The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. TIMES.—It appears that the late disclosures at the Mansion-house relative to fraudulent transfers of stock, have induced the authorities at the Bank to withhold all information for the present on the subject of unclaimed dividends ; and the clerks, having strict injunctions ou this head, refuse to answer any inquiries made. Further alterations are likely to take place in the forms heretofore gone through when such claims have been urged and allowed, and already the Directors require, in addition to the production of the probate of a will, a burial extract to corroborate, in the strongest manner possible, the death of the party described. It is natural that oom plaint should be occasionally made respecting this new order of business at the Bank, but since it is fully appa rent that public security demands more stringent regu lations, the inconvenience that may arise for the time to the parties interested is little to be compared to the per manent advantages which will possibly result from the change contemplated. Consols again left off flat to-day, and at rather lower prices. The state of affairs in Ireland has caused some of the speculators to sell for the fall. Altogether there was a large business done in the markets, but as the purchases and sales were nearly equal, the alterations in prices were not of a marked character. The Govern ment broker took about the same quantity of stock as yesterday, and his dealings continue to be in behalf of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Public Debt, and for the savings' banks. The project of forming a passage across the Isthmus of Panama having become of late an object of atten tion, a history of the circumstances connected with it may not be inopportune. In 1833 the Government of New Granada granted exclusive privileges for opening a road or canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The rate of toll was to be established between the contracting parties for the term of fifty years, at the end of which time the improvements were to revert to the Government of New Granada, while the lands were to remain the property of the con tractors. However, the contracts thus made all, it seems, expired in 1842, having failed in point of time. About two years ago a public meeting was held by the inha bitants of Panama, and a memorial to the Government of New Granada was signed, requesting that the con tract might be placed in the hands of Mr. Wheelwright, the local - agent for the Pacific Steam Navigation,Com pany. Mr. Wheelwright also received a personal appli cation on the subject, and sent his proposal to the Con gress at Bogota, where, however, nothing was effected, because the forfeiture of the French contract had not been formally declared. An interview between the Pre sident and Mr. Wheelwright at Carthagena was likewise attended by no immediate result, but it. was so far satis• factory that the latter learned he might easily obtain his object by appearing personally at Bogota. Letters re ceived since that period inform Mr. Wheelwright that there is no longer any obstacle at New Granada to op pose his plans, and therefore it appears the only opposi tion at present is that of parties at home. The following suggestions for improving the navigation of the river Hoogley are offered by a correspondent:— " It is a work of some years to obtain sufficient knowledge of that river only to become a Bengal Brand Pilot,' and the best means that I can suggest for the improvement of the service is to engage some out of the few scores of now unemployed first and second mates of free traders and numerous others who have been in India, that are now looking about for situations at Lloyd's, the Jerusalem Coffee-house, &c. These are the men, Sir, that we require there who are first-rate sailors, and would be qualified to act as pilots long before the year 1850 ;' then would the owner of a ship never be astounded at hearing that his vessel was suffered to be moved in charge of a boy of 17 years of age. This is, however, too true. You ng men ma y be trained up to a knowledge of the river, but the mere going up and down the Hoogley will never make sailors of them, and in hard weather off the sand-heads the utmost skill as a sailor must be combined with the knowledge of those moving sands,' whose navigation is most intricate, and consequently far more dangerous, than were they stationary rocks. The steam-tugs on the Hoogley are an improvement, but the charge for them and pilotage is enormous.' LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jun. 12. The Lord Chancellor heard cause and lunatic petitions to-day, but no case of any interest cams befure his Lord ship previous to the rising of the Court. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Jan. 12. Unopposed petitions and short causes occupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole morning. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 12. (Sittings in Banco.) BIRD V. JONES. The plaintiff in this case was an attorney, residing at Ham mersmith, and the defendant the Secretary to the Hammer smith-Bridge Company. The action was brought to recover compensation for an alleged assault and false imprisonment. The plaintiff, it appeared, was on Hammersmith-bridge on the day of the Thames Regatta, and insisted on going within a certain portion of the footpath which had been enclosed and let out at 2s. 6d. per seat to persons to view the regatta. He went over, and defendant followed him ; an altercation ensued, which terminated in the defendant giving the plaintiff into custody on a charge of assault. The Magistrate before whom the case was heard, dismissed it, and the plaintiff then brought his action. The case was tried before Lord Denman, at the last sittings after term, and the verdict was for plaintiff, damages 50/. Mr. Trucstcsa this morning moved for a rule to shsw cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection of the Learned Judge.— Rule granted. THE QUEEN V. GRUMSHAW.-QllO WARE TO. The Soucirroa-GENEna 1. moved for a rule calling on the defendant to show cause why a quo warranto should not issue calling upon him to show by what authority he claimed to ex ercise the office of Coroner of the borough of Wigan. It ap peared that, according to the Act of Parliament, the person holding the office of Coroner was to hold it during good be haviour. In the year 1836, Mr. Rogerson had been appointed Coroner by the Town-Council. In November, 1842, a change bad taken place in the Town-Council, and in consequence of that change, the Council had removed Mr. Rogerson, and sub stituted Mr. Grimshaw in his place. Both these gentlemen had continued to exercise the office since November, 1842. It was true that her Majesty had by letters patent granted a Court of Quarter Sessions to the borough of Wigan, but the appointment of Mr. Rogerson had been made before the date of that patent. Mr. Rogerson had been in office more than six years, therefore no quo warranto could be obtained against him, and he could not be removed except by a quo warranto. —Rule nisi granted. CEOWNER ' S QUEST LAW"-THE QUEEN V. W. HANNON AND OTNEItS. Mr. PLATT moved for a rule nisi to quash an inquisition on the body of NN illiam Knott, on the following grounds—first, that the jury had signed a blank parchment, on which the finding had been subsequently written ; secondly, that the in quest was stated in one part of the inquisition to have been held on the body of Wm. Knott, and in another on that of Wm. Knox : and thirdly, that in the inquisition it was stated that the inquest had been held by a county Coroner, while the same party had signed the inquisition as " Deputy Coroner." Rule granted. (If this is to be taken as a specimen of the manner ;n which Deputy Coroners conduct the public business, it is not surpris ing that they should be so anxious to exclude reporters, and to report their proceedings themselves.) CAR FUR V. TDB LONDON AND BRIGIITGN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought by Dr. Carpue against the Lon .don and Brighton Railway Company, to recover compensation for the injuries suffered by him in consequence of the accident. which occnrred about two years ago, in the Copyhold Cutting, to one of the trains by which Dr. Carpue was passenger. The case was tried before Lord Denman in the sittings after Michael mas term, 1842, and the jury had found for the plaintiff for 2501. damages. The Solicitor-General had afterwards obtained a rule nisi to set the verdict aside, and a new trial had or a nonsuit entered, on the ground ofmisdirection by the Learned Judge, and also on the ground that the action had not been commenced within the time limited by the Act of Parliament, and also that the proper notice of venue as required by the Act had Dot been given. Lord Dassatass having read the notes of the evidence, and of the summing up, said that it would perhaps be more conve nient for the Court to hear the arguments on both sides as to construction of the limitation section of the Act of Parliament before proceeding to the other points. The ArrottNEY-GENERA r. then proceeded to show cause against the rule, contending that the 253 d section of the Brigh ton Railway Act was never intended to apply except with re ference to the Parliamentary powers of the Company to make and continue the railway, and not to that business, the business, namely, of carriers, which that Company carried on in common with any other persons who went upon the railway. If their Lordships would look at the declaration they would see that the action had been brought against them as carriers, and not as proprietors •f the railway. It had been brought against them, not as a railroad company, but as persons entitled in common with all her Majesty's sub jects, to carry on the business of carriers. The declaration stated that they were proprietors of a certain railway, and of certain carriages used thereon, for th e purpose of conveying goods and chattels, and passengers, upon the said railway • and also upon cer t a in other railways, to wit, up on t h e London ' and Greenwich railway, and upon the London and Croydon railway . Now, upon the London and Greenwwicehraoinhil only , rn a rd n i. ee d rr upo n a, w d . the London and Croydon Railway they re it would be odd if it should be held that they were under dif ferent contract with their passengers with regar d to that p firm of the journey which was performed over the London a n d er Greenwich or the London and Croydon, and that