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Viirt Wbition, SUN OFFICE, Sioc o'cloo OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION. OXFORD, WEDNESDAY, 3 P.M. . 898 . 736 Gladstone ...... Perceval.... Majority for Gladstone -112 LATEST FROM FRANCE. General Lawcestine, Commander-in-Chief of the national guard, quitted i on Sunday th e apart ment which he occupied n the Palais Royal ; but the guard of honour of the general staff of the national guard still remains here. It is not true that the general staff is to occupy the hotel Galifet, in the Rue de Grenelle. The Marshal Prince Jerome will not take possession of Palais Royal until the repairs in progress shall be terminated, which will not be for two or three months. The Moniteur publishes a decree of the Em peror, giving the title of imperial to the Hotel des Invalides, the Polytechnic School, the Spe cial Military School, the Military Prytanee (for merly the military college of La Fleche), School of Cavalry, School of Application of the Staff, School of Application of Artillery and Engineers, and Mi litary Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy. The other establishments of the artillery and enginee rs , such as the central depot, arsenal, waggon-trains, &c., will take the general titles of imperial esta ,blishments. The Minister of Public Worship has appointed a commission, composed of M. Godelle, Councillor of State (section of finances), M. de Mericourt, In spector-General of Finances ; M. Ogier, Referen dary of the Courts of Accounts • M. Thiac . notary ; and M. Roy, Inspector of Finances, to arrange the division of the credit allowed for settling with the creditors of Monsignor Dupuch, Ex-Bishop of Algiers. The consulting railway commission is now defi nitively constituted. It will have to give an opinion on all subjects relating to railways, and to e taßsify the various lines to be conceded into Ist, 2d, and 3d classes, according to their importance. The commission has at present to examine a consi derable number of applications sent in for conces sions, amounting in all to not less than 70. The Courrier du Gard states that the Minister of Police has written to the Inspector-General of Po lice at Montpellier, declaring that pardons will be accorded to all persons condemned by default for political offences, who may send in their adhesion to the Government. The Courrier d u Havre states that orders have been sent from Cherbourg to all the ports not to send any more sailors to that division for the man ning of the fleet, a sufficient number for the mo ment having already arrived. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day. ) MANCHESTER, JAN. 11.-It appears that the discou raging advices from hence on the 10th ult., occasioned a decline of ic. to c. per lb. in the New York cotton market. From New Orleans, however, there are no ac counts of the effect of that intelligence. At Mobile, on the 25th Dec., prices were lower, and freights had re ceded to 9-16 d. ; whilst at Savannah and Charleston, the latter had fallen to Id. So, now, we have both prices and freights giving way. The receipts were still very heavy, being, in all, 406,800 bales beyond those of the corresponding period of last year. Many of the let ters, howeveranticipate a great falling off very soon, with a concurrent reduction in the estimates. The Liverpool cotton market is spiritless ; yet prices are not quoted lower. The tone of our own market is in some degree affected by the magnitude of the receipts of cotton, and the declining tendency of prices, as well as by the advance in the rate of discount by the Bank of England, and the failure of Messrs. Coll man and Stollterfoht, of Liverpool and London, which is noticed below. There is felt to be greater wariness and inclination to hold back from business among the buyers. We cannot, however, say that the quotations for yarns are lower than those of last week (except in the medium counts of cops), though the general bias, in numbers below 60's, is in that direc tion, more especially in water twist. However, there has been some inquiry for Indian qualities of mule. The makers of shirtings for the Eastern makets, and of print ing cloths also, are enabled by the contracts which recent operations have placed in their hands to exhibit a degree of firmness exceeding that which is mani fested by spinners. In domestics no improvement is yet observable ; we are, however, glad to hear that the home dealers have been well engaged with customers to-day. ROCHDALE, JAN. 10.—This has been the first, or new market, which has been tolerably well attended, and a fair amount of business has been done, considering the time of the year. The manufacturers are asking more for their goods, while the merchants are very reluctant to pay an advance. It appears goods are wanted, as some of the large manufacturerers have been in the mar ket to-day, and purchased freely to supply their own orders. The wool market is firm and steady, with a fair amount of business doing. MACCLESFIELD, JAN. 11.—We have to report a fair demand for silk manufactured goods, some of the houses are working to order, and the stocks on hand being quite insignificant, better prices are expected. The weavers, for the season of the year, have more em ployment than usual ; and, altogether, the trade wears a more healthy appearance than it has done for some time. Thrown Silks : The market is bare of useful descriptions, and there is more inquiry from the home trade. The demand for the Continent is however less active for the moment. Raw Silks : A large business was done in Chinas at the commencement of the year, but there is less activity again the last few days. The John Bertram is just reported with 3,500 bales, and other large arrivals are shortly expected. In Italians the market has been nearly cleared, at an advance in prices for the throwns. This silk is thought dangerously high, as compared with other descriptions. In Bengals little has been done, but prices are firm. HALIFAX, JAN. B.—There is no improvement in the demand for worsted goods. In our piece hall to-day there was perhaps a little more inquiry for mixtures ; but not many sales were effected, as the merchants still demur to the advanced prices. In the yarn market a marked advance has been established, and the manufac turers purchase more readily. The shipping houses, however, hold back their orders, as they still refuse to give the increased rates. A fair average business is doing in wool, and the quotations are again higher, and the growers are demanding a further advance, beyond that obtained by the staplers. HUDDERSFIELD. JAN. 11.—We have to report an im provement in our market upon last week. Indeed, since the new year commenced, a briskness has prevailed through the trade that is rather unusual at this season. There has been a good attendance at the Cloth Hall to day, both of buyers and makers, and a brisk trade has been done in fancy goods, of new patterns, for the spring trade. Indeed, stocks have mostly been bought up, and some little business done to order. Most of the manu facturers are running full time ; some are making long overtime ; and, generally speaking, the season has made a very good commencement, and with every reason to suppose that it will be a very active and rrosperous one. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—Thero is no further advance for Foreign although shippers and home dealers are desirous to operate, with only moderate parcels on offer. Home and export deliveries are favourable, and yet exceed arrivals. Pre vious terms have been sustained for West India, still grocers and refiners operated with reluctance, and from Wednesday to Friday purchases were only 800 hhds, &c. ; low to fine brown at 32s to 34s 6d, yellow ditto 34s 6d to 40s, and refining 33s to 38s per cwt. Stock of West India is smaller than at this date last season by 5,900 tons. To day there was a great demand for West India Sugar from both refiners and grocers, the rates obtained were fully equal to those of Friday, and the market has a firm aspect. Purchases amounted to 770 hhds, including at auction 370 hhds and 29 tierces Barbadoes, which went briskly at ver y full prices ; fi ne ye ll ow realised 398 to 44)s 6d ; middli ng to good 368 to 38s 6d ; ordinary 34s 6d to 358 6d. REFINED.—Prices for brown lumps rule at 45s to 46s ; Tittlers, common to fine, 46s to 50s, double 51s to 528; Hambro' loaves 46s 6d to 51s, double 52 s t o 53 5, an d stan dark lumps 47s per cwt. Several contracts have been en tered into on similar terms. The quantity of foreign re fined imported has again been small. A free sale exists for wet lumps—low to mid at 42 s to 435, and good t o fi ne 43 s 6d to 44 s 6d. In bastards purchases have been on a large scale, brown at 27s to 31s, and yellow 32s to 355. For pieces there is an active demand, and the currency is firm, fine at 41s to 428 low t o good 36s to 39s 6d. A free sale exists f or treacle, still there is no advance • boiled from West Indi a mo lasses at 15s 6d t o 16 s, and g olden syrup 16s 6d to 17s. In Loaves large purchases have been made, Turkey, 1 to 5i lbs. rule at 42s t o 448 Ilambro 6 to 15 ditto 338 to 35s 6d ; Tittlers, 22 to 30 ditto 31s to 32s ; Prussian 40 to 45 ditto 30s to 30 s 6 d ; Dutch ma d e Loaves, 6 to 10 , 1bs. many purc h ases wer e ma d e i n Refined Sugar for home 31s 6d to 33s ; and Belgian 29s 6d t o 30, Gd per cwt. To day, consumption, and brown lumps cannot be obtained under 453 per cwt. There is some firmness in the market. Crushed Sugar is much required for shipping, an d a t l ast week's rates there are few sellers. MAURITIUS.—The value of fine and good yellow is 36 8 low 34s 6d, good t o fi ne to 398, middling 35s to 358 ed, brown 32s to 345, common to middling 28s to 31s, low to fine , Trey 338 to 375, grainy white 42s to 445, yellow ditto 368 Co 41s, and brown 318 to 35s 6d per cwt. This after noon Mauritius Sugar was in plentiful supply, and the quantity offered at public sale was 9,000 bags ; the bulk found buyers, but in some cases there was a decline of 6d per cwt. Fine yellow went at 37s to 39s 6d ' • mid so fine 34s 6d ; low 33 s 6d t o 34 8 ; m id to fi ne brown 30s 6d to 33s 6d; ordinary 29 s t o 30 ; and low to fine refining 32s to 37s per cwt. TALLOW.