The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-09 00:00:00

"1,.1 1 , 4 , -*Ar= • - 14 4 , T' ip ! SUN OickloE, Seven o'Clock. WOLVERHAAIP'FON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) Hurdle Race. The Dreg ... Peter ... ... Little Queen ... . I . 2 DEATH OF PROFESSOR DUNBAR. We have to announce to-day the death of ono whose name, we believe, is familiar to most of the G reek scho of this country, Mr. George Dunbar, Professor of Literature in the University of Edinburgh. The melan choly event took place on baturday morning at his resi dence, Rose-park, Trinity. The natural decay attend ing ome even an otherwise green old age has been for yeara aggravated by a virulent internal malady, w s hich at . the commencement of the presen t session com p elled him to abandon his academic duties, and the functions of the chair have, accordingly, been mice very ably dis charged by Mr. Kirkpatrick, from o,sford. The serious apprehensions then entertaine d for him were, within the a series of spasmodic last few days, fully confirme d by . attack ,, , the violence of which ultimately proved fatal.— caledonian Mercury. posT_OFFICE ORDER. LETTERS FOR CADIZ AND VIGO. some m i, a pprehell B i oll appearing to exist relative to the regulations in force for sending letters to Cadiz and Vigo, it is necessary to give notice that Letters ad dressed to those ports are forwarded by the Peninsular Packet &min Southammon unless specially directed to b e sent " via France, and that they are liable to the Packet Rate of 29.2 d. the half ounce, &c., and not to the rates of postage chargeable upon letters addressed to other parrs of the kingdom of Spain, the corre spondence of which, as a rule, is sent 'yid France." The postage upon all letters for Spain must be paid in- advance. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (T HIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 4, 1851. - The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Auguitus Lloyd, Esq., to be her Majasty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Bolivia. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. Lancashire Hussars—Francis Arthur Farrell, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Dopping Buchanan D'Arcy, resigned, Nov. 28. WHITEHALL, DEC. 3. The Lord Chancellor 'has appointed Joseph Dodds , of Stockton-upon-Tees, in the county palatine of Dur ham, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the Iligh Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 5. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Benjamin Hadley Sanders, of Bra msgrove, in the county of Worcester. Gent. to be a Master Extraordinaryin the High C our t of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Oldborough Richardson Davies, wine merchant, New court, Bow-lane, to surrender Dec. 19, and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assinee, Coleman-street Buildings; Cooper and G.ll, Verulam• buildings, Gray's-inn. John Bates, plumber, Highgate, Dec 19, at half-past eleven, and 20. at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Field, Finchl'y. Thomas AiVred Young, wine merchant, Woolwich, Dec. 19, at twelve, and Jan. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street bitildiogs; Hodgkinson, Little Tower-street. William Nash, warehouseman, Noble-street, City, Dec, 19 and JAU 23, at eleven,,at the Court of BAnS raptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; 8011, Broderick, and Bell, Baw Church-yard; Blackburn, Leeds. Richard Billing,- builder, Reading, Dec. 19, at half past twelve, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row; Blandy. John Powell, draper, Kingston-upon-Tbames,_ Dec. 23, at two, and San. 20, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich; Jay, Bucklersbury. Thomas Fray, check manufacturer, Manchester, Dec. 2 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Mayhew, Wigan. Thomas Birch, brewer, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Man chester, Dec. 19 and an. 16, at eleven, at the Man chester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Man chester; Binney, Manchester. Isaac Orrell cotton manufacturer, Radclffe. Lanca shire, D-c. 22, and Jan; 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Mackenzie, official assignee, Man chester ; Worthington and Earle, Manchester. Joseph Storey, draper, Hartlepool, Dec. 24, at twelve, and Jan. 23, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Harle, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Richard Fewke, chemist and druggist, Wolverhamp ton, Dec. 22 and Jan. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assig nee, Birmingham; Sparrow Wolverhampton; Motto rem, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Samuel Litchfield, druggist, Birmingham, Dec. 23 and Jan, 13, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Chaplin. Richards, and Stubbin, Birmingham. William Tomlinson, jun., draper, llinekley, Leicester shire, Dec. 23, and Jan. 17, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Cowdell, jun., Hinckley; Smith, Birmingham. Robert Welsh, woollen cloth merchant, Huddersfield, Jan. 8, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freemarr, official assignee, Leeds; Robinson, Huddersfield; Barker, Huddersfield; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. John Child and William Barker, railway contractors, Wakefield, JIM. 8, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; West moreland and Taylor, Wakefield; Eastwood, Todmorden. Isaac Normington, stuff manufacturer, Bradford, Dec. 19 and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Lee, Leeds. Charles Ward, miller, Liverpool, Dec. 19 and Jan. 15, at eleven, at tho Liverpool District Court. Bird, offi cial assignee, Liverpool; Evans and Son, Liverpool. John Fleetwood, grocer, Liverpool, Dec. 19, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Godfrey, Liverpool. George Pride, David Jones, and John Gibb, sail makers, Liverpool, Dec. 24 and Jan. 19, at eleven,at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Davenport and Collier, Liverpool. William Neil Monies, spirit merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 22, at twelve, and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liver pool; Yates, jun., Liverpool. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Edward Goulder, carpenter, Lower Norwood, Surrey. Robert Beck, hairdresser, Park-place, Kennington. Beery Ricket, retailer of beer, Ilornssy. F. W. Wilson, clerk, Gloucester-place, Kentish Town. James Allan, lithogripbm . , Grosvenor-park -terrace. C.mberwell. G. Sidney, ironmonger, Henry-street, St. John's Wood, Robert Donnell Sterry, retailer of beer, Queen's-road, Bermondsey. Henry Fletcher, carpenter. Ann-street, Pentonville. Thcs. i Callow, brass. founder, Mary stree, C. i. Beier, tailor, Nelson-street, Commercial-road East. Thos. Bramston, builder, Jealous,row St. Geor Ye's East. j'aornhnvs.... .g A o t ( ki . ns,jnn., Bedford-place, Vauxhall-bridge-road. g 3 , iiicha 7 l Bartholum4w-close. Ga~hlon, iron broker, Cross-street, Hatton !garden. John Dun e . ) . • esh r inet maker, Shudo-hill, Manchester. John Horbu n ry'- umr i t , p ea , LicerpooL st,,w,i,Lotie_re.,,llo;•, Bolton-le Moors, Lancashire. Toxtuth• park, Liverpool. Georke Smyth, tile m an ' or a , firnser, Birkcrihead. Cottori Aeutr, rctafler Birmingham. s Wright, merehaut', IT.bomahro', Doncaster. if u rn;)hrs,,s WoFerstau, chemist, St, • ii.'rh.-rt S. Draper, firmer and a' u t e in g' S ' x • Willi Andrews, coal prorietore-w-jir", Gosport. Lancashire. WilliEsn 'Broad. f.,nrn dealer, Morris Jones, hbourcr , Festinoig, m a , : i nc th Cheshire. .;tines ca tt le dealer, Gisbarn, y,, ri s , hi r e• shir e . Co‘rlesCi.6*(m3 Mattheava, collier, Littlede, ' l Hill, Glou- c,:skrthire. Thomas Waveil, ahipwrighr, Portsea. Gaorge Kirk, ur-,, ,, 00n, Middleborough, Yorkshire. J;Jhn Stew_ nano, bock:-epee and lotion Latoter, Rothe,. Yerrk,hire. Sterr , r , on, cern miller, Brinsworth, near lio yaerham„ YorlishirQ. George Nionay, woodman, IL-Tt...4e-in-Zrfield, Yorkshire. John Antrain. jun., fruit salesman, Brighton. J B ioks 7Gulliford,.fruit salesman, Brighton. Zttise SaaUcross, town carter, Bright,)n. Willis inAl-i.X.ET iN TELLIG EN CE. su ( c t'Luti‘e London d New Pike Current, Dec. 9.) grey We,t It, - d ay ad the better descriptions of yellow and rives equal to thosTar were in good demand and rcalised Iv o! last week, but inferior and brown met with little attp acceded to. The purchases and rather lower prices were ' are 809 di7g at suction 260 hhds 11 hhds, &c.—inclu -1 trs and 200 brls Barbadocs, which sold for low and y( . 1low at 31a 6d to 35a, t good to fine 361 6d to 38$, ror d n from 30s to 345, low ditto 28s 6d to 2 65, ord and it ti 363 ; 14 pk ta gaToba zo 31a for low yellow; is grainy yellow 33s 6d 52 lines, &c., Kitts, mid yellow in tt tin© brown 30s; 148 hids 211 tic& annerzra crystalized, i to 3 ne yellow 40a to 449, good 37 s to 39, low to Enid 34 s 31s to 335, and Tay or cl 253; these are full 5 a"' brown better sorts, but a ll inferior and brow n are 6d lower. fur LEFINED.