The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-27 00:00:00

IRELAND. IRISH POOR-LAW—ADVANCES FROM THE TREASURY. DUELIar, JAN. 24.—The boards of guardians in several of - the poor-law unions are making arrangements for affording increased accommodation, in order to lessen the danger of the :spread of infectious disease from the ov er crowded state of 'the workhouses. In other unions the guardians declare the establishments insolvent, and threaten to close the work houses. At the meeting of the Bailieborough guardians on Monday, a resolution to that effect was adopted, and a call was made on the Poor-law Commissioners to " enable the board to raise a sufficient sum of money to carry on the ex nditure of the house until part of the rate shall be col lected." Daniel Conner, Esq., chairman of the Dunmanway board of guardians, county Cork, recently forwarded a set of reso lutions to L ord John Russell, describing the dreadfully ern -barraased condition of the affairs of that union, owing to the great advance in the price of provisions, and the increase of the inmates in the workhouse to more than quadruple the or di n ary number. The object of Mr. Conner s application was to show " the urgent necessity that the Treasury should be authorised to make advances by way of loans to boards of guardians on the security of the future rates, for the purpose of affording additional temporary accommodation to the eleastitute poor." Mr. Conner, in a letter to the Cork Constitution, say s-- " On Wednesday, the 13th inst., I forwarded to Lord John Russell a copy of the accompanying resolutions, and entered fully into details in my letter. This day's post brought me the following reply from the Premier, in his own hand writing. This attention to any subject connected with the distress in Ireland proves his Lordship's great anxiety on the subject : " COPY OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S LETTER. " Jan. 18, 1847. "' Sir,—l have received the resolution of the Dunmanway 'board of guardians, conveying a distressing account of that union. The Treasury have empowered the Lord-Lieutenant to act in urgent cases in the manner he shall deem expedient, And I shall transmit to him the resolutions. "' I have thehOilojtOleQ 7 Ol;eclient servant, " Daniel Conner, Esq.' " " J. RUSSELL. THE IRISH GRAIN MARKETS. _ _ _ Some of the principal country markets will show a ten dency to decline, but fears are entertained that prices will soon again advance. At Limerick, yesterday, there was a larger supply of wheat than for some time past, and sales were made at a reduction of about three farthings per stone of 20Ibs. on previous rates. At Belfast, on Friday, the sap p y of grain being much larger than usual. prices at length turned in favour of the buyer. In farmers' wheat there was a decline of 3d per cwt.. Flour and oatmeal also declined, Indian corn declined from ss. to 10s. per ton. In Limerick, on Friday, West India sugar advanced to 130 s. per cwt., being an increase of 4s. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25.—The Bellei-le, 72,',Captain King come, arrived this morning frottl The West Indies, bringing the 71st.: (Highlanders) Regiment, from Barbadoes. She came into harbour this evening to disembark the troops. We regret to announce a most melancholy catastrophe which oc curred on board the Belleiale on her passage home. Captain Kingcome's son, a midshipinan, with another young gentle man of the same rank, was " skylarking" in the dusk of the evening about ten days since and chasing each other about a ship, and having gone aloft, Mr. Kingcome missed his footing, and felt tutu we sea, at a time when the ship was going very ft . iat throygh the water. She was put about, the boats hoisted Out, and every exertion made to recover the unfortunate youth, but all was of no avail. Mr. King come was a gallantly-disposed and daring youth, and exhi bited considerable promise. He was Universally beloved by All who knew.him. The African steam-tug arrivel this morning from Ostend, bringing the carriages and baggage of Sir Hamilton . Seymour, G.C.8., who is going out as Minister to Lisbon. The remains of the late gunner of the Sphynx (Mr. Har • ris) were interred to-day at Gosport. During the time the body was crossing the harbour, the flag and other ships in commission lowered their colours half-mast. The corpse was carried by a party of men of the Excellent. All the officers of the same rank the deceased held followed his remains to the grave. The Contest, 12, Commander M'Murdo, was at Sierra Leone on the 10th of December—all well on board. The Cygnet, 10, Commander Montresor, a' the above date was ordered home. Heavy gales from S. by E. to W.S.W. have been blowing during the last two days and nights. Two merchantmen have been towed in to-day considerably damaged in their rigging. It is feared bad news will be heard from the Sphynx. No communication has been made to-day with this place. Mr: Murray, Chief Engineer of this dockyard, ent dciwn to the wreck yesterday. _ LLOYD'S SHIPPING. ,LL Loxno7, JAN. 26.—Wind S.W. by S., light breeze, and line, clear weather. JAN. 24.—Wind W.S.W., very strong, with heavy equalls.—Arrd. Varuna, Mould, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 25.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Thos. Fielder, Blackstone, Calcutta; Andes, Patrickson ' Bahia; Helen Hamilton, Nicol, Maracaibo ; Achiever, Johnson. Savanilla •' Tyrian, Walker, Demerara ; C am ill a, J ackson, ditto; Gleaner, Barett, St. Domingo; Parsee Merchant, Poole, New Orleans; John Cumming, Dwight, Savannah; Merchant. Clark, New York; St. George, Ferris, ditto; Janet, M'Lean, Sheppegan. Off port, Warren Hastings, New Orleans. HULL, Jas. 2.s.—Wind S.W., strong.—Sld. Pulsone, Ask. am, Savanilla. NEWPORT, J. 25.—Wind S.W.—SII William right, Curlett, Grenada. ronrsmourn, JAN. 25.—Wind W.S.W., squally.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Belleisle, Barbadoes; Robert M‘William WDonald, Quebec. BOWM I. (ISLAY).—Arrd. Walfaille, Ritchie, Dalhousie for Greenock. CAMPBELTOWN LOCH.—Arrd. Highlander, St. Kitts. SWANSEA, JAN. 24.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Circassian. Cuba. GALWAY, JAN. 24.—The Manchester, of New York, Cap sized in the dock this morning during a heavy squall, and remains on her beam-ends. The Emma Prescott, of New York, and the Redwing of Dublin were driven on shore and dismasted. BA LItON'A LD, NORTH 151ST, JAN. 13.—The Hayti of Westport struck on a rock llth inst. and sunk; crew saved. .RELATING TO THE ST. GEORGE, OF GLASGOW. A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's from the Admi ralty, reporting assistance r.ldered to the Sr. George of Glasgow, by her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, by means of paddle box boats. CURRENT OF THE OCEAN. The French Consul- General has transmitted to Lloyd's a paper which was found in a bottle, picked up at the beginning of the present month on the coast of Roscoff. Like many others of a similar nature, it had evidently been thrown over board witbout any other motive than idle curiosity. THE LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM. A gen!ral court of this corporation was held en Mcrt lay at the Lund in Tavein, Bishopsgate-street, t receive the an nual report of the Institution, and to transact other business prelinainar to the current year. Mr. Merman Thompeon took the chair at eleven o'clock. The Rev. J. P. WRIGHT, Flon. Secretary to the Institution, reed the report. It stated that during the past year sixty five children had completed their term of residence at the institution, in place of whom fifty-five candidates had been admitted, and ten under Rule 37 by payment; that there were 129 candidates that day, out of whom the cornmittee bad resolved on electing thirty-six for admission ; which number, added to the present beneficiars, would make the , total number of children in the institution amount to 374, and the entire number of those who have leaped the benefit of the foundation, 1,620. It added, that the amount of donations and subscriptions this year was below the average ; and announced the following legacies, which had been bequeathed to the institution during last year:-3001. from .11rs M. W. Egerton ; 1504 stock from Isaac Cohen, Esq. ; 501. from 11. Seam bier, Esq.; and 1,0004 from Mrs. M. Weybridge The committee regretted the loss of the late Geortee Byng, Eeq., M.P., and Mr. Capell from the direction and generous support of the institution. The accounts laid before the meeting by the treasurer showed the amount of receipts to be 10,4611. ; the domestic expenses, 4,013/. ; clothing,- 1,083/. ; and outfits, 517/. ; besides sundry caller expenses, which, when deducted, left a balance of cash in the hands of the treasurer of 11/. 15s. 7d., *ssd the following stock, funded in the name of the Corpora tion :-6,571/„ Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities; 461/., Three per Cent. Consols; 3,309/., Terminable Annuities; 3,471/., Reduced Presentation Fund ; and 4,7001., New Three ond-a-Quarter Annuities, Wellington Fund Stock. Mr. C. BROWN, in moving the adoption of the report, drew the attention of the public to the strong claims of the institu tion, and its gr.iwipg necessities.—itesolution camel. Mr. Maaatiorr moved a vote of thanks to Alderman Thompson, and his re-appointment as treasurer. Mr. Alderman Tuomrsox, in acknowledging the vote that bad been passed, said he could not avoid solicitin 4 their at tention to a beque s t w hi ch had been made to the institution last year, and which a p peared to him more than anything eelex: to commend the in s ti tut i on. He said a hurnlil; 'equal in the City, who h a l l a b oured hard to earn his sub : nistence, a clerk - in the house of Ralli, Brothers, had be queathed the whole of his hard earnings, a'te' three lives, to the London Orpl $ t Asylum. What maee it more re markable was, that Jr. Crickmas was hirns(l- a Ge!man, a stranger among them, who bad no tie to this country, except that his labour had bqn rewarded. The reversion was 40004, and it seemed tci bim to speak volumes in favour of the asylum. After the services of Rev. J.-P. Wright and Rev. C. Mackenzie, hon. seen tirieS, had been acknowledged by a Tote of thanks, they, the auditors ,and the committee, were re-appointed, and several ilistingiushed names were added to the list of patrons andt pa.ronesse s Of the institution. This closed the business of the lue L e'.ine., an 1 the members proceeded to ballot for the candidat es to adinitted into the asylum. „ ~ TIDE 110 HE WA R D BOUND lilt E.