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....' 7 lltrb M'ttitt*n QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY. WELLS V. KING. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. HumFREY replied on the defendant's case. He said the case had now assumed a very serious appear ance, because it was certain that perjury had been com mitted either on the one side or the other. He could understand a man uttering counterfeit money with the view of getting change out of it; but this was the first time in his life that he had heard of a man giving another person a bad shilling for no consideration what ever, which was what the plaintiff had done to Rowe. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the defendant. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY, DOYLE V. THURSTON. The plaintiff in this case is Mr. Doyle, part proprietor of the Weekly Chronicle, and the action was brought against the defendant, who is a sheriff's officer, for ille gally arresting him on the 4th of May, in the place of Mr. Dillon, a gentleman also engaged on the same paper. Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Welby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. James and Mr. Hawkins conducted the defence. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN briefly stated the case, and pro ceeded to call witnesses for the plaintiff. Mr. Thomas Clancey, messenger at the Weekly Chronicle office, said that on the 4th of May, 1850, the defendant Thurston came into the office with a letter in his hand, and giving the name of Smith, asked to see Mr. Dillon. Witness then went up stairs to a room where Mr. Dillon and Mr. Doyle were, with the letter in his hand, which was directed to Mr. Dillon, and told him that a person down stairs wanted to see him. Mr. Doyle took the letter and said he would go down. Mr. Doyle then went down stairs into the room where Mr. Thurston was, and witness left them. Shortly afterwards Mr. Doyle and Thurston came down, and Mr. Doyle said to witness " This man has arrested me in place of Mr. Dillon, am I Mr. Dillon?" Witness assured Thurston that it was Mr. Doyle, but Thurston persisted in taking him. Mr. Doyle, and they left the office together. Cross-examined by Mr. JAMES--Mr. Doyle and Mr. Dillon were upstairs together, dressing. Mr. Doyle took the letter in his hand, bat he did not see him open it. Did not see Mr. Dillon get into a cupboard which was in the room, but had heard that he had done so. Mr. Allen said that on the 4th of May he was sent for to the Weekly Chronicle office, and shown into a room there, where he found Mr. Doyle and the d efen dant. Mr. Doyle said " This man has arrested me as Mr. Dillon; will you tell him whether I am Mr. Dillon?" Witness told Thurston that that was Mr. Doyle. Thurston said " Oh, no; I can't be mistaken, the whiskers are enough."—(Laughter.) Thurston persisted that it was Mr. Dillon, and said he would not leave the place without him. They all three went down stairs together, and Mr. Doyle appealed to the persons there as to whether he was Mr. Dillon or not. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. EDWIN JAMES addressed the jury for the de fendant. He contended that in this case Mr. Doyle had put himself in the place of Mr. Dillon, and he must take the consequences of such an imposition. John Foote said that on the 4th of May he was pre sent at the Weekly Chronicle office; the defendain came. He saw Mr. Doyle and the defendant come down stairs; and Mr. Doyle appealed to the witness to say whether he was Mr. Doyle or Mr. Dillon. He assured him that it was Mr. Doyle; and then Mr. Thurston left the office alone, and Mr. Doyle remained for at least a quarter of an hour. Mr. R. W. Russell, of the Weekly Chronicle, said, that on the 4th of May, about one o'clock in the day, he had occasion to go to a cupboard iu the editor's room at the Weekly Chronicle office, and, on opening the door, all the papers fell out, and ho saw a pair or legs hanging down. On looking up, he saw Mr. Dillon perched up on a pile of papers. Mr. Dillon told him not to make a noise, and not to let any one know that he wa3 there. Mr. Doyle afterwards tild him of the affair, and said that when he opened the letter the officer took him for Dillon and arrested him. John Cape said tha he wai a sheriff 's offiece:: assistant, and had gone with Thurston to the ►Veekly Chronicle office to arrest Mr. Dillon. No arrest was made, and would swear that Mr. Doyle did not go with them. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN replied at some length. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff- Damages, 40s. GERMAN Y. According to the Breslauer Zeitung, a decree has been published in Austria, prohibiting the purchase and sale of capper ore. It appears that many persons were in the habit of accumulating large quantities of copper, for the purpose of providing themselves with at least one sort of valuable metal, in case a national bankruptcy should lead to a repudiation of the paper currency. The competition which ensued, and which raised the price of pure copper to 100 florins per hundred weight, proved a serious annoyance to the operations of the Ordnance department. hence the decree. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CA.311113.1.DGE, DEC. 11.—At a Congregation holden this day, the following degrees were conferred:— Masters of Arts—S. W. Andrews, Caius College; John Johnson, Catharine Hall; H. M ur r a y, St. J o hn' s Col lege; J. W. Young, St. John's College. Bachelors of Laws—J. L. Alleyne, Magdalen College; S. T. Preston, Trinity Hall. Bachelor of Arts—Joseph Wiglesworth, St. John's College. At the same Congregation the following graces passed th• Secate:— 1. To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, the Public Orator, Mr. Mould (of Corpus Christi College), Mr. Birkett (of Jesus College), and Mr. Hopkins (of St. Catharine Hall), a Syndicate to confer with the Board of Health respecting the application of the Public Health Act to the University. 2, To authorise (on the recommendation of Mr. Nockolds) a return of fifteen per cent. on the rent of Mr. Baker, of Barton, for the year ending at Michael mas, 1849; and a like return on the rent of Mr. Hide, of the same place, for the year ending at Michaelmas,lBso. 3. To authorise the syndics of the press to defray the expense of making and printing a catalogue of the MSS. in the University library out of the Press Annuity Fund. CROSSE MCHOLARSHIP. Mr. Whyley, 8.A., of Trinity College, hps been this day declared the successful candidate for the above maned scholarship. THE ADANS ➢SIZE. This prize, given orce in two years for the best essay on some subject of pure mathematics, astronomy, or other branch of natural philosophy, end open to the competition of all persons who have at any time been admitted to a degree in this University, has been ad judged to Mr. Robert Peir3on 4 ALA., fellow of St John's College. Subject-." The Theory of the long inequality of the Uranus and Neptune, depending on the near commensurability of their mean motions." The essay will be printed. CLUE HALL. Mr. John Bell, 8.A., of Glare hall, bus been elected a Fellow of that society. PAPAL AGGRESSION. There will be a congregation tomorrow (Thursday), at eleven o'clock, when the Vice-Chancellor will com municate to the senate her Majesty's answer to the ad dress voted on the 14th of November. SOCIETY OF ARTS. The fourth ordinary meeting of the Society of' Arts was held last night, the Right lion, T. M. Gibson, M.P., in the chair, when a paper was read "On the bleaching of linen ; cloth, calico, cotton, flax, and other fibres," by Mr. F. C. Calvert, professor of che mistry at the Royal Institution, Manchester. The paper commenced by an historical review of the sub ject in association with limn and cotton cloths ; after which an elaborate description was given of the pre sent stoma of bleaching as applied to bath de scriptions of fabric. In the course of his re marks, the Professor laid it down that the fibre cou!d not be separated from the wood of flax without the application of steeping ; and among the obstacles to the rapid bleaching of linens he mentioned the impurities which remained after the steeping process. Certain portions of the wood, or reed, iutermingled with the fibre as it was spun, and thereby rendered the bleaching more difficult , but separate these splints from the fibre, and he saw no reason why linen should not be bleached as readily as cotton. He mentioned that he himself had a process by which the bleaching was facilitated, and the article rep dered nearly as white as cotton ; but he was sati...fieri that until linen could be bleached as well by a rapid chemical process as it could be in the field, Liz could scarcely be expected to maintain its true value before the public. He described Schenck's pro cess of steeping in water at a given temperature, and expressed an opinion to the effect that as it was the last it was the best improvement upon the old system; and after exhibitin g some manufactured specimens, bleached and unbleached, of China grass and jute, which elicited much interest, he called attention to the importance. in a national view, of extending the cultivation of flax. A comparatively small quantity was grown in Ireland, whilst the linen trade was gra dually increasing, thus rendering the manufacturers more dependent upon foreigners for