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SAILING and STEAM VESSELS WANTED for PER FORMING the MAIL SERVICE between ABERDEEN or PETERHEAD, and LERWICK, in the SHETLAND ISLANDS. DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SER VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, Dec. Ili, 1839. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of 1 1 . 1 e UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE . AND do hereby give Notice, That on TUESDAY , the 31st instant at One o'clock, they will be ready to receive ender s , under Conditions, which may be seen at the above u lee er upon application to the Collector ef Customs at Aberde en or Lerwick, sr to Lieut. Pitt, R.N., at Leith, for the CONVEYANCE of MAILS between ABERDEEN or P ETERHEAD and LERWICK, in the Shetland Islands. All Tenders are to be made upon the printed f orm p rovided for the purpose, which may be had upon applic ation as above, and they a re t o be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, at Somerset-place, with the words " Tender for the Conve y - Pee ef Mails," and " Comptroller of Victualling" in the left nand corner of the envelope. N• Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day Treaty, nor will an be noticed, unless the Party , s r an Agent for him, attends. y Every Tender must be delivered at the above Oce, and if "7 an agent, be accompanied by the written authority of the Parties tendering ; and it must also express when the Vessels Will be ready for survey, and when they will be ready to corn nlenee the performance of the service required , and also state the address of the party tendering. EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC. 11, 1839. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the B .aid COMPANY, appointed to be held at their House , in eadenh al I-street, on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 1839, at Eleven c''clock in the forenoon, is MADE SPECIAL, for the pur- Poso of laying before the Proprietors documents relative to the late military operations in Affglia.nistan, and resolutions of thanks adopted, in consequence, by the Court of Directors. The abovementioned documents and resolutions are now open for the inspection of the Proprietors at this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEc. 11, 1839. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the SPECIAL QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY appointed to be held at their House in !.eadenhall-street, on WEnNEsnAY, the 18th December, 1839, 15 FURTHER MADE SPECIAL for the purpose of taking into consideration the Draft of a Petition to Parliament pray ing for relief in regard to such Customs Duties levied in Great Itritain and its Colenies, as press unequally upon the produc t'', and industry of India as compared with other parts of the dominions of the British Crown, and from restrictions opera ting prejudicially to the interests of the natives of India, which raft of a Petition has been prepared by the Court of Directors In pursuance of the Resolution of the Special General Court of th e 3d July last, and now lies open at this HOus• for the perusal of the Proprietors. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC, 11, 183 A. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a Proprietor of East India Stock has given notice of hisintenti:n to submit the following motion at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on 'Wednesday, the ISth instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon, viz. : " That adverting to the Despatches of the Court of Di rectors of the 20th of February, 1833, the 22d of February, 1 837, and the Bth of August, 11138, it does not appear that the professed object of the first mentioned Despatch (viz., the Withdrawal of the encouragement afforded by England to the Idolatrous Worship of India, and the relinquishment of the Revenue derived therefrom) has yet been accomplished, and, therefore, that it be recommended to the Court of Directors to take effectual measures for carrying out their original orders of the 20th of February, 1833." The said COURT of DIRECTORS ''o likewise give notice, That another Proprietor postponed until the said Quarterly General Court, to be held:on Wednesday, the 18th instant, the Motion of which he had previously given notice. " To take into consideration the case of " Captain Haviside, a claimant for the compensation awarded to Commanders in the Maritime Service of the East India Company." The said COURT of DIRECTORS dolikewise further give notice, That another Proprietor has intimated his intention to submit a motion at the said Quarterly General Court, to be held on Wednesday, the 18th instant, viz.:-- " For an inquiry regarding an entry in the Home Accounts of the East India Company, from the Ist of May, ISM, to the 30th o f April, 1839, under the head of Disbursements under orders of the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. NINTH CALL of 31. per Share (making 211. per Share.) Notice is hereby given that the DIRECTORS have this day made a CALL of 31. per Share, on each Share in the capital Stock of the said Company, payable on or before the 10th day of January next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers of the Company : London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of it's branches. Bank of Liverpool. Liverpool Borough 8a.41. Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester. National Provincial Bank, Bath. National Provincial Bank, Birmingham. National Provincial Bank, Boston. West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol. East of England Bank, Great Yarmouth. Cheltenham and Gloucester Bank, Cheltenham. Wilts and Dorset Bankin g Company, Salisbury. Western Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh. Western Bank of Scotland, Glasgow. Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin. Messrs. Harveys and Hudson's, Norwich. Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co., Ipswich. Messrs. Alexander and Co., Ipswich. Messrs. Mills, Bawtree, and Co., Colchester. Messrs. Sparrow and Co., Chelmsford. Messrs. Lemon and Co., Brentwood. By Order of the Board, A. BULKELEY, Secretary. dace, London-bridge, Dec. 10, 1839. Offices, 4, Adelaide-. lIETT'S PATENT BRANDY. — If a n y -- 4 7 , 1! proof were required of the still rising celebrity of this Spirt, a n d the expiring efforts of attempted competition, the Excise Returns would at once furnish the evidence ; whilst the Prediction, on its introduction in 1829, that " it would even tually supersede the use of French Brandy," is rapidly approach ing its accomplishment. By the Official Accounts referred to it, it will be seen that the consumption of French Brandy is gradually DECREASING ; and that the sales of the PATENT BRANDY, within the Present year, have INCREASKD at the rate of from 40,000 to 50,900 Gallons per Annum ; a quantity far exceeding the entire trade of those establishments formed with the express object, and in the vain hope, of rivalling this production. These simple facts are the best answers to the allurements of high-sounding titles and aristocratic bombast, thrown out by certain parties ; who must be, by this time, fully convinced, that su c h an ostentatious display is altogether worthless, as a substitute for quality. If any doubt exist on the minds of J. T. Betts and Co., that the Patent Brandy will entirely supersede the use of the Fo reign Spirit, it arises from the fact, that purchasers are not SUPFICINTLY CAREFUL to guard themsel v e s against being imposed upon, by the substitution of spurious articles for the genuine Patent Brandy. Were proper precautions taken on that head, complaints of quality would soon cease to be heard. The Patentees, as Distillers, cannot send out less than Two Gallons, which may be obtained, either pa l e or coloured, for Cash on delivery, at Eighteen Shillings per Itope , ial Gallon, of the highest legal strength, at the Distillery, No. 7, Smith field-bars, leading to St. John• street,--their only Establish ment. 96, CHEAPSIDE, AND 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, . _ • PICCADILLY. TESTIMONIAL LIST No. 2.