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and who had heard his reply on a former occasion to the ques tions put to him on the subject, would, he hoped, antici pate the reply which he was about to give. However dis tressing it might be to some parties, and however much he might regret it, he thought that to depart from the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed upon due delibera tion, and in the first instance at the suggestion of the parties themselves, would be a precedent full of inconve nience to the commercial interests of the country. Parties would not know upon what they would have to depend, if the law made at one time should be altered to another, merely because individuals had a much larger stock of a commodity on hand than they could easily within a certain time dis pose of. This was an application of a very peculiar kind. The parties wanted to have the full benefit of the Act as far as related to the remission of duty, but they wanted to be freed from their obligations where the duty was to be levied. It so happened that the alteration in the law was fixed with the cognizance and sanction of these parties. An arrangement had been made which would afford considerable advantages and facilities, and that was by postponing the payment for a short period.—( Hear, hear.) A treasury , minute had been issued a few days ago authorising all per sons who had entered tea for home consumption prior to the first of July, to take a time, not exceeding thirty-one days, for the payment of the home duties. Although there were many precedents for such a proceeding, it had been ordered that.a copy of the minute should be laid before that House for its consideration. By fixing the interval of one month, the ad vantages which a shorter period would have held out to the city of London would be extended, and justly, to all parts of the kingdom, because, if these advantages had been given exclu sively to London, there would have been just cause of complaint; but he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) saw no reason why the same indulgence should not be extended to Edinburgh, to Dublin, to Liverpool, and to Glasgow. He trusted he had explained himself sufficiently to the House.—( Hear.) Mr. ROBINSON thought the Government had acted wisely and judiciously in extending the time in that instance ; and in refusing an extension for the payment of the lower rate of duty, they had merely done their duty.—( Hear). Ample time had been allowed the parties already, and he therefore felt it his duty to say that, in the present case, the Government had only done its duty to the public. Mr. MA RJOIIIB ANES did not thank the Hon. Chan cellor of the Exchequer for what he called a boon—it would not be at all satisfactory to the trade. A Message from the Lords' brought up certain Bills. Lord SANDON was very anxious to put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the same subject. His con stituents were very much afraid that there might be some other alteration in the duty on Bohea, by which they might be made to suffer as much as they had now done. There was conside rable agitation existing on the subject, and they were afraid that hereafter they might be put to severe loss by the duty being lowered to Is. He wished to know whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer was determined to abide by the system which was now laid down. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his Noble Friend must be well aware that it was not in his power to stop agitation upon any subject.—( Hear, hear, hear.) If he asked him what his intentions were, he would tell him that his question was the first intimation of the agitation. He would further say that he had no intention of altering the law. Sir R. PEEL wished to know when the Treasury minute would be laid on the table; for the fact of its bong so laid on the table seemed to recognize that there existed a peculiarity in this case. He did .not think the question had been fairly or fully stated on the other side. The Right Hon. Gentle man had said that the parties had had full notice that the in creased duty would come into operation; but he (Sir R. Peel) apprehended that the orders for the tea had been given before the law was passed. The Bill was not passed until August last year, so that there could not have been the means of ordering tea from China since that time, and the orders were in fact given upon the supposition that the old scale of duty would continue. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that the parties had consented to the measure; but as regarded some of them (those fur instance who were abroad) this could not have been the case. He was not prepared on the whole to say that the Right Hun. Gentleman was not right, but he thought there were some peculiar circumstances which called for his attention. The •CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Treasury minute would be on the table in the course of the evening, and then he would be ready to give any expla nation required. He should be able to show that, however desirable it might be to afford relief to the parties suffering under the alleged grievance, yet that their just demands could not be complied with, consistently with the commercial laws and regulations of the country. Mr. A. TREVOR wished to know what were the inten tions of tin? Noble Lord on the suljeet of the Durham Cou .ty Palatine Act? He feared that it might -be intended not to bring it forward this session, and, if so, considerable difficulty would arise, porticularly with reference to the writs of the Common Pleas, because there was now no person to whom they could be directed. The Bill would take only a very slinrt time in Committee, and he hoped it would be presse(l for , X ard. Lord J. RUSSELL was sorry that he could not name any the measure could be brought forward. As re garded the Court of Common Pleas, however, as the object of the Bill was to transfer to the Crown the powers of the Pliv.inate, an Act could be passed to remedy the temporary difficulty, in order to give time for considerieg whether there 5t, , ,n1:1 or should not be any alteration in the Courts of Durhartt. Mr. WA SON rose to a point of order. A private Bill had been to-recommitted without notice. Was this in accordance is ith the rules of the House ? Had he (Mr. Wason) been mare of the motion, he could have alnrded reasons why the BR should npt be recommitted. The SPEAKER made some observations, which were in aufiihle owin;.; to the intervention of the Chair. Mr. HUME (by whom the motion for the recommittal had beed made) explained that he bad had no desire to take the lion. Member by surprise. Indeed, he supposed at the time that the Hon. Member was in the House. He was ready, however, to enter into the consideration of his Hon. Friend's reasons at ani time. Mr. W A SON wished to know if it wereright on the part of this House to pass an order without notice ?—( Cries of " o:der.") lie begged to give notice that he would move to rescind the order. PAPER DUTIES. Sir G. CLE RK said that he was desirous to put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, the Chancellor of the Excl equer on the subject of the proposed alteration of the duty on paper. The House was aware that the Right lion. Gentleman had declared that it was not the intention of the Government to grant any drawback on the stock of paper re maining on hand after the 10th of October next. The effect of this declaration was to cause a total suspension cf the paper trade ; and as this was likely to lead to great embarrassment it was only right that the parties should clearly understand in what position they were to stand. Ile hoped, however, that the Right 1-1-m. Gentleman would nut act upon his declara tion, because to do so would not be just. Ile understood that it was intended, after a certain time, to allow paper to be taken from the mills and placed in wareheeses in bond, without, of course, the duty being paid; and he therefore wished to know at what time the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to give this permission ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that although he did not mean to take the course suggested by the Hon. Baronet, his object in the course which he meant to pur sue would be the same as that which the Hon. Baronet had in view, namely, the relief of the trade by means applicable to the reduction intended to be effected in the duty on paper. The course he meant to take was this—on stained paper the proposed duty to take place at once, but on thi first class of paper it was intended that the duty should not take effect till the 10th of October. In the meantime, however, to relieve the owners of paper mills from the inconvenience of being bur thened to a large extent with stock, they were to be allowed to pass a portion of it to the warehouses of their customers, but this was not to be duty free, as the Hon. Baronet supposed. The duty on it was to be paid of course ; but should any excess remain in the hands of the stationers on the 10th of October they were to be entisled to a drawbrck on that excess. By this means the owners of wills would be enabled to con tinue their work, and the stationers to continue their pur chases, inasmuch as on the 10th of October they would be en titled to receive back the difference between the higher and lower rate of duty. He could assure the Hon. Baronet that he was as anxious as any one to afford every possible relief in his power to the trade. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by giving notice that he would, on the House going into Com mittee on Ways and means to-morrow, bring forward the annual sugar duties, and that he should then propose the assimilation of the duties on East and West India sugars.—( Hear.) COUNTY RATES. Mr. HUME rose to bring forward a subject which be consi dered of very great importance, and he thought he should be able to lay before the House ample grounds • for inducing them to give him leave to introduce the Bill which he was desirous of bringing in. The subject to which he adverted was one on which a great many petitions had been pre sented. He had placed on the table of the House peti tions from Marylebone, Stafford, Hertford, and a great many other places, complaining that the county rates were the only tax levied in this country by parties who did not re present those by whom the rates were paid. The petitioners all prayed that they might be allowed a voice in the expen diture of the money raised from them, and his object was to have the counties in this respect placed on the same footing as the new borough corporations, so that the ratepayers should have controul over the disbursement of the money taken out of their pockets. The Hon. Member went into a great variety of calculations, to show that there was great irregularity in the manner of levying county rates, and that many places, such as inclosures and new towns and villages, were exempt, although they ought to contribute to the general expenses of the county. His Bill proposed to keep the financial and judicial functions of the magistrates separate. The financial duties he proposed to vest in a board elected by the ratepayers in the counties, which board should sit for three or four years. Every ratepayer was to have a vote, as in the municipal cor porations., He saw no difficulty in dividing the coun ties into electoral districts for this purpose, proportionate to their population and the amount of their contributions, the representatives so chosen to sit under the name and title of the county board. By this arrangement the magis trates at sessions would have no power of interference with the levying of the rates, or deciding on any questions con nected with the rates.—(Hear, hear.) The county board so elected would, by his Bill, recommend to his Majesty a cer tain number of individuals to bo appointed magistrates for local county financial purposes, leaving the magistrates ap pointed by the Lord Lieutenant in possession of the ordinary judicial functions. The Hon. Member concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to separate the financial from the judicial affairs of the counties in England and Wales, and to authorise the rate-payers in counties to choose representatkis THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1836. - to form a county board, for the assessment, levying, and admi nistration of the county rates and financial affairs of the coun ties in England and Wales. Mr. W YSE congratulated the Hon. Gentleman on bring ing forward a measure which appeared to be in some degree founded on the Grand Jury Bill for Ireland. He hoped that if such a Bill were passed for the government of the counties of England and Wales it would not be long before similar rdvantages were bestowed upon the Irish counties. Sir E. WIL NIOT did not object in the slightest degree to the proposition of the Hon. Member to exonerate the magis trates from a portion of the onerous and painful duties which they now had to perform ; but he feared much that if they took away from the magistrates the financial controul they would find considerable difficulty in getting them to attend to the more judicial duties. In his own county he could speak from experience, for on the first day of the sessions, when financial matters were to be settled, there were usually from 30 to 40 magistrates present ; but on the next and following days, though perhaps there were 150 prisoners to try, he could with difficulty obtain the presence of a second magistrate; and if he re ferred in any case of difficulty to any magistrate present for his opinion, the answer he usually got was, " Decide it your self; you know much more about it than I do." He thought therefore, the Bill of the Hon. Gentleman should be carried further, and that as he had in what he now proposed copied the measure of municipal reform, be should copy it to the ex tent of appointing a county recorder, to be nominated and paid by the Crown, who should be a Barrister of not less than ten years' atanding, and who should preside at Quarter Ses sions, and at other intermediate sessions, for the trial of of fences.—( Hear, hear.) The fact was, that if the financial and judicial functions were separated, they would find great difficulty in getting the magistrates to attend to the onerous and invidious duty of punishment only.—( Hear, hear.) There was one other provision which it was necessary to attend to, and which he hoped the Hon. Member would not neglect— viz., to take care that the parties to be chosen as magistrates should have at least such a qualification as would ensure that, from their education and station in life, they would be proper and fit persons in whom to repose such a trust. He thought it right to mention this, as the Bill did not, he believed, pro vide for any qualification.—(Hear, hear.) He should not, therefore, oppose the motion, but hoped that due time would be given, and that it might hereafter be brought before the House, in a more matured shape. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. PLEADINGS. Mr. PRYME begged to call the attention of the House to the Act of 1833, for the amendment of the law which referred it to the Judges to make certain rules relative to pleading, subject to the approbation of that House. The most impor tant perhaps of these rules was that which called on all parties to plead specifically and distinctly, and to put their defence plainly upon record. Notwithstanding this salutary provision there had been a clause inserted in many Acts that had passed, such as Acts relating to fisheries, omnibuses, and many others, for the purpose of allowing parties to plead the general issue, and yet give special matter in evidence. The plain English of such a clause was, that the defendant was to be enabled to take advantage of the plaintiff by surprise, that he was not to let him know his case till the hour of trial, and then he was to be permitted to bring forward evidence of which he was not aware, and which, had he been aware of it, he would have been prepared with evidence to rebut; and by these means the defendant was, perhaps, enabled to snap a verdict contrary to the real merits of the case. He had just heard that the Hon. and Learned Member for Exeter ( Sir W. Follett) had it in contemplation to propose a Bill to re medy this evil. Had he been aware of the fact sooner he would have taken an opportunity of conferring with that Hon. and Learned Gentleman : but at present he would content himself with moving a resolution to the effect that the intro duction of such a clause was contrary to the spirit and inten tion of the 3d and 4th William IV., c. 42, sec. 1, and the rules of the Judges founded thereon.