—To-day lower rates were n o t take r. n for home trade goo:1S; at the same time home dealers ma d e porch Iles , Nich c3ution, low to fine grocery Lump s are 43s to 48a per cwt. CruBhed is dull of sale for export, and can easily be obtained at former rates. MAURITIUS.—This tif!ernoon there was no Public sale of s:suritius Sugar. and privately little was done, but 10 , -er ratAs were rPfosed for besf; yellow. EAST IsnrA.--This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with 1 " 'Xearlon, !i.ad rathcr lower rates were taken; at acct .:;n, " : 1 ) ,",,,;7;:,,, , .r. "4,400 - bags were nearly all sold, 4 g o ' . 1141.. flue grainy yeleow went at 378 to as 6d, THE SUN, good brown ditto 303 to 30s 6d, low and mid white Benares 34s 6d to 363, good to fine 36s 63 to 38a, damp and washed 348 to 373 6d, good to fine Mauritius kind 32s to 375, mid ditto 30s to 328, ord and low ditto 28s to 29s 6d, date yellow from 25s 6d to 28s. Madras is 6d to is lower, but 1,528 bags were all disposed of soft brown at 21s ed to 23s Gd, and ord to good yellow ditto 24s to 253 6d. Of Penang 430 bags were only in part sold at 335 to 34s for mid dingy white, and good yellow at 29s 6d. FOREIGN.-To -day there were sellers of Foreign Sugar rather under last week's rates, yet exporters and home dealers evinced little desire to do business pri vately, and none was offered at public sa'e. MGLASSES.-The demand for West India continues active, and the large parcels disposed of have been at from 103 63 to 13s, but chiefly at 118 to lls 6d; specu lators are the chief operators, and stock in first hands is much redueed. Cuba and Porto Rico are wanted at lls 6d to 12s 6d, but few parcels aro at present on offer. The valve of Bengal and Mauritius is 103 to lls per cwt. Honey is wanted at from 36s 54s for low to fine, but supply is small. Tamarinds are in good demand, East India 7s to 12s, and West India 20s to 30s per cwt. Cocoa.-Although West India can be obtained at ra ther lower rates, yet the demand remains small, and sup ply is on the increase. Of 727 bags Trinidad at auction a small part only sold, grey from 34s to 375, low to mid dling red 38s to 403, good to fine 41s to 465, and 135 bags Grenada 33s to 355. In Foreign there is little business doing, although Bahia and Para can be obtained at 26e to 275, and Guayaquil 32s per cwt. COFFEE.-This afternoon Native Ceylon Coffee was dealt in with more freedom, and full rates were obtained. At auction 1,032 bags all sold, low ord went at 38s 6d to 395, good ord 40a, one lot 403 6d, damaged realised 38s to 395. Of Plantation Ceylon several parcels were taken privately at the previous value, but at auction 140 casks and 40 bags were only in part sold at a small advance, being de manded, good to fine went at from 56s to 639, mid and good middling 52s to 553, low middling 42s to 51a, other sorts 443 to 48s 6d, and triage 37s 6d to 455. Of Malabar 345 bags and 14 cases were in part disposed of at 38s to 40s for ordinary and good ordinary, and at 58s to 39s 6d for damaged; whilst 43 bags Madras were taken in at 40s for ordinary sound, and the sound of 343 bags Mangalore at 43s for good ordinary, one lot low sold at 363 6d, and damaged from 32a 6rl to 38s 93 per cwt. TEA.-For Congou a further reduction of 00 per lb has been submitted to. The rates taken for low are 7d to 70, good ord 8d to 8 1d , blackish leaf 9d to 11d, superior and Pekoe kinds Is to is sd. Oolong has been purchased with caution, and is offered at from 9d to Is 2d for low to good, and fine is 3d to Is sd. In Souchong sales have been trifling, and rates are on the decliine: ord and fair selling at 83 to lid, good to fine is to is 103. Scented Orange Pekoe has been in good demand, but previous moderate rates are taken, and a small re dnction for best sorts; prices for fine rule at is 4d to 15;7d, mid to good is Id to Is 3d, a n d l ow 9d to Is. . Flowery Pekoe dull, and merchants are sellers of common and mid at Is Id to is 4d, good to su perior is 53 to 23 10d. In Scented Caper sales are trifling at 10d to is 4d, and spurious 54d to 7d. The limited transactions in Green have been at rather lower terms, and there is a plentiful supply, the lower qualities meeting with the least attention. Prices for Hyson of ord, and mid quality rule lid to 13 3d, good to fine is 4d to 2s, choice 2s 2d to 2s 7d. Gunpowder Hyson sort is to 2s 4d. fine 2s 6d to 3s 4d, Canton 83 to I Id, spurious 7d to 71d, Imperial Canton 10d to le, Hyson kind is Id to 26 6d, Young Hyson from 1 Id to 2s 6d per lb. SPIRITS.-The demand has been more active for Jamaica Rum, but at previous rates holders are desirous to realize. Operations are 400 pans, consisting chiefly of inferior sorts; the prices accepted were for fine 34 to 38 over proof 3s 2d to 4s 3d, middling and good 32 to 55 over 2s 63 to Sc, common 30 to 33 over 2s 33 to 2s 5d per gallon. Demerara is rather more in request at from 2a Id to 2s 3d for 32 to 40 over proof. East has been sold to a feir extent at Is 3d to is 30 proof, and mer chants aro firm. Leeward Island is to small supply, and wanted at la 40 to is 63 proof'. Brandy continues in brisk demand. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 realised 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1849 ditto 4.8./ to 4s 104, 1848 ditto 5s 2d to 5s 4d, 1847 ditto 5s 7d to 5s 93, older 5s 10d to 6s 6 , 1, low to mid 2s 10s to 4s, Bordeaux 2s 2 to 2s 41. Deliveries are yet elm , seding arrivals, and stock is less than last season. Fur British made Spirit 9s 8d to 94 94, net cash; and Gui at ns for 22 under proof. Ge neva is 7d to is 8d for ord, and flee is 9d to 2s per gallon. RICE.-To-day the demand for East India Rice was again brisk; and privately 4,000 bags were sold at rather higher rates. At auction 682 bags Bengal 10e to 103 6d for good white. Of Macceroni 30 boxes realized 3d to 34d; and 180 barrels Rio Tapioca were mostly taken in at 2d to 30 for interior and mid. PIXENTO.-To-day the demand was limited, and a roduction of 4d per lb took place. At auction 350 bags were mostly sold at 41 4 d to 54d for mid and good mid; a part was taken in at sjd to sid, the damaged realised 4fd to sk. NUTMEGS.-Prices are rather lower; 10 cases at pubic sale to-day selling at 2s 2d to 2s 5d for mid brown, and at Is 8d to 2A Id for low. FRUIT.-Prices have further declined for Currants, the supply being abundant, but a large business has been done, new at SOs to 355, and old 20s to 28s per cwt. Importers of Valencia Raisins ar© desirous ;realize, and rates suffered a further decline, but a good business is doing, new at 33s to 375, and old at 22s to 28s. Figs aro more abundant, and new offered at from 38s to 65a for Turkey; :kill the trade operate with caution. Prunes met with a slow sale at 20s to 255, and French Plums 56s to 1165. Muscatel Raisins are in good demand at 43s to 753, and superior SOs to 90s per cwt. COCHINEAL.—To-day lower rates were not taken, but exporters and home dealers were little disposed to operate. At auction 100 bags Honduras wore in part sold at 2s 9d to 3s for ord and good. The valve of better :torts is 3s 8d to 3s 6J, silvers 2s 8d to 2s 9d, and Tene rife 3a 2d to 3s Bd. PnovisioNs.—lrish Butter has been operated in with reluctance, and there being a plentiful supply prices are on the deoline and rule as follows :—Carlow, Clonmel, and Kilkenny at 75a to 82s, Waterford 70s to 765, Cork 77s to 80s, Limerick 70s to 745, Tralee 69s to 70s, and Sligo 70s to 74s per cwt. For foreign there is only a limited demand, and prices are rather lower, whereas imports were 7,000 casks for the pat week. Holland of fine quality has been selling et 76a to 82s, inferior 56s to 645; Friesland, fine 90s to 945, other sorts 74s to 80s; Gronengen, fine 65s to 70s, inferior 601 to 645, Emden and fine 705 to 745. other sorts 62s to 68s ; Kiel, fine 90s to 945, and other sorts 74s to 84s. English met with a slow sale at 703 to 965, uud Fresh at 7s to lit per 11 lbs. Bacon is in good demand, and rates are firm, Irish small 41s to 45, heavy 40s to 43; 'lambi.° sizeable 40s to 425, and heavy 38 to 395. Im ports continue large, cud were 2,303 bales for the wGeek. In Maddles little bus been done; Irish (bale :can be ob tained at 40s to 435, and tierce 32s to 425. Operations in Lard are small, and prices on the dtcline; I. tab bled dered can be obtained at 50s to 55s keg and firkin 51s to 51s, and Hambro 46s to 58s. The trade for Hams is dull; Irish and English at 46s to 60s. Prices fur Edam Cheese are 30s to 40s, Gouda 30s to 365, and Kanto, 17s. In barreled Provisions there is at present little trade doing; new Irish Mess Purk is offered at 62s per barrel. OILS.