question that the SPEAKER do leave the Chair, Mr. LA W rose for the purpose of moving that the Bill be committed that day six Months. He regretted that a measure of such importance should tee discussed in so thin a Home, and at so late a period of the Session. He ob jected to the principles involved in the Bill, because he found that by its provisions an enormous amount of patro nage was entrusted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which was a circumstance which he looked upon with not a little jealuuey. In making that statement he felt bound to ackeowledge the diligence of the Noble Lord at the head of that Department. The patronage that was given to that Nobie Lord by the Bill was of a most important character—no leaf than 27 magistrates were placed at his disposal, the Noble Lord was to have the power of removing them at his pleasure, and to grant to those Magistrates that were removed too-thirds of the salary which they had enjoyed, and also to increase the emoluments of those he might appoint from 8001. to 1,2001. a year. His objection was not to the increase of the emoluments of the Magistrates, but to entrusting the Secretary of State with so much patronage—patronage that might be applied to political purposes. He thought the certificate of the Judges of Westminster Hall should be a condition precedent to the nomination of gentlemen to the office of Magistrate. He believed if the House bad been constituted, a; it was previous to the Reform 6,11, a measure like the present would have been resisted to the utmost, for lie believed there never was a measure introduced under the most despotic Government more subversive of the liberty of the subject than the press nt.—( Hear.) When he found gentlemen opposite bringing forward a measure to do away with trial by jury, he was nut disposed to give them very great credit fur their wishes to mitigate the se verity of the criminal code. This was a most deadly blow aimed at the Constitution. It gave a Magistrate, appointed by the Secretary of State. the power of trying cases of larceny or felony without the intervention of a jury, and as if the blow thus aimed at the Constitution were not suffi ciently heavy, it gave the Magistrate the power of putting an individual on hi; trial without the inter vention of a grand jury. He coeceived this to be one I I of the most fatal and deadly blows that had ever been aimed at the liberty of the subject—or that had ever been undertaken by any Government.—( Hear, hear, from Mr. Hawes.) He would not be deterred by any cheers from the Hon. Member for Lambeth from stating his opinion; for although that Hon. Member was most liberal in his professions of political opinion, he supported designs more subversive of the liberty of the subject than any that ever were brought forward from that side of the House. He thought his constituents would judge him not by his professions but by his acts.—( Hear, hear, from Sir J. Hobhouse.) By those cheers of the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Coiiteoul, he apprehended that he was displeased at its being discovered that those who, in their younger years and out of office, were full of pro fessions of regard for liberty, were in their maturer years, since they were in possession of office the least regardful of it. Such a measure at any former period would not have been tolerated, and it was only tolerated now on account of the indifference to public affairs, created by the mal administration of the present Government, and they took advantage of the indifference thus created by disappointed and blasted hopes--(Cheers)—to introduce measures sub versive of the Constitution. He objected to the enormous patronage which this Bill threw into the hands of the Secretary of State, and still more did he object to these Magistrates intrusted with these powers being removable at the pleasure of the Government. They ocght to be as independent as the Judges of Westminster Hall. But, perhaps, the Government, looking to their own wretched magisterial appointments in Birmingham and other in stances, thought it would be advisable to have the power of removal.—((sheers.) It was also proposed to transfer all the duties of civil courts to these Magistrates.—(No, no, from Mr. Hawes.) The Hon. Member was indulg ing in verbal criticism, but he contended that, in fact, the powers of local civil courts were added to the du ties of these Magistrates. It was proposed that police Magistrates should act in both a civil and criminal ca pacity, and that any of those stipendiary Magistrates might do whatever a neighbouring Magistrate or even two Justices could do under the existing law. The 16th clause proposed that no Justice Lot a Magistrate of the said Court should act as a Justice in it, and it was proviced that no clerk except the clerk of a Police Magistrate should accept a fee, thus taking away any interest an unpaid Magistrate might have in administering the civil or criminal law through the person of his clerk. The 23d section gave a Magistrate the power of summon ing parties before him without having heard any accusation against them. The 26th section placed petty thieves and the receivers of stolen goods in tile same class, and gave the Magistrates, most unjustly, as much power over the latter as the former. The 32i1 section empowers d magis trates to deliver up goods charged to be stolen," without any proof. The 41st section squ..red with the 26th. It provided that a prisoner should be tried on an indictment framed summarily by a Justice, without the iatervention of a grand jury. The safeguard of a grand jury was here prospectively abolished at one blow. The Bill also pro posed to empower police Magistrates to award eompeosa. tion for wilful damage inflicted upon a tenement by a tenant —to use summary power in distress cases—to order goods supposed to be unjustly detained to be d e liv ere d t o .1 . the alleged owners. .ow this was going too far. _( Hear, bear.) There was no Judge who, in adjudi cating upon a mixed question of law and facts, would act wish to have the opinion of a jury in the latter case. If the concoctors of the Bill had' consulted the Lord Chancellor and the Judges of the land, as they might properly have done by the leave of the House of Lords, those personages would have protested against the proposed abolition of the bulwark of Grand and Petty Juries—for they would have remembered how beneficial they bad found them to be. L would have been much wiser to rely upon the wisdom and experience of the Judges of the land on such a question, than on the in formation and opinions of Commissioners and stipendiary Magistrates, however respectable. The 46th section provided, that no other than paid Magistrates should receive a fee within the metropolitan district. The 48th authorised Magistrates to proceed by warrant with out previous information. True the 54th section gave an appeal to Quarter Sessions, against the commitment of a Magisti-ate, but that was onitein cases where a pri soner had been incarcerated in consequence of the Megis vale's sentence for a longer period than one month. These wore the leading propositions of the measure, but in what he had stated in commenting on them, he trusted that be (the Recorder) had shown that, if enacted, they would be a very serious invasion upon the liberty of the subject, —( Hear, hear.) He had had a greal deal of expertonse in the administration of the criminal law ; he had been obliged to inflict much pain, which he would rather have avoided, and he felt that those unhappy beings who were too often the subjects of his jurisdiction, should have the benefit of that experience, in order that that suff2ring and that severity, which they had necessarily to undergo, should not be aggravated, by their being exposed to loss of liberty and property, without the intervention of that con stitutional prit liege which ail Englishmen had long re garded as one of our most valuable institutions— he meant trial by Jury.-1 Hear, hear, an d c h eers .) His exp er i ence l e d hi m to believe that very great and most intol erant i n j ust i ce was frequently perpetrated by the decision s of police Magistrates. He had had an expe rience of twenty years judicially and at the Bar, and he felt it his duty to give to the utmost of his power every Opposition to the further progress of a measure which was fraught with the greatest injustice, and most perni cious and destructiv e of the liberties of the lower classes in that couetry.—( Hear, hear.) He moved that th e . B i ll be read a third time that day six months. e, H Mr. AWES said he might be idered somewhat presumptuous in replying to the lien, and Learned Mem ber who had just sat down, who was both a Judge aid a lawyer. He must say, however, th a t h e never heard a s p eec h possessing - so little of :he judicial character, and so much o f the party feelings of a politicia n than that which had just been pronounced.—( Hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member was not content with going through the clauses, attacking the [till in detail, 'but he had step ped out of his way, for the purpose of obtaining a paltry party advantage. —( Cheei s. ) How had the Hon. and Learned Gentleman acted Kith reepect to a measure which he (Mr. Hawes) had introduced oil a former s cession Mr. LAW r ise to order. Tice Hon. Member had, he submitted, no right to allude to what bed occurred in a previous debate. —( Oh, and laughter. ) Mr. HAWES was always ready to how to the decision of the Chair, but he contended that he had in no way transgressed the rules of the House. He had read some where of an Hon. and Learned Gentleman, who was also a Judge--( Hear, hear)—and who, wnen a measure was L introduced to afford relief to certain parties who prayed to `r.' ere be exempted from taking certain oaths, had chosen to sneer at these men and to insinuate that they had very elastic consciences "—( Cheers.) He regretted the exhibition that had been made that evening, and he must say, if ever there was ground for adhering to the princi ple that Judges should be excluded from taking part in their discussions ; the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member would have afforded it.—( Cheers.) It was said that the Bill would abolish the liberty of the subject and trial by jury. Why, the Report of the Committee on the subject had been agreed to unanimously. And who were the persons who composed ,the Committee. He found in the list the names of Sir R. Peel, Lord Hotham, Mrr Estcourt, Mr. R. Clive, and Sir E. Wilmot. The proceedings had occupied the attention of the Committee for two years, and there was not a single instance in which they had divided. Now be (Mr. Hawes) would venture to appeal to an authority quite as high as that of the Right Hon. and Learned Gentlema:r—it was that of Sir Robert Peel. Did the Right Honourable Baronet, in his Act for the Consolidation of the Criminal Law require a Jury in petty cases ?—( Hear, hear. ) C.2rtainly not. But he would ask, was the police magis trate the only person who was likely to abuse his power cf Summary conviction? Were there no records of erronecus sentences and erroneous convictions ?