—( Hear.) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL expressed his entire con currence in all that had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and 'ne believed that he would receive the thanks of the profession end the public at large for haring brought it forward. There was indeed some feeling amongst the public against 'Oat was called special pleading, but it was only amongst those who did not understand that the whole object of it wai, that the plaintiff should distinctly state his ground of complaint, that the defendant should as distinctly state what be had to allege to the contrary, how much of the complaint he admitted, and how much he denied, so that both parties should know what was the real question to go before a jury, and Le prepared with evidence accordingly.—( Hear, hear.) lie hoped, however, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, see ing the feeling of the Howie, and that such a clause would not again creep into a Bill of that description, would not hamper them by pressing his resolution at the present moment. Mr. PR YAI E. after is hat the Solictor- General had said, consented to withdraw his motion. CANADA. Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition from Lord Aylmer, relative to the atialcs of Canada, which was ordered to he printed, but in consequence of the absence of the Under- Secretary for the Colonies and of the Hon. Member for B ith, ho would defer his motion for the production of Lord Aylmer's despatches till that day week. IN SOLVENT DEBTORS. The SOLICITOR GENERAL, in the absence of the Attorney-General, obtained leave to bring in a Bill to con tinue the Insolvent Debtors' Court for one year. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Monday next he should move that after the Ist day of July Orders of the Day should take precedence of motions. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS' BILL. On the Motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the House went into Committee on the Registration of Voters' Bill. On clause 63 being proposed, Mr. M CL EA N proposed an amendment, to the effect of preventing fraudulent voters remaining on the poll. He did not think that it could be expected that Members of Parliament should be placed under the heavy expense of watching over the votes. They could not be expected to keep up an expen sive machinery for watching over fraudulent votes. In bo roughs, from their peculiar circumstances, if the overseers did their duty, he did not apprehend any danger from fraudulent votes to any great extent ; but in the country, where property was constantly changing every year, there was every danger of f auds in this way. As well as the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman was understood, its effect was that parties who had as much property as entitled them to vote fora Member of Par liamest, though they might have parted with a portion of the property out of which they originally registered, still, if suffi cient remained to constitute a qualification, they should be en titled to vote. Mr. G. F. YOUNG was willing to support the proposition with some modification. There was a doubly injustice in the present state of the law. First, that of a person divesting himself of a part of his property, but still retaining sufficient to constitute a qualification, and being disqualified from vot ing unless the property was identical. The other injustice was, that on a change of residence a party was deprived of his right of voting until he had registered his new resi dence. He was disposed to support the amendment in a mo dified form. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the amendment. After a few words from Mr. PRARD and Mr. R. Wasors, the amendment was withdrawn, and the clause agreed to. Clauses down to 71 inclusive were then without opposition agreed to. On clause 72 being proposed. Mr. C. ROSS proposed that a provision should be intro duced, giving parties who might have occasion to petition, or those petitioned against, freer access to the poll-books than they were permitted to have at present. After a few words from Mr. R. WA SON, Mr. C. ROSS, at the suggestion of the Attorney-General, who said that the amendment could better be proposed on the third reading, consented to withdraw it for the present. Clauses 73 and 74 were then agreed to. On clause 75 being proposed, Mr. PR AE D moved as an amendment that all words after " Shall have tendered his vote in such election " should be omitted. It was too much the practice of the committees of the House of Commons when the registry was made up in a correct manner to insist upon greater correctness, but when they were less perfect it was the practice to decline interfering with them. The House then divided, when there appeared— Ayes 7O Noes 4l Majority for the clause —29 On clause 76 being put, Lord G. SOMERSET said the object of the clause was to disqualify non-resident voters. Persons might have pro perty on the confines of two counties, and would be entitled to vote in thoie counties ; but the clause, by restricting the voting to one day, would prevent the out-voters from coming up. It was giving an advantage to the town voters which the country voters did not possess. He thought it was calcu lated to disqualify a great number of voters, and he should object to it. Lord E BRING TON was understood to say that he origi nally proposed the clause, but if it were objectionable to the House he would not press it. It was well known that on the second day certain parties came to the poll who were willing to sell their votes. All the doubtful and unprincipled voters were reserved for the second day, when the polling was slack. The Noble Lord, in a tone quite inaudible to us, by reason of his position and feebleness of voice, entered into some calculations from the returns of the number of voters polled in the counties of England on both days, to show that the great majority of votes was polled on the first day ; and that most of the impeached votes were polled on the second day. This evil could, h e th oug ht, b e i n some measure amended by increasing the number of polling places. Mr. BAINES supported the clause. Most of the bribery at elections was committed on the evening of the first day. The best remedy was to have only one day's polling, and to in crease the number of booths. Mr. C. ROSS thought, if th e y i n t er f ere d w i t h th e p resen t arrangement, it was better to introduce a separate Bill on the subject. After one or two remarks from Hon. Members, the gallery was cleared for a division. During our absence, a long and p ro t rac t e d di scuss i on t oo k place, the nature of which we could not ascertain, but the re sult was understood to be that the clause was negatived with out a division. As an instance of the method in which business is carried on in Committees of the House, Mr. C. BULLE R rose , after much desultory and unintelligible conversation, to learn of the Chairman the clause which was then before thi3 Com mittee, if without a " breach of confidence" the Chairman could convey such useful information. Mr. BERNAL informed the Committee that clause 10 was under consideration. Several verbal alterations in various clauses were then agreed to. Mr. AGLIONBY regretted that the Hon. Member for Cheshire had withdrawn the clause of which he had given no- tice, and had prevented him from bringing forward aclause to I the same effect, and of which he thought there was much need. In the town of Carlisle, 792 persons were disfranchised in con sequence of the neglect of the town-clerk. Lord LINCOLN withdrew his clause. Sir J. GRAHAM moved the addition of the following clause :—" That no lease or assignment for a term of sixty years or twenty years respectively, or any unexpired portion of such term, which confers a right of voting for a city or borough, shall confer a right of voting for the county in which such bo rough is situated." The Right Baronet said that his object in moving the clause was to preserve intact the principle of the 25th clause of the Reform Act, as well as that of the Splitting . . Act. By the 25th clause of the Reform Act a provision was made that no building, house, or shop, occupied conjointly , with another which had the right of voting for a city or bo rough, gave aright of voting for the county in which they were