The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-19 00:00:00

1.4.7e0 417 r o tzutirto-1, EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a S;:eci%l Jury.) BIRCHALL AND ANOTHER V. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION C 33IPAN Y. This was an action to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract. Mr. Crowder, Mr. H. Hill, and Mr. Unthank appeared for the plaintiffs, and Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Knowles for the company. Mr. CROWDER, in stating the case to the jury, said the plaintiffs, Messrs. Birchali, were wool merchants at Leeds, and they brought this action to recover 5781. 13s. Id. being the balance of the amount of value of 42 bales of wool which the General Steam Navigation Coin pany had agreed to convey to Hall, but which were de. stroyed by tire in consequence of not performing their contract. It appeared that on the 17th of September, 1849, a sale of wool took place at the Hall of Commerce, at which a broker named Buckler purchased 42 bales fur the plaintiffs, for 7281. 12.,% 7d. The conditions of the sale were, that the goods should be paid for at the end of fourteen days from the time of purchase ; three days' "grace," however, were - allowed beyond the fourteen days by the proprietors of the warehouses or docks where the goods were deposited, and if they were not conveyed away by the expiration of that period, all risk, as well as charge for rent, fell upon the buyer. When the wJol was purchased it was lying in the warehouse of Messrs. Gooch and Cousens, at 63, London-wall. The fourteen days and the three days' grace expired on the 4th of October, and on that day Buckler went to the office of the Steam Navigation Company, and made arrangements fur the conveyance of the wool. Ho gave the delivery order to a person in the office, who undertook to dispatch the goods on the following day by one of the company's boats. That promise was, however, not kept. Oa the night of the 6th of October a dreadful fire took place in London-wall, destroying property to the value of more than 170,0001., and among other premises, those of Messrs. Gooch and Cousens. The wool was burnt in the flames, with the exception of a small quantity, which was deducted as salvage from the original cost. The Learned Counsel con'ended that under these circumstances the defendants ought to bear the loss, as the goods would not have been destroyed had they fulfilled their contract to re meve thcm from the warehouse at the time specified. The CHIEF BARON wished to know whether the Learned Counsel could refer to any authorities, as this appeared to him to be an action of a very novel character. Mr. CROWDER replied that he was not prepared with any particular authorities, but he apprehended there was a good ground of action. The CHIEF BARON said he knew no ono instance in which a lws of this description had been recovered under such a contract. Could it be said if a man was injured by another, and prevented attending the death bed of a relative, who, in consequence, cuts him out of his will with a billing, that the individual so injured could recover the loss ho had sustained ? The fire by which the pr)perty was desteoyed was not an ordi nary, natural, or legitimate consequence of the breach of contract, and therefore the defendants, in his opinion, could not be held responsible for the loss. _ _ _ Several witnesses were called, who proved the facts detailed above. SIC FREDERICK THESIGER was about. to aidn as the j ary, when _ . - The CHIEF BARON told the jury he was of opinion that, under the contract, the plaint►ff, could only recover n Nmtnal damages, as the loss sustained arose from a purely accideAal circumstance, which no party could reasonably anticipate or foresee. There was simply a breach of cont-act in not removing the goods at the spew tiA time, and under the circumstances he should direct them to find a verdiet for the plaintiffs with the nominal damages of ls. The jury accordingly returned a verdict for the plain tiffs—Damgges is. Mr. CROWDER tendered a bill of exceptions to the Learned Judge's summing up. His LORDSHIP refused to certify for costs, observing that he would not encourage speculative actions in the superior courts. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. ESTABLISHMENT OF STEAM COMMUNICA TION WITH BHAZEL. her Majesty's Government have concluded a contract with the Royal Mail Steam Packet C3mpany for the conveyance, by steam-packets, of the mails between this country and Brazil. The first packet under this contract will leave Southampton on the 9th January flex., after the arrival at that place of the day mail from London, and the ser vice will thenceforward be cnntinued by packets sailing from Southampton monthly and calling at Lisbon, Ma deira, Teneriffe, St. Vincent (Cape de Verds),'Pernam buco, and Bahia, on the route to Rio de Janeiro. A branch steam packet will proceed, on the arrival at Rio de Janeiro of the packet from England, to Monte Video and Buenos Ayres. The mails for Brazil and the other places mentioned will be made up in London on the morning of the 9th of each month, except when the 9th happens to fall on a Sunday, when the mails will be make up and dispatched from London on the morning of the following day. As the new line of packets established between this country and the Cape of Good Hope. as well as these packets, will touch at the Cape de Verd Islands, the letters and newspapers for those islands will "be for warded by either line of packets, acc3rding to the time such letters, may be posted. Tho rates of postage upon letters end newspapers furwarde.l by these packets will be the same as are at present chargeable to the respective places, viz.:— Rio do Janeiro, letters not exec), (Log half an ounce, 23. 9 I.; rewspap.rs, free. Teneriffedetters not exceeding half an ounce, Is. 103.; ne , spape7s, 2(1. Bahia, letters not exceeding half an ounce, 2s. 91; newspapers, free. _ . - LiA)on, letters not exceeding half an ounce, if. 91.; newspapers, 21. . • St. Vincent (Cape de Verds), Lett,-rs not exeeelii g half an ounce, 13. 10d.; neNspapers, 2d. Monte Video, letters not exceeding half an ounce, 29. 7:l._;_nevr.oape:s, free. Madeir . a, letters not exceeding half an ounce, 13. I Od.; newspapers, 2d. Pein - ambnc-i, letters not exceeding half an ounce, 2s. 9 ; newspuprs, free. Barnes - Ayres, letters not exam ing half an ctrlce, 2s. 7,1 ; newspap.rs, free. Poittaasters will bear in mini that letters, Scc., in tended to be transmitted by the Brazil packets must in fu:are be sent to London instead of to Falmouth as he:•etofure. FRANCE. The Charnbre du Conseil of 'the tribunal of the Seine yesterday decreed that Alleis, the police agent of the Assembly, shall be tried by the Tribunal of Correctionra Police for having made what the law calls a cßiumnious denunciation, in connexion with the elk ged Bonapartist plot, for the assassination of General Uhangarnier and the President of the As3em bix, The trio' will probably commence on the 24th. SPAIN. Ma4rid journals of the 13th have arrived. The Minister of Finance was to bring forward tie Budget on the following day. Cabrera, Elio, Gomez, and other Carlist chiefs, are endeavouring to organize an insurrection in Catalonia. The Ministerial — journals state the expenditures for 1851 were to be reduced to 1,0.50 millions of reals ; that is 150 millions less than in 1850. Persons, how ever, believe that the reduction will only figure in the ordinary budget, and that the 150 millions will be transferred to the extraordinary budget. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 13.—Tbe Three per Cents. were done at 34 15-16 for time ; the Four per Cents. at 128 ; the Five per Cents. at 128 ; the Debt without Interest at 3i ; and the Coupons at 7. Dividend per Amount Name of Company. raid. Minim. Share. Albion .. •• •• •• •• • • •• .1111ance Brit. and For. Zr. 10s. 7114s6d&bs 61. per Tit. A s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 X s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 10 0 16 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 All paid. 5 0 0 Ditto Marine. • • • • • • Atlas ......... Argus Life •••• • • • • iritish Commercial .• Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life Eagle •• -- t'aropean Life •• •• •• General •• .......... GlDbe Glarch an • ... • • • • • • • • Imperial Fire ••• • •• imperial Life • • •• • • indemnity Marine.. •• Law Fire ............ Law life • • • • • • .. Legal and General Life Licensed Victuallers Lundcn Fire •• •• •• •• London Ship farine • • - • • • • • •• • • .. 3fed. Invlid& Gen. Life .I . ational Lean Fund.. , iational Life.... Palladium Life . •- eticenix Professional Life.. •• Provident Life— dock Life............ +loyal Exchange. ion Fire.. . Date. Life ....• United Kingdom •• ilmiversal Life cleteria Life.... 139.6 d. 41. per cent. Price 7s. 6d. spr at& bo. 81. 14s. 2000 61. per cent. 51. & bonne. 121. per ccnt. 12e. 11. eh. & be. Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 11. 16s. 45 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 145 i 6k 11 133 10s. 10s. 15s.per share 441. per ct. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. sh. &bs. 51. per cent. 11. ss. & bs. ss. 61. p.ct. k bs. 61. 10s. 11. 61. 41. p. ct. & bs. 10% ct.k be. 51. per ont. 5 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 stock. 20 0 01 100 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 4 12 6 230 16% 43 43 45 155 165.0 d 6q 211 209 1117.A.T21/L-W0R.883. Dividend Amount Name ef Company. 1 per of Paid. Price. 1 Annum. Sitars. --- I - A 1. d. A s. d. East L0nd0n...... •• • • ' 81. per cent. 100 0 0 - 160 Grand Janctien •• •• • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 71 Kent................ 31. 103. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 New Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - 57% Vauxhall ............ 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex . . . 61.05. pr cnt. - - 111 DOGMA. Dividend Amount Name ef Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A s. d. A s. d. Commercial .......... 4/. pr cent. Stock. - 84 East and West India... 61. pr cont. Stock. - 144 East Country - - London 51. pr cent. Stock. - 119% Ditto Bonds •••• •• .. 41. per cent. - - - it. Katharine ........ 4 per eent. Stock. - 78 Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. - - - iouthampton •• ...... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 9% lIIIIDGEB Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of \ Paid. Price Annum. Share. -., y- A. s. d. A. a. 0. - •haring-cross • • • • .• •• - - 15 - Sonthwrk ••..•• • • .. , - 100 0 0 -8% Ditto Nw of 73% p.o. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .... •••• .• • • - 100 0 0 - 3 Dittl Old Ann. °flit. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 25 Ditto Nw ditto Of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 213 .rauxhall .... .• • Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 CANALS. • . Dividend , Names of ,4 , Dividend Names of 41, ' per Companies. t .a per ; Price. Censpanies. 4 I Alumna. Price. 1 c Annum. VD 1 I X 1 ----...- ...--- •-........-- ---- A.shtn& 197 971 21. 113 Macclesfield • 100 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley•• •• ;160, 121. 180 Neath •• •• • • 100 , 161. 340 lirknk&.kbrg ' 150 SI. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100' 201. 186 21Irmingham ;40 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.... 1100 251. 2CO 'Regent's.... 33 1 11. Os. 18% Derby ••• .• ;100 G. 63' Rochdale.... 85 1 41. 42 Ellsmre&Chs; 133 353. 26% Somrset Coal 150 71.105. - 4randJunctnlloo 41. I G 5% Do.LkFd it 12! 61. p. c. - Do.. 6 pr.Ct. l 7% - 8 4 Stffril &Worc 140 ! 281. 405 Grand Surrey, 100 21. Os. 33% Shrewsbury.. 1251 - - „rand Union' 100 IL 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 ! 201. 290 Itennt & Anti 39 7s. 6d. 4 Severn and) Lancaster . 1 100 41. 32 Wye Ball. i 26 21. Os. 24 Leeds& Livrp 100 241. 325 Warwick& ? Leicester .... ;100 Si. 66 itirming. j 100 41. 643( :.eicstr &Nth 83 41. 4854 Wanvick&-1 h„,,, . 'I , 42 Loughboregh 142 701. 510 Napton.. j n. Aonmouthsh, 100 81. - Worcstr &"1 ., , ‘lntg..mrysl3lloo - - Birming. 78 . 4 - 40 % VieltnAlwbry 100 - I - Wilts & Brks -11 x. 6% OAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- - , S. s. . Z. s. d. British ••••••• • • • • • - 11. 40 0 18 0 0 13 Ditto Provincial •• • • 11. Bs. 20 0 20 0 0 1736 llcighton ••••..• • • • • • 51. 20 0 - - City of London .. •• •• 61. 100 0 150 0 0 - :ontinentalConsolidat. 925. 76 0 31 6 0 - T.quitable -•••.•.. • • • • 505. 50 0 60 0 0 - imperial • • .... ••• • • • 31. 50 0 50 0 0 73 Independent ....... • • 61. 40 0 40 0 0 , 48 i,ondon• • .... •••• • • • • - 50 0 50 0 0 - 50 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 2 10 0 i - Phomix ............. 4%1. ,50 0 49 A 0 , 28% Ratcliff ..... ........ 51. ' 1100 0 90 0 0 ' - United General .. •• • • 11. 50 0 50 0 0 i 15 3 t Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 - ! 48% Ditto, New •• -- -12 s. 50 0 10 0 0 ; 9 % WEST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of • Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s• d - Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 202 3aledonlan Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% .111ydesdale Bank ••• • • • 554 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 e 13% ;ommercial Bank Eastern Bank .. •• • Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 4% Esehsulgeßnk of Scot 4l. per cont. 100 0 0 50 0 0 13% !rational Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% gorthof Scotlandßank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 21.115. Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 133 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per Cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 883¢ Western Bank. ••• . • . 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 713 Affiance Fire and Life .1341. pr cent 10 0 0 10 .3 0 20% British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur !Ol. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 17s Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Incur sl.per cent, 100 0 0 15 0 0 I 2G34 Eng. & Scot. Law Life 61. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 214 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 21. Os National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 245.0 d North British Incur. - 151. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 26 Scottish Union Insrace. i%l. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 20.6 d 4tandard Life •.•• - • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 10 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0• 0 17s 6d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ..------...--- X. e. d. S. e. 41. Assam Tea ••••• • . • . • - 20 0 0 20 0 0 4% Luctitn M art •••• • • • • 2/. ss. 50 0 0 - 28 tustralian Agricultnrl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15% Australian Trust •• - 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20 knglo-Mexican Mint.. U. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 34 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 5 British American Land - - 38 10 0 - Canada ... • • ........ 61. percent. 100 0 0 134 10 0 104% Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - - Ditto ditto .... 61. per cent. - - - City Navigation Bonds 3 i per cent. - - 96 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 eo Equitable Reversienry 5 p.c.&bs. 5 , 100 0 0 i 100 0 0 108 50 0 0 - 50% Gen. Steam Navigation 11. Bs. 15 00i14 0 0 27% Hudson's 8ay...-. • • - Stock. - _ Hungerrord ...... •• .. 2/. s s. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution .• • - - '7B 15 0 - New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto. New .. .... • • - 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Russell Institution.. •• - - 26 5 0 - Peninsl r & Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 873 Reversionary Int. Soc. 1361. pr cent. ,100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 l %opal Mail Steam.... 4/. p. share. 'lOO 0 0 60 0 0 70 South Australian ....• 11. per share.t 25 0 0 25 0 0 24 1 Van Diemen's Land . - 100 0 0 29 0 0 - The Cheltenham Looker-on announces that a mili tary steeple-chase, by the officers of the 16th (Queen's) Lancers, has been arranged to come off in the neighbour hood of Cheltenham, on Friday, the 27th instant. None but officers of the regiment are to be allowed to ride, and these only their own horses. The chase will take place in Prestbury Park, and it is expected that eight or ten horses will start. TESTIMONIAL TO THE DEAN OF HEREFORD Many of the friends of education being desirous of express ing their sense of the Dean of Hereford's (Rev. R. Dawes) services, and of their sympathy with the caausoenthhaitsto hP(n quittingso hase t Lim ably wjh a and pi epractically plate p a r s om a o ted, testimonial,hav ( . 5 greed the scene of his very useful labours. The natives of the bishop, the dean, and the archdeacon of Winche s t er h ea d the subscription list.-- Iferefixd Journal.- COUNTY COURTS. (From the Blackburn Standard.) 1 We mentioned in our last that an order had been issued from the Treasury directing a large reduction in the fees in those courts, and a general expectation prevailed that some public notice would be taken by the Judge of the circumstance. This proved to be correct, for, on taking his seat, his Honour addressed the Court as follows : Since the last sitting of the Court, the Secretary of State for the Home Department has sent for my infor mation and guidance a copy of an order which, by the County Court Extension Act, he was authorised, with the consent of the Lords of the Treasury, to make, al tering the fees to be taken in County Courts. It is diffis cult to suppose that it could have been the real inten tion of the Legislature that the expense of a County Court summons should be greater than that of a Queen's Bench writ; yet such was the legal effect of the last statute with :regard to demands approaching fifty pounds; the former statute having directed that a pay ment should be made by every plaintiff for a sum ex ceeding forty shillings, of one shilling in the pound of his demand, towards a fund for providing court-houses and offices, and paying the principal and interest of moneys borrowed for that purpose, and the new Act having declared that the two Acts should be construed as one Act. Some re preseetations were made by the traders of this town, and of Preston and other places, through their representatives in Par liament to the Government upon the subject, and the consequence is that the Secretary of State has, by this new order, directed that the payment to this fund shall in no case exceeding 201. be greater than thirteen shillings and fourpeace; and in cases under that amount ehall be reduced from a shilling to eight pence in the pound. Considering how great a discou ragement so large a payment was to parties suing for demands exceeding twenty pounds, one may be more surprised that there were any such suits brought in County Courts, than that their number should be small; there have, however, been some in almost every part of this circuit. The order directs that those parties who have paid more than twenty shillings to this fund in any case shall have the surplus returned to them upon application at the clerk's office. The scale of costs under the former Act contained a multiplicity of small charges, and it left room for much difference of opinion as to the amounts properly charge. able; so teat the sums actually charged varied, not merely between circuit and circuit, but even between the different courts in the same circuit. The only mode by which the majority of the parties could pay was by instalments, and it became necessary for the plaintiffs to inquire