—SPEC TACLE LENSES upon a new co n s t r uction s and INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTORS for DEAF PEIMONS. The Messr s . s. and B. SOLO MONS, Opticians aid Aurists to the Royal family, wish to call attention to the testimonies in favour of their n ewly invented SPECTACLE LENSES, from some of the most Q nlinent members of the medical profession : ' We, t h e u ndersigned, have been fur some time makin g use of Messrs So l omon s' newly invented Spectacle Lenses; the astonishing 'chef they afford to imperfect vision gives them the decided prefer :nee to ev e ry o ther kind of Lens — the clearness o f t he trans p arency r ings every object verysdistinct, and enables individuals to view the Most minute par ti c le with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and soften bright and brilliant lights : N . v Tayr Gordon, Esq., M.D. C. Heywood, Esq. M,D., Bennett-street, Bath. Henry - L awr ' en t , l% E. M. D. , Blau d ford . ox-street. Dr. Krauss, m„,f, (, M.D., Tenby Dr. Cox, Naples. William Jea reson, It. Noble Elwyn, E .sq., (l . Surgeon oculist, 21, South Audley-street. J. Russell, Esq., Surg ee ,; i ll o o , 36, Albemarle-street. Samuel Bonner, E sq., su . rge . Broad street, Golden.square. J. H. Walker, Esq., Surgo°nin26, Berkley-square. R. J. Steel, Esq., Surgeon, Charlotte -street, Bloomsbury. polmot:street, Brunswick-squa re. Wm. Jackson, Esq., Surgeon, Frederick L. Pulling, Esq., Surgeon,d Walworth. Wm. Barnhanl, e-row, Newington. Esq., Surgeon, p . „. s . a ; i ll PPer Thames-street. et, Birmingham. S. H. Amplilett, Esq., Surgeon, I l aradisel g Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Wrexham. D. Donnelly, Esq., Surgeon, Falmouth. Q. Barton, E,;(1., Surgeon, Rosen,&c. Lincoln/hire. &c. &c. Public, the thousands of Deaf the lß In placing the above List of Testimonials before shilling Messrs, Solom on s, Opticians and Aurists, state that • OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUC I'OR, lw which th e" Persons have been greatly benefited, is not larger than a s e piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the ear is soft anycleen not more uncomfortable nor perceptible than having a isiece as i f , and l in its place. By its use the fainte st whis p er at a public assembly beard with distinctness. These important new inventions are patronised by their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess lesterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Ro sa, and their Graces the Dukes of Devonshire and Manchester, &c. Ece. 96, cheapside. and 39, Albemarle-street, In cnsequence of the gross imosition in the Country it Is neces "ay to o state that no Travellers are employed by the above Estab lishment. FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA. Within a period of Two ➢lonths upwards of Three Hundred Patients were successfully treated at the Metropolitan Hospitals with FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION of COPAIBA. By Joseph Henry Green, Esq., F.R.S., one of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and .Professor of Surgery in the King's College, London. " I have mane trial of Mr. Frank's Solution of Copaiba, at St. Thomas's Hospital, in a variety of cases of discharges in the male and female, and the results warrant my stating, that it is an etlica. cious remedy, and one which does not produce the usual unpleasant eilects of Copaiba. (Signed) "JOSEPH HENRY GREEN. 46, Linco April 15, 1635. RY Branaby Cooper, Esq., F.R.S., Surgeon to Guy's H o sp i t al, and Lecturer on Anatomy, &c. &c., and others most eminent in the Medical Profession.' " Mr. Bransby Cooperpresentr his compliments to Mr. Gco. Franks and has great pleasure in bearing testimony of the efficacy of his So. lution of Copaiba in Gonorrhoea, for which disease Mr. Cooper ha prescribed the Solution in ten or twelve cases with perfect success. licw.street,Spring-gardens, Apri113,1835." This Invaluable Medicine is confidently recommended in all case of Gonorrhcea, elects, Urethral Discharges, Spasmodic Strictures, Irritation of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra, and Prostate Gland ; its purifying effects upon the gentral health render it particularly ap plicable us all cases of relaxed fibre and nervous debility. Prepared only by George Franks, Surgeon, 90, Blackfriars.road, London, and may be had ofall Medicine-venders in the United King dorn, in Bottles at 2s. 9d., 4s. N., and 1 Is. eacn. CAIITIONT.—UnIess" George Franks, Bla-kfriars road," is engrav on the Government Stamp it cannot be genuine. Mr. Franks may be consulted until Two o'clock daily. Just published, price 9s. 6d. , THE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIREC TORY FOR 1340, - Containing a General Alphabetical Directory ; Law Direc tory ; Trades' Directory, being an accurate Classification of all Trades and Professions ; Conveyance Directory ; Banking Directory ; Parliamentary Directory, &c. &c. These various divisions have been compiled from information collected to a period infinitely mere recast than has been at tempted in any similar publication, and mach therefore is now furnished that cannot appear in any other Annual Work until isal. Among the various matters exclusively in this Direc tory will be found an accurate detail •f the operation of the recent orders for the Reduction of Postage upon Correspondence to every part of the world. The work must form an almost indispensable appendage to the Banker's desk, the Merchant's counting-house, the So licitor's office, and the , Trader's 911 and a t once b e o f ut ili ty to the public generally. —Times , Nov. 26, 1839. 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MUR RAY.—We observe that the Manchester Chronicle af sects to deny that there has been any recent canvass on the part of the Tories in this Borough, at least any canvass authorised by Sir George Murray's committee ; and suggests, that our statement was a trick to conceal an active canvass for a Liberal Member. In answer to these allegations, we have only to say, that we know that votes have been solicited for Sir George Murray by several different parties, and in different quarters of the borough. In the majority of the cases, our infor mants did not know the canvassers personally ; but in one case the party asking for votes in the township of Cheetham was known ; and as the truth of our state ment has been questioned, we feel at liberty to state, that it was Mr. Thistlethwaite, a cashier in the bank of Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., and a gentleman not at all likely to be engaged in any unauthorised canvass. Manchester Guardian. FATAL ACCIDENT.