—( Hear, hear.) And it was to be regretted that there was not some means of revising these erroneous decisions.— (Cheers.) He must say that when the Hon. and Learned Gentleman attempted to cast imputations upon one branch of the Executive authority, he stepped a little out of his way, he descended from his judicial dignity and lowered himself in his (Mr. Hawes) estimation. He had been abused for the I a :t he had taken as Chairman of the Com mittee in prometieg that Bill but he regarded such abuse very little. He had not been proposed to the situation by the Government or by any political friend, and he would appeal to the Noble Lord opposite ( Hutham) in support of the truth of that assertion. From the support of that measure he would not recede even to avoid the castigation of the Honourable and Learned Gentle man. He would take the liberty of reading to the House a very remarkable passage from the second Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Criminal law. It was the evidence of Alderman Harmer, and referred to juvenile offenders, and the Worthy Alderman said they had a constant source of creating of fenders by sending little children to trial for the first offence, and they could never retrieve their station in after life. That a summary slight punishment would be much more effectual, without endangering their morals, and he then gave a very remarkable account of the trial of a little boy in the Central Criminal Court, all the parapher nalia of trial, and his being himself the hero of the scene. being calculated, instead of awakening his fears, to flatter his vanity; that he found himself the object of commisseration by the auditory, while he heard some one say, " what a pity that such a child should be brought here." He ( Mr. Hawes) fully subscribed to all that ; such a system was cal culated to do much more harm than good. And if be told the House what was the nature of these offences, they would feel satisfied that summary jurisdiction would much more fully answer the purposes of justice. He had before him a tist of the persons convicted and sentenced to periods of less than three months' confinement in the Cen tral Criminal Court, among which were persons for steal ing a handkerchief, stealing an awl, stealing a loaf of br,:ad, and matters of that sort, and these cases occupied the time of the Grand Jury, the Petty Jury, the Judge, and the Magistrate who committed, when he would ven ture to say in ad these cases the facts were fully di:closed in the original hearing before the Police Magistrate.— ( Hear, hear.) Were these cases proper ones to be sent for trial to a jury ? Or if all cases should be tried by a jury, why did not the Hon. and Learned Gentleman move for a repeal of all the Acts, giving a summary jurisdiction to Magistrates Hear, hear.) Sir R. Peel's Consoli dation Acts, the Vagrant Acts, and many others, had these powers of summary jurisdiction, which the Hon. Gentle man said were unfavourable to the liberty of the subject. It appeared from the reports of the Inspectors of Prisons that they found in Coldhat h-fields a boy committed for steal. ing an orange ; in Westminster a boy for stealing a few apples, another for stealing two buns; a boy for stealing sixpence from his master ; and trifling offences of that na ture. He must say that it appeared to him that Hon. and Learned Gentlemen came down to make an ad cap tandem speech, while his arguments were not supported by the slightest authority.—( Cheers.) As the law at present stood if a man Ras suspected of felony the case might be dealt with summarily, but if he had com mitted it the case vvoull be sent to trial, and in a great many instances the parties prayed to have the case disposed of summarily, both sides consent ing, rather than be subjected to the delay, the expense, and the uncertainty of sendiog the case to trial. He held in iiis hand the Report of a Committee of the House of Lords unanimously recommending the same thing, namely, the abolition of trial by Jury in certain cases. and yet that had been denounced as a violent and unconstitutional inf. inge ment of the liberty of the subject. He was disposed to think that the House would he more inclined to rely upon these authorities, than that of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman who had chosen to raise a debate upon the principle of the measure at its very last stage. Why, where was the Hon. Gentleman when it stood for second reading 1—( Hear, hear.) That was the time to make his objections. It was then discussed fully, and af terwarsis clause by clause in Committee, and he must say that the course now pursued was most unusual and extra ordinary. In opposing this Bill the Hon. and Learned Gent. was opposing a great deal of useful legislation in favour of these classes who were excluded from the superior Courts by reason of the great delay and expense incidental to them. When the Hon. and Learned Gentleman talked about the salaries of these Magistrates, he (Mr. Hawes) begged to state that these gentlemen had to discharge impor tant duties, and that the duties discharged by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would bear no comparison to them. The Judge of the Central Criminal Court had 3,0001. a-year and the Police Magistrates by this Bill were to have only 1.200/. a-year. although they would have double the labour the Judge of the Central Criminal Court had, and if this rule of argu ment was to be raised, it would become the Corporation of London to look after the salary of the next Judge, whom thee might appoint. An attempt to raise a question about money, when the interests of the people were concerned in the admi nistration of justice, did not come with a good grace from a person holding the high judicial situation of the Ho nourable anti Learned Gentleman.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had read the report of the Committee on which this Bill was founded, he would have found strong and cogent reasons given for the increase of sa lary, and if there was a department in the administration of justice which demanded talent, patience, and assiduity, it was that department of police they were then considering. If there was a department in the administration of justice, taking the largest mass of the poi:illation in all their ordinary estates of occupation and business, it was that branch of the police which was underpaid, and which being underpaid had not been filled by men of such ability as might. be found in the profession. It was bad economy in any department of justice to raise a money question, when the duty ought to be performed by men of education and standing, and not by those who could not succeed in their profession.—( Hear, hear.) Then the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had raised a question as to the patron age. He had not said it might be safely entrusted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, but he said he would give it to the Judges. Why did he propose to take it from the Secretary of State for the Home Department?—that question had never been raised before.—( Hear, hear.) The complaint made by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman agreed very much with the cry that had been raised elsewhere as to certain appointments, because the men had been political par tisans at one time of their lives—he had referred to the ap pointments of Magistrates at Birmingham, anal said here is another instance in which the Secretary of State has exercised his patronage injuriously, and having done that may we not infer he will abuse his patronage under this 4 8i11.—( Hear. ) In conclusion the Hon. Member trusted that the House would go into Committee on the Bill, as he felt convinced that there never was a Bill before the House that was calculated to do so much to relieve the wants and necessities of the pourer popu lation of the country.—( Hear. ) Mr. LAW explained—He had not intended in what he said to make any personal observations with respect to the Noble Lord. His observations were directed to the office he filled, and that alone. Mr. H CLUE could nut see upon what ground the Hon. and Learned Member objected to going into Committee on that Bill. It was his firm belief that it was calculated to effect great good, and therefore he should give it his most cordial support. He thought that all the charges which had been made by the Hon. and Learned Member had been most triumphantly met by the Hon. Member for Lambeth.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the House was now in a condition to pro ceed to consider the Bill, and he trusted, therefore, that the Hon. Member would not put them to the trouble of dividing. Mr. GO ULBURN, thought it expedient that the Bill should be discussed, in order that it should, if possible, be so modified as to be made to succeed the Act that was about to expire. In saying this he desired to be understood as pro mising no general support to the measure. He had the greatest objection to some of the, clauses, those particularly which would place such enormous patronage in the hands of the Se cretary of State. Col: SIBTHORP opposed the Bill. It was a job, and ten times worse than the former Bill. But this was what he expected, for he really believed her Majesty's Ministers were not capable of doing anything fairly or openly. The Ministers came into power on promises of economy, which they had neter practised. They were totally different in spirit and in conduct from the independent gentleman at his side of the Honse.—( Laughter. ) Mr. F. MA ULF. did not deem.the defence which the Right Hon. Gentleman who had spoked last but one, had made of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's address a very effective one.--( Hear, hear.) He had never listened to any speech with more regret thin that of the Hon. anti Learned Gentle man's. He had dwelt largely upon the amount of patronage it would confer upon the Secretary of State, but did the Hon. Member forget that the twenty,Tven Magistrates to be ap pointed were already in existence under the Act. D.d he forget the Secretary of State had at present the appointment of police Magistrates, and the power also of dismissing them '? In fact the only additional power or patronage it conferred on the Secretary of State was, that where he felt it to be his duty to remove a Magistrate, he had the power of conferring upon him a small retiring pension. There was also the power of increasing the salaries of those Magistrates by 200/. a year. He regretted Very much to hear the allusions made by the Honourable and Learned Gentle man to the appointment of Magistrates at Birmingham. The only aject of which could be to insinuate that the Secretary of State had made an improper selection of Magistrates in that case, and was likely to make it again.—( Hear, hear.) He had never heard a noire unfair personal allusion in that House, and it appeared to him that the objections of the Hon. Gentleman were levelled more at the party from whom it had emanated than at the measure itself.