The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-14 00:00:00

THE PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION. The Royal Message, containing the decision of the Cabinet on the articles of the Constitution on which the two Chambers could not agree was communi cated to them by the Mininisters, on the 9th, by Count Brandenburgh. He stated that the Crown had in general accepted the amendments of the Chambers, but had thought it necessary to make some modifica tions in them, and that it entertained the hope of seeing the Constitution definitively established within a short period, in order that the Sovereign might take the oath to it. The Government hoped also that the people would recognise in the present step a proof of the conscientious adherence of the Sovereign to his promises. He also stated that the legislation with regard to the press and the right of association ought to be proceeded with immediately, according to Arts. 24 and 28, in order that the Go vernment might be able to preserve public peace and order without resorting to exceptional measures. The following are the most important modifica tions of the Constitution as agreed to by the Cham bers : The 26th article is cancelled. It contained the power of prosecuting the publisher, printer, and dis tributor of a work when the author of the same was not known. In article 33 the definition of the army is stated thus: —" The army inclades every part of the stand ing military force and the Ltndwehr. In case of war the King can, under the provisions of the regular law, surnmoe the whole lendsturm (the arming of the whole po d uletion). Article 35 is cancelled, and instead of it, an addi tion to article 104 is made to this effect :—" For the preservation of order, a Burgherwehr can be organ ised, by the resolution of the Communes, with the assent of the Government." In Article 38 is inserted—" The creation of fiefs is prohibited. Those now in existence are, according to a future law, to he changed into freeholds. Another law will render more easy a similar change in the case of family entails, and establish the condi tions under which new entails can he established. (By the Constitution, as it stood, entails were uncon ditionally abolished.) Are. 42. " The Ministers are responsible to the King and the nation." Are 49. In case of a dissolution the election for the new Chambers is to take place within sixty days ; the Chambers themselves are to be summoned within ninety days. Art. 60. To this article is added, " LAWS relating to the finances (or money hills) are to be first intro duced in the Second Chamber." Art. 63 relates to the Upper Chamber ; by this article, as amended by the Cabinet, the Upper Cham ber is to consist of 1. Tne Princes of the Royal House who may be summoned to it by the King. 2. The heads of the princely families of the empire existing in Prussia, and the heads of those families who, according to the law of primogeniture and lineal descent, may be called to a seat and voice in the Chamber by the King. The summons itself will contain the conditions on which the right is exercised. No representatives (or proxies) are allowed, and the right is suspended if the possessor of it is in the ser vice of another German State. 3. Of such members as the King may nominate for life only. Their number cannot exceed the tenth of those created by the preceding articles. 4. Of 60 members elected by 200 of the highest tax payers in each province by direct election. 5. Of six members elected by the six universities of Prussia, the tight of election is given to the public professors of those bodies. The whole number of the Upper Chamber, consist ing of the above members, is not to exceed 200. Articles from 66 to 70 efine the constitution of the Second Chamber. It is to consist of 350 members ; the elective districts are to be fixed by law ; they may consist of one or more circles, that contain more than 10,000 inhabitants. APer article 93 the following new article is intro duced : " The legislature may create a Court of Special Jurisdiction that is to take cognizance of all charges of high treasons and offences against the internal and out ward security of the state. The law will also define how far the ordinary courts can exercise their juris diction over these offences." Art. 95. Tne conditions under which the civil and military officers of the state can be prosecuted for exceeding their powers are to be defined by a special law. Art. 107. The members of both Chambers and the civil officers in the employ of the Government are to take the oath of allegiance and obedience to the King and of a conscientious observance of the Constitution. The army will not be sworn to the Constitution. The motives on which these alterations are grounded are stated at great length, but may be omitted with out loss. This message completes the work of the Prussian Constitution. Its working must he left to time and events ; at present the obj.letions raised are to the creation of a partial hereditary peerage, and to the refusal to swear the army to the Constitution. GERMAN Y. A telegrAphic divatch from Hanover, of the 9th. announces that on that diy the Second Chamber, in spite of the opposition ,f Government, adopted, by a majority of 42 to 34, a resolution requiring a re presentation of all the German pe)ple, and an electo ral I.lw worthy (f contider.m ITALY. The Statuto of Florence publishes letters feom Ro i.e 31st ult., and from Naples 2d inst. It appears from this corre.pondence that the Papal loan is not concluded, nor likely to be so fir some time to come; but that the Pope nevertheless has declared his inten tion of returning to his capital in a few days. Tne following notification, dated the 2d, bas been published at Leghorn : " MILITARY COMMAND OF THE ClTY.—Joseph COH sigli, a Jew of Leghorn, a schoolmaster by profession, Ills been condemned to two weeks' imprisonment, fir in public places, and particularly in the Minerva and Am:Ticino coffee-houses, read a letter from his brotherVoies Consigli, c f Genoa, containing incendiary language, and hopes of imminent revolutionary move mews, besides d:srespeelfil expressions applied to the Government. The ~same penalty has been inflicted on Niccola Frangini, carpenter, and Ferdinand° Fregosi, sailor, both c f Leghorn, fir having been heard fir the first time singing seditious and republican songs." The Duke of Modena arrived at Venice on the 4th instant. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal.) A very considerable business has been done this week in the mining share market, and the demand, in many mines, considerably exceeds the number likely to come on the market at the present quota tions. The demand for lead has had the effect of an ad vance on the ores, and we learn that it is likely to continue firm, as the smelters' stocks are very low. Tin has also advanced, and the standard for copper ore improved last week ; these movements having a tendency to promote a general advancement of the mining interest. In Bedford United, South Tamar, and East Tamar, there have been some large transactions At E ist ;Tamar, the 70 ends, north and south, have much improved, and are more productive than hitherto seen, and there is also a fine lode in the winz.i sink ing under the 70. At South Tamar there is a general improvement, but especially in the south end of the 101, and the lode in the 90 also. fiolmbush shares have been in demand at an ad vance. A considerable improvement has taken place in the lead lode at the 120 fin. level south, where the lead part of it is 2 feet wide on an average, and is calculated to produce 7 tons of lead per fathom. Se veral pitches have also been set on the Flap-jack lode. Cook's Kitchen continues improving, and the shares are in request. At South Wheal Frances meeting a dividend of 10/. per share was declared. At the East Wheal R ise meeting, a dividend of 15/. per share was declared for the months of Sep tember and October. The statement cf accounts shows a balance in hand of 2,662/. 9s. 7d., after pay ment of the dividend. The proceeds of silver-lead or-3 sold in Sept. and Oct. appear to be about 9,4661. We learn that a very strong feeling of disappoint ment has been expressed by holders here, as an in crase upon the last dividend was fully expected. The distant shareholders have much to com plain of, inasmuch that the statement of accounts is never accompanied by the report presented at the meeting. Shareholders in the locality, who can attend the meetings, may be satisfied with all the proceedings ; but we do consider that absent or dis tant holders are entitled to a copy of the report, not as an act of courtesy, but as one of common honesty and justice. At the Wellington Mines account meeting a divi dend of 20s. 61. per share was declared, leaving to credit 541. 3s. 1,1.— a pro fi t of 1521. 