--Last evening an inquest was taken before Mr. Higgs, in the boardroom of St. George's Hospital, on the body of Edward Green, aged 13. It appeared from the evidence that the de ceased, with ether boys was at play on some barges, and in jumping off struck his head against the " sheets" of one of the barges. He was taken to the hospital, but was not admitted in consequence of the wound being of a very trivial nature. He was brought there, however, several times after for the surgeon to see him. The wound healed, and the deceased ap peared quite well. On Friday he was admitted into the hospital, having been seized with a shivering fit the previous night, and complained of a pain in his head. On the following day he fell into a stupor, in which he continued till his death, which took place at three o'clock on Wednesday. On examining the head the left hemisphere of the brain was covered with matter. Ver dict, accidental death. 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BULL'S NEW GRATIS LIST, &c. now ready, can now be sent by post, only fourpence, to every part of the King- dom. - - BULL'S NEW SYSTEM of supplying Families, Reading Societies, and Book Clubs, with all \Voris, Magazines, and Reviews, regularly for perusal, thoughout England, Scotland, and Ireland, in any quantity, upon the most advantageous terms. Full particulars, with List, including all the valuable new Publications, can be had gratis, and by post (now only 4d.) •n application to Mr. Bull, Librarian, 19, Holles-street, Caven dish-square, London. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ' WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 9, PM. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Thomas Phillips, Esq., late Mayor of New port, in the county of Monmouth. WAR-OFFICE, DE C . 13. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain IL W. Charlton to be Major, by purchase, vice Nugent, who retires, Dec. 13. Lieut. Sir H. C. Paulet, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charlton, Dee. 13. _ _ . Cornet R. \V. Dallas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paulet, Dec. 13. J. Ley, Gent. , to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dallas, Dee. 13. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major M. White to be Lieutenant• Colonel, by purchase, vice Cureton, whose promo tion has been cancelled, Dec. 13. Captain G. A. Malcolm to be Major, by purchase, vice White, D:c. 13. Lieutenant R. A. Smith to be Captain, by purchase, vice Malcolm, Dec. 13, Cornet H. H. Bradshaw to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith, Dec. 13. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons--Cornet A. R. Miller to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson, who retires, Dec. 13. J. W. M. G. Hughes, Gent. to be Cornet by purchase, vice Miller, Dec. 13. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—M a jor C. R. Cureton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Arnold, de ceased, Aug. 21. Captain A. C. Lowe to be Major, vice Cureton, Aug. 21 . Lieut. W. V. Jillard to be Captain, vice Lowe, Aug. 21. Cornet J. P. Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Jillard, Aug. 21. sth Regiment of Foot—Lieut. H. F. F. Johnson to be Ad jutant, vice Pyner, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Dec. 13. 36th Foot—Ensign Wm. Wakefield, from 50th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Wm. Hall, who retires upon half pay, December 13. 45th Foot—Ensign E. Walters, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Quartermaster, vice T. Shoolbraid; who re• tires upon half-pay, Dec. 13. 52d Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel C. Wood, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice. E. Gibson, who exchanges, Dec. 13. Captain IL S. Davis to be Major, by purchase, vice Wood, who retires, Dec. 13. Lieutenant the Hon. W. Arbuthnott to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Davis, Dec. 13. Ensign L. W. Peacock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arbuthnott, Dec. 13. J. V. Wood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pea cocke, Dee. 13. 65th Foot—Ensign R. Haldane to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Neill, appointed Staff-Adjutant at Edin burgh, Dec. 13. 8')(1 Foot—Lieut. R. J. 0. Vandeleur, from half-pay of the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bridgeman, appointed to the 45th Foot, Dec. 13. Ensign 0. West to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Van• deleur, who retires, Dec. 13. J. Pratt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice West, Dec. 13. 93(1 Foot—Sergeant-Major G. Macdonald to be Quarter master, vice W. Macintosh, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 13. Blackburn, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Svrarsbrick and W. Counsel])—J. Bell and J. Berenburg, cigar ma nufacturers, New Norfolk-street, Commercial-road—J. Newby and E. Sawyer, milliners, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury— S. J. Hughes and J. Hughes, grocers, Worcester—J. Macfar lane and A. Fielding, commission agents, Manchester—J. Rad cliffe, A. Howard, J. Nield, sen., J. Nield, J. Nield, jun., and J. Holt, cotton-spinners, Charlesworth, Derbyshire (so far as regards J. Radcliffe and A. Howard)—J. B. (so and E. A. Ha.v, coffee-house keepers, Bucklersbury— R. Lang and J. Greenwell, wheelwrights, Battle-bridge-mews, Battle-bridge—E. and J. Toppin, upholsterers, Brighton— .). Savage and J. Russell, pawnbrokers, Whitechapel-road— H. Broadwood, R. C. Mundell, and F. Mills, brewers, Broad street, Golden-square (so far as regards F. Mills)—J. Horner and R. Drake, corn merchants, Wakefield, Yorkshire— M. and E. P. Mather, chemists, Great Bolton, Lancashire— W. Watkins and J. Richardson, commission agents, Man chester. BOOK-KEEPING. Just published, Fifth Thousand, with important Additions, P• 6d. price Is bound in leather, for Schools, WALL ACE'S COMMERCIAL BOOK KEEPING. A Practical Treatise on Merchants' Accounts by Single and Double Entry, according to the most approved methods. " This is en excellent manual for the merchant and trader, simple and practical. We also strongly recommend it to those gentlemen who are in any way conne..ted with business offairs, be it ever so remotely."—Edinburgh Evening Post. W. R. APPhun, Glasgow; N. 11. Cotes, 139, Cheapside, London. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN DUFF, feuar, Scotston, New London-road, Glas gow, Dec. 18 and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. ARTHUR and CO., merchants, Glasgow, Dec. 18 and Jan. 8, at two, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. PETER STIRLING, horse-dealer, Edinburgh, Dec. 20 and Jan. 13, at one, in the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange. THOMAS 11PLEAN TAYLOR, brewer, Clockserie, Bridgend, Perth, Dec. 20 and Jan. 17, at ene, at the chambers of Messrs. Gray and Jameson. STOCKDALE v. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The extraordinary silence of the Liberal Press of London respecting the course which the House of Commons ought to take in the vindication of its privileges, insultingly trampled upon by the Judges of the land in the case of Stockdale against the printer of that Assembly, induces me to trouble you with a few remarks on the subject, which I trust you will be good enough to publish in your excellent Journal before the meeting of Parliament. As the question is one of considerable magnitude, and as there are circumstances connected with it of a very peculiar nature, it will not be possible for me to condense within the limits of one letter all that I deem necessary to say respecting it. For this, the subject itself is my only apology. I shall, however, be as brief as possible. Allow me first to put the question to be decided in what I conceive to be its simplest form. The House of Commons, in the exercise of its legal and constitutional functions, and as a necessary prelude to a deliberate course of legislation, claims the right of appointing Committees of Inquiry, and of sub mitting the evidence taken before them to Parlia ment and the country. In the appointment of such Committees it is invariably guided by the petitions of the people whose representative it purports to be. The removal of an evil—the remedying of an abuse —or the concession of a right—is prayed for ; and the House appoints a Committee to inquire whether the indicated grounds for legislative interference exist, and to what extent. It must be clear to every person that this inquiry can only be conducted by the citation of individual caszs. An evil affecting no individual in particular, or an abuse perpetrated by no person, would most certainly fail to convince any rational deliberative Assembly of the necessity of legislating for the reform of the one, or the re moval of the other. Having recourse to asterisks or blanks for the names, would be preposterous and unjust—preposterous because they would lead to no real concealment, and unjust because they would give slanderers a handle for affixing evil imputations upon innocent persons. To attempt, therefore, to fetter the House of Commons by re stricting the powers of inquiry claimed by its Com mittees would be to strike - at the root of all wise and just legislation. But in the case of Stockdale versus Hansard, the Judges decided that it was not the reporting to the House of Commons, but the publishing of the matter so reported, that exposed the servants of that Assembly to actions for libel. Now if the House of Commons made laws for its Members only, this reasoning would be quite conclusive. But as it claims to bind the country by its enact ments, the case is widely different. The House is morally as much bound to make the country ac• quainted, as far as it can, with the grounds upon which it presumes to enact laws, as is a Committee of the House to report the result of its inquiries to the whole of that body. Here the grand and sole -rule ought to be the public good—the fostering: of respect for, and obedience to the laws; not the possible inconvenience to the class of moral offenders whose mal-practices rendered the passing of such laws imperative upon the Representatives of the people. That the House of Commons could be actuated by the malicious feelings of a private or individual libeller is what no man in his senses ever did, or ever could sup pose for an instant. The House of Commons can undoubtedly secure to itself the exercise of its privileges by Act of Parliament, and after the shameful way in which it has been compromised by the Attorney- General and the other Law Officers of the Crown, I would not object to its adoption of such a course, though decidedly a humiliating one. As the Attorney-General's share in this business is not over-creditable to that Learned Gentleman, either as a lawyer or a patriot, I propose, with your per mission, to confine my next letter to giving it .hat notoriety which I think it deserves. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. Brooke's Club, St. James'•street, Dec. 12. BIRSTAL CHURCH-RATE.-A meeting co vened by the Churchwardens of Birstal was held to lay a Church-rate, the Vicar in the Chair. The notice being read, Mr. G. Anderton inquired how many Churchwardens there were in the parish ? The Church warden said there five. Then do you consider that a legal notice signed only by one ? I hold at present a legal opinion, which says that the notice must be signed by all the Churchwardens. The Churchwarden was nonplussed. Do you ask a rate ? No answer. Mr. Anderton moved, " That thc; meeting do adjourn to that day twelvemonths." Tho Vicar said, " I am sorry I cannot put any motion for adjournment to the meeting. lam expressly forbid doing so by the Arch deacon." " Will vou vacate the Chair ?" " 1 will with pleasure." Mr. George Anderton was then called to the Chair ; and he explained the situation in which they were placed, and called upon any rate-payer to make a motion. A motion was made, seconded, and carried, that the meeting adjourn to that day twelve months.— IVoree:terShire Chronicle. THE HIGH SHERIFF FOR W/LTSIIIRE.—A Correspondent of the Wilshire Gazette suggests that Mr. Phipps who is a Liberal, ought to receive the same mark of distinction as that which was recently conferred by her Majesty on the Mayor of Newport. " During the unhappy disturbance of 1830-1831, when the state of the country was such that no family could retire to rest in safety, the entire command of the Ycomany Troops in North Wilts devolved IT" Mr. Phipps, as senior Captain ; and it is a well known fact that his zeal, decision, and prudence, were mainly instrumental in putting an end to these disorders. Others, who, during the time of danger, were not even the spot, received some mark of distinction, but the paramount services of Mr. Phipps were overlooked by the Government, to the surprise of his brother magistrates, and, indeed, of the county in general. During the Chartist riots in Devizes on last Easter Monday, Mr. Phipps, as High Sheriff, gave his personal attendance ; and, at a time when appearances were most alarming, and when a less firm and judicious man would have called in the military, who were in readiness, he wisely avoided a measure which would probably have led to a calamitous conflict and the effusion of blood. Nor is it to be for gotten that the High Sheriff was subsequently in attendance, and on duty during the whole of the night previous to the projected meeting of the united forces of the Chartists on Trowle Common ; and, by his judi cious arrangement of the troops and special constables, was so well prepared for any attack, that the Chartists were deterred from assembling in a body." DUNDEE.