The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-11 00:00:00

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGILTION COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 71, Lombard-street, London. Notice is Hereby Given, That the Half-yearly Generci Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Company's Office, 71, Lombard-street, on Tuesday, the 22d instant, at Two o'Clock pre cisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to transact the usual busi ness, and to declare the dividend for the half-year ending the 31st December, 1852. By order of the Court, MARTIN PEATT. London, Feb. 1, 1553, TAPPER INDIA RAILWAY COMPILNY.-- LJ The SCRIP CERTIFICATES will be EXCHA2iGED for BANKER'S RECEIPTS on TUESDAYS an FRIDAYS only, at the Offices of the Company, between the hours d of Twelve and Three, until further notice. W. P. ANDREW, Managing Director. 2, Moorgate-street, Feb. 10, 1853. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 99, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, BLOOMSBURY. The Annual General Meeting of Proprietors will be held at the Office of the Society, on THURSDAY, the 3d day of March next, at One •o'clock precisely, at which Meeting five Directors, one Trustee, and one Auditor (on the part of the Proprietors), will be elected. Any proprietor desirous of proposing a candidate for the office of Director, Trustee, or Auditor, must send the name of such candidate to the Secretary, at least fourteen days before the day of 'Meeting. The Ballot will commence at Eleven and close at Two o'clock. An election of an Auditor on the part of the Assured will, also take place on WEDNESDAY, the 2d day of March, between th.e, hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. All persons Assured for the w - Inole term of life, and qualified to vote, are hereby referred to the conditions indorsed on their Policies, for information concerning the candidate to be proposed. GEORGE H. PINCICARD, Resident Se ezetary. February 10th, 1853. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Era. 11, Will be performed the admired Comedy of LONDON ASSUR ANCE, by Messrs. a eeley, Leigh Murray, Howe, Lambert, H. Bed ford, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the new and original Farce, called TO pAia IS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. To conclude with the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, FEB. 11, Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHEN OMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma *hews, F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. / titchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Foal •avaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in whi. eh Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, llorucastle, and Templeton ; Madan ae Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, _Kiss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright vb :al appear. 'to conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Alleroft, 15, New B .n::-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celt ,ate. THIS EVENING, FEB. 11, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE EFT, ; or, Uucla Tom'x Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, end Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, ND ses Kee ‘ ley, and Mn. Keeley. To conclude with the succeisful new Comic Pantomn ale, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal Danseuse, Mdlle. Anriol Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STI: EET. Under the Management ol Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, FEB. 11, Will be performed the Tragedy of HAMLET. Princip: 11 charac ters b' Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, Harley, Addison, Myth tr, J. Yin ;ng, Meadows, Graham, and Cathcart ; Misses Heath and Daly, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the new and criglnal Grand Corn Je Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY A: SD FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the -inging Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hu dne ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo; Co'umbine, Miss Desborough. BOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, na. 11, Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported ba r Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Uoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bei der, and Clifton; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon. After which, WAN rEll ONE THOUSAND SPIRITE/ 2 , YOUNG MILLINERS FOR THE GOLD DIGGINGS. To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlecp: tin Queen Mab and the World. of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin EdwFtrdes, with his highly-trained Dogs. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five, under the snperi tatendence oz Mr. E. Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday A ttracttons. LAST WEEK BUT FOUR of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT, And positively the Last Week of the Grand Comic Pantomime. In consequence of the numerous applications for the reproduction of the superb Spectacle of MAZEPPA, or THE WILD HO:R , E, Mr. Batty has much pleasure in terminating his professional career in acquiescing in the generally expressed desire of his patrons and the public, and will produce the above Spectacle with all its oiigi• nal splendour on the 14th February instant. THIS EVENING, FEB. 11, And during the Week the Curtain will rise at Seven o'clock, to the 69th Representation of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. After which, new and splendid Scenes in the Circle, by F reach and English Artistes. Te conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and ihe Seven Gifted Men. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-o&ce open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats Di" —Morning 2 rain. after 4 1 Evening 20 min.aft. 4 To-Moaßew—Morning, 37 rain. after 4 I Evening 51 min.aft. 4 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAT, FE% 11, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N.E., strong breeze—rain. SOUTHAMPTON—N.E., strong breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—N.E., light breeze—overcast, snow. TUNBRIDGE—N., strong breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—N.E., gentle breeze—rain. STRoop—W 2 . strong breeze—rain. SWINDON—N ., strong breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—rain. YARMOUTH—E., hard wind—snow. HOLYHEAD—N.E., gentle breeze—showery. , LANCASTER—N.E., calm—foggy. SNAP—N.E., calm. L-snow. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock SwThrnoN—N.E., gentle breeze—mow. HOLYHEAD—E„ gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—N., calm—partially cloudy. WHITBY—S., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTox—E.S.E., gentle breeze —partially cloudy, frost, snow. THE WEATHER.--SuN OFFICE, FEB. 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 33—highest since noon yesterday. 27—lowest this morning and during the night. 32—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'39. WIND, N.N.E.—Fine sunshiny weather. a slight farl of snow in the night. Zbt inn , LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1853. Do the Whigs really imagine that they can secure to themselves even the most insignificant modicum of public approval, by resorting once more to their old device of postponement after postponement ? Positively, it would appear so. It was only yesterday that the House of Commons re-assembled for the transaction of the business of the Legislature—it was only yesterday that the new Ministers formally presented themselves be fore Parliament—and already they have given , terrible evidence of their intention to delay the serious consideration of all matters of real diffi--1 culty by procrastination after procrastination. Yes, the old, old trick is again resorted to—to the dismay of all rational and practical Re formers. If we have no longer the Bottle Conjuror—we have a cluster of those practised dalliers with the political pea-and-thimble, who have so often before deceived, the popular judf;* ment by their adroit and ingenious displPAys of administrative legerdemain. Confident in their Own skill, they seem to count still as securely as ever upon the extent of the public credulity— forgetting that they have long ago been found out, a nd that they are under the supervision of a duly organised body of Detectives. Blind, how ever, to past t eft b ing, they have returned to their now notorious schem e of deception. They set up the table jauntily enough on the very first night of their