—A. dispatch has been received at Lloyd's from the Admiralty. annotinc.'n Vie return of her Majesty's ship Queen to Plymouth from the g Chops of the Channel, and reports having fallen in with Several vessels, but w:t i the exception of one, they had a air wind up Channel, generally S. by E. to S.S. W. ...The Rev. Dr. Croli has been elected to the office In afternoon preacher at tfte Finindling Hospital. ARK' — fie RIJOf' T PTCY HE LEEDS AND WEST RIDING Oldindieation 3 ;:i ll derstand that ; . the application to set aside the biblY be heard e r. Commissioner Burge in this case will pro ' PRICE or t..l's Court of lOvicw to-day. w ii.mwEit. ..._ The t - y o o l r r itTOES AT THE SO UTHWARK per ton ; the produe, ofßegents stand at from 200 s. to Me. per /ditto; Lincoln am ' - ' , e. midland counties, 150 s. to 170 s. ditto; Lincoln an,l c . ,,,,, Thr lirddge, from 1455. to 180 s. per red-nosed kidneys, 140 s. to 1451, per ditto; Essex ancllcetn wiiitetskidneys, sound regents from 9 00. , . to .40i. per ditto; Essex and evil fie as high as 170 s beet samples; and French 205 e. ditto, the per ton. The supplies h ave that the winds have tbhut notwithstandin P ritt up the prices, under the imp reg e r,, ) 1 ' Y l 'em• kept back to . p rove d :unfavourable to their aprrriii,c-iasl:-I Chet season will (v e t fti . y attempt to aggravatA - the rate in favour of immediate arrivals. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WE it, SULWAY.—On Monday, as the express-train from the tire of the driving.lt-. tor, arriving at Paddington, at 4h. :30m., was passing lbw o'clock down train at Southall, If heel flew of 1; and striking a second-class carriage on-th down-train, broke the upper part to pieces, killi ng. _ Qn the several others. A lady in the 'pot two men, and woundi n g =press-tram was also injured by the rebound of a part of Vie broken wheel. Neither train was thrown off the rails, Sad the express was not travelling at above its thual speed. CHELaisioup UNION.—Tha contracts for the fol. trilig places, which suddenly,Ncame vacant, owing to do t in the contractors, - Were — on Tueiday last taken as tinder:—Bread, for the onion workhouse. and second district,' lit. B. Bryant, at 7 3 ,4 d. the 41b. loaf ; Ist district, Mr. George Markham, Scl. Flour for the union house, Mr. James 'Webster, sun., at 533. 65:1. , 2" -- er sack, of good seconds fl _our.— „Nsser Herald. The Conde de Monternolin attended on Monday "let at fps, House of Commons to hear Lord Juba Rus6ell's wpb. I W THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNIADAY 'MOR NING, JANt.UARY 27, 1847. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM MI MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—Lord John Russell explained last night, to a deeply attentive House of Commons, the measures which the Government have been able to mature for re lieving the distress and improving the social condition of Ireland. Never, probably, did the chaste and impressive eloquence of the noble speaker appear to greater advantage. Skilful in arrangement, perspicuous in narration, pointed and full of matter in reflection, preserving throughout the high and earnest tone of feeling and the statesmanlike dignity of manner which great occasions only seem to have the power of calling forth, • Lord John Rumen never once suffered at tention to flag until he wound up a two /oars' speech by a peroration which touched as if by magic every chord of . generous sympathy in the bosoms of his auditory, and drew" forth from men, who must have heard his general state ment with the most opposite impressions, a burst of unani mous and delighted applause. Deeply, most deeply pained are we to say, that our admiration for the noble Premier's speech cannot extend to his propositions. The policy which he developed last night is not a policy that will regenerate Ireland. It is almost enough to say of it— it is a scheme for improving that country through and by means of the landlords. They are to derive great and immediate benefit from it. We doubt exceedingly whether any considerable part of the good will go further; we speak with reference mainly to those of the proposed measures which are to have permanent effects. Before noticing them more particularly we shall dismiss, in a few words, those which are intended for the relief of the present distress. At this moment, 500,000 destitute persons, representing a population of at least two millions, are re ceiving relief from the Government in the shape of employ ment upon public works. The expense for the single month of January will be three-quarters of a million sterling. This ruinous system is to be replaced cautiously, but as speedily as possible, by a plan for giving relief is food, through local committees, without exacting work in return. The peasantry will thus he free to work for • farmers or on their ewn hold ings, and the expense of supplying them with food will be defrayed by local rates, subscriptions, and-'Gfiverirment donations. Of the probable expense of this new plan no estimate is given. We fear it will be enor mous. In connexion with this subject, we learn that of the vast sum already expended in poor relief on public works, and which was advanced as a loan, one-half is to be remitted. We do not know the precise amount, but a million sterling, or perhaps more, will thus be presented as a gift to the Irish landlords. True it is, as Lord John Russell says, that this will be a heavy burden upon the finances of the country at a time when dear food - and slackened coins merce already threaten us with a financial disorder and de • pression. True it is, as he also says, that 'it will prevent him from proposing other measures of a remedial kind, because the State cannot afford the expense of those measures-in ad dition to the gift to the landlords. True it is, as he again, ' and with true and lively foaling says, that the money thus to be given away is money tat has been paid on their soap, and their beer, and their tea, and their sugar, by the indus trious, selthelping, and now suffering people of this country. Nevertheless, these hard-earned, hard-wrung pennies are to be swept in a mass into the pockets of the Irish land lords. Why this great injustice should be committed we really do not know. But our readers will doubtless examine Lord John Russell's speech to see if it contains a reason. The chief remaining measure proposed for the relief of present distress is a loan of 50,0001. to the landlords, payable within a year, to enable them to purchase seed for their tenants. So much for temporary measures. But the measures for permanent improvement are those which deserve our chief attention. Their object should be, in the memo rable words of the Speech from the Throne," to raise the great mass of the people in comfort, to promote agriculture, and to lessen the pressure of that competition for the occupa tion of land which has been the fruitful -- source of crime and misery." What is the first of 'these- measures ? A new series of loans to the Irish landloms for the improvement of their own estates. We are not jesting, as sonic of our readers may possibly think. The matter is far too serious. The next measure is excellent in principle, but likely to be so limited in its operation that we should be sorry to stake the credit of the principl upon any practical results which can be expected to flow from it. The Government will undertake the reclamation of such waste lands as no private owner, even with the temptation 'of a loan from the State, can be tempted to improve. The last of the measures determined upon by the Cabinet is the extension of the poor-law. We do not wish to pronounce an opinion on this part of the plan without an accurate knowledge of the details, but we are quite sure that " the discretion of the guardians" will turn out in practice to be no discretion at all. It is painful in the extreme, we must repeat it, to be obliged to speak as we have done of the policy of the Government in reference to the greatest subject upon which they have to legislate. , But we cannot, con sistently with our own conviction rand with the views which we have repeatedly advocated, take any other course. By the proposed measures we believe that the landlords, and the landlords alone, will reap important benefit. They will be, in truth, as they have long been, the spoiled and petted children of the Legislature. Out of the starvation and dis ease and manifold wretchedness of their country they will find the means of repairing their shattered fortunes. A great public calamity they will feel and remember chiefly as having come opportunely to relieve them from the penalties of past improvidence. We confess we should have been heartily glad if a line of policy productive of such results, since it seems the inevitable doom of Ireland to be so afflicted, had been adopted by any other statesman than Lord John Russell. HERALD.—The intentions of the Government in relation to the relief of the famishing poor in Ireland were last night stated at considerable length by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons. The evil working of the public-works system has become so glaring that it is impossible that any Government should continue to pursue such a course. it was burdening the land, exhausting the Treasury, leaving agriculture neglected, and 'et failing to afford any adequate support to the people. While the peasantry were employed upon the highways by day work they relaxed at once their minds and their muscles by conversation and discussion, and when this evil was attempted to be remedied by task-work, a wonderful aecessioe of activity certainly took place, but the public money was unequally distributed, owing to the greater strength or industry of individuals. To meet this evil, the Government proposes to allow the passing of no more presentments, and for the purpose of facilitating the transferring of the people to other kinds of employment, to use the relief committees in each electoral division, which committees are to " receive subscriptions or donations from Government, and relieve the famishing people." This is pro posed as a temporary remedy, and Sir John Burgoyne goes to Ireland to organise the plan. Another temporary remedy is mentiered, in the shape of a vote to enable the landlords to supply seed for the next year to the small farmers who are enabled to procure it of themselves, so that the next year's crop may not be found wanting, and the great scarcity be so perpetuated. Of more permanent remedies these are three —the first, an Act to authorise the advance of money to landlords, for the purpose of draining, at 344 per cent., pay able in 22 years, and to enable tenants for life to alienate part of their e. tates ; _the second, the expenditure of a million in the reclaiming of-ieaste lands; and the third, a reform of the Irish Poor-law, by which the poor shall have a right to relief, which at present they have not; by which out-door relief will be given to the old and infirm, and where the workhouse is full to the able-bodied. These are in substance the measures by which Ministers propose to meet the crisis —measures which, had some of theta been adopted when they were pressed upon the attention of Governments fre quently within the last half century, would have tended to save