—A greater demand has been experienced for Russian on tho spot, and there is an advance ; fine yellow X 1 c c o a n ili t i r l a e c i t .e s a l l i i a s v in e g been r ellt t m .° 4 7 l sin): 45s the . p F ri o c r es de p li a v inor the y -vring are 46 s 6d to 466 9 d. and 45s 6d to 46s for last three onthe of the year. '\: S THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR OXFORD. OXFORD, TUESDAY EVENING.—The inquiry into the circumstances attending the late fatal catastrophe on the London and North-Western Railway, near this city, was resumed at half-past ten o'clock this morning, by ad journment from Thursday lasts Mr. F. P. Thompson, solicitor, appeared for Joseph Kinch, the guard of the 5.30 passenger train from Oxford. The Coroner—We shall require evidence as to the cause of the delay of the coal train. It has been given in evidence that the coal train arrived 20 minutes too late at Bletchley. Mr. Blott--The time occupied by the coal train in passing between Islip and Oxford was as follows :—Dec. 17th, 23 min.; 18th, 27 min.; 20th, 20 min.; 21st, 20 rain.; 22d, 25 min.; 23d, 25 min.; 27th, 25 min.; 30th, 24 min.; 31st, 19 min.; January Ist, 20 min. The average of the whole is 23 minutes. I wish to explain part of my previous evidence. After I got up to the scene of the collision I returned to Oxford, and took a fly to procure . medical assistance. In the meanwhile, I sent my own clerk, Robinson, on with a red light to the Oxford-road, to stop the down train, and then I followed him myself to the Oxford-road. John Lee, driver of the coal train, recalled : I brought the coal train from Bletchley on Monday week. I can not exactly say what was the cause of the delay in start ing from Bletchley. I have a printed time-bill for the coal train. It was light when we started from Bletchley. Our orders are to light the lamps at sunset. They were all lighted at Bicester. My own lights on the engine were lighted. Mine were a green light in front, and on the side of the tender a white light showing a red light behind. They were lighted at Bicester. I cannot speak as to the break lights. I got off my engine at the Oxford-road station. I saw the side lights on the tender of the first engine and my own lights. I cannot say that I saw the lights on the break. I did not go in front of the first engine, and cannot say what lights it had. Watts was the breaksman. When I saw the break first after the accident there were no lights upon it. I saw a coloured blue light on the left-hand side of the break as the train was passing between the Wol vercot-tunnel and the spot where the accident oc curred. lam quite certain it was not a policeman's light, but the light on the break. The guard has a hand lamp, but it was not that that I saw, ,because it would have been either a white, a red, or a green light, and the light that I saw was a blue one. A sudden collision will put out the lights. When we started from Bletch ley we had three engines. There is a very steep incline towards Winslow, and we generally have an extra en gine there. I was well acquainted with John Tarry, the engine-driver. His home is at Bletchley. I live at Bletchley also, and have done so for a twelvemonth. I never saw Tarry " fresh." I have never known him to be reported for any irregularity. Richard Brooks was next called—l am employed as a supernumerary policeman on the Great Western Rail way, and have been in the employ of that company for two years. On Monday week I was stationed at the level crossing near Sheriff's-bridge where the two rail ways are close to each other. M ye duty was to keep people off the line. I was sitting in my box when the 5.30 p.m. train on the London and North-Western Railway started out of the station. I heard the beat of the engine, and thus knew that it had started. I was looking towards Wolvercot at the time, but as the train approached, as I thought, very fast, I got up, and came out of my box to look at it. I saw it coming very fast. The engine was beating very hard at the time. After the train had passed, on looking up the North-Western line, I saw the coal train coming in the opposite direction from Wolvercot. I saw the light from the fire-box, but did not observe any lamps in front of the engine. I heard a whistle directly after from the coal train. I heard none from the passenger train. I was stationed about a quarter of a mile from where the collision took place. I saw only the light from one engine. I ran to the spot the moment the accident happened. I walked up our line as far as the coal train reached, to see that our rails were clear. The lamps on the break van were burning properly at that time. There was no green lamp on the buffer of the first coal train engine, or I should have seen it earlier than I did, and held up my lamp to stop the passenger train. I could have seen a buffer light a quarter of a mile on the Wolvercot side of the bridge. I saw the ballast engine come into the Ox ford Station. I have been stationed at the Sheriff's bridge crossing every night for the last three months, and have seen the 5.30 p.m. train leave Oxford, and the coal train come in on the London and North-Wes tern Railway. The 5.30 p.m. train has been very regular. The coal train has not been so regular ; sometimes it came in before the 5.30 p.m. went out, and' sometimes after it. If I had shown a red light I believe the London and North-Western servants would have paid attention to my danger signal, because I should have gone on to their line to exhibit it. William Harvey, policeman in the service of the London and North-Western Railway, sailed—My sta tion is between the pla i tform shed and the swing bridge. I can see a train leave the station, and until it gets forty yards beyond the bridge, when it is hidden by a curve and the engine shed. I can see the trains when they stop at the ticket platform. Every train coming into Oxford must come to the ticket platform. On the night of the accident I saw the ballast engines come in about half-past five. It came on the down line, and passed over the bridge towards the engine -house. I am sure it was not the coal train. This was before Hayes came to my box. Pargeter, the porter, was the first to come to me. He asked me whether the coal train was in. I said no. He went on towards the ticket platform, and presently returned towards the station. I was aware that the 5.30 p.m. train had not started at this time. I have a red signal lamp to use in case of danger. I had that lamp with me on Monday night trimmed and lighted. lam aware that since the traffic was worked on the single line only it has been usual to detain the 5.30 p.m. train until after the coal train had arrived. I have no instructions from the office clerks as to the starting of trains from Islip or Oxford road. The only means I have of knowing of the arrival of the coal train is at the ticket platform—if it does not cross the points, the up line is clear for traffic ; and be tween the end of the ticket platform and Islip there is only one light. I saw the 5.30 p.m. train start on this evening. I knew the coal train had not arrived. I was not aware there was any danger, because I did not know that the coal train had left Islip. I showed my red light, but only because the red light was up at the bridge. I do the same to every train that passes while the red light is on the bridge. I have been on duty where I now am seven months. I never before knew a train start when the red light was shown at the bridge. It is some times up when they want to start, but the driver whistles before starting, and if the line is clear the green light is turned on, and would remain until the train had passed the bridge. The first time I saw Hayes was after the train bad passed me. He told me to turn on the red light, and stop the train if I possibly could. The train was going much faster than usual—faster thin I ever saw a train leave the platform before. My precise duty is to attend to the points near where I am stationed, and to see that all is right between the bridge and the sta tion. I went to the scene of the accident directly after it had occurred. Francis Cooper was next called—l am in the employ of Mr. Ayton, contractor for the permanent way on the London and North-Western Railway. On the evening of the accident, between five and six o'clock, I was walking between Heyfields Hut and the Port Meadow Bridge. Just as I got to the bottom of the lane, near Rackham's Corner, I heard a train coming out of the station. I heard it coming over the iron bridge. It was coming at a goodish rate, and appeared to increase in speed. I caught a glance of the lights on the train through the trees as it passed. I turned my head to look after it, and then I saw the coal train coming in an opposite direction. It had a green light in front of the buffer. I stood on the foot road when I saw this, and could see up the railway some distance beyond the bridge. I believe the coal train was 100 yards on the Wolvercot side of the bridge when I first saw the green light. Ther• was a white light on the side of the tender. Ido not remember seeing any light to a second engine. It was too dark for me to see whether there were two engines. Mr. Smith, foreman to the engines at Oxford, requested me to come and give this evidence on Saturday last. He asked me if I saw the coal train, and whether I saw the lights. I told him what I have told you now. He did not tell me that he had been examined here as a witness himself. The Coroner indicated a doubt as to the credibility o the witness. Mr. Hester protested against the imputation thrown out. The Coroner (warmly)—As judge of this Court I have a right to express an opinion, and I tell you can didly I do not believe him.