which was performed over the London and Brighton Railway. The action had been brought against them as carriers, and as carriers only. They had contracted to convey the plaintiff upon other railways lesides their own, and the contract was one entire contract, and the section of the Act of Parliament with regard to the limita tion of the time for bringing the action, and to the notice of veasue did not apply. They were sued as carriers, and as car- T ien] they were responsible for travelling at a rapid rate when the state of the railway was such as to render such a rate of tra velling dangerous. As carriers they were bound to know that the state of the road was not safe. If they were proprietors as well as carriers, they rsad the better means of knowing the state of the read. The 2534 section of the Act applied to them only as proprietors, and not as carriers. The action had been brought against them as carriers, and therefore the 253 d section of the Act did not apply.. Mr. HAYES and another followed on the same side. The SOLICITOR-GE NERAL in support of the rule contended that the action had bevas brought against the defendants as proprietors of the railway, and not as carriers. The evidence which had been given at, the trial had been given to prove the faulty construction of the railway —now, if the action had been brought against the* t as carriers only, the evidence would not apply % the case. rsa the summing up the Learned Judge if :O• ~-.., ti ; ~, tion whether it was by the perfect cor respondence between the declarations and the acts of the late Ministers they brought the empire into that happy condition in which Sir Robert Peel found it upon receiv ing the administration of public affairs—a prepared rebellion in Ireland—quarrels in the four quarters of the globe—depreciated funds—ruined trade—a deficient an d stilldeclining revenue? This would be a wide discussion, and therefore we mere ly ask the Morning Chronicle to reconcile all the declarations of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russel with their acts, in reference to these subjects only—Parlianientary reform, the corn laws, and the degree of favour due to Mr. Daniel O'Connell. We seem to ourselves to remember rather gross discrepancies between the declara tions and acts of the two Noble Lords upon the questions named. bad stated that the plaintiff was not bound to prove the cause of the accident, inasmuch as the defendants having the whole con trol of the railway, negligence was to be presumed against them in case of accident, and they were bound to show that the accident had not been occasioned by any negligence on their part. The case, had the trial proceeded, rested entirely upon the assumption that the defendants were the proprietors of the railway. If it had not proceeded upon that assumption, there would have been no case to go to the jury. The statement in the declaration was that the defendants were the proprietors and owners of a certain railway ; now, that statement could not have been made against any other of her Majesty's subjects carrying on the business of carriers. The averment was that the accident had occurred on the railway of which the defend ants were proprietors. It was as proprietors only that the action had been brought against them, and as such they were entitled to notice. Mr. Justice PATTESON—The section says that they shall be entitled to notice in case of any action brought against them for anything done or omitted t' be done, in pursuance of the Act. Now, as at present advised, Ido not see that taking people into carriages as passengers, driving them negligently, and breaking their necks, can be called an omission. It is do ing something carelessly, not omitting to do, and certainly it is not anything done in pursuance of the Act. A clause of this sort ought to be construed very strictly. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL submitted that the 'action had been brought against the Company for having omitted to keep the read in proper repair, that that was an omission within the meaning of the 253 d section of the Act, and that, therefore, they were entitled to the notice. He therefore submitted that the rule for a nonsuit must be made absolute. Mr. SwANN followed on the same side. The COURT then called upon the Attorney-General to pro ceed with the other branch of the argument, but it was ulti mately arranged that the argument in that part of the case should be deferred until to-morrow, as the Solicitor-General was obliged to leave the Court. HARE V. BARSTOW. This was an action brought by Sir John Hare, against the Secretary to the Yorkshire Insurance Company, to recover the amount of insurance alleged to be due to him for the damage done by fire to his oil mills, situated in Bristol, which had been insured by the Society. The defendant had con tended that the insurance having been effected on the oil mill, the plaintiff could only , recover 2761., the amount of damage done to that portion of the premises used for crushing linseed, which sum was paid into Court, and that he had no right to recover for damage done to any other portion of the premises. The case was tried before Lord Denman at the Guildhall in 1842, and the jury had found for the plaintiff for 2201. The Attorney-General bad subsequently obtained a rule nisi for a nonsuit, on the ground that there was no evidence to go to the jury, or for a new trial, on the ground that evidence had been admitted as to the value of the machinery, which was inad missible. Mr. Eats now showed cause against the rule, and contended that it was a question for the jury to decide whether the term " oil mills" was used for the purpose of designating the whole of the premises, or for the purpose of designating that portion only which was used for crushing linseed; and it would be seen from the proposal that the term oil-mills had been used to de signate the entirety of the premises, which were known in Bristol as Hare's oil-mills ; neither could there be any doubt that Sir John Hare had intended to effect the insurance upon the entirety of the premises, and that he had imagined that he had so effected his insurance. In a case of that sort could it be said the construction of the policy should be lelt to the Judge alone, and that there was nothing to go to the jury? He apprehended not, and there was no ground for making the rule for a nonsuit absolute. With re spect to the evidence as to the value of the machinery, he apprehended that, as the question was one entirely of value, the evidence was clearly admissible, and, as the contest was, whether the insurance was meant to cover the whole of the machinery, or only one portion of it, evidence as to value was admissible as evidence of identification. He therefore sub mitted that this rule must be discharged. Mr. ROBINSON followed on the same side. Lord DENMAN said that the Court would hear the remainder of the arguments to-morrow. BAIL COURT, Jan. 12. (Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) THE QUEEN V. LORD GODOLPHIN AND ANOTHER, MAGIS. TRATES OF THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE. Mr. GUNNING applied to the Court in this case for a man damus to compel the defendants to allow a certain rate to be made for the relief of the poor of the parish of Cottenham, in the county of Cambridge, en the Bth of December last. The ground on which the magistrates refused was, that the rate was not signed by either of the churchwardens of the parish. It appears that the churchwardens were appointed, but they were not sworn in, nor was it usual to swear them in for the last five or six years. He apprehended that the magistrates could only arrive at the knowledge which induced them to re fuse the rate by judicial process, which this Court would not allow.—Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 12. (Sittings in Banco.) - LACKINGTON V. HETHERINGTON'. 'I his was an action by the assignees of a bankrupt to recover the value of a quantity of deals purchased by the defendant from the bankrupt since the issue of the fiat. Upon the trial the facts were admttted, but the defendant having pleaded that there was no bill of delivery, Mr. Justice Cfeswell, before whom the cause was tried, held that this was fatal to the plain tiff's case, and accordingly directed a nonsuit to be entered, subject to a motion to enter for the plaintiffs, should the Court above differ from his Lordship's opinion. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL this day obtained a rule nisi to en ter for the plaintiffs in damages 250/. JOHNSON AND ANOTHER V. EVANS AND OTHERS. This was an action brought by the assignee of a bankrupt against the Sheriffs of London and their officer, for illegal seizure and wrongful appropriation of gnods in the possession of the bankrupt, but legally the property of the assignees and pe titioning creditor. The verdict was for the plaintiffs, and last term Mr. Sergeant Bompas obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, against which Mr. Sergeant Byles showed cause, when the further argument was postponed to the present term. Mr. Sergeant Bompas this day replied in support of the rule, and their Lordships took time to consider judgment. The Learned Sergeant's.argument was confined entirely to the legal points, and scarcely touched upon the facts of the case, which were fully reported last term. SMART V. NOKES. This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 1,0001. It was tried at Westminster, in the nisi prius sittings of last term, when a verdict was returned for the defendant, upon the plea that the debt represented by the bill had been paid. A rule nisi bad been since obtained for a new trial, the arguments upon which occupied the greater part of this day, and was not con cluded when the Court rose. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 12. Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron Rotra and a Common Jury.) COPPING V. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE PRINCE ALBERT STEA M-BOAT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover com pensation, in damages, from the defendants. It appeared the plaintiff and the defendant had paid the usual fare for being taken to Sheerness in the Prince Albert steam-boat. The commander of the boat, Captain Ingram, having, for some reason or other, errroneously taken up the idea that the plaintiff and his friends were pickpockets, which he openly de clared them to be, stopped at Gravesend, refusing to take them to Sheerness, and had the party put on shore. For this breach of contract the plaintiff brought his action. The de fendants paid 31. into Court as a satisfaction. The case having been proved, the jury found for the plaintiff —Damages, 501. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. The Epiphany Quarter Sessions for transacting county business was held yesterday, at the Sessions-house in the Broad Sanctuary, before a full bench of Magistrates. The first act was to elect a Chairman of the Sessions until the county day, inclusive of the Epiphany Sessions 1845 (standing order No. 4), when Mr. Sergeant Adams was unanimously chosen, on the motion of Mr. Walesby, seconded by Captain Berger, after which the Learned Sergeant took his seat upon the Bench, and briefly re turned thanks. The minutes of the last Quarter Sessions was then read by the Clerk of the Peace. The Bench next proceeded to receive special Reports of the Visiting Justices of Westminster Bridewell and of the Committee for accounts and for general purposes, on the applications received from candidates fur the matronship of the Bridewell, for which there were 41 candidates, amongst whom only 27 were considered eligible for the situation. After which, the general Re port of the Visiting Justices of the Westminster Bride well was received, when Mr. P. LAURIE entered his protest against the system adopted in many of the metropolitan prisons. Ile con tended that many of the prisoners were discharged from those places in a state quite unfit to engage in any labour. During the short period in which the Model Prison, at Pentonville, had been iu operation, no less than three persons had been sent to Bethlem Hospital, in a state of confirmed lunacy. He did not so much find fault with the diet as the system of solitary confinement, which he was confident produced insanity. In one instance, namely, that of John Rees, who had become an idiot, it was found that he recovered his mental powers upon being allowed to hold intercourse with the other prisoners. He concluded by strongly condemning the system pursued at the Model Prison. After considerable discussion the Clerk of the Peace was directed to address a letter to the Right Hon. the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, acknowledg ing the receipt of the latter, recommending a peculiar dietary for the prisoners, and to inform him that the Ma gistrates, after full consideration, had been induced not to adopt the diet recommended by him, and to enclose to him the Report on which they had come to the conclusion. On the - motion of Mr. Amyot, seconded by Mr: Walcsby, the following resolution was carried by a majo rity of 11 to 7 :—" That the salary of the Rev. George Henry Hine, the Chaplain of 'Westminster Bridewell, be increased from 365/. to 4001. a-year, to commence from 14th June, 1843 ; and, in consideration of his increased duties, the very satisfactory manner in which he has uni formly discharged them, his many valuable services, and his length of service, that he be allowed a gratuity of 105/." Several other motions connected with the business of the county were then adopted, after which the usual re ports of the Governor of the 'Westminster Bridewell, and the journals of the surgeon and chaplain of the same establishment, were laid before the Court for in spection, when the Sessions was ordered to stand ad journed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) BO IV-STREET. An interesting-looking young woman, named Eliza Austin, was brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself from Waterloo-bridge. It appeared that on the morning of the 4th inst. the prisoner was observed to mount one of the recesses of the bridge, and precipitate herself into the water. An alarm was given, and one of the Thames police went to her rescue, and she was taken out of the water. She was taken to the floating station-house, and there she said she had attempted to destroy herself in consequence of distress. She was conveyed to King's College Hospital, where she remained until she was brought to this office. Her sister stated that she believed the prisoner was out of her mind. About a fortnight ago she had at tempted to destroy herself by poison. She was in a good situation in the west end of the town, and was not driven to the commission of the act with which she was charged by distress. The witness lived with her father, who was very badly off, and who had eleven children. They had no home to take the prisoner to. Mr. JARDINE, after questioning the prisoner, said she was evidently not in a fit state to be allowed to go at large, and he should send her to the authories of the Strand Union, who would take care of her. CLERKENWELL. A cabman, named Hurley, was charged with the following outrageous conduct:— It appeared, from the evidence, that, on the previous night, the prisoner violently assaulted a man, named Bodkin, in Compton-place, for which he was given into custody. On his way to the station, and while in the charge-room, he struck the constable who held him, 30 E, a violent blow on the face, and pulled the hair out of his head. The officer called for help, and 99 E came to his assistance. When the prisoner saw the latter officer he rushed upon him, felled him to the ground, and kicked him in the face, causing several marks of violence. At length he was secured and removed to the cell. Sergeant Lester, 10 E, said he never witnessed store violence by any person. He kicked at the cell door, and continued doing so until three o'clock in the morning, alarming not only the other prisoners but the whole of the neighbourhood, from the reverberation of the echoes. The prisoner not being able to pay any fine, was sentenced by Mr. Combo to seven days' imprisonment in the House of Correction. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Thomas Sergeant, a man about forty years of age, of very respectable appearance, was charged with robbing his em ployers. For between seven and eight years past the prisoner bad been in the employ of Messrs. Tuckers, Smith, and Co., of 18, South' Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, and at Kensington, wax tallow-chandlers as confidential clerk. For a very con siderable time past the firm had been convinced that they %vete from time to time being robbed of money from the till to a very considerable amount ; but as several of the servants had access to it, they were at a loss whom in particular to suspect, the in tegrity of the prisoner being in their estimation beyond sus picion, between 70,0001. and 80,0001. passing through his hands yearly. Latterly, however, circumstances transpired which induced a strict observance of the prisoner's movements, and yesterday evening, between five and six o'clock, three marked sovereigns and 40s. in silver were placed in the till, at the time when no one but the prisoner was in the shop. Police-constable, No. 179 of the A division, who was placed on the watch, saw the prisoner take some money from the till, and put it into his pocket, and presently after wards it was ascertained that one sovereign and 18s.. of the marked money were missing. To account for this deficiency, the prisoner had made a false entry in the day-book, as having purchased wax pieces and scrapings to that amount; and this system the firm had since ascertained, he has been carrying on for a very considerable period, on some days making false entries of the purchase of goods to between 3/. and 41., and taking the amount out of the till. The extent to which the firm had been sufferers it was impossible to discover. On the prisoner being questioned by Mr Smith, one of the firm, as to the purchase he alleged he had made that evening, he re plied, You seem to know all about it, I shall say nothing." On being searched the marked money was found in his posses sion, and also a cheque for 271. 10s., two 61. Bank of England notes, one sovereign and a half in gold, gold watch, appen dages, &c. He was remanded until Thursday next, to allow time to bring forward other charges against him. UNION-HALL. John Brown, the driver of a cab, was charged with stealing a trunk, containing valuable property of i%liss Smith, of Bruns wick-square. The complainant engaged a cab at the terminus of the Great Western Railway, in which she placed her luggage, consisting of three trunks, containing valuable property. On alighting at her residence two of the trunks were delivered, but the third was driven away with by the cabman. The complainant un fortunately did not take the number of the cab, but from the description given of it, as well as that of the driver, the pri soner was taken into custody. The complainant added, that the voice of the prisoner resembled that of the man who drove the vehicle. The prisoner, however, denied the accusation ; but admitted he was engaged at the above terminus. Mr. COTTINGHAM said he should remand the prisoner, but would take bail—himself in 40/., and two sureties of 20/. each. MODEL PRISONS FOR TILE COUNTRY. Sir J. G. Graham appears to have a vast liking " to be talked about," as the following will show :—He is proposing to the country magistracy the erection of a " model " prison in every county 1 His project has been discussed in Gloucestershire and Leicestershire, and treated as it deserved to be. It has been well observed that this project is too flattering for any Govern ment, never, at the best, the most disinterested class in the country, to be discountenanced; and the present Administra tion, in the person and department of Sir J. Graham, seems prepared to carry it out in its worst and most hateful form. But so long as men in this country prefer light to darkness, open inquiry and public scrutiny into their actions and treat ment of their fellow-creatures to the reverse of these, in fact, to the revival of the Inquisition adapted to modern times, so long we shall never fear the general establishment of model prisons throughout the country. Astonishment is manifested at the temerity of Sir J. G. Graham, of which no parallel in the coh duct of any Minister in this country can be recollected, in pre suming to require, or even recommend, the justices of a county to supersede all the prisons in it, and erect one or seve ral at cost of 157,0001., upon a system, too, which is yet upon trial, and has not yet received the sanction of Parliament, and, it is to be hoped, never will receive it. The Chairman of the Gloucester Quarter Sessions, held ten days ago, in reference to this subject, said, " That the Government could not en force the plan upon them, and the only way they could compel