their supplies of raw material. ludeed, he could not comprehend why, in Ireland especially, the money paid for foreign flax should not be distributed in its cultivation at home. Ireland was capable of producing all the flax that our manufacturers consumed; but she required assistance to develop her resources in this respect. No parson who considere& the question could avoid arriving at the conclusion that the cultivation and manufacture of flax would be a great source of profit to the farmer and manufacturer, as well as of em ployment to labour, in support of which sev eral facts: *ere stated. Whilst Mr. Calvert was touching . upon ,this subject, a number of fabrics, such as cords, velv4teenl„.and other. cloths, all woven from flax, were Pro4ged by Mr. Peter Atley, the. texture,. colour, and quality of which were highly approved. A lengthened and interestinz discussion followed, exclusively upon the question of the best mode of adapting flax of bonne growth to textile purposes. Mr. Waimea, whose THE SUN, process of steeping has been specially described in this paper, explained the principal merits of his plan ; and he was followed by Mr. Donlan, who pro duced numerous samples prepared by him without steeping at all, and without the application of chemi cal agency except for the finest qualities. The flax prepared under this process was admitted to be of the best description, and it was stated that it had been valued by brokers at 541. to 561. per ton. The dis cussion having closed, the proceedings terminated by a vote of thanks to Mr. Calvert. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASE. 5 to 2 agat Peter Simple 8 to 1 agst Victim—taken 8 to 1 agst Vain Hope—taken 8 to 1 agst Maurice Daley—taken HURDLE RACE. 6 to 2 agst St. Holier 7 to 2 agst The General 6 to 1 agst Vesta DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Grecian 7 to 1 agst Prime Minister 13 to 1 agst Newminster MARINER'S Compass.—The "fleur delis" was made the ornament of the northern radius of the m'ariner's compass in compliment to Charles of Anjou (whose device it was), the reigning King of Sicily, at the time when Flavio Gioja, the Neapolitan, first employed that instrument in na vigation. —Notes and Queries. SELF-ACTING SIDING STOP.—At the close of the regular business, at the meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers on Tuesday, Mr. Beckers exhibited and described a self-acting siding stop, which was now in use on the Great Western Railway. A portion of the ordinary rail was cut so as to admit of the movement of the stop, which was of iron about 1 inch thick, and projected above the rail about nine inches; this was attached to one end of a shaft, and on the other end there was a bent lever, which carried a signal disc above and a counterbalance weight below. The object of this simple and inexpensive machine was to remove the lia bility to accidents from carriages or trucks running out of a siding on the main line, as occurred some time since at Wootton Basset; for whilst it permitted a train of waggons to pass into the siding, the wheels themselves depressing the stop, it presented an absolute bar to any waggon leaving the siding, unless some person held down the lever, so as to lower aad remove the impediment. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 11. Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice JERVIS and a Common Jury.) COS V. DAVIDSON AND ANOTHER. Mr. Bramwell and Mr. Willes were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Few for the defendants. This was an action brought against Messrs. David son and Gordon, colonial brokers of Mincing-lane, to recover the sum of 1751. for the loss sustained by a re sale of 1,431 bales of a dyestuff called " gambier," which they on the part of their principal refused to accept, after having entered into a contract, of which the following were the terms : _ " January 9, 1850. " Bought by order and on account of Messrs. David son and Gordon, of Mr. W. Cox, 100 tons cf gambier, sound and of good marketable quality, to arrive per Jus tine, at 131. ss. per ton in small bales. In the event of damage being so extensive as not to leave 100 tons of sound, the actual reduced quantity to be accepted by the buyer in lien of the said 100 tons. Conditions custo mary. !Deposit 151. per cent. Promdt three months after lauding, &c. " SARGANT AND TRUMBLER." The Justina arrived at the West India Docks on 26th of January, and discharged a quantity of cam phor, which formed part of her cargo, on the 11th and 12th of February. In the mean time no less than four suits for wages had been instituted in the Court of Admiralty against the ship and freight, and on the 13th of February a stop order from that court, to prevent the further uischarge of the cargo, was lodged at the West India Dock-office. Money was paid into the Admiralty Court in respect of the Gambier on the 20th of February, and thereupon an order for its release was lodged at the office on the Ist of March. The unloading, however, was not resumed till the Bth of March, and continued till the 23d. One witness stated that a vessel of 400 tons, like the Justine, would in general occupy only five or six days in unloading. It seemed here that nothing prevented the delivery of the gambier except the con iliating claims of the captain and the crew in the Admiralty Court. The invoice was not sent to the defendants till the 4th of April. A month previously they wrote to the plaintiff's brokers, Messrs. Sargant and Co., stating that their principal had been complaining of the delay, and threatened to make them rseponsible, and to cancel the contract. After receiving the invoice Mr. Sargant met Mr. Gordon, when the latter objected to it, but only on the ground that by it they were not only charged the deposit of 151. per cent., but also the difference be tween the original cost price in the weight. note and that at which the gambler was sold to the defendants. Mr. Sargant promised to amend the invoice, and a clerk was sent an hour after to say that only 15/. per cent. deposit was to be paid. Next day the defendants wrote to Messrs. Sargent and Co., saying that their principal had returned the invoice, as he 'considered the contract cancelled by their letter of the 4th of March. It was proved that the market price of gambler during the early part of February was from 12s. to 13s. per cwt., and in March there was a fall ing market. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE directed the jury that if they thought there was unreasonable delay in un loading the ship, he should tell them that the fact of the stop order was no excuse to make to these de fendants, as the plaintiff might have his remedy against the captain for any loss he could sustain. But then the question arose, did the defendants repudiate the contract on that ground. He would ask the j ury to consider whether the defendants had only objected to the contract by reason of the additional charge in the invoice, in which case the verdict should be for the plaintiff, or whether they had repudiated the con tract on the ground of the delay caused by the pro ceedings in the Admiralty Court. The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 1711. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 11. Sittings at Guildhall, before the LOAD CHIEF BARON and a London Jury.) _ 11I 6 EVOY V. SHUTTLEWORTH. This was an action against an auctioneer to recover two per cent. on the purchase money of a property which he was employed to sell, but which was, in fact, sold through the instrumentality of another agent. The defendant had retained the amount from moneys in his hands belonging to the plaintiff, and the present action was brought to recover it back. The question raised upon the plea of set-off was, whether an auctioneer was entitled to his commission if property entrusted to him for sale was sold by any person before the authority of the auctioneer was put an end to. A great number of witnesses connected with the trade were called to establish the afiirmitive of this proposition, but The jury finally intimated that they did not con sider the custom proved, and found their verdict for the plaintiff for the sum claimed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTH UN CIRC UlT.—Liverpcol, Dee. 11. NISI 'TILTS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice TALrouRD.) George Smith, 33, and Mark Casson, 31, were indicted fur having conspired by false pretences to defraud the Royal Insurance Company. Mr. Bliss, Q.C., Mr. Blair, and Mr. Rushton, were for the prosecution ; and Mr. James and Mr. Cross defended the prisoners. The prosecutors in this case were the Royal As surance Company of Liverpool, who have been carrying on business in that town since 1845. Smith was a tailor and draper, and Casson his foreman, carrying on business in Scotland-road, Smith living at a house in Ranelagh-street, where be also had a shop. The insurance was effected on the 14th of May last, but Smith had been in embarrassed cir cumstances, and had applied in March last to a Mr. Dixon for assistance. A valuation was then made, which showed his stock, fixtures, and hook debts, to be worth 4001., and his own debts amounted to 2501., leaving a balance in his favour of 1501. In May fol lowing he insured for 870/. 