The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-10 00:00:00

fourth VEllition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. FRANCE. The Minister of Commerce has received several communications during the week on the subject of the Great Exposition of London next year. The num ber of manufacturers whose names were inscribed at she motel of that ilinister, as proposing to send articles to Leaden, were, on the 15th September, 1,211, of whom 792 reside in the Department of the Seine. They amount at present to ,411111, of whom 1,730 reside in the same department. Of the 66 departments of Prange nine only have as yet produced nothing for the London Esposition. The Minister has, at the request of the manufacturers, extended the period allowed for receiving their produce in Paris from the 31st of December to the 20th of January. GERMANY. In its latter from Munich the Deutsche Zeitung announces the disgrace and the impending downfall of M. •on der Pfordten, the Bavarian Premier. Count Bray is mentioned as the only man who has a chance of succeeding to that unpopular Minister. The disappointment of the King of Bavaria at the result of the Olmutz Conference is alleged as the tame of M. von der Pfordten's disgrace. ITALY. In the sitting of the 31 of the Senate of Turin, Baron de La Torre addressed a question to the Cabinet on the subject of the differences existing between Rome and Piedmont. He commenced by expressing his regret at a struggle that a little prudence, he thought, might have averted. He added, that the Nuncio of his Holiness had told him, that if the Siccardi law had been suspended, the Holy See would have approved of it, and only insisted on a few slight modifications in the principal article. The orator concluded his speech with a few severe remarks on the conduct of Ministers to this question. The Keeper of the Seals, Signor Siccardi, repelled the accusations the Honourable Member had thought proper to direct against the Cabinet, which, he he contended, had only had in view the conciliation of the dignity and independence of the country with the respect due to the Iloly See. Laws sanc tioned by the three powers of the State, he ob served, were, not only a fait accompli, but a right, and Rome ought to have considered that the law in question was nothing but the practical revival of principles formerly insisted upon by all Catholic States. A representative had been sent to Rome, in order to settle the question amicably, but his letters of credence had been refused by the Court of Rome. It was then the Piedinontese envoy was obliged to reflect that there were limits to every thing, end that the dignity of the nation would not allow him to go any further. After these explana tions, the Senate unanimously adopted the order of the day on the question. Signor Giacomo Abrial, the proprietor of the island of Montecristo, having solicited the Tuscan Government to establish a permanent police force, in order to encourage the celoniastion of that island, which Signor Abrial had already commenced, the Government of Flerenee has declined being at that expense, and, moreover, ordered the small garrison hitherto kept there to be withdrawn. The Parma Gazette of the 23 publishes a ducal decreeior the organization of two companies of in fantry of 252 men each, specially intended for the escort of military baggage, artillery, &c. The reason a.3*igned for this measure is the necessity of not weakening the garrison of the capital by sending out detachments. Thy Governor of Venice has issued a notification, dated tie 25th ult,, informing the public that the sub scripti,,n3 :or the relief of Brescia haring now been open for a considerable, time, they are henceforth to cea.e, as the various: demonstrations made on that account, under the semblance of philanthropy, are in reality nothing else but manifestations of political opinions. CUURSE OF EXCH. incn ......•• •• 11 15% Dit.lo, three months.. 11 17 P - Ate •• ..•• 11 17 ,A.a:w.:rp• • • ..• •..• • • • • 25 25 Ertiasels .• ......25 2i Hatnnttrxh .... • • M.B. 13 7% Altor.a.• ........ •• •• •• l's. 3 .. • 2 5 5 Ditti. 3 months .... 25 25 31 trsatil.a ....•• •• „ .• 25 27% • Fnan'af.)rton Maine.... 113;( Vienna, efTec. •• •• •• 12 0 Trieste, •• 13 0 ret,rs!mrak,Sil. Mole— Birctr!d .• 49,!,‘ LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Leghorn ........ • ..... SO 90 lenoa • . .• 95 sfllan ............ Venice Naples ...... • • • • 411 i ?Ceram, peroz 124 Messina 124 Lisbon—. 53% Oporto .... • ... 53% ltio Janeiro ........ • • Buenos Ayres — New York, GO days'eight Philadelphia . PILICBS 01 , BULLION, PEA 02. Foreign Geld In bars...E3 17 9 l'ortv.gal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 :4panieh Doubloon. .. 0 0 0 Cadt: .. • liarcelosa •• ........ 8471114111 . • • • • • • • • • • • • . New Dollars ....•• 0 4 113! Silver in bars ......•. 0 5 134 Til 11: LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS E VENIA G.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 6, 1850. Ti - ,e Queen has been pleased to appoint th<l Honour able George Sulyarde Stafford Jerningham, now Secre tary to her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople, to be tie2retAry to her Majesty's Embassy at Paris. WIILTEIIALL, I) E e. 7. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend John In boa to the church at Kinloch Likart or Kinloch Linehort, in the parish of Coutin, in the presbytery of Dingwall and shiro of Ross, vacant by the transportation of the Reverend Duncan Simon Mackenzie, late minister thereof', to the church and parish of Gairloch. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Rent. The lion. Philip Sidney to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Sir Norton Joseph inatchbull, Barr., to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Garrett to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Nov. 15. Commiision by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. 2d Regiment of Surrey Militia—Hildebrant Meredith Parrott, EN., to bo Major, vice the Hon. Viscount Cron ey, promoted. WHITEHALL, NOT. 18. The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed Edward Hugh Edwards, of Ruthin, in the county of Denbigh, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the ac knowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Denbigh. WHITEHALL, Noy. 30. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Lewis, of R_eliester, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Ma3ter Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Robert Wright, currier, Leeds. BANKRUPTS. Abraham Provost, linendraiwr, Peterborough, to sur render Due. 13, at twelve, and Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, 13.:-.inghall-street; Jones, Sise-lane. Nathanial John Hone, brewer, Reuling, Berkehire, Dec.l9, at eleven, and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. Coleman-street, buildings; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row; Blandy, Reading. Adolph Berend and Isidore Blom:Loathe], cigar mer chants, Weymouth-place, New Kent-road, Dec. 19, at twelve, and Jan. 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman Street-buildings ; Bris tow and Tarrant, Bond court, Walbrook. Alexander Honey man, builder, Deptford, Dec. 20, at twelve, and Feb. 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, .Basing hall-street; Sadgrove, Mark-lane. George Mortimer Smith, bookseller, Ironbridge, Salop, Jan. 2 and 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, of fi cial assignee, Birming ham; Mottram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. John Curd, cheesemonger, Grove-street, Camden. town, Dec. 12, at eleven, and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings, City; Ford and Lloyd, Bloomsbury square. Gerard Burton, linendraper, Whitechapel-road, Dec. 20, at eleven, and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Askurst and Son, Old Jewry. John Palmer Burnell, china dealer, Moorgate-street, Dec. 19, at two, and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street; Ll4ndmarsh and Evans, Cres cent, Jewin-street. _ _ _ James Kite, wine and spirit merchant, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, Dec. 24 and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. llirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Penny, Taunton; Stogdon, Exeter. Edward Cardwell, share broker, Manchester, Dec. 20 and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Bond and Bar wick, Leeds; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Man chester. William Simpson and Edmund Chadwick, starch manufacturer, Manchester, Dec. 17, at twelve, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official a3vign99, Manchester; Atkinson and Co., M%n chester. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Philip Henry Cullom, printer, Cannon-street-road, Mid dlesex. I:hiatus Morton, Penton-street, Haymarket. Bit:hard Thompson, assistant to an eating-house keeper, Smithfield-bars. Juhn Gapp, cab proprietor, Upper Berkeley-street, Port man-square. Henry Archer, plumber, Park-street, Golden-square, City. Henry Marlin Jackson, lints draper, Homsworth-street, nnxtoll. Samuel Ntarchan% ironmonger, Salem-place, Waiham , - Essen, Middlesex. • - e Webboihoenialcer, London-road, Southwark. Jamea flooth,LainVey, ornamental painter, Alfred-ter . • Qiiegn 4 b-road, •Grange-road,.Bermondsey. lot=3.4,,sticharj Gower-street, Pentonville. tive*y.atable keeper, Finchley- road, St. John's Wood. 1 William Iz)d, irenfounder, Snrroy-Square, Old Kent road. Elward Hobday, Newel victualler, Church-row, Ken nington Common. o! , 4", John Silcock, htm and beef-shop keeper, Pickering place, Islington. George Willoughby, check clerk in the London Docks, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. LAW INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Dec. 9. (Before Sir J. KNIGHT BRUCE). OLLENDOEF V. MACS. the schooner when she began the chase, and when they boarded us ten or twelve men came with the pirate captain. There were 13 of the crew of the Victoria, and 12 of the Industry. I suppose there were 60 or 70 men on board the pirate-vessel. George Lewis examined—Was at the Old Bailey trial. In August, 1822, I was carpenter in the brig Victoria. I remember her being taken by a piratical schooner. A boat from the schooner boarded the Victoria. The boat's crew were armed with pistols, cutlasses, and knives. She was commanded by Aaron Smith. He first came on board, and he then ordered the captain, the chief mate, the second mate, and three sailors, to go into his boat. When Smith came on board he fired a musket off. The captain asked Smith what he and his crew were. Smith told him to go on board the schooner, and they would tell him what they were. The captain complied, and took his ship's papers with him, at the request of Smith. Smith stayed on board the Victoria from one or two until eight o'clock, and gave orders to everyone on board. We did the work, and the pirates walked the deck, to take care of us. He told Deane, the man at the wheel, to steer the ship " well." He struck the man with a cutlass on his head, and made a wound three inches long. The last witness was then called to the helm. Smith asked me where my captain belonged to ? I told him his name was Hearne, and he belonged to the North. He asked where he lived. I said, 17, Lucas-street, Commercial. road, London. Smith said " What do I know about London ?" I remember an American vessel coming in sight. When we lost her it was quite dark, and the wind blowing hard. He ordered me to put four oars in the jolly-boat, and I did so. When the American was twenty minutes' sail off; the schooner was about two miles off. The brig might then have been saved if Smith had done what he ought. Smith came back with a Spaniard, whom they called their captain. He ordered me to break open the trunk, and made me take down the lining at the ship's side and the lining over the deck, to see if there was any property. The pirate captain said, if he found any money stowed away be would blow my brains out. Smith and the captain were down below carousing together. When Smith went away he took the mate's boat cloak. The next day we were sent on board the Industry. We heard a quarrel on board the pirate schooner in the night, and heard screaming. It was rumoured that the pirate captain was murdered that night. I last saw the pi rate captain on the 7th of August, when he left the Victoria. When I went on board the Industry I saw Captain Cook. I noticed his arm, and observed marks of blood on it. Capt. Cook dressed Deane's wound, I do not know what private property of Capt. Hearne's was taken, nor have I ever heard what Smith got clam this transaction. Lugas and I are the only two seamen alive belonging to the English ship. I was first found out to be a witness by placard. When Smith was on board the Victoria he said I was to sound the well as usual, and consider him as captain. Cross-examined by Mc. JAMES—I do not know who was steward then. I do not remember his name. Mr. Henry linen Cohen-My father and uncle were the owners of the Victoria, and I was in their office at the time. I was present at the trial of Aaron Smith, in December, 1823. I heard Captain Cook examined on the trial of the indictment for piratically boarding the Victoria. I have heard his deposition read here to-day. I did not hear him state anything respecting the Industry. Captain Cook never said at the trial that Captain Smith had saved his life ; he said that Smith had not the power to save his life. It was stated that Smith had knocked a pistol out of the hand of some one who was going to fire at Cook's head. Captain Cook denied the assertion. I have known Captain Cook for many . years. Mr. Dobie, the solicitor to the Times, produced letters of the plaintiff of the 15th and 24th of June, 1850, to Mr. Cobden, which were put in in evidence. The plaintiff, in the last of those letters, called Mr. Cobden a " poltroon" and a " slanderer " for refusing to retract what be had said of him in Parliament, which he had asked him to do in the first letter, and said he sheltered his pocket from the consequence of an action, by the " privilege" of Parliament, and his cowardly back from a flogging by protection of his Godfrey-row, Sliacklowell. Robert Aldersey, assistant in a spirit vault, Dansic Surgeons—Dr. Archibald Little (1848), to the Volcano steam-vessel, fitting at Woolwich ; Andrew Moffit (1849), to the Penguin, 8, fitting at Devon port. Second Master—James Milton (1848), late of the Volage surveying vessel, to the St. George. 120, at Devonport. Naval Cadet—Laurens H. Mallett, to the Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth. As we anticipated yesterday, Commander Thomas Etheride (1848), has been appointed to command the Penguin at Devonport. This gallant officer entered the navy in 1824, passed in 1830, and served as a mate for ten years. As a lieutenant he served on the coast of Africa as first of the Star, 8 ; and the Larne, 16. Commander John Henn Gennys (1845), has been appointed to commission the Fantome, 12, at Ports mouth, for service at New Zealand ; she is already rigged, and to have a complement of 125 officers and men. Commander Gennys entered the navy from college in 1824, and served in Cambria, 48, at the battle of Navarino, and after being engaged in the subsequent capture of numerous pirates, was wrecked at Carabusa, in 1828, during an attack on the marauders. As a mate he served in the North Star at the rebellion in Jamaica; and in 1835, in the Royalist, in the operations on the north coast of ttain against the Carlists. In 1838 he attained his promotion, and as lieutenant served in command of the Confiance slaver, in the Mediterranean, and in the Princess Charlotte, 104, Rodney, 92, and Belle isle ; and lastly as flag-lieutenant to the late Sir John Chambers White, when commander-in-chief at Sheerness. THE COMPTROLLERSHIP OF THE VICTUALLING DE PARTMENT OF THE Navv.—Mr. James Meek, pay master, of 1800, who has held the appointment of comptroller of the victualling department of the navy for a great number of years, has at length retired from the sweets and turmoils of active life, and the vacancy long bespoken for Mr. Grant, store-keeper of the Clarence Victualling-yard, has been con ferred upon that gentleman. That a change was absolutely necessary in this department has been most palpable to every one who has felt an interest in the victualling and transport services of the navy ; and we now hope that the new eomp troller, by bringing to bear his extensive experience and good judgment, will ere long so improve the de partment that we shall hear no more complaints of bad contracts and bad provisions, which have of late been so prevalent in the navy. Mr. Grant is well known as the projector of the baking machinery now used for making biscuit fur the fleet. He also intro duced the patent fuel into the service; but not only has he been the means of supplying improved fuel and rood, but he has more recently projected and fitted to a great many of her Mejeety's steam-vessels a cooking and distilling apparatus, by which our seamen arc now supplied with the best fresh \voter on demand. Mr. Grant, we believe, has a medal from the late King of the French fr( r his services in establishing biscuit- baking machinery in France, and is in the receipt of 3001. per annum for his extra services from cur own Government. DEATH OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL NA VAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—Wre announce with deep regret—a regret which will be felt by the whole navy—the death of Commander W. H. Dickson, the gallant, able, straightforward, independent, upright, and indefatigable secretary of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society, and the founder of the Royal Naval School. Our lamented friend had been a great sufferer for the last four months ; but on Tuesday last he was seized with apoplexy, and after four days of intense pain and agony, be expired on Saturday last at ten P.M. The naval service, in his death, has lost one of its most devoted members, for he possessed the character istics of the profession in its noblest sense. The Royal Naval Benevolent Society has, in the death of its secretary, sustained a heavy calamity ; for he was the most zealous and watchful guardian of its charac ter and its interests. The widow, the sister, and the orphan of the poor naval officer, will have to add to their severe distresses and bereavements the loss of their best friend. _ street, Liverpool. Georg© Howarth, coal