the county to build a model prison was by Act of Parliament; which, if the county Members did their duty, the Government could never obtain." The present Home Secretary's prison " dietary " has already stamped his fame as respects gaol disci pline. Hear what Sir Peter Laurie, in a letter to the Leices tershire magistrates, says :—" The Model Prison at Pentonville being a Government prison, I am unable to give you an opi nion on anything but the system as a mode of imprisonment, and not on the manner in which it is carried out at that place. I can, however, state, as President of Bethlem Hospital, that although the Model Prison has been opened so short a time, and although every prisoner is carefully examined, and, indeed, selected with reference to his health, two pri soners have become insane, and have been trans ferred from the Model Prison to Bethlem. The Mo del Prison system of discipline was acted upon at the Milbank Penitentiary, and during the year:before last nine prisoners were sent from that place to Bethlem. We have received a great many prisoners from the Penitentiary, and we always have found that, by associating with others, they recovered rapidly." Notwithstanding the full knowledge which the Government possess of these startling facts, they, through the Home Secre tary of State, recommend model prisons in every county ; but, it is to be hoped, the magistracy in every part will oppose, by every means in their power, so alarming an innovation and a constitution of " secret doings " for the present public pro ceedings—a description of despotism which makes one shudder ! TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE AT DEPTFORD. On Thursday evening, at half-past six o'clock, an ioquiry took place before Mr. C. J. Carttar, Coroner for Wsst Kent, on view of the bodies of two infants, the children of Mr. J. F. Dickenson, lately residing in Giffen-street, Deptford, who died in consequence of injuries inflicted upon them by their mother. A brief sketch of the melancholy transaction has already ap peared. Since the discovery of the offence great numbers of persons have assembled on the spot, although none but the police and persons officially engaged were allowed to enter the house. The inquest was held at the Two Brewers, in Giffen-street, High-street, Deptford, and the inquest room was crowded to excess. A great deal of disapprobation was exp r e ss ed a t th e mode of making out the jury list. Mr. White, one of the Board of Governors and Directors, preliminary to the arrival of the Coroner, took the names of the gentlemen who entered the loom. Mr. Nixon said that he was only expressing the opinion of many others (twenty) round him, who felt that it was like packing a jury. Mr. White said he could not be stigmatised without a reply. He had only taken the list given by the beadle of the names of gentlemen who came in, without respect to parties. A scene of uproar and confusion ensued, during which the Coroner entered. The CORONER said he could not allow such a scene to exist ; but would assert his authority. All he had to do was, to have the beadle's list handed in. Mr. White—lt was handed to Mr. Bailey. Mr. Bailey—l have not got it. I had it, it is true; but other gentlemen also had it. The CORONER—Then it must . be produced. Mr. Elisha Smith said he was very willing to give up his place if Mr. Nixon was desirous of sitting as a juryman; he knew that as the case had excited great interest many were de sirous of being on the jury. The CORONER said a better feeling ought to exist. He regretted that any person, except in the performance of a pub lic duty, should step forward. His duty was a painful one, and he should only call the names of those summoned by the Cockle (the beadle) then called the names of the jury. The CORONER said he would dispense with the attendance of some of them. A . juryman said he had not been summoned, and did not see why he should have been called from his home by the beadle if his services were not required. The CORONER said that for the fut ure th e o ffi cer s h ou ld deliver a summons in writing ; but any person who then re fused or neglected attending should be fined 51. A juryman said he believed one gentleman only would have complained. He considered it a courtesy to a tradesman for the Judge of the Court to send his officer and study their convenience, instead of issuing a peremptory mandate for their attendance. The jury were then sworn, and proceeded to view the bodies. In consequence of the great fiumber of persons present the Court was adjourned to the Queen Charlotte public-house, Church-street. The mangled remains of the murdered infants presented a most shocking spectacle. George Dickenson, uncle to the deceased children, was in troduced into the room, and appeared deeply affected. He deposed that he resided in Cannon-street, City, and said that he had identified the bodies of the deceased. Mrs. Spencer, a lodger at the house of Mr. Dickenson, on being called as a witness, fainted, and was removed. Sarah White, of No. 5, Giffen-street, deposed that she saw the little boy on Wednesday morning, at half-past eleven, with a bit of bread. She did not see the mother. In the after noon she thought the children were very quiet. She had pre viously heard the mother say " Georgy, be quiet." They were then walking backwards and forwards from one room to the other. She saw nothing of them afterwards until nearly six o'clock. She then heard a moaning ; she then said, " Oh, dear me ; I should not be surprised if Mrs. Dickenson has cut he;sthroat and her children's too." She went in and saw the children ; Mrs. Dickenson caressed them whilst she was in the room. Believed Mr. Dickenson was not at home. Witness was not intimate with them. Mrs. Dickenson was a clean tidy woman, and had lived there fifteen weeks. Mrs. Spencer was very intimate, and had said she (the unfortunate mother of the deceased )' must do something. Mr. Joseph Arthur, surgeon, sworn—said he was called in, and found the two children on the bed, both dead. It was impossible to say how long they had been dead ; the bodies were not quite cold. He found the female with the windpipe divided, and insensible. The trachea and some of the blood vessels of the boy were divided. The other child had met with similar injuries. It was one cut with a . sharp instrudient. The children were lying at her feet. She might have cut the throats of her children, and then her own, and thrown herself back on the bed. Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer was next sworn, and deposed that she knew Mr. and Mrs. Dickenson, and the deceased. Saw them alive at half-past ten on Wednesday. Mrs. D. and the children acre then together in the front room. Mrs. D. said her husband was in town. I saw him before at half-past eig`zt; saw him again at half-past five, when he came to her apartment. Did not hear the children after she saw them. When Mr. Dickenson came in, be fell backwards on the bed, but could not speak. 'She asked him what was the matter, but he could not answer. He got up and beckoned, and she followed him down stairs. He said, " :she has done the deed." She could not tell for the moment what he meant. She went round the room, and saw the woman on the bed, but she did not speak. All he said to her when she got into the room was, "Do n o t s p ea k ; don't make a noise, you will disturb them." I had hot as certained whether the children were dead or not. He called for assistance, and Mrs. White came in and Mr. Spencer followed. Could not say how they lived, but by making away with their things or pawning them. Witness was a lodger. Believes they had no other means of subsistence except what they got from their lodgers. Her conduct to the children was kind. Her countenance appeared clouded at times. Mr. Dick enson and wife were both sober people. Witness advised her to go to the parish and see Mr. Warman, the relieving officer; but she said she knew he would not give her any thing, besides she said she would not go to the parish, as she dreaded the ex posure. She also said she wanted to make up her quarter's rent, and hoped her brother would assist her. Believed they were in want of the necessaries of life. By Mrs. Dickenson's confession the children had only two penny loaves in two days ; this was about a week before Christmas. She always appeared in sorrow and trouble, but never spoke of it particularly. Police Constable Ewins, 160 R, deposed that he was called in at half-past five. Messrs. Arthur and Drury, surgeons, were present. He found o. ranir on the dresser, with blood on it. (It was here handed to the jury). Sergeant Roscoe, 9 Rs deposed:that h e was ca ll e d i n , an d saw the woman on the bed- She attempted to sit up, and was wringing her hands. Some remark was made, and she said .4 Oh, it was I who did it." She afterwards said that she did it at a quarter past one, just as the clock chimed. Mr. Taylor asked me, in her presence,. whether she knew him, and she said " Yes." Mr. Taylor is a- solicitor. Mr. John Hills, churchsvarden, deposed th a t, a t t en m i n utes past six, he received infoiernation of the dreadful occurrence. He went and spoke to MT. Dickenson, and asked what he thought was the cause csf it ? He replied that he had only come down from London at half -past five ; that he kept- his razor on a shelf, and when he got home he found it there, co vered with blood, and plat ed it on the dresser. Dickenson also said that he thought distress alone had caused it. He (wit ness) found a great quantity of duplicates for bedding, &c., and children's clothes—the family had nothing to cover them but a rug. A note was nis'a found, complaining of distress. There were two slices of bread and a sma ll quant i ty o f tea i n the cupboard; sufficient only for a very scanty meal. She said that she commenced murdering the boy, and heard the clock strike four, and killed the other child afterwards; that she heard her husband go in, hut could not move. She ap peared to be in greet m ental .. agony. Mr. George Warman, relvving officer for Deptford, deposed that he went at half-past 'sex, and saw Mr. Dickenson, who said, that when he went hoi . ne he tho ug h t t h e f am il y h a d gone to bed, in consequence of being without firing. Was quite satisfied that was not the fat l. A juror said, that quetio a must be distinctly understood, as it had gone forth that relief had been refused. Alr. 