appearance—and there, as smug and self satisfied as ever, stands the arch-offender at the green-box of office, trying as cooly as of yor e t o de lude the senses of the spectators— surrounded, of course, as usua l, by his only-partially-dis guised confederates. The judicious Bottle Holder looks on as complacently as he was wont to do in the good old times, when Earl GREY was Colonial Secretary, and Sir CHARLES Wool) Chancellor of the Exchequer twirling that surreptitious straw in his mouth, which he can always at a pinch fling up in the shape of an amendment to show which way the wind blows. There is the elegant young gentle man, who watches the game under the pretext of seeing fair play, simply with a view to his own, amusement. Perhaps the Right Hon. SYDNEY HERBEIIT will forgive our adventuring upon the comparison. Then there is the comfort able, elderly gentleman, evidently well to do in the world—with the " spick and span" linen, and the golden-rimmed eye-glasses—who is always ready to wager any amount from the depths of his plethoric pocket-book. Possibly Sir JAMES GRA HAM may not be as leniently disposed as his colleague to accept the simile in its more obvious application. There they all are--industriously at work on the ' very first night of the re-assembling of the Legis lature. Is the unlucky pea upon which the pub lic has staked its dearest wishes supposed to be found at last in the form of a modified Income Tax—the master juggler has so contrived that it is, of course, under the wrong thimble. It is not here before us where we dreamt it might be—it is reserved for another year's consideration. It is precisely the same if it happens to be the Con solidation of the Criminal Law—that has to be de layed until we have settled the question of Second ary Punishments. Have we deluded ourselves with a belief that we have discovered the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts—whew ! presto ! the thim bles have rattled ! and its mere consideration must be deferred until after we have conned the yet unfinished .report of the Commissioners. Even the Betting-office system, which, at the very least, we had hoped to catch .and strangle, is to be found like the nick on the Derby day, " nowhere"—though we are told that the mat ter is still undergoing anxious considera tion. It is the old device, we repeat it, the old trick of Whiggery—a trick, howbeit, that no longer deceives any rational man in the United Kingdom ; for we cannot induce ourselves to be lieve that the nation will allow even a Coalition Cabinet to rule the affairs of Great Britain ac cording to no more satisfactory system than a system, of intolerably, and we may even say im pertinently, cool postponements. Whatever may be the prospects of other re forms, there is every reason to anticipate consider able amendment in the practice and administra tion of the Law. Vigorous and energetic labourers, men fully qualified for the Herculean task, have set about the important duty of cleansing the Augean stables, and removing the vexatious delays and ruinous expenses to which unfortunate litigants were heretofore subjected. There is, fortunately too, " unrestricted competi tion "on this point. On Monday next, the LORD CHANCELLOR will announce the Ministerial inten tion with respect to Legal Reforms; and there can be no question but that he will be materially expe dited by the zeal and energy displayed by the other Law Lords. The Ex-CHANCELLOR—than whom a more efficient, discreet, or more competent Judge never occupied the Woolsack—is even before-hand with Lord CRANWORTH. He has already introduced a series of measures for car rying into practical execution the extensive ame liorations announced, shortly after the meeting of Parliament, which have respectively received their first readings. There is one Bill for the fur ther relief of the suitors of the Court of Chancery, three different measures relating to lunatics, one to Bankruptcy, and one respecting the Criminal Law, the codification of which is at length about to be attempted in good earnest, and the first instalment whereof has been intro duced by the Noble and Learned Lord. Un der such auspices we may feel certain of valu able amelioration, more especially, as Lord CRAN WORTH will be incited by the brilliant example set by his gifted predecessor an example that might excite even Lord TRURO himself into activity. On the whole, the Legal Reformers may rejoice at the progress that has been made and is making, and may look forward with confidence to the speedy arrival of the time when something as near perfection as can be hoped for in any earthly in stitution, will be attained in the procedure and administration of the English Law. On Monday we selected the case of the " class" barrister as affording a strong illustration of the injustice of the present system of assessing indus trial incomes under Schedule D. As much might be said on behalf of almost any of the other classes whose precarious and fluctuating earnings are charged under the same Schedule. The over toiled and badly-remunerated country surgeon, who must be ready to answer any call, at any hour, and to brave the most inclement weather at midnight or early morn in discharge of his ordi i nary avocations, is compelled to keep a couple of horses to enable him to visit his patients. These horses are not kept for pleasure purposes. Their use is essential to the acquisition of the income about to be taxed, and the cost of their keep may I be regarded as a strictly professional expenditure. But not only is no allowance made on that account, buthe is e ten subjected to further taxation on these horses, on the vehicle in which he is conveyed from house to house within his district, and even on the man-servant whom he is obliged to hire in order to attend to the highly-taxed horses and the highly-taxed carriage. We believe that a large proportion of the average income of the " class" will be absorbed in these "professional expenses." He is expected also to set aside sufficient to pro vide for the evening of his days, when his ad vanced age and increased infirmities no longer permit him to undergo the excessive labour inci dental to his occupation. He must likewise in sure his life for the benefit of his family, taking out a policy engrossed on a high-priced stamp, if he would not incur the imputation of great im prudence. And yet the miserable 3001. a-year which he may earn, subject to so many and such irresistible claims and drawbacks, is treated as if it were fully equivalent to the dividends on 10,000/. inscribed in the name of the fortunate possessor in the books of the Govornor and Com pany of the Rank of England in the 3 per Cent. Consolidated Annuities. And according to Messrs. GLADSTONE and BABBAGE, he has no just cause of complaint ; although, if retiring from ill-health, or any other cause, he could not obtain 5001. as the price of " his practice ;" and although the fund holder who would receive more than 10,0001. for the value of his stock on selling out, has no spe cial or unavoidable expenditure to deduct out of his • income, not having even to provide a receipt stamp when pocketing his dividend warrant, and being enabled, if he thinks proper, to retire to the cheap towns of the Continen',, and not even to contribute to the indirect taxation of the country. Ths country Clergyman who is placed in care of an extensive but badly-remunerated parish, will also have many demakds on his slender stipend—not only will a horse be necessary to carry him from point to point within his parish, but he must contribute liberally to the parochial clubs and lal schools, and lend a willing ear to the well--.authen ticated tales of distress and destitui di on which he too frequently hears in dischar; f the (Idles of his sacred calling. T .:l he fn these duties honestly and cor.:aeientiously, he must allocate a considerable, portion of his receipts to these pur poses, and making a provision for the wants of bfis unportioned families. But, according to the present system, he must pay tho tax upon more than double the amount that he is authorised to expend on his own purposes; and that is the sys: tern, the justice and propriety whereof is so clearly perceived by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and his obsequious followers. The merchant who at one time succeeds in a bold speculation, acquiring large profits, is charged on the entire amount, although a considerable portion should be set aside as a guarantee fund, to provide against future losses. He will be well aware that he must look for such losses, as well as profits, in his hazardous undertakings, that the next transactions may turn his previous gains into losses, and leave a heavy balance at the wrong side of his ledger ; nay mere, may sweep away every farthing of his capital, and involve him in ruin and bankruptcy. But though he is expected to pay on his gains, nothing is allowed towards his losses. One year his profits may be 10,0001.; on this he will be required to pay 2911. 