'Oa the 13th of July the fire took place. In about halt an hour it was extin guished, but the goods in the shop were all more or less destroyed. Two or three days after the fire Smith made his claim on the office. When asked what was the value of the stock he said he could not tell; but that in the March previous it was valued at 1,600/. He then went before Mr. Rushton, the police magistrate, and made the usual declaration required by the company's Act. Casson took this to the office, and a claim was made by Smith for the full amount of the insurance —B7O/. The company appointed two gentlemen to inquire into the claim, and they got from Smith hie ledgers and invoices for this purpose, and examined the remains of the stock, which they valued at 961. previous to the fire. This they could easily calculate, from the fact of the goods having been only partially destroyed, and in most cases the ends of the pieces upon which the length was marked remaining. It appeared from the further statement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, that there were two in voices of goods received since the insurance, amount ing to about 301. and 27/. respectively. These goods were claimed for as a .part,of the loss, while, as the evidence would show, they had been removed previous to the fire by the prisoners, and they were distinctly traced from their pOssession till their discovery by the police, who got hold - of the box in which they had been packed. Of this box and its contents the pri soners subsequently denied all knowledge wh en they found it would tend to criminate .hem ; and yet it would be distinctly shown that the box contained the LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1850. identical goods mentioned in these invoices, and so claimed for by the prisoner Smith as goods received since the insurance was effected, and as part of the property destroyed. Thomas Grey, sub-manager of the Royal Assurance Company, Liverpool, proved that on the 14th of May he received an order for the insurance from Smith, and a policy was effected in consequence. The policy was called for by the prosecution, but Mr. James ob jected that Mr. Dean, in whose possession it was, and whose clerk was called to prole that he had acted, and was acting, as attorney for the prisoner Smith in this matter, was not bound to produce it. Mr. Buss cross-examined Mr. Dean's clerk, and elicited from him that Smith had said to him in Cas son's presence that he was insured in the Royal As surance Company. Mr. Grey then proved further that Smith called after the fire to make his claim, accompanied by Mr. Dean's clerk, and requested to know in what manner the claim must be made, and what proofs were neces sary. In answer to the information given by witness, Smith said all his books and papers were burnt, except two ledgers. He also said that his stock, &c., was worth 1,600'.. Smith called again on the 26th of July, accompanied by Casson, the latter of whom produced a paper, and said, " We have come to deposit the declaration." Upon this occasion the claim of 8701. was made by Smith, and he was told that the matter would be put into the hands of some respect able persons to inquire into it. Messrs. Smith and and Thornley were appointed accordingly for the purpose. The declaration was then put in, and partly read. James Marshall, sergeant of police, proved the fact of the fire having occurred at about half-past ten o'clock on the night of the 13th of July.l It was about half-an-hour before the fire was extinguished. Casson came up during the progress of the fire, and informed him that it was the shop of George Smith, and that he was his foreman. James Weir, commander of the salvage corps, was called to prove taking possession of the premises and putting his men into them, who remained there until the 27th of August. He described the state of the premises after the fire more particularly, from which if appeared that the damage was almost entirely con fined to the shop. From the examination he made of the cloth, he did not think any pieces had been wholly consumed. Samuel Thornely, tailor and draper, proved that he, along with Mr. George Smith, investigated the claim of the prisoner Smith on the assurance company. They saw him on the matter, and he produced two books, and some invoices were subsequently given to them. Two were produced; one for goods bought of Richard Lewis, amounting to 311. 15s. 5d., dated the 27th of May ; the other dated the 29th of May, amount ing to 271.75. The witness, Mr. George Smith, and a Mr. Roberts subsequently went to Scotland-road, and valued the stock. They found they could ascer tain of what length most of the pieces bad been, the ends having been left, however much they had been burnt, and they were also able to ascertain the qua lity, which was generally of an inferior kind. The estimate they made amounted to 961. 163. 6d., which he believed to be a full estimate of what he was able to value. Edward Roberts, accountant, entered the quantities and value in a book as they were valued by Messrs. Thornely and Smith. On cross-examination by Mr. JAMES, this witness said there were a good many pieces so damaged that they could not be measured at all. It appeared, however, on re-examination by Mr. Buss, that they had, nevertheless, been entered in the valuation for what they were worth. George Smith, tailor and draper, who acted with Mr. Thornely, corroborated his evidence as to the valuation. He appeared, however, to have thought, on first seeing the stock, and before measuring it, that it might have been worth fr, - )ra 3001. to 4001. This was, however, before making any examination as to quality. 'William Pitt Dixon, woollen-merchant, Manches ter, had supplied goods to the prisoner Smith, and frequently received letters from him. He saw Smith in April fast in Liverpool respecting an arrangement with his creditors to discharge his liabilities in full by instalments. This arrangement was carried out, and biEs given, of which the witness identified one. Smith told him that a valuation of the stock had been made, and an account taken of his debts, and that he could pay every one in full if time were given. James Taylor, agent for Messrs. Dixon in March last, proved that in the course of that month, in con sequence of instructions from those gentlemen, he made examination into Smith's affairs, and found that the debts due to him amounted to 2241. 10s. 2d., and that he owed 2491. is. 4d. The value of his stock in trade was 1371. 13s. 2d., fixtures 401., cash in hand 3/. ; altogether making a balance in his favour of 150.. He told Smith that he made these inquiries for the satis faction of his creditors, and that be should transmit the statement to Messrs. Dixon, which he did. He made his calculation at the lowest value he thought the articles would fetch. He had examined the salvage, and identified the quality and pattern of many of the articles as being similar to those he valued. He was not prepared to say that there were or were not any new articles in the salvage that were not in the stock at the time he valued it. He then asked Smith if that was the whole of his stock, and he said it was. The shelves in his shop were not filled up by a very great deal. The prisoner saw him put down the items, and made not the least objection to any of them. On cross-examination this witness said, that at the time he took stock it appeared to be much less than it ordinarily was. _ The prosecution, when our reporter left, was pro ceeding to that part of the case which involved the prisoners in the charge of removing goods previous to the fire, which they afterwards included in their claim against the assurance company, and the trial would probably be protracted to a late hour. It being evident that Sirrell's case could not be taken to-day, Mr. Justice Talfourd fixed it for the first case in the morning, after which the trial of Blackhurst, the attorney of Preston, for forging a codicil to his late wife's will, will be taken. Mr. Baron Alderson was engaged during the day in trying a number of cases, which did not call for a particular report. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. William Poulter was brought before Alderman Gibbs for final examination upon charges of having obtained money under pretence that his mother, at whose death he will become entitled to considerable property, had died. Mr. H. Hammond, of Furnival's Inn, said—ln October, 1848, the prisoner sent a letter to me re quesing that I would call upon him at Whitecross-street Prison. lat first declined to call upon him, but, know ing the bearer of the letter, I went at his request to the place. I had several interviews with him, at all of which he told me he was entitled to very large re versionary interest under a will. He afterwards com municated to me that his mother was dead, and stated that as he was notable to go himself to take possession of some trinkets belonging to the old lady, he wished to send a person to her house, stating at the same time that she had been a goo d old mother, and that she had died at a good old age. I advanced to him money for the purpose but have since discovered that his mother is alive. Mr. F. H. Wood, who appeared for the prisoner, said he could prove satisfactorily that his client would not only be entitled to a large amount of property at his mother's death, but that he had been led to be lieve from several reports that his mother was dead. The prisoner was committed for trial. The LORD iVievoa requested that the press would acknowledge his