—(Sensation). A juror (Mr. Washer)—No more do I. The Foreman did not see why the evidence of the witness was to be doubted. He thought he had given his evidence as truthfully as any other who had been called, and he considered it only justice to say as much. George Bates was next called—He was a policeman in the service of the London and North-Western Rail way. Was on duty at the Oxford road Station on Mon day, the 3d of January. The coal train arrived at 5.15 p.m., and left four trucks of coal. It remained from five to seven minutes at the Oxford-road Station. After it had left, I was going into my hut to tele graph to Oxford that the coal train had left, when I met my mate, who informed me that he had already done so. There was a green light on the buffer plank of the first engine when the train arrived, and also when it left. This was an addition to white lights on the ten der. The break had three lights on behind. If the lights had not been there, I should have given notice of the fact. It would have been my duty to do so. . . At this point an adjournment took place for a couple of hours. On the re-assembling of the jury, Joseph Kinch, the guard of the 5.30 passenger train from Oxford, was examined—l am a guard in the employ of the London and North-Western Railway. I was guard of the 5.30 Oxford train that left Oxford on Mon day week. It is my duty to give directions for the starting of the train. The train did not start at 5.33. It did not start in consequence of the coal train which had left Islip not having arrived. Mr. Blott, the station master, came to me on the station, and told me the coal train had left Islip nearly half an hour. He said we could not go till the coal train arrived. He then went into his office without saying anything more. I did not see Mr. Blott again before the train started. Mr. Blott did not, to the best of my recollection, say that if the coal train was sighted, I might go on. In the course of two or three minutes after I saw Mr. Blott. I went to the driver, Tarry, and told him that Mr. Blott had informed me the coal tram had left Islip nearly half an hour, and that we could not go till it came in. I had hold of the hand rails of do engine, and stood on the step of the platform at the time I was talking to Tarry. I did' not get on the' engine at all. This was after Hayes had looked at the tickets. I then walked down the platform toward; the break. I was not speaking to Tarry more ihan a minute. I looked back towards the swing bridge signal as I went aft to my break. I looked to see if the signal was turned off. The red signal was on at the bridge. It is my duty not to start a train while that red signal is shown. I again went to Tarry at the engine, but did not get on it, and asked him for its tickets, which I am in the habit of making out for him, as he is no scholar. The tickets are of arrival and departure, and he said he would give them to me in the morning, and as I got off the steps I said, "All right." He quite under stood me that when I said " All right," I referred to the tickets. The red signal was then on. I walked towards my break, and had not been there more than a minute or a minute and a half, when he opened his whistle and started. I was then on the platform, and I immediately got into my van. I had not given any directions for starting. I did not put on my break till I found he was going ahead, for I did not know whether he was or not drawing ahead to attach some thing to the train. I could not tell whether he had been called on by Mr. Hayes to attach something behind my van. It is a frequent practice to put car riages on behind my van. The train went on towards the bridge. I saw the red light. I saw Hayes and a 1 porter coming from the hotel platform with lamps in their hands, and I was about to ask them, as Hayes had told me the ballast train had just come in, why the train had started ? and I heard him say something about " ballast train." I understood he meant to say the coal train was not in, and I put on my break and did not take it off again. This ought to have re tarded the train, but Tarry had put on all the steam he could put on, I think. I also showed my red signal from the lamp, but the train kept increasing its speed. The driver could not increase the speed with the break on, as the train was a light one. There were no means, except the break being put on and the red light being shown, to stop the train. I saw the policeman's red light after I passed the hut, and saw the swing bridge red signal change just before we got to the bridge. I saw the ballast train in a coal siding on this (Oxford) side of the bridge. I know the rule of the company (21st rule), which states the guard must put on his Ilreak and suddenly release it, in order to arrest the attention of the driver, but if I had done this, I could not h e ave shown my signal light, which I had to show on the off side, in consequence of the curve at that part of the line. I also saw the coal train a mile a-head. I knew it by the green signal. The coal train was quite a mile off when I first saw it. I did all that could be done to stop the driver. Time would not have allowed me to put on and take off the break, and had I done so the driver would not have seen my red light or danger signal had he looked back. I should say that a minute and a half elapsed from my first seeing the coal train to the accident occuring—two minutes at the most. I was in my van at the time of the collision, I cannot say whether I was thrown out or carried out of the van. I never saw any one afterwards. I cannot recollect what occurred after the collision. I do not know what became of me. I do not know anything that happened that night. Ido not recollect being upon the line, and speaking to Lee. I have some slight re collection of being conveyed to the Oxford-road Station by fly or omnibus. I think there was a policeman with me, but I do not recollect Carrier, the driver, being there. I have some slight recollection of seeing Mr. Blott there. I think he spoke to me, but Ido not re collect what it was he said. I was much injured in the head, and my arms, thigks, and back were much bruised and hurt, and I was rendered almost insensible. Ido not recollect Mr. Blott asking. me how the accident occurred, nor what I said to him ; nor do I recollect that Mr. Blott told somebody to take notice of what he said to me, and what I said to him. Ido not recollect whether I wished to be taken home. Ido not know how I got home. Tarry did not make any signal, nor shut off his steam, before the collision took place. By the Jury—l saw the driver Tarry before he started, and he seemed quite fit for duty. If he had been looking ahead or behind he must have seen that something was coming. I never knew him to start &Om Oxford without the signal. I did not sound my - whistle when the train started, and I never started a train without whistling. I should not have started the train after the green light was put on at the swing bridge, until I had got the signal to start. I consider the green light at the swing bridge to signify that the line as well as the bridge is clear. As soon as the coal train is in the green light is put on. The whistle of the engine is always sounded before the engine starts. If the red light is on the bridge, and it is not turned to green the driver whistles again, and the g r e en li g ht i s p u t on if all is right. By the Coroner—l have known Tarry seven years. I heard that on the day Tarry was killed there was a warrant out against him for assaulting a female. His wife came to my_house on Sunday, and said she dare not go into her house. I would not see her, and she went next door to Inglis, the inspector of police. I did not hear Tarry say that before he came home that night he would have a smash. Tarry started quicker than he ever started be fore. The train being as it was seven minutes late, would not require Tarry to run at a high rate of speed. By Mr. Thompson—l was miserable the whole of the Monday night of the accident. I have heard Tarry say the engine attached to the 5.30 train was a very power ful and great one. I have been in the company's service nearly eight years. I received a testimonal from the company for good conduct about four years ago. By Mr. Small—l swear that I never said to Tarry— " She's in ; it's all right, Jack, go on." I could not have said so, as I had not seen anything come in. I saw a man named Cumridge, a filler at Bletchley, at my house on Saturday night. I did not, to the test of my recol lection, say anything to Cumridge on the subject of the accident. I did not have any conversation with Cum ridge from the time of the accident till Saturday night —not to my recollection. By Captain Wynn—The proper signal for starting the train is my sounding my whistle. By the Coroner—lf a driver chooses to start, there are no means of stopping him with a light train, if he neglects to attend to the regulations. I swear that I never started a train from Oxford without sounding my guard's whistle. whatßy Mr. Captain ot r i; d consequence e t q r auienn untilce o of W t s Y a n id n— to l ra sh e r h l a d ve no a t t , a I had seen him, or Hayes, or Gynne, and obtained the signal to start. William Ellister examined—l am a police officer at Bicester. I was at Oxford on Monday week last. I re turned by the eight o'clock goods train from the Barnsley road station. I went in a first carriage to Bicester, with Kinch, whom I knew. Before we started I saw Mr. Blott, who came into the carriage, and asked Kinch how he came to be on the engine. Kinch said, " I lieg your pardon, sir ; I was not on the engines at all." Mr. Blott asked him how he came to start, and what orders he had received. He said to Mr. Biltt, " You told me the coal train had started 25 minutes, or half an hour, and when she came in sight I could start -" and Kinch added, "I saw an engine coming in, and I said to Jack, 'She's in ; put on the whistle ; she's all right, go on ;' and I saw the green light from the signal. Shortly ac er I saw the ballast engine, Fairy, and I im mediately put on the break, and held it till the collision took place." Mr. Blott requested me and Cairen, the engine driver, to notice what had been said. Kinch seemed to be hint very much ; but I think he knew what he was saying. This conversation lasted five or ten minutes. Kinch was helped into the carriage. He complained very much of his head, but spoke rationally enough.. When I got home I made a note in my pocket-book of the conversation that had taken place. By the Jury.