—In Seal Oil purchases are limited, pale is offered at 32/ to 32s 10s. Cod is to be ob lained at 311 lOs to 321, yet few transactions have taken place. Of Greenland Whale 35 tuns at auction realized 321 to 351 for dark to fine. Sperm is not cheaper; there is, however, little business doing, and 84/ to 86/ is the value; the supply is not large. lleadmatter is still selling at 921 to 941. In Linseed 0:1 a fair husirress has been concluded, but prices continue to de cline, and rule at 26s to 26s 3d per cwt on the spot. At peesent few buyers aro to be met with for delivery, and supply of Oil is plentiful. In Rape Oil a good deal has been done, and prices are on the advance pale realising 32s to 32s 6d, brown 31s to 31s 6d; Re fined Foreign 33s 6d to 345. Palm is rather cheerer, and few transactions have taken place. At auction 80 casks partly sold at 251 15s to 261 5s per tun for go,,d to fine Cocoa Nut is held for previous valuations; and and 115 casks at auction a part only sold at 318 to 35s for Ceylon and Cochin. A brisk demand exists for Olive, and rates are on the advance; Gallipoli telling at 421 to 431, and other sorts 40/ 104 to 41/ 101 per ton. Lard Oil is telling at 49e to 503; the supply is 3 et scar ty. TALLOW —Prices are rather lower for - .latis;ian on tie spot ; There is, however, a good demand, fine new Y.C. at 3391 to 373, and old 363 to 36s 3d per cwt. For delivery the contracts entered into have been of little moment, thero aro sellers up to the close of the year at 36i 6u for new, at 37s for the early part of 1852. llonie melted is offered at 26s 6d to 37s nett C 3611, and only limited transactions have taken pl ce. Of Sydney 300 casks at auction were mostly sold; Slnep 35s to 37s 3d, beef, 34s to 365, and 294 casks South American at 34s to 365. 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O4ll 14 fiarceloss • • •• .. •• Beville.. •• • • •• • • • • •• EXPLOSION IN A COAL - 1; ESSEL. RAMSGATE, 1110NDA Y. This morning, about ten o'clock, the barq ue Fortuoatus, of Stettin, Captain Lange, bound to Bremen with a cargo of male she had taken in at Cardiff , w as brou g ht into Pamsgat© Harbour a complete wreck. It appears that last evening, b e tween six and seven o'clock, having passed Dungeness, the master wont below to prick off his position on the chart; he had seated himself on a sofa in the cabin, and the boy had just brought him a candle, when he heard two slight biasing cracks, immediately after a terrib le ex p losion took place, which druvo in all the bulkheads of the cabin and blew the skylight off. On deck all the beams from the break of the cabin-deck to the windlass forward are t b • a% k o o e n s e' , nannddt e b v e er d y e t t ng torn up into small pieces; boat s, that was on deck shattered, and all now lies in a con t use d mass d ow n on the coals. Two men nwe on deck a th rek,iled and one tim nebe. Theadlyw captainounde a nd dotlt of four who were remainder of the crew, who were below, were) not much hurt. Fortunately fur them the weather was very fine, or with the ack alt out a nd ' au op e ning i n th e topside; * The figures in the text which are supplied by others within brackets, were erased like the words in Italic type. BERLIN, DEC. s.—The Government intends to re impose the stamp duty on newspapers, and it is understood of double the amount of the old tax. Every daily paper will have to pay two thalers a year for each subscribed copy. A BSCONDING OF A COLLECTOR OF POOR -RATES AT NEWPORT.—The ratepayers of Newport, Monmouth shire, have had a serious addition to the money panic occa sioned by the failure of the Monmouthshire and Glamor ganshire Bank, in consequence of the Bight from the town, largely in arrears of his c,,llection, of Mr. William Jenkins, assistant overseer of the parish of St. Woolos, and the non appearance, under circumstances which are at least of a suspicious nature, of Mr. Dumayne, another collector of rates. As regards Mr. Jenkins, there seems to be no doubt that he has gone off to South Australia, having, according to his own account of himself, got into embarrassments, as the result of an acquaintance he had formed with a young woman from the city of Bath. At the police -court on Fri day the four overseers of the borough, Messrs. H. Shepherd, John Allen, Job Evans, and William Reed, were summoned in regard to the rate, but as it was stated by Dumayne's wife that he would be home on Saturday, the matter was adjourned. A PIEBALD HARE.—Ono day last week, as Mr. William Lac e y, o f E a k r i ng, was out with his gunin the neighbourhood of his own residence, he succeeded in shoot ing a piebald hare, which on one side is for the most part white, and on the other principally its natural colour. It had previously been seen by the villagers, who, on account of each turn it made causing it to present a different ap pearance, affirmed that it must be a ghost. The animal has been carefully preserved by Mr. S. Keetley, of Carter-gate, Nottingham, where at the present time it may be seen,— Notli/whams/tire C;uardian. WEST PORT, N.S., Nov. 20. The Edm ons t one barque, of London, wat e r-logged and abandoned, was Wiwi in with and towed . in her e , b ut went on shore at Long Island, and has moo brcken up. B R EmEN, DEC. s.—The Charlott e , arrived hero from Maz anilla, Wi IG n contact with a v,ssel, a p parently a ba r q r ap, 19th November, Ist. 48 N., long, 13 W., and roLoval damage. LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 8. (Sittings at Nisi PfittS, before Mr. 11).aron MARTIN and Special Jurie,,..) SPENCER V. CURTIS. This was an action to recover from the defendant, one of the provisional committee of an intended line of railway from Graveeend to Brighton, the price and value of the plaintiffs work, as an engineer, in sur veying the proposed line. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Cooke appeared for the plaintiff; the Attorney-General and Mr. Karslake for the defendant. The evidence of the plaintiff consisted of the usual proof of attendance by defendant at meetings of the committee, at which the work was either ordered to be done or sanctioned ; that the work was done, and that the price charged was reasonable. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having addressed the jury for the defendant, without calling any witnesses, his Lordship left it to the jury to say whether the work was done by the plaintiff, expecting the under taking to be successful, and looking only to the profits for the remuneration of his trouble, in which case their verdict must be for the defendant; or whether he did not look at all events to be paid by the indivi dual members of the committee, if the funds were not sufficient, whether the defendant did not by his acts authorise him to do the work with this ex pectation, in which case the verdict must be for the plaintiff. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 665/. MILLER V. SALOMONS, M.P. This was an action of debt to recover from the de fendant three penalties of 5001. for having at and voted in the Commons House of Parliament without having taken the oath of abjuration as required by Act of Parliament. Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Macnamara ap peared for the plaintiff; Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Willis, and Mr. Goldsmid were counsel for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant CIIANNELL, in opening the plaintiff's case, said that the statute upon which the present action was brought enabled any person whatever to sue for and recover the penalty imposed upon any person who should presume to sit and rote before taking the required oaths. The plaintiff in this case was a clerk to a respectable firm of attorneys. The defendant was well known to the jury as having been recently elected a Member for Greenwich, of the Jewish religion, a barrister and an alderman, and formerly Sheriff of Kent. He (the Learned Counsel) bad had opportunities of becoming acquainted not only with his hospitality, but with his efficiency and his ability in the discharge of his public duties. What he might say of the defendant, how ever, whether in praise or blame, was un important. He merely said thus much that it might not be supposed that he entertained any feeling of hostility to the defendant in the observations he should feel bound to make in the case. He believed that the oath of abjuration, upon which alone this case would turn, was framed not merely to guarantee that its substance should be observed, but as a means of securing the Christianity of the country, to which we are indebted for all the order and stability, all the civilization and refinement which we enjoy. It was not his purpose, however, to enter upon the policy of the law ; it was for those who objected to it to obtain from the three branches of the Legislature a legal alteration. The defendant having been elected a :Member presented himself at the table of the House of Commons and claimed to be sworn upon the Old Testament, as the ferns most binding on his conscience. This claim was admitted so far as concerned the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, but upon the Clerk of the House reading over to him the oath of abjuration, the defendant omitted the concluding words " upon tae true faith of a Christian," and adding the words "So help tee God," kissed the Old Testament. This riot being deemed by the Honse a proper taking of the oath, he was required to withdraw, but before doing so he did, to use the