receipt of 10 guineas from the Dra pers' Company for the poor-box. GUILDHALL. Yesterday John Spencer Francis was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Finials, charged with em bezzling various sums, the moneys of Mr. Woolmar, warehouseman, of Aldersgate-street, his employer. The prisoner, who steed, through his solicitor, that he would reserve his defence, was committed for trial. Mr. Alderman IluerrnPur begged to acknow ledge the receipt of ss. in postage-stamps, to be ap plied for the benefit of the poor girl Jane Willbred, at present in the Royal Free Hospital, and whose de plorable case appeared in the journals of Monday last, from " G. A. H.," Essex. BO !V-STRE E7'. James Garrett, formerly a warehouseman in the service of the London Dock Company, and Samuel Pool, a carman, were charged on suspicion of being concerned in the extensive robberies of bonded stores at the London Docks. Mr. Bsllantine stated that the charge as against Oram, another prisoner, would he withdrawn, there being no evidence on which to ask for a committal. Oram was accordingly discharged. Mr. Ballantine now Proceeded with a distinct charge against Garrett and Poole for stealing a bag of Sin gapore pepper, which had been placed in the same warehouse as that in which the cargo of the ship Agnes was housed, and where Garrett was then em ployed as foreman. The commissioners were deter mined to do their utmost to protect the merchants of London, as well as the public revenue, from the rob bery and fraud which, from the admission of one of the dock officers himself, had become almost a part of the daily business of the subordinate servants of the com pany. The commissioners were extremely anxious to ascertain the extent of the plunder, as far as possible, and make an example of such of the offenders as could be brought to justice. Mr. HENRY—II the public revenue has' been de frauded, you can proceed on that ground also. Mr-Ballantine thanked his Worship for the sugges tion. The Learned Counsel then briefly detailed the circumstances of the present charge against Garrett and Poole, which would be supported by the testi mony of two of the accomplices who had been previ- ously examined, and would be further confirmed by an admission which fell from Poole when he was taken into custody. Thomas Mitchell, the accomplice who was exa mined in the previous cases, deposed that when Gar rett was foreman at the West-quay Sugar-mill, seven or eight years ego, and was on duty at the loop-hole, Samuel Poole arrived with his cart for a load of sugar or pepper—he had forgotten which. Garrett helped the men to lower the bags into Poole's cart, and when there were only about three bags to deliver, he or dered off the hands to some other job, and they all went away except witness and Garrett. Then Gar rett dropped the bag of Singapore pepper into Poole's cart, along with the three remaining bags of sugar. Maynard met Poole outside, and put the bag of pepper into his cart. This was all arranged previously,when witness and Garrett met Maynard and Poole at Whitechapel Church. The same night they were to meet again at the church, but Maynard and Poole kept away. Witness and Garrett waited for them three hours, and then Garrett sa id it was a se ll. N ext morning they went to Maynard's house, and he told them that he gave the bag of pepper to a man named Peacock, thinking he would get a better price for it. Garrett said, You have served us out nicely about this here bag, but you shall never have no more from me." Maynard replied that it was not hie fault, but Peacock had an accident with it. Witness and Gar rett never got the money for that bag. Peacock was a man who lived like Maynard, and loitered about the docks for jobs. Cross-examined—Maynard, and several men like him, were well known in the docks. Whenever Maynard came in it was known what was going on, and the men that were not in the secret were sent out of the way. Several of the foremen besides Garrett knew Maynard very well, and they must have known what he came for. There was a man named Harman, one named Peudennis, and many men whose names he could not then remember. They knew all about it. Witness did not know whether he considered it smuggling or thieving, or whether they were robbing the merchants or the public revenue. He should say they were robbing both. Wi tness h a d seen M a y nar d & at the south quay also. (The names of several of the foremen and superintendents in the docks, said to have been cognizant of these proceedings, were men tioned by the witness, but it is right to withhold them in the present stage of the investigation.) The pre sence of Maynard was a signal for the cheating to begin. Maynard, another accomplice, confirmed the evi dence of Mitchell in every material point. He took the bag of Singapore pepper from Poole's cart, and put it on to Peacock's cart, thinking that Peacock could get a better price for it; but he afterwards said he had had an accident with the bag, and they never saw sight of it again, or had any money for it. Cross -examined—l have been in prison once, and twice in custody. I was charged with felony at Worship-street, but was acquitted at the trial. The second time I was charged with stealing some quick silver, but the magistrate dismissed the case. When I was a lad of fifteen I think I was taken before Mr. Henry, at the Lambeth Police-court, for stealing some coffee at a grocer's, but he dischar ge d me . I am now in the ser v i ce o f Mr. Thomas Rudd, a town carman. James Shaw, inspector of the Thames police, stated that on taking Poole into custody on Saturday night, the 30th ult., and telling him the nature of the charge, he said, " Oh, that's eight years ago. Garrett dropped a bag of pepper into my waggon, and Maynard took it away. I never received a farthing for it." Mr. Robert Chapman, an inspector-general of the wafer-side department of the Customs, was examined to show that the pepper from any quarter or of any kind could not leave the docks in the ordinary way without paying duty. When a ship arrived her cargo was either cleared off at once, and the whole amount of duty upon i: pail by the consignee, or it was put away in bond; that was warehoused, and delivered out in quantities, or at intervals, according to the convenience of the person or persons who might have purchased the cargo. In the latter case duty was paid only upon the quantities delivered, and at the time of the delivery, a certificate of the pay ment being necessary, as well as the dock warrant (which was an instrument of purchase), before the delivery could take place. On the production of these documents to the warehouseman, he would have authority to deliver the quantity ordered; and this was the duty upon which Garrett was engaged at the west quay. Usually the dock warrant would be presented by the owner or his representative, and then his carman would be sent round to wait his turn at the loophole, where the goods would be delivered. If, by any previous understanding between the delivery foreman and the carman, a bag of pepper, sugar, coffee, or anything else not included in the dock war rant, was lowered into the waggon, it would be ob vious that no duty could have been ever paid upon that bag, which must have been abstracted surrepti tiously from the stores in bond. Mr. HENRY—Are there no entries made, or books kept, by which the non-payment of duty can be shown ? Witness—Two kinds of entries are made in the books —a duty-paid entry, and a warehouse entry. The first is a record of the payment of the whole duty upon a cargo at once, when it is cleared off, and the other relates to the payments made at intervals upon the quantities delivered from the stores in bond. No duty is paid until the delivery takes place ; and, as their is no limit to the period during which a ship's cargo, or any portion of it, may remain in bond, the payment of duty thereupon is also in definite. Mr. Wontner—Then, in point of fact, the Customs have not been defrauded of their revenue, because the duty was not due upon the stores in bond ? Wit ness—lf any of the stores have left the docks surrep titiously, it is clear that there has been an evasion of the duty. Mr. HENRY—But have you no means of ascer taining whether goods have been abstracted from the warehouse stores ? Witness—On the arrival of a ship, its cargo is examined, weighed, and removed to a warehouse, and there kept under the locks of the Crown and the. Dock Company. The usual account is kept of the quantity stored and delivered. Occa sionally the Crown will take stock, but even then they must be at the mercy of the dock servants, if there is a conspiracy among them to deceive the examiners. Mr. Wontner—ln short, then, the Custom-house officers are not sharp enough fur the dock labourers ? Witness—The plan pursued would be this :—Supposing 10 bags of pepper have been ab• stracted from the letter A warehouse ; before the Custom-house officers arrived to examine the stores, the labourers would take care to have the deficient number supplied by 10 bags from letter B. Mr. Wontner—But surely this would be discovered when the officers came to the letter B warehouse ? Witness—Not so; because, b e f ore the officers got round to letter B, the 10 b ags wou ld b e b roug h t back c—(Laughter.) Mr. again w u f t m r letter supposin g , a f ter a ll , t h e amount of deficiency is discovered, ar e not t h e D ock Company again t A responsible for it ? Witness—The Commissioners of Customs would, no doubt, have their remedy in that case. 1 Mr. HENRY—Ia fact, the evil is an unavoidable re sult of the bonding system, I suppose ? Witness— It is, your Worship. Some of the stores in bond have been there for 27 years ; and if you were to see the millions of piles and chests of bonded goods, you would not wonder at the difficulty. of keeping a per fect watch and control over the warehouse stores. If 1,000 bags are taken away, and the d u t y i s pa id upon 1,000, we have no means of ascertainin g whetner any transfers may have been made to meet the order. PoJle said, in his defence—l went after a load of ppper. Garrett dropped the extra bag into my wag gon, and Maynard afterwards took it off my waggon on to his own. It was the first time that I took a bag out for any of them. Maynard took the bag as I was going along the Minories, and I never saw it again, and never had no money for it. I was not associated with them. I was 29 years in Mr. Bailey's service, up to his death, and can have a good character. Mr. 