us from the occurrence of such distressing disasters as that under which Ireland now labours. As parts of a plan we must approve highly of some of these. Two of them we have taken all proper occasions to advocate—viz., the .ad vances for drainage and the enlargement of the poor-law. The advances for the purpose of drainage, when made with strict security that no malversation shall be committed, cannot fail to be of infinite advantage to the country. It is lost time to inquire how it has come to pass that the Irish landlords are so poor as to be utterly unable to expend that money in drainage and improvement which the condition of the land demands. For statesmen it i< enough to know that the fact exists, and that it is a fact with the nature of which the mode of its coming into existence has nothing to do. Attack and denounce as much as you may think right the extravagance of the last generation of Irish landed pro prietors, it may, perhaps, have some miraculous effect upon their successors; but do not use these assaults as a sufficient answer to a proposition for the ameliorati n of the people, and the removal of the annually-roc irring distresses hich make Ireland at once a loss and a eisg,ace to the empire.. It would, we are satis fied, astonish the public more than any other monetary re velation, if it we e possible fully to expose the usurious in terest which Irish proprietors have been compelled to pay for money, owing to those multitudinous and complicated embarrassments of their property which are sufficient to puzzle the most acute. An early and sufficient measure of the nature of that which Lead John Russell now proposes might have done much to avoid the disasters that have since resulted. Late as it is, however, much good may be done by it, more especially as it relieves the borrower from the necessity of having all operations performed under the super intendence of 4 pe Board of Works. DEATH OF ADMIRAL D'ARCEY PRESTON.—This distinguished officer died on the 2lst inst., at Askar, in the county of York, aged eighty-tWo. He was a native of that county, and at a very early age entered the naval service as midshipman. His various commissions were thus dated : Lieutenant, November 10, 1790; commander, April 4, 1794; post-capt a i n , June 13, 1796 ; rear - admiral, August 24, 1819 ; vice-admiral November 12, 1840; and admiral of the blue, November 23,1841. The latter rank WEI 3 obtained by the brevet of November, 1841, on the occasion of the birth of the Prince of Wales. By the flag promotion of the 9th of November last, the gallant officer was advanced from the blue to the white. His services were chiefly rendered by coasting, cruising, and watching the enemy in their strong holds, &c. He commanded the seamen of the Boyne at the reduction of Martinique, and at the storming of Forts Royal and St. Lucia in 1794. He was captain - of the Blanche man-of- war, in company with the Minerva, in the action with the Spanish squadron, in 1794. The deceased was a magistrate, as well as Deputy-Lieutenant of his native county. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Monday morning, at at; early hour, a fire, nearly attended with loss of life, broke out at the Dyers' Arms public-house, 58, Long- alley, Moorfields. The flames were first discovered in the kitchen, and had com municated with the club-room and spirit stores before any of the inmates could be made sensible of their danger. After considerable trouble the residents—eleven in number —were aroused; but the house was so full of smoke that some of them were unable to descend by the staircase, and Mrs. Chapman and another party were saved by the escape be longing tot he Society for the Protection of Lif e f rom Fire. Two of the lodgers did not effect their escape u n til th e f i re had penetrated their room, and they were trifiine workhouse. The were placed in a cab and conveyedto the Theengines being set to work, the fire was extinguished, but not until several rooms were burned, and the dwelling house and contents were serionsly damaged by fire. The building and contents were insured in the Sun and Licensed Victuallers Fire-offices. - REDUCTION OF BEER. SPIRITS, AND BREAD.— Monday morning a great number of the licensed victuallers displayed the following in their windows :—" Beer and spirits at the original prices; thanks to Lord John Russell." They are now charging 3d. and 3 1 / 2 d. per pot over the counter, a and 4d. and 4%(1. in the house. Most of the of the 41b. loaf. baker s at the west-end of the itet-opolis yesterday morning . tuality, and The y 8 d reduction of a halfpenny and a penny in the price i aLe i . now charging C 9 h d a . r gi }or the best , ' "household lbOrde. bread. d f o . r , We are sor t ' t y o announce the decease of Mr. Ward, the extensive . and well-known g 9Y2 d shipowner. - 13OUBERY AT 13E Aco HON. GRANTLICY F. 14.1 1 LODGE, THE SEAT OF THE last night forwarded to the 1- r ' ' M.P.—lnformation Was 22d, or early on the mornin€rofetatlethat on th e n i g h t of the attached to the p rem i ses of the Ho 2n.3'(1, instant, an o u th ouse Beacon Lodge, Hant s , was b roken into, an ra a nty F . Berkeley, perty stolen therefrom, viz.. —Six long-eared ;11311"-ing pro two young game cocks, trimmed; six bantamsan sh rabbits bens, veral other birds of value.and se A boy about twelve years of age was comtnitted for trial on Monday from Marylebone Police -court on a sharp e having stolen A pennyworth of plum pudding. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Jan. 25. IN RE PENDICR. The arguments in this case having concluded to-day, His LORDSHIP delivered judgment. This was a case in which certain items of a solicitor's bill had been disallowed by the Master. In considering one of the items, which related to the putting in of an answer, the Master had proceeded upon the notion that it would have been of no use to the client. He thought, looking at all the circumstances, that that was a matter which admitted of no small doubt. With respect to some briefs, which had also been disallowed by the Master, he had heard nothing to show that the Master had acted erroneously, and he was therefore bound to confirm his report in this particular. One of the items was for briefs alleged to have been drawn out, and certainly they appeared to be important to the client's case, but as no copies of them had been fur nished to the Court, he could not act upon his views with respect to this item. The only remaining item was for office copies that had been furnished in a cross suit, and in this case it appeared that they were necessary to enable the suit to be prosecuted. He would take time to look into the affidavits before he decided with reference to these particular items. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 26. EAGZR V. GRIMWOOD. In this CA33 the Court consented to grant a rule upon the affidavits, but.at the same time wished to express their strong opinion to the Learned Counsel engaged upon both sides as to the desirableness of the parties coming to some arrange ment between themselves, which should prevent the Court from hearing anything further of the cause. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - - Mary Parsons and Theodora Phillips, two l oose * om e n were charged by a cabman on suspicion of stealing a watch and eye-glass. It appeared that the cabman had been bailed by a gentle man and the two prisoners, about half-past ten on Monday night, in JermyelFstreet, and was ordered to drive to the Red Cap, Camden-town, and thence to several other quarters and public-houses, till:they reached the Regent's Quadrant, about half-past one o'clock. The gentleman got out very groggy, without paying the hire or the glasses of brandy and water, which the cabman bad made good to the publican out of his own purse, and, after murmuring something about returning, wriggled out of sight. The cabman waited about halt an hour for the gentleman's return, and. as the ladies inside become rather noisy in their mirth, he asked them to pay the fare. They denied having anything belonging to the gentleman, and therefore refused to pay it. He saw one of them with a watch in her hands, and the other with a pair of gold eye-glasses, the ribbon and the guar d o f w hi c h were both broken ; he therefore drove them to the station house. Both the prisoners admitted that the gentleman had given them the watch and glasses. The Magistrate ordered the watch and glasses to be re tained until the gentleman was identified and the cabman paid, and the prisoners were discharged. WORSHIP-STREA 71 Austin Monroe, who had been transported for seven years for breaking into the dwelling-house of the Rev. Dr. Moore, was brought up for re-examination on Monday, en the charge of having committed divers burglaries and robberies. Seageant Brennan, of the detective force of the G division, stated as follows :—That on the 23d of December the premises of Mr. Burdoe, clothier, Goswell-road, were broken into, and property amounting to upwidds of 4QU was stolen, and amongst the rest was a cloak, which was pledged at the shop of Messrs. Alton and Walker, Hackney -road. He proceeded on Sunday, the 10th inst., to the prisoner's lodging, and upon his person he found a duplicate relating to the cloak, as also several others, touching property also belonging to Mr. Burdoe. He also found upon the person of the prisoner several implements of housebreaking. In October last the prisoner. with another, broke into the premises of Messrs. liugham and Co., tailors' and drapers, City road, and succeeded in carrying off with them pro perty amounting to 2001. 'Messrs. Huffham's premises were also entered last month, and goods to about the same amount were stolen. The prisoner had for some time been seen lurking about the neighbourhood. The prisoner had been summarily convicted of stealing glass from the White Conduit House, and twice in the City for at tempting to commit felony. In the month of June last the prisoner, accompanied by another individual, went into the shop of a Mr. Jackson, tailor and draper, and intimated to the shopman that he was anxious to speak to his master on particular business. The shopman hastened to inform Mr. Jackson,. but on the latter coming into the shop, the birds had flown, and with them a large roll of cloth had made its disappearance. The shopman had identified the prisoner. The depositions having now been made out, the prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court, at the Old Bailey. , A :tall young man of genteel appearance, named li ving Bowling Noble, was charged with singing and creating a disturbance, in company of others, in the public • street, 'at one o'clock on Tuesday morning. Police- constable (1 62 said, that he was on duty near Finsbury-square at the above time, when he observed the defendant, with several other gentlemen, emerge from a tavern called the " Fox," and they all commenced singing. The defendant left his companions and crossed the road, and commenced a violent knocking at the door of a beer-shop. Witners then said, if he did not go away he should take him into custody. Defendant replied, that he (witness) was his servant, as he paid for his maintenance. He then conveyed him to the station-house. His companions bailed him. The defendant, in denying the other part of the charge, said, he could not deny that he was singing, but that, in doing so, he did not know that be was committing himself. The MAGISTRATE said the defendant must pay a fine of 10s. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, JAN. .25, 1847. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will had Levees, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock : —Friday, 12th February next; Wednesday. 24th February next. _ _ _ N. 8 .- The Knights of the several Orders are to appear in their Collars at the Levee on the 24th February, it being a Col lar-day. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVE!) AT THE QUEEN'S LEVEES, AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The Noblemen and Gentlemen who purpose to attend her Majesty's Levees, at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names dearly "'Mkt' Cresson, one to be left with the Queen's Page in at tendance in the Presence-chamber, and the other to be de livered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those gentlemen who are to be presented are hereby in formed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the name of the Nobleman or Gentleman who is to present them, should be sent to the Lord Chamberlain's-office, on the Wednesday previous to the Levee on the 12th February, and on the Monday previous to the Levee on• the 24th February, on either day before twelve o'clock, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation • it being her Majesty's oommand that no pre sentation shall be made at the Levees but in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly requested that in every case the names be very distinctly wt iiten upon the cards to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain. in order that there may be no diffi culty in announcing them to the Queen. The state apartments will not be open for the reception of company coming to Court until half past one o'clvek. Notice is hereby given, that all persons, having petitions or addresses to present to her Majesty at the Levees, are to write on two cards, with their names, a statement of the object of such petitions or addresses, and the names of the persons from whom they come; one card to be delivered to the Page in the ante-room, and the other to the Lord Chamberlain, who will read its contents, at the time of presentation to her Majesty ; and, on these occa sions, no other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty. A deputation to present an 'address is not to exceed four persona', LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, JAN. 25. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Draw ing Room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 25th of March •ext, at two o'clock. N:B. The Knights of the several Orders are to appear in their Collars, it being a Collar-daft% REGULATIONS TO BE: OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM. The Ladies, who purpose attending her Majesty's Draw ing -room are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names legibly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's Page in attendance in the Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. And those ladies who are to be presented, are hereby in formed it is absolutely necessary that their names, together with the names of the ladies who are to present them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's-office, before twelve o'clock on Monday, 22d March, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Majesty's command that no presentation shall take place unless the name of the lady presenting, together with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, which names shall correspond with those previously sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's office. It is particularly requested that in every case written cards only be delivered. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Caroline Fanny Cavendish to be one of the Maids of Honour in Ordi nary to her Majesty, in the room of the Hon. Frances Ca therine Devereux, resigned. WHITEHALL, JAN. 4. The Queen has been pleased to -present the Rev. James Anderson to the church and parish of Kirkden, in the presbytery of Arbroath and shire of Forfar, vacant by the death of the Rev. David Carruthers. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 25. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Hobart Lord Howden to be her Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 26. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of New Sarum—William James Chaplin, of Ewhnrst park, in the county of Southampton, Esq., in the room of Ambrose Hussey, Esq., wbo has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. ADAIRALTY, JANITA ItY 22. The following promotions have this day taken place, con sequent upon the death of Admiral , of the White, D'Arcy Preston : Admiral of the Blue Stephen Poyntz to be Admiral of the White. Vise-Admiral of the Red Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., K C. 8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Sir John Acworth Ommaaney, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir John Wentworth Loring, K.C.8., K.C.H., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red William Henry Brown Tremlett to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Thorns., Brown to be Rear- Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue William Croft to be Rear-Admiral of the White. [The following article is substituted for that which appeared in the London Gazette of Friday last, Jan. 22. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. xu.Anx TEAK.- Kr= VICT. January 21. This Court will, on Tuesday, the 2d day of February next, and the two following days, and on Monday, the Bth day of February, and the five following days, holding sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business in the New Trial Paper, the_ Crown Paper, and the Special Paper, and giving judgment in cases then pending. BY THE COURT. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. John Newman, Esq., - to - be - Deputy-Lieutenant ; Colonel Nathaniel Alves, Esq., tcr be Deputy-Lieutenant, Jan. 4. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry-- Charles William Jebb, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Sawyer, resigned, Jan. 22. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry. —John Savile Lumley Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice William Samuel Clowes, resigned, Jan. 22. WHITEHALL, Dm. 29, 1846. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Alexander Frederick Patterson, of Southampton, in the county of Southampton, Gent., to be a Mister Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Cramp, cowkeeper, Garlinge, Margate. Patrick O'Hanlon, draper, Liverpool. James Dale, jun., carman, Sumner-street, Southwark. BANKRUPTS. Frederick Ricketts and Trevenen James, merchants Moorgate-street, City, to surrender Feb. 5, at half-past twelve, and March 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birehin-lane ; Til sons, Squance, Clark, and Morris, Coleman-street. Marmaduke Wilkin, ship-broker, Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 2, at one, and March 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Espin, New Boswell-court, Carey street. Thomas New stead, linendraper, Norwich, Feb. 5, at twelve, and March 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Torkington, New Bridge-street; Tillett, Norwich. Owen Richards, law bookseller, Fleet-street, Feb. I, at half-past one, and. March 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Lewis, Gray's Inn-square. John Thomas:Kent Sloan, confectioner, Manchester, Feb. 6, at eleven, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Wathen, Basirghall-street ; De Lars, Manchester. Ackroyd, grocer, Calverley, Yorkshire, Feb. 9 and March 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Co., Gray's Inn; Cariss, Leeds. Charles Dobb, mason, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Feb. 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Sheffield District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Taylor, John -street, Bedford-row; Backer, IL therham. William Reynold, jun., confectioner, Leeds, Feb. 6 and 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Jones and Co., John- street, Bedford-row ; Ilarle and Clarke, Leeds. Joseph James Cannabe, fringe manufacturer, Bath, Feb. 9, and March 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Rickards and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields; Hinton, Bath. Edward Christian, shipsmith, Liverpool, Feb. 5, and March 5, at eleven at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry; Hodgson, Liverpool. Thom as Smith, commission agent, Manchester, Feb. 8, at twelve, and March 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pat, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Char lotte-street, Bedford-square; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkin son, Manchester. . I. ohn - .7!;*otWill, grocer, Falmouth, Feb. 9, at eleven, and March 9, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hallman, official assignee, Exeter; Moorman, Falmouth; Bishop and Pitts, Exeter; Tippetts , Pancras-lane. John Robinson and Thomas Turlay, sharebrokers, Leeds, Feb. 6 and Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Leeds; Few and Co., Henrietta street, Covent-garden ; Upton, Leeds. Andrew Scott M‘Laurin, warehouseman, Bradford, Feb. 6 and Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Reed and Co., Friday-street, City; J. and H. Richardson, Leeds. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. William Ashdown, ironmonger. Chatham—first div. of ss. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 25, and two following Mon days, at the o ffi ce o f Mr. Cannan,kirchin-lane, City. W. Walker, merchant, Wortley. Yorkshire—final div. of 64d. in the pound, on any day after Feb. 1, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Lawton, woollen manufacturer, Hey, in Stalev—final div. of 3d. in the pound, on any day after Feb. 1, at ate office of Mr. Young, Leeds. F. and S. Shute, woollen manufacturers, Crediton, Devon shire--a div. of 2s. 614 d. in the pound, and a div. of 65. Id. in the pound on the separate estate of S. Shute, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Hodges, cloth worker, Kingsgete-street, Holborn, Feb. 19, at one—J. Linnit, goldsmith, Argyll-street, Regent street, Feb. 16, at two—B. Marshall, tallow molter. High Holborn, Feb. 19, at two—H. Drury, half-pay captain, B. N.