-In trade we have few alterations to note. Flax and yarns move off at our quotations ; but the manufacturers complain there is not a want of de mand for their goods ; yet, as it is ev]dent the money market is getting easier in London, as also i n A mer i c a, we trust we shall ere long sec a decided improvement in things here. A person who is possessed of first-rate information in London, gives it as his opinion money will be p l en ty there in January, at and under 5 per cent. — Glasgow Chronicle. MADEMOISELLE RACHEL. The Mayor of the 12th Arrondissement of Paris lately waited on Mademoiselle Rachel, and requested that she would perform at the Odeon, for the benefit of the poor. The moment she understood the object of the application she exclaimed, " Play for the poor ! On, most willingly, Sir. I was not long ago one of the number. Command my services ; I will play for them as long as you please." —.Paris Paper. BREVET. The under-mentioned commissions are to be dated 23d July 1839 : Col. R. 11. Sale, of the 13th Foot, to have the local rank o Major-General in Affghanistan. To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Major C. R. Cure. ton, of the 16th Dragoons. Major J. Penny Buick, of the 17th Foot. Major E. T. Tronson, of the 13th Foot. Major F. D. Daly, of the 4th Light Dragoons. Major R. Carruthers, of the 2d Foot. Major G. J. M'Dowell, of the 16th Light Dragoons. To be Majors in the Army. Captain J. Kershaw, of the 13th Foot. Captain T. S. Powell, of the 40th Foot. To be Lieutenant-Colonels, in the East Indies only. Major J. Keith, of the Bombay Native Infantry (Deputy Adjutant-General.) Major J. Maclaren, of the Bengal Native Infantry. Major P. L. Pew, of the Bengal Artillery. Major J. D. Parsons, of the Bengal Native Infantry (De puty Commissary-General). Major G. Warren, of the Bengal European Regiment. Major C. M. Wade, of the Bengal Native Infantry. Major H. F. Salter, of the Bengal Cavalry. Major David Cunynghame, of the Bombay Cavalry. To lioe Majors, in the East Indies only—Captain Neil Camp bell, of the Bombay Native Infantry (Deputy Quartermaster- General). Captain George Thomson, of the Bengal Engineers. Captain William Garden, of the Bengal Native Infantry (Deputy Quartermaster-General). Captain John Hay, of the Bengal Native Infantry. Captain J. Lloyd, of the Bombay Artillery. Captain P. Craigie, of the Bengal Native Infantry (Deputy Adjutant. General). Captain A. C. Peat, of the. Bombay Engineers. Captain W. Alexander, of the Bengal Cavalry. To have the local rank of Major in Affghanistan—Lieutenant E. Pottinger, of the Bombay Artillery. MEMORANDITIK.—The under-mentioned appointments, as stated in the Gazette of the "11th of October 1839, are cancelled, viz . : - • 31 Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major C. R. Cureton, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain A. C. Lowe to be Major, by purchase. Lieut. W. Wilmer to be Captain, by purchase. - Cornet J. Petty Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase. WHITEHALL, DEC. 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Howard Baker, of Birmingham, in the county of W arw i c k, Gent., to be a Mas ter Extraordinary in the High Ceurt of Chancery. WHITEHALL, D E c. 10. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Jeffes, of Harleston, in thecounty of Norfolk, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. ---- ?kly Liabilities and Assets of the 7th September, 1839, to thelOth tsive, published pursuant to the Quarterly Average of the W Bank of England, from the 1 December, 1839, both inclu Act 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98. LIABILITIES. ASSETS Circulation 1:16,732,000 Securities £22,764,000 Deposits 5,952,000 Bullion ............ 2,857,000 22,684,000 Downing-street, Dec. 12, 1 25,651,000 DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN WILSON GREEN, ship—builder, Dartmouth, De vonshire. WILLIAM BANKS SILK, bttlder, Jewin-street, Crip. plegate. BANKRUPTS. JOHN WILLIAM LLEWELLYN, ironfounder, Cow cross, West Smithfield, to surrender Jan. 6, at ten, and 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clark, New Broad street-court, official assignee ; Williams, Alfred-place, Bed- ford square. RAYDIN GEORGE GOWAN, coachmaker, Church- row, Aldgate, Jan. 3, at half-past eleven, and 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Fry and Loxley, Cheapside.. GEORGE COLLETT YELD, Ii .on merchant, Market street, Edgeware-road, Dec. 20, and J an. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Alder= anbury, official assignee; Freeman and Botbamley, Coleman-street. WILLIAM BULLOCK, ironme nger, Newcastle-under- Lyme, Staffordshire, Dec. 26, and Ja rt. 24, at one, at the Roe buck Hotel, Neweastle.under.Lyme . Harding, Newcastle under-Lyme ; Wilson, Symond's Ira l, London. EDWARD HUGHES, linen-dra •r, Llandderfel, Merioneth shire, Jan. 8 and 24, at eleven, at ti le White Lion Inn, Bala, Merionethshire. Roberts, Chest , ; Chester, Staple Inn, London. JAMES GREY COURT and JOHN GREY COURT, cattle dealers, Glastonbury, Somers( tshire, Jan. 2, and 24, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Wells, ,So Dmersetshire. Frampton, South-square, Gray's-inn, London;: Miller, Frome Selwood, Somerset shire. EDWARD CARVEN, banker, Nantwich, Cheshire, Dec. 27, and Jan. 24, at one, at the Crown Inn, Northwich, Cheshire. Johnson, Son, and We atherall, Temple, London; Broadhurst, Nantwich. WILLIAM HART, banker, Mr alehester, Jan. 14, and 24, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Pres ton, Lancashire. Sharp, Staple Inn, London ; Easterby, Pry !son; Rowley and Taylor, Manchester. THOMAS WILKS, tailor, Web !all, Staffordshire, Dec. 23, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at ie Sven an Inn, Wolverhampton, 1 Staffordshire. Smith, Chancery-lats e, London ; Hill, Bir mingham. WILLIAM TRIANCE, banker, South Lynn All Sai n t s , King's Lynn, Norfolk, Dec. 19, and an. 24, at eleven, at the Globe Inn, King's Lynn. Pitcher, K ing's Lynn; Clowes and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Londora JOHN JONES, lime-stone dealer„ Liverpool, Dec. 23 and Jan. 24, at one, at the Clarendon Re 0 ms. Liverpool. Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Littledale and Bardswell, Liverpool; Grocott, Liverpool. DANIEL HODGSON and J( )NATHAN WRIGHT, cotton-spinners, Glossop, Derbyshire r, Dec. 2S and Jan. 24, at two, at the Commissioners' Roomt ;,, Manchester. Wilson, South-square, Gray's-inn - lane , Lond a n; Wilson, Manchester. WILLIAM and JOSEPH WILK.: ENS, timber-merchants, e house Iffley, Oxfordshire, Dec. 20aiiJan. er,24 , patutde,n,enat Yorkshire, Dec. T. Lucas, under the Tovsn - h all, OA ford. Hester Oxford; Baxter, Lincoln's-inn-fields , London. , JOHN ELS WORTH, cloth-wart; Dec. 20 and Jan. 24, at the Court-.1-is use, Leeds. Butterfield, Gray's-inn-square, London ; Cleckheaton, Leeds. DIVIDEND .18. At the Court of Bankruptcy, . Ba s i ng h a ll -street. ad J. eiann;ell, Dec. 19, at one— G S o . od D in o a w n n 's e - s fi: ll , ' J: a l l: i 2 v 3 i 9 n : at twelve—l:. Long, ,si: , t m: n r e c_ha F n . ts ma G n r s e ei a: , pr H es . co L tt i .. v s in tr g e , et J: 6, at twelve— G. Richardson, coach-builder, Sr tith's-buildings, City-road, Jan. 6, at eleven—J. Kingsley, st , eep-jobber, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, Jan. 6,;at two—R. Ph, victualler,e.N one -IV. Taver, Dove, Tunbridge-wets, s e p , t , a dK Clerk e d n in t , g . t 0n , Jan. ill tips, victualler, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, Jan. 6, at o ne. In the Count/ y. J. and T. Binney, merchants, - .515e , 1 field, J an. 16, at one, at the Tow n -hall, Sheffi e ld —R. T.Arn 'er , butch er , 011 erton, Not tinghamshire, Jan. 7, at one, at the V hite Hart I nn , E as t Ret ford—.J. Bent, cotton-spinner, nalifa x, Yorkshire, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Northgate Hotel,Halifax. C. J. Adams, auctioneer, cabinet-m ß a T ke i ICTh Oxford, Jan. 6, at twelve , at the 13 , a !den C ross I nn, O x f or d — W. Bull, cabineGeorge Hotel, Lichfield. Jan. 7, at two, at the G. Pen ne ll, picture-dealer , St. James's-pl ace , W es t m i ns ter —J. Sheppard, manu f ac turer of pl ated wares, Edgbaston, War wickshire—W. P. and W' Willia sus, drapers, Bexley, Kent— F L A i e fl E e E l 1 :„....