words of the Act of Parlia ment, presume to sit and vote. Now he was prepared to go through the numerous Acts of Parliament on the subject, and to show that there was nothing in them to exempt Jews from taking this oath in the form prescribed. Mr. Baron MARTIN here interrupted the Learned Sergeant, and inquired whether this was not a case which ought not to be turned into a special verdict, and the opinions of a Court of Law taken upon the point. The facts could not be in question. Sir F. KELLY said that he thought that would be the proper course. All the facts had been already admitted, as there was no desire on the part of the defendant but to have the question fairly brought before the Court. Sergeant CIIANNELL said that upon his Lordship's suggestion he would consent to a special verdict being taken. On the part of the plaintiff there was only a desire to fully raise the question. If it were not so, he (the Learned Sergeant) would have been no party to the case. Mr. Baron MARTIN said that it was necessary for him to say what his opinion upon the matter was ; but as one of the most eminent lawS7ers of the day had stated his opinion to be that Alderman Salomons had duly taken the oath of abjuration, it was right that the case should be argued with a view of taking it, if necessary, to the House of Lords, the highest legal tribunal of the country. It was then agreed that a special verdict should be drawn up upon the admissions made by the parties, the verdict to be settled by his Lordship in case of dis agreement. EVENING, August last, about eleven o'clock, the prosecutor was passing along Dark-lane, Manchester, when some one came up behind him and gave him a violent blow 3.11 e lai, L.Ja 3, tl:re.sir prosecutor's neck, and put his right hand on the pro secutor's throat, who struggled and cried out " mur der," upon which some one came up, and the prisoner ran away. The prosecutor was unable to swear to the prisoner, but a private watchman, who had seen the struggle, stated that he knew the prisoner was the man, as be had been acquainted with him previously. Two other men had been seen about the spot where the struggle took place, but they could not be identified. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. John Charles Keith, aged 27, was charged with having feloniously stabbed and wounded one William Pennington, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Monk conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that on the night of the 28th of August the prosecutor was at the Royal Oak, at Preston, being accompanied by his wife and a friend. At about half-past eleven they were warned to leave the house, and on going out they found the prisoner scuffling with the landlord in the lobby, which ended in the prisoner being put out. The prosecutor had previously to this made some remark that it was time to go; and on going out the prisoner, who was waiting outside, got hold of him and threw him down, and as he was getting up he found a wound on his right hip, from which a stream of blood flowed. The prosecutor's wife, who saw the struggle, said that she saw a knife in the prisoner's hand, and that the prisoner threatened to use her in the same way if she interfered. The prisoner, who was a soldier and an Irishman, defended himself with the greatest ingenuity ; but his Lordship having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of unlawfully cutting and woun ding, acquitting of the felony.—Sentence deferred. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 8. (Before Mr. Commissioner FOISBLANQUE.) IN RE PEPPER. The bankrupt, Edward Pepper, had kept the Albion Tavern and dining-rooms in Threadneedle street. This was the meeting for the last examination. His balance-sheet, prepared by Mr. Pettis, of Basing hall-street, extended over twelve months prior to May last, and showed about 1,8001. due to creditors (of which 1,4001. was claimed by the mother of the bank • rupt) ; to mortgage and other creditors, 250/. ; liabi lities, 1751. Assets in property, 5641. ; in doubtful debts, 331. The accounts began with a deficiency of 4621. The profits had been 1501 ; losses, 309/. ; trade expenses, 392/. ; discount, interest, &c., 261/. ; do mestic expenses, 2051. Mr. LINKLATER opposed for the assignees, on the ground that there was no proof of the mother's debt. The bankrupt had undertaken to produce a deed which he said had been executed in her favour, but had not done so. - The assignees therefore asked for an ad journment sine die. Mr. DUNCAN, in support of the bankrupt, admitted that the deed, being informal, was of no value. The mother had advanced the bankrupt 1,4001. on his en tering on the concern in Threadneedle- street, which was a most unfortunate one, having ruined everybody hitherto connected With it, and the bankrupt had at first treated the advance as a gift, but the mother claimed to have it considered as a debt. Excluding the mother's debt the assets were sufficient to pay 22s L in the pound. His HoNowt said he should allow the bankrupt to pass, giving the mother a few days in which either to prove her debt or make a claim ; and if she did not do so there was an end of it. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 8. The sittings of the Court for the December general session commenced this morning at the Guildhall, Westminster,by adjournment from Clerkenwell, before Mr. Witham, Deputy Assistant-Judge, Mr. Pownall, Captain Hensler, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Graham, Mr. Thompson, Major Moore, and Mr. Dodd, M.P. The calendar contains the names of 71 prisoners, of whom 62 stand charged with felony, and 9 with misdemeanour. James Richard George Crow, 35, and James Crowley, 36, were indicted for having unlawfully conspired with each other to obtain by false pre tences from James Dwyer 4/ 163., his moneys, with intent to cheat and defraud him thereof. Mr. Parry appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Payne appeared for the prisoner Crow; the prisoner Crowley was not defended. The facts upon which this prosecution was founded were almost precisely similar to those disclosed in a case tried in this court at the last session, where a man named Johnson wilt indicted for a like fraud, con victed, and sentenced by Mr. Turner to six months' bard labour. The jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year. _ Henry Fry, 65, was indicted for unlawfully con spiring with one Charles Dyer, not in custody, to ob tain by false pretences from the same prosecutor 41.155. 3d., with intent to cheat him thereof. The jury returned a 'verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. William James Millson , alias Chadwick and Co., alias Williams, alias Baillie and Co., alias Dr. Harris, and otherwise describing himself as the seneschal of Lincoln, and the rejected candidate for the borough of St. Albans, was brought up before Alderman Finnis for farther examination on various charges of obtaining money under false pretences from and otherwise defrauding different individuals; and James Bellaers, a surgeon's assistant, appeared in discharge of his bail to answer similar charges, among which was one of conspiring with Millson to defraud a person of the name of Rodwell. Mr. Vann attended for the prosecution, Mr. Hob ler for Bellaers, and Mr. Bury Hutchinson for the prisoner Millson. Mr. Vann, in re-opening the case, proposed to bring forward testimony corroborative of that already in evidence-to establish the connexion between the pri soner Millson and Bellaers. Mr. Hobler asked for the name of the prosecutor against Bellaers. Mr. Yann said that he was originally instructed only against Millson, but that he felt he was doing a public duty, when Bellaers was placed in the dock, in connecting him with Millson. Mr. Hobler insisted upon knowing if there was any real prosecutor against his client; before any further evidence was gone into. Rodwell, who had been dragged into this affair, entirely disavowed all participation in the prosecu tion, and further alleged that nothing could exceed the kindness and attention of Mr. Bellaers while at tending his daughter. Mr. Vann said he would not, under the circum stances, proceed with the case against Bellaers: Alderman Firms said the evidence was not strong enough to induce him to order a prosecution ; for the offence of issuing a false certificate Bellaers was amenable under :a specific Act of Parliament, and in the absence of a proper prosecutor he could not in• terfere. Mr. Hobler then requested that Bellaers might be discharged at once. Alderman FINNIS said he would rather wait until the additional evidence was gone through, as it was probable that other facts might come to light to im plicated Bellaers to a greater extent. Mr. Hartrop, who had been already examined, then handed in a letter he had received from the prisoner MillBon, in which he addressed witness as " respected friend," and subscribed himself, " respectfully, Charles Chadwick." The purport of the letter was merely an appointment to meet and arrange preliminaries in placing