from time to time whether the instalments had been paid; to answer such inquiries the clerk had to search the books, and for this search the scale allowed him a fee. This fee was loudly complained of, as if it were charged in every instance, though that was very far from being the case, fur many of the clerks charged nothing for searches. Those clerks who were liberal in this respect were confounded with those who were, I will not say rapacious, for they took only what the law awarded, and many of them were miserably raid, but less liberal. The new order removes all cause of com plaint by the suitors on this score, for it directs the clerk to give notice, by a prepaid post letter, of every payment made into court. And as it reduces the number of charges and regulates most of them by a per-centage on the amount sued for, there . will be less, if any, room for differences of charge between one court and another throughout the realm. I apprehend, too, that this mode of charging by a per-tentage will be considered more just in itself, and therefore more satisfactory to the par- ties who have to pay. The satisfaction given by its application to the duties of customs led, in the last ses sion, to its extension to the duties of stamps, and may be expected to lead to its general application throughout our taxation. — The effect of the new order will be that the summons will cost less than it did before, whilst the he aring will cost rather more. And upon the whole the expense of litigating small demands will be diminished. In an ad- dress which I made in this court upon the passing of the Extension Act, explaining its provisions, I remarked that the County Courts were not merely self-supporting, but were contributing a large sum to the public treasury; and I ventured to say I thought it a mean thing for the Government of a great country to be receiving any part of its revente from the pockets of suitors of County Courts, most of whom were humble, and many necessi tous. In the formation of a new scale I think the Se cretary of State has endeavoured to make them merely self-supporting, without returning a surplus to the Go vernment : his men ef business seem to have taken care to be on the right side, and I still expect a surplus. It was no part of the duty of the Secretary of State to abo lish the general fund payment, or the payment exacted for the judge, though the judges are no longer paid by fees, but by salaries; these are questions for the conside ration of the legislator. I may be excused for saying I can see no reason, if it be proper that the judges of the high courts should be paid their salaries, and have court rooms provided for them at the expense cf the public, and not from the pockets of their suitors, who are com paratively rich, why the salaries of the judges of the County Courts and the court-rooms should not be paid and provided at the expense of the public, and not from the pockets of their suitors, who are comparatively poor. If a man have the misfortune to be robbed we do not charge him a per-tentage upon the value of the goods stolen, when he comes to prosecute the thief, nor do we fix the amount of that per-tentage, so asjust to pay the judges, gaolers, and rural police: so far from it, we con sider that he does the State a service by prosecuting, and we pay him the coats of the prosecution. Whilst rs e acknowledge that criminal courts are established, and ought to be maintained for the benefit and at the expense of s( ciety at large, can we say that civil courts are not established. and ought not to be maintained in the same manner? Does the legal fiction by which prosecutions fur wrongs c,,mmittei, are said to be carried on in the name of the Queen, whilst suits for rights withheld are carried on in the name of the party, make a real differ ence? Are not civil courts established not so much for the benefit of the few who have the misfortune to require them in their own cases, as for the many who by reason of their existence, example, and salutary action, have no need to apply to thew? It so, ought not these payments by individual suitors for judges' salaries and court-houses to be abolished? Tte other fees exigible on civil process would be enough to discourage wanton litigation. The man indeed who will not do his neighbour right until he be made to do so by due course of law, has no right to complain if he be made to pay the reasonable C6Eti of the proceedings; and by this argument the high costs of the superior courts are sometimes attempted to be justified by those who are forgetful of the fact that the people who r. quire the coercion of the law are al most always reckless men in embarrassed circumstances, little able to pay the plaintiff his debt, quite unable to pay debt and costs too; so that the payment of the costs in practice falls upon the plaintiffs in most cases in the high courts, and frequently, though not so often, in the County Courts also. We know that up to the end of 1849 one million two hundred and fifty-two thousand and seventeen actions were brought in the County Courts: we do not know how many debts during that time were paid from a con sciousness that if not paid actions might have been brought in the County Court for them; nor how many persons have been restrained from imprudently con tracting debts. I fancy I can discover the efficacy of the courts in this respect, especially in regard to young men. By a return recently published, it appears that the number of plaints throughout the realm was, in 1847 429,215—in this circuit 1848 427,611 do. 1849 395,191 do. The sums sued for were in 1848 £1,346,802—in this circuit £16,333 1849 The number of plaints will be smaller this year, partly because the times are better for the working classes, and partly because some of the courts have been to some ex tent paralysed by the abridgment of our power to im prison. I cannot but think that if due consideration had been given to the fact that people are not imprisoned by County Courts for mere indebtedness, but only for fraud, or fur that wilful nonpayment, being able to pay, which amounts to misconduct deserving punishment; and that ascertained by a trial before the judge in open_ court, the imprisonment of such offenders in Houses of Correction woald not have been objected to. The imprisonments in this circuit were surprisingly few; but being chiefly in the House cf Correction, were exemplary, and proba bly, on that account, were few. Though the actions during the three years ; were 15,787, the actual imprison- ments wero only 209; and of these a considerable number were for a day or two only, the parties being let go on payment of the debt, or part of it. The most anxious part of the duty of the judge is the hearing these applications .for commitment; that this duty has not been harshly performed in this circuit is proved by the fact that there were only 209 actual im prisonments), though the judge made 627 orders for commitment. The memorial of the Preston traders to the Secretary of State, before alluded to, prayed also for the restora tion of the right of the creditor to imprison his debtor upon mesne process. I have not heard that the, Secre tary of State gave them any hopes that this part of their prayer would be granted. Tie common gaol of this great county being situated within this circuit, I have had to hear the cases of about fifteen hundred insolvent debtors confined in Lancaster Castle; and I am free to own that the present system of insolvency law does give creditors great reason to complain. I think, however, that the remedy is not to be - found in any arbitrary power of imprisonment of the debtor at the mere will and pleasure of the creditor; but that imprisonment should be awarded by the impartial judgment of a com petent court, after bearing both parties, or after giving both putties the opportunity of being heatd; and when once the sentence was passed, there should be no power of discharge without payment of the debt, and perhaps not even on pay meet of the debt. It would be au irks , oree duty, and I know no court on which it ceuld so e tll he thrown as the County Court of the domicile cf the party. Son.e of the traders' numorial< prayed fur the aboli• L ion of our sy stem of pay meets by instalments, or the restriction of it to dt bls under 201. I take have to say that we mimht as well diw up the County Ct urts at once as give up the payment by insialtneets; the class of persons with whom we chiefly have to do eetn only pay out of their :uture t arningv. They are, now that wages are high and employment plentiful, gradually rubbing off the debts they contracted during tie bad times. Shepket pers who have debts so contracted, must be con tent to have them so discharged. I concur in the opinion lately expressed by Mr. Jones, the judge of the Carnar vonshire circuit, who said, " As to the propriety of the application of the system of payment by instalments to sums abbve-201., some of the judges of ,the. County Cc urie, seem inclined to draw a Strict fine:in-this respect; but after having given the subject much consideration, I must decline to do so. A man who owes 501. may re quire time to pay it quite ai much as one v h.) owes 201. A clerk may need a system 01 instalments suited to the time his salary paid, as much as a labourer; the only differenc is that his periodical receipts are larger, but so also may be his debts." A return shows that the greatest number of actions was in the Clerkenw , ll Circuit, No. 42, viz., 14,355: the smallest in the Dorsetshire Circuit, No. 56, viz , 3.283. The total money received in all the Courts dining the year 1849 was 780,6841. 9s. Bd.: the amount received in this circuit was 11,980/. 