„4 7.1. 3. J. Haxworth, surgeon, Sheffield. PARTNERSHIPS '"DISSOLVED. P. Brendon and J. T. Law , to co, surgeons, Launceston-- J. Ball, W. Richards, and S. BP.II, oil merchants, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square—F. T. Hill am 1 W. Hill, millers, Bidford, Warwickshire—E. Cooke and J. Clarke, music-sellers. Leeds —T. Hignett and R. S. Parry. linen thread manufacturers, Liverpool—F. Russell and T. G. 'I 'ournav, farmers, Burwash, Sussex—H. Balls. S. Balls, ais A. Horn, milliners,_Uprer Montag u - stree t, Montagu-squar e ( so fa r as regar d s A . Horn)—. J. Baker rind G. Ince, plumbe rs, Brunswick-street, Blackwall —J. F. and F. H. Frees, Liv sr-r-,s,c I—J. Keny on , W. Pickup, J. Sivarsbrick, W. Counsell, r ~ I.7i.sk J. Hargreaves, 'f. Leach, us, :Ind J. Fr a nkland, grocers , J. Ha rgreaves , M. Chatm: PRICE sd. CALEDONIAN GOLD CUP. (From the Glasgow Chronicl2.) On account of the untoward frost the meeting at Eaglesham was postponed from Monday till to-day, acct has beets further postponed till Friday first. Whatever annoyance is experienced in the meantime by those from a distance, one thing consolatory, how ever, is, that the calm, dry, snowless, freezing wea ther is sure to put the hares in superior condition, so as to make it almost certain that the long-legged, red-necked hares of Eaglesham will on this occasion spin out the extreme speed of the dogs, and, while affording unexampled sport, give the best dog an ex tra chance to win. We mentioned on Monday that of the 84 dogs entered, 22 are English, to each of ' which an asterisk is put in the card. Those, entered by Messrs. Elliot, Bainbridge, and Armstrong are the picked dogs of the Northumberland and Lowther Meetings, in the returns of which in the late Nos. of Belts Life will be found most of their recent per formances. Mr. Turner's dogs are well known in the Fleetwood Club in Lancashire. Mr. William son's solitary dog, of the Union Club in Lancashire, is best known. Lord Ossulton's, of the Victoria Club, Middlesex, made a creditable appearance at the Cale donian meeting last spring. But though last, not least, is Mr. Fowler's lot from the Louth Club in Lin colnshire. His " Tippoo" won the Barton-upon-Hum ber Cup last spring, and ran two undecided courses with Bugle for the Waterloo ; and his " Bashful" won the Greath Louth St. Leger of 170 sovs last season, and was thrown out in a bad trial, rather than truly beat, for the last St. Leger. Such make, shape, and size, and style of performance, are rarely united in one animal, as in Bashful, and will warrant both the offer and refusal of 100 sovs for her 10 days ago at Louth. She and'Sir W. A. Maxwell's Mountain Dew may be backed even against 5 for the cup—and at small odds against the field may be backed Mountain -Dew—Bashful—Chance—Prince Albert (late Snow ball,)--Driver—Twist—Kent —Waterloo Trimmer —and Match. But we will not play the part of pro phet more specifically at present, but content ourselves with this general prediction, that if the country open with a moderate thaw, the result of this great meeting will prove that the race sometimes is to the Swift. AN ATTORNEY CONVICTED OF FELONY.- At the Salford Sessions on Thursday last, Charles Harwar, attorney, of Ashton, was tried on an in dictment charging him with feloniously receiving goods, the property of Mrs. Anne Broadbent, of Ashton, knowinc , them to be stolen. The case arose out of an unlawful seizure of furniture at Ashton, by two bailiffs, named Joseph Buckley and John Holt, who were pro secuted at the New Bailey Sessions in May last, and found guilty. It was then found that the seizure was made at the instance of the prisoner, Charles Harwar, and indictments having been preferred against him at a subsequent Sessions, charging him first with inciting the bailiffs to the act, and secondly with receiving the goods, knowing them to have been feloniously stolen. The prisoner was tried on the indictment for receiving, and the Jury found him guilty. The sentence of the Court was, that he be committed to her Majesty's Castle of Lancaster, there to be kept to hard labour, for three calandar months. At a meeting of the Directors of the Reform Association held yesterday, we understand it was re- solved to oppose the New River and Harbour Bill pro posed to be brought into Parliament next Session, by every means in their power. We believe the proposed constitution of the Trust to be the principal objection to the Bal.—Glasgow Chronicle. AMPUTATION OF WOMAN'S BREAST.—Four months ago, a poor woman named Mary White, re siding in Spitalfields, had a bad breast, brought on by a milk fever, and which was then in such a dreadful state that it was deemed necessary to amputate it, which operation she would not undergo. She is now, however, perfectly cured by the means of Holloway's Ointment, and his External Disease pill. Mothers of families are perhaps not aware that there are such re- mcdies in the world as those for the cure of bad breasts and sore nipples, and that they are to be obiairled . ; any respectable Chemist's throughout the Kingdom. The Proprietor's Establishment is at 13, Broad-street buildings, where advice may be had gratis. FALKIRK.—DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—On Sabbath last, about mid-day, the following awful acci dent happened at the Carron Works, near this place. The person whose duty it is to oil the engine at the furnace No. 6, had just done so, and entered into the apartment in front of that part of the furnace from which the melted metal is let off. There were also two boys, his sons, two brothers of the name of Campbell, and a lad named Brown. From the particulars we have been able to collect, it seems that this blast had not for some time been acting properly, and it was found that green coal thrown in among the other materials was an improvement. It is alleged that the superior mass had formed %%hat is called a bridge—the middle of the furnace becoming for a considerable space hollow. As fuel, iron stone, &c. became heaped on the top, the great weight forced the whole to fall in, and with a tremendous roar, the molten metal was vomited forth from the bottom, in- stantaneously deluging the unhappy sufferers around, like a gush of lava. One of the boys, with the father, named Walker, were burnt to death on the spot, and the other four extricated with great difficulty. On the alarm being given, Mr. Dawson, the manager, was at once on the spot, and took the most prompt measures. The gates were opened, and the bell rung. Its unusual note of alarm speedily collected several of the workmen, who exerted themselves in every way. The fire-engine was brought to play on the buildings attached, which, from the intense heat, had at once caught fire, and the flames were got under. Brown and one of the Campbells ex pired on Monday, and the other two are in a condition that might well render death a release. This sorrowful event has cast a general gloom over the neighbourhood. It is singular that the man Walker, some time ago, while greasing the machinery of the engine, - had his hand en tangled, and remained pinioned to the spot from seven o'clock in the morning until five in the afternoon, when his absence brought some of his family to seek him.