The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-16 00:00:00

REFORM AT ELECTIONS. Among non - Parliatnentary occurrences, the Col• Chester election has been the most prominent event of the past week. The boldness and suddenness of the enterprise invested the affair with an interest that h(lid not intrinsically belong to it. For several days ad the he ro o f the Young Englanders held knightly ,ate upon th e arene, with lists all duly mar k e d, an d bright colours fleunting defiance and wooirig combat. Once and again had a hostile eye peered into the lists, out, startled at the brave array, or conning prudently the strength of the men-at-arms, retired in silence, and left the place to sonic successor who looked about him, and—did even as his predecessor had done. The eve of the last day of watching was already closing ere the bugle' note of a real defier was heard ; ant loud and l usty were the shouts from friend and foe l when it was found that there would be a splinter ing of lances after all. The new comer, while eager to break a s pear in honour o f his ladve-love, Free Trade, consorted him self to the knightly bearing of his antagonist ; and in all courtesy and gai e ty were t wo gent l e passages o f arms run. In th e fi rs t, the mediwval kni g ht w a s un orsed, and great was the wonderment, and still greater the acclaim. But in the second course for t49B cha nge d sides ; down went the Free Trade iiinght with tremendous fall, and the inediwval hero pranced thric e aroun d t h e list, then rode away to 41g Up hi s p ennon i n t h e c h ape l of St. Stephen. , e ; - V, more ser i ous l y , we are p l ease d w i th the man 1u which this el ec ti on h as b een f oug h t . Th e at ree.e. tr Was gallant at le as t, an d th e i mmense ma j or i ty Li e show o f h an d s j ust ifi e d t h e essay, for is ob. a l, i ned for th e pr i nc i p l es of the new candidate of ' the advantage that could be derived from the voice so a public meet i ng i n t h e b orough. He can now 1.. . Y) that i n this agricultural borough a public meet -048., presid e d over by the mayor, declare°, by six to can:% favour of him and his tenets ; w hil e th e o th er b - n ,'"date can as f a i r l y asser t t h at hi s success at the tbc %%a obtained by no undue means, and that he is 0 „! r eal as well as the n om i na l re p resen t a ti ve o f th e laions of the constituency. in There was no drunkenness, no bribery, no treat tr!, 11 0 banners, and—thing unparalleled in this no in-'l°,lis borough —no hand. Mr. Wingrove Coolie, 11 : „",', 8 first address, told the electors that he went to eilnanient, he would go to represent their prin telese not their vices. Lord John Manners accepted th e Challenge, and discharged his flagmen— pea first at t h e nom i nat i on admitted the high 1 4 ,7"a 1 qualities of his :antagonist, and th e th — in his speech u p on th e d ec l arat i on o f th e Poll t h an k ed h i s unsuccessful. rival for h ac i ean urtesy and good f e elin g with w hi c h th e con t es t elbeen conducted. We hope th a t thi s election ay be the Commencement of new and most salu aeLrefnrni—a reform which shall banish corruption, poll"ianY and bad taste from the hustings and the b ot h, We t e , t Cannot express sorrow at the result of the con egh.l,fer wh a t ever we may t hi n k o f t h e pr i nc i ples of m a s h Lord John Manners is the exponent, he is a 4 Minne we would not willingly see excluded from lic e in the House of Commons ; but we have some . g ro e rY sympathies with the early career of Win 4ele Cooke, and we have respect for his more 46, e , r it and harder labours in legal authorship and Ilioh'inistrative inquiries. Wel have of late met his bo o many legal tomes and many ponderous blue j 0 : 48 ; and w hil e th e l ea d er o f Y oung E ng l and en tVats his seat on the Protectionist benches, we hope b Irutorya Place may yet b e f oun d f or th e au th or o f the of the Whig and Tory ties' on the beaches opposed to him. - Hi s toric Times. RAILWAY RETURNS AB Ar TRAFFIC. — The following are the Total Receipts of Rail tasi,..ser tile past week—that i s t o sa y, up t o th e d ate to which the *e t ``t‘ive re turntns are made, together with the receipts of th o same ious year : •; iti, ..: .._ * tek -414 1 NAM 2 , 3 week. EOF RAILWAY. Last I. Izi '. •I ° , t t. `N............ U. 2 Feb . 9 .£ X 10 •lb 771 345 9 Amiens and Boulogne ... ..... • . 1,136 1,200 „' Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • •• - •• 446 408 it) Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 666 713 10 Bolton, Blacli burn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 413 351 • a Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • .... ••• • .. 3,250 - 10 Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 5,856 3,622 7 Chester and Holyhead. ••.. • • .... •• .. 1,219 1,185 1 2 Dublin and Drogheda...... ••••• • • • • 700 701 9 Dublin and Kingstown • ..... •••• • • • • 574 682 ...._ D undee, Perth, and Aberdeen- •• •• •• 983 902 702 9 t linburgh and Glasgow . ... ........ 2,399 3,189 10 Edinburgh and Perth ............ 1,958 1,640 a Icastern Counties and North Eastern.. 13,869 13,249 10 'astern Lancashire .................... 2,519 1,719 9 Union.... - ........ ••• • - - 1,836 1,144 .ol ..- -gOw, Kilmarnock, and . Ayr ...... 2,532 2,368 o l , :I n .'"gow and Greenock.. - - ... -- •. 807 803 9 ',Feat Northern and E. L.• • - ...• .. 2,953 1,800 .... Great Southern and Western ........ 3,625 3,494 10 G reat Western, &C•• •• • - 17,716 a ir-,aticashire and Yorkshire.. .. 4 •ancaster and Carlisle •.•••• • • • 10 Leeds and Thirsk •••••• •• • • Live . rP ° ol, Crosby, and . Southport•• •• 72 64 1, ....ondonderry and Enniskiilen- •• - - 104 121 v Loudon 10 L 0,,,, and North Western, Bzre. 39,042 37,563 ~ "' - ` l3 n and Itlackwail .. •••• • • •• 619 571 10 uondon and Brighton .• • .... • ..... - 6,621 6,3,j3 in ILondon and South We5tern......... 7,80 , i 7,760 Co ..lancheSter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,687 2,817 10 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham- .. 19,729 18,702 N. 34idland Great Western (Irish) .... • • 1,014 1,013 0 Monitland.s ... ..... ..... - .... .... - - North British -..•••••.•• . • • • • • • • • • 3,049 2,231 •. Paris and Rouen . .... - 4,6.54 alp Rouen and Havre .................. _ 1,952 5 Scottish Central .... •• 1 0 Scottish - Midland •••••••• • • .. • .. .. 393 254 i 0 Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• • • • • .• 1,345 1,294 , Shropshire union .. • • • • 434 -- 13 South Eastern and Branches •••• • • •• 7,837 6,625 9 South Devon •••••••••••- • • • • • • • • • • • 1,490 1,243 N. Tag v a l e ..... • ... .. .... 1,673 1,863 Ulster. .......... .... - 754 3 Waterford and Limerick -•••• • • • • - 237 1,, Whitehaven Junction .••• • • • " - 1 0 Y ork and North Midland. •• •• • • York and Newcastle . .... •• .. ...... 6,302 6,139 ............, 1 NA VA I 111 1 6/ , I , V i I lt , s.'l\l if I E.. AVAL INTELLIGENCE. •ceri i s ,,T 3 N, FEB. 9 : —Her Majesty's steam-frigate Captain Fitzroy, five days from Plymouth,. tiß a b e ," here on the 28th ult., and the frigate Indeta tht4:°, anchored in the Tagus, from Plymouth, on f o ra .1 1. i nSt. These arrivals have reinforced Commo ce vtartiri's squadron, which now consists of the 1 ‘:?:g ships :—The Prince Regent, La Hogue, Vr e ttl'gable, Thetis, Arrogant, Leander, Conflict, rival Av e and Encounter. The fleet was expected to '4flion on a cruise immediately after the ar- T h q th e E nglish mails of the 7th inst. the R ussian frigate Pall a s i s s till i n th e T agus . 141.4,? Lisbon Board of Health has amplified its de htetiv7e that Liverpool and other English ports then infected or suspected of c h o l era are now I .,M's at - b 4 e free tr om th e 7th u lt., an d a ll vesse l s f rom .44 ,1 4 'ritain w ill consequent l y o b ta i n f ree prat i que 4 tu gai. job THE j EXPERIMENTAL SQ UADRON. O r 3 4tou i :k tinV —The Prince Regent, 92, 11 ,m d e rfi r„ (3 . l ore Martin TLi ; _Hogue, 60, Captain M'Dougal ; ' 6 4 g ßable 50, Captain Smart, K.H.; the Le (! 15 t1 t1 : 50 . Captain D cres ; the Thetis, 36, Captain ii ri tßton, caw' . n a the Terrible, 21, Captain Hope, SaL til ° Arrogant, 46, Captain Gordon; the En t,,tre ; the Conflict, 8,. Commander Drake, ow ed ` 4 e Tagus on the 9th inst., preparing to . pro ti)°° A a r • rial cruise on the 14th. Captain Fitzroy, tvVogant, had resigned the command of that 111' the i b i ll had been given to Captain G. T. Gordon, .(41counter, Captain Fitzroy coming home. e ROYAL MARINES. 'Elon a— enabled t o announce th e a moun t o f th e re -1,4t1ie,-,siceeteinplated with regard to this eminently 4 tied silul e Corps. Ten companies are to be an d ten captains retired on full pay. r , APPOINTMENTS. b. :1 (7; 141 'e; PER. 15.—Captain Robert S. Robin .o`ft,), to the Arrogant steam-frigate, at Lisbon, t "„ r °Y, superseded, owing to ill-health. 