15s. w , 4s made in September and October, which, added to balance from last accoun', pm:ailed the above 4ividen 4 . At the Wheal Mty tn,,ting the report w and adopted. Toe committ ee , acting upon the reade re commendation of C.ptai n W. L ean, who has inspected the sett, has advised the erection of a small steam engine, for the purpose of sinking, and seeing the lodes at a greater depth, which the quickness of the water at present precludes. At Wheal Comfort meeting, a dividend of 31. per share was declared. At Alfred Consols meeting the accounts showed a report o i balance of 585/. lls. ld. against mine, and a call s f lls. 6d. per share was made. The agents' of a most satisfactory and encouraging character. Spearne Consols and Balleswidden Mines are re presented as much improving, and several shares have changed hands, whilst negotiations are going on for a large nueoer. The former declared a dividend of 355. per share, and the latter 95., at the meeting on the 31st ult., for the month of September and Octo ber, each laving good b ;lances in hand. Bwlch Consols adventurers met yesterday, when a call of 2/. per share on the new shares was ma - e, payable by two instalments. We learn the mine . is in a most productive position, but that debts and ha bilities had been suffered to accrue, which the above amount will liquidate, and place the mine in a profit able position. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week :—Devon Great Consol-, East Wheal Rose, Treviskey and Barrier, Holmbush, Tincroft, Tamar Consols, Trelawny, East Tamar, South Fran ces, Callingtor, South Tamar, East Buller, Daren Mine, Bedford United, Cook's Kitchen, West Provi dence, Alfred Consols, Balleswidden, Spearne Consols, Mary Ann, Wheal May, Carn Brea, Devon and Courtenay, Trehane, ace. At the meeting of the Cobre Copper Mining Asso ciation, a dividend of 3/. per share was declared. It appears that the returns of ore for 1849 were less than the previous year by about 1,000 tons, arising from the demand for labour in the plantations, and the unwillingness of the agents to advance the wages at the mines. The difference between the company and the Santiago Mining Company had been arranged by the latter accepting 5,0001., and delivering up the St. George Mine, the subject-matter of dispute. After the meeib g a special meeting was held, for the purpose of rescinding a clause in the deed of settle ment, whereby they might increase the reserve fund from 20 ; 0001. to 40,000/.—the same to he raised by .5 per cent. deducted from each future dividend, until it reached that amount. The prospects of the mines are represented in a very favourable position. At the meeting of the Company of Copper diners of England, held on the 9th, Mr. W. A. Shew was elected an assistant in the room of Mr. Laurie, de ceased. Mr. Gilbertson read a report from the share holders' committee, representing the satisfactory pro vress making for the resuscitation of the company. The financial scheme proposed, for finally completing the arrangements not having been fully res ponded to on the part of the propriety, it is found absolutely necessary to obtain the aid of Parliamentary sanction ; and the re quisite formula having been adopted, there now ap pears' every probable reason to anticipate a favour able result to the efforts of the committee in their en deavours to overcome thenumerous difficulties which have obstructed their progress in this difficult and perplexing matter. In foreign mines the principal business appears to have been in St. John del Rey and the United Mexi can, which have been done at an advance; Copiapo, Real del Monte, and Imperial Brazilian, have also been sold. THE SUN, THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) HORSE GUARDS LEVEE.—Lord Fitzroy Somerset, the Military Secretary, will hold a levee on Tuesday next, on which occasion a full attendance of General Officers wanting regiments is expected. THE VACANT REGIMENTAL COLONELCIES.—RU mour has been rife for some time at the Horse Guards respecting the non-appointment of a successor to the 80th Regiment. On dit the Duke has certainly for gotten the subject of the vacancy, and not one of the officials dare mention it to him, particularly as the num ber of the corps corresponds with his own age. His Grace could not be treated with more delicacy on the subject of his age were he an old lady, instead of a vigorous elderly gentleman. Neither the Military Secretary nor Mr. Ferguson can even hint to his Grace the annoyances to which they are subject by the repeated visits of expectant General Officers, who, with long and doleful countenances, betray the greatest anxiety as to their chances of obtaining a Colonelcy. We do hope that the circumstances of the 68th Light In fantry having just become vacant will give a re fresher to the Commander-in-Chief's memory, and ease the minds of sundry old veterans, and send them home to their firesides and the Yule log. STAFF OF IRELAND —We are informed, on very good authority, that Major-General John M'Donald, C. 8., will shortly be withdrawn from Kilkenny, which will cease to be a military district. In conse quence of the above change, Lieutenant A. M'lan M'Donald, 92d Highlanders, Aide-de-Camp, will rejoin that corps, and Colonel Sir Charles R. O'Don nell will resume the command of the troops at Waterford. Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. S. Clarke, late of the Scots Greys, will probably remain in command of the troops stationed at Kilkenny. ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—We under stand that Sir John 'Webb, K.C.11., the Director General, retires from the service, after a period of 56 years on full pay, having held his present em ployment upwards of 36 years. This appointment is not to be filled up, by which a saving will ulti mately accrue to the public of 1,0951. per annum, in inclusive of allowances. Sir John Webb served on the Continent in 1794 with the Duke of York, and was in the action of Lannoi. In 1796 he served at the siege cf Morne Fortune and capture of St. Lucia ; also at the expulsion of the C,ribs from St. Vincent. He was at the capture of Trinidad and the descent on Port() Rico in 1797; at the reduction of the Helder, and the capture of the Texel fleet in 1799; on the coast c f Spain in 1800; the Egyptian campaign of 1801 (including the action at the landing and those of the 13z1and 21st of M.irch); thr:, taking of Grand Cairo, and all the sub sequent operations; siege of Copenhagen and capture of the Danish fleet in 1807, and expedition to the Scheldt in 1809. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—It is rumoured that a change is about to - take place in the manage ment of this branch of the service, and that the Ordnance Medical Staff will be incorporated with that of the line. The present Director-General, Sir James McGrigor, M.D., has been fifty-six years in the service, forty of which he has been a member of the Medical Board in Lyndon. He has 2,0001. per annum and other allowances. ARMY SAVINGS' BANKS.—The Secretary-at-War has notified to regiments having savings'-banks, that Government is responsible to the several depositors for their respective amounts. MILITARY PRESENTATIONS AT COURT.—It iS rumoured that a change is contemplated in the com mand of a cavalry regiment of the Household Brigade, by the retirement of an officer. We hear it is owing to a presentation at Court last season, and which was much commented on at the time. ARMY Am st UNITION.—The Deputy- Adj utant- General in Dublin issued a circular on the 9th inst. to the effect that the men belonging to infantry regi ments serving in Ireland should be permitted to carry only thirty rounds each of service ammunition in their pouches ; the remaining thirty rounds to be lodged in store in charge of the sanctioned quarter masters, ready for immediate issue whenever circum stances rendered it necessary. We are enabled to contradict the statement which has been going the round of the press respecting the dilapidated state of the church at Norton, whore the Marines attend Divine service, and to state that the men have not been so conveniently accommodated for many years. REDUCTION OF THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY. — We are enabled to state on the best authority, that there is not the slightest foundation for the reports which have been circulated to the effect that the num ber of the Lords of the Admiralty is to be reduced. Lord John hay's vacancy will be filled up after he has formally accepted the Chiitern Hundreds, on the opening of Parliament. SIR F. COLLIER'S SUCCESSOIL—Up to the time of our going 'to press no officer had been appointed to the command of the East India station, vacant by the death of Sir Francis Collier. COMMODORE PLUMRIDGE.—We are sorry to hear that Commodore Plutnridge, ,now Commander-in- Chief in the East Indies, wail the appointment of a successor to the late Sir F. Collier, is also in very ill health, and it is reported at the clubs that he is about to return to England immediately. The last mail left him at Madras. THE NEW NORTH-WEST EXPEDITION.—Among the numerous gallant and experienced men who have offered their services to the Admiralty to proceed North. west in search of Sir John Franklin, is the devoted master of the whaler Advice, Captain Penny, DEPARTMENT OF THE SURVEYOR OF THE NAVY.— It is reported that the department of the Surveyor of the Navy is to be removed from Somerset louse to the Admiralty, Whitehall. It would save an im mense deal of time and expense if the whole of the departments of the Admiralty were located in one range of build ing. THE MEDITERRANEAN.