The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-02 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 1. (Before Mr. Commissioner HoLgorn.) IN THE BANKRUPTCY 05' GREENHOW AND FOSTER. The bankrupts were distillers and rectifiers in St. John-street-road and in Old-street, St. Luke's. This was a meeting for the choice of assignees. The balance sheet is in course of preparation by Mr Hutton. The firm originally consisted of Greenhow and West. Mr. West, it was alleged, retired about two years ago, when Foster went in. West sought to prove for 1,7001. due to him by the firm. A deed of disso lution was produced, but it turned out that the disso lution of partnership was not gazetted. The claim was ordered to stand over for the investi gation of the official assignee. Mr. James Warren, of Walbrook, was appointed trade•assignee. ',INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 1. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN RE THOMAS WENTWORTH. I'his insolvent, a cowkeep er a t C am berwell, who p etitioned under the Protecti on A c t, was opposed by a creditor named Foulkes, and was supported by Mr. Nichols. It appeared that the i nso l ven t was discharged by this Court in February last, under the Ist and 2d Victoria, at which ti me it w as asserted by the cre ditors that he con cea l e d pr o perty from them. The insolvent admitted that he had "sent away" a chaise, horse, and cut, but declared that the present opposing creditor was aware of that fact at the time. Mr. Foulkes, however, denied the latter statement. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said the insolvent had admitted having committed perjury under his former insolvency, and after such an avowal, the Court could not held this a case for the exercise of the merciful provisions of the Protection Act. Mr. NrcuoLs submitted that the concealmeat was an offence under the former petition, and could not be punished under the present application. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said he certainly should not grant a final order ; but, as it was a case in the list of Mr. Commissioner Law (for whom he sat), he would adjourn it for that Commissioner to exercise his discretion, although he should certainly recom mend that no protection be granted. Mr. NIcHoLs said in that case it would be better for the matter to be decided at once. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS then dismissed the petition. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. William Blackburn, a well-dressed young man, was charged with having stolen a theodolyte, value 251. Mr. John Symonds Marratt, optician, of 63, King William-street, said, the prisoner came to my shop on Wednesday to inquire about a theodolyte, but I did not see him till Thursday, when he again called, and he then told me he was one of the firm of an uphol sterers' house in Great James-street, Bedford-row, handing me a card of the establishment, and that a customer of the house wanted a theodolyte. He said he wished to know what commission I would allow upon the sale of the article, and I agreed to allow him 10 per cent. He very much pressed me to go to his warehouse to select furniture to the whole amount, which I refused to do, and we finally agreed that the purchase was to be a cash transaction. I was to send the theodolyte on Saturday to 21, Feather stone-buildings, Holborn, where his friend, whose name he said was Mr. Hutt, would pay the amount. He showed me a note purporting to come from Mr. Hutt, and stating that if the article were sent at a certain time on Saturday evening, he would be there and settle for it. I sent it according to his directions, with strict injunctions to my servant not to part with it without the money. After waiting a long time my man returned, not with the money or the article, but with the stand on which the article had been placed— (Laughter)—and he informed me that the gentleman who made the purchase took the theodolyte off the stand, and from one room into another, just to show it to his friend, and never returned, but walked away leaving the stand upon the table. Upon inquiring of the landlady of the house, he learned that the gentle man had only just taken the apartments, and that he had gone out.—(Laughter.) Alderman HUMPHBRY—And you were to have allowed him 50s. upon the sale of the article to his friend ? Witness—l was. Alderman HUMPHERY—He was, of course, a stranger to the house? Witness—They knew no thing at all about him there, or about his friend Mr. Hutt. I had given the most positive directions to my man sot to leave the theodolyte without the money. William Gray (shopman to the prosecutor)—The prisoner came to me in the first instance, and asked me whether we had an instrument of the sort; and I showed him the theodolyte, and told him the price was 251. He then asked me what per centage would be allowed upon the sale ? I told him I could not tell, but that Mr. Marratt would be at home at 6 o'clock. He represented himself to me as having come from an upholsterers' house in Great James-street, Bed ford-row. After Mr. Marratt had seen the prisoner, I received instructions to take the theodolyte to Fea therstone-buildings, Holborn, and not to part with it without the money. Alderman HUMPHREY—And why did you ? Wit. ness—The thing was done in such a way it was im possible to suppose that a robbery was intended. I was to receive 251., and the prisoner was to call and settle with Mr. Marratt on Monday. I arrived at Featherstone-buildings at a quarter-past on the Saturday evening. and a young woman showed me upstairs to the first-floor front. I saw the prisoner, and he told me his friend would be there in a few mi nutes. He walked about the room, put his hand upon a pianoforte which was there, and asked me whether Mr. Marratt would want that.—(Laughter.) I said, " I thought not, as he had one already." He then went out of the room and I heard the bell ring, and then in he came again, and said his friend was come and he would show him the instrument ; so off he took it, leaving the stand upon the table, and me in the room.— ( L augh ter.) Alderman HUMPHERY—Why did you not follow him out of the room ? I suppose you stayed there to take care of the stand?—(Laughter.) Witness—l saw him, as I thought, go to the bedroom, where he said his friend was, and I had no notion of a fraud. I sat down for a few minutes, and afterwards I saw the landlady, who, in reply to my questions, said the gentleman had gone out ; that he had taken the lodg ings that morning, and was to come in on Monday, and that she knew nothing whatever abo u t hi m . I then saw that I was "done," and I went home with the stand.—(Laughter.) Mr. A. R. Wood, a pawnbroker, said the prisoner, whom I had never seen before, came to me at seven o'clock on Saturday evening to ask me whether I would take in a theodolyte, and he afterwards came between eight and nine with the instrument, upon which I lent him 41. He told me he was a surveyor, and had used the theodolyte in 1845 and 1846 in rail way business, and had earned as wiuch as 8/. a-day with it. He pledged it in the name of " William Hutt, 37, Windmill-street, Toth nham-court-road." Here the theodolyte was produced and identified. Committed for trial. MAR LBW? 0 UGH-S TRE ET. Louis Joel, bill discounter and jeweller, Little Argyll-street, was brought before Mr. Bingham for further examination, on a charge of having forged a bill fur 1,0001., purporting to have been accepted by a young gentleman named John Marcus Clements, and on a second charge of having fraudulently ob tained three bills for 7501. from Lieutenant Garland. Mr. Humphrey was present on behalf of the prose cution, and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. J. A. Jones, so licitor, for the prisoner. The depositions were taken in accordance with the evidence given on the former exsmination, which has already appeared in the public prints. When the depositions were being read over, Mr. Pullman wished to have it understood that he had been retained as counsel, under the instructions of the guardians of Mr. Clements, to assist in inves tigating the debts of Mr. Clements. Mr. Ballantine said the account stated to have been furnished by Mr. Joel to witness, as the account of the transactions with Mr. Clements, was not all in the same handwriting. Was the account sent to witness in that state or not ? • Mr. Pullman replied that the account was covered with remarks in the handwriting of Mr. Clements. There was also one remark in witness's own hand writing. When the depositions had been completed, Mr. Campbell, the solicitor concerned fur the Lon don and Dublin Bank, is applied t o have the bill given back into his po ssess i on, wasclosed, edhe h a d a dnly parted with o it on the understanding th a t would s be returned to him when the evide nce indispen sable to have the bill i n t h e proceedings lt was on behalf of the London a n d Dublin Bank Mr. pending Mr. Humphrey objected to the bill being g iven up. The bill had been made p ar t o f t h e evidence . n of prosecution by the Queen, an d therefore l *: 1 Case must remain in the custody of the proper officers. Mr. 13INGuam said, the solicitor was under a wrong impression about any understanding that the bill would be given back to him. Nothing of the sort took place. The bill would be kept in safe custody, but would be forthcoming for the purposes of the solicitor whenever it might be required. • Mr. Campbell said, in a recent case a different deci sion had been arrived at. Mr. BINGHAM said, the case referred to was one of misdemeancur only. The present was a case of felony, and that made all the difference. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute. The second charge, for fraudulently obtaining three bills for 7501. from Lieutenant Garland, was about to be called on, when Mr. Ballantine rose and said, his client wished the case to be further adjourned, in order to give him further time to consult with his friends , and prepare his answer to the charge. Mr. BINGHAM had no objection to do what the rules of the court allowed. He thought, however, that it was the object of the prisoner to get the evi dence concluded as soon as possible, that he might be in a condition to apply for bail to a judge. Mr. Ballantine said the commitment on the first charge placed his client in a situation to apply to a judge for bail. The second charge was a misdemea nour, and in such cases a magistrate was obliged to take bail. Mr. BiriouAm--In cases of felony bail is allowable, and in cases of misdemeanour it is compellable. Mr. Clarkson here entered the court, and said, he was anxious to say a few words for the purpose of setting a matter right which had been incorrectly stated in the report of the former examination. Lieutenant Garland, for his own honour and for the honour of the regiment to which he belonged, felt it to be his duty to make the correction. It would appear that Lieutenant Garland had not paid some of the bills for which he was liable. Now, the fact was, Lieutenant Garland, with the assistance of his father, had paid every bill for which he was liable, with the exception of those instruments which had been ob tained from him under circumstances that formed the ground of the present proceedings. Mr. BINGHAM said he certainly understood it to be the case that Lieutenant Garland had paid all his bill liabilities except the bills reported to have been frau dulently obtained from him. Mr. Clarkson said, with reference to certain letters alluded to on the former examination, which Lieut. Garland had sent to Mr. Joel, in relation to the settlement of his account, he begged to say he had those letters, and at the proper period would present them to a jury, to show that Lieutenant Garland had never declared he was of age at the time when he was involved in bill transactions. Mr. Ballantine assured his Learned Friend there was not the least disposition on the part of the pri soner to cast any reflection on Lieutenant Garland. His client's defence rested on grounds totally inde pendent of any such reflections, and at the proper time he would produce his defence. Mr. Clarkson was understood to say ho did not pledge himself to confine the proceedings to the pre sent charge. This was not a solitary transaction. He wished further to remark, it had been stated by Mr. Fitch that when he had an interview with Mr. Tees dale on the subject of the bill in his hands, he had offered to produce Joel within an hour if required. In addition to the negative of Mr. Teesdale he had Mr. Teesdale's clerk to state that this was not the fact. He was not sure that Mr. Fitch had not other bills in his possession. Mr. Fitch pledged his honour this was not so. With reference to what he had previously declared he had said to Mr. Teesdale about producing Joel if necessary, he repeated that he had made such an offer. The discussion was cut short by Mr. BINGHAM naming two sureties of 7501. each and his own recog niz ince in 1,0001., as the bail for the prisoner, who is to come up again next Monday. WORSHIP-STREET. Jeremiah Donovan a powerful Irish labourer, and Caroline Donovan, his wife, were placed at the bar for final examination before Mr. Hammill, charged with the following murderous outrage upon an elderly man named David Murphy, living in Castle-court, Whitechapel . The complainant, who exhibited the cicatrices of two dangerous wounds in his head, and was extremely debilitated, notwithstanding that more than a fort night had elapsed since the injuries had been inflicted, stated, that whilst turning into Goulaton-court, Whitechapel, to visit his son, at ten o'clock on the night of the l'ith ult., he heard loud cries of "Murder," and on turning round to ascertain the cause of them saw a young man named Sullivan, who was a stran ger to him, flying down the court in great terror, pursued by the two prisoners, the former of whom had a thick bludgeon in his hand, and who levelled a violent blow with it at Sullivan's head. The blow fortunately missed its aim, and Sullivan having called to him for protection, he ran between him and his assailant, in the hope of facilitating his escape, but the instant he had done so Donovan struck him such a terrible blow on the skull with the bludgeon that he instantly dropped to the ground insensible, and upon recovering consciousness, several hours after wards, found himself in the London Hospital, in which institution he had remained ever since, in ex treme pain and suffering. Townshend, a constable of the H division, stated that, upon hearing the cries of " Murder," he ran to the court in question, and found the com plainant supported in a sitting position upon the kerb-stone, bleeding profusely from several wounds in the head, his clothes completely soaked with blood, and still perfectly sense less. He immediately raised him from the ground, and conveyed him to the London Hospital, the pri• soners in the meantime having been captured by an other constable and lodged in the station. The young man Sullivan's description of the trans action accounted for the other injuries the plaintiff had sustained, and from him it appeared that, having occasion to call upon a relative residing in the same house in which the prisoners lodged, he was informed by the male prisoner from an upper story that his relative was not at home, but, not believing this assertion, he continued knocking at the door, upon which the two prisoners rushed out upon him, the first armed with a bludgeon and the female prisoner with a hammer, and that after the complainant, who had simply interposed for his protection, had been struck to the pavement by the male prisoner, who dealt him such a blow with the stick on the side of the head that he " bled wonderfully" from the effects of it, the female prisoner ran up in a fit of ungovern able rage, and exclaiming, "There, then, take that, you -," dealt him, senseless as he already was from the effects of the first attack, two other blows upon the head with the hammer, and both instantly ran into their house and fastened themselves in. The prisoners in general terms denied that any instrument had been used whatever, and called three Irish witnesses, named Honora Harnett, Bridget Donovan, and Anne Wray, two of whom acknow ledged that they had not witnessed the only material part of the transaction, and declared that though the male prisoner had certainly struck the complainant with his fist, they had seen no weapon of any de scription used, whilst the third attempted to prove that great provocation had been offered to the priso ners by Sullivan, from whom she (Wray) was obliged to seek protection in the apartment of the prisoners, and that whatever did take place, though she (lid not see it, was done in her justifieation, though the in juries were inflicted by mistake upon the wrong person. _ _ _ Mr. HAMMILL said that it was a most scandalous outrage, and another specimen of the heedlessness by which some of the lower classes were characterized. But for the interposition of the complainant, who was anxious that the case should be summarily dealt with, he should certainly have sent it to the sessions, but, under the circumstances, he would consent to refrain from so doing, and should, therefore, sentence each prisoner to pay the full penalty of 51., or, in default, they must each stand committed to the house of Correction fora period of two months. Neither of the penalties was paid, and the prisoners were therefore removed in the van. TMIM ES. A letter, of which the following is a copy, with the inclosure to which it refers, has been received by Nlr. Ingham : " Parkhead, Milnthorpe, Dec. 31, 1349. "Sir,—Seeing in tho newspapers, a few days back, the inability of Mr. Yardley to meet the wants of poor persons who had lost fathers and husbands from the late visitation of cholera (from the poor-box), I inclose a post-office order for 21. 