dealer, Tichfield-street, Liverpool David Jackson, cardmaker, Mirfietd, Yorkshire. Tryall Kay, Walmersley, Lancashire. Richard Nowell, hat manufacturer, Bromsgrove, Wor. The plaintiff in this case, Henri Godfrey 011endorf, a foreign gentleman, was the author of a book en titled " A New Method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak a Language in Six Months, adapted to the French, for the use of Schools and Private Teachers." The work was first published in London, by Messrs. Whittaker and Co., the other plaintiff, who had pur chased a right to publish an edition of 5,000 copies. The selling price was 12s. per copy. The defendant, Mr. Black, of Upper Wellington-street, Strand, had published at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, an edition of the work, which he had largely imported into this country, at a selling price of ss. 6d. per copy. An injunction was, therefore, sought against the sale of such edition, and also an account of the money re ceived for the copies already sold. Mr. Malins (with whom was Mr. Flaker) appeared in support of the motion. Dr. 011endorf. at the time of the publication of the work, was personally resi dent in London, as proved by the affidavit of his landlady. In the case of " Boosey v. Purday" the Court of Exchequer had merely decided against the right of a foreigner residing abroad at the time of publication. It had not gone the length of deciding that a foreigner could not have the copyright in this country. Mr. BOLT (with whom was Mr. Eddis), for the defendant, contended that the plaintiff had no domi cile in this country. He had merely come to this country for a few days, to see his bookseller, and now claimed the same rights of protection for his property as a natural-born subject of the realm. The Copy right Act, which was relied on by the other side, was not intended to encourage the publications of foreign authors. cestershire. John Nutter, manager at a beerhouse, Liverpool. John Prosser, labourer, Manchester. Robert Robson, brazier, Liverpool. Thomas George Smith, wine and spirit merchant, Liver pool. William Wadley, horse dealer, Berrow, Worcestershire, Joseph Yearalley, licensed victualler, Salford, Lanca. shire. Robert Evans Davies, accountant, Tunstall, Stafford. shire. Evan Jones, collier, Aberdare, Glamorganshire. Christopher Burton, journeyman outfitter, St. Mary's gate, Birkenhead. John Buckley, oonfectioner, Rochdale, Lancashire. Watkin Jeffreys, grocer, Aberdare, Glamorganshire. William Smith, jun., tea aril coffee-dealer, Stopergate, Doncaster. John Cox, eatinghouse-keeper, Brighton .Tohn Corbett, coal and lime-dee.ler, Birmingham. Zebedee Garlick, butcher, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Hig HONOUR said his belief was that when the cases of " Murray v. Bohn," and " Murray v. Rout ledge," having reference to the works of WashingtOn Irving, were before him, the point whether the in formation sought for should be granted or refused was not argued. It was in substance granted by the counsel for the plaintiff that the matter ought to go to law, the defendants being directed to keep an ac count. But if, however, the point had been argued before him on those occasions, he should not consider himself bound by what then took place, or by what he then did. He considered himself at liberty to deal with the present case as if those cases were not. It had been said that the legal weight in this case was doubt ful, and that the mere existence of a doubt was suffi cient to prevent the Court from granting the injunc tion. He did not agree in that. He believed that doctrine to be new, for it would interfere with the jurisdiction of the Court, daily exercised to a very great extent. The question of the legal right being in doubt was a matter for the serious attention of the Court, but it did not render it incumbent on the Court to refuse the injunction. Notwithstanding the argu ment that the plaintiff in "Cocks v. Purday" was an Englishman claiming by assignment from a foreigner, his Honour thought that circumstance afforded no clear ground of distinction between that and the pre sent case. It' the case of Cocks and Purday were un justly decided, it appeared clear to him the plaintiff (Dr. 011endorf) was right in equity, and right in law in the present instance. There was a circum stance here which distinguished the present case from the case in the Court of Exchequer, "Boosey v. Pur. day." When the first publication of the work took place in England, Dr. Oilendorf was himself present in England. It was said only temporarily so, and that his domicile was originally foreign, and that it had never ceased to be so. That may be, but his Honour could not concede to the proposition that the circumstance of Dr. 011endorf being present here at the time of the first publication, was immaterial. llis Honour was of opinion, viewing the case as he did, that there was a case for an injunction now; he should therefore grant an injunction on the common undertaking of the plaintiffs to abide by any order which the Court may make as to damages. He made this order merely as a lawyer, but for the sake of literature generally, this ought to be the right view of the law. Albion, 90, Captain Hope Johnstone, is ordered to leave Plymouth Sound for the Mediterranean, on the 17th inst. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 9. PMITH V. COOK.-LIBEL. purse. Mr. Barton, from the office of the Morning Post, produced a letter, signed by " E. Garbett," published in the Morning Post. This closed the defendant's case. Mr. E. JAMES replied on the defendant's case, commenting on the evidence and circumstances as he proceeded. The jury were now again impanelled to try Captain Smith on two distinct charges on which he had before been placed upon his trial and honour ably acquitted. He (Mr. James) contended that the charges against Captain Smith were malicious, and without any foundation, inasmuch as nothing could be more clear than that he had not only not been guilty of murder, as stated, but had never stained his hands in human blood, and was also guiltless of the charge of boarding and plundering the Pre voyant. The Learned Gentleman concluded by hoping that the jury would award Captain Smith competent damages for the injury of which he so un , justly complained. Lord CAMPBELL asked the counsel on both sides whether they would divest the case of all the merely technical points on the pleadings, and would take the verdict on the second plea only, which raised the substantial question of the truth of the libel ? Both the counsel answered that in this matter they would be guided by the Lord Chief Justice's wishes. Lord CAMPBELL then said, that in consequence of this very proper course taken by the counsel on both sides, the case had become one for the jury alone. He should merely assist the jury by making a few observations. He thought that there was not the slightest reason to complain of the plaintiff for having brought this action against the defendant instead of bringing it against the Times. It would have been most improper to bring the action against that paper. When the paper had taken the precaution to know who was the author of the letter, and to get an undertak ing from him that he would be answerable for the publication of it, and gave up that author to the person complaining of it, the author of the letter was the proper, and the only proper person to be made a defendant. Likewise he must say that the plaintiff was in a situation of great hardship, to be thus called on to go into an occurrence which happened between twenty and thirty years ago. As soon after as it was possible he had been called on to answer this charge. In 1823 he was accused, and the Crown properly took up the prosecution, the King's Attorney- General conducting it. The charge was for piracy in the cases of the Vittoria and the Industry. On the first of these cases he was tried. All the evidence that could be adduced was heard, and he had no doubt that all proper evidence was brought forward that could be considered capable of strengthening the case against the prisoner. The then Attorney- General (Sir R. Gifford) was a most able and honour able man, and no doubt conducted the case with great propriety. Two of the witnesses who had been in the box to-day were then examined. The case went to the jury with apparently the most excellent obser vations, for the Court remarked that the act without the mind did not constitute guilt ; and the jury, act ing on that rule, and believing that the plaintiff acted on compulsion, pronounced a verdict of ac quittal. It must be assumed that that was a fair and honourable verdict, and Sir R. Gifford thought it so conclusive that, no doubt having presented the strongest case in the first instance to the jury, he declined to present any evidence on the case of the Industry. In the year 1829 the plaintiff was again tried on another charge, before other judges and under other circumstances. The case was brought to trial before one of the most enlightened, learned, and able men that had ever sat on the bench—he (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Sergeant SUEZ then addressed the jury for the defendant. Whatever might be the difficulties of a case entrusted to an advocate in a court of justice, there