his (witness's) son with the prisoner to learn civil engineering. Cross-examined—Witness advanced prisoner 81, to purchase books, &c., for his son, on the faith o f the representation that he was a Quaker. The only books his son had received from the prisoner were not worth more than 14s. Benjamin Thomas Hartrop, son of the last witness, said that during the two months he was in Millson's offices as pupil, he was occupied in tracing drawings from a book, and copying advertisements for lending money. Some were in the name of " Williams offering 90,0001., and others Chadwick, for 15,0001. When he went to work as usual on Lord Mayor's day the offices were locked up—both at 28 and 30, Broad street-buildings. Witness did not learn anything of architecture or civil engineering. Cross-examined--He copied plans, not for use, but only some old dirty drawings that were lying about the offices. They were of no use to him, because he had been taught drawing previously. He was told by the prisoner to design a fourth-rate house, but of course he could not do it. By the ALDERMAN—There were four other ap prentices besides myself. There had been eight. alto ther, but there was no business done in the civil en gineering. They all paid premiums by instalments. Prisoner never returned any of the money. Mr. Bury Hutchinson here submitted that as the money was obtained under an agreement, the only offence the prisoner could be charged with was merely a breach of covenant. Alderman FINN; said he certainly saw no evi dence of the false pretence at present. Mr. Vann said he would prove that by the next witness. Jane Taylor, a Scotchwoman, of Shepherdess-walk, City-road, said that on the ht of August last her husband went to Dr. Harris, in Murray•street, and when he came home he was taken very ill. She in consequence went to Dr. Harris, and requested him to call and see her husband, as his illness was caused by taking something that he (Dr. Harris) had pre scribed for him. When he came to the witness's house he said he was very sorry for what had hap pened, and afcerwards was a physician as well " M,1): hornAlo - Tdeen. Witness was sure the prisoner Millson was the same person that attended her husband as Dr. Harris. He administered more medicine, but witness would not give it to her husband, as she considered the first dose was quite enough.—(Laughter.) He demanded 23. ficl., but she refused to pay him anything. Alderman FINNIS said the last witness's evidence had satisfied him of the fraudulent intention of the prisoner in obtaining the money, and he would com mit the prisoner upon it. Mr. Hutchinson suggested that it was a common practice for persons of the highest respectability, both at the West-end and in the City, to trade under a fictitious firm, but that was no reason, if they at any time failed, that they should therefore be liable to a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. Now Millson was in precisely the same position, but that being unable to carry on the business of architect and civil engineer any longer, he had abandoned it rather precipitately. Aldeiman . FiNNis said he would take bail for Mill son ; but he thought there was sufficient for a com mittal. Mr. Hutchinson hoped that the alderman would direct the parties in all the other cases to prefer bills at the Old Bailey. Alderman FINN'S said he should like to have two or three more cases, as it would not be advisable to rely only on one. Henry Richard 'Thompson, of 60, Milton-street, Cripplegate, said that in July, 1848, in consequence of an advertisement issued by the prisoner, who was carrying on business in his own name as architect and civil engineer, he went to his offices at 12, Pall mall, East, the result of which was that he became a pupil on trial for one month, but at the expiration of a fortnight prisoner suddenly appeared most anxious that he should be bound, and stated the terms 25Z., to be paid down for instruments for witness, who took the money and obtained pri oner's receipt for it. Prisoner also asked for three guineaa to pay the soli citor's charges. Witness paid him that amount and received a receipt signed by the prisoner at the same time ; when the indenture, which prisoner alleged was drawn up by Mr. Wood, of 4, Lyou's Inn, the son of Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer —(Laughter)—was produced by witness and his father they ia lound an item of 301., under the head of " consideration money," inserted, to be paid in in stalments ; but they refused to sign such a document, as it was more than they had agreed to pay. Cross examined—Witness had received a box of instruments, and a deed had been drawn up but not executed. The prisoner Milison was again remandod, with permission to put in bail in two sureties of 60/, each, and his own recognizances of 1001., with twenty-four hours' notice of bail. There being nothing further to criminate Bel laers. and no prosecutor in the case of the false certi ficate, he was discharged. BOW-STREET. Alfred George Webb, a young man of respectable appearance, was brought up in custody of Inspector yield, and placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with embezzlement. Mr. James Balatur Bellen, commission agent, Liverpool, stated that the prisoner had been in his service as clerk, and bad absconded with about 1501. belonging to Southern and Co., of Manchester, mer chants, for whom witness was agent. Witness fol lowed and traced the prisoner to London on Saturday, when he was taken into custody. Inspector Charles Field, of the Metropolitan De tective Police, stated that on last Saturday night he went to a public-house in the Llaymarket, and seeing the prisoner there, asked him if his name was not Webb. The prisoner replied that his name was M'Donnell, and on learning that witness was a detective officer he attempted to rush out of the house, but witness secured bim, and told him of the charge, when the prisoner, w h o was p reven t e d b y th e landlord from using loaded pistols which he carried in his pocket against witness, said "he was a-- fool." On searching the prisoner at the station-house witness found on his person three loaded pistols and some gold. Mr. HALL ordered the prisoner to be transmitted to Liverpool. CLERKENTV ELr.. A pale, care-worn looking woman, named Cathe rine Bankes, of middle age, dressed in deep black, was placed at the felon's bar, before Mr. Corrie, for final examination, on remand from Wednesday last. charged with stealing and illegally pawning certain articles of property. It appeared, from the evidence on the first exami nation, that the prosecutor, George King, bookbinder, of 34, Galway-street, St. Luke's, having been for some time out of employ, let one or two rooms fur• nished ; and the prisoner, on the 20th of September, became his lodger. On Wednesday he missed from her room a pillow, a blanket, four sheets, two pillow cases, and a book. These articles were pledged for eighteen shillings, and she also owed upwards of 1/. for arrears of rent. He charged the prisoner with the theft, and gave her into custody of Turner, 81 G, who produced the duplicates. The prisoner acknow ledged having pledged the articles, but said she had been driven to it by the deepest distress. She endeavoured to earn a living by needlework, and also received some assistance from a person in the country. The magistrate asked who that was, and prisoner answered that she must not tell. A letter was then produced, which had been found upon the prisoner, or in her room. Mr. Corrie (after glancing at the letter) asked the prisoner if she had written it with her own hand, she replied in the affirmative. The magistrate (having read further) inquired whether, if he forwarded the letter to the gentleman to whom it was addressed, she thought he would assist her ? Prisoner said she feared he would not. Her answers to further ques tions from the bench were indistinctly heard ; for she buried her face in her hands and sobbed bitterly. She solemnly assured the magistrate that she had never before been charged with any crime. The gentleman to whom she had alluded as assisting her occasionally from the country, whose name was not mentioned, was, she said, an old friend, who had known her long ago under better circumstances, and she had expected a Post-office order on the Ist of December, but it had not arrived, or the articles would have been redeemed Mr. Corrie admonished her, but in a kind tone, that she had - done Very wrong, b u t s till t hi s gentleman might help her in her unhappy position ; and, as it was her offence, his own object was to assist her. Had she any claim upon the gentleman ? The prisoner said she had none whatever, and feared he might be offended if troubled. She further stated in answer to Mr. Corrie, that she had always filled a respectable situation, but misfortunes had be fallen her , she bad been a widow seven years, and had a little boy eleven years old dependant upon her exertions. The poor little fellow was produced in court. Mr. Corrie said that all his duty permitted him to do was to send her