16s. Bd. The greatest amount of sums stied for was in the Wes tminster Circuit, No. 45, viz., 38,541: the smallest in the Nottingham Circuit, No. 18, viz., 10,6844 The judge of the Gloucester Circuit is returned as having sat the greatest number of days, viz., 213: pos sibly he may not have sat so many different days, but may have held that number of courts, holding two of the smaller ones in one day. The judge of this circuit sat 183 different days; only one other judge is returned as having sat so often. The judge of the Lambeth Circuit is returned as having sat the fewest days, viz, 67. In two circuits, Manchester and Whitechapel, there were no jury trials; in four other circuits there were altogether thirteen jury trials; but the pasty demanding the jury did not get the verdict i❑ any of them. In the adjoining circuit of West Lancashire•, No. 5, there was only one jury trial, and the fatty who de manded it did not obtain a verdict. In this circuit there were ten; the party demanding the jury obtained the verdict in four of them. Throughout the kingdom the parties demanding juries did not obtain verdicts in half the cases. The fewness of the cases in which juries are asked for shows that great confidence is reposed in the judges; and the fewn( as of the instances in which those who de • mand juries obtain verdicts shows that they are ce mauded for some cause which is not the justice of the case of the party making the - demand. I incline to think that in this circuit they have been asked fur more from ignorance than from any other causes. The cities have been generally those where the demand was for un liquidated damages, fur which this is a popular mode of trial, and one in favour with judges, for it relieves them from a troublesome responsibility. The juries consist, not of twelve, but of fire persons; and it seems to me that the responsibility is more felt by being less divided; and that the verdicts have been as satisfactory and as much in accordance with the sum mings up of the judge as are the verdicts given at the assizes. The Law Times expresses some surprise that the term should have passed over without a single appeal trom a County Court, and infers from thence that the decisions have been more satisfactory than was expected by the London lawyers: there has hitherto been little seed sown, and not time enough for the crop to ripen. The gross reeeipts of eighty-one clerks are returned as under 501. ea.:h ;. three of the gentlemen who act as clerks within thia circuit are included iu this number; every one of them pays more to his writing clerk than the gross receipts from his office; and yet every one of them atteuda.in person at every court, and maintains a constant supervision of the proceedings of his office. I do not believe that those zmalous advocates for economy in public expenditure, Sir Joshua Walmsley or Mr. Cob den, when they were is tract ever payed the clerks in their counting-houses so poorly as some of the county clerks are paid; or the porters in their warehouses so poorly as some of the high bailiffs. The whole receipts of five of the clerks did not amount to 201. each. In ten of the courts the clerks' receipts were between one and two thousand pounds each, and one court above two thou sand; but upon these courts the Government places its paw, puts the clerks upon salaries of five hundred a year, and takes the surplus. I hear little complaint o this, but surely out of that surplus something might have been allowed to those poor clerks who at the end of each year have been left to calculate their loss end reflect upon their usefulness. Some savers of sixpenc, s have indeed suggested that these courts should be sup pressed; they would, however, find upon inquiry that some of the smallest receipts have been in the largest districts, where the population is spare, and where great incoliveniunce would be occasioned to the inhabitants by the distances they would be compelled to travel for the trial, and still more for the payment of their small in stalments. It is the boast of the courts that they bring justice home to the doors of the lit oplo throughout the length and breadth of the land; that boast would be vain if a po r man could not walk from his home in the morning, have his cause tried, and walk home again at night; this he ca❑ now generally do, but be could not if those courts a ere suppress. d. I say generally, for I have sometimes hadto sit until la'e hours at night, and have been made to know and feel that the Ten Hours Act does not extend to county judges. These returns are important, not merely as showing the great amount of business dune in the County Courts, but as showing how great must have been the practical denial of justice under the system which these courts have superseded; and because they will set men a thinking whether advantage cannot be taken of them in other matters than fifty pound causes; these are subjects to which time will not permit me to advert to-day, but which we may consider upon some future occasion. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, D.c. 17. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTEsox.) John Robinson, a clerk at the Wadsisy station, on the Manchester, Sheffield, an.: Lincolnshire Railway, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Eliza Newt( n, at Ecclesfi , l(l, near Sheffield, on the 30th of October last. Mr. Hall (Mr. Boothby with him) stated the case for the prosecution, and called Miss Eliza Newton, a restectable-looking young lady, living wi'h her mother at Fox-hill, near Sheffield. She deposed that on the 30th October last, she met the ac cused, whom she had known for about 18 months pro. vitals, at a wedding party. After the party prisoner es. corted her home, and on reaching tt.e garden gate of her mother's house he put his arm round her waist and began kissing her as soon as they ascended into the garden. She tried ,to release herself, but in vain, and he nearly strangled her ; he proceeded to further vio lence, and she screamed out several times. He stopped her cries by putting his mouth to hers, and nearly suffo cated her. He threw her down and c ffccted his purpose, and she became insensible. On her censciouseess re turning she found ho was raising her up. She had lost her shoe in the struggle, and tee prisoner gave it to her and put it on. She went to the door. Her mother came to the door, and the prisoner ,ran up to ber, put out his hand to shake hands, saying, " Hood night, good night, Mrs. Newton. Witness said at the same time, On, mother, why did you not come to the door? She went in and immediately told her mother, who put wit ness to bed. The following morning she was in a very excited state, but was able to go out in the afternoon, and did go to the bride's. She went at three and re turned at six o'clock. She did nit tell what was the matter with her. The prisoner came and knocked at the door, her mother opened it, and he said to witness. " You see, lam not afraid to come." She observed, it appears not. He then said, " Your mother has accused 11:10 of committing a rape on yeti. Can you look we in the face and say so?" She said sbe could, and he knew he had ruined her. He answered, "No such thing, Miss Newton, I never injured You in my life. I admit I did not do what I ought to do, but I did no more than any other man would have done." She said, "You have ruined me." He then turned to her mother, and said, " Mrs. Newton, if your daughter proves with child I swear I will marry her." Her mother said, "If he would marry her he must do it now or suffer the rigour of the law." He replied, "21arry her now I cannot, but I will come up to - morrow, and we will see if we can't come to some reconciliation." Her mother said he must not. He said then he would come the follow ing day. Her mother said he must not come there any more. a irnr au li gnie b e, o u ebn t utt t s so i haseu support r n t t d h ae s cwi iinf previous guinea or a poun d a wee k . hadhthought had r p dh r hs p e o e s b e a a d l d a a r m y Cross-examined—Her mother's is three miles from Sheffield, and where the wedding was was three-quarters of a mile farther. The station where the prisoner wee is half a mile below her mother's. Her mother's house is in a row of four, and there are other houses on the opposite side of the road, which is wide, and her mother's stands back three or four yards, the entrance to the garden where the outrage took place being by six steps. The prisoner occasionally came to their house, and she, when she went by the train to Sheffield, or had to meet any one, went to the station where he was master. lie had given her a kiss in her mother's house several times. She did nut fall down by slipping on the flags. On the Friday she went to the station to go to Sheffield, and the prisoner came up to her and said, " How could you stand by and make such accwations against me, when you know the) are not true?" She answered, he knew they were true, and that she was a ruined girl by him. lie went away, but soon returned, and then said, " I do not intend to marry you; sooner than be made a dupe of I would rot in prison." Mr. Shaw, a surgeon, came to see her, and examined her. hhe did not scratch the prisoner. They have a dog, but he is very old, deaf, and blind. _Re-examined by Mr. HALL.—Sho had heard priso ner's salary was a guinea or a sovereign a week. She had never given him a kiss. She had lost her brooches; her ear-rings were bent, and her ears torn. Her age is 24. Mrs. NPLaurie, the bride, when she went to her house, asked her what troubled her. She replied sbe was in great trouble. Mrs. M'Laurie asked what it was, and she answered she would know soon enough. Mrs. Newton corroborated her daughter's evidence as far as she was cognizant of the affair, and also deposed to the state of prosecutor's clothes,' linen, &c , which showed that violence had been used towards her. Medical evidence was also called, which proved that the capital t.tlctice had bete committed. Mr. OVEREND (Mr. Hardy with him) addressed the jury for the prisoner. He said he had confided to him the itrervsts and future prospects of a young man who had, up to the time of this charge, borne an irreproach able character. He complained of the dramatic manner in which the cave had been opened. lie submitted that it was I xtrenaely improbable that the prisoner should think of attempti,g to couswit such an t ffenco near to the door opening into the room ahem Huth pro secutrx and prisoner exoected to find the mother wait ing fir her. He submitted tlott the prosecutrix ciid trot make the outcry or the resistance which p:uved tuques tionably non .consent. Two - vs ittlesves were then called, who gave the prist,uer a good character. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up. He told the jury the charge was twofold, a felonious assattl<, or a coma on assault, and they vv,:uld say which it was, if either. He said it. was a remarkable case, and required their par ticular attention. For the prosecution the ease was, that what was done was against the consent of the prosects• trix; for thelriSener the case was, first, that the act wear,9 4 d6ii . e;,44 afeondly, if it was, that it was with the , equmht cf the kpaecetrix. Thejory retired, and after being absent from fire GERMANY. Hesse-Cassel will be represented at Dresden by M. Hissenpflug ; the change in the person of the Austrian representative has been already stated ; Count Buol-Schauenstein, who is substituted for M. Werner, is a relative of Baron Meyendorf, the Rus sian Ambassador in Vienna. Count Alvensleben is the Prussian Envoy ; M. Von der Vfordten will re present Bavaria ; M. Von Neursth is mentioned for Wurtemberg, but is not yet formally appointed ; M. Von Manteuffel and Prince Schwarzenberg will be present only at the first stage of the proceedings. TURKEY, We have received Constantinople journals to the 4th. They announce that the Sultan continued to ta'ae an active part in the adininistration of public 'affairs. They contain nothing to confirm the al leged discovery of a plot for his assassination. The last accounts from Aleppo are to the 231 ult. Tranquillity was perfectly established ; the dis turbances which had been apprehended at Atstab, Berejik, and other parts of Syria, had not taken place; the principal chiefs of the insur- Tection had been arrested and sent to Constanti nople. The Journal de Constantinople states that there was no truth in the report that Omer Pacha had been defeated in Bosnia by the insur gents, and compelled to take refug e in the Austrian territory. lie, on the contrary, had defeated the rebels wherever he had met with them. The same journal announces that the commission formed ei Frenchmen and Turks for the. revision of the evert. and import tariffs between Prance and Turkey had entirely terminated it, labours, and that a new tariff will shortly come into operation. L c(anplains that the branch of the Bank of Fr a / 4 ce at Mars, illes had refused to discount the billa drawn by the Bank of. Constantinople on its agents. The cholera had broken out at Mecca, and had committed great ravages. The King of Greece \ a.. Odsaving conferred crosses of the Order of the Saviour _ i .-- : V.l‘, : : \ .' '—ie:7 I:?..the Grand Vizier and other high functionaries, --- :•-• rk vi -.--- ,- , 6 'Sultan had sent the Nichan Iltihar in brilliants to ; , ' a 9ic Greek Ministers, to the King's aide-de-camp, 1; - = C'- -%,;(l.9tther persons. i ' ,, ••-., ‘e't7dA f,-- -7-, ._.-7i I, %.- 1 ,1 -7` ... .--,; GREECE. k, e -- _—, -:_ - Athens journals of the Bth have arrived. %\z?\.A...ir._ . :1 i'---f - - 1-- - 3 - - <the Senate presented an address to the Queen in ---- l a . t. reply to the speech from the throne. The Courrier SUN. complains that the Chamber of Deputies in its sit ting of the 2,1 had declared valid 25 elections without the slightest examination, although some of them were notoriously illegal, and in others the deputies had not attained the age required by law. ITALY. We learn from the Risorgimento of Turin of the 14th that the editor of the journal of the Papal party, La Campana, was condemned on the 11 th by the Court of Appeal to a year's imprisonment and 2,000 E fine for three articles, constituting an offence against the sacred person of the King, the jury having been unanimous in its verdict of guilty. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six o'cLocx. No business doing. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COlll - STOCK. From the Oficial List. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17. JOINT-STOCIC, BANES. Name of Company. iustralasia • • •• •• • • •• Britshliorth American Ceylon • • • • .. • • • • • • • • Commercial of London C010nia1........ Gloucestershire ...... lonian • • • • • • .. • • .. Londn and Westminstr Ditto •• ............ London Joint-Stock ... Provincial of Ireland • . Ditto, New. ..... • • •• National of Ireland .. gat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New. ... •• .. South Australia .. • ... Union of Australia.. • • Ditto ........•• •• gnioa of London.•• .. Union of Madrid . DiVidend per Annum. 245. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. par cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. Q. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61, per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. Arecan t of Share. 2 s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 AO 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 IN 5 IMAM C X COMPANIES. THE Paid. A i. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 LO f', THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER l9, 1850, nutes to four o'clock till half-past nine, returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy on the ground of his prt,viom good character, and that he was at the time under the influence of liquor. Sentence deferred. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIRD COURT. (Before tire COMM ,N SERGEANT.) Lydia Allortimer, 19, spinster, surrendered to take her trial for having concealed the birth of her female infant. Mr. Payne prosecuted. It appeared that on the 33 of June last the prisoner went into the service of a gentleman named Bowles, in Bedford-street, Hampstead road; and on the 28th of last month, there being some obstruction to the pipe of the water-closet, a labourer was sent to take it up, and upon so doing he found there what he took to be a por tion of some animal, it being dark when he took it out. He buried a portion in the garden and placed the rest in some utensil. The prisoner seemed very anxious to know what he had found. The next day the labourer found a portion of wt; at he had placed removed, upon which he dug up the rest, rand found it to be the muti lated remains of au infant, Mr. Hardwick, of Robert, street, Hampstead-road, proved examining the remains, which he found to be those of a full-grown female inf Ant, but he could not say if born alive. On the next day he examined the pri soner and found she had been delivered, and she said she bad a child on Mocday week, and that she had cut it up and put it down the closet. Mrs. Cheese, a servant in the service of Mrs. Bowles, proved finding the prisoner very ill. She at the time denied that anything was the matter with her, but sub sequently ownid to it. L) die Pollard, the searcher at the station, said, that prisoner said Le did ❑ut know how she could have been so foolish, as she had a good home in Wiltshire. She thought she must have been mad. That the child bad been born dead. That she had cut it up with a knife, and first hidden it with her dusters, and then thrown it down the watercloset. The prisoner, who is a well-looking young girl, and was in u most pitiable state all the time of the trial, said that when ill she had asked Mrs. Cheese to sit up with her. This proved to be true. The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to mercy on account of the request she had made on the night the child was born. The father, a most respectable-looking old man, who hal come up from Wiltshire, said he had testimonials of her previous good character. She was sent-nced to three months' imprisonment. Ann Scanlan, 36, widow, was indicted for stealing five handkerchief. 4, the property of Juhn Burberry. Mr. Platt prosecuted, and Mr. Robinson defended. The prisoner, who is a careworn, shabby-genteel look ing woman, had ber head covered with a iarge black veil %%hick nearly hid her Gal's-es, and she seemed painfuliy sensible to her degraded position. The evidence offered against her was that of a Mr. Robert Storey who stated that in July last he was shop man to the prosecutors in Regent-street. Ihe prisoner came and asked to look at some articles of hosiery and shirts, and also some handkerchiefs, which were shown to her. Witness, suspecting her, went round the coun ter, and requested her to stand away from it, and wished to know if she had an 3 thing about her, She said she was surprised he should suspect a*person of her respect ability. Witness then saw the harikerchiefs fall from her. She denied the charge, and said that she was needle woman to the Hon. Spencer Cooper's family in Burton street. which proved to be untrue. She was taken into custody, but in consequence of her ill-health and poverty the charge was not followed up. Mr. ROBINSON said he should not struggle with the facts. The jury found her Guilty. Shepherd, a City constable, 544, said sks had been be fore convicted in this court for stealing a book. Mr. PLATT said there were four other charges against her. Mr. ROBINSON said he hoped the Court would be merciful ti her. She was the widow of a gentleman of high literary repute, who died about three yearA ago; she had received small sums of money from the late Sir ItAnrt Peel arid others, and she had been in great distress. The prisoner said she hoped the Court woul,l be mer cit'ul to her this time as she bad known deep misery. Sbe had found her husband dead at her side. Lord Palmerston and others had assisted her, but she was in great distress when she stole the handkerchiefs; but she would go home to her iather, who lived in Wales. She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 18. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates). THE QUEEN V. ♦DOLPHE DE WERDINSKI. In this case the detendant, who was described as a dealer, carrying on business in High Holborn, was charged with having committed an assault upon a young 9.41 of the age of 16, under somewhat peculiar circum stances. It will be found, however, that, in common with tome other prisoners and defendants, he was discharged by proclamation. Shortly after one o'clock, The Fraud jury came into court and handed in the last batch of bills which had been preferred before them. They then complained of some irregularity in reference to the way in which some of the bills of indictment had been laid before them in the early part of the day. The Learned JUDGE thereupon ordered that the ex penses of all the prosecutors and witnesses in the cases where the bills had not ken ready to go before the grand jury by hail-past ten o'clock should not be allowed. there there any more bills to go before the grand jury ? Mr. MAUDE (the Deputy Clerk of the Peace) said that there was a ease in which tie defendant was Adolphe de Werdinski, which as yet had not been taken before the grand jury. It appeared that tho indictment had been drawn with only one count, charging the defendant with a common assault, and therefore he bad sent the deposi tions to the clerk of the indictments, requesting that he would consider whether the case was not one in which the indictment should contain several counts. That indictment, however, was not ready to go before the grand jury, but it was in the course of preparation. The Learned JUDGE slid he would not detain the grind jury. That bo:iy, it appeared, had disposed of all the cases which had been brought under their notice, ard therefore be should now discharge them. It was here suggested, that if the grand jury were to be, discharged at that moment, or without this bill being taken before them, the defendant must be dis charged without any trial. The Learned JUDGE could not help that. The man ought to bd discharged in the parties prosecuting failed to pres , Ait their iid of indictment to the grand jury in proper time. lie would now discharge the grand jury. Shortly afterwards this def. admit, with other prisoners and defendants in cases whero tho bills had been ignored or the prosecutors had negleeted to prefer their bills, were discharged by proclamation. POLICE INT EL LIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Alexander Pacifique Gillis, a Belgian, was brought be fore Mr. Henry, for final examination, charged with ob taining from Mr. Chamberlain, 203, Holborn, a picture, vale 2001., by false representations. Mr. Wontner attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Columbine fur the prisoner. The picture, which was a marine view, by Baekhuy sen, was entrusted to the prisoner, on Thursday last, for the purpose of disposing of it to a young nobleman, with the understanding that either it, or the money, ould be returned on the same evening, he having ropresented himself as a respectable man, occupying the ground and first floor at 28, Great Pultney-street, the furniture being his own, and as a further proof of his being a person worthy of credit he exhibited a bill of exchange for 250/., giving as reference the managers of the London and County Bank, at Worthing, from whom he took it for pictures that he had sold, mad that he had not gut it dis counted, as he would.receivo the amount in full when it became due, upon the fsith of which the property was entrusted to him. John Franci, a dealer in pictures, proved that be had known the prisoner for eighteen months, and had deal ings with him. On the 12th instant they went to the shop of Mr. Richards, pawnbroker, of 102, Westminster- Bridge-road, and while the prisoner remained outside, witness pledg,cl the picture produced for 12/, upon being told by him that te expect-A to sell it to a noble man. The prisoner said it was more likely a customer would deal by the production of the duplicate, which witness kept with 71. until it was redeemed, handing over the difference to the prisoner, who never mentioned that the picture was this property of the prosecutor. The landlady at 28, Great Pulteney-street, proved that the prisoner had lodged in ber house from May until August, but he never possessed any furniture. Mr. Joseph Lewis, a commission agent, identified the bill for 2501., which was given to the prisoner by Mr. Lewis on the 6th inst. to get discounted, for which he gave a receipt, and was to hand over the money to wit ness, but it was a false representation that he bad got it in payment for pictures. Mr. Columbine submitted that although the prisoner had made many false affirmations, there being a con tract drawn up made the charge merely a civil con tract, amounting, to a certain extent, to a partnership agreement. Mr. HENRY directed the bill of exchange and the re ceipt to be produced at the trial, and ordered the pri soner to be c,,mmitfel to Newgate. MARLBOROUGH•STREET. . _ Francis Huron ;as brought up for final examination, charged with having committed an extensive robbery at the Prince of Writes Hotel, Leicester-place, Leicester square. At the former examination the singular circumstances under which the prisoner was apprehended wero fully de tailed. The prisoner was formerly a waiter at the hotel, and ther tore well acquainted with the premises, which are extensive. Ile made use of this information to con ceal himself fur a whole week in various part, of the hethe, first entering one room and taking away anything portable, and then another—breaking open desks and drawers wherever anything v,,lnsible was supposed to be kept All this time the prtmoner maintained himself front t* , e o f the holier and wine-cellar. N.:4Pb were heard at various tines night and day in different rooms, an provisions were constantly being missed from the larder, but no solution was obtained to the mystery until Saturdity last, when Mad the And,, the wife (fib, proprietor, on 1 oing suddenly into her bedroom, found the prisoner crouched behind some dresses, with a quan tity of valuable property, gold coin, gold and silver Watches, and other things,.rt tidy for carrying Of. • The prisoner was•fully committed. o;cx• SUMBEREEN, DEC. 18.—Ile Mountaineer, of Livsrc pool, Quebec to Newport, hea been run on the mud on Dunmanut Bay, , to prevent her going on-thelooks. . Oth THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE IVETT WESTIIIIIVSTER SEWER. Mr. Bedford, the coroner - tor Middiest..7., and a jury of respectable inhabitants of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, as sembled yesterday, at two o'clock, in the board-room of St. Martin's workhouse, for the purpose of investigating the circumstances under which Edward Gorman and William Gardner, two bricklayers' labourers in the employ of Messrs. Humphreys and Thirst, the con tractors for building the new Victoria, sewer in Scot land-yard, met their deaths on the morning of Mon day last. 'lhe board-room was very full. Among those pre sent we remarked Mr. Woolrych, secretary to the Com missioners of Sewers, aid several other officers of that body; Mr. Humphreys (of the firm of Humphreys and Thirst), Etc. Mr. Le Breton, clerk to the Board of Guardians of St. Martin's, was in attendance. _ Some particulars of the accident have already ap peered, but none of the accounts hitherto published ex plain accurately how it occurred. The coroner ex amined two or three witnesses yesterday without makiug the matter at all intelligible, and it was only after the third witness had been called that some light was thrown upon the origin of the catastrophe. It enema that two new sewers ale in process of forces tutu under the surface eat Scotland yard, both of them having one outlet into the river. The first is intended to convey the sewage from the vicinity of Tra falgar-square, and the second runs from Whitehall-place along Parliament-street and Whitehall. In the forma tion of the former it became necessary to cross an inlet called 'Blind ack," through which the sewage of Regent-street and the surrounding districts descends. It is stated that the design furnished by the engineer to the commissioners proposed to cross this d -ck by an open cutting. The contractors, judging from the evi dence adduced yesterday, attempted to obtai❑ a commu nication between the works by means of a tunnel under neath the bed of the dock; and to this proceeding on their part—all knowledge of which is denied by the officers of the commission—the fatal occurrence seems to be fairly attributable. Alm the formal identification of the bodies by a witness Lamed William Wheeler, foreman to the con tractors, The Coroner inquired whether any party was in at tendance on the part of the contractors? Mr. Humphreys said he was a member of the firm who had the work in hand. The Coroner—Have you any party here who can give us information as to how the accident occurred? Mr. Humphreys—The clerk of the works is here, sir. Mr. Woolryoh (to the Coioner)—l beg to say, sir, that several of the Commitsioners of Sewers are in at tendance, and will be quite ready to give any explana tion in their power. The Coroner—Has any inquiry been mule into the circumstances of the accident? Mr. Woolrych—A pre liminary investigitti)n has been made, and a report thereon presented to the commissioners, but it did little more than announce the fact of the accident. The Coroner considered that i❑ so grave and serious a matter something ought to be done by the commissioners to satisfy the public mind, which had been painfully ex cited by the catastrophe. Mr. Woolrych said, the engineer to the commissioners had been ordered to make a further report, which would, probably, be presented on Friday. This would, of course, be at the disposal of the, jury. Plana of