'Wontner addressed the Court for Garrett, but ;.Zr. lishvair said it was a proper case for the consi deration of u jury, and committed both the prisoners for trial at the Old Bailey. The prisoners Garrett and Timothy Stratford were also committed upon the charges preferred against them at the previous examination, on Saturday last. The prisoners Shaw, Badcock, Gardiner, Bunches., Clinton, Mary Buncher, and Mary Charuneau, were brought up and fully committed for trial, for the rob bery of jewellery and plate at the shop of Messrs Williams and Clapham, West Strand. LAMBETH. Joseph Jourdan, a constable belonging to the L division of police, No. 88, attended before Mr. Elliott, charged with following about in his uniform dress a suspected person named Brown, alias Winterflood, alias the Doctor. Mr. Wontner, on whoße application on a former day the defendhut was requested to appear, attended on behalf of the complainant ; and Mr. Games ap peared for the con4table. Mr. Wontner said the charge he had to prefer against the defendant was one of violation of duty; and it would be for his Worship to decide whether the police were to be converted into instruments of individual oppression, and not a force, as originally intended, for the protection of life and property. Brown, the complainant, happened unfortu nately, ten or twelve years ago, to get into some difficulty which brought him under the notice of the police, and after this he took a beer-shop in the Blackfriars-road. Here, on account of the low ness of the locality, his house used to be fre quented by persona of bad character, and was conse quently frequently visited by the police. Mr. Wont ner Wfai authorised to say that on all these occasions he afforded the constables the greatest assistance in his fl ower, and al w ay s protected them from in su lt. 413 t r ills place, however, several informations were laid against him for harbouring bad characters, and he made up his mind to leave the house, and to live in retirement. On leaving the Blackfriars-road, Brown took a small cottage in the immediate vicinity of this court, but he had not been many days in the locality, when two constables were appointed, the one to watch his residence, and the other to accompany him wherever he went. The consequmce was, that when it became known that a constable accompanied him, crowds of some hundreds of persons used to assemble at the end of the court leading to his house every morning to see him go out, and as soon as he made his appearance, used to abuse and jeer him. Mr. Wontner would call the complainant into the box, and he would inform his Worship that the defendant had been follow ing him about for the last seven weeks; that whenever he called at a public-house to take refreshment, the constable stopped at the door and informed the land lord of his character. The complainant would also inform his Worship that the object of the police was to get him out of the neighbourhood, for they de clared they should continue to follow him until he left their division, and Mr. Wontner therefore con tended that this amounted to a conspiracy on the part of the police to drive him from his dwelling, an act which was most improper. The complainant was most anxious to make an honest living, but the police by their extraordinary conduct would put it out of his power. Mr. Wontner, in conclusion, designated the conduct of the police as a gross act of persecution, which no Englishman should submit to; and ex pressed a hope that his Worship would view the con duct of the defendant as a gross violation of duty on the part of the police, and by his decision put an cal to a practice which, if tolerated, would lead to a gross violation of the liberty of the subject. Brown, who is a thick-set powerful-looking York shireman, was sworn, and confirmed the statement of his counsel as to the fact of the defendant following him about for seven weeks. In his cross-examination by Mr. Games, the witness admitted that he went by the name of Winterflood as well as Brown, and that the cottage in which he lived was taken for him in that name by a person named Thompson. The misfortune that befel him ten or eleven years ago, as mentioned by his counsel, was one of having been given into custody by a man for robbing him. For that offence he was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. On another occasion he had been taken into custody at the Epsom races, and committed to prison for three months. He had also been in custody a short time since on a charge of holding a person at his house while another beat and robbed him of 501., but was discharged. At present, and since he left the beer-shop, he made a living by lending out money in small sums to dealers, and collected his profits weekly. Did not let the defendant see him collect any of his profits. This was the case on the part of the complainant. Mr. Games, in reply said he had here a few obser vations to make on the part of the defendant, who acted merely on orders given him by his superin tendent—orders which he could not refuse to comply with, and the offence (if any) was on the part of the superintendent. He then called into the witness box Inspector Cowlin, who deposed that the defendant was acting on the instructions given to him by Mr. Evans, his superintendent ; and Sergeants Goff, Barry, and Barker, and Police-constable Combes, all of whom deposed that they had known Brown to be the constant associate of notorious thieves ; that he had been for the last eleven or twelve years a sus pected character, and that it was the decided opinion of two of the witnesses that he (Brown) was now get ting a living by dishonest means, in receiving stolen property. One of the witnesses said he saw Brown on Monday night in company with Black Jack, a noto rious thief. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that the circumstances of the case were quite novel to him, and said that as the question involved was one of considerable importance, and as he wished to have before him the legal autho rity to justify the superintendent i❑ giving such in structions to the defendant before giving his decision, he should postpone the case until Tuesday next. In the interim he suggested that, unless there were any positive directions to the contrary, the constable should be withdrawn, and Brown permitted to go alone. John Gray, from Greenock for San Francisco, Nov. 5, in lat. 8 N., long. 24 W. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM, PRIVIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10. ZOTNT-STOCZ, 3i ..A Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 41.1...............4• ... .....W........ ................., .......11. £ a . d. 4 a. d. Australasia .... •• •• • • 245. 40 0 0 40 0 0 23 BritshNorth American 51. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon .............• 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 Colonial .• - Gloucestershire ...• • • 15/per cent. - - - lonian ........ ••• • • • 6/. per cent. '25 0 0 25 0 0 - Loud]] and Westrainstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Ditto ---- - - - - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock. •• 61. per cent. 1,0 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincialof Ireland- Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New......• -8/. per cont. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Katona] of Ireland . • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. ... -•• 5/. per cent. 20 ' 0 10 0 0 - South Australia -- • • 6/, per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia •• •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 35% Ditto •....... •••• • • 6/. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London • • 61. per cent. 50 0. 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid - 40 0 0 40 0 0 V5793111111.11.91TCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. .2 . d Albion Alliance Brit. and For 7114s 6d &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 21% Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 6/.per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 6 1 4 Atlas Argus Life .... -• •• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 73G Cleriel,Med.& Gen• Life spr cf.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 County .............. 