The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

. Ark - -hte:e iu d 4,3 tOn FRANCE. DEFEAT OF THE NEW MINISTRY IN THE ASSEMBLY. Tae Assembly met yesterday at two o'clock, M. Dupin, the President, in the chair. After the trans action of some formal business, M. de Remusat rose and said that he expected, in presence of the grave and extraordinary facts pro claimed to France in the Moniteur of the morning, that Ministers would come forward and explain why the former Administration had withdrawn, and the new one been formed. Their conduct, he said, was unaccountable. The silence of the Cabinet imposed upon the Assembly an obligation to speak. It would, he was sure, prove true to its mission. It had saved the country, and others had merely followed its foot steps.—(A few " Bravos" on the Right.) He accord ingly called upon the Assembly to retire into its bureaux and devise measures commanded by the gra vity of the circumstances.—(Partial approbation on the Right.) Let the Assembly speak, and break this long and generous silence. M. Baroche, Minister of the Interior, said, that he felt a certain embarrassment to reply to the ques tions put to him by M. de Remusat. He had never questioned the eminent services rendered by the As sembly. Yes, it had saved France, but it was by the harmony that had invariably prevailed between the Legislative and Executive powers, since December, 1848.—(Bravos.) He would appeal to the Assembly, and if necessary to the country itself.—(Mormurs on the Left and part of the Right.) The Minister could not understand those interruptions; was not the country the supreme judge of all ? He would appeal to the conscieece of these whose co-operation they hoped to obtain.—(Yes, yes; No, no.) " What," continued M. Baroche, " lam asked to explain our policy, and you interrupt me by negative cries before you hear me. You wage war upon our persons and not on our policy." All were aware of the generous and constant efforts of the executive power since 1848, and it would be the height of injustice and in gratitude to contest the part that power had had in promoting a prosperity which recent agitation had not vet impaired. He was asked what was the policy of the new Cabinet. It was indicated beforehand by their past acts. It was not for the pitiful honour of remaining on the Ministerial bench that he or any of his colleagues would consent to forget their past con duct. Their policy was to be found in the Presi• dential Massage of the 12th November, 1850, which had been applauded by the great majority of the Assembly. The Cabinet was determined to enforce respect fur the Constitution, that sheet-ancher of the country, and to persevere in a loyal and courageous defence of the rights and privileges of the Executive.—(Braves on the Right.) That was the programme of the Cabinet—nothing more nor less. It would be judged by its acts. It wished to transact the business of the country, and would show itself actively devoted to its interest. (M. Vezin :—" Your presence is an act of hostility against the Assembly." "Do not mind the interruption," exclaimed General Lebreton, " it is the expression of an individuai opinion which we do not share.") K. Baroche, in conclusion, appealed for support to all those who were anxious to devote themselves with them to the interests of the country, and he trusted his appeal would be responded to by the former ma- j o:ity. M. Berryer next rose, and said that he had not intended to speak, bat after the vague and contradictory reply be bad heard, he could nut remain silent. How did is happen that a Cabinet so united and unanimous divided into two parts, and resigned after a vote cf the Assembly, approving the conduct of General Changarnier, who was attacked by a journal whose intercourse with the Executive was known? The Ge neral was called to account. The Ministry had nothing to say in the affair, since none of the members were in office at the time the document alluded to was issued, and yet, after the whole Assembly gave a solemn assent to tie worde of the General, the Ministry considered it the moment to tender their resignation ! It behoved the Assembly to give the General a testimony of its high esteem and confi dence.—(" Speak to us of Wiesbaden," cried a Mountaineer.) " I will reply td that interruption at another moment," responded M. Berryer, " when it will be the duty of all to explain their sentiments." M. Berryer then asked why General Lahitte, who had avenged the dignity cf Erance, in a difference with a nation jealous of her prosperity and power, was one of the Ministers sacrificed ?—(" He made room for the Ambassador at that Court," retorted General Lebreton.) In conclusion, he called on the Minister to explain the motive of the retreat of that glorious Minister and of the rest of the Cabinet. llt.roche replied that the date of the retreat of the Cabinet sufficiently explained the motive of its resolution. They had adopted it after a series of acts which had wounded the feelings and dignity of the Administration. The Assembly might remember a certain discussion on an important point, of which the Administration demanded the adjournment, and which the Assembly refused to grant. He was asked why he remained in office ? It was because an appeal was addressed to his devotion and to that of his col leagues in the name of the general interest, and in consequence of a situation which could not last. He concurred with M. Berryer in his praise of General Lahitte's conduct, which was part of the energetic policy pursued both at home and abroad by the Cabinet. In conclusion, he prayed the Assembly to postpone its judgment until the acts of the Cabinet were known. M. Dufaure said that the question at issue was of a higher and graver order. The National Assembly was daily at asked by the Ministerial press in all parts of the country. It was described as in a state of constant aggression against the Executive. The Gera rnment press regularly copied articles pub lished in England against that Assembly. He could make certain disclosures relative to the part the English press had acted in the reviews of Satory.— (" Speak out ! Speak out !" cried several voices.) Those attacks were calculated to bring the Assembly into disrepute. It was proclaimed unworthy of the nation it represented, for the purpose of restor ing in France a Government, which the exist ence during thirty-six years of a Parliamen tary Government rendered impossible. Why those seditious cries, uttered by the troops, if criminal, intentions were not entertained ? They had pre occupied the Permanent Committee, who had had the generosity to keep its procs-verbaux under seal. M. Baroche said, " Judge us by our acts." Was not the dismissal of General Changarnier a sufficiently significant act ? It was an additional insult offered to the Assembly after its vote of approbation, which it could not but resent. M. Rouher, Minister of JuAice, repeated the frank declaration already made by his colleague of the Interior, and protested the sincere desire of the Cabinet to maintain the Constitution, and not inter fere with the right of the nation to confide its desti nies to whoever it pleased. M. Dufaure had spoken of the attacks directed by a certain press against the L ae.slativehpower, and of seditious cries. Were the Opposition journals less sober in their attacks against the Ccn,t talon and less audacious in areclaiming their factious sympatt lea ? 'ln?. Cabinet had thought proper to supprese the double command placed in the hands of Gem ral Changarnier by the decress of the 13th of 'Tura., 1850, proposed by M. Dufaure him self. In doing eo it had merely carried into effect a clause of that decree of M. Dufaure, which stipulated that so anormal a situation should cease the moment public trauquillity was restored in the capital. General Bedeau, who followed) condemned the conduct of the Executive is not prosecuting the offi cers guilty of the seditious cries uttered in the plains of Satory, and disinitsing General Neumayor, who had recently refused to obey an order contrary to military regulations. The proof of the guilt of those officers could be arrived at if the s eals we re removed from the proces-v er b aux I, 0 the Permanent Com mittee. M. Ilemusat declared himself dissatisfied Kith the explanation of the Cabinet, and insisted on the As sembly r icing into its Bureau, and appointing a Committee to draw up and submit to the Assembly an energetic resolution or proclamati on t o t h e people. Baroche combatted the motion both as a member of the Assembly and a citizen. He entreated his col leagues to pause and weigh the gravity of the pro pes,ed resolution, which was without precedent in Parliamentary annals, and was a flagrant violation of the division of powers and of the rights of the Exe cutire. ftcx the Minister had left the tribune, the As venbly was thrown into the utmost confusion. The members rose and rushed into the hemi- Cycle. It was with the greatest difficulty the officers of the house prevailed upon them to return to their seats. _ _ _ When silence was somewhat restored, M. Dupin consulted the Assembly as to the urgency of the re solution mov e d by M. 119M11.95t, whi▪ ch was adopted by a considerable majority. The President was next preparing to put to the vote the immediate retirement in the bureaux, when a division vsas loudly demanded on all sides. A ballot took place, which gave the following result : For the motion • 330 Against it 273 The motion was accordingly adopted, and the Assembly retired