was always one circumstance calculated to cheer and animate him, and that was the conviction that his client was an honourable man. Captain Cook was a man who, for nearly a quarter of a century, had enjoyed the respect of his countrymen. He was the Captain Cook who so honourably distin guished himself during the destruction by fire of the Kent East Indiaman, many years ago, in the Bay of Biscay. He had since been employed by. the Govern ment to treat with the African princes at the Niger, with a vsew to the suppression of the slave trade. This statement, now alleged to be libellous, had been extorted from I:itn by the bold bad man who now dragged him into court. Mr. Edmund Garbett, the friend of Captain Smith, had addressed a letter to the lion. Member for the West Riding of York, pub lished in the Times, and which called upon Captain Cook to vindicate his character. It was true, as had been stated by the plaintiff's counsel, that Smith appeared at a meeting of the Peace Society, and stated his opi nion of the character of the pirates in the neighbour hood of Borneo. This became the subject of discus sion in the House of Commons when 100,0001. was asked for head money for the pirates destroyed by Raja Brooke. In the course of the debate it was stated that it was to be wished that Captain Aaron Smith could then state what he had asserted at the There is no truth in the silly Woolwich report, that the Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ilope, C. 8., is daily expected from the Mediterranean to be paid off, &c. Inconstant, 36, Captain Shepherd, was paid off at Devonport on Saturday, and the Sprightly steam.. tender took to Portsmouth officers and seamen de sirous of a passage. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 9.—The Waterwich, 8, Com mander Quin, is hourly expected off this port, having made Plymouth on Saturday, whence she was or dered to this port without anchoring. The Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliot, has been removed from the basin his afternoon, and taken alongside the Victorious hulk. WOOLWICH, DEC. 9.—Commander W. T. Rivers, appointed to command the Volcano, arrived here to day, and on hoi'ting his pendant entered nearly the requisite number of stokers, and examined the certi ficates of a number of able seamen, whom he will enter to-morrow, on his finally approving of them. The Penguin, 6, at Devonport, making ready for the coast of Arrica, will be in charge of a commander, on the important duty in which she is about to be employed—the suppression of the slave trade; and Commander Thomas Etheridge (1848) is appointed to her for that purpose. Captain E. St. L. Cannon, Commanders J. F. B. Wainwright and C. J. Austen, Lieutenants M. H. M. Mundy, E. Marshall, L. W. Peyton, J. D. Curtis, and W. Horton, recently studying steam at the Factory at Woolwich Dockyard, have presented Mr. Rough ton, engineer, their instructor in the knowledge of steam and steam-engines, with a handsome gold watch, worth twenty guineas, and previous to its being handed to him had the following engraved on the inside of the case :—" Presented to Mr. Boughton, by Captain Cannon and the naval officers under his tuition, Oct. 2, 1150." The Wildfire steam-vessel will take three engineers and men from this port to-morrow to Chatham, to assist in navigating the Tiger steam-sloop to Ports mouth. meeting in question. The Learned Sergeant then read certain letters of Mr. Garbett to Mr. Cobden, in which it was stated that Captain Smith had some years before published an account of his life on board the pirate ship, in which he had clearly shown that what Captain Cook had stated at the trial was untrue, and that he (Cook) had never had the manliness to answer it, or to defend himself. He made a distinct charge in that letter against Captain Cook, that he had stated what was untrue on his oath. This letter baying been printed in the Times and Morning Post, it would not have been proper for Captain Cook to have remained silent. He (Mr. Sergeant Shee) would undertake to prove that all that Captain Cook had stated in his letter was the truth. If Captain Smith wanted the whole truth to be known with respect to the circumstances under which he was acquitted in 1823, the better way to vindicate his character would have been to bring his action against the Times, when Captain Cook might have appeared as a witness, and been cross-examined. He (Mr. Sergeant Shee) would undertake to prove that Smith had not acted by compulsion as a pirate, but was a pirate and the associate of pirates of his own free will. Mr. Edward Symmons, clerk to the magistrates at the produced the original de position h the oefs plaintiff, Police-court, wn the defendant, when Aaron brought before the Court on sam rmCook, a charge of piracy in 1823. A small portion of the deposition had been lost. The deposition was then put in evidence. John Thomas Stuart, clerk to the plaintiff's at torney, who was present at the examination of one Andre Jean Malinaire (now out of the country), touching this matter, produced the deposition. (Ma linaire's deposition was then put in.) John Lagus—l reside at Mile-end, and now work about ships. have been a' mariner. In August, 1822, I was boatswain on board the brig Victoria, which was on her homeward voyage from Jamaica in July of that year. I know both Captain Smith and Captain Cook. About the 7th August, when the ship was off the island of Cuba, she was taken by a schooner. The brig Industry, commanded by Capt. Cook, was off that island at the same time. I had seen the schooner chasing the Industry, and then get alongside of her. That was about nine o'clock in the morning. The Victoria was taken about one o'clock. The schooner fired before we were taken. A boat then came alongside from the schooner, with Smith on board, and three or four more, armed with pistols, muskets, and long knives. The boat was commanded by Smith. His face was blackened a little, I believe. He was not pulling the boat. Smith came on board first. The captain and the first and second mates were there. The first mate said, "Is that you, Smith ?" Smith said his name was not Smith, but Allen. He then told the captain and the second mate to go into the boat with three of the crew. The captain asked if he must take his papers and what the schooner was. Smith replied, " You will know when you go on board." He then gave orders to fill the sails of the Victoria, that she might run after the schooner. The captain and the mate and second mate went on board the schooner. Smith then asked for liquor and dinner for himself and his men. The man at the helm did not steer according to his wish, and Smith called him a scoundrel, and took the cutlass and struck him across the head, making a wound three inches long. He fired his mnsket as a signal, I sup pose. Smith spoke to the pirates in English, and they appeared to understand him. None gave orders but Smith, and the men obeyed his orders. The man at the wheel was sent away by Smith, and I was put in his place. The steward prepared dinner for Smith and his men. He asked where the cheese was, and the steward replied that it was Cheshire cheese. Smith said, " Where is Cheshire ? " The steward said it was in England. The vessel was becalmed on the same day, and two Dutchmen came on board with knives. Smith fired a musket at me because I did not steer according to hia liking. The witness, in cross-examination, stated that he had given the same evidence on that occasion that he had given to-day. The mate, the cook,and Captain Cook, were also examined_ on that trial. The men ..'l who came on board - with SMith appeared :to niards. They were armed with muskets, cutlasses, and long knives. We were about half a mile from THE BRAZILIAN SLAVE TRADE, Extract of a letter from Rio, dated Oct. 5 " The Southampton, 50, Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C. 8., is here. The slave trade on this coast has been very brisk. Several captures have been made five within the last three months, by her Majesty's ship Sharpshooter, which is ordered to the north w a r d, to cruise under the orders of Commander Schomberg, of her Majesty's ship Cormorant, and with her to proceed to Bahia, which is to be their cruising ground, on which division the slave traffic has assumed a boldness and audacity hitherto unknown, setting the Brazilian Government openly at defiance. On the 24th of September the Sharpshooter communicated with the Cormorant, and proceeded in company, but the latter having expended her fuel when about 200 miles from her destination, the former proceeded alone. On the 2d of October, two days after parting com pany, the Sharpshooter fell in with the slaver brig Felicidade, fully equipped for the slave trade, a most beautiful craft, one of those fine models which are turned out of hand at Oporto, fitted either as a brig or as a two topsail schooner, having a second complete suit of sails. The vessel was capable of carrying 900 slaves, and had only 17 days previously landed 700 a few miles to the southward of Bahia. The crew pro claimed, in a most exulting manner, that she had run 10 clear cargoes in the last three years. The fore mast having been discovered to be so badly sprung as not to admit of her being sent to St. Helena for adjudication, the crew were