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 86 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14% Eagle European Life • - 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 11 General ............ - - 50 0 536 Globe - 133 Gaardian Imperial Fire .....• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 '230 Imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16 Indemnity Marine- •• 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 43 Law Fire ............ - 100 0 0 '2 10 0 2% Law Life...... •• •• .. 1/. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 43% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 434 Licensed Victuallers .. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Louden Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% London Ship ......... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% Marine - ......• •... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med.lnvild&Gen.Life 43 1. per ct .50.0 0 20 0 2% Stational Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.... - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 236 Phcenix - - 155 Professional Life 5l. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 16s. Od Provident Life •• •••• .• 11. ss. 4 bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 31 Rock Life ........ Ltoyal Exchange...." 6/. p.ct. & be. Stock. - 211 Sun Fire. - - 209 Dlttr; Life 11. 6s. - - 45 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct.&bs. 20 0 0 40 0 3% Universal Life.....• •• 10% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life. Si. per cnt. - 412 6 5 WATIRE-WORIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ......___-.-. -- -- - £ a. d. 4 s. d. East L0nd0n.....• .• •• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 - 160 Grand Junction ••- • • 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 70 rent.........• •• •• •• , 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth ...... ••• • - 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 New Rivr Lndn Brdgo , 21. 10s. - _. 57% Vauxhall' ...... - .... ' 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex . . . 6/.os. pr cnt. - - 111 2130Cng. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ' --- - - - - X s. d. X s. d. East and West India.,. 61. pr cent. Stock. - 144 East Country • 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - - London . • - 119% Ditto Bonds.. - - - 41. per cent. - - - SLlCatharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - 77% Ditto, Scrip .. .. - - 85 0 0 - Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton .. -- -2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 9% ___ BRIDGES Dividend Amount .Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- -- -- ..--.... X. s. d. X. s. d. Cha.ring-cross • • • • - - - - - 15 Soo thwrk .......... - 100 0 0 -8% Erato Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .......• -..- 100 0 0 - 3 Dial Old Ann. ofBl. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 25 Ditto Nw *to of 71. N. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 21% Vauxhall .... •• • Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 CANALS. a; 1 i Names of . .; 'Dividend Names of . ,Dividend ~ .... r Coiripanies. A per Price. Companies. 2 Ann pe uls ,. Price. .1 - . Annum. w) X X \ Ashtn& 01db 97 71. 1 1 3 M acc l es fi eld . 100 t 2/.108. 50 Barnsley.... 160 121. 180 Neath .• •... 100 161. 340 Urknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 0xf0rd...... 100 20/. 185 Birmingham 40 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.... 100 25/. 200 Regent's.... 33 11. Os. 18% Darby • •... 100 61. 63 Rochdale...• 65 41. 42 Ellsrare&Chs 133 355. 26% Somrset Coal 150 7/.los. - Gran dJunctn 100 1 4/. 65% Do.LkFdSt 12 GI. p. c. • - Do., 6 pr. Ct. 7% - 8I StifniBsWorc 140, 281. 405 Grand Surreylloo' 2/. Os. 3314 Shrewsbury.. 125 1 - - Grand UntonlloOi 11. 10s. 24 Stonrbridge.. 145 201. 290 Keruft Gc Avn 39 7s. 6d. 4 Severn andl 21. Os. 24 Lancaster . 100, 41. 32 Wye Rail. i 26 Locus&Livrp 100 241. 325 Warwick& 1 41. 64% Leicester ..••1100, 51. 66 Birming. j 1 00 Letcstr &Nth 1 831 41. 48% Warwick/ 100 3L 42 Long hborogl 142 701. 510 Napton.. Monmouthsh 100 81, - Worcstr & 78 31. 40 Mntgoinrysh 100 - - Binning. 9SfeituMwbry,loo - - Wilts ils Brks -11 s. 6% ' GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- -- ------ ---,... X. s. d. X. a. d. a British •••••••• •• •• •• 11. " 40 0 0 18 0 0 )3 Ditto Provincial-- 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 17% rig hton ••••..• • • • • • 5/. 20 0 0 - - ity of London ...... el. 100 0 0 150 0 0 - Continental Consolldat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - Eqrdtable - .......... 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - linnerial ...... •••• •• 3/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73 8 Independent ........• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London ........ .. .... - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Part Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0 F Phoenix ............. 430, 50 0 0 49 0 0 2834 I Ratcliff ••••-.. • • • • • • 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - r United General ...... 1/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 153 8 Weatialinster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 i - 484 ' Ditto, New ........ 12s. 50 0010 0 0 934 MIST OP SCOTTZSE COMPANIES' PEACES r Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of I Paid. P r i ce. Annum. Share. -• --_-_. X s. d. X NI. d Bank of Scotland , Britlah Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 199 I Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank CI. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% ' Clydesdale Bank...-. 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13% Commercial Bank - - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 173 Eastern Bank .......• W. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 934 Edinb.gtGlasgow Lank 6/. ptr cent. 50 0 50 0 4% Er.ehang,eßuk of Scot 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 12% Isle of Man. Company 7i. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank.. ~,,,• 6 36 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 36 Northof Scotland Berl 4Lper cent. :0 0 0 50 0 2% North British Bank - - - - aoyalßank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 3 0 133 trnionßank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 88% Western Bank - ... ••• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71% Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 '4 0 203 i B. Accord. Lileand Fire - 20 0 0 10 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per lent. 10 ' 0 0 1 0 0 18s 6d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2 3 Colonial Life ........ 50 0 0 1 0 0 111. 7s. _ City of Glasgow Life.. Gt. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 17s Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20 East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 - Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2% Elercule3lnsurance Ca. - 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Insur. Co. of Seetlnd.. - 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scatland 61. per cont. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 18s Mercantile Life .. •• • • 3% per ct. 10 0 0 010 0 - National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 243.0 d North British Insur. .. 6pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 25% North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Bias. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 - Scottish Union Insrace. NI. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 , 249 ed Standard Life ...... - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 10 I United Dep•Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 116 s Od MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - --- - 1 Assam Tea • • X. S. d. Z. a. d. .. • • .... - 20 0 0 20 0 0 43i Auction Mart •• • ..... 2/. s s. 50 0 0 (- 28 Australian A Trlculturl 1 1 , 100 0030 0 0 15% , r Australian Trust •••• 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 1/. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 r Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 5 c British American Land - - 38 10 0 Canada ....... ••• • . 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 43 !! lJppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - 95% Ditto ditto .... 6!. percent. I - - 103 City Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. - - 96 Gen. P•evers. & Invest. sp. c,& b 9, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Equitable Reversienry 5 p.c. &bs.l3/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 108 1 Ditto New ...... - 50 0 0 - 5834 Gen•SteamNavigation 11.85, 15 0 0 14 0 0 2754 1 Hudson's 8ay...... •• - Stock. - - Hungerford .......... 2/. is. - 100 0 0 46 London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 - New Zealand Company - - 25 0 0 23 0 0 - Ditto, New .......• - 25 0 0,12 10 0 - Russell Institution- •• 1 - - 126 5 0 - IN Peninslr& Orient.Stm. , 8/.percent. 50 00'50 0 0 88 - Reversionary Int. Soc. 4361. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 10034 Royal Mail Steam-- 4/. p. share. 100 0 0' 60 0 0 South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 20U A Van Diemen's Land.. 1 - 100 0 0 29 0 0 - m STRANGE SCENE AT A WILD BEAST SHOW.