'Warman said that h e had not been applied to, directly or indirectly, and it was ye ry painful to him that such a report should have gone forth, as t hr ough the day he had been pointed at in the streets, and told 'that he was the murderer of the children. The CORONER said there• Axas no imputation on the relieving officer. Air. Hills said, she stated that after having cut the throats of the children she fell back (exhausted, and was unable to com plete her own destruction. jkfter the children were taken away she said she was sorry. A great deal had transpired in con versation, and the mother s =id that on the previous afternoon she had taken the boy on her knee to effect her purpose, but her heart failed her. Mr. Warman hoped that, as strong opinions had been ex pressed, the gentlemen of the jury would declare in his favour. The CotioNEa said there s . ,:as no ground for complaint. The jury said they were q u!Lre satisfied. Dr. Arthur, in answer to .a question by the Coroner, said that there was every probabiili ty that the unfortunate woman would recover by proper atte n tion, if she were removed. Mr. George Dickenson, u ac le of the deceased, said that he advanced 5111. to his broth e r in July, 1839, who, up to the present time, had been very iit !fortunate. The witness seemed deeply affected. The CORONER. addressed e jury on the evidence, and said that, under all the circumst an ens, there could scarcely be a doubt that the unfortunate fe male was the person who had inflicted the wounds. They 'could not consider whether she was in a sound state of mir id. at the time or not. Her own declaration or confession was made entirely voluntarily. lie did not wish to call upon heir husband to give evidence on which his wife would be co:it , icted. But no less than eight witnesses had spoken to adios issions made at different times by her, that she was the mil y party who had committed the offence. A Juror said that, if the w of nan died, he should have come to a conclu s i on th at s h e h ad cc .mmitted su i c id e w h en i n a state of temporary insanity. Und es such circumstances he could not conscientiously return a verd' tof wilful murder. The CORONER said there seas no evidence to show any aber ration of intellect, but the contrary. The jury, therefore, could not give way to mere feelings of humanity. His duty was quite as painful as theirs, .and he only propounded the law to them. Mr. White, a juryman, sai sI that, much as he respected the Coroner's opinion, he would no t, when he was on the jury, re turn a verdict contrary to his co ❑science. Shortly after ten o'clock al is jury requested the room to be cleared, and about half- p Ast eleven the Court was re opened, and The CORONER announced that the jury had returned a verdict of Wilful Murder agai nt t Sarah Dickenson. The Foreman—At the sam .e time we say that she committed the offence whilst in a state of great mental anxiety, brought on by extreme distress. The Rev. Messrs. Ffinch a n d Sketchley, the Rectors of St. Paul and St. Nicholas, Dept fa rd, have most assiduously at tended the unfortunate wom; to , and Mr. Flinch remained with her until after the inquiry te. !ri linated. It was announced las night that such a change had t lion place as to preclude ever prospect of her recovery. THE NEW HISTORICAL.! ROMANCE—" WHITEFIARS:; OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES II."--In presenting this work for publication to , Mr. Colburn, through the medium of a friend, we in a lerstand the author preserved the strictest incognito. W I ether the eulogituns so justly passed upon it by the press will draw him from his present concealment, rem n: us to be seen. It is certainly long since any similar p. - c d uct i on has created so great an interest in the liter a r y wor ld, o r given rise to so many inquiries respecting I the authorship. A CERTAIN REMEDY FOR ILL-HEALTH, BY HOL LOWAY'S PILLS.— ICs. LI 3 n residing in Morrow - street, Walworth, had been for th ree y ears in a very declining state of health, owing to. th a t p er i o d, the turn of life. ller constitution appeared to be almost broken up, and was considered as fast app )aching a consumptive state. She is now restored to a very high state of health by these invaluable pills. All females approaching to that critical period would find t hi , m the only effectual remedy that such a dangerous 3 requires. This medicine would be invaluable to all young persons approaching the term of womanhood. S )hl at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand: (where advice may be had gratis) ; and by almost all irt spectable vendors of medi cine throughout the civilised) world. VOTE OF CENSURE UPON A PARISH SURGEON. An adjourned meeting of the Board of Guardians of the parish of Newington, Mr. Pugh in the chair, took place on Tuesday evening, at six o'clock, at the workhouse in the Camberwell road, to investigate the charges brought against Mr. Boddy, the parish surgeon, for alleged neglect in a fatal case of mid wifery. Twenty-three guardians were present, and a very large number of medical gentlemen. The evidence taken at the inquest of the deceased, a Mrs. Hayes, together with a con demnatory verdict of the jury, had been ordered to be printed, and was in the possession of each of the Guardians. Mr. Boddy was exonerated from the charge of being the cause of the death of the deceased, and a motion for his dismissal from the parochial office was negatived by the votes of 18 guardians against 5. A vote of censure was, however, carried against :11r. Boddy ; and Mrs. Fox, the midwife, who h as b een hi therto employed by Mr. Boddy, was declared to be no longer worthy of trust. Mr. Boddy has been 18 years parish sur geon, and this, it would appear, is the first charge involving his professional reputation. During the course of the investi gation, which lasted until midnight, Mr. Boddy produced an engrossed vote of thanks from the same parish, which had, together with 40/., been presented to him in the year 1841. THE SUICIDE AT CHALK FARM.—On Thursday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, Old St. Pancras-road, on the body of Joseph Taylor, aged 20, a bookbinder: A lad, named Jones, said that he was at work in the Chalk Farm-fields at half-past eight o'clock on Toes slay morning, when he saw deceased near a hedge loading a pistol, to fire at some starlings, witness thought. Immediately after he heard a report, but could not see deceased. Ile went soon after to the spot, and found deceased lying there, with his face and head blown away, an d t wo l arge pi s t o l s on the ground beside him. One of the pistols had been recently discharged, The police soon came and took the body to the St. Pancras workhouse. Joseph Taylor, bookbinder, of No. 38, Marshall street, Golden-square, said deceased was his sun, and left home on Tuesday morning, about seven o'clock, witness thought, to go to his work, in Apollo-court, Temple-bar, where he was an apprentice. Deceased complained lately of head-ache and general languor, and laboured under mental delusions, and about a month since spoke of destroying himself. Witness did not think he spoke seriously. Deceased got the pistols from the kitchen of the house in which they lived ; they belonged to the landlord of the house, and witness believed that deceased do stroyed himself. The Coroner remarked that he did not think the death accidental. He thought the pistol had been placed in deceased's mouth, from the fact that nothing remained of the head and face but the point of the chin. Verdict, that " De ceased destroyed himself, but in what state of mind there was no evidence to show." THE ASHBURTON TREATY.—The good effects of the Ashburton Treaty are manifesting themselves every day, in the bringing to justice offenders who flee to the United States, or from the United States to Great Britain and her colonies. The Kingston (Canada) Chronicle last received furnishes a fresh instance. A murderer (says that paper) has been at large for eighteen months in the vicinity of this town, who under the:treaty has been arrested, and is at last likely to meet the punishment due to his crime. It appears that some three weeks ago the American Government applied, through the British Minister at Washington, for the arrest of a man named Denniston Rogers, who murdered his wife about 18 months ago, at Cooperstown, New York. His Excellency the Governor-General caused immediate instructions to be given to our energetic Sheriff, who lost no time in seeking out the accused. He was found on Saturday, about 23 miles from town, and in five hours afterwards was safely lodged in Kingston gaol. On .tlonday morning the Sheriff communicated the fact to the Government, and received orders the same day to hand him over to the American authorities, which was done accord ingly. It is worthy of remark, that this man's arrest is en tirely owing to the activity displayed by the Sheriff, as the accused's brother arrived here on the day of his arrest for the purpose of putting him on the alert. —Naui Ark Courier and Inquirer CHARACTER OF HANNIBAL.—If the characters of men be estimated according to the steadiness with which they have followed the true principle of action, we cannot assign a high place to Hannibal. But if patriotism were indeed the greatest of virtues, and a resolute devotion 'o the interests of his country were all the duty that a public man can b's expected to fulfil, he would then deserve the most lavish praise. Nothing can be more unjust than the ridicule with which Juvenal has treated his motives, as if he had been actuated merely by romantic desire of glory. On the contrary his whole conduct displays the loftiest genius, and the boldest spirit of enterprise, happily subdued, and directed by a cool judgment, to the fur therance of the honour and interests of his country ; and his sacrifice of selfish pride and passion, when after the battle of Zama he urged the acceptance of peace, and lived to support the disgrace of Carthage with the patient hope of one day re pairing it, affords a strong contrast to the cowardly despair with which some of the best of the Romans deprived their country of their services by suicide. Of the extent of his abilities, the history of his life is the best evidence : as a general, his conduct remains uncharged with a single error. His knowledge of human nature, and his ascendancy over men's minds, are shown by the uninterrupted authority which he exercised alike in his prosperity and adversity over an army composed of so many various and discordant materials, and which had no other bond than the personal character of their leader. As a statesman, he was at once manly, disinterested, and sensible ; a real reformer of abuses in his domestic policy, and in his measures, with respect to foreign enemies, keeping the just limit between weakness and blind obstinacy. He stands reproached, however, with covetousness by the Cartha ginians, and with cruelty by the Romans. The first charge is sustained by no fasts that have been transmitted to us ; and it is a curious circumstance, that the very same vice was long imputed by party violence to the great Duke of Marlborough, and that the imputation has been lately proved by his biogra pher to have been utterly calumnious. Of cruelty, according to modern principles, be cannot be acquitted.