back to custody until (Monday) to-day, and meanwhile inquiries would be made into the case, and her little boy would be taken care of in the workhouse. At these words the pri soner roused herself from the shame and sorrow which had almost prostrated her during the examination, and energetically said, "Oh ! no, no ; pray do not send him there. Perhaps Mr. King would take care of him until then." The magistrate expressed his regret at her unhappy position, this being her first offence. The prisoner was then remanded. The prosecutor and his wife appeared again to-day before Mr. Collie, and the prisoner was placed at the bar; her demeanour was morn collected than on the former examination. The prosecutor produced some private letters to the prisoner from members of her family which had been found in her room, and also a sealed letter, which had come by post since her impri sonment, addressed to her, which ho had been advised to retain in his possession until the present hearing, and then hand them over to the magistrate. Mr. Corrie took them, but sent the sealed letter over to the prisoner, who returned it with an intimation of her wish that he would in the first instance open it himself. The magistrate did so, and finding the letter was from the gentleman in the country, enclosing an order for a small sum, he sent it back .by the usher of the court to the prisoner. Upon being asked how he intended to proceed, The prosecutor said he must prosecute unless some thing was done to restore his property, which was pledged for 18s., and to pay the rent the prisoner owed, which amounted to 1/. ls. 6d. Mr. CORRIE said to the prosecutor—You k now a ll the circumstances, and if you think this is a case which you ought to prosecute, you have certainly a right to do so. Prosecutor—Then I will do so. The prisoner was then committed. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT: SENTENCES. Left for Execution—William Sniith, alias Glennistrr. Sentence of Death Recorded —William HarrLs, Henry Round. TRANSPORTATION...7TM Years —William Johnson, Thomas William Mellish. Seven Years—John Lind, John White, Catherine Adams, Robert Forteseue Alacltrell, James Douglas, George William Warman, Cornelius Mahony, Henry Robert Brown, George Todd, John Sands. IMPRISONMENT.—Two Years —Alexander Good. Eighteen Months—Joseph Smith, William Mason, Joseph Clinton, Thomas Ryan. Twelve Months —Henry Simpson, Sarah Williams, Christopher Reynolds, Thomas Bennett, John Simpson, Stephen Pigott, John Davidson, Eliza, Shanley, liam Wilson, James Hart, Timothy Brennan, William Needs, William Rastall, John Smith, John Whitley, M9.ry Anne Penton, John Smith, Dennis Conway. Six Months;—William Bates, Walter Hodges, Robert Collingwcod, Sus'innah Bastiungs, David Thomas, Wil liam George Eardley, David Barnard, Joseph Ferry, LONDON, between the fore and main rigging on the starboard side, nearly to the water's edge, the vessel must have gone down. A Dee boat that happened to be cruising in the neighbourhood went shortly atter the accident 1 0 their ..sistance, and brought the vessel batty into this h Arbour. _ _ Such was the force of the explosion, that pieces of the tarpauling that covered the hatches, and pieces of coal are found lodged in the tops. It is said that a French vessel that had taken in a cargo of the same coal, and was lying at Cardiff whilst th© Fortnnatus was loading, blew up there. There is at present no appearance of the coals igniting or heating in this vessel, nor had the master any reason to fear that gas was generating. May not this account for many coal-laden vessels that leave England on foreign long voyages and are never heard of? ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE, LAMPETER : its ! Assailants and Defenders. Respectfully dedicated to the Bishops of Wales. P.p. 56. Partridge and Oakey, Paternoster-row. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) • The contents of this pamphlet are not likely to afford much satisfaction to the Right Reverend Prelates to whom itiis inscribed. Founded, less than one generation ago, by the late Bishop Burgess, to be thenceforth the sole theological college in the dio cese of St. David, this institution has signally failed in the attainmentof its special objects,and caused the Welsh Church of the principality rather to regret the abro gation of the previously existing licensed schools, than to exult in the superior use and excellence of the institution which supplanted them. The first 17 pages of this pamphlet trace its origin, progress, and decline in narratives compiled from the College ca lendars and from other sources. Certain particulars regarding its endowments are then given, and various controversial statements concerning the correlative causes of its past and present ill success. On one side is alleged utter mismanagement in the departments alike of education and finance, on the other want of funds and non-posses sion of the privilege of conferring 'degrees. Both parties appear to consider the college as vitally im portant to the Welsh Church, but the assailants press for judicial inquiry, reformation, and recurrence to first principles ; while the defenders deny all liability to blame, extenuate obvious and undeniable results, and would fain resist exposure, and obtain further pecuniary aid, to enable them to falter on in their own old way. The following extract throws considerable light upon the subject : " In the course of the last session of Parliament notice of a motion of inquiry into the past and present state of St. David's College was repeatedly given in the House of Commons. A copy of that notice is subjoined. The text read straight through gives the document as printed for the House, Feb. 24, 1551; and in this form it is be lieved to have been officially forwarded to the authorities of Llanbedr College. The letters, words, and passages here distinguished by italic characters were erased before its return, and the marginal notes are the literal, verbal and sentential alterations made. It is to be observed that these alterations, thus utterly subversive of the object of the motion, were returned to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department. " Mr. John Williams—Return of names of all the benefices, whether sinecures or otherwise, transferred by Charter, Act of Parliament, or otherwise, to Saint David's College, Lampeter: "'The gross and net income of each benefice, whether derivable from lands, houses, tithes, or otherwise, showing the items which constitute the ditjerence between gross and net income; by whom each benefice has been held and is now held; the dates of the various appoint ment. thereto, whether held by any officers of the Col lege or otherwise; also the date of the appointments of the holders of those benefices to any offices in St. David's College, and the annual income of such offices, with the duties atteched thereto, with the source from which such nc one is derived. ‘• • Also, the amount received in each term from the t :dents as In College charges of tuition, rent of double and single room+, matriculation, detriment fees, interest of caution money, profits of batlery and dinners, and all ntrer sources of Ihconic, from the year 1827 [1847] to 1850, inclusive; also the number of students in each term : Annual return of all " the means at the disposal of St. David's College, Lampeter, setting forth all the sources from whence derived, and the value thereof re speAlvely ; showing in each case the gross and net income, and the items constituting the difference between gross and net income, from 1827 [3lst Dec. 1847] to 31st Decem ber, 1850, inclusive: " Returns of the various benefactions, donations, and subscriptions made to the College, with the date thereof, and by whom made, and how expended or applied, front 1827 to 1850, inclusive: "‘ Of the names of the principal, vice-principals, professors, tutors, and assistant tutors, and all other officers of Saint David's College, from the year 1827 to 1850, inclusive; stating the date of their appoint ments and continuance in their offices, the objects for which they were appointed, whether they always resided and do reside in the Col l ege, and if not, the usual place of their residence and its distance from the College, and the titles of any ecclesiastical benefices or pieces of pre ferment, and value of such preferment, held by each of such officers, whether ex-officers or otherwise, and ,the distance of such preferments from the College. Of the various amounts paid in salaries, or in any other manner, to the principal, vice-principals, profes sors, tutors, and other officers of the College, in each year respectively; also the amount laid out in each year in the repairs of the College buildings, and other ex penses attendant upon the fabric, from 1827 L1847] to 1850 inclusive : " And of the number of scholarships, exhibitions, and prizes, their respective annual values, when and by wbcm each was founded, when and upon whom each was conferred, to whom and when paid, how long held or re tained by each scholar