—Kinch seemed flurried. I think he knew what he was saying when he gave the answers I have detailed. He went on from Bicester alone. I did not think he required anybody to take care of him. William Carrier, engine-driver, in the employ of the London and North-Western Company, examined. I brought the 4.45 passenger train from Bletchley on Mon day week. That train was stopped at Islip, in conse quence of the accident to the 5.30 up-train. After some delay, we came on to the Oxford-road station. While I was there Kinch came to the spot in an omnibus. I believe I first saw him being led from an omnibus t# wards the train. He was placed in a first-class carriage to be taken to Bletchley. He seemed to be suffering from the injuries he had received, and was rather low spirited. I rather think he knew what he was saying, I spoke to him, and he answered me sensibly. I heard Mr. Blott ask this question, "Kinch, what did Mr. Hayes say to you ?" His answer was, "I do not know what he did say. I heard him say something, but what it was I did not hear. Mr. Blott then said, " I told you that you were not to start till the coal train ar rived, and that it had left Islip half an hour." Kinch said, " Yes, sir, I know you did, and I had told Tarry so. Then I saw the ballast-engine come down, and go into the siding, and I mistook it for the coal train. I said, There she is, Jack; open your whistle, and go on.' A green light was put on at the bridge, and we started. As soon as I saw it was the Fairy ballast-engine, and not the coal train, I put on my break and neve r loosened it till the collision took place." I think Kinc knew what he was saying. He was c•ol and quit h e calm. Kinch, before he got into the carriage, told me he be lieved that the six other drivers and stokers were killed, and that only he was saved. This was in answer to a question I put as to whether Tarry was dead. William Watts, breaksman to the coal train which came into collision with the 5.30 passenger train, was next examined. I saw the 5.30 train approaching us, and then put on the break and laid fast hold of the van to save myself. Both my lamps were put out by‘ the collision which smashed my hand -lamp. I got a I saw Kinch near his own break, standing on the line. He had his lamp in his hand. I spoke to him. I asked him the reason 'of his train meeting us and he said the green light was turned on at the bridge, and he gave Tarry orders to start. He was very much shaken, but r believe he knew what he was saying. I went up the line till I met the policeman at the north end of the tunnel. I saw Hamil again at the rear of the coal train ; he was standing by himself on the line, and had a red light in his hand. I consider that Remit knew very well what he was about when I spoke to him. We were detained at Bletchley waiting for the 1.15 train from Rugby. The inquiry was adjourned till twelve o'clock to-day. FEMALE PROFESSOR. —Miss Pennell, niece of the Honourable Horace Mann, of Massachusetts, has been appointed Pofessor of the Latin language and lit era t ure in Antioch College, Ohi o, of which Mr. Mann is elected President. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—JAN. 11. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE WELLINGTON AND BUTTERFIELD.) The bankrupts were lacemen at Brighton. This was the certificate meeting. Mr. Bagley opposed for the assignees ; Mr. Lawrance supported. Mr Bagley said the bankrupts commenced business in April. 1848, with a capital of 3051. The sole ground of opposition was the bankrupts' transaction with John Wright, bookbinder, of Noel-street, Soho, who had ob tained the lion's share of the property. His Honour said it had been established that the bankrupts, having a knowledge that Mr. Wright could seize the property, refused to do what was necessary to enable the creditors to divide the property equally amongst them ; but it did not appear to him from the evidence that the bankrupts had acted fraudulently. It was necessary that the public should know that when debtors did not act fairly towards the main body of their creditors, they should be punished when they came be fore the Court. Mr. Lawrance—Your honour will grant protection, the case being free from fraud ? _ . The Commissioner—Yes ; protection will be granted for one month, and be then renewed, unless cause be shown to the contrary. SHERIFFS' COURT.— Tan. 11. (Before Mr. R. Ogle and a Jury.) . WEBSTER v. MAPLES. This was an action brought by Mr. Webster, the pro prietor of " Webster's Royal Red Book," against the defendant, as the representative of the Brighton and Dieppe Steam-boat Company, to recover damages for breach of contract, respecting the conveyance of the plaintiff from London to Paris. Mr. Wordsworth appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Pearce, of the firm of Maples and Pearce, as attorney for the defendant. The plaintiff stated in evidence, that being in Paris with some friends, they proceeded to the office of the agent of the Steam-boat Company, in the Rue Basse des Rempart, and on Friday and Saturday, the 3d and 4th of September last, they inquired which was the latest train by which they could leave Paris, to arrive in London on Sunday, vitt Dieppe and Brighton, and were informed that they would be in time for the steamer if they left Paris by the one o'clock p.m. train on Saturday for Dieppe. They accordingly took tickets at the office, which booked them through to London, and left'Paris by the train indicated,, but on their arrival at Dieppe they found the steamer just steaming out of the harbour. The plaintiff thereupon returned to Paris, and proceeded to London vitt Boulogne and Dover by which he incurred an additional expense of 3/. 15s. ld. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Feeny, who accompanied Mr. Webster, gave similar evidence. For the defence, Mr. Pinhorn, the clerk of the agent of the defendant at Paris was called, and stated that he had no recollection of having made such a statement, which would have been contrary to the practice of the office. The defendant deposed that he never gave instruction to his agent to state that the one p.m. train would meet the five p.m. boat. The jury at once returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages, 61. ; full cost allowed. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.--Tan. 11. (Before Mr. Serjeant AdamsAssistant-Judge.) Thomas Pain, 63, was indicted for having unlawfully and indecently assaulted Sarah Buckley, a girl of tender years, with a felonious intent. There were three ether charges of the same kind against him. Mr. Parry prosecuted ; Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Sleigh defended. The trial of this case lasted nearly the whole day, and the details are of a nature unfit to meet the public eye. The prisoner was the landlord of the Jolly Bakers pub lic-house, in Little Chesterfield-street, and the girls, whose names were mentioned in the indictments, were children in that neighbourhood. The evidence for the prosecution showed that for some time he had been in the habit of enticing little girls into his house, and then conducting himself in an infamous manner towards them. At length it was discovered by the mother of one of them, and an investigation took place, the results of which were the present prosecution. Mr. Tta,llantine made a very powerful address to the jury, after which _ _ Mr. Sleigh called several witnesses, who spoke most favourably of the prisoner's moral character. The Assistant-Judge left the case to the jury on the second count of the indictment, charging a common assault. The Jury retired, and after some deliberation found the prisoner guilty on the second and third counts. The Assistant-Judge said he perfectly concurred in the verdict, and he was glad that it was one which had not been come to. hastily, and without deliberation, and while the jury were out of Court he had told the learned counsel that if the prisoner was found guilty it would not be necessary to try him on another indictment. but that if found not guilty in this case it was absolutely necessary that another should be proceeded with. H e hoped he had exhibited no feeling in the case, and the jury could not, he thought, distinguish in his summing up to them, what were his private opinions on the de fendant's conduct. Now that they had given their ver dict, and he was sitting on the awful judgment seat to pronounce the ; sentence, he would say that it was clear that the prisoner had grossly polluted young female children, and he Might then be per mitted to express dieguot and abhorrence at such infa mous conduct. If there was one offence which more than another ought to be abhorred, it was this, and the prisoner had committed it wholesale. He rejoiced to say that these cases were taken up and prosecuted, for by such prosecutions the moral feelings of the lower classes would be elevated, and by the expression of the disgust of all parties when such cases were brought for ward, parents of children, even in the lowest condition, would be enabled to estimate the true value of moral worth. In proportion (he said) as we direct our atten tion to those out of prison, instead of wasting all our time on those in prison, so should we elevate the moral character of the nation, and reform people by hun dreds, where now we effect