—( Hear. ) Mr. ESTCOCR'I' suggested to his Hon. and Learned Friend the propriety of withdrawing his amendment, although he contended that he had a perfect right to make his ob jection at the present stage of the measure. He had no hesi tation in bearing his testimony to the able and impartial man ner in which the chair of that Committee had been filled by he Hon. Member for Lambeth.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He could not help expressing his thanks to the Hon. Member for Lambeth for the trouble and attention he had bestowed on this subject —( Hear. ) Mr. W. ATTWOOD said, that if an opportunity afforded itself in Committee, he should move that the Borough he had the honour to represent (Greenwich) be exempted from the operation the Act. Mr. LAW said that after the suggestions of his Hon. Friends around him, he would not trouble the House with a division. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Clause lbeing put, Mr LAW proposed to strike out the word "Court," for the purpose of inserting the word " Office." Mr. HAWES objected to the amendramt. After some discussion, Sir CHAS. DOUGLAS moved that the Chairman report rogress. The gallery was cleared,. but tae motion was agreed to with out a division. The House then resumed. The Chairman reported pro gress, and asked leave to sit again this day (Saturday). Mr. LAW submitted that it would not be just to so impor tant a question to bring it on again before Monday. Mr. F. MAULE bt•gged to remind the Hon. Member that the Poor-law Amendment Bill was fixed for Monday. Mr. LA W moved as an amendment that the Conimittee ob tain leave to sit again on Monday. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were-- For the motion For the amendment Majority The Bill was then ordered to be committed this day. Mr. W. ATT WOOD complained of fixing the Committee on the Bill for Saturday, when Hon. Members could not attend. Mr. KEMBLE said this was a Bill of great importance, and the Government ought to fix a day on which a free discussion on the Bill could take place. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON observed it would be a great convenience if the Government would state what Bills they in tended to press. _ _ Mr. FOX MAULE said this was a Bill which the Go vernment had not intended to press, but which must pass this Session. It was then agreed that the Bill should be re-committed th:a day. . . The Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill went through Com - mittt e. The Report on the Timler Ships Bill was received, and the Bill was ordered to be ' , ad a third time on Monday. The Assessed Taxes Corpration Bill was read a third time and passed. The Embankments (Ireland) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. F. MA ULE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to sus pend, until the end of the next Session of Parliament, the making of Lists and the Ballot and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. On the 'notion of Lord HOWICK, the Committee was appointed to prepare the Militia Estimates. The other Orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 19. 1839. MEMBER. RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT r.t RLIAMENT. Boitouou or Irswicn.—Sir Thomas John Cochrane, K.C. 8., in the room of Thomas Milner Gibson, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. WHITEHALL, JULY 13. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Upton, of Pet worth, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to bs a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 19. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—'Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Hon. 0. Duncombe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Aston, who retires; W. W. Wynn, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duncombe, July 19. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieu tenant G. J. Johnson to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur chase, vice 'Collemache, who retires; J. W. S. Fraser, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnson, July 19. 2,oth Regiment of Foot—Lieut. T. Crawley, from the half pay of the 59ili Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Creagh, appointed Paymaster of the 52d Foot; Ensign G. B. C. Crespigny to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crawley, who retires ; Sir R. Gethin, Bart., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crespigny, J uly 20. 21st Foot—Brevet Major W. Thain, from the 33d Foot, to be Captain, vice Bunbury, who exchanges, July 19. 2bth Foot—Ensign C. Dakers, from the 72d Foot, to be En sign, vice Cane, who exchanges, July 19. 33d Foot—Captain H. W. Bunbury, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice 'lhain, who exchanges, July 19. 54th Foot--Ensign S. L. Smith to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Vane, promoted ; G. C. Miller, Gent, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Smith, July 19. 60th Foot—Cornet It, B. Newland, from half-pay of the 2:34 Light Dragoons, to be Second Lieutenant, without pur chase, July 19; the Hon. C. R. Plunkett to be Second Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Newland, who retires, July 20. 72d Foot—Ensign M. Cane, from the 26th Foot, to be En sign, vice Dakers, who exchanges, July 19. 73d Foot.—Capt. W. Eyre to be Major, by purchase, vice Lloyd, who retires ; Lieut. T. F. Sandeman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Eyre; Ensign M. G. B. Browne to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Sandeman ' • J. Davies, Gent., to b e Ensign, by purchase, vice Browne, July 19. 93d Foot—Ensign G. Studdert to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Dunbar, who retires ; G. J. %V. Melville, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Studdert, July 19. 96th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant S. Fox to be Quarter master, vice Mair, deceased, July 19. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign C. T. Hamilton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitzpatrick, who retires ; R. Crawley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hamilton, July 19. tenon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant W. T. Layard to be Adjutant, Vice Johnston, resigned, Jan. 25. UNATTACHED.-Lieutenant C. B. Vane, from the 54th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, July 19. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Dispenser of Medicines M. 11‘Bride to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Atthill, deceased, July 12. MEMORANDUM.-The date of Lieut. T. A. Heriot's corn missi,m, in the 55th Foot, is the 2d February, 1834; Captain B. O'Neal Lyster, upon half-pay of the Royal Artillery, has been allowed to retire from the Service, by the sale of an Un attached company, he being about to become a settler in Canada, July 19. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Peebleshire. Sir A. Hay, Bart., to be Vice-Lies tenant, July 6. Commission oy the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., to be Major, vice Sir E. K. Lacon, deceased, July 6. Norfolk Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—T. R. Buckworth, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Digings, resigned ; T. D. Young, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Buckworth, resigned, July 6. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY BATES, miller. East Peckham, Kent. BANKRUPTS. JOHN ANCO C K , bath-proprietor, Welbeck-street, Ca vendish-square, to surrei.der July 26, at half-past twelve, and Auust 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, Alicial assignee; Adamson, Eli-place, Holborn. JAMES DEN NETT MOSS, watchmaker, Liverpool, July 31, and August. 30, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Kfightley and Banning, Liverpool; Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London. THOMAS WALKER, miller, Hook, Snaith, Yorkshire, July '2.6, at eleven, at Hawdon's Hotel, Selby, and August 30, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn, York. Capes and Stuart, Bedford-row, Landon ; Shearburn, Snaith. CHARLES LONG, wharfinger, Bradford, Wiltshire, August 7, atid 30, at eleven, at the Commercial-rooms, Bath. Hayman, Bath ; Vandercom, Comyn, Cree, Law, and Co myn, Bush-lane, Cannon-street, 'London. JOSEPH PRICE, jeweller, Birmingham, August 9, and 30, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, hirmingham. Tilleard and Son, Old Jewry, London ; Ingleby and Wragge, Bir mingham. CHARLES PITT, sen., and CHARLES PITT, jug., druggists, Canterbury, August 5, and August 30, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Kirk, Chancery-lane, London ; De Lassau, Canterbury. JONAS EASTWOOD, and ISAAC WOODHEAD, ma nufacturers, Meltham, Yorkshire, August 1, at twelve, and August 30, at ten, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Archer, Ossett. MARCUS ROSENT HALL, fustian manufacturer, Man chester, Aug. 3, at three, and 30, at two, at the Commis sioners'-rooms. Manchester. Hadfield, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London. JAMES TROTTER, auctioneer, Liverpool, July 31, and August 30, at eleven, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Christian, Liverpool ; Lowe, Carey, and Sweeting, South ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London. IRWIN AKERS, tailor, Liverpool, July 30, and August 30, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Wilde, Rees, Humphry, and Wilde, College-hill, London ; Cornthwaite, Liverpool. JOHN PHIPPS, upholsterer, Stratford-upon-Avon, Au gust 3 and 30, at twelve, at the White Lion Hotel, Stratford upon-Avon. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bed ford-row; Nettleship, Harley-street, London; Lane, jun., or Hobbes, Stratford-upon-Avon. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. D. H., J. A., and H. J. Rucker, wool-merchants, Worm wood-street, Mincing-lane, London, August 9, at half-past twelve—C. Butler, druggist, Cheapside, August 12, at one— J. Hocken, tailor, Maddox -street, Hanover-square, August 12, at twelve—J. Telford, leather-factor, Star-court, Bread-street, Cheapside, August 12, at eleven. In the Country, . R. Rose, grocer, Sutton Valence, Kent, August 0 8, at one, at the Guildhall, Canterbury.H.Masken, currier, Weob ley, Ilerefordshire, August 13, at eleven, at the Royal Oak and Unicorn Inn, Leominster, Herefordshire—J. Johnson, saddler. Cockermouth, Cumberland, August 21, at one, at the ' GlObe Inn. Cockermouth—J. Garner, innkeeper, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, July 23, at four, at the Craven Arms hotel, Coventry—G. Sowerhy, carpenter, Hiba:ds' owe, Lincolnshire, August 12, at one, at the Lion Hotel, Glamford Briggs, Lin eolnshire—T. Moss, draper, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 12, at two, at the Lion Hotel, Clamford Briggs, Lin colnshire—J. Cooper, innkeeper, Isle of Wight, August 12, at twelve, at the Green Dragon Inn, Newport-31. Andrew, grocer, Sheffield, August 12, at one, at the To wn -h a ll, Shef field—J. Cross, provision merchant, Bristol, August 10, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES.—ArmrsT 9. J. Douglas, draper, Birmingham—H. Dawes, curry umb maker, Birmingham—J. Coombe, currier, Bath- - . 1. Few, bath-manufacturer, Harcourt-street, New-road, Middlesex—R. Hartill, ironmonger, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Laland and .1. Wilson, brokers, NewcaOle-upon-Tvne—. W. Martin and R. Morse. watch-makers, Charing-eross__M. C. Schletter and H. Ravene, factors, Birmingham —T. and 11. Piper and J. Taylor, plumbers, Little Eastchnp, London (-o far as regards J. Taylor)—E. and W. Blake, linen d,•apers' Devonport, Devonshi re —S. Chil d, J. Vickers, J. B. Child, J. Vickers, and G. H. Child, distillers, Southwark (so far as regards G. 11. Child)—C. Innes, T. G. Phillips, and 0. A. Field, surgeons, Bayswater—S. Judd and H. Col brook, surgeons, Southampton—A. Low, W. Smith, and 11. Hutchison, merchants, Liverpool—J. Stencer and J. Ashworth, wool-dealers, Ilepstonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire-- J. G. Lucy and C. Lucy, fishmongers, Lower Thames -street.— G. Jennett, and C. doles, coach-makers, Long-Acre.—N, Thornton, and F. Whales', colour-manufacturers, Bermondsey. —E. A. Smee, and W. Witsliire, drapers, Hammersmith —AI Hawkins, E. flips, and G. Hawkins, oilmen, Bishops ate-street —W. H. Hornby, J. Newsham. and W. Kenworthy, cotton srinners, Manchester (so far as regards J. N,-wsinm)— Thomas Newton, Thomas Chambers, Thomas Chambers. and Matthew Chambers, ironmasters, Thorncliffe -R. Wise and R. J. Farbridge, commission and insurance agents, London—C. Johnson and J. Troutbeck. silk-manufac turers, Congleton—R. Hutchinson, jun. and W. G. Hutchin son, Lisle-street, Middlesex, eur.iers—R. Morrison and W. J. Milne, musical instrument makers, Doncaster—T. Sandland and H. Sandland, coach -makers. Burton-upon-Trent—W. Pollard, J. Pollard, T. Pollard, and F. Pollard, wbitesiniths, Leeds (so far as regatds.l. Pollard)—J. Roden and W. Roden, pig-dealers, Market Drayton. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ROBERT GIBSON and CO., manufacturers, Glasgow, July 24, and August 8, at two, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. THOMAS KINCAID, maltster. Glasgow, July 24, and August 8, at two, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. JOHN SPENCE, writer, Earlstoun, Berwickshire, July 24, and August 10, at one , a t the hou se o f J ames Shiells, inn keeper, Earlstoun. Captain Hamilton is a candidate in.the. Conser vative interest for the representation of Aylesbury in Par. liament, which is vacant by-the death of- Mr. Praed._ The Gloucester Journal says—" In consequence of the inecmrenience - aceliioned by the recent alteration in the time of the B r i s t o l an d Birmingham mail, n m i sfgestion has been thrown: o t i p f o r 'an i nterme di a t e mail, which• we trust will beaCted.upoi." DESTRUCTIVE FI RE.—On Wednesday morn ing, a few minutes past twelve o'clock, a policeman on duty passing the house of Mr. Fc azier, boot and shoe maker, corner of Princes-stre e t, R atc liff e- hi g h way, dis covered the lower part of the house in flames. He alarmed the family, and they escaped by the roof into nei2hbours' houses. The fire-engines promptly arrived, but the fire had gained such an ascendancy that the house, stock, and furniture were redured to ruins The adjoining houses were 'somewhat damaged. Mr. Frazier had been a resi dent in the house upwards of fifty years. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY—Juir 19. SMALL V. it TTWOOD. The arguments of Air. K. Bruce, on behalf of the re spondents in this appeal, occupied his Lordship the whole day, and had not concluded when his Lordship rose. The ',carded Counsel will conclude his arguments to-morrow (this day). VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT—Juzy 19. Short causes and unopposed petitions of no interest oc cupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor the whole day. ROLLS COURT Jun , 19. JuDG mENT.—wic c 'Ns 2. POPPIN. This was a motion made on the behalf of the defendant, Lydia Spriggs, that a reference might be made to one of the Masters of the Court, to tax the bill of costs, amounting to 831. 2s. 9d., delivered by Mr. Vane to her, other than and except the costs of certain proceedings mentioned in the notice of motion, which it was prayed might be wholly disallowed ; or that the Master might tax the costs of all the proceedings that had been properly taken on behalf of the defendant Lydia Spriggs, and that Mr. Vane might be restrained from all pro ceedings in an action at law brought by him against her. His LORDSHIP, in giving judgment said, Mrs. Spriggs having retained and employed Mr. Vane, and he having delivered his bill of costs, she was entitled to the common order for the taxation of the bill in the usual terms. The question was whether she was entitled to any other order? It appeared that_Mrs. Spriggs and her brother, Mr. Clarke, were made defendants t o a bill of rev ivor. Mr. Clarke, without her authority, employed Mr. Douglas, and they, as solicitors, to act for both, and they put in an answer for both, without oath or signature. Mrs. Spriggs did not acquiesce in that proceeding, and she retained and appointed Mr. Vane to act for her. He adopted proceedings on her be half to have the answer which had been put in for herself and her brother taken off the file; hut before these proceedings were brought to a close she dismissed Mr. Vane, and was in duced to employ the solicitors who were first engaged on her behalf by her brother. Mr. Vane's bill was incurred in these proceedings. His Lordship observed Mrs. Sprigg's case was a very unfortunate one ; she had been led into an expense which turned out to be entirely use less, and was led into it probably by the competition of two solicitors, who, after all that had passed, would have done well to have united their endeavours to save her harm less. However, it was clear that she had retained Mr. Vane, and by two affidavits had insisted upon his being her solicitor ; and when he had thus acted under here authority, the question was, whether there ought to be any special direction or qualifi cation in the order for taxation. His Lordship thought there ought net, ➢lr. Vane having acted as her solicitor, was entitled to such remuneration as the law gave him upon taxation of his bill. His Lordship could give no opinion on the items complained of—the Master would deal with them. He could only make the common order; and if Mrs. Spriggs did not think fit to ask for that, His Lordship would be under the ne cessity of refusing the present application with costs. PREROGATIVE COURT—JULY 19. M`faCEEN V. ELWYN—JUDGMENT. Sir HERBEA T JENNER this morning delivered judgment in this case. It was a suit to try the validity of a document dated in September, 1837, which purported to be the last will and testa ment of Mr. Raynier, who died towards the latter end of that year, and which was propounded by Mrs. Elwyn, the lady of Dr. Elwyn, who w as by it appo i nte d residuary. legatee. It ap peared that Mr. Raynier had executed a will early in 1836. leaving a legacy to Mrs. Elwyn of 9,0001.•, and leaving Mrs. M'Queen, his niece, residuary legatee. In 1836 he had a fall from his horse in Regent's-park, and in consequence was af flicted with a paralytic stroke, which gradually deprived him of the use of his limbs, so as to reinter it necessary he should give up housekeeping, in consequence of which he went to reside with Dr. and Mrs. Elwyn at Boulogne, and continued to reside with them until his death, which happened in London in 1837. Against this document Mrs. M'Queen had entered a caveat, on the ground that Mr. Raynier was in an imbecile state of mind, and incapable of managing his own affairs, and that he was under the undue influence, power, and coercion of Mrs. Elwyn at the time he executed the document propounded as his last will and testament. Sir HERBERT JENNER this morning delivered judgment in the case, and said that there was no evidence to prove that the testator was in an idiotic state of mind at the time of his re moval from the Albany to Dean-street, in consequence of his affliction ; nor at the time of his removal from Dean-street to the house of Dr. and Mrs. Elwyn at Boulogne; neither did it appear that Mrs. Elwyn had at all induced him to remove ; on the contrary, various friends had, in consequence of h:s bodily infirmities, recommended him to give up housekeeping. Such being the case, and his only relations being Mrs. Raynier, his sister-in-law, and her daughter, Mrs. 11I'Queen, who was mar ried to a Captain in the Army, and neither of whom were in a situation to afford him the requisite accommodation, it was not to be wo-dcred at that he should domicile himself with Dr. Elwyn, who had been his school-fellow and college companion, and who had bi en his most intimate friend through life. It was true there was the evidence of servants and nurses who stated that they thought during the time he resided with Dr. and Nlrs. Elwyn he was ;n an imbecile state of mind, but the facts they adduced in support of their opinions, merely went to show that he was in a state of bodily helplessness, and they all related circumstances which completely disproved that he was in such a state of mental prostration as to be incompetent to manage his own affairs ; on the contrary, they all showed that he had manifested a regard fur his property, and that they had con sulted him on questions relating to that property, on which he had come to a decision which had always been abided by. In contradiction to this evidence, there had been a mass of testi mony adduced, of gentlemen who had been in the habit of mixing with him in social intercourse, up to the time of his death, who all proved that he wag in full possession of his mental powers subsequent to to the period of the execution of the will of 1837. On both sides it was agreed that Mrs. Elwyn had paid him most unremit ting attention, and that he f-lt grateful to her for her kindness. He considered it Mrs. M'Queeti's misfortune rather than her fault, that this alteration had been made in the will, because had she been enabled to pay Mr. Ilitynier those attentions which Mrs. Elwyn had paid him, no doubt. she would have occupied the position which Mrs. Elwyn now occupied. 'faking all the circumstances into consideration, he did not think that the deceased, at the time of executing the document propounded by Mrs. Elwyn, was in art imbecile state of mind, or incapable nt vssftrasgiug, his own elm's, neither did it appear to the Court that she had exercised any undue or improper influence over hilt, in order to induce him to execute the document in ques tion, and therefore the Court could come to no other conclu sion than that the document propounded by Mrs. Elwyn em bodied the real intentions of the testator, and the Court there fore decreed that Mrs. Elwyn was entitled to the probate. WESTMINSTER ADJOURNED SESSIONS. These Sessions took place yesterday, before Mr. Walesby, Chairman, and a full bench of Magistrates. In the report of the Visiting Justices of the New Bridewell, it. was stated that the number of prisoners in confinement, is 355 ; namely, 227 ma!es and 128 females, besides 7 children. Among the male prisoners is the individual who insulted the Queen on Wednesday. His name is Charles Willet, and Lieutenant Tracey, the Governor of the prison, informed the reporter that Willet, upon his first admission, showed some conscquential airs, but since then the imprisonment has made him quite rational. The Governor expressed his opinion that Willet is perfectly save. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A dark - complexioned woman, named Elizabeth Bullard, having the appearance of a servant, was yesterday brought up by Inspector Bell, and placed at. the liar, before Mr. TWYFORD and Messrs. WITHAM and RomNsost, County Magistrates, charged with uttering a certain forged order, for the payment of the sum of 19/. 75., with intent to defraud Mr. Jas. Meabry of the same. In consequence of there being several other charges of a similar nature to be preferred against the prisoner the office was crowded with a number of tradesmen during the investigation. The first case brought forward was for having uttered a forged cheque, purporting to have been drawn by Lord Duncannon , which, on bein g presented at the Banking house of Me ssrs . Coutts and Co., Strand, was declared to be a forgery. Mr. Woom.nit attended for the prisoner. Several cases were gone into, in all of which the cheques uttered by the prisoner were proved to be forgeries, and in cluding cheques purporting to be signed by Sir R. Peel, Lord Gardner, and other Noblemen and Gentlemen. The prisoner was committed on one case, Lut the evidence not being com plete on the other, she was ordered to be brought up again in a week. A man named William Danvers also stands charged with being concerned in forging the cheques which were uttered by the prisoner; but, upon the application of Gardner, the officer, he was ordered to be emanded. WORSHIP-STREET. THE SHOREDITCH CHARTlSTS.—Yesterday Messrs. Rod land and Harris, the Churchwardens, accompanied by other parish officers of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, waited upon Mr. GROVE, the sitting Magistrate, to request his assistance under r very embarrassing circumstances. Upon the requisition of nine inhabitant householders they had convened a general meeting of the parishioners, to be held in the church next Tuesday evening, for the purpose, as stated in the printed notices, of taking into consideration the nature of recent events at Bir mingham, and the conduct of the Home Office and the Bir mingham Mag'strates in connexion with the metropolitan police (for whose support we are rated), and to adopt such measures as may then seem necessary for the preservation o , the right o the people and the peace of the eripire. The requisition as at first presented to the Churchwardens was so strongly worded that they rejected it, but the epithets " blood-thirsty," &c., as ap plied to the police, having ken struck out, they signed it in the amended form just given. They seemed to have been un aware that the nine requisitionists were the Secretary and other Chartists, who have frequently of late hoisted the tri coloured flag in that parish, and made various unsuccessful at tempts at moonlight meetings and other " demonstrations." They now learned, however, that the Chartists intend to pro ceed in a body to the church on Tuesday evening, and there make a more imposing display, and feeling rather alarmed for the consequences, they came to consult the Magistrates on the subject. _ Mr. GitovE expressed some surprise when he found what use it was intended to make of the church ; but. he intimated to the Churchwardens that he could not assist them out of their dilemma, and referred them to the Commissioners of Police. The Churchwardens then retired, with the intention, as it was understood, of applying to the Commissioners. CORONERs' INQUESTS. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A LADS'.—Yesterday afternoon an inquisition was taken before _Mr. WAKLEY, and a highly respectab'e Jury, at the Gloucester Arms, Gloucester-place, Kentish Town, on view of the hotly of Miss Sarah Stubbing, aged 67, a maiden lady of independent 'Hone. .The Jury came to th e conclusion; " That .he deceased died of inflamma tion of the brain, after having received a fracture of the leg, by throwing herself out of a window whilst in a fit of temporary mental derangement." SUICIDE OF A BLIND AIAN.-- - Yesterday an inquest was held at the sign of the Axe, in the I-lackney-road, before Mr. BAKER, on the body of a blind man named William Walmsley, who had been many years in the habit of stationing himself near the Ironmongers' Alms-houses, Kingsland-road, to receive the donations of passers by, wh., had hanged himrelf._Verdict, Temporary Insanity, As regards this neighbourhood, and the south of Yorkshire, it appears that the crops are somewhat slight and dry, but better as you reach an ordinary level. The appear highly promising ; and the prospects and as oat re crops gards shire Courier, f ruit are unusually pleasing.—Derby. PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR ANCECOMPANY SHARES, &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 19. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per %Arm Annum. Pa.d. Snlie 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oidham.Average ,l 7 l . 18q. eh. rii ~082 41. Ashby...e-le-Zi.,....6 . A"..iage 11.... , .sh 71 1,200 Basirgstoke 1(1( iLsh , 5 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abngavenny 150 ..f. - 0 .000 1.../f•lb. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1.16 th share 811. & 71!. 223 koot) . , Ditto and Liverpool junctl' , l eh. 1011 pd 0 60 0 3!. Bridgewater and Taunton .100/. sh. all pd - 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 11X1/.sh. 101 500 48!. Coventry 1001. s h. 1300 4.545 ... Croydon • Average 31/.25. 10d. sh. - 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley ... loOl.sh. 100 60 0 141. Derby 1001, sh . 155 10,000 4 per cent. Oanune and Mayne 4l/.135. 4d .pd 263 3 ,575 t 41. Ellesmere and Chester... Average 1331.5 k. 823 231 82/. Erewash , 00/.111. 8' 0 1,297 301. Forth and Clyde ....Average 4001.,65.th. 615 ~600 101 Grand Junction 1, (11. sh. 185 1,8493 IL Grand Union 1061.5 b Y 5 1 1,500 Grand Surrey ... ..... „... 1001. sh. 20 0,000/ 4/. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 63 3'196 Grand Western 100/.Bh. allpd 14 600 131.125. Sd. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 172/.13q. 44. 2314 749 lo t , Grantham 1501. sh. 21'S 6,238 2/. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6.1. an. 36 100 5928 11. ss. Kennet ind Avon, Aver. 39/. 18s. 10d. sh . 29 2,8974 301. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 745 5451 153!. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 220 1,897 61. Os. Leicester am 4 Northampton A ver i3/..05. 140 2.400 101, Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 202 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and lrwell 100/. sh. 560 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh all pd 51 247 171. Neath 1011/.sh. 325 2,400 31, Peak Forest Avewe about 78/. sh. 104 1,418 Iles. Regent's (or London) Av. 331. 165.8 d. sh. 12 5,669 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/.4h. 112 500 8/. Shropshire N5l. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 3,q00/. 43 p..r cent Ditto I ock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 11f 700 40!. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 7103 500 91. Shrewsbury 300 91. Stourbridge ....._ ..... . 3,647 21. Os. Stratiord-en.A vol. A verage 791. 9s. td. sh. 45 533 16/. Swansea 100/. sh. 280 4,762 14 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway AT 351. sh. 41 2110 0 +sh. 321. 10s. Trent an , l Mersey, I share 100/. sh. 590 8.149 1,0005h.1 ,„. Warwick a.nl Birminghamloo/.sn 281 4000300 '' 9.60 15t. Warwick..:.-:. "e 4 . 1,,,,,~ 6,000 41.05, Worcester and BirminghamAv.7Bl.Bs. sh. 721 5,000 2.54 Wilts aidi Berks Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 28 404 ss. "vs y iiey and Essington 1251. sh 75 .26 Wisbeach lO5l. sh. 45 SOS Is. Wey and Arun llOl. h. 22 } DOCKS. 1,600 Sr l,66sish. =3 n c. Commerc al lOOl. sh. 1 61 East and West India Stock 11l 3,238,31041. 555. p.ct. London Stock 161 Ditto Winds lOl 2,209 21. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ....... ...... 113 1,352,752 5 per cent . St. Katharine Stock 1093 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOl3 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO e. 500 ..... Deptford Piet ...........:201. sh. 20!. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 10s. Hammersrn di 5Ol. sh. 21 7,31 Southwark, Old 1010 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 r cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 5,000 Waterloo 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 21 5,000 19g. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 21 80,0(0/ 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds l2O 5,818 17. Vauxhall ...... ......Avlrage 701. 108.3 d. a h 251 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/10s Albion SOO/. sh. 501 pd 73 50,000 r 5 pnder cen 155. t./ Alliance Britisn &Foreignloo/. sh. 101/. pd 1 4 ; t a 1 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd CI 24.000 11. per sh. Atlas SW. sh. 51. pd 144 1,200 Ph. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire ...........25W. sh. 55/ pd 1071 10,000 4/. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial SW, sh. 5/. pd 6 5,001! 51. percent. Clerical & Medi rl Life, ICOI 311. 2110 s pd 4 4,000 2/ lOs County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 2 0 ,0 0 0 ss. Eagle 200 SS per cent. Economic Liu.: / 1600/. sh. 2501. pd 406 Land 30/ bs. 3 2,271 '22s. percent. European Li. • 2Ol. sh. all pd 22 .50,009 2s. Ditto, New 9O/. sh. 21. pd li', 1,000,000/. 6/.per ct Glohe Stock 135! 90,000 LP Guardian lOO/. sh. 27!/ pd 3.14 10,000 s. lid. Hope 501. sh. M. pd 51 2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001 sh. 501. pd 137 i 7,500 Os Imperial Li ie 1001. sh. 10/. pd 104 13,459 4/. percent. Indemnity 51:.rine 1•41/. sh. Al. pd 25 2,020 3/40s Kr...it Fire 50/. sh. all pd 02 3/. Ditto Life 50/ pd 79 10, 1 '00 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 29! s.tniti 10s. London, Fir. 25/. sh. 121. 103 p,l ls 3,900 10 8. Im ll ,-ico, Ship '2si sh. 12/. 10s. pd 18 !,000,0001. ... ..... Minvrva Life lOll/. sh. 514),(04. 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 2/. pd 2/ Os 50,000 41. per cent. Protevtor Fite "01. sh. 21. pa 16, Od 4.500 1/. Provident Liie .... ..... 100/. sh. 10/. pd '2O 00,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 1/. pd 6 89,220/ W. per cent. Royal Exch.-bee Stork... 22'3 6,000 5 per cent. University I.ile lOO/. sh. 51. pd M 50,000 4 per cent United Kingdom Life 1004 sh. 51. pd 7} JOINT SIOCK BANKS. 