transferred to the Sharpshooter, and having collected large quantities of combustible materials in her main and after hatchways, she was set on fire. To expedite her destruction she was further made a target of for the Sharpshooter's great guns at a good range, The practice is described as very accurate, nearly the whole of the shot going through the hull of the slaver, which eventually sunk. This was the sixth capture of the Sharpshooter in little more than three months, and all obtained, with the exception of one (cut out from under the fort of Macahia), by severe cruising. Fifteen vessels have been seized this year; five by the Cormorant (four of which, our informant says, were captured by information out of Brazilian ports), two by the Rifleman, two by the Harpy (by information), and one by the Tweed while cruising. The United States' frigate Congress sailed on the 20th September for the River Plate to relieve the Brandywine; the Tweed, 18, Commander Lord F. Russell, is at Per nambuco ; the Rifleman, 8, Lieutenant- Commander Branch, is en route from the River Plate to Rio ; the Spider packet in the River Plate ; the Harpy iron tender is cruising off St. Ann's Islands. The Cor morant, 6, Commander Schomberg, arrived here yes terday, and, with the Sharpshooter, is using every dispatch in coaling, &c., to cruise on this part of the coast. The following are further particulars of the slaver cutter captured by the Sharpshooter, mentioned in our yesterday's dispatch :—The Amelia was forty five days from Benguela, with seventy-four male and female children, none of whom averaged more than eight years of age. The poor little creatures were in a wretched emaciated state, many dying when disco vered, from disease and want of provisions and water. Several of the children were rescued from between the water casks, having fallen through the slave deck, where they appeared to have been lying•many hours. The deck on which they had. been existing wassnlP 21 feet bet Ween the beams, and when they were con y( yed on board the Sharpshooter none were able to stand upright owing to the herring-like ananner s in which they h2d been long packed." meant Lord Chief Justice and on that occa sion another jury was so satisfied that the case against the plaintiff was insufficient, and that the voluntary joining of the pirates was not proved, that the jurors interposed, and, stopping the case, returned a verdict of not guilty. On the part of the plaintiff it was wished to lay before the jury this day the evidence which had then been given; but it was objected to because this defendant was not then present, and it was necessarily rejected. At this distance of time it was an extreme hardship that the charge should thus be revived. It was beautifully said by Lord Plunkett that Time was represented with a scythe in one hand and an hour-glass in the other, that with his scythe he cut down the evidence of a transaction, but with the hour-glass he limited the time within which the charge might be brought the evidence of which his scythe had destroyed. It was true that the law did not recognise limitation to charges of crimes ; but men would not fail to see that after a certain period a charge could not be brought without pressing with undue hardship on th• accused, and especially in a case like this, when the party had already three times successfully answered it. As it was, the jury here mast now consider this charge, and say whether the plaintiff was guilty or not guilty. By this libel the defendant charged him with being a pirate and a murderer, and undertook by the plea to prove him to be so. The jury would look to see whether there was any evidence whatever of his having committed murder ; and with respect to his having committed piracy, the jury would consider whether he had committed it voluntarily or not. As to that, he seemed to have been a man in a respect able situation of life, and about to be married. He was returning to England for that purpose in the Ze phyr, when that vessel was attacked, and be became a victim to the pirates. He was left among them. He at last escaped, and there was no evidence to dis prove avhat he alleged in his hook With respect to the manner in` which hp escaped. Neither was there a tittle of evidence to prove that the pirate captain was dead, and 'that he supplied the place of the captain. The statements in his book having been 'Made evidence, were to be, taken as much in his rfa l sauf . as - 4pitat him. The defendant saK. _that_ the 1 , book proved his base.. . The jury -would say whether .• ' The Earl De Grey has arrived iu Si,. James's square, from West-park, Beds. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, a Sri, that was so or not. If the jurymen believed what the plaintiff stated, their verdict must be for him ; if they disbelieved it, the verdict must be against him ; but they would require strong evidence to show that he had wilfully acted as a pirate after he had had rea sonable means of escape. It was said that he might have escaped when the American was in sight, and he was on board one of the captured vessels ; but con sidering the small distance of the pirate schooner, and the force on board it, the jury would say whether that was an enterprize that was at all likely to sue • ceed. He should now go through the evidence given this day- The jury here interposed, and said that that was not necessary. Lord CAMPBELL would then leave the matter with the jury. He should only further observe that the conduct of the defendant when he was in the hands of the pirates showed what compulsion was exercised over a captive. As to the letters of Mr. Cobden they ought not to have been written in that scurrilous tone, but they ought not to prejudice the jury against the plaintiff. The jury retired for a short time, and then brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 101. LIVERPOOL ASSIZES, Yesterday. TRIAL OF TIIRELFALL FOR FORGERY. (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) William Threlfall was indicted for having uttered several forged bills of exchange, at Liverpool, with intent to defraud the Hull Flax Company. Five of the jury, on being called over, were ob jected to by the Crown. Mr. Sergeant Wiextris announced that the pri soner, of his own free will, had withdrawn the plea of not guilty, and now pleaded guilty to the charge of uttering, not of forging. Mr. Brass, who appeared to prosecute, said he was ready to produce no less than 30 bills of exchange for 32,811/., which had been uttered by the prisoner, all of which were forgeries. Besides these there were 66 others, with four in addition, making altogether 'forgeries to the extent of 113,8011. That was prior to the time of his apprehension. Since then 15 addi tional bills had fallen due—alt forgeries. These amounted to more than 20,0001. The entire number of forged bills was 115, altogether amounting to 133,000/., all of which he was prepared to prove the prisoner had uttered with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS, in mitigation, said it was right his Lordship should be informed that, although the bills were forgeries, bills to the extent of 113,8001. bad been taken up when they arrived at maturity4At the time the prisoner committed the forgeries he had no idea of defrauding any one, and this was proved by the fsct that he had met every bill which was due up to the time of his apprehension. He had borne a most exemplary character, and though he had done a most illegal and foolish act, he had never intended to commit any moral crime. Nothwithstanding all the disadvantages arising from his apprehensive, the prisoner's estate would yield a dividend of 123. or 15.. in the pound. Mr. Blass admitted that oat of the 130,0001. of forged bills, about 80,0001. had been paid by the pri soner, but still there was a large amount which had not been paid. His LORDSHIP raid he would consider the matter, and pass sentence in the morning. SIRRELL'S CASE.-THE PLATE ROBBERIES. Mr. Sergeant Wimuivs applied that in case the grand jury should find a true bill, the trial would take place on Wednesday morning. The application was granted. Mr. Bodkin is also retained for the defence ; and Mr. Goodman, of the Mansion-house, London, with several other respectable gentlemen, are to be exa mined as to Sirrell's character. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. William St. Clair, a journeyman glazier, was sum moned before Mr. Bingham for having, by threats and intimidation, endeavoured to force Mr. Charles Fox. contractor, builder, &c., to make an alteration in his mode of carrying on his business. Mr. Rippon took several objections to the proceed ings. He contended, that by the Act under which the proceedings were taken, two magistrates were re quired to adjudicate on the case, and not one. Mr. BINGHAM said the Legislature most certainly intended that one metropolitan magistrate, being a stable and experienced person, should have authority to do what could only be done by two country jus tices. He believed the objection now taken was un tenable, but rather than there should be any doubt he would, if required, adjourn the further hearing to ob tain the attendance of his colleague, Mr. Hardwick. He had already stated that it was essential to have the charge disposed of on its own merits, and not got rid of on technical grounds. Mr. Rippon required to have a definite charge made. There were several charges on the summons, and he wished the Court to select the charge. He also con tended that, as Mr. Fox had himself proved he had a partner, the charge did not come within the Act, as the Act only named one person. Mr. BINGHAM said if a man threatened several per sons, ex necessitate he threatened one person. He could not give any weight to that objection. Mr. Humphries, having proved his case by the evi dence of Mr. Fox and other witnesses, which has already been published, Mr. Rippon then proceeded to take objections to the form and to the matter of the proceedings. He con tended that Mr. Fox had not given a correct version of the transaction. Mr. BINGHAM proposed to leave out of view the evidence of Mr. Fox in the judgment he intended to give. -He would confine himself strictly to the evi dence given by the defendant's own witnesses. Mr. Rippon said such being the determination of the Court, he would only call one witness. A witness was called, and he gave similar testimony to that which he offered on the former occaion. The men, to the number of 50, were invited by the fore man of the contractor to attend at the works in Hyde park, to receive the wages due to them. They went into the building for that purpose, when the de fendant, seeing Mr. Fox, requested an audience. Mr. Fox would not grant the request, and turned away, upon which the defendant said, extending his open hand, " You may repent this." Mr. BINGHAM said there had been so many objec tions raised t hat he thought they ought to have full consideration, and therefore he would postpone his judgment until the following day. The proceedings did not terminate until nearly six o'c!ock. SOUTHWARK. William Thomas, a Smithfield drover, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with cruelty to a cow. Mrs. Ann H an d coc k, w if e o f a surgeon, said that about half -past three o'clock that day, as she was standing at one of the windows of her house, her at tention was directed towards the defendant, who was driving a cow that seemed to be in a very bad condi tion, and scarcely able to move along. At length the animal fell down, apparently from sheer exhaustion, and then commenced the brutality which the de fendant exercised towards it. He first seized the animal's tail, and twisted it with great force ; but finding this had not the desired effect of making it rise from the ground, he then dropped the tail down in a part of the road where a quantity of sharp granite was laid, and began to jump upon it with all his might. Although the poor animal seemed by the heaving of its body to suffer pain from such extreme cruelty, yet it had not the power to move from its position, and the defendant then ran to its head, and thrusting several of his fingers up its nostrils, by that description of pur chase made several ineffectual attempts to get the animal upon its legs. The witness added that she was so uttorly disgusted with the brutality exercised by the defendant towards a poor dumb animal, which it was apparent, from disease and exhaustion, had not the strength to rise from the ground, that she hastened to the street and sent for a policeman, into whose custody she gave the defendant. She further said that a crowd of persons had collected on the spot, and that even if she had not interposed he would have been taken into custody, as several persons were looking about for a policeman, in order that such an offender should not escape the punishment he merited. A policeman confirmed that part of Mrs. Hand cock's evidence which related to the defendant's twisting and then jumping upon the animal's tail to make it rise from the ground where it had fallen, or, more properly speaking, dropped down. He added, that he subsequently examined the animal's feet, and found they were in a very diseased state, and that it must have been great torture for it to have walked along. Mr. ATECHETT asked the prisoner what he bad to say to the charge alleged against him Y Prisoner— I had no stick, and nobody can say as how I broke any bones or drew blood. kr. ATECKETT—AIthough you are not stated to have used a stick in goading the poor animal, yet you have acted with great brutality, for which you are liable to a penalty of 51. I shall inflict a fine of 205., and in default commit you for fourteen days. The defendant was committed in default of paying the penalty. THE LATE ESCAPE FROM 'HIE MODEL PRISON..--- AUDACITY OF THE CoNvicT.—George Hackett, who made his escape from the Model Prison, Pentonville, on Sunday the Ist inst., and for whose apprehension a reward of 50/ is offered, had the audacity, on Friday last, to make his ap pearance in Billingsgate, whither he was driven in 'a cab.' He' visited several public-honses, at 'Dile •of wli.ich he paid . for hallo pint of rum to : t reat hi s companions, 5101rtlie,n40-. ceedeil in the same conveyance down Tharnes-stre9t; f Vd; over Tower- hill. ,What reucl4s.this act most dathwilk tpate his father worked for. -many, year,s:lll34inarket;•iinitifther, convict himself bayi ng been brought: 19 . ) ,*the`riciriity 4s personally known to most of the porters atidothe4S ab/ip neighbourhood, who either were 'afraid to attempt - MS Ot"-z,: turo; lye!' knowing his desperate, cbai'aeterrkir else thopliad r , not 'seen' the , . handbill :offering: t)* . ,r6vi:utd, whiO'lsvaa lady issued on that' day. ^;;Ci.it O . ?" , .. "1 40 • .. 4 /:; 1.0 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London 2Vew Price Current, Dec. 10.) SITOAR.—To-day there was greater firmness in the West India Sugar market, and a g(o i business was transacted in both grocery and refining qualities, whilst the rates paid were 6d above those of Friday; at auction 160 hhds Barbadoes went readily at 61 advance and in some eases is on the lower qualities; fine yellow realised 44s 6d, good 42s 6d to 43s Gd, mid 41s to 425. The total purchases amount to 880 hhds, and would have been upon a more extended scale, had merchants not been reluctant sellers at present rates. REFINED.—Today Retinf_d Sugar was in brisk re quest for home trade purposes, and prices are still on the advance, brown lumps selling at 505 to 50s 6d. Crushed Sugar continues to meet with little attention, but lower rates are not taken. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was a greater de sire evinced to operate in Mauritius Sugar, and rather higher rates were obtained; at public sale 1,925 bags 6 casks were all sold, good and line yellow at 39s 6d to 435, mid 38s to 395, ord 37s to 37s Gd, brown 34s to 375, low and mid 32s to 333 64, and grey sorts 36s to 40s. EAST INDIA:—This afternoon the demand was active for Bengal Sugar, and the parcels offered at auction amounting to 5,400 bags, nearly all found buyers a a small advance; soft yellow at 358 to 375, good and fine 37s 6d to 405 6d, like Mauritius ord to mid 36s 64 to 39s 64, good to fine 40s to 435, fine free brown 34s G i, good and fine white Benares 443 to 461, r.nd mid 43s to 43s 6d. Of Penang 2,700 bags realised higher prices, low to good white 40s 6d to 43s 6d, fine 44s to 44s 6d, yel low from 37s to 40., and dry ditto 37s 6d to 433. FOREIGN.—To-day there were several inquiries after Foreign Sugar, but sales of moment were prevented by private treaty, owing fto holders demanding prices ra ther above those of last week ; none was offered at public sale. MorAssEs.—There in a much better demand, and stifTrx rates are paid. Of Antigua 400 puns have been 301 by private treaty at 17s, small parcels of other sorts of West India 158 Gd to 16s 61; Porto Rico and Cuba 164 to 16s 61 ; Bengal and Mauritius 12s to 133 per cwt; there are not generally sellers at present rates. Honey has been selling at from 40s to 693 for low to fine Jamaica. This altern4. -, on at public sale 25 casks Mauritius Mola=ses sold at 133, being the full vduct. C( FFEE.—This afternoon thcro mas a decrease in the demand for Native Ceylon Coffer, and pribes are not so firm; by private treaty only a limited business was con cluded, and 553 fid to 56s is tho value of good and real good ord ; at auction 280 bags of low good ord went at 555. Plantation is less in request, and a reduction of 18 to is Gd took place at the public sales of 132 calks 180 bags, a part only finding bu)ers, mid and good mid at 603 to 633 6d, low mid :58s 6d to 593 ed, fine to fine ord 56s to 58s, good card 55s to 55s 6d, low and and triage 52s to 54s 6d, end damaged 483 to 552; the sound was chiefly taken in at 62s to 65s 61 for mid and good. Of Madras 14 cases 179 bags at the 4d duty sold at the full value, fine fine ord 63s to 655, good ord 52s 6d to 63s per cwt. COCOA.—To-day at public sale 200 bags Para were taken in at 31s 6d for dark red, being rather above the value. TaA.—There has been a large demand for find new Congou at from 18.8 d to is 10d per lb, and merchants also disp'ayed firmness. Other sorts are operated in with caution, and holders appear more dispoied to all ord and a good common Congou at from Is 0;cl to is lid, and medium 13 2d to Is 2/d. Fur Green the market has a dull aspect, and parcels of in ferior and mid have been sold at a small reduction on last week's rates, but good and fine are held for the full value. In Scented and Pekoe Teas there is not much doing, but holders will not sell at a reduction. Of 1,300 pkgs Tea at auction on Friday only 450 sold. For Thursday 5,000 pkgs are declared; a part consists of fine green. RICE.