only the reformation of one. He then sentenced the prisoner to eighteen months' hard labour. PRESENTMENT BY THE GRAND JURY. In the course of the day the grand jury made the fol lowing presentment, which was handed to the Court by the foreman :; " The grand jury, in closing their labours, would make the following remarks upon the cases that have come under their notice. There have been several charges of a compa ratively trifling character, and they would suggest that in all cases of such a nature, where there has been no previous conviction, the magistrates should deal with them sum marily, and not put the county to the expense of a prose cution. There have been two cases of assault in which the gran d jury have been unable to find true bills, owing to the absence of the pal lies assaulted—these parties being in one case the wife of and in the other a woman living with the prisoner. Cases of this character the grand jury also think should be adjudicated upon by summary punishment. The grand jury rejoice to hear that there is a prospect of the grand jury being dispensed with, as they feel that the present system is of no real value as to furthering the ends of justice." The Assistant-Judge said he could not entirely concur in the opinions expressed by the grand jury. Cases which might appear to them very trifling, or werecompara ethenrearlelfy in many instances cases of magni erred to the case of Kirby P a t r i c k, tt tr iuv i d e ee d ly. b s e olE fO re him on Monday, as illustrating this. That prisoner had received a sen t ence o f two months more than the magistrate could have awarded, and but for particular circumstances the sentence would have been twelve months, although from the small sum he was charged with having stolen the grand jury might have deemed it a fit case to be disposed of by the magistrate. With reference to their remarks as to the non-appearnace of the prosecutors in assault cases, he might tell them that the Court could not compel their appearance, and could only estreat their recognitances if they did not appear. He cordially agreed with them in that part of the presentment relati ve t o the a b o liti on o f gran d juries. On the grand jury bringing into court an ignored bill, in a case of assault by a husband on his wife, the fore man said they could not find it, on account of the non appearance of the wife. The Assistant-Judge remarked, that when these cases were decided by the magistrate, and the full penalty the magistrate could inflict, i.e., a fine or a term of im prisonment, was imposed, a great deal of censure was cast upon them for passing over brutality in that way. This Court could deal with them with much more seve rity ; but when the magistrate sent such a case as the one under notic e f or i nstance f or t r i a l, th e probability was that the wife was got hold of and persuaded -out of appearing, by w hi c h means t h e b ru t e got off with im punity. POLICE INTELLIGENCE • MANSION-HOUSE. Emma Jones was charged with having robbed Alexander Groesman of a watch. The complainant, who is a foreign Jew , s a id , on Fri day night a s I was go i ng down Fenchurch-street, the prisoner came up and addressed me familiarly. When I got to Jew r y- s t reet she w i s h e d to be more familiar, but I repulsed h er ; and when we g ot to the corner of a court she put h er arms roun d me, and immediately after wards said, "As you won't come, good night , " and suddenly di sa p peared. Wh en I first saw her I had four watches about me, and when she left me I missed one of them. I told a policeman of the robbery, and he and I went round to a great many public houses to look for the thief, whose appearance I recollected, bnt could not find her. On Saturd a y night I disguised myself, and went again to l oo k for her, and after some time I met her in the Minories, when she came up and addressed me in exactly the same language which she used the night be fore. I answered her, and in a very short time she re cognised me, and endeavoured to get away, but a po liceman coming up, I charged her as the thief, The Lord Mayor—Was she accompanied by any one when you saw her the second time ?—Witness—Yes. She had a partner with her, w ho dashed my hat from my head when s h e di scover ed me. The prisoner —I never saw the man in my life before the night he gave me in charge. I don't know what he means. The prisoner was remanded. for refusing ---- GUILDHALL.—Mr. J — o_ Tracey, of No. 1 , Old 'Fish-street, was s ummone d by Mr. Godwin , t h e collec tor,quar- terly assessments i n li eu o f tithes towards th e mainten ance of the rector of the parish of St. Mary M a g dalene, to pay 4s. Bd., the amo unt of two Old Fish-street. Mrs. Tracey attended, and explained that she objected to pay any rates as long as a most intolerable nuisance, in the form of a common brothel, was continued next door to her. She had been living there now nearly three years, and she had frequently been called out of her business by her children to turn people out of her pas sage who had mistaken it for the nuisance adjoining her own house. She had complained to the parish, and she thought it was disgraceful that nothing had been done to turn those people out of the house. Mr. Godwin said it was at present in the hands of the vesty clerk, and steps had been taken to remove the nuisance. Alderman Wilson said the existence of such a nuisance was no answer to an application for the parish rates, and if that was the only objection, the defendant must pay the present claim for tithes. Mrs. Tracey said she had a double reluctance to pay ing tithes, arising from the following circumstance : During last winter two of her children died, and as she was at the time in very indifferent circumstances, she, by the advice of a lady in the neighbourhood, applied to the rector to forego his fees for the interment of the poor children, and the answer she received was, "Oh no, certainly not. I never give my fees away to any one." After receiving such an answer from a minister of the Church of England, she could never contribute to his support with that willingness that she otherwise would have done had he displayed a m•re charitable dis position. Alderman Wilson explained to Mrs. Tracey that the rector's refusal to forego his fees would not excuse her from payment of the tithes, upon which she arranged to pay the collector. BOW-STREET.—Catherine Taylor, a middle-aged Irish woman, who had a child at her breast, was charged before Mr. Jardine with obtaining money and wearing apparel from two servant-maids, under the pretence of telling their fortunes. The case afforded considerable amusement to a crowded court. Mary Dignam stated that she was in service at 2, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden. A few days ago the prisoner came to the door with earrings for sale, and she took the opportunity of asking witness , if she would like to have her fortune told for 6d. Witness thought she should, and paid the woman 2d. on account, but she insisted on 6d. also. The prisoner then told her a num ber of things, and crossed witness's hand three times with the 6d., after which she made an appointment with her to call again two days afterwards, after consulting "The Book of Knowledge." On the occasion of her second visit, the prisoner asked witness how much money she had, to which she replied, a half-sovereign and a shil ling. The prisoner said, " The more you have the better, the charm."; Witness, by her direction, held the money in her hand a minute or so, and then the prisoner took it from her, and appeared to wrap it up in a piece of blue paper, tying it round three times with a piece of enchanted string, and once more with a piece of hair, which witness had to pull from the left side of her head with her right hand. The woman next desired her to place the money in her bosom, on her right side, and allow it to remain three minutes ; after which it was taken out again, and placed in the centre of a white handkerchief, which was tied in four or five knots, each knot being tightened by witness, and the prisoner pull ing the corners of the handkerchief with all their might. After this process, witness had to take off her garter, and have the handkerchief bound round her right leg for two hours. It was then two o'clock, and while the prisoner was tying the handkerchief to her leg she pre dicted that witness would be married twice, and would meet with many misfortunes. The prisoner then told her fellow-servant's fortune, and left the house, promis ing to return again in a few days. Precisely at four o'clock witness went down into the kitchen, and took off the handkerchief, and, after untying all the knots, she discovered, to her dismay, that the half-sovereign and shilling had been changed to a couple of farthings. She confessed all to her mistress when she returned home, and was advised to give a description of the wo man to the police inspectors at Bow-street, which she accordingly did the same evening. Jane Gore, another girl in the same service, after cor roborating the above statement, deposed that she also consented to have her fortune told. At the request of the prisoner she fetched her shawl, a shift, a petticoat, and an apron. The prisoner wrapped them up into a bundle, and crossed it, and then placed some white powder in witness's left hand, and some black powder in her right boot, after which she was to throw nine grains of salt into the fire and wish three times. (Laughter.) Mr. Jardine—Were all the wishes to turn up, or only one ? Witness--they were all to come true. She told me to blow into the shawl nine times, and stick three pins into each corner of it. She then said that she should go away for twenty minutes, and during the interval I was to take a hair out of the right side of my head, and put it into a tumbler of cold water. I was also to cut off three pieces of toe-nail, and throw them into the fire. (Roars of laughter.) When she went away she took the bundle of