15,000 8 per cent. Agric and 0;n:of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 5 ; 000 Australa,ia 4O!. sh. 40/. pd 69 10,,00 10 per cent. Bank of BO sningham 5O!. sh. la pd 13 0,000 10 per cent. Birmingham 8ank..... 5O/. sh. 101. pd 23; 31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminsterloo/ sh. 20/. pd 24 60,000 Si. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd E. 4 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster...... .......... ... lOO/. sh. 20/. pd 50 25,0100 Liverpool... 1001 sh. 101. pd 23/ 50,000 '7; percent Manchester and Liver.] 50/.Bh. 151 pd 12; pool Distri^t 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 1004 sh. 251 pd 27 20,000 Provincial Wink of Irelandloo/. sh. 25/. psl 44; CO,. 00 National Bank of Ireland 5 , 1. sh. 171/. pd 114 10,000 5 per cent. National Prmincial Eng. 100/. sh. 35/. pd :iei 1(;003 Ditto New lO/. sh. 101 pd 10; 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh,. 10/. pd 20 6,000 lOper cent. Hampshire ... 50/. sh. 5/. pd I/ GAS LIGHT ANU COKE COMPANIES. - .. - 2,500 16s D i d Bath 2Ol. sh. Mi. p 4 21 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd Ici ~,, f 5/.percent.l r Ditto Provincial 20!. sh. 19 pd 25 . '''''"" /and Bs. 65.3 928 51 lOs Birmingham 5O/ sh. 98 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2,250 3/ lOs Brighton 2O/. rh. 11f 730 3! los Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18!. pd 9 2,471 4j per cent. Brighton General 20/ sh. all pd 17 1,000 61. 10s. Continents! Consolidated 75/. 62j!. pd 105 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New 1,000 31.05. Equitable 5O/. pd ;I's 10,1:00 y per cent. Imperial 818) . per cent. Isle nfThanet 25/ sh 2O/. pd 18 2,350 61. per cent. !ndependeut '3o/..ih. ail pd Si 9,010 4/. per cunt. Phrenix . . 501. sh. 39/. pd 29 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 801. pd 614 4,000 ..., ..... • Sent.% Pletropolitan 5Ol. eh. till. pd 17 EIOZOG 44. per cent. United General 5O/. sit. 461. pd 36 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 5/. per cent Wakefield 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12'. Ditto New ...... ..... ..... ...31 1. sh. 10/. pd 11 . 730 5/. per cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 18!. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 10s. Birmingham 251. sh. 25/ pd 20 4,434 6/. East London lOO/. sh. 165 5,500 2/ 10s Grand Junction Average 411 inn's. 4d. sh. 69 2,000 2/. Kent loo' sh. 45j 372 101. Liverpool Ilootle 2204 sh. 3i6 1 1,500 2/ 106 New River London Bridge Water Ann..... 62e 6,486 21 les MEnchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 54 - 1.000 4 per cent. 83uth London 1001. sh. 10i 8,294 4/. West Middlesex Average 631. 12s. lid. sh. 104 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 7Ol. pd 031 9,500 ... ...... Birmingham and Gloucester 15, 1 '00 .... ..... Bristol and Exeter 1004 sh. 25 pd 104 660 Calcutta Ind Saugur 5Ol. sh. 2/, pd 0 7,500 ...... ... Cheltenham and G.Western 100/. sh. 30/. 4.. 3,009 Clarence looi. sh. 100/ pd 35$ 12,000 ... ...... Commercial Blackwall 501. sh. 21.1 d 53 61,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. Si. pd 60,000 Eastern Counties 251. eh. 101. pd 1 Grand Junction 1001. eh. 951. pd 205$ Great North of England 411/. pd 260 5,000 ...... ... Great Western lOO/ sh. 651. pd 71 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100! pd 125 8,000 Hull and , elby 501. sh. 25/. p.l 143 10,004 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 194 , 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby.. 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .501. sh. all pd 753 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool and Manchesterlol./.sh. 1001. pd 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "51. pd 6$ :10,000 London and Brighton 5(11. sh. ea pcl 12$ 000 12, London and Black wall 501. sh. 111 pd It ...... ... - 20,000 .'3 cent. London and Greenwich 9.01. sl4. 20/. pd In per London and Birmingham 100/. sh. 9 0 / pd 104 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 273 ",o 000 , 14,00 1 ) London and Croydon Trunk NI. pd I.'a " 6,i;00 Ditto New Scrip -/ pd S 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 5/. pd 03 13.00 0 .....„.„ Manchester and Leeds -100/. sh s'l/. pd 594 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh ISt. L- Ditto Extension 71 pd NI North Midland 1004 sh. 751 pd 70 1 Northe-n and Eastern 1001. sh. 131. pd 73 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. a 'l. pd 30k 28,000 .„ South Eastern and Dover ... - 12/. pd If 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ln v/. sh. 240 9,000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich;so/. sh. 2/. pd 0 6.000 York and North Midland 50 • sh. 301, pd 383 MINES. 8,000 Albion Coeper ,5/. s' 141. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. A lien 151. eh. 121, t : pd 10 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51 pm.loo/. sh. a , 'i d 1 Dittc Subscription 95/. ihi 84 2,000 11 1 1. Bolanos 150/. sh all p 1 872 10,000 11. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm.... 3.51. sh. 2el pd is' 6000 51acaubas ic Cocaes United 25/.sh. 21. pd 12 11 , ,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 14/ rpd 3, 10,000 B o livar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 201. pd 5 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip , 01 sh. 10/. pd 9 20000 4 British Iron 50/. sh. 50/ pd bi g B,WO 6.0( British Copper 5/. sh. 4il . pd I"X) ......... Cata Branca 6 1. IA 8 ......... Candonga 75/. pd 10,000 11 Copiapo 201. sh 13/. pd 16 i 8500 ••• W. l2! Ks pd s 2 , ,850 Colombian, its. 5/. pm. ... 551 sh. 551 . pd English 3 l . 20,000 General Mining Assoelation2o/. eh. 184 pd - 8,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 55ii, pd 44 3,000 Polberon Consols. lO/. sh Si. pd 4 ' 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Si Ditto Loan Notes l5O /. p d 1604 30,000 United A. Scrip Mexican, iss. 2 pro. .40/. sh. all pd 1" Dit i 3s. Ditto New Scrip 5l p 441 West Cerk 50!. sh. 50/. pd 381 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket • 75gs. sh. 16 1,500 ... ...... London University 1001. sh. all pd 23 700 King' College 100/. pd 19 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 261/. pd 431 6,000 4/. per cent British American Land Company 231. pd 9, 10,000 61. per cant. Canada Company 1001. sh. 301. pd 32 200,000 5/. per cent. Upper Cana , :a Loan 9l City Bonds, 4 por cent 20,000 11.65. G eneral Steam Navigation 151.. A. 14/. pd 25 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 254 2,000 IL London Cmn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 1 9 8,000 . ........ Caoutchouc Company. HA pd 121 New Brunswick Land Compawy:...at/ pd 2 , 754 5/. per cont. Reversionary tot. 50c....100/. sh. 1001. pd 134 2,6:33 51. per cent. Ditto New 1001. di. 851. pd 114 4,000 ..... .... Thames Tunnel .......... .......501. sh. all pd 9 10,000 Os„ Van Dir.. ner.'s Land ION. 5b.•171/, pd 9 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JUNE 1, 1839. BANKS. 4500.000/. (3/. p. ct. Bank oi semiarid ...831.68 Ad. sh all pd 180/. 2,000,0 Y/. 51 p. ct. R , yal of Scotland 100/. sh all pd 1144 500 . 00 N. sp. et. Brirish Linen Company 100/.sh. all pd OW. 3,000,0001. 6.7. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 1751. 5 .0. 1 0 0,0,„ a ~. ct. Notional lOO/.sh. 10/. pd 16/. 2,000,n001. 6!. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 0/, L 000,01,01. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 1. INSURANCE COMPANIES 25(.0005h. Rip. ct. Scottioh Union 201. Fh. I/. pd 2% ",500 Ili p. ct. Hercules lOO/. oh. 10/. pd 111. 1.5 , . I04,t0) sp. rt. Insurance Co. or Scotland .10/. sh. all pd 10!. 00. 50,000 f , p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 203/. 1,000 sp. et. Caledont in Fire lOU sh. 10/. p 8 19/.10, 5,000 “p. ct. Et' litiburgh i ~:, lOO/. sh. 101. p,l 1 4 / 1 0s 11)(40()0 31 p. et. West of Scotland lOl. pd it 08 MIF,C EL LA NEOUS 4,810 ••• 00000 Eclin..nd (Vas. Un. Canalso/. ch. ail pd UV. Pitto Allocated WIL <h. all pd 471. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Jmi.t Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 35/ Carron Iron t otrittany ...250/. sh. all pd 44/ e,(loosh 15 per cont. Shotts Iron Vounnery 501. sh 4q. pd 53/ 10,060 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith GI:Aso-20/. sh. 101. pd la/ 4,500 10 per ,'rut. Edinburgh Coal Oa, 25/ sh. all pd snl 4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas 25i. sh. all rid Lot 75'. 7* per cent. Leith Coal this .0/. sh. all rid 504 1,200 ......... Eeinhurgh slid I ialkett h RarwAyso/. sh 371 2,010 5 ner cent. Von table loon c0,,,,tv -.5/.1th.00 i). 111 i. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The aurier of last evening remarks, with reference to the Lards' rejection on Thursday of the Electors' R, nr.val Ball :--" It is very doubtful, however, whether the even tual triumph of the Reform pr:eciple is at all injured or even much delayed, by these petty manic stations of lordly intolerance. The faction, who hold undisputed rule in the Upper House, presume on the political calm that now prevails. But that calm cannot long conti nue, and lordly perverseness may shorten its endurance. When the popular voice becomes loud again, many will yield with eagerness to intimi!ation, wha t they now refuse to reason. Nay, should even the voice of the nation con tinue mute for a little while longer, a Minister resolved to exorcise the powers which the Constitution has placed in his hands, might by one seasonable display of energy, re move what has for the last five or six years been the great impediment to all good government." The Standard, speaking of the case of Lovett, which Lord Brougham brought before the House of Lords on Thursday, says—" The course pursued t,,wards Lovett and his companion appears to us perfectly unjustifiable. We shall nut be suspected of any undue leaning to men seeking to kindle the flame of rebellion in a peaceful country, whether the incendiaries are Cabinet Ministers—and ove have eon , such—or working mechanics. W hold that the man who, by speech or writing, urges the multitude to "7 urst the bounds of law, is a villain, for whom no punishment can be too severe ; who must not be permitttd to plead either the purity of his motives, if his rank be ex.ehed—.or hi s ignorance, if it be humble. But exactly in the same de gree in which we reverence law as the protector of the swift' state, do we respect it as the protector of individual rights." The Globe thus accounts for the rise and progress of Charti.rn :—" Chartism is in some measure the legitimate child of Poor-law agitation, which was nursed and che rished by the Tories until it acquired is present size and strength. They may now, fir the same party objects for which they warmed it into life, wistt to affihiate their trou blesome offspring on the Government, or upon any other party, to rid themselves of the infamy of having procreated the monster; but they have on too many occasions acknow ledged the relationship to be able now to deity it with suc cess Tory