—Arnold's Rome, Vol. 111. PRICES OF SHARES AIND OTIIEIt COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 12. Dividend per Amount :fames of COM.. • Paid. 'Price. Annum. panics. Share. 5t per cent. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-de-la-Zouch..av Basingstoke Bteckneck & Ahergay Birmi ng ham, 1-16 t h sh Do. and Livcrp. June Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry Crom ford Dudley . ......... Derby D+nube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth .nd Clyde Giand Junction. Grand Union Grand surrey Grand Western Glamorganhli. 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Richard Pakenham, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to the United States, left the Brunswick HotelVermyn-street, on Thursday (by the Great Western Rail way ), for Devonport, where a frigate is in readiness to convey his Excellency and numerous suite to Now York, en route to Washington, Ail paid 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 N 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 10 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 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 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 • 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 e 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 16 6 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 62 10 0 118 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 • 0 25 0 0 100 0 O. 100 0 0 21h, 0 0 40 r, ( 50 0 4' 10 . 0 0 100 • 0 100 0 0 511 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 21 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 • 0 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 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 • 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 • 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 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 0 109 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 0 15 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 3200 11 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 lid. 0 0 50 0 w 50 a r 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 50 0 25 0 0 50 Q 25 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 9.0 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 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 [OO 0 0 5000 100 0 0 LOO 0 0 15 0 0 5 4 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 2.5 0 0 20 50 0 0 , 50 20 0 og 20 O 0 O 0 00 O 0 i 2 105 PANIES' PRICES. 1844. 164% 16+ 220 IC4 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 0 0 25 9 0 100 9 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 • 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 TO 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 • 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 • 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 • 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 2.5 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 31 0 13 10 0 Igo 0 0 25 0 0 150 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 0 130 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 - 2 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 SO 0 0 35 10 0 az 10 0 3 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 MARKET NEWS,-(YESTERDAY) CORN L:,..CRANGE.-FRIDA . A very scanty supply of English Wheat has been received up to our market since Monday, consequently the stands to-day exhibited but a limited number of samples. Although no great amount of business was transacted the trade was firm at fully the late advance in prices. F,reign Wheat was quite as dear, and previous rates wet e steadily supported. The supplies of Barley being large, the demand for all, except the finest maiting parcels, was heavy at late currencies. Malt came sparingly to hand; but in the present state of the Barley trade we can no tice no advance in the quotations. The supply of Oats being large, the inquiry for that article, as well as Beans, Peas, awl Flour, was iLactive at barely stationary prices. hour 5,50 sacks. A 11.IIIVA LS. Wheat. ()at,, 4.110 qrii j 11,140 qrs. 2,830 1,270 , 25,980 1,2,0 1 1,4 , 70 Malt, 500 qrs. Our market exhibited a very scanty supply of Beasts, yet was fully ad►equate to meet the wants of the buyers. The few prime Scots, &c., on offer sold steadily at fully Monday's quot,tions, but otherwise the beef trade ruled heavy. The numbers of Sheep were again F mall, yet the Mutton trade was dull, •at unaltered rates. There was only a small supply of Calves on sale ; prime qualities of Veal sold freely, other kinds slowly, - at alisut last. week's figures. In Pigs a fair amount of business was transacted at previous rates. Mulch Cows sold at from 161 to 1915 s each. English Irish Foreign • s. d. to 5.,r1.1 e. d. to 1. a, Interior 8ea5t5......„.. 3 11 3 , 2: Inferior 5heep......... 3 2 3 6 Second.quAlity ditto... 3 4 3 6, Second quality ditto... 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen 7 8 310 CoarsG-woolled ditto.. 4 0 4 2 ['rime Scots. Scr. Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 1 Large Hogs . 3 0 4 0 ?rime small ditto 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers....,_,. 4 2 6 Suckling Calves,each 19 0 30 t Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 23 SUPPLY AT MARIUCT. I Sheep. Calves. 1 Pigs I 2,7 tO 133 30 NEIVGATE AND LEADMNTIALL. The supplies of both town and country killed meat being ex tensive, the general demand was heavy, on the following terms : Bzasts. 589 At per stone, by the Carcase. _ i. d. to s. a. , s. d. to s. d ileef, inferior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior ...... 2 6 2 8 -- r..idelling . 2 6 2 8, -- prime large ..... 210 3 0; prime ...... ... 3 8 4 2 -pi ime srokll ...... 3 0 3 6 i Pork, 1arge...... Veal BOROUGH HOP IVIAR.7E.E'r. The supply of Hops is daily becoming less ; however the demand continues to rule active, and an advance of from 2s to 3s per cwt. has taken place this week in the quotations of Weald of Kent and Sussex Hops in pockets. The prices of all other kinds of Hops are firmly supported. Weald of Kent pockets. 61 2s to 61 14s ; Mid Kent 61 12s to 9/ 105 ; East Kent, 61 15s to 91; D.tto choice, 101 to 11/ lls ; Sussex, 61 to 6110 s; Farnham, 81 los to 111 lbs; Mid Kent bags, 6115 s to 8/ 10s. COLONIAL. SUGAR..—There has been an increased demand for all de scriptions of British Plantation, more particularly the low and mid sorts, which have been purchased chiefly by the refiners, and must be quoted again fully 6d to Is dearer since last Friday. The transactions amount to about 2,200 hhds, inclusive of 105 hhds Barbadoes, which sold briskly by auction at 60s to 6Ss 6d for mid to fine. MOLASSES.—For the parcels sold rather higher prices have been obtained. About 500 puns have found buyers, chiefly at 23s 6d for Nevis, Trinidad at 23s 6d, Demerara at 26s to 26s 6d, and Antigua at 26s 64 to 27s 64. MAURITIUS AND BENGAL.—The public sales have only offered 1,017 bags of the former, and 2,504 bags of the latter, the whole of which found ready buyers at an advance of fully 6d to 1s on all, excepting the former descriptions, which brought the extreme value. Low to fine brown Mauritius sold at 50s 6d to 563 6d, good to fine white Benares 67s to 68s 64, and mid to fine soft yellow (date kind) 57s to 60s ; 872 bags Madras sold likewise on public sale at 58s to 61s for low to good bright yellow. Some business has been done privately in nearly all descriptions admissible for home consumption at corresponding prices, but the transactions have not been ex tensive. FOREIGN.--There has been scarcely any demand, but as holders remain extremely firm, purchases cannot be made at lover prices. The business reported since our last has been confined to about 400 chests brown Bahia; for refining in bond at 17s 3d. Refined Crushed is still held firmly at 26s to 26s 6d. Grocery descriptions continue in good demand, and a fair business has been done at gradually advancing prices. COFFEE. The public sales have contained 695 bags Ceylon, 182 packages of Mocha, 1,743 bags East India, and 2,419 bags Costa Rica, all of which went off very heavily, and were nearly all taken in at about previous prices; mid coloury 'eylon at. 80s to 80s 6d ; mid to good clean garbled Mocha at 70s to 76s ; good to fine ord Manilla at 37s to 39s 6d; good to fine ord Singapore Java at 32s to 345, fine ord greenish Mysore (subject to 4d per lb duty) at 80s; and fine ord brown to low mid coloury Costa Rica at 40s to 70s 6d, but chiefly at 52s to 60s for fine to fine fine erd. Privately few transactions have taken place. except in Ceylon, of which some parcels were sold at 62s 6d to 63s for good ord coloury quality. A large parcel of good ord Padang, amounting to about 1,000 bags, was pur chased by one broker at 245. Foreign sorts remain without demand. Cocoa.-942 barrels awl bags Trinidad brought to auction, only partly sold at 44s to 51, 6d for orb grey to good red; 798 bags damaged Guayaquil sold also at 19s 6i to 24s for first to fourth class damaged. RUM.—About 150 puns Jamaica have been sold at rather higher prices, viz., at 3s to 4s for 32 to 35 pe r ce nt ove r p roo f of fair to good quality. RlCE.—There has been rather more inquiry for Madras. Bengal has been only in limited demand. The public sales have offered 16,41 s bags Java (imported from Lombock), 674 bags Madras, Lnd 270 bags Bengal ; the farmer were nearly all taken in at Ss to Rs 6d for low yellowish to mid white mixed with Paddy ; the remainder sold at lOs to 11s for good mid white Bengal ; 8s to 8a 6d for mid cargo Madras, and 9s 6d to lOt for low yellowish ditto Bengal kind. SALTPETRE.-There has been a partial demand from the refiners, and extreme prices have been obtained for the quan tity sold. Nitrate of Soda is held with rather more firmness. SercEs.