13s. 4d. The following year, through bad debts, the glutting of forei gn mar k e t s , or th e b a d f a i th and treachery of some friend and correspondent in whom he reposed implicit confidence, he may lose an equal sum ; but in place of his books being exactly balanced, he will be minus nearly 3001. on account of his transactions, besides giving his labour gratuitously for two years, which 3001. would purchase an annuity sufficient to satisfy in perpetuity the contributions of the owner of 10,000/. Three per Cent. Consols. In like manner, the manufacturer will fre quently be compelled to work " short time," or to keep his factory open at a certain loss, which, like many other employers, he will submit to rather than see his men undergoing the privations and misery which must necessarily arise from the cessation of employment. In fact, wherever a higher rate of profit is obtained on the capital invested, it is only because a greater degree of risk is en countered in the business which yields, or is sup posed to yield, the largest returns—the extra profit being considered as an insurance fund to replace lost capital or diminished profits ; and it is grossly and palpably unjust to place incomes on which there is no risk in the same category with those from which a considerable depreciation fund must be deducted. The one may be ex pended to the last shilling; a considerable portion of the other must be set aside, or the party will find that he is playing with a stronger pull against him (in consequence of the Income Tax) than that to which the frequenters of the salons of Homburg or Baden Baden are subjected. Is it, then, de sirable to check speculation to make parties " bury their talents ?" We believe not ! It is strange that any doubt could exist on such a point in a commercial country. " A nation of shopkeepers " should know better. We regret to find that the Government are still playing fast and loose with this all-important subject, or at least maintaining a mysterious silence, for which it is difficult to account. The Noble Leader of the House of Commons tells us that " immediately after the Easter recess the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will propose the financial statement for the year." It might be supposed that this would imply that a full solu tion of the existing doubts would be effected at that period ; but in a subsequent portion of his speech the Noble Lord made use of an expression susceptible of a double interpretation, and involv ing a degree of ambiguity very unsatisfactory to Fiscal Reformers. He said—while avowedly throwing over the question of Parliamentary Re form for the present year—" Now the question to be considered by the present Government was, whether it was their duty to propose that the subject of amending the representation should be thrown aside for the present Session, in order that other press ing matters might be legislated upon, or whether, they should endeavour to e f fect a renewal of the In come Tax for the present year, without any obser vation or discussion whatever, in order that they might devote the whole of their time to that one subject of Parliamentary Reform 1" Now, this may be intended to mean that the re-adjustment of the Income Tax would not be postponed, or, as a feeler to see how the suggestion of its renewal for a single year, in its present objectionable form, would be received by the community ? We shall at once answer the interrogatory on the latter point, giving his Lordship full permission to ride off on the ambiguity if he thinks proper. Not all the Administrative talent and experience of the leading Members of the present Cabi net, and we freely acknowledge its extent, if it could be multiplied a hundredfold or a thou sandfold, not all the oft-refuted arguments or specious sophistries that could be put forward, if myriads of talking machines and writing machines were invented and constructed for the purpose, and each endowed with a forty-GransToNE power, would induce the people to submit for a single day beyond the sth of April . to the gross injustice of the present iniquitous system. There has been ample time allowed for consideration. Twice has the Act been renewed for a single year, to give sufficient opportunities for inquiry and de liberation. The. respite would not have been granted last year, but for the peculiar cir cumstances in which the then Government was placed. The patience of the sufferers is, however, now exhausted ; and it requires no ex traordinary power of vaticination to foresee the result of any further attempt at shelving this all important subject. Let Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his colleagues, then, be warned before it is too late. These are matters on which the country will no longer tolerate any degree of temporising or mystification. An extraordinary example of individual enter prise was yesterday recounted in our colt us, to which it is but right that the attention of the public should be more expressly directed. Allu sion is here made, of course, to the remarkable ' project of connecting by railway the distinguished ports of Seaham and Sunderland. Although the proposed line will extend over a distance of merley seven miles altogether, we speak of it advisedly as remarkable, because in the present instance the railroad is undertaken by one adventurous man, find not, according to the usual custom, by a com pany of shareholders. The whole cost, the entire responsibility, the exclusive credit of the scheme, devolves by right upon the sole projector of the achievement—the Marquis of LONDONDERRY. Already—as the community was reminded bythe interesting proceedings described in our impres sion of last evening—to that nobleman the county of Durham had been indebted for an uncommon display of energy and munificence. Seaham itself is, of this fact, a sufficient and brilliant attestation. For it cannot soon be forgotten thereabouts that to Lord LONDONDERRY it owes its prosperity, and is in a great measure, indeed, indebted for its very existence. The harbour is the creation of his personal enterprise. The town traces to that enterprise its rapid rise and progressive develop ment. The local Infirmary is the offspring of od o 1 e n reason c e . t T o h e e x p ni o t o r in of h i t s h the ffi neighbourhood hhi th as a v t ebe t g h no e ev education of their children is owing to its princely and judicious employment. And now to the schools, the Infirmary, the town, and the harbour of Seaham, another boon is about to be conferred by the same hand, upon the inhabitants of that district, by the formation of the branch railway connecting it with the flourishing port of Sunderland. The incident is.one, we believe, in every way unparalleled. According to the state ment already made public, the estimated cost of the undertaking will' be about 50,000/. sterling, every fraction of which is to be supplied by its originator, the Marquis of LONDONDERR.T:‘ is Lordship will be at once the Board of Director ..., and the Company of Shareholders.. the &nal required will come from his . own purse—wthe land traversed from . I' 4 own property. Ana in this manner we • shall witness the some , rat unaccus t,- ....dned spectacle of a railroad commenced and com pleted without the necessity of overcoming the ob sthictions of conflicting interests--without the opposition of landholders --without the aid of an Act of Parliament -- without even the ex pense of any application whatever to the Legislature. How all these apparently mi raculous advantages come to be combined in furtherance of the enterprise, may be very readily comprehended, when we find that, with one or two " unimportant exceptions," the whole of the coun try traversed by the projected railway, belo n g s already to the noble Marquis, as a portion of his splendid possessions. Aware of these rather nov el p ar ti cu lars in referen ce to the proposed line of communication between Seaham and Sunderl er and e , we cannot be surpris ed that the inaugurative c mony of the Bth instant, the ceremony of digging the first sod o f the ne w railroad, §heuia, co it evidently did, ha ve appealed to the finer feelings of those present, to their hearts and imaginations. Otherwise, we might have been somewhat startled, arid, present, cl osing amused, to find an