► Southsea, Feb. 18, at eleven. In the Country. T. Rickard , :, watch maker ; Wotton-under Edge, Glouces tershire, Feb. 19, a t e l even , a t th e Bristol District Court —J. Knight, butcher, Wigan, Lancashire, Feb. IS, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—w. Cross, lead merchant, Chester, Feb. 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court —W. Cameron, confectioner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—T. H. Spence, tailor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 16, at half past ten, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—G. Crawshaw, cloth merchant, Leeds, Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—R. Oxtoby, miller, Wansford, York shire, Feb. 16, at ten, at the Hull District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. D. Adam, bookseller, Paternoster-row, Feb. 18—W. Dunn, licensed victualler, Vine. street , Piccadilly, Feb. 25—D. Pattie, St. Alb; n's-place, Edgeware-road, Feb. 20—E. Bryant, merchant, Lime-street-square City, Feb. 19—G. Burgess, coachmaker, Ramsgate, k eb. Boult, grocer, Isleworth, Feb. 17--E. Hopewell and A. Thacker, clothiers, Leadenhall str. et, Feb. 17—J. Borer, grocer, Exmouth-street, Clerken well, Feb. 18— E. Garbett, banker, Skinner's -place, Sise-lane, City, Feb. 17—R. H. Besrt, wine merchant, Great Yarmouth, Feb. 18—J. Spence, glass dealer, Queen-street, Charles square, Hoxton, Feb. 18-- , G. Willding , miller, Dartford, Kent, Feb. 18—L. and C. H. Wood, carpenters, Willow walk, Bermondsey, Feb. 18—T. Gammage, and J. Mott, cheesemongero, Droad-iitP?et, bloonalbury, fob,l9—w, 13, Briddick, dealer in iron, Durham, Feb. 16 —W. Cameron, confectioner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 19—C. W ilcock son and W. S. Barrick, stock brokers, Hull, Feb. 17—A; J. Francis and A. Percival, slate merchants, Liverpool, Feb. 16 —J. J. Jackson, wine merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 16—G. Lewis, apothecary, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Feb. 16—S. G. Burton, gas manufacturer, Sidmouth, Feb. 16—G. Ilobotham, currier, Stafford, May 4—lt. Gaunt, farmer, Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, Feb. 16—H. J. Palmer, grocer, \Vantage, Berk shire, Feb. 16—J. Shaw, builder,- Bolton-le-Moors, Lanca shire, Feb. 16—T. Morris, linendraper, Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Feb. 16—T. Thompson, grocer, Brighton, Feb. 16—J. Churchyard, buildr, Cole Harbour-lane, Brixton, Feb. 16. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. I Price Annum. Share. £ d. X s. d. tustralasia ...... •• • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Brash North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - :lommercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 ..... SI. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr . 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 28 London Joint-Stock ..• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 iA Metropolitan 25 0 0 7 10 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 46x.d Ditto, New... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland • • bl. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Nat. l'rovncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 1 3514xd Ditto, Xew... ••• . • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia...• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of London. • . W. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - INSITILANCE COMPANIES. • Dividend Amount Same of Company. per of Paid. Pric, Annum. Share. X s. d. X e. 1. Albion •••••••• • • • • • • 3/. 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Set. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 1414 Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 514 Atlas 13s. 6d. pr ch. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 1 4 British Commercial 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 inericl,sled.&Gen.Life .51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 10 ::ounty .. •• • •• .• 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 Crown • ••• • • • 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - I Eagle . 6a. 50 0 0 5 0 0 514xd Eng.& Scot. Law .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Europeaa Lite ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .• •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 (:lobe - 132 xd Guardian Imperial Fire .• .•• • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 230 Imperial Life 12s. 100 00110 0 0 - Indemnity Marine.. .• 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 i 513 1 31 Law Life-- IL Se. 100 0 0110 0 0 - .egal and General Life 50 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 , 4 . ...nalon Fire .. • • .... 10s. 25 0 0 i 12 10 0 15 .ondon SIOp •.•• .• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 i•tarine ........... 5/. per cant. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - red. Invlld & Gen. Life 4141. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - National Life. t alladittin Life ...... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2ad "haenix ........ 3/. p. ct. & bs. - 195 Protector Life.. Provident Life.. • . Rock Life 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4N Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. Sun Fire •• Ditto Life .......... 11. 61. 49 Universal Lite ....... lON/. pr entlloo 0 6 15 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. s. d Bank of Scotland ...• • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 17614 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 1 158 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 220 Commercial Bank ...• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14/. 0,, IJnionßank of Scotland 7%1. pr eent. - 50 0 0 9 114 Western 8ank.... . • . 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 845 4 North of Scotland I;ank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7 Clydesdale Bank .. 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 1314 Eastern Bank .• • • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 1214 Caledonian Bank - 210 0 41. 96 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 71. Os City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. 73 Scottish Union Ins. Co. .51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. id Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 1414 Incur. Co. of Scotlnd • • 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. i 974 North British Incur. •• 5 I. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 2714 Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2214 Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin.&Glasg. Railway I /.10s. perc. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72 Ditto, 1,4 Shares 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17'4 Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 1814 Glitsgw & Ayrshir Rail. 7/.percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 694 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2!. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 16 '..gsgw& Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 2.5 0 0 All paid. 39> 4 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifeAssernce.l 51. per cent. 50 0 0 I 210 0 , 9 CANALS. .; 1 .; Dividend Companies. Names of 1 1 1.., Dlvidend „ A Names of r., per Price, Companies. A per - -ce. 5 Companies. .. Annum. cr. Annum. cr., X 1 £ Ashtn& 014 h 97 51.55. p e - Monmouthsh 100 81. - Aishby-d-la-Z 113, 4/. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley •• .. 160 12/. - Macclesfield. 1001 - - Basingstoke- 1 100 - - Neath • ..... 100 17f. - itrknk&Abrg , lso' 51. - Nottingham . 150 12/. - Cromford.... 100 14/. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 75 Dudley - lOOl 41. - Regent's .... 33 1/. ss. 20 Derby ••• • • 100 6/. I - Rochdale.... 85 4/. - Ellsmre&Chs 1331 , 41. 55 Shropshire.. 125 81. - E:ewash .• • 100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. - N'orth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. - Orand.l unctn 'lOO, 71. - Stffrd &Wore 140 28/. - t•rand Union l lool I/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - lilamorgnsh.l72l 13%1. - Stourbrido.. 145 201. 315' , ristr&Brkly 4001 - - Strtfrdon A V 79 1/. 10s. - :irantharn • • 1501 121. - Severn and 26 1/. Bs. Iludderstleld. 571 - - I Wye Rail. Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d. I 514 .Trnt &14r-1 50 301. - Lancaster ..• 471 11. 10s. - 1 sey, 1,4 sh. j Leeds& Livrp;loo 341. 622 1 4 - Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester ..••1140, 10/. 105 Worcstr & i7B 2/. 43 Leicstr &Ntlr 831 4/. ; 52 ; Binning. Lough boroghll42' 701. I - , Wilts & Brks 67 11. - same of Company. DOCKS. Dividend Amount per of Annum. ' Share. Paid. s. d. , s. d. 'ommercial ••.• • i 3!. per cent. ; Stock. :.sat and West India...' 6!. pr cent. Stock. ast Country' per sh. .100 0 0 f mdon •Ft. Katharine •• • • per cent. ' Stock. ' Southairpton •• .• 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 WATER-VVOILICS Dividend Amount per of Annum. Share. lame of Company. East L0nd0n.......... Si. Grand Junction .... •• 31. 10s. X s. d. 100 0 0 41 13 4 Paid. lent. Price. 21. 10s. 0 0 Vauxhall ••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middlese . . . 51.55. pr cut. 63 12 9 '134 xd 111% 99 40 Price, 202 xd 90 MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY LL.Y MA. ROIL . SMITIITIALD.—Meadow Hay, 215 a to 3/ 16s ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 12s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. Cod3Ent.AND.-111eadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 17s • Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 13s ; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1114. per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. WICITECIIAPIL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 3/ 14s; Clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 4/ 18s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12 a per load. Trade dull at the above quotations. (From the London New Price Current u of a r were Janu desirous January to SUGAR.—To-day importers of raw Suga r realise, in t anidi evalue bringing of al forwardl ri desc large ption parcels,ilst b u3eproducedrs were not de clinea o t ratelargely.ln private market tlndmiaMeut wasscova very oth rv e i business neline t transacted e in the ri limited in all sorts, and2oatnnradtshaenrd rclotwes; butrrates at private.T p h n e blicse a purc h a ses amounted to 255 hhclalegu2trecsncaenodf39mberrelshoafntsSt s . u L n u ni c i i a t t negr etoaallreddisopcotisoend of, ot the i prices ncons of Friday of Is per cwt. RErtvED.—To day the refiners generally did not appear disposed to lower their prices; but the home trade operated with caution in all sorts. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held for 36s per cwt; but thereat there are not many buyers. Matinums.