—To-day at auction 5,088 bags of Madras Rice were only in part sold, but full rates were obtained, tine hite went at 9s 63 to 103, mid to good 9.: to 9s 6d, and damaged 5s to 9s per cwt. Of American cleaned 50 trc-: went at 19s 6(1. PICES.—To-day Block Pepper was in good demand by private treaty, and at auction 442 bags Penang rea litl—for clean black 34d to 3,4 d, inferior 43, and da meged 2id to 2 d per lb. SPIRITS.—Thero has been only a limited business done in Jamaica Rum by shippers or home dealers, but holders will not sell at lower rates, and obtain for 30 to 36 per cent over proof, of mid and good mid quality 2.4 10d to 3s 2d, 33 to 38 over good 3s 3d to 3s 63, fine 3s 9d to 4s, and superior marks 43 2d to 4s 63. Deme rara is unaltered in value, but the amount of business done has been small at 2s 4d to 2s 9d for 32 to 40 per cent over proof. For East India the market has be come quiet, but holders demand is 64 to is 7 per gal lon proof, the supply being small. Only limited pur chases have been made in Leeward Island, but there being few parcels on offer holders are enabled to obtain is 8d to is 9d proof. For Brandy the market has assumed a quiet aspect, and on the part of holders more desire is evinced to sell. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 at 5s 10d to 63, 1847 ditto 5s 4d to 5s 6d, 1848 ditto 43 lld to 55 ld, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s lid, inferior sorts 3s 2d to 4s Bd, and several arrivals have taken place. A fair demand exists for Geneva, common are Is 7d to is 83, and fine is 9d to 2s. For British made Spirit there is yet an active demand at 9s 8d to 9s 9d per gallon. FBUlT.—Previous rates arc well sustained for Va . . . lencia Raisins, and the demand continues extensive at from 39s to 41s for now, and old at 37s to 38s. For Currants the market is firm, and numerous sales have been made; new at 44s to 48s, and old 41s to 445, but the market has been more freely supplied. Prices for Turkey pulled Figs rule at 45s to 755, according to qua lity, with a good demand, and firmness on the part of holders. A fair business has Leen concluded in Sul tanas, and fine realised 60s to 693. Muscatels continue abundant, and prices are kept moderate, but there has been a large business doing at 40s to 655, and better sorts 70s to 95,4. Prices aro kept still on the de cline for Jordan Almonds, and operations are upon a limited sale, at 61 103 to 9/. Prunes are in good re quest and realize at from 27s to 345; there is also a less quantity on offer. French Plains are still in small sup ply, and much wanted, prices remain high. and rule at from 31 10s to 6/, and superior 61 lOs to 10/ per cwt. COCHINEAL.—To-day at auction 23 bags Teneriffe Cochineal part sold at 3s 8d to 3s Ild, and black 4s Id to 4s 2d, these are about former rates. METALS.—The Speller market has been quiet, and prices rule at 16110 s on the spot, and at 1615 s to 161 7, 6d per ton for parcels to arrive. British Refined Tin continues in good request, but British block and bar met with a slow sale at 80s to 81s, and East India 78s Gd to 79s 6d. Tin plates, however, are yet much wanted, and rates rule firm at 27s to 27s 6d for C Coke, and Charcoal ditto 32s to 32s 6d per box. There is a good demand for Lead; British Pig realised 171 to 171 10s, and Spanish 161 to 161 10s. Only a limited business has been concluded in Pig Iron this week, and there appears to be more desire to sell Scotch at from 43s to 44s per ton, according to as sortment. Operations continue upon a large scale in common Welch bars at 4/15s, and there is a great de mand for rails at 41 15s to 51. In prices of Copper no variation. The market is firm for Swedish Steel at 141 lOs to 151102 per ton. TALLow.—There has been a large business trans acted in Russian on the spot, and holders display firm ness; fine new yellow Candle realizes 37s 6d to 37s 9d, and old 36s 9d to 37s per ewt, at these rates there are not free sellers. For delivery in four first months of next year many contracts have been con cluded at 37s 3d to 38s for new. In town melted, a good deal has been done at 37s to 57s 6d, net cash, but supply does not diminish. For other kinds of Tallow there is an improving demand, and prices have an upward tendency. At public sale 200 packages South American went at from 345 6d to 37a 6d; 490 casks Australian, Beef 35s to 353 6d ; Mutton 36s to 37s 3d; 70 casks Petersburgh Soap were taken at 335. The stock of Colonial and Foreign is 8,000 casks greater than last year; and imports aro larger by 7,000, but there is an increase in deliveries of 1,000 cks, and prices are rather under last season. For auction 1,000 packages are declarad for Friday. OILS.—To-day at public sale 182 bales Bengal Saf flower sold at 41. 15s to 71, and inferior 3/ to 41 103; of Lac Dye 36 chests part sold at Is 6d to is Hid for good and fine; 107 bags Para India Rubber 2s to 3a 9d; 16 rackages ditto Isinglass is 4d to ss. NEW STEAM SIIIPS.—The eminent firm of Messrs. Richardson Brothers and Co., who have long been in the Philadelphia trade, have just laid down three new screw ships, two in America and one on the Clyde, to run in con junction with the City of Glasgow, which vessel they have just purchased and purpose dispatching to-morrow, as the pioneer of the fleet, to the chief city of the most important state in the Union. She is commanded by Captain Mat thews, late of the Great Western. The second of the line will be called the City of Philadelphia. To New York there will shortly be a number of screw liners started. Captain Eldridge may be shortly expected with one; she is as long as the Great Britain, and is expected, as our Yankee friends say, to "do great things." Captain Stotesbury will shortly be placed in command of a fine screw steamer for the Ame rican trade. Captain B r it ton , late of the Constit u ti on , pro ceeds er kTitlicies by of which the mail to lay d own a boat in America, which are. to be b u il t i n England. mi f e r a o , m th k e :n e g a l Within a few weeks we sh all have not less than 27 b oa t s a tr r a e d n in o g w completing. Mediterranean In fact rraneaancatnd so Egypt,much enterp r i se i s now &c., m ost of which being shown, that we may shortly expect to see not only steam to every port in America, but to every place i n w hi c h England's trade can be cultivated. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. , The following is the official statement of the quantities 0. corn, &c., received in the port of London from the p orts Essex, from the 2d Dec., 18(0 , to the 7th Dec., I °'" both inclusive : , 1 e 4 . ,1... , ,t-. 3. 4 , 3 g d -0 , cs ' z, d ›. et , o Ca Ad C '' .0 . xi rt.' _---- --.."". --- —.— —......---- ---- o , Colchester ll3 83 951 -- 1 1 Harwich - -- __ Leigh - Maldon .. 892 216 '270 1 165 :_--. . 2.1° 23° 4 W o l 3 le t a o t, 4 w ss h ; ite n , ew ol! 4 4 0 6 a 5 t0 t0 4 5 4 8 5 5 ; CHELMSFORD, DSc. 6.—Prices to-day were 8.5 fOllO9/.1 58a; new b .8 to ,f . „%ot 13 1 4 2 5 a to 505; red, ola 26e • chevalier ------------- . CHELMSFORD, DEC. 6.—Prices to-day were as f01101f."" Wheat, white, old 46s to 58s ; new 45s to 50s; red, 1 40s to 45s ; new, 40a to 44s ; barley, 22s to 26s ; ch e ,l 24s to 295; grinding 21s to 245; oats 15s to 20s, of t : d 3 u O n s ,; n o e l w d, , —s to to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge,. new 9 to --I! to 28s ; harrow ticks, new 25s to t t o o - 29 5 5 ; ; white , new, n t e ic w k , , 26s to 209; old, -- zagan, new 24s toold 00s to 00s per qr. d 38 , COLCHESTER, DEC. 7.—Wheat, white 443 to 48s ; re;m e new27s 275; old d t o w 2 s 7s t 0 ,• to 42s ; barley 24s to 30s ; beans, mazagan 25s to 265; 101 "" and small 26s to 30s; peas 288 to 30s per qr. KIEKALDY, DEC. 7.—The following are the quota ti° for grain:— Wheat. Barley. First 47. t Od 268 Od 0001st 102Dri. Second 42s Od 233 Od Third 36s Od 193 Od i Oatmeal, per ban . of 2801bs HADDINGTON, DEC. 6.—The grain at our market to-day : Wheat. Oats. Beans. 20s 61 Od 19s 6d —s Od 16s (k 1 —s Od imperial, 26s Od to ) following are the reSi --S Od --3 (1(1 I — 0 ,3 28s • f prices 9 1 co ss ats o . i i i 4 : 1 1 18 2,:::: First Second ... 7.. 213 Od ° O, ba Third ... 3Bs lld2ls Od 45s 6d 2 B 6s arle 9 y ci Total quantity of W3h4eBat Od 17s market 671 18 1 4d 2 ' cgl 5 4 4 qrS.l I, :Id 67 1 qrs., -- Id Do. Barley do. 4M (Irs. , 1 ,1 sc ut Do. Oats do. 8 , qrs., v- 73 Od Do. Beans do. 40, to t s per GLASGOW, DEC. 4.—Provisions—Cheese , per cwt ; retail, 5d to tid per lb. Skim milk, 2 05° 1 trub p ot e' cwt. Country fresh butter, 10d to Od per lb. if,.. 5 .4 0 , Sd dered, in lumps, 9d to 94d; country powdered, wh (l ' e ' - ' ss Oa to Od. Country eggs, is 2d per doze ; per 120, or 10d per dozen. Hens, 2s 6d per pair; 2s Od. no od • (WO, PERTH, DEC. 6.—Wheat, old, 0f.)5 Od to — s , 'Ds to new, 36s to 42s r; barley, new, °is Od to 24s NI; of s ` s o atr aealt quarter. leis; peas and beans, 25s Od oto 0 s per el per sack, 27s to 28s. nett , 2" ditto, to 0s; KELSO, DEC. 6.—Wheat, old, 005 to 00s Od ; to 31s 6d ; barley, new, 16s to 18s Od , ditto old, covv oe potato oats, 00s to oOs • ditto new, 1 0 5 . 0 d to 0d'15,5,„, as 20 9 0d oats 00s Od to 00s Od; ' ditto new, 12s to 138 6 0 ;•r — s he's. bo _. _. to 221 Od; beans, 20s to 223 boll of ' per six imperial„. ditto STIRLING, DEC. 6.—Wheat, foreign, 2os t° P er . barleys home, 0 -05 to Os; ditto ditto new, 18, Od to 2036 d, A to 1896d' carried he ditto, boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to Os Od ; ditto new, I ss " .• Its ° d; 9, od t d; Do t, Oats, common, 12s 6d to ()Os ; ditto new, ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto neW, 00 !, 4 , ; bea ns distillers, 31s to 33a 6d ' • citto brewers, 33s Od t° P ease s'- per boll, 13s 9d to 00 s Od ;; ditto new, lls 6d to 1450 d; 003000 (id to Os Od; flour, n ew p er sac k, 31 s Od t o 335 Od; ditto co l c o , Od ; ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od ; oat mea l, er load, :- )s s ° ditto new 26s 6d to 27 s 6d ; ditt o p er peck of 7lbs,ceto jod; fresh butter p er lb, 9d t o 10d ; eggs per dozen , - hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 80s to 8450 d. 2, I nd; Baawick, DEC. s. —Wh e at, 38 s Op; barley , 2 Ns O d oats, 17s 6d ; rye, 00 s Od ; b eans , 263 8€1; P ees b old, average per imperial quarter. lIAWICK, DEC. 5.--Wheat, new, 30s to 311 Od if ; to O ra "' new, 14s 6d to 165; ditto old, 000,0 d to 00s Od; P. 2 0 5 . ,..1 15s Od to 16s Od ; common oats, Ils Od to 145 • P_ e— Ape to 23s Od ; beans, 20s Ud to 21a Od per boll of sl '` - , i , bushels. t o 1. FALKIRK, DEC. 5 —The supply of grain 30 , „, r b( „ L I market was 666 bolls; wheat at 17s Od to 215 60 r", Pl' barley, 163 6d to 18s 9d ; oats, 10s 6d to 13s 6d; b ear " to 14s 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. COAL MARE,. E ...r.—YEsTanDA T• 1 39 6(1 Carr's Hartleyi..... l5l 3d West Wla ''''' Hedley's Hartley l4s Od Wall's End' P S ^A 3: in '' ,V , Od y t well h P e y 153153 0 61 B e Lawson lin on t ......................... 1:5 3 64 .... pd rcYHartle Holy 0 0 1 , 1" s fa 5 i i ii a i e d l d ...... 1144: 3d dd Tees Whitworth .... .. ::: : :::::........ 1 1 , 3 1 : 111 rantield Moorßutes l3, 3d Ships at iztarMts - grrs RAILWAY SHARE MAID-- - e BRISTOL, DEC. 9. more otif STOCK EXCTIANGE.—Tho market was rather - 8 , 4 to-day, but prices are almost st a tionary. " r ,, e „ b i te, 914 ever, to note the following va r i at i ons :—Caleu ° , - 3 hJ. Great Western, 73%—Ditto, N ew 171. Shares , ' 0 LIVEBPOOL, DEc. firs' c' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market we5,,,' 7 ,%': trsP•_. hi ce day, and prices had an upward tendency. •""ii CheThs tions were as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, 1111 _,..hira. (late C. and:B.), 221. Shares, 6 1 / 2 dis.—East Pr e ":. —Ditto, Preference, Fifths, par—Great ence, guaranteed 5 per cent., 121 / ,,—Lancash ire So,- -9 ,'34 Nor:he rr : 3 d n o shire, Consolidated, 543,—Ditto, - Fifths, 7 3 A rrh irsIff 'ora (West Riding Union), 6 1-16 dis.—Leeds and ',Ol OO- tt —Liverpool, Chester, and Stockport, 11% North-Western, 120- Ditt o , N ew arters, I,i ;;, -" R,', i Fifths, 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffi e ld, and Lince los ; $ Ditto, Preference, 10—Matlock and Midlu A li r g : $ 0 1134 dis.—Midland, 44:34—Ditto, Halves, 20% rib icfe r4 . 1 7 '0 0 bury and Birmingham, 934—South-Eastern an "A 13 6 ti l ly —Ditto, No. 4, Scrip, 7 —York, Newcastle , 1113- .,,d P" - tel; 17 1 —York and North Midland, 23 1 6 lie lfB tl P ri --pl mena, 32—Great Southern and Western , "`-* Rhenish, 5 dis. N e tter er BIRMINGHAM, DEc. 9. , .7 - 01 1 ' STOCK EXCHAN W OE.—The market as gv; a s to-day, but little busine ss was d one. iliere an u dance of buyers, b u t f ew se ll ers. ShreflAti' miugham (A), wi done at 6% dis. .„ 0 YORK, 7, scirr*: bs, STOCK EXCHANGE. —Th DEC. * . .r 1 .11 follow e transactions onr-1 : —Caledonian, 9 X—Lancashire and I° r _volt 4—York, Newcastle, an d B erw i c k, 17U Midland, 231,4. SEABORNE MAILS , — ha t o' ll ' When made up in ,Froul . dae• PLACES. General Post-office Port is .....>/.. London. Africa 1 cß,Barrii(ttlii British s, packet) aa c ce o kk a eo s tt t )) ) .... ...; patched' • ____------- -- • - ' 1 9. America (via N. York Liverpeo l • ,!PeC'! ' 1 1 America (via Boston , DO' America (by United . IST I LiverPo °l 7! States packet) .. .. N / December 13 s ou tballlP : p i alJ 6 Belgium • • .. •• Brazil .. .. December 20 .. Liverpool .... i ...„ N Daily .. .. Dover ••• P eC, 4 .. N 4th of the month Fal • 0 1101 ' . DO. Buenos Ayres • • .. N 4th of the month Falmouth ; California(vlaChagres) M 17th of month Southailli ,t • ' --. Cape of Good Hope.. N December 14 Plymouth.' ••, ••••• 41, Central America .. 31 2d & 17th of month Southampt.vi,oo.' Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southan 3 Pk nec• c liglf Chili . • • • • • .31 17th of the month SoutharePt• '.4'l ,-. '.4 - P P France - • ••M & N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • ~,eO. ~t i f• Ilamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London • • riz i a. l ,' Holland • • • . .. 31 Wednes. & Satur.,Loudon' • • .„''''l, P'„11 Honduras • • . N 17th of the rnoathiSouthampt. ISioser Ireland • • .. M& N Twice daily .. —lllolyhead • • ,',, India (via Southamp.) 31 20th of the inentb; Southarapt. Pr,. 0 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofnionth' Dover .. Pr'/ Madeira • • • . .. N , Mediterranean (via 1 • as ' . Southampton) .. N 20th of the month Sonthazipty „ liee' 3 Mediterranean (via - ki ec ‘ • Marseilles) .- .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover 'l , Mediterranean (by French packet via .. • . ..-. Marseilles) .. •• . . . Mexico .. .. —M2d of the month.. SouthallaP t flee. 16 t v Peninsular.. • • .. 31 7t11,170,27th of mo Southall'' ,• •-s c• 10 Peru .. .. ..... 11 17th of the month Southal/IPt. ve pee. ' West Indies .. .. 31 17th of the month SouthaniPt• West Indies (except - Jl lCa Havanna & Nassau) 1.1[2d of the month .. Southall: l P t .t • I ,' o spo N signifies that the mails are sen t f rom the Cle tt". "7 ' by the night—and Nby the morning—dispatch. • , 2d of the month . ,ails are sent from e morning —disp i c t; UNIVERSITY PERVERTS.—The Rev. ‘, the to , don, M.A. of University College, Oxford , is, '-know'fjit fifth member of the University of Oxford who' s lo w& re' have followed Dr. Newman into the Church of bo rioso o l relative, Mr. Manning, who is announced sl o w ) , /o a r signed his archdeaconry (value 211.), will pro Itios a ; ou r him forthwith. The Cambridge list of asce r ,; er s te r( verts is forty-nine ; making a total of 134 rile i rl y " it hia $ two ancient Universities who have apostatised the years. Church and State Gazette. bet 0. Mera 001 1 " [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A respecteu jyy Society of Friends cured of a Cough and A 51 . 3 1 .00 p ett way's Oiatment and Pills. - Extract of a letter,_evoth,,..l it jamin Mackie to Professor Holloway, dateFri end;rl Loughall, Sept. 11, 118" Respected ty rl io only an act of justice to thyself to state that f d o hitisA Ja e experienced the benefit of thy excellent pills 1 3 7 ch salicto t tc3,llgo the cure of an inveterate cough and asthma, f.,we sn severely for three years that I frequently w'i t 1 v. about in my room all night, afraid of sufro,cs oo , bed. I then tried thy invaluable nieciild by al: or Ile pleased to say have perfectly cured me." -- :at ?O ld vendors throughout the civilised world , sr„ rrn ses ll loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Low . "' .- e boo ter , DEATH FROM A PRACTICAL P, l "gilejr, 3 , /oe,:e at Colne, near Blackburne, whilst J 01° . 1:1 .,, su ddawY fo lloty"' was in a stooping position, a compaat°' di e d the upon his back. and so injured him that he day. BIRTHS. forvel,' ' 000' OF A SON . . of • toe On the 6th inst., at Paris, the Lady Artlloitebls' tOl On the 6th inst., at Icklefo rd-house, near lion. Mrs. Frederick Dudley Ryder. tb On the 6th inst., at E a t on -place Sou ' the Gerald Dillon. At Holmo-lodge Ot Wif e he OF A DAUGHTER- W. P. 6th' Bodkin EA. Totteridge, on the An 03, i be On the inst. at Cross d lodge Tvvick.enb lady of E. E. Turnou ' r, Esq. deep-lodges --------- stile e At Clifton Church, on tile 28th ult., e Oll rill ; MARRIED. ilr tt • err sim _ 1 gefirleali t eld e est son of Sir S. H. Stuart, Bart. , to Catb_,,esl, h 13 , eldest daughter of Colonel Lechniere ifv° r rtr . 1 00 0 , Cavalry. On the 4th inst. at Llandrinio Lieutenant-C°llu dila dike, of the Royal Artillery, to isabella Russell, f ll l i t tac ir • ter of the Rev. John Russell, ALA., re ct"°. - near Oswestry. -- ----..- OO atiri) Sth 1 0 11 At Roel.house, Kensington, on SundaY, thesichltr Annie Maria, eldest daughter of the late Tholll4s do ' Or l ' - Auldjo, Esq. • f g r * On the Bth inst., aged 71, Sarah, the wife o a , Crease, Atnwell-terrace, Claremont -square. ,-, RueseliriTia° At Leamington, on the :30th ult., William Li Chario t On the sth inst., at Wim bledon, aged 37, 1 Vera, wife of the Rev. N. C. Strickland. ' f CoO ti ' - it Oil the sth inst., Matthew Harrison, ESq*, 0 ct terrace, Hyde-park, aged 77. ter, ' On the sth inst., in St. ar David 13. Lewis, Esq., town-clerk of that city.. __ ant ,i..,_ pr. bit the sth ,inst., in Howland-itreet,'Lie,ul' siitil7. M garet W. C. 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