10s. on the London post-office, which, if convenient, you will oblige me by distributing as you think fit to the most deserving. I do not give this doustion for ostentatious charity; but because Westmoreland has not had one case of this epidemio, I do not see why we should not contribute to the relief of those who have suffered so severely. You will think me troublesome enough I fear. An acknowledgment in the newspapers will oblige your obedient servant, •' J. y.” TILE SUN, LONDON, Vbirb Wbitton FRANCE. The Ministers of Finance and of Public Works attended the Committee of the Budget on Monday. The Minister of the Public Works read the.draft of a new Bill for the construction of the Paris and Avignon Railroad. It differs from the Bill of the late Minister of Public 'Works in the following particulars :—The Minister proposes to suppress the subvention of 34,000,000 E offered to a new company by the late Bill. By this arrangement the eventualities are not admitted. The new Bill fixes 260,000,000 f. as the maximum of the capital of the future company, for which the Government guarantee interest at five per cent. The State is to divide the profits over eight per cent., after a lapse of 15 years from the constitu• tion of the company. The lease to the company to be for 99 years. THE UNITED STATES.—LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, MIDNIGHT.—The New York packet- ship Ashburton arrived here to-night, from New York. She was expected to have brought the President's Message. She left that city on the 11th ult., and therefore, like the other late arrivals, departed without it. IRELAND. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.—New Year's Day has, indeed, come in with change—mutations of weather as well as those of fortune, for on to-day the " Lord Mayor's Show" represents a great triumph of the democratic principle. And, first, as to the at mospheric. About eight o'clock this morning it was freezing with as right good-will, apparently, as the most inveterate lover of ice could wish ; when, sud denly, the " light-blue coating of the heavens," as some atmospheric tailor, in a magazine, whose name I don't now recollect, called a frosty fog, gave way to one of those unmistakeable, heavy, downfals of com pressed smoke and darkness, whose like I have only experienced in Manchester or Londoni The skaters, however, had a re coupe against the weather. For all Dublin was on tiptoe to see the procession consequent upon the inauguration of the new Lord Mayor of Dublin, John Reynolds, M.P. As an account of the ceremony will be seen in the papers, it may be of some little interest to sketch very hurriedly the history of the new Lord Mayor— the only man of his (the Roman Catholic) religion that ever combined the two high offices of Lord Mayor and Member for the city of Dublin. Mr. Reynolds is a native of the county of Leitrim, and was born on a small portion of the land which was once owned by his ancestors for miles around, but a small part of which at his birth was merely farmed by his father. The family is a very ancient one, and collaterally related to that of George Nugent Reynolds, whose celebrated letter to the Earl of Clare The Sun republished with so much effect when the Whigs were dismissing the repeal magistrates in 1843. John and Thomas Reynolds were both placed behind com mercial counters in Dublin—their father's, or their own, strong sense determining a career of industry, rather than a" profession" of either physic or law—a tendency amongst Irish parents to make "gentlemen" of their sons being utterly avoided by the shrewdness of the elder or juvenile Reynoldses. I knew both brothers when they afterwards had establishments in the " Manchestes line," on Merchant's-quay ; but prosperity did not wait u p on " T om, " as be is familiarly called, and when politics betook him to the Trades Union, and afterwards his anti-tithe speech at Bohernabreena consigned him to Kilmain ham, along with Marcus Costello (now Attorney- General at Gibraltar), his shop, within a few doors of Lower Bridge-street, was closed, and never since re-opened. He is now Marshal of Dublin, through the means of O'Connell, who loved him, and believed him to be an honest man—in which belief no one had ever reason to accuse that great man of credulity. Jiahn continued longer in the "Manchester line" than his brother, and finally became a commission agent tor the sale of teas, &c, Commission agents here are dignified by the name of merchants ; and from becoming town councillor, he mounted by a lucky chance the legislative ladder. Such a chance could not have arisen in London amongst your deliberative race. But the mass of the people here are impulsive and, better, democratic —not levelling; and the strong, earnest good sense, aptitude at reply, and tremendous powers of self sustainment and readiness at catching the weak points of his opponents, together with oossessing the key to the symrathies of his hearers, by flinging himself upon them as " one of themselves ;"—altogether made John Reynolds one of the most extra ordinary men of modern times within this inexplicable realm of Ireland, and, so, the new arrangement of taking all the votes together, in the one locality—Home's Hotel, Uusher's Quay—afforded an opportunity for the " fierce democracy " to concentrate their forces ; the 3,000 carmen of Dublin—led by the celebrated John Smith, O'Connell's " patriotic carmen," or, as he is better known, " State of the Poll,"—brought in the votes without a farthing cost, galloped everywhere there could be a voter found, and positively carried the election by the unwonted promptitude of their proceedings. Meanwhile the freemen, who were expecting bribes, waited until their demands were acceeded to but too late, for the Tory candidate, Gregory ; the booths were closed inexorably at four ; and John Reynolds became Member for Dublin by ifs people getting rid for once of their proverbial carelessness, excited to exertion by the " fun of the thing," hurried off to the hustings by a host of carmen, who, in their turn, made their horses "stir their pins" gratis'at the of an energetic demorat. From becoming the legislative it was but natural he should become the civic representative of Dublin. Whether the honour of the baronetcy be added remains to a future chapter of this modern romance. LANDLORD DEVASTATION.—I received this after noon a letter from a most respectable Roman Catholic clergyman of the Diocese of Ferns, dated from the well-known town of Ferns, in the county Wexford—a county generally free from the red foot. steps of destroying landlords. As it is but right that the matter should obtain as much publicity as possible, I have handed over the original letter to the editor of a morning journal here, not publishing the gentleman's name as he has not authorised me. The following are extracts : " I gave your friend all the information I could, and took him with me that he might see the horrid work going on in this quarter, with his own eyes. I suppose he has already transmitted to you what he saw. While I am now writing the work of destructiou is going on. A body of men sent by Mr. Donovan, are now at work with pick and crowbar, pulling down by force the houses of those poor people who refused to perform the unnatural work themselves. The last house in a whole street in this town of Ferns (into which I came this morning)--the last house, I say, in a street of, I think, forty houses—l am not certain —is now on fire. It belonged to a poor widow of the name of Byrne ; and it is thought Mr. Donovan's levellers set it on fire because she would not surrender possession. Some of the poor people say they never gave pos3ession ; and it is certain no notice of the in tended clerrance was ever sent to the workhouse, as ordained by law. " This horrid work is going on in all quarters—in fact, the landlords are making war on the people with more ferocity than the most savage foe. I ask any Christian man, where are things to end ? Is there any Government in this country ? If there be, cer tainly salus populi is not their supreme law. Their only occupation, in my (mind, is to guard, and pro tect, and sustain the destroyers of the people. Now, I have to say it, in the bitterness of my heart, if the Government do not step forward and stop this hellish work, I think that, after a little, the only thing that will remain for men like me to do, is, to openly tell the people to protect themselves." Need I add one word to this, except to say that the writer is a clergyman, who has been singularly re served on all political matters, and who would not now. write thus save " in bitterness of heart" ? A Protectionist meeting was held in Enniscorthy yesterday, but the landlords were totally foiled in "obtaining an audience" —not that there were not plenty of people present, but that there was not a chance of a hearing. The clique who called the meeting then declared it adjourned to the 9th inst., although all were opposed to the postponement but the few landlords present. lam assured the gentry will not try Enniscorthy again. THE FUNDS.—Stock List—Three per Cent. Consols for opening, 96i; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 9fii; Bank Stock, 190; Dublin and Kingstown, 132. Royal Exchange—Great Southern and Western, ex int.; AlidlAnd Great Western and Royal Canal, 231. ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY RONBERY.