—This afternoon two large parcels of Mau ritius Sugar, amounting to 13,599 bags, 441 casks, and 145 tierces, were submitted to public competition. The mer chants were desirous to sell all descriptions; but submitting to a fall on the rates of Friday of Is to is 6d per cwt, occa sioned nearly the whole to be disposed of, a part being taken by the brewers and di s tiller s . • EAST INDLL—This afternoon five parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 4,409 bags, were offered at public sale; but the demand was less active, and a part only f oun d p urc h asers at a decline on the rate s of Friday of 6d to Is per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day Foreign Sugar was less sought after by exporters, the home trade, and speculators; brit former rates were generally insisted up on . N one was offtred at public oh« A.OI.ASSE.S.—This afternoon only small parcels of West India Molasses were sold by private treaty at 24s to 28s for low to fine quality. At public sale 167 casks of Bengal Molasses only partly sold at 26s to 265 . 6 d per cwt. CoFFEE.—To-tlay there was a much better demand for Native Ceylon, and at the advanced rates of 41s 6d to 42s many parcels of good ordinary were sold privately. Fine Plantation is much in request, and brought better prices. SPICES. — BIack Pepper is still attracting attention, and the rates' paid have been fully equal to those previously current. Privately a good business has been transacted. Malabar was disposed of, fair good heavy brown lid to :41, and damaged 2d to 3hd per lb. White brought rather higher rates, and several purchases were made privately. Cassia Lignea is little wanted. Cassia Buds brought very full rates. Nutmegs have been dealt in with caution, and prices tend downwards. Mace is held for 3s to 4s, and but few purchases hz.ve been made. Ginger of ell sorts is wanted, and the parcels sold privately were at better prices. There are soma buyers of Pimento, and at . stiff rates ; but little is to be had. Cloves are offered upon mode , ate terms ; still few b:iyers are to be met with. SPIRITS.—To-day a fair amount of business was trans acted in Rum at stiff rates, proof Leewards selling at 43, and East India 3s 10d per gallon, proof strength. BAlll'mm—importers of rough are still willing sellers, and they submitted to a reduction on previous rates of 6d per cwt.; still a good demand prevailed. British Refined 'till sells freely at 30s 6d to 31s, but at which rate the Refiners are more inclined to receive contracts. For Nitrate of Soda a good demand prevailed at 17s to 17s 6,1 per cwt, and the stock is still on the decrease. Ott.s.— Prices have not improved for Cod Oil, as merchants are willing sellers. Seal has been more freely dealt in by the home trade, but there is scarcely any export demand; there is a fair supply, still prices are firm. Southern is wanted, and no furtherdecline in price has taken place. Sperm is in ex• cellent request, and previous improved rates are well sustained. In Olive Oil extensive purchases have been made, and prices still trend upwards. Rape Seed Oil has been sold to a large extent, and at firm rates. There is. still only a small supply of Cocoa Nut Oil, and it being much wanted, prices rule high. Palm cannot be quoted much dearer, but large purchases have been made. Linseed Oil is less pressed for sale, although there is yet A plentiful supply, but the home demand is on the increase. For forward delivery the operations are upon a more extended male. The tendency of prices is upwards. In Lard Oil se veral purchases have been made at 441. to 461. per tun. TALLOW.—Holders of all descriptions generally have eon' fidence, and supply the market sparingly, although pried rule high. The rates paid for Russian on the spot have been *early equal to those previously current. Sales to a fair ex tent have been made for delivery in the next two months at els 9d to 525, and for October, November, and December several contracts were concluded at 45s 6d to 465. Home made is still much in request, and fetch the high rates of 523 to 535, nett cash. qt Sof ROBERT J. Ctn. YEK pie Shnileg each. bY post Oen and a11zp4u,...• ON SINGLE and"MARRiED LIFE (An Original Medical History.) CONTENTS:. Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restraint—Ml direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity -- Maternal Influence—Pbei:ortiena of Gestation—On Infelicitossaa ( Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—toe Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical 'Lapeer `e. &c. 2. On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS (An Essay for 1846.) "Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature, and by art acquied. Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen. Which young and gentle,. the matured and sago, The lonely and thu mated—all sustain. In kindly spirit, herein counsel's Orli, How health, how hope, how happiness to gen: 3. WHIT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID With Diet Tables lonall Complaints. Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil feeling good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob servance of the instructions herein containe the feeble, tito ger" veusly delica e, even to the most shattered constitution, MAI ge4al e the greatest amount of physical happiness, and reach ii kealtli the fall period of life allotted to man. " How we should live—whet eat, what drink, what shun, To reach in health full throeSCOre years and ten." These interesting little vo.tulaell, ,ugh bearing upon subjects very delicate Import, as their will be found of !mine.. curable and general utility, for they tell of matters every Living era* tore able h understand ought to know, but which information I* these enlightened times, except that quality promulgated throng. questionab a hannels, is at a very terrible discount. In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden tretkf nature, ct human disappointments and their ways of relief, It is WI. contended that every ro-ader shall become his or her own ?brac t " any more than their own lawye., it is insisted upon that W. should know the simple principles of our own organization, the hats whereby our existence and the 131111 C thereof in their several Malin , states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our indirldua, capacities in the fancily circle, and the terms on whi c h th e he a lth and happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely. /3y such knowledge, and which is herein fait/111111y impart"; health will be found to be in our ow n k eep i ng, an d hapPine!' within the attainment of all, by the availment hereof in fulfillinl our duty to ourselves, we secure the like advantages ea oar offspria to follow, and finally by the cultivation of oar faculties, which 1 I in consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body m a f be exalted to the summit of perfection, as bust becomes the highs of God's creations. 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A A BENEVOLENT E CCENTRIC. —Th e eccen t r i c 00' benevolent Miss Catherine Lee, late of Kensington-beto r ; and of Knightsbridge, has left to the Hospital for Curio" Diseases of the Chest, lately built n ear b er f ormer res idence; at Old Brompton, 2001. ; to the Charing-cross Hospitals t b „ eharity-schocis of St. Giles-in.the-Fields and St. , Georg Bloomsbury, the National Benevolent Institution, and. the _" l Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t o A n i ma l s , 19 gui o 7 o , each. She has shown a tender r egar d f or h er little Petit wishing her bird to be given to her attached servant, H of might pine with a stranger, and leaves her an annuitY. c i , 30/. ; she is also to have the care of h er favourite aPani•to and to receive 3s. 6d. a week for its support ; the favonfila parrot she leaves to a grand-niece, w h o i s to receive lOL 33%, as long as it lives. She h as l e f t numerous specific and Pd.. cuniary legacies to her neph ews and n i eces. To her g „ " ot l son, Richard Carter, no w i n A mer i ca, is to be trans unt oi a large Bible, with n o t es , i n two volumes, which she valued ; she has directed several rings to be made by bei Mortimer, of New Bond-street, to contain a portion of 1 4 hair, and to be presented to those mentioned in her nil• and that all the ladies who inquired after her during her ness should have gloves sent to them ; she named her 11 d, deriaker and the place of interment, her coffin to be Of 1e4 2 0 enclosed in a strong polished oak one, well nailed, but to bad, no cloth or other cover i ng . S uc h o f h er nep h ews and gran j ai .„ nephews as should attend at her funeral t o b e presented _" 03 43 five guineas each for travelling exp enses . Sh e has left 0 c to of her freeholds to be divided among her nephews and n'e t , The residue of her property, real and person a l, s he lea:: 0, her niece, Miss Elizabeth V. Ca r t er , w h o ( w i t h Mr. vl Saltwell, of Carlton-chambers), is her e xecu t or . Her p' sonal estate was valued at 6,0001. 813. On the 17th inst., at Grosvenor- RTII place, Bath, the lady ()- J 11. MacLeod, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at the I'arsonage, Prince's Risborough, t he 14" of the Rev. C. E. Gray. of a daughter. On the 20th inst., the lady of G. B. Collier, Esq., R.N., of a 6°„i•the On the 21st inst., at Thicket Priory, Yorkshire, the wife Rev. Joseph Dunnin. ton Jefferson, of twin sons. dine °. On the 21st inst , the wife of William Hartz, Esq., at Id place, Camberwell, I,f a son. „ ri opeli On the 21st inst., the lady of Captain Francis Harrison, of %. Hall, near Poulton-le-loylde, Lancashire, of a son. zoeX On the 22d inst., the lady of William Beresford, Esq., o ` , court, Temple, of a son. On the 22d inst., at Cleveland-row, St. James's, Mrs. Ffytcis Hint, of a son. is Sc On the 22d inst., at the Craig, Bowness,Windermere, th e 16 Captain Sit Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bart., R.N., of a daughter. bard. On the 24th inst., Mrs. Joseph Taylor, of Clements-14ae,Low street, of a daughter.ter. MARRIED. Bar on ' John On the 21st inst., at Great Clieverel, Wilts, Nathaniel Bar,vin' J on of corsley House, to Mary, only daughter of the late Cap tain Nicholas, R.N. DIED. formerly On the 17th inst., at Dublin, Captain George Stewart , the 60111 trifles. widow of fie On the 21st inst., in Hyde-park-gardens, Harriet , late William Holland, Esq., aged 78. T.Yncb , On the 21st inst., Mary Eliza, the daughter of Dr. Jordan Earringdon street, aged 14 months. of On the 221 inst. Emma. the daughter of Mr. Henry r.""` Bermondsey, aged ' .8. On the 23d inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde park, Horace , t hird 00° af Allrrm;+u ~1n:n need 18 . . JI•4 1 u Al ULU 1 ULINc i . Ut 12;cinct Strand, Printer, at The ,S . u7C t ille,, N 0.112, strand. in tke of °Aa 64 VOY, in the Ceuhty eir Middlesex, Yr 000016,4 nay 21, 1841. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 25. LIBEL. —THE QUEEN * IN THE PROSECUTION OF SIRS. JANE 1 BARKER V. THE REV. MR ROBINSON. This case was tried at Gloucester some time ago, and ex cited much attention at the time. It was an indictment at the instance of Mrs. Barker for a libel, the libel complained of consisting of letters which were addressed to her by the defendant, expressing-his surprise that she should revisit Cheltenham after the reports which bad been spread as to her preiious conduct in the same place, and plainly charging her with having committed adultery. The letters bore the initials of ' 4 W. P. T)ie case now came before the Court in the usual form, and r. Sergeant TALFOURD (who, with Mr. Alexander, ap pelt4ed for the prosecution) prayed judgment upon the defendant, who appeared upon the floor of the Court. A great number of affidavits were banded in by both sides, -the treading of which occupied it more than two hours. Those of the prosecutiix went to show that there was no truth in the; allegations of the defendant, whilst those ,of 'the! defendant expressed his 'sincere regret that he had penned such letters, and attributed his conduct to the'excited state of his feelings at the time, in consequence of the reports which he heard. They further stated that he hatt made ai ample apology before these proceedings, and that he had offered to pay 501. towards the expenses in curted, which terms he understood were accepted. After dwflling upon the fact that he bad founded a Magdalen klotpital in Cheltenham, and that he had taken active steps to prevent prostitution, and to reclaim those who had fol low,ed, such a course of life, he threw himself upon the merciful consideration of the Court. be a r li 1 NoViiitteTELEdefve,nQda.Cnt.., and proceeded in mitigation t e a dd address ss o f theC punishment.o Court o n H dwelt, at some length, do the various o ffi ces which the de ndant had fi lled for the last few years. In 1844 he removed to Cheltenham, and, took a house on Pi eld-parade, within two or three doors of which Id . Barker occupied a house. She was frequently visited by nobleman whose name had beconfiltoo familiar in the re rds of public intelligence (Earl Fitzhardinge), and car ri es and other vehicles were constantly at the doors of her h se. To a gentleman of an eitcitable temperament, who ha pupils in his house, and who was living there with his i e, and being responsible for the morals of those pupils, and be g, moreover, a minister of the Gospel, this was an in tob rable grievance. There was everything to induce him to be ieve that the reports which had been spread as to her C co i duct in Cheltenham were true: Mrs. Barker was the wife of poor player, and came to Cheltenham, in the first in s ce, from a small town within two miles of Berkeley tle, with the hounds of the noble owner of which she was fr nently in the habit of bunting. Some stress had been I on the fact that the letters were signed with initials, namely, W. P., and that he thereby intended to fix their atthorship on someone else.- He had no such intention ; but as he wrote anonymously, he affixed these initials, a plan very frequently adopted by persons advertising for servants. H had addressed Mrs. Barker on the occasion of her pre virt us visit, but no notice way taken of his communications; a when he aderessed the letters, out of which these pro • ce dings arose, he believed that she was about to take up her r idence at Cheltenham. He, however, sincerely regretted w t the had penned them. It as, ender-Stood that the de fe4 dant would not be brought up for judgment at all, and nelgotiations and correspondence had taken place between thh parties to that end. but as the name of Mrs. Barker had been frequently mentioned in the painful correspondence w,sich had taken place between Earl Fitzhardinge and Mr. G•antley Berkeley, Mr. Robinson had been proceeded against, in order that the reflections which attached to Earl Fitzhardinge, in consequence of his connexion with Mrs. B rker, might be removed by obtaining a conviction, and M c zequently the assumption that rs. Barker was free from al .l picion. He held, however, that the apology which he bid offered was sufficient. ;Lord DENMAN inquired what the counsel for the prosecu film would deem a sufficient apology?: (Mr. Sergeant TALF.URD said the addition to the apology which, the defendant tendered was this, but he refused t accede to it :—" I greatly regret the annoyance which these letters have occasioned. and I hereby declare that the charges which they convey are wholly unwarranted." He refused to accede to this, or to consent that his refutation should be published in the newspapers, lie simply expressed hiss regret at having written the letters. - Lord DmistAx—Do you think there is anything in that which a_person sending such letters ought not to make? Mr. WHATELEY—NO, my Lord. :Loid DENMAN thought that the publication of such an apology could not be objected to, and that upon calm re flection the Learned Counsel would consider it his duty to advise his client to accede to it.' It was not one which he ought to refuse to make. Mr. WHATELEY did not hesitate, on the part of his client, to make the required apology. • Lord DEN3IAN—Then we may say that this pats an end to the proceedings. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD accepted the apology, on the pert of his client, and applied to the Court to make an order on the defendant to pay something more towards the ex penses of the proceedings than the 504 which sirs. Barker proposed , o devote to charitable purposes. Mr. WITATELEY said there were very grave reasons why the Court should rn t make such an order. .Lord DEN lAN said the 50/. must be taken as part of the conditions. He thought, however, that they ought not to add anything to it. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD intimated that Mrs. Barker never intended to impute that the annoyances which she received came directly from the defendant. The proceedings then terminated, and the defendant, who had covered his face with his hand, and bowed down his head during the whole period, then retired, and received the congratulations of his friends. AFoLOGY OF DEFENDANT. •I, the above-named defendant, hereby express my sincere and deep regret at having written and sent the letters form ing the subject of this prosecution, and greatly regret the concern and annoyance such letfifs have caused to the pro secutrix, and I acknowledge that the sending of them was unwarrantable and unjustifiable. DISNEY ROBINSON. Westminster, Jan. 25, 1847. THE QUEEN, AT THE INSTANCE OF HUMPHREY, V. THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER.. In this case, Sir F. THESIGER, with whom was Mr. Ter ritt, showed cause why a mandamus should not issue, com • nianding the defendants to restore plaintiff to his office as chorister in the cathedral of Chester. In September, 1845, plaintiff had been dismissed from his office on the ground of his voice being defective and not of suffi cient compass for the cathedral, while at the same time, in the words of the Learned Counsel, though he had an exceedingly bad voice, he had an exceedingly good character. The Learned Counsel contended, first, that he had never been regularly appointed and installed in the office of" chorister," lie having been a " conduct," or singing man of the cathedral, and not a " chorister," or singing boy, distinctions made by the statute of Henry the Eighth, under which the offices of the cathedral were founded. Secondly, that he had never been regularly appointed to the office of " conduct," which he did hold, and therefore could not be restored to an office which he never held. Thirdly, that the Dean and Chapter were not the parties against whom pro ceedings should be taken, the Bishop of Chester, as" visitor" of the cathedral, being the responsible party in such cases. On these consideration., as well as on the ground that he held the office "tilum bene cantaverit," and not " dum bene gesserit," the rule ought to be discharged. Mr. HILL (with whom was Mr. Welsh) replied. lie de nied the allegation that plaintiff did not till the office to which he claimed to be restored, and read a number of affida vits in support of his client's claim. It was not at tempted to be shown that plaintiff was guilty of any criminal misconduct, which was the only cause of dismissal specified in the statute. With regard to submitting the com plaint to the "visitor," he maintained that the latter had no jurisdiction, and after referring to some cases of an analogous nature, called upon the Court to maka the rule absolute. The COURT would take time to consider. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 25. IN RE . ApeLI CATION FOR A CERTIFICATE DORRINGTOX AFTER TEN YEARS.— This bankrupt, who was described as a miller, at Dinkswel l V a e n lw ai n , c i o i m er to ts, iss c i a on m , e i u ss p oe to d apply for f h o a r ck his as ce N rt o i_- fic t Mills, e nearu n under e vember, 1837. - The Solicitor said that his last examination was adjourned in consequence of the accounts not being prepared, but he shortly afterwards passed ; he had not, hewever, applied for his certificate, as since then he bad been using the mill grinding corn, but as his fathe r h e ld the farm, and was re sponsible for the rent, it had not been necessary for bankrupt to obtain his certificate. The COMMISSIONER—Then in fact he has been carrying on trade, not being certificated? The Somerton— Yeo, to the extent of working for a living, sdesirab i l s e m th ad e s b . ankrupt s b h u o t o n i d o now takehis t fa h t e h f e a r r e s dead,th presente d as application i t i The Learned COMMISSIONER said as there was no opposi tion, he would grant the certificate. an MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The Assistant-J u dge, accompanied by a full bench of magistrates, sat en Monday morning at 11 o'clock, for the hearing of appeals in quarter session. . BOLT APPELLANT, MALTBY RESPONDENT. ThIS was an a pp ea l b y M r . H enr y Ilolt, an extensive cattle salesman i n S m i thf i eld-market, against a decision of the re rspondent, one of the metropolitan magistrates, by which he ad judged M r. H olt, upon an information laid by the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Animals, to pay a line of 40 s. for cruelty t o two calves,' by conveying them from Croydon to Smithtield- mar k et w i th their heads hang i ng f r om the t a il board of th e cart. As this mode of convey ance wa s really a rexa ta quaftio between th e society and its supporters and the Smithfield dealers and farmers, the Court was much crowded during the hearing. A number of witnesses were examined on both sides as to the humanity of the practice, after which The . Learned Assismicr-JuDoE, in concurrence with the other magistrates (a the bench, said he considered that he charge of wanton c,ruelty had not b een ma d e out against Mr. H o lt i n t h e terms or meaning of t h e A c t of Parliament, and the con x Action must therefore be quashed. Mr. BA! , LANTLNE, on beh a lf o f th e a pp e llant, applied for costs against the soci'zty, but the Learned Assistant -Judge refused to grant the application. D ARItiG R ODBERr AT LADY FEVERSLIAM'S.