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latettion+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WINDSOR-CASTLE, Nov. 25. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Captain Stephen Bartlett Lakeman, late Commander of Lakeman's Waterkloof Rangers. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 30. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Pownall Dale as Consul at Port Stanley for the Free Han seatic City of Hamburg. WHITEHALL, DEC. 2. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Frederick Cruickshank to the church and united parishes of Lethnot and Navar, in the presbytery of Brechin and county of Forfar, vacant by the death of the Reverend John Whyte. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARINE DEPARTMENT, DEC. 1. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a translation of a Proclamation (an extract from which i s sub joined), issued by the Neapolitan Government, giving no tice of a law for f a cilitating the apprehension o f B r iti s h se amen deserting from British merchant vessels in the Neapolitan dominions, which has been signed by his Sicilian Majesty, as a measure of reciprocity for the Order in Council of the 19th August last, extending to Neapoli tan merchant vessels the benefit of "The Foreign Desert. ers Act, 1852," By order, JAMES BOOTH. * * " Art. 1. Seamen, not being slaves, belonging to the Mercantile Navy of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, who may desert within our Royal dominions, on either side of the Faro, shall, upon application to the authorities of the Kingdom from the Consuls or the Vice-Consuls of her Britannic Majesty, or from persons appointed by them, be appre hended and carried on board their respective ships." Naples, September 13, 1853. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 2. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons— Cornet George Sil vester Davies, from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Gandell, who exchanges, Dec. 11th Light Dragoons—Cornet 2. Alfred Wall Gandell, from the 10th Light Dragoons,, to be Cornet, vice Davies, who exchanges, Dec. 2. 4th Regiment of Foot —John Howley, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Honourable e A. H. A. Anson, appointed to the Rifle Brigad D D, . 2 —surgeon . Thomas Arc y, M.D., from the 13th Foot 30th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Dowse, who exchanges, Dec. 2. 22nd Foot—First Lieutenant William Dobyns, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice John Wm. p oo l e , who retires upon half-pay, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Dec. 2. 30th Foot—Surgeon Richard Robert Dowse, from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice D'Arcy, who exchanges, Dec. 2. 44th Foot—Ensign Levett Thoroton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Willson, who retires ; Alexander Wm. Cobham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thoroton, Dec. 2. 53d Foot—Captain John M'Neill Walter to be Major, by purchase, vice Lempriere, who retires ; Lieutenant John Breton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walter; Ensign William Henry James Clarke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Breton ; John Rolle Prideaux, Gent., to be Ensign ' by purchase, vice Clarke, Dec. 2. 54th Foot—William Mitchell Firth, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Moorhead, appointed to the Staff, Dec. 2, 56th Foot—Lieutenant John Pye Pye to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hanson, deceased ; Ensign Samuel Henry Harford to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Pye Pye ; Gentleman Cadet John Henry Campbell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Harford; Assistant-Staff-Surgeon Francis Wal ters Knox to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lawson, deceased, Dec. 2. 61st Foot—Lieuten ant Edward Shawo Powys to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Frederick Huson, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Edward Gordon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Powys ; Ensign John Joseph Paterson Fox, from the St. Helena Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Gordon, Dec. 2. 72d Foot—Mostyn De la Poer Beresford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires, Dec. 2. Rifle Brigade—Ensign the Hon. Augustus Henry Archi bald Anson, from the 4th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hale, who retires, Dec. 2. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Moor head, M.D., from the 54th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Knox, appointed to the 56th Foot, Dec. 2. Erratum in printing the Gazette of the 25th Nov. :- 34th Regiment of Foot—For Francis Richard Hurt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel, read, Ensign Fran cis Richard Hurt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Merionethshire Militia—Robert Mascie Taylor, Esq., to be Adjutant, Oct. 4. COMMISSIONS SIGNED RY THE LORD - LIEUTENANTS. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia—Joseph Erlam, Gent., to be Lieutenant. West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—John Walsham, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 25. BANKRUPTS. Louis Diespecker, dealer in general fancy articles, Little Moorfields, City, to surrender Dec. 9, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Solomon, Fenchurch-street. John Wills, builder, Exeter, Dee. S, and Jau. 11, al one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee ; Exeter ; Merlyn, Exeter. Edward Bladon and Henry Coates, stuff merchants, Manchester, Dec. 19 and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manehes ter; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. . Edward Cot, plane and lathe manufacturer, Great Queen street, Dec. 14, at one, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham official assignee ; Greig, Gray's-inn-square. John James Harris, brewer, Waterloo-road, Dec. 9 at eleven, and Jan. 12 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingh a ll- s t ree t ; N ea l e, Austin-friars. William Brown, wine and spirit merchant, Portsmouth, Dec. 15, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Bas inghall-street ; Low, Chancery-lane ; Ford, Hampshire. Hugh Williams, senr., and John Williams, tailors, West Smithfield, Dec. 12, at eleven, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sheard. and Baker, Old Jewry. John Edward Crockford, grocer, Wendover, Bucking ham, Dec. 9, at one, and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Amory, Travers. and Smith, Throgmorton-street ; Benson, Aylesbury. Wm. Andrew, baker, High-street, Sha,dwell, Dec. 9, and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Newbon and Evans, Doctors' Commons. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 26th day of November, 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X ! X Notes issued .. • • .... 28,334,025 Government debt .. .. 11,015100 Other securities .. .... 2,984, , 900 Gold coin and bullion 14,334,025 Silver bal ion ...... • • --- £28,394,025 M. 11,11tSIIALL C £28,394,025 Dated tho lot day of Dec. , 1853 . Chief Cashier. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Re5t....Re5t........... ... 3,184,137 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 7,534,179 Other depoili a ...... 11,012,432 Seven Day and other Bills ........ .. Government securities (I n cludg.Dead Weight Annuity) „ 3389,037 Other securities .. 18,315,862 Notes • • ••••• • .. . • 7 ,049,825 /Gold and silver cow .. 696,061 1,267,037 437,550,785 £37,550,785 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Ist day of Dec., 1853 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the freturns made in the week ending the 29th day of N0v.,1853, is 235. llid. per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 14% G 4 t , altar .............. Ditto, three:months .. 11 16 1 4 Leghorn .......• •• •—• 30 20 Rotterdam .......• 11 16 1 Genoa 25 52% Antwerp ..............25 22kg Milan ....•••••• Brussels .............. 25 22K; Venice •••••• Hamburgh ............ 13 6 Naples 42 11, Altona ................ ,Palermo ..... •..• • • • 126 Yi Paris •• . • • .... 25 5 l'afessina ....... 126 14 Ditto, throe months ••25 31 'Lisbon ...... Mar5e111e5.............. 25 30 lOporto .......... Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro . ••••• Frankfort - on-Maine ~.. 119 'Buenos Ayres.. — Berlin ........ - 'New York, 60 days' sight • - `Vienna • •. • Trieste . T etellburgh ....... , ~ 38 Foreign Gold in Bars #3 17 9 Atadril •.. 50 !ortugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 CaEar l " o "'• • • .... ............ 5 12 Mexican 9, Dollars .... 5 1 s tv Viaa• • ...... New Dollars ...... 00 0 •• • • 'Silver in bars ...... 0 5 15 POST -"V ICE NOTICE.—WITHDRAWAL OF lIAMBIIEGH MAIL:PAcEEr. packet appointed to r the despatch of the direct contract comes London for Hamburgh on the 2d inst., th e correspondence for Hamburgh, Bre men, Hanover, B ru e ns " wick, Mecklenburgh Schwerin, Mecklenburgh Stsrweleiin Oldenburgh, Denmark, Norway, and convey e d Which correspondence has hitherto been from e, this office Hamburgh packet), will b e f o ' rw as , a rule, by the ) by the route daily (Sunday excepted Prussia, unless specially addressed t t e e of Belgium and other route. Letters not exceeding be sent by any will be liable to the following rat es of half an ounce Hamburgh, Bremen, Hanover, B rum f w i tt ge, viz. ~..._ burgh Schwerin , Mecklen bur g h Streli tz and burg, Bd. ; Denmark, 11? d. ; .Norway, ls. 5,i . ; s Olde n . ls. 2d. These rates , which include the whole pletdaen' British and Foreign , to destination, will increase for heavier letters, acco rdin g to the scale in o p er a: tion for charging letters in the United Kingdom : and the postage may be paid in advance, or the letters may be sent unpaid, at the option of the jgndeg t .,Newspapers for the several countries and places S hboveadentioned will not be liable in the United King r:7#llll.l"4.Frij, , ' stage ; but periodical works, not of daily , . , ‘,, ilia/WOO* ~. . ich have heretofore been forwarded by or '. l ,::ithelfatribu4ll ..acket, to Hamburgh, Bremen, Lubeck, ,gg . itt. .:i 4 . 