situated. On these words the decision of the Revising Bar risters, to which he objected, and which he sought to amend, was founded. The principle of the Reform Act was violated by that decision—a decision which gave a right to the holder ; and a double vote was thus made, for the city or borough, and for the county. He would adduce his own holding as a case in point. He had a house held by him under Lord Westminster, on an unexpired lease of sixty years. Now, if he let the coach house attached to it to one party for 61. a year, and the stable to another for 71., by the construction which had been put on the 25th clause of the Reform Act by the Revising Barrister he would not only have the vole for Westminster, which he al ready had, but he would also have a vote for the County of Middlesex. It was a direct contravention of the Reform Act and of the Splitting Act—it was opposed to the principles of both ; it tended to create fictitious purchases and faggot votes ; and by its means the city and borough constituencies would swamp those of the counties. It was to remedy this evil that he proposed the clause he had just brought up ; and he hoped that the Noble Lord opposite would see it in the same point of view as he did, and consent to its adoption. Mr. T. ATTWOOD complained that he could not under stand the clause. Sir J. GRAH AM said it had been long before the House, for it had been noticed on the sth of May. Mr. AGLIONBY supported the view taken by the Right Hon. Baronet. The only object which the clause had in view was to prevent fraud. Mr. PRYME saw nothing fraudulent in the kind of vote described by the Right Hon. Baronet. If the premises out of which votes of that description were taken were sufficiently spacious, he did not see why the leaseholder should not have a vote for the city or borough, and a vote for the county also, out of them. Sir J. GRAHAM had said nothing whatever of fraudulent votes ; he had designated them as fictitous only. Lord J. RUSSELL believed that the intention of the Reform Act was to exclude voters of the description com prised in the clause of the _Right Hon. Baronet. He did not distinctly recollect the terms of the 25th clause, but he was satisfied that its spirit was consonant with the Right Hon. Baronet's clause. He could not conceive how any Revising Barrister should admit such claimants to the right of voting. Under these circumstances, he saw no reason to disagree with the Right Hon. Baronet, or to oppose the clause introduced by him. Mr. HULSE said that the clause, if carried, would have the effect of preventing sub-tenants of laud from exercising in their own districts the right of franchise. He thought it was calculated to have a wider effect than it might seem to have at first sight. Mr. WARBURTON opposed 'the introduction of the clause in the Bill. After a few words from Mr. JARVIS and Sir J. GRAHAM, Mr. BROTH E RTON said that he felt it his duty, as the debate on the clauses was likely to last, to move that the Chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again. The Committee divided on the motion, " That the Chair man report progress," when there appeared, For the motion Against it Majority —l4 When we were re-admitted to the gallery. Lord LINCOLN was on his legs. The Noble Lord said that as the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department had voted - with the majority in the question which had been carried, and as the fair inference from that fact was that no more business was to be done that night, he ( Lord Lincoln) should therefore move the adjournment of the House.—( Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSEL L said the reason he had voted with the majority was, not that other business on which no debate would be had ought not to he taken, but because his Hon. and Learned Friend the Solicitor-General had informed him that the 25th clause of the Reform Act was so much in accordance with the spirit of his Right Hon. Friend's clause that it would lie necessary to consider the question more at leisure, before it should be adopted. In that view he was borne out by a great many Hon. Members beside 3, and he therefore considered him self justified in the vote he had just given. It was quite in different to him what interpretation Hon. Gentlemen on the other side of the House might put on his vote : those were the reasons by which he had been actuated. Sir J. GRAHAM said that it could never be a matter of indifference to him what was thought of his conduct by the House, or even what interpretation was put upon it by a•ty portion of the House. Neither could he regard it as a matter of no moment how his conduct was interpreted in all quarters. Lord J. RUSSELL shortly explained the reason of his having voted for the Chairman reporting progress. Sir J. GRAHAM wished to know if the Noble Lord would support the clause which he ( Sir J. Graham) had proposed if he should upon consideration think it necessary. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he certainly should support the clause, if it should be the opinion of the law officers that he clause was necessary. The motion for adjournmint was then withdrawn. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the louse adjourned at one o'clock. WILL OF THE LATE JAMES WOOD, ESQ.— We learn, from our Gloucester contemporaries, that an ex traordinary sensation has been excited in that city by the mys terious di:covery of a document, purporting to be a codicil to the will of the late Mr. Wood. All that is at prosent known of the matter is, that such a paper was lately sent, through the London three-penny post, to Mr. Helps, of Balham-hill, Surrey, who, as a relation of the testator, lately put in some claim before the Court of Chancery, but almost ►mmediately withdrew it. In the parcel containing the supposed codicil, was the following note, written in pencil t— , . The enclosed is a paper saved out of many by parties I could hang. They pre tend ►t is not J. Wood's hand; many will swear to it. They want to swindle me. Let the rest know." No sooner were these circumstances made known to the Executors, who are at present co-legatees, than they took the most honourable and straightforward course, in making them known to the Cor poration of Gloucester, who (if the codicil be genuine) are deeply interested ; and, on their return to Gloucester, entered upon a strict examination of all the papers of the deceased, in which they were assisted by the Mayor and Town Clerk of the city, by Mr. Matthews, of Gloucester, solicitor, and Mr. J. S. Cox, of Cheltenham, solicitor ; but hitherto witibout success. The Gliucester Journal seems to have at first considered the whole affair as a hoax ; but now is undecided whether to look upon the document as genuine, or a forgery. We at present incline to the latter opinion. We believe the supposed codicil to be forted ; because it is not to be supposed that any per sons fairly enabled to account for the possession of so impor tant a document would part with it in such a manner as through the Threepenny-post ; and without making any stipulation whatever for the reward of such a service, or for the produc tion of the other papers alluded to. Rewards to the amount of 1,0501. have been offered by the executors, and of 2,0001. by the Corporation for the elucidation of this mystery.