iron master there pres a poetic to o ccas lm iolnh . Everything considered, however, it was but Imo _ Everything sfprOeraechPr upon fe seers s t o h r e sonable that all those interested in the proceedings should view with some degree of emotion the course d in this instance, in the autumn of pursue his honoured career, an d the evening o f his useful life by the gallant Marquis of Londonderry. As he himself not ungracefully reminded his hearers on Tuesday—whatever risk or trouble may result be his, whereas , t he benefits from the project will and advantages accruing from it, must be diffused more or less throughout the whole mass e of the local population. It is surely an enterpris such as this which sheds true lustre upon a patrician-- dng him not on e of thpse misguiding lights spoken of by the eloq ue nt MA ssmoN "les astres qui devaient marquer nos routes c Dur hanges his already en d es feux errans qui n ous e g arent." ing lengthened existence, Lord LONDONDERRY has, by his energy and ability, contrived to secure to him self more than one honourable title to distinction, more than one title to the respectful estimation of his contemporaries. During the last war when, as a younger brother, he was simply Sir CHART,Es STEWART, he proved himself a goodsoldier in Spain, and a skilful diplomatist in Germany. His personal gallantry was displayed in the former character by more than one brilliant feat of arms, and, among others, by seizing with his own hand General LEFEBVRE DESNOUETTES, Commander of the Imperial Guard of the great NAPOLEON, and carrying him off prisOner during the daring charge at the heights of Benevente. His diplo matic adroitness, on the other hand, was memor ably illustrated by the success of his endeavours to master the indecision of the then Prince Royal of SWEDEN, the irresolute and tortuous BERNADOTTE. Later on in life, the Noble Mar quis upon two celebrated occasions revealed the fervour of what we may call an eclectic mag nanimity. Nowadays, we m ay presume that few require to be reminded of his appeal to Louis PHILIPPE in behalf of the prisoner of Ham, and subsequent to Louis NAPOLEON in favour of the captive of Amboise. Mean while, securing by these means a substantial c laim upon the popular admiration, by evidencing the nobler characteristics of his temperament, he has not been idle, as we have seen, in diffusing benefits throughout those in the immediate neighbourhood of his possessions, by a lavish but well-considered munificence—by that truest appreciation of the advantages accruing from wealth, which is shown by its judicious employment. If, in the distribu tion of his riches, those riches have multiplied— it cannot be the less honourable that they have been so applied as to secure individual good, and, at the same time, to confer the blessing of prospe rity upon the industrial and poorer classes of the population. Lord LONDONDERRY himself al luded on Tuesday to his " advanced ago," and spoke of that " grey head," to the. sug gestions of which Seaham owes its harbour and its railroad : and, remembering those allu sions, we have a very peculiar satisfaction in offer ing this tribute to the public services of a good Citizen, to his unflagging energy, his indomitable perseverance, his courageous enterprise, and his princely munificence. Sympathising, as we do, from our heart of hearts, with what is known as the cause of the democracy, we speak none the less cordially on that account, rather, should we say for that very reason, the more earnestly, because the more dispassionately and independently, of the practical and meritorious civism of a true hearted patrician like the Marquis of LONDON DERRY. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 10, The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, Princess Adelaide of Hohen lohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to the Princess Augustus of Saxe- Coburg, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount Hardinge, Lord George Lennox ) Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. and the Rev. Dr. Pulling (Vice-Chancellor of Cam bridge). The band of the Grenadier Guards played several select pieces of music on the East Terrace at seven o'clock this morning, being the anniversary of her Majesty's marriage. Viscount Hardinge and the Rev. Dr. Pulling (Vice- Chancellor of Cambridge) have left the Castle to day. The Hon. Charles Gore has been invited, and is ex pected this afternoon. The Countess of Charlemonthas succeeded the Duchess of Norfolk as Lady in Waiting to the Queen, A deputation, consisting of Dr. Gourley, Mr. J. B. Greenough, F.R.S., and Mr. Charles Freeth, had an in terview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday on the sub ject of the St. John's Wood Burial-ground. The Bishop of Antigua had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office. A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Pease, Reade, Thomas, and Hutchison, had an interview with the Hon. Charles Gore yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall place, on the subject of the Hutton-moor Ironstone Agreement. A deputation from Brighton had an interview yester day with the General Board of Health, at their office, Whitehall, in relation to the application of the Public Health Act in that town. The deputation consisted of Mr. W. Beedham, the High Constable of Brighton, and of Mr. Richard Edwards. _ _ The Hon. Charles Gore left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen. Lord and Lady John Russell had a dinner party on Wednesday at their residence in Chesham-place. The company consisted of Lord end Lady Wodehouse, Lord R. Clinton, the Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell, the Right Hon. E. and Mrs. Strutt, Sir David Dundas, Admiral Stewart, Mr. Hastings Russell, and Mr. Ver non. The Speaker's first Parliamentary 'dinner is on Satur• day, the 19th inst. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS.—The Speaker has ac quainted the house that he had received a report from the Examiner of Recognizances, stating that the recog nizances to the election petitions relating to the city of Durham and the borough of Lisburn are unobjectionable. Nonni OP EUROPE STHAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. —The shareholders of the North of Europe Steam Na v:gation Company held their first half-yearly ordinary meeting yesterday. The report stated that the second call of 21. 10s. per share had been up to the present time very fully responded to, and appropriated in payment of the ships and plant purchased front the Northern Stea m Packet Compa n y. aDwo steam-ships of 800 tons each andother theey under raboutmost os to favourablebe whi le Norwe gian and Swedish trades are likely to be opened to the con the trade betwe en G reat Gr i ms b y an d H am b urgh is steadily increasi ng . All this has given a stimulus to to the promoters of the Harwich Railway to hasten the completion of that Undertaking. Parties are also 4pplying for a bill to enable them to form docks at Harwich. I.Tpon th e w h o l e t h e di rectors announced themselves prepared ill the ensuing Spring to cart •out s a wt l ael were ee t n a i es t ns had :ed( )f upon thep o ee n tfollowing contemplated. The is a share ca pit a l : —A u th or i se d capital, 25,000 shares, at 201. eac h, 500,0001. Of th ese 24 , 79 0 a deposit of 2s. per share, giving first tihem a a c co p u p n e t a r s o f as s h 2 e receipts T ex penditureahned2,479 / , an t d he y n same item call, which was one of 485., calculated at 59,4961., was paid to the extent of 51,6361. The second, at 505., payable upon th e 15 t h ult. calculated at 61,9751., has as yet yielded 2,1621. 10 s; ; the 210 unissued shares, calcu lated at. par, are worth 1,050/. ; the amount uncalled is 375,000/: the total income has been 56,2671. 10s. ; the expenditure 33,558/. 