— Whilst Mr. Batty was exhibiting his collection of wild beasts on the Market-hill, Barnsley, on Saturday night week, a loud noise, accompanied with shrieks, was heard within the show, and was instantly followed by a rush, and an indis scribable scene of confusion arose amongst the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, as well as the spectators, on the cry being made, " Th' lion's out! th' lion's out !" The cry was not founded on fact; but a leopard had got hold of the arm of a person called Charles Fleetwood, and dragged him to the side of the cage; fortunately, the sleeve of his smock frock gave way, and he escaped with a slight bruise on one of his arms. It was a miracle that nothing more serious occurred, for at the time the leopard seized Fleetwood the fright was such that the people inside rolled amongst a largo fire-pan, which was standing upon the ground, and contained several gallons of blazing naphtha, and under the belly of the ele phant, without doing the least harm. The Association for, the Protection Of Labour and Capital meet on Thursday next, at the South Sea House, to ' issue aril address to the agriculturists, itcwith regard to the course to be adopted before and during thenext CASTLE ARIEL—This week the game-house of the Marquis of Northampton was found to have been en tered by thieves the previous evening. A fine deer (a doe) with a number of hares and pheasants, had been carried off. SEABORNE MAILS. When made up in From what When PLACES. General Post-office port dis due. London. patched. Africa (West coast).. America (via N. York by British packet) .. 3 *.N January 3 .. .. Liverpool .. Dec. 19. America (via Boston I ! by British packet) .. N December 20 • • Li ver p oo l .. , Dec. 25 r : 7 ..... America (by United Liverpool Az States packet).. .. N 1 December 13 / ' Southampt. Belgium •• .. •. N Daily .. .. ..IDover ..'Daily Brazil .. • • .. N 4th of the month 'Falmouth.. Dec. 25 Buenos Ayres .. .. N 4th of the month Falmouth • • Dec. 25 I California(vlaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. ' Cape of Good Hope.. N December 14 Plymouth • . Central America .. M2d & 17th of month,Southampt. Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri.;Southampt. Tu. Th. Sa. Chili .. .. .. .Al 17th of the month !Southampt. Dec. 20 France .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. !Dover • • Twicedaily Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. !Tues. Sat. Holland .. • • .. 34 Wednes. & Satur.lLondon .. at on. Thur. Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the molath!Southampt. Dec. 20 Ireland .. •.M & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .• Twieedaily India (via Southamp.) 111 20th of the month Southampt. Dec. 28 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th of month D over • • Dec. 23 Madeira .. .. .. N Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. Dec. 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Dec. 23 Mediterranean (by French packet via Marseilles) .. •• Mexico .. .. .. 31 2d of the month.. Southampt. Peninsular .. .. .. M 7th,l7th,27th of mo;Sonthampt. Dec. 16 Peru .. .. •• • . M 17th of the month !Southampt. !Dec. 20 West Indies .. .. 31 17th of the month Southampt. Dec. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 31 2d of the month .. 'Southampt. N signifies that the by the night—aml M by 12d of the month . mails are sent from the morning—dispa ISouthrtmpt. I the General Post-office ach. SHIP NE WS. NOTICE TO MARINERS. BELL BUOY, AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEEDLES CHANNEL, ISLE OF WIGHT. Admiralty, Dec. 3. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty hereby give notice, that in compliance with the proposal of the South-Western Steam Navigation Company, a bell buoy has been moored at the south west end of the Shingles Shoal, near the outer end of the tail of tho Shingles, in lien of, and in the position formerly occupied by, the Red Beacon Bouy off that shoal, and which beacon buoy has been removed. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Madagascar, from Bengal, has arrived off Scilly; sailed Aug. 6, Madras Sept. 3, thu Cape Oct. 20, St. llelpna Nov. 8. The Indus, from New South Wales, has arrived off the Wight; sailed from Sydney Aug. 20. The Glenorchy, from Bengal, has arrived off Ply mouth; sailed Aug. 5. The Ilindoo, from Bengal, has arrived off Liverpool; sailed Aug. 5, St. Helena Oct. 26. The Vesta, from Moulmein, has arrived off Queens. town; sailed Aug. 2. The Clara, from New Zealand, has arrived at Milford sailed from Auckland, July 27. LIVERPOOL, DEe. 11.—Wind S.S.E.—The Sarah Jordan, from Mobile, has arrived at Portland for this port, with loss of sails, rudder sprung, &c., having been on her beam ends in a gale, Nov. 5, off Cape Sable. The Houghton, hence, has arrived at New Orleans. Tho St. George, hence, has arrived at Savannah. The Atalanta, hence, has arrived at Charleston. The E. Z., Onward, Helen M . Gavv, James Wright, and Aberdeen, hence, has arrived at New York. HARWICH, DEC. S.S.E., thick fog all day. A schooner is reported to be on shore on the Whiting Sand. PO AE, DEC. 9.—The royalmast, rigging, and truck, apparently of some large vessel, were seen standing erect in the water on Dec. 7, about eighteen miles W.S.W. of the Bill of Portland. GRAVESEND, DEO. 11.—Wind, S.W., light, hazy.— Active, from Lisbon; Mary Stewart from Denia; Swift, from Cronstadt; Mary and Sarah from Dantzic; William and Mary, from St. Malo; Margaretta, from Bremen; Henrietta Augusta, from Memel; Mary and Elizabeth, from St. Maio; Queen, from St. Michael's; Alice, from Riga; Nicolaus, from Emden; Douglas, Dee, and Sarnia, from Guernsey; Ocean, from Nieuport ; William Canyngs, from Cronstadt; Ann and Rosetta, from Dunkirk; Emerald, from Boulogne; Sir Edward Banks, from Ostend; Renard, from Faro; John Bull, from Hanaburgh. Sld. Independence, for New York; Bohe mian, for Singapore; Active, for Leer; Giraffe and Apollo, for Rotterdam ; N e pt u ne and Triton, for Ostend; Roscommon and Diana, for Harlingen; Seine, for Bo u l ogne; Li onne, f or G rave li nes; Gilb ert Munro, for St. Lucia; Rainbow, for Rotterdam; Countess of Lonsdale, for Harnburgh._ VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Vernon, Oct. 22, in lat. 16 S., long. 33 W. Henrietta, Hamburgh brig, from Callao, Nov. 3, in let. 3 N., long. 25 W. Maria ship, from Bombay for London, Sept. 17, in lal. 29 S., long. 41 E. Morillinen, Austrian barque, for Rio Grande, Oct. 25, in lat. 1 N., long. 20 W. Consola, from Rio Janeiro for Antwerp, Nov. 12, in lat 3 21 N., long. 30 W. A brig, second distinguishing pendant No. 7,064, Dec. 2 in lat. 45, long. 16 W. , Hensa, Bremen ship, bound for the southern whale fishery, Dec. 4, in lat. 48 N., long. 11 W. United, of Sunderland, for Valparaiso, Dec. 5, in lat. 51 N., long. 2 W., with loss of wheel. Effort, from Colombo, Sept. 29, in lat. 30 S., long. 41 E. Joseph Sanderson, from Calcutta for Liverpool, Oct. 20, in lat. 33 S., long. 3 E. Colombo, from Nantucket, Nov. 10, in lat. 8 N., long. 24 W. Antonia, from Cork for California, Nov. 4, in lat. 49 N., long. 11 W. Muria Joseph for New Orleans, Nov. 4. Proseal, from Gottenburg, for the Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 4. Europa steamer, standing to the westward, Nov. 22, in lat. 49, long. 36 W. Cecrops, , Danish ship, from Lima for London, Nov. 28, off the Island of Flores. Lochno.gar, from London for Port Philip, Oct. 21, in lat. 18 S., long. 32 W. Castor, from Amsterdam for Batavia, Oct. 22, in lat. 17 S., long. 32 W. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. and LIYiERPOOL, DEC. 10.—Tho arrivals being large, atteedauce small, coupled with the flat accounts fro Mark-lane, tended to make trade dull. A very moderate. business wa3 done in wheat and flour, and the prices o! both articles were rather lower. Oats and oatmeal maintained their value. Beans, peas, barley , and 113814 each reth,r duller. Indian corn as dear. Arrivls-7 British wheat, 470; barley, 807; oats, 429 ; m alt, 1,285 6 ' flour, 1,066 sacks and 3 bar:els; brans, 189 ; p eas ' 1 5 Foreign—Wheat, 20,599; barley, 74 0 ; flour, 157'' sacks, 42,250 barrels; beans, 62. • bout LEEDS, DEC. 10.—The wheat trade continu ed wit activity. yet a large consumption, no doubt, w as OP on. The supplies, however, have been beyo nd the mend. Our arrivals this week were good. The Wet If extent, was much as usual, and prices did not vary fr 7 Friday's. Barley was dull, but, at the reduced price" there was more inquiry for the finer sorts. Any. ot a;:g description was scarcely saleable, except for gri n ; re purposes. Oats and shellings were steady. Beaus were purposes. Oats and shellings were steady. very dull without any quotable change. I" s NEWCASTLE, DEC. 10.—W ith moderate supplie s „ I all descriptions of wheat we could notice no improveree-d• in the trade, but the rates of Saturday wer e maiota' n 4. Barley was if anything the turn in f avo ur of the OP In flour, oats, and other articles no change. q fl ool NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 10.'"'"A'". i nly of beasts about the same as la.,t market -day. I •P l i 7 f ol middling. Trade active at former rates, and Ileti r 'J sold. Seep trade brisk, at an advance o f id rod all Quantity on offer 800 less than on last Tuesday, li ° 9 d ; sold. Beasts, 600; sheep, 3,200. Beef, 4s 6d to mutton, 4d to 5d per lb. _ ere is EDINBURGH M EAL MARXIST, Dec. 10.