the works were here put in, and explained to the jury, but from their technical character, it was quite evide❑t that they were of little assistance in making the matter clear. At length one of the jury suggested that they had better visit the spot. The Coroner said there could be no objection to thi-, and as it was not likely they should be able t.) complete the investigation that day, before they resumed the in quiry he thought it would be well they should do so. Sir. William Booth Scott was then called. He said he was a civil engineer, and clerk of the works of the Victoria sewer under the CommLisioners of Sewers. The plan of that sewer was prepared by Mr. Frank Forster, and witnrss bad to see the works carried out under the general direction of Mr. Gotto, the surveyor of the commissioners. The witness here explained that the northern sewer had been completed on both sides of the " Blind Dock" when he left the works on Seurday evening. It was necessary to obtain a communication across this dock, and when witness arrived at the works ou Monday morning, he heard for the first time that the contractors' men had made a tunnel underneath the bed of the duck during Saturday night and Sunday. Feel ing satisfied that such a work must be attended with great danger, he determined to go down and warn the men to desist.. He was prevented doing so at the mo ment, and about five minutes before he was about to de scend the accident occurred. The tunnel, or " heading," as it was technically called, had been carried tweet).- five feet under the bed of the dock, and the workmen had nearly completed the communication between the two sewers when the water broke in from above, and inundated the whole works. Witness considered that to ptrform such a work when the dock was full of water was exceedingly dangerous. The tide on Monday morning was unusually high, and the pressure would be - correspondingly greater. Witness had examined the works since the accident, and satisfied himself that it had occurred in this way. A labourer, who - wai at work in the tunnel when the water broke through, was next examined. He stated nothiug of importance, but gave a graphic account of the terrible struggle for life in which all the unfortu nate men in the hewer at the time of the accident were involved. Wheeler, the contractors' foreman ' was here recalled— lam satisfied the water came in by breaking through cbe bottom of the dock. The tunnel was finished all but five hot. The tunnel was six or seven feet from the bed of the river. The dock is never dry. I paid parti cular attention to the safety of the men. I was in the tunnel myself on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Perrett (the other foreman), and myself, and Mr. Thirst, consi dered it safe to go on with the tunnel as we were, and I should have bet n down in the tunnel in five minutes after the accident. I can't say how soon before the accident the engineer was on the work. The tunnel was only commenced on Saturday evening. The work was suspended on the Sunday night. Mr. Thirst did not inspect the tunnel himself; but be ordered us to go on with it. The works ure now in the same state as at the time of the accident, except the stopping up of the breach. I would undertake to go through the tunnel this moment. Henry George Parrett, joint foreman, examined—l am a carpenter by trade, and clerk of the works to the contracterr. I never had any communication with the Commissioners of Sewers, or any of tht it officers, as to the tunnel. No doubt there would have been a commu nication made to the officers on the works at the time of commencing it, but there was no officer there then. I am a carpenter by trade, and have not much experience hi tunnelling, except what I have gained in the present Jo. I know there is a grew difference between tunnel ling in airy ground and under a river or wet dock. I havf, been in the do, kin question. The bottom of it is paved, and above that is a stratum of clay. The Coroner, at tnis s: age , o b serve d t h a t h e did not see that he could carry the cabe further at present. He thought that a short interval slight enable them to ob tain turth..r evidence; and he should like, therefore, to adjourn the case. In the meantime, the jury might visit the spot; and as the Commissioners of Sewers were about to make a further investigation of the case, he had no doubt but they would afford every aasistauce in their power to elucidate this important inquiry. Mr. Woolrych, on the part of the commissioners, promised to render every possible information; and the Coroner then adjourned the case until Monday next. SHIP NEWS. THE WIGHT, DEC. 14.—Off port Gratitude, or Ger trude, ILtavia, for Rotterdam. YARMOUTH ROADS.—Arrd. Eden, Hartlepool for Lon. don, with loos of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact with a French schooner. GREENOCE, DEC. 17.—The Clytha, of Cork, from St. John's, New Brunswick, was struck by a sea during a heavy gale, the 27th ult., in lat. 47, long. 40, which stove her bows; and on the lat instant sho was fallen in with, with six feet of water in her hold, and the crew taken off; by the Renfrewshire, and landed here yester day. The Favourite, from Quebec, which hove to on the 4th instant during a hurricane, shipped a sea which carried away boats, &c., and was compelled to cut away foretopmitst, and throw some cargo overboard. STRALSUND, DEC. 14.—The Imo quo Oceanus, of Stet tin, thober-laden, was strande l on the night of the 12th of Dec. tuber, at Jai mund, Isle of Rugen, during a fog; she is in a dangerous position; the deck-load has been throNll overboard, and hopes are entertained of gettiPg her off. The Mary Ann, from London for Ascension, which put into Vigo on the 2d instant, leaky, has been sur veyed, and ordered to discharge part of cargo, to be caulked. A boat, fifteen feet long, with " Lady Saltrom, of North Shields, James Taylor," painted on her, was picked up on the 15th instant, between the Shipwash and Whiting. Two vessels, apparently colliers, with topmasts stand ing, and the lower-masthead just uncovered at low water, were seen on the 15th instant, about two suites -E.N.E. from the Gunfleet light-vessel ; one of the boats was entangled in the rigging, and the probability is they went down after being in contact. GRAVESEND, DEC. 18.—Wind S.W., light, hazy. Arrived—Martin ' from Dantsic; Wandsworth, Zantu Minx, from Oporto; Savannah, from Rouen; Albion, froff Boulogne; Sir Edward Banks, from Ostend; Elisabeth Brown, from Madras; John, from Dunkirk; Trident, from Tonningen; Huntley, from Patras; Ismye, from Constantinople; John and Rebecca, from Seville. Sailed—Penelope, for Tobago; Florentia, for Port Adelaide; Triton, for Ostend; Princess Royal, for Ham burgh; Charlotte, for Malta; Seine, for Boulogne; Stadt Dordrecht, for Dordt; Ocean rnd the Apollo, for Rot terdam; Waverley, for Port Philip; keno, for Singa pore ; Evreretta, for Grenada. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. . _ _ Mary Ann, of iiv;rpeol, from Calcutta, on the 30th of October, in la:. 25, S., lor g. 7 E. Nor oundland, for Pernam buco, Pct, from Si. John's, on the 21st of Nov., in lat. 12 N., lung. 27 W. Rokeby, from thi , Mauri:ius for London, same day. A Dirch tairque with a red flag, 505 in the centre, and an anchor is. the corner, on the 10th inst., in lat. 47, long. 11. - Pearl, on tie 5,h ult., in lat 3 N., long. 22 W. A E. A.. on the 12. h ult., in lat. 11 N., long. 27 W. Bri,k, ft um London for N 4 f. Lindland, on the Bth init., in lat. 49, long. 26. Oaello, trout Ntwionndland tor Oporto, on the Ist of December, in tat. 47, long.. 47. Govan Hill, from Marseilles to the Cl} de, on the 24th ult., off Cape de Gatt. Mary JOrled, frt , m Liverpool for the River Plate, on 'the .17 t h ult., in lat 5 N., long. 22. W. Means, for Demerara, en_tho• 29th ult:, in lat. 28-I\.;- Pearl, of Dundee, on the 10th lost., in lat. 47 N., long. 17 ' zv ui Loncloo for Port Philip, on the 7th ult., in Iws. 9 N., lw,g, 24 W. Cecilia and J ,, hu Cock, from Liverpool for the Cape, on tho SAW() day. Emulation, from Barletta for Falmouth, on the 24112 ult., off Cape Bon. Veniliu, irom Salonica, with loss of topmasts, , the 9th inst., off Cape BOn. Susan Crisp, on the 301.11 of October, off False Bay. Sarah, from Liverpool for the Cape, on the Bth ult, la hit. 10 N. long. 25 W. Alcin, from Bremen, for Singapore, on the 11th ult., is • lat. 4 N., long. 22 W. Barque Granville, from Liverpool, on the 30th ult., la ht. 14. N., long. 26 W. Hebe, from Newcastle for Rio Jeneiro, on the sth ult., in let 7 N., long. 23 W. Heroine, from Liverpool for the Cape, on the 11th ult.it/ lat. 13 N., long. 26 W. Belgian barque Theodore, on the 26th ult., in ist" 26 long, 30 W., steering eastward. Ship Albemore, of Scarborough, on the 10th ult ., in lat. 41 N., long, 26 W, Big Alciope, for Valparaiso, on the 16th of September, 10rtg.56 W. Emily, from Gala z for L.. , ndon, on the sth inst. 45 N Honiti.h, outward bound, on the. 3d ivat., jn jot' Bell, 18 W. to Eliza,Bell, of . Liverpool, from Halifax for t he Is.' France, on the 12th of November, in lat. 30 W. Arctic, from Liverpool for New York, on the 4th Wit' 20 miles east of New Yor 0 t ok. • st. Asia, Eon!' Live , rpool tr New York, on th e 4 280 mile. east NPw York. 16 N., log. --- SEABORNE MAILS. PLACES. i ,(:4e' n h e e r n a i l n p a o cle t . u o p fll i c n e 1 p r o o r i n t Yi d i b s a! d Wh en tio. London. patched. ..................-- ------ , ..... Africa (West coast).. —• America (via N. York i . An . 3 by British packet) ..*N January 3 .. .. LiverPo o .' • , America (via Boston 1 I)eic• 21 by British packet) .. N December 20 .. Liverpoo- ...• _,., e g America (by United 1 December 20 States packet) .. .. Ali j . Dec, Belgium .. .. • • N Daily .. .. .. Dover • . , 'pee. ,"" Brazil .. • • .. N 4th of the month Fahnour,: . De c 25 Buenos Ayres .. .. N 4th of the month Falreouts, • I Ti n, 5 I Liverpool c. I Am , Californis(viaChagres) M 17th of month S S ;u ut th b anl anl P P :' -- Cape of Good Hope N January t 4 inytuoutli• • I„. c . 