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

REFORM AT ELECTIONS. Among non - P:Arliamentary occurrences, the Col' el'e"— election has been tie must prominent event if the past week. The holdtv SS and suddenness of the enterprise inved the afEtir Slot intrinsically- •ith an interest that oe:c)ng to it. For several days . kva t h e hero of the Young El;:ianders held liti;ghtly h 6 tate open th e areal, with' lilts all duly marked, and right colours fitunting defiance and wooing combat. _Once and a ga i n h ad a hostile eye peered into the lists, hut, startled at the brave array, or conning prudently the strength of the men-at-arms, retired in silence, send ktt the place to some successor who looked about h" ii and—did even as his predecessor had done. the eve of the last day of watching was already e fusing ere the hugle ♦note if a real defier was beard ; and loud and lusty . woute the shouts from friend and e when it was found that there would be a spliacr- Iligt of lances after aii. T he new comer, while eager to break a spear in Lemur of his ladvt-love, Free Trade, consorted him oelf to the knightly bearing of his antagonist ; and in 'all courtesy and gaiety were two gentle passages of arms run. In the first, the tned!awal knight was un horsed, and groat was the wonderment, and still greater the acclaim. But in the second course for tune changed sides; down went the Free Trade knight with tremendous fall, and the medireval hero Pranced thrice around the list, then rode away to ring up his pennon in the chapel of St. Stephen. But, more seriously, we are pleased with the man ner in which this election Ins been fought. Toe at ' te mpt was ga ll an t at l east, and the immense rmjnrity in the show of hands justified the essay, fir it ob tained far the principles of the new candidae all the advantige that could be derived from the voice " A public meeting in the borough. lie can now aY, that in this agricultural borough a public meet -4.n0. 0, presided over by the mayor, declared, by six to 'one, in favour of hi:a and his tenets; while the other candidate can as fairly assert that his success at the P h il was obtained by no undue means, and that he is the real as well as the nominal representative of the opinions of the constituency. !There was no drunkenness, no bribery, no treat ng, no banners, and—thing unparalleled in this ne rrlous borough —no band. Mr. Wingrove Cooke, :n his fi rst address, told the electors that if he went to arliament, he would go to represent their prin ciples, not their vices. Lord John Manners accepted ehalleng,e, and discharged his flagmen-- the first at the nomination admitted the high tilt;onal qualities of his antagonist, and the the in his speech upon the declaration of Poll thanked his unsuccessful rival for is ""e courtesy and good feeling with which the contest "ad been conducted. We hope that this election may be the commencement of a new and most salu tary ref orm — a reform which shall banish corruption, acrmony, and b a d t as t e f rom th e h us ti ngs an d t h e 13°11 hooth. to We cannot express sorrow at .the result of the con wb6t,, far wh a t ever we may t hi n k o f t h e pr i nc i p l es of p „"elt Lord J o h n M anners i s th e exponent, he i s a ; 411 whom we would not willingly see exc l u d e d f rom 8 e at in the House of Commons ; but we have some ~t era r,Y e sympathi es w ith th e ear l y career o f Win rye Cooke, and we h ave respec t f or hi s more ent and h ar d er l a b ours i n legal authorship and 211 4L iallui s t rat i ve inquiries. We have of late met his 1 441 e in many l ega l tomes and many ponderous blue . 4)(4 " ; and while the leader of Young England en -3:2Y8 his seat on the Protectionist benches, we hope 'oat a Place may yet be found for the a uth o r o f th e thstory of the Whig and 'gor y Parties . ' on the etl ebes oppo se d t o him . —Historic Times. RAILWAY RETURNS „r4ikiLyvAT TRAFrtc.—The following arc the Tstal Receip t s of R a il- ZP,3 fnr th e past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the !:ctivc returns are made, together with the receipts of the same the nfev, s yea r •; •-' Week = i,4 • l ading Last a t,' ..5',. NAME OF RAILWAY. Week, E ., ;.. t. --_____ ~.,... ____ Feb. , £ , u .th .. erdeen . •• • • ........... ..... 771 34.5 1 ° Amiens and Boulogne ............... 1,136 1,290 9 It eltast and Ballymena •.••-•• •• •• •• 446 4119 11 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 666 713 10 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitherce, and W. Y. 413 351 10 Bristol and Exeter •• -..•• •• ........ 3,250 - ,:4 Caledonian.... .... •••• • 656 3,622 . 2 Chester and Holyhead • • .... - - 1,219 1,185 ~g , Dublin and Drogheda-. •• • • ••••• •• •• 700 701 ` 4 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 574 682 IDundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • •• 983 902 .....„ Dundee, East An' , :ian...- • • • , • • • ' " • • • • • • • • .. - 702 fi '' Editburgl l and Glasgow .• .. ........ 2,399 3,189 l; E dinburgh and Penn -•••••• •• •• 1,9 5 8 1,640 ' Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 13,869 13,249 I, East Lancashire .. ...... ....••• • - •• '2,519 1,719 5 tastern Union •••••••••• •• • • - 9 ~I , s e gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 2,532 2,368 3 ,l'asgow and Greenock.• •••••• • - • • •• 8117 893 9 - . l eat Northern stud E. L. • • .. 2,953 1,800 Great Southern and Western • ....... 3,625 3,494 ••••• Great , 17,716 it, A estern, &c - • .1" Lancashire arid Yorkshire 10,983 10,728 •,,s Lancaster and Carlisle ••••• • • • .. 4 Leeds and Thirsk •••••••• • • • - • - - 10 669 72 229 64 Liyer imol, Crosby, and Southport 9 Londonderry and Ennixkillen •••• •• •• 104 121 10 London and North Western, ece......• 39,042 37,543 10 London and Blackwall.• •• •• •••• - • ' - 619 571 5 London and Brighton ......... ••• • • • 6,691 6'3'33 10 London and South Western. • • 10 Manchester, Shefeld and 4,6157 2,817 10 Midland, Bristol, fi and , Birmin Lincolnshire gham •• •• 19,729 18,702 10 Midland Great Westem (Irish) .... - 1,014 1,013 1 0 North British --••-••-.• • • • • • • • • 3,049 2,231 Parisand Rouen . .............. ~, _ 4,4 , Rouen and Ilavre -•.•••••• • • • • • • - 1,953 '„° Scottish Central . . 4 163 9 ,4 r i„' Scottish Midland .......... .. _ . .., 393 873 _ ' t „ u Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1,345 1,294 7,8 4 3 3 7 4 6 - ,, -- 25 '" Shropshire Union .. •• - • ........... 1 ; South Eastern and Branches • • ...... ,'' South Devon. •-•• • • • .............. 1,490 1,243 13 Taft' Yale ___ ; n 4 --- Waterford and Limerick.... ••••• • • • • - 237 , a Whitehaven Junction .•••••••• •• • • •• 188 - ` ll York and North Mid:aud • .......... 12,254 11,715 la - York and Newcastle .••-•••• •• •• • • 39 6,302 , 6.1 10 T. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. T e -18 "; Pin. 9.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate . ri ble * Captain Fitzroy, five days from Plymouth, r ived here on the 28th ult., and the frigate Indefa thi4ble anchored in the Tagus, from Plymouth, on doT.4thinst. These arrivals have reinforced Comme- Alartin's squadron, which now consists of the foll,jwi lo t) g ships : —Th e P r i nce R egent, L a H ogue, ef atigabl e , Th et i s, A rrogant, L eander, Conflict, ,;:v rri -- ' O 5 and E ncoun t er . Th e fl eet was expecte d , to li val e Lisbon on a cruise immediately after the ar the E ng li s h ma il s of 7th inst. T", e Russian frigate Pallas is still in the Tagus. cli t , .‘r• Lisbon 13')ard of Health has amplified its de co, 4 , t ion that Li ver p oo l an d ot h er E ng li s h ports t h en 4tcrciered infected or suspected of cholera are now to he free from the 7th ult., and all vessels from 14,xortu tritain w ill consequent l y o b ta i n f ree prat i que gal. j TEE EXPERIMENTAL NUADRON. C o, TSAIouTIi, FRIDAY.—The Prince Regent, 92, I tk ilacdor e Martin ; Hogue, 60, Captnin MiDougal ; NlP 3t igable, 50, Captain Smart, K.H. ; th e L e - Code' er uu Captain Dacres ; the Thetis, 36, Captain C,Cngton, 0.13. ; the Terrible, 21, Captain Hope, e °u ; th e A rrogant, 46, Captain Gordon; the En tet,lltel", ; the Conflict, 8, Commander Drake, r l q in the Tagus on the 9th inst., preparing to pro ef t h ii a trial cru i se on th e 14th. Captain tzroy, e Arro gant, had resigned the command of that of Vh w n,ich had b een g i ven t o C ap t a i n G. T. G or d on , e Encounter, Captain Fitzroy coming home. ROYAL MARINES. tit it:t .e are enabled to announce the amount of the re- Itt v • I°11 contemplated with regard to this eminently Ih4cilneable corps. Ten companies are to be (Us ed, and ten captains retired on full pay. 117 - ,„ APPOINTMENTS. FEB. 15.—Captain Robert S. Robin '4eq`C`lo), to the Arrogant steam-frigate, at Lisbon, L i. z r oy, superseded, owing to ill-health. 114 ,;;at e nant G. S. Parsons (1802), to be a retired ii)e t d ap der of 1830, with a r e ti re d a ll owance o f 7s. ay. Lle 40 1` p, l4 , e nant Sherard Osborn (1846), to the Fisgard, ,L t 'nular service. *(lll`4tecant George B. Williams (1840), to the ° lnca st. swop, at Devonport. AtTl,:cite Charles Arthur Wise (1846) has been Ac ting -Lieutenant from the Bth March, 1847. 45r con the 144, J a sper steam-vessel, Master Commander e ! 