—The re "801bo" the meal market to-day 19 sacks oatmeal, each weigh in g, l 2 2st imperial, whereof 13 sold thus :-3 at 118 e, 7 at 1175",,i' 1/ 7s, and lat 116 s 6d ; average price of the whole 'IA 6-12ths. 3 sacks fl our , w hi c h sold at 295. 7 sacks Pot'isar whereof 5 sold thus:-1 at 25s Od, and 4at 22s Od• 14 EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MAREST, D SC ' Ili y, Oat straw, from 8a ed to 10s Od per kemple of wheat ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od ; barley ditto, Od 6 ' 3 Hay, from 10d to Is per stone. 15 0 DALKEITH MEAL MARXIST, DE 9. There w- -- . 01/ bags oatmeal at this day's market, for which there was a r- bsti a per demand. Oatmeal down s per bag on the top and —• • Slim d e scrlP down on the second quality. There other Oatmeal, was no of meal in the market. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Se Third dsten,,e_,satroo6: d Ba imperial — 26 as 0 0 d d s s a s' 0 0 1 Peasetneal Od od Flour . —s Od •• ••• ••• Od Od i od Pot barley .. • ''• ••• —s Od --s 0 :T.—YEs T suilar• ivS od Bell ...................... 165 94 Braddyll ......•••••" 178 Eletton ................. 170 00 Haswell ............ ..•••• 161 Lam bton ............. 15s " Lumley ••.•••..158 9.0, I Scarborough ............ , Keepier Grange .... 15.1 [ South Kelloe ........... • 1 4 5 uo, I Maclean's Tees ......... 165 South Durham ......... 158 `Zi Vernon Tees ....... • 1 6 5 vw Derwentwaterilartl e io. Ships at market, COAL MARKE % Davison's West Hartley 15s Od ranfield Moorßutes... 13s Od Townley West Hartley Wall's End, Ste. Bewieke and Co. Gosforth ..... Gibson Hilda 153 Odl Northumberland Original Gibson South Eden Walker ... lss Od Eden Main lss 9d Lambton Primrose V. 5 ' Ice. I RAILWAY SHARE MART(.-/ BRISTOL, DEC. 11. to.all_ A P STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market w as n ot so act l Y .v - lo. v _ still a fair amount of business was done. --aaledololl at 10-Midland, 45%. re LIVERPOOL, Dfcc. 11. 10 STOCK Excmucet.--The share market was veil tow' da • and prices had an upward tendency. The a go,ir Lions were as follow :- Caledonian, 10%-Chester 1 head, Preference, guaranteed 5% per cent., 13 ,,,i t s a t) - Lancashire, 12;i-Great Northern, 16% -Lancas dist" Yorkshire, Consolidated, 56 1 4-Ditto, Fifths, 7 ' 4 ' 4 soi l , i t - Leeds and Thirsk, 1414-Liverpool, Crosby, port, 1 1 4 dis.-London and N or th-W es t ern , 1221%00' New Quarters, 3% p.- Ditt o , Fif t h s 41 A p.-Dittor."6 21' (C), p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and LincolobtreijoioS, Ditto, Preference, lOLA-Manchester and LincelLL p r itigh 314 dis-Midland, 47-Ditt o , Halves, 20 dis.-Nort: 8 1 - North Union (A), 242-Nerth-Western, 110 1 °," Shrew .l6 sbury and Birmingham (B), 4 _ shropsbil:i (Railway and Canal), 3;-1 dis.-South-Eastern go itl"; • 20%-South Staffordshi r e, 3% dis.- Sheffield, It• "',Dit t " • N. Div., 1 / 2 p.-York, N ewcas tl e , an d B erw i c k, 17:51 (unpaid up), 3% dis.-York and North Midland!, 00 0 Dublin and Belfast Junction, 23%-Northern -1% dis. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 11. wer e ° O STOCK EXCHANGE.-Th e sa l es repor t e d to -dal „J follow :-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 5% d i ^ 4 ' . Staffordshire, 3% dis.-Birmingham and Derby, 22. YORK, DEC. 10. ere STOCK EXCHANGI.-The transactions t o -day I ' $ O l follow :- Great Northern, 16-Manchester, BuxteLlPe 1 01 0 Matlock, 1 1 4-North British, 8-York, Noyes*" ,154 Berwick, 17%. 18 7; MORTALITY in the METROP OI)I NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISVI 6O. ‘ , 9 THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 7 , 4 1', 1 Epidemic, Endemic, and C on t ag i ous Di sease s 5' Diseases of Uncertain Seat l! 6 t p Tubercular Dis eases ... 1; 4 Diseases of the Brain, N erves , an d S enses ... Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ' o f it 4 Diseases of the L ungs , an d ot h er Organ' 2"-: Respiration ... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other OrD— •63 of Digestion... "' 1 0 Diseases of the Kidney s , & c . ...• 6 •• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of th e Ut erus, &c. . •• 8 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations—. 35 Premature Birth •• ••• Atrophy Old Age ••• •.• 6 ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... ..• Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance " v Causes not specified ... ••• Males Females 789 769 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Deaths In cone- Enumerated, sponding week 1841. of 1849. West Districts... 301,189 . . 147 • North Districts.. 376,568 .. 202 Central Districts 374,199 ... 180 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 224 South Districts .. 503,346 ... 30 0 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,053 • Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Total ... ...1,558 , 3 *ln this number are i nc l u ded 35 by Scarlatina by Typhus Fever, and 21 by Diarrhea. f t [ADVERTISEMEN HOBO Way's Oin tment 1 5130:1 Pills have cured a Bad L eg after every other RemedY prr failed.—John Eastman, Esq., of Buenos Ayres, states to t b s t a fe n ss a o ti r ve H g o e ll u o t w ie a ra y, an in or a t le h t a t t er pi d a a c t e e h d ur l t lt h h is S i e n p s t t e e m p b so e ro r, e / t E i tl a g o o; in consequence of which a wound soon formed, and gr ri su - 0 0 increased, until it spread from the foot to the knee. K ° cal under the medical attendance of a native doctor for 98- , be months, but his remedies had no good effect whatever Ve therefore deemed it advisable to have recourse to H oll° l hi, Ointment and Pills, which have effected a perfect cure °ow leg, and he now enjoys the best of health..—Sold by allY rs etlt Louden. and at Professor Holloway's Estalslishment, 244, °" London. EXTENSION OF LEASING POWERS W ITH A - ots. , ENCOURAGE FLAX SPINNINC—The following oirel s berl been addressed to several influential noblemen and Acki_e,,ligi, of Parliament, by a gentleman connected with this l u ' r ., o rt' and it is to be hoped will meet with the support its W l, ' ante demands:— Apt "Sir,—By the Act 25 G eo . 111., cap. 62, sec. 16, 4 l e e passed previous to the introduction of steam-powo r t be , for lords are empowered to gran t l eases i n perpetu i ty of 61 ' The mills and manufactures, to be worked by water-povi er ' te d 1)/ attention of her Majesty's Government has been direr to me to the importance of extending this Act, in ', e e fo r enable landlords to grant leases in perpetuity of f set , AO mills and manufactures, to be worked by steam-l w a ffect; this is a matter of general interest and imFortanee, ing the increase of flax manufacture, I venture toned your advocacy of the p ro p ose d extens i on of the Actor, ba d _ • to, which would doubtl ess h ave i nc l uded stea m-IVbet '"7 such existed at the date of its enactment.--De c9 185 0."—Downpatrick Recorder. et t he CLERIC AL INTELLIGENCE.—On Tuesuap Diocesan Registry-office, St. James's-square, the n - WO 'y r licences were granted by th e Ri ght Rev. the Lord A',; s ot Manchester : —Th e R ev. P reston G. Williams, to oto°: curacy of the pa r i s h c h urc h of B ury; the Rev. 0 6 1 1 1 0 e 13 : 3 b . ; Wray, to the cur ac y o f St. James's, Burnley; and - oil - T. Wilson t o th e curacy o f Bi rkle, near Middletot h , djiaP nomination of her Most Gracious Majesty the Que ll]. chester Guardian. BIRTHS. OF A SON. asp r On the 4th inst., at Southsea, the lady of C olll° Belgrave, RN. J 31411 On the Bth inst., at N ewcast l e-on-Tyne, the lady of Thornhill, lisq., Queen's Dragoon Guards. OF A DAUGHTER. L . the ge l. On the 3d inst., i n Charter-house, the wife o f ' Dr. Saunders. On the Bth in s t., a t W e l ton Vicarage, near Davent/' til e wife of the Rev. D. Darnell, vicar of Welton. ___.------- Af RMED. On the 10th i ns t. , at T A rinity Church, Cloudeslreg il v a i re r ' Mr. Willi am E . R owe, second son of Mr. J. Rowe , of J - 01 i 1 0 , W mouth, to H arr i e t, e l dest daughter of Mr. alter 1 31111 Northampton -square. Trail On the 10th inst., at St. Michael's, Chester-square , — la nd' Wollaston Blake, Esq., son of W. Blake, Esq., o f pol_ 04 place, and Danesbury, Hertfordshire, to Carlotte 1 0 , eldest daughter of John W. Childers, Esq., M.P., of C lip ' Yorkshire, and Eaton-square lene l On the 9th inst., at Wimborne, Dorset, Lieutenant - vs - Thornhill, fcemerly of her Majesty's 7th Hussars. wife On the 7th inst., at the Vicarage, Rochdale, Harriet9oo, of J. E. N. Moleswortb, D.D., and sister of W. A. kinnon, Esq., M.P. for Lymington. . 1 ,1- r . On the 7th inst., a t th e P ara d e , Tower of London , 0 ^" Cl On the of Clarence-road, Windsor aged 67. WO' 6th inst., at Western-villas, Bl oo mfield-road• wife of Robert D. Alexander, Esq. co• '';; On the 7th inst., at St. L eonar d' s -on-Sea, Mrs.• - of Hyde-park -gardens, London, aged 77. , ‘ r a , 0k,Y• 1 ..,;# ' On the 7th inSt, aged '56, Sarah 'Oliver, Veld), Sen.,Esq., BeaudesertiNairwickshire. On the 7th inst., An ne , thi r d daughter of 0..t 11 ,7-.7 ;:d g Esq., of Fitzroy.farm, Higligate,'aged •'" o t ietipj On the 9th in'st., aged - 26, 4 • - Mr..-. John Pickton, of West. square, Southwa'r'k. LGndon: Printed and P u bli s h e d by MURDO 01 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 14 °'„ of Strand, in the Pre c in c t of the Savoy. IR the. oos ai J liliddleemr, Thursday, December 12, 1850.