20 Central America .. M2d & 17th of monthlSoutharns• lii Vt. P• Channel Isles • • .. 14 Mon., Wed., & FrLlSoutheme" I rpec , 20 „,, Chili .. .. .. .31 17th of the month Sonthamld . ~,,w i c e di-u France .. .. 31 & N Twice daily .. .. Dover • •4 0 ,.. Set• HamburghTuesday & Friday London •:1 000 .11 10. Holland .. • • .. 31 Wednes. & Satur. London ••;T ee so Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the moitkiSouthallts: Iwicedeill Ireland .. •.M & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • • ne , .0 India (via Southamp.) 31 20th of the month Southarurt `;, r iyed India (via Marseilles) N 7 thst 24th of month Dover "" -- Madeira .. .. .. N Mediterranean (via Dee. 2 1 Southampton) .. M 20th of the month South:USs' - Mediterranean (via Arrived Marseilles) . - .. N 7th&2ltk of month l DOYer Mediterranean (by French packet via .. Marseilles) .. .. -- . Jo , b Mexico .. .. .. 31 2d of the month.. Southatnln. ~,,,,. 26 Peninsular.. .. .. 31 7th,l7th,27th of mo SouthamPt. ;,. 20 Peru .. .. • • .. 31 17th of th e mon th Southan l o . :-,'.,,, 20 West Indies .. .. 31 17th of the month 'Seuthanlo •'— West Indies (except t Jen• s _,,id,e Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month ..ISoutheroPL, pot-a..- 12d of the month .. mails are sent fron Southonpt..Ten.s the Genetel root-oW, itch. * N signifies that the by the night—and Si by the morning—disp THE COUNTRY MARKET S e inot LEEDS, DEC. 17.—Our arrivals of grain, th°ll,„- /of excessive, are fully ample for the demand. The elre-ricef business passirg in wheat continues limited, an d f are favourable to the buyers. Fine heavy b oo ed wanted, and fully as dear ; the lower kinds 133° ,.: 0 10 slowly. Beaus, oats, and sh e lling Si before, bu t tu: - sier of each article limited. Arrivals—Wheat, 1 0 , 7 %! 981 279; barley, 3,321; beaus, 827; peas, 154; rapesee— linseed, 2,017. 01 NEWCASTLE, DEC. 17. W ith a trifling supp ly tbe farme.rs' wheat, and scarcely any fresh up colot wi " - 'cor trade ruled very dull, and in the few sales made the at* rency of Saturday was attained. Flour a slow 1341e 'cle• reduction of 64 per sack. Barley, cats, and other firSi unchanged. O h l : EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, DEC. 17.—Then re the meal market to-day 14 sacks oatmeal, each weignoll - To bei imperial, which sold thus :-3 at 11 8s Od, 1 0 a t * is V° and 1 at 11 7s Od ; average price of the whole wisp 10-12ths. 3 sacks flour, which sold at 295. 3 sacks P °t-- whereof 2 sold at 25s 04. Da c e s 171' EDINBURGH HAY AND S TRAW M A RKET, t rot Oat straw, from 8s Od to 9 5 Od p er k e mple of 16 s t " le- g O a ' wheat ditto, 6s Od to 6 s ed ; b ar l e y ditto, 55 6d t° Hay, from 10d to Is per stone. 136 , DALYEITH MEAL MARKET, DEC. 16.--There er JO' bags oatmeal, 3of barleymeal, and lof pot -barley at tbigolor market ; sales heavy; the oatmeal sold at 24s 6d was ° ft,: 0 13. quality. Oatmeal 6d up on th e t o p, s econd quality as last week. Thi rd Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second 244 6 3 imperial .. 26s 6d 2bs O d B arleymeal, per ditto 18s Od —s 04 t)(1 Peasemeal -• Od Flour —s Od Od , Od Od Pot barley 04 1 2 0 i Od ""'" COAL IlAgliE Holywell Howard's W. H. Neth l4s 9, Walker's Primrose est Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. Bewicke and Co. Gosforth South Eden Eden Main 153 9c Belmont lss 9c Braddyll Hetton Haswell l7s O. Scarborough ifs 9d Lambton Keepier l6s 3d L. YESTIRDAT. 'Pemberton ..... 16§ () 6 1 16 ! oci Russell's Hatton •••". 10 3, 1 itichmund.. ••••••'"'. 10 pal Caradoc ..... ••••"". 16' 6 d Heugh Hall •.......... 160 6 Kelloe ......••• 16s South.Hartlepool ..... 16 , t_t•i d chornley ........ ..... its ' / , d Whitworth . ......... "' ; ,1 Vernon Tees ..... •'' .. 15 6 South Durham ........ Clavering Tees ..•••• os 9d iiartley .—...-•••••" 1 4 i 0 Cowpen Hartley ...... plo De rwen twaternar t " . l43 J" Sidney's Hartley ..1" 6 3, Ships at market, RAILWAY SHARE MARKE T ' • BRISTOL, Dix. 18. an ro p e ri K ee E s z a or w o el a l .— su T p h po e r s t l e ) c a t re m T a h rk er e e t la er: e b o ll amount of business transacted to-day. The follovriog d, the closing prices : Great Western Stock, 78— 34 ,„i d d e llul irs 16 —Ditto, 6 per cent., 130 L,4 —North British, 10 Quarters, 34. asatinsuecsorsid LIVERPOOL, Dac. 18. dull Or STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was rather 0,4 day, and prices for most descriptions of stock have d ec lined' c c beste The transactions were as follow : Caledonian, 10 3( 153 and Holyhead, Preference, guaranteed 54 per cen. ll -16 ast Lancashire, 12% jut), Preference Quart ers, —Edi, burgh and Glasgow, 30—Great Northern , Lancashire, and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 57:14—Ditto, if' 744 dis.—Ditto, 6 per cent., Preference, 13—Lancaste -,,a Carl sle, Thirds, 6 p. - Leeds and Thirak, 144—London North-Western, 126 3 A Ditto, New Quarters, 4 4• P 1) Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters 0 1 '4. , 7 1 % till 11153, 11 —Ditto, Preference, 10% —Midland, Ditto, Halves, 19 11-16 dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle ,f; t o, North Briti,h, 9 k h South-Eastern and Dover , 2334-;vii'er (No. 4), Scrip, 7:44—York, Newcastle,and Berwick, Fr 3 1 ence (unpaid up), 346 dis—York and North Midland , i jo r -- Boulogne and Amiens, 9 1 1 Orleans, Tours, and deaux, 4 1-16 dis.—Rouen and Havra, !o s 4. BIRMINGHAM, Ow. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The market was nit so active d to* D ir The only transaction reported was—Shrewsbury mingham (A), 6 1 ,4 dis. THE INDIAN MAIM—ALEXANDRIA, PIL.C: tan' The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer 1 - 1 ,1 7 ° 000i with the Calcutta mail of the 7th of November, a n th e : Kong mail of the 29th of O c t o b er , arr ived at Sues insoer night of the 3d inst., with 90 passengers. The ste c o o Indus, with the London mail of th e 25th of November heiog r dta into port yesterday morning, and the mail from Jo - its an d here, she starts again this morning for a" g isrl Southampton with the mails and passengers 11 ° 1. 601 bound. One of the India •bound passengers who, t,,,joSt here yesterday by the Indus, Mr. Pester, son 0 olliat Pester, of the Artillery, was drowned in the canal, u,Y ; h into the water a little after sunset from the boat l'nu c cie bet' conveying him to Atfeh, on his way up to Cairo. T r , s ,r6so was tolerably brisk until the arrival of the steamer sihatve on the sth, with intelligence of impending Wa r ' - affs ° Au tria and Prussia, which has caused a stagnation in 0 3$ 8 eh and cotton has fallen fully a halfpenny per pound. on London, 97 piastres per pound sterling. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A certain Cure sr e uf i n o way's Pills for Headaches, Lowness of Spirits, sad the Chest.—A soldier, who bad seen mach service abroshis ; fered for years from headaches, lowness ef spirits, P a fog° the right side, which had so debilitated him that it wa tte ptil necessary to discharge him from th e serv ice. EverL s as : i s had been paid to his complaints, b o th by th e argil P u 'r,r e ers%, M in the hospitals. At last it was decid e d that be wag but since his discharge he commenced taking Ho Ih vg " D ' u , 111 1 - a t which have been the means u f re s t or i ng hi m to that . td of spirits and excelle n t h ea lth th a t b e b a d net f il lo oll / years.—Sold by all Druggist s , an d a t Professor ' - Establishment, 244, Strand, London. tsP' [ADVERTISEMENT.]—CHAMPIONSHIP Or — ll . 01 - li b —Bell's Life in London, Dec. 22.—Fu1l particUlsra- t he contest between the Tipton Slasher and Paddock , 01 ; : c, 0 1 . k sporting features of the season. Price of Belts PLI pence. Office, 170, Strand. Average sale of -fl e " '- exceeds 29,000. BIRTHB. OF A SOW. At Florence, on the Bth inst., Mrs. Baring. wio 't O n , the I sth inst., at Caldy-manor, Cheshire, t he o f Richard Barton, Esq. the On the I6th inst., in Clarges-stieet, Mayfair, ire. O Dempster Heming, Esq., of Lindley-hall, Leicesta°— ged OP A DAUGHTER. Ladi On the 17th inst., i n Grosvenor-square, th e O le Farquhar. the On the 15th inst., a t H oe - street, Walthamstovr• of Arthur Foulger, Esq. At St. Marylebone Churc MAR h, RI ED on the I;th inst • aO 4 Hunter, Esq., 80th Regiment Foot, to Miss Carsioa Gray, of Curse, Forfarshire. ler fl og r • On the 17th inst., at Holy Trinity Church, IY / ig square, Islington, Mr. William Horsley, of Pye-briogl,eo byshire, to Anne, fourth daughter of the late Y r ' Wilson, of Nottingham. DIED O le' On the 13th inst., the Rev. J. C. T o wnsend, of NB i l l Berks, formerly rector of Ickford, Bucks, aged 6 6 . , cot' sou On the 11th inst., at Nice, Sydney Tudor, °` of Gronow, aged 17. Fl l4 On the :sth inst., at Torquay, William Forbes , 0 Denmark-hill, Camberwell, aged 64. 0 1° On the 15th inst., at New-cross, Hatcham, Sone'' , Slous, aged 88. ... Dil l On the 15th inst., at Hoe street, Walthamst ° " ~ 0 Ann, the wile of Arthur F6ulger. Esq., aged 32. vinailf On the It. th inst., at Langham-plaee, Mrs. filarY 04 Spencer Stanhope, aged 87. 11) 'il'io On the loth inst., 31ed 67. Esther, the wire of buildi Walker, Esq„ of Friarn Manor-house, ancl.stene7, , „I...ineolta,!o Inn. - " - • ~ - --- ( I ~,, t iff Li ts.inr , l' . intid sr.J..,Paiiif.i:4v:ltitlltP,P, , „_ l4.o 0 , d al o il Sc.: , '1 12,. fiuiria i .'rrneer., „at, '. The: • Suit -Vt a r " 40 0 Strand, in 'the - - Preeitiel of the Sivoy,' . isu ry .} e pi.,7.--- - E: tdiddlesex, Thurs4sti Do:joint* 10 0 816°1 .00 ia ti • - • ••- • 0 : :r. ;,..• , .• ....`,. . 4 .7 , c.,,-..., , :I • 0 4....Y1" rcoll , fraila 11 ' 1 7 . . ~ esl/0 04 . WM= =c: , . ' -'r' A r. 1, *.1 )1 *il Price. • lc Ic 2 35 41 Ta tt ei -rlt) gn i It, .441°1 t ti, Kit II NI 0 14 4 r, kik ho t , be, b 4 Of / tItIN Co