—It is reported, on good authority, that it is not the intention of the Govern ment to relieve Sir William Parker. Even should he attain, by succession, the rank of Full Admiral, he will hoist his flag at the main and retain the Com mand in-Chief of the Mediterranean. ADMIRALTY CIVIL ENGINEER.—The candidates for the office of Admiralty Civil Engineer are daily Culonel Reel, R.E., and Major Veitch, It E., it is saH, are among the number. It is con fidently reported, however, that no military man will have the appointment. SECRETARY TO THE NEW ADMIRAL SUPERIN TENDENT OP DEVONPORT DOCKYARD.—It is confi dently reported that Lord John Hay, the newly-ap pointed Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, will select a new secretary to accompany him thither. It is understood that he will be selected from the sur veyor's department, Somerset House. THE NAVAL WAR MEDALL—It is estimated that the naval claimants for the war medals exceed 17,000. The cost of the medal is about 10s. 6d. In consequence of delay on the part of the Mint, the medals, which it was expected would have been ready at this date to distribute to claimants, who have sent in their names subsequently to Ist June last, will not be ready until the beginning of next month (February). LONDO ALARMING MUTINY BY THE PRISONERS IN APPLEBY GAOL. John Jackson, Jahn Hart, and John Wel!, under sentence cf transportation, and John Wilson and Richard Morgan, under sentence of imprisonment, five most desperate and ruffianly characters, were confined in the same ward of Appleby Gaol. They had been punished more than once for insubordination, and on Wednesday, after they had taken their dinner in the day-room, they commenced throwing and kicking about the tin basins in which their soup had been supplied, and otherwise manifest ing a riotous intention. Mr. Thwaites, the governor, remonstrated with them, and threatened solitary confinement. 'Wilson set him at defiance, and threw one of the tin basins at the iron bars which separated the governor from them. Mr. Thwaites thereupon insisted on his coming out to be locked up. This he pertinaciously refused to do, and the others (excepting Morgar, who took no part in the revolt) used the most abusive and threatening lan guage to the officers, especially the governor, whom they swore they would kill if he came near them. While Mr. Thwaites left the gaol to obtain addi tional aid, four of the mutineers armed themselves with the fire shovel, three heavy broom-sticks, the handle of a hand corn-mill, and three heavy nut screws and some iron washers which they screwed off the mill. On the return of the governor with Mr. Bird, the superintendent of police, and other assistants, they threatened to murder the first that entered. Thu narrowness of the door into the ward will only admit of one person passing through at a time, and the floor of the ward being a little higher than the floor of the passage where the constables stood, and the approach to which is by two steps, the prisoners possessed considerable advantages, and great difficulty was experienced in effecting an entrance. Mr. W. Raine first made an attempt, armed with a constable's staff, but was repelled ; and having retreated a short distance, Wall threw at him one of the nutscrews, weighing a pound, which struck him on the left ear, inflicting a serious wound on the head. This was followed up by the other nutscrew and the washers, one of which struck the turnkey on the back of his head. Additional assistance was now procured ; the door was forced open, and a terrific conflict took place. The prisoners fought desperately, and with an evident intent of fulfill ing their previous threats; but being outnumbered, they were soon subdued. The constables had to apply their staffs to the best advantage they could, both offensively and defensively ; and the resistance they met with aroused their ire to such a degree that the prisoners had to call out to the gaoler (whose life they had just before threatened), to protect them from the unnecessary blows that were being inflicted. Mr. Ifeelis, the under-sheriff, reached the gaol soon afcer the mutiny was quelled, and gave directions for the insurgents to be put in heavy irons, as the only effectual means of prevent ing another revolt. Indeed it would be unsafe to give them even the liberty of the yard, considering their malicious intentions towards the officers, parti cularly towards Mr. Thwaites, whom Jackson swears he will murder before he leaves the prison, if an oppor tunity offers. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Jan. 10: ASSETS. Cash and ingots f. 305,531,672 20 Ditto in branch banks 132,712,339 0 gills past due ". ". 99,101 55 Bills falling due in Paris, of which 18,239,317 f. 31e. were received from the Branch Banks ... ... 46,563,382 74 Bills in the branch banks ... 73,555,552 0 advances on coins and ingots... ... 3,452,500 0 Ditto by the branch banks ... 572,162 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 18,878,019 85 Ditto by branch banks... _2,453,691 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0 oa❑ of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar seilles ... „. ... 1,350,000 0 Rentes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 0 fientes, disposable funds ... 42,514,988 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... 12,826.541 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 0 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,975,275 0 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 0 Ditto branch banks ... _ ... ... 230,000 0 Bills protested at Paris 2,180,096 57 Ditto at the branches '... ... ... 1,656,563 0 Expenses of administration of the Bank 1,847 75 Ditto of the branches ... ... ••• 43,174 0 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 767,002 51 E 762,568,908 69 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... .. ... „. f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 14 aPserve-immobilit)re ... ... ... 4,000;000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 383,740,600 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 71,912,400 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 1,865,361 50 Atcount•current with Treasury creditor 71,545,591 29 Various accounts current 79,917,255 94 Ditto in branches ~. 23,282,888 0 Bills payable at sight ... ... 4,544,500 0 Ditto at branches 1,330,587 0 Sills of :he branch banks payable by the Bank ••• 7, 010, 713 65 Ditto of ihe Bank payable by branches.. 3,270,173 0 Dividends payable 2,398,091 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 150,797 99 Di,counts, interest, and expenses ... 398,417 39 Ditto branch banks ... ... 253,403 0 Re discounts of the last six months ... 136,284 27 Ditto in branch banks .. ... 285,183 0 Miscellaneous ... 295,911 27 f. 762.568,908 69 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jun. 12. (Sittings in Banco, before Justices PATTEsoN, COLE RIDGE, and WIGHTNIAN.) GADSBY V. ESTALL. Two actions in this case, which was criminal con versation with the wife of the plaintiff, have been tried, and in each the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. A rule nisi was again obtained for a third trial, on the ground of the verdict being against evidence, and more particularly as there had been conflicting testimony with regard to the handwriting of the defendant to a certain letter which he was al leged to have written to the plaintiff's wife, in which he addressed her as " My dear Madam," and directed her to burn the letter, as he did not know whether it might not fall into her husband's hands, and con cluded, " Yours, affectionately." The first trial was before Mr. Justice Wightman, who was not dissatis fied with the verdict for the defendant; the second trial was before Lord Denman, who was dissatisfied with the verdict. The plaintiff had made an affidavit stating his belief that the letter was in the hand writ ing of the defendant, but the defendant had not made any affidavit denying that fact. Mr. Sergeant SHER showed cause against the rule, urging that the plaintiff had had ample time and op portunity afforded him for making out a complete case, and that it was ruinous to the defendant to send the case down again, when he had succeeded in two actions. Mr. HAWKINS supported the rule for a new trial, but was stopp€:d by the Court. Mr. Justice PATTESON said there were some very peculiar circumstances in this case with regard to the letter ; not that he would for a moment have it sup posed that he should say there ought to be a verdict for the plaintiff; but there were peculiar circum stances as to whether the letter was in the handwrit ing of the defendant that induced him to consider there ought to be another trial. There wrs no rule that two verdicts given the same way should prevent a third trial He quite agreed with the observations of the late Chief Justice Tindal, who bad stated that the general rule was that a verdict once found should stand ; the setting it aside was the exception, and ought to be an exception of rare occurrence. It had been said that to send a case down again was to invade the province of the jury ; but he did not see how the importance of a jury could be impaired by a solemn investigation of the matter. He (Mr. Justice Patteson) adopted all that language, and he trusted that upon the third trial the jurors would exercise their judgment as if the case had been sent before them for the first time. The circumstances were so peculiar that the Court could not do otherwise than submit them to a third jury, upon payment of costs by the plaintiff. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice WIGHT MAN, in concurring with Mr. Justice Patteson, stated that the peculiar circumstances of the case alone in duced them to send the matter down again. Rule absolute. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. THE TRIAL OF LOUIS JOEL, FOIL FORGERY. (Continued from our Afternoon E lition of Saturday.) Mr. CHAMBERS then addre,sed the jury for the defence, in a speech of great power and eloquence. Tne principal points he relied upon were, that whereas the prisoner had all along asserted the genuineness of the bill, and had made two affidavits to that effect ; every one of the witnesses who were called to prove the contrary had a strong bias, and were deeply inte rested in proving that it was a false instrument, and thereby getting rid of the liability in connexion with it, and he urged that this consideration became the more important for the consideration of the jury when they recollected that independent witnesses from Messrs. Cox and Ce., from Messrs. Arnut and Co., and from Messrs. Bouverie and Co., might have been called to express their opinion whether or not the acceptance to the bill was in the handwriting of the prosecutor. None of these witnesses, however, had been examined, nod rot only were they not brought forward, but Mr. Netherclift, a gentleman of greet experi,e,ce in such matters, to wloin the bill had been strewn, cod who they had heard was in attendance tles whole at' the previous day, had also been left eut of the case, and he urged upon the jury that the inevitable conclusion hick must be come to upon these facts was, that these witnesses, if they had been eummoced, would have given evidence in favour of the genuineness of the bill, and he said that the jury had been right to assume that such was the case. He contended that the account of the transaction given by the prisoner was a most reasonable one, and bore the stamp of truth. What was the position of the parties at the rime this bill wes said to have been given, in July, or thereabouts, of 1847 ? It was perfectly clear that at that time the prosecutor owed Mr. Joel a large sum of money, and that the latter became aware that he was under age, and also that he was about to leave the army, and to go away from Dublin, and what was more natural under these circumstances than that he should endeavour to obtain something in the shape of a collateral security for his debt. It appeared that he had threatened to take proceedings against the prosecutor, to have him held to bail upon an affidavit that he was about to leave the country, and he asked the jury whether it was likely that Joel should have forborne such proceedings if the prosecutor had not satisfied him in some way or other ; and most likely, by giving him this bleak acceptance, to be filled up after he came of age, and which Joel, being ignorant of the law, might have considered to be a valid instrument. With regard to the delay that bad taken place in proceeding against the prosecutor upon this acceptance, he said it ap peared to him that the statement of the prisoner that the prosecutor had evaded the service of process had been substantially established ; for, according to the prosecutor's own showing, h e h a d gone to Spain, to Essex, to Windsor, and other places, and that he had no settled residence where he could be found, and this part of the case for the prosecution he considered had been most satisfactorily answered. The Learned Counsel then made some severe comments upon the conduct of the prosecutor in purchasing articles of jewellery from the prisoner and other persons, and breaking them up immediately and selling them • and he said that such conduct was not only disgraceful in a gen tleman and an officer, holding-her Mijesty's commis eion, but that in an ordinary case, if such facts w( re laid before a•jury in support of a charge of felony in rob bing the tradesmen of such articles, he was of opinion it would go very far indeed to induce them to return a verdict of guilty. He said that the prisoner had also, in his opinion, been treated most harshly by the prosecutor, by his not allowing him all this time to receive any portion of the large sum of money which he admitted he had received from him, and there could be very little doubt that this had been the ruin of the prisoner, and that it had driven him to bankruptcy. As to that part of the case in which it was proved against the prisoner that in the account he had ren dered to Mr. Pullman no mention was made of the hills of exchange, the jury would recollect that at the time the account was rendered, such an instrument, in blankth e shape c e o p f a b t anc i e l I , w w a a s s anot confidentiali nexistence, proceeding and rocee dip that the g be tween the prosecutor and the prisoner, and the under standing was that the bill should not be filled up until the firmer came of age, and that it was only to be used as a collateral security, in the event of the other bills and debts not being paid. The Learned Counsel then commented upon the circumstances connected with the action aginst the prosecutor upon this bill, and sail that the jury would not forget that when the prosecutor's guardian first saw the bill, he said the acceptance was very much like the hand writing of his ward, and after this, Mr. Campbell, of course, had no alternative but to go on with the action, and he urged upon the jury that the object of this indictment was to get rid of that action, and also at the same time prevent the prisoner from obtaining any portion of the just debt that was due to him. The Learned Counsel having commented at very great length upon these and the other points in the case which he considered were favourable to the prisoner, concluded by stating, that although the prosecutor had sworn positively to the contrary, the prisoner now, as he had always done, persisted in asserting that the acceptance was his genuine signature, and without reference to the result, or to any effect it might have upon the position or character of the prosecutor, he submitted, that from the facts in the case, the prisoner was proved to be speaking the truth, and he called upon the jury to say so by their verdict. Mr. Justice TaerounD than summed up the case with very great care and impartiality, particularly bringing to the attention of the jury the whole of the circumstances that were relied upon as being indica tive of the innocence of the prisoner. The jury, after deliberating a quarter of an hour in the box, expressed a wish to retire, and they accord ingly did so at eight o'clock. They were more than an hour and a half in deliberation, when they returned into court and gave their verdict finding the prisoner Guilty of uttering the instrument in question, know ing it to be forged. The prisoner, when the verdict was pronounced, begged to be allowed to say a few words.—" In the first place, he tendered his thanks to his attorney and to Mr. Chambers, fir the able manner in w hich they had defended him, but he said at the same time he was of opinion, that if the witnesses whom he had subpoe naed had been examined, his innocence would have been established. He then stated, that as he hoped to stand before a higher tribunal than that before which he was now placed, the acceptance to the bill was written by the prosecutor." Mr. Justice TALFOURD then addressed the prisoner, and said that, after a most patient and careful in quiry, which had occupied two days, the jury had found him guilty of uttering this instrument, know ing it to be forged ; and, now that the verdict was returned, he had no hesitation in saying that he con curred in that verdict, Everything that ingenuity and eloquence could effect he had had the advantage, of ; and he (the Learned Judge) certainly did not omit to call to the attention of the jury every cir cumstance that was relied upon as being in his favour ; and, after anxious deliberation, they had found him guilty, and, he must repeat, that he concurred in that verdict, and that the evidence and demeanour of the prosecutor carried complete conviction to his mind, coupled with the other circumstances of the case. He then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years. The trial of Edward Nairne, the stock-broker, was postponed to the next session, and the Cuurt then adjourned to Monday, Feb. 4. POLICE ITELLIGENCE S N ION-HOUSE. - 111 A Michael Bryan, who was a few days ago charged upon suspicion of having committed sacrilege, was brought up for re-examination. At the first examination it appeared in evidence that one of the City policemen, observing the pri soner carrying a packing-case along King William stopped hi m , searc hed the books, w hi c h we re found case,ta ot William