legiilators—Tory candidates—Tury journals —combined with itinerating agitators to produce the bitter feelings which are now carried out into legitimate results. The prompters of the Chartists mly now affect surprise and indignation at the outrages of the mob—these are but the fruits of the seeds they so thickly planted, and so in dustriously nurtured to maturity." The Morning Post of this day, referring to same obser vations made by Lord Stuart last night in the House of Lords, says His Lordship possil:q never happened to read the dictum, somewhat epigrammatically expressed by a high legal authority, that the whole taxation of England was raised for the purpose of maintaining the twelve Judges. The obvious meaning of this ir , that the due ad ministration of justice is the first and greatest duty of a Government. The Noble Lord must have been strangely blinded, therefore—not of course by the weight of his new coronet—when he lett it to be inferred that such a mo mentous subject ought not to have the place of prece dence in any inquiry that might be instituted by their Lordships." The Morning Chronicle contains the following remarks, suggested by some recent proceedings in the House of Lords :—" Judges, whether appointed to try the causes of the rich, or the causes of the poor, ought to be appointed without any views of subserviency to local influence, and the Lord Chancellor is unquestionably by all constitu tional analogy, the person in whom the appointments may be most safely vested. But in order that .he interests of certain great families may not be impaired, the appoint. ments, forsooth, must be given to the Magistrates, the nominees of these great families. Whichever way we turn, we find the oligarchy in the way of the public good. The people of England may rest assured, that though the foundations of the power of oligarchy were sapped by the Reform Bill, the most formidable part of the struggle yet remains. And let not these Lords imagine that Chartism will allow them to play the game all their own way. They may yet find that the flames which they have fanned may not be so easily extinguished as they think." The Times comments to the following effect on the peti tion of Lovett and Collins respecting the heavy bail re quired of them by the Birmingham Magistrates :—" Did the Magistrates who required that amount of bail from journeymen ever read the Bill of Rights ? If they had read it, they would have found that the following was the 10th article :—" That excessive bail ought not to be re. quired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor crue l an d unusua l punishments inflicted." Of all persecutors the most heart less are appostates 1 With respect to the real primary cause of the heart-rending desolation committed at Birmingham, it may be come at by the following b. ief matter-of fact tram of reasoning You taught us this crime,' will the prisoner say to the committing Ma. gistrates. The Magistsates in their turn will cast it back upon the Ministers—' You and O'Connell set us to this work to carry your objects in farliainent.' Here we have the whole of it. We shall follow it downwards, as well as trace it upwards. That which in Lord John Russell was sedition, guarded by various inuendoes and conditiins, as—' if so and so;' in J ,seph Parkes and Mr. Muntz an ells into broader and more undisguised menace against the in stitutions of the country ; when it gets into the hands of the rabble, it becomes conflagration and plunder." The Morning Herald thus expresses itself on the subject of the Police system We have always contended that it was only a fit adjunct to a tyranny like that from which it originally sprang, and which, having no hold on popular institutions, relies mainly for its protection upon espionage and force, The metropolitan ponce—a constabulary body, modelled so far after the French fashion as to be placed in the hands of Government, and available for political pur pores, as a mere engine of State—have interfered in the local government of Birmingham ; and, within a few weeks after their first imerterence, and while they are still within the borough,.l3irmingharn is the scene of a horrible tiagedy, and ourii.g at least a full hour and a quarter, is delivered up, like a sacked town, to the violence, buntings, and pillage of a set of dastardly vagabonds, that when, at length, a military and police force made its appearance with an intention of acting, ran away like sheep l" The Morning Advertiser speaking of Lord Brougham's late speech in the House of Lorca on the subject of educa tion, remarks a. follows ;—" Of Lord Brougham's plan, it cannot be said that it has a tendency to cause jealousy or to create unnecessary opposition. Even the High Church bigots appeared to he gained over to the scheme by the making the reading of the Scriptures an essential part y the education. The Bishops (with the exception of a few remarks from the Bishop of Chichester) did not utter a word. No man more thoroughly understands the feelings of the different classes of the community, with regard to education, so well as Lord Brougham. The lovers of a more positive system would therefore do well to pause be fore they pronounce unfavourably of the scheme propounded by one who has devoted his life to the subject." THE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY.) PRICE Ok The highest price of Bread in VI Lost, (440 d Brcad may be had at 8 PurES OF SEEJS.-July 19. Per Cwt. Per Quarter. view English Red Clover...7os. 994 St. FOirl 40.3. 444 4r. Old D.tto Ditto -A. -3. , Rye Gras . 281 355. 40 New Foreign Ditto 60x.703. 89s. r*.icey Grass s, 40. 45 , Ohl Ditto Ditto s q , Linseed, for feeding 464 52. :-,ii , New White Clover sos. 60s. 70s. Ditto, for sawing -a. Min. 63 , Old Ditto Ditto -s. -a. -s. Ditto, for crushing...-s 43s si). New Trefoil . 17i. '2os. •245. Canary -s 90, OS Old atto -s. 12s. 2 0 : Hemp -s. 38s. 42 , Trefoliiiin lOs 1 Is. 13s Per Bushel. English Carraway -s. 48s. 52s White slustard...lls. ;4. 13s. i(f Foreign Ditto -s. 465. 50s Brown Ditto lss (Id. 22. 14: Coriander -s 20s. 255. Tares 4s. 6d 5.s ill Rapeseed, nigh: h tine ;per Last) 301.38 i . Foreign 34/, 30. PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITA LFI ELDS York Reds (from vessel) 5/. Cs. to 6/ Os. par ton. Scotch Reds ditto 3l. IN. to 4/. Os. ditto Kidneys I/. Ps. to 14. Os. ditto Shaws 2'. 13s. to 34. 55. ditto PRICES OF HOPS.-July 19. Farnham rockets (per cwt.) 6 Os. 7/. Iss. to 10/. Os. East K..ni Pockets.•• 4/ ICs. Si. 15i. to 9! 8,... Ditto Bags 4i 4s. Si 10. to 7 19., Mid Kent Pockets 3l. 153. 5!. ss. to 8 1 8". Ditto Bags 'I. 10s. 4,10 s ti. 'i.. 7s. Sussex V. _34. 3/ 15 , to 4 103 ' BREAD. le Metropolis is 10d. for the 4ib 1 Yearlings Old olds COAL MAR' s. d Adair's Ch.ster ..... Hebburn Main '4o Holvwell Main ‘4l Ord's Itedhugh Townley lB ti West Hartley Wvlam. Wills End Brown's Walls End irace Walis End liewmarch .. 10 9 Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 23 0 Wags En rtiaswell 22 !, \Valid rnd Hatton Walls End Larr.hron 3C Walls End Russell's Helton '4l ships arrived since la „,. 21. 10s. 31. 3s to 4!. Oi. 18s b . 10s. to 2,2 s. KET.—July 19, s. d. Walla End Stewart's Walls End Whitwell .21 6 Walls End Mel ide 2*2 0 Walls End Barrington Tees 19 6 Walls End Clarence Hetton 14 6 Walls End Seymour Tees •2l 0 Walls End Tees Walls End Tees Tanfield Ways End Tennant '2l 14 Walls End West Hetton 6 Walls End West Tees Elsicar • HartleY 2d 6 Wig,an Wads End Devonshire market-cl ly, 140. (From the London New Price Current of July 19.) SUGAR.—The British Plantation Sugar Market has been quiet this week, from refiners the demand has been limited, and the grocers have purchased sparingly, taking only suffi cient to supply their immediate wants, although most of the merchants have submitted to a furtner reduction of 6d a Is per cwt. Jamaica, Nevis, Trinidad, and Demerara °flow yellow quality has been sold at 62s a 62s 6d, rather better St Vincents and Jamaica 63s a 63s 6d. Nev is good with much colour 655, and a board of superior Jamaica 68s ; at auction 130 hhds Barbadocs went at the reduction noted above, and fetched 66s 6d a 68s for fine, and 64s 6d a 663 for mid to good yellow. The stock by the last returns was 416 hhds more than in 1838 at this period ; the delivery last week fell short of that of last year during the same period by 1,220 hhds and trs. The arrivals since this day week have been 4,182 hhds., Bce. This afternoon there was no further change in prices, but the demand continues limited, the purchases to-day being only 400, making the sales for the week 1,900 hhds and trs. MAURITIUS.—Brown and low yellow descriptions have been in fair demand, and have brought their former value, t but coloury sorts have been taken sparingly, andAhaavuecttil supported the rates of last week by 6d par cwt. of wh t ich was 2,767 bags have be( n offered, a part disposed of—good brown at 61s 6d a 642)i-,6lysfi.n.eloweltnloiwd and 6d a 661, good middling to good 63s 6d a inid 623 6d a 63-, orey 63s per evvt. n alt'tite.isstpoecik.iobdy Lasttli e last return was 16.674 bags hug year; the delivery during last w--e(*(rk,thrs:;aosa,lr,Oivsa4ls.bags less ff s-a e l r e e d ,1,t9119( bags than during the same time in 1838. mire asee less c 3 EAST INDIA.—The grocers have ..bfreely mid to good white went at 64s o o fr inferior rl colour ()u r n privatend qualitycontract; 1 a 1) 6 . 546d r 70 chests of superior h a a v t e p b u ce l n i 6d 6 d under damps s r 6 rates, a qua lity 66a , and 624 sold high. viz, atd for 67 d s 6rd, yellow. a69sg in Mauiila ar.d Java the private 0p 6d and fine a operations 6 ns li.tve been limited f or r , fi n i ng here s under bond as well as fir exportation, 362 bags of the former at auction were only partly sold at former rates, fair yellow at 225, damaged 20s a 20s 6d, 168 cases were taken in at 23s for mid yellow ; 1,125 baskets of the latter were all taken in at their previous value, fine brown to good greyish yellow at 23s to 255, but a part has since bern sold at these prices. This afternoon the public sales consisted of 1,571 bags MARRIE. On the 10th inst., at St. George' D s, Hanover-square, S ir Thomas Whichcote, Bart., of Aswarby-park, Lincolnshire , t 0 Marianne, only daughter of Henry Beckett, Esq., and niece Sir John and Lady Ann Beckett. On the 18th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, Charles James Wooil, Esq., of Park-road, Stockwell, to Hannah Ma ria, youngest da ug ht er of the late Robert Smith, Esq., of Kingsto n, Surrey. Bengal, 536 bags Siam, 200 bags Cochin China and 1,303 baskets Iota; the Bengal was all 1•ohl at previous i rates, fine and very floe o bite at 67s a 633 61 ; good mid to good 65- a 66 ;, washed 63s a 64s 6d, damps 64s 61 a ) 65s'6d; tmd sound bright yellow 64s a 64s 6d; Siam went 6d a Is dearer, and brought 27s a 29s 6,1 for nod i. Comm white, damps 265; Cochin China sold at 25s 6 I for 14w mid white, and 22s 6.1 for damps ; Java was sold at steady ; prices, low greyish white at 26s a 275, mid 27s 6d a 28'1 good to fine yellow 24s a 265, low greyish ditto 255, ord soft 22s 6d a 235, washed 22s 6d a 23s 6d per cwt. FifitElGN.