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uRsIT,NT to a DECREE of Vie HIGH 110it Tn ° 11 RT of CHANCERY, mode in a cause LUMSDEN a,;* dust GODEFF ROY against MOIIISON, the Creditors ofJOHN tesei fOrrnerly of Chureli•strcet, Chelsea, in the county of M id eogn~ and subsequ , ntly of Burlin,,ton street, in she .. sam . e 181 5), aqture (and who died in Paris in the month of I eb . taa a t y, Drove ,tre., debts before the 34 day of March, come in nd aate_ietr before Joins ELIJAh BLUNT, ESq., ORC of the it% c 's of the said Court, at his Charnb4s, in Southampton-build tOrily l an cer Y-lane, London, or in default thereof they will peremp excluded the benefit of the said Decree. JOHN BAPTIST HOLM AN, Solicitor, 15, Bedford-row. N4TIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK O. ENGLAND 112, BISHOPSGATE-STREET. London, December 16, 1851. tl~e 4 ,,"eetors of the National Provincial Bank of England hereby Dere","ce. that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate of 6 led• Per annum will be PAYABLE on the Company's Stock on Wit.; er the 16th Jan. next, when the Dividend Warrants will be eretat br -4F"I 'et the Company's Odice, 112, Bishopsgatc-street, or at the Ebs ts „ 4 nones. The Transfer• boo will be Closed on an 1 after 'Air, the 24th instant, until the Dividend becomes payable. 8 Y order of the Court of Directors, DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. yr,. THOMAS HOLTBY, (late Coachman of rtia„'“, e Landon and Edinburgh Mail,) begs leave to inform h ‘ ls F riends, that his LISTS are now OPEN on all the for,ta rot4 erents for the ensuing year, viz., ChIEATER CU", METRO -141,10r,,' S TAKES. NORTIIIMPTON STAKES, NEWMARKET T tt,,"-AP DERBY &c. , olt ai o. Odds laid en all the above events. h_Nst.N t l i ong proinntly Executed on receipt of Cash. 'ttu t - w ce Orders ' made payable to Mr. Thomas Holtby, Ebor - -21 " , 3 0, Feasegate, York.—References on application. Office Hours from Eleven till Four r.M. S TER S, FIS H, • &c. h.: best - r — ;', SWFETING always has the largest daily supply of vt junethl:b.syrsi . , o An d d , l t he Buinham . river 4 Native Oysters, which ft-e the years old four how's from the beds, per East-ern "ye, i t e m 'allway, at his Fish and Oyster Establishment, 159, Cheap 11,'"'njilg the Post-office, London. l'ery` v 14 , 6s" Bs. 6d lOs 6cl • Bags for Clubs, 10s. 6,1. kOtti, tf Perior Oyster lichi's Stout, and Steed's Ale. .Y Orders with a P.O. Order or reference promptly executed. tfipt, r° Ai. a n d PECULIAR EYE NTT—NOTICE. ej ql THIS DAY Ifr'el,leement to the end of One Calendar Month from wi' t . o/ . ; . 11,'",LEY (on . ee of the firm cf Hunt and Walley) , wi ll SELL Pemi ses, ltadiscon Nos. 51 and 53, EDGWARE-ROAD , of 41 1 , e er cet from cost prices, the entire of the ,'altiable Stock p ot* George Nter'nmtou and Co , I:T'4, New vi,riet, Court Silk Mercers 'g ' and Linendraperi, consigned to prompt and immediate sale on the above liberal housebpleta of Merington and CO. being temporarily closed to T his in!Lal? e ndions alterations. tT and arras and splendid collection of floods has been classi (heat , I.r anged upon the simple and a linirable plan adopted at ,XhibitMn of 1851, and thoroughly revised in prices, as discount allowed, and it is no exaggeration to say, tia prora,o9t ensemble," as this day exhibited for sale, presentse4ig thm prof and glittering array of bargains as at li to Oth er - ‘r excelling notoriety from we end of. the -slctropo s L!!%toek 01071 e , zenembraces the richest and most costly Silks, Shawls, and loit, kb,. o household Linen Drapery. ELT, Lace, , ' (m e ani general Fancy Stock, and which will be en ire y el , Jill pa...,Ttlonto from date without resHvation. te - ` ll ,4tee t elllars of this Grand Sale are fully published, and will be . 4QII resident householders in the metropolis sad its suburbs, e ena "` , sPatche di um free by post, to all parts of the kingdom.. The e °4 or ,„, n dlunt of beauties and excellencie , should be in the pos. kt!et 3s . who would combine elegance of taste and superiority ..rfith economy. Walley, 51 and 53, Edgware-road. 1, t 1 4 3, I' POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, da),lo‘,Pulr_ L Lecture on the Advancement of A , gricul tural Che l. _ Two o'clock, by J. 11. Pepper, sq.—Lecture on 4, ,7Y et T . , itth-marine Lamp.—Prize Model of Mr. Mecht s 40 th e il iPtree Hall explained.—A New Lecture on the His t,klut,:',! th 4l ; l ' Chatterton, Esq., until the Bill inst. only, ', 401 10,.„ ---v eninzs, with Accol - npanitnent on Erardrs Great and Vocal Illustrations by Miss Blanche Young, 10 4 1 c RC --- l'ecture by Dr. Eachhoffner on the Philosophy of W 4 tt t r he G ereation.Numerous Prize Models, Works of Art, Scc., 4, lp er ,cti in Exhibition will be explained by Mr. Crispe.—Opti ,4d....k4 Pissolving Views, Microscope, Chromatrope, B;c. Ikt7,.: 3 Blo n s ' nfig Bell, Bcc. Sac. ' B .; Schools ' and Children under Ten years of age, a:', Bail :!e ` rn Eleven to Five, and every Evenirg, except Sa ll Half-past Ten. koILL LAURENT'S CASINO. b i t j „, ROOMS, Great Wininaill-street, 'eto' l ,,et; B - rnes'a, is OPEN every Evening for the Winter Season. L b, ta well.k „, -flown and celebrated Band, principal Cornet-5.- Dt 7 ' o ,:g `",, e°,11- t. h o ' o e rneol s ' ec ess the Rooms hive een re-decorated. and many ski._a•ade, under the sole direction of Mr. r. Bryan at R a l f - Past Eight, to commence at Nine o'clock. Admission—ONE SHILLING. /141/i I °II COLLEGE OF HEALTH, , owi n b,,Uansilton-place, New-road, London. - ` 4 l i t the 1TL .,.518 a List of AGENTS for the SALE of MORISON'S Vicinti', G ETAßLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE, in London 36s • .• ‘' lr • J. Lofts, jun.) the Ilygeist-office, 5 doors east L4r e4 bi ltre t r It• 1' ;; •4e e e l' •5 ,„ •• • ••••• • •• Mr. Field blue End-road Mr . Lofts • •r om 6 3 •• t tlq 2 ° , St G •• • , • •••• ' lc D' 1 • hsen Ilannay,perfumers 6 pii ng est • eorge s-in- Te rekt T ia •str eet : s • • • _lir. J. Kaines 33 • • ** '' • Mr. Baldwin Cott 'cad ,'street 8 G al e tth • • Old Kent alham4'-eotirt•• ••••••• • .. •• Mrs. Foulser 01 4 - Gr eer - road, 128" .. Mrs Rayner . I...larchant c ,,•• •. •• ••• • .. Mr. Is orbury ro„ - art. s t •• '• •• •• •• •••• •• .. Mr. Batten's Library 117414' , 'lou r : n et, 5 3, East btil 6 ' / •• • •• •• •••• • • •• Mr. J. Dinmore geDtc or elbor n • • • • • •• •• Mr. It. Johnstone, perfumer, &c. , •83 •• • • " • ro„,• ''es • ••• •• •• •• •• • • Mr. William Ballet t; • • •• •• •• •• •• Mr. Porritt, bookseller l'a, i ' i tti ' rq".,,„g •ll •str ;1' • • ••• • • • Mrs. Norris's Library Ai n - , art et e -•••- • • • Mr. Edmunds .3, North-street M r. Sarre ti • "stre'r e n• 2 2, Hermit 4ot t e t4 llll4 t t o r t dra • •• ". •• •• ••• • .. Mr. Wm. Winn. wik t ho ,gist allowed to sell the Medicine. ent St p r 3 "31orison's Universal Medicines" are on th e aal . tOtr lDO,?`istr t , r 0 LE ON, PRESIDENT, FIRST :4t011.1 a1 of ;h b E ,,MPEROIt , —Such arc the events for which . a L4B, • ,,, t hail,°r il; 'reach people . are prepared. How far they will th `rwise is yet to be iroved One thing is certain, "41 1' " tto' ati; e great events which for . a moment astounded the kp m rer th 4 rSe eentrwards all Europe, the shops are open, the stocks F 44 , b d ?ren e t t ln f a e ftrin, and the places of itinus.ment are open. `ashons, which once gave the tone to those in ttiOttbie bade gone Everybody in Paris appears in London S be k ,..44 ' I b r e 4114 r, assemblies on the BOnlevards, at the Opera, Itße e ll tb e " n glish, and a ' . vast majority of the gentlemen 411,qop ie th e 3, h _ newest makes of E. MOSES and SON, whose n hoZk ki4 tb "Is to 4'141 eXt 4Ve racl noPulized all the best artists and workmen of 10 to all the capitals in that quarter of the globe. 14 b.! at t i! l ethir i conc eive that one firm could provide so magnificent qii o r bly, tt ae Ni on g as that whic h now fills their extensive show 4t). l l l•si. ee aratl treh Mart, in Aldrrate and the Mi n ories, and their s at the' of Hart-street and _New 414 4 61 04 no et nerni„ r e Most echerche corner m aterials are made up In a to w abi, pa er clothiers in sport world can imitate ; and whether alld rt im ies „! nrr or hard work, it is impos- X'er, „dress, f ,;"' be suited" It is only desirable that every one ti le "."oulei • , e l ° .al the wealthy man of fashion to the m )st humble 4 prCe se sit e e ever • one of the estaf;lishments of this powerful firm, -8 than Ything of the best manufacture,.and marked 1( 4 .114, •' half that charged by the best ordinary tailors ' E. MOSES and SON, ,I. ‘ „, . 14 Esta), Vag wv, - -Le , iment 154, 1' 6 and 157, Minories, gg, p r dgate 0155, 8 1 Lit t . t eat.. enci opposite the Church, all communicating. /1 14Jrti treet, 13r aneN, 556, 587, 588, Now Cm.ford-street, 1,2, * s eta York, Communicating. communicating. Branch, 19, Bridge .street. Li., .B. O V thiej,"' vargato. ‘t v ,,te t „,,, (4 80 4 .? _Ratters, Hosiers, Furriers, Bost and ghee ots V • atu net vatatte ra for LalliC3 and Genticm t o n n.. a on 7 1 a n o bu s i rwss ar e i elosed fron!.euns.et Fridav: carat qti t ti lligaag e ° k ' eatitle3 s r:;Tecl tul . o'clockT i zte n lv f e nr All Nations," in a, ` 0 - re :—English eFExhnib and lo German, and contain 10,11844t:rivar,,or self inasurein r e e n n t e , Can he hal gratis, on aPPlL kittirl_ jji7,,cl..post free to any part of the kingdom. 