7:4m. Denmark, at a reduced rate of postage, 4 ~.„:„..,,, „.„.„..,,, 4' 4 .,, , -. ' 'd Belgium and Prussia, excepting at '. 4 : I P :i . t 62 -- ' • Pablo for letters. C ...„ ....../ . li gitiiiiSMa a . CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The commissionersmet again onWednesday, at the offices of the Treasury, and resumed their inquiry. Commissioners present : Bight Hon. Mr. Labouchere (the chairman), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The first witness examined at this sitting was — Mr. William Williams, M.P. for Lambeth, who stated : I was once a member of the Court of Common Council of the city of London, when I was commercially connected with the city. Independent auditors used to be appointed by the city for auditing the city accounts, and in the year 1830 I was elected one of the city auditors. Vouchers and other particulars used to be furnished to me and my col leagues as auditors, to facilitate our examination of the accounts, a resolution of Common Hall having been passed in the year 1829 requiring such documents to be submitted regularly to the auditors. After my appointment I and my brother auditor made a lengthened report to the corpo ration, entering into full particulars relating to the ac counts. A sum of 501. was voted to the auditors, to be spent in dinners ; but I and my colleague refused to accept anything. The Chairman—Was it made an absolute condition that this money should be spent in dinners? Mr. Williams—No ; but it was understood that it was to be so spent. We received a very gratifying compliment for our report, which was termed very luminous and com prehensive, and it was said that a document of such a character had not been presented in the city of London for the previous fifty years. Subsequently, however, the cor poration thought proper to order the chamberlain to dis continue furnishing the auditors with the vouchers and bills of particulars hitherto submitted to them in their audit ; and under these circumstances the auditors of that year refused to examine the accounts al all, unless they received the proper facilities. The citizens also disapproved of the order given to the city chamberlain, and held a meeting in Common Hall on the subject. That Common Hall came to the following resolution, viz.:—" This Com mon Hall has heard with surprise and indignation that the present chamberlain has, contrary to the practice of the former chamberlain, and in defiance of a resolat;on passed unanimously by the citizens of Common Hall assembled, on the 24th of June, 1823, refused to furnish the auditors with the bills of particulars and other accounts of moneys paid by him out of the funds belonging to the citizens at large." Th e same Common Hal further resolved, " that the chamberlain be directed, in future, to pay no further sums whatever without laying the bills of par ticulars thereof before the auditors for their inspection and examination ; and that the auditors be directed hereafter to pass no accounts without first seeing the bills of particulars connected therewith." This re solution of the Common Hall coming to the knowledge of the corporation, the matter was referred by the Court of Common Council to a select committee of the City lands committee, which select committee made a report, which contained the following passage, viz. :—" Although it ap pears that the bills of artificers and others were formerly produced to the auditors on the examination of the cham berlain's and bridgemaster's accounts, the practice arose from their having been attached to such orders or warrants for general convenience, and not in any i espect from their being necessary to such examination; and from the fullest consideration of the subject, the select committee were of opinion that the auditors have no power or authority to require the production of any bills of particulars, or to re ject or disallow any payments made under such competent authority. Were it otherwise, the corporation would be come subject to the views of the auditors, or of the body of the livery, who form, as liverymen, no part of the corpora tion, nor possess any right to, or interest in, the property of the corporation." The Court of Common Council agreed to and adopted this report, and the former order to the chamberlain to withhold these vouchers and other docu ments from the inspection of the auditors was not re scinded, but, on the contrary, was continued in force from that time forward. The Chairman—Does the order still exist, or are the pre sent auditors allowed to examine the vouchers? Mr. Williams—l do not know if the present auditors are furnished with bills of particulars, but it is perfectly clear that without them the audit of the accounts must be a per fect farce. When the last commission of inquiry into the City corporation was appointed, I and other gentlemen who advocated reform, offered to afford them every information on the subject. I was anxious, subsequently, to ascertain what was the financial position of the corporation, and ac cordingly, in 1834, I was elected a common councilman, without opposition. On my obtaining a seat in the corpora tion I moved for a committee of inquiry into the fees, sala ries, profits, and emoluments of the several officers of the corporation, and also into the City revenue and its various sources, and into the manner in which it was expended, specifying each item in detail, with the amount at which it stood in the year 1833. The committee was granted, and it was very fairly constituted. A sub-committee was also appointed, which was assisted by Mr. Scott (the chamber lain's clerk), who is a very able accountant, and by the town clerk's chief clerk. I was a member of the committee. Our task was very laborious, and at its close we made our report, a copy of which is before you. A schedule in our report contained a list of all the City officers, showinc , by whom they were appointed, the sums paid to them out of the City cash, and their various emoluments ; and we also gave a full account of the other expenditure of the corpo ration. With regard to the mayoralty, we made a special report on that subject. We found that in the year 1833 the expenses of the mayoralty amounted to 25,0341. We applied to all the aldermen who had passed the chair for a return of the amount of their respective receipts during their year of office, but none complied with our request but Sir Peter Laurie, whose return amounted to 7,9081. We also asked for a return of the cost of the Mansion house in building, and it was stated to us at 76,0001. The officers of the corporation are very adroit in throwinc , dis credit on all persons who seek to place the corporate ex penditure in a true light, and therefore I am particular in the figures which I give ; and if the accuracy of my state ments are challenged, I hope proof of their incorrectness will be produced. I now come to the City accounts as they stood in the year 1833, the period to which the inquiry of the committee of which I was a member applied. In the year 1833 the City's income, from rent of premises, mar kets, tolls, rate s , d ues , fi nes , & c ., amoun t e d t o 141,0311. ; the fees and other emoluments received by the various officers of the corporation, but which do not appear in the corporate accounts, amounted to 74,4401. ; andthe receipts of the Irish Society (which forms an integral Dart of the corporation, in my opinion) amounted to 7,6541. ; making together a total of 223,125/. The tolls, rents, &c., this year amount to 155,0061.,_ which, added to the fees and emoluments of officers and the Irish Society's receipts, gave a total of 295,321/, ; the great increase being upon the re venue from estates. In addition to the items above stated. the paving rate amounted, in 1833, to 54,937/. ; the sewers rate to 9,7181. ; and the watch rate to 33,6811., making a total of 321,4611. These are all taxes levied by the corpo ration, in addition to the real property. Last year they yielded 406,8851. ; but taking the amount at what it stood in 1833, if divided, it will give a sum of 21. 12s. 6:1. per head for every person of the population of the City in that year, independent of the enormous cost to the public by none but freemen being allowed to be employed in various handicrafts, and as porters, &c. The Government expen diture is only 11. 17s. per head for each individual in this country, orlss. 6d. per head less than the cost of municipal government in the city of London. Besides, the receipts already stated there were 15,8131. for tolls on barges and shipping levied to the west of London-bridge, tonnagedues 7,000 ; fees of Court of Requests, 16,7001.; trust funds, 43,777/. In 1833 the coal duty of Bd. per ton also yielded 69,1101., and last year it yielded 117,6061. The dyes on wine produced in 1833, 3,584; freedoms and apprentice ships, 5311. ; there was also received out of the City revenues 11,0001. The three last items amount to 15,615, and adding to them the produce of the Bd. coal tax they amounted to 84,6651. in 1833. The produce of the corresponding items last year was 136,2371. Mr. C. Lewis—You say that 74,0001. in fees and emolu ments to officers does not appear in the accounts of the corporation for 1833 ? Mr. Williams—lt does not. Mr. C. Lewis—How were you able to make out the amounts, then ? _ Mr. Williams —There are 485 officers, and the committee took the sums received by each officer, and added them all together, which gives the total I have stated. Having ob tained the total number of the officers, we took the case of each officer singly, and we would have begun with the Lord Mayor first, but as there was a dispute as to whether the Lord Mayor was a corporate officer, his salary and emoluments are omitted. There is next the Recorder, who we found received from 2,50 W. from the City cash, and from other sources 6611. 