clothes to be " charmed." I did what she desired me to do in her absence, and expected her back again, but I never saw her again till last night, when she was in custody. Mr. Jardine asked the girls (who gave their evidence with perfect gravity) if they ciuld read and write ? They replied in the negative. Mr. Jardine—How did the prisoner get into custody ? Inspector Mackenzie stated that she was brought to the police station for being drunk and breaking a win dow in Holborn, and her appearance corresponded so exactly with the description given by the two servants, that they were both sent for, and they at once identified her. The prisoner denied that she had ever seen the girls before, and kept up a whining appeal to the Divinity .to establish her innocence throughout the examination. She "ailed a man, one of her companions, who said he had known her for 16 years as a respectable woman, de serted by her husband, with four living children, and three lying dead at one time with the small-pox ; but he admitted that she got her living by travelling the country as a hawker of combs, &c. Mr. Jardine, after expressing his astonishment that such dupes could be met with in these enlightened times, informed the pi isoner that persons were liable to a very severe punishment for imposing on ignorant people by pretending to tell their fortunes, and his worship then sentenced her to three months' hard labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —Edmund Bragg, clerk in the service of the Great Western Railway Company, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with various rob beries. The first charge was for stealing a volume of Scott's Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, the property of the di rectors of the Great Western Railway. The second was for stealing a snuff-box, the property of the Great Western Railway Snuff Club. The third was for stealing a coat, the property o: James Spencer. The prisoner was fully committed upon all the charges, WORSHIP-STREET.— William Betlicll, a journey man blacksmith, was placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with a murderous assault upon his mother, an infirm and aged woman, with a hammer, whereby her life had been seriously endangered. The prisoner was ordered to be remanded for a week, to afford an opportunity of ascertaining the result of his unnatural violence. LAMBETH.--Last evening, as Mr. Elliott was about to leave the bench, Frederick Butler, a well-dressed per son, and who is well known to the police as an expert member of the swell mob, was brought i-ito the court in custody of Sergeant Quinnear, and placed at the felon's bar, on a charge of being concerned, with others not in custody, with burglariously breaking into the premises of Mr. Thomas Prince, the keeper of a fancy bazaar in Beckford-row, Walworth-road, and stealing therefrom property of the value of 7001. Superintendent Lund requested a remand upon the plea that he would be prepared with evidence upon a future occasion.—The prisoner was remanded. SOUTHWARK. —Elizabeth Ford and Harriet Jones, two women of the town, were placed at the bar before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with stealing 401. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns from the person of Mr. Charles Roberton. - - • - Policeman Atkinson, M division, stated that the pri soners were given into his custody on the previous night, by Mr. Roberton upon the charge of having robbed him of the above sum of money at a house of ill-fame in Orange-court, Gravel-lane, into which one of them (Ford) had inveigled him. The complainant was present at the station-house when the charge was preferred, and inti mated his determination to be in attendance at this court the next morning to prosecute the prisoners, but he (the policeman) had not seen him since. The magistrate inquired where he was, and why he did not attend. A gentleman, who said his name was Roberton, and described himself as the brother of the complainant, stood forward, and said that he saw his brother the previous night subsequently to his having given the prisoners into custody, and that he was then labouring under great mental depression. He (applicant) had not seen him this morning, although he called at his house and had made every inquiry, and he was fearful that he had de stroyed himself. Mr. A'Beckett asked the applicant if the prisoners were detained, did he think that evidence would be produced to show that they had robbed his brother of 401. at a house of ill fame in the place mentioned. The applicant, in reply, said he heard his brother state that he had been robbed of the amount specified in a house into which he had been decoyed by a woman while he was under the influence of liquor. He ( applicant) knew nothing further of the transaction, and therefore would not wish to take the responsibility upon him of having the prisoners detained on the charge, as he had no evidence to offer against them, and was fearful that his unfortunate brother had committed suicide, owing to the condition of mind under which he laboured in con sequence of the unfortunate circumstances connected with his having accompanied the prisoners. Ford ejaculated that she would explain the whole matter if she was permitted, and that there was no foundation for the charge as affected herself. Mr. A'Beckettlsaid that at present she was not called upon to make any statement, as there was no evidence against her or her fellow prisoner. He should therefore discharge them, and if the gentleman who had given them into custody, and was supposed to have committed suicide, should re-appear, they would be again taken taken into custody. The prisoners were then discharged. STILTON.—Much mystery has been attached to the movements of this horse. We understand that he is entered in the Chester Cup by Count Hahn, and that he is now being trained at Royston by C. Marson. If the weight pleases the ideas of his present owners he is to start for the Cestrian Trade Plata—Doncaster Gazette. FROJI THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDA T. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 11, 1853. It is hereby notified, that the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from Colonel Hugh Rose, her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, a dis patch, bearing date the 17th of December last, inclosing an official note dated the 15th of December last, addressed to him by Fuad, Effendi the Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs, announcing the establishment of the blockade of the coasts which extend from Dulcigno to the extreme Turkish frontier, by the naval forces of his Imperial Ma jesty, the Sultan, for the purpose of preventing munitions of war or provisions from being landed upon the said coasts. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JAN. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Noble Henry Charles, Duke of Norfolk, K.G., to bo Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Most Noble James, Duke of Montrose, K.T., resigned. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable George Augustus Constantine Phipps (com monly called Earl of Mulgrave) to be Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable Claud Hamilton (commonly called Lord Claud Hamilton), resigned. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Honour able Archibald William Douglas (commonly called Viscount Drumlanrig) to be Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable George Cecil Weld Forester, resigned. WHITEHALL, JAN. 10. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, appointing the Right Honourable Sir George James Tur ner, Knt., to be a Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chan cery, in the room of the Right Honourable Robert Mousey, Lord Crauwortli, resigned. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, grant ing the office of a Vice-Chancellor, unto Sir William Page "Wood, Knt., in the room of the Right Honourable Sir George James Turner, Knt., resigned. CROWN-OFFICE. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. JAN. 8. Borough of Marlborough—The Right Honourable Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell Bruce, commonly called Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's House ; hold. Borough of Leeds.—The Right Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines, of No. 13, Queen-square, in the•city of Westmins ter, President of the Poor Law Board. Borough of Halifax.—The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., President of the Board of Control for the affairs of India. Borough of Scarborough.—The Right Hon. George Au. gustus Constantine Phipps (commonly called Earl of Mut grave), of Mulgrave Castle, in the county of York, Tres.• surer of her Majesty's Household. _ _ Borough of tiverton.—Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, of Broadlands, in the county of Hants, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. JAN. 10. Town of Southampton.—Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, of Hartford street, May-fair, in the county of Middlesex, Knt., her Majesty's Attorney-General. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. Henry. Lipscombe, Esq., and William Lamb, Esq., to bo Deputy Lieutenants, Jan 1. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. William Mott, Esq., John Newton Lane, Esq., and Wil liam Arden, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants, Jan. 5. King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia.—The Honourable Edward Richard Littleton to be Colonel ; the Honourable Hem y-Wi"iam - George Paget, commonly called Lord Paget, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Richard Dyott, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's 53d Regiment of Foot, to be Major ; Francis Blake, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards, to be Major ; Benjamin Miller, Esq., to be Surgeon, Jan. 5. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Royal Pembroke Rifle Corps Militia.—Cecil Anson Harries, Esq., to be First Lieutenant ; James James, Esq., to be Second Lieutenant, Jan. 10. BANKRUPTS. William Henry Rawlings, Harper-street, Red Lion-square, to surrender, Jan. 20, at eleven, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Dodd, Basinghall-street. Edward Booby, miller, East Coker, Somersetshire, Jan. 19, and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Batten, Yeovil; Stog don, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. C. S. Harris, Liverpool, pawnbroker, Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Witty, Louth, Lincolnshire draper, Feb. 2, at half-past twelve, at the Townhall Kingston-upon-Hull —C. Brown, Kingston-upon-Hull, flaxspinner, Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Townhall, Kingston• upon-Hull. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. A. Scott and W. Thompson. - Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars-road, iron -founders, 4s. Bd., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. N. Barnsdall, Nottingham, timber merchant, 10-/d. Jan. 13 and 14, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. J. Cullen, Nottingham, grocer, B&d., Jan. 13 and 14, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. W. Higginbotham, Macclesfield, silk manufacturer, 2s. 64d., Tuesday, Jan. 11, and every following Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. Jane Parker, Goosnargh-with-Newsham, Lancashire, inn keeper, 7s. 7Ad., Tuesday, Jan. 11, and every following Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. T. Crook, Preston, manufacturer, Bs. 3d., Tuesday, Jan. 18, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. C. Lucas, R. Wilkinson, and E. Bond, Hayfield and Manchester, calico printers, 65., Tuesday, Jan. 18, and every following Tuesday, between ton and ono, at tiio office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. W. Meadowcroft, Rochdale, cotton spinner, 10s. sd. Tuesday, Jan. 18, and every following Tuesday, betwee: ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. W. Meadowcroft, Rochdale, cotton spinner, Hs. 4i, Tuesday, Jan. 18, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. ..... . A. L. Stocks, Huddersfield, draper, 3s. 4d., Thursday, Jan. 13, and any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. _ _ W. 11. Stafford Sheffield, painier, ls. Bd., Monday, Jan. 17, and any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. H. Davy, Parker-steet, Drury-lane, coach wheel wright, Feb. 4, at half-past eleven—J. Fell, New-street, New-road, Hammersmith, builder, Feb. 4, at half-past one —J. T. Wheatley, Cranmer-place, Waterloo-bridge-road, Lambeth, lighterman, Feb. 2, at half-past one—J. Gazley, King's Lynn, Norfolk, carpenter and builder, Feb. 2, at one. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. P. Summers, Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, fancy printer, certificate of the second class—J. B. Armstrong, Manches ter, tailor and draper, certificate of the second class—W. K. Broadhurst, Stoke-upon-Trent, earthenware manufac turer, certificate of the second class — T. Roberts, Hunslet, Yorkshire, glass-bottle maker, certificate of the third class, after twenty-one days from Jan. 10. 'PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. Mumford and J. Mumford, Adam's-court, Old Broad street, mining sharebrokers—S. Hughes, E. Hughes, and J. Hales, Dublin, dealers in. earthenware—T. Cooper and B. Howlett, Congleton, Cheshire, attorneys E. O. Williams and J. Williams, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, coal and coke merchants—T. Edge, J. Hill, and W. Sand land, Birmingham and Hatton-garden, jewellers—W. Fairbrother and R. Talner, Bunbuiy, Oxfordshire, linen drapers—E. L. Griffiths and F. Blake, Newport and Cowes, Isle of Wight, attorneys —E. Hutchinson and I. Needham, Liverpool, coal merchants—J. H. Kilner a - id J. Barker, Hipperholme, Yorkshire, stuff manufacturers—F. Foster and W. T. Mann, Liverpool, brokers—G. Traviss and W. S. An mitac , e,Bamsley,Yorkshire,tailors--J. Carver, G. Carver, and W. Brierley, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, iron founders —T. S. Brooke and J. Greaves, Dewsbury and Soothill, Yorkshire, coalmasters—W. John. an and J. Hardy, Church Bridge, Staffordshire, chemist: —J. Hamil ton and R. Fowles, Sunderland, coal fitters—R. Eglinton, C. Dearie, R. H. Hunter, H. M'Ewen, and R. L. Eglin ton, Calcutta (so far as regards R. Eglinton and R. H. Hunter)—A. Neame and J. Green, Canterbury, tea dealers —A. Hinchcliffe, S. Wimpenny, J. Woodhead, E. Clay ton, J. Dyson, A. M'Clellan, A. Mellor, W. Riley, S. Brearley, T. Bocock, W. Child, J. Ellis, M. Hale, B. Robinson, S. Ward, S. Shaw, and G. Robinson, Hudders field, newspaper proprietor J. S. Wilkinson, N. Clay ton, Mary Clayton, J. Shuttleworth, J. Slack, T. Tern perton, T. Wise, sen. ' T. Wise, jun., and J. Sharp, steam packet owners, Li n c o ln and Boston—T. Foster, S. Fos ter, and M. Furniss (so far as regards M. Fur niss) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, lace manufacturers—J. Kirk and F. Shuttlewood, Sileby, Leicestershire, hollers— H. G. Busby and G. Jenning, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glouces teishire, woollen and linen drapers—E. Cottle and T. Doo good, Cheltenham, plumbers—E. Gray and J. Giay, Bur nopfield, Durham, common brewers—L. Jeffreys, A. Miles, and J. H. Miles, Grenville-street, Brunswick-square—S. Syddall, J. Lomax, and W. Rushton, Farnworth, Lanca shire, spindle and fly makers—Elizabeth Dakin and A. Waterhouse, St. Paul's-churchyard, tea dealers—R. J. Popplewell and J. Lea, Old Broad-street, City, wholesale clothiers—W. Hooper, H. Hooper, and W. W. Hooper Exeter, limeburners—J. Tucker, H. Tucker, and W. Tucker, Gresham-street, City, silk printers (so far as re gards the said J. Tucker)—J. Allnutt, J. Allnutt, jun., and J. Arbouin, Mark-lane, City, wine merchants (so far as regards the said J. Arbouin)—E. Bembridge and W. B. G. Haynes, Birmingham, saddlers' ironmongers—S. Foste r and B. Foster, Nottingham, drapers—J. Kay and T. Kay, Sunderland, grocers—A. Lee and S. Barnes, Oldham, Lan cashire, machine makers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Jonas Turner, Hipperholme, Yorkshire, stone delver. David Evans, Loughor, Glamorganshire, carpenter. Edwd. Horton, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, whitesmith. Henry Plant, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, licensed vic tualler. George Munnings, Cambridge, fishmonger. John Elias, Gloucester, carpenter. Isaac Hardman, Cambridge, chemist. Jane Hopkins, 'Cottenharn,. Cambridgeshire, licensed vic tualler. Richard Hawkins, Ramsgate, journeyman stone mason. Phillip Hurcomb, Oxford, printer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. • J. Pringle, Edinburgh, draper, to meet Jan. 17 and Feb. 7, at one, within the Regent Hotel, Edinburgh. A. Dewar, Glasgow, wine and spirit dealer, to meet Jan. 17 and Feb. 7, at twelve, within the Waverley Hotel, Glasgow. J. Leven, Edinburgh, writer to tho signet, to meet Jan. 17 and Feb. 7, at twelve, within Messrs. Dowels and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh. W. Orr and Co., Glasgow, warehousemen, topeet Hotel,Jan 17 and Feb. 7, a t t wo , w ithin the Commercial Glasgow. I VIAHOMMEDAN OBJECTION TO CHRISTIANITY.—The Mahommedan religion offers formidable obstacles, hu manly speaking, to the introduction of Christianity. Our Church Missionary Society has had a station in Cairo for several years, but they have never yet made a single convert from the Mahommedan faith. The reply of an enlightened Mahommedan to a missionary is cha racteristic of the race of Moslems—"Your religion," said he, "gives me three Gods and one wife ; mine gives me three wives and one God : I prefer my own."—AX. drew' a .Four Months' Tour in the East. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-JAN. 11. The Corn-exchange this morning was slenderly attended. There was about the usual demand for wheat and flour from the neighbouring millers and dealers, at much the same prices as were current this day se'nnight. There were only a few buyers from a distance. Fine oats Were scarce, and quite as dear, but secondary sorts were dto ld per bushel lower. Oatmeal also was rather easier to buy. The sales of barley, beans, and peas wore inconsider• able, and p r i ces s t an d unchanged.,, Scarcely any Indian corn here at present. IPSWICH—JAN. 1.1. The supply of wheat was small ; those samples which were dry and in condition sold readily, and in some in: stances with a turn against the buyer. The trade evinced much firmness, and it only requires a gentle frost to Ent the wheats into condition to establish a fair advance I 1 i 1 price. Of b ar l e y th ere was a good supply, and the qua l i ty generally fine ; it sold readily, and an advance of is per qr. was freely paid. Other grain firm. PER QUARTER. rms. Q10. 1 " 3 : Wheat, red (old) 36 s t o 44 s B arley, grinding 30s to 30 9 Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 44s to 53s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting 34s to 38s Flour, per sack 00s to 003 AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 8, 1853. 