1t 4 54 11 4 , 1 - d ri ttet G. S. Parsons (1802), to be a retired cla -e t ef 1830, with a retired allowance of 7s, -ei tte vPar t ; Il aet Sherard Osborn (1846), to the Fisgard, 1 44 . tet,i 14.,4 4t 'tar service. k l ee t l ll , 4 t ; l t George B. Williams (1840), to the tit„ da t e r „ , sloop, at Devonport. iltl,Cnarles Arthur Wise (1846) has been con- V ir ig-Lieutenant from the Bth March, 1847. eileet,l,,asPer steam-vessel, Master . Commander eitCrlte d :et down the river this morning, and dis ,the l e ; (ii„, 11•0 111 the Hercules troop-ship, at Green ;Li h ' i L oyallia Walker's Company, sth battalion, of 4 .4i m 'etiti o ,' l .,rtill er y, on their return from Gibraltar. N: U p t :tian t ' l 6ascell es , of Ca . pta_in ,. Dacres's company, ,wle rYlls, of Captain s company, with '4l 4 . ' p a ree tihs - ueg, of the Royal Artillery, arrived at NI ) 401 a Gibraltar There were also a number of inva 'en mlbraltae and from stations in the Mediter • tr4 `tl \ r ot tiv 4 P, 4,,P1110 steam-vessel was take n ou t o f d oc k 1114' of th ' it will remain untenanted until the ar PM. e onyx from o.,tend, hourly expected at "II ru in T OE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. th e y es ,. in, C. 13., has lost no time in deciding by the taboo 01 the expedition he is to command, b y ° ant the Ptarmigan have been purchased tof te ak liiralty for that service. The former is tli t Z'Mti o ' 411 (1 was purchased from Mr. Smith, of 41 ti o - ` l , is t o b 4r ld both are sailing vessels. One of ht made ready for the Arctic Seas at the Itie (4l t 0f 6 A1 4 " of Messrs. Wigrarn, and the other As 4 i st -r • Green, at Blackwalf. Mr. W. M. ht t , Yard, ilnt-Master Shipwright at Portsmouth to come round to superintend the fer ero Z the vessels, and will be assisted by v i \ Ns? 4rd, t o b e shipwrights from Chatham and constantly attached to one the of toe forema n of shipwrights from taeirii*.thseter.azhoe paeheocovantly in attendance at 430 tons burden. The th e g teri ttot ~Ye s sels have also been decided upon, and I,4l,atop,,t4nnesrsard sborn, whose name appears in 444 re u4 1.114 ria; 1)1- this left T.ADion fir South- W ith: v essel t o t ili ng to bring round the Eider screw Qrde " Es fitted f or the Arctic Seas at Wool have also been dispatched to Leghorn to hasten home the Free-Trader, a sister vessel to the Eider, and she is to be brought round to Woolwich to be fitted at this port with the least possible delay. Provisions of every description are lacing prepared at Deptford and at Portsmouth, and no time will be lost in putting them on board when the vessels are ready to receive them. The sailing vessels, the moment they are strengthened by Messrs. Wigram and Mr. Green, will be brought to Woolwich, where their stores, &u., will be put on board. Captain Austin is not only in high spirits, but most enthu siastic in the cause he has undertaken, and unremit ting in his exertions to get the expedition ready for see. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL SHE GORDON I3RE- Ii.C.B , K.C.H.-Intelligence was received at Woolwich yesterday morning of the death of this gallant officer, on Thursday, at three o'clock A.M., at his residence at Compton, near Plymouth. Sir James John Gordon Bremer entered the navy as first-class volunteer in 1794, on board the Sandwich flag , ship, at the .-.Tore, of Rear-Admiral Skeaington Lutwidge, from which he was discharged in June, 1795 ; be came, Oct. 8, 1797, a student of the Royal Naval College, at Portsmouth, and re-embarked April 8, 1802, as midshipman on board the Endyrnion, 40, Captain Philip C►harles Durham. He afterwards, until July, 1805, served in the Isis, flag-ship, in succession of Vice-Admiral Sir James Gambier and Rear-Admiral Edward Thornbrough, on the New foundland and North sea stations ; Windsor Castle, 98, and Defiance, 74, both commanded by Captain Dur ham, under whom he latterly saw much boat service in the Bay of Biscay; and Prince George, 98, Captain George Losack. lie was then (having but a short time previously passed his examination) appointed sub-lieutenant of the Rapid gun..hrig, and on the 3d of August, 1805, was made full lieutenant into the Captain, 74, Captain Stephens, part of the Hon. W. Cornwallis's force in his ensuing pursuit of the French fleet into Brest. On the 9th of May, 1806, he was appointed to the Diana, 38, Captain Thomas James Malings, on the Mediterranean station, whence he afterwards proceeded to Davis' Straits ; Oct. 6, 1806, to the Imogene, 16, Captain Thomas Garth, in the Mediterranean ; and May 28, 1807, to the Psyche, 36, Captain William Wood ridge, stationed in the East Indies, where he was ad vanced on the 13th of October following to the com mand of the Rattlesnake, 18. Returning to England early in 1810, Captain Bremer, on the 13th of Aug., 1812, joined the Bermuda, of 10 guns, in which sloop, when in company with the Dwarf and Pioneer, he captured, on the 11th of September, 1812, off Boulogne, Le Bon Genie, of 16 guns and 60 men; and on the Ist of January, 1813, he assumed the command of the Royalist, 18. While in that vessel be took four large American schooners, and aided at the capture of four others ; was also present, and bore a very conspicuous part, at the gallant defence of Castro, when besieged in May, 1813, by a French army of at least 10,000 men. On the 21st of October following he co-operated with the Scylla, 18, at the cpture, in sight of the Rippon, of the French frigate, Le Weser, of 40 guns, and 340 men, after a severely-contested action, and a loss to the Royalist of two killed and nine wounded; and in April, 1814, participated in the operations at the entrance of the river Gironde, under Rear-Admiral Charles Vinicombe Penrose. He was nominated a C.B. on the 4th of June, 1815, and subsequently appointed, on the 29th of August, 1815, to the Lee, on the Irish station ; on the 30th of May, 1816, to the Corpus, 28, in which he was wrecked on a reef of rocks off St. Shotts, Newfoundland. In February, 1824, he was sent to establish a colony in Melville Is land, Australia, whence he afterwards proceeded to India, and there joined in the closing scenes of the Bur- mese war. On January 25th, 1836, he was created a K.C.H.; and on the 12th of July, 1837, he was appointed to the Alligator, 28 guns. After again visiting New Holland, and founding the settlement of Port Essington as it at present exists, he once more arrived in India, where, on the death of Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland; in 1839, he became Commander-in- Chief, and continued to discharge all the duties of that important post until October, 1841, latterly with his broad pendant in the Wellesley, 72. He left Sin gapore in 1840, on the mission of triumph and glory in China, until the final capture of Chusan in 1841. Her Majesty testified her gracious approbation of his valour in conflict and his discretion as her plenipo tentiary in council by conferring upon him the dig nity of a K.C.B. He was subsequently Commodore- Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, until he re tired, on the 13th of November, 1848, and attained the rank of Rear-Admiral on the 15th of September, 1849. A good service pension becomes vacant by his decease. IMPORTANT TO INNKEEPERS. A case of considerable importance came before the magistrates at the Trowbridge Petty Sessions, Wilts, on Wednesday. Messrs. Saxty, Garrett, Cox,White, Allen, Layne, Vincent, Cuff, and Foreman, and Mrs. Hail, innkeepers of that town, appeared to answer informations laid against theta by Mr. John Foley, inspector of weights and measures, for having in their possession and using certain vessels intended to represent pint and other measurer, which were unjust and not according to the imperial standard. Mr. K. Norris, of Devizes, supported the information, and the defence was conducted by Mr. H. Miller, of Frome, and Mr. Slack, of Bath. As the cases in volved complex and difficult questions of law, J. Ra venhill, Esq., the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, attended to assist the Bench in coming to a decision. It was resolved to take the case of Mr. Cuff first, who, Mr. Norris said, was charged with having in his possession and using six pint measures, and two quart measures, which were deficient. The sth and 6th William IV., chap. 63, sec. 21, enacted that every person who should use any weight or measure other than those authorised by that Act, or which should be found unjust, should, on conviction, forfeit not exceeding Si. Mr. Norris said he had taken the opinion of Mr. Bodkin and other counsel on this point, which justified him in submitting that it was not necessary to prove a user by sale, hut that any other user in the trade would suffice. But, even should the Bench decide against him on this point, the defendant was clearly liable under the 28th section of the Act, which enacts that if any measure shall he found by the in spector unjust, it shall be seized and forfeited, and the person in whose possession the same shall be found, shall, on conviction, forfeit not exceeding 51. A wit nee, who went with the inspector to the defendant's house was then called to prove that several of the cups found in the bar were deficient in measure, and not according to the imperial standard. The solicitors for the defence then addressed the Bench successively, contending that the infor mation could not be sustained. By the 6th sec tion of the statnte, it was provided that nothing therein contained should prevent the sale of any arti cles in any vessels, where such vessel was not repre sented as containing any amount of imperial mea sure. The vessels in question were earthenware cups, and not measures ; nor were they represented to contain any particular measure, any more than glasses, which were used when customers asked for a glass of beer or other liquor, and were served with such a vessel accordingly. If a customer asked for a cup of beer, he was served with and charged for a cup full; so for a glass; and if for a pint, or a quart, a pint or a quart measure full, according to the imperial standard. The false representation was the cheat, and it was clear that the Legislature did not mean to apply its penal pro visions to cups or glasses either, unless they were represented as containing what they really did not contain, imperial standard measure. Customers might prefer a cup to a pewter-pint, and if they were told a cup contained a pint, the 21st section enabled them