—OD Fri 4lay night last, about ono o'clock, Mr. Richard Fleet, land ,rd of the Rose Inn, Tovil, was returning from Far- Leigh, from a visit to his brother, when he met three ny_n near Farleigh Priory, whom he was about to wild' good night, when one of them seized him by the collar behind, tripped him up and fell uponehim. The others were about to assist in robbing him, when Mr. Fleet calling his dog, the faithful animal rushed upon them and quickly put them to flight. The other villain, find ing this, attempted to follow them, but for some time was unable to escape Mr. Fleet's grasp, who in his turn became the assailant. Owing, however, to the l a tt er being somewhat disabled by a recent injury to his knee, be was unable to hold his prisoner, who escaped.—Maid• stone Journal. FOREIGN CATrLE.—The steamer Free Trade has just arrived at the Brunswick-wharf, Blackwell, from Oporto, bringing the large number of 139 head of oxen, consigned to a metropolitan firm, as a portion of her cargo, the production of Portugal. A SCENE in the UNITED STATES' lIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The following extract from an account of the sitting of the House of Representatives, on the 13th December, will convey some idea of the manner in which discussion is carried on by certain members of that body : Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, offered a resolution, that the Hon. H. Cobb be and he is hereby chosen Speaker of the House for the 31st Congress. He said that he drew the resolution without consultation with any of his political friends, or without giving no tice that he intended to offer it. It was well known that the democratic party had a majority in the House, butthey could not concentrate their power. The free Boilers belonging to both parties refused to unite with either. The democratic party, being in a ma jority, should have the Speaker. He spoke for him self only when he said that he was willing for a fair division of the offices. The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Stanley) yesterday said that he wanted a democratic Speaker. _ Mr. Stanley . explained. What he said was, that sooner than see the House disorganised, he would take a democratic Speaker. But how did the gentleman know the democrats have a majority ? Mr. Brown replied, that if the free soilers were divided according to their political parties, the de. mocrats would have a majority of one. The absence of King, of Georgia, Gentry, of Tennessee, and Julian, of Indiana, gave them a majority of five. Mr. Butler (of Pa.) proposed a resolution, leaving a blank for the insertion of the n ame o f the person who shall, on the next trial, receive the highest num ber of votes. If no election, then the next highest. Mr. Thomson (of Penn.) offered a resolution that the members proceed to vote by ballot for Speaker, and continue to ballot until four o'clock to day ; and no motion to adjourn or any o th er, s h all be received until the arrival of that hour. He urged the adoption of the resolution. Mr. Carter off:red an amendment---" That any person who shall be elected Speaker shall be divested of the power to construct the District of Columbia and Territorial Committees, and that the same be made by a vote of the Hothe." He yielded to Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, who said that he was one of those who voted for Brown upon three several ballotings ; he did so, being deceived by the gentleman from Indiana. Mr. Carter resumed, and condemned the ridiculous attitude of the House—making a grave issue in a ceremonial manner. He thought that this was below the manhood of the Home. He proposed to remedy the difficulty in the resolution. It was only by keeping up the subterranean discord that the majority was crippled in its sentiments. Mr. Meade conceived that neither of the propo• sitions could reach the evil existing. It was the existence of a third party that caused the trouble. If, on the organizition of the House, propositions were to be introduced to abolish slavery in the dis. trict of Colombia, or prohibit slavery in the territo ries, he trusted in God that his eyes had already rested on the last Speaker of the House. The south would resist all aggressions, and the sinews of every man's arm in that section would be steel. Mr. Root, in a humorous speech, said that the proposition of Mr. Carter was like the play of H am l et with the charact er o f H am l e t omitted. We w ere t o have a Speaker w h o was no t t o appoint the Commit. tees. He would not vote for any man who wa s no t competent to a pp o i n t the Committees named. If there is to be a di sso l u ti on o f the union, let it c ome before the Hou se i s organizd, and it would not then be binding.—(Laughter.) He wanted to be excl u d e d from the ball o t, th at hi s constituents might know how he votEd. Mr. Duer said that the resolution of Mr. Brown, in effect, called upon the Whigs to make an uneon dit'onal surrender. He would vote for anybody but a disunionist to occupy the chair. A Voice•—There is no such person in the House. Mr. Duer—l think so. Voices—Where is he ? Mr. Duer pointed to Mr. Meade. Mr. Meade —If the gentleman charges me with being a disunionist it is false. Mr. Duer—You are a liar. Immediately Mr. Meade left his seat on the oppo site side of the hall, and rushed towards Mr. Duer. The parties were not more than four feet apart, when members rushed between. There were cries of " fight." The Sergeant -at-Arms hurried down with the mace of office in his hand. There were cries of order. Lobby members mounted the side scenes. Mr. Meade beckoned Mr. Duer to follow him to the rotunda. There were motions to adjourn, and the greatest possible disorder. In a few minues quiet was restored, and Mr. Duer, after begging the pardon of the House for his conduct, resumed and concluded his speech. He thought that if members adjourned for a day they could then come to a result. Mr. Toombs made an energetic speech, reviewing the proceedings of the Free Soilers and Abolitionists, and insisting upon southern rights. Rather than submit to further aggression from the north, the south would resist. He had no hesitation in saying that he was for disunion, if this state of things should continue. The southern members applauded him throughout his remarks. Mr. M'Lane proposed to have another trial for the Speaker, and made some further remarks. Mr. Baker was in favour of the Wilmot proviso. 11e denied that the people of the north were opposed to union by advocating such doctrines, and contended that the majority could prevent the ex tension of slavery. I n conc lusion, h e l au d e d the union, and did not think it would be dissolved. He was also applauded. Messrs. Colcock, Wallace, Hillard, and Stephens, of Georgia, concurred in the views expressed by Mr. Toombs. Pass the Wilmot proviso and abolish slavery in the district of Columbia, and the union would be dissolved. Messrs. Cleveland, Allen and M'Clernand made remarks expressing the northern sentiments. Mr. Hubbard desired to say, that he addressed a letter to Mr. Brown, asking him -1. Whether he was in favour of the Wilmot proviso ? and 2. Whether he believed that Congress h as a r i ght to abolish slavery in the district of Columbia ? He was pointed by Mr. Brown to his speech, delivered three or four years since. Mr. Conrad expressed his opinion that, so far from an effort being made to organize the House on sectional grounds, the difficulty had arisen from the effort to prevent an organization on such grounds. lie concurred in much said by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Toombs), b u t th ought that the note of alarm had been sounded too soon for the south. Mr. Marshall (of Kentucky) was in favour of a gentleman not representing any extreme for Speaker, and hoped that one day would be devoted to the inte restsfour o'clock. The House again voted of the country. viva at voce.was now All was quiet now. The votes were and the House adjourned scattered among a d ozen candidates, T RADE. We T a i ll i u E ded P so U m li e LtimleSlisince to l the healthy condi tion of the London publishing trade, and of the state of the book market throughout the three kingdoms. What we observed then has been more than confirmed by the result of Mr. Murray's great annual trade sale at the Albion Tavern, in Aldersgate-street, during the present month. Few of o ur readers are, perhaps, aware, that it is the cust om o f the two great London houses--M urray's and Longmans'—to put their books up to a kind o f a uc ti on every year; th at the sale is prefaced by a dinner, at which all the booksellers of " credit ' in London are invited to be present; and that as soon as the cloth is removed, Mr. Hodgson, the auctioneer, of Fleet-street, commences the business of the day,by offering the books seriati m) as in the printed catalogue, to the attention of the guests. The practice is not, as at other auctions, to knock the lot down to the highest bidder, but to put the book up at a certain price below what is usually called "subscription price," or, i n other words, below the figure at which the book can he obtained on any other occasion. It is also the custom to put up books not ready for delivery, but only nearly so ; and it is curious to watch the interest that is felt throughout the room when a book of name is offered