1 1b 4 ,,,." , went down the river this morning, and dis ;inth,"'ned from the Hercules troop-ship, at Green 11,41atain Walker's Company, sth battalion, of Yal Artiller on their return from Gib ra lt ar . S j elit,, aa t Liscell y e ' s, of Captain Dacres's company, ur ge nt Grylls, of Captain Elli s ' s com p any , w i t h ' „The Xoun - g, of the Royal Artill er y, arr i ve d a t Lb!, titne. - There were also a number of inva tahp4;4l Gibraltar and from stations in the Mediter- The °lean° steam-vessel was taken out of dock `ival " a nd it will remain untenanted until the ar• th is cf. t he Onyx Ostend, po v fromhourly expected at Caw . T UB ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 441 thre'llttl liaboo Austin C. 8., has lost no tim e i n d ec idi ng k y id th 'ressels of the expedition he i s t o comman d, b the and the Ptarmigan have been purch e ase . d s hallt",: Admiralty for that service. The formr i f e"I te ak, and purchased from Mr. Smith, o t4e iti lte.4stl ; and both was p are sailing vessels. One of ahipb,? ;i to be made ready for the Arctic Seas at the at hat o f of Messrs. \Vigram, and the r otle , r . Ri c , " I ' raf Air. Green at Blackwall. Mr.ll W. M. clt,,k.' Assistant -Master Shipwright at Portsmouth_ tti 'll 3 R 'll h r(l ' : is to come round to superintend the ene it -e n'ng the vessi.l.• and will be assisted by , 3 ,, c sureman of .; : bil7wrights from Chatham vc,,stf3td, to be constantly attached to one P i ev n ',,,, an f d one foreman of shipwrights roan 14 ::th'; r r '' t ° he constantly in attendance at slr e • Tile Baboo is 430 tons burden. The Lietiwtelte,aca-vessek have also bet.n d; , cided upon, and , ti,,, 'app l••nt Sherard Osborr, whose name appears u. 4:!l:,•.„.intu'en!s of this ( 1 1, ,, , I.ft T., , 0,kr1 f );* South 4 ttil ili . v ' '''' r'',:*t.! • ~, 4 . :: : :--.' Rio, e 's(;l to be fitttd for toe Arctic Seas at Wool s ()rdcrB hue also been dispatched to Leghorn to hasten home the Frec-Trader, a sister vessel to the Eider, end she is to be brought round to Woolwich to he fitted at this port with the least possible delay. ProviAions of every description are being prepared nt Dep:ford and at Portsmouth, and no time will be lost in putting them on beard when the vesself. are ready to receive them. The sailing vessels, the inempnt they are strengthened by Mkssrs. Wigram and Mr. Green, will he brought to Woolwich, where their stores, &c., will be put on board. Captain Austin is not only in high spirits, but most enthu siastic in the cause he Ins undertaken, and unremit ting in Lis exertions to get the expedition ready for sea. DEATTI OF REAR-ADMIRAL SIR GORDON BRE MER, K.C.B , K.C. 11.—Intelligence was received at Woolwich ye3tei day morning of the death of this gallant officer, on Thuraday, at three o'clock a.ar, , at tiffs ra!,idence at Compton, near Plymouth. Sir James John G irdon Bremer entered the navy as first-class volunteer in 1791, on board the Sandwich flag , ship, at the Nora, of Rear- Admiral Sketlingion Lutwijgc, from which he was discharged in June. 1795 ; be came, Oct. 8, 1797, a student of the Royal Naval College, at Portsmouth, and ra-embarked April 8, 1802, as midshipman on board the Endymion, 40, Captain Philip Charlet Durham. He afterwards, until July, 1805, served in the IsiF, flag-ship, in succession of Vice-Admiral Sir James Gambier and Rear-Admiral Edward Thornbrough, on the New aandland and North sea stations ; Windsor Castle, 98, end Deflancr, 74, both commanded by Captain Dur ham, under whom he latterly saw much boat service in the Bay of Biscay; and Prince George, 98, Captain Gorge Losack. Ho was then (having but a short time previously paused his examination) .appaint , :d sub-lieutenant af the Rapid g,unabrig, and on the 3d of August, 1805, was made full lieutenant into the Captain, 74, Captain Stephens, part of the Hon. W. Cornwallis's force in his ensuing pursuit of the French fleet into Brest. On the 9th of May, 1806, he was appointed to the Diana, 33, Captain Thomas James Malings, on the Mediterranean station, whence he afterwards proceeded to . Davis' Straits; Oct. 6, 1806, to the Imogene, 16, Captain Thomas Garth, in the Mediterranean ; and May 28, 1807, to the Psyche, 36, Captain William Wood ridge, stationed in the East Indies, where he was ad vanced on the 13th of October following to the com mand of the Rattlesnake, 18. Returning to England early in 1810, Captain Bremer, on the 13th of Aug., 1812, joined the Bermuda, of 10 guns, in which sloop, when in company with the Dwarf and Pioneer, he captured, on the 11th of September, 1812, oft • Boulogne, Le Bon Gepie,,,,Ofal.6 glans and 60 men; and on the Ist of, January;, 1813, he assumed the command of the,iioyalista 18. While in that vessel he took four large American schooners, and aided at the capture of .four others ; was alio present, end bore a very conspicuous part, at the gallant defence of Castro, when besieged in May, 1813, by a French army of at least 10,000 men. On the 21st of October following he co-operated with the Scylla, 18, at the capture, in sight of the Rippon, of the French frigate, Le Weser, of 40 guns, and 340 men, after a severely-contested action, and a loss to the Royalist of two killed and nine wounded ; and in April, 1814, participated in the operations at the entrance of the river Gironde, under Rear-Admiral Charles Vinicombe Penrose. He was nominated a C. 13. on the 4th of June, 1815, and subsequently appointefl, on the 29th of August, 1815, to the Lee, on the Irish station; on the 30± of May, 1816, to the Comas, 28, in which he was wrecked on a reef of rocks off St. Shotts, Newfoundland. In February, 1824, he was sent to establish a colony in Melville IN land, Australia, whence he r.ferwards proceeded to India, and there joined in the closing scenes of the Bur- mese war. On January 25th, 1836, he was created a K.C.11.; and on the 12th of July, 1837, he was appointed to the Alligator, 28 guns. After again viiting New Holland, and founding the settlement of Port E;sington as it at present exists, he once more arrived in India, where, on the death of Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland, in 1839, he became Commander-in ' Chief, and continued to discharge all the duties of that important post until Oztober, 1841, latterly with his broad pendant in the Wellesley, 72. He lfrft Sin gapore in 1840, on the mission of triumph and glory in China, until the final capture of Chusan in 1841. Her Majesty testified her gracious approbation of his valour in conflict and his discretion as her plenip.- tentiary in council by conferring upon him the dig nity of a K.C.B. He was subsequently Commodore- Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, until he re tired, on the 13th of November, 1848, and attained the rank of Rear-Admiral osi the 15th of September, 1849. A good service pension becomes vacant by hip decease. IMPORTANT TO INNKEEPERS. A case of considerable importance came bt-fire the magistrates at the Trowbridge Petty Sessions, Wilts, on Wednesday. Messrs. Saxty, Garrett, Cox,White, Allen, Hayne, Vincent, Cuff, and Foreman, and Mrs. Hall, innkeepers of that town, appeared to answer informations laid against them by Mr. John Foley, inspector of weights and measures, for having in their possession and using certain vessels intended to represent pint and other measures, which were unjust and not according to the imperial standard. Mr. 1-1. K. Norris, of Devizes, supported the information, and the defence was conducted by Mr. IL Miller, of Frome, and Mr. Stack, of Bath. As the cases in volved complex and difficult questions of law, J. Ra venhill, Esq., the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, attended to assist the Bench in coining to a decision. It was resolved to take the case of Mr. Cuff first, who, Mr. Norris said, was charged with having in his possession and using six pint measures, and two quart measures, which were deficient. The sth and 6th William IV., chap. 63, sec. 21, enacted that every person who should use any weight or measure other than those authorised by that Act, or which should be found unjust, should, on conviction, forfeit not exceeding 51. Mr. Norris said he had taken the opinion of Mr. Bodkin and other counsel on this point, which justified him in submitting that it was not necessary to prove a user by sale, but that any other user in the trade would suffice. But, even should the Bench decide against him on this point, the defendant was clearly liable under the 28th section of the Act, which enacts that if any measure shall be found by the in spector unjust, it shall be seized and forfeited, and the person in whose possession the same shall be found, shall, on conviction, forfeit not exceeding .5/. A wit ness, who went with the inspector to the defendant's house was then called to prove that several of the cups found in the bar were deficient in measure, and not according to the imperial standard. The solicitors for the defence then addressed the Bench successively, contending that the infor mation could not be sustained. By the 6th sec tion of the etatnte, it was provided that nothing therein contained should prevent the sale of any arti cles in any vessels, where such vessel was not repre sented as containing any amount of imperial mea sure. The vessels in question were earthenware cups, end not measures; nor were they represented to contain any particular measure, any more than glasses, which were used when customers asked for a glass of beer or other liquor, and were served with such a vessel accordingly. If a customer asked for a cup of beer, he was served with and charged for a cup full ; so for a glass ; and if for a pint, or a quart, a pint or a quart measure full, according to the imperial standard. The false representation was the cheat, and it was clear that the Legislature did not mean to apply its penal pro visions to cups or glasses either, unless they were represented as containing what they really did not contain, imperial standard measure. Customers might prefer a cup to a pewter-pint, and if they were told a cup contained a pint, the 21st section enabled them to demand a comparison with an imperial mea sure ; and if the cup was found defective, then, and only then, or in cases of like nature, where a fraudu lent misrepresentation was either actually or impli citly made, did the law subject the innkeeper to penalty, By the same section an express excep tion was also made as to the stamping of earthen ware cups, and it was therefore no offence to have such unstamped. At the same time, as the innkeeper was denied by that exception, op portunity of testing !the cup before the inspector at the time appointed for stamping pewter measures, he had not the advantage, as to earthenware cups, or an ordeal which would enable him to satisfy himself whether the cup was according to the standard or not, and to have in his possession a defective earthenware cup was, per se, no offence at all, and only became criminal when the possession was for a fraud upon the public, which was proved by a false representa tion that such a cup was not defective, but was capable of containing the full measure, according to the imperial standard. The Learned Gentleman alluded to the great importance of the present case to the pub lic, and also to the defendant, who had borne a good reputation as an honourable tradesman, and who, they assured the magistrates, would be sorry to avail him self of such means es those alleged, for gaining his The magistrates, after considering the case, thought the law doubtful, and gave the defen dant the benefit of the doubt. This information hav ing been dismissed, all the other cases were with drawn. THE CHANCELLOR OF TEE EXCHEQUER.—On - quiry last evening at Sir Charles Wood's official resi dence, in Downing -street, the answer was that the Rigbt Hon. Baronet was pregressirg most satitLeorily to wards recovery. EAST INDIA RAILWAY COMP ANT.—The seventh report of the directors of this raloay, to 1 , 0 submitted to the half-yearly meeting on Wedue:d.:.y next, has just been issued. It stet-s th , ,t the emount received in call ned in anticipation of sill,, is 229,912/. The remaining c ills era to h , mode at intervals of three rnontlii, unless r h rre shnold be nn y extra , r , Tinary rep.son foe 1 • • :tilt Ulu ,e.;et:; certltica;.es for 201. C are to be ready on the 25th of next month. Name of Comp&ay. X a. d. Stock. iOO 0 0 Stock. Stock. . - - - Ditto lionds•• •• ..•• Sutlistmpton. •• Name of Company. Amount •f Share. Paid. I Price, X. s. d. 16321`2 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 Name of Company. £ 8. d. too 0 0 5000 too 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 PitiuES OF SrIARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, PINT. OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From the Of icial List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. ZOINT-STOCK VAN/ICS. Dividend Amount I Name of Company, per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. , ----- - - Australasia ...... •• • • 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 24 BritehNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon ........ ••- •• 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - ' Commercial of London 61. per cent. 1041 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial.. :.... ..... .• 15/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire ...• •• , 15/per cent. - - - ' lonian ........ ••• • • • 61 per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminetr 6.1. per cant. 100 0 0 20 0 0 255 Ditto •• - ........ - - - 13 0 0 - Loudon Joint-Stock ... CI. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Pclvincial of Ireland.. 61. per c:nt... 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.- •••• .• 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. I'rovncial of Em r. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - ' Ditto, New. ... •• • • 51. per cant. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia .... •• 5/ per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia.... 61. 'per oral. 35 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto ........ ••• • • . 6/. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London... •• i 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... , - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSUR.A.ZITC XI CONIPAN XES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. F;r1: e Annum. Share. .-- - £ s. d. f £ s. d. Albion ---..• • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 80 Alliance lint. and For. 7114 s 6d Abe 100 0 0 11 0 0 21 Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 6% Atlas •• • &Welt Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Cleriel,Med.fs.Gen.Life spr ct..& be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 60 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14 Eag1e.,.... Earopcaa Life ...• .• 414 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - General ............ _ , - - bl 4 Gilt, - IP Guardian ............ 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 52 Imperial Fire .....• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 228 Imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 e 10 0 0 15% Indemnity Marine.... 11. eh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 37 Law Fire ............ - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law I ife•• --- •• -1/. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42 Leval and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 4% Licensed Victuallers • . - 5 0 0 1 0 0 74 Louden Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17 1 p London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% Marine.. ..... • • •... 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 Med.lnvlid&Gen.Life U,. 2 1. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Nationra Lean Fund.. 51. pl , r cent. '2O 0 0 210 4 - Natiomd Life.. - ..... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Ljto 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 Os. Pelican - - - - Phwaix • • 3/.p.sh.&bs. - - 142 Pi otector Life.... ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life- -.• • • 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 Rock Life-- - .... ss. 50 0 010 () 5% Lloyd Excliantre W. rer cent. Stock. - 207% Sun Fire - - 207 I'dtto Life .. .. - - 48 United Kin;dom ! 4l.per cent. 20 0 0 4 0 0 - Univerbal Life lO% pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - Viauria Life..... 51. 5/. per cnt. - 40 0 4% DOCIL3. Dividend per Ann um. 6t. pr cent. 20s. per sh. 51. pr ennt. 1/. per cent. 4 per cent. 1. pr ceet. 21. per cant. 355. per cent. N. 43. Od. I/. Is. Od. N;grATll2-• Dividend per Annum. X 3. d. £5 0 0 50 0 0 Paid. X. s. d. 60 0 0 40 0 0 raid. X s. d. East and West 131st Country London . Ditto i30nd5.. ...... gt. Katharine ........ Ditto, Scrip ....... . Charing-cross.. .. Southwrk, Nvr Sub. Av. _ . Ditto Nw of 7y, p .c. Waterloo ............ Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .... • • • Ay. ZIRXI/G Dividend per East Lontlon..• • •• • • • • Annum. Grand Junction •• •• 4/. r;icnt. •• •• •• 31. 108. Lambeth •••• • • •• 51. per cnt. Now Rivr Lndn Brdzo 21. 10s. Vauxhall .......... j 51. per cnt. West Middlesex . . ,G/. OA. pr cnt Amount Shr.re. tO 7) 0 OI U!J3 Amount of Skr.ro. GAS—LIGHT AND CONXI COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. I. d. X. a. d. British .• •••••• • • • • • • 11. 40 0 I 18 • I 14 Ditto Provincial. •• • li. Bs. 20 29 0 0 10 Brighton ••• • .. 51. per cent. 20 I 12 City of London ...... 101. 100 0 0 150 • 0 280 Continental Consolidat. 928. pr share 175 0 0 31 i 0 34 Equitable........ •• • . 50s. pr share 60 0 0 60 0 0 27 Imperial ..... •• •• • • 31. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 70 Independent ..... •. • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 • 60 50 0 0 30 0 I 150 C 0 50 0 0 Do., Parl. Preference 61. per coat. 25 0 0 210 0 -- rheenix .• 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 49 0 0 29 Kate= ........ 5/. 100 0 I 50 0 0. 75 United General ...... 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 It Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 44 Ditto, New •••• 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 j 8,, CANALS. Names of IV, is: Dividend' ~, Names of Dividend 21 ,„ Companies. per °-' Companies. xi per -,„,,... rl,Annum. - 02 Annum. X X 1 Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 21.105. 50 Barnsley- • • 160 121. 110 Neath ...• •• 1001 161. 340 Urknk& Abrg 150; bl. 85 Oxford.. •• • . 100 , 201. 185 Birmingham 40' 41. 89 Peak Forest. 7g 1 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.. • • 100 251. 210 Regent's -. • 33 1/. 26. 18% Derby • •... 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... p,5 41. 50% Ellsmre&Chs 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 1 50 71.101. 130 GrandJunctn 100, 51. Bi%, Do.Lk Fd St 12161. p. e. - Grand Surrey 100 2/. Os. 30 Stffrd &P; ore 1 14 51 140 1 281. 401: 201. 3 Grand Union 100 1 , 11. 103. 24 Shrewsbury.. 1251 151. 4 Grantham .. 150, - - Stonrbridge.. - Kenut & ATI( 39, 7s. 6d. 5% Severn Audi . ; Lancaster ,IQO, 21. 32% Wye Rail. j 26 21 . Os. - Lee Is& Livrploo l 301. 317% WarwickBc Leicester .. • . 1 100 1 Si. 63% It irming. 3 100 4/. 63 Leicstr &Nth i 83 4/. 46 Warwick& Loughhorozhl 142 701. 510 Napton..l 100 31. 40 Monmouthsh ; 100, 81. - Worestr &'j If ntgomrysia l loo - - Birming. j7B 3/. 43 Keltn3iwbry; 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 14 e. 9 LIST Cr SCOTTIS3I COPIP.A.IITIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Rank of Scotland firitlsh Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 235 ialedorlan Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 18 ;Irdeedale Bank -• •• •• 634 per cent. 20 0 0, 10 0 0 14 `cmmerelal Bank -• • 71. per cent. 000 0 0 ,100 0 0 174% .astern Bank •••• • • • • 6/. per cent. 25 t.` 0 10 0 0 9 elclinbA Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. b 0 0 b 0 0 5/. 16s Exchange Bnk of Scot 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - 1 ational Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 1 4 gorthof Scotland Bank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 8 0 0 3;i, North British Bank ' •. - - - - Royal Bank of Scotland 57. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Unionßank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92 Western Bauk .• ••• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75% Alliance Fire and Life 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 B. Accord. Life aud Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per tent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17a 3d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 12s Edinburgh Life Insur 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 20% East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 0 15 0 - Eng. & Scot, Law Life bl.per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - ilercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 () 0 10 0 0 - Basun Co. of Seetlnd•• SI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 105 Mercantile Life National Fire and Life b/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 205.65 North British Incur 5% Lpr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 24 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Mits. and Gon. LI fe - 0 0 0150 I - Scottish Union Immo. 6UI. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245.64 3tandard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 8 0 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ‘ 163 Od MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .............. X• s. d. Z. s. d. Auction Mart.• •• •• •• 2/. ss. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian A,;riculturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 1/. ifs. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Ilalf Shares.. - - 210 0 - Canada .... • ........ a per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - 89 Pity Navigation .... - - - 91 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.ichs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable Reversionry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 103 Gen.SteamNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0I 14 0 0 27% London Institution .• • - - ' 78 15 0 - Russell Institution•• • • - - 26 5 0 - Peninslr&Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 79% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 91 Royal Mail Steam•• •• 61 18..4. p. c, 100 0 0 60 0 0 50% South Australian... •• 1/. per share. 25 0 0, 25 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0, 29 0 0 - PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The performances of Tues day next, when Flexmore takes his becefit at this theatre, are announced to take place under the special patronage of their Royal Highnesgca the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who have graciously signified their intention of being present on the occasion. This is a distinguish e d m a rk o f the appreciation entertained of the high comic tilents of the beneficiaire by those illus trious patrons of merit. The favourite opera of Charles the Second, in which the vocal talent of the company is so advantageously developed, is to Precede a new ballet by Flexmore, entitled the Thrre Statues and the Fairy Forest, and from the combined terpsichorean excellerce of Madlle. Auriol and himself, a rare treat may be con fidently anticipated. In the pantomime some novel comicalities are to be intioduefd. and the concluding scene is to exhibit a splendid di:play of fireworks, pre pared by Darby, the eminent pyrotechnist, which will form a grand climax to the feats of " the inimitable" and his admirable comrades—the majestic Honey, and his fascinating queen, the ferocious Wynn, the graceful Fawcett, the agile Bologne, the adamantine Paulo, the spring-heeled Lebar, and the India-rubber Wright. As a first-rtte artist and a man c-f private worth, Flexmore is evr4ll deserving of the patron,ge and support which await him on Tuctlaverenim-. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—We understand that the London nmil train on the Caled:. nitro Railway ca me i nto eelli.fion with a goods train Abington. 40 mil es sou th of Glasgo7 , yestc:rday morniog. Strew of the passengers by the train worn more ca. less Lijur-4. and one pas hr, r.EI - :i! train was ed oral nours in con6ecpachce of ne accident. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. ,'4,lott Xbftttou QUEEN'S BEINUIi.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco. before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice ERLE.) THE QUEEN V. THE LEEDS AND BRADFORD RAILWAY. 'ibis was a part heard ease upon an appeal from the quarter sessions cf the county of York, and the question wag, whether the defendants, in constructing their line and in making certain cuttings, had made such conve nient ascents and descents to and from footpaths inter secting the line, as they were bound by their Act of Par liament to do. The defendants had been indicted f:r misdemeanour the erosions for (among other things) making a cutting through a rock upwards of ,60 feet deep, without nut only laving made such convewient ar cents and descents to and from a public footway crossing the line, as they were bound to do. but had stor t ed at the footway. The walls of the cutting in question were perfectly perpendicular, and not sloping, and the de fendants had erected a stone parapet wall at the top ol the cutting to prevent passengers and cattle straying over the precipice. Mr. Tim LE, on the part of the clofendantF, contended that even it they had been guilty of the charge imputed to them, their conduct ought not to have been mate the subject of an indictment; and if they had not done the duty imposed upon them by an Act of Parliament, the proper mum for the complainants t pursue was to hate AppEed to the Court of Queen's Bench for a mandamus to compel the defendants to ili.seherge their duty. Mr. Justice ERLE ;aid, if the defendants were justi fied in making the cutting through the rock le:th pet pendicular well,-, they Mould be justified in erecting parapet walls, as they had done at the Op of the cutting, to prevent persons and cattle atra) ing into it. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE differed from Mr. Temple as to the proceeding by mandamus instead of indictment. Mr. Temple had thought that because the iarties might have proceeded by mandamus they were precluded from adopting the remedy by indictment. He (Mr. Justice Co!eridge) distented from that position, and thought the complainants were at liberty to elect, their remedy. EXCHEQI)ER.—(I I IIIS DAY.) CHAU LIST LAND SCHEME. 0 CONNOR, v. BRADSHAW. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Sergeant Weraerns wag heard on the part of chin ff. He said that instead of Mr. O'Connor being branded es an impostor, and held up as the enemy of the poor, he ought. to be l oo k e d upon as a great pu b l i c b enefactor, for he had Lean th e means of produenag an amount of good which no other i n di v id ual, w h et h er a M em b er of Parliament or not, had been able to accomplish by his own unaided exertions. lie had worked day and night to promote the company, without putting a shilling into his pocket, and even paying his own travelling expenses; and he had been enabled to place a groat nueeber ot poor and over-worked weavers and mechanics, who had previously been breathing pestilential air and eating un wholesome bread, upon small allotments, in the mutt healthy and salubrious parts of England, which were perfect peredise as compared 'with their former condi tion; and most of the witnesses who had lived upon them presented anything but an unhealthy appearance. On the contrary, their rude countenances were a certain indication that they had been enjoying a better means, of existence than working in the close and contiaed atmosphere of a factory for the triflin g remuneration c f 65.) fprejudice o r 7s. existing, :u week.a e is Unfortunately against there wa s a grea t d ea l Mr. O'Connor ;not only l but also against the National ilLand Company, but he begged the jury not to allow it to have a lurking place in their minis, and to exclude everything from their attention which reason, truth, and justice did not sanctian. The odium thrown on the company was to be attributed to the fact that it was exclusively confined to working men; but few of those companies in the city who prided them. selves on their importance, and printed splendid figure heads at the top cf their prospectuses, would have sub mitted their alfairs to such a rigid investigation and in quiry as Mr. O'Connor had done his accounts, or would have come out of the inquiry so unscathed and trium phant. He had invited and courted invo itigatior, and yet Lot a single blot had throughout the whole case been thrown upon his honesty, and the question was not whether the expectations he had held out to the members had re t or could not be fulfilled, or whether the society had altogether failed ; but whether there bad been any dishonesty or imposition, and if they thought not, then the plaintiff would be entitled to their verdict. He admired the press in its capacity as a public censor, and hoped it s;:ould long possess and be enables to exer cise its legitimate power and influence ; but when his Learned Friend said the present libel was only what a journalist, commenting upon a public character, was at liberty to write, ho could almost have laughel at the absurdity of the declaration, but that he knew he was driven into a dilemma. Nothing could be more contempt ible than the object with which:it had been put forward, fur though the defendant evidently wished to be recognised as the modern Hercules of the press, his only real desire was to increase the sale of his paper by circulating an abusive and unfounded accusation against the plaiotiff. His Learned Friend had compared the glowing descrip tions given of the land scheme to the extraordinary effects said to have been produced by the application ot macassar oil; but this libel, Which concluded by an ad vertisement, that the Nottingham Journal was the large it and cheapest paper in the county, was as contemptible as the annouucemeuts of a penny showman in a fair. Mr. O'Connor had been accused of wholesale robbery, but whatever might be the result of their verdict, he felt confident that when a report of the inquiry got abroad the public would disco ver that they had dune Mr. O'Connor immense injus tice. lie had made everything connected with the com pany known, and all that ho could now be accused of was, that he was too much of a philanthropist; but he hoped the jury wculcl be the last persons to accuse a man for being a philanthropist, simply because they differed with him in opinion. It was seldom they could tind a man in Mr. O'Cunnor's position, who went among the poor, visited their hovels, and subjected him:telt by choice to evils which they were subjected to Iby necessity, and he could only attribute his zeal in perse vering in this course, notwithstanding the difficulties in his way, and the abuse which was heaped upon him, to a consciousness that he was doing right. He trusted the evidence had shown that a e plaintiff was no quack, nor an imposter, nor a cheater of the poor—characters which had been assigned to him, in order to subject him to public hatred and derision. They would not a'.- low a pet - eon:so injured to be altogether trodden dewy, but would give such damages by the verdict as they thought he was entitled to.. The CHIEF BARON then proceeded to sum up the evidence. The actiion, he said, was brought to recover damages for the Publication cf a libel, in which the dr - fendant called the plaintiff a political impostor. The cieleidant pleaded first, not guilty; and, secondly, a plea which, in substance, justified the libel. These plc is, he thought, merely applied to the conduct of the plaintiff in reference to the land scheme, and to nothing else. They would have, in the first place, to consider the ex tent to which the imputation went. There were three points of view iu which this case ought to be con sidered. First, was this a malignant libel, pro ceeding from bad motiees, forced in fact and malicious in its intention? If so, there could be no doubt that the plaintiff was entitled to recover damages. The next was—had the defence been made out, assuming they be lieved that the imputation did not go beyond what was intended ? If they entertained an opinion in the affirmative, then the plaintiff would be entitled to a verdict on the plea of not guilty. but the defendant would be entitled to a verdict on the plea of justification. There was a third and intermediate view, viz, assuming that Mr. O'Connor was actuated by no desire to act dishonestly, had he so conducted the scheme and managed the details of it, as to fairly give rise to the comments of a public journalist, and to justify the general character of the imputation? If so, then they would reduce the damages to what extent they thought proper; but if they thought the justification had not been made out, and there was no dishonesty, the plaintiff would be entitled to damages to an amount proportionate to the injury sustained. It therefore, the scheme was of such a character as to load the public to consider it an imposition, it was his duty to say that the plaintiff must take the consequences of his own acts and submit to any fair public criticism which might be passed . upon him. Both the parties it appeared were the proprietors of newspapers, and he could not fail observing Chet it was to be regretted they had not settled their differences in the columns of their own journals instead of coming to that court and occupying it for a period of three days. But the plaintiff had another course open to him, for, being . a Member of Parliament, he could hn ve made a motion in the House of Commons fur a breach of privilege, and the) whole circum stances of the case, as well as his defence, would have been given to the public .next morning in the newspapers, and thus he would have been enabled to vindicate his character without having recourse to law. His Lordship then referred in detail to the evi dence which had been produced, commenting at length noon the different parts of it; and said, in regard to the land scheme, that as it was to purchase land and to divide it among the subscribers it could not be registered, and declared his opinion as a judge that it was altogether illegal. The jury, after an absence of 20 minutes, came into Court with a verdict for the defendant; but they said they begged to accompany that verdict by an expression, of their opinion that the character of the plaintiff stood unimpeached in regard to his personal honesty. 3 THE ARMY AN]) NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) UN ATTACHED PAL—Major-Geuera!s Roderick Mac r and George Dean Pitt, K. 11., have severally suc- - ceeded to the unattached pay of 255, pur chin). The former officer served at Corunna, under Sir John Moore; at rW alcheren, in 1809; nd in w R lS , T p d r i , s , t h e P n t o m a t e r t a h n e l br i al n tetd l l e 8 thel3o. an d p it , t ;g ll ll ol: ,f an i d s , l i s n , 1814. He subsequently t!erloe. Major-Generni Pitt served . at the capture of the Danish West India Islands, and of Martinique. He was subsequently in the Peninsula tr a i t im il l s : ig l r l ,c . t r o .nd lB A l4 l_ , and uhared in the b..".lthos of Albuera, _ i m u a n l ti , n a d nd t} t e he P s Y i r e; e o e f F' E tt' ad e aj c,c ;. lim H s e is now.ecnamand- ing in New Zealand. THE COMMAND IN IRELAND Lient.-General Sir William Gowm, K C. 8., has ben mentioned as the plc bable successor to Lieut.-General Sir Edward Blakeney, commanding tho troops in Ireland. ti some of th em; an d to u d CAVALRY lI EGIME NTF.—It is rum oure d t h at the Go yernmEnt intend to cein,olidato the w h o l e o f die I'oo me a sngtuslodfro%yslry y reducing to be continue efirctive. • toblosecorps which arc EAST INDIA UNITED SERVICE CLUn.L-ThirtySiX candidates are in the field for the appointment of Secre tary to this Club, which has become vacant by the resig nation of 3.,f,j0r White. ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT —We announced in our .Gazeite tf tae 12i,11 of Jai,uary, the retirement of Sir John Webb, the Director-Genorat, which is to t.-Ite placo from Vie Ist of April, vs als) that of Deptit-, -In neral 'ffratis; tba former wi! recte,Ye 3!.; and the latter 305., per diern. Sir John's appointment will t filled up, and his house is to be in future Ow resi dence of the Commandant of Woolwich Garrison. Senior Surgeon Stewart is to take charge of the Department, and has been appointed Surgeon-General. It is intended to m.ke an addition to the ettablishment of two or three Assistant-Surgeons. ROYAL MILITARY A SYLUM.—Alterations are I eing made in this estatilishmont, in order to give better ac corn mothtion to some of the officers and their families. ROYAL SAPPERS Als!D MINERS —A detcchrrent of Royal Sappers are about to proceed t. - ) Sandhurst Col lege to assi:t in the instruction of the officers of fiat in stitution, and will be principally employed in construct ing field works, stockades, &c., as well as the formation of military bridges of boats and casks. It is rumoured to be the intention of the authoriti s to abolish the riding establishment at the Maidstone cavalry depot. CHATHAM GARRISON.—It is rumoured that the Royal Engineer establishment, under the able superintendence of Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, is to be discontinued. We 'egret to find that a regiment which has ben stationed at this place for some time past has rendered itself very unpopular from the want of cordiality and unanimity which ought to exist on the part of all officers towards each other, particularly in regiments in good discipline and under able command. The treat ment cf a junior officer, who is represented to be a young man ef exemplary conduct, has called firth much indig nation t 'wares the regiment. It is high time that the Horse Guards authorities should inquire minutely into the state and discipline of the regiment, and weed with a firm hand those parties who have brought odium and disrespect upon the name of a British regiment. COMMODORE'S SECRETARY AT WOOLWICIL—MR. J. R. Andrews, Paymaster and Purser, bas been appointed Secretary to Commodore Eden, at 'Woolwich, in the room of Mr. Dyer, appointed Secretary to Lord John Hay, at Devonport. RETRENCHMENT.—The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered a committee from each of their departments at Somerset-housr, to assemble nod report upon the merits of a plan to unite the Record-offices into one, by which great and unnecessary labour, as well as 3,0001. annual expense, will be saved to the country. Raisiso SEAMEN.—In consequence of the slow man ner in which the Superb, 80, Ckitain Purcell, at Qacens towa, has teen filling up her complement, notwithstand ing that she has parties different ports raising men, •the Admiralty hare ordered the Trident, steam-vessel, visiting the coasts of Ireland, and the Lucifer, strain vessel, at Galway, to use every exertion to induce seamen to ente-. Tie Superb is still fifty Blue Jackets short. Lieutenant Buwden has he in sent to Portsmouth, to eater men fir the 50 a ;un frigate Arethusa, fitting at Devonport. Puma:as' ACCOUNTS AND SOMERSET.IIOTJSE.—In consequence of the great pressure c f business at Somer set-`louse examining pursers' accounts, it is reported that their Lordships are about to appoint all the unemployed claiks of the Navy in that department. We would suggest to their Lordships, as a measure of im provement, and at the same time one of economy, that they should retire the clerks at Somerset-house on the naval clerks' .