—Chel tenham Journal. On Saturday afternoon the following daring robbery and murder was committed at Kilburn. Between two and 3 o'clock, as a youth named Wm. Liddeman, residing at that place, was passing through some fields belonging to a farmer named Henderson, he was accosted by a man about 24 years of age, dressed in a velveteen coat and drab-coloured trou sers, who with the most horrid imprecations demanded his money. The youth being dreadfully frightened, attempted to run away, but was seized by the villain by the throat, and thrown down. The ruffian then knelt on his chest, and swore that unless he gave up his money, he would have his life. The lad however, struggled with his assailant, who drew a large clasp-knife from his pocket and was in the act of open ing it, when footsteps being heard in the distance, he forced his hand into the breeches pocket of the youth, and took from it nine silver fourpenny pieces, a bent sixpence, and a shilling, with which he instantly decamped. The person whose footsteps had been heard on coming to the spot proved to be the father of the youth, who immediately pursued the villain, whom he caught sight of, coming out of a barn, within 200 yards from where the outrage took place; but after chasing him some distance, he succeeded in effecting his escape in the direction of Neasdon, through which v ill age h e was seen to pass at great speedwithout either hi s c oa t or h at. H e i s about five feet eight inches high, of fair complexion, with bushy whiskers, and has been identified to be a man named Edward Thornton, a native of Finkton, Oxfordshire, who has been at work on the railroad. The first stone of a new church was recently laid at Walsall, Staffordshire, by the vicar of the parish. The first stone of a new Roman Catholic chapel was laid at Kingston, Jamaica, in March last. A new church was opened last week at Greenock, called St. Andrew's. On Monday the founda tion stone of a new Congregational chapel was laid in the Barn-close, Gateshead, by the Rev. Dr. Matheson, of Dur ham. The first stone of a new Catholic chapel at Bury St. Edmund's was laid last week by Mr. G. Rokewode. The first stone of a new church has just been laid at Keswick. The first stone of a new Presbyterian church has just been laid at Ballymacarrett, Ireland. The foundation stone of a new Wesleyan chapel was laid at Brampton, Cunitberland, last week, by the Rev. S. Wilde. The erection of a new Roman Catholic chapel was commenced at Kilmain, Ireland, last week ; the Catholic Archbishop of Tuam officiated on the occasion of laying the first stone. A great sensation was caused in this town on Fri day, by the arrest of Mr. George Perkins, of Boothtown, in Noi thowram, silk-spinner, on a charge of forgery. The commissioners under a fiat of bankruptcy issued against Mr. Perkins had that held a meeting of the creditors, and the re sult was Mr. Perkin's detention in custody. The next morn ing a private examination was held before one or more of the resident magistrates, and we understand that the hearing of the case was adjourned to this day. It is rumoured that the alleged forgery is the name of a banker in this town to a bill for 650/....lialifax .Express. MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the New London Price Current of June 21.) SUGAR.—There was a very animated and general demand last week for British plantation sugar, and the prices advanced 6d. a ls., the greater rise chiefly on the good and fine quali ties; the quantity sold daily has amounted to 1,200 hhds. and trs., making the sales for the week 4,800 hhds. and trs. ; Barbadoes fine at 70s. a 725. ; St. Kitts strong dark grey, 645. a 655. ; Jamaica brown dabs, 625. ; fine grocery, 695. a 71s. ; mid. and good, 655. a 675. ; strong grey for the pan, 655. a 665. ; brown, 64s ; Antiguas fine, 695. a 71s. ; mid., 645. 6d. a 675. ; Demerara, mid., 655. a 675. 6d., and other sorts brown at 635. ; mid. at 655. a 675. ; good, 68s, a 695. ; the lowest point of the market for brown sugar is 635. The stock of West India Sugars is now 14,893 hhds. and trs., being 347 less than last year. The stock of Mauritius is now 81,101 bags, which is 15,545 less than last year, includ ing the East India Dock. The delivery of West India, last week, was 2,442 hhds. and trs., which is 507 less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius was 10,980 bags, being 4,122 more than► the corresponding week of last year, including the East India Dock. There was again an extensive and general demand for Bri tish Plantation Sugar, and the importers generally obtained prices 6d. a Is. above those of Friday ; the purchases this day are 1,300 hlids. and trs., besides the public sale of 125 hlids. Barbadoes, which went 61 dearer, mid. to fine selling freely at 695. a 735. The sales averaged 70s. Gd. ; and at the close of the Market it was nearly cleared of every thing offered ; brown Java sold at 655., and brown Trinidad 645. 61, the latter now the lowest point of the Market. Dutch Crushed Sugar reported to be made at 425. Gd. MAURIVITS.-The Advance in Mauritius Sugars during the past week has been full Is. 6d., and there has again been a very animated demand by private contract ; the public sale of 6,637 bags also went off with considerable briskness at 625. a 625. 6d. for browns, and 635. 6d. a 68s. for mid. to fine yellows. Faisr INDIA. .-Bengal has advanced Gd. a Is., good to fine white at 40s. 6d. a 425., mid. and fair 395. a 405., damps ; 9s. a 415., washed 38s. a 38s. Gd. ; by private contract largo par eels have been sold at 395. a 41s. FOREIGN.-The private sales are 2,000 chests old yellow Ilavannah at 405., 100 chests good white at 545. MOLASSES.-St. Vincents have been sold at 305., mid. 295. ; Antiguas 30s. a 303. 6d. ? - Tobagoes 30s. 6d. and 30s. a 31s. TURPENTINE.-Prices have advanced to 725. PROVISION s.-Bacon has declined 4s. a ss. ; prime small Waterford landed made at 48s. a 505., and Limerick at 475. a 495. Small parcels of Waterford Butter sold on board at 845., and Limerick at 82s. on board, and 84s. landed ; and Cork on shore at 88s. COFFER.-Jamaica good mid., 995. a 1057., low mid. to mid., 873. 6d. a 945. 6d. a 955., good to fine fine ord. 795. a 875., low ord., 745. ; Dominica fine ord. to low mid. 85s. a 89s. 6d. ; Berbice mid., 945. a 995. Some small parcels of Ceylon have been taken by the grocers at 535. a 545. for good, and 42 bags Ceylon at public sale sold at 535.; 115 bales pale even Chcribon at auction only partly found buyers at 555. a 565.; by private contract 300 bags fine Samarang have been sold at 495. Brazil sold by private contract at 535. Cocos..-British Plantation Cocoa is again Is. a 2s. cheaper ; Grenada mid. to good red at 465. a 51s. ; Trinidad mid. grey and red 475. a 535. TALLOW.-There has been a good demand for Tallow, for immediate consumption at 455, 3d. for P. Y. C. The prices are rather easier ; sellers at 465. 6d a 465. 9d. Oins.-Linseed Oil sells slowly at 41s. ; Pale at 475. 6d. a 48s. INDIGO.-The demand for Indigo, although not to the same extent as have been the case of late, still there has been a fair business done, partly on speculation at an average of 4d. per lb. advance on the last quarterly sales, and several parcels at a profit of 6d. RICE.-East India Rice is rather cheaper, out of 15,460 bags offered at public sale, 9,000 bags found buyers. Bengal ordi nary to good white, sold at 13s. to 15s. 63. ; ordinary yellow, 10s. a I Is. 6d. Madras, good bold, 14s. 6(1. TEA.-The result of the late Tea Sales, 60,000 chests. The total deliveries of all descriptions of Tea from the warehouses for home use, on which duty has been paid for the week ending June 18th are 379,572 lbs. FRCIT.-At public sale new Cephalonia Currants, part da maged, and altogether a very mixed parcel, butts sold at 595. to 625. in caroteels, tits. to 645. and new inferior Patrass butts at 625. to 645. and carotcels 655. There has been a fair de mand for red Smyrna Raisins for shipping. Ruai, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The sales during the past week have been 350 puns. Jamaica, 27 per cent. over 3 s . 10„1. a 3s. 11,1., 30 per cent. 45., 36 over 4s. 2d. ; 250 puns. Leewards, proofs 2s. 21., 10 to 13 over proof 2s. 53. a 2s. 6d., and 3 to 8 per cent. over 2s. 20., 2s. 334 d., and 2s. 4d. ; some parties have refused 2s. sd. for 7 per cent. over, and 2s. 3d. for 2 per cent. Geneva is Is. 11d. a 25., and dull. SPICES.-Pimento has sold briskly, and in most instances d. dearer. At auction 470 bags went at 4d. a 4d. for mid dling. Pepper sells slowly, yet there is no disposition shown to accept easier prices ; at auction 250 bags nearly all taken in at 40. at 413. ; 8 bags white sold at Is. 2d. a is. 63. West India Ginger sells readily, and 40 packages Jamaica at auction went at 6/. 93. a 71. 7s. for middling ; 239 bags Mala bar fetched 675. 6d. a 70s. 63. Mace is rather cheaper ; at public sale 14 casks for exportation, went at 4s. 41. a 4s. 6d. for middling seconds. There is little demand for Nutmegs ; at public sales 20 chests 35 casks good bold Singapore, only 14 chests sold at Gs. 7d., rest taken in.. The prices of Cloves are supported, but there is scarcely any thing doing ; 24 casks Ambo)na at auction, all withdrawn at 100. The transac tions in Cassia Lignca have again been at advanced rates; but such are the high prices asked that the business to any extent is at present prevented. Nearly all the Nutmegs taken in at public sale yesterday, have since been sold ; Singapore at Gs. 7d. to 6s. 81, and Dutch from the Cape of Good Hope at 6s. 81. CINNAMON.