- with "'bid; tween the b on , rs o f f i ve and nine on Monday morning some thieves effe c t e d an entrance from the Green Park, on to the kitchen roo f of the mansion occupied by Lady Feversham .they go t c l ear o f f : alBolbs.,nd stripped A of a quantity o f s h eet lead, weighing About T-J!' - - ATTEMPT TO MURDER. - - - - Considerable excitement Was created in this town on Thursday morning, by the report that a young man had cut the throat of a woman on the previous evening, in West street. From the inquiries we have made, we are enabled to give the following particulars of this melancholy and some what romantic affair. The name of the young man is Charles Smith, a native of Bridgenorth, but lately holdings situation in the office of Mr. Gibbs, surveyor of taxes in this town ; and that of the unfortunate woman is Jane Morris, who is a native of the same place. At as early age an intimacy com menced between the parties, which, after a time, became a mutual attachment; and, although the friends of Smith, who are very respectable, objected to .a union between the par ties, the intimacy continued, the result of which has been the birth of four children, all of whom are, however, de ceased. Smith remained at Bridgenorth, with his friends, until, we believe, about 15 months since, when he obtained a Government appointment ; and.previous to his being ordered to this town, had been fulfilliag•the duties of his situation at Bury St. Edmunds, where the unfortunate young woman had cohabitated with him. About three weeks since he left that town, having received-orders to proceed to Reading. His paramour, however, soon discovered his new abode, and in a few days after his arrival in this town, she made her ap pearance, and took lodgings at ; the house of Mr. Cray, grocer, in West-street. Smith also resided in West-street, at Mr. Martin's, tailor, and the young woman, who we understand is not more than 21 years of ; age, had visited Smith more than once at his lodgings previous to Wednesday last, on the evening of which day she came to see him, and was shown into his room up stairs, where they remained together nearly two hours, when the other inmates of the house were alarmed with dreadful screams. Mr. Martin, accompanied by a young man who resides in the house, immediately ran up stairs to the room whence the Sound proceeded, and on opening the door saw the unfortnnete young woman on the floor, and Smith standing over her. smithimmediately ex.- claimed to them, " She has Mit hist throat." ' Ari alarm was immediately given, and 151 r. Rusher, chemist, who *lves near, proceeded up stairs, while a messenger was dispatched to Mr. George May, surgeon, who quickly attended, and found a wound on the right side of her neck, but none of the principal arteries were divided. The wound was dresred ard the patient put to bed, after which a policeman was sent for and Smith taken into custody; but he strongly denies having attempted to cut her throat, while the unfor tunate woman has made, we believe, several rambling state ments with respect to the occurrence. The position in which Smith was seen looks certainly very suspicious, although there is no positive evidence at present to prove that he in flicted the wound. A razor stained with blood was found on the 'floor, and is in the possession of Mr. Houlton. We are happy to state that the unfortunate victim, who re mains at M and will be enabled, in ther. Martin course e in s,is of' going on favourab ly , atewdaye,tagive evidence against Smith, who will be brought up before the borough magistrates this morning, and no doubt remanded till Monday or Wednesday next, when the whole facts of the case will transpire.— Berkshire C. renicle. Chelmsford which uao eShaarragheci C t h m es d l e ia r n t i h ( e w c h or o on is coroner's now in a - THE PoISoNINGS IN ESSEX. A communication having been made to Si r G. G re y by Mr. Collins, clerk to the ma g istrat es of Saffron Waldo, in o nprissoencieur in e nc e of a letter vest with the murde rs of Jose p h an d James Chesham) in trusted to the matron of the g aol t o , post to Mr. T. Newport, farmer of Clavering, and which was forwarded to the com mitting magistrates, and by them to the Secretary of State's office, Inspector Shackell, of the metropolitan force, was sent down to Clavering to assist the local authorities in capturing Mr. 'l'. Newport, and in the collection o f evidence in the ca.s Mr. T. Newport w as a pp rehended on the 15 th instant, and on Friday last underwent an examination before Lord Bra, brooke and Mr. Birch Woolfe on the charge of aiding an . d ." abetting Sarah Chesham in administering poison to Soloman Taylor, the illegitimate child of Lydia , Tayl or . From the evidence of Lydia Taylor,' it appeared, that whilst she lived in the service of the mother of Newport, she became with child by hint, and that he urged her to take drugs to procure abortion, which she refused to do. A month after the birth of the child, Sarah Chesham Went to see her, said Newport was a good-for"-nothing fellow, and promised to esti again. She did call again, in a month or two after, at the hou3e of Lydia Taylor, and brought some tea, apple dumplings, butter, Sec. She took the child up in her arms, when it became sick, and she said she had given it a piece of sugar. She then begged Lydia Taylor to call on her at Clavering, and bring the child with her. She did so, when Chesham said she would take the child to its father, and ran across a field with it. Taylor followed, and overtook her resting on a bank, and saw her ptic, something in the mouth of the child, the lips of which were smeared with what looked I like ointment. She said she had given it a sucker.,, The child became very pale. A short time afterwards the child was left in charge of its grandmother, when Chesham again called to see it, and was seen to place some thing in its mouth. The child immediately became con vulsed, and exhibited s ymptoms of having been poisoned. Medical advice was afterwards procured, and it partially recca _ - e red • but having lin gere d a few weeks, it was seized w ith the former symptoms, an d died in October last. The mother of Lydia Taylor had ap plied to Newport for some assistance r her da guhter pre viously to the death of the child, whe fo n he sa remark at subsequent visits, and refused to relieve her. The ma , . on • gistrates were then applied to, and an order made him to pay 2s. 6d. a week towards the su pp ort of the child. Sarah Chesham was committed for an attempt to poison it before its death. Several witnesses deposed to havingseen Newport and Chesharn frequently together. The letter sent to Newport by Chesham was not read in de • the evidence, but was said to upbraid him with deserting her, with a breach of promise in not paying money promised to • i her if she held her tongue, and with accusations which are at present wrapped in mystery. he admitted tell- The prisoner made a very long defence • ing the mother of Lydia Taylor that s h e must get rid of the child; but denied being implicated in the transactions Mentioned by Chesham ; they had been trumped up to extort money from him. ire,. He was committed for trial at the ensuing ass THE WOR KI NG-MAN'S RELIGIOU S, MORAL, AND INTF,LLYCTUAL I MPROVEMENT S OCI ITY. --On t the Monday the annual meeting of th e a b ove soc i e ty was held a hall, Store -street ; the Earl of Radnor, t he president, waMusic s in the chair. He said the society on amongst t h e men employed in th e manufactory of Messrs. Maudslay and Field, Westminster-road, who established a library of religious and literary works, a few years since. 11is attention had been called to it, and finding that much benefit had arisen, he subscribed to it, and presented to it a variety of works: Having been requested to become president of the society, he had consented, and was glad to state that libraries for the workmen had been established in several other fact3ries. The Noble Earl expatiated on the good that mutt result from bringing within the reach of workmen the b , st books on the most useful topics. The report stated that tl.e library of Messrs. Maudslay and Fi e ld c,-,ntained upwards of 6(X) well-selected works, a ff or di ng amusem ent and instruction to thanks were voted to the noble ' 1,257 readers. Auxiliary societies were progessing favour ably, and wanted nothing more than to be more generally known. The Rev. Mr. Hughes of St. Pancras, and the Rev. Samuel Marchant, ha - e'ng addre3sed the meeting, ings terminated. THE SMITHFIELD MARKET powerful-lookin g NUISANCE.—Mon --president, and the proceed day afternoon a youth, named Radcliffe, while in the act of crossing the carriage -way of the eastern extremity of Lon don-bridge, was run against and knocked down by a very several others from Smithfield market. In addition to being most fearfully beast, which had proceeded in advance of trampled noon, the poor youth was very se verely gored by the infuriated beast,which appeared the more irritated by the screams of the foot-passengers witnessing the accident : ultimately, however, he was rescued from his pe rilous position, when it was found that the injuries sustained were of such a serious nature that the most alarming results are likely to follow. THE LATE 'ION. CHARLES STUART.—An inquest was held on Monday before Mr. Bedford, upon the body of the above-named gentleman, whose sudden death on the 21st i ns tant was recorded in ou r co l umns. Th e me di ca l ev id ence adduced proved that the dece ase d h a d di e d f rom apopl ex y, and a verdict of natural death was recorded. ► TZ PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Hember anti J. tii,;kinan, excavators, Bristol—T. Carr and W. Trenam, painters, Cnstleford, Yorkshire—H. Morton and W. Chapman, printers, Crane-court, Fleet-street—J. Wood, J. Kimpster, and J. Kimpst, r, woollendrapers, New castle-upon-Tyne-4. Sanders and T. Higgins, hide factors, Exeter—S. Bennett and D. Thomas, tea dealers, Bristol—H. Johnson and G. T. Young, ale merchants, Leeds—W. and T. Tayior. pawnbrokers, Manchester—J. Doubleday and R. Steward, _potato dealers, Norwich—A. Rushfortb and E. Tet low, painters, Huddersfield—T. Mitchell and W. Barrie, printers, Manchester—W. Prout and G. Bridgman. attorneys, Dartmouth—A. and H. Williams, ironmongers, Park-place. Kennington-cross—J. Tomlinson and H. E. Clarke, linen • drapers. Nottingham—T. B. Bourne and L. L. New all, cotton brokers, Liverpool—A. Joseph and H. Jacobs, sawyers, Plough-bridge, Ilotherhitbe—E. and T. Welch, curriers„ Lir,rpool—T. Smith and J. Webster, earthenware manufac turers, Prescot, Lancashire—E. Regan and D. J. Tellet, grocers, Douglas, Isle of Man—J. