The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-08 00:00:00

see, Basinghall-street ; Hodson and Gibbs, King's-road, Bed lord-row. JOHN MOORHOUSE, cattle-dealer, Rotheram, York.. shire, May 17 and June 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District - Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Taylor, John -street, Bedford-row, London ; Badger and Coward, Rotheram ; Blackburn, Leeds. WILLIAM FOSTER NICHOLSON, worsted spinner, lialifaz, May 17, and June 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Jaques and Ed wards, Ely-place, London; Stocks and Macaulay, Halifax ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. HENRY PEACOCK. grocer, Seockton-upon-Tees, May 20, at half-past one, and June 7, at eleven, at the Newcastle spon-Tyne I)istriA Court. Wakley, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne ; Amory, Sewell, and Moores, London ; Claytons and Dunn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. S rEPHEN MEREDITH, linen-draper, Liverpool, May 17 and June 12, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Wea thebll, Temple, London ; Wood, Manchester. WILLIAM HIND, common brewer, Preston, May 17 and Jane 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchest , r ; Fussier, Liverpool.; Kirk, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane, London. FRANCIS DAVIS, linen-draper, Tiptnn, Stafford, May 22, and June 12, at half-past twelv-, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official - assignee ; Sale and'Worthington, Manchester. JOHN ARNOLD, jun., Farndon, Cheshire. and HENRY ARNOLD, Derby, cheese-factors, Msy 14, and June 7, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee; Richardson, Burton-upon-Trent; Hicks, Bartlett's-buildings, London NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Whiteley, scissor manufacturer, Sheffield. W. R. D. Brett, baker, Suter's-be., Chapel-st., Somer's-town W. H. Webster, coal dealer, Mount-pleasant, Gray's Inn-lane. J. T. Hillen, farmer, Thursford, Norfolk. J. Kerbs-, licensed victualler, Bristol. B. Pocoilic, Fuller-street, Bethnal-green. J. Noke, railv, ay porter, Manchester. J. Gill. jun., veterinary surgeon, Halifax, Yorkshire. J. Werenhall, stock agent, Waleot-terrace, Lambeth. B. Newnham, tailor, Filth-street, Soho. P. Stack , painter, ray's Inn-lane, Holborn. W. Burton, innkeeper, Darlington, Durham. E. Brown, Gloucester. T. Cope, baker, Lepton, Nottinghamshire. C. Higginson, schoolmaster, broadwell, Oxfordshire. J. W. Prentis, Kelvedon, Essex. J. Swinscoe, sen., wood turner, Sheffield. G. Davenport, She Said. J. Bedford, jun., pattern-card maker, Chorlton-on-Medlook. W. lore, boot maker, Bristol. S. Hall, beer-shopkeeper, Bast Dean, Gloucestershire. _ . 3. Chandler, marliPt gardener, Mitcham. W. A. Wilson, painter, Gr a nviile.place, Bagnigge.wells•road. C. Hederstedt, Lambeth road. W. Tipper, traveller, Lady Lake's-grove, Mile-end-road. E. Harris, attorney's clerk, Branch-place, Hoaton Old-town. J. Farrer, licensed victualler, Liverpool. J. Patten, messenger, Paradise-street, Lambeth. J. Marchant, sen., budder, Bosley, Kent. 'R. Covers, schoolmaster, Coppers, Kent. H. Parrott, Marlborough-place, Walworth-road. 3. P. Hillhouie, tea dealer, Bedford. E. Croft, bricklayer, Castle-street, Southwark. J. Friend, boot maker, Hythe, Kent. J. Nye, surgical instrument maker, Alfred-place, Southwark. W. Parker, coal dealer, Norwich. T. Mason, tailor, Sheffield. T. Hodgson, joiner, Otley, Yorkshire. J. Sutcliffe, carrier's agent, Halifax, Yorkshire. D. Henry, engraver, Leeds. G. Small, pig butcher, Liverpool. N. Daniell, dentist, Charlottee-street, Fitsroy-square. S. Short, boot maker, Berwick-street, Westminster. R. Sutcliffe, common carrier, Rochdale, Lancashire. J. Hilton, clerk, Meare, Somerset hire. W. Newman, builder, Hammersmith. P. Lancashire, gardener, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire. J. Daniel, farmer, Langstone, Monmouthshire. R. Vinter, St. Helen's, Isle of Wight. J. M'Larty, lodging-house keeper, Spring-street, Shadwell. J. Parker, sen., coach maker, Bath. E. AP Cormick, tailor, Carlton-street, Regent-street: T. A. M. Browne ' Steke St. Mary, Somersetshire. E. Howell, t a il or , Henstridge-place, St. John's- vi nod. W. Harris, baker, Oxford. SECOND NOTICES. T. Pagden, St. Thomas's-street, Southwark. May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official a s sig nee. H. Mahomed, bath proprietor, Little Ryder-street , St. James's, May _l3, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. T. Standen, baker, Hastings, May 13, at eleven, at the Coart of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. M. Bayntun, coachman, Knightsbridge, May 13, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. T. Ellis, stone mason, Bakewell, Derbyshire, May 13, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee: R. Stott, Blackburn. Lancashire, May 11, at twe've, at the 3lanchester District Court. Stanway. official assignee. J. Johnson, brewer, Birmingham, May 13, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. H. Ashton, joiner, Manchester, May 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, o ffi cial assignee. M. Hind, New-street, Covent-garden, May 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. H. Haworth, labourer, Baca's, _Lancashire, May 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. W. F. Waller, fruit agent, Great Carter.street, May 15, at balf-past-two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.- - G. Ginn, commercial traveller, St. James's-place, Old Kent-road, May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Grimm, official - assignee. R. Page, son., hair dresser, Banbury, Oxfordshire, May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official ass i gnee. J. Kemp, gun maker, Birmingham May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, of fi ci al assignee. . _ DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy. Basinghall-street. R. Pettit, livery-stable keeper, Exning. Suffolk, May 30, at eleven—F. Shaw, builder, London-wall, May 30, at half-past twelve—l. Lumley, victualler, Cornwall-road, May 31, at half past eleven-Fl. W. Smith, woollen draper, Tothill-street, May 29, at twelve. In the Country. H. Hiiehin, ironmonger, Halifax, - Yorkshire, May 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—A. W. Hillary, iron founder, Ewanrigg-hall, Cumberland, May 31, at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—R. S. Colpitts, grocer, Newcastle-upon Tyne, May 31, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—l. Sealby, edge. tool manufacturer, Keswick, Cumberland, May 31, at one,,at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—T. Benson, grocer, Darlington, Durham, May 30, at one, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. CERTIFICATES to be inted, unless cause be shown to the gra:..u, contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. R. Beckley, grocer, North Audley-street, Hanover-square, May 30-4. Aladin, victualler, Bexley-heath, Kent, May 30 W. Chapman, surgeon, York-place, New-road, Marylebone, May 31—T. Hodsdon, butcher, Harrow, June 4—J. Williams, flannel manufacturer, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, May 31— J. D. Payne and L. Rushton, furriers, Birmingham, May 31 —S. Beitison, wine merchant, Leamington Priors, Warwick shire; May 31—R. Hitchcock, miller, Taunton, Somersetshire, May Wiseman. hosier, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, May 31—G. Cooper, butcher, Leeds, May 28—J. B. Wat kinson, saddler, Maghull, Leicestershire, May 28-3. Wilson, linen manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 28—T. Rod ham, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,May 28—F. Shaw, car penter, London-wall, May 28. PARTNEIISHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Armstrong and G. Curling, wholesale druggists, London —J. Cleaton, J. Greenhaigh, and H. Greenhaigh, lace dealers. Tottenham.court-road—T. Chapman and J. Dean, ironmon gers, Ltverpool—D. Hill, W. Hill, J. C. Drury, and E. .Barron, drapers, Newcastle-on-Tyne (so far as regards W. Meek, J. J. Meek, and W. Cope, mill board manu factorers.3lant,toae, Kent--S. 11. Smith, E. J. Talbot, J. Parkin, and W. Parkin, merchants, Sheffield—J. and H. Ty!or, brasier s, Warwick -l ane— J . NI. Pearce, J. A. Bolger, j, P. Phillips, and L. H. Winckworth, attorneys, St. Swithin's -lane (so far as regards 3. A. Bolger)—C. J. Cal vert and J. L. Cooper, builders, Great Suffolk-street, South wark—W. May and A. Scott, linen drapers, Liverpool—E. Tierrill and C. Wootton, builders, Byfield, Northamptonshire— J. Bownes and T. Barnett, chichory merchants, Nottingham —H, Thorp and D. J. Jones, waterproof manufacturers, Wood-street, Cheapside—J. Fawcett and D. A. Ricotta, at torneys, Jewin-street, Cripplegate—J. Boswell and W. H. Faux, coal merchants, Manchester-buildings, Weatminster— J. Whitley, H. Beaumont, and D. Murray, cotton warp dyers, Bradford, Yorkshire—Jb. Jonas, El. Jonas, and Jn. Arias tobacconists, Leman-street, Goodman's fields (so far as regards Jb. Jonas)—N. B. Allen and J.. Luly, ship builders, Neath, Glamorgatishire—W. H. Hill, N. Hill, and watch manufacturers, Coventry. • SCOTCH SEQUES (RATIONS. WILLIAM ALLAN and JAMES GAME, music sellers, Dundee, , Way lb and June 5, at two, at the chambers of Baxter and-Alexander. Dundee. GEORGE MILLER, victualler, Glasgow, May 13 and June 3, at two, at the chambers of Kerrs and Anderson, Glasgow: • ENGLAND. A Genival Court of the Directors of the Governor and Com pany of the Bank of England was held yesterday, for the put.- se of taking into consideration certain special affairs re lating to.ther-charter. Mr. Erle, the Queen's Counsel, was in attendance, for the first time sirfre his appointment as Counsel for the Bank. The GoVernor 'and ,t he Directors entered the Court at twelve o'clock, and the minutes of the last meeting having been read, The Gnvar-von said the Court had been specially sum 'twined,is the; purpose, of laying before the Court of Pro. prietors the commun i cat i ons t h ey h a d received front her Majesty's Government, in reference to their chart r. Before, however, he Proceeded to read those communicatios, and the answers which the Court of Directors had thought it right to give to those co mmunications from the Government, it would be but right, on his part to state to the Court why the Direc tors had deviated from the course they had adopted upon the last renewal of the charter, inasmuch as the Proprietors ought to'be satisfied and aseirced that there was every de sire on the part of that 'Reus e to communicate liith the Pro prietors, and to show that they had not been unmindful of their interests.-L4Hear, hear.) On the last revival of the charter the Proprietors were called together on the day of the announcement in Parliament, but, as in the present stance the measure to be proposed to the Go vernment had reference not only to that House, but to , the general banking of the country, the Court of Directors - ha d . thought. that it would not be right to c a ll the Proprietors together before the announcement to Parlia ment was - Made, because the - Directors could only have given and they could not have stated what portion of the facts , the intentions of the Government were as to the other great: country banking interests . of the . These were the reasons why the Court of D'ir'ectors deviated from the course adopted in 1835.: The ,Proprietors had ex pressed a with at the last Court that Ike (the. Governor) sho uld continue to hold that honourable office in that House ; his colleagues had recom mendedfac hina ter the choice of the Proprietors, and in continuing to hold that. office he felt, that he was situation of great difficulty, 'but at the same himself in a that the itursual of a straightforward coiu n r ese was the tight time he thought one, and that he should best fulfil his duty to the Proprietors by pursuing it.—(llear, hear.) He would not detain them longer by any observations of his, but would read the first communication the Court of Directors had received from the Chancellor of the . Exchequer with reference to the renewal of the Bank Charter. It was datvd the 26th of April, 1844, and was signed Henry Goulborn. The Govenadi . theft 'proceeded to read the letter, which was to .the --foll ow i ng effect—it- was addressed to the Governor, andDeputy-Governor - orthe Bank of England : " As under the provisions of the 3d and 4th of William IV., : chap. 98,1 he ht of August is the day after which it is corn petent for .the - House of Commons to give notice to the • Bank of the determination of their exclusive privileges, her lidajesty'S Government think it advisable to come to some understanding with the Bank as to its connection with tile Government. In submitting to you the views of the Govern ment, I would promiao that tho main object of the Govern. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1544. ment, in any new renewal of the charter of the Bank, is one that the Bank can be scarcely less interested in ;ban the Government, namely, that of placing the monetary system of the country on a sound foundation. I It appeared highly desirable that any arrange ent that might be made should be founded on the basis of entire separation of the, business of issuing notes from that of bank- ing ; that might be obtained by some public department: being established for the issue of notes, independent of the Bank ; bift her Majesty's Government are willing to con sider whether this might not be effected by dividing the busi ness of the Bank. The first question for the Bank to consider is, how far they would be willing to undertake this duty, how far they would be disposed to administer the functions of issue. It is desirable that the Bank should have the power of issuing - a certain amount of notes, and that all other notes should be issued either in exchange for bullion, or upon securities that -would admit of ready convertibility, and not to exceed the amount fixed except under the approval of the Government. It was proposed from henceforth to prohibit the establishment of any new bank of issue, to re strict the issue of their own notes to those banks at present exercising that privilege, and to limit the issue of those banks to the amount of notes issued by them on the average in a given preceding period; and in the event of their failure of liquidation to prohibit, under any -circumstances, the re sumption of their own circulation. The void created by the withdrawal of any existing private or joint-stock hank from circulation, either voluntary or under the circumstances al luded to, should be supplied, if necessary, by the substitution of notes of the Bank of England ; • and in such a case the Bank, acting in concert with the Government, should be authorised to make a proportionate increase in the amount of those securities" which constitute the foundation of the issue of paper—the whole nett profit derived from that additionaliissue would be carried to the account of the Government.—(Hear.) It was intended that a weekly publication should take place of the state Loth of the issue and of the banking department of the Bask; and it would be required that each private bank and joint-stock bank issuing their own notes should make once a week a publication of the amount of their notes in circula tion. tinder such an arrangement, it was obvious the Bank would not merely retain its existing privileges of having no bank of inure than six partners issuing notes within a circle of sixty-five miles of London, but it would be secured against competition from any new bank, even with less than six partners, and although any profit derived from any increased issue would be placed henceforth to the account of the Government, and the Bank would not derive any immediate pecuniary advantage from it, yet the - ex tension of business and circulation consequent ou that further extension, must be to the Bank a source of no inconsiderable benefit. It was not proposed to continue the prohibition now in force as to the drawing, accepting, or paying of bills, within the 65 miles circle round London. Should any ar rangement on this principle meet the views of the Bank, the points retraining for consideration would be the period for hich the Bank charter should be renewed, and the amount of the payments which ought to be made by the Bank to the public during the period of its continuance. , The Govern ment considered it advisable that the charter should be granted for ten years from the Ist of August, 1845, determinable at any period within that time upon a notice of twelve months; but until such notice be given to continue in force. The amount of payments to be made to the public by the Bank would depend upon the consideration of the benefits secured by this arrangement to the bank ing department of the Bank, and in proportion to the profits of issue which the public were entitled to claim. The Bank should retain the management of the public debt, and the advantage of the Government deposits, and the balance of the several public accounts at the Bank. It must, however, be distinctly understood that the Government retained the entire discretion as to the amount of such deposits to be made in the Bank. With reference to the profits of the circulation department, supposing the amount of securities to be fourteen millions, the profit would be the difference between the interest received on those se curities and the expense required for managing the issue of notes, and treating the accounts connected with them, and the receipts and credit of the bullion which must from time to time come into the hands of that depart ment. Assuming three per cent. as the rate of in terest, the gross profit of the circulation depai tment would be 420,000/. It had been stated by the Batik, in a paper pre sented to the Committee on the Bank charter in 1832, that the expense of the circulation was at that time 106,000/. It would be desirable that the items constituting this aggregate sum should be separately considered with a view td ascer taining whether, without dimi&shing the advantages now secured to the public, a reduction might not be effected in the amount. He would assume 100,0001. as the expense, and that would leave 320,000/. as the profit of the circulation de partment, from which should be deducted 60,0001., the amount of stamp duty paid on the notes of the Bank of England, and also whatever sum the Bank allowed to other banks which substituted Bank of England notes for their own paper. He would take that amount at 20,0001. The nett property therefore which the public would have a right to share would be 240,000/, or if it were more desirable to re move the stamp duty on the notes of the Bank, it would be 300,000/. In this arrangement he did not put out of view the claim of the Bank for remuneration for the management of the circulation. It appeared to him that the real interests of the Bank would be promoted by the proposed arrangement. It proposed to leave the management of the circulation in the hands of the Bank, which would continue the confidence of the public in it, and would be calculated to increase the control of the Bank ' over the paper and currency of the country. and would secure it from the expenses and danger to which it wait itherto exposed. The Deputy-Governor then read the reply the Directors, dated the 30th of April, 1844, and addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. After acknowledging the receipt of his letter, they stated that they were desirous of an early settlement of the currency question, and were disposed to consider favourably any measure of her Majesty's Ministers which would place the circulation of the country on a sound footing. They had no objection to the separation of theiSsue and bankin g departments, and thought that such a separa tion could be effected without difficulty. They had no difference with regard to the principle of the in tended measure. The Bank had no pecuniary interest is the general adoption of their notes. When, in 1835, they agreed to pay the public 120,0001., advantages were held out to the Bank from the extension of the circulation of their notes, but those advantages had never been realised. With regard to the weekly publication of the amount of issues, there was no objection on the part of the Bark to accede to such an arrangement. With regard to the renewal of the charter from the Ist of August for ten years, it was proposed that the charter should terminate upon twelve months no t ice being given. They would propose that, if such notice was not given at the end of ten years, th e charter should continue for ten additional years. This would give the Bank increased se curity, and it would put an end to the annual diseussionswhich were held on the subject. With regard to the advantages which the Bank derived from having the deposits, the benefit was diminished in consequence of the risk of forgeries.— (Hear.) The benefits which the Bank derived were also diminished from the expenses and risk they incurred in col lecting the ordinary revenue. In 1843 the clerks of the Bank travelled over 75,090 miles, and carried with them 9,049,0001. The Bank Incurred all the expense and risk of this—(Hear) —they therefore thought that some abatement of the 120,060/. paid to the public might be reasonably expected. The Governor thought it necessary to explain that there was a mistake as to the expense of issues. Instead of 113,000/. it was found to be 117,000/, as the branch bank at Leicester was not included.(Hear.) He had next to request the attention of the Court to a letter addressed to the Directors on May 2, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The letter acknowledged the receipt of the reply of the Directors to his former letter of April 30, and expressed the satis faction of her Majesty's Government to know that on the part of the Bank there was a general concurrence in the principles which in that letter he (the Chancellor of the Ex chequer) had laid down. It was satisfactory to the Government that although the Bank Directors doubted the utility of a weekly publication of the accounts of the Bank, yet they made no objection to it. Her Majesty's Government were of opinion that such publi cation would be useful, by giving satisfaction to the public and increasing the confidence in the stability and good ma nagement of the establishment. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) agreed with the Directors, that the removal of the existing prohibition of issuing bills within the sixty-five miles' circle round London might lead to the introduction of new paper, and be liable to abuse. He did not think, however, that it was necessary now to make an attempt to limit the amount of bills to he issued, and the times'of payment ' • but considered it preferable to leave with the Government the power of calling on the Legislature to interfere, if any abuse should arise. The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought also that it was better that the new arrangement should be made terminable at the end of ten years, then that it should be extended to twenty years. Indeed, - lie believed that it would be more conducive to the perma nence of the arrangement, as there would be a greater likeli hood of calls for a change in the course of the period, if it were fixed at twenty years. Her Majesty's Government pits. posed to accept of 60,000/. in lieu of the stamp duty, which would make the whole amount paid by the Bank to the public, in return for its privileges, 180,000/ The answer of the Court of Directors to the last communi cation was then read. It was dated the 3d of May, and, after acknowledging the receipt of the letter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the 2(1 May, the Directors, in their answer, stated that, although they were of opinion that some abate ment in the payment of the 180,000/. might reasonably have been expected, they had resolved,; however, under all the circumstances, to recommend the Court of Proprietors to accede to the propositions of the Government. The Goys:axon had now read the whole of the correspond ence with the Government on the subject of the renewal of the charter„ and at the proper time it would be his duty to submit to the . Court a resolution similar to that one which had been submitted to the Court on a similar occasion in the year 1833, viz., that the Court of Directors having taken the subject into their serious consideration, do recommend the Court of Proprietors to accede to the proposal of her Majesty's Government for the renewal of the charter, and ' for providingthe general regulations referred to in the letters of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as soon as they should be proposed to Parliament to he adepted. lie had now tint them in full possession of all the proposals which her Ma jesty's Ministers had made on the subject, and as they had been submitted to Parliament, the time was come for taking the opinion of the Court of Directors on the subject. In answer to some questions, the Cmanarax stated that the payment of stamp duty would remain nearly as it did at present; that any advantage to be derived from the e p o r f o o sp th ee er • tive substitution ofßank of England notes for those banks of issue, would be derived solely from the fact that the circulation would be on a sounder footing, and that they would be less embarrassed in the keeping of the banking accounts. Mr. FIELDER considered the terms proposed by the Go vernment most harsh and unfair. There were stringent re gulations for the Bank, but none for the Government or the private banks. They were to be limited as to their profits, but not as to their losses. It should be remembered that they hail met with losses heretofore; that they had come forward to assist Government frequently, and frequently at a loss. They had come foravard in 1835, and by an immense advance had saved the country, and now, because the Go vernment had managed by imposing an income-tax in peace to raise the funds to par, they turned round upon the Bank and threatened to crush them if they did not accede to the terms. The G overnment h a d not, acte d i n t h e f a i r, open , an d candid atsome manner in whi c h th ey oug ht to h ave ac t e d. H e h ope d i ...time alteration would be made in the plan before it was acted on. 31r. WILLIA.Ntsox ask e d if it was understood that the be paid to the Governm en t? was the outside of what was to - 120,000/., and the Como/ . , 3 T i h r e ‘GovENE-EDnorNGonadstvaetret(eldthtaet the i course twas taken by the Board as renewed in 1833 ; when thei t t h p e r Bankiilted and c charter distributedr among the w e retohfeDpiarpeeetorsrs:ter ~• Pro prietors, and time allowed for their consid eration. recom mended that the same course should b eration. lie present occasion. There was one thing that he on the to see introduced into their charter—that was,eanshould wish alteration in their mode of elec tion, p articularl y with res p ect to the elec tion of the Chairma n and De p ut y -Chairman. The present mode was one of nomination, which he thought was not re spectful either to the Directors or the Proprietors. The GOVERNOR said, that when he read the resolution, he stated that it would be . submitted to the Court in due time. Neither himself nor the Board of Directors had the slightest objection to postpone the discussion. He would state that measures would be taken to have the papers printed and in the possession of the Proprietors to-morrow. All he begged was that they would consider calmly and de liberately the proposal contained in them. If the proposals were sound, they would bear consideration. After ashort discussion, in which some further explanation of the plan was given, Mr. LEVY said, that though they might talk of being hardly dealt with, yet they should remember that they still were to have 3 per cent. for eleven millions of money. That was a wr eat boon, and ought to be borne in mind by them. Mr.''BLACKWELL, after several attempts to speak, stated that they had at present but very imperfect information on the subject, and he advised a delay, for the purpose of consi derati, A PROPRIETOR asked whether, if the Government was to have the profit on the circulation of notes above 14,000,000/., it had provided for the expenses of that issue? The GOVERNOR said that the profits the Government was to take were the net profits. Mr. SATAMON wished to know if the 120,000/. and the 60.0001. to be paid under the new arrangement were the same amount as paid at present? The GoiEnson--Precisely the same. Mr. SALAmeN=Has the I.3ank any power to increase its. issues beyond the fourteen millions? The .GOVERNOR—It has the power, with the consent of the First Lord of t4a,Treasuly,-the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Master of the Mint. Mr. CLARKS said that the questions which had just been put convinced him of the propriety of ai.journing the discus sion, in order to give the Proprietors an opportunity of care fully perusing the correspondence. After a iew words from Mr. FIELDER, the debate was ad journed to Monday next at Eleven for Twelve. It was announced that the printed papers, consisting of the correspondence between the Directors and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and of the resolutions proposed by Sir R. Peel to the House of Commons last evening, would be ready to morrow morning in the Bank Stock Office. • LAW INTELLIGENCE.' COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, May 7. (Sittings in Banco.) EX PARTE THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. It being known that a criminal information was this day to be moved for against Mr. llumfrey, barrister, on the part of the Duke of Marlborough, for certain alleged calumnious statements madd by that gentleman when a candidate at the last election for the borough of Woodstock, the Court on its opening was immediately crowded to excess. The counsel retained for the noble plaintiff were the Solicitor-General, Mr. Erle, Q.C., Mr. Fitzro y Kelly, Q.C., and Mr. Robinson. Mr. Humfrey was in Court in professional costume, and near to the seat usually occupied by him. Precisely at ten o'clock the Learned Judges took their seat, when, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL rase, and said he had been instructed to apply to the Court for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not he tiled against Lebbius Charles Ilainfrey, Esq., barrister-at law, upon the complaint of his Grace the Duke of Marl borough. He was sure he need not say that it was with very considerable pain he rose to perform such a duty towards a gentleman whom he had known for many years, and for whom he entertained the greatest respect, it was with the deepest pain he had found that gentleman so far forgetting himself as to make his conduct amenable to the jurisdiction of their Lordships on the bench. The occasion out of which the pre sent complaint arose, and the circumstances under which the statements of which he complained were made, were such as not only to justify but. imperatively to demand their Lord ship's interposition. On the 22d of last month an election took place in the borough of Woodstock. That election was in the immediate neighbourhood of the Duke of Marlborough's residence at Blenheim. His Grace was Lord-Lieutenant of the county and a magistrate for the division within which the borough of Woodstoek is situated. For many years his Grace had been actively engaged in the magisterial duties . within that division, and the statements which - had been made by Mr. Humfrey were directed against hint in his magisterial capacity, in the very centre of the division where he exercised those public functions, before those over whom his magisterial jurisdiction extended, and at a moment when it was not at all unlikely it might have been called into action, and under circumstances not improbably calculated to excite disturbance. At such a time—a time of election, which was always a time of excite ment—when his Grace's interference as a magistrate might have been called for, this attack had been made—an attack calculated to destroy his efficiency, unless their Lord ships should interpose on the present occasion for his protec tion. There was, on the occasion alluded to, something peculiar in the position of Mr. Humfrey. He went down to the borough of Woodstock, not for the purpose of can vassing the electors—not for the w purpose of engaging in any contest for the representation of the borough, for he had declared all idea of a contest to be utterly hope less ; and if he had ever had ±ch an intent, he heal svhelly abandoned it—and all the fore that he went to the borough for was for the purpose of being the instrument—he (the Solicitor General) must be permitted to hope the un conscious instrument—of the malice and falsehood of many individuals in that neighbourhood. He (the . Solicitor- General) thought the best mode of discharging his duty upon that occasion would be by reading to their Lordships various statements which were made by his Learned Friend on the occasion in question, and' then directing their attention to those portions of the affidavits which gave a direct and dis tinct answer to charges which he must say his Learned Friend had assuredly been instructed to make. And he was perfectly certain when his Learned Friend heard the real state of the facts and circumstances, he would regret as deeply, if not more deeply than any one, that he should have ti usted to representations made to him, and that he should so incautiously and unguardedly have listened to the persons in whose hands he was placed, and not have exercised the ordi nary caution and discretion in judging of the motives which instigated them in making such statements to him. The speech of his Learned Friend on the occasion alluded to was one of very great force and vehemence. It contained a variety of vague and general charges, and in sinuations which it was utterly impossible for the Duke to meet, but amongst them were some spetific statements and details, which his Grace had met in a manner the most dis tinct and emE hatic. In order that. their Lordships might appreciate the character of the statements which his friend had made, he (the Solicitor-General) would read portions of those general charges, which it was impossible to refute, but which gave the tone and temper to the whole series of calumnies. His friend said :—" 1 assure You, gentlemen, that I will state nothing harshly, but, after the most industrious personal inquiry, I am bound to say that I believe there never was, in the history of this country, a borough so neglected— (Hear, hear)—a tyranny so oppressive—(Hear, hear)—a borough in which the poor were so utterly forgotten—the sick and destitute so unrelieved—(Hear, hear)--:-whilst the Duke of Marlborough, living at Blenheim, enjoys all the honour of his princely rank, all the wealth of his high station, without doing the slightest good to a borough of which he claims to be the owner and patron ;" and then he proceeded with an arraignment of the Duke's conduct in many particulars, with a series of charges distinctly made. Now, the first case that he (the Solicitor-General) should refer to, would be that in which the Duke's character and conduct, as a magistrate, had been inculpated, and their Lordships would be good enough to recollect the -particular occasion on which it occurred—one on which his Grace's cha racter, as a magistrate, had been directly and distinctly ar raigned. His friend said, " there is a man named Harris— (Hear, hear)—aye, and that name of Harris is a name which if it does not haunt the Duke upon his dying-bed, he is more hard-hearted even than you represent him. Harris was a respectable man, but poor. He held a cottage under the Duke, and he kept a poor old horse. One day .he had taken the horse to water to a pond in your town. He had no right to go to the pond, and the Duke's hayward, Timothy Slingo, going by, seized the horse to take him to the pound; Harris gave the horse a cut with his whip, and it broke front Slings, and ran back to the stable. Harris was summoned for pound breach. He was fined Is. and the costs, which amounted to 19s. 6d. He could not pay, and he was sent to gaol. Whilst he was in gaol his creditors came upon him, his goods were taken in execution, and when he came out of gaol he was a ruined man. At this moment he is working on your roads.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and a voice. "It's all true.") But this is not all. This man was first of all taken before two magistrates, who at first re fused to convict him. (Here was a cry of " Here he is," and the man Harris, amid a scene of intense excitement, was ele vated upon the shoulders of the people at the lower end of the room.) Mr. llumfrey resumed—Two magistrates re fused to convict him. The Duke, a fit judge in his own cause, nas sitting in front of his dog kennel, is ith a glass of ale in his hand, when the man was brought before him, and he himself caused him to be committed to gaol." Now he (Mr. Thesiger) was in a condition to prove to their Lordships, that from the beginning to the end of that statement there was not one particle of truth. In the first place, Harris at the time was not a tenant of the Duke of Marlborough's. And it was not the least remarkable circumstance attendant on this charge that, not before he was convicted, but ten months after that period, he became, at his own request, a tenant of that very man who had thus been so wickedly and wantonly denounced as a tyrant. Slingo was not the Duke's hayward. He was appointed under the General Highways Act, by Mr. Webb, the surveyor of the highways, and his appointment was sanctioned, as it required to be, by two magistrates, the Duke of Marlborough having neither directly nor indirectly any part whatever in the affair. He had no knowledge whatever of that appointment; and it was utterly untrue that any magistrates refused to convict Harris. The fact was, Harris was taken before Mr. Cox, a magistrate of the division, by the hayward. The charge was made against hits, the evidence heard—the examination of witnesses was taken down, but inasmuch as, under the Highway Act, one magistrate could not convict, Mr. Cox adjourned the case to the next petty sessions for the division. This was, he be lieved, on the sth of May— Lord DENMAN—In what year? 'File SOLICITOR-GENERAL—III the year 1841. When the sth of May arrived, it so happened that Mr. Cox did not at tend the petty sessions, and the matter was consequently adjourned until the 12th. Upon that occasion there were not two magistrates present, and ultimately it was arranged to have a hearing at the petty sessions on the 2d of June. Now on that day, the 2d of June, the Oxford Agricultural Society usually met at Blenheim, and it was arranAed that the meeting should take place at a farm-house called " The Kennel Farm," and it was strange to observe on what a slen der foundation cf truth all this falsehood had been raised. The place of meeting, as he had said, was called " The Ken nel Farm," but there was no dog kennel within a dis tance of a mile of it. In consequence of the ma gistrates attending petty sessions being likely to at tend the agricultural meeting, it was arranged by Mr. Holloway, the clerk to the magistrates, that instead of meeting at his own house, as they usually did, for the holding of petty sessions, they should meet at the farm called the Kennel Farm. Accordingly, on that day, the Duke, who always attended petty sessions, and who, he believed, acted as chairman, together with two other magis trates, Mr. Murrell and Mr. Leonard Pickering, assembled at this farm-house for the purpose of holding a petty session. Harris's case was called on, the examinations previously taken before Mr. Cox were read over, and, not satisfied with that, the witnesses, both for and against Harris, were called in and subjected to examination again. Mr. North, the Town Clerk, who was very prominent in promot ing these attacks on the hustings, and from whom, no doubt, his Learned Friend had derived his information, at tended as attorney for Harris. The case was thoroughly in vestigated—the magistrates deliberated, and decided that Harris had been guilty ofrescuing a horse which had been taken by the hayward for the purpose of being pounded. The Duke inquired the amount of costs, which were stated to be 12s. 6d., which, with the expense of serving the summons, and other minor details, would make them in the whole 155., upon which, at the suggestion of the Duke himself, the tine was mitigated to Is. Harris was called into the room, and was told he was fined one shilling penalty and the costs, on which he said they might send him to a thousand gaols but the money never should be paid. The magistrates remonstrated with him, and pointed out the folly of his con duct. They also told him they would not proceed against hint for a fortnight, in order that he might be able to get the money ; but they of course also told him that if he persisted in refusing to pay the fine what the consequence would he On the 16th of June four magistrates assembled in petty sessions, amongst whom was Mr. Cox, who had originally heard the complaint. Harris being welllsteinquethneaet p w e a r s iod set to eh p o r o i l s d on d f ie o e r ha fo rb u ye rtex e asked to pay his tine positively refused to do so, and in amount —his days—unless the , Duke of Marlborough sinning the commitment, along with the other magistrates thesefacts, he (the Solicitor-(1 al eller ) would ask their Lord- ships whether it was possible to conceive a statement so utterly unfounded, and so grossly malicious—so calculated to arraign the conduct of the Duke in his magisterial capacity, and to impair his efficiency in the discharge of those im portant functions with which he was invested? His Learned Friend, Mr. Erle, suggested to him to touch upon the minor charges •as to the drinking of the ale and other matters, but they were so perfectly in significant that • it was hardly worth while to occupy the time of the Court with them. In fact, from beginning to end, with the solitary exception of the magistrates' meeting at thee" Kennel Farm House," there was not a single word of truth in the statements which had been made. And now he would ask their Lordships whether it was to be endured that at such a crisis, when disturbance was likely to arise and an appeal to the passions of the people about to take place, that charges such as these were to be brought against an in dividual in his magisterial capacity, and whether, being made, the Court would hesitate for one moment in exercising its summary power of giving instant protection to one thus assailed. He would now proceed to another charge which, if no answer was made to it, would make a very serious im pression upon the public mind, but which was as false as all the other charges his friend had been instructed to make. In another part of his friend's address to the electors of Wood stock, he said—" There's a man standing there—Castle.— (Hear, hear.) He made a coffin for the remains of the late Duke of Marlborough, and has not been paid for it to this day - . The Duke will not pay him, because he said he did not order it.— (Hear, hear.) Whv, what do you think of prosperity to the trade of Woodstock' after this? Mr. Whateley—Yon have been misinformed upon • this point, Mr. Humfrey. Mr. Castle—lt's all true. Mr. Humfrey—The question is, is Castle paid ? (Castle `Nei The. Duke is buried in Castle's coffin. Castle has applied to his son to pay for making it, and the son has not paid.—(Hear, hear) This, I think, is a climax." Now, what were the real circumstances of this ceee ? The late Duke of Marl borough left a person of the name of Glover, his residuary le gatee and executrix. She had given orders for the funeral, and, amongst those orders, one to Castle for the coffin, when the present Duke arrived at Blenheim, and requested to have the sole superintendence of the obsequies of his parent. It was conceded, and all the expenses, under the direction of those who had been employed by him, had been paid. The whole amount was between 400/. and 5001., and this had been fully paid. It is true the Duke had not paid Castle, and the reason was, that his charge was a fraudulent and an unjust one. Castle had charged for the material for making the coffin, which material had actually been supplied from the timber stores at Blenheim. The Duke expressed his determination to pay for the labour and the workmanship, but he refused, and properly refused, to pay for that which Castle had no right to charge, and then this was made the ground of ore of the most serious charges of dishonesty, and of an attempt to defraud. Now, he (Mr. Thesiger) would go to another charge. Mr. Humfrey, in the course of his address, said— " Gentlemen, I will tell you a tale about the park, which will give vou another example of the petty tyranny of the house of Marlborough. There was, a short time ago, in this town, a Mr. Jardine, a respectable tradesman. You all knew him. His wife was slowly recovering feem a serious illness after her confinement. One day Mr. Jardine took her out into the park in a garden chair. She was very ill, and com plained of being shaken by being drawn over the gravel. Her husband drew her on the grass. He was seen, and summoned. A fine of one farthing was inflicted, and the costs were I don't know what. Good God Almighty if there is any justice in heaven or on earth—if there is any right feeling between man and man—let us join in denouncing such conduct as this." Their Lordships would see how necessary it was that his Learned Friend should have instructed himself in the real facts in this case before he made so serious and solemn a charge. He would best answer that charge by reading the affidavit of one Elliott, the park keeper to the Duke of Marlborough. (The Learned Solicitor- General here read the affidavit, which deposed that Jardine was constantly drawing a carriage over the sward in the park and destroying it ; that he had been frequently desired to desist, and had always replied he would make the park a public road, and that the park-keeper had at last, in pursuance of his , duty to the Duke, been compelled to summon the man before the magistrates, in order to prevent the continued re currence of th damage.) Having finished reading this, the Solicitor-General proceeded to say, these and all the other charges were thus similarly disproved by the most incontes tible evidence; and he thought he was not praying for too much from the Court when he asked the exercise of its summary jurisdiction to protect the character and feelings of the Duke of Marlborough. After a consultation between the judges of nearly a quarter of an hour, Lord DENMAN said the words quoted as having been used by Mr. Humfrey, impud grievous charges, which it was by , no means to be elondered at his Grace the Duke of Marl borough was anxious to rebut. There was however only one ground on which the Court could even for a moment think of exercising their summary jurisdic tion and that was * a repeated attack on the Duke of Marlborough in his magisterial capacity. On the other grounds stated, the Court could not for an instant think of interfering.. And even upon that on which himself and brothers had hesitated for a moment about their unanimous opinion on consultation was, that as the attack was not on the magisterial capacity of the Noble Duke when in the actual exercise of magisterial functions, which would have made the case assume a very different aspect, the Court would be making a precedent where none already existed, and must therefore decline to interfere. Rule refused. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) William Haime, 28, a young man of very respectable appearance was indicted for stealing a quantity of muslin and other articles, value 12/., the property of George Jordan, his master ; and Amelia Eliner, 22, and Eliza beth Eliner, 45, were indicted for feloniously receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Williams conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoners. It appeared that the male prisoner had formerly been in the service of the prosecutor, who is a linen draper at Reading, as shopman, and he was discharged from that service in April last, at that time there being no sus picion that he had plundered his employer. The prisoner Amelia passed as his sister in Reding, and the whole of the family, it appeared, came up to London. The prosecutor having occasion to go to Woolwich, found the prisoner Haime in custody, upon a charge of robbing a lineudraper at that place ; and a quantity of property was then produced, which he identified as having once formed part of his stock. Evidence was adduced to show that this property had been taken from a place at Islington, where all the prisoners lived to gether, the younger woman passing as Haime's wife. The prosecutor could not distinctly identify the articles produced, and the evidence did not appear sufficiently conclusive to make out the charge. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of " Not Guilty." The prisoner William Haime was then arraigned upon another indictment charging him with stealing a quan tity of Irish linen, the property of his master, John Goss Fleay. Upon this indictment the prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. MIDDLESEX. SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS and a full Bench of Magistrates.) ST. JAMES, CLERKENWELL, AGAINST GEORGE WHIPPLE. This was an application for an order of affiliation under the New Poor-law Act. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the parochial authorities, and Mr. Prendergast for Mr. Whipple. Mr. BODKIN said he applied on behalf of the authorities of St. James, Clerkenwell, against Mr. George Whipple, for the support of an illegitimate child, and compensation for the expenses the parish had been put to. The party sought to be charged had tilled the office of churchwarden or overseer of the parish, and had, by virtue of that office, become ac quainted, three or four years back, with a young woman named Jane Webb, then only about 16 years of age, and, whilst visiting the family to relieve them with bread, took an opportunity of seducing the young woman in question. Jane Webb,. an interesting young woman, with an infant in her arms, deposed that she 20 years oiage. The child was born on the 15th of September, 1843. Mr. Whipple was the father. She first became acquainted with him three years and a half ago, whilst living with her mother, at 13, Bowling green-lane, Clerkenwell. Mr. Whipple was a member of the Philanthropic Institution, and in that capacity . visited the family to relieve them with bread. After relieving them two or three times, during the absence of her mother he invited witness to take a walk, saying he would take her out to tea. , Whipple then took her to a house of ill-fame in a court lead ing out of the Old Bailey, where she remained with him about an hour. Witness's mother had procured a situation, and Whipple called on her, and directed her to take a lodg ing in another name. Witness took a lodging in Greenhill's ' rents, Smithfield, under the name of Smith. She' remained there fire or six weeks, during which time Mr. Whipple visited her every evening, except Sunday, from about eight until eleven. Whipple then told her he was married, and asked her to come and live in the house as servant, which she consented to, and lived there altogether nearly three vears, during which time the intimacy continued. Witness left on two occasiens for shOrt periods, and Whipple paid the rent of her lodgings. Witness finally quitted his service the early part of January, 1843. The reason of leaving was a quarrel about a Miss Digby, witness accusing Whipple of coming out of her bed-room. Witness, on leaving, told Mrs. Whipple in her husband's presence what had taken place between them. Witness applied in March to Mr. Neams, a gentleman residing in Vincent-terrace, City-road, for a situation, and referred him to Mr and Mrs. Whipple for a character ; but on the character given he refused to take her. The following day witness saw Mr. Whipple, who directed her to send Mr. Neams at a particular hour, when he would give her a good character. Witness obtained the situation, and remained there about three months , w h en h er situation becoming apparent she was compelled to leave. The witness, who had been under examination some hours, went into hysterics, and was removed from the witness-box, and subsequently to the workhouse. Richard Webb, brother of the last witness, stated that he had frequently seen Whipple kiss his sister whilst in his service. Mrs. Burrell remembered Jane Webb living in Greenhill's rents, where she went by the name of Mrs. Smith. Witness used to open the door for Mr. Whipple, who went into Jane Webb's room, and used to lock the door. Mrs. Rosannah Webb deposed that she was mother of Jane Webb. In 1840 they were living in Bowling-green- lane in great distress: She applied to Mr. Whipple, who was a mem ber of the Philanthropic Institution, when he visited them and relieved them with bread and a little money. Shortly afterwards she got a situation as nurse in Great Distaff-lane, and left her daughter with her little furniture, directing her to sell it and buy clothes, and then go to her sister at Mort lake. Witness's daughter visited her in eight or nine weeks, and told her she had got a situation, but she knew nothing of her living in Greenhill's-rents. Mr. John Austin Neam, residing at 11, Vincent-terrace City-road, deposed that Jane Webb applied . for a situation. in his family. He called at Mr. Whipple's house, and saw a young lady, who refused to give her a character. At the re quest of Jane Webb he called again, and saw Mr. Whipple, who said she was a most excellent servant both for honesty and integrity, and that he had known her family for some time, who were very respectable. Witness then took her into his service. Mr. PRENDERGAST, in defence, addressed the Court at some length, contending that the corroborative evidence required by the Poor-law Amendment Act had not been given. The Learned Gentleman then called the following witnesses : Mr. Burrell deposed that he had resided with Mr. Whipple some years, and never saw any liberties taken or any inti macy between Mr. Whipple and his servant Jane Webb. Cross-examined—Mr. Whipple is a practical chemist, in the firm of Messrs. Barron and Co., the extensive wholesale druggists in the City. Miss Charlotte Digby deposed that she resided with Mr. Whipple from the Ist of December, 1842. Witness remem bered Jane Webb leaving; before doing so, she told Mrs. Whipple she was enciente by Mr. Whipple , and that Mr. Whipple came out of witness's bed-room, which was false. The CRAIRKAN, with considerable warmth, said the wit nesses for the defence gave the strongest evidence in the case. I After such evidence, and the accusations of Mrs. Whipple by Jane Webb, Whipple gives her an excellent character, gets her a situation, and passes her off on a highly respectable family. If that was not enough to father a dozen of children upon him, he did not know. what was. He would not trouble Mr. Bodkin to reply. The COURT were unanimous in their opinion. The COURT then ordered 4s. per week for the support of the child, the expenses the parish had been put to, and 20/. for the costs of the present application. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday, Samna Wheeldon, a constable of the N di vision, No. 56, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bing ham, charged with robbing another constable of the same division. In consequence of a great number of articles being missed by different officers during the last six months in the station-house in Hoxton, which had occasioned great discomfort to the men, from the suspicion it created of each other, the whole of them have been lately on the qui vice, to discover, if possible, the perpetrator, but to no purpose until Monday afternoon, when. as George Massey, No. 409, who had been - upon night duty. was lyin g in bed, apparently asleep, in the same bed-room with the prisoner and three other constables, one of whom was named Michael Cotter, Massey saw the pri soner get up and partly dress himself, and, after looking round the room, to see whether he was observed, go to a table near the window, en which was placed Cotter's clothes, and, after feeling about them for some time, he saw him put his hand in one of the trowsers' pockets, and take something out, which he unf lded, and then, replacing something in the trowers. he conveyed some thing else into his own pockets. He then saw him open a penknife, and do something to the trowsers; but thinking they were his own clothes, he had no suspicion, and took no notice of it. It at last struck -him that it was Cotter's clothing which had been so hAndled, and waking Cotter 'up, he asked him if that was the case, and desired him to look whether he had lost anything. Cotter got up and did so, and then fund that a had half-crown and a sixpence, which coestituted the evidence against a notorious "Smasher." now in custody, named 'Wolfe, an 1 which coins Cotter had wrapped up in a paper together, had been taken out of his pocket, and that the half• crown, being worthless, had baen returned loose, while the good coin had been . stolen, and the bottom of the pocket ripped open with a knife, to give it the appear ance of having dropped out. Sergeant Dubois was then sent for, who, on his arrival, found the prisoner cooking some steak by the kitchen tire. He asked him where he got it, and the prisoner said at a butcher's in Hoxton he mentioned, saying, to further questions. th .t he had paid for it in halfpence ; but on being closely pressed, he acknowledged that he had paid for it with a sixperce. The butcher was then communicated with, and he at once produced the' sixpence, having only taken that one coin of that description during the day, and which coin both Sergeant Dubois and Cotter identified as that found in the possession of Wolfe. Another constable also proved that his knife, which he had left on the window.: ledge before going to bed, had been removed, and the pocket 'of the trowsers, which were produced, had evi dently been freshly and intentionally cut. The prisoner, in defence, said all - this statement was false. While taking up his coat, which was by the trowsers, he might certainly have touched the latter, but that was all. lie declared he had not put his hand in the pockets, and certainly stole nothing from them. Mr. BINGHAM thought it necessary that the butcher, who was not in attendance, should be produced, to prove the passage of the coin from the priso ner's hand to his, and ordered him to be remanded till next week, for that purpose. The prisoner was then removed in custody. ChERKENTVELL. Margaret Kelly was charged with stabbing John Dym mock, a- carman, residing in 13, White Horse-court, Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell, where the prisoner also resides. The prosecutor was unable to attend, and a certificate from the house surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in which the wounded man lies, was produced, which described the nature of the wound, and set forth that Dyrnmock's life was in daner. Anne Dymmock deposed that between nine and ten o'clock on the previous night, she was returning from her day's work, when she met the prisoner at the door of the house in which they live, but had met her in Sut ton-street a few minutes previously. The prisoner used language of an irritating and offensive description to wards witness, and they had some words on the stairs. The prisoner was under the influence of liquor, and wit ness retired into her own room, in which her hus band was. In a 'few minutes after this Margaret Kelly burst open the door, and, like a manaic, rushed into the room. Witness was greatly alarmed, but before she could do anything, the prisoner seized a table knife, and plunged it into the head of her husband. who was on the bed. He bled profusely from the wound, which was on the sicle of his face. Mr.CokßE—Why did she do this ? Witness—Oh, she was actually mad, your Worship. Air. COMBS-But can you msign nu reason ? Wit ness—She had a quarrel on Good Friday, and she har boured a grudge against its ever .since. He was con veyed to the hospital at half•past ten o'clock. I called the police.— (The woman then produced the knife, the blade and handle of which were stained with blood.) Police-constable Joseph Parfitt, 38 G, deposed that he was on duty on the previous night about ten o'clock, in Turnmill-street,' when the last witness came to him, exclaiming that her husband had been stabbed. He hastened to the house, and saw the prosecutor sitting on the side of the bed, bleeding profusely from a deep gash on the side of the heal. There was a pool of blood on the floor. Tae man must have bled at least a pint. The prisoner was standing there looking at the man bleed ing. Witness took her into custody on the charge of stabbing, when she . eried out ".oh, it %as a piece of a broken basin I struck him with." Prisoner—Aye, and so it was a piece of a basin. Policenan—lt could nut be so, for the man's cheek was cut quite through, and the knife, covered with blood, was lying beside the pool of blood on the ground. Mr. &MBE (to the prisoner)—What have you to say to the charge? Prisoner (with an air of the greatest comnosure)—All that I have to say is, that she called me bad names. They struck me on the shoulder like wise, and here is the mark. (She exposed the upper part of her person further than decency would permit, and showed the mark of a bruise on her breast, but it did not seem to have been recently inflicted.) The police-constable said there were several witnesses present who saw her stab the prosecutor. Prisoner (smiling)—Are there, indeed. 3lr. COMBE—The man's lire is said to be in danger. Prisoner (laughing)—Oh there's no fear of him. The clerk—Perhaps you are laughing too soon; if the man dies you will be tried for the murder. Mr. COMBE remanded her until Monday next, and she was removed to the cell apparently more unmoved than any one present. John Spillan, who has been four times convicted of as saults on the police, within a comparatively short space, n of time, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with violeffly assaulting police-constable 124 E. It appeared from the evidence that on the previous night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the prisoner, who was in liquor, was creating a disturbance with five or six other fel lows, when the constable desired them to " move on." All complied, with the exception of the prisoner, who became most insolent - and unmanageable. The officer took him into custody, but the ruffian kicked him in a brutal manner on the legs, so as to occasion him very groat pain. He was re moved to the station-house with much difficulty. Mr. CosinE—What have you to say to the charge? Pri soner—lt is false. Mr. CoatuE—Have you any proof that it is so ? Prisoner —Not a bit. Mr. CosinE—What sort of a character is he? Policeman —One of the worst in St. Giles's. Prisoner Vel, your VorAip, I acknowledge I'm bad enough, but there are worse ; and I was arter drinking with a couple of cronies. Mr. CosinE—Then you must pay 11. for the assault. Prisoner—A pound ! Vy, I have not a blessed fardin in my company. Mr. COMBE—Then you must go to prison for a fortnight. BO IV-S Tli EL 7. Airs. O'Toole preferred a charge against Mrs. APFLotn, for that she AIN. Maillynn had broken an umbrella stick over the arms and shoulders of Mrs. O'Toole in her own room. The complainant after stating that she was " a widdy wid two childer," said that the defendant had yesterday come into her room, and because she (complainant) would not lend her the price of,a quartern of gin, she fell upon her and " bate " her in the most unmerciful manner. Defendant—She strik me, yer Werehip. Complainant—Look wer she bit me body! Defendant —Jist look how she tore the life out iv my arm. Complainant—Yer Werchip, plase louk at me ear. Defe7idant—Look at the "Silence !" shouted the corpulent ush"r, and the over whelming power of his voice drowned the shriller accents of Mesdames, NlTlynn and O'Toole. _ _ Mr. JARDINE-1 see how it is, I shall bind you both over to keep the peace. Mrs. O'Toole--- , uppose she should bate the life out iv me, what 'ill I do then? Mr. JARDINE—The case is decided. The part:es thenleithe Court separately. UNION-HALL. Thomas Weddell, a man represented to have formerly car ried on an extensive trade at Kennington, was charged with stealing 2s. 6d. from the till of the Goat public-house, t;leaver street, Kennington. The prisoner had been at the above house on the preceding night, and, in the absenee of the land lord a moment from the bar, took an opportunity of draw ing out the till, from which he purloined the sum mentioned. The landlord, in detailing the facts, said that he felt very great sorrow in seeing the prisoner placed in such a position ; that he had known hint when he carried on a very respect able business ; and that his present condition was mainly at tributable to dissipated habits, to which he had recently given himself up. The complainant added that he did net wish to press the charge. Mr. TRAILL said that it was lamentable to see a man of the prisoner's appearance place himself in such a degraded situa tion; that as the complainant expressed a wish not to pro secute him, he should therefore discharge him, advising him not to place himself in such a dilemma again, otherwise he would be treated very differently. On Monday morning the Lord Bishop of London hell a confirmation at Islington church. His Lordship, ac companied by the Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A., arrived shortly before eleven o'clock, and was conducted into the church by the Rev. Daniel Wilson, the vicar; the Rev. J. Hambleton, the Rev. R. Eden, the Rev. J. Haslegreave, the Rev. W. Faulkner, and most of the clergy of the adjacent parishes. The prayers of the church, and those specially appointed for the occasion, having been read, the Right Rev. Prelate ascended the pulpit, and d • • an appropriate and im pressive charge to the yont' :!didates for the holy rite. He then returned to the alta •e the confirmation was proceeded with. Upwards of - .ung persons were ad mitted. , Yesterday morning „ordship held a con firmation at St. James's church, adilly ; this day at St. Philip's church, Stepney ; on Mon ay next, the 13th inst., at the parish church of St. Marylebone; and on Wednesday, the 15th inst., at St. Luke's churCh, Chelsea. - - - - - - - • • - _ - •• • PRICES OF SHARES LN CANALS, RAILWA/6, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 7. Dividend per Amount Names of Com. of panics. I Sham. Paid. Price. Annum. 4 per cent. 41. Canals. Ashton and Oldham A sh Zouch..av Basingstoke 13; ecknock & Ahergay Bi rmingham, 1-I(it h sh Do. and Liverp. Jut.e Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry ..... Crom ford Dudley , Derby......... .* ... Dinube and Mayne Ellesmere and Che.ter Ercwash ........ .j d. X s. t 97 IE4 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 15 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 ( 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 4/ 13 4 133 0 0 100 e 0 • 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 172 13 4 100 0 0 150 0 0 57 6 6 39 18 10 47 6 8 109 0 9 140 0 0 83 10 0 142 17 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 190 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 0 33 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 150 0 0 12 10 0 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 g 100 0 0 100 0 0 79 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 . ....... Forth nd , Clyde ..... Grand Junction ..... Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham ..... Hudderstie. , ! ...... ....av Kennet r.ad Avon ...av Lancaster •iv Leeds and Liverpool... Le:eester . .... 100 0 0 Leicester & Northamp. Loughborough ... ... Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire. Melton Mowbr•v Mersey an Irwell Macclesfield ........ Neath Oxford R•ak F rest Regent's (or London).. Rocndaie av Shropshire Somerset Coal Da. LOCK Fund Stocx Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge Str at ford .on- A v Swansea Severn & Wr.• & Rail Trent & Mersey, ►y sh 1 hames & Medway..av Warwick: mi Burning. Warwick and Napt on W reester & Burning Wilts and Berks......av Wisbeach Wey and Arun Ail paid Docks. Commercial East ano West India London Ditto Bond , Bristol av Do.llnds, var.amounts St. Katharine Ditt , 80nd5........ Ditto Bends Southampton 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock Bridges Hammersmith ...... Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 81 Ditto New di to et 71 Ditto . Vauxhall. av Assurances. Albion A'tred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle Economic Life ..... European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hope Life Ditto Fire Imperial Fi e Ditto Life.... ...... . Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fun ' P.ll-diurn Life Protecto• Life Provident Lite Rock Life R yal Exchange Sun Fire . . ... ........ Ditto University Universal Life Union Fire aklcl Joint S tk Banks Australasi ....... Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of Lan .on Colonial L , ndon & Westminstr Ditto New........ Lon 4on Joint Stock Metropolitan. . . .... Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland..... Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight 6. Coke Bath 100 0 0 100 0 0 20u 0 0 40 1 , 4. 50 0 4 10• 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 British Ditto Birminvhava 20 0 0. 4000 20 0 0 77 10 (1 5.. 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 .50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 51 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 & statfordsh. Brist,l Brighton Ditto General City of 1.0. don Ditto New Continenta• Ditto New Equitable Imperi 1 Isle of Thanet Independent Phcemx Ratcliff ••••1 • South M..t United Genera 1.......... Westmins. Chartered.. Ditto New ........ •••.••• Water Works. Birmingham ••• East London • Grand Juncti e. av Rent Nw Riv Lon. Bride An Manchester ..nd Salford Vauxhall, late S. Loud. West Middlesex av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birmiug. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Cheltenhm & Gt. West Clarence Eastern Countie4 Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto New Grand Junctio Great North of Engine, Ore t Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths ....... Hull and Selb,y ...... Leeds and Selby .... Liverpool & Mancl.4 Selby Ditto Half-Shares....., Ditto Quarter-Shares London , ncl Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and Bl ckwall Londen and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchest , r and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Binning Ditto Extension 25 0 0 100 0 0 44 13 4 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 ,f.. 3 12 9 HM 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 (1 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 11,0 0 (1 106 0 0 50 0 50 (i 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 45 9 0 15 0 0 29 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 Midland Cou ties North Midland Do. %-Sh., iss. 10 dis NorPhern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 5/. dis. Paris and Rouen Stockt n & Darlington South East. and Diver Ditto New, iss. dis. York and N. Midland Ditt New Shares Mines. Albi 'it Copper Alter Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscri:.tion Bolanos Ditt Scnp Brazil. Imp. iss.s/. Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John De! Rer British Iron Candonga Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, iss. 51. p.m General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Note, Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Mex., iss.a pm Ditto .crip Ditto New Scrip 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 31 0 13 10 0 100 0 li 25 0 1 . 150 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 23 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 •ZO 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 150 a 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 0 Zit erary. Londn,with Sin. Ticket - London University King College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds... Copper Miners' Comp. Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., ass. 11. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orien. Steam K)yal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Austr Ban Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 O 0 -- 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C 3 0 0 14 0 0 110 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 2,5 0 0 50 0 0 50 ; 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0, 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 'ANIES' PRI, 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 53 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 pc r colt. 41. 401, 811154. 71, 1/. ss. Si 11s. Sd. 110 a , 341. IN. 171. 301. 336 17, 6,1. 10/. 6 pei cent. 28 151. 20:. 1/. 10s. 15/. Mt 10g. 101. 31. lOs. 4L 11. 43 3 per cent. pet cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. • 3/. IN. 5 per c. wt. 5 per cent, per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. IN per cent. I/. Os. Bi. 18s. hi. per cwt. 11. 7s. 3. 10s. t percent. d per cent. 6 per cen t. 13s. 6d.yr sh 5/. ss. 4 per cent. Ts. per share 5 per cent. 3/. 6s. 5 per cont../ it 30s. bus . 514 per cerv. ** per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. b per cent. 4s. 2s. 6d. 12 per cent. '1.98. /.sh. & bds. 1/.55. 10s. 'lO3. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 1/. ss. 4i. 5 per cent. 6% per cent. U.ls. 5 pe • cent. 10%"per cent 51. per cent. 6 per cent, pei cent. per cent. ( per cent. per cent. per cent. 3 per cent. 6 per cent. As per share is. per sh.sre 10 per cent. per cent. 16s. 1/. 5s U. 'ls. st. and 13‘. 4541. nd per cent. cent. 1 101. bl per sh 15s per sh 21. I per cent. 5 per cent. B per cent. 5 per cent fi per cent. 1 ,4 per cent. 31. 12s. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. Am cent. 44 168. 11. 14s. 10s. per sh IL Is. per cent. W. 10s. as. per sh. U. ss. per ch Is 10d per sh 11) per cent 1.4 1 per cent. 3/. ss. per sh Oil. per sh. Ns. per sh. 4. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 061. per sh 101. per eh. 11. Us. 3/.per share 364 d per sh 91.17 x. p: sh /136 . per sh I/. 10s.' 11. 51. 15s. I Is. 10d. i 5 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per esaft: 11. 11. 31. 17s. 6d. I.los. /0 per cent. Ws. per sh. 11. 104 per sh. 49. 14 15s. +per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 1.035. and/ bs. Sper cent. :per cent. rti per cent "per cent op SCOTTISH COM MAY 1, 1 Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central Pk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance-. Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scott. Edinburgh Lite Insur. Scottish Union lunar_ Standard Life Insur Dalkeith Railway Edin. and G las. Railwy Glasg. and Green. Rail. I:Dundee:and Ache Rail. `per cent. tper crnt_ per cent. fyer cert. .per cent. (p 2! cent. (" , p,r cent. percent. 7per cent. g•p-!r cent. .‘..per cent. her cent. 5 per cent. bier cent. per cent. 2 4( per cent 2% per cen t 30s pm 4y 4' 64% 104 MS. 17034 169% 224 172 The Earl of Winchilsea and the members of the Linc shire Club gave their anniversary dinner at the Claren ton Hot(1, on Friday, when there were also present Sir Joqn Tr°'lope, M.P., Sir R. Sheffield, Mr. J. Banks Stanhope, Mr. Handley, Mr. Vere Fane, Lieutenant-General Reynarcl son, 50 ti 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 .3 60 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 2 19 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 •1 0 0 10 0 • 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 5. 0 0 200 0 0 2.5 0 0 20 0 0 20 0. 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 6 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 31 5 0 1,8 0 0 50 9 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 MARKET NEWS-YESTERDAY. HAT DTA TLILETS SmermlELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 125 to N; use ful ditto, 313 s to 31 lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to 31 16s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ as Wheat Straw, 118 s to 11 lOs per load. Trade throughout dull, at about stationary prices. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2i 16s to 315 s ;. use ful ditto, Si 8s to 3/ 13s ; fine Upload ditto, 31 14s to 41 ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 41 15s ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/9s ; Witeat Straw, li 8s to 11 12s per load. A limited supply, and a steady demand. WILITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 13s to 315 s useful ditto, 31 6s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 120 to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 515 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 118 s I Wheat Straw, I/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONI.a/ . SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is firm, but owing to the very limited supply,- only about 200 hhds have been sold, for which, however, fully previous prices were ob tained. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 1,494 bags Bengal, 471 Manritius,3,lo4 boxes Havannah (about two thirds damaged), and 1,167 bags Manilla (partly damaged); The Bengal and Mauritius only partly found buyers at previous prices. All the sound t4eign was taken in at 175 to 22s 6d for low brown to tine greyish yellow Havannah, and 19s 6d to 20s 6d for good • to fine strong brown Manilla, being much above the value; the damaged sold compara tively cheap, viz., at 14s to 21s for the former, and 16s to 18s for the latter. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 40 hhds 5 tierces 73 barrels. The stock of British Plantation in the port of London on the Ist inst. was 4,142 hhds '619 tierces. against 6,786 hhds 989 tierces at the same time lest year. The stocks of Mauritius, Bengal, and East India are Jarger than last year. The consumption of British Plantation has increased a little this year. • COFFEE. 782 bales Mocha, 3,987 bags East India (chiefly Padang), and 1,769 bags Costa Rica, were offered by auction, only about one- third of the Mocha was disposed of, at 725 to b2s for mid to good quality, being for the former descrip tion barely previous rates. A small portion good ord mixed Batavia sold at 325. The Padang was all taken in at 32s for very good ord greenish, which is about the previous value, but at which there were not purchasers. About two-thirds of the Costa Rica found buyers at 54s to 58s for fine and brownish to fine ord bright -reenish, and one lot at 63s being fully the former value. The stock of Coffee on the Ist inst., in ere Pert of London, was 2,249 hhds, 1,888 brls and bags, against 3,079 hhds, 1,896 brls and bags at this tints last year. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at die East and West India Docks, was 113 puns, 19 hhds. The stock in the port of London on the Ist inst. was 10,660 puns, 2,958 hhds. against 15, 961 puns, 5,300 hhds, at this time last year. SALTPETRE.-1,000 bags at auction were taken in at 241 6d to 26s int- 166- to 8i per cent. refraction. SPICES.-946 bags Pepper sold at 4d, and one lot 4id for good heavy brown Malabar, which is about the comparative value. 'TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull at 40s to 41s per cwt on the spot. and Town at 42s per cwt. TEA.— Prices continue steady, with a moderate business doing. (From the London New Price Current of May 7.) &MAR.-To-day importers of West India Sugar were unable to obtain any further advance in prices, although only three brokers had any Sugar on show; a fair business was transacted, considering the limited quantity at market, and the rates given were on a par with those of Friday. This afternoon new Trinidad Sugar good bright strong yellow went at 64s to 655, good middling 63s 6d, middling 62s to 635, low middling 6I s to 61s 6d, fine brown 60e, drainage damaged 60s to 62s 6d per cwt. REFINED.-To-day refined Sugar was less in request, and, prices are not so firm ; brown scaleable lumps elling at 793 and standard lumps at 80s per cwt. In bonded Crushed Sugar several purchases were made at 25s 9d per cwt, at which the refiners are finn. In other articles there is no change. MAunmus.-This aftern:hon importers were disposed to realise; the trade operated with caution, and of 10,907 bage at public sale, a small part only sold at a reduction on Fri day's rates of 6d toes per cwt; fine yellow went at 65s to 675, good 63s to 64s 6d, middling 61s to 62s 6d, low 59s to 60s 6d, good and fine brown 58s to 59s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-Foreign • East India is held with firmness- This afternoon Bengal Sugar sold at a decline on former rates of is per. cwt ; middling white went at 62s 6d to 63s 6d, good 64s to 65s 6d, fine 675, very fine 69s 6d, damp and washed GOs 6d, to 66s 6d, middling sound yellow 61s to 61s 6d, low 57s to 58s, damp 56s 6d to 61s 6d, and middling grey 61 0 to 62s per cwt. FOREIGN.-There has been more demand for Brazil Sugar , and full rates have been paid. To-day- some parcels of white Havannah were sold privately at former rates. There are buyers of all other sorts of Foreign Sugar at a slight decline in prices, but no sellers are to be met with. MOLASSES.-West India at very full rates; Berbice at 245; Demerara 25s to 25s 6d ; Antigua 27s ; St. Kitts 245; T°' bago 26s ; and Grenada 23s per cwt. Bengal at 15s to 17s per cwt. New Trinidad Molasses sold at 27s to 27s 6d Per cwt for good quality. Privately good Demerara fetched Os per cwt. This afternoon Jamaica Honey went at 565. COCOA.-For West India former rates are barely sustained j Grenada mid red at 465, grey 445, Trinidad mid red 50s, ail dark 46s 6d to 48s per cwt. Foreign at 28s to 30s per cwt. COFFEE.- The market has been in a dull state for all descriptions of Ogee subject to the 4d per lb duty, and reduced rates again submitted to ; new Jamaica at a redac tion on previous rates of 4s to 5s per cwt. To-day further, reduced rates were accepted for Ceylon Coffee ; for goou ordinary 48s to 50s per cwt accepted privately; prices exhibit a fall of 17s to 20s from the highest Pa in ! of the market this year. Mocha, good ordinary 8 ' 56s to 60s, fine ordinary green 74s to 765, middling yellowil h long berry 79s to 82s, good middling 85s 6d, sea damaged first class 41s to 78s 6d, second, third, and fourth ditto 40s to 775, broken 535, triage 19s to 445; mixed Batavia taken in at 40s ; new Jamaica, good middling 965, middling 8 8 8 to 935, low middling 82s to 85s, fine and fine fine ordinary 7 25 to 755, good ordinary 635, triage: 35s to 455. La GuaYra bougl:t in at 42s for good ordinary. TEA.-The dulness in the market has increased, and the limited purchases made privately have in most cases been rather under previous prices To-day the limited business transacted in Tea was at prices rather under those of the last public sales, common and good common Congous cash selling at ltd to is and common Twankay is 2d to is 2kl per lb- At Canton the price of common Congou is 18 to 21 taels. SPICE.S.-For black Pepper prices have advanced. White is not much wanted, but prices do not give way. For Cassia Lignea prices have fallen is to 2s per cwt. Nutmegs have been sought after, and very full rates given. For Ganger prices are still advancing. Pimento at 3id to WI for mid dling, and 3id to 3id for inferior quality. RICE.-Patna is 133 to 17s, and Carelina 21s to 26s Per cwt. This afternoon Bengal Rice, sound, all taken in at 1 19 for good mid white, being the former value, sea damage': sold at lOs to lOs 6d for the first class and 96 to 95 6d per ciek for second class. SAGO.-For Pearl Sago higher rates paid ; good middling small Pearl at 20s to 20s 6d per cwt : privately at 13s to 1 75 for low and middling, and better quality at 18s to 235. Sag ° Flour at 20s to 21s per cwt. The demand is brisker for Arrowroot ; Bermuda at 9id to 15...4d ; St. Vincents 7d t° lOd, and Tapioca, 4id to sid per lb. Rum, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.-For Jamaica Rum pric es are maintained. Leewards at 2s lid to 2s 2d per galon: proof. In Demerara there is no change. Calcutta Rum 11T ' Is 10d per gallon, proof. For Brandy prices rule as follow!„ : -Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 55 puns 5s 6d; ditto 1839, hhds 5s 6d. puns 5s 4d; ditto 18 40, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d ; ditto 1841, hhds 5s 3d, puns 53 1 °; ditto 1842, hhds ss2d puns 5s ; middling qualities of varion! marks 3s 4d to 4s 6d, and low 2s 9d to 3s 3d per gallon. Gene for shipping at is 8d to Is 9d, for fine in small parcds home use 2s 2d to 3s paid. English Corn Spirits at 105 2' per gallon cash. To-day West India Rum was more in d e ; mand : proof Leewards at 2s 2d; Jamaica 30 to 34 per c ei/ overproof at 3s 4d to 3s Bd, good 3s 9d to 3s Ild, and such; nor 4s to 5s per gallon. For Calcutta Rum, proof streag t° is lOid per gallon paid. For Brandy lower rates again sc: cepted : Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1842 selling 5" 4s lld and 5s ld per gallon. INDIGO.-The maket is firm for East India, and the rate . " previously:established are sustained. Spanish is much wa iitea, _ but the market is scantily supplied. New Bengal 48 2d W 5s 6d:per lb paid. OILS.-Cod Oil has sustained the former currency, small 11 l arcels at 344 but• for all other sorts of common Fish prices are still on the decline; Southern sold at 28/ to 29/ 1 d fur good and fine quality"- ' pale Seal is 331 lOs to 34 / , sn to yellow and brown 28/ to 32/ per tun. Sperm at 72/ 105 74/ 15s, and at 771 5s to 78/ 15s for Headmatter. Palm ,a at 23s 3d to 27s 6:1 per cwt for common to fine. Linseed `-'il ht , firmer; 26s 9d to 27s per cwt paid for large parcels on spot. Rape Oil at the previous currency. Olive firm in PT": Gallipoli at 52/ lOs to 53/, Sicily 524 Spanish 51/ to 51/ iv" and Barbary 50/ to 501 lOs per tun. Cocoa Nut 29s to 31s. on TALLOW.-Rn:sian Tallow has been taken sparingly' the spot, 40s to 40s 9d is the value of P. Y. Candle; there a t." - sellers for the last three months of the year at 42s per • o North American at 33s 3d to 40s ; Sbuth American 343 0 39s 6d, and Odessa Beef Tallow 39s 9d to 40s per cwt. Tow, Tallow is 40s to 40s Gri per cwt nett cash. 'To-day the tit s ket was in a dull state for Russian Tallow hind for the in three months of the year prices have declined to 41s 6 d to e`s per cwt. THE EARL OF RIPON.—We are happy to state that the Noble President of the Board of Control has nearly' tr . covered from his late attack of illness. DIE e D. On the 22d ult., at Tottenham, Thomas Powys% 641. ' R.N., aged 56. 1 4. 1 04 0 On the 29th ult., at Castle lieddingharn, ESsex, widow of the Colonel Griffiths.lat' On the Ist inst late , Sophia Marv, eldest daughter of t he Mr. John Randal, of Gower-street North. On the 3d inst., William Smith, Esq., of Elm -cottage, Brompton, aged 66. sir 11. On the 3d inst., Ellen Ann, yotingest daughter of Dixon, of Cheapside. On the 3d inst., Mary, the wife o f the ROY. iiohA W °l4l' of Beeston, Nottinghamshire. - On the 3d inst., Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Luck gellt" Esq., of High Wycombe, Bucks. . Co On the 3d inst., Louisa, wife of Charles McNiven, Egi ' Perrysfield, Surrey. la IV V er of S On the 4th inst., George Tay lor, Esq.,pringfie Clapton. ple Smith. nthe4th inst., in Gracechurc h-street, yiWilliam grafted. On the sth inst., in Berne rs-street, A. Geddes, ..-.3(1 London: Printed and Published bv MURPO YOLTI%G,, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oftice, 1:4; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Cot2tr °` MUlases, Wednesday, May 8, 1844. yrs 365 250 80 107 314 65 675 141 73 1200 98 100 117 360 /5 3 8 5 50940% 120 1:4) 11 40 4 290 3.0 140 28 485 IC r a 122 1383 i 110 101% 72% 19 1 514 16y. 63( 5% 400 IL j 142 50 N in% 15% 23 21 16 40$ 21s. 12% 4114 41% 133 34 -3 ; ii% 2h 26U 11 25 214 86 56 60 13 1 ,( 696 16% 2329, 116% 75 Wyfi CO 2:1% HIEN 554 43 1 4 11% 2 ,, 3 27 5 21 ,?94 85 9% 111 91% 45). 57% 24 37% 26544 38 12% 119 13% 20 31 IN 6 10 7' UE VE mo t ', Jat th 11 IG PrntrlasoCt kinib er h Of th e d ee, ar ra e ko ctiring Ike Secret CAL .ety 0 , the Q , cAg l I t k e redo Rant at T THE '4 , ar.offi k ow AT RALT VIC K ) , Or C PE 04p 4 , 1 11:,„, e, for abo Por nclon erl , sire n ' SC( 84, 21 ka4r DU 14 4 1 r kadrae klaxid of ID r, ,ea raa *Oman e Of on BIRTHS. • of On the Ist inst., at Hanover Lodge, Streatham, the IPA.' Richard Rushton Preston, Esq., of a son. fo On the 2d inst., at Battersea, the lady of Dr. Conno r, daughter. J On the 2d inst., at Hyde-park-square, the lady of • Bosanquet, Esq., of a son. a On the 2d inst., at Camberwell-grove, Mrs. James - 014 * - - Scott, of a son. On the 28th ult , at Coblentz, on the Rhine, Charlotte, °ls wife of John H. Gorr, Esq., of a son. Phu* On the 2d inst., in Queen Ann-street, Cavendish -54 the wife of Captain H. T. Hitchins, of a son. On the 3d inst., at Sydenham, Mrs. C. Toiler, ofa MARRIED. • Alber t On the 30th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-squar e, Way, Esq , son of the late Rev. Lewis Way, of Stansted-F'-ord Sussex, to the Hon. Emmeline Stanley, daught er of I, Stanley, of Alderley. On the 30th ult., at Bentley, Hants, Thomas o if - of the Audit-office, to Frances Agnes, eldest daug hter Jerdan, Esq. On the 30th ult., at Clapham Church. John Paterson, E r; of Wood-street, Cheapside, to Eliza, fourth Morton, Esq., Lark-hall-rise, Clapham. he e 'f; On the 2d inst., at St. John's Chapel, Edinburgh , , te r u. daughter 0 Henry Bhsset, of Letton, Hereford, to Jamiina, de" - the late J. Hope, Esq., of Moray-place, Edinburgh- 564.. On the 4th inst., at Hackney, Th o mas Pembe rton h'ustolu jun., of Birmingham, to Lucy, third daughter of E. J 0 Esq., of Hanger-lane, 9