-The first sort sold about 6d. per lb. lower than last sale, second the same as before, thirds went 3d. cheaper, Cinnamon in chests fetched last sale's rates :-72 bales first sort sold at Bs. 81. a 9s. 63., 139 dito seconds Gs. Id. a Bs. 91., 437 ditto thirds ss. 10d. a is. 6d. ; two chests first broken 6s. a Gs. 2d., six ditto seconds ss. 103. a 6s. Id. ; 15 ditto thirds ss. 3d. a ss. 6d. ; 86 bales seconds slightly mouldy Bs. a Bs. 73. ; 115 ditto thirds 53. GI a 6 , . 9d ; 42 chests ss. 4d. a ss. 6d. ; 12 bales lsts Malabar 3s. I Id. a 7s. 9d. ; 242 ditto seconds to fourths 2s. 2d. to 6s. 7d ; 34 chests Is. a 3s. Id. ; 127 ditto 6]. a Is. 2d. Wooin-Australian Wools of fine quality have fetched 2s. 4d. a 2s. Old., clothing sorts ls. 23. a 2s. 2:1. ; Van Die men's Land, good and fine combing qualities 2s. 4d., 2s. Bd., and 3s. 11d., middling 2s. 2d., inferior Is. 6d. a Is. 61d., in gieasc Is. Id., Is. 2d., and Is. 4d. ; Cape 2s. 3d. ; German 2s. 4d. a 2s. 101 ; Odessa 2s. a 2s. 4d. ; St. Helena is. 2d. a Is. 914. ; Mauritius 71d. ; English sold at Is. 101 d., for combing kinds. COAL MAR Per Ton. s. d. Bole's Tanficld Moor Charlotte Garesfield Leaze's slain ()rd's Redhugh l6 3 Pontop Windsor l7 0 Russell's High Main Tanfield Townley l6 6 West Hartley Wylam l9 6 Wills End Bewicke and C 0.., 20 3 Walls End (lark and Co IS 0 Walls End Heaton 2O 0 Walls End Hilda . 18 9 Ships a rrived since I .KET.— June 20 I'er Ton s. d. \Va:ls End Killin!ixorth Walls End NcwiErrreh lB 0 Walls End Northumberland lB 3 Walls End Hasa ell Walls End Iletton Walls End Lambtim Walls End Lyons 2l 1) Walls End Adelaide Wa'ls End Gordon l9 6 Walls End South Durham l9 0 Walls End Tees Hartley Howard's Main Walls End Elgin last market-day, 16. I'er Quarter. Boston Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Horncastle Lincoln.. Spilsby Stamford York DUBLIN MAR I. 3d. to Os. 5 3 0 5 2 0 3 4 0 5 1() 1 0 5 0 6 2 0 3 , UNTRY CORN MARKETS. W heat. s. to 8. 47 5t 49 47 52 IS s'l 32 47 46 52 42 49 48 52 42 52 IRISH MARKETS. .KET NOTE for the WEEK E' 59i Wheat, per barrel 20 5t0ne...... Bere Pi stone From T 0 A vei age. 25 0 34) 0 2S 1 —o 0 0 —o 0 0 12 0 l5 0 13 4 6 0 1) 0 0 13 C 15 0 14 5 0 Barley 1,167 Oats 9,150 Flour, per cwt ... 8 stone 105 Oatmeal*. 8 stone Sold to Bakers only. 7,304 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat and I Receipts of Flour, 17,267 /Firsts S-conds Sales of Do 0,150 1 nirds PRICE OF El Quartern Loaf Bd. I Ha I 14 6 I 19 0 1 16 9 3 4 flour 4h. 81. per sack. from 171. I'd. to IN. Od. from 135. 01 to 16i. Od. from N. Od. to N Od. [LEAD. if Quartern 4d. CORK MARKETS.—June 18. Whett (per 205t.)...17s Od. to24s. 6d. Oats (per 14st.) los. 611. to 14s. Od. I B a rley (per 165t.)... 1 3 8 14 0 Flour (per cwt) 6 0 17 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) il3s. 01. to 14s. Od. Beef, 51. to (3d. ; Mutton, sd. to 6/. ; Veal, 61. to Rd. ; Pork, 2d. to 20. ; Fresh Butter, 101. to 12d. per lb. PRICE OF turrrEn. To the Merchants. To the Country 80s. First Quality B9s. Secoond B9 Third Fourth 68 Fifth 6O Sixth . 50 CLONMELL MA RKETS.— June 18 Per Cwt S. d. 92 0 ;4 0 32 0 Per s. d. New Butter Oll 0 to Oatmeal 13 6 Rendered Lard 0 a. d. f; d Hides (raw) " 0 0 to 3'2 6 Bacon Pigs .7 0 C. 9 0 Heads 20 0 0 flour, Second 26 0 26 --Household 24 0 24 6 Bag. Flour, Thirds 20 1 Fourths -- 3arrel ißarley ...10 Coals — stone. Tallow (rough) 4 Potatoes 0 Rapeseed 20 0 2-0 Dere 8 0 10 0 Per; W heat. Oats 0 9 0 11 KILKENNY Wheat (per barrel) 18s 3d. to 21s. 6<l. Barley 9 9 11 9 Oats MARKETS. Beef (per 11). ....... Os. Mutton 0 Pork 0 Veal ........ 0 Fresh Butter 0 Salt Ditto Potatoes (per st.) 0 Flour (per bag) 14 0 Butter(percwt.) 90 0 92 0 Bacon Pigs 27 0 29 0 Coals 1 0 1 1 )TCH MARKETS. I'ON CORN MARKET. —June 17. Barley. Oats. 1 Pease. B eane. 36s 64 314 0,1 , 17s 04 41s Od 35s 04 28s 04 36s 01 40 00 333 00 256 0 4 I — s 04 37s 00 Wheat in market,2 36 whereof were sold. .1 Unsold —0 Grey. ~2/. 7c 71 10.121h5. SC HADDING Wheat. 53s Od 47s Od 44s Od 'e3Bo qra.of 4 Average.... First Second Third There wen DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First sss 0,1 37s 0,1 30s Od Second 46s 0,1 32s 0.1 25s Oa Third. ♦os Od 286 Od 215 8d —June 16. l'tase. Beans. 40s Od 40. 01 37. Od 37, Od Od 34s Od Barley. I 0 its. Mani. Pease. s. S. to s. i S. to s. s. S. 27 22 27 i3B 39 31 22 39 37 40 24 29 4e 42 28 33 18 22 36 40 21 c. 6 10 22 36 42 32 39 20 27 40 44 ! 30 3! 2i 30 18 22 33 38 34 39 24 27 42 41 26 32 18 24 32 44 t s. to 26 :NDING JUNE 17. COMMON PLEAS.-MONDAY SYMONS V. BROADWOOD. This was an action against the defendant, who was sheriff of Surrey, for an illegal arrest. The plaintiff lodged in the house of a person of the name of Parke, on Kennington-green. Two officers, of the name of Rutland, father and son, with their fol lower, went to arrest Parke in December last, and having got entrance to his house, went up stairs, and found the plaintiff at breakfast with his wife and Mrs. Parke. They immediately addressed him as Mr. Parke, which he de nied. They then went to get a person to identify him, and while endeavouring to do so, another of his (Rut land's) sheriff's officers was passing by, and he entered the house for that purpose. So strong was the likeness between the plaintiff and Parke, that he at first (Rutland's) brother) took him to be Parke, but when be spoke, be then discovered his mistake, and withdrew his brother and nephew, and their follower. The plaintiff immediately fol lowed the officer, abused them, and told them he would bring his action. The constraint he complained of did not exceed twenty minutes, for which Counsel at the opening of the case offered to take an apology and costs, which was declined. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.-Is. Damages (TUESDAY.) RYAN V. STACKPOOLE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover a quantum meruit for services rendered by him in the reco very of a large fortune in the well-known cause of Stack poole v. Stackpoole. The plaintiff, in 1819, was sent by the defendant Stack poole to Paris to negotiate and arrange his claim with Count Stackpoole. On that occasion the plaintiff procured a letter of introduction from Lord Castlereagh, the then Secretary for Foreign •Affairs, to Lord Stewart de Rothe sayi the Ambassador, to give any assistance to facilitate the adjustment of this great cace. The plaintiff had frequent interviews with Lord Stewart de Rothesay, and did every thing a zealous and efficient agent could do. For the want of certain papers his stay was prolonged in Paris for a considerable time, during which period he contracted debts and was thrown into prison, where he remained for five years. While in prison he was consulted by the defendant, who, it was alleged, after getting all the information he could out of him, placed his case in the hands of M. Dupin, the celebrated French advocate. The claims of the de fendant being compromised with the opposing party, he denied the right of the plaintiff to any claim for compen sation. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1,5001. INSOLVENTS' COURT.-TUESDAY. IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE ALMAR. An application was made on the part of Mr. Almar, the actor, dramatic writer, and late lessee of Sadler's Wells, for leave to file his petition, the 14 days from his commit ment having expired. The affidavit on which the motion was grounde was made by Mr. Almar. It stated that he had been arrested in Maich last, and committed to the Fleet Prison in the following month, and had been since detained at the suit of other creditors. That the only property he possessed was some theatrical dresses, and the reason he had not petitioned in the time allowed by the Act of Parliament was, that he expected his friends would have effected an arrangement with his creditors. He had, however, been disappointed, and was now desirous of filing his petition. The affidavit farther disclosed the money he had received during his imprisonment, and its application. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN granted him leave to file a petition. The Court rose t.;11 Thursday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Amongst several gin palace cases which were brought before the Lord Mayor, was the following : A young man named John Oast, a tailor, and his wife, were brought up charged with having paid attention to the gin-shops, to the peril of the life of their child. Mr. Booker, one of the officers of Bishopsgate parish, stated that the young couple had of late given themselves up entirely to the gin-shop, and if they disagreed upon other topics held but one opinion as to the necessity of devoting themselves to that deity who is most fervently worshipped in the dirtiest parts of the metropolis. In Bishopsgate, in consequence of the intensely warm nature of the adoration the votaries were called " fire worshippers." Upon the occasion alluded to in the complaint, while the defendants were swallowing the devoxing element, their infant was very near " finding a watery grave." A woman who lodged in the house in which the defen dant also lodged, stated that she heard, on Sunday morn ing, the cries of their baby in their room overhead. At first it was loud, but it became gradually weaker, and the brother of the infant (a child not two years old) cried, " Oh, baby, baby," and lamented most piteously. Wit ran up stairs and opened the door, which was locked from the outside, and upon entering saw the poor infant strug gling in a tub of soap suds, and the other child looking on, without, of course, being able to do anything else. The infant, on being taken out, threw up a quantity of filthy water, and was with difficulty recovered, and the father and mother were found at a neighbouring gin-shop, having left both children naked and unprotected. The male defendant said that he had accidentally called in at the gin-shop to see and get work, and his wife called in to see whether he had succeeded, and they happened to meet a friend who gave them .a glass of something, as,,they hid had nothing all day. They had not a farthing to buy bread, and would have refused the gin if they coud have got the more substantial necessary of life. Hogarth's celebrated scene would have been perfect if this incident had been represented in it, but the present day abounds in circumstances of more ludicrous horror even than the experience of that master supplied him with. The very bed of straw, the only furniture in the room with the exception of the old tub, in the filth of which the child was found kicking, looked as if it had been taken from the dog-kennel. The LORD MAYOR asked whether work could not be got for the wretched couple at their trade ? The officer replied that a master would be afraid to entrust any article to the unfortunate man, as the pawnbroker was sure to be called in to act as master of the ceremonies to the pub lican. The LORD MAYOR was about to commit the male pri soner to prison, when the wife's mother promised to take the whole family under her protection. Yesterday a medical Jew, named Gawthon, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having obtained a plate of meat and appendages in an eating-house, from a female waiter, for the payment of which be left a pencil case as security, which pencil case he afterwards induced her to put into his hands, and sold for Bd. in the room, after it had become her property. Upon being asked by the Lord Mayor what he meant by such conduct? he in sisted that there was nothing in the proceedings, which he admitted was correctly stated by the girl, that could sub ject him to any penalty to be inflicted by a Magistrate. The LORD MAYOR said that he considered the case to be one of gross fraud, and that a man who attempted to defend it, well deserved the punishment which was affixed to an offence of the kind. The prisoner said it was quite impossible to make any thing of the business, in whatever way it might be viewed, except a mere debt. It was not like a fraud at all. The LORD MAYOR—I think it is, and so like a fraud that I shall send it to a Jury to decide upon the resemblance. Prisoner—Very well, my Lord, you'll see which of us is right. I'd lay any wager that my opinion is the correct one.—(A laugh.) The Loan MAYOR—Let the commitment be made out. It strikes me that you have been guilty of a very gross de ception upon this poor young woman, and I think that others will be of the same opinion.' Prisoner—Oh dear, not at all. There's no legal ground at all you will soon find. The prisoner was then taken to Ncwgate, and in going thither he seemed to anticipate with satisfaction a triumph over the Lord Mayor. Yesterday, to the surprise of his Lordship, the prisoner appeared before him again, charged with having obtained a plate of meat and vegetables, upon the (with him) usual terms. He had not any mone y ; an d h e arg u e d that the w ant of it was a good reason for going in debt to a stranger. The LORD MAYOR—So you have got off at the Central Criminal Court, sir ? Prisoner—Oh dear, yes. The grand jury never found the bill. They understood too well what they were about. The LORD MAYOR—And their decision has apparently given you confidence. Prisoner—Why I know I never did anything against Old Bailey law. It is nothing but a debt, and if I was to go on till doomsday, nobody could make any more of it. Depend upon it, lam right. (Looking about the _room for approbation.) The LORD MAYOR—We must make you known to the eating-house people at any rate ; and I shall remand you till to-morrow. Prisoner—Very well, my Lord, you'll find I'm right, and no mistake. The prisoner, who is a spare, long-featured, dark visaged man, and has been for some finite running " the boiled beef rig," was then remanded. He remarked, upon going out of the justice-room that the citizens were by no means sound lawyers. BOW-STREET. THE BEDOUIN ARABS.—These persons, who have been " astonishing the natives" at Mr. Braham's establishment, the Colosseum, in the Regent's Park, for some time past, came to this office, accompanied by a French gentleman of rank, and by Mr. Graves, one of the attendants at the ex hibition, to complain that the proprietor of Astley's Theatre a 21 6 U 16 4 0 12 0 0 3 4 6 5 0 2 0 3 had given out that the " Bedouin Arabs" were exhibiting; there, whereas they were not to be seen at any other place! than the Colosseum. This, it appeared, had aroused the ire of the Bedouins, who conceived that it was an infringe ment upon their rights, and they would not be satisfied until they had seen the Chief Magistrate of London to know if he could not afford them redress. Sir F. ROE saw them in private, and conversed with them in French for some time, assuring them that even it they had any real ground of complaint the case was not one in which an English Magistrate had power to interfere. From what he had learned he felt quite sure their talents would work their own way, and the public would soon know where the genuine Bedouins were to be seen. The three Arabs, one of whom appeared near 50 years of age, but all of them fine looking fellows, thanked Sir Frederick for the attention he had shewn them, and de parted apparently satisfied. MARYLEBOIVE: Yesterday William Bassebe, a fashionably-dressed young man, wearing mustachios, and who said he was a print colourer, residing at No. 44, College-street West, Camden Town, was brought up in custody and placed at the bar before Mr. HosKINs, charged with having, by discharging a pistol, shot and severely injured two boys named Collins (residing with their father, a stone-mason, at. No. 21, Archer-street, Camden Town), as also three other lads, the sons of respectable tradesmen, residing in that neigh bourhood. Mr. Collins stated that on the previous evening, about o'clock, his two sons went out in a cart with three others ; shortly after his sons were brought home wounded, and saying a person who was in custody had fired a pistol at them. He immediately sent for Mr. Blackstone, surgeon, of High-street, who extracted two shots from the right arm of the eldest boy, and one from the hip of the youngest. They had since been obliged to keep their beds. Witness understood that the other lads were all wounded, but none of their parents had come forward. Mr. H. Kam, pianoforte-maker, of No. 37, Hampden street, Somers Town, stated that he was standing in Col lege.street, when he saw a cart pass with five boys in it, followed by a dog. Immediately after he saw the prisoner go by with a pistol in his hand, which, when within a few paces of the cart, he discharged, and the boys fell, scream