into its bureaux at half-past five o'clock. We have much pleasure in informing our readers that the authorities of the town of ilarseilles have decreed a silver medal to Mr. Cohen, Chief Rabbi of that town, as a testimony of their gratitude for the devotion shown by that worthy pastor during the ravages of the cholera. —Jewish Chronicle. THE GERMAN QUESTION. POLICY OF PRUSSIA—MANTEUFFEL'S SPEECH. The following is the reply of the Minister Man teuffel to the attack made on his policy by Camp hausen in the debate which took place on the Bth in the Upper Chamber of Prussia : " The speaker has alluded to a change of system which he says has taken place. Certainly every one must judge according to circumstances, and the reason why the idealogists of Germany have never effected an) thirsg is, that they always run their heads against the wall of facts. " The Bundestag is a creation of 1813—a creation of haste, not now sufficient for the necessities of the natioe. Nevertheless it has continued to exist. Germany lived under the weak shelter of its rod till, in 1848, the pillars were shattered and the fabric fell. Then all the blame was thrown on the design of the building, and not on the materials; on the shape of the house, and not on the beams and timbers. He did not underrate the in fluence the Frankfort National Assembly had at that time; but when once recalled, it appeared as if one was thrown back into the midst of a dream. The funda mental rights, the constitution of the Empire, the elec tion of an Emperor—the wretched end of all, with a Raveaux as the Regent of the Empire, all these were things could not be forgotten. Prussia resolved to place itself at the head of Germany, and founded its union with two Governments that immediately withdrew from it. The day of Erfurt arrived; there too there were excellent elements; but a calm spectator was compelled to :admit that that assembly too was not free from the ambition of governing.—(Applause.) In the Con gress of Princes at Berlin unity was not obtainable; several of the States withdrew from the place; the number of those which remained became continually smaller ; only the small States continued faithful, be - cause they hoped to find in Prussia a support. It became evident that the union was impracticable ; Prussia was to have a Parliament for the monarchy, and, with its allies, another for the Baal. What a state of confusion ! It was at last perceived that a German Constitution, with this double embroidery of Parliaments, was an impossibility ; it was perceived by the College of Princes. In the meantime the old Bundestag was thought of in other quarters. A great part of the German States took a share in its revived activity; Prussia ss as about to be excluded from its legal right of participating in the discussion of German affairs. Prussia, in the Schleswig and Holstein ques tions, would have lost its influence. When the danger of war arose, it was certainly of some importance to know for what object we were abbut to engage in it. There could only be two grounds for it; either to maintain the Constitution of the Union, or to support a revolution effected by the officials of the Govern ment in Hesse. There are different opinions as to the Hessian dispute ; some "believe that the conduct of the Government was arbitrary; others think there was a dangerous official revolution.—(Murmurs.) Yes, I call it dangerous, because such a revolution can be made by the officials of the Government in their dressing gowns and slippers, while a man of the barri cades must at least have the courage to expose his life.— (Cheers.) s When a war was in question we were bound to look round and see who were our friends and foes; it was quite certain that Russia and Austria would have been our foes in the conflict; but by our side not one great Power would have stood. Dangerous as this position was,l should not have advised his Majesty against a war, but that there were only a few of the small German States with us; besides them we had hopes held out to us that the Hessian officers who had thrown up their commissions would have joined us; then there was M. Mazzini in Geneva ready to assist us with a money subscription; and Klapka, Arnold Huge, and other kindred spirits had arrived in Holstein to help us. These would have been our friends. The time had arrved when a decision must be made; Prussia must have a voice in the Govern ment of Germany. It that was obtained the cause of war ceased t• exist. Here we reachsd the turning point, here Prussia determined to break, and herr Prussia will break, vi ith the revolt' tion.—(A pplausc.) For this reason M. Cumphausen is very right when he calls our present policy a transparent one; yes, in this question it shall be so. The Prussian army has been withdrawn from Hesse; it retired unwillingly, but it did what its Sovereign commanded. It began a retreat reluctantly, and feat as it felt when it was withdrawn from Berlin before the already conquered revolution.—(Cheers.) This has been called a defeat for Prussia, but I believe Prussia will never be stronger than when it avoids all contact with the :evolution. M. Ca►nphausen thinks that we shall not have the respect of Europe if we did not hold the sword always ready to be drawn from the sheath; but I believe we shall secure both the respect and confidence of Europe if we maintain what is the true honour of Prussia. As to the Dresden Conference I am compelled to be silent : but I hope that a strong Germany will be founded there, and that Prussia will find in it the peace to which she is end; led."— (Applause.) THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) FULL-PAY RETIELEMENT.—Major Kenny, Of the 89th Regiment, is about to be placed on the Retired Full-pay List, vice Major Dalzell, late 16th Regi ment, deceased. Major Kenny entered the army on the 17th June, 1813 ; was promoted Lieutenant No vember, 1819 ; Captain December, 1832 ; and Major 9.6 th February, 1845. He served in the Peninsula from June, 1813, to the end of the war, including the action at 03na, the battle of Vittoria, siege and capture of San Sebastian, passage of the Bidassoa, where he was severely wounded above the left hip ; at St. Jean de Luz, and the series of actions between the 9th and 13th of Dember, 1813, in front of the entrenched camp near Bayonne. Served also in Ava, and was present in most of the operations throughout the war. He has the war medal with three clasps. THE VACANT QUARTERMASTER- GENERALSHIP. — It is rumoured, and with some degree of certainty. that Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.8., Colonel 83d Regiment, will succeed the late General Sir Willoughby Gordon as Quartermaster-General to the Forces ; a saving of the extra allowance of 5001. per annum, as in the recent appointment of Adju tant-General, will, of course, be made. THE COLONELCY, IST DRAGOON GUARDS.—It la confidently expected that Lieutenant-General the Earl Cathcart, K.C.8., commanding the Northern and Midland district, will be removed from the 3d Dragoon Guards to the vacant Colonelcy of the Ist Dragoon Guards, and that it is likely Major-General Cavendish will succeed to the latter regiment. PAYMASTERSHIP 23RD FUSILIERS.— Lieutenant and Adjutant Hall Dare has been nominated to sue. ceed to the paymastership of this regiment, vice Dunn deceased. BLACK MEDICAL OFFICERS.—It appears from the evidence taken on Army and Ordnance expenditure, that Government had bad it in contemplation to form a Medical Staff upon the same principle as that adopted by the East India Company, of educating black men for service on the west coast of Africa, and to be apprenticed to the medical officers serving there. The plan was subsequently abandoned, from the cir cumstance that the young negroes to be educated would cost No large a sum of money before they attained these qualifications befitting them for the appointments or military medical officers. The shrewdness, however, which these men naturally pos sess would enable them to reach their acquirements at an early period; and we therefore regret that the measure was not carried into effect. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. -We understand that reduction in this branch of the service is to he continued, and not only are no new appointments of clerks to take place, but every opportunity for re ducing will be taken advantage of. IvieLviLLE HOSPITAL.—The Admiralty have or dered the purchase of the necessary vessels fur the ad ministration of the Euchlrist at this establishment. SPRING CIJA?.GE OF QUARTERS.—The moves of the infantry at present stationed at home, a de tailed account of which we gave our readers some months previously, will be completed during the ensuing fortnight. The 91st are at presented bil lett‘d in Manchester; and after the embarkation of the 52d Light Infantry from Liverpool fir Ireland has taken place, the 90th Light Infantry will proceed on the 16th inst. to Dublin, en route for the south of Ireland. After these changes have been effected, we hear it is not the intention of the authorities to make any further general moves. The Ca v alry a t present stationed in Great Britain will make no change as regards their head-quarters; the different troops will be at the disposal of the Generals of districts. What ever change of quarte rs may ta k e p l ace, however, no cavalry regiment will leav e I re l an d t hi s year, b ut, e i ther during the spring or autumn, there will be an alteration in their quarters. There has not been any inten tion on the part of the authorities to concentrate a force in the vicinity of London during the ensuin g exhibition, nor will such a project be carried i n t o effect. An augmentation to the police force has, however, been nearly effected, and some foreign police engaged. laisa CONSTABULARY.