— Scotsman. MR. O'CONNELL UPON TEMPERANCF.— Before sitting down to the Bandon dinner, at which Mr. O'Connell was entertained on Thursday, by the Liberals of the West-riding of the county of Cork, the strong-hold of Orangeism, the Learned Gentleman ad dressed his countrymen, and, among other topics, ad verted to the progress which it is said temperance is making in Ireland. " There is," said he, " a second struggle-e-a glorious moral struggle—going on in the country. I hope many of you have been to Father Matthew—(Great cheering.) As many of the vast as semblage which I have now the honour to address as are for temperance will lift up their hands (about half the multitude responded.) Oh, the great moral gigantic struggle--that which will convert the people from mak ing slaves and beasts of themselves into habits of high moral thinking and acting, is in successful progress throughout Ireland.—(Cheers.) The Temperance So cieties arc big with importance to the future welfare and independence of the country. In a moral and social point of view they are destined to produce vast amelice ration amongs the people. Morality, comfort, cleanli ness. and contentment, will take place of recklessness, squalidness, filth, and bickerings.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Let me have three cheers for the Temper ance Societies.—(Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering.) The blessings of God are poured upon the cause, and the moral glories of your country will be yet realized by the Tempearnee Societies of Ireland.—(Cheers.) I own I see great events in store for Ireland, from the exten sion and spread of temperance ; nor is there a national or political right —one based upon the principle of equa lity—that will not be conceded—and that not a little by reason of the Temperance Societies." STATE OF THE COUNTRY.---111 nearly all the manufacturing districts the distress and suffering of the working classes have almost reached the summit of en durance, and there is no wonder that they are becoming desperate. Thousands and tens of thousands of willing, able hands, are denied the privilege which even the most savage natkons enjoy undisturbed—the privilege of earning their bread by the sweat of their brow. Were all the inhabitants of Britain subjected to the same privations, they might be endured in the hope that better days would come—but when the starving labourer sees from his damp, fireless hovel, the pomp, splendour, and luxury by which the aristocracy are surrounded, and when lie traces his own misery to the selfish legislation which has made each what he is, need we wonder " curses not loud but deep" should be vented against a body of seen who could so far forget their duty as to entail wretchedness and famine on countless thousands for the sake of mi nisterizes to their own pride and folly, and who would ruin their country by destroying her manufactures, merely that they might live in splendid mansions, keep a band of liveried puppies, and give dinners, which Mr. Gaily Knight told his tenants was the great object of the C o rrelaws.—Slte.lliehi Iris. To PREVENT DANGER FROM LEAVING A PorEB. ye THE FlRE.—lmmediately above that square part of the poker, called by blacksmiths the bit, let a small cross of iron be welded about an inch and a half each way. The good consequences of this simple con trivance will be—first, if the poker, by the fire giving way, should slip out, it will probably catch on the edge of the fender ; second, if it should not, it cannot injure the hearth or carpet, as the hot part of the poker will be borne up some space ; and third, the poker c annot be run into the fire further than the bit, which, in regard to a polished p o k er, i s a l so o f some consequence His LORDSHIP said he would give judgment in the case on Monday. The Court did not rise till nearly five o'clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dxc. 13. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR, after disposing' of the short causes and unopposed petitions in his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part heard motion of Illingworth v. the Manchester and Leeds Railway, the facts of which we stated yesterday, The arguments had not concluded when the Court rose. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DEC. 13. :Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) HODSELL V. STALLERRASS AND ANOTHER. The plaintiff in this action is a watchmaker residing in John's-row, City-road, and the defendants are timber merchants in the same neicthbourbood. The action was brought to recover compensation in damages for the loss sustained by him in consequence of having been deprived of the services of his apprentice, under the following cir cumstances. On the 11th March last the defendants sent out a boy with a truck, to which was harnessed a dog. On reaching Wellington street, near Gosweil street, the wheel of the truck got into a hole, and the boy who had charge of it, requested the assistance of the apprentice, who was passing. Th e l a tt er p u t his hand to the wheel, on which the deg seized it, and lacerated one of his fingers in so serious a manner, that he had since been unable to follow his business, and another of h:s fingers had been so injured as to shorten the joint. The defendants had paid 101. into Court Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Barstow were for the plaintiff. Mr. Erle and Mr. Butt for the defendants. His I.oa;sxrPleitii for the jury to say whether they thought 101. a sufficient compensation for the loss of the lad's services from the time he was bitten to the time he ceased to be a patient at the hospital, a period of nine weeks ; and whether any compensation, and how much, should be given for the partial loss which the plaintiff must suffer up to the expiration of the boy's appren ticesbip. The jury returned a verdict, finding the 101. paid into Court sufficient for the first term, and giving a further sum of 20/. for the partial loss. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DEC. 10. 'Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron ALDERSON, at Guildhall.) IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS AND BROKERS. BROWN V. NAIRNE.