for the first time. It is a matter of ancient and proper deference to the great houses to let "the Row" begin. Thus, with a popular work, Longman will start with 350, Sirnpkin with the same number, Whittaker with 250, Hamilton and Adams with the same number, till at last it comes to twenty-fives and fives, and at times to only one. Not less interesting is it to behold the eager way in which the numbers called out are placed promptly on paper by the several booksellers, or the quick trades manlike manner in which they cast up the several totals, and look with mute astonishment one at another at the greatness of the demand. Sales of this descrip tion are limited to the two houses we have mentioned, and are always looked forward to with interest as affording an index of the approaching season. Mr. Murray's last sale was the best lie has had since his fathers's death, he disposing of books on that day to the amount of 19,0001. Nor will this be wondered at when the numbers sold are put.together. For in stance, the trade took on that occasion 2,000 of Lord Campbell's Chief Justices, 5,000 volumes of The Colonial Lib rary , 1,400 of Layard's Nineveh, 1,400 of Byron's Works in one volume, 1,300 copies of Mr. Borrow's new work L'Avengro, 900 of the new edition of Mr. Cunningham's Handbook for London, 750 of Mr. Grote's Greece, 750 of Mr. Curzon's Levant, and GOO of M. Guizot's new work. School books sold in still greater proportions. 5,000 Mark ham's Histories, 4,000 Lit t l e A r th ur ' s Hi story of England, 2,000 Wordsworth's Latin Grammar, 1,200 Somerville's Geography, and even Mrs. Rundell, though thought to be antiquated, maintained her re putation with her new dishes and in her new dress. Authors benefit as well as booksellers by a sale like this.—Athenoum. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, MONDAY. ---The very healthy tone that has characterina our market during the last few weeks continues to be fully maintained, although the business doing is considerably curtailed, owing to the thin attendance on 'Change to-day, of both buyers and sellers, particularly the latter, there being but few country manufacturers in town. The Germans are more eager in their inquiries after yarn to day; and spinners being in no way disposed to press their production upon the market, they will probably have to pay full prices when they operate. In India qualities business is limited, not for want of demand but the want of supplies. The home manufacturers are steady buyers, at full prices. In cloth, the chief business doing continues to be in qualities suitable for printing, including everything, from a 31b. 26-i nc h t o a 91b. Boz. 40 i nc h. The demand for India qualities is unchanged. Within the last few days some con siderable stocks of 39-inch long cloths have been cleared out ; and very seldom has a year closed with stocks so light, on the whole, of both yarn and cloth, as 1849. Hoc ADALE, MONDAT.—We have had but a poor attendance of buyers in the market to day, and but very little business was transacted. In wool there is no change either in price or demand since last Monday. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Trade here goes on steadily, without any undue excitement. Hands are all well employed, an d, w ith goo d wages and cheap provisions, have not been so well for years. The demand for manufactured goods keeps pace with the production, and a cotinuance of this will, no d ou b t, tend to remunerative prices from present high rates of silk. The only branch of the trade w e h ave compla i nts of is the thrown silk department, where, as yet they have failed to establish a rise in prices equal to :that on raw silk; but, should the inquiry for export con tinue, added to diminished imports of foreign thrown, we may hope to see that equilibrium in prices established, which is at all times desirable, to promote a healthy state of things. We think the ap pearances for the opening of the new year are favour able. The dyers continue full of work. Prices are very firm in the raw silk market. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY..—The market has not been brisk, but a fair business has been done in long woollens. In fancy goods there is a slight im provement, and the prospects for the spring trade look well. HALIFAX, SATURDAY. --We cannot note any par ticular change in the aspect of our Piece Hall to-day, except that a few German merchants were on the look out for job lots of fancy goods; but, as stocks are far from large, and the demand is tolerably steady, job lots, at low figures, are not readily to be met with. The inquiry for yarns has undergone no diminution, and they go off freely at improving quotations. Long wools maintain their firnmess, and a moderate quantity is changing hands. Short wools are in better request, at advancing rates. LEEDS, TUESDAY. —There has not been much done in the Cloth Hulls either to-day or Saturday, but the deliveries direct to the merchants have in some cases been considerable. Business in the warehouses is good, and there are confident expectations entertained of a!good foreign trade. On the whole prices are higher. HAMBURGH FUNDS. HAMBURGII FUNDS, DEc. 28. Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent. .... Bills. Money. Ditto, 334 per Cent. 1045( ...... Bank 5hare5.......... .. .... ............ _ Prussian 5 per Cent. .. . • Hamburgn Certificate ••••• .• • • 1)9 99 • • 106 1 051 A nglo - Russian Loan • 106% •• • • • • • 106% Hamburgh, 3% per C ent Russip 4 per Cent... New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. 70 Ditto Stieglitz ••••• • • • • 85 95 84 Belgian Loan,2% pe r Cent........... An g l o - DanishLoan, 3 per Cent ...•• •• 70% 70% Ditto, in 1001. Shares • ..... • • % Ditto,s per cent. • • '7l 14 Anglo.Swodish 95 Loan Ditto, Transport L oan Norwegian loan, 1848 ....... •••. • 99 99 Spanish New 5 per Ccnt............. 11% Ditto, 3 per Cent s . ...... •• •••• •• 27% 27% Ditto, 184 G.. Anglo-Portuguese Loan, • 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cont. ..... ......... National Bank Shares ...... •• • • • • American, 6 per Cent. ....... • • •• .. 105 RAILWAYS. Ditto, Priority Sh ares 94 .• •• •• • • 103% 103% Berlin and Hamb urg . . .. ....• •• •• 9a 98 80%% Cologne and Mind en •. • •••• 94 93% Ditto, Priority Shares •• •• .. 102% 102 Magdeburg— .. •• .• .• •• •• 59% 51 1 Gluckstadt Altona and Kiel ....... •• • • •• .. 94 0 'I • • .........- - - EXCHANGES. Christiana, Dec. 15, 3 months ... • 4 74 Bremen, Dec. 27, two months 61 3 London, Dee. ...... .... 13 9% Ditto, three months.— ... •.. • • 13 8% DEATH FROM WANT AND EXPOSURE TO THE COLD. —Yesterday afternoon au inquest was taken before Mr. Wakley, the deputy coroner, in the board room of Holborn workhouse, respecting the death of a male person, apparently about forty altars of age, at present unknown, who died fr om want an d exposure to the cold, under the following ve ry s h oc ki ng c i rcumstances:—Tbe body of the d ecease d presented a most frightful appear ance, and was entirely covered with filth and dirt. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that, shortly after nine o'clock on Friday morning last, Mrs. Martha Gibbs, a married woman, residing at No. 11, . Tyndall-buildings, Gray's Inn lane, was suddenly alarmed by hearing some person moaning in the cellar at the basement of the house. She instantly went to the spot, and found the deceased lying in one corner of the cellar, huddled up', in a quantity of filth and dirt. The decayed appeared perfectly insensible, and . Mrs. Gibbs immediately obtained the assistance of several police-constables, who had the deceased removed to Holborn-workhouse. He was literally black from the dirt in which he had been lying, and his body was ex- He and the uinstasnutair stripped and eeedlyin remedies were applied, which consist e d o f ammon i a and brandy; but trlaememhaoctiated. blankets, the deceased never rallied, and died shortly afterwards. ' Two penny pieces were found placed upon two ulcers on the deceased's legs, and a few pi eces o f stale bread were also discovered in his pockets. The deceased obtained admission to the cellar by means of the window which looked into the street. The coroner remarked that the cellar appeared to be in the same bad condition as before the cholera broke out. The parochial authorities ought to have the place thoroughly cleaned every week. The jury returned a verdict of death from exhaustion, caused by exposure to the cold, and the want of the common necessaries of life. BOUNDARY LINE OF CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO.— upon the occasion of fixing upon the starting point of the southern boundary of California by the joint com mission of the United States and Mexico, the American Commissioners (including Colonel Weller) rode down from San Diego to the " Punta" to meet the Mexican Commissioners, for the purpose of settling upon a boun dary line. Having met, they rode to the southermost point on the bay of San Diego, and then to the other end of the Marine League. After a few minutes' con sultation the point was decided upon, and they returned to Mr. Gray's camp at the Punta. Having partaken of a cold collation, they started for San Diego, 18 miles distant, and arrived there the same night. The starting point of the boundary line thus determined on is on the extremity of the table land, as you approach the bay, and is the fr first om land you make It ay in a m steamer approa c hi ng San Diego the south. be marked by a lighthouse some future day. On the 10th of October the Commis sioners again met and jointly signed a paper, written in Spanish and English, to the effect that this was the point determined upon by the joint Commissioners of the American and Mexican Governments, under the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, as the starting point on the Pacific for the boundary between the two republics. This paper was inclosed in a glass bottle, and placed in the bottom of a hole in the earth, three feet in depth. Some shovels full of earth were then thrown upon the bottle by Colonel Weller on behalf of the American, and General Conde on behalf of the Mexican Govern ment. An upright post was then planted in the hole, to mark the spot. During these ceremonies the counte nances of the Mexican Commissioners exhibited a re markable degree of gravity ; they did not forget that they were affixing the last seal to the treaty for the dis memberment of their republic.—New York Paper. FOREIGN PAPER.—An importation having taken place of a quantity of paper, for letter -writing, having a name and address in the top left-hand corner, it was at first considered to be an illegal importation, as having the names, marks, or brands purporting to be those of manufacturers in this kingdom, but it being subse quently found to have been imported merely for the parties' private use, and that the name and address in the margin were his own, which he affirmed to be the case, directions were given for the paper to be delivered on payment of the proper duties leviable thereon. TRINITY-HOUSE.—We have to record the demise at his residence at Woodford, of Captain Abel Chapman, the senior of the elder brethren of the Corporation of the Trinity-house. The deceased was in his 98th year, and had been a member of that corporation upwards of half a century, having been elected cue of the elder brethern in 1795. Ile was most deservedly respected by a very numerous circle of friends. TILE INVENTOR OF THE BLOCK MACHINERY.-- A correspondent of the Builder says—" Some of your contemporaries, in their notice of the late Sir M. I. Brunel, have claimed too much for him. The original inventor of the block machinery was Walter Taylor, an Englishman. He took out a patent for it, and for years supplied the navy with blocks. When his patent ex pired he tried to get an extension of it, and, on foiling, Government employed Brunel to set it up at Portsmouth. He imp.oved and added to it, but ho has not the least right to the credit of the original invention. If this be questioned, you shall have a full statement from the best authority." The following is a comparative list of the produc tions of the French press in 1848 and 1849: 189. 184 Works in all l anguages, dead and living q 34 8 7,234 8. Engravings and lithographic prints ... 672 1,055 Musical compositions ..• ... 226 257 8276 8,546 being a bal ance i n favour of 1848 of 270. , In the above account are not included the daily and other journals. mar FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WHITEHALL, DEC. 29, 1849. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto William Jeffcett, Esq., Recorder of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca. CROWN. OFFICE, l)Ec. 31. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of New Shoreham —Alexander Francis Charles Gordon Lennox, commonly called Lord Alexan der Francis Charles Gordon Lennox, in the room of Charles Goring, Esq. decea!ed. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 29. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second•Lieutenants—Richard Oldrield, vice Richards, promoted; Herbert Mark Garrett Purvis, vice Hope, promoted; William Howley Goodenough, vice Dash wood; Albert Henry Wilmot Williams, vice Brendon, promoted; William Smyth Maynard Wolfe, vice lie Havilland, promoted ; Charlts Frederick Cockburn, vice Carden, promoted; Henry Hamilton Conolly, vice Wilkinson, promoted; Walter Chidcock Nangie, vice Lukin, promoted; Henry Strover, vice Walker, promoted; Campbell Hardy, vice Walcott, promoted; William Wil be►force flagon, vice Burtchaell, promoted; Cnar:es Dickson Fisher, vice Davis, promoted; Lewis Frederick Hall, vice Bredin, promoted; Frederick Cockburn Griffin, vice Bolton, promoted; John Henry Bile, vice 'rraherne, promoted; John Kelly, vice Batchellor, pro moted; Charles John Dowse, vice Middleton, promoted, Dec. 19. Corps of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants —Willoughby I)igby Marsh, vice Stotherd, promoted; William James Stuart, vice Noble, promoted, Dec. 19. WHITEHALL, DEC. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Cooke, of Abingdon, in the county of Berks, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed John Thomp son Brewster, of the town and county of the town of Nottingham, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Falconer Beilby, of the borough of Kingston -on-Hull, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 24. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Ormond the younger, of Abingdon, in the county of Berks, Gent., do be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Edward Bell, grocer, Lambeth-walk, to surrender Jan. 8, at half-past one, and Feb. 14, at e l even , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba singhall street; Hill and Matthews, Saint Mary Axe. Zaccheus Stafford, innkeeper, Nottingham, Jan. 11, at half-past ten, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Deverill, Nottingham. Joseph Fisher, money scrivener, Cleeve, Yatton, Somersetahire, Jan. 15, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Tanner, Bristol. John . Willians, auctioneer, Newport, Monmouthshire, Jan. 15 and Feb 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Protheroe, Towgood, and Fox, Newport; Abbot, Bristol. William Pearson, ironfounder, Maryport, Cumber land, Jan. 10, at eleven, and Feb. 14, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Griffiths and Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Hall, Rotherhithe, shipwright, Jan. 22, at one—S. J3Jss, Frith-street, Soho, tailor, Jun. 24, at one. In the Country. J. B. Shoukr, Leicester, draper, at the Court, Not tingham, Feb. 1, at eleven—G. F. Knott. Leicester, boot and shoe manufacturer, at the Court. Nottingham, Feb. 1, at eleven --J. Ashworth, Bury, Lancashire, at the Court, Manchester, Jan. 22, at twelve. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. T. Gales, Ford Dockyard, Durham, shipbuilder, is. Bd., on Saturday, Jan. 5, or any subsequent Satur day, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Ridgeway, Hanley ar.d Shelton, Staffordshire, earthenware manwacturer, lOid., on Thursday, Jan. 3, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. J. Palmer, Birmingham, jeweller, a first and second dividend of 2s. 6d. and 23. ld., on Thursday, Jan. 3, and any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. W. E. Holmes, Lichfield, Staffordshire, eoachbuilder, a first and second dividend of ss. and 4s. ld., on Thurs day, Jan. 3, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. W. Ambrose, Awre, Gloucestershire, timber mer• chant, 21d., on Wednesday, Jan. 2, or any subsequent Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. T. B. Jones, Brecon, maltster and brewer, 38. €d., on Wednesday, Jan. 2, or any subsequent Wednesday, be tween eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall •street. L. Pulbrook, Cambridge-place, Hackney-road, grocer, Jan. 23, at half-put eleven. 1 In the Country. J. Hodgson, Underhank, Yorkshire, cotton spinner, Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. R. Allanson, New Mahon, corn factor, Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—A. 0. Martin, Leeds, stationer, Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. A. Dow, Romford, linendraper, certificate of the third class—S. Martin, Poole, Dorsetshire, fish merchant, certificate of the first class—F. Jenkinson, Foubert's place, Regent-street, baker, certificate of the third class —F. Macqueen, Houndsditch, wine and spirit merchant, certificate of the third class—J. Bindon, Holne, Devon shire, cattle dealer, certificate of the third class -4. Skinner, jun., Bristol, linendraper, certificate of the second class, at the expiration of 21 days from Dec. 28— W. Townley, Bristol, slate merchant, certificate of the first class, at the expiration of 21 days from Dec. 28—R. C. Sweet, Birmingham, builder, certificate of the first class—T. Jones, jun., Kingswinford, Staffordshire, iron founder, certificate of the first class—T. Francis, Bir mingham, nail manufacturer, certificate of the second class-- T. Oakes, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, iron founder, certificate of the first class, after a suspension of two months from Dec. 5—T. Osborne, Birmingham, swordmaker, certificate of the third class, but suspended for six months. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Garrett and J. D. Garrett, Beckford-row, Wal worth, plumber s , pa i nters, and glaziers—R. Hodgson and J. Walbran, Watling-street, warehousemen—W. Day and S. Shearman, Prospect -place, Kingsland road, carpenters and joiners—El.zsbeth Proctor and J. N. King, Shoe-lane, plumbers and glazlers—G. Scott and J. W. Scott, Liverpool, ship store dealers—J. King, sen., J• King, jun., and J. Holdsworth, Moss Mills, Rochdale, and Manchester, fustian manufacturers (so far as regards J. King, sen.)—T. Thexton and F. G. Jackson, Barns ley, Yorkshire, surgeons and apothecaries—W. A.Weale and J. Weale, Brompton, Middlesex, dealers in boots and shoes —T. F. Griffiths and J. 11. Hopkins, Birming ham, tin plate workers, braziers, and japanners—H. Turmeau and J. Dickeuson, Tottenham-court -road, car vers and gilders—W. Orridge and It. Orridge, Ludgate bill, chemists and druggists—lL D. C. Satow and J. L. El. Havenith, Love-lane, Eastcheap, merchants—F. Pearson and H. Heron, Liverpool, artistical decorators, plumbers, glaziers, and painters—J. Holder and T. Holder, Wulworth-road, glass bottle merchants —R. Livingstone and D. B. Syers—J. Halliday and F. Duke, Arundel, mercers, drapers, and tailors—J. P. Mackillop and W. I. Pearce, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street, accountants—J. Howard and T. S. Richardson, Roch dale, wool dealers and commission agents—R. Bradford and N. Bradford, London, insurance agents—J. Pirie and J. P. Charles, Birchin-lane, ship and insurance brokers —W. Edwards and S. L. Price, Gresham-street, aecountants—J. Smith and R. Smith, Orange-street, Southwark, builders—R. Browning, T. Browning, G. J. Bird, and H. Dearlove, Commercial -road, Lambeth, timber merchants (so far as regards R. Browning)—J. H. Florence and G. A. Davis, Skinner -street, Bishops gate, wine merchants and distillers—R. S. Walker and T. Page, Wolverhampton, auctioneers, appraisers, and surveyors—Eliaa Holticroft and Marianne Pears, Market Drayton, Shropshire, dealers in t, a, china, and haber. dashery goods—G. Forbes, C. Forbes. W. H. L?ith, J. Malcolmson, and T. Fax, London, East India Agents (so far as regards C. Forbes)—J. Clode and J. Bed bo rough, New Windsor, wine, spirit, ale, and porter mer chants —J. Sellers, E Martin, and F. Barraclough, Leeds, clothdressers (so far as regards E. Martin) —R. Foster and E. Firbank, Kingston-upon-Hull, ships bonded store dealers—F. J. Eaton and J. Mawdsley, Liierpool, general brokers—A. John son and D. Renny, G rea t T ower - s t ree t—D. S mart and 11. Smart, Fenchurch-street and Corn-exchange, corn factors —G. Weatherland and r. Meldrum, New castle-upon-Tyne, j o i ners and house carpenters—J. Woodin and T. M. Morton, Paternoster-row, dining roona-keepers—bd. E. Rodocanachi, T. P. Rodocanachi, and C. T. Rulli London, M a r se ill es , L eg h orn, O dessa, Tagan rog, and Constantinople (so far as regards C. T. Rulli)—J. Seaton and E. Seaton, Richmond, MiSurrey, drapers—J. Keeling and J. Westmorland, Sncing-lane, co l on i a l produce brokers--T. Ingle and mith, Bradford, Yorkshire, land surveyors and land agents—J. Sayer and A. Barnett, Worcester, licensed victuallers, posting masters, and dealers in wine and spirits—J. Waugh and W. Taylor, Liverpool, sail makers and ship chandlers -11. Iholt and P. Martin, Liverpool, ship brokers and commission agents—W. Warburton and G. Crosland, Sheffield, share brokers, valuers, account. ants, and general commission agents—A. Ballantine, E. Routh, and E. Love g rove, Throgruorton-stre e t, stock and share brokers —C. Grinswade and W. Thackray, Bread street, Cheapside, wholesale stationers—lsabella Golding and Martha Golding, Birkenhead, mistresses of a ladies' seminary. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. George Ayre, Liverpool, master mariner. James Reynolds, Birmingham, cabinet maker. John Roden, Birmingham, plumber, &c. John Thompson, Middleham, Yorkshire, grocer. Edward Stanley, Lescoe, Derbyshire blacksmith. Robert Riches, Lalcenham, Norwich, sawyer. George K n i g t on, Morton, Derbyshire. George Morley, Low llarrowgate, Yorkshire, librarian. Nicholas Grove, Alice hail s t one, L eeds, schoolmistress. Th "hburY, Glo ucesters hi re, farmer. Thomas Lloyd, Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, tailor. Wh o l ia s Shelton, Goucleby, Li ncolnsh i re, wheelwright. m Davis, Exeter, lace dealer. William An near, Cardiff, Glam organshire, beer seller. Thomas Freem, Tockington, Glyucestersbire, carpenter, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. and M. fli-theringt9n, Glasgovv, file cutters, to meet within the Tereperanc: not c l of John White, Glasgow, Jan, 4 and 25, at one. T. Whittet and Jean, or Jane, Whittet, Perth, mer chants, to meet within the Sale-room of the City Perth, Jan. 5 and 28, at one. W. IVPLeed, Paisley, manufacturer, to meet within the Saracen' s H ea d Inn, Paisley, J an . 8 and 29, at one. G. and 11. Stanhie, Elinburgh, cap manufacturers, to meet within the Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh, Jan. 4 and Feb. 1, at one. THE COUNTRY : MARKETS. IPSWICH, JAN. 1. The supply of wheat seas small, and being in good con(iition, sold readily at an advance of is to 2s pi:r quarter. Barley was in good supply, and was disposed of more easily than fee- several market days, at about late prices. Beans and peas nomitral as of late. Malt dull. PER QUARTER. I PER QUARTER. Wheat, red 4,3 to 43 , 'Beans, old Do., white ...... 453 to 50s Peas 27s to 00s ' Barley, malting 26s to 28s Oats OO5 to 00s Do., select Do., grinding 23s to 21, Malt oos to 00s Beans 9 82 t o 00s1 I Flour, per sack.. 00s to 005 AVERAGES FOR THE IVEF.K ENDING DEC 29. Wheat 1,351 quarters at 41s Id. Barley Oats Beans „ 17s 4d. 85 9, 17 s 3d. Pea 5...... If 285 IA. Rye . ~ 005 Od. HULL, JAN. 1. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states:—The proceedings of the week have again partaken more of a holiday than a business character, but more firmness is evident in each article of the trsde, and which is warranted and encouraged by the paucity of arrivals from abroad. We had a return of frost on the 20th, and it has continued since with more or less severity, accompanied by an occasional but not heavy downfall of snow. To-day the temperature is somewhat milder. There was a good attendance of farmers at our market this day, and a fair show of wheat, but the feeling being to take advantage now the navigation is closed, and hold for some advance, best runs could not be obtained under Is to 23 over the improvement of last week, but interior qualities did not participate; our millers were tolerably free buyers. In foreign but little business transpired landed parcels being held for some advance. Very little doing in malting barley, hut rather more inquiry for grinding qualities at late prices, and not much offering. In other descriptions of spring corn but little doing. The linseed market is fully as dear, with depressed supplies; linseed cakes are much the same in value, but demand is slow for the season of the year. No rapeseed on the market, and cakes, being mostly landed, are held for a smart advance on late low rates. Without arrivals of bones, the market is inanimate. The following are the present prices of grain:— a. I. I Wheat, English, red 38 to 401 Peas, white and yel. 25 2$ Do. white Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 43 45 nigsberg 4s 48 Do. Petersburgh ... 37 42 Pomeranian and Do.Riga&Archngl. 36 —3B Hamburgh . 3s —4O Do. Konigsberg .... 35 —37 Danish, Holstei n , & Per ton. Friesland ......... 31 36 Linseedcakes,;1Iull 1117, 6d 71 hussian and Odessa 32 361D0. fine forei gn ... ... 61 5s Oats, English Do. Danish.— ...... . 10 12 Rapeseed Do. Friesland l5 16 Rape cakes...77s 6cl to iOs Od Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 '— 14 'Fares, English . 1. ....00s —00 s Barley, malting 22 ~.-: 24 Do. foreign • 205 —22 s Do. grinding.. ..... 19 ;=-. ?0 Caiatte. ? -4..: . : ..... 6/ to 91 10s Beans 26 t-. 3213 oues;'doa'..;;;0040(Pto 90s Od Do. foreign - Mt Rye nii.Eti ":''- - ' , ' 6/0s i. LIVERPOOL, JAN. BLThere has litein no corn market to-day, being New Yebr's•day. • • Coax, Dec. 31.—Flotir—First 12ifid ,id 13s ; extra 15s Od; seconds, lie to 125 6d ; h l auseholds 9Cto 10s Od; thirds, 6s tots per cwt. Oatmeal 9s 6d trill:fa; Indian niesil7sto 7s 3d ; wheat meal. 9s 6d to lOsper cwt. Indian corn 132 s 641 to 137 s 6d per toe. Bran 3/ lOs to 3/ 12s 6d per ton. H ay —F armers 26s to 325; average 30s ; dealers 33s to 40s Od; average 00s per ton. Straw—Farmers 17s Od to 305 Od ; average 24s ; dealers 34s Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6cf to 6id; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, ad to 94 per lb. Eggs-6s 6d to Os 8d per hundred. - Coals-- Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 155; Best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 393 Oil to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef aid to sd; mutton 4d to sd; veal 4d to Od; cork 3111 to 4d; bacon 7d to 8d; sausages 5d per lb. Hops aOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 8/ ss; Valonia 14/ to 0/; French 7155; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone. Hemp 321 to uOl per tort. Fish— Scotch herrings 18 5 t o 19 s; re d ditto 24s to 26 s p er b arre l • Newfoundland 9. 