13s" 9d leaving a balance of 22,7081, 1.6;1.6;P lint WIDENI/tilt 6P houses at the south-west corner of Chan cer y -lane, nuni.Z.'eft" 130 and 181,, a r e a b out to be pulled down, under the direction ,of the City Con,imissieners of Sewers, for the purpose of beihg rebuilt in a line With the ropernaker's at the corner, which will thus considerably widen the thoroughfare. One of the houses which are thus about to be swept away, is deserving of especial notice from its antique character ; The *hole of the houses on the same side of the street, as the leases fall will be pulled down, for the p urpose of widening this crowded thorough. fare, which is especially required, from the great increase of traffic which has of late taken place, and the number of omnibuses which now fain along the street. HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN. The first annual general meeting of the governors and subscribers to this charity, which was founded for the sole reception of sick children, was held yesterday afternoon, in the board room_ of the hospital, Great Ormond-street, Queen square, The report stated that the hospital was founded at a meeting held at the Hanover-square Rooms, at which the Earl of Shaftesbury presided. The whole of the funds at the disposal of the committee being wholly inefficient for the erection of a nett building, they at once took the building now used as the hospital, in which the rounds ate spacious and lofty, and with a garden of nearly an acre in extent. The medical report stated that at the first opening of the hospital it seemed alniost as if a Children's hospital Wefe not needed, for so few were the applicants that during the first month only 24 were brought as out-patients. This limitation, how ever, has long ceased ; 1,250 were received as out patients during the past year, and mothers now often seek for admission for their Children Whom want of roo m or want of f un ds compels the medical officer to refuse. The fever wads of the Hospital have, as was expected, proved themselves of the greatest importance. Th e) whole sum_ a t present sub scribed amounts to 4,2211 . fromdonaidns, and only 293/• from annual subscrip tions. Her MajelitY had Subscribed the sum of 100/, The report was a dopted. PROSAIC END or A DUEL,- 7 -In consequence of some fOr 'the Mona Coal CbraParly, eiTilaiiitiOn was asked expressio ns used by, M. Ghielaiii, *gent at Compiegne for by Captain Varint, of the 7th Chasseurs, and in tlk end a hostile meeting with pistols was decided on. The adversaries were placed at 60 paces diStance, with liberty to fire when they pleased. Captain Varint received a slight wound in the thigh, Which Was healed in a few days. But, the Commissary of Police, having heard of the circumstances, considered it to be his duty to have the whole of the parties concerned—principal and seconds, the wounded man excepted, brought before the Correctional Tribunal of Compiegne. At the trial, which has just taken place, it was proved that everything had passed over with perfect regularity ; but the present jurisprudence not allowing any recourse to duelling, the court condemned the various parties, for inflicting cuts or wounds, with intention , &c., to the following fi nes : —M. Ghislain ' to pay 100 f. ; Captains Grandin and L ane l, of the 7th Chasseurs , seconds to Captain Va r i n t, 50f. ; M. Dauger, la ndowner at Corn peigne, who had acted as second to M. Ghislain, 25f. ; Beaune, of the 7th Chasseurs, the fourth second, whose intervention before the duel had not appeared sufficiently conciliatory, 120 f. In addition, they were condemne d conjointly to pay the costs.—aaligitetni. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 1,500 on speculation. The market closed tamely. 'The sales comprised 6,000 American, 320 Pernam and Maranham, at 6kd. to 6id.; 70 Bahia, at 6}d. to 6d.; 700 Egyptian, at 6kd. to 11d.; and 800 Surat, at 3d. to 4fd. per lb. Railway Shares were firm. The Produce Markets this week have been steady for most staples, and with a fair demand for con sumption. The value of sugar has been maintained, and coffee has been at about the former price. Cotton is not so lively. Indigo and wool are going off satisfactorily. Tea is firm ; and tallow dull. The range of prices at the Colonial wool sales is ld. to lkd. per lb. higher on good, and the attendance of buyers is numerous. The poorer sorts are up ld. per lb. The Calcutta news per telegraph is to the sth January. Money was easy, and trade rather dull. In the Stock Exchange this morning a rev. gentleman who had been bearing shares and not having them to deliver, had left six or seven brothers to pay his losses, has been " lynched " in a manner that necessitated the interference of the police. By what manoeuvre he was enticed into the " house" we have not heard. The English Stocks have been quiet but rather firm. Consols have been 991 for transfer, and 998 for account. The proceedings in Parliament last night appear to give satisfaction. The New 31 per Cents. have realised 103 A to I, and the 3 per Cents. 1001 to I. Bank Stock is firm at 227 to 228. India Stock has been quoted 266. Ex chequer Bills are well maintained at 525. to 565. premium. Foreign Securities have been rather fluctuating. Turkish are not quite so high as they closed yester day, being premium. The indemnity to the holders will, it is understood, be about 4/. per bond, or the loan will be contracted for on new "terms, redeemable in ten years. Sardinian Stock has ral lied to 94f. Spanish has not been dealt in. Mexi can Bonds have been quoted 23k to #. Grenada Deferred Stock is at 11# -to Brazilian Old Bonds have been at 102 k, and Buenos Ayres re main at 63. Mexican have been buoyant at 23k to #. Dutch and, Russian Securities are steady. Gold mine shares are at full rates, but not much is doing. The Land Companies' shares are firmer. The Joint. Stock Bank shares are quiet. The tone of the English Railway Market is satis factory, but the dealings are moderate. French shares have bee, . higher, but still with very little business. The settlement is expected to pass off in favour of the Bulls, but a small " continuation" is neve:the less asked, and the Bears have contrived to borrow stock. An accident is reported on the North-Western Railway, and four or five persons are said to have been killed. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY, (IY'rc la the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 pe7 Cent. Reduced Annuities IC 3 BI 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6a India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO — Ditto, under £IC3O 65 1 Consols for Account 10th March 99i a Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO.. £5OO 52 6 Sm.ll 526 —. • PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lO2l Bueros Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cont 63 Greaada Bonds, De:e7red, Meaican 3 per Cent.. Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent • 62 4 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 41 per cent lo3y Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 p Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.... ..... . HALM-PAST TWO. 99,t a 99 i i Consols . Ditto March Account, MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) OVERLAND MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MARSEILLES, FEB. 10. By the French boat the following dates from India have arrived :—Calcutta, Jan. 5 ; Madras, Jan. 10 ; Bombay, Jan. 13. A proclamation, dated Dec. 20, says that now and for the future the province of Pegu will form a part of the Eastern British territory. Three thousand chests of indigo were sold from 45 to 55 rupees higher than last year. Exchange in Calcutta, 2s. Id. The Egypte steamer arrived at Trieste yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, from Alexandria, having accomplished the distance in 146 hours. By this conveyance we learn that Pegu had been annexed to the British empire, by a prodamation dated the 20th of December last. It concludes by an intimation that in case the King should still refuse to make peace, or in any manner to molest our new Burmese territory, he will be expelled from his throne. The Burmese do not manifest any intention of yielding, and therefore an advance upon Ava appears' to be inevitable, which will probably be effected as soon as the necessary means are obtained for the transport of the troops. The Overland Mail does not furnish any other news of public importance. Commercial affairs are dull, but money is easy. At Canton, 120 rebels have been hung during the last month. LAW IN TELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY.) ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY V, HUDSO N. — JUDGMENT. -- This was a suit instituted by the York and North Mid land Railway Company against Mr. George Hudson, M.P., their late chairman, to recover the value or pro ceeds of the sale of certain shares in the undertaking, disposed of by Mr. Hudson for his own benefit, and which, it was alleged, were so made away with by Mr. Hudson without authority, and in violation of his duty as a trustee of the capital of the company. The bill stated that the York and North Midland Railway Com pany was incorporated by the statute 6th Will. IV., c. 81. Mr. Hudson was an original promoter of the company, and was elected one of its directors at the first meeting of the shareholders, and afterwards, when, in the usual course of proceedings, it became his turn to go out in rotation, he was always re-elected. He was also the chairman of the company, and was invested by them with large powers. He kept the seal of the company, presided at the general and special meetings, and had at all such meetings a casting vote, and; in short, was possessed of very great influence through the confidence re posed in him by the shareholders. In 1846 the East and West Riding extension branch line was projected, the capital to consist of 1,250,0001., in 50,000 shares of 251. each, and an act, 9th Vic., c. 66, for constructing it was obtained in June, 1846, whereby, among other pro visions, it was enacted by section four that the new shares or stock should be of such nominal value, and distributed in such manner, and on such terms and con ditions as any general meeting should have directed, or should thereafter direct, and that the same should be considered part of the general capital of the company. On the 16th January, 1846, before the act was obtained, a resolution had been passed, by a general meeting of the company, that the East and West Riding branch line scrip should be issued, and that 37,950 scrip shares should be allotted to the shareholders of the York and North Midland in certain proportions bearing a relation to the number of shares they held already in the com pany, and that the remaining 12,050 scrip shares should be at the disposal of the directors, to be applied and dis tributed in such manner as they should think proper. The scrip was accordingly issued to the extent of 37,950 shares to shareholders. The bill stated that the defen dant had the disposition of 12,050 scrip shares placed in the hands of the directors, and going with great minuteness into the different transactions, alleged that he had disposed of the greater portion of them for his own purposes, and to his own benefit, and finally prayed that the defendant might be made to account for 5,075 shares disposed of by him. There were two preliminary transactions, and involving a sum little short of 70,000/. to be refunded to the com pany by the defendant. This was the case against the defendant as regarded the East and West Riding Exten sion line ; but the company , had another branch, the Hull and Selby line, in which the defendant had taken shares, and as to which there was a like charge against him as in the Extension line ; but he had taken these shares, or at least many of them, in exchange for some of the Extension line, so that, if he could maintain his right to the latter, his right to the former could not be disputed. The defence set up did not deny the general disposi tion of the shares alleged against him, but justified it in answer to the bill by a record of his own acts and ser vices to the company, for which he complained he had never received any adequate remuneration. He stated that he had devoted a great deal of time and attention to the affairs of the company, that he recommended a certain number of shares to be divided among the shareholders, and that the surplus should be left to the disposal of the directors, and that, after devoting 37,950 shares, there would re main 12,050 to be divided among other persons, at the discretion of the directors ; that a resolution was passed, and that by the general meeting, that these 12,050 shares should be placed at the disposal of the directors, to be applied and distributed by them for the good of the company. He stated further, that opposition to the line was very strong, and it was necessary to buy off the hostility of landholders along the line, and that large sums of money were necessary for this purpose ; that he himself, to benefit the company, had became the pur chaser of an estate, through which the extension line ran, at the price of 474,000., and that he had the same and even a better right than any other landholder to an issue of shares, as he was the largest landholder on the line, and purchased entirely for the benefit of the com pany, and to turn off opposition to the line, not to speak of his active services in promoting the company's interests. The defendant also stated that on finding he had received about 16,000/. premiums, which the com pany ought to have received, he paid the same to them of his own accord. The Solicitor-General, Mr. R. Palmer, and Mr. Hobhouse, were for the plaintiffs ; and Sir F, Kelly, Mr. Rolt, and Mr. Grove for the defendant. His Honour this morning gave judgement. After going through the facts of the case at some length, he said there was the clearest evidence to show that 5,000 shares had been disposed of by the defendant, of which no account had ever yet been required of him as to the mode in which he had disposed of them. It was urged on behalf of the defendant that these shares were placed at his disposal by the resolution of the shareholders, as in effect he constituted the' whole practical direction of the company, and to put them at the disposal of the directors was to put them at the disposal of Mr. Hud son. In his Honour's opinion the director of a railway company was a person in the position e °, a trustee for the b ene fi t of the share and it would be i m p oss ib le, he thought, to hol conteders, t• ti...at a resolution of th e s h areholders, such as nd alleged, could be held, without some that which had b!.— luage, to be a deposition of plain and unambiguous ... a g. shares for the benefit of the not for that of the whole shareho,, id themselves, an d directors ers. It was incom prehensible that the shareh o ld ers e h oult . have m a d e th e defendant such an absolute allotment as t~is which would have enabled him td Put into his pock e t 100 ,n ,","•, which they might otherwise fig*'( benefitted by. With regard to the defendant's plea that he was one of the principal landowners along the line, that, if admitted, would place the defendant in the impossible position of be- , ing at once a trustee for the shareholders on the one hand, and, on the other, a landowner whose opposition to them it was necessary to buy off. He should not enter into the ulterior question, as to whether it was competent for a public meeting to bind absent persons, or even a minority, to such a disAsition of shares as this • but he should be sorry if anything fell from him which' should lead to the impression that the Court would favour such a proceeding. It was also urged that the directors having had those shares placed at their disposal, were not bound to account to the shareholders for the pre miums which they might receive. Without entering. into the question as to whether premiums of this sort belonged to income or capital, he was of opinion that no director could obtain directly, or indirectly, any per sonal advantage for himself from means which had been placed at his disposal for the benefit of the shareholders. With regard to the general defence set up as to these shares, he was of opinion that the defendant had failed, and he had to investigate there the particular de fences which had been set up with respect to different portions of these shares. The defendant alleged that he had disposed of 2,30 G shares, for the benefit of the company, and that he had paid 16,0001. on account of the premiums to the credit of the company. An account must, therefore, be given to Mr. Hudson for these shares. It was further alleged that 1,105 shares had been disposed of to various persons, in order to secure or reward services which the defendant declines to mention. This was the statement in answer to the bill ; but at the bar it had been op e e csa n e l s y r advanced with regard to the measures which were n Parliament,yfor the Vass of a bill to take to ass it through that many members of Parl'ament, who would shrink from taking a pecuniary bribe, did not scruple t o accept of shares at par capable of being sold for a consid era bl e premium. H a ving had some experience in Parlia ment, he (his Honour) did not believe that such means were either necessary or passing of a bill, and certainly this Court would not sanction any such application of shares being brought forward an excuse for not rendering i n an account. The as defendant must, therefore, bear the consequences„ and he could not discharge himself of them by pleading any such application as this. There remained shares, which the defendant admitted that he had 01 3- plied to his own use by way of compensation for the tiff' adequate sa l a ry w hich he received from the p aain This was certainly an argument which could not: be r,°'_ ceived by the Court. When the defendant accepted r; situation of chairman of the railway, he was aware t h at situation the salary was only 1/. per week, and most he believed that the influence