1,120 quarters, at 443 lld 1,937 „ 311 6d 7 „ 17s 8d 609 22 31s 5d 37 „ 293 5d Wheat Barley Oats .. Beans Peas .. HULL—Jex. 11, To-day we had a short supply of wheat from the farmerh with next to nothing of foreign. The condition of till new wheat was better than from the recent weather Avw: be expected, but still a good deal affect e d, an d o nly best samples met ready sale at the full prices of last ' , Ow. while anything inferior was neglected, Nothing of moraell: done in foreign, except in the merest retail. Barley c". fine quality i s soug ht after, and is dear er ; no alterati oll in the value of grinding. Oats fully 6d per q r..dearer; Beans and peas without alteration, but the mild weatt, checks consump ti on o f th e l a tt er . Linseed of all kind°„7, dearer, and a somewhat better dem an d f o r cakes. transactions in rapeseed, but cakes still meet free sale '`"' feeding. The following are the present prices of grain : - S s Wheat, English, red 47 to 49 Ditto white 5O to 54 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham- S r. Peas, gray and black 00 ts 00 Linseed, Black Sea„, 50 to u" en Ditto Petersburgh 44 to "" Ditto Riga and Arch angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4O to 46 Frieland 44 to 47 Russian and Odessa 40 to 45 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian l7 to 20 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 27 to 28 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 37 to 40 Per Toe. Lins. c., Hull 91 7s 6d to 9110 6 Ditto fine for. 91 Os to 91 66 Ditto inf. for Bl 15s to 01 0 0 Rapeseed 2710s to 281 0 0 Rape cakes Tares, English Ditto foreign Guano Bones Rye Meal 1 4 0 10 8 7 :1 ° ts 07 . 27: fici CORK—Jex. 10. ___ _ __ _ Brig. Currency. ~.. 12 White wheat 24 8 6d. to 26e Od Os .od-20 stouc 43 Redwheat 24s Od to 25s 9d) Ditto Oos Od to Oos Od >2ss Od-2 0 do• Ditto OOs Od to 00s Od) 168 Barley l4s Od to 148 6d) Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 148 4d-16 do. Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od) Bore OOs Od to OOs Od Os Oti. 477 Oats lO5 2d to lOs 64 192 Ditto 108 6d to lOs 10d 108 6d cl o. 54 Ditto 108 10d to lle 2d 278 Pigs 2ls Od to 39s Od OOs Od per c ift " Quantity sold at the highest prices : 6 1 barrel white wheat ; 6 rod ; 30 barley ; 0 bare ; eats ; 129 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week 7' 5 4. Wheat, 757. B ar l e y, 1 , 102 . B ere, O . O a ts, 5, " Pigs, 1,268. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURCENCT. 860 First quality Second quality Third quality B ss Third quality .............. • 6 86 Fourth quality Fifth quality 6Bs Fifth quality ......... : ..... .°l O Sixth quality s6s Sixth quality ............... Return of cattle sold for week ending Jan. 8 Pigs, 507. Sheep, 139. Cows, 107. CORK.-Flonr-First 15s 6d to 17s Od ; extra, ' Oat T h i r , seconds, 14s Oct to 15 s Od ; h ouse h o ld s, ll s t o 13s Od 9d; 8s Od to lOs p er cw t. M ea l—l n di an mea l, S s 6d to a" 0, oatmeal, lOs 6d to 11s; wheat meal, lls Oct to lls 6d pe r. gd Indian corn, 8/ 2s 6d to 8/ 10s Od per ton. Bran, 41 t 1 ; 1 4 0 , to 5/ per ton. Hay—Farmers, 31s Oct to 35s Od ; 3 " if / 338 ; dealers, 33s Od to 381 Od ; average, Os per ton. Strti to Farmers, 00s Od to 00s Od ; average, 00s ; dealers, 000 7 0 00s Od; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, IA to Od ; household ditto, bid to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, Z o f • lid per lb. Eggs, 6s 8d to 6s 10d per hundred. Meat --- % to 4id to 7d ; mutton, 5d to 61d ; veal, 4d to 6d ; Od ; bacon, 6d to 7d ; sausages, 5d per lb.—Fish, N off r o j i; land, 11/. Os to 141 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 260 to . Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 8d to 9d ; 11d to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 21s ; Lydney, 21s ; Cu 1 1 2 ,„ Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial gau°74af Hides, market, 22s to 28s ; Salted, 24s to 30s per cwt. `",„, skins, 34d per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d. to 3/. per ton* Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—Hemp, 37/. to 401. V' ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. 10s ; red pine, 3/. 108 ; y e ll o w do., 31. 10s. per ton ; deals, 167. to 18/. per hundred. --13,„k . red, 7/. to Si. 10s. per ton.--Tallow, 47s to 48s per cwt.—tiepo, 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per bd.— Gualoo Peruvian, 101. lOs to 11/. per ton. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERDAY. Amsterdam .. ..... 11 16% Gibraltar .............. Ditto, three months .. 11 18 !Leghorn ..30 33 Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 18% Genoa „„ „ „ 25 4 0 Antwerp .............. 25 30 I Milan ................ Brussels 25 30 (Venice :: :::: :.•• :::::: Bamburgh . !Palermo ............•• •• - 12 4 • —... 12. 5 ., Paris— „ .............. 25 5 IMessi n a Ditto, three months .. 25 27%1Llsbon .. .. ...... .. •• • • 5 34 Marseilles...... •• • • .... 25 32% porto ......... •••• • • • „.... Bourdeaux ...... .• • ... Rio Janeiro .. ••••• • • • • • Frankfort-on-Maine .... 119 Buenos Ayres.... ••• • • • „..• ...., Berlin .. .............. N ew Y or k, 60 days' sight Vienna .• •••• • . • • ...... 10 50 Philadelphia ••••• • • • • •___ . 0 1, Trieste ..... ...... ••• .. 10 51 PRICES OF BULLION, Pr... 9 Petersburgh......„ „,, 38% Foreign Gold In Bars £3 il l 0 Madrid ................ 50% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 4 11 Cadiz .. —.......• • • • . .. 50%1Mexican Dollars •• • • 0 0 A 0 . Barcelona ...... —,• , , „ New Dollars ...• • • ~.- 5 170 Seville ................ Silver in bars ..• • • • " SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General PoSO °. by the night—and Mby the morning—dispatch.] D in a COUNTRIES.Port dries Yw General hcnm Post- ad eu P Office, London. Dispatched. ................. 0 From what lines __ ---- . 2 0 America (byßrit.pack.N Jar.. 14.......... Liverpool ... Jan. 17 America (by United Sts. .packet) ...0 States . ...... N Jan. 25 .......... Liverpool ... J . .,• America (by .- packet) ..........N Jan 19 ... ...... . Southampton Australia (via South- Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th o f th e month D over .... • • J . a n • 1 1 ampton) ...... II 20th o f eac h mon th S ou th amp t on Jan• 9 *Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) . N 2d of February .. .. Plymouth .. A rrfled -- b. i s Africa (Wc . Coast) N 23 r d o f t h e month. Plymouth .. ire Alexandria* N 19th&30th o f mon. Dover ~.• •• Jul. is B el gium • • • • • • • • . • ••N Deny— .......... Dover ...... De t Yi . 6 Brazil /N 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres .... DI 9th of the month.. Southampton elan' 6 California . .... —RI -d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. , i 6 tCaPo of Good Ho 3 N 14 thof the month.. Southampton . inn. 26 Cape de Verds :7 I 4thof the month.. Southampton Jan. „,, Constantinople.... . li 7 th l 7th27thof rim.. Dover .... Jan• 76 Central America lf hid & 17th of mon. Southampton Jan•,,„ .621. Channel 151e5.... • • N Mon.Wed.&.Friday Southampton ru.' , --,i Chili ...... ...... —34 2d & 17th ofmonth Boutbampton Jan•,' Of France .... • • M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ..., ~ rsvioe7 ) Greece* .• .. •. •• .. N 7thl7th27th ofknon. Dover ...... Jan* 9 got• Hamburgh ••• • • • N Tuesday.& Friday London ... • • ue°,„,,,,'' gra• Holland ... • ... IN Wednesday & Sat London .., „. Sun...- 16 Honduras Ireland .. ..M Bc",N Twice daily ...... Holyhead „, Twice*, India (viaSouthampt.)sl 20th of themonth.. Southampton Jan. 2 * India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th. of month Dover ..,,,. J a n, 17 India (via Cape of Good Hope). ••--•• • • ....Ai 14th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 2,, Mauritius .... • .....N 14th o f the month.. Southampton Jan. 2° Mediterranean (via Southampton ..... .111 20th of the month . , Southampto n J a n. 94 Ditto (via Marseillca).N Bth& 24th ofmonth D0ver)...... Jan. 0 Mexico ••• • • ....... M 2nd of the month. Southampton Feb• 1 Madeira ............M 9th&23dofth e mon. Southampton Jan . 1 6 Malta* • • • • • • • • • • • • '`.` . ni , 7th, I 7th, 1 9th, 27th, t &30th of the month Dover ...... Jan. 20 Naples* •• • ••• • • . ..N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... Jan. 12 Papal States*" ......N sthlsth2sthofmon. Doveri• • • • • • Jan *" Peninsula ... .Dl ithl7th27thormon. Southampton Jan. 16 Peru .. .... ...... .. 31 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 16 Tuscany* ..... ...,,N sthlsol2sthofru on , D ov er .. •• • . Jan. 12 West Indies .........M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jas. ib Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) . . • The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope are made up on the 2d of every alternate month. Those made up on the 200 packet and 24th of each month via Southampton and Marseilles are sent h i sailing vessels at present from S in g a p ore, but next year th ey w i l l be sent in steamers. t a Mails Cpeof a G re oo a d la n o o m p a el French eup on the 2d of ev ery alternate mo n th for the * The mail t o Marseilles. sto those countries thus Marked (5) are convey ed I BIRTIIS. OF A SON. On the 10th inst., at Broom-house, Teddington, Mrs. Cr. Harris. • OF A DAUGHTER. On the 9th inst., at Ald e b urgh, Suffolk, the wi fe Of Commander D. Robertson, R.N. of OC. n C. Macaulay, the 9th inst at K nighton, near Lei ces t er , the wi fe ~ Esq. MARRIED. iii[On the 4th inst., Christopher Harison, late Captain • - f Regiment, to Louisa M ar i e Millett, youngest daughter o f the late Commander Moorman, R.N., K.F.M. On the Bth inst., a t St . Jude's-church' Southsea B. Priest, R.N., H.M . S . Leopard, to Amelia ' S O P°•" 4 daughter of W. S. Burnett Esq., of Lisbon. DIED. On the 29th ult., a t M a l ta, in consequence of a fall groin Jell a horse on th e 17th , H ester Eliza, eldest daughter of J . Drummond, E sq ., o f Mulgrave-house, Fulham. On the 7th inst., at 3, Kensington Palace-gardens,frl.. the effects of f ever con t racted on the coast of China, •"` e Percy W. Coventry, R.N., aged 35. On the 7th inst., a t B a th , Charlotte, widow 0f the Lieut.-Gen. G. Conyngham, 11.E.1.C.5., Madras. On the sth in s t., a t P ec k ham, aged 71, Samuel Pre poN Esq., late of 9, Mincing-lane. of On the 9th inst., a t L eytonstone, Essex, Jane, wife Mr. L. Taylor, of 24, College-hill, aged 60. LONDON : Printed an d P u b l i shed by 'HURD° YOU N G ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, • o f Strand, in the Precinct of the 'Savoy, in the eounti Middlesex, Wednesday, January 12,1853, , LONDON, WED 12, 853.