1 Os to 11/ pet ton. Timber—Memel, 85/per ton.; deals, first quality, 18e; second quality, 16s per 100. s—Marlist :14s to 18s; fsiv salted 14s to 20 5 p er cw t ; ca l f s ' s 2d ..2,1 1 4 per lb. lake lev Potatoes, white 7d to 9d ; Minions 4d to ‘Wd - c Guano-- , Peruvian, 11/ 10 1 ; Ich a b oe , 91 per ton ; Tar -- Archangel, Archangelf 19s per barrel. tiARKETS RAIL Wtt I zs , BRISTOL, JAN. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was very flat to-day, and little business transacted. The only alterations in prices We have to note are—Great Western, Quarters, 11% Ditto, 171. Shares, 8 dis. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1. A Spocx EXCHANGE. —To-clay being observed as a holiday, the Stock Exchange was closed. MANCHESTER, JAN. 1. STOCK ExCITANGE.—There has been little business done to-day. The following are the quotations:—Lancashire Fifths, 74 Ditto (W. R. U), 7 8-16 dis.—London and North-Western, 108— Ditto, Manchester and Birminghanis (C ) Quarters, 15-16 p.— North Staffordshire, 10 dis.—South- Eastern and Dover ( Ne. 4), Scrip, 6 7-16 BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 1. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—ThiS being New Year's-day, it WAS ObserVed as a holiday, no business whateverr'hatin, hating been transacted. ST OCK ExcHAN GE . YORK, DEC. 31 . follow : — The transactions t o -d ay were 0 Great Northern, '7l/B—North t,taffordshire. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, IN—Ditto (G. N. E. l'at' chase), 3!: 4 —York an d North Midland, 17. Majesty's s hi p ATIIOFDUNCAN, THE A FRICAN T EAVE LLER.-•'" Died, on Sat ur d ay, the 3d of November, on board her Mal;Kingfisher, in the Bight of Benin, Mr. John Duncan, the African traveller. Mr. Duncan wee the son of a small farmer in Wigtonshire, North Britain. At an early age be enlisted in the First Regiment of Life Guards, in which he served with credit for eighteen years, and discharged himself with a high character for good conduct about the year 1840. In the voyage to the Niger, in 1842, Mr. Duncan was appointed armourer, and during the progress of that ill-fated expedition he held a conspicuous place in all the treaties made by the commissioners with the native chiefs. He returned to England, one of the remnant of the expedition, with frightful wound in his leg and a shattered body, frottl which he long suffered. With a return of health, how' ever, came a renewed desire to explore Africa, and , under the auspi ces o f t h e Council of the Geographical Society, he started in the summer of 1844, not without substantial proofs from many of the members of the interest they took in his perilous adventure. The par' titulars of his journey along the coast until hill arrival in Dahomey were detailed in letters to hi 9 friends, and published in the " Geographical Society'l Journal Of that period. From Dahomey he again returned to the etast, havi ng traversed a portion 01, country hitherto untrodden by European, but broke!! down in health, and in extreme suffering from the old wound in his leg. Fearful that mortification had cetn' menced, he at one t i me made preparations for cutt 05 his own limb, a fact which displays the wondertulli great resolution of the man. All these journeys were undertrk ,n on a very slenderly furnished purse, which+ on his arrival at Why dah, was not only totally exhausted/ but he was compelled to place himself in "pawn," as he, expressed it, for advan ces w hi c h wou ld take years 0 1 labour on the coast to liquidate. From that disagreeable position his friends of the Geographical Society sooe , relieved him by an amplek.subscription, with which be proposed to make a journey from Cape Coast to Tina' buctoo, but the state of his health compelled him to re; turn to England. He was lately appointed Vice-Consul to Dahomey, for which place he was on his Ray whet' he died. Mr. Dunean leaves a wife, who is, we believe, but poorly provided for.—Liverpool [ ADVERTISEMENT.]—Cure of an Ulcerated Leg / by Holloway' s Oi n t ment an d Pills.— Mr. Jchn Olive, wet knossn in Geelong, Port Phillip, publishes in the Melbourne Morning Herold, of June 22, 1849, the following extraorditu case:—" I had been ailicted for thre e y ears w i t h an ulcerated leg, and had the best medical treatment in Melbourne an 4 Van Diemen's Land, without experiencing any relief, whet); hearing of the wonderful cures effected by Holloway's Pills all Ointment, I resolved upon trying them, and with gratitude J• acknowledge that, after using them and attending to the direr fions, I found my leg cured in a very short time." Signed , John Olive. —Sold by all respectable Vendors of Medicine throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Hollows?' Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRT. On the 29th ult., a t Aldeoham HS Vicarage,Herts, the wife of the Rev. F. Fisher, of a son. On the 29th ult., at St. Paul's-place, Islington, the wife of H. B. Rye, Es q ., o f a d aughter. On the 30th ult., at the rectory, Grosvenor -street, Mrs' Howarth, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Child Okeford, Dorset, Mrs. Major John Welshman, of a son. On the 20th ult., Mrs. John White, of Storey's-gates Westminster, of a son. On the 30th ult , at Swanscombe, Kent, Mrs. Robert 0 , White, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., Mrs. John Phi]pot, of Montague-street; Russell-square, of a son, MARRIED. On the II th ult., Arthur Lloyd Davies Lloyd, Esq., oldie Inner Temple, Lond on, and of Alltyr-Odin, Cardiganshire, to Adelaide, daughter of John Lacey, Esq., of Villa Formosa'? Kent. On the 27th ult., at Llanymynech, near Oswe3try, the Rev. T. S. Evans, assistant-master in Rugby School, to Rose' mond, only surviving child of the late J. Broughton, Esq. _ DIED. • On the 25th ult., at Dorking, aged 86, William Hilton Rs, formerly of Hornchurch, Essex. On the 27th ult., at Deptford, S ara h G andy, relict of the late George Stuart,R.N. On the 30th ult., Edward Stratford Mogg, eldest son of Mr. E. Mogg, of Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, aged 'i On the 30th ult., at U pper -street, Islington, Mr. Edward Slim, aged 7% On the 30th ult., Frederick Smith, Esq., of Basinghall• street, London. On the 30th ult., Lucy Frances, wife of Captain Luce' late of the Hen. East India Company's Service. On the 30th ult., at LYmington, Constantia Chadwick Mitchell, younger daughter of the late J. C. Mitchell, Esq'' s e c o o n n d t h d e a u 3 g i l s i t t c u r l t o. aged 11 , 9 " 8 7 d A f b a of Brighto n . On the 31st ult., in D av i es -street, Berkeley -square, Marl' ford, Esse x . Chapman, Esq., of Wood" condo n Printed and Publi s h e d b y MURDO YOUNGt.,°,_ No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Office, No. 117 Strand, in the Precinet ef the S avoy. i n the 03ClitY Middlesex, Wedneula,y January 2, 18.50. ■ I SOUTHWARK. Robert Mason, a well•dressed man, in the employ ment of Mr. William Jones, linendraper and haber dasher, of Newington-causeway, was brought be fore Mr. A'Beckett, charged with plundering his employer of upwards of 1001. worth of property, principally consisting of boxes of ribbons. He was committed for trial to the Central CriMinal Court. PUBLICITY TO CASES UNDER THE INSOLVENT PROTECTION Act—Complaints have been made on the part of persons who have petitioned under the Protection Act, that their names appear in the newspapers as appli cants four times within the year. In the cases referred to, proposals have long been made to pay the creditors by quarterly instalments; and protection being granted for three months at a time, the cases have hitherto appeared in the printed lists. In order to obviate the necessity of S 9 much publicity, it has been suggested that if the quarterly payments are made about a week before the date of the protection, the names need not epal appear aeci i l n y print. There are a great many insolvents , Government clerks, who will gladly avail themselves of the re , aletion, and escape appearing before the public. The payments must be made before the lists of the wee k are printed The subject has been several tim es before m the Co . missioners, and they have expressed their willingness to adopt a plan to avoid frequent notice of cases, provided no harm was done to creditors. were apepr lei e notPersonsapplicants h to who were anxious to pay their cre ditors be w omade o placed i on proposals a to p worse positionay their than those debts. PROVIDENTIAL EscApE.—On Monday evening, a gig belonging to Mr. Reynolds, of Truro, was at Cha ce" water, with his son in it (a lad ten years of age), when a carriage returning from the west, and coming down the v illage rather fast, came in contact with the wheel of t h e g ig, and turned the vehicle completely bottom up wards, with the child underneath; strangely, however, wither the child, horse, nor gig were injured.— West Briton, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, JANITARY 2, 1850.