to demand a comparison with an imperial mea sure ; and if the cup was found defective, then, and only then, or in cases of like nature, where a fraudu lent misrepresentation was either actually or impli citly made, did the law subject the innkeeper to penalty, By the same section an express excep tion was also made as to the stamping of earthen ware cups, and it was therefore no offence to have such unstamped. At the same time, as the innkeeper was denied by that exception, op portuuity of testing ;the cup before the inspector at the time appointed for stamping pewter measures, he had not the advantage, as to earthenware cups, of an ordeal which would enable him to satisfy himself whether the cup was according to the standard or not, and to have in his possession a defective earthenware cup was, per se, no offence at all, and only became criminal when the possession was for a fraud upon the public, which was proved by a false representa tion that such a cup was not defective, but was capable of containing the full measure, according to the imperial standard. The Learned Gentleman alluded to the great importance of the present case to the pub lic, and also to the defendant, who had borne a good reputation as an honourable tradesman, and who, they assured the magistrates, would be sorry to avail him self of such means as those alleged, for gaining his livelihood. The magistrates, after considering the case, thought the law doubtful, and gave the defen dant the benefit of the doubt. This information hav ing been dismissed, all the other cases were with drawn. TIIE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.—.- Oil IF quiry last evening at Sir Charles Wood's official resi dence, in Downing-street, the answer was that the Right lion. Baronet was progressing most sa,tisfLctorily to wards roaovery. EAST INDIA RAILWAY ComrANY.--The seventh report of the directors of this railway, to Le submitted to the half-yearly meeting on Wednesday next, has just been issued. It states that the amount received in calls, and in anticipation of calls, is 229,9121. The remaining cills are to be made at intervals cf three months, Nnless tbero should he any extraordinary reason for deviating the Each cell is to be at the rate of 1/.. 15s„ and the sealed certificates for 204 shares are to be ready on the 25th of next month. rrir e. Prhe LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. -- -- -.. £ s. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 103 0 0 233 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13 Clydesdale Bank -• •••• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 14 Commercial Bank -•• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 174% Eastern Bank -••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 9 Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. b 0 0 b 0 0 51. IGs Exahangeßnk of Scot 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 [ Bl e of Man. Company IL per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15', North of Scotland rank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3% North British Bank :• • - - - - Royalllank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Ernion Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92 Western Bank •• •• •• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75% Alliance Fire and Life 8141. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per tent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17. E 3d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 121. 12s Edinburgh Life Insur 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10.0 20% East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 -- Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Ce. 71, per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Insur. Co. of Seetlnd•• bl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. lOs Mercantile Life National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 203.6 d North British Incur 5% /.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 24 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Mas. and Gan. Life - 0 0 0 15 0 1 - Scottish Union Insrnce. 6M. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 242.6 d Standard Life ...... •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 I 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,16s Od MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. L. s. d. L. s. d. Auction Mart .••• • • • • 2/. ss. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian Agriculturl I/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 - Canada ............. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. percent. - - 89 flity Navigation ...• - - - 91 Gen• Revers. & Invest. sp. ciebs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable Reversienry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 103 Gen•SteamNavigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27 3 ,4 London Institution .• • - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution •• • • - - j 26 5 0 - Peninslr&Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 791 i Reversionary Int. Soc. 414?. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 91 Royal Mail Steam •• -6/ 18..4.p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 50% Month Australian .- • • 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Tan Dieraiw's Land.. - 100 0 0i 29 0 0 - PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The performances of Tues day next, when Flexmore takes bis benefit at this theatre, are announced to take place under the special patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of C am b r id ge , w h o h ave g raciously signified . their intenti on o f b e i ng presen t on th e occas ion. is a distinguished mark of the appreciation entertained of the high comic talents of the beneficiaire by those illus trious patrons of merit. The favourite opera of Charles the Second, in which the vocal talent of the company is so advantageously developed, is to precede a new ballet by Flexmore, entitled the Three Statues and the Rally Forest, and from the combined terpsichorean excellence of Madlle. Auriol and himself, a rare treat may be con fidently anticipated. I n th e pantom i me some nove l comicalities are to be introduced, and the concluding scene is to exhibit a splendid display of fireworks, pre pared by Darby, the emin en t p yrotec h n i st, wh i ch will term a grand climax to the feats of " the inimitable" and his admirable comrades—the majestic Honey, and his fascinating queen, the ferocious Wynn, the graceful Fawcrt, the agile Bologna, the adamantine Paulo, the spring-heeled Lebar, and the India rubber Wright. As a first-rato artist and a man ( f p r i vate wort h , Flexmore is well deserving of the patronage and support which await him on Tuesday es eninr. --•--- RAILWAY ACCIDENT. -- We understand that the Loudon mail train on the Caledonian Railway came into collision with a goods train at Abington, 40 miles south of Glasgow, yesterday morning. Seven of the passengers by the train were more or less ir;ured, and one pas senger had his thigh-bone brcker. train was de layed for several hours in consequence of the accident. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial. office from the Governor of Gibraltar. LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEIV'S TENCH, Feb. 15. (Cotitinue 1 :rem our Afternoon Edition.) After the examination of other witnesses, Mr. .litnirnE-is then uAlressed the jury for the de. fondant. Several witnesses Laving been examined fur the de fence, Mr. COCKBURN addressed the jury in reply. It was then ultimately agreed upon bttween the coun sel on both siOes that there should be a verdict, upon the first plea of not guilty, of Is. nominal damages for the plaintiff, and that a juror should be withdrawn upon the other plea ofjustification. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 15. TILE CHARTIST LAND SCHEME. O'CONNOR V. BRADSHAW. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) 'Mr. Knight, a clerk in the Union Bank, said he had recoiled an offer from Mr. O'Connor to hccome the manager of his bank at a salary of 500/. a year; but when ho saw the constitution of the hauls, and the offices in Holborn, ho wrote to him to decline accepting the office. Mr. Amen, actuary to the Atlas Assurance Society, examined by Mr. ROEBUCK, said—l have read the rules of the Na'ional Land and Bank Company. The number of shares ate stated to be 100,000 at 265. each, which would raise 130,0001. Taking the first capital at the limitation that no person should have more than four or less than two shams, 35,000 shares might be allotted out of the first capital. Supposing it cost 3001. to locate each person, 130,0001. would locate 433 persons. Supposing the capital to be 273,000/., subscribed by 70,000 persons, that sum would locate 910 persons. if the estates were sold, and other estates bought, at 273,00C1., and this process were to be re peated every Ytar, it would take 150 years to locate 70,000 peroons, and the cost would be 21,000,0004 — (Loud laughter.) Mr. ROEBUCK said this was all the evidence ho pro posed to (Seer. The Court adjourned for a short interval, and on the return of his Lordship Mr. ROEBUCK complained of the close atmosphere of the court, and requested that the windows might be opened. Mr. Sergeant WHauzas said tho air was intolerable, and if Dr. Reid's system of ventilation were continued the emigration committee would be saved a great deal of trouble, for he would kill the whole of them.