-300 packages of Pepper were mostly taken in at 31d to 3id, for good half heavy Malabar. Privately very little has been done. Pimento still continues in demand. Cassia remains without inquiry. _ _ COTTON.—A fair business continues to be done at the prices of last week. TEA.—The market is steady, but with rather less doing on account of the large public sales advertised for next week. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 41s 6d per cwt on the spot. COAL MARKET Ships arrived since last market.day, 1, . d. s d. Ord's Reuheugh l2 6 Wall. Eud Quarrington..... 19 6 West Wylam 4 t Walls End Hopper l7 0 Wylam Walls End Clennell l5 0 Howard's W. Netherton.. 14 9 Walls End Heaton 8 0 W all: End West detton ... 17 0 Walls End Hilda l7 6 Powcll's Duffryn Steam ... 20 6 Walls En , l Hetton Walls End Morrison . ..... Walls End Caradoc 20 3 pra E' OF SEE:OS— _ Pei Quarter Per Cwt. ._ Sew English Res: C10ver...35s 56s St. Foin Old DM:. Ditto , —s —s —s Rye Grass ...... „„..... FBs r:. New Foreign Ditto.. —s 55s 54s Pacey Grass — s — s Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Linseed, for feediii .—s 54s 5t New White ( I sver 453 srs (3.13 Ditto, for sowing ..... —s I)2s 14 Old Ditto Ditto —s s—s Ditto, for erushi,.g ....—s sOs 53 4tw Trefoil —s 12s 21s He ...—s Ws 42 Old Ditto —s —s —s Canary —s 603 fits It forlorn —II —s ...-3 Per Kishel. Eng Ugh Carraway —s 4ts 41s White Mustard...3os Od to 12. s U Foreign Ditto —s 40s 411 s Brown Ditto lOs Od to 14s Or coriander ...... —s 14s 20s.Tates ...... . 49 Cd to 1 e (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 12.) Stwaa.—Buvers of West Indit Sugar have come forward with increased freedom this week, and a further advance in prices has taken plaCe for every description. In the private market this week, Berbice. low greyish brown sold at 575, mid grey 59s to 59s 6d .Demerara low yellow, 58s 6d, Canis eta', a m'xcd parcel at 58s, Demerara low middling and middling 61s 6d; Jamaica fine and fine mid, 665; the range of prices i; from 57s to 69s per cwt. To-day stiffer rates being asked for %Vest India Sugar, together with the indifferent assortment at market, rather tended to operate against business, still on the whole the demand was good, and prices closed is per cwt above those of last Friday. REFINED.—There has been an active demand for Refined Sugar of all descriptions for home consumption this week, and higher prices have been again paid. Treacle has sold readily ; boiled from West India Molasses at 21s, patent 22s to 255, best made 26s to 27s per cwt. In bonded crushed Sugar large sales have been made, and prices are still on the advance. Today stiffer rites wet e paid for Refined goods, anti the Grocers purchased largely ; brown Grocery Lumps 755, and standard Lump• 75s 6d to 76s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is with difficulty to be had at 26s per cwt. 1 1 1attainus.--This afternoon there were ready buyers of Mauritius S ugar , an d 1,875 b ags at aucion sold at former rates—good middling yellow at 635, middling 59s 6d to 62s 6d, low 57s to 58s 64, middling grey 58s 6d. fine yellow 66s to 675, midd ing to good brown 54s Gil to 565., and low foxy 50s per cwt. _ EAST INDIA.—AII descriptions of Bengal Sugar have met with ready purchasers this week, and prices have further an vanced 6d per cwt. In Java Sugar sales to a fair extent have been made privately at 18a to 21s per cwt. Holders of Manilla Sugar aro firm. This afternoon Bengal Sugar, fine white 68s 6d, good 66s 6d to 67s 6d, middling 63s 6d to 64a 6d, middling yellow 60s to €l2s 6d, low 57s 6d to iSs, damp brown 50s to 51s 6d, and sound 54s per cwt. Batavia bought in at 1-1 s 6d for low dark brown. and at 14s per cwt for washed. FOREIGN.—Holders of this description of Sugar are firm, and none has been offered at auction. To-day a cargo of old white Havansah, not yet arrived off the coast, was sold at the low rate of 25s far fair average quality, to be delivered at Trieste. AloLasssts.—For West India, prices have advanced 6d. per cwt ; Demerara, good at 26s to 26s 6d ; Antigua, good 26s 6d fine 27s 6d ; Dominica 24s to 255, fine Barbadoes at 29s per cwt ; Bengal Syrup at 17s to 18s 6d per cwt ; Foreign Mo lasses 6s to 7s per cwt. Ruiz, BRANDY, AD HOLLANDS.—For Rum of all descrip . . tions prices are still on the advance. Jamaica 32 to 34 per cent overproof, fair quality at 3s to 3s Id, good 33 to 35 per cent over 3s 5d to 4s per gallon. Demerara at 2s 8d to 2s 9d, for rather cloudy 34 to 36 per cent overproof, and really fine 2s 10d to 2s I ld per gal. Leewards Is 100 per gal paid for proof. Calcutta Rum proof, with certificate, Is 7d to Is lid, and fine I s 8d per gallon. In Brandy prices are again higher for every description. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838 selling hhds at 5s Bd, puns bs 6d; ditto, 1839, hhds Sc sd, puns bs 3d • ditto 1840, hogsheads 5 5 3d, puns 5s Id; ditto 1841, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s 11d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s Ild, puns 4s 9d, and inferior sorts of Brandy 2s 11 d a 3s 6d per gallon. Geneva, shipping sorts at Is 10d to Is 11d, fine pale 2s 4d to 2s 10d. Hamburgh Gin common is is 6d to Is 7d per gallon • British Corn Spi r i ts at I Cs to lOs 2d cash ; Scotch and Irish Grain Spirits 103 to lOs 2d, and Malt Spirits 12s 6d to 13s per gallon. To. day Leeward Island Rum sold at Is 10id proof; Jamaica 23 per cent overproof fetched 2s 10d for common quality. Brandy at the rates quoted above. COFFEE.—The home trade are much in want of clean de scriptions of West India Coffee, and the supply being scanty and far from ample for• their wants, they were compelled to pay further advanced rates. Mocha has been only in limited request, at full prices. This afternoon Ceylon sold at a further advance of Is per cwt : good ordinary pale went at 63s 6d to 641, good ordinary colour} 65s 6d, fine ordinary 67s 6d to 68s, and fine and tine fine ordinary Plantation sorts 69s to 77s per cwt. The home consumption Coffee market has a firm appearance. Cocon.—For West India further reduced rates have been taken. Trinidad good red at bOs 6d to 52s 6d, good middling to good dark red 47s to 495, middling bold grey 44s to 45s 6d, good 46s to 46s 6d, fine 50s, and sea damaged 4ls 6d to 45s 6d per cwt. Sea damaged Guayaquil first class good grey went at 245, second class 22s 6d to 235, third class 20s 6d to 21s, and fourth class 19s 6d to 20s per cwt. TEA.--A fair demand has prevailed privately for nearly every description during the week, and the rates previously established have been maintained. To-day prices were firm for Tea, but there was not much demand, the trade for the most part waiting for the sales declared for neat week. SPICES.—For black Pepper rather higher rates have been paid ; White good and fine at bid. to 7d, and inferior at 4 to 5d per lb. Pimento common is 2;41, and better sorts 21d to 30 per lb. Cassia Lignea is held with firmness. Nutmegs firmer. Cloves rather lower. Bengal Ginger at 69s to 79s for bold scraped; Jamaica, 4118 s to 1215 s for low to good bold. Rtca.—Caroliae Rice cleaaed here at 26s for first, 245 for second, and 21s per ewt for third quality. Patna at 13s to 17/ low mixed %slim Paatly ild, *OW . A Mk, OS 0:1, Liartra,4eit U rSt . and second class at 63 6d to Bs, third class 4s, good ord repacke d 8s to 8s 6d. sweepings 5 s 6d t o 6 s Gd, common white 8s per cw low white at 8 s t o 8 s 6d, an d m id m i xe d 9 s 6d t o 10e. Bol a ' • low broken white les to lOs 3d, middling bold lOs Ed to llsr and good lls 6d per cwt. Java at the former currency. , j SAGO.—Ordinary re.rrl at lls 6:1 per cwt ; 13s to 13 s for good middling large Pearl. Sago Flour 18s. per cwt. St. Vincent's Arrowroot at 5d to Iod. Tousles ;iois 6d to 6 1 -, id per lb. Istnico.—The purchases of East India made have been upon a small seale in al dpt escriions for home use ad exportation, and prices rule is to Is 3d under those of the n last quarterly sale for Bengal, and 6,1 to 10d per lb for other sorts. 112 Spanish Indigo prices have still a downward tendency. Oils.—Linseed 011 at 27 s 6d t o 27 s 941 per cwt on the sp ot Rape Oil at 31s to 36s 61 for pale, and 35s to 35s 6d per 0 4 for brown ; Cocoa Nut Oil at easier rates; Palm good to fin! 28s to 29s 6d per cwt. Olive. Oil has been in p" . ' d request, and former rates are fully suppoeted. Sperm 0:1, British at 6 , 5/ 155 to 72/ for low to fine, and very inferi. r at 661 per tun. Cod Oil is 3•4 lOs ; Pale Se n al 361 10s. Southern Whale at. 36/ 15s t o 37/ for poi' , —Ai Northern 34/ 55 per tun. This afterno on Sperm Oil went at 7‘.'• to 721 ; fine Southern at 341 to 371 ss; Newfoundland Whale at . L9l to 351; Seal at ::41 15s to 35/ for finger ., at 341 IV' for straw, and 29/ 5s to 32/ f or ..trown. Palm bougirt 111 at 261 lOs to 28/. Tantow.—The trade have purchased Russian Tallow ccit l caution on the spit this week, an d p r i ces h ave a downwar d i tendency. P. Y. Candle of first quality 41s to 4ls 3d r t r cwt; for delivery in the next two months, 4ls ; for the three months of the year 4ls 6d to 42s per cwt. Town Tallow at 40s to 40s 61 per cwt, nett cash. American at ratbe t lower rates. This afternoon South American sold at 30s to 41s 6d, New South Wa!es 40a to 41s per cwt. STATE OF TRADE. There has been rather a larger business done ea° week in the principal articles of consumption, be stocks have been sufficiently heavy to prevent material advance in prices. The accounts to ban from Bombay, China, and America, have bad no small effect on our business and the trade of th e manufacturing distrits, as it is evident, from th e range of prices for goods in India, that no shir merits of much weigfit Kill be made should spinner insist on advanced rates, whilst the latest letters front the cotton-growin g States of America are calculated t o enhance the prices here of the raw material, as the esti' mate of crop has been reduced, and shipments now arriv ing will leave a loss that may fairly be estimated at seven per cent. on the amount invested ; luckily, however, the planters e been the principal shippeis, and the losses will, consequently, be of far less moment to our merchants, whose Lrders have been given at rates much below the currency of the p r i nc ip a l cotton markets in the States. One rather important statement is reported in some correspondence, to the effect that the souther n banks were again assisting the planters to withhold thei r crops from market, and that, whilst the stocks in thel port were accumulating, prices were also advancing' under the influence of such assistance. Let us, howe ver, hope, that the severity of p as t l osses h as no t so soon heen forgotten. Here we have h a d a li ve l y mar k e t, wit h large sales, chiefly to speculators, at prices a Jut° higher ; yesterday, especially, an enormous business Wu° dose, roughly estimated from 18,000 to 20,000 bales. The excitement in the share market has apparentlf blown over, and the transactions are not so numerous. - ' Liverpool Mercury. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TRING STEEPLE CHASE—WEDNESDAY NEXr. All have accepted except Cheroot. By the kind permission of Earl Jersey, the match between • Mr. Parson's Ghuznee and Mr. Burford's Beeswing was dr cided in the Ho me -p ar k, on Tuesday. Ghuznee woe.clever l l' HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Crawley and Horsham hds, Monday, Capel Village; Thu day, West Grinstead; Saturday, Pound Hill, 10 —Cheshits hds, Monday, Abbey Arms ; Wednesday, Wryne Hill ; Thur s ; day, Wilke ley Village; Saturday, 14renbury, ti—Ess" Union hds, Tuesday, fieZelai2h Hall ; Saturday, Tothain Maypole, loi—Montgomeryshire lids, Tuesday, HwyllthGwallni; Friday, Car Howell Village, 10—Mr. Roe's his, Tuesdni , • CreycAnoe Friday, Kingstone Village, 10—Tiverton has, Monday, Bampton Down; Friday, Dulverton—Tickbaln • hds, Monday, The Squirrels, Stockbury ; hursday, Wicklit4 Wood, loi—Mr. Candler's hds. Monday, Old Hills • Wedne°' day, Bishop's Wood; Friday, Ham Bridge, 101 —H ere ford' • shire hds, Tuesday, 10th mile-stone on the Abergavenny Road; Friday, Wall Hilts, 10—United Pack, Tuesday, Buckley, 9 " . Brighton harrieis, Monday, Thunder's Barrow; Wednesday , Patcham ; Friday, Dyke, 11—Mr. Trelawney's hds, Tuesday • Ivybridge, loi—Brnokside harriers, Monday, Newmark et ; Thursday, Te!scembe Tye, Io}—Essex and Suffolk lot Tuesday, Got Grove; Friday, Little Fentiey Hall, ICi—Nort h Warwickshire hds, Tue-day, Kenilworth Castle; Meridens, Warwickshire lids, Monday% Bearlay Village s Tuesday, Oxhill Village; Thursday, Mitford Bridge; Saint' day, .Red Hill, IN—Ayrshire lids, Tuesday, Enterline Gate; Friday, Auchans. FRENCH LAW FOR ENGLIS H RESIDENTS.--h e —T, Correctional Tribunal of Tours was en gage d on J anuar y 6w' with the trial of a Mr. T an English gentleman, moe.pl'r. in the first society of the town, f o r ill-t re ati ng hi s c hild re n. appeared that this gentleman, who was a person of good for' tune, had discharged his valet for some fault, and the latter; • out .f revenge, went and lodged the above compl a i n t agains t him. The commissary of police, accompani e d by a me cres' man, proceeded to Mr. T—'s residence, and f oun d on the backs of his two little girls seine black and blue marks. MP T— at once admitted that those marks were caused by I small horsewhip, which he used for correcting his childrees- On the trial a number of persons came forward, and bol testimony to the general good health of t h e c hild ren. S ev ers English ladies declared that they had seen the little girls about tbe time of the Commissary's visit, and that they appeared te be both gay and cheerful. M. de Noe, Captain in a Hussar regiment quartered in the town, declared that a kinder inso than Mr. T—could not be found, but that it was the habit England for parents to correct their children with a rod er whip. He had himself been educated at a public school in that country, and knew it to be a fact. After a lengthened sittil the Court deliberated for half an hour, and then declared that Mr. T—, having been proved to have given blows to his chil dren' be fined IsOf? and pay the costs.— Galignani's M ess enger' ARREARS OF CASES IN THE COMMON LAW COURTS' —On Thursday Hilary Term commenced, at whist* time the arrears of the three Common Law Courts were as follow :-"' In the Court of Queen's Bench there is a list of 74 rules foe new trials standing for argument, the earliest of which Ws * moved in Michaelmas Term, 1842. In the special pape r of the same Court there are 24 cases, whilst in the peremi,t o rl paper there are 47 rules. In the Court of Common Pie° there are in the remanet paper six enlarged rules, and twenti others for new trials, all of which latter rules were obtained its last term, and would probably have been disposed of but for the new business introduced into the Court by the registration ar peals, two of which remain for the consideration of the Court. There are ten causes in which demurrers are to be argued. le i the Court of Exchequer there are 30 new trials whi c h were move , ' for in November last. In the peremptory paper there are seven eases, and 13 in the special paper. These lists will be increased by applications, which, according to the practice of the Courts; must be made within the first four days of the present terser , • arising out of causes tried at the sittings after last term. There . is a diminution in the arrears, and it is evident that they have been materially decreased by the somewhat recent Act enabling the Courts to decide similar matters out of wins. A rumour is rife among the profession, that a measure will he brough t before Parliament for the purpose of l e s sen i ng t h e l a b ours 0 , ~" the Court of Queen's Bench, by cr ea ti ng an a ddi t i ona l•C o ark , for the disposal of the ordinary bu s i ness , an d to b e a C our t et Appeal in criminal matters. The measure alluded to is said to be deemed necessary, as the business of the Court of Queen's Bench is cf a very heavy description, and partly to be attri buted to its exclusive jurisdiction in criminal proceedings. 1 31 1 an Act which came into operatiun on the Ist instant, the Crown-office is thrown open to the profession and a number of offices abolished. The lo'it of the four-horse coaches, whose excellen t appointments, accommodation, and speed, used to be the glori of Maidstone, ceased running on Saturday l as t, up to w hich • day . Coastworth had spiritedly maintained with his coaehr the Favourite, an unequal competition s-... 11 the steam-carriages' on one side of the old London-road and the steam-boats on the ocher. The inconvenience to the residents on the line of road, we reed not say, will be severely felt.—Maidstone Journal. S Ettious 4 1 , CCIDENT.— f hursday afternoon, about five o'clock, as r gentleman, named Welland, residing at Hater stead, was driving in his cab along the Hampstead-road, so: • companied by a young lady whom we understood to be hi° 'laughter, the horse, a high-spirited an i ma l, t oo k f r i g h t a t t ; parcel of boys dressed up as Christmas mummers, and stave ( ' off with terrific speed in th e di rec ti on o f H ampstead, and 111 - •, Welland having lost all command over the horse, in passing • a coal waggon the off-wheel of the cab ran with fearful vie - lence against it, precipitating Mr. Welland and his daughter t°':: the ground. Mr. Welland fort unate l y escaped with a f e w slight bruises; but the young lady received such severe in' juries, that it is extremely doubtful whether she will survive- She was picked up insen-ible, and, together with her father , • conveyed home in a street cab. The horse, a most va luable one, was fortunately stopped uninjured a few yards from where the accident tonic place, but the cab was literally dashed to atoms.. _ METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS,- On Thursday, iv; • consequence of an order from the Commissioners of Woods of A Forests, the remaining houses in Upper St..iMartin's-Woe' which are on the line of street leading from Coventry-stre6t to Holborn, were sold by auction. There remain now be "t fele houses to be disposed of for the completion of the iff,prove - ments in this part of the metropolis. These are situated ati the top of Great St. Andrew's-street, Seven-dials, and at th e south of the hi uses on the lower side of Sydney's-alley, whficht when removed, will form the opening from Coventry-street' The whole of the houses south of Cranbourne-alley have beets cleared away. In a few months, therefore, the thoroughfare of the new street might be formed. A now sewer is to be built upo° part of the line, which will communicate with the sewer in the course of erection at the top of St. Martin's-lane. 31 1 4 65 IVO 615 141 71 1200 155 100 117 360 620 260 13E0 30 240 101% 21 3 ;4 174 24 204 6% 5% 400 11. 105. 45% 65 2 142 16U 40s 186. 4% 1' 8 205 12% ss% 40 130 11 .% 12% 150 135 2i 202 81 59 60 85% 106) 2 CEINi Is, 5634 21`..34 43N 11% 5% 23'7 5 ;1 03 453 q 2, 1 4 32 1 4 265 Izo}~ BIRTHS. At Guernsey, the lady of Major O'Brien, Royal Irish Toi lers, a a son. On the bth inst., Mrs. R. C. Carpenter, Guildford-streets Russell square, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Gloster Lodge, Hendon, Mrs. R. t Yarborough, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Morningtun-road, the widow of Robert Duncan King, Esq., late British Vice-Consul at Part-au- Prince, Hayti, of a posthumous daughter. On the 10th inst., at Farnham, Surrey, the lady of Charlet Alexander Holcombe, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. At St. George's Church, Hanover-square, Colonel Sir Dto: can MacDougall, K. C. 8., late commanding the 79th Regimen of High:andel s, to Hannah, widow of the l a t e C o l one l Ni c hcv son, of the Lancashire Militia. On the 9th inst., at Bangor Cathedral, T. J. Maud*, of Abingdon-street, Westminster, to Louisa Emily, younges daughter of the Rev. John Hamer, Vicar of Bangor. On the 10th inst., at Trinity Church, Bath, the Rev. Chart ° Kingsley, son of the Rev. Charles Kingsley, of St. Luke. , Chelsea, to Frances Eliza, youngest (laughter of the late r• Grenfell, Esq. DIED. At Phoorsungey, near Poonah, Jane Mary, the wife °E Lieutenant Lambart Scat, Bombay Army. At Neampore, I engal, R bert James, younger son of R' Fisher, Esq., of Hamilton-t errace , St. John's.wcod. On the 7tl inst., at Barb ourne C ottage, Worcester, Ro b ' Hal iburton, Esq. On the 8111 inst., at Hudleigh, the Rev. William Powell; A On the Bth inst., a t S wansea, t h e R ev. G. M. Maber, M. Rector of Merthyr-Tidvil, Glamorgan, aged 78. On the 10th inst., Mr. Thomas Torn, of Peckham-grave, Camberwell. Loz.z:ep : Printed ;nil Published I_, - ; L fp . No. 112, Strand, W, The Sun Office, No. 112, Strau" the County of Middlesex, Saturday, January 13, le"' n ip os eap? kieri of J.(' /10 !Isrs, IleesrAst."T -11 p, zobn end co k toNi Ptolo~l-80 l ed 1; GENI N Pitat* a id : f Pu . ri % tut c i S tebipletel If th! -4 into ' Wi " Mr 5 °06, a l 'etietit, Lr e quit THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1844. i5O 26 1 4 30s p ,s 4 4 4% 118 13 13 9 38 103% I i ~1 Public,