—SPECIAL JURY. r. CRESSWELL (with whom was Mr. Wollaston) stated the case. The plaintiff is a ship-broker, and the defendant the owner of a vessel named the Anna Ro bertson. The action was originally brought to recover Mi., but 70/. had been paid into Court, and therefore the sum now sought to be recovered was 501. The facts of the case were these. Oa the 15th March last the plaintiff prepared a charterparty for the defendant, by which it was agreed that 2,000/. should be paid for the Anna Robertson's voyage to Australasia with pas sengers, one half of the cash to be paid on the clear ance of the ship,3oo/. to be advanced abroad, and the residue on the production of the certificate of discharge. Tee plaintiff charged 5 per cent. upon the amount of the freight, which the defendant refused to pay, and the question was what compensation a ship-broker was en titled to receive for procuring a charterparty, there being no special agreement between the parties, and no course of dealing established between them. He be lieved the custom in the city of London to be to pay a broker five per cent. outward, if no special agreement was made to the contrary, and 2i homeward. There certainly were instances in which less had been paid, but these instances were confined to the large ship owners, who constantly employed the same broker, and only paid .24 per cent. ; and to cases where ship-owners contracted with Government to take out convicts. Several ship-brokers and owners of vessels were called to speak to the rate of brokerage, and they stated that the almost invariable custom was to pay 5 per cent., and that they were not aware of any difference between a chartered voyage and a general voyage. Mr. THESIGER (with whom was Mr. Whateley) then addressed the jury for the defendant, and called wit nesses in support of this view of the case, when Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. COURT OF COMMON - PLEAS,Drc. 13 Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice COLTMAN and a Special Jury.) PATENT CABS—HANSOM V. WILBY. This was an action for the infringement of a patent. Mr. Hill and Mr. Shea were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ball for the defendant. The plaintiff's case was, that a year or two ago be had taken out a patent for the construction of a new species of cab, to be honourably designated as the " Safety: . The peculiar features of the new vehicle were the placing of the driver's seat behind, and ele vating it, so as to act as a counterpoise, the carriage being on springs above the scat of the passenger, and so placed upon a long framework, the carriage forming, without the wheels, a perfect sledge ; that accident, either by breaking of the belly-hand of the horse, or coming off of the wheel, would not be dangerous. Moreover, there was a moveable shutter, or glass blind work, worked with great ease and facility ; and a shield between the horse's heels and the passenger, who entered in front. The defendant, it was alleged, had infringed this patent by using a cab resembling, in its main features, the plaintiff's, differing principally in the absence of an instrument invented by the plaintiff, called an " odometre," whereby the owner of the cab could tell precisely how many miles the vehicle had tra velled each day ; and the passenger could also tell what distance he had gone. The verdict was for the plaintiff, with nominal da mages. SECONDARIES' COURT, Dec. 13. RICHARDSON V. WHITE. This was an action brought by Mr. John Richard son, a type dealer, against the defendant, a printer, re siding in Wyoh-street, to recover the sum of 51.185., a balance of acccunt. For the Vaintiff, a carman proved the delivery of certain gocds at thlwarehouse of the defend n ; and the plaintiff's son statcd that he had applied Ln va bus oc casions for money, but neither the quantity of type de livered, nor the amount applied for, was shown. A letter was put in from the defendant to the plain tiff, requesting plaintiff to take a bat for the 151., in stead of money for one for 101., which had become due, and saying that this would pace defendant .51. more out of plaintiff's amount. This, it was contended, proved that there was more than 15/. due at that time. Pay ments to the amount of 151. Ss. Si. were admitted. Witnesses were called for the defence, but their evi dence was of little importance, and the Jury returned a verdict for the phial for Si. 10s. 6d. COURT OF EXCISE, DEc. 12. THE BLESSINGTON ESTATE.-IN THE CASE OF COUNT D'ORS A 1. Mr. Wilkinson, an auctioneer, applied for the return of duty paid upon the sale of an annuity of 89.11., granted by the Count D'Orsay, and secured upon a rent charge, devised to the grantor under the will of the late Lord Blessington. Upon the marriage of the daughter of Lurd Blessington to the Count, his Lord ship contracted to settle the sum of 40,0001. upon his daughter, the Countess D'Orsay, giving to the husband a life-interest in the same, to accrue, in the form of a rent-charge, upon her father's estates in Ireland, equivalent to the then legal interest of the sum so contracted to be settled. The Noble Lord, accord ingly, by his will, charged his estates with the payment of that suns, and Count D'Orsay granted the annuity in question for his own life, securci upon the rent-. charge, to which he was presumed to be entitled under the marriage settlement and will. The purchaser ob.. jected, first, that the title of Lord Blessington to the estates so charged could not be made out ; and, Sc. condly, the Count D'Orsay being an alien, be could have no interest in the rent-charge, which, so f ar as i t was presumed to belong to him, was, in consequence of his alienage, the property of the Crown. After along and intricate discussion with Mr. Mavow, the solicitor for the Crown, Mr. Saehell, the solicitor for the vendor, convinced the Court that the objections w ere insuperable, and the return was all owe d. Mr. Robins applied to the Court for the return of a p e o c , t i c o r n , - du but t pa y which id p upon the dn gone sale off of a freehold in consequence estate in guenceofti,e vendor, Mrs. Mary Wilcox, being unable to prove her title. The COURT—As the case is of so trifling a nature, we dismiss the application. Mr. Robins made a second application, for the return of duty upon the sale of 500/. reversionary property, subject to liabilities, which the vendor could neither re move to the satisfaction of the purchaser, nor establish to the s a ti s f act i on o f the C ourt , an d the complaint was dismissed. BERMONDSEY .REFINEMENT.—At a barber's shop in Fashion-street, Bermondsey, is the follolling intimation :--Heads ornitnented and chins surveyed ; also a new invented rest for the bead while the surveyor is operating." The proprietor of this establishment has evidently " drawn the line somewhere." As the watchman says in Much Ado about Nothing—" Wliat a deformed thief this Fashion is." DEATH FROM TAKING Nux VOMICA.—o n Thursday afternoon , at three o'clock , an inquisition was taken by Mr. Wak!ey, at the Royal Oak, Gre a t Earl street, on the body of Sophia Edwards, aged '2 3 poisoned herself on Tuesday last by taking flux vo; who r: The last accounts from Cuba mention. considerable ferment prevailed among the blnt island, and that the Government bad die :7114 existence of an extensive conspiracy amonfit population. ei;i6l. rittli4 - 4 1 '>,) iz l +\ z ,---.- - .. :L 1 -,:: ( - ' r SOUTHWARK BRIDGE. NOTICE is HerebY Given that a DIVIDEND will be PAYABLE on the 15th January next to the Propi ietors of the New Shares, and to the Subscribers of the 131. advanced en the Old Shares of the Southwark Bridge, at the rate of Is. 10s. per cent. per annum, and that the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 25th instant until the 15th of January next. By Order of the Court of Directors, JAMES LEITH, Sec. _ Office, Queen - street Place , Dec. 1 2 , 1839.