—(Laughter.) Mr. Philip M'Grath, the financial secretary and director of the National Land Company, was next ex amined. The directors, he said, attended at the offices in Holborn from nine in the morning until six in the evening, and they consisted of Mr. Fcargus O'Connor, Mr. Doyle Mr. Thomas Clark, Mr. William Dixon, and himself. The professed object of the company was to purchase land, and to distribute it among the subscribers. The witness then gave au account of the different conventions and conferences held throughout the country, at which the rules were drawn up and settled. The receipts of the company and all the proceedings of the direc tors were regularly published in the columns of the Northern Star, which was generally read by the members. Five estates had been purchased, and on all of them allottees had been located. The society had about 500 branches in the provinces ; each had a se cretary, who called a meeting of members every week, and whose duty it was to collect tt o subscriptions and to remit them to London. He (Mr. ivi•Grath) was in the habit of drawbar, up a weekly balance-sheet, which was inserted in the Northern S'tar, and thus a check was kept both over the local secretaries and the London office. This plan had been adopted ever since he became connected with the company. Mr. O'Connor was the treasurer, and he brought forward his balance-sheet at each annual conference, and the course of business at each of these meetings was to appoint an audit committee, who inquired into its corcetuess. The bank was established at the Lows' a e nc b o a d n d o pe r c a o t i nfe on e sr almostnce i n Dm, so c e e d m i a b t e e r l , y l a B f 4 t 6, and e r wsrd s c . o m I - t was carried on, in the first instance, in Dean-street, Soho, where the business of the Land Company was trans acted; but the offices were removed, in December, 1847, to Holborn, where the two departments were separated and managed by different parties, although under the same roof. Cross•examined by Mr. ROEBUCK—My duties are de fined by the rules. It was my business to keep the books of the company. There is a day-book, a cash book, and a ledger. The cont . ( rence at Lowbands, in Gloucestershire, had submitted' to it'a balance-sheet of the accounts, and it was ratified. I have not get it, bet suppose it is in the possession of Mr. O'Connor. The item of 1,9221. entered into the cash-book was handed over to Mr. M'Gowan, who is a printer and pub lisher, and the agent of Mr. O'Connor in London. I receive a salary of 21. a week, and the directors are all paid and receive a similar sum, with the exception of Mr. O'Connor, who has no remuneration. One of the rules required that the financial secretary should ac company one of the directors to the London Joint- Stock Bank, when any money is paid in. I have never done this, but as the rules were not en rolled under the Friendly Societies' Act, we did not think it strictly necessary to act upon them. There is nothing in the rules which authorised me to pay any money over to Mr. Dl`Gowan. The total sum he received wes 112,2771. Os. 1 lid. We found out in 1848 that the company in conaexion with the bank was illegal, but we received after this deposits to the amount of 20,0001. or 30,0001. Mr. O'Connor wrote a circular to the depositors, stating that tbe Bank and Laud Company would be separated. Ile the❑ became banker as well as trea surer. When the separation took place the depositors lost their security upon the land. After the circular the money was still paid to Mr. M'Gowao. There had been previously one common account, but the departments were kept entirely distinct afterwards, and the expenses of the bank were paid by Mr. O'Connor. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS Mr. O'Connor has nct received a single farthing from the company, although he has devoted a great deal of time to promoting its objects. The other directors are work ing men, and it is impossible for them to give their ser vices and to travel about the country without receiving some remuneration. Mr. M'Gowan, the printer of the Northern Star, and Mr. Price, the manaler, and other witnesses, were ex a.cnined, but the case had not concluded at the rising of the Court. SHERIFFS' COURT, Feb 15. (Before Mr. Under -Sheriff BURCHELL and a Special Jury.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—RITCHIE V. BLAND. This was an action brought by a lady named Agnes Ritchie, residing at the Isle of Mao, against the Rev. Philip Davidson Bland, curate of Rothertutho Church, to recover compensation in damages for breach of promise of marriage. The defendant acknowledged his breach of promise by allowing judgment to go by default, and a writ of inquiry was now executed ter the assessment of damages, which were laid in the declaration at 3,000/. Sir F. Thesiger, with whom was Mr. O'Malley, (T -reated for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Shee, with whom was Mr. Saunders, represented the defendant. Soon after the parties who represented the plaintiff and defendant came into Court there were symptoms of arrangement. Terms were proposed, and whilst the jury were being sworn Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. Sergeant Shee consulted on the compensation to be awarded. Sir F. TIIESIGER rose, and said that he wa3 happy to inform the jury that they would be spared • a very pain ful inquiry. The abject of the plaintiff in bringing the action was the vindication of her character, and he (Sir F. Thesiger) understood that there was not the slightest reproach to be can upon it, as they would publicly hear from his Learned Friend, and by consent the jury would assess the damages at 1,5001. Mr. Sergeant SHEE expressed the satisfaction he felt in the discharge of hi s d uty at exonerating the plaintiff from all and every bl ame. There had not been, nor was there now, any caus e to attribute blame to her, and the defendant would b e ready at all times to make the ac knowledgment he n ow made on his behalf. Mr. Under-Sheriff I 3 uncuELL told the jury that they would, by consent, assess the damages at 1,5001. Tho jury, of whom Sir Henry Ellis was foreman, ac cordingly assessed the damages at 1,500/ It was expected that the case would have occupied some time. The speedy termination appeared to disap point some of the persons assembled. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London .New Price Current, Feb. 15.) SUGAR.—To-dayionly a small business was concluded in West India M uscovado Sugar f or t h e pan or sca l e, the purchases amount i ng to 364 hhd s , & c., an d rat h er lower rates are acceded to. Th e sa l es f or t h e wee k amount to only 1 , 17 0 h h d s, &c.,whilst the reduction in prices amounts to Gd per cwt, and the market closes with a dull aspect. R EFINED.--To-day there was no variation in the value of R e fi ne d S ugar , b u t home dealers ma d e pur chases with greater free d om , and an impre ss i on ex i sts that prices h ave arrived at their lowest point, at least for the prese n t. MACTRITIIIS.—This afternoon the public sales of Mau ritius Sugar went off flatly, and at rather lower rates, but the chief part of 18 trcs 5,411 bags found buyers. Very fine yellow went at 43s 6d, fine 39s 6d to 40s Gd, other sorts 358 6d to 395, very , low brown 28s to 29s 6d, better sort 30s to 335, and good and fine 34s to 35s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales e f Bengal Sugar consisted of 2,907 bags, and the chief part sold; white Benares went at full terms, but for other sorts prices were barely supported: the rates obtained for white Benares were 39a to 41s 6d, soft yellow 34s 6d to 38s Gd, like Mauritius 35s to 395. Of Penang 1,664 bags were sold at rather lower terms; brown went at from 29s to 33s 6d, yellow 345 to 38s 6d, and superior 395 to 40s Gd. Of Madras 1,000 bags were taken in, soft yellow at 32s to 33s 60, and low brown ditto at 29s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.—The business concluded in West India has t eeu small; still in the value little variation is appa rent, as the supply is at present limited. For low to fine the value is from 15s to 18s per cwt. Bengal Treacle 14s to 14s Gd. FOREIGN.—On We!nesday at public sale 10,045 bags Manilla were taken in at still rates; clayed greyish yellow at 38s to 38s 6d, low brown Muscovado at 32s 6d. Of 848 hhds 198 brls Porto Rico a small part only sold at the former value ; b rown at from 35s to 36s 6d, good and fine yellow 395 to 42s 6d, low to middling 36s 6d to 38s 6d. Yesterday 2,500 chests of yellow klavannah were offered, and the sound was taken in at full terms, yellow from 40s to 42s 6d, but washed, of which the chief part consisted, sold at rather lower rates, and went from 37s to 40s 6d. 324 pkgs Bahia were all taken in at stiff rates, from 375 6d to 435. 307 chests yellow llavarinah, in bond, sold up.i rather lower terms, and 'wont at from i 1.0 22s 6d for low to fine washed; whilst 4,211 bags Manilla were all withdrawn at 178 6d to IBs. COFFEE.--This afternoon there was no public sale of PRICES OF SrIARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANT: ()TITER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVF.NING LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 3 - DINT-STOCIS BILIVXI3. Dividend Name of Company. Amouro or Share. A?;:(Ern. Australasia • • • • • • • • • • BritshNorth American Ceylon .• • • .. • • • • • • • • Commercial of London Colonial .. . Gloucestershire lonian • • • • • • • • 4. • • • • Londn and Westminstr London Joint-Stock ... Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New... National of Ireland .. Nat.Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New. ....... South Australia Union of Australia.... union of L0nd0n..... Union of Madrid ..... 3/. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. par cent. 1151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. rer cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. per cent. Si. per cent. 51: per cent. 61. re: cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 2 s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 Paid. £ a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 INSURANCE COTVIPANZES. Name of Company. Alliance Tlrlt. and For. Ditto Marine. • • • • .. Atlas . • • • • • • • • British Commercial Cleriel,Med.& Gen. Life County .. • . • . Crown Eagle .• •• • • European Life ••• • • • General Globe Guardian ............ Imperial Fire • Imperial Lila ........ Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire Law Life Legal and General Life Licensed Victuallers .. London Fire ........ London Ship • Marine .. ••••• • • • • .. Med. Invlid& Gen. Life Rational Lean Fund.. National Life.... Palladium Life Pelican Phoenix Pt otector Life Provident Life • . Rock Life...—. Royal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Lite .... United Kingdom' L 15:4iver3a1 Life Victoria Life .... Dividend I Amount per of Annum. 31. 105. 7114s6d&bs (1. per cent. 13s.6d.pr5h. 7s. per share spr ct.&bs. 31. 14s. 65. 4% per cent. Share. 61. per cent. 51. 121. per ccnt. 12s. sh. & bs. X a. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 .500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Eitock. Paid. £ s. d. 50 0 0 11 d 0 5 0 0 5 6 $ 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 J 0 0 5 0 0 111 paid. 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 0 0 Name of Compaay. East and West a East Country London . Ditto 80ndz........ St. Katharine ........ Ditto, Scrip..... Ditto 80pd5........ Southampton • • ...... Charing-cross... Soutbwrk,liw Sub. Av. Ditto Nw of 7$ Waterloo ............ Ditto Old Aim. of U. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .... • . • Av. Name of Company. East London.... • • • . • . Grand Junction • • • • • • Lambeth • • • • • • • • • • • • New Rivr Lndn Brdgo Vauxhall ............ West Middlesex . . • GAS-LIGIIT Name of Company. British .. •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto Provincial.... Brighton •• • • ...• • .. City of London .. • . •• Continental Consolidat. Equitab1e............ Imperial Independent ... .. • . Lcsidon• • .... • Ditto Do., Par!. Preference Phcenis ............ Ratcliff ........ United General ...... Westminster Chartered Ditto, New 11.163. 1 lOs. lOs. I2s.per share 4y. per ct. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 3/. p. sh. bs 51. per cent. IL ss. & bs. ss. 61. per cent. 61. 10s. 11. 6s. 4/. per cent. 10% pr cnt. 51. per cnt. 1 20 0 0 100 0 0, DOC:tXa. Dividend per Annum. Amount Share. Price. 6/. pr cent. 20s. per sh. pr cent. 4/. per cent. 4 per cent. 4 1. pr cent. 21. per cent. fc B. d. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 nR.xx}GMS Namo of Company. Dividend Amount per I of Annum. Share. 355. per cent, 11. 4s. Od. 11. Is. Od. NV A T Zi it-' Dividend per Annum. 1 47. per cnt. 31. 10s. 51. per cnt. 21. 10s. Si. per cut. 61.05. pr exit. AND CO: Dividend per Annum. I/. Bs. a per cent. 101. 925. pr share 50s. pr share 31. per cent. 61. per cant. Q. per cent. 4%1. per ct. W. 7s. 6d. 31. 12$. X. s. d. 632 12 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 'OIt3MS Amount of Share. £ s. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Amount of Share. I X. a. d. 40 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 !100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 CiI.ToTILLS. X R. d. 85 0 0 50 0 0 s. d. GO 0 0 40 0 0 s. d. :PILNI: Z. 8. d. 18 0 0 20 0 0 150 5 9 230 31 31 10 0 0 27 50 0 0 70 40 0 0 ! CO :•0 0 0 50 0 0 2 10 0 - 49 0 0 29 00 0 0 75 50 0 0 131 44% 00 Names of Dividend Dividend price ! Names et per Companies. 4 .4 per Companies. 2 AnnuE ,.. Price, Annum. X 1 Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Haeclesfeld • 100, 2/. 10s. 50 Barnsley• ••• 160 121. 180 Neatli ••• • • • 100 16!. 340 Lirknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 20t. 185 Birmingham 40 41. 89 Peak Forest. 7813/, 18e. 70 Coventry.. •• 100 25/. 210 Regent's •• • • 331 1/. 2s. 18 34 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.. • • 851 41. 50% Ellsmrc&Chs 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 7/.los. 130 GrandJunctn 100 5/. 84% Do.LkFd St 1216 L p. e. - Grand Surrey 100 2/. Os. 30 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 410 Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. - Grantham .. 150 - - Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 300 Kennt & Aril 39 7s. 6d. 5% Severn and 7 26 21. Os. - Lancaster . 100 21. 32% Wye nail. j Leeds& Livrp 100 301. 317 1 / Warwi ck& 1 41. 63 Leicester .... 100 1 81. 63% It irmlng. 100 Leicstr &Nth 831 4/. 46 Warwick& 1 100 31. 40 Loughborogh 142! 701. 510 Napton.. Konmouthsb 100 81. - Worcstr 3intgemryss 1001 - - Birming. 78 3/. 43 MeltuMwbryl 100; - - Wilts & Brks -14 s. 9 Coffee, but by private treaty more disposition was evinced to operate, and prices are firmer. In Native Ceylon a good business was concluded, but lmost ex clusively on speculation, and prices advanced' to 6ls to 61s Gd per cwt. The public sales of Coffee declared to take place here in the ensuing week are small of both home trade and shipping sorts. COCOA.—Tbe LthdlleSS concluded in Foreign has been small by private treaty. At public sale 526 bags Bahia were taken in at 35s for good bright red. Of Trini dad the supply at market this week has been larger than far some time past. At public sale on Tuesday 520 bags were nearly all taken in at stiff rates ; red at 45s to 48s, and grey at 44s to 45s pet cwt. Yesterday 500 bags were offered, and a small portion only sold at 45s to 46s for good red, ; these are about previous rates. TEd.—ltl urainary and good common qualities of Congou the sales made have been upon a larger scale this week, and prices are firmer, whilst a good busi• nets has been concluded at 10d to 100 per lb. Otrier sorts have been sold to a fair extent at full terms, mixed blackish leaf and blackish leaf realising Ild to Is 3d, end other sorts Is 4d t) is 10d. Green Tea has been in good demand, and last week's terms are well supported. more especially for low and middling sorts. Twankay continues to be wanted for expor taion, and there are no sellers of ordinary under 8d per ib. A fair business has been concluded in Scented and P. koe Tc a at fully last week's terms. RlM—Holders of East India are unwilling to accept lower rater, and continue to supply the market sparingly. The value of low white Bengal is 8s to 8s 6d, middling 9s to Os Gd, better sorts 10s to its, cargo Bs, and pinky white Madras 8s to 9s. Only 423 bags Bengal have been offered at public sale, and sold at Os Gd to lOs for white, and at is to 8s 6d for damaged. In Patna less business has been done, still the rates asked arc 12s to 18s, and for broken lOs to Ils. Full rates were asked for Sago. Sago Flour 22s to 22s 6d. Farina 15s to 17s. Tapioca is on the decline ; 17 boxes Bahia at auction taken in at 4d for middling. Full rates are asked for Arrowroot. At public sale 100 pkgs were only in part sold, Bermuda fine at 2s 2d, St. Vincent middling and good 9d to 100, ordinary 8d; East India 50, Bengal sd, Jamaica 8d to is Id, and Antigua at 50 to ad per lb. To-day at public sale 97 casks of Carolina Rice were sold at 20s to 21s for American damaged, and 100 cases Pearl Sago22s to 23s 6d per cwt. SPICES.—To-day at public sale 70 bags of Bourbon Cloves were taken in at 8d; 2 cases Mace sold at 2s tid to 25 Oil for good, and 5 cases Nutmegs at 2s 10d to 3s for brown. For auction on Thursday 4,000 chests of Cassia Lignea are declared. FRUlT.—Valencia Raisins are firm at 48s. There is a fair inquiry for Denim Raisins, but we believe there is a quantity are unsold in the importers' hands. There is scarcely anything doing in Muscatels or Figs. SPlRlTS.—Operations in Leeward Island Rum have bee limited this week, still holders are not disposed to p.ess sales, and require is 5d to Is 6d for proof. The market is quiet for East Indie, and the value of proof is Is 4d to is sd. Superior Jamaica sorts are wanted for both home trade purposes and shipping, and full terms are paid, but low and mid kinds have been ope rated in with caution, yet full terms are insisted upon. The value of fine and superior sorts 33 to 36 per cent over proof is 3s 2d to 45 2d, and other descrip tions 28 to 32 per cent 2s 6il to 3s. For strong Demerara holders insist upon 2s 4d to 2s 60, still not much demand has been experienced this week. In the value of Brandy little variation is apparent tliia week, but not much business has been done. Full terms are insisted upon for Geneva, and in the value of British made spirits there is no variation. COCIIINEAL.—To-day the dulness in the market for Cochineal further increased; of the Parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 137 bags, a small part only sold at barely former rates—Tenerifie at 4s, and Hondu ras silvers at 4s to 4s 3d. INDIGO.—This afternoon the public sale of 158 serene of Guatemala Indigo went at firm rates, and the whole sold at from 2s 6d to 43 10d. TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 1,242 pkgs South American Tallow were only in part sold at from 32s to 36s 6d, and 900 cks Sydney at 33s to 37s per cwt. OILS.