and power which belong to the c h a i rman o f a g reat company, l ike t t would be York and N or th Midl an d R a il wa y, 'mer suffi cie e l 3 remuneration in itself. If the defence set up mitted, there was no c l er k w h o m i g ht not justify propriation of hi s mas t er ' s f un d s by the excuse lila" h i s did not consider himself adequately rewarded for t ben invaluable services. A f ur th er genera l defence Ws.? e ,,a set up, which was that th e s h are holders had acq u ' es— d in the allotment of these shares, and in the disposi tion them. As evidence of this, it w a s stated that the ellar?' register books were produced at the general meetings id Jan. and July, 1847, and in Jan. and July, jag, a rea d that the shareholders must be supposed to have them. them. In Jan., 1847, at the end of the list na holders, there appeared 9,610 shares set down in name of Mr. Hudson ; in July, 1847, 8,391 • ilt u Jo b 1848, 5,141 ; and in July, 1848, 4,991, v;hi c 'i,ar number was all that remained of the 12,05 0 su — i . originally placed at the disposition of the direeto:% From the manner and the position of this ent sim ry , r y Honour was of opinion that these shares were Pana a register of shares which remained unappropriated, en were so considered by the shareholders. Had thel, be ee originally allotted to Mr. Hudson, they vieui cl A ' n - et appeared in his name in the alphabetical order, 311 ',,,,a - to at the end of the list. If they had been a pproprist to d, Mr. Hudson, he would have had to pay the deposit such calls upon them, but it did not appear that aul sh,d, deposit or call had been paid, or that any divid ead v been declared on them. With regard then to the (:) I f and West Riding Extension shares, his Honour w 3•900. opinion the defence wholly failed. He had now te -tee sider the Hull and Selby shares, and applying the °ace principles to this part which he had already exPrffj, he was of opinion also that this part of fendants case also failed. In this part of b e es case about 936 shares were said to h ave the appropriated by the defendant, and that too wi tue- f the sanction, which he had pleaded in the first part case, of the resolution of a general meeting of the 9u- 6i• holders. The defendant urged that he was to 1) e e t l' or dered i n thi s case , i n th e light of an allottee, but Pus " ti c our was of opinion that he had no claim to 10 12 - position, and that for reasons he already stated, t"",:ar fondant was nothing more than the servant of the tiffs', and that he was therefore liable to account for shares which he had disposed of. He was o f opiln i c i, therefore, that the defendant's case had w holly fe l ,: o a• and he should order a decree declaring that the ci a "aie ant, as a trustee, in his capacity of chairman f or York and Midland Railway Company, bound to 01 01 0 to the company for all the profits derived by Wi n , Asst the sale of the shares specified, in the East an,:-„,"2 Riding Extension, and in the Hull and Selby 1 331. "; - He should also direct an account to be taken I'.lol. monies and profits which had been received by the dei(oo, ant, the defendant to be charged 5 per cent. on the ° no d and credit to be given to the defendant for all suin e . i f e le by him to the use of the company, and all ju st _7„ e st antes to be made. In all cases where the exact r-tbe which the shares were sold, or the time, could n ° ,lr ascertained, the defendant to be charged , with the ,fie rage market of the period when they were sold. "1 , inquiry to be subject to such special directio ns sAt the wances as might appear to be necessary du ring , progress of it. sif igP Sir F. Kelly nl asked what would be the course P" „or if . it should appear that the defendant had sold so t on of the shares at an actual loss. Ss oh His Hon our sa id h e h a d no t h a d an y evidence of any circumstance brought before him, but of course, -e shouldcial appear to be the case, in taking the account" ' allowance would be made for it. Decree accordingly. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAT.) (Before Mr. Gurney.) BOND V. NINS. The plaintiff is a surgeon, and defendant i 9 I'eY• The acti on was brought to recover the a n. " - lai d 2s. for serv i ces rendered, and 2/. 4s. Bd. for money out for the use of the defendant. 00, It appeared that both parties had been conne c ' e o dal l ; p.ailway company, which failed in embryo. Pp* al l " being the solicitor, he brought an action in iv, plaintiff2l 2 _e was subpcened as a witness, and receive,' fo afl, -11 however, went a short distance to induce Sirisioo Hay, one of the directors to give evidence, and phe etV 33 conteneed that h e was to be paid, and chargou now claim e d . geld " Captai n J ones, one of the directors, was c 3 chie f' support the plaintiff, but in his examination 11 0 4 and cross-examination by Mr. W. R. Buchanon of hall-street) f or defendant, he denied all kn 4 r v an leb P 4 defend an t h av i ng given any orders or promise° y went. hear 3f- ~gr i _ His Hon our sa id he did not require t° Buchana n , he was perfectly satisfied, and a ve' —e go for defendant. Verdict accordingly. SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary potter.) MINNETT V. 'WINTER. dant_t The plaintiff resid es i n N orwich "and deAen-- suA- London, and the action was b roug h t to recover ''--Teati of 8/. for money lent t o d e f en d ant ' s wife se ven ago. Plaintiff proved advancing th e money, but d efer : d o/ 11 swore that it was borrowed with ou t his knowledge his wife had never told him. , To take the case out of the Statute of Linut a g - :east witness was called to prove an admission withi n tp pet' Defendant positively denied this, but the Pill ° t the case, and gave a verdict for the amount claiin THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, F:EBRITARY 11, 1853. CORN EXCHANGE. The present week's arrival of English wheat up to our market, coastwise, have been on a moderate scale—they having been confined to 3,020 quarters, and in very inferior condition. Fresh up, this morning, the supply by land carriage was limited ; hence the show of samples was trifling. The sttendance of buyers being small, the de mand was in a sluggish state. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. For forward delivery next to nothing was doing. The imports of foreign wheat have been only 1,410 quarters. Good heavy parcels sold slowly, at full currencies. In all othea kinds next to nothing was doing. Floating cargoes met a dull inquiry, at barely late rates. Fine malting barley was very scarce, and quite as dear as on Monday. Grinding and distilling sorts sold at late rates. The demand for malt was tolerably fine, at full cnr• rencies. We had a very slow sale for oats, the prices of which were with difficulty supported. Beans, peas, and flour met a very dull inquiry. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. IVhoat. 2,020 En- ish Irish Foreign Barley. Malt. I Oatq. Flour. 3,050 3,960 1,510 1,250 7,600 10,140 2,750 1, - 110 I 660- SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts here to-day being very limited, and the weather favourable for slaughtering, the beef trade ruled steady, 'fit fully Monday's prices. The best Scots sold at 4s per 81b. We were fairly supplied with sheep, the time of year considered. All breeds moved off freely, at extreme quotations. The primest old Downs were woith 5s 2d per 81bs. The few lambs •in the market sold at mut ton prices. Calves, the number of which was extensive, met a dull inquiry, at a further decline in value of 2d per 81b. The top figure was 4s 6d per 81bs. Pigs sold at late rates. Milch cows moved off slowly, at from 41. ss. to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Blbs to sink the offals. d. 8. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 Bto 2 10 Second civility ...3 0 3 2 Prime large oxen 3 4 3 6 Prime Scots, &c. 3 8 4 0 Inferior steep ...3 10 4 0 Second quality ...4 2 4 6 Prime crso.-wlled.4 8 410 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves 60 4,010 341 330 d. x. d. Priir e Soathdown. 5 0 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 0 4 0 Primo small do 4 2 4 6 Large hogs 210 3 6 Smallporkers 3 8 4 0 Suckling calves 19 0 24 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0 Pigs FOREIGN semi Beasts lBO Sheep Calves 222 Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The general demand ruled steady, at our quotations. Per 81b4 by the ()areas°. s. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 4 2 8 Muii" Well" 3 2 3 6 8 4 0 Do., middling 210 3 0 Do.,middliL4g.,.. -3 4 2 4 6 Ego, prime large 3 2 3 4 Do., prime Do., do. small .