‘ half.' a:a" fir a season, and appoint one-half the number of the latter class of officers at one half the salaries now paid. We are quite sure that under such an arrangement the business would not fall into arrear, and, what is more, it.would he well and ha tisfactorily performed. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The Snare market continues to maintain the slim fay , urable position it has held far some weeks; a very considerable amount of business having been transacted, anal numerous inquiries continuing to be made. The metal market continues firm; lead has again advanced, with every probability of a further increase in price. Copper will, in all probability, receive a further ad vance; and although tin is stat e d to be temporarily depressed by recent importations, the sales of British produce be- tray no d(mnward tendency of price. Devon Great Consols have been done at an advance on last sllles, and inquiries for them continue. Several shares in Tre!awny have changed hands, and buy, rs continue. Condurrow, Stray Park, East Pool, South Basset, South Frances, South Tolgus, Ste., are also being sought for. At Wheal Seaton hi-monthly account for November and December, a dividend of 5/. per share, amounting to 9901., was declared, carrying to credit of roxt account, 5021. 19s. sd. The profit on the ores sold during the above months amounted to 1,270/. 1 Is. sd. The prospects of the mine are much improved, both in the deep levels and the western ground. Trelawny quarterly account was held on the 12th, when a dividend of 1,300/. was declared, being 51. per share, and carrying to credit of next account a balance of 691/. 25. 11d. Three parcels of silver-lead ores, sold in October and Decernb- r, realised 6,036/. 19s. 2d., and the profits for the three months amounted to 1,424/. 10s. 4d. From the agent's report, we learn that the pros eels e f the mine are highly encouraging, especially the lode north of Phillips's shaft. Wheal Tremayne hi-monthly account was held on the Bth, when a dividend of 10s. per share was declared fir November and December, leaving a balance to n ex t ac count of 433/. 133. 9d. he stock of tin on the mine, up to the 31st of January, is estimated at 64 tons. Tie prospects of the mine continue most encouraging, with every appearance of greater improseawnt. Wheal Mary Ann quarterly account was held on the lath, uhen a dividend cf 21. per share was dec!arod, leaving a balance of 3771. 18e. Bd. to credit of next account. At the Kingsett and Bedford meeting, the statement of accounts showed balance against adventurers of 40/. 13& Bd., with liabilities amounting to, the sum of 5 7 61. 18s. 2d.; to meet which a call of 5% per share was authorised within a month, and a further call c f 55., if necessary, before the next general meeting, which call would be responded to by all the shareholders. as the amount of 50s. per share will then have been pa;d, to which extent a certain number c f shares were tree. The report horn the mine is highly satisfactory, and it is expected that any further call will be unnecessary, as the mine is now considered in a profitable position. At West Wheal Frances meeting the accounts far the four months, ending December, were audited, showing a balance of 16/. 3s. 4d. against the adventurers; and a call of 1/, per share was made. The prospects of the mine warranting more extensive operations, the commit tee were empowered to purchase a steam-engine suitable to the purpose. A general meeting of Penzance Consols was held on the 11th instant, when the accounts for the four months were eudtted, and a balance of 105/. 11P. 7d. found in favour of the adventurers. Since the last meeting (Oc tober 15) upwards of 144 tons of tin have been sold, realising 6991. Bi. 3d., which has placed the mine in a profitable position. This agent's report is highly encou raging, and the first dividend may be anticipated at the next account, to be held in April. At a special meeting of the shareholders in Mineral Court Mining Company, a very encouraging report from the captain was received, and the proposal to erect steam stamps was adopted. At the East Bitch Tor meeting, the statement of ac counts showed a balance of 42/. in favour of the mine, and the guaranteed dividend of 2e. per share was agreed to be paid to the new shareholders from the produce of the ore now about being sold. At the Rhoswiddol and Bacheiddon meeting, the re port stated that the mines were now in a position of making regular returns of lead. A call of Bs. per share was made, to ltquidate the present liabilities of the mine; nicety-five tons of ore are raised, and in course of rais ing, the proceeds of which will be applied as working capital. A special general meeting of the Comblawn adven turers was held on Thursday, at which the accounts were submitted, and a call of 21. per share made. At Tavy Consols bi-monthly meeting, a call of ss. per share was made, to meet the balance of 2761. Is. 4d. against the mine • 55 tons of upper ore are ready for sampling, and about the same quantity is expected fur the present month. The general appearance of the mine is considered more cheerful. At the West Polgooth meeting, the accounts for the past month, amounting to 1951., were audited and paid. The proceedings appear to have been of a satisfactory nature. '.Wheal Mary (Redruth) account for November and December was held on the 13th inst., when a call of ss. per share was made. The balance against the mine was 450/. 10s. 10d, The general prospects of the mine are favourable. Shares in the following mines have changed hands since our last:-Devon Great Consols, Tincroft, Tre lawny, South Tolgus, Bedford United, Trehane, Mary Ann, South Basset, flennock, Stray Park, South Tre lawny, Kingsett and Bedford, Penzance Consols, Vs eat Providence, Wheal Tremayne, Devon and Courtenay, Treviskey and Barrier, Tregorden, Wheal Trescoll, Tamar Consol', South and East Tamar, Heignston -Down, Peralarvee, Wheal Margaret, Lelant, East Buller, Wheal Bar, Camborse Console, and Arundel. The attention of the public appears to be more directed towards the United Mexican-probably owing to the increased confidence arising from the satisf,ctury pro. ceedinga at the late meeting. Notwithstanding the low quotation, wo believe there are very few shares in the hands of speculators, being chiefly held as investment by influential capitalists. 7 LAW INTELLIGENCE. 1' COURT OF QUEEN'S BEACH, Feb. 15. • - (Continued iron our Afternoon Edition.) , '•After the examination cf other witnesses, fIUDIFREYS then addressed the jury for the de fendant. ,Several witnesses raring been examined for the de fence, _ _ COCKBURN addressed the jury in reply. It was then ultimately agreed upcm be twee n the coun sel un both sides that there should be a verdict, upon the first plea of not guilty, of Is. nominal damages for the plaintiff, and that a juror should be viithdrawn upon tie other plea ofjustifieation. SHERIFFS' COURT, Feb 15. (13( fare Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL Ord a Special Jury.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-BITCBIN v. BLAND. 'This u as an action brougLt by a lady named Agnes Ritchie . , residing at the lele cf Man, against the Rev. Philip Davidson Dian.), curate cf Rotherni the Church, to menver compensation in damages for breach of promise cf marriage. The defendant acknowledged his breach of promise by. allowing judgment to go by default, and a-writ of inquiry was now executed for ;he siseggiment of ( - :arneges, which:were laid in the declaration at 3,0001. Sir F. Thesiger, with whom was Mr. O'Malley, ap peired for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Shee, with whom was Mr. Saunders, represented the defendant. Son aft-r the part es who represented the plaintiff and def :miens clime into Court there were symptoms arrange meet. Terms were proposed, and whilst the jury were being sworn Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. Serg; ant Shee consulted on the compensation to be awarded. Sir F. TIIESIGER rose, and said that he was happy to inform the jury that they would be spared a very pain ful inquiry. The object of the plaintiff in bringing the action was the vindication of her character, nod tie (Sir F. Thes,iger) understood that there was not the slightest reprneh to be cast upon i!, as they would publicly hear from his Learned Friend, and by consent the jury would assess the damages at 1,5001. Mr. Sergeint Seier: expressed the satisfaction he felt in the discharge of his duty et exonerating the plaintiff from all and every blame. There had not teen, nor was there new, any cause to attribute blame to her, and the derendant would be r aiy at all times to make the ac koowledgment he now made on his behalf. Mr. Under-Slierill I U SCHELL told the jury that any wur,Y, by consent, a-tsers the damages at 1,5001. Thy jury. of whom Sir Henry Ellis was foreman, tie cnrdingly assessfd the &wages at 1,5001. It ass expected that the case would have ixenpiid some time. The speedy termination appeared to disap point some of the persees assembled. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FLUDAY. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Fran. 1?. The Q.leen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint the undermentioned Gentlemen to her I‘l,jesty's Ilonourabie Corps of Gentlemen at Arms:—Charles Tyler, Eig., Tice Tyler, retired; Sir James Lawrence Cotter, Bart., late £7th Regiment, vice Ford, retired. WHITEHALL, FEB. 12. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Stephenson, Dq., to be one of her Majesty's Commis sioners for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations to be holden in the year 1851. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Lieut.- Col. William Reid, of the Royal Engineers, C. 8., to be one of the Executive Committee of the said Commission, in the room of Robert Stephenson, Esq., and to be Chairman of the said Exemtive Committee. WHITEHALL, FEB. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Barley Holroyde, of Halifax, in the county of York, Gent,, and Francis Brown, of Market Deepiug, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., to be Masters Extraordinary in the High Court if Cteancery. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 15, 1850. 4th Rt.gimer.t of Dragoon Guards—Robert John Henry, Gent., to be Cornet. by purchase, vice. Webb, promoted, Feb. 15 ; George Campbell ilenville Player Brigatocke, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wallis, who retires, Feb. it;. sth Dragoon Guards—George John Bridge, Gone., to be Curree, by purchase, rice Sidtbot , ,um, prouauted, Feb. 15. BANKRUPTS. John Worse!dine, upholsterer, Carabriege, to sur render, February 27, and March 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Smi:ll and Johnson, Lincoln's Inn -fig ld Thomas Sadler and William Edmund Sadler, sail- makers, Brightlingsm:', Es!•cx, Feb. 22, el two, and April 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, cifi cial assignee, Bainghall-street; Bull,Ely-place, Holborn; Abf:ll, Colchester. Mehard Noble and Georg.. May, fancy cloth manufac turers, Almondbury, York, March 5 and April 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Floyd, Iluddersfield; Bond and Bar wick, Leeds. John Price, cabinet maker, Birmingham, Feb. 26 and March '26. at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, offic..ill assignee, Birmingham; Chesshire, Bir mingham. liugh fatty, druggist, Abergele, Denbighshire, March 1 and 22, ct el,ven, at the Liverpcol District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Dodd, Liver pool. David Blackburn, Thomas Pickles, David Crabtree, end William Blackburn, cotton-spinners, Halifax, York shire, March 5 and April 9, ut twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Robson, Halifax; Cariss and Cudworth, LeedF. edtrick Johnson, watchmaker, Lincoln, Feb. 27 and March 27, at half•past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Andrews, Lin• coin. Abraham Desforges Willey Desforger, brickmaker, Alford, Lincolnshire, March 6 and April 3, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Portington, Alford; Bunney and Wil tor, Hull. James Stephenson, draper, Arbour-torrace, Commer cial-road, Feb. 26, at halt-past eleven, and March 28 ,at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-builaings; Reed, Langfurd, and Mars den, Friday-street, Chi apside; Sale, Worthington, and Co., Mauch et .r. Themes Skelton Heightholm, pviuter, Scarborough, March 5 and 26, at,cnc, at the Leeds District Court Hope, official assigner, Leeds; Robinson and Greene, Lccds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Johnson, Winchester-street, merchant, March 8, at one--A. M Kenzie and J. Haig, Darby -street, Rosemary lane, merchants, March 8, at half-past eleven-W. 11. Mills, Mark-lane, wine merchant, March 8, at eleven- C. Brook, Vim-yard, Lani-street, carman, March 8, at half-past twelve--A. C. Marsh, Great Sett:and-yard, navy agent, March 8, at twelve-J. Luray, Old Fish street-hill, Upper Thatuez-strr et, stationer, and Minories, chartseller, March 7, at half-past eleven-11. Gibbs, Oxford, grocer, March 11, at two-G. Geerinee Arundel, Sussex, grocer, March 7, at half past twelve-D. King, Eltham, Kent, surgeon, March 12, at eleven. In the Country. H. Moseley and J. B. Murphy, Derby, carvers and gliders, March 22, at eleven, ut the Court, Birmingham -1!. Clark, Leicester, cabinetmaker, March 22, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham-R. Smith, Hathere, Leices tershire, and Formark-park, Derbyshire, tanner, March 22, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham-W. Perkins, De vonpert, cabinet maker, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-G. S. Baron, Plymouth, set'', vener, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-H. S. Bolt, Plymouth, wine merchant, March 14, at clever, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-J. Crook, Plymouth, merchant, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-G. W. Currie, Plymouth, wine merchant, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Com merce, Plymouth-a. Rowe, Plymouth, grocer, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth-li. Elliott, Plymouth, builder, March 14, at eleven, at the Hall of Commerce, El) mouth-W. M. Jones, Mold, Flintshire, maltster, March 15, a' eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-J. P. Richard arid A. H. Aikin, Liverpool, merchaats, March 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool -W. Hannah, Liverpool, apothecary, March 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-S. L. Traman, Liver pool, merchant, Alarch 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool-H. Roberts, Pwllhcli, Carnarvonshire, draper, March 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-C. K. Wilson and IV. Wilson, Liverpool, linendrapere, March 13, at cloven, at the Court, Liverpool-J. Armi tage, Linthw ate, Yorkshire, innkeeper, March 8, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-J. Greenwood, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, March 8, at eleien, at the Court, Leeds-W. L. Bickley, Sheffield, innkeeper, March 9, at twelve, at the Council Hull, Sheffield-D. M'Hardy, Aldmondbury, Yorkshire, innkeeper, March 8, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-R. Milner, Darlington, Durham, timber merchant, March 14, at half. past ten, at the Cour', Newcastle -upon-Tyne -W. Wilson, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, maltster, March 14, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne -J. Forres ter, Whitehaven, mercer, March 7, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-C. S. Fenwick, Tynemouth, Nor thumberland, banker, March 7, atone, at the Court, New castle-upon Tyne-T. Reed, North Shields, banker, March 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne- G. Davison, Alnwick, Northumberland, carpenter, March 13, at twelve, at the Court, Newcro tle upon-Tyne-G. Barton and J. Barton, Manchester, copper roller manufacturers, March 11, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-W. T. Watson, Manchester and Leeds, commission agents. March 11, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-J. Johnson, Manchester, amallware manufacturer, March 8, at twelve, at the Court, Man chester-M. M'Giverin, Manchester, smallware manu facturer, March 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. G. Wood, Liverpool, chemist, first dividend of 81d., on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Hall, Rutherhithe, shipwright, first dividend of 811., on Saturday, F e b. 16 an d t h ree su b sequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ahchurch-lace. J. H. Ilipwood, Cornhill, merchant, first and fir al dividend of ls. 4d., on Saturday, Feb. 16, and three sub sequent Fatarr3ays, betr een the hours 01 eleven :led two, at the (Ace of ~‘ Ir. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. Carter, Liverpool, raercLaut, first dividend of Alid., on wry Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Hewitt, Liverpool, merchant, first dividend of id., on any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the elfin of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Businghall-street. W. Woods, Mount-place, Walworth-road, ironmonger, March 11, at one-R. Good, Bishop,gete-street Wet - out, stationer, Ma rc h 14 at or e-R. Beard, Millur , mews, Nt w Mili mau - s t ree t, G u ildford-etreet, and I at liernent-*treer Westminster, metallic plate arid picture ,an frame manufecturer, March 9, at half - past twelve-, II . J. Sege, Great Portland-street, chemist, March J, at eleven-W. Jerde.n, Milton-next Grevesemi. newspaper proprietor, publiaber,,, a nd bookseller, March la, at eleven. In the Country. G. Davidson, Alnwick, Northumberland, carpenter, March 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle upon- Ty t e—C. Robertson, Rotherham, Yorklhire,vsteel manufacturer, March 9, at twelve, at the Council -hall, Snetlitld—T. Ashworth, Liverpool, merchant, March 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—Z. Stafford, Notting ham, innkeeper, March 22, at eleven, at the Court, Not tingham—J. Cowlishaw and J. Cowlirhaw, Derby, rail way carriage builders, Marin 22. atiGse ten il a d t , th e e he C s o h i i i r r e , , , Notting' am—W. L. Bowyer, m Erocer, March 11, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester— . Rcssiter, jun., Torquay, Devonshire, builder and inn keeper, March 13, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. Colenutt, I'ortaee, baker and grocer, atd Ports mcutb, furniture broker and ironmonger, Feb. 12—J i ; livbiason, Alsidou- road, gineretock-1411, btWdor , Feb. ------- 12, certificate cf the third class—C. Yorke, Cambridge. upholsterer and cabinetmaker, Feb. 11, certificate of the third class—G. Russell, Gosvvell-road, cabinetmaker, Feb. 11, certificate of the third class—R. J. Hicks, West Derby, Lancashire, dealer in cattle and horse dealer. Feb. 12, certificate of the first class, after 21 days --D. B. Sorley, Liverpool, broker, March 8. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Cooper and R. Bell, Goole, Yorkshire, iron and brassfounders—R. Bear, and T. J. A. Henderson, Rams gate, hotel keepers—Elizabeth Miera and W. T. Miera, Leeds, paint, oil, and colour merchants—J. Pooley, H. E. Robson, G. Cooke, and I. B. Cooke, Huime, Manches ter, cotton spinners —M. Davis, sen., and G. Davis, jun., Bath, butchers—W. Devenish, J. A. Devenish, W. De venish, jun., and 11. Devenish, Weymouth, brewers— W. S. Stel. S. M. Buckingham, R. Stayer!, J. C. Zigo male, and J. Watson (so far as regards S. M. Bucking ham and J. Wass,m), Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, and Glasgow, commission merchants—J. Haigh, E. G. Williams, W. S. Steil, S. M. Buckingham, R. Stavert, J. Watson, and J. C. Zigomala, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, commission met clien's—Elizabon Blisr, and Elie* Margaret Bullock, Addison-road, Kensington, school•mistresaes—J. Fined and W. Argent, B ur y- street, Bloomsbury —J. Roand, S. Round, acid J. Higgs, Netherton, Worcestershire. and Tipton, Statlr,rdehire, miners—J. Harris, L. Symons, and H. HarriF, booksellers and binders—E. Rolle and J. Wonfor, Battorticoa, manufacturing chemists —J. Brown imd P. Clayton. Post Stirigley, Cheshire, coal merchants Bairn, T. Hill, and W. Hill (so C.r as regards W. Quorodon, Leicestershire, and Nottingham. lace rnsnitfi.ctureri—T. Hill and W. Hill, Lentos, Notting hamshire, end Nottingham, lace manufacturers--J. B. Boinburger and J. M•Master, Bishopwcarnsouth, Dar ! ham, schoolmasters—J. K. Smith, and T. Kirby, Lei cester, tailors—W. Watts and J. Sutcliff, Plessant row, Great Guildf9rd- street. Southwark —W. Rip on and J. Littlewood. Beaton Norris. Lancashire, cotton spinners —J. Jones and J. Lea Liverpool, coal mer chants—J. Bearton end W. P. Smith, Peckham, drapers —Jane Thomas and Jesse Thomas, Rochester, Kent, grocers—J. Fairburn and J. Binns, Mirfield. Yorkshire, cotton eardmakcrs—G. Worsdell, G. Gilkes, and J. Bowden, ‘Varrington, Lancashire, engineers —A. Ling and J. Brown, jun., High Ongar, Essex, farmers—H. Wild and J. Emery, Boshem, Banton. and Westbourne, Sussex, brick and tilemallers—T. Richardson and M. Richardson, Oldham, Lancashire, linendrapers—W. W. Hawkins and C. H. Hawkins, Colchester, timber mer ehants—J. Ball and W. Ball, Holloway, cowlesepers— H. Jones and J. Farg,uson, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchants—D. Bancroft arid Hannah Bancroft, Ellen Boyd, near Halifax, and Halifax, grocers—F. Tooth and T. Peerlefis, Brighton. timber merchants —G. Hornsby and R. P. Mould, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, builders. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Cantrell. Nottingham, grocer. Thomas Bailey, HenninghsP, Norfolk, innkeeper. William Revell, Attleborougi., Norfolk, innkeeper. William Jones, Brinklow, Warwickshire, tailor. 11.--rnard Burton, Huddersfield. straw bonnet maker. ilucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, lacemaker. Hefty Barber, Wilderspeol, Cheshire, brewer. Edward Cox ; Wheatify, Oxfordshire, manufacturer of oatmra'. Thomas Butler, Alcet•ter, Warwickshire, grocer. Uarry Thomas Bowley, Manchester, commis: ion agent. ‘Vincheater, Llncashire, manufacturer of compositior. James Pollitt Urinstor, Lancashire. John El eritt Parkins, Luton, Bedfordshire, warehouse mar. Henry Williams, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, B raz ili an bat manufacturer. John Hatcher, Wells, Somersetsbire, driver of a Mail cart. Jeremiah Harris, Hartpury, Gloucestershire, farmer. William Balalm, Honnington , Suftilk, shoemak e r. George G Not t, Sh e ffi e ld, cabinetmaker. Edward Churchill Close, the Groves, near York. James Pt udrell Jeffs, Gloucester, c , ,rrer and gilder. Bartholomew Penton, York, organ builder. George Good, Southampton, grocer. Joseph Rhodes, Hipperholme, Yorkshire, wire worker. John Dixor, Sheffieid, traveller. John William Knight, Millbrook, Hampshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Henderson, Harniten, Lanarkshire, draper and cloth merchant, to meet within the Commercial Inn, Hamilton, Feb. 20, and March 13, at twelve. J. Sorley, Glasgow, stockbroker, to meet within the Crow Hotel, Gla , gow, Feb. 18 and Maroh 11, at one. PRICE OF SUGAR. Tho average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Fsbraary 12, 1850, is 265. 6 L A d. per cwt. THE WORST OF TAXES. (From Putteh.) Seppose, readers, that there existed a tax upon water, which, in its operation, compelled the poorer classes to elute their thirst at cesspools ; to drink sewage. and mere sewage, qualified "with no allaying Thames." Such a tax there is, which renders living water—the knowledges of good and truth--dear, and so withholds them from the many; whom it drives to swill abeminable slush, replete with all manner of pollution. That tax is the tax on parer. ewr a full view of its workings, see Mr. Charles Knight's remarks on" The Struggles of a Book against Excessive Taxation." Mr. Knight shows that, by teasonof this impost, cheap and good publications do not pay; whilst the cheap and nasty, weekly rented in myrtais by the ecoundrelood of the Press, are remunerative. The former class of works he typifies—we thank him for the use of the figure —as the Fountain ; the latter as the Sewer ; and he gives an estimate of the comparative coat of their pro duction. The Fountsin can only be set up at a eor.- sidersble expense, boti in materials and architects' wages. The Sewer is established at small charge, and fed by scavengers, for scavengers' hire. The Sewer can be turned on, at e low rase, with profit; the Fountain— in consequence t f the Paper-tax —not. Take of th e Paper-tax, and the Fountain can compete with the Sewer. if farther reason is wanted for the removal of this Protection to Literary Filth, let Government ponder the following words of Lir. Knight:— " Upon a tolerably accurate calculation, I hare, rom my own ura:ded resources, expended during the last twenty years, eighty thousand pounds upon copyright and editorial labour. During the same period 1 have paid fifty thousand pounds paper duty, which sum has become a double charge to me by the inevitable opera tion of a tax upon raw material. May I venture to ask what, during these twenty years, the Government has done for the encouragement of learning and litera ture, equal to the sum which it has exacted from me in the shape of a tax upon knowledge?" Mr. Knight ought not to lose his investment. Some few crumbs, at less?, of the bread which he has cast upon the waters should be restored to him. He asks not a pcmion, but the repeal of tho Paper-tax. Grant it, my Lords and Gent:emcn, and if good instruction has the effect it is sail to have, the amount will soon be saved in prison expenser. Do an act of justice to Mr. Knight, and remove a prohibitory duty on wholesome beverage*, and a bonus on the sale cf poison. EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. Yesterday a very numerous meeting of the City cf London committee for promoting the "Exhibition of Industry of all Nations " was held in the long par lour of the Mainion-house. The most lively anxiety in favour of the object prevailed. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and spoke in the most enthusiastic terms of the object, applauding the generosity of the idea of extending the class of exhibitors to all the world. Many questions were asked as to the nature of the articles to be exhibited—whether they were all to be manu factured or whether raw products and natural pro ductions, articles of elegance and luxury or articles only of utility whether manufacturers o r whole sale houses were to be each class exhibitors, or whether manufacturers alone were to have the privi lege—whether the building to be erected would be sufficiently capacious for home and colonial and foreign exhibitors. Most of these questions were satisfactorily an swered by Sir James Duke and Mr. F. M. Forster, and by the honorary secretaries, the Rev. S. R. Cattley and Mr. D. W. Wi re, a f ter which two reso lutions were adopted, app o i n ti ng persons to canvass, and authorising the sub- comm i ttee to apply from time to time to the R o y a l C omm i ssioners for informa tion as to plans determined upon, so that the public may be fully instructed upon all the points necessary for the guidance of the exhibition. Some gentlemen connected with the American trade gave every reasonable assurance that the project would be hailed in th e Unit-ed States with great del ight; and said that large subscriptions might be expected from that country. A rum of 1,0001. was announced in the room, in cluding 5001. from the Feast India Company. Amongst the company were Alderman Humphery, M.P., Al derman Salomonc, the Baron Rothschild, M.P., Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Alderman Musgr ove , M r. M. Forster, Mr. W. Tite, and a numerous at tendance of some of the leading merchants and other gentlemen connected with the city of London. • SACRED HARMONIC SOClSTY . — Mendelssohn's ora torio, St. Paul was repeat e d l ast evening, by the Sacred Harmonic Scciet3, at Exeter-h a ll, at t h e spec i al desire of Prince Albert, who, with some members of his suite, was present cm the occasion. The performance was in every respect up to the high mark attained of late by this society. The solos were given by Miss Dolby (who s ang w i t h unwonted fervour and effect), Herr Formes ho strove, t ineffectually, to tone down his voice and soften the natural ruggedness of his style), Miss Birch and Mr. Loebey, Mr. C. Beale, and Mr. Smytheon. The aural and instrumental effects throughout were magnificent. The Prince paid a marked attention to the performance, which evidently was satis factory to his juogment. Mr. Costa presided. THE LORD- LIEUTENANT OF IRBLAND.—We u derstand that his Excellency the Earl of Clarendon is expected to arrive in London trout Dublin on Monday next. The visit of the Nobie Earl will not extend, it is said, over this day vvekk. GENERAL THEATRICAL Edw.—The eleventh an nual meeting of this institution was held in the saloon of the Lyceum Theatre, Mr. Buckstone in the chair. From the secretary's statement it appeared that the re ceipts for the past year amounted to 8961. Is. 3d., and the expenditure, consisting neatly altog e th er o f payments to .a l9s. Bd., l eav i ng a bslanse of e n p u en it d an it t u s re,con 4 si 3 s s ti l. o 4601. Is. 7d. ' to The officers flt r iuresent year having boon eleotody the WI WI le Price Price (1 . ‘* --s 3 FEBRITAR Y 16, IMO