—The home and export demand has been brisk for Linseed Oil this week, and prices have advanced to 32s 3d to 32s 6d per cwt. on the spot, and on the part of Crushers firmness is apparent. For delivery many sales have been made at from 32s 6d to 335. Palm is offered at a further reduction, and few buyers are to be met with, the value is from 31s to 31s 6d. The market for Rape Seed Oil has a dull aspect, and lower terms are acceded to, brown selling at 40s, pale 41s. Foreign 43s to 445. Cocoa Nut Oil met with little attention, and is offered at from 33s to 355. For Olive the demand is not so active, still prices are firm, and rule at from 4SI to 51/ per tun. Purchases to a fair extent have been made in Cod at 30/ lOs to 311, and there are not free sellers. For Seal the market is quiet, and prices are inclined to give way— pale is to be obtained at 381 to 38110 s, straw and tinged 34/ to 37/, yellow and brown 31/ to 33/. There has been rather more demand for Southern at from 321 to 331 10& Sperm met with little attention, but fine Colonial is not to b 9 purchased under 82/. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 12. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint the undermentioned Gentlemen to her 111.jesty's Ronourable Corps of Gentlemen at Armq:—Charles Tyler, DI., vice Tyler, retired; Sir James Lawi once Cotter, Bart., late f.ith Regiment, vice Ford, retired. WHITEHALL, FEB. 12. Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Stephenson, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Commis sioners for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations to be holden in the year 1851. - The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Lieut.- Col. William Reid, of the Royal Engineers, C. 8., to be one of the Executive Committee of the raid Commission, in the room of Robert Stephenson, Esq., and to be Chairman of the said Executive Committee. WHITEHALL, nu. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Barley Holroyde, of Halifax, in the county of York, Gent., and Francis Brown, of Market Deeping, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., to be Masters Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. NEW ZEALAND. Additional instructions, under the sign manual and signet of her Majesty, have been issued to the Governor in-Chief of Zealand, modifying the instructions befure issued as to the alienation of land, by revoking that part of the former instructions which prohibited the alienation of lands gratuitously, so far as regards naval and mili tary officers, pensioners, and aboriginal inhabitants, and further authorizing the Governor-in• Chief, from time to time, to make such arrangements as may be directed by the Secretaries of State, for the settlement on Crown lands of military pensioners, and of the original inhabi • tants of the colony; provided that nothing therein con tained shall apply to the province of New Munster during the suspension cf the provisions of the 13th chapter of instructions by the 10th and 11th Victoria. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 15, 1850. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Robert John Henry, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Webb, promoted, Feb. 15 ; George Campbell Henville Player Brigstocke, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wallis, who retires, Feb. 16. sth Dragoon Guards—George John Bridge, Gent., to be Corret, by purchase, vice Sidebottom, promoted, Feb. 15. 9th Light Dragoons—John Brinkley, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wilkinson, promoted, Feb. 15. 10th Light Dragoons—The Lion. Charles James Keith, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Williams, pro moted, Feb. 15. Ist Regiment of Foot—Henry John Scroope, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Minchin, appointed to the 70th Foot, Feb. 15; William Bellew, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Munro, appointed to the 53d Foot, Feb. 16. 4th Foot—Ensign James Paton, from the 56th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maunsell, promoted, Feb. 15. 14th Foot—Brevet Major Thomas Holmes Tidy, to be Major, without purchase, vice Newman, who retires upon full pay, Feb. 15. Lieutenant John Peter Hall to be Captain, vice Tidy; Ensign William Hanbury Hawley to be Lieutenant, vice Hall, Feb. 15. 15th Foot—Richard Menders, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Todd, promoted, Feb. 15. Robert Wynne Price, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Walmsley, promoted, Feb. 16. 17th Foot—Arthur Cotton Young, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Crutchley, appointed to 24th Foot, Feb. 15. Richard Edmund Williams, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brice, promoted. Feb. 16. 18th Foot—Captain William Hanmer, from the 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ashton, who exchanges. Feb. 15. 23c1 Foot—Corbett Holland, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, rico Hughes promoted, Feb. 15. 24th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Lewis Holly way, from the.Stalf, to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Fur lon ge, deceased, Feb. 15. 28th Foot—Joseph Gubbins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bourne, promoted, Feb. 15. 29th Foot—Ensign George Henry Nevill to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Smitb, deceased, Nov. 30, 1849; Ensign Henry William Somerville Carew, from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Neville, Feb. 15. 34th Foot—Lieutentant Charles Wilson Randolph to be Captain, by purchase, vice Packe, who retires, Feb. 15. Ensign Henry Dalton Probyu to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Randolph ; James Anthony Gardner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Puget, promoted, Feb. 15. George Percy Barnard, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Campbell, promoted, Feb. 16; John Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Westhead, pro moted, Feb. 17. 35th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Randolph Ralph Ad derley, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warren, promoted, Feb. 15. 39th Foot—Ensign Thomas Carpendalo Baird, from 67th Foot, to be Ensign; Charles Cunningham Boycott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrison, who re tires, Feb. 15. 42,1 Foot—Major Charles Dunsmure to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Macdougall, who retires ; Captain, George Burrell Cumberland to be Major, by purchase, vice Dunsnaure, Feb. 15. Lieutenant Augustus Paterson to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Cumberland; Ensign James William Bal four to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paterson, Feb. 15. 44th Foot—Captain Thomas Henry Ashton, from the lath Foot, to be Captain, vice Hamner, who exchanges, Feb. 15. 46th Foot—Aesistant.Surgeon Edward James Frank lyn, from the Staff, to he Assistant -Surgeon, vice Wool , house, who resigns, Feb. 15. 48 01 Foot-119 Dry Aioluziod Lioglito Grile, Gent, to bo Ealign, by pn7chase. vice Colthnrst, promoted, Feb. 15. -- 560.1-Toot—James Paton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, lice Walter Bourke, whose appointment has been cancelled, Feb. 15. 63d Fout—i'aulyn Reginald Serb°, Marquis of Flast ing•, to be by purchase, vice Cerey, promoted, Feb. 15. 64th Foot—Alfred Jobn Tula., Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice I\lou!trio, promoted, Feb. 15. 67th Foot—Thomas Crrpendale Baird, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hunt, promoted, Feb. 15. 73d Foot—Francis Freeman White, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice ArCreery, who retires, Feb. 15. 74th Foot—Quartermaster Fergasson Dunbar to be Paymaster, vice Thomas Eyre Lambert, who reverts to his former half-pay as a Lieutenant, Feb. 15. Quartermaster Charles Daines, from half-pay 26th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Dunbar, appointed Pay master, Feb. 15. 78th Foot—Major Walter Hamilton to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Douglas, cicce:►ssd ; Brevet-Major Thomas John Taylor to be Miijor, vice Hamilton, Oct. 2, 1849. .Lieutenant Thornas Molyneux Keogh to be Captain, vice Taylor, Dec. 31, 1849. Ensign Horatio Gillmore to be Lieutenant, vice Keogh, Dec. 31, 1849. Ensign Andrew Cathcart Bogle, from the 72d Foot, to ha Ensign, vic Gilltuore, Feb. 15. 84th Foot—. Ensign and Adjutant James Pope, fro'? the 44th Foot, to uu Ensign, rice Young, appointed to the 22ti Foot, Feb. 91st, Foot--John Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, rice Rae, promoted, Feb. 15. Rah Brigade—Charles Cholmeley Hale, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Drummond, pro- moted, - Feb. 15. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Alexander Bravo to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tittle, who retires; William Arnold Arnold Wallinger, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Godden, promoted, Feb. 15; William Manse' Tayler, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Bravo, Feb. 16. BREVET.—Captain Stephen John Hill, of the 2d West India 14egiment, to be Major in the Army, Feb. 15. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Humphrey Gray, from the 39th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Feb. 15. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Horatio George Martelli, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Holloway, appointed to the 24th Foot, Feb. 15. MEMoitANDual.—Surgeon George Roche Smith, of the 2d Foot, has been placed at the bottom of the list of Surgeons in the Army, on the 12th December, 1849; the date of his commission is therefore altered to 12th. December, 1849. The commission of Captain H. W. Hartley Graham, of the 3d Wett India Regiment, has been ante-dated to 2d November, 1849. WHITEHALL, FEE. 9. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Barley Hol royde, of Halifax, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. IVEITEHALL, FEU. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Brown, of Market Deeping, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., to be a Master Extracrdinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. John Worseldine, upholsterer, Cambridge, to sur render, February 27, and March 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansteld, official assignee; Smith and Johnson, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Thomas Sadler and Williath Edmund Sadler, sail makers, BrightlingseN, Essex, Feb. 22, at two, and April 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, (M -etal assignee, Basingball-street; Bull, Ely-place, Holborn; Abell, Colchester. Richard Noble and George May, fancy cloth manufac turers, Almoudbury, Ymrii, March 5 and April 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hoyt, official assignee, Leeds; Floyd, Huddersfield; Bond and Bar wick, Leeds. John Price, cabinet maker, Birmingham, Feb. 26 and March 26. at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Chesshire, High Parry, druggist, Abergele, Denbighshire, March 1 and 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Dodd, Liver pool. - David Blackburn, Thomas Pickles, David Crabtree, and William Blackburn, cotton-spinners, Halifax, York shire, March 5 and April 9, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Robson, Halifax; Cariss and Cudworth, Leeds. 'Frederick Johnson, watchmaker, Lincoln, Feb. 27 and March 27, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Andrews, Lin coln. Abraham Desforges Willey Desforges, brickmaker, Alford, Lincolnshire, March 6 and April 3, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official a.signee, Hull; Portington, Alford; Bunney and Wil son, Hull. James Stephenson, draper, Arbour-terrace, Commer cial-road, Feb. 26, at halt-past eleven, and March 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Reed, Langf,Td, and Mars den, Friday-street, Chcapside; Sale, Worthington, and Co., Manchester. Thomas Skelton Heightholna, pointer, Scarborough, March 5 and 25, at,:one, at the Leeds District Court, Hope, official assiguee, Leeds; Robinson and Greene, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Johnson, Winchester-street, merchant, March 8, at one--A. M Kenzie and J. Haig, Darby-street, Rosemary lane, merchants, March 8, at half-past eleven-W. 11. Mills, Mark-lane, wine merchant, March 8, at eleven- C. Brooks, Vim- - yard, Lant-street, carman, March 8, at half-past twelve--A. C. Marsh, Great Scotland-yard, navy agent. March 8, at twelve-J. Imray, Old Fish street-hill, Upper Thanict-sirt et, sta ioner, and Minories, chartseller, March 7, at half-past eleven-H. Gibbs, Oxfurd, grocer, March 11, at two-G. Geering, Arundel, Sussex, grocer, March 7, at half-past twelve-D. King, Eltham, Kent, surgeon, March 12, at eleven. In the Country. H. Moseley and J. B. Murphy, Derby, carvers and gliders, March 22, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham -IL Clara, Leicester, cabinetmaker, March 22, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham-R. Smith, Hathern, Leices tershire, and Formark-park, Derbyshire, tanner, March 22, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham-W. Perkins, De vonport, cabinet maker, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-G. S. Baron, Plymouth, scri vener, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-11. S. Bolt, Plymouth, wine merchant, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-J. Crook, Plymouth, merchant, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-G. W. Corrie, Plymouth, wine merchant, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Com merce, Plymouth-A. Rowe, Plymouth, grocer, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-li. Elliott, Plymouth, builder, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-W. M. Jones, Mold, Flintshire, malt; ter, March 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-J. P. Richard and A. H. Arkin, Liverpool, merchants, March 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool -W. Hannah, Liverpool, apothecary, March 13, at eleven, at th e C our t, Li ver p oo l-S. L. T ro t man , Liver pool, merchant, March 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool-11. Roberts, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, draper, March 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-C. K. Wilson and W. Wilson, Liverpool, linendrapers, March 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-J. Armi tage, Linthwate, Yorkshire, innkeeper, March 8, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-J. Greenwood, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, March 8, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-W. L. Bickley, Sheffield. innkeeper, March 9, at twelve, at the Council Hall, Sheffield-D. M'Hardy, Aldmondbury, Yorkshire, innkeeper, March 8, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-R. Milner, Darlington, Durham, timber merchant, March 14, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne -W. Wilson, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, maltster, March 14, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-J. Forres ter, Whitehaven, mercer, March 7, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyn e-C. S. Fenwick, Tynemouth, Nor thumberland, banker, March 7, at one, at the Court, New castle -upon Tyne-T. Reed, North Shields, banker, March 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne- G. Davison, Alnwick, Northumberland,, carpenter, March 13, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne-G. Barton and J. Barton, Manchester, copper roller manufacturers, March 11, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-W. T. Watson, Manchester and Leeds, commission agents, March 11, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-J. Johnson, Manchester, smallware manufacturer, March 8, at twelve, at the Court, Man. chester-M. M`Giverin, Manchester, smallware manu facturer, March 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. G. Wood, Liverpool, chemist, first dividend of 81d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Hall, Rotherhithe, shipwright, first dividend of 84d., ou Saturday, Feb. 16, and three subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. H. Hipwood, Cornhill, merc h an t, fi rst an d final dividend of ls. 4d., on Saturday, Feb. 16, and three sub sequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. Carter, Liverpool, merchant, first dividend of 41d., on any Monday, between the hours of eleven and twe, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool, J. Hewitt, Liverpool, merchant, first dividend of id., on any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the cffice of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Woods, Mount-place, Walworth-road, ironmonger, March 11, at one-R. Good, Bishopsgate-street . With out, stationer. March 14, at one-K. Beard, .11:11w)mu mews, New Mill man -,treet, Guildford-street, and 1 ar liatnent-treet, Westminster, metallic plate and picture frame ma nu f acturer , M arc h 9, at half-past twelve- . jel Sage,even- eleven-W. . r j e c a rde c l, Portland-street, Alilton-next Gravesend, d. M n a :w ch sp 9, ape a r t i . ter ,, a nd bookseller, March 15, at proprietor, pub lister eleven. In the Country. G. Davidson, Alnvvick, Northumberland, carpenter, March 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle- upon-Tyne—C. Robertson, Rt.therhara, Yorkshire, steel - naufaeturer, March 9, at twelve, at the Cou nc il -hall, Sbeffield—T. Ashworth, Liverpool, merchant, March S, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—Z. Staff o rd, Notting hare, innheeptr, March 22, at eleven, at the Court, Not tingham—J. Cowlishaw and J. Cowlishaw, Derby, rail way carriage builders, March 22, at t en , at t h e Court, Nottingbam—W. L. Bowyer, Macclesfield, Cheshire, grocer, March 11, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester— E. Rossiter, jun., Torquay, Devonshire, builder and inn keeper, March 13, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. H. Colenutr, Portser, baker and grocer, and Ports mouth, furniture broker and ironmonger, Feb. 12—J. ; Igaldon-road, Miyentock.l4 w ider, rob., -------- 12, certificate of the third class—C. Yorke, Cambridge, upholsterer and cabinetmaker, Feb. 11, certificate of the 1 third class—G. Russell, Goswell-road, cabinetmak er , Feb. 11, cer tifi ca t e o f t h e t hi r d class—R. J. Hicks, West Derby, Lancashire, dealer in cattle and horse dealer, Feb. 12, certificate of the first class, after 21 days—D. B. Serley, Liverpool, broker, March 8. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Cooper and R. Bell, Goole, Yorkshire, iron and brassfonnders—R. Bear, and T. J. A. Henderson, Rams gate, hotel keepers—Elizabeth Miffs and W. T. Miers, Leeds, paint, , oil, and colour merchants—J. Pooley, H. E. Robson, G. Cooke, and I. B. Cooke, Hulme, Manches ter, cotton spinners —M. Davis, sen., end G. Davis, jun., Bath, butchers —VV. D even i sh, J. A. Devenish, W. De- Nenish, ju n ., and H. Deveuish, Weymouth, brewers— W. S. Stell, S. M. Buckingham, R. Stavert, J. C. Zigo mala, and J. Watson (so tar as regards S. M. Bucking hem and J. Watson), Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, and Glasgow, commission merchants---J. Haigh, E. G. Williams, W. S. Stil, S. M. Buckingham, R. Starert, J. Watson, and J. C. Zigoznala, Manchester, Lee Is, Bradford, an d H uddersfield, commission mer chants—Elizabeth Bliss, and Eliza M argaret Bullock, Addison-road, Kensington, s chool - mistresses—J. Finch and W. Argent, Bury-street, Bloomsbury —J. Round, S. Round, and J. Higgs, Netherton, I Vorcestershire, and Tipton, Staffordshire, miners—J. Harris, L. Symons, and H. Harris, booksellers and binders —E. node and J. Wonfor, Battersea, manufacturing chemists —J. Brown 1 and R. Clayton, Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, coal merchants —J. Balm, T. Hill, and W. 11111 (so f.r as regards W. Hill), Quorndon, Leicestershire, and Nottingham, lace manutacturer—T. Hill and W. Hill, Lentoe, Notting hatnshire, and Nottingham, lace manufacturers —J. S. Bamburger and J. l‘l'Master, Bishopwearnsouth, Dar• ham, schoolmasters—J. K. Smith, and T. Kirby, Lei cester, tailors—W. Watts and J. Sutcliff, Pleasant row, Great Guildford- street, Southwark—W. Higson and J. Littlewood, Beaton Norris, Lancashire, cotton spincers—J. Jones and J. Lea, Liverpool, coal mer chants—J. &area and W. 11. Smith, Peckham, drapers —Jane Thomas and Jesse Thomas, Rochester, 'Cent, grocers—J. Fairburn and J. Binns, Mirfield, Yorkshire, cotton cardmakers—G. Worsdell, G. Gilkes, and J. Bowden, Warrington, Lancashire, engineers —A. Ling and J. Brown, jun., High Ongar, Essex, farmers—H. Wild and J. Emery, Busharn, Kacton. and Westbourne, Sussex, brick and tileznakers—T. Richardson and M. Richardson, Oldham, Lancashire, linendrspers—W. W. Hawkins and C. H. Hawkins, Colchester, timber mer ehants—J. Ball and W. Ball, Holloway, cowkeepers— H. Jones and J. Ferguson, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchants—D. Bancroft and Hannah Bancroft, Ellen itoyd, near Halifax, and Halifax, grocers—F. Tooth and T. Peerless, Brighton, timber merchants —G. Hornsby and It P. Mould, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, builders. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Cantrell, Nottingham, grocer. Thomas Bailey, He n ning hal 1 , Norfolk, innkeeper. William Revell, Attleborougb, Norfolk, innkeeper. William Jones, Brinklow, Warwickshire, tailor. Barnard Burton, Huddersfield, straw bonnet maker. William Woollatt, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamehire. lacemaker. Henry Barber, Wilderspool, Cheshire, brewer. Edward Cox, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, manufacturer of oatmeal. Thomas Butler, Alcester, Warwickshire, grocer. Harry Thomas Bowley, Manchester, commission agent. Margaret Cooke, Winchester, Lancashire, manufacturer of composition. Jame.; Pollitt, L'rmston, Lancashire. John Everitt Parkins, Luton, Bedfordshire, warehouse man. Henry Williams, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, Brazilian hat manufseturer. John Hatcher, Wells, Somersetshire, driver of a mail cart. Jeremiah Harris, Hertpurv, Gloucestershire, farmer. William Balaam, Honnington, Suffolk, shoemaker. Geurge Gillutt, Sheffield, cabinetmaker. Edward Churekill Close, the Groves, near York. James Penthell Jeff% Gloucvter, carver and gilder. Bartholomew Pexton, York, organ builder. George Good, Southampton, grocer. Joseph Rhodes, Ilipperholme, Yorkshire, wire worker. John Dixon, Sheffield, traveller. John William Knight, Millbrook, Hampshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Henderson, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, draper and cloth merchant, to meet within the Commercial lon, Hamilton, Feb. 20, and March 13, at twelve. J. Sorley, Glasgow, stockbroker, to meet within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 18 and March 11, at one. --- PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com. puted from the returns made in the week endiag February 12, 1850, is 255. 6 mod. per cwt. THE WORST OF TAXES. (From Punch.) Suppose, readers, that there existed a tax upon water, which, in its operation, compelled the poorer classes to alike their thirst at cesspools ; to drink sewage, and mere sewage, qualified " with no allaying Thames." Such a tax there is, which renders living water—the know•ledges of good and truth—dear, and so withholds them from the many; whom it drives to swill abominable slush, replete with all manner of pollution. That tax is the tax on paper. For a full view of itt workings, see Mr. Charles Knight's remarks on " The Struggles of a Book against Excessive Taxation." Mr. Knight shows that, by ►easonof this impost, cheap and good publications do not pay; whilst the cheap and nasty, weekly vented in myria:ls by the scoundrelhood of the Press, are remunerative. The former class of works he typifies--we thank him for the use of the figure —as the Fountain ; the latter as the Sewer ; and he gives an estimate of the comparative cost of their pro duction. The Fountain can only be set up at a con siderable expense, both in materials and architects' wages. The Sewer is established at small charge, and fed by scavengers, for scavengers' hire. The Sewer can be turned on, at a low rate, with profit; the Fountain— ' in consequence of the Parer-tax—not. Take of the Paper -tax, and the Fountain can compete with the Sewer. if farther reason is wanted for the removal of this Protection to Literary Filth, let Government ponder the following words of Knight:— " Upon a tolerably accurate calculation, I have, rom my own unaided resources, expended during the last twenty years, eighty thousand pounds upon copyright and editorial labour. During the same period 1 have paid fifty thousand pounds paper duty, which sum has become a double charge to me by the inevitable opera tion of a tax upon raw material. May I venture to ask what, during these twenty years, the Government has done for the encouragement of learning and litera ture, equal to the sum which it has exacted from me in the shape of a tax upon knowledge?" Mr. Knight ought not to lose his investment. Some few crumbs, at least, of the bread which he has cast upon the waters should be restored to him. He asks not a pension, but the repeal of the Paper-tax. Grant it, my Lords and Gentlemen, and if good instruction has the effect it is said to have, the amount will soon be saved its prison expenses. Do an act of justice to Mr. Knight, and remove a prohibitory duty on wholesome beverages, and a bonus on the sale of poison. EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. Yesterday a very numerous meeting of the City of London committee for promoting the "Exhibition of Industry of all Nations ' was held in the long par lour of the Mansion-house. The most lively anxiety favour of the object prevailed. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and spoke in the most enthusiastic terms of the object, applauding the generosity of the idea of extending the class of exhibitors to all the world. Many questions were asked as to the nature of the articles to be exhibited—whether they were all to be manu factured or whether raw products and natural pro ductions, articles of elegance and luxury or articles only of utility whether manufacturers or whole sale houses were to be each class exhibitors, or whether manufacturers alone were to have the privi lege —whether the building to be erected would be sufficientlyeapacious for home and colonial and foreign exhibitors. Most of these questions were satisfactorily an swered by Sir James Duke and Mr. F. M. Forster, and by the honorary secretaries, the Rev. S. R. Cattley and Mr. D. W. \\Tire, after which two reso lutions were adopted, appointing persons to canvass, rnd authoCising the sub-committee to apply from t"ile to time to the Royal Commissioners for informa tion as to plans determined upon, so that the public may be fully instructed upon all the points necessary for the guidrnce of the exhibition. Some gentlemen connected with the American trade gave every reasonable assurance that the project would be hailed in the United States with great delight, and said that large subscriptions might be expected from that country. A sum of 1,0001. was announced in the room, in cluding 5001. from the East India Company. Amongst the company were Alderman Humphery, M.P., Al demur) Selomons, the Baron Rothschild, M.P., Sir James Duke, Belt., M.P., Alderman Musgrove, M r . M. dt Forster,le:mcnee of Mr. W. Tite, and a numerou s at . nn s ome of the leading merchants A ra d ot h er conn ected with the city of L on d on. gentlemen SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—MeIIde/SSOWS ora torio, St. Paul was repeateowli o l i a s st a e lo v m en e i reb ng, tr b s y of the s Sacred Harmonic Society, at Ex e t er -h a ll , at the special desire a Prince Albert, who, it w as present on the occasion. The performance was in every respect up to the high mark attained a late by this society. The solos were given by Miss Dolby (who sang with unwonted fervour and effect), Herr Formes (who strove, nk t ineffectually, to tone down his voice and soften the natural ruggedness of his style), Miss Birch and Mr. Luckey, Mr. C. Beale, and Mr. Smythson. The choral and instrumental effects throughout were napgnificent. The Prince paid a marked attention to the performance, which evidently was satis factory to his judgment. Mr. Costa presided. IDE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.—We UR derstand that his Ex( ellency the Earl of Clarendon is expected to arrive in London from Dublin on Monday next. The visit of thelioble Earl will not extend, it is said, over this day week. GENERAL TIMATRICAL FUlcD.—Tbe eleventh an nual meeting of this institution was held in the saloon of the Lyceum Theatre, Mr. Buckstone in the chair, o F e r i o p m t t f h o r e t s h e e c r r e a t asetroy3,n:s year ias s rt t i a ns t g e rn m noc e ua n nr t tle : d. t a l a tt p oo p a e Be a 9t r h6 e el d .r o t i h fs a .p t 3a the ydl eanrne tc: the expenditure, to , annuitants, to 435/. 19s. Bd., leaving a balance of 460/. Is. 7d. The officers for the present year haring been elected, the meeting separated. Paid. Paid. raid. Paid. 21 Om, 5 54 20n.6 207 Price Price Price, 50