44 . -aa ae, for the year ending 1852, can be had gratis, .et t , 11.1 Parle F rancaise. Qui si parla Italian°. priet t man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol. 1. ---' kbv[p, a "ith , -,, ON TETE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOu list sl, rl Mn b. T f AND MATURITY. 1,1 1 1, ii Vry c, i rections for their Prevention and Cure. csii ke shed in ~,COLTRED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. S n 414 a'g,, rench, English German, Dutch, h and SPanis Au ' thor I-tw,-,-"ed Envelope, 25. , 6d., or post-free from the 1 4 1 .., ,tat tp , , ‘ l 7l;qll 44l cat -P RESERVATION; t a c bk ki 4t144.1tu Treatise en the Physiology of Marriage, and on_ a l . 4 4: 1 1i t t ill De an ea e r 3 , and Disorders of outh and Matruity, usually c iii ' 3 ' Period ) 11 1 4, , Q ,di m , 1 c .., 11Z , t r t4 t 1 ;i gal etterTlBll and enfeeble i th h e feelings, and ex dzitturoryl the physical Y and , •ou, Pr o Ries of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on il/les' and rjution and successfid Treatment of Nervous Debi Itk,:kll,,,,kitt 4e'ulistitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all „Vt.....a1d, 4 .a , nge nients resulting from Indiscretion , '4001,,..1t1 i t ,',„ e °rd, and other • nt members of the faculty cf as adopted 4 1 st -, Y a ' "tY and eminent . 1 1,,,,,Ne tn iiti bin _ red EngraNiu,s, illustrating the AnatoMy, Kitb,es, u „,,''''sies of the Reproducthe Or . gans . , e . xl) . !slning 0 1, ..` c l in fv."' B, and functions, and the various injuries that ~ '„ e ill by solitary habits, excesses, and infectio • li °? t ,„ . • 4, 4 E tj L ,Y SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 1 4A, ll' e dici ti '..° R D-S QUA R E, LOND 0 N• Its'iiti;`o4o4,...!. Al atriculated Member of the University of Edelny , t:,1e„,"4 or A' Meraber of the London Hospital Medical So t ei i t an , itis l m4 lc' goeie-eothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hun er tt„. l ) %pls. e,,,,L0f Edinburgh &c &c tl l4 ilittNit7sl,37;tll; of and complete .' description of the ana ans and of their relative %, L tb,,,, he a l th ..`"_ , tn, reproductive organs, who has taken the Op 04.7'441 h en u o 4 ur uct . e. Dr. La'Mert, evidenced by the cc lomas and testimo tizilitbl4tetkleig,l7jle Work, is the only legally qualified medical man istby ith el . th e ' e '7, and for many years, devoted his studies to the with advan- Zk k44 : 44l4 ,ll e : z .. th isel e y , : in th : e lai n ce ts.. He may be consulted t tb i t z sri'et i n . actices ac nshtu d tions .m u al t , ha o v r e b b y ec t o h m e e e le c b e ll s i s t e a s te o d f ril zi a u s i ar re e3 i o n t. yo t ar life , e marred, the objects of Ik tt er b 4 14? 411(1 a r t : 4 . and existence itself rendered a term of unceaS- N I '4 l I '3' th gret tt riSrt .c, e Author, and be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater '44\+- v '‘ ; l4 af TlY, 63, Co L xf ea o d r m d en -slt y r at e l e - t st : re S e t t a ; rie, Tic 23, kit" t'ust .. "' rd ° ll , 146 mann, 23, Cornhill ; •, 1 , 1. 7 b e for .- -- ssY-t ' wo Stamps, from the author's residence, 44 l'e n — qui.,,, ted on these disorders personally, or by letter, '''' TWo. and from Six till Eight. - tO,, t la ? tilAi. Sty T. 5 7 1 E SILENT FRIEND. i Nt r ZLIN 1 ,,,....7 - ' 4 f a •EiGES —FORTIETH EDITION. , 1 11 1 b -- ` l4 REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. i /o n ‘t i q Ati 0 Hundred Anatomical Coloured Exgravingz. /V, ejr y I),,,___IggITALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA- It 4 :e,„,_'" 3-1 - , IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. °ll se,' "'"uged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d. by post, from t it h size Establishment, 3s. 6(1.1n stamps. L k No:Letlet tei NT FRIEND, a Medical Work on , itory - Qtaaii. ort and physical decay of the system, produced by 14 With 'Zee, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of k t 4 4t1; : !blier rat . e,tions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol- S\l - Il lne ---Ats en Marriage, and the disqualifications which . I_4ld C O, ated b . L n ... e . ... 3' 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. ke 0. 14 a..en. ' So liulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, 0 xferd -7 ) . ., 4 >,4%, er iby Strange 21, Pateraoster-rew , Hannay, itZ t r i :„. u e Pa',.:°. O xford-street ' . o{wdon 146, Leadenhall-street ; 1, , - ‘qa tti , 67-': s o t g d n onitreet;W . . Sutton, ' lO, Bow Church-yard ; I tti l le r , raul s Church-yardCheapside ;R. 1, , I Ztpsltti — ' 4 , ; and Simpkin, Stationers' Hall-court. 4 te t 4 11,.` , 111 tll,,.._ t h_e anatomy and physiology of the re-productive treatsNtitt. e. ".. ---1411 led by 28 Coloured Engravings. N o • 0 tke co resulting from excessive in ,(Zel444 the, l ainenTabt en fr tcinthe system, producing I N -e t i , .. I-117 lamentable nervous eec excitement, and generative 4441.4 4 -41 1; t r .. -- :_oted by 10 Explanatory Engravings. I llt ‘ tet e ,_ or 5..44 of the .-1, A —seases resulting from infection, either in 1 , ' q ollt. ~,,,'erY form, and contains explicit direcUons for ki 4 4t lit 4. -tut' section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Eng:ay de. tp,,, neet i e._ N . •t* 4 ,l ciittl e ' s , ~._a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a y./ . 4 18 d 0 Which Whien the danger of infection is obviated. ,se " zte ees ` , en to th I ,h 4 - ebj te , e f.,,, e consideration of marriage, and its dn plitt, a k ; eritic e Vl l 2eluctive union aro also . consideted, and the yio / 4 ,,3.4.1. 13 „, -ua Philosophically inquired into. t 'ltt;ioe, ' v ons and OP Svinaonm is exclusively employed In tbilf. Th. , sexual debility, impotence, Bre., 1 le. and 335. t ' ' ° neentr t I t ks,„,rquir„,„.... . aed Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic 4 4 1: .. t. uptozes the blood in cases of infection, secondary 1 1. s qt, ` a r tree g:::and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 83s. eer t li , .0 14t, n tertaC e rng Specific Pills, 2s. 9d- 4s. 6d., and 1 is. lie it Il lbsi t 'ineette e en iedY for .gonorrhcza, gl ' ect, stricture, sad , p,, (1 4. 4 ._ Of the bladeer. Consultation fee, if by letter, 'kr 't -- 'oly " 41 4 of th e stite,.. 4 t ow In. p ft „, lAN is required: age, habits, and pod- Vr ? 10 1,... by '° l4l , With advice, to be had at the Fe a +ll4.'onee;to atte e i:,... the fee, 11., is saved. Mew.- PETTY, AI ki:2 ftariz oe, daily, at 19, Bernets-street, Oxford dll till TWO, and rive to Eight; on 130- --- ( ...7 7 ....... , r, ~.,..,e. A t k( . '''. ,, ,, , ''''';ZZ . GttF. 4 .l, .-. 5_...,,....._ gg -- ' 4 / ,-- . P '' L t'' --':)''o..-Ur . _.. --- ' , ,,0 ~R s x., - , ,v,., I.- ;, -4izto. f .e , . * 4 ' ll -\ \ , , ), ?),‘ l, f ------- -.) 1 k . j.,..*-1.14r47„. . / - . 4 *- ''' 1, t tl t tT t , --,. _ V, - ~, Z. O --A.,;': -.---..'* • .---- + ~' • ---=,,,,1 -.?! 0 r,,, A 4 __ ____ l '5•-,* -,,, E. Ai ~ .- - ' ,•.. , , - , ti e I: , :7 - o .i•' . ! I CA ~,h ~. '' ;.____ : ..,...1'-.- 4 1:,- -, ii 40,/ ,.•", -(611‘'" ' 1:::::174:%!..,.2---;:;:I„, 7, - 0 ' - -;P' 7411 e1, *;'. '*.- \\‘',.. [PRICE SD. PROMOTIONS. WOOLWICH, DEC. 16.—Mato Henry Edward Bacon (18.`,0), serving in the Prince Regent, 90, at Lisbon, to be lie utcnant. Sccond•clsss Assistant Engineer Thomas R. Purchase, recently serving in tho Intrepid screw steam -vessel em ployed in the last Arctic expedition, to be first-class assistant engineer, and his promotion has been dated the 11 th of October las!, the day on which the vessel was paid off on her return from the Polar sent. Rear-Admiral J. W. Deans Dundas, C. 8., held a levee at the Admiralty to-day, which was attended by the following (Aileen:— Captains—Michael Q 2in, J. Hay, Henry John Doug las, and J. Dalrymple. Commanders—Thomas Hope and Robert Forster. Lieutenants—Francesco S. Tremlett, David Edwards, D. S. Partridge, F. Cutler, G. W. Rabbett, T. S. Young, G. G. Phillips, C. W. Russell, end C. 0. B. Hall. Master G. A. Waters. Second• Master Henry N. Ray. Clerk John Donald. SEABORNE MAILS. slgnlites that the nails are sent from the General Post-Ofae 0 by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch.] IVhen male up in ' From what When PLACED. Gcneral Poet-office port die \ London: pacla?,d. due. Iralca (by Brit. pht,)N Dec. 19 .. Liverpool America (by LT.S. pkt.) N Dee. 23 .. • • ,Liverpool &mcrica (by 'U.S. pkt.) M; 'Southampt. AB-ica (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Alexandria* N 19th & 30th 01 cio.;Dover Belgium .• • • •• N Daily • . .Dover .. ' Brazil . • • • M 9th of the month Southampt. Buenos Ayres • • .• M 9th of the month Southampt. C alifornia(via Charm) M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Cape of Good Dope N 14th or month ;Plymouth.•l Constantinopla* .. • • N 7th 17th 27th of mo 'Dover .. Cciarrd America M 2.1 & 17th of mon. Southampt. Channel 1.910.2 • • .. N Mon, Wed., tk., Fri. South:ln:pt. Chili .. .. • • Ili 17th of the month Southampt. 1 . France . M N Twice daily .. Dover • • Greece* . • . • • • 2i 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • Han:burgh N Tuesday Friday London Tolland .. .. . • .. M W cdn es. & Satur.'London Honduras N 17th of the month Southampt, Ireland .. M& N Twice daily 'Holyhead India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. India (via Marseilles) N Bth&24thefmonth Dover .. Mediterranean (via __L .. _ llec. 23 !Arrived I.)cc. 25 iJan. Dec. 18 Daily (Jan. 16 Jan. 16 lA,e. 20 IJan. 3 IDec. 20 'Dee • 2 0 Tu. Th. Bat !Dec. 20 Twiceduily IDec. 20 Tues. Sat. Moa.Thur. IDec 2 ITwicedally Doc. 24 Jan. 2 Southampton) .. hi 20th of the month Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N Bthit 24th of month iSonthampt. [Dec. 21 M 2d of the month.. Madeira .