10s. more ; making together a total of 3,1611. Mr. C. Lewis—How do you get at the sums derived from other sources besides the fixed salary ? Mr. Williams—We applied by letter to the Recorder, and to all the other officers, and obtained returns from them in that manner. Mr. C. Lewis—Then you make up your estimate of the 74,0001. in fees, on the authority of the figures furnished by the corporate officers themselves. Mr. Williams—l do. The Chairman —Has any report similar to yours been presented to the corporation since the year 1834? Mr. Williams—No, I believe not. The Chairman—Was any such report laid before the last commission of inquiry ? Mr. Williams—No, the last commission did not sift mat ters so thoroughly as I believe the present commission is doing. I will now come to another branch of the financial affairs of the corporation, as reported upon by the commit tee of its own body, of which I was a member in the year Mayor's andT h e emoluments c o coasts s t o s f fio e f e 1834. The report, as I have said, applies to the year 1833. Having already gone through the City revenue, I now arrive :—The(i expenditure.ngthesalari esr,:l and oftt hath emanagement4Bs of wereotffih e. Ccaesirtfs;lsilonolweilcsuiter, amounted to a total of 123,814 ; the ward officers received 3,487 ; allowances to committees, 6,5841. ; voted by the Council and AS City barge and shallop, 2,000/. ; pensions Courts of Common. Aldermen 2,7931. The which, added ~ committee allowance to the pension- , 8, , ke., gave a The ten City expenses of administration- were 122,0001., total of 138,678 1 . tradesmen have the patronage expended by the am o f eighteen Irish livings, as I informed. The total amount _ . corporation officers actually • ' • receive snore annually, in the shape of lawyers' salaries alone, is 39 105/ Twelve of the principal City . ds of 48,4001.; and the 12 tween them, in 1R33, upwards than is paid to 12 Ca-billet Ministers. They received be 0, i., or to an equal number of actually 2,9201. less than was paid state that in 1833 the Cabinet Ministers in the same year rece iv e d 4" 486 corporate officers. It is but fair to great seal was in commission, a nd therefore I have not in cluded the Lord Chancellor's salary. In or der to afford the Lo commissioners the means of drawing an approximate_ com parison between the municipal expenditure of other corporations, I have collected the foll owing with a facts from parliamentary papers. In Liverpool, popula tion of 375,935 persons, the corporate salaries and pensions amount to 11,8641, and the law charges to 13,1381. In Birmingham, with a population of 240,000, the salaries and pensions amount to 1,1311.; in Manchester, the salaries and pensions amount to 4,4631., and the law charges to 3.7831.; in Bristol, the salaries and pensions amount to 7,6141., and the law charges to 3131.; in Leeds, the salaries and pensions amount to 1,078/., and the law charges to 1481. I will now say a few words on the subject of the coal tax levied by the City upon the whole of the metro politan districts. The coal dues last year produced as follows :—The Bd. per ton, 117,6061.; the 4d. per ton, 60,0001.; and the la. tax, 14,467/. ; snaking a total of 192,0001. It is very unfair that the city of London should have the power of levying such a tax upon all consumers of coal w ithi n a c i rc l e o f 20 m il es f rom th e G enera l Post °Men. Th e 4d. coa l t ax i s cons id ere d b y th e Cit y as b e i ng as much p ar t an d u' m elt h e ll fil th : parcel of its own property as its estates co rate are ; and they treat it as such. They may try e t p h u e b fi li g e ur be e li s e a y s e m th u a ch t i a t s al t l h g ey oes p f l o ea r se ci i t n y i o u i r d p e r o r v t e o . ments ; but it i th t s not s o — on l y 20 , 0001 . o f it i s app li e d for a purpose. M t ow n • • impression i s, that the various me tropolitan boroug a would dis tinct municinalities butlvish to be constituted into created for dealing w . ith tt, would have a central body measure is required by the Z i a upon which a general as the sewers, the police and Public good, such, for instance, regard to which sectiondi e 4:—g e 'r improvements, in ....‘x We d be inadequate and inexpedient. I would allow the Lord Mayor to be the chairman of the central board, and give him an adequate salary to maintain a magnificent hospitality in entertaining the members of the Government, distinguished foreigners, &c. I think, however, many gentlemen would pay the expenses of such hospitality out of their own pockets, as Sir J. Potter did when he was mayor of Manches ter. In my opinion, the City corporation in no re spect represents the interests and feelings of the whole metropolis. I consider the majority of the members of the corporation are opposed to reform, or they would have effected some changes in their own body themselves before now. I see no reason why the Municipal Reform Act should not be applied to London as well as to the rest of the kingdom, and in the existing provisions of that act you have a remedy for the defects of the City ready made to your hands. I would take the conservancy of the river from the City, and transfer it to the Government, which I consider would be better qualified for the discharge of such functions. Mr. Williams then withdrew. The next witness called was Mr. George Edwards, who stated—l am the resident partner of a Scotch linen firm in the city of London. On one occasion the corporation intimated to us that the " Tap pers" employed by us in our business would be required to become freemen, but the interference of the officers of the corporation was not persisted in in this respect. I have no complaint to make against the corporation with refer ence to my trade. THE SUN, LOND'ON, FRIDAY EVENINIG, DECEMIBIER 2, 1853. DEPUTATION FROM ST. PANCRAS. A deputation from the parish of St. Pancras, consisting of Mr. Lawton, Mr. Billett, and Mr. Stockton, attended before the commissioners, to represent the feeling of the vestry of that parish with regard to the coal tax, and also on the general subject of the extension of municipal insti tutions to the whole metropolis. The Chairman of the deputation stated—l appear here on behalf of a committee appointed by the vestry of St. Pancras to wait upon this commission to explain that the parish is taxed by the city of London on its consumption of coals, no part of the proceeds of which taxation is spent on improvements in St. Pancras. On the contrary, the im provements recently effected in SL Giles's and that neigh bourhood have caused the poor who were dispossessed of there numerous dwellings there to migrate in large num bers into our parish. Between 500 and 600 poor persons of this class have become chargeable to our parish every year for the last 7 years, in consequence of these changes. The coal tax presses on the poorer ratepayers more severely than an improvement rate would do. St. Pancras desires to obtain a share in any general extension of municipal institutions through the metropolis—whether in com bination with other parishes or separately, it is now about to determine. The population of the parish is 167,030, and the rateable value of the property in it amounts to 707,857/. ; the number of ratepayers being 19,909. Nomunicipal powers at present exist in St. Pancras. and the vestry has no means of enforcing paving, cleans ing, ,or lighting rate. We applied a few years ago to Parliament, at great expense, for a local act, but the House of Lords rejected our bill. The North-Western Railway Company has rafnsed to pay the rates demanded of them, and we had no means of compelling them to pay. We are, therefore, in this unfortunate and anomalous posi tion, that we have no efficient parochial act, and no muni cipal powers. The railway traffic passing through our throughfares has caused us great expense in maintaining the roads, and we have recently spent 9,0001. in repairing part of the New-road alone. Notwithstanding the diffi culties of our position, our parochial management is very economical. Our whole taxation amounts to 110,0001., in cluding paving and lighting. The proportion raised by the , vestry itself is 71,7971. of this amount. Including ls. for an improvement rate, our rates do not amount to 3s. in the 1 pound for everything. We pay 8,2871. for county rates, which we would not have to contribute at all if we had a corporation, and that sum we believe would suffice for the expenses of a corporation. In St. Pancras upwards of 16,0001. a year is charged to us for police. We do not com plain of the general metropolitan system of police being applicable to our parish, but in St. Pancras we have only four police stations and less than 400 policemen. 