—3 4 :1 r Veal 2 115 A lUrk, large 2 8 3 0 Pork, small 3 2 4 BOROUGH HOP. We hare again to report, a steady inquiry for all kinds of new hops, at fully thp late advance in the quotations. The supply on offer is limited. Old hops Are very firm. Mid and East Kent pockets, 95s to 165 s ; "%SAM of Kent, 95s to 112 s ; Sussex, 92s to 1103 per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR. There has been a fair demand for British Plan tation, and at full prices. Barbadoes sold readily, at 6d advance for some sorts. Mauritius went at 37s 6d for fine yellow, and up to 38s Od ; low to good mid. sold at 34s to 36s 6d, crystallized good yellow at 38s to 395, mid at 375, and low at 36s 6d to 37s 6d. Bengal, a small parcel, brought 38s to 33s Gd for good white Benares, 36s 6d to 37$ 6d for law to mid, and 36s to 37s 6d for good and fine yellow. Mauritius sort, low brown, being taken in at 278 6d. Madfas brought 28s to 29s 6d formed to fine brown, 28s 6d to 33s far low to good damp yellow, and 35$ to 35s 6d for good bright. Maniila Was offered to the extent of nearly 9,000 bags, and was partly taken in at 34s 6d to 35s for mid clayed, but unclayed, daniP, and syropy, sold at 30s to 31s 6d, and very low at 295. Foreign China was .taken in at 32s 6d to 33s 6 d for mid to fine broivn. Yellow Havannah, for Antwerp, sold at 20s—the quality being No. S01)10 good and fine was taken in at 38s to 41s, and damaged fofind bityer9 at 35s 6d to 38s per cwt. Macaio and Bahia was taken it( at 31s 6d to 33s for and to mid brown, and at 33s 6d for good and fine. Re fined has been rather firmer. has been Conducted to a fair extent, and in the commoner sortet of tOreign there has been more firmness. Native Ceylon has been sold privately at 46s 6d to 47s for good ord. Plantation brought 47s to 50s for (rood d mixed, and 50s to 5 4 s for fine ord. L ow m id or grey darle e merara went at 48s to 49s 6d f or fi ne ord, 44s 6d to 4 sd fdr triage, 36s for very low, and 46s for erd dark peaberry.. Costiow Rica. sold at 51s to 545, and some paleßrazil at 42g. de th c _ti n id a d has been sold at previous rates, mid and good red Sus 66 to- 395., and fine red 41s to 46s ; ord and mid grey 32s to 34. RICE.—The market is rather drooping. Bengal has been sold at lOrs to 15s 6d for mid, and Madras at 9 s t o 9 s 6d for thetilde dwription. Coringa brought 10s to 10s 6d, being 3d to 0d lo War. COCHINEAL.—There tot been much doing. SPlCES.—Penang pepper has betsy sold at 3Rd to 3d for ord and mid. Mace brought 2s 6d to 28 ild for mid and good pale. SALTPETRE.—BengaI good sold at 29s to 29s 6d for 31 per cwt refraction. COTTON.—There has been rather less doing. Ruid.—This article has been dull of sale. TEA.—The market is firmer. TALLoiv.—P.Y.C. is steady at 43s 9d to 44s per cab. on the spot. INDIGO.—The sales progress 'much the same as on the two preceding days; previous rates are fully supported, except for the low coarse consuming qualities, which are rather easier ; 1,137 chests have passed, of which 8 were withdrawn, 333 bought in, and 796 sold. Total quantity passed 3,291 chests. • We have had COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. sa an Yesterday a court wos held; it was attended li ik o usual number of members, a report having bee si a o tf, circulated that there was some intention of oPP ° ., e rti,, P , re-election of the City Solicitor on account of hie_ o e ti l po ,nrit in forwarding the objects of certain large public on. •on A vast deal of interest was excited upon the °cep _ r ah was known that the re-app o intment of the nom' so y officers would come on at, an early hour. re ail O ) Alderman Humphery and Mr. James Low w e r of mously re-elected Governor and Deputy-Gove rn ° of Irish Society. Mr. Deputy CORNET, p r i or t o th e election of atioes o , r • Solicitor, called the attention of the court to th ei he en that officer, and the manner in which they have r kng,3l} formed in reference t o hi s (M r . P earson 's) erau a ,4 o ,l heart and soul in schemes not immediately colli e ' f le the corporation." tith• Mr. C. PEARSON justified himself at great lens 0 0 , to r said that if re-elected to the office the C our Soli e/ hof rely upon it that so long as he remained CitY odes.be would not engage the formation of ' c ity' of , company or resume his connexion with the ,ungor minus Company, except f or t h e purpose ofoc wl ,„ aeC o n,' some pecuniary engagements an d fi n i s hi ng ser a ` d 'ire' o ls tions commenced before he retired from the a 1 0 He had never, directly or indirectly, connot e 5 01 15 with the professional business of any companY A ° ,„"vot° l ', of dividual since he had held office, and he had -- antl e- v0 many days and as many hours to the importat, b e lt biS his office as any man who had ever filled it, ancl. h e p e hns l .4 ll 4 it was an adnratted fact that he did not fall the vajialr professional brethren in power to grapple with v ialis O t great questions that, as City Solicitor, requirecl,,, th e ,, e re yearstion. h H e e ha co d ul h d el s d ay effi w ce it , h ex co ce n p fi t d d en u cl g that, d!' 'of °e rfo' a p eri s uu bse s e t a:l 4 o,o illness three years before, he had never been business but once for 21 days, and that his holydaYthe the whole time had not amounted to 10 days ill oul d ha his labo urs averaging seven hours a-day. h giously observe the pledge ho had that day 16— e tha' tflo frankly admitted that if it should appear to hbr i A tt ot his earnest and enthusiastic exertions it coni":; o nlu., without them it could not, be carried out, he 1- e of place himself in a false position by taking an/ W ie el; sures, but would he prepared, at whaterer saeri6ee'me,sal the connexion which had endured for so manY,,Y„f ran t ing that they ought then to part with sentiments - k ith affection and esteem. Mr. Pearson's address was listened to thrl'e hen r eeo l °- intense interest, and was closed amid general (OP 94. , approbation. on Mr. Dep u ty C ORNET moved that Char l e s Pea r° be re-elected City Solicitor. (Cheers.) els e Several members rose to second the resolution't the ri Mr. ELLIOTT moved as an amendment :—",T II , tion of the City Solicitor be postponed neb l 'i his °tibia 'wade respecting the discharge of the duties of oconPuo!; because this court is of opinion that it is 11 °', o f I ,° o o with the honour and dignity that its supejof the Corporation e nerg i j o in or officers should devote the c i' ot he . r sto es . seek emolument by getting up railway the apPlerot°J.A. stock companies ; clearly '0 an j further, because, on of the City Solicitor, in 1839, it was o.o d, r tic that he should give up all „mivate practice , a ients,„ o o 9 more fully to secure his great azd eminent s toz hou sole service of the Corporation, his salary 04' increased to 2,0001. per anumn." • 3xile Mr. Cox seconded the amendment. ,_ ov ihi a. s` After a long discussion, ment, when the original mo —Wfr tio . n Ell wa iett s mously, amid acclamations. The Court shortly afterwards adjourned. goet AC JOir Pt' THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA AND , q n ru W t i an thf d l l cas rio —The fete of the veterans of the Pruse - e `l e hra vi bi 6 tha wars of 1813, 1814, and 1815, wa s e pt fr ° ' - t Coblentz, on the 3d inst , by General Bardeleben, the president, read regret feg' a bang ti- i e tter t 0 0 the Prince of Prussia, expressing his thera dig' being able, from indisposition, to at e w he rois_,, and congratulating the country on th vi des played in the last war, by which Pr tls r l c one l l livered from foreign domination. The let.teon our o of th e follows :—" Forty years since I had the ja r esell C° , A 0 0 10 manding the troops of Prussia Proper in of 't, P- c ll,l o f enemy, and they showed themselves w°„'" 2,'f* 0, 164 00 4 1 of Prussians. It is the object of the Jer' e eite; e preserve the souvenir of these sentim ents 44o oo°4l J o' are IntrellealYiliti'-itlbel)° battle will one day show how these s e e ri a — t here li no lo , themselves, for so long as there wars. For 38 years we have enjoye d the protection of that memorable epoch., if ptoivolort'of sshinaglls doefeidpeeaoctehebrewilseen,gthmeapinrtaushsrad; b ut • iee s vo l e t o ef r o j • a Ol e C u ' against the enemy with the spirit an ce. which we now celebrate the remerabtno wor ss' sian Sums up these sentiments in t." - s of fo ilt ft bless the Ring!" WOW/:naimed REP RESENTATION OF WEST B o ,r - col oViscount Elmley, son of the present in 0. 9 c o has consented to allow himself to be P a u of till r oc" as representative of the western division to th_ c t i i er• in the place of his father, just sue° tt o u by the death of the late Earl. Ther e . didate in the field.