• 9th of the month 17th,17th,19th,27th Malta* &Seth of month Naples* • • • • • • N :sth 15th 25th of mo ' Papal States* .. N th 15th 2511 ef Peninsular.. M'7tb 17th 27thof mo! Peru •• •• .. M 17th of the month Tuscany* .. •• N , Sth 15th25thofmo West Indies .. M;l7th of the month West Indies (except Ilavanna & Nazsau) M,2d of the month .. Mexico [DOM' • • Southampt. Southampt. IDover Jan. J. aaun 2 5 1 1$ Dec. 18 'D p o o v v e e r r Dover .. Sonthampt. Southiumpt. South= pt. Dec. 22 Dec. 22 Dec. 26 Dec. 20 Dec. 22 Dec. 20 ----- 40 The mails to those countries thus marl French pocket 'OA Marseilles. The direct Ilavre mail from London via S. month will be made up three times a week Southampt. IJau. 5 cod (•) are conveyed outhampton during this instewi of daily. SERIOUS RIOT AT A PRIZE FIGHT. One of those degrading exhibitions called a priz Aight took place yesterday (Tuesday) in a field adjoining the Cross-in-hand, n lonely district, four miles from Belper, Derbyshire. The combatants were Thomas Paddock, of Redditch, who a short time ago disputed the " cham pionship" with Bendigo; and Henry Poulson, of Not tingham. The fight lasted nearly two hours, at the end of which time both th e men were nearly blind, and otherwise fearfully mutilated. At the commence ment: of the affray chief-constable Wragg, of Belper, with a small force, attempted to take some of the ring leaders into custody; he cut the ropes was manfully pro cee di ng i n hi s duty, l wh so when b b e nw n with bludgeons bludgeons and staves, that hisat tacked by a number o f th e ruffians , a nd of the ring, and Shortly after this, Mr. Sweat, a body g the constabulary. He ordered the mob to disperse, him; but of i Der i b s yshire. ate despaired ma is. magis trate, made his appearance, with a stron g of. not the slightest notice was taken of h e therefore immediately ' read the Riot Act. Thi s h a d no effect upon the mob, some of whom insulted, and even went so far, we understand, as to assault the magistrate. As soon as the fight terminated, an attempt was mad e to secure the seconds and backers, as well as the comba tants. The principals, however, rushed out of the field, leaving the two pugilists, who were fortunately so bruised as to be unable to effect their escape; they were, therefore, immediately taken into custody and lodged in the County Gaol at Derby the same night. Several of the police attempted to capture Callagan, a notorious priz- fighter, who had during the riot beat unusually con spicuous, insulting, and, it is said, assaulting Mr. Strutt, the magistrate. Aft er a c h ase of six miles, he escaped. The scene at the Derby station was beyond description. The' place was besieged with the police, who strove to recognie° the abettors in the affray on their return to Nottingham. On the morning of the fight the most active precautions had been taken to secure the ringleader% Superinten dent dent Burrows, with a strong police, was stationed on the bord in e r r e s e e of ft k f e th place. The chief it was anticipated the fight wou ld ci -a numerous body of constable of Leicestershire policemen were also the county, where and of Leicestershire, and there is no doubt, r hs e d whole of the ringleaders would of those two counties, -3 2 . There being no rural force in have been apprebentltewas chosen, " the light taken place in either where they imagined Derbyshire, thatp with impunity. Since the affray se they could escape leaders have been apprehended, and veral o f the ring ) t k an should _ vvragg , t t he h p , oh no ce m m e a a n n , s d i i m e pfrtoomhathhlee)e,fiteheetscoofnheeis wou nds (an even . sto those who co active part in this degrad ing exhibition will be very serious. quenee THE SUNDERLAND BANE. : —It is understood that the affairs of this bank, which failed a , short time ag o , w ill be brought under the operation of the Vv 'lading- u p A ct . Th e committee of investigation have just reported that its losses amount to 73,0001., and that a call of 0/. per share will be required to meet them. It appears that cue of the bank's customer's overdrew his account to the extent of 30,0001. during the railway mania, and another to the extent of 7,0001 MONEY MARKET.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mille prem. (according. to the new tariff), w hich, at the English Mint price of 3/.. 17s. 10Id. per ounce fur standard - 013, gives an exchange cf 2 - .291- ; and the ex change at Paris on London at short being 25.17 i, it. follows that e:uerrirt. in favour of England; that gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearer in Paps than in London. The above i.i, however, merely riace of gold quotation. By advices from Ilamburghthedl nt pr i ce o f is 427-t t per mark, which, at the En ghs ' h ves an exchange 3/. l 7 P. 101-1 per ounce for standard golds r % of 13.6, 1 i ; and the exchange at ilanl o V Is 0.70 per cent. short being 13.71, it follows that g . b g h• The course of ex on London at dearer in London than in Iltli per cent., and the par o o c a h n a d n A ge m a e t ri N ca e N y being York i o o i v : . London m r per cent., it follows that the i xch - b a i n ll g s e a b t e6tOwedenayst' s t V i t a t ti r d s exchange is no ent rate leaves a profit on the pres . charges of transport, . , 132 the thutia States.: and, after mak m in the impOrtAtioU 00 4 119 ginallilliew°A.9nceP for difference of interest and NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Court-martials are expected to be held on a ms_ter'' ' narnrd Jackson, and an, assistant -surgeon both of the Fly, who were br oug ht h ome under arrest. They are ceurged, we believe, with desertion at New South Wales. There is also a seaman in custody, who was some time since sent here, hating given himself up at one of the northern ports as a deserter from the Ha vannah, Captain Erzkine; but strange to say no one now belonging to that ship can identify him, though the circumstance of a man answering the description of the prisoner having deserted the ship at a time correspond ing with his statement is recorded in the ship's books. Lieutenant C. Vesey has been appointed to the Bri • tannia, 120, at Portsmouth. Orders have been received at Sheerness for the offi cers and crew of the Cyclops to return to the screw troopship, Megsera, and the Cyclops to be fitted as one of the reserved squadron of steamers. The Megas:a will convey the battalion of Rifles from Dover to tha Cape. Britannia, 120, Captain Goldmith, has row on her books 500 out of her complement of 970. About another 100 of men and boys are at the ports awaiting a passage. liig,hflyer stcam-frigate, will be taken out of dock on the 29th instant, when the sc..rew•schooner Intrepid will be taken ie. Havareaah, 19, Captain Erskine, had her masts and bewoprit taken out, end brought on shore, on Tuesday. She will be paid off into Devonport ordinary this day. 1)EVONPOI1T D cs.vAuo —o,ders have been received to replace the check on the subordinate offieers—in which list arc cempri:ed foremen, inspectors, and lead ing men—fur less of time by siekEeiS. By Board Minutes.; 1847, this practice was obaudened, and it is ec as stated in the present ord er il° , v again had rcelaiise to, in absence from tickne ss n , roseence of the increase of on the part of the class ef c ffic , ts to which it applies. The following are the new regulations :—When sick, to be e-- vi ' it dby rho surgeon, who is to report on their case. The surgeo n to visit at least thrice in each week, and to report " fit or unfit for d t 3 " If absent more than three weeks in the year u 2. the. time the p a rty may of the wages to be abated fc r These regulation9 y i t i : a t_from his duty have been•absen, uffectual check than 8 said, are intended to be a more . make any abatement thefor t p i r m e e se l n o t st. mode, which does not Mr. Ambrose Trustt (late foreman of smiths at granted this yard), ha s b een annum. a pension of 701. per Joseph Miller, an extra labourer, Admiralty recently discharge d from the ropery, i s b y re-entered in consequence of his order never to be uniform of the Dockyard Brigade, r efusal to return the five years. Th e c l oth i ng is in after havin g worn it article of ater es . f uture to be considered an PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAYo—rIer steam yacht Fairy m e t w ith a slight accident Majesty's She had just left h er moorings, and this morning. filling to get her h ea d round to come down backing sad to coal, when the e bb tid o took her anr II; the harbour contact with the wall a t th e north part of t r } ? e ught her in carrying away her figure-head, and slightly C.P m ck L a i r n d ,' her bow. She was afterwarls brought ale g.a dame in Maidstone coaling depot to coal, and the side the were sent off to clear the wreck end repair defects, The Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, and the "rer • ;er n e 16, Commander Luerd, left Penang on the 10th ' of S ep ..' —. ' tember in company for Calcutta, where they arrived on the 7th of October. The Fox remained at Penang La bour while the Serpent preceeded to Calcutta with 20 invalids from the Fox, who were sent to the g eneral hospital to await a passage to England. The Serpent's departure was hurried in consequence of the cholera breaking out on hoard, during which time she lost one man ; but, thanks to the energetic measures adopted by the commander and medical officer of the vessel, th e disease was checked, and she left on the 28th compara tively healthy. She arrived on tle 9th of November at Tri ncomalee, where she takes in provisions, and returns thence to Calcutta to join the Fox. Messrs. Purvis and Colomb, midshipmen, are appointed to the Serpent, the former from the Hastings, and the latter from the late Reynard. Mr. Bcamish, is appointed from the mate, Ser pent to the Fox. , - • DECEMBER 18, 1851. - ' l Av N . 18 ) 483.] LONDON, TI - HJRSDAY N 7 ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING COMI'ANY. (Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet.) Offices—No. 11, Adam-street, idelphi. Capital, 50,0001., In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (fully paid up) each. To Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Shares. PUBLICATIONS. MR. DISRIELPS NEW WORK. Now ready, in one large volume Bvo., 15s. bound, LORD GEORGE BENTINCH, A Political ll!ography. TRUSTEES. Charles Herbert Cottrell, 'Esq., Hadley. Herts. George Earnott Green, Esq., Emmett Ilall, Lancashire. James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent. By B. DISRAEI.I; Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To to had of all Booksellers throughout the kingdom. CHAIRMAN. GEORGE EDWARD corrRELL, Esq, James-street, Buck ingliam-gate ; and New-square, Lincoln's Inn. VICE-CLIAIRMAN. FRANCIS DENNIS MISSY DAWSON", Esq., Victoria square; and Pio eden-buildings, Temple. DIRECTORS. John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey. Symeon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Carnbridae. Jonathan laider, Esq.. Penrith. Charles [Pricks' Esq., Birmingham. Joseph George Parker, Esq , Warminster. Sir C. S. Runabold, Bart., Argyil-street, Regent-street. RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA. Caleain Sir Henry Vere Huntley, R.N. BINE.ERS. London and Coun'y Bank, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Coombe , and Nickell, Bridge-street, Westminster. SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. James Maconochie, Esq. 1 William Godfrey Huet, Esq. SECRETARY (ad interim). Mr. George Frederick Goodman. This Company bring now completely registered, the Directors take the earliest opportunity of laying before the Shareholders a statement of its progress an i prospects. It may be confidently asserted that no Company was ever brought before the public with equal proep.ct of speedy and successful results. The prompt assistance afforded by the Shareholders to the Direc tors, and the perfect confidence in the management displayed by them, have enabled the Directors to take catch steps as must ensure an enormous dividend within a few months. Sir Henry Huntley, the resid Director in California, has been in that country five months, and the course adopted by tire Directors for carry in out this enterprise results feom time experience obtained by him dining that perio I. The instructions given to Sir Henry Hunt ey were, in effect, that he should make every possible inquiry relative to the state of the country, the tenure of land, the com parative merit; of the different quartz veins in the several districts of California, and after mature deliberation to advise the Directors as to their best course of proceediog, and to take such measures as would enable them to carry out his views as speedily as possible. Following these instructions, he has secured for the benefit of the Company, sufficient lands for all mining purposes ; but he is clearly of opinion, that for tile present, at least, it is not desirable to tteder take mining operations, but to crush and amaegamate quartz to be supplied by those who are possessed of mines, and have raised the quartz. With the assidance of some gentlemen of great experience is geology and mining matters, he has inspected and tested a great variety of veins iu the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass Valley, and other districts, and has come to the conclusion, upon sound reasons, that the vicinity of Grass Valley and Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car rying on our enterprise. He has, therefore, entered into an agree ment with some As erican gentlemen, who have formed a company, and have opened, and, to a considerable extent, worked a vein of quartz, dlitant about three miles from Grass-Valley and Nevada Cit s, and about thirty miles from Sacramento City. to crush and amalgamate the quartz to be raised from the mine openedcru hed by them. By means of machinery, he has already and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup• plied him from this mine; and the r. salt of his operations has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average richness, and that the locality oilers many important advantages in the way of water, fuel, means of trans's, &c., &c. He has, there fore, entered into a formal agreement with that Company, wh with ich, ins n a few words, amounts to this : lie is to be supplied by them much quartz as his machinery shall be found capable of crushing the quartz is to be deposited at the mills free of expense ; ha is to crush and ausalearnate it at his own expense, and he g Id produced is to be divided equally between the owners of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements for carrying out the above arraneement fairly and honestly, aaa ' without any copartnership, have been entered into. Steam-engines and machinery - estimated to crush about thirty tons of quartz a day, with with fonds sufficient for putti n g it iu motion, have be placed un the control of Sir Henry Huntley; and, unless some unexpected delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at work, and a return will be made auout Christmas next. For the satisfaction of the existing shareholders of this Company, and without wishing, in any manner, to deteriorate from the merits of other Companies, the Directors at e desirous of calling this attention to some of the more prom inent advantages possessed by pany over others now in the field. Shareholders in other Companies must mainly rely up on report s sent over by persons interested al selling the mine; we rely upon the reports of our own resident Director and his practical assistants on the spot, whose only interest is to give us facts. The Directors of other Companies generally base tho estimate of the value of their mine upon calculations founded on experiments upon a few pieces of specimen quartz, sent over to this country for the express purpose of advertising the commodity offered for sale to the British public ; we found our ca l cu l a tions upon experiments tried, during several weeks, on quartz raised from the mine, and crushed and amalgamated b pus own Superintendent Companies pd ,an opt with our r own machi n ery and apparat. Other rse incur the expense and risk of carrying out miniug operations upon their vein, before the quartz arrives at their mill, and, should their labours prove suc cessful, they must then pay out of their profits large per-centages for obtaining their leases, and large royal ties to their lessors ; whereas we have secured as mu h ic q as secur e es our machinery is capable of crushing, the title to whic h s as that of any other company, unfettered by any per-tentage or royalty. The half of the produce to be paid by this Company to the parties who supply us, free of expense, with the quartz, being in fact merely equivalent to the dividend upon the outlay of capital ex pended in raising the quartz, and lodging it at the mill. the new companies, unlike this, must be a consi terabit) time before their arrangements and machinery can be ready for carrying out their schemes—this Company alone Is actually at work. The paid-up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,0007. An almost certain estimate of the produce of our machinery can be formed, and, from the calculations made, the Directors confidently anticipate bring able even at the most moderate estimate, to tweld a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the nexte months. According to thedata fn d ishe to us, the quartz which we are now working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or 1/. 17s. 4d. per cwt., or 371. lls. Sd. per ton • and, as we can crusts and ama l ga mate at least 20 tons pe r diem, would amount to 7461. 13s. 4d., or 3731.5 s. Sd. per dices as the share of this Company. - By . the peculiar arrangements this Company has made, based upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses must necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trifle In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the system now adopted, and lead them to undertake mining operations of their own, arrangements have teen made securing four distinct sites, most carefully selected for their eligibility for mining pur poses, and Sir Henry Huntley has on the spot Cornish millers who went out with hlm, and who have voluntarily retendered him their services. • The gentlemen who form ed the Provisional Committee of this Compmy, have added to their number several gentlemen poss:mssing the acquaintance and entire confidence of a very large body of Shareholders In the provincial districts. To add such men to the Dire :tory was due to those Shareholders who ha Measuresve in fac be t , e tastab ken lished and nobly supp orted this Company. will for further augmenting the Directory, and a Special General Meet ing of the Shareholders will be convened for the middle of January. In conclusion, the Directors beg to offer their best thanks to the Shareholders for the uniform support they have received, and tthey pledge themselves that the affairs of this Company shall be con ducted with the most rigid economy, and with the sole view of for warding the interest of the Shareholders. The Directors beg to call the attention of Shareholders particularly to the fact that, from question sm adopted by this Co.npany, it c not be affected by the q now agitated between the holder of leases and Colonel Fretnont or his agents. The district select ed for the operations of this Company is far removed from the tract cl .aimed by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points now raised relative to the tenure oftand under leases, had bee, 1 long known to and was maturely considered by those having the e ,ontrol of the affairs of this Company, and was one of the reasons sill ich in duced them to parsue for the present the course they have, a ad not to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful results. The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve of the pr tidence of the course they have adopted. Prospectuses may be had upon application at the offices of the Company. A NEW MONTIILY JOURNAL. On the Ist of January, 1852, will appear, price Bd., rinE ANNALS of PHARMACY and PRAC TICAL CHEMISTRY : being a Monthly Record of British qnd Foreign Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Iheore tical and Technical. Edited by WM. BASTICK ani WM. DICKI ;01.C, Members of the Pharmaceutical Society. London: Win. Jones Cleaver, Publisher, 46, May be ordered of any Bookseller. 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This was an action to recover the sums of 92/. 75., and 11/. 1 Is., the amount of fees paid to counsel for and on behalf of the defendant. Mr. M. Chambers Mr. Bramwell, and Mr. Bell ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. James and Mr. Haw kins conducted the case for the defendant. Mr. M. CHAMBERS, in his opening address, said, the plaintiff, Mr. Baker, was a Parliamentary agent in London, and the defendant, Mr. Gregory, was the late Member for Dublin. The action was brought to recover the balance of a sum of money due to the plaintiff for fees, which he had paid to Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Sergeant Murphy under the following circumstances: —ln the year 1847 an election took place for repre sentatives in Parliament for the city of Dublin, and there wero three candidates on the occcasion—viz., Mr. Grogan, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Gregory, the present defendant. The two former gentlemen were elected, and a meeting of Mr. Gregory's friends was subsequently convened, and it was resolved that a petition should be presented against the return of Mr. Reynolds. A peti tion was accordingly presented to the House of Com moue, and Mr. Jackson, the private agent of Mr. Gre gory, acted as the Dublin solicitor for the petition. Mr. Baker, the defendant, was engaged as Parliamentary agent, and he sent a retainer to Sergeant Wrangham on behalf of the petitioners. Sergeant Murphy was retained by Mr. Gregory himselF. The petition went before a committee, and the contest between the parties lasted a considerable period. Mr. Sergeant Murphy attended before the committee several days, and when he discon tinued his attendance, his clerk sent Mr. Baker a bill for 217/. 75., being the total of the fees due to him. Mr. Baker submitted the bill to Mr. Jackson, who handed over to him 1251. in part payment of the account. Mr. Baker made up the dif ference out of his own pocket, and paid the 'whole amount to the Learned Sergeant. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham did not appear before the committee, bat Mr. Baker paid to him 111. 113., the fees for the retainer. The inquiry upon the petition ultimately resolved itself into a scrutiny of the votes. Tho fund for meeting the expenses of the contest was made up of subscriptions among the electors themselves. In the course of the inquiry Mr. Jackson was taken ill, and Mr. Gregory wrote to Mr. Baker requesting him to prepare the neces sary lists for the scrutiny, and stating that he would himself undertake all responsibility in regard to the outlay. Every effort had been made to obtain an amicable settlement of the present claim, but without success, and the plaintiff was, therefore, compelled to bring this action into court. Mr. Jackson was then called, and in the course of his examination acid altogether about 4,0001. was col lected in subscriptions for carrying on the scrutiny. Mr. Gregory personally contributed 1,000/. or 1.200/. of this sum. The contest in committee lasted po or 91 days. The election took place on the sth or 6th of August, 1847, and the Committee sat in April or May following. It was first contemplated to retain Mr. Austin and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham. Mr. Sergeant Murphy was an intimate friend of Mr. Gregory, and had, besides, very little respect for Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Gregory thought that on both those grounds he would bo more anxious to support the petition.— (Laughter.) Mr. Austin refused to take any election petition briefs. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham declined also to attend the Committee, on the same ground. The counsel who appeared in support of the petition were Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Norton, and Mr. Patrick M. Murphy, of the Irish and English bar. The last two gentlemen attended during the ninety days, but Mr. Sergeant Murphy retired on the eighth or ninth day, in consequence of the funds not being sufficient to pay the fees of a senior counsel. The plaintiff was next examined. Mr. F.. JAMES, for the defence, contended that the plaintiff had no legal claim whatever upon Mr. Gregory for the two sums in question. Mr. Baker had clearly advanced the fees on the security of the fund collected in Dablin, and it was an afterthought on his part to seek to fix Mr. Gregory with the debt. Mr. Gregory had contributed 1,2001. himself to the fund, and the plaintiff's own expenses, which amounted to 3001., bad been discharged out of it as well as all the other expenses which had been incurred. In consequence of the great cost of the proceedings in Parliament, the fund became exhausted, and when the plaintiff found there was no hope of additional subscrip tions, he determined to claim the balance owing to him from Mr. Gregory. Tho Learned Counsel submitted that, under these circumstances, the plaintiff was not en- titled to a verdict - . Lard CAMPBELL having summed ap the evidence, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLA.NQUE.) IN RE W. STRANGE, SEN. The bankrupt was a bookseller in Paternoater-row. This was the certificate meeting. Mr. LINKLATER appeared for the bankrupt. He was apprehensive that the matters that would press the most adversely to the bankrupt on the mind of the Court would be his previous failure and his conduct in defending certain legal proceedings that had been taken against him in connexion with the royal etch ings. It was true that the bankrupt had been a bank rupt in 1829, and an insolvent in 1835 and 1840, and hence it might be said that his past failures ought to have induced great caution; but beyond that they would not, he was sure, weigh in the mind of the Court. .In 1847 the bankrupt had a capital'of 1,393/., and whilst carrying on his business as a bookseller had the misfortune to become acquainted with one Judge, who suggested to him the publication of certain etchings executed by her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Judge employed the bank rupt to prepare a catalogue, and a copy was for warded to the Queen at Windsor, with an in timation that it would not be published without first receiving the consent of her Ma jesty and her Royal Consort. This course save great offence, as well it might do. Almost immedi ately af.er th 3 communication had been forwarded the bankrupt had occasion to take a journey of 200 miles into the north of England. During his absence his son was wai'ed upon by Mr. White, the private solicitor to the Queen. This was about the 20th of October, 1848. Mr. White wished to purchase a copy of the catalogue, but could not obtain one. In about a week Mr. White called again, and inquired whether it was-the intention of the bankrupt to pub lish the catalogue, and an information was shortly afterwards filed on affidavits made by Prince Albert. An injunction was thereupon obtained, and the bank rupt was advised to resist it. The question was a very nice one, viz., whether, having obtained the ca talogue in a proper manner, he could be prevented making a use of it. The Vice-Chancellor came to the conclusion that, inasmuch as the catalogue had been obtained by Judge improperly (but of which Strange was ignorant), he must give it up. Judge, it appeared, was a literary character at Windsor, and had been connected with certain local newspapers. He became ac quainted with 'a printer, wha had been employed by the Court to get struck off a few impressions of the etchings, and purchased the matter that had formed the subject of four suits 'and four criminal informa tions. The bankrupt had every confidence in his solicitor; and such was the confidence of the solicitor himself in the strength of his cause, that he made no demand upon the bankrupt for his costs, although they amounted to 8001. Upon the proceedings ter minating adversely to the bankrupt, it was but due to him to observe that the Solicitor-General, who conducted the case for Prince Albert, said he should not press for his costs as against Strange, because he might have been deceived by Judge, whose conduct, possibly not without cause, was commented upon with great severity. The case went by appeal to the Lord Chancellor. He must here observe that the bankrupt Strange felt that his name had been improperly joined with Judge's in the application for the in junction, and that he had been thereby improperly subjected to a liability for costs. In fact, he could not but feel that an aggression had been made upon him. He had made an affidavit that he had no intention of publishing the catalogue, and he felt that that act might have relieved him from having his name included with tnat of Judge's it the appliea. tions for injunctions. The pant was clearly one of great legal nicety, and the bankrupt was throughout acting under the advice of eminent counsel. The COMMISSIONER—Was be in a position to in dulge in the luxury of trying an abstract right? What profit did he expect that could justify him in expending 8001. in the matter? Mr. LINKLATER submitted that the bankrupt believed he might obtain a fair and reasonable profit by successfully establish. ing his right. There was in society a class who were very curious touching anything that proceeded from the Court. There was also a class that had the bump of veneration very large. Anything coming from so high a quarter was certain to command attention. The COMMISSIONER—When the bankrupt found that permission would' not be given, why did he not that instant suppress the publication, and give an undertaking not to publish it? Mr. LINKLA.TER— This would appear to have been done, The bank rupt was quite willing to adopt such a course. But he had been a party to a suit, and liable to costs. The fact that Prince Albert subsequently relieved the bankrupt from costs, whilst a contrary course was adopted towards Judge, showed that there was really no complaint against him. Strange gave up every copy that he had, and he did all in his power to put the Prince in possession of any other that might be in existence. The COMMISSIONER—When was this ? Mr. LINK LATER—In January of the present year; no doubt a late period. The case was different as regarded Judge, who was incarcerated for the costs. It was true that the bankrupt had incurred a consider able amount of expenditure in his own costs, but no part of them had been proved against his estate. The bankrupt had throughout acted under the advice of counsel very eminent at the bar; and, in short, acted as a man would do who placed himself in the hands of his physician. He felt that there had been a certain degree of precipitancy in the first instance on the part of the Prince's legal advisers, and to this might be attributed much of the course that had been taken. The COMMISSIONER—You have said nothing in respect to the disposal by the bankrupt of his stock to his son. Mr. LINKLATER—Upon that point the as signees are satisfied, your Honour. The COMMISSIONER—Bat why does the statute im pone upon me the duty of locking into the conduct of bankrupts if I am to be satisfied with the opinion of the assignees I recollect that on the occasion of the ' case coming before me at the examination meeting I had strong suspicions with respect to the bont i fide character of the sale. Mr. LINKLATER—The property in question passed to the son, and afterwards to his creditors. The COMMISSIONER—When? Mr. LINKLATER— Immediately that he (the son) .became a bankrupt. The COMMISSIONER—Ah! Let me see the pro ceedings. The Learned Commissioner here inspected the documents in the case, and having done so said— You have not said a word about the bankrupt's rail way speculations. Mr. LINKLATER—Mr. Strange being a man of con siderable ability, as may be supposed from the coun tenance he received from persons in high authority, and having in 1847 a capital of 1,000/., thought that he, in common with many others, might make a profit by purchasing railway shares, but he was neither stag nor anything else. He purchased some shares in the Belfast and Down Railway, and but for that unfortu nate step and the matter of the royal etchings, he might have been now a prospe,rous man; The bank rupt's debts are now only 1,500/., and about 1,2001. of them arose out of the verdicts and costs in these two transactions. The COMMISSIONER—I have nothing to do with the transactions so far as they affect the question. Did the bankrupt carry on a proper business in a proper manner? Mr. LINKLATER—The bankrupt did not enter into numerous r a il way specu l a tions, and they p, were of a character th a t may rather be classed under the term of investments. t having failed His HONOUR said th e b an k ru pre viously, ought to have b een very cautions in his mode of carrying on business. H owever, h e dad carried on a from his rather a hazardous de scr i pt i on of tra d e , that had in volved him in large la w costs, not mere l e in one case, casually, but in several i nstances. It pigged examination that, for an a ll eged piracy res pecting the Illustrated London News, he had incurred 1 001 . costs; in another action, at the suit of Sewell and Cross, for libel, he had been involved in law costs. It smeared that he was the publisher of a class of works alit served to feed the:morbid appetites of those persons wlo delighted to investigate matters into whicbithey bad eo business to pry. As such a publi s h er, i t was pro b a rle that he had been selected to p u bli sh the ca t a l o gue. His judgment would be th e same as i f he b a d piblished a catalogue obtained surreptitiously by meant of access to the gallery of any per son , w h et h er a no lleman or a trader. He must ha ve seen that he was that in which there was no propr i ety. If a eout to do the consent of the parties had not been obtained, he cruet imme diately to have retracted, but there was no evidence of his retracting until a subsequent period. a trader had no right to peril a large sum of his creditors' money in maintaining an abstract proposition of right. The consequence was th a t a sum o f 8 001. bac been incurred for costs. The bankrupt had also gore out of his line of business as a bookseller by specuating in railway shares to a large amount, so Ruch so that a loss of 1,0551. had been thereby Metered. Instead of meeting his difficulties as he ought to have done, be had transferred his stock to his son,and departed to France. The manner in which the bask rupt had answered questions put to him at the exarti nation meeting as to that fact had been so unsatisfac tory, that it was not until he was told his examinatim would otherwise be adjourned sine die, that satisfac tory answers could be obtained. The bankrupt's books had been imperfectly kept; andf having regard to all the circumstances of the case, he would not re. ceive a higher certificate than of the third class, nor that until there had been a twelvemonth's suspension from the date of the first examination meeting. The Court felt it to be its duty to mark its sense of the bankrupt's irregularity of conduct by recording a twelvemonth's suspension, although from the circum stance of the bankrupt's examination having taken place some time since, a less period would now have to pass before the certificate was issued. On the application of Mr. 'ANIMATER, protection was granted. Stock• Exchange, and had compounded with his cre ditors; and, unless Mr. Brook exculpated himself, his possession of the notes would implicate him in this charge. The letter containing the notes must have passed through many hands before it arrived at Leeds, and there were eighteen clerks employed in the Leeds post office. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury found the prisoner Guilty, The prisoner then charged Mr. Brook with incit ing him to steal the letter in order to relieve himself from his pecuniary embarrassments. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said, the pri soner's attempt to cast upon Mr. Brook the guilt of having tempted him to commit this crime would, if true, be no excuse to a man in his position, placed as ho was in a situation of trust. It was necessary for the protection of the public that the laws should se verely punish such offences as this, and the sentence of the Court was that he should be transported for the term of ten years. ASSIZE INTELLIG E NCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 16. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MLULE.) Richard Reynolds, aged 25, and James Calderbanh, aged 35, were indicted for the robbery of James Har rison, at Leeds, on the 16th of August last, and steal ing from him a gun and a powder flisk. Mr. Boothby prosecuted. Mr. Anderson defended the 'prisoner Reynolds; the other prisoner was un defended. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor, (who is an old man) was a guninaker at Leeds, and that late on Saturday night, the 16th of last August, he was passing down Meadow-lane, in Leeds, when he stopped at the Trafalgar public-house. There he had some drink, and appeared, according to the evi dence of the landlord, to be " fresh." When be left the public-house, about twelve o'clock at night, the landlord looked out of the door after him, and saw the two prisoners follow him, and the prisoner Rey nolds put his arm round his neck. They all ap peared fresh," and ho shouted to the prisoners to let the old man alone. He thought they were in fun. Afterwards, according to the testimony of the prosecutor, he was pulled backwards, and a gun which he was carrying and a powderflask were taken from him by the prisoners, who ran off. A METROPOLITAN ASSESSMENTS. IMPORTANT QUESTION. A special session of justices, acting in and for the city of Westminster, was holden at the Vestry-hall, St. Martin's-in-the-fields, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of hearing appeals against the poor-rates for that parish, and others in the surrounding district. It will be remembered that, a few weeks since, a similar court was held, at which it was expected that the question raised by the trustees of Exeter-hall, in reference to their assessment, would have been decided, but, in consequence of informalities in the required notices, that session was declared void. In anticipation that this case would come on at the pre sent sittings, the court was fully attended; but, sq far as the Exeter-hall question was concerned, the ex pectants were again destined to disappointment. The remaining cases, however, were somewhat novel in character, and excited considerable interest. The magistrates present were Mr. Edmund Antrobus (chaiiman), Mr. J. H. Wilson, and Mr. J. G. Stittwell. ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS V. ERODES. This was a return made to a summons issued at the instance of the parochial authorities of St. Martin's in-the-fields, calling upon Mrs. Rhodes, the proprie tress of the Cider Cellars, to show cause why she neglected, or refused to pay a certain rate made fur the relief of the poor, in respect of the premises in her occupation. Mr. Huddleston, the barrister, appeared on behalf of Mrs. Rhodes; and Mr. Griffiths, the clerk to the parochial authorities of St. Martin's, attended on their behalf. Mr. HUDDLESTON stated that in this case the question was one of boundary—that was to say, hether the premises in respect to which it was attempted to rate his client were within the parish of St. Martin's, or in that of St. Paul's, Covent-garden. I3eing then a question of boundary, he submitted that b law the present Court had no jurisdiction to enter tsin the summons ; and in support of that proposition he cited the case of Regina v. Dyer, Adolphus and Ellis' Reports ' • and Regina v. Murehouse, in the Queen's Bench Reports. On these authorities, coupled with the opinion taken by Mrs. Rhodes from one of the ablest of the late law officers of the Crown (Sir Fitzroy Kelly), the Learned Counsel submitted the summons must •be dismissed. He would only add, that if a warrant of distress should issue upon it an action for trespass would be maintainable against the justices from whom it might emanate, and in such case he should advise his client to bring the action. Mr. GRIFFITHS, on behalf of the churchwardens and overseers, and in support of the summons, cor, t?nded that the present was not a question of general bcundars, and therefore did not range within the cases cited on the other side. To entitle the parochial authorities to a decision in their favour, all that it was at present necessary to prove was, that Mrs. Rhodes was in the occupation o f ra t ea bl e property in . the parish, for which purpose it would merely be la cessary to °ill the architect and surveyor, Mr. Can e t- - veyer, well, who, A a cost of between 1,2001. and 1,4001., had made a survey and pl an o f the parish under t directions of the Poor-law Board. From that plan and survey, it would clearly appear that the property in question was within the parish of St. Martin's It the objection raised by the Le arne d C ounse l was allowed to pre - tail, it would only be necessary for any and every person objecting to pay the poor- I ate, to mile a question of boundary, wad thus the justic e truthlar in ra the arish objection might ; woman named Gaunt, who appeared not to be of p ar i s h would be damnified. The occupants very reputable character, was afterwards spok en t o o f th e mansions in Carlton i °u to H ' -terrace and A bl ea C du al w d - e l r a b u a a nk in , tu an w d at s e h r e ian a c c , co a m ud pa th n e ie p d ris h un im er t d h o:t r ' e n , owtihth equalersimi districts and in the bank of the river, buried a gun w hi c h h e h a d an d t h e effect would be, if thesleavv th:6ll same g ested on the with him in the sand. She was quite sure it was oth er s id e was good, that the parochial officers would Calderbank, as she knew him as " Wigan ;Tem." be unable to c o ll ect any poor-rates p e There the gun was afterwards f oun d, a n d was id en ti- w h o l e , i t appeared to him (Mr. Geeenlat ell—on s) that the the fi.d by the prosecutor. mos t sat i sfactory mode of raising teeh uion of Mr. AN a ANDERSON having addressed the jury for b o u n d ary wou l d be, that warrant of distqr Reynolds, i ssue, t h at under it a levy should beessestshould His LORDSHIP summed up. He said, people called friendly way, that Mrs. Rhodes should r Dinleavt in a getting drunk on Saturday nights and reeling about thereupon bring her action of tree ass e --- when they had lost their senses "being fresh." If whole question could come before, anti bwherebysettled the the jury thought the prisoners, one or both of them, one of the superior courts in Westminster were so "fresh" that they did not intend to c om mit Whil e ma ki ng this suggestion he could not but • com a felony they must be acquitted. Th e j u ry wou ld pl a i n o f t h e rather ungenerous manner in which ithad say from the evidence whether one or both of them been attempted by the Learned Coumel to alarm or were concerned in the felony, if they thought a terrify the magistrates with the threat of an action if felony had been committed. they, in the exercise of the discretion reserved to The jury, after deliberating a short time, found the them, should issue a warrant of distress. There was prisoner Reynolds Not Guilty, and the prisoner Cal- not the slightest ground for any such ineinuati on , derbank Guilty of concealing the gun. b ecause a recent Act of Parliament, passed at the i n - The Deputy Clerk of Arraigns—You find th e p r i- s t ance o f th e present C h i ef Justice of the Common sonar Calderbank guilty? Foreman of the jury— Pleas when Attorney-General (Sir John Jervia) ; Yes. the 11th and 12th Vict., chap. 44, entitled "An His LORDSHIP—No, you mean of concealing the Act to protect Justices of the Peace from vexatious gun only ? Foreman—Yes. actions for acts done ley them in the execu- His Loansuer —Then, that is not guilty of the tion of their office," by its 4th section, afforded felony charged. every protection to them in the exercise of their Mr. BOOTHBY then applied for the costs of the discretionary powers. In support of this point, Mr. prosecution. Griffiths cited the case of Sir C. Burrell v. Nichol- His LORDSHIP said, " getting fresh" was rather son, tried before Lord Denman, on the 9:h Decem too expensive an amusement for the people who had ber, 1833, and afterwards solemnly argued by the it to pay for. These people, by getting drunk, had late Lord Abinger (then Sir James Scarlett), the thrown a large amount of costs on the public. late Sir W. Follett and Mr. Watson for the plaintiff, The prisoners were then ordered to be discharged. and by the present Lord Campbell (then Attorney- NISI PRIUS COURT.—(BeforeMr.Baron PLATT.) General), Mr. Williams, and Mr. Tidd Pratt for the John GaiVorth, aged 30, was indicted for stealing defendant, where the same principle was laid down. on the 4th of November last from a post-letter a In that case, though it appeared that the property in banker's cheque for 351., and 61 promissory notes of question, situate in Richmond-terrace, Whitehall, 51. each, the property o f th e Y or k s hi re B an ki ng ha d never b een included in any rate, still the Court, Company. after the examination of ancient "terriers" and re- Mr. Otter and Mr. Baothby prosecuted, and Mr. cords, upwards of two centuries old, had held that the Overend defended the prisoner. non-rating did not affect the rate, and that the parties It appeared that Mr. Baden, a clerk of the York- being liable to it, the action for trespass in enforcing shire Banking Company at Settle, made a remittance it could not be maintained. If, however, any diffi to the head office at Leeds, on the 31 of last Novena- culty on the point presented itself to the minds of the ber, of 61 different country notes of Si. each, and of Bench he was prepared, on behalf of the parish, to a cheque for 351., making altogether 3401., which undertake to indemnify them against the costs of any were folded up in a linen envelope, and given to proceedings that might follow their issuing a warrant Elizabeth Gibbons, who is employed at the post- of distress in this case. office at Settle, and by her placed in the mail bag, Several ancient maps and plans, some so early in which she tied and sealed. This bag had been opened date as the commencement of the sixteenth century, at Lancaster, and the letters for Leeds ought, in the having been put in, as well as the more recent regular course, to be forwarded that night for deli- survey, very next day. Mr. Scott, the manager of the York- The COURT directed strangers to withdraw, and, shire Banking