—The market continues in a dull state: 1 - 15- vannah has maintained its former currency, but Brazil gave way Is at a public sale of 193 chests and 70 brls, and not above half was sold, low greyish white 25s a 26 , 61, good mid and good strong white 27s 6d a 29s 6d, yellow was taken in at 233 a 245, and ord to fine brown 17s 6d a 22s 6d. Floating cargoes of yellow Havannah offering at 275, but without finding buyers. ThiS afternoon 1,225 boxes white, and 875 boxes yellow Havannah, the principal part damaged, were offurod at public sale, damaged sold cheap, namely, %bite at 3(ls a :365, yellow 23; a 265, sound white was taken in at 404 a 42s for good and line, si)und yellow was sold at 245 a 27s for low to good, which rather lower. Monasses. —West India has been taken sparingly, and rather lower prices have been submitted to ; a small parcel of fine Antigua has been said at 34, 61 per cwt. COFFEE.—The trade have purchased rather more freely of British Plantation Coffee since our last report, and the rates previously estabdshed have been supported, the beer descriptions have been the most in request, on the whole there has not been much life in the market; at public sales 114 casks and 192 brls and bags hove been offered, all of which found buyers. Jamaica, which formed the bulk of the sales, went as follows good mid at 135 s a 135 s 6d, flue and fine fine ord 1 1 ls a 115 s. good ord 102 s a 105 s 61, low ord 98s 61, a small parcel of St. Lucia fetched 114 s a 115 s for low middling ; the supplies continue t come in slowly. In East India no variation has occurred in prices ; but the private purchases have been limited in C. ylon, and none has been offered at auction. Mocha has been taken sparingly by private treaty, and there has been no public sale. Brazil from the Cape is not offered at lower prices, but the demand continues dull, and 2,800 bags at auction were taken in, fair ord mixed at 535, and good ord up to 60s. Manilla bag been dull of sale, and 144 bags unclean at auction were taken in at 753 for good ord. For Foreign there has been a better demand for exporta tion, the lower sorts of Brazil have been the most in request and hase brought former rates, the private purchases have been 1,200 bags low ord to fine ord at 43s 6d a 475, su perior 54s per cwt. This afternoon there was offered at auction 960 bags Mysore, which sold rather cheap, good yellow at 88s a 91s, good ord mixed with blacks 75s a 82s, sea damaged 71s a 89s per cwt. Two floating cargoes St. Domingo have been sold to go to the Cape. Seim.—Black Pepper has been in good demand prin cipally for shipping, and has brought prices fully equal to those of last week; 639 bags fair light Sumatra and Pe nang sort at public sale fetched 3a.:1 a aid, by private con tract the purchases have amounted to nearly 3,500 bags ; Sumatra clean at 3.id, unsifted 3id a 31-d. Malabar light and half heavy aid a4d per lb. Cassia Lignea at public ssle sold 3a under previous rates. Lenteo.—The quarterly sales of Indigo have concluded ; the attendance of buyers throughout was small from the country and from the continent; the quantity advertised, in cluding 2,005 chests bought in and withdrawn at former sales, was 8,132 chests, consisting of the following descriptions, 4,500 chests of which were of the new crop :-7 chests Bengal of fine shipping quality, 1,040 middling to good ditto, 1,600 middling ship pers, 1,700 fine consumers and ordinary ship. pert, 1,000 middling to fine consumers, 400 ordinary and low ditto ; 255 Oude ; 667 Madras ; 267 Kurpah ; 453 Manilla, from which there was withdrawn previous to the commencement of the sales 232, and during their pro. gress 1,672 chests. The qualities of the Bengal com prised but a small proportion of fine and good, suitable for exportation to the North of Europe; a very large propor tion of good and middling broken and imperfect, suitable for home use ; and a fair quantity of ordinary. The Ma dras was chiefly middling and ordinary, all more or less mixed and imperfect, with very little really fine. T'ne Kurpah chic-fly good and middling and some very ordinary The Oude chiefly ordinary. The Manilla chiefly middling and ordinary, with a small proportion of good and fine. The sales opened by the proprietors supporting prices to within'a trifle of the April sales, at which biddings commenced, but without animation, the fine and good qualities realising that sale's prices of 3d per lb lower,and the middling ordinary and defective marks from 33 to 61 lower. On the second day several parcels were withdrawn, and the biddings became more animated, causing an advance on the good and Mid dling qualities suitable either for exportation or home use ; and this continued to the close, for all qualities Bengal above 6s 63 per lb, making the sale of prices as near as possible correspond with the April sales. TALLOW.—For consumption a good demand has pre vailed for P. Y. Candle, 48s 9d has been obtained for first quality. For delivery in the last three months a good many contracts have been entsred into at the advanced quotation of 48s per cwt. Rues, &ANDY, AND lIOLLANDS.—Fur Jamaica Rum there has been less demand, but there being only a small quantity rc maiaing in first hands, the late advanced rates have been supported. Leewards have been in good request at pre vious prices. Of the former 150 puns have been disposed of', 30 to 31 per cent. over proof at 6s a 6s Id 32 to 34 over 63 212 tis 3d 35 to 37 over 6s 4d a 6s 5d ; in the latter the purchases have amounted to 380 puns, under proofs at 3s 61, proofs as 7d, 2 to 5 over 3; 81 a 34 9.1, 6 to 12 over 3310 d a 43 Id, 13 to 17 over 43 24 a 43 sd. A Governs inent contract is declared for 80,000 gallons, to be tendered fee next Thursday. , 720 puns have been received since our last.' Brandy has sold slowly at for Mer rates. In Geneva not much doing. TEA.+The - publie sales which have occurred this week have been well attended by the trade; 31,104 packages have been brought forward, of these the quantity sold amounts to 17,300 packages, or 1,200,000ib5. Com paring the prices that have now ruled with the sale at the commencement of the month, there has been Id. advance per lb on the common and inferior blackish leaf qualities of Congou—the finer ones, of which the supply was top abundant, were not in much d eman d, and soldgenerally rather lower. Fine Souchongs are Id to 2d higher-- Twartkays Id—l-13sons, Young Hysons, Imperials a nd Gunpowders, especially the floe qualities of these descrip tions, are 4d per lb above former rates. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEE!" Wh,tt Barley. Per Quarter. a. to a. Blandford (6 74 Cambridge— Chard 67 72 Huntingdon.. 56 7U Long Sutton... 58 73 Louth 58 78 ' ynn 56 77 Newark 62 82 Nottingham —., 64 79 l'eterborough 59 82 Plymouth 58 Bfl Pontefract 77 ileaford 65 80 Uppingham 63 84 63 82 s. s. 34 36 24 26 34 38 4 , ) 34 38 26 32 22 31 24 31 28 31 35 42 30 34 - 43 36 38 24 30 CORN M, s. d. to 33 et 35 6 ( 80 or Id _ 1 }3411 s. to s. 5 24 3) IS 16 24 29 10 20 t 0 24 16 20 19 28 19 28 22 Z.) 20 23 S. to li 42 43 42 44 - 40 36 46 38 42 30 34 35 42 30 32 31 43 35 42 38 4S Sto P" 3t4 40 42 ••• 3 3; 3'2 27 43 22 28 ! 41 43 18 211 132 44 20 i3O 32 t KET —July 18. Per Quarter. s. d . s• arl ey '34 0 to 40 0 ats 25 0 34 ° l leans (per sack) IS 0 *' s lour (per bag) 53 0 55 read (per Kall.) J 4 ° m.. ••••• DEVIZES Per Sack. s d. First Wheat 16 6I Second 3:l 5 Third I', 01 Sacks of Wheat rob at the average of THE LATE FIRES.—IMMENSE DESTRUC" TIoN OF PROPERTY.—The devastation of property by, the late dreadful fires was ♦ery great. At the fire in Spital fields, 28 houses were burned and damaged. The loss is estimated at between 6,0001. and 7,0001. The fire on the premises of Mr. Maudeis, pawnbroker, in East Smithfield , was far more destructive. The damage exceeds in extent any other fire that has happened in the metropolis this year. The loss is not less than 10,0001., and the sufferers, as may be imagined, are numerous. Mr. Maudeis is insured i° the Phoenix Fire.office, to the amount of 9,0001. THE BEAUTY OF BRAZILIAN F ORE STS.--- Delight is a weak word to express the feelings of a natu ralist who, for the first time. has been wandering by him' self in a Brazilian forest. Among the multitude of strik ing objects, the general luxuriance of the vegetation bears away the victory. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants, the beauty of the flowers. the glossy green of the foliage, all tend to this end. most paradoxical mixture of sound and silence pervades the shady parts of the wood. The noise from the insects is so loud, that it may be heard even in a vessel anchored several hundred yards from the shore; yet within the re cesses of the forest a universal silence appears to reign.- - Darwin's Narrative. PRIZE CUPS.—New and Second-hand SIL VE IZ PRIZE CUPS are offered at very REDUCED PRICES, an d sele'tion may be made from a great variety, both of Sizes sou Pattarns, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, and Watch maker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch street).—Drawings of Cups will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. N.B. It is desirable Letters for Drawings should mention either the size or about the price of the Cup or Cups that may be required. PLATE SUITED FOR PRESENTATION A. B. SAVORY and SON S, Manufacturin g Silversmit hs , No. 14, Cornhill, London, ( o pposite the Bank of England), su b m i: for inspection in their show rooms, every variety of Silve r Plate adapted for this purzne. Embossed and plain Salver!, ay t o o f all th e p Silver Tea Trays , Si lver Centres, E p er g ne s , and Candelabra , Wine Coolers, Dinner Services, includi ng Corner Dishes,'Soup Tureens, &a. ; Bread and Cake B askets, Silver Sailing and Racing Cups ; Silv er Inkstands fro m 10 /. to 401. always ready parts s ov o e f tahretikcliensJorine .sent --...----__ for for stehleecatii,opnr. committeesr ovao r f awingsof any BBIRTHS._ On the 16th inst., at Kilburn-grove, Mrs. T. Southey, of son. _ _ the 18th inst., it Hampstead, the lady of Joseph Tatham , Esq., of a daughter. DIED. On the lith inst., at Grove-terrace, Peckham, Mrs. Charles Bankes, w idow of the late Charles Bankes, Esq., of the Perag"' Blackheath. and of Distaff-lane. On the 17th inst., Eliza Jane, secon.l daughter of William Cook, Esq., of Clapham-rise and St. Paul's-church-Po i ' aged I. On the 16th inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Thomas Mitchell Anderson, Esq.. late Paymaster of the 4th, or the King's Ow n Regiment, aged 45. On the 16th inst., at Connaught-h ouse . B r i g ht o n, M aria Bailey, eldest daughter of Henry Travers Owen, Esq., 1.1 " . East India . Company's Civil Service, Meerut, Bengal. lonflon: Printed and Published -by NI Y()t'N' No: IN, Strand at The Su ffi n.Oe; Strand. i° the'countY of illiddiesax.:3-SituidaY; July tO, 168.. Oats. rsea..s, 1 . £ e S. to r=t L_ EVENING EDIT lON'. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 20. 1839. EVEN INi4 14.DIVON.