street, ecorrespond Wednesdayd withn tt somelest, ts plendid c h urc h services advertised in the Hue and Cry as having been stolen from a country church. Mr. Hope, M P., now attended, and deposed that he was churchwarden of the district church in which Christ Chapel Killenden, is situate, and identified a morocco-covered Cambridge Bible as one of a number of books which he made a gift of to that chapel. On the night of Christmas eve the chapel was broken into and robbed. The thieves got upstairs to the organ-lofr, and let themselves down by a rope, and. after having taken all the money they could find, they ransacked the vestry and carried off the booty. The prisoner declared that he knew nothing about any robbery. He only thought to make a sixpence by carrying the case for a man he met in the street. The prisoner was again remanded until Thursday next, in order that further inquiries might bo made, and that he may have an opportunity of bringing forward persons to speak of him as an honest man. OCILDHALL. Francis Godfrey, of Aegel-alley, Bishopsgate street, was charged with stealing a bale of gooth, value 281. warehouselappearedtof r. s m ;he, Gregor, 43, Noble-street, and e vidence of the witn esses t h at some bales of goods were left in the passage of the that Mr. M'Gregor happening to come out of the warehouse at th e ti m e the alarm-bell rang, he s aw the prisoner d ro p one of them, while another ma n , who was in hi s com pany, succeeded in making hi s escape. The proof a gainst the prisoner was that he was distinctly seen with the bale on his shoulders, which he threw down on being discovered by Mr. M'Gregor, and tried to make his escape. Sir JAMES DUKE committed him for trial. CLERK NWEL L. Mr. Henry Price, landlord of the African King public-house, in Wiletead-street, Somers Town, was summoned before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with the following offence : Mr. Child, solicitor, appeared for the defence. Police-sergeant Webb, No. 16 of the S division, said that at a quarter to one last Sanday afternoon he saw the defendant open his house for the sale of his exeiscAle goods, and immediately several customers entered and were s erved by three or four persons behind the bar. He spoke to Mr. Price, who excused himself, remarking that he believed it had gone one o'clock, at the same time pointing to his dials and also his watch, all of which exhibited that it was past that hour. Mr. Moulds, the clerk, asked the witness how he was able to swear that the time was four minutes to- one ? He said he was governed by the clock of St. Pancras Old Church. Mr. Mould said it was notorious the clocks of that parish were generally "agreeing to differ," and ought not to be depended on, especially on oath. JANUARY 14, Mr. Child was sure that his client, who had never had a complaint against him, would not now do so for the sake of having a minute to spare, and he would appeal to the good sense of the worthy magi.,- trate, IN hethfr it was not absurd to think that he would so offend. TYRWHITT intimated that it was unlikely in deed, and diunissecl the intimation. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Samuel Spratley, chemist and druggist, a very genteelly dressed young man, was charged with hiving indecently assaulted Mary Williams, a little rugged beggar girl, in Hyde-park. The girl said she was nearly eight years old. She was on the Serpentine about dusk •on Friday even ing, when the prisoner told her to follow hitn and he would give her some bread. She followed him until she came to some trees, where there was a seat. The prisoner took her on his knee and siid he would give her a penny. He searched his pockets ;not having a penny, he gave her a pair of kid gloves, and then attempted to take liberties. She struggled and screamed, and some persons who had been apparently watching then came up, and she attempted to run away, but was brought back again, and then she related what had taken place. A police-constable produced a pair of kid glove=, which the girl gave into his hands, stating she had received them from the prisoner. The prisoner said the winle charge was a mistake. The girl came up to him and begged for some relief. He told her to go away, but she would not, and she followed him into Hyde-park, when finding she per sisted on being troublesome, he pushed her away, and this had been construed into an attempt to take in decent liberties. Mr. HUIDWICK was satisfied that the charge was proved. It was impossible to overlook such scandalous conduct in a place of public resort, and he should, therefore, inflict a penalty of 51., or two months' im prisonment. _ _ LAMBETH. Two members of the "swell mob" were brought into court, on a charge of receiving vast quantities of property, the produce of various robberies at Leeds. The prisoners, whose names are Thomas Key and William Green, were defended by Mr. Games. Mr. John Child, an inspector of the detective police in the borough of Leeds, deposed that in consequence of several extensive robberies committed in the Borough, and from private information which had reached him, he applied to Joseph Bales, Esq., the Mayor of Leeds, and obtained from that gentleman a warrant for the apprehension of the prisoners, and a third person, on a charge of receiving the stolen pro perty. Armed with the warrant, he came to town about a week ago, and placed himself in communica tion with Sergeant Goff, of the L division, and hav ing communicated to that officer the whole of the circumstances, he returned to Leeds. On Friday morning last he was shown a parcel which had been delivered at the railway station, directed to "Mr. Thomas Wright, No. 10, Pleasant-place, West square, Lambeth, London ;" and finding that the address was that of the house where one or the men against whom he held the warrant resided, he took the parcel before the mayor. On opening it, he found it consisted of several articles of plate which had been the produce of a burglary committed at the house of a Mr. Woods, on the Sunday night before. By the directions of the mayor, he made up the parcel into its original shape, and left it at the railway station, to be forwarded as directed, and started for town himself, so as to reach L )ndon before it. On arriving in town he saw Sergeant Goff, and told him the discovery he had made, and it was arranged that they should be close to the house of the prisoner Key when the parcel was brought there. A railway porter from Euston-square station delivered the parcel to Key, who signed his receipt-book, and wrote, not his own name, but that of Thomas Wright. The railway porter returned to the house in a minute or two, and the door having opened, witness and Goff went in. Goff found the parcel brought from the railway station, and which remained in the same state as he had made it up at Leeds. Mr. NORTON—Do you know either of the pri soners? Witness—Yes; I have seen the prisoner Key at Leeds, about three weeks or a month ago. lie stopped then two days. The witness here opened the parcel, which consisted of a number of table and tea-spoons, sugar-tongs, and a butter-knife, all of which were marked with the initials W. A. W., and said they were those stolen from the residence of Mr. Woods, at Leeds, on the night of Sunday last. Sergeant Goff, 8 L, corroborated the greater part of the testimony of Child, and added that en searching the house of the prisoner Key, he found tied up in a woman's pocket, in a cupboard, 19 notes of 51. each, and two of 20/. each, and 501. in gold. He also found a gold and a silver watch, a valuable diamond ring, and various other property. On searching the house of Key, he, accompanied by Child, proceeded to the residence of Green, in Hanover-street, Wal worth, and told him he had a warrant signed by the Mayor of Leeds, and backed by Mr. Elliott, fir his apprehension, on a charge of receiving stolen pro perty. On searching the house I.e found, in a port , manteae, two pieces of cloth, about three yards each, which corresponded with the dercription given of a portion of an extensive robbery at Leeds. He (Goff) also f ,und a letter addressed by a person at Leed', and in that letter was mentioned the name of a per son whose name was also written on the brown paper in which the plate was made up. Child, the officer, said he should be able on a future day to produce a witness who wauld identify both the cloth and the plate. Mr. Games cross-examined the witness at some length, but elicited nothing favourable to his clients and they (the prisoners) were remanded to Thursday next. GLASGOW JUSTICIARY COURT. WINTER CIRCUIT.—WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9. Margaret Lennox, or Hamilton, was placed at the bar, charged with theft, firgery, and murder, in so far a., in the month of June last, in the house in Kirk-street, Strathaven, occupied by Jean Black, or Hamilton, a widow, the prisoner did wickedly and feloniously steal a bank deposit receipt for 201., in favour of the now deceased Jean Hamilton, daughter of and residing with the said Jean Back or Hamil ton. She was further charged with having, on the 21st of June last, indorsed the document with the name of Jean II amilton, and procured the same to be cashed in the office of the Bank of Scotland. The third charge in the indictment was, that on the night of the 7th, or morning of the Bth of July, the pri soner administered to the aforesaid Jean Hamilton a quantity of arsenic or other poison in some articles of food, or in some calomel, magnesia, or other medi cine, in consequence of which the said Jean Hamilton expired on the Bth of July. Panel, on being interro gated, pleaded Not Guilty, and a jury having been empannelled, the case went to trial. The following evidence details the chief points in the case : Jean Black, or II imilton—l live in Kirk-street, Strathaven. Jean II smilton was my daughter. She died on Sunday, the 18th of July last. She had been ill some time before this. She took ill about Thurs day, the '2sth of June. She could not take her meat for two or three weeks before her serious illness took place. She had charge of two children. One of them was her own, more than a year old, and the other was one she had taken in to nurse. It would not be long after 7 o'clock in the morning when I first heard of her illness. She knocked through the wall to me, as she slept in a room by herself. When she had cried through for me on the Thursday morning I went in to her, and she immediately "fell a throwing." She was throwing very violently. We thought she was throwing bile. She said she had been unwell all night, and had not slept any. She complained of " being very done," and " heavy throwing." She complained of pain in her breast and stomach, and said she thought it bile and inflammation together. She said it was a burning pain. She continued ill during the Thursday, and vomited a great deal. Margaret Lennox, the pri soner, sometimes helped her to take the medicine. I think she gave her some pawders on Tuesday, as she generally gave her the medicine she got during her illness. I remember on the Saturday night before her death she got a powder. I think it was given to the prisoner's husband (Andrew, my son) to give it to her when it was ready. Tne prisoner made it ready. I saw her have the powder, and then I saw it in the spoon. The prisoner mixed it with some liquid when in the spoon. It was a large powder, and was white. The spoons I now see are those in which it was mixed. It was put into the big spoon first. I could not tell how much there was of the powder, but there was a good lot. I think there would be an ordinary teaspoonful of it. The prisoner brought the . powder, on Satur day, about the gloaming. She said she got it from Dr. Brown. She told my daughter there was sweet nitre in it. Andrew and I said it was a big powder, and we looked to see if there was anything else in it. It was when we said this that the prisoner said there was sweet nitre in it. She said Dr. Brown put it into it. Jean wanted calomel, and it was a calomel powder she was to get. The powder was first put into the large spoon, and Andrew said it was too big for her mouth. The prisoner then put it into the small spoon, and " droo!:et " it, but I cannot tell what with I think it was mixed in the kitchen. It was then given to my daughter Jean by Andrew. The prisoner then gave it to me or Andrew, I am not sure which. I saw Andrew give the powder. The prisoner, myself, and Andrew were at the bed• side. It was dark. The prisoner and her husband left shortly after, and went home to their own house. They lived in Green-street. Before the prisoner went away she desired the to give Jean a package of magnesia which was lying on the kitchen window, if she was not back in the morning. "The prisoner brought the magnesia with her along with the calomel powder. I understood the magnseia was from Dr. Brown's. The prisoner said it was by the doctor's order that Jean was to get the powder in the evening, and then the magnesia in the morning. About an hour after Jean got the powder a-severe lax and vomiting came on. It was very violent vomiting. Tne purging was also very violent. This continued till about six or seven in the mornines. It returned again in about an hour afterwards, and continued till she dies!, at twelve o'cleck on Sunday. The mag nesia was never given. It lay on the window till some of the doctors took it down on the Wednesday. Thinks it was taken by one of the doctors from Ha milton. I sent for the prisoner and her husband on Sunday morning between six and seven. They came and remained till they Went for breakfast. They caine back again before ten, and remained till Jean died. She was very ill after they came back, when it was proposed to send for a doctor. Beth Andrew and I proposed it, and as my • son James was in bed, the prisoner said she would go. I offered to go, but the prisoner said she was abler to go than I. She left the house to bring Dr. Brown. She returned soon ,fter, and said he would be up after the kirk went in." She said the doctor told her to give Jean a spoonful out of the bottle which I had got on Mon day. Tne doctor did not come. I knew that Jenn had g,t, some money from Mr. Berrie. I knew that 201. of it were in the hank, and that she had several pounds in money. Jean kept her money in the bottom of a chest, as it was not locked. Her clo'hes were above it. After Jean's death the prisoner and her husband were in ihe house, and also my daughter Marion, who is at service at Berryhill, in the neigh bourhood. I think my son James was in. I did net make any proposal to search the chest, but some of us agreed to search the purse which was in the chest. The chest was searched by the prisoner and Marion, but we were all about it. No money except 61. was found. I was surprised at this. I spoke about the bank receipt, and they looked for it particularly, but it was not found. We all expressed surprise at the receipt being gone. The prisoner was also surprised. They were more than ten minutes in searching the chest. It was on Monday, the next day, when I first discovered where the receipt was. I went to the bank on Mon day to inquire about it. I went to " speer" at Mr. Barrie if he had lifted it, and he advised me to go to the bank. When I was at the bank I ascertained that theprisoner had lifted it for Jean. I did not know this before. Jean was coined on Monday night, but prisoner was not there. I know that prisoner left the village ; she did not tell me she was going away. I think she left on Tuesday morning. I went to Dr. Brown on Monday afternoon to inquire about the dose that had been given Jean on Saturday night. We all of us took suspicions that she had got more calomel than was required. The doctor told me the dose he had sent. I also spoke to the doctor why he had not come on Tuesday morning, and he explained that. The powder was in a whitish paper.—(Witness was here shown a piper, such as was wrapped round the calomel, but she said the paper in which the powder was wrapped was not like this in the least.) The magnesia parcel was much larger, and was blue. Have only had arsenic once in the house since I was married ; that is about 40 years ago. Dr. Brown—l am a physician in Strathaven. Was called in to see Jean Hamilton. I furnished calomel powders occasionally during her illness. About mid day, on the Saturday before Jean's death, the prisoner called on me and got a calomel powder. I made up a calomel powder for the sheriff, which I now see. They are always made up with blue paper and white thread. It is quite impossible to mistake a magnesia powder for a calomel powder. Magnesia was also put up in blue paper. There was no sweet nitre in the powders. Sweet nitre is a liquid, and could not be put in a powder. Never saw the prisoner again after she got the powder on Saturday. The next day, Sunday, was the Sacrament Sunday in Strathaven. Am an elder in the Relief Church, and if any one had come to me in the morning to ask me to visit, I would have remembered it. I am certain I never promised to visit her when the church went in. Was much surprised when I heard of Jean's death. On the morning after her death Mrs. Hamilton, and James, her son, came to see about the dose I had given on Sunday, and also the reason why I had not come on Sunday. I told them what I have stated here—that it was a twn-grain calomel powder I had given, and that I had never been sent far. On Wednesday, I found the package of magnesia lying on the window in the house which I had given to prisoner to be taken. Catherine Hilston, the wife of an apothecary at Strathaven, proved that the prisoner purchased arsenic from her about three weeks before Jean Hamilton's death. Dr. Crawford, who examined the contents of the deceased's stomach, deposed that he discovered four or five grains of arsenic therein. Janet Lennox, or Park, examined—l am a second cousin of the prisoner's. I live at Riccarton,. Ayr shire. I remember the prisoner coming to my house one Thursday morning, about eleven o'clock, last summer. She had never been at my house before. I knew she was married to Andrew Hamilton. She told, after she came in, that Jean Hamilton was dead. She did not say when she died. She told me that she had given her a powder of arsenic instead of mag nesia, by mistake. She said that she went to the press and got it. Grannie made it up, and Andrew gave it. She said that she had got the