—The Inspector-General of Constabulary, Sir Duncan M`Greg o r (late of the 9 3d Sutherland lli,hlanders),in future directed thatn future the constabulary t h ro ughout Ireland shall per form the duti es of Billet-Masters instead of civilians. .THE S CREW T WO-DECKER `' —ThlS ship, which was laid down at Devonport Dockyard, on the line of the old French line-of-brittle ship of that name (captured on the Ist of June-, and sub sequently the favourite flag-ship of Lord Hugh Sey tmooruerc)e,ivaenda whichscrew propeller, was afterward s altered and built has, aft er var i o us stop pages, sug ge stions, and re - arrangements, been so nearly ccmpleted th at t h e Admiralty have ordered her to be launch e d on th e 18th March next • she will then be immediately fitted with her machinery, and tried,and if found inefficient, w ill b e a l tered to a frigate. RUMOUR Os' AN ACCIDENT TO TH E A LBION report prevailed at Plymouth this week to the effect that a vessel had arrived at that port bringing the in telligence that she had seen the Albion, 90, Captain Hope Johnstone, in the Bay of Biscay, dismasted, and this report was said to have gained some weight by the fact of intelligence having been received of the arrival at Lisbon of the Phaeton, 50, that left Plymouth two days after the Albion, and had seen nothing of her. We give the above for the sake of remarking that we have not the slightest confidence in the rumour, and of observing that these reports are set afloat periodically of almost every ship. It will be remembered that something of the same kind was in circulation about the Bellerophon on her pas sage home; and the Birkenhead, steam-ship, arrived this week at Portsmouth, was given up as actually lost. 'We may add that the Albion was ordered to proceed direct to Malta, without calling at Lisbon or Gibraltar, and having two days' start of the Phaeton, it is by no means extraordinary that the frigate did not see the line-of-battle ship on her run to Lisbon. LIEUTENANTS' OUT-PENSION OE GREENWICH.— The vacant Lieutenants' Out-pension of Green wich Hospital has been conferred upon Lieute nant John Jenkins Loney (1807). Lieutenant Loney has been in the service since 1791, and has served, afloat and ashore, for twenty-five years. He was in the Ist of June, was in the action of St. Domingo, and at its surrender. Latterly he was in the transport service, in which he received an injury in the bead, and in command of Semaphores. Lieut. Loney has had a family of ten children, most of whom are living, aad one is a Master in the service. FATAL FEVER ON I3OARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP SCORPION.—We regret to state that we have re ceived accounts from the Scorpion, surveying vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Laurence, dated St. Thomas's, December 19, to the effect that a fatal fever had broken out on board that ship, and that one of the victims was Lieutenant William Mooney (1844). Com mander Fraser and the officers of the Sparrow, sur veying vessel, now at Queenstown, are not to be paid off. They are ordered, in consequence of reports of damage done to the fishing weirs, to proceed to Black water, to examine and report to the Admiralty the mischief committed by accident or design. ADMIRALTY AGENTS FOR THE CAPE PACKETS.— The Admiralty agent for the next screw steam packet for the Cape, to sail from Plymouth next week, is Commander Arthur Mellersh (1849). As we have already stated, the Admiralty decided on appointing Commanders to this service, with the view of subse quently availing themselves of the experience they are sure to gain in screw navigation in the future com mand of screw steam men- of-war. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. It is reported that the Duke cf Richmond's Compass died a short time since, and that several other horses in the stable have been amiss. SALES.—We hear that Mr. Robert Ellis, of York, has sold his three year old filly by Lanercost out of Modesty, by Malek, engaged in the Lancashire Oaks, at Liverpool, and other stakes, to Mr. Winteringham, and she has joined his string at Richmond. Mr. W. Hudson, of Brigham, near I)riffield, has sold his yearling colt by Melbourne, out of Lady Elizabeth, by Sleight-of-hand, granddam Sir Tatton Sykes's dam, engaged in the Don caster St. Leger, 1853, to Mr. Farrance; the price is said to be 300 guineas. Mr. C. Pybus, of Catterick, has sold his brown colt by Lord of the Manor out of Lady Langton to James Pearson, Esq., of Thornton-le-Moor; Mr. Pybus has refused large prices for his Red Deer and Provost colts. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1851. The following are the present fixtures as nearly as we can ascertain:— FEBRUARY. Lincoln 6 I Liverpool Spring MARCH. Coventry 4 Doncaster Spring Warwick Spring AP. Cromton Park .. 1 Catterick Bridge 3 Epson Spring 4 Newmarket Craven The Hoo l2 Kipling Coates Northampton . Newcastle-on-Tyne S 2B Malton l5 Newmark. First Spring 21 Abergavenny 24 Cheater Newnikt. Sccond Spring 6 Shrewsbury 8 Plymouth Spring York Spring Bath l3 Epsom E. S. Lancashire (Newton) 18 Stockbridge Winchester 2O Newcastle Ascot Beverley, Hull, &c 4 Hampton ll Manchester ll 8ibury....... . ls JU 1 ....... 1 Newmarket Carlisle ... ,Y. Liverpool . ........ .... .. Stamford Lancaster Worcester Ripon Brighton 6 Wolverhampton ..... 11 Nottingham Goodwood lIST. Lewes 13 or 14 York Egham 27 SEPTEMBER. Warwick Radcliffe 8 Eglinton Park ... 23 or 24 Weymouth .. 10 Manchester Autumn.... 25 Doncaster Sandbach OCTOBER. Monmouth Richmond Chester NOV: :BE. Worcester.. ... First week. VIOLENT DEATH AT POOLEWE On Tuesday, 24th Dec. last, a case of violent death took place at Poolewe, accompanied by painful cir cumstances. It happened as follows :—A respectable young roan, about thirty years of age, was following his vocation as a tailor in the house of one Macgregor, a merchant, in the second court of Poolewe, who also keeps an unlicensed drain-shop. On the evening of Saturday, the 24th Dec., a large quantity of spirits was drank in Macgregor's house, by several persons, of whom the deceased was one, and the party re mained to a late hour. It seems undoubted, however, that the tailor was quite fit for, and busily occupied with, his work about eight or nine o'clock in the evening of that day. Three or four hours thereafter, an uncle of his was called in by Macgregor's mother, and he then found his unfortunate nephew stretched upon a bed, and in the agonies of death. He con tinued in that state till two P.M. of Tuesday follow ing, when he expired. When urged by his brother to reveal the cause of his death, he replied that he would do so if they removed him out of Macgregor's house. Unfortunately this was not done, and the case remains consequently to be determined by other evidence. On the 26th he was interred, and two days thereafter the proper authorities were ap plied to for an investigation. Accordingly Sheriff Cameron, Mr.l Macalester, Fiscal, and Dr. Smith, proceeded to Poolewe, and on Friday, the 3d current, they got the body disinterred, and its state examined in the usual manner. The result was a full conviction that the deceased came to his death by violence, but the difficulty remained of tracing the calamity to its author or authors. This, we trust, will be succes fully brought about, from the ability and exemplary attention of the legal gentlemen to whom the task officially belongs. At the request of Dr. Mackenzie, of Eileanach, the Sheriff addressed the spectators on the occasion of re•interring the body, both in English and Gaelic, with characteristic clearness and solemnity. He directed their attention to the corpse of their young kinsman, when being committed a second time to its grave, as a warning of the most painful kind against the thirst for ardent spirits, as not only sinful iii itself, but as the inducing cause of other and erro neous views, such as contempt of all authority and law, whether divine or human, profanation of the Sabbath, and the violent removal of life itself. The authorities are now pursuing the investigation.— Inverness Courier. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Jan. 10.) SUGAR.—To-day West India Sugar was operated in with much caution for all purposes, and previous rates are barely supported; by private treaty only 338 hhds, were sold, including at auction 96 hhds Demerara crys talized, which went rather cheaper, from 42s to 465, and one lot low yellow.4os 6d per cwt. For the week the total sales are only 1,246 hhds, &c., and prices are 6d per cwt lower than on Friday last, REFINED.--To• day purchases are upon a limited scale in Refined goods by private treaty, and sales of low to good brown have been made at 49s 6d to 50s 6d per cwt. In Crushed Sugar there is yet little to report. MAURITIUS.—AIthough there are further arrivals, still the stock is less than at this period last year by nearly 2,000 tuns; the private operations have been trifling for all purposes, although there are sellers rather under previous terms; of 4,400 bags at auction only one-halt bound buyers, fine yellow went at 41s to 42s 6d, good 38s to 40s 61, low to mid 37s to 38s 6d, refining kinds from 36s to 40s, fine brown 36s to 375, grainy white 45s to 47r, and yellow ditto 41s 6d to 43s per cwt; the chief part consisted of the better descriptions, and this is likely to be the case during the season. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the only public sale of East India Sugar was that of 413 bags Madras, and nearly all taken in at 32s fur ord damp yellow; a few lots good brown sold at 30s to 31s; these are rather lower rates. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Fo reign sugar, and only a cargo of 2,000 bags brown Bahia sold at 20s. MOLASSES.—To=day there is a better demand for West India Molasses, and fur the week the sales are 250 casks at 15s 6d to 16s. TEA.—Te-day the public sale of 770 plcgs Assam Tea went freely at firm prices; palish black dust realised 100 to 'lid; Bohoa 1 lid to is 30; Souchong is 3d to 2s ld ; and Pekoes 2s 3.1 to 3s 6a per lb. COCOA.—British Plantation is not cheaper, there being only a limited supply at market, but the demand has fallen off for home trade purposes by p r i vate treaty; at auc tion 94 bags of Trinidad were taken in at 56s for good red, and at 48s for grey. In Foreign there has been little done, at the same time holders will not sell at beingtra is lesa3ltsha6ndit tow was last an y ti oa o r f . T Guayaquil 32s 6 d to 333 p er cw t. There are several h small vd b aul u cu y tel e o r on s i, a ßt t ahh a e reduction. stockandp PORT or LYNN.—A meeting of shipowners was held at .the Town Hall, Lynn,on Satur d ay , having been called by the Mayor, to take into consideration the present heavy burdens upon the shipping interest of that part. The result was a reduction of :Os. per voyage in the sailors' wages, and 1 / 4 d. per ton on those of the coal porters, which were pre viously Id. The number of men employed in clearing a vessel is also to be lessened. As might be supposed, this porters,resolution who i s h aavneytrheirniugeab to ot work agr on the agreeable to the sailors n teru. an 2 propose Essex Standard, LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Jan. 10. (Before Lord CRANwoRTn..) ➢IOWATT V. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY COMPANY His Lonvsnii' at the sitting of the Court stated that he had written his judgment in this case, but he under stood the matter was settled between the parties, and that his judgment was not desired. If that were so he would return the papers. Mr. BETHELL said he believed the matter wa3 settled. Mr. JAMES PARKER said that if not settled there was every prospect of its being so. His LORDSHIP observed that be would retain the papers for the present. IN RE WILL OF JAMES ROSS, AND THE TRUSTS ACT. The testator by his will, made in 1824, gave a sum of 3,000/. Consuls to trustees upon trust for Ann, his wife, for her separate use, independently of any husband she might afterwards marry; and he directed that the sum should remain during her life under the direction of the trustees a duly administered provision for his said wife, and the interest thereof paid to her on her personal ap pearance and receipt by any bankers in London or elsefehere whom the trustees might appoint, as should be convenient to the parties, by half-yearly payments of 451. each. The widow married a second husband, and during the life of her second husband assigned her in terest i❑ the 3,0001. Consols by way of security for an nuities which the second husband had granted. The husband died, and the trustees transferred the sum into court under the Act. The petition was presented by the assignee under the security for payment of the divi dends to him during the life of the widow. Mr. Southgate was for the petitioner. Mr. BETHELL and Mr. THOMAS SIDENHAN CLARKE, for the widow, contended that the effect of the directions that the half-yearly payments should be made on the personal appearance of the widow was equivalent to an express clause against anticipation, and that the aliena tion or attempted alienation during the second coverture was invalid. Mr. Berkeley was for the trustees. His LORDSHIP said he had, no doubt whatever as to the rights of the parties in this case. The Court, in es tablishing the doctrine as to the separate interests of married women, had requited to be perfectly satisfied that the intention of the settler or donor was, that the husband should be excluded from the interest in the pro perty given to the wife. A limitation to the " absolute use" of the wife did not intimate this, and the separate use clause thus arcse. The establishment of this right to a separate enjoyment of the property still left it sub ject to the ordinary incidents of property, and amongst the rest, to the wife's power of alienation. The question discassed in Lord Thurlow's time, whether a married women could be deprived of, or protected against, the right of alienation, resulted in the adoption of the well-known clause restricting her power of an ticipation. It had been truly said by Mr Bethell that no particular form of words was necessary to have this effect, and that Lord Cottenham could not have held that any such particular form was required. The substance of the limitation was alone re garded by the courts of law, except, perhaps, in some few forms of conveyance having a feudal origin. The particular words " without power of anticipation" were not aeceesary, but it must be clear, that this was pro bably what Lord Cottenham had held, that the words used, whatever they were, must have the meaning attri buted to them. The question was, did the words in this case impose that restriction? He thought not. The personal appearance of the lady was implied in the direc tion to pay into her proper hands, but that direction had over and over agein been held not to restrain the power of alienation. The payment must bo made to the peti tioner. The costs of all parties to he paid out of the fund. STAPLETON V. STAPLETON. The Clerk of Records and Writs had considered that in all special cases filed under Mr. Turner's Act, the sig nature of counsel should be affixed to the engrossment. In this cas..l the signature had been added to the draught, as in the case i of bills and answers. Mr. FLEMING applied for the direction of the Ccurt that the special case should be filed. Ilia LORDSHIP consider( d the signature to be sufficient, and iatircated that the case should be filed. SECONDARIES' COURT, Jan. 10. (B Pure Mr. Secondary POTTER.) OUTLAWRY.—CHAPFERi V. JADIS. This was au inquiry under a writ of special capias utlagetum, directed to the Sheriffs of London to inquire of what goods and chattels, lands and tenements, the de fendant Henry Jadis, formerly of Bryanstone-square, in the county of Middlesex, was possessed within the baili wick of the Sheriffs on London, on the 20th of June last. Mr. Kell appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Adolphus for the defendant. Mr. KELL stated the case, and said that the inquiry was under, proceeding in outlawry, and he should be able to prove that the defendant, who had formerly been a clerk under the Board of Control of the East India Company, was entitled to a pension from the East India Company of 2501. per annum. Mr. Edward Jenkins, of the Accountant's office, at the East India House, said that the name of Henry Jadis appeared on the pension roll of the East India Com pany as a clerk of the Board of Control, and the pen sion was granted by virtue of a Queen's warrant. He did not pay the money, but in the ordinary course sent the necessary warrant to the treasurer to pay, and had done so up to Christmas last. He did not know whether the pension was granted for life or not; but the instruc tions he received in cases of pensions were general, and he should continue to direct the payment until the death of the person entitled to the pension was reported, or the instructions were rescinded. Mr: ADOLPHUS contended that the origintl warrant and other documents, under which the payments were made, ought to be produced, and in the next place that a pension was not goods and chattels, lands or tene ments, and was not subject to attachment any more than the half-pay of an officer could be seized by assignees, and this latter point was clearly defined by the Insolvent Act. The Learned UNDER•SHERIFF took a note of the objections, but held that the evidence of payments in the ordinary course was sufficient, and as to the ques tion whether the pension could be attached, that must be settled between the parties. He therefore directed the jury to find that the defendant was, on the 21st of June last, and now is entitled to a pension of 2501. per annum, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 10. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLAN4bUE.) IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF WILLIAM STRANGE. The bankrupt, a bookseller, in Paternoster-row, came up on the question of passing his last examination. His name acquired considerable notoriety in connexion with certain proceedings in the Court of Chancery, known as the etching case. It may be remembered that Strange having been imprisoned for debt, his wife wrote to Prince Albert, requestint , a remission of the costs for the non-payment of which her husband was incarcerated. His Royal Highness acceded to the prayer of Mrs. Strange in a generous manner, and has since then acted towards the bankrupt in a still more munificent spirit, Prince Albert is a creditor under this estate for 2001., law casts, but has, through Colonel Anson, intimated his intention to forego this claim. Mr. LINKLATER, on behalf of the bankrupt, asked for an adjournment, as the balance-sheet was not yet in readiness. Mr. Strange had made an attempt to arrange with his creditors, so that the bankruptcy might be an nulled, and was successful in every case but one, a rail way company, whose claim arose out of unpaid calls o❑ shares, and who refused to enter into the proposed com position. _ _ Mr. SHEARD, on the part of the assignees, consented ;(11 the adjournment. (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN TILE BANKRUPTCY OF SAMUEL ALFRED WARNER. Captain Warner passed his last examination to-day without opposition. The prominent features of this sin gular case have been already before the public. The Captain is described as a projectile manufacturer, at 27, Southampton-street, Strand. The balance-sheet, which extends from January, 1831, to October, 1850, has the following items:—Unsecured creditors, 3,8971.; secured ditto, 150/.; creditors holding documents relative to the Captain's claims on the Portuguese Government, 10,8001.; surplus, January, 1831, 16,9501.; amount granted by the English Government towards the expenses of the expe riments at Charnock Chase, 1,300/.; gift of his late Ma. j::, , sty William IV., 1,0001 ; ditto, by the Duke of Bac cleueh, 5001.; ditto, by Sir P. Burdett, 700/.; ditto, by Captain Britten, 1.000/.; ditto, by Captain Collins, 500/.; liabilities, 1911/. Upon the credit bide of the balance sheet are the following items:—By property held by a creditor, 50/ ' • expenses incurred, by makin g a u experi ment, chielly for the satisfaction of the English Govern ment, 12.0771.; expenses incurred in the service of the Portugut se Government, upon which I have a claim for 49,00 e/. and seventeen years' interest, 13,0001.; personal expenses. 6,6211.; interest, 9431.; losses, 3,995/.; law costs, 1071.; documents relative to the claims of the Portuguese Government, 10,8001., held by Earl Talbot,of Ingestrie, Staffordshire. The sum which Captain Warner states the British Government promised to him is 200,0001., and an annuity of 3,000/. The expenses are moderate, the bankrupt having had a family of eleven children to maintain. Amongst his losses was 951. by the publication of a pamphlet entitled "Captain War. ner's Narrative." Alt the other items of any interest have long since been published in this journal. The bankrupt, as has been stated, passed, Messrs. Lawrence and Kendel being solicitors for the respective parties, and the day fur the certificate meeting having been named. (Before Mr. Commissioner PANE). The only matter of interest on his Honour's list was a last examination meeting in the matter of Touillon, the well-known Court milliner. The balance-sheet not being in readiness, the meeting was adjourned by consent. INSOLVENT DE.IITORS' COURT, Jan. 10. The cases disposed of to•day were of little public im portance. Philip Henry Collam, a printer, who was heard a few days sine.: before Mr. Commissioner Law, appeared to day fir judgment, and was remanded for twelve calendar months from the date of his vesting order for a fraudu lent preference in favour of his father-in-law, to the prejudice of the other creditors. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the LORD Cxiz BARON and Mr. Justice TA.LFOEIRD.) THE CASE OF MRS. SLOANE.-Mr. HIIDDLESTON ap plied to the Court to fix the amount of recognizances that bhould be entered into by Mrs. Sloane in the event of her being taken into custody. The CHIEF BARON directed that Mr. Sloane should enter into an additional recognizance of 5001. for his wife's appearance, and that two sureties in the sum of 2501. each should also be provided. Edward Anws, aged 25, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a workshop, the property of Thomas Ross, with intent to injure him. Mr. Garde and Mr. Noel conducted the prosecution; Mr. Pulling defended the prisoner. circuie,taneee of thi • v?rr folly within the last few deye iu the police re pa! le. The prosecutor, Captain Itus-, is a gentlemen of property, who is carrying on en extensive building speculation at Clapham, and the prisoner had been employed as a carpenter upon the works. The fire in question took place in the evening of the 20th of December, and it appeared that a workshop contain ing a large quantity of valuable building materials was entirely destroyed, the value of the property being esti mated at over 1,0001. It appeared that shortly before the fire there had been some disagreement between the prisoner and a person named Wood, who had some con trol upon the works, upon the subject of an intimacy which existed between the prisoner and his sister, and Wood had threatened to discharge him unless he ful filled a promise ho had made to marry her, and it would seem that this had very much incensed the prisoner. On the day following the fire a letter was received by the brother of Captain Ross, which pointed to the prisoner as being the man who had set fire to the premises, and it was ratner a singular fact that this le . ttq- turned out to be written by the prisoner himself, and on the same day he gave himself into the custody of a police-constable in the New-road, and admitted to him that he had set fire to a workshop belonging to the prosecutor, and subse quently- made a statement to the same effect to Captain Ross himself, stating at the same time that his object in committing the crime was to have revenge upon the family of the Woods, and that he wished they had all been burnt in the fire. The Learned CouNs€Lfor the prisoner endeavoured to show that he was a man of weak mind, and that being actuated by a fear that he should be suspected of having committed the crime, he had made admissions of guilt which did not attach to him. He called two brothers of the prisoner, who stated that they had ob served that he was sometimes very melancholy and desponding, and at others unnaturally choerful, and they expressed a belief that his mind was not in a sound state. Mr. Sewell, the assistant-surgeon of the poi, was also examined, and in answer to a question put to him by Mr. Garde, said that he had had frequent oppor tunities of observing the prisoner, and he had not the slightest reason to suppose that his mind was in any way affected. Mr. Justice TALFOURD having summed up, The jury, without hesitating for a moment, returned a verdict of Guilty, but judgment was respited to give the Learned Judge an opportunity of considering a technical point that had been reserved by the prisoner's counsel, as to whether the building was properly de scribed in the indictment. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.) James Thomas Newland, 17, labourer, was indicted for stealing 62 dozen of ladies' collars and other goods, valued at 6/, tho property of Wellington Williams, his master, and Henry Hart, 23, labour-r, was indicted for feloniously receiving the goods, well knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Ballantine prozeeuted, and Mr. Parry defended Hart. Newland pleaded " Guilty," and was admitted evi dence, and the statement made by him and the other witnesses did not in any way differ from that given before the magistrates at Guildhall, and which has ap peared at length in our columns within the last few days. The facts were briefly these:—On the 28th of December last Henry Webb, 258 City police, having received cer tain information, went to the shop of a tobacconist in St. Martin's-le-Grand, where he found a bag had been left, and which he learnt would be, called for on the Monday, and he accordingly went there on the Monday following, and waited in the back parlour in company with Wardell, another City officer, and shortly afterwards Newland, who was porter to the prosecutor, who resides at 84, Gutter-lane, came and asked for the bundle, and also for a knife, with which he cut the top from the bag, and tied it up closer. He then went out, followed by the officers, and proceeded as far as Bishopsgate by omnibus, they being in a cab. They then followed him cloven Artillery-lane and some of the streets in the neigh bourhood, where, not being well acquainted with the locality, they lost sight of him, but as they went along iw Hart and another man standing waiting about. On the next day the officers took Newland into custody at his employer's, and he then made the statement which implicated Hart, and which was to the effect that Hart had instigated him to commit the offences he had been guilty of; that he had been acquainted with him about tw) months; that he first saw him when be came down Gutter-lane to buy old clothes. He (Newland) sold him an old jacket, and Hart asked him if he could not get him some of the things that his master dealt in, but that for some time he refused, and it was not until he had had seven or eight interviews with him that he let him have anything. He then went on to describe where he had been in the habit of meeting Hart, which de seription in some degree agreed with the place to which the officers had followed him on the previous day. Just about that time Hart came into Gutter-lane, when he was taken in custody and searched, but nothing was found on him. He had his bag with him, but no money in his pockets. The only evidence to at all corroborate Newland was, that on one occasion he had been seen talking at the door of his master's warehouse with Hart, but this turned out to be the time when he had sold the jacket to him. In cross-examination it appeared that Newland had, for no purpose, told the officers several untruths, and his master said he had made several false charges against persons in the establishment, and was not a man to be believed on oath. Webb said that up to this time he found that Hart bore a good character. Several witnesses were called who gave him a good character. Mr. PARRY, for the defence, contended that there was no corroborative proof to support the allegation of New land, who was wholly unworthy of belief. The COMMON-SERGEANT having summed up, The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prosecutor said that having promised the prisoner Newland's parents, who are highly respectable, that he would do all he could for him, he begged to recommend him to mercy. The COMMON-SERGEANT said the prisoner's conduct in making false charges against his fellow -servants was more disgraceful than the offences he had pleaded guilty to, but in consideration of his family the sen tence would be a comparatively slight one, which was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months. Mr. BALLANTINE said the prosecutor had reason to believe, and wished it to be publicly stated, that there was not any foundation for the charges that Newland had made against several servants in the employment of Messrs. Welsh and Margetson, and Messrs. Neville. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.) Elizabeth Bates, 17, spinster, was indicted for cutting and wounding Mary Hawkins, with intent, &c. Mr. Ribton prosecuted. The charge against the prisoner was, that both she and the prosecutrix were inmates of Shoreditch work house, and, a quarrel ensuing between them, the pri soner seized an old dinner knife which had been worn to a sharp point, and threw it at her with such force, that at a distance of some feet it struck her and buried itself in her skull, and remained sticking there until the nurse took it out. Some one seized the prisoner and fetched the police, and so violent was her conduct, that (although a sickly-looking object) she could scarcely be reatrined from further acts of violence on the prose cutrix, whom she swore she would murder if she got bold of her. The jury found her Guilty. It was stated that the prisoner was one of the most turbulent and desperate characters. and, although so young, had been repeatedly convicted of assault. The COURT sentenced her to eighteen months' impri sonment and hard labour. _ Henry Harwood, 24, turner; a short, square-built, determuied-looking fellow, was indicted for burglary in the dwelling-house of Mrs. Ann Sherratt, with intent to steal. Mr. Carteen prosecuted, and Mr. Payne defended. The coachman to the prosecutrix (a widow lady living at 24, Soho-square) said, that on the night of the 3d inst. he was awakened by hearing a noise in the middle drawing-room, where he slept for the security of the family, which consisted of his mistress and the female servaats, and, looking up, saw the prisoner. He in stantly jumped up and seined him, when a desperate struggle ensued, the prisoner knock€d down and extin guished the light, broke from his grasp, and, throwing up the window, got on the portico over th e d oor, and was escapiog, when he (the coachman) recovered h e i a m r s a Guilty a no. burglar; but that, ex cepting him self, rushed to the window, and, raising an alarm, the police came up and caught the pris oner as h e fell. Sergeant Thompson said the p r i soner h ad b een known t o The hi m j about f u w n o d y several summary convictions, he bad, until this time, managed to escape. The prisoner said ho had two witnesses outside who could prove an alibi. Thompson said the two witnesses he spoke of then at the door were both convicted thieves. Mr. GURNEY said the offence the prisoner had been convicted of was a serious one, and transported him for seven years. James Cornish, 23, moulder, James Welch, 21, bed stead-maker, and Jane Welch and Elizabeth Lovell, were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-houso of John Pitman, and stealiag a quantity of plate and wearing apparel, valued at 301. Mr. Platt prosecuted. The prosecutor's house, at Hackney, having been broken into, information was given to the police, and Sergeant Kelly succeeded in tracing the stolen property to a room in Bethnal-green, where the msle prisoners lived with the two women. The jury acquitted the two women, and the men were transported for ten years. Thomas Savage, a repulsive-looking old man, between sixty and severity years of age, was convicted of a felo nious assault upon Susan Brough, a child ten years of age. - Mr. Birnie prosecuted. The prisoner was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- HOUSE. James Bassett, who was a few (Lys ago charged with baying robbed his employers, Messrs. Savory, of Corn hill, of four clocks and a great number of musical boxes, was brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of Michael Haydon, the officer, for further examination. Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Mullein, attended for the prosecution. The evidence of William Thompson, a witness who made a statement at the former examination relative to the taking stock upon the tNo last occasions, having been read over by Mr. Goodmau, tho chief clerk, 'lnt; shoulu what 'winner of clocks ought to bay° been in the shop of which I had the superintendence en the 11th of De cLunber, when the stock was first, taken by him? Witness—There were 121 en:cred on the llth of De cember. The prisoner—How many clocks did you find there on the Friday after I was apprehend d? Witness (upon referring to a paper in his hand) said —I find thero were 11" clocks on the premises ou that day; so that there was a deficiency of four clocks. The prisoner—That is not correct. I declare to God the clocks were all right on the Friday, with the excep tion of one that was stolen off the counter, as I explained. I wish to have matters correctly stated. The witnesa—l have stated the fact. Mr. Wratirall, who is also in the employment of Messrs. Savory, and in charge of the shop No. 54, Corn hill, in which the prisoner had preceded him as super intendent, was next called by Mr. Bush, in answer to whose questions he said—l know Mr. Gayer, of New gate-street, as a tradesman. He came to me to Cornhill, and made a communication to ms about the prisoner. I have heard, and I believe, that Mr. Gayer is an importer of foreign clocks, and he is, I believe, in the habit of doing repirs fur Messrs. Savory; but he is not in the habit of supplying them with clocks. The LORD MAYOR—Is Mr. Gayer here? Mr. Gayer did not answer. The LORD MAYOR—It is necessary that, as Mr. Gayer made a communication to ono of the witnesses whose evidence I have heard, he should attend here to give his testimony. I must require the attendance of all persons who can throw any additional light upon this very serious case. Mr. Bush said, he had no doubt as to the readiness of Mr. Gayer to state the amount of his information upon the subject at the final examination of the prisoner, and assured the Lord Mayor that duo notice should be sent to that gentlem In that his evidence would be necessary to the ends of justice. Mr. Bush—l shall now call evidence upon the subject of the pieces of wood which were cut into the form of boxes, to represent musical boxes. Rigg, porter to Mr. Viney, trunk-maker, of No. 48, Cornhill, next door to the principal shop of Messrs. Savory, said—l have known Mr. Bassett, the prisoner, since I have been in Mr. Viney's service, which is about three years and a half, and have occa sionally gone upon errands for him. About three weeks or a month ago, in consequence of a message that was brought, I went to No. 54, Cornhill, to measure a case, and I saw the prisoner, who said to me that he wanted a piece of wood, and that he was not particular as to the length of it. I asked him whether he wished for a piece two or three feet in length. Ii said he wanted a piece of solid wood of a certain width and a certain depth. To the best of my recollection it was to bo two inches and three quarters wide and an inch and a quarter deep. He said he could cut the piece of wood himself, and I was to bring it in two pieces, as it would be too long in one piece. There was no particular article to measure with, only according to what he showed with his hand. The two pieces of wood were to be sent inside the case, so as not to be seen. I gave the orders at my employer's. Three or four days atter I was passing the shop and he said to me, " What do you think your master charged me for those pieces of wood ?" I replied that I could not guess, and he said he charged him eightpence. He did net deny that he paid the eightpence. H. W. Mcecham, shopman to Mr.Viney, said—About . a month ago I had a communication with the prisoner about a piece of wood, and I took to No. 54 two pieces which were ordered by the porter. The prisoner said they were too rough and not exactly the size. He wished to be particular, and was anxious that they should be of the exact size he pointed out and smooth. He wished them to bo two inches and three eighths, by an inch and a quarter. We had a measure across the counter. Ile wanted them, he said, for a particular purpose, therefore they must be very exact. I then asked him what length the pieces must be ? He said he vsaa not so particular as to that—from two feet nine to three feet, in two pieces. It was my duty to ask Mr. Viney what should be charged for the wood, and he said eightpence ; and I accordingly sent in that charge. Mr. Bush (handing the witness one of the pieces of wood which had been substituted for the musical boxes) —ls that like the wood you supplied ? Witness—This is nearly about the size. It is the exact width, and it