respectively, when relinquished, and by whom succeeded, specifying in every case whether the holder of such scholarship had any office in the College, and of what nature, from 1827 to 1850 inclusive.' " " Hence it may be inferred that the Visitor, Principal, and other members of the corporate body of St. David's College, have deliberately refused to furnish tho items' which constitute the difference between the gross and net income of each benefice, and the names of the persons by whom the respective benefices have been held, with the dates of their several appointments to office in the College. They have likewise refused to give any account of the Collegiate receipts and sources of income, of benefactions, donations, subscriptions, and other means at their dispo sal, from t ,hl h Ba e t2uv y 7eto e are tutors, 1827 to Dec. 31, 1847. and refused s al e nB d to and others s ah t ne a dr t s e t wthheeer distances ibsjatpeacputocs appointed eo r df w t h h i e c ihr between trhee. t p h r f yees Theysa o r r s s e .pective residences and ecclesiastical preferments from the College. " They have refused to give an account of the money annually paid to collegiate officers, and of the money an nually expended upon the buildings between the years 1827 and 1847. " They have refused to afford information concerning the dates, and as to the persons upon whom the several scholarships, exhibitions, and prizes were conferred, to whom and when the respective amounts were periods of individual holding, relinquishment,and u cession! " In cases where many separate interests are involved, it is vain for public bodies to expect for their transac• tions tho safe reposo of perfect sccresy, yet defying all risks of subsequent exposure and public contempt, the citernpions Of St. David's College have thus ventured to avow that they must and will conceal all that belongs to the twenty years of their past history intervening between 1827 and 1847; but, being bard pressed, they reluctantly consent to yield up, under compulsion, some few unim portant particulars concerning the last three years of heir corporate existence." A document such as this cannot fail to produce a very strong effect upon the public mind ; no declara tion of examiners, no protest of church dignitaries, can mar its force or abate its power. Nothing but the testimony of Sir George Grey and Mr. Williams of Macclesfield to its being an absolute forgery, can prevent the overwhelming effect it must produce upon the official and partizan defenders of Lampeter Col lege. Pp. 31-5 contain a synopsis of another Par liamentary paper which is scarcely less important, striking, and conclusive. Indeed the whole of the matter embodied in this pamphlet tends fairly, yet firmly, to make out a case of mismanagement and abuse against the collegiate authorities. We earnestly recommend its attentive perusal to our readers, and more especially to those who are conscientiously de voting their time and talents to the discovery and remedy of political, ecclesiastical, or other institu tional abuses. TUESDAY ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCIU T.—Liverpool, Dec. S. Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justi ce E r l e , t h e L earne d jadges of appointed to deliver th e gao l s of the county palatine Lancaster, arrived in this town on Satur day, and proceeded to St. George's Hall to open the commission this morning, attended by the high sheriff and mayor of Liverpool. They proceeded to the court at half-past ten o'clock, when Mr. Baron Parke charged the grand jury in the Crown Court. Although the courts are completed sufficiently to enable the business of the county to be dispatched in them, yet the noble structure, St. George's Hall, in which they are situated, is not yet finished. The courts are very handsome, but whether they will be well adapted for hearing, and will be otherwise convenient for all classes who have to transact business in them cannot be known until a fair trial of them has been allowed. Mr. Baron Parke took his seat in the Crown Court ; Mr. Justice Erle in that which is intended for Nisi Prius business. The_ calendar contains the names of 74 prisoners, of whom 3 are charged with mur d er, 9 with man slaughter, 23 with robbery, 6 w i t h stabbing, cutting, and wounding, 5 with burglary, 3 with rape, 2 with forgery, 4 with riot, 1 with bi gamy, 1 with night poaching, 2 with cattle stealing, 1 with embezzlement, and 4 with larceny. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) WilliamWagden, aged 20, was charged with having, at New Accrington, on the 15th of September last, feloniously cut George William Summers, with in tent to kill and murder him, or t o ma i m and to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Wbigbam appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that the prosecutor, who is a police officer, was on duty in the turnpike road at Accring ton on the night of the 15th of September last, and meeting the prisoner, who was carrying a carpenter's basket on his shoulder, an adze being through the handle of the basket, he stopped him and asked hint what he had got, and where he was going. The pri soner said he was going to Blackburn, upon which the prosecutor said, you are }fining to Whalley. The prosecutor then accompanied the prisoner back to Accrington, and knocked at a house, which the pri soner pointed out, to make inquiries, and while be was knocking at the door the prisoner raised the adze with both hands, and struck the prosecutor such a violent blow with it that it penetrated his hat, which was bound, as the policemen's hats are, with iron, and wounded him severely on the head. This blow felled the prosecutor to the ground, but being a man of courage and great bodily strength, as soon as he recovered his senses he followed the prisoner and succeeded in capturing him, with the assistance of a witness who came to his rescue. The blow was so violent that the head of the hatchet flew off, and the handle enly remained in the prisoner's hands. The prosecutor was subsequently attended by a medical man, and it was found that he had received most dangerous wounds not only on the bead, but also on the leg. The wounds on the head tended to erysipe las; and the wound on 'the leg nearly severed an artery, which, if it had, would have been attended with the most dangerous consequences. The prisoner had pleaded guilty to an indictment which charged him with stealing the tools be was carrying in the basket. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said that, in addition to the offence of stealing, he had been found guilty of using a deadly weapon against an officer of justice who was in the execution of his duty, and, under all the circumstances of the case, public justice demanded that he should be transported beyond the seas for the term of fifteen years. His LORDSHIP said that be had mentioned to the proper quarter that he thought some reward should be given to the police officer, for the courage which he bad displayed. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) Thomas Phillips, aged 41, was charged with having feloniously assaulted Richard Worley, with.intent to rob him. Mr. Sowler conducted the prosecution ; the priso ner was undefended. It appeared that on the night of the 22a of DECEMBER 9, 1851 • Kennedy Bryan, Thoma 3 Meredith, Miry Emily Hunter, William Jones. Edwar d Lamb, Mill qtr John Willows. James Cooksey, James+ our B r ooks, (;1!'orgo A le " E"n ' Aiium, M‘Doould, alias Tbomp s on, a .1, Smith, William Bastiongs, John Tebbitt, William Bee' Samuel Jones, Patrick Daton. iCe, W Three Months—Thomas Allen , George PtU. Liam Sessions. One Month and under—Edward Hobby , 14 Clark. Acquittals—James Balls, Walter Woodward, gernir,/, Jeffrey, Thomas Simmonds, James Sider, C 11648 Asplin, Michael Gorman, James Shambrook, Cati.;Lo, Bridges, Henry Bray William Roberts, Thomas . 1 ' 11 , 4 1 John Mansell, Schmidt Angelina Adams, alia s - Ann Burke. Bill Ignored—William White. Remand until next Session—William lon. Judgment Respited—Nora Shean , alias Ann J° bl3l° oo ll. t State of the Gaol of Newgate at the Cornmence°l-6, of the Past Session — Prisoners unde r sentence o f trn , portation—For life 1, twer ty years 1, fifteens rerm'es ison ten years 7, seven years 30 ; fem ales 1. imp For or various tr in Newgat—Males 3, felna l.s t trial—Males e 72 ms , females 12. e Upon where judgree° the been respited—Males 2, females 2. Committed by Commissioners of Taxes I.—Total, 143. The Court will again sit on Monday next. t Y MA_RKE)-n"'„, statemen t of the Ira .t of London from the LB5l, to the 6th Dec., THE COUNT The following is the official corn, &c., received in the poi Essex, from the Ist Dec., 1 both inclusive : io f i • a I i g , 0) o 1 --- ! --- _—...-- 57 82 26 39b Colchester .. 600 1 ..... .... Harwich - 1 79 Leigh 'lo b 6 85 9 1.. ,9i -- 218 1 207 Maldon c W h ev ella l . .. I 87o t .08 730 -- r - ... f o lio : , LmsFoxn, DEC. s.—Prices to-day weep, els, to - o. barls3, to 556; white, 410 to 47s 35s to 40s; crot:.us.aivou a aos:Lb i .,; e ca t wol 2Bs to 32s ; grinding 22s to 26s • .k __ her 54s to 56s ; oats 18s to 25s i P;ge,, Q P P. ar b e aol,,,, l t it : EaeL h ytsp i sT t :y e E , 2:l 3 6,ss O DD s ttEo t or o c2c3. 3 .l2 3 26s6 s .;. ._; ebre d uTaq u hi Inr n e.s , e, a n :m e o w : zwo , hwa 2 i : it ana n o g4022526r:1t010s thei ' 2 t s e t 1 :::::: i e o t i2 '.o i rt ; : ( 6. -7 26s to 29s ; harrow ticks, 27s to 3N; swazega°' - , te 4l .iii. l.- _and small 26s to 30s ; peas, white 30s to 320, greY' II notsti °° eFir K esot IRKA Barley'. i 9 for grain : I re i ti : Wheat. 4 4 t. 5 0 : 0 01 1 B l a s 3 Ed .. 4 yd , ---9 m I' s— SOO O A' of 118 470 Oats. 20s 6 4 18, 6a 17soa follovna Bean S. ...-9 Bean ..-0 °d „,, 41 u " 28 3 °d o t : E gra g s w o eo3 : ri t sra h hi Third 3ss Od 121 s Oil Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs grain at our marketptEotd. a s y .r_Thc p rior DDINGTON -.. 44s Od Wheat. 213sasrleoyd. 2lOsatiLl 3 3 7 1 : 09d 253 Od 1 95 o d 28 0 Prices of2os Od 770 market 785 q rs. ' 45 8 do. 465 q rs. ' 31 3 8° d Tyne y a r n r e ' sionsedo. 383 clfs " 1 13 6°l Davison'sWdo. 11"rs.' COAL . MAEKET.—YasoIatT ar got! Od msaow, P nal e a a l r l e , t h Coal ... per ton at the close of tbe , 19: 0 -i Tanfield ]floor llolywell Hart1ey.......... 15s 9d Lainbton ............. 19 estilartley 15s 9d Stewart'e ................. 18 9 : 64 Ord's Main • .. so • les 6d Llartlepool • ...... 1 6 a ..... 15s 3d Heugh Ilaii ••• .... i 9 s d ..... 14s 9d Kelloe ........... Jo ° 6a Wall's End, &c. Derwentwat riPotild Acorn ...... 18s Od Nixon 5 ...... ..... . 17s 6d Cardiff ... 16s 6 (1 , VlSo.esuttbi 18s Ships at market, 50 .... Sold. 31' D e 1 tit 1 1 o r b e e rt . y. I : . 121 109, 0: 9u Od First ~ Second 3ds Od I Third ...... ...—...... 30s Od Total quantity of Wheat in Do. Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans GRAVESEND, DEC. SHIP S•W" light' u Boulogne;bAtsri. SHIP NEWS. goo vi — sky. c a ria , f s r fo Terceira Leonora, from Bilboa; GiP6310.,,t, frn°l4o Malaga; v a e isi d—Soho, from Antwerp; CRY °Zen, It. king from mivßiSilu.n, from Gravelines; l'apoyon,'"p and Albion , Elizabeth, Douglao, A row, °loss Medle ' y, nAlbion, from Guernsey; ...- c l 9 0 , je r Michael's • Harlingen; Liebe : , Favourite, from Oporto; , 1° , 1 : 0; .A OO 00 Sailed—Charles abia West, for Bata l fo H rßno e grm r o. oo2,kl34efor,Wrofdrno:eraS;•7.;;;;;;::::: si6' Rotterdam; Jane, of v;iamar.gSatreept,henfrsoomn, frGoiMieriltispeii,;,. offeoe.,o3o;esforrosel Mandarin. from " " VESSELS 270.K.EN t.VC11:g.;40113.g6., 9 in i rs . t. f Courant°, Liverpool , fromC O cu c tia lo; i3 L i o a nd on, . 19 144 Co N ute l s o s ii lat. 41 N , g of . 2 4 4 Shanghai for Glasgow, 00 iii 9, in lat. 30 N long. 30 W. David !Riga . ntine of Dundee, standing :8 : 19111 Elizs A l with mastrr sick. ____ O JO . , l swich, outward bound , on a pf. Hebe, from ?ng. WO 6r ' 1 0 Lo l o e c t. h s oo s , N fr; m 0, -, 9 ill i 0 Bonanza r , in fro f m rom t . h gsl , ong. 31 w Q l( rbea for the British Cho ° 1 7 0' Quebec aebecfor Lfonr1000e1,141". n M g. an 2 i 3 lla W for Boston, Oc t, c t ' 9 ' ll o lol ill° Rienzi, from Boston for Gibraltar, .0 0 •• 0 ..- 42 141 36 S., long. 25 E Mauritius o -,- - r .• 1, in °. th e ir, from long. 46 W. 5 I le Favourite, from Gr" ' 1' ~ Calcutta for Ao l r i ra o sb ,. , to fr r o St. Michael ' s, Nov . 22, in l at. 42 .17".1° I kid , Gut of Gibraltar. 10: 1 1 Lotus barque,.... .. I s in steering south-west, kin" ' irgenti for,Glasgow, N °l. ' 1 61 / 1 long. 16 : < a. g $.9 lat. 19 N., long. 32 long. 94 E, Seme l rville, from Calcutta for Livere°4 °el' Mary 16, ill Int 6 N fiv.orLoron Aug . 21' in i 0 w 1 0/ ' m Buenos Ayres for Qneenst4.l:4 S. lO - 01 [X signifies that the mails are sent SEABORNE fror: tocit ] by the night—and hi by the mo rning-- PO - r rn 'l ;iu.. --- ' dit When made P eiiace .erlf e4 , sa ,- , 0 Ain Aln e e r l e C a a (by (by B u ri .s t . . p p k k t t . . ) ) N N l D De e: : 9 12 ...• :: .1:I s l o a ti - e t r r i s pi: v i:11) P 84. 7 0 .: Il l : America (by U.S. pkt.) M l)ec. 17 • • .I MO Afri ßelg:zn e ial a ounilns ( d W Ari : : s ..e t ..s. c . o .... a .... s . t) .. ... N Nl l l , 4th oz ik of 3 t o h th e V o th o , 1: 0 0 ; ef er :' 9 14: 1 6 ; C e o a m lifo tai rnl it a in (N o •i p a ie C . hagres •••• ) .. N Daily • • •• ~: Solit l ' Aitt _ -. l nt. D ..r ee il l° Central America • • ... 3134 11. f 9 : dt h t ht• offolf7t thet h h e o mf monthmo n ° v w, _ , ~, _ ~,. . . ,a „ li t e . a x t li( i t. - 1 3 i n. : ~. r , _ ~: mar, Xl4 Brazilßu Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month *et t, fIP ' France Greece* Channel Isles .. .. N I Mon., Wed., & I V.: goat" — n ee' Chill • • • • .. .MI 17th of the Mont* • po or v - 60 % f ; li p & FridAY t e ndsa ,:t. P o ice 4l. llamburgh :: ...... M. ... 1 IC N N , l T T7t u wh e i s lic7 d eth a d y Bl27lYth.°.f ni.° j""nilcier°ll .• 7.ll:ll'''' If . mN,27dthal7ithuh27othonefn; L on etr ui: J t t . , prietl TO' .00 10 1 0 V I H r o e l l la an n d d .. .• .. MiWednes. & Honduras .. .. . N! 17th of the moll! fte lyhe y 't.. • D e -, 1 1 India (via B • o • uth • sim M p. B ; M N' riOthceof athileYol..o,o,°. li e ll v t rf 11?.• Pe' 0 t De c ' India (viaMarseillee) N Sthgc 24th efmou''' 00' 11' Mediterranean (via - Sol l . pee* 01 Southampton) .. m 20th of the month _.o' for . t. A P- 16/ Mediterranean (via 1 t h pe _., , ,p g a. Marseilles) .. .. N Bthlo 24th of Men . sou the••• - _,,t, .v- 1 0 Mexico .. . .. Mld of the M entb•• ene thaw , peo• . 0 Madeira • • .. .. 31 Ith of the Mont I f ee _..,, Malta* .. .. f ,7th,170,1901,27.. P ° V7,', 0 Satin. se ethi r t r f c. 0 Naples* Peninsular.. .... .. I,lsB:l23losththo2fstr:ftnib° ro l l er a p :• t . ... 911 i : g Papal States* .. .. .N 'sth 15th 25thofreo _ a top , t , v - ,,,, I , month s°'2l'• f .. P P i T P u eru scany . * .. ... .. 341:571t?hith:75jththtrinloffran: e 7 o ° , ; 4llo 3:ap P Pt. V if: L err e i West Indies .. .. M 17th of the month +hainP - Id West Indies (except 4 ,, SOO- .4 O ° A 0 Havanna & Nassau) 31,2 d of themen" - .. a t ( 1 9 "" ~,, .. .... „, 1, * The mails to those countries than -ar 1047 01. r a3Pt ° of p ee ) Frerch pf.•?.ket via Marseilles. lg. Selit il late# l - ef The direct Havre mall from London v---,,.. ne w, ,itig - month will be made up three times a We e ;;the ol et olliP The Peninsula mails will be made HP in, o n it ber sth, in consequ e nce of the 7th Kappe 7, -London: Id' i ilf 0 -----._.___—— ---- oiooosoo 00, [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- FIOIIOWOY'II , 13 pi!. rooatoo Pills, a certain Cure for Scrofula or I ( i n g o vecli ate fse t i liso allicted with this awful disease should have : 41 theirknov.ilisesrd ' to these invaluable medicines, as it is a l 14 ba n r e fad many patients have been effectually Cur-, have inita.- en i every other remedy had failed, and severe' the 10- biot . i iii to perfect health after being ...aischarged cro p il l ins 01 (1 . 00, Of d r there pronounced incurable. flolloVal 0 o f the P 1,0 11 ;e are efficacious in every variety of diseases of lio W e' se °° $ heads, bad and obstinate sores, and there ' s 0 o f t11; 4 01 0 desperate, but will yield to the u nited P we od 14 reign ia medicines.— Sold by all Druggit.ta,olo3• eptili,l m llaway's Establishment, 244, Strand,l4" „„410 11 , . 0 0 1 THE RAILWAY The IDoo°,,° con', TO HERBFORD.--- f tlo 11°' d plans have been deposited; the secretor," °_... of t be 1 13 . 6 . 4 7f . North-Western has been appointed secretalegty 10 1 % A pany. The offices are removed to Enetcly e t pb • CZ ] r rectors have determined to lay down 01;wieleerteal ' i Of rails in the meantime, which will materhP.'4, the 'Vocal required ; and negotiations are on foot I'll'ineet.' ea pang having reference to such an arrant , „-- Chronicle. fg __-- .0101 4 Bflins ts. 0. 1 '10 ( ' OF A 00IC Sae o f Jo , I.' On the sth inst., in the Strand, Mrs. ~,,, wife of '°' On the sth inst., in Wimpole-street, L'" p aten , ' Burgoyne, Esq. rr• n• A '2° On the sth inst., the wife of gr. • it , lington-park, Hornsey-road. ‘,,,a Wi fe' r e OF A DAUGHTFY- .1) I,P. - , COoll''' GO On the 4th inst., at Movval-house, o f Rev. James B. Kitson, of Pelynt. , e the W ife On the 4th inst., in Nottingham-P ec ' Hill, Esq. Gell i _____--------- 11 0 On the 3d inst, at Trinity Church°, c . ro b A .fir Esq., of the u eri ns t , eldest clatig d A a r u n g o i l i d t , er E o sq t ., wr o . t c E r d eas enbr id g e, of t_, piste 1. 11 bti Pi. e• OP . " ( ey.7448.R1F,V- r,ddiegot°23:, foo At Ure-ce, Glasgow, on of t Gibson,heaot ofJohn Piccadilly, wWatt, at , t s n ci d ., o o n t ,. tCh Glasgow' slips, 0 11ie° DIE-Th waili Sit Corn _ ye, . I , On the 3d inst., at Whiteford -house, Pratt Call, Bart., aged 70. , y i ss on'g ry ,0 1 ; On the 6th inst., at llayes - p lace ' ~,,orw„dt p ooer e p - Admiral C. F. Daly, C.B. Re O v. n G th il e be 2 rt d i i i n e s n t r . y , ait,anthged,ioAntre,7rd,aetilr?ttrias-g,0bef,..:.6:1148v6.-eig;;l:sel' 001: P C Prebendary of Chichester Ca .. i. 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