arsenic to kill bugs. She told me that the arsenic was lying in the press beside the magnesia. She also said that she had gone for a doctor after Jean bad taken the arsenic. She stayed with me all day. She told me she had left Strathaven in consequence of what she had done. She said she was going to her brother betwixt Kil marnock and Glasgow, but she remained with me all night. She did not repeat the story about the ar senic. She recurred a little to the story of Jean Hamilton's death. She said what had occurred was a pity. Did not tell me anything about the body being opened, or that her husband had been appre hended and was in gaol. Next morning she was anxious to get home to Strathaven. I observed that she was with child. The postmaster of Riccarton and the police passed by my door that morning. The policeman was in plain clothes. The prisoner asked me who he was, and I told her. She then seemed agitated, but did not say anything. It was imme diately after this she wished to be back to Strathaven, and out of Riccarton. Previous to this she had spo ken about going to her brother. She went away, and I accompanied her a part of the road in the direction of Strathaven. Riccarton is 21 miles from Strath. even. I saw no more of her. The jury gave in a verdict, finding the prisoner Guilty, as libelled, with the exception of the theft; but s by a majority, recommended her to mercy. Lord COCKBURN then sentenced her to be hanged at Glasgow, on Thursday, the 31st of January, be tween the hours of 8 and 10 o'clock, A.M. rue _ci)uNT LIVF,RPJOL, JAN. 12.—Pr: and the general stit. of the S. d. s. d.l Wheat, per 701 b English, old.. • 6 4to 6 G Do. n w .. 6 0— 6 3 Irish, new .. .. 5 3 5 9 Do., old .. • • 5 8— 5 10 Maax, red and wh. 5 9 6 2 Dantsie, high mixed 7 2 7 6 1)o., mixed .. 6 8 7 2 Rostock .. 6 8 6 10 liambargh and Lower Baltic .. 6 6 6 8 American, white 6 B—6 10 Spanish and Italian, red and white.. 6 0 6 5 Hungarian and Mariaropoll .. 5 6 5 9 Odessa, Polish • . 5 8 -- 6 0 Do., common .. 5 2 5 6' 1)0., hard.. .. 4 6 4 9 Egyptian .. .. 4 0 4 6 Oats, per 451b:— English, Scotch, and Welsh .. 3 0 3 2 Irish, new, best mealing .. • • 2 5 2 69 Do., mid and inf. 2 4 2 5 Old • • .. • • 2 7 2 8 Indian corn, per 4801 b .. 29 0 30 0 Do. Meal, perl96lb 14 0 14 6 LIIARKETS, ices to-day t..t Ind unchanged, trade i* languid. s. d. s. o Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 29 0 to 31 0 Irish, S cotch, and Manx,per6olb.. 3 0 3 2 Barley, Feeding— 3 0 3 4 Bye, per 480Ib 22 0— 24 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 31 0 33 0 Irish and Scotch, per 4801 b.. • • 28 0— 29 0 Foreign, duty pd. 25 3 25 4 European, per im perial quarter.. 30 0 —3l II Peas, English, per imperial quartr 32 0 33 0 Foreign .. .. 29 0— 33 0 Malt, English, per imperial quartr 50 0 54 Do., Irish .. 4J 0— 46 0 Do., brown • . 50 0 —52 0 Flour, English, pr 280Ib .. • • 31 0— 33 0 Irish, extra fine.. 34 0 -- 35 0 [Tinted States, per barrel .. 23 6 26 0 Canadian .. .. 23 0— 24 0 Oatmeal, English, Scotch,p r 2 4 Olb ¶l3 0 24 0 Irish, new .. 21 6 22 0 Do., old . 20 0 21 0 MANCHESTER, JAN. 12.—During the present wetk a feeling of apathy has pervaded the flour trade, (Tea sinned by the reaction observable i❑ most of the influen tial wheat markets of the kingdom; and in the lim'tt.d business passing, buyers have hal the turn of prices in their favour. For oat-Leal a fair consumptive demand has been experienced, On fully previous tarricF. At Liverpool and Runcorn al supplies of oatmeal con- Cone to be received from Ireland, with moderate quanti ties of ()tier produce thence; and from abroad there are main upwarga of 10,000 barrels of flour reported, but only trivial arrivals of ether article:. Our ma ket this maiming was exceedingly lifeless and uninteresting. Wheat receded in value 2d per 701 b; and flour, meeting very little inquiry, was purchaseable at a reduction of 6d is per sack. In oat , no change was apparent; and oatinea', with a mojerata firmly rraii.tained the quotations of this day se'ntsignr. COLCHESTER, JAN. 12.—Wheat has pretty well main tained its value in the markets of this district during the week, but other articles have been cheaper. In this market to-day the best samples of whits wheat h tined 523 per quarter, and the finest parcels of red 48s. On Friday, et Chelmsford, the supply was large, but the trade was net very brisk; late i_adees were sustained for wheat, tie qua tiCons being 42s to 48s for whit-, and 37s to 42s for red; but barley was Is to 2s per quarter lower, except for the finest malting, which rca lnzed 30s per qua=. tar. At Sudbury, on Thursday wheat was lowered is per. quarter. Ia t' - do markets of Suffolk most articles have been lower. . . - AtStowmarket, on Thursday, wheat, barley, and peas were Is to 2s cheaper, save for huperi r samples, and th,• trade was far from brisk. At Woodbridge there was the same reduction, and beans also were Is cheaper. At Bury the market was firm for wheat, though other articles gave way. At Ipswich bins and peas were 2s lower. WORCESTER, JAN. 12. :he weAhor is iut:.nsely cold, wit 4 filling anew, the'fittndauee at maiktt Wheat Wag hardly so much in requeA as of and prices net favourable to the ,eller. Good white English worth 16s to 16s 61, for f=-t samples; red, 15s t.. 16i por hag; .rt. 4s 6t , 5, 6(1 p.•* bushel. h.c grinding, ma) t), qu to t at 3s per bushel; malting qualities slow of sale, at 33 6d top prie-. Malt 7s 6d per bushel. English oats Cold) 3s 4 , 1, and new 2s 81 to 3s per bushel; Irish, 2s 6d 31. Good E , g!ishte.tris worth from 14s to 15s per bag; foreign 3 G:1 t,) 4. , per budiel. Boiling peas 4s to 4s 3d , and %:rin:ling tpalities 3a 611 per bushel. Winter vetches 5s per bushel. At t - • 4 tirhridge mark. t on Friday millers were en° willing to make purchascrs at the rA-!si of last week, and farrne:s unwillarg to sell on easier terms. The busineni done, t'n.r.-dore, was comparatively small in amount At Stratford-Jr -Avon on Friday a similar disposition was evine, 0, bur the attendanc'e of farmers being limited, prices eau ha.rdly . he quOt.d lower. Kidderminster market this week wag pretty well a!' (curled, and the str,:ply of Incst descrip ions of grain was is full xvt.rxg,. Wheat was ch.i.a:per, and must be quoted furry is pr 'r quarter lower than can !ast . nri%rke- Barley, however, was in rtques;, aid the rates of las t week were fully sustained. Iu oth.r grain the transic' lions were limited. Wolverh , :;mFon up , rket w as fairly supplied with grail', and although the milers pr , -sod fur a reduction on 1 94 week's rat, the farrcers f.t.-ed to , übruit, and prices were fully maintained. Good red wheat teuli•Sed Iss VI and fine white 163 6,1 r har, superior qu dities Barley was in fair request at the prices obtainable 00 day se'onight. Oars and beans ru,Lvitted la‘tweek's priceF, but th. hairless "one was ine..titiderablv. READING, JAN. 12.—Wheat, per quarter, 30s to ; barley, 25s to 30s• oats, 16s to ; beans, 30, t o 335; peas, 30s to 325. Fat hogs, Os to Os Od ; porkers, sOdtoOs 00 per score. Poultry—Geese, each, Os ltd to Os Od ; fowls, couple, 3s Od to 4 1 Od ; d uc k s, per couple, 3s 6d to 4s Oa ; butter, per lb, is Id to Is 2d ; eggs, 10 for is. • ABERDEEN, JAN. 11. —Grain—Oats 13365 to 14s 65, 401 b t i er bushel ; oats, new, 00s Od to 00s; foreign oats, CO, Od to Ws per qr.; barley, 18 s t o 18 s 65 , 521 b s per bushel; bear, 18, to 1 . , 15 6d,521bs per bu s h e l ; w h eat. 40 s to 455; oatmeal, I Is 6d to 129 111 per boll ; flour, 33s to 3 s per s ac k. P rov isions—Beef' lid to 9d per 113; mutton, ditto, 6d t o 8d ; vea l , di tto , 6d to 9d ; pork, per lb, 4d to 6d ; lamb, per le, 05 to Od; tallow, per stone, 45 to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to Is„; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; ra bbit s , eac h , 6d to 9d; hares, each, u s to us Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 93 ; eggs, per doz, 10d to Is 25; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 235; hens, Pe r pair, 3s Od to 3s 65 ; chickens, ditto, is 8d to 2s Od ; ducks, dittat Is 85 to 2s Cd ; ducklings, ditto, O s t o O s Od ; tur k eys, each, 4 4 6 d to 5505; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s ; b u tt er f or exportation (present , cure), per cwt, 00s to 525; eggs, w h o l esa l e pr i ce, per d ozen ,U° to 7d ; 41b loaf, 65 ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14Ibst 3s 6d to Os Od; pot k fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork hire 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to 06 ' Meal—Oatmeal, is 25 to Is 3d; barley dust, 7d to peasemeal, Is 8d to Is 10d; aids, 6d to 7d . - bearmeal, Is to ls 2d; flour, is 10d to 2s Od; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley flour, ls 2d to Is 3d. DALKEITH, JAN. 10.—The relative weight per four bushel: of the three pri ces o f w h eat were 18st 51b, 17st 81b, and 1 6 , 5 101 b. • Oats, 13st Sib, 12 s t 11b, and 9st 121 b. - Barley, 16st 1 01o s 15st 121 b, and 14st 41b. P eas an d b eans, 18st 7,b, 17st 10IN and 17st 21bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 532 Wheat ... ...... £2 0 0 £1 14 6 £1 9 0 1594 Oats .. 