has been cut by somebody with a very fine saw. The LORD M*YOR—Prisoner, have you any ques tions to ask the witness who has just given evidence ? The prisoner —Not any, my Lord. All the witnesses whose evidence had been concluded were then bound over to appear at the Central Criminal Court, and The LORD MAYOR said to Bassatt—lt will be my duty to commit 3ou for trial, but I shall remand you until this day week in order to give time for preparing the depositions, and to add the testimony of Mr. Gsyer, who will have notice to appear on the day of committal. The prisoner was then taken from the bar. GUILDHALL. Yesterday 'William Daniels, a respectably-dressed young man, described as a civil engineer, was brought up before Sir P. Laurie for further examination, charged with defrauding Mr. Fuller, mining sharebrolier, of No. 48, Threadneedle -street, of the sum of 501., by means of forgeries committed on the Wheal Mary Anne Mining Company, at Liskeard, in Cornwall. Fuller—On the - 18th of December I received a letter from the prisoner, signed " W. D. Boase," inform ing me that he had some mining shares to dispose of, and would take 501. per share for them. I wrote to tell him I would accept them at that price. I received in answer another letter directing me to sell them for 501. per share, and more if I could get it for him. He sent me a blank transfer, which I filled up and got signed by Mr. E. Jones, who purchased the share for 50/. 1 then for warded the transfer and its duplicate, or counterpart, to the prisoner at the Old Bell Hotel, in Holborn. I after wards sent my boy to the Old Bell Hotel with 501., and he brought back she transfer and a receipt for the money, signed by the prisoner in the name of W. B. Boase. The purser of the mine Wheal Mary Anne is Mr. Climo. William Bunyer, landlord of the Old Bell, in Hol born—l knew prisoner from his frequently calling at my house lately. When he first came he asked me how I was, and said he was a fried of Mr. Ashfield, of Bris tol, and was at my house with that gentleman during the railway mania. He did not give me his name then. Ido not remember prisoner ever coming to my house with Mr. Ashfield. I know Mr. Ashfield very well. When prisoner came again he told me to take in all let ters addressed to " W. D. Bosse," and intimated that such was his name. He never came under the name of Daniels at any time. I received 50/. from Mr. Fuller's boy for the prisoner, and my daughter wrote a receipt in my presence. I handed that money over to the prisoner, and he gave me the, receipt produced. I saw him write it. It is signed " William D. Boase." A waiter from the Old Bell corroborated the statement of the last witness as regarded the name prisoner gave; Charles Gimtee, in the employ of Mr. Fuller, said, — I went to the Old Bell Hotel, in Holborn, and paid Mr. Bunyer SOL for the prisoner. He gave me the transfer and a receipt, which I handed over to my master. I did not open the papers to see what they were, but returned them to Mr. Fuller, folded up as I received them. William David Boase—l am a solicitor living at Lis keard, in Cornwall. The letters and papers produced are very like my handwriting I never wrote them, neither did I authorise any one to write them for me. I know the prisoner, and am acquainted with his hand writing. .1 believe the letters produced are written by him. He was a surveyor when ho was in Cornwall, and sometimes he did a little business as a mining share broker. The signature on the transfer purporting to bo mine is not in my handwriting, nor has it been attached to the transfer by any one with my sanction. I believe it is the handwriting of the prisoner somewhat disguised. I have never seen Mr. Fuller until to-day, and have not had any shares in the Wheal Mary Anne Mine for the last two years. I received the transfer from Mr. Clime, who is the purser of the mine, about two days ago, at Liskeard. William Bunyer recalled—l received the transfer and its counterpart from the prisoner, and I saw him sign ,both papers with the name of W. D. Bosse. Daniel May, a detective officer, said there were two other cases against the prisoner of attempting to obtuin two several sums of 501. each, in both of which he failed. There was also another case, where he succeeded in ob taining ssoS by similar means precisely, but the gentle man most concerned was now in Cornwall, and would rather abandon the prosecution than be at the loss of time and expense of coming up to town and neglecting his occupation—that of surveying the mines in Cornwall. Sir. ea LAMM said the case was quite clear, but as there were several other witnesses, whose evidence would be essential at the Old Bailey, and who were not now present, he would remand the case till next week, and in order not to put those persona who had come from the country to more inconvenience than was abso lutely necessary, he would take the case again at an early day of the week. The prisoner was then remanded. William Piper was brought up again, charged with having obtained a quantity of scented soap, value 51. 165., the property of Messrs. Price and Co., of Lombard street, under false pretenees. Sir P• LArmw. committed the prisoner for trial; but, as time will 1)43 required to prepare the depositions, re manded him fill Mondayhim for that purpose. - - MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The Rev. Jacob Knight was brought before Mr. Broughton, charged with having been found lying in Oxendon--Ireet the previous night drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. The police proved, that about twelve o'clock the pre vious night the Rev. Gentleman was lying on the broad of his back on the pavement in Oxendon-street, so drunk as to be quite incapable of walking. He was conveyed to the station house, and placed in one of the lock-up cells. In a short time he became perfectly outrageous. He called for Inspector Whall by name, and when the inspector came he demanded to be released. On receiving a refusal he began to kick at the door with such pertinacity and vigour as to split two of the pannels. This violent conduct ho continued for more than two hours, and it was found at last necessary, in order to drown the noise, to remove him into one of the lower cells. The upper cell-door was quite sound when the Rev. Gentleman was first placed in the cell. The damage done was to the extent of 125., besides an indentation of the iron into the wood in consequence of the great violence used. The defendant said he did not make any noise after he was placed in the second cell. In fact, he wa; quite unconscious of having aced in the way described. He had dined with a friend, and had taken some wine, but in moderation as to quantity, being in a sickly state of health. In some conditions of bad health even a single glass would be found too much. Ho could assure the magistrate that it was quite an accident which had oc curred. Ile felt exceedingly the disgraceful position in which he was placed. Mr. BROUGHTON asked him if he was a clergyman 0 thn Ch t lr, ! h nf Ent7dand ? The (Ipf.,ririfmt. ? fendant tatd, not at present. He hat! formerly t,flieiattd in a parish near lialdock, in Hertfordshire, but had recently been on the continent. He again begged to say it was an accident that had overcome him, and he was truly ashamed of what had occurred. Mr. 1/ItoucitToN remarked the defendant might well be ashamed of himse:f. Here was a clergyman found at midnight stretched on his back on the pavement, in st state of such beastly intoxication as would have dis graced the lowest of the low. To the honour and credit of the Established Church, he was inclined to think there was not another such example, certainly not m5 O l such as the case before him presented. Ho considered it not at all unlikely if the case became known to the de fendant's Bishop that he would be deprived of his gown- How could it be expected that a man who got drunk and was found lying about the streets of London could teach and instruct others properly in their religious and moral duties ? For the d amage d one t h e defendant was ordered to pay 125., or three weeks' imprisonment. WE STMINS7'ER. Captain James Nestor, an ()Meer of the army on half pay, about sixty years of age, whose appearance and manners were very singular, was charged with stealing a watch of trifling value, the property of a very respect able-looking widow named June Evans, who procures subsistence by going out (haring and keeping alodging' house in Hendon -street, Vauxhall-bridge-road. Ht, was remanded till Wednesday. SEABORNE MAILS. When made up in From what when PLACES. General Post-office port dis- due. London. patched. Africa (West coast).. America (via N. York by British packet) •• *N January 31 .. .. Liverpool .. Jan. 16 America (via Boston by British packet) .. N January 17 Liverpool .. Jan. 29 America (by United Liverpool k States packet) .. N January 24 Southampt. '•S Belgium .. .. • • N Daily .. .. rpover .. Daily Brazil .. 9th of the month Southampt: Jan. 24 Buenos Ayres .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. 'Jan. 24 Califonlia(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. 'Feb. 5 Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth.. Central America .. 31 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tu. Th. Sit Chili M 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 France M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedaitr Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat- Holland .. • • Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon. Thur Honduras .. . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Jan. 20 Ireland .. 31 & N Twice daily .. Holyhead Twicedallif India (via Southamp.) 31 20th of the month Southampt. Jan. 28 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Jan. 23 Madeira .. N Mediterranean (via Southampton) M 20th of the month Southampt. Jan. 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. N 7th&24tk ofmonth Dover .. Jan. 23 Mediterranean (by French packet via Marseilles) .. Mexico .. 31 2d of the month.. Southampt. Jan. 20 Peninsular.. .• .. 31 7th,l7th,27th of mo Southampt. / Jan. 15 Peru • . .. • • • • 31 17th of the mouth Southampt. IJ an. 20. West Indies 17th of the month • Southampt. Jan. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 31 2d of the month .. ,Southampt. Ai N signifies that the by the night— and M by 1 2d of the month . mails are seat from the morning—dispa Southampt. the Genera] itch. Post-ofti , le BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) A.nAcconnt, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32,1 ,0 the Week ending on Saturday, the 4th day of January, 18b1. 188IIE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued • . .. • • .• 28,273,230 X. Government debt .. 11,015. 10 0' Other securities • ... 2,984, 900 Gold coin and bullion 14,221, 56 ., 3 ' silver bullion ...... 51,664 M. MARSHALL, Chief' C 2 L 2 h 7 1 3 e , r 2 . 3C1 Dated the 9th day of January, 1851. BANKING DEPAILTMSN T. 228,273,230 Proprieters'capital 14,53,1100 Rest . 3,128,010 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and D ividend accounts)" 10,796,555 Other deposits •• —• • 9,480,319 Seven day and other Government securi ties (Including Dead Weight Annuity).. 14,232, 319* Other securities .... 15,181, 60. Notes ........ •• •. •. 9,236, 57 a Gold and silver coin.. 55086' Bills- .............. 1,249,591 £39.207,475 439,207, 475* sr. MARSHALL. Chief cashier. 851. Dated the 9th day of January, 1 RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles NAME OF RAILWAY. L .....„,„____----- Receipts.opened, 1851. 1850. 1951 ' Bal TISLI. 72 Aberdeen ...... ~ ~ .. ~.....„ ...... £674 .f101,, 16 4 37x ,''" Belfast and Ballymena .............. 416 17 Belfast and County Down .. .. .. ...... - 269 35% Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 7 89 1,005 27 Bolton, Blackburn, and Wes t York - - 390 59& ! 851% Bristol and Exeter ............ ••• • .. 2,979 --,.„, 160 Caledonian.. .. _ ....... ............ 5,632 6,2 w 94% Chester and Holyhead... - .......... 1,152 2. 146 32 Dublin and Belfast Junction ........ 211 400 53 Dublin and Drogheda.. .... ... .• • • • • 600 74 t 6 Dublin and Kingstown ............ • • 669 775 16% Dundee and Arbroath ..... - 443. 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 572 641 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen- - ........ 124 1513. 67% East Anglian...... •... .. 79 East Lancashire .. ...... 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ........ 13,650 12,5 W 95 Eastern Union .. ........ - - ........ 1,644 1,938.- 116% Edinburgh and Glasgow .... .... •• • • 3,012 3,986 71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee .... .. 2,519 3,235 18 Furness Railway ... ............ „, _ 245 171% Glasgow, and South-Western •• ...... 3,782 4,162: 22% Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock •• • . 1,157 1,289 , 236 Great Northern and E. L........... 2,537 6,843' 188 Great Southern and 'Western (Ireland) 3,5:6 3, 957 262% 'Great ' LancastWerestern .... ...... ...... ,201 90 and Carlisle ..... 12 11,427 ... 2,883 3, 636 ' 260 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 10,715 13,71 9 39 Leeds and Thirsk .................. 665 819' 12% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport - 75 5181 London and North West ern . ••• • • ... 37 , 261 ' 42,010 sv, London and Blackwell- - . ..... 548 731.7 1714 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 6 , 955 8 . 3 2, 6 . 239 London and South W e5tern. ........ 7,426 lo,v -15 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 143 146 ii% Manchester, Buxton, and alatlock, &c. 89 121 ,,,, 167 N Manchester, Sheffield, an d'Li ncolnshire 4,575 6,1'- 91 Manchester and South Junction...". 268 496 28 Maryport and Carlisle .............. - 505 4961 Midland ....• •..• .•• • • • 50 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 908 923 GU Newcastle and Carlisle.. - .......... 1,967 2,001 146 North British •.............• • ....... 3,823 3 ,445 222 North Staffordshire .........• • ..... 3,770 4,441 47 North-Western .... .... .. ... . - ...... - 45 Scottish Central .............. 32 Scottish Midland .......... .. - _ 337 443 47 Shrewsbury and Chester 30 Shrwihire Union .... • • 58 So 1114 Devon .....• - ............... 1,243 1, 611 234 So. 111, t1a5tern...................... 11,593 12,241 75 Sou .1s Wales ............ , , - 965 69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole • • - 1,085 40 Taff Vale .............. ___.„ _ _ 2,726 2,183 704 841 25 Waterford and Limerick ........ - • • - 258 13 West Cornwall . ..... ..,_ , ........ 297 306 12 Whitehaven Junction ......... • • •• • • 180 208 293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick .• • 12,563 12,627 256 York and North Midland . ........ .. 5,315 6,546 FOREIGN. . 76% Amiens and Boulogne. ............... 1 , 1 54 985 44 Dieppe •• • • • ..... • • • • •• • • • • • ...... , 436 451 63 Monterean and Troyes •... „, ~ ...... 666 872 336 Northern of France ....., ~ „, ...... 13,812 16,95 2 143 Orleans to Beurges (Cent.) ••• . . 72 Orleans to Bordeaux .... • • ..... . 2'309, 2,79;4 82 Paris and Orleans .... •• . ........ . •.•., 6,154 7, 1 s ' a a n u d d R H 0u a e v n re ................ :. ....... :. ... 52:006667 Nt s: ; 1 5 ; % IPtarouiesn RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Jr.A 10. 1 STOCK EXCHANGX.—The market was inactive to-day, and G business doing, without alteration in prices, except Great Westerns, which were done at 79. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10. STOCK EXCHAIQGB.—The share market was dull to -day The transactions were as follow:- Caledonian, 10A—Lare. cashire and Yorkshire, 56 3 4—Ditto, Fifths, 7 3-16 dis.-• London and North-Western, 124 —Ditto, New Quarter' p.—Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, OA p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 13;i—Midland, 48—Ditto, Halves, 19 3 4 dis.- -- Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B.), 9 .-South-Eastern and Dover, 23—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension (Nos I and 2), Preference, unpaid-up, 3 dis.—York and North • Midland, Preference, 1 dis. MANCHESTER, J. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions wera as follow : Preston and Wyre (A), 8 1 4 and p.—London' North-Western, New Quarters, 3 13-16 p.—Sheffield, Nell Preference, Bs. p. Caledonian, Preference, 51/s—Soutb. ' Eastern and Dover, 23', 1 g —Chester and Birkenhead, 16 1 / 4 - - Great Northern, 17 7-16—Leeds Stock, 56%—Cheshir Junction, 11 3 / i dis.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 2)( 1 p.—Sheffield Preference, 101 h. BIRMINGHAM, Jsx. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done to-day was ri mited, still we close firmly. The following were the elosiall prices :—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valle] 101. 18s. 9d.—Shropshire Union, A, B, C, and D, 50 per oast • BLIMILS. OF A SON. On the 6th inst., at St. Aubyn-street, Devonport, the Ivi;lre of R. S. Vincent, Esq. On the Bth inst., at Lowndes-square, the Hon. 300 , Mark Kerr. On the Bth inst., at the Eagle-house, Enfield, the wife 43 f the Rev. John Fuller Russell. On the 9th inst.. at the Green, Kennington, the Wire , 4)f George Wyat', Esq. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at the Catholic Chapel, Kensington, (171(1 , afterwards at Little Portland-street Chapel, Sydney, young f 3 '" son of Benjamin Ken ne d y, E sq., of Upper Harley-street, t 0 Adelaide Helen, second daughter of William TJllathantel- Es 4., of Mound-house, Notting-hill. On the 9th inst., at St. James's Church, Francis Boynt,no Cowper, Esq., Bt,th Regiment, to Jane Cranstouu, younges t daughter of the late F. H. Macnamara, Esq., 62d Regiment' On the Bth i ns t., at St. Michael's, Lewes, Joseil2 l l Doyle, Esq., t o Ellen Louisa, eldest da ug ht er o f Edwil , r Beard, Esq. DIED. On the Bth inst., at Dover, Lieutenant-Colonel Baldwin , On the sth inst., at Worcester, aged 88, Ann, relict of tb: 11 late Humphrey Chamberlain, Esq., Alderman of that and last of the ancient family of Dray cot, of Draycot-in" the Moors, Staffordshire. On the 6th inst., Joanna, wife of Mr. E. W. Vidler, of, lligh-street, Holton. On the 6th inst., at Leicester, John Simmonds Nedh*a! Esq., eldest son of John Nedham, Esq., aged 30. On the Bth inst., at Hampstead, Samuel M. Heath, 0.41 of the Rev. Samuel Clark. On the Bth inst., aged 29, George, eldest son of Abraya l , l . 2 Alexander, Esq., of Park-street, Bristol. On the 7th inst., at Putney, aged 60, Evan Morris, F- 486 1" of the Inner Temple. At Cheltenham, on the Bth inst., Charlotte Richardson- On the 2tl inst., at Brighton, aged 85, James WElhill e Y' Esq., for many years a resident in ne eity of Baltimore. ------- London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, 01 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 1 ?: Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county 0 , Middlesex, Saturday, January 11, 1851. %, t at ° If br 4 _ Ata ) (11. ( ,01 1 . 41 1A 1,t /I()