Company at Leeds, did not, however, after a short deliberation, receive the expected remittance, and he thereupon The CHAIRMAN announced that it was the opinion wrote to the manager at Settle, which led to in- of the Bench that, under the particular circumstances quiries being made about the letter, but nothing of the cese, the summons ought to be dismissed. They could be heard about it. A list of the felt a difficulty in issuing a warrant in consequence missing notes was therefore sent round to the of the question being that of boundary. If, however, country bankers, and they were stopped payment. they were wrong, it was open to the parish to set Nothing was heard of the notes until the 15th of them right by an applicaion to the Court of Queen's November, when Mr. Edward Brook, a sharebroker Bench for a mandamus. Tbis would be the most at Leeds, presented nine of the missing notes at the proper course, and with that view the summons must Yorkshire Banking Company's office at Leeds. On be dismissed. inquiry being made of Mr. Brook where he got THE SAME V. WILD, ESQ , M.P. them, he stated that he had received them from the This was a summons issued, under similar cir prisoner, who had been eleven years a clerk in the cumstances, against Mr. Wyld, M.P., for the rates Post• office. Mr.. Reed, the chief constable of Leeds, in respect of the monster building for the exhibition was accordingly informed of this, and went to the of the colossal globe in Leicester-square. Post-office to take the prisoner into custody, inform- Mr. Wyld attended in person, and produced some ing him of the charge made against hi m , w h en th e very anc i ent records to show that the whole of Lei prisoner said he had not stolen either the letter or the crater- square, so far from being in St. Martin's-in money. On being confronted with Mr. Brook, who the-fields, was extra-parochial. That fact was estab said he had received the notes from him, the prisoner lished at the time he purchased the freehold of the replied, " They will have to prove it." Further in- ground for 3,0001. Indeed the plan produced by the quiries were then made, and it turned out that the parish itself showed that only one half the square prisoner was on duty at the Post-office on the was in St. Martin's, the other half being in the morning of the 4th of November, at half-past five parish of St. Ann's Soho. The latter parish had de o'clock, leaving at half-past seven, during which time clined to rate him in respect of his property, thus he was engaged with twelve other clerks in sorting showing that the site was either extra-parochial or the letters which came by that night's mail. It also not rateable on other grounds. appeared that the prisoner had, during the last nine Mr. GRIFFITHS said, that of course the Court was months, been engaged in buying and selling railway of opinion that this was also a question of disputed shares, and that his transactions with Mr. Brook had boundary. He felt that, after the former decision, he amounted in that time to 70,0001. On the 30th of should not act with proper respect to the Bench if he October the prisoner owed Mr. Brook a balance of for one moment applied for a contrary or adverse 2401., which he had applied for ; and, on the 4th of judgment. The amendment of the law, if it was de- November, Mr. Brook called for payment at the pri- fective, did not rest with the magistrates—they were sonet's house, when the prisoner took a bundle of bound to administer it as they found it—but he notes from his pocket, and paid him 2101 ; and the trusted the Poor-law Board would take up the matter, nine notes which Mr. Brook had presented at the and, by legislative enactments, remove any difficulties bank were a part of those which he had received from that might now exist. The important question the prisoner. It appeared on the cross-examination raised, however, could not be suffered to end here, and of Mr. Brook, that the 70,0001. dealing in railway further steps would be taken to establish the claims of shares which he had had with the prisoner had been all the parish. In the meantime, however, he bowed to for time bargains. He believed the prisoner had the decision of the Court. about 1501. a year salary. The CHAIRMAN said his colleagues were of opinion, Mr. OVEREND, in defence, contended that the evi- with himself, that in this case also the summons must dente was not conclusive against the prisoner without be dismissed, leaving it open to the parochial autheri the evidence of Brook, and that his testimony was not ties to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench. deserving of credit, as he was not a member of the THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society took place on Saturday at the offices, Hanover-square • Earl Ducie in the chair. Th e report, of which the 'follow ing is an abstract, was read by the secretary, Mr. Hudson : " The finances of the society are in a highly fa vourable state ; the floating cash balance in the hands of the bankers being equal to the discharge of current claims, while the council have been enabled to pur chase stock in Government Securities to the amount of 11,1901. The Windsor meeting has been held under most gratifying circumstances, and with perfect success. The council have arranged that the Lewes meeting shall be held in the week commencing Mon day, the 12th of July next. They have also decided on the prizes to be offered at that meeting for agricul tural implements and machinery, and tor live stock intended for breeding purposes. The former include important additions, intended to draw the attention of agricultural engineers and machinists more strongly to the different degrees of motive power required by farmers under different circumstenees, and to ito convenient adaptation to agricultural purposes. The latter comprises distinct classes of prizes for the Sussex breed of .cattle, the Romney Marsh or Kentish sheep, and domestic poultry; having re ference respectively to the counties of Sussex, Kent, and Surrey, constituting the district of the country meeting to be held next year at Lewes. They have made the rule more stringent by which fines are levied on exhibitors for not sending to the show the stock they have entered, and for which the society provide the accommodation in the show-yard. They have resolved that no prize of the society shall be given to bulls exceeding five years old ; they have limited the competition amongst the class of agricul tural stallions hitherto known as that of any age, to horses that are above t wo years o ld ; an d they have decided to require in the case of in-calf heifers not in milk, the same certificate as in the case of in-calf cows not in milk; before paying the amount of the price, namely, a certificate that such in-calf heifer had in due course produced a live calf. The council have under their anxious consideration two most im portant questions connected with their country meet ing; namely, the best mode of appointing the judges, and the conditions under which their attention should be directed to a veterinary inspection of the animals. The council consider that the stock to which the prizes of the society are awarded ought not only in the opinion of the judges to be the best specimens of their particular class in the yard, but that in condi tion and fuaction they ought also to be fully qualified to propagate their species without communicating to their offspring any tendency to hereditary disease or imperfection ; and, in order more clearly to call at tention to the circumstances under which such ten.. dency might be apprehended, the council have offered a prize of 201. for the best essay on the subject. " The Duke of Richmond has reported to the coun cil the progress of the communications he was re quested by them to enter into with Viscount Palmer ston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of _ State for the Foreign Dep a rt men t, on the subject of a cheap and abundant supply of guano to this country. His Lordship has signified his entire willingness to lend every aid in furtherance of this important object, by requesting the Admiralty to instruct the commander of every ship in her Majesty's navy search for de posits of guano in the rainless the tro pics, and every surgeon to o f suc h s h i ps t o be prepared to examine on th e s e e a a c r ia ch de fo p r esit hos t h h amount ate of lime included end qua l ity of the world being also p • in this instruction. The mineralof guano spot that may be discovered : the council hav e t a k en means t o bring befo r i e n th a e ny m p em ar b t er o s f vexartieenudng in thissisuggest country ionsmade dthueringgrowth,eh of fasflt flex x yea a r a for an agricultural crop." LINTON, the re po O rt n w t a h e e a m do o p ti t o e n d Mr. R. BARBER, the I JAME4 unanimously. ile. showed that on chairman abnalannfcteh-eshfieneatn, committee,eereadby the half-yearly account there is in the hands of the banker a sum of 2,5 84 /. 9 s. s d. A conversation ensued with regard to the supply of guano, and hopes were expressed that the Peruvian Government might be induced to lower the price, and thus increase the demand. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting then separated. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF MILDRED VERNON. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., FALKEN B U R G. By the Author of" MILDRED VERNON." 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