0 18 8 0 15 8 0 10 1184 Barley 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 15 5U Peas and Beans 1 7 0 1 4 6 1 0 ' _ . - - - Average of wheat 33s 9d. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 10.—The ntl ir bers to day a e:e—oxen, 843; sheep,. 2,575. The fit i Ca ply of cat.lo was conside:ably more than last Reek, sa t the quality ge::e rally very good. At t',e commencer:o l of tie market sales sc ere good, but towards .the end tf tl e market they b ecame d u ll , an d a good many tur ned out unsold. Best ox b i o f 48 s per cwt, current from 4 ' li to 45e, inferior co os an d b u ll s from 30s to 38,:. Ia ~,t6 sht ep market the attendance L f purchasers was Dude' rous; still sales were i n f avour ' ot t h e purchaser. 11-`, of tie Le3t w. there sid per Fa, current 4 d to sd, eW from 3id to 4d, and a few tune' out unsold. DUBLIN, JAN. 11.—We had rather a small suPP II of wheat, and a moderate one of barley and vats, at °L it e Corn Exchange to-day. Wheat aid barley brought Pi prices of Tuesday la s t ; b u t oats r . a Led an a. Ivanee, 3d to 6d. White wireat, 20s to 235; r e d ditto, 19 t) ;, Od to 225; barley, it s 6d t o 14 s 6d ; oats ( per barrel/ 0 ' 9s 63 to 113 (per cwt), oat mea l ( per cw t) , los 6d t lls 6d; second fl iur, 12s 6d to 163 03 ; Indian o rij' 26s to 30s per 4801bs. 6 Coax, JAN. 11 .-- The arrivals of foreign grain 11 40 very mod:lat..— those of home graninure t , receipts of the latt .r for the week being : 1,159 brls at 16s Od to 22s Od p-n• brl; Larley, 1,557 u' at 76 t 11, 8d per brl ; ate, 3,987' brls at 7s 0a ; 91 9 1 per brl. The r e ceipt s for the sca.on t the ,• inst. as compared with those to the correspon d !,t periods of• tue too part yea •s a e :-1948, tiVb st 59,070; barley, 69,388; cat , 165,102; 1849, 25,467; barley, 64,009 ; oa t' , 17 1,032; 1850, wue.;; 49,140; 1 ark), 74,843; cat,, 155 , 35 6. In the gr)-1., market the prices of wheat and barley have ruled 'ti t ; but iasl ace advanced 23 to 3 i per barrel iu value. „ t a prep a-td wheat arid La -ley we have ha some I " t r bthiuess passing, and the curren c y of last week , o pa. f both a ticler, is steadily supported. . A few parce ls pie:ed ats are etauged .as at 9s 3d to 9s 6dr ar Os I arrel, free on board, b e i n g a u advancea f 3d per br i , pd the f r ces of last week. Irish flour, which is still 100,01, to work very Ladly, continues very dull of sale, batlnd approved brands cf foreign the dema n d i s britik9,.llo the supply scarcely equal to the ,req u i remen ts (1 fe , tale. The trade in Indian corn h as ne t been it'9, and the a Vele sells only in r t tail quant i t i e s bt .. tote g week's quotstionr, e extreme value tie article be ! r og i 61 17s 6d per ton. Indian mea l meets little ingtligj; Flour—First 12s 6d to I3s 6d ; extra 158 0 seconds, Ils to 12s 6d ; h ouse h o ld s 9 s to lO s 6d ; t hi r d s , us te at' percwt. Oatmeal 10s to lOs 6d; Indian meal7s to 7s fid w 'faa• meal, lOs to 10, 6d p er cw t. I n di an corn 135 1 to 137 8 6dper ri e Bran 317 s 64 to 3' I O sper ton. H ay —F armers 24s to 355• are of 325; dealers 30s to 40 s Od ; average 35 s per ton. Straw-- ' F ar-- 041) 203 Od to 30s Od; a verage 2 3 5; d ea l e r s 00s Od tP 000 1 average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to household loaf bd to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, '1 4 .• 101 per lb Eggs -5s 8d to 5s 10d per hundred. Ct stll Newport 15s; Lyd ne y 17 s ; Landore 15s , Best 1 7 - ora Culm 14s per ton. T a ll ow 398 Od ° to ow per Z ap " Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. 110 —Beef 3d to sd; mutton 3d to sd; veal '`.; n ot Od ; pork 3id to 4d ; bacon 6d to lid ; sausages Da P at lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 31b5rel: ton. Bark—Barbary 7153 to 8158; Valonia 141 t o 04 Fre- ri oe. 71 ss; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per st ° ,„(l Hemp 32/ tot 0/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 190 ditto 24s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to --111430 ton. Timber — Memel, 851 per ton; deals, first quality, 4, 0 ; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 13s to la salted 13s to 20s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to .3el Per e Potatoes, white 8d to 9d ; Minions ltd to 12d; Gu a l i d elt , Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ich a b oe , 9/ per ton • Tar—Areha" 19s per barrel. RAIL W A ti KET 6 ' BRISTOL, JAN. 12. Tba STOCK ExCHANGE.—The market was firm to-day . ol l l transactions were as follow Great Western, (211-- „. 11 dis.—Midland Stock, 45 1 4. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 12. v 1/ 611 STOCK EICIIANOE.—The s h are market was ver/o to-day, and pric es ra th er b etter. The transactions vi,lo/1 follow:—La ncas hi re and Yorkshire, Fifths, 714 and North-Weste rn , 114—Di tto, New Quarters, is. 3r—r u,' ~e i , ast Lancashi r e, P re f erence, Qu•irters, 7!4 Ditto, Halves, 22A —South-Eastern and Dover, 'ci‘ Ditto (No. 4), 6.!. Ils. M.—York, Newcastle, andn I.e h „A. (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 4 1 /, dis. MANCHESTER, JAN. 12. iv fb STOCK ExCirANGE.--The market opened ver t e- wei; morning, but afterwards improved. The tran y sac u ti ru on' Great Northern, 5 p er ceat. , S cr i p, 1034 — L anca shire to , Yorkshire, Fifths, 7 1 / 1 Manchester and Birrnilig e 6lot Quarters (0), p.—Manchester, Sheff ie ld, and Preference, 8 1 4-- North Staffi)rdshire, 9' 3 / 4 tlis_Nortb,, L , (A), 232—South-East ern and D over (N o. 4), Scrip, " BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 12. a 11 STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share ma r k e t re mains du o r inactive, and premises to rem a i n so unt il a ft e r th e „ A RO. proaching half-yearly meetings of th e p r i nc i pa l conllr Do eSS Parties are disinclined eith e r t o b uy or se ll at PL" prices. YORK, JAN. 12. . og sfe. ,. ":e4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day , follow: York, N ew ca s tl e , an d B erw i c k (N e wesetl e so rtb tension), 111. 3s. 9d.—Great N or th ern , 71. 6a. 3(1---er° British, Qua r t ers , 2% —Y or k an d N ort h Midland, orec euce, 6 1 4. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 12. re 0 STOCK EXCHANGE. The transa c tio ns t,--d a y follow : —N ewcast l e an d C ar li s l e, 8 6 — D itto, Quarter s, 2 61 4, North Briti s h, Thi r d s , 31. U.—Ditto, Preference, I' GLASGOW, JAN. 11. Siocx EXCHANGE.—Tue transactions to-day w e l i re l jfe ° follow:-- Glr (No.' 1), 4 1 1 2 as ir —Ditto and Newport, 775. 6d.—Glasgow, Dumfries,] and u s do ,6u' and Ayr, ), 4%—Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 6%—blonklall s cl? n -- b D u r i g t h ° :, r e a r si ti ; Messrs. Walter Hancock and Co , of Wrest "a i Abb.y, have rece i ve d an or d er to supply 130 miles .° l3 OO of gutta perch I tubing, which is to be laid under tr io streets of the metrop o li s , f or t h e purposes of (.`ie telegraphic coin fn nu ications,—Cheinclford Chronickiero A rupture h a s t a k en pl ace b etween t h e 'J the Counties and the Eastern Union Comp,nies, O dor to latter has reduced it s f ares fif teen per ca ,, t. i n °r A compete for the No rw i c h tra ffi c .—Ch e l msfor d „ BIRTS. On the 9th i ns t ., at Beesto H n-hall, Lady Preston, of daughter. On the 10th ult., a t St anmore, th e l a l tao bet' y of T. Esq., Royal A r till ery, of a daughter. beef' On the 10th i ns t., at York-terrace, the wife of R. ,1 " Esq., of a s on . On the 10th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Majo r sh m, of a daughter. aOn the 10th i nit ., at W arw ick-street, Eccleston- oglll - wife of J. F. Wilkinson, Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., at Brixton-hill, Mrs. Williara man, of a son. , of (;n"n the 11th i ns t., a t P utney-hill, Mrs. J. C. Steve daughter. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Mansfield, F. H. G. Nicolls, varied 4th 1 4agoon Guards, only son of the late Lieuterant' u ; If,' Sir Jasper Nicolls, K.C.B. , to Ellen, youngest daugh te ,.„' H Esq ,of Monsfield-street, I:oudon, and of ne t ' near Mansfield, Notts. Frs llci° , On the 10th inst., at Horsham Ch urc h, the Rev., Jav ,,e ~ Alfred Bowles, M.A. rector of Singleton, Sussex, second daughte r of ;he late Rev. E. Elmes, rector 0 ingfield, in the same county. On the 10th inst., at Edping Church, Mr. James of Brighton, to Sarah, second daughter of the la' Payne, Esq., of Epping. . OA° In Novemb er l as t, shortly DlED after his arrival at 31(1° „ - $5 1 1" Me • ',co, Robert, only son of the late William She of W impole-street. o' r sir Oa the 4th in s t., Lady May W ynn, the w ife Wynn, of Pulteney-st ree t, B at h . hoz ), On the 7th inst., at 'he New Steine hotel, Br'i*" Brown, Esq., aged 63. bo ng ./ On the Bth inst , Mr. Ja mes C oc k er, of Char""-, square, aged 58. • ober '0 Oa the 10th inst., in Buckingham -street, Adelph l l. oni Brooks, Esq., form er l y o f the Hon. E as t India C° l-a r Service, aged t , 6. f s4 '' On the 10th inst., Matilda, the wife of John Nel sol3 ' of Wyndhatn-place, Branst on the 10th just., Maria, t he of Pr. Sutherland, aged 54. ~..e. " i --"-- n,lon Printed and Published by MITHDO " 2, strand. 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