ing dreadfully. It appeared to witness. that the prisoner aimed at the dog, which at the time he fired was underneath the cart. The Magistrate here asked to whom the dog belonged , and was answered by Mr. Collins, who said it was his. Police constable Porter, S 55, said he was on duty in College-street, when be heard an explosion, followed by cries of distress ; he went to the spot, and saw the prisoner with a pistol which had just been discharged in his hand. On their way to the station-house the prisoner said he had fired at the dog, which he thought was mad, and he was quite willing to make any reparation for the injuries he bad done. The prisoner, in reply, said he was sitting in the par lour, when the dog spoken of came in howling and barking , and snapped at him. He drove it out into the street, and, believing it to be mad, as it had bit recently several per sons, he followed it with a pistol, which, on getting near, he discharged at it, but the pistol was loaded with shot, which scattered, and struck the boys. Mr. Collins here said he could bring forward proof that the dog- was not mad. A poor woman stepped towards the bench, and, baring her arm, said she was, about two months since, bit by the dog, and obliged to have the piece cut out. Mr. HOSKINS thought, after all he had heard, that what had occurred was principally owing to Mr. Collins's keep ino• such a dog as had been described, and he therefore should desire him to immediately destroy it (which Mr. Collins promised to do), and require the defendant to find bail for his appearance when called upon. Bail was immediately tendered and accepted, and'. he arties left the office. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE• - WHITEHALL, JUNE 16. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Thomas Wace, of Shrewsbury, in the county of Salop, Gent., to be a Master Excra• ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster. • Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia-11• C• J. Irvine, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 29. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JUNE 15. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon Major Warwick Hele Tonkin; also, upon David Wilk ie, Esq., Royal Academician, principal painter to his Majesty, &c. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM MARNS, rope-maker, Arbour-place, Fair-field, Stepney. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM GILBERT, stationer, King's-Lynn, Norfolk, t° surrender June 28, at balf•past eleven, and August 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Windue, Bishops"ate-street Without. THOMAS HOLCROFT, THOMAS CHALLINOR , GEORGE HOLCROFT, and PETER FARNWORTH, mill wrights, Salford, Lancashire, July 15 and August 2, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle Temple ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Manchester. . _ _ JOHN ANDREWS, victualler, Seven Dials, June 28, at one, and Aug. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Pancras-lane, London ; Ware, Blackman-stree t, Borough. EDWARD PETERS, grocer, Bristol, July 6, and Aug. 2 9 at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Savery and Clark, Bristol. GEORGE SCOTT, sen., hatter, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jul); k 2 ,at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission - Room , in the 11 0 ) a ' Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Shield and Harwood, Poultry, London. • DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. D. and C. K. Cooper, cotton spinners, Woodeaves, DerbY" shire, July 12, at half-past one—W. Bull , corn dealer, Wilstead- r street, Somers-town, July 12, at two—W. Corp, carpenter, T owe street, July 12, at one—A. L. Vogel, merchant, Finsbury- 6 'j is . July 14, at twelve—C. T. Heath, engraver, Seymour - pla ce, V s e, ton-square, July 13, at one—F. 11. Hemming and T. Monkhourke laceman, St. Paul's Churchyard, July 13, at twelve—R. arks and J. Burgess, coal factors, Coal Exchange, July 14, at one J. T. Hellen, furrier, Bouverie •street, Fleet-street , July 1, r J twelve—D. A. Lindo, merchant, Great Winchester-street, July 14 at twelve—J. Lowe, hat manufacturer, Union-street, South wark, July 14, at eleven. In the Country. J. M`Ma.ster, draper, Manchester, July 14, at ten, at the Con missioners' Rooms, Manchester—H. Coates, cattle dealer, Colches-r ter, Essex, July 18, at eleven, at the Three Cups Hotel, Colehes"4, —S. Warren, chemist, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Jul„Y 1 ,3 at one, at the office of Mr Moss, Derby—E. Scott, grocer , "r e ; Yarmouth, Norfolk, July 12, at eight, at the office of Mr. Wa ter ' Great Yarmouth—T. Bothwell, cotton manufacturer, 111anchest,er' July 20, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester----1,%%°: binson, wine dealer, Manchester, July 13, at eleven, a the Co missioners 4 Rooms, Manchester—C. Sanderson, iron manufacture i Park Gate Works, Rotherham, Yorkshire, July 21, at the Anget Inn, Sheffield—M. W. Lamb, drysalter, Manchester, July 25f ten, at the Cominissioners' Rooms, 'Manchesterr. CERTIFICATES.—JuLx J. Jones, miller, Penllwyn Mill, Monmouthshire — N ' Pierce, cabinet maker, Northampton—N. Alexander, Iner=l, Calcutta—J. Crawley, linen draper, Oxford-street —S • wine merchant, Birmingham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Coupe and J. Mirldlehurst, sizers of cotton waxy!, Salford' . Lancashire—J. Gill and 0. 131oxsome, warehousemen, —bt,, street, Cheapside—N. Douglas and B. Manning, m illwrig I Blackwall—l. Fennell and I'. Helme, Cateaton-street , Blacks/cc:u, hall factors—S. 11. Samuelson and H. Magner, cigar man u fa hers, rers, Liverpool—G. Hennings and W. Stone, steel-plate pr Collin wood-street, City-road—T. and S. Jordan , farmers, Stan',o, well, Middlesex—J. Lum and Co., cotton spinners , Little Bo'tc'r. Lancashire—S. Woods and Co., warehousemen, Manchester--; Butterworth, jun., and A. Butterworth, cotton spinners, R w sor V I , Lancashire—G. T. Dale and T. Cullen, drapers, Wirk Derb3shire—W. Hunter and W. Wyles, joiners , Nottingharnli.. Wilkinson and C. Kay, woollen cloth merchants, Leeds--Lii cholson and R. Barr, attorneys, Leeds—W. Caw kwell and T. v.:: masons, Sheffield—W. Chambers, sen., and W. Chain ber f 5, 0 3 sail makers, Great Yarmouth—J. Moorhouse and Co. on ers, Haslingden, Lancashire—R. Morgan and E. Ree s ' li nen drapers, Southampton-row, Bloomsbury. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. at ARTHUR TClrioisjsßKeTsDlnDn', K dr e a l p s e o r, Kelso, June 28 and July 13, at only PLATED CORNER DIS E , d with Strong Silver Edges and Handles. —A Set of FourH Plated Corner Dishes and Covers are offered , com p lete, for Nine Guineas Ten i: or a set with richly ornamented Edg es, Handles, &c., for near. The Handles take off the Covers, so as to form Eight Din when required. T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Goldsmth, °' versmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B. A variety of Secondhand Watches may be selected fool, all price Two Guineas each, Warr BIRTHS. On the 19th inst. , at Hartley, near Croydon, the lady of John Murray, Esq., of a son. n the 19th inst., at k Hill, M. C. Batron, of a so n On .0, the 18th inst., Mrs D . A. enmar B. Rippon,rs Charterhouse-square, ' a daughter, _...----- MARRIED. Edwa rd On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, ,„ Divett, Esq., M.P., to Ann, only child of the late G• Ross , ~A- I '. k .. On the 16th inst., at Albourne, Sussex, the Rev. Wm. P l ° 4 stone Lee, Fellow of New College, Oxford, second son of the nevi Henry Lee, Fellow of Winchester College, to Elizabeth, younge' daughter of the late C. Thomson, Esq., Master in Chancery. ~. On the 16th i ns t., at Paris, Vicomte Joseph Maison, Lieutenant , Colonel on the Staff, son of his Excellency the Marquis eldest Minister of War, Marshal and l'eer of France, &c., to Diana , e daughter o f Peter De Domecq, Esq., of Xerex and of London. DIED. On the 19th i ns t., in the Strand, 99. Clemen tina Matilda , wife of Mr. Dodd, St. James's - stree t, a g ed On the 17th inst., Mrs. Coster, of Marchwood, near Southamp ton, aged 81. On the 16th inst. , at Teddington, aged 66, Rob ert Cooper, Esq., surgeon, R.N. Wi On the 13th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of ght, the Rev. 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