24,000/. a year, or more than one third of the whole amount which the St. Pancras vestry raises, is spent without our control or without our possessing any means of knowing how it is laid out. As far back as 1850 our vestry decided iu favour of the principle of municiple institutions being extended to the parish, mil the vestry is discussing this very day minor question as to whether they should prefer incorpo ration separately or in conjunction with St. Marylebone and Paddington. We have auditors elected by the pa rishioners, but they are not paid for their services. They are persons, however, in a sufficiently independent posi tion to object to items when they deem it necessary, and they often practically do make such objections. The parish has gone to very great expense in endeavouring to obtain sufficient powers for managing its own affairs from Parlia ment, but without success; and the administration of our parochial affairs is, therefore, brought to a stand-still. It may be said that very few ratepayers take an interest iu the elections to the vestry ; but the fact is that more per sons vote at these elections than vote at the election of members of Parliament. We have also to complain of the power of attachment for debt existing in the City. If a man keeps his money at a banker's in the City he is liable to have it attached ; but that is not all—it is liable to be attached in St. Marylebone if the City banker has a branch in St. Marylebone. This custom is inconvenient, and often forms a subject of complaint. Mr. Stockton (another member of the St. Pancras depu tation) said—l also appear to point out the oppressive ope ration of the coal tax, and how objectionable it is in prin ciple. The poor pay more in proportion than their richer neighbours. We estimate the consumption of a middle class family at seven tons per annum ; that is, calculating the consumption at two fires for each house. But houses rated (at 30/. are generally occupied by more than one family, and we calculate that in such a tenement the con sumption of coal will be that of five fires, instead of two in the higher class of property. The effect of this is that the consumer who is least able to pay the tax has to contribute 20s. to the City, where the tenant who is better able to pay contributes only 14s. We have two great railway ter mini in St. Pancras— that of the London and North- Western, and that of the Great Northern ; and in addition a great portion of the heavy traffic by the Great Western passes through our thoroughfares. TUB causes very great extra expense to the parish, in maintaining the roads; but we do not call upon the City or any other part of the me tropolis to bear any part of that expense, and we therefore do not see why the city of London should have a right to come into our parish and exact 12,0001. or 14,0001. a-year from it, in the shape of coal dues, for improvements in the City. As for the statement that the tax is appropriated to improvements for the metropolis generally, all I can say is that I have lived in St. Pancras for a considerable number of years, and I have never known an improvement to be effected in it out of any other fund than the parochial rates. The deputation then withdrew. The next witness called was Mr. George Offor, jun., who stated—l am a shipping in surance broker in the city of London, and I wish to call attention to the fact that the City claims a tax of 51. per annum from all members of my profession for the right to carry on business as insurance brokers. They do so by virtue of certain acts of Willi-m 111., Queen Anne, and George 111., which give them certain powers to frame re gulations for the shipping insurance brokers of London. The claim is illegal, according to the decision of a court of law. It is said that the charge is made for the privilege of admission to the body of sworn brokers in the City. In the month of Dec. 1849, I was called on to pay 61. or 71. for ad mission to that body, and was required to execute a bond, and since then have paid 51., as broker's rent, yearly. Yet I find on inquiry that out of 200 persons in my profession, whose names are given in the Directory this year, only 53 of them are sworn brokers who have been required to pay the tax ; and there are 156 other brokers, carrying on identi cally the same business as myself, only 35 of whom have been sworn and required to pay the fees. The system is, therefore, partial and unjust, the City exacting the tax from those who will pay, but those who hold out and re fuse to pay are not compelled to do so, and yet they enjoy the same privileges as those who do pay. The Chairman—lf you know that the City does not en force the payment of the tax of 51. a-year, how is it that you continue to pay it ? Mr. Offor—l would not do so, but that when I was ad mitted they bound me over by a deed, under heavy secu rities, for the payment of the yearly sum of Si., and I can not now honourably escape from the exaction. (A. laugh.) Mr. Arthur Macnamara examined—l have occasionally assisted at elections in the City, but they were principally Parliamentary. I was employed as an agent for Sir J. Key, at the recent election of chamberlain. Money was expended at that election. It was paid in hiring flagmen, canvassers, and constables, which is a usual practice in the City. I have heard of as much as 10s., 125., and 15s. each per day being paid to men who are voters, for their ser vices in these capacities ; but I never paid any of them myself. I think much more money is spent in the City at the parliamentary than at the municipal elections. The livery are generally a very respectable body of men, who would take nothing for their votes—not so much as a glass of wine. The expense of bringing up non-resident voters entails very heavy expense upon the candidates. I myself have paid two or three non-resident voters from a pound to two pounds each for travelling nxpenses. At the elec tion of Alderman Moon, for the ward of Portsoken, there was a severe contest, and the election lasted for seven or eight months. The whole expense of that election amounted to 6001., and although the ward is, I believe, one of the poorest in the City, not a shilling was paid to the voters for their votes. Mr. Rose examined—l have been engaged in very few of the City elections. I was, however, employed as a con fidential agent to Mr. Scott in the recent contest between him and Sir J. Key for the office of chamberlain. There was a very great expenditure incurred at that election, as there usually is when there is a contest for the office of chamberlain,. Payments are made by the candidates to non resident voters who come from a distance to record their votes in their favour, and to conpensate them for loss of time, as well as to pay for refreshments. A large number of colourmen are employed, at an average of from 7s. to 10s. a day, but I have never known more money than the value of the services rendered to be paid by the candidates to the voters. Nothing is given to the colourmen in consideration for their votes. 1 never saw any payments made, directly or indirectly, in order to induce persons to vote, but I have heard of such things being done. Some persons who are p be r e i n ev i e esei th ti e n employed to go round the different wards, and bring up liverymen to poll I have known to be paid from 15s. to 20s. a day for their services. The total of the expenses in- Mr. Scott amounted to 3,4001., and Sir John t o i f on th e e x a p l e d n eg s rm e , s en. amounted altogether to 7,0001. I wholetoa and that Sir Ja. considerable Ke y s must have 211ike s h h a rr e v r ri g s el o b oin n eyc r e y in knowledge, bribery and corruption. No corrup tion, I a y a x a w ra l i e: d e_ i t a a k m e s a e citizen place ttr e a n t a t n h de freeman elections o e f f the t h e city of London. Mr. Gr I was of engaged some time ago in a prose business in a fraudulent swindlers, who were carrying on cution against a ga n of manner 97l. winortthhe of f it oo y London. r o d f age.T he snvooflvtehde aPrg°reeeaetdinnugmßbwerereofverY They had defrauded me heavy. The prose ncexi o dp l ie e on s n s sei than 49 witnesses to be examined. informed that 251. would cover the whole oif was and there were at first prosecuting legal ex penses,subscription or I would not have felt justified i A n. but after the trial they amounted to 3521 . had been raised to help to defray them b indi viduals in the City, including Baron Rothschild, Mr Travers, and other gentlemen ; and the corporation also . voted 501. towards the same object. Three of the prisoners were convicted at the Old Bailey in December, 1847. The subscriptions and vote of the corporation amounted to 3041., leaving me out of pocket 481., independent of loss of goods, loss of time, and other private expenses. After the trial I paid the attorney 2501. on account, leaving a balance of 1021. unpaid. The other three prisoners had absconded, after being bailed, and the recognisances of their sureties were estreated. I applied to the Lords of the Treasury to be allowed a portion of the estreat (2001.), to assist me in liquidating my legal expenses, and my petition was favour ably entertained. It was, however, subsequently found that the sureties lived within the precincts of the City, and the entreats were, according to custom in such cases, paid over to the City secondary, Mr. Potter. I then peti- I upped the corporation for a portion of the motley to pay the expenses of the trial, but I was informed that it be longed to the sheriffs, and not to the corporation; and the prayer of my petition has, therefore, never been complied with. I have been reduced in circumstances in conse quence of the prosecution ; and I have been offered various bribes—one of 2501. in particular to give up the judge's warrant for the apprehension of one of the prisoners who had absconded, sho ald he ever return to England. The goods which I lost, and which were of the value of 207 e., I never recovered ; and my losses have been very great. Sir J. Patteson—Yours is a very hard case, certainly ; but you cannot complain of the denial of any right. The practice of the City, is for the fines and forfeited recogni zances to go to the sheriffs ; and the corporation has not thought it right that that practice should be deviated from in this' instance. Mr. Gray—l do not claim it as a right ;it is only my humble petiticat. At the conclusion of this witness's examination, the commissioners adjourned the inquiry until Friday. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Please to correct an error in your report of my evidence before the Corporation Commissioners. I (lid not state " that reform was needful in the City companies ;" but I said, " It was my belief that the Merchant Tailors apd the other companies administered the funds and trusts committed to their care most righteously, and it was delightful to see continually on entering those courts, the advertisements of gifts and bequests, &c., to our poorer brethren."—Yours obediently, FRED. WHISTLER. 16, Sise-lane, Nov. 30. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. LA TY INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII, I DEC. 1. PINKS V. CUBLING.-LIABILITY OF • THE . DIE3IBEIIS OF A CLUB. Mr. H. Hill, with another learned gentleman, ap peared for the plaintiff; the Attorney-General and Mr. Watson represented the defendant. This was an action brought to recover 807/. the balance remaining unpaid of an account due to the plaintiff for building the St. James's Naval and Military Club-house. A portion of the sum due to the plaintiff had been paid by contribution from the other members of the club and by the managing committee. Some of the members, amongst whom was the defendant, had not paid their contribution, which had been fixed at 60/. down, or 10/. a year, at a general meeting of the club, which was held in January, 1851. The managing com mittee had therefore brought the present action, in the name of the plaintiff; in order to try the question of liability. It appeared that in 1851 the liabilities of the club amounted to upwards of 18,780/. Before the learned counsel for the plaintiff had concluded his opening statement, Lord Campbell asked whether some arrangemen could not be effected Mr. H. Hill said the managing committee did not wish the defendant to pay more than 60€., his share of the contribution. Lord Campbell said this seemed a fair and reasonable offer. The Attorney-General said his client had a good de fence to the action, but he was quitewilling to do what he had all along offered to do—viz. pay 601., on condi tion that the committee would give him a guarantee to release him from all further liability. After a short discussion these terms were agreed to ; the question of costs-to be decided by some gentleman after looking into the correspondence. Lord Campbe►l said the agreement was very satisfac tory, and creditable to both parties. GATT V. HUMPHERY.--INSHRANCE OF PROPERTY IN WAREHOUSES. This was an action brought by a hopfactor in the Borough against Alderman Humphery, who carries on an extensive business as a warehouseman in Southwark, to recover 3041., the value of 44 pockets of hops, de stroyed by fire while in the defendant's warehouse, in April, 1847, and 251., the sum which the plaintiff al leged he had overpaid to the defendant for warehousing some hops on a subsequent occasion. The defendant pleaded never indebted. Mr. Serjeant Shee, with Mr. Baddeley, appeared for flip plaintiff ; Mr. Macauley and Mr. Bovill for the defendant. It appeared, from the plaintiff's statement, that in 1846 he had seen Mr. Hare, the managing clerk of Alderman Humphery, who agreed that his (plaintiff's) hops should be warehoused for ld. per week for each pocket, that charge to cover insurance and all other expenses. In April, 1847, when the fire took place at the wharf, the plaintiff applied for compensation for the loss of 44 pockets which were then warehoused there, but could not obtain it. The plaintiff afterwards told Mr. Hare that, as the plaintiff denied his liability, he must insure the hops himself, and they must be ware housed for a halfpenny per week. Mr. Hare agreed to this, and in 1848 some more hops went to the defend ant's warehouse. In August, 1848, an account was sent in to the plaintiff of 591., being at the rate of ld. a week. The plaintiff at first refused payment, but as the defendant detained his hops, he at last paid under protest. He had not brought his action after the fire, as he was not then able to give evidence on his own behalf. Several gentlemen in the hop trade were called to prove that, according to the general custom of the trade, id. a pocket per week was understood to include rent and insurance. The defendant, Alderman Hurnphery, upon being called, stated that wharfingers and warehousemen, not in the hop trade, never took the risk of goods deposited with them ; that ld. per week was the usual charge for warehousing hops, exclusive of insurance ; and that when hops were deposited on his wharves, or in his warehouses, the persons to wh o m th e y b e l onge d were i n the habit of assuring them. He believed no rent had been charged upon the 44 pockets in question, because it was the custom of the wharfingers to allow hops or other goods to remain in their warehouses rent free for one month after they had been delivered. The defen dant's evidence as to the custom of the trade was cor roborated by his chief clerk, Mr. Hare, who positively denied that he had ever agreed that the defendant should take the plaintiff's hops into his warehouse at ld. per pocket a week, including insurance. Several warehouse men, and other persons who had been accustomed to make use of wharves and warehouses, were called, and stated that warehousemen and wharfingers were never expected to take the risk of goods deposited with them unless there was a special agreement to that effect. Lord Campbell, in summing up, said the jury must determine whether the defendant had undertaken to in 'sure the plaintiff's hops from fire for id. per pocket per week. The plaintiff rested his case upon special contract and upon custom, and he called evi dence in support of both branches of the case. They must say whether or not the case he had made out had not been satisfactorily answered by the defendant. He (Lord Campbell) thought that no very satisfactory ex planation had been given of the delay which had taken place before the action was brought, as, upon the point of custom, the plaintiff had just as good a case imme diately after the fire as at the present time. With re gard to the evidence of custom, they must recollect that a material distinction existed between a wharfinger like the defendant, and a hop factor with a warehouse like the witnesses who had been called on the part of the plaintiff. They must judge for themselves, but he thought the evidence greatly preponderated against the custom adduced by the plaintiff. With regard to the claim for the overcharge, it depended upon the evidence of a special contract given by the plaintiff, who was en tirely contradicted by Mr. Hare. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. APPOINTMENTS. Clerk in Charge—Henry Perry (1849), serving in the Vixen, paddle-wheel steam-sloop on the south east coast of America station, to the Sharpshooter, iron screw s t ea m-gun vessel on the same station, vice clerk in charge John Donald, of the Sharpshooter, promoted to the rank of paymaster. Clerks—John Pittis (1850), from the Excellent, gun nery ship, at Portsmouth, to the Boscawen, 70, at Chatham ; William S. E. Freeman (1849,) recently serving in the Spy, 3, brigantine, on the west coast of Africa station, to the Blenheim, 60, screw steam guard ship, at Portsmouth, vice Alexander Jeffreys, promoted to the rank of paymaster ; John N. Harvey (acting) to the Blenheim. Naval Cadet—W.ll. Maxwell, first entry. W. B. Risk, W. M. Tobell, and Joseph H. Manley, have been appointed clerks' assistants. PROMOTIONS. Clerks.—John Donald (1845), serving in the Sharp shooter. Harry T. Nettleton (1845), serving as clerk in charge •f the Rhadamanthus, paddle-wheel steam store-ship, at Woolwich ; Alexander Jeffreys (1845), serving in the Blenheim, and Henry W. V. Warrington (1845), to be paymasters. WOOLWICH, DEC. 1. The complement of Royal Marines, from the Chatham division, for service in the Boscawen, 70, appointed flag ship of Rear-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, for the North America and West India station, will be 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 66 privates, and her entire strength of Royal Marines, including those of the Woolwich divi sion, will be 3 serjeants, 3 corporals, 2 drummers, and 116 privates, under the command of Major W. B. Lang ford, of the Chatham division, with Lieutenants Dela combe and Harrington, of the Woolwich division. SHEERNESS, Nov. 30. The Cressy, 80, pierced for 98 guns, screw steam ship, nominal power 400-horse, was put out of the fit ting basin yesterday, for the purpose of her proceeding down Swin, to try her engines. The weather being very hazy, this trial rate was abandoned. The results of her engine movements and speed were clearly ascertained to be as follows :—With a pressure of 171bs. her engines made over 52 revolutions, and her speed was on an average 8 decimal 5, with a three-knot current against her, giving over 11 knots off the reel. To-day the Cressy again slipped from her moorings at 11 a.m., at the following draught of water :—Forward, 18 feet 6 inches, and aft, 20 feet 6 inches ; and ran down to the Mouse Light vessel and back, for the purpose of working the engines, which propelled the ship as fol lows :—Her speed, as taken, was for 331 nautical miles, against a three-knot current, which gave 8 6-54 knots per hour. Her engines made over 55 revolutions, and this against a strong breeze on her bow ; force, 6 to 7, smooth water. She is to be taken into dock on Thurs day next, as her trial is considered highly satisfactory by the authorities. It was fully anticipated on Thursday, on her engines being first set on that, in consequence of the very thick and foul state of the river water with which her boilers were first supplied, they would be inconvenienced by the priming of the boilers, and most of the officers, whose duty it was to keep the quarter-deck and poop, used the precaution of keeping their weather-eye opened on the weather side of the deck, bat, to their agreeable surprise, there was not the slightest indication of the boilers priming during the series of trials she has under gone. Every preparation was also made to avoid the bearings becoming heated, which proved unnecessary, as all and every part of her machinery proved to be adnitrably adjusted. Mr. Thomas Bullions, chief engineer of the Cressy, late of the Hannibal, 90, screw steam-ship, now build ing at Deptford, proceeded in charge as chief engineer. The trials took place under the superintendence of Mr. John Dinners, the Government inspector of steam machinery afloat. The engines were worked under the immediate management of Mr. John Wetherill, out-door foreman to Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field ; the latter-named partner, Mr. Joshua Field, and also Messrs. Kittoe and Sheriffs, managers of Messrs. Maudslay and Co.'s establishment, were present during the series of trials. The Monarch, 84 guns, guard-ship of ordinary. Capt. Charles Hope, has been moved from her moorings, to make room for the Royal George, 120, on her leafing the fitting basin. The Cressy is moored at the swinging buoy, ready for being taken into dock. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 1. The Racehorse, 14, was on Tuesday commissioned by Commander E. K. Burnand. She is to have a comple ment of 130 men. The Hogue, 60, steam guard ship, Capt. W. Ramsay, is expected to resume her moorings in harbour in a day or two. IMPROVEMENT IN HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARDS. The Lords of the Admiralty have decided that con siderable improvements shall be effected, in a sanitary point of view, in each of the royal dockyards, and have accordingly caused a circular to be issued calling for an immediate report of the present state, &c., of each of the dockyards, the circulars being framed to suit the respec tive localities of the various naval ports and dockyards. The following is the purport of the circular relative to the royal dockyard at Woolwich, and will be hailed with great satisfaction by the inhabitants of the garrison, and the large population of the town of Woolwich : " My Lords having under consideration the sanitary con dition of the several establishments, I am to desire that you will call for an immediate report from all the officers under your superintendence, pointing out such defects in the sewerage, drainage, tapping, and the supply of water, as are notorious to all, and which can and ought to be im mediately remedied ; with any suggestion for removing such nuisances, accompanied by an estimate of the cost from the clerk of works. " This report is to be transmitted with as little delay as possible, together with your remarks thereon, care being taken that none but works of unquestionable utility and of moderate cost are recommended. " You are further to direct the clerk of works to prepare as soon as convenient full information on the following points :- 1. A blank plan is to be prepared of the dockyard, hos pital, and barracks at Woolwich, showing the lines of sewers and drains, the position of trap s , gu lly-h o l es , cess pools, privies, and water-closets, with sections of the drains and depths of the drains below datum line. "2. He is to report fully on the state and condition of the drains. "3. To report on the present system of flushing, how effected, the escape of noxious gases, how prevented, whe ther the sewers, &c., are ventilated, and how. "4. To report on the supply of water, salt and fresh, how obtained, height of head, &c. "5. He is to prepare an estimate of the probable cost of improving the sewerage, supplying additional drains, traps and privies, increasing the flushing (if necessary), and the ventilation, and also improving the supply of water for domestic purposes." LAUNCH OF THE 80-GIIN SCREW-SHIP MAJESTIC. The Majestic, originally laid down in 1841 as a ship of the Vanguard class, but since altered to receive screw-propeller machinery of 400-horse power, by Mandalay and Field, was launched at Chatham Royal Dockyard yesterday, in the presence of some 7,000 or 8,000 persons, Miss Letitia Richards, the second daughter of the captain superintendent, giving the ship her pompous name. The Majestic, we believe, is the first of the 80-gun class that has been appropriated for screw machinery ; and if she has no better stowage than the Vanguard, Coliingwood, &c., we cannot expect much from the Majestic as a screw line-of-battle ship. The following are her principal dimensions : Ft. in. Length over all, from figure-head to tafferel 225 0 Length between the perpendiculars 193 4 Breadth, extreme . 56 10 Breadth, moulded Depth in hold ... Burden in tons, old measurement 2566 On the ship being brought up by her anchor, her floating draught of water was 15 ft. 7 in. forward, and 19 ft. 10i in. aft ; brake in launching, 7-16ths in 160 feet. A considerable number of naval officers from the ships fitting at Chatham and Sheerness were present, and officers from the garrison at Chatham. At one o'clock the Majestic was towed away by the Adder and Cuckoo, steam-vessels, to Sheerness. LAUNCH OF A BRITISH CLIPPER. Messrs. James Thompson and Co. launched yesterday a fine, handsome ship from the yard of Messrs. Beilby and Perry, at Rotherhithe. Mrs. Lawrence, the wife of the intended captain of this smart vessel, gave the ship her name—the Orient, and she ran into the water in good style, without accident. The Orient is built on the diagonal principle. Her length between the perpendi culars is 189 feet ; extreme breadth, 35 feet ; depth of hold, 21 feet 6 inches ; and she measures (old method), 1,120 tons ; and has been constructed to carry 1,400 tons cargo. The good ship is intended for the Austra lian trade, and will be immediately fitted out by Captain Lawrence, who is well known for hie numerous quick passages in vessels under his charge. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. SHAW V. ABETHELL-LIABILITY OF PAWNBROKERS. The plaintiff was a retired picture-dealer, and the de• fendant a pawnbroker, in Calthorpe-street, Gray's-inn road. The action was brought to recover compensation in damages for injury done to a valuable picture which the plaintiff had pledged for 51. with the defendant. Mr. Mellor and Mr. Brown appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Crowder and Mr. Phipson for the defendant. It appeared that the picture in question, which was a portrait on panel, of the Vandyke school, was deposited with the defendant in August, 1852, on a loan of Si. Plaintiff told the defendant that the painting was a valu able one, and desired him to take great care of it, say ing that he would pay him anything extra which he might charge for doing so. In September last plaintiff went to redeem the picture, when the defendant told him that he had met with an accident, having let the paint ing fall and split it down nearly in the middle. Plaintiff brought a Mr. Dingley, a picture restorer, to look at it, and it was agreed between the parties that he should repair the damage, and his charge for doing so was 6/. 10s., and this sum the defendant agreed to pay ; but the plaintiff, who valued the picture at 100/., said it was depreciated one-third in value. The defendant re fused to pay anything beyond the charge for re storing, in consequence of which the present action was brought. For the defence it was shown that the pawnbroker's ticket given to the plaintiff had on these words—" Not answerable for damage or moth ;" and it was contended that the defendant had not entered into any special con tract with the plaintiff to take especial care of the article deposited. It was also attempted to be shown that the picture was not as valuable as the plaintiff supposed, and that it bad been so well restored as not to be mate rially lessened in value. The Chief Baron, in leaving the case to the jury, said he considered the words on the ticket to mean and imply that the pawnbroker was not liable for any damage which did not arise from his own negli gence ; but he was bound to take the same care of the article as a reasonable and prudent man would of his own goods ; and it could not be said that the same sort of care which would be taken of common crockery would apply to valuable china ; the degree of care must in some measure be commensurate with the nature and worth of the thing itself. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 161. Ws. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE SIMSON. The bankrupt, a provision dealer in Bishopsgate street, applied for his certificate. His debts were 6001. ; liabilities, 8241. A small amount of property was held as security. Mr. Keighley, for the assignees, offered no opposi tion ; and His Honour granted an immediate oertificate of the second class. IN RE BROOK.--ASSIGNMENT OF A POLICY. His Honour gave judgment on a question which had been raised on a proof of debt in this case. The facts were these—On the 11th of February, 1852, William Robert Tanner advanced the bankrupt 2221. on his note of hand of that date, and the deposit of a policy of assurance on the life of the bankrupt for 6001. in the Westminster Life Assurance Office. On the 16th April, 1853, Mr. Tanner, by the hand of Mr. Patten, his attor ney, paid the half-year's premium on the above policy, and then gave the actuary verbal notice that Mr. Tanner held the policy as equitable mortgagee, an act of bankruptcy having then been committed, of which Mr. Tanner had no notice. On the 31st of May, 1853, Mr. Patten, on behalf of Mr. Tanner, gave a mitten notice to the actuary of the equitable deposit, previous to which the bankrupt bad committed an act of bank ruptcy by remaining in prison 21 days, of which Mr. Tanner had notice, through Mr. Patten, his attorney. The petition for adjudication was dated 6th June last. The assignees and Mr. Tanner had consented to abide by the decision of the court on the above facts, as to whether the policy passed to the assignees, or remained available security for Mr. Tanner. His Honour held, on the authority of "Re Waithman " (4 D. and Ch., 412), that the notice need not be in writing, and that the subsequent giving of written notice might be any time before actual bankruptcy-12 and 13 Vic., cap. 106, s. 125 ; " Parriente v. Pennell " (2, M. and R., 516) ; and "Young v. Hope" (2 Ex., 105.)' POST -OFFICE INQUIRT.—A committee is now sitting at the Treasury for the purpose of inquiring into certain matters connected with the establishment of the General Post -office. The committee consists of Lord Elcho, one of the Lords of the Treasury, Sir C. E. Trevelyan, Sir Stafford Northcote, and Mr. E. A. Hoffay, the Inspector of Military and Naval Accounts at the Audit-office. The objects of this committee are ana logous to those of the other committees which have been appointed in the oourse of this year for reporting upon the establishments of the Board of Trade, the Privy Council-office, the Poor Law Board, and some others. They are engaged upon a revision of the system of ap pointments and promotions, the scales of salary, the numbers of officers, and the distribution of business in the Post-office ; but they do not enter into questions connected with the general postal system of the country, except in so far as such questions bear upon that of the establishment. It is a mistake to suppose, as we see that some of our contemporaries have done, that such • questions as that of the oceanic rates of postage, or of WORSHIP-STREET.— Hannah, Asia was charged the acceleration of the inland mails, are referred to this with having been concerned with three men not in cus- committee. tody in breaking into the premis e s of Mr. Charles Lowe, ILLEGAL FISHING.—In the Teviot and other streams a draper, in Clifton-street, Finsbury, and stealing a in the upper part of the county, fishing appears to be quantity of Coburg cloth of the value of 81. going on without challenge or hindrance. The poachers Police Const a ble Afrowsmith, G 103, stated that do not even rest on Sunday, but openly destroy the shortly after six o'clock on at. 1110:121Eg of Wednesday / Ash jx, jandrecli iks they pass oTsr $4O cluldol ko• POLICE INTELLIGENCE. se'nnight, his attention was attracted to the prisoner, 1 who was loitering about in the company of a man within a short distance of the prosecutor's shop. Suspecting that they were there for some unlawful purpose, witness secreted himself underneath a doorway in order to watch their movements, and they were shortly afterwards joined by two other men, one of whom said something in a low tone to the prisoner and companion, who im mediately handed him an instrument resembling a chisel, with which he proceeded down the street, accompanied by the prisoner, and both of them placed themselves im mediately in front of the prosecutor's shop window. Witness then emerged from his place of concealment, and was stealthily advancing towards them, when he heard the crash of broken glass, and immediately after wards saw the man thrust his hand through an aperture in the window and draw out three pieces of cloth, which he handed to the prisoner, who deposited them in her apron. Witness instantly ran forward and secured the prisoner, with the property in her possession, but the man who was with her started off and effected his escape. The prisoner declined offering any defence, and was committed for trial. SOUTHWARK.—Tames Braidwood, an engineer, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with assault ing Catherine M'Cabe, a female with whom he cohabited. Complainant said she was an unfortunate female, and lived with the prisoner in York-street, London-road. He came home at ten o'clock, and after abusing her threw a plate at her, and cut her head. She actually kept him on her prostitution, because be would not work. The prisoner declared that it was all false ; she was drunk and commenced breaking the plates, and in his attempting to stop her a plate fell on her head, and cut it a little. She was his wife and they were married at Manchester Cathedral nine years ago ; and he had taken her home three times after her getting into trouble. Complainant denied being his wife. Sergeant Timewell here informed his worship that some time ago the female was at that court, when she positively swore that she was the prisoner's wife. Mr. A'Beckett said she appeared to him to have been drinking, therefore he could not put much reliance on her evidence. He would, however, remand the case for a week, to give her an opportunity of giving her evi dence in a sober state, but he should liberate the prisoner on his entering into his own recognisances to appear. HAMMERSMITH.—John Davis, of No. 3, Ann's place, Queen-street, Hammersmith, was charged with obtaining several sums of money from various persons by falsely representing himself as a solicitor. Mr. John Verbeyst, a perfumer and hair-dresser, No. 9, Upper Charlton-street, Fitzroy-square, deposed, that about the 12th of October last the prisoner was intro duced to him by a person named Maple, as a solicitor, and he engaged him to collect some debts. The pri soner said he was an attorney, and he gave him 10s. 6d., which he said he required to commence proceedings in the Court of Exchequer. He also gave the prisoner the documents to carry on the action, but from that time to the present he had not done anything in the matter, nor had he been able to obtain any infor mation from him about his case. The prisoner said he was not a solicitor, nor did he ever represent himself to be one. He told the witness that he was an accountant, and a collector of debts. John Maple, of No. 88, Norton-street, Portland-road, said he first became acquainted with the prisoner by his coming to a lodger in the same house with a county court summons. Witness was present at the time, and the prisoner said to the lodger, "I can get you off the debt ; I don't want you to pay it into court ; I only want you to pay me for my trouble." Witness thought at the time that he appeared to be a straightforward person, and mentioned to the lodger about an I 0 U. she had, and asked her to show it to the prisoner. He looked at it and said, "Oh, I'll get the money for you, and it will be no trouble for me." The prisoner then asked for a sovereign to proceed with, and he was told that he could not have it, as she had not so much about her. He said, " Give me 10s., and I will lend you 10s., and that will make the pound." The money was given to him, but he never did anything in the matter. The prisoner told witness that he was coming into pos session of 62,000/. on the 2d of this month ; and, on the supposition that he was an attorney, he recommended him to several other persons, who had given him money under similar circumstances. Mr. Paynter remanded the prisoner. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. CHESTER CUP. Friday was in considerable force. After 1000 to 15 had been taken about him several times, he advanced to 1000 to 20, taken ; but towards the close a party con nected with the stable dropped in and offered to bet any part of 10,000 to 150 against him, or any other of Wil liam Day's lot. 3000 to 45 was laid in the aggregate against Little Harry ; 1000 to 15 each against Heapy, Newminster, and Defiance, and 1000 to 10 against King Pepin. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 30 to 1 offered on the field. DERBY. 6 to 1 repeatedly offered against Autocrat, 25 to 1 taken to 501. about Ruby ; 1000 to 30 Boiardo ; 40 to 1 to 751. about Hesse Cassel, and the same odds wanted about Meteora. OAKS. 450 to 100 agst Meteora (taken) The room was very thinly attended. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING--WEDNESDAY. (EXNING FIELD ) ALL-AGE STAKES.—First Ties (continued.) Mr. Moody's r b Bird's Eye (2) beat Mr. Jackson's w and f d Churchwarden. Mr. Hill's r b Highland Lass beat Mr. Hope's f d Herdsman. Mr. Buckworth's f d Bravo beat Mr. Martin's bk d Magna Charta. Mr. R. Bagge's bl b Tendresse beat Mr, Blenkiron's r and w b Bessy Bell. Mr. Swinborne's bk b Elphin (2) beat Mr. Dobede's bk b Dot. Mr. Elvy's r d Steam Engine beat Mr. Jardine's bk t b p MEeris. Mr. Gillett's r d Golden Drop beat Mr. Malpas's bk d Master Gunn. Mr. Gurney's bk t d p Australian beat Mr. Pertwee's r b Kate. Mr. Secreton's w and bl b Slang beat Mr. Reeve's bk d Sheppard. Mr. Fyson's bk d Freeman beat Lord Sefton's bk b Staylac e. STAKE FOR PUPPIES.—Second Ties. Rokeby beat Skirmisher Bessy beat Mimosa Brunette beat Macintosh Deborah (2) beat Rambler ALL-AGE STAK] Junta (3) beat British Tar Dryad beat Bright Eye Rutland beat Strategy Bird's Eye beat Steam Engine Attraction beat Stop-it Lurlei beat Menes Dormouse beat Britannia Madras beat Kreutzner —Second Ties. Tendresse (2) beat Freeman Elphin beat Golden Drop Slang beat Bravo Highland Lass beat Austra- Tian The weather was more favourable than on the pre vious day, and the attendance more numerous. Hares were plentiful, and most of the sport was excellent. Amongst the company were Lord and Lady Sefton, Lord Stradbroke, Admiral Rous, Messrs. Bagge, Buck worth, sen., Buckworth, jun., B e ll, Foster, Fyson, Finch, Dobede, Jackson, Robinson, Gillett, Hogg, Davy, King, Blenkiron, Elvy, Pertwee, Secreton, Reed, Miller, &c. GRAND MATCH BETWEEN CAPTAIN ASTLEY, OF THE SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS, AND LIEUT. SAYERS, OF THE 23D WELCH FUSILIERS. This match arose out of a challenge given by Lieut. Sayers, at the time the regiments were encamped on Chobham Common, to run any officer in the British army 150 yards for 1501. Captain Astley accepted the challenge, upon condition that two races should be run —one a flat race, and the other a hurdle race—which was ultimately agreed to. The flat race came off at Salt Hill, on Tuesday last, and was cleverly won by Lieut. Sayers, who beat his opponent by three feet. The hurdle race, which came off yesterday afternoon in the Home Park, excited universal interest, from the well-known reputation of the gallant captain as a hurdle jumper, and by three o'clock, the time appointed far the start, some hundreds of persons had congregated, inclu ding the officers of the Scots Fusilier Guards and First Life Guards, as well as many of the sporting gentry of the neighbourhood. When the distance,- •150 yards, had been carefully marked out by the umpires, and seven hurdles pitched at equal distances across the ground, the combatants, after dressing at old Snooks 's (the keeper's) house, made their appearance —one in pink and the other in blue silk drawers, and both men exhibited a fine frame and plenty of muscle, Captain Astley for choice. The start was admirable, and both leaped the first four hurdles together, when Lieutenant Sayer slipped up, and before he could recover his footing the captain had cleared the fifth hurdle, and consequently won easily, notwithstanding Lieutenant Sayers made a de sperate effort to regain his lost ground. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCA QUARANTINE NOTICE. ALICANTE, NOV. All vessels arriving from an uninfected port in the a"; Kingdom are subjected to three days' observation, if 20 ta have been expended on the voyage ; and five days, 611° the passage have been performed in less time ; thee° 14 ' pearing from ports where the cholera prevails, are to Pi ° ; teed, as heretofore, to Port Mahon, there to Perf° llll days' quarantine. CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 1. %/ m ins; ENTERED INWARDS.—The Victory, from Net Ada, ditto ; Light of the Harem, Algoa Bay) Oder, York ; Aberdeen Packet, Carthagens. and St. IThes ; well, Chesnae ; Aaron, St. John's, Newfoundland ; dian, Boston ; Armsbro', Demerara ; Rhoda, 3{ 31 7 t ! Pomona, Smyrna and Chesme ; Spheroid, St . Vinefirio: Edith, Malaga ; Johannes, Hamburg ; Golarn OP° j Mary Ann, ditto ; Dorothy, Singapore • .Ann:E liz V e l• Jane, Quebec ; Alert, ditto , Hannibal, WhsinP° 3 ,-Lih a . son Place, Calcutta; Lolland, Laurvig; lon, Helene, Riga. Cndine , ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.---The . 0 . for Launceston ; Hope, Antwerp ; William, G o od Hilda Christiania, Dram and Moss ; Natal, Cape of Hope and Natal ; Fennegina, Hamburg and Bre t eTter n Marguerite, Havre; Mary, Ellen, Barbadoes; " ta rt. ' witch, Melbourne Africa. A° CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.----The v e al for San Francisco ; Laura, Leer ; Themis, Sevil le ; Ellis, Port Philip ; Stadt, Amsterdam ; Skulda, do.; tiania, Dram and Moss ; Jane, Havre ; Laurence, 9.1.),. Good Hope ; Glaneur, Verd u n ; Ocean Lady, D u l - o rt; Commodore, Genoa ; Zephyr, Demerara ; land Bay ; Ayrshire, Aden ; Harmina, Leer; IN* men ; Tiger, Belize ; Calcutta, Hamburg. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 1. ' tells A boat, with," D erwen t, o f W or kington," on the wall and " James Farr e l' i ns id e , was picked up Ye s — afternoon, off the O rms b ea d, by th e Queen. steam-tuk_ re , The WaAham, from Charleston, did not arrive, ported on the 28th of November. bo a 10 A schooner, with loss of b ows p r it and figur e ' off Point Lynas, inward bound, at 10 a.m. The Valdivia (s.s.), Captain H o lt, Madeira, Rio Janeiro, and the west coast of Seuth,,,, rica, with the mails, 30 passengers, and 30, 000 d°' specie. sailed yesterdeliorici VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. long l3ls The Tapio, for Falmouth, Oct. 8, lat. 33 S. The Coriona, from Mauritius to Falmouth, OcN e o, Us The Eliza Thornton, from Batavia to London, lat. 34 S. long. 14 E. 21. 1 The A. H. Wass, of Wilmington, f rom LiverPOltbei York, Nov. 24, lat. 45 N., long. 24 W., with boats "- away, and short of provisions. The Rory (barque), of Gloucester, for Melbourn e ' lW. 17, lat. 48 N., long. 12 (sup W. ) The Bella, from Liverpool to Pernambuco ss u Oct. 12. 4 2 17 ' The Anglesea (ship) Sept. 25, lat. 9N. long. - ( 10/ 1 The Waterloo, from London to Port Philip and Sept. 27, lat. 9 N., long. 24 W. ,101' The Passenger (barque), Nov. 13, l a t. 38 N., .° ll 2 l .1014 1 The Marchioness of Douglas, N o v. 24, lat. 44 " 9 W. The Abbey Sands, lat. 48 N. long. 9 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD—Nov. 30 ..,, 6V The following were the quotations :—Beef; bide mutton, 6d to 7d ; lamb, Od t o Od ; vea l, 6d:l th OIT A lb. ; pigs, Os to 9s 6d per score ; rough fat, 58 6d ale per 141 b.; hides, 2d to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 11 g per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN— Nov. 30. pl . ; Wheat on the top ss, and the average 2s rd, del i. 10 0 ley on the top same as last week, and the avolg e aoil l down. Oats on the top 2s Bd, and the average , / if * Beans on the top is up, an d th e average 2s lid u ° n e,; Top of Wheat -.... ..... .... 631, lb 82 11 , v o i Barley lb 44 6 I I Oats Beans 66 lb 610 us" . Total Supply and Sales. 32 44° Wheat 361 qrs so ld Barley l7lB qrs sold 121 2 1 Oats 1172 qrs Beans ll2 qrs Average of wheat Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats £l3 11 1171501d4 2 sold 1 9 ) 8-91 0102 : 11.:' 1 6 1 6. 1 to Ditto of Beans 2 12 5 0"- NEWARK—Nov. 30. te O ng : At our Corn-exch ange t o -d ay we h a d a goo d st- -11 0 and a plentiful supply of grain of all description c 'b e oe declining mark e t. Wh ea t was i s an d b ar l e y 2sc , Beans and oats as bef ore . Oi r Prices :—Wheat, whit e , 79 s Od t o 83 s Od ; red,„ 7 : o 0 1 : 78s. Barley, maltin g , 38 s t o 40 s ; grinding, 3 °,., c , Oats, 31s to 365, and 28s to 30s—the f o rmer be and the latter 22st. Beans, 58s to 645. Pea s ' 525. Malt, 60s to 645. Tares, 44s to 46s per qr. BOSTON—Noy. 30. At to-day's market we had a large supply of gr si : o o l4 , the wheat trade great dulness prevailed, and price s 2s to 3s, and in some instances 48 per qr. Op p maintained the improvem en t no t e d l as t week. 2, aO O neglected. Barley and beans m e t a s l ow sa l e a t prices. 01 Prices :—Wheat, red, 60s Od to 68s Od ; white, 61 71s Od extra. 73s Od. Barley, 30s Od to 388 Od„ i . or 23s to 295. Beans, 42s Od to 583 Od. Peas, 483 per qr. LEEDS, Nov. 29. The wheat tr a d e was i n an inactive state, an d tbo t p ow/ the holder s were very f i rm, millers would not P , or,. except at a decli ne o f i s t o 2 s. Barley an d bes l 4 l ," slowly at a s i m il ar re d uct i on. In oats there ivall3°' doing. RAILWAY BEARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 1. „goo! STOCK EXCHANGE.—The s h are mar k e t h as been l• languid to-day, and closed with an unsteady feelipl further reductio n i n p r i ces o f 4t o . per cen t . Cal Of 274 ; Eastern Counties, 13; East - Lancashire 164; p1e, Northern B, 164 • L ancas hi re an d Yorkshire,' 66 1 9p" don and North-Western, 102 ; Midland 62i ta t ; lir Eastern and Dover, 18 4 ; York and North 24; East Lincolnshire, 35g. MANCHESTER, DEC. 1. - 0 t o i b STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a modera t e 00 ,„ with lower prices. Caledonian, 27i; Eastern 13 ; East Lanchashire, 164 ; Lancashire and x.„ ( t re stiv, 664- 4 ; ditto Fifths, 6i dis.; ' London and North - " 0 05 1024 ; ditto M. and B. Quarters, C, 4 prem.; 11511 18 fr Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 234 0 ; South-Easterni BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 1. '0,4 0 111 „. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Pri ces were aga i n lower l os, market to-day, and there was a less demand fo r jOil' London and North-Westerns closed at 1011 161. Eighths at dis.; Sh rews b ury an d Bi rm i ng h an 3o 8 LEEDS, DEC. 1 • 1 0 4 STOCK EXCHANGE.—There h as b een a f ur ther = e l price of sh a re s thi s morning, and the market cl°!_„tio; wi weakest point. The following are the latest trans'' —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 66; Caledonians, V e t' land Stock, 62 ; L on d on an d N or th-W estern Ste 4 3 ,00' South Eastern and Dovers, 181. ls. 3d.; Great 21j. BRISTOL, DEC. 1. fwe lol: llss4 ,s l STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th e mar k e t was flat. , J l- " 01 0 " were done at mi ; Great Northerns, 85 ; Midlan" at 62. h . P t THE PACIFIC RAILWAY.—Gene ra l R us k ant. rv e ): 03 who left Naco g d oc h es on a tour of exp l orat i o n ' n' for a railroad to the Pacific, reached Austin, 5 .. ° ,0,,r the 27th, havi ng th oroug hl y exam i ne d t h e co unl e rn A as the Colorado. The soil is represented as "'Le", with plenty of ti m b er an d water. Beyon d the ‘"" p l4 the exploration had been completed by anothe r ,,,d.' and the route is declared to be quite satisfac' Or New York _Herald. Oct [ADVERTIS EMENIA — HoIIoway's Pills, an , of: Remedy for Gout and Rheumatism.—Ex__, t " - o t letter from Mr. W. Moon, at Messrs. Godwil l' o fe• - f tioneers, Winchester, dated April 8, 1852. To r ifo r! A Holloway.--Sir,—l beg to inform you that, pro was a sufferer from chronic rheumatism, and °teo",o uy for weeks to ge th er , una bl e t o move. I wi' s- . 0 0.1 by the most emi nen t surgeons h ere, b u t obtaloeitri; relief; and was iud uce d t o go i n t o our county, h „ of PI The medical t rea t men t th ere , h owever , beivb b iobt avail, I left, and commenced using your pills , l c t am happy to say, i n a s h or t t ime e ff ec t e d PeLd„ e i c ibi and enabled me to resume my employment. --- 7 it hoel l druggists, and at P ro f essor H o ll owa y' s Esti`b -244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the 27th ult., Mrs. P. Newell, wife o f th. ' Newell, rector of East Lydford, Wi Somerset. o f On the 28th ult., at Vicarsfield, in the l l "' kenny, the wif e o f the Rev. S. C. Foot, twins. OF A DAUGHTER. 0- f s. On the 29th ult., a t A rrowe , Cheshire, the otv Shaw, Esq. On wife th of John e29t hulstp.,icaetr, Esq., iu Willey-house, F a /Than:4 S theLlP' MARRIED. v slit t On the 20th of Oct o b er , at St. Lucia , _ Oldershaw, of the Royal Az tillerybarr to Evelin s daughter of H. C. Hodge, Esq., ' ister-st-180. the 25th of October, at St, Luca, L ieut TSir 3lBl B. Tuite, of th e 67th R eg i me nt, third brother :ergo, R. Tuite, to friary, eldest daughter of IT' D*. Esq., registrar of that island. DIED. Tobrir On the 30th ult., at No. 9, Calverley-parsde,..n , Wells, Charlotte, relict of the Rev. W. B. lie lp—n vicar of G-oudhurst, K en t, aged Fle t . tree ti On the 30th ult., a t hi s res idence, Dfarlee7 the India Company's Home Establishment , Herts, Alexander Way Mason, Esq , formerly a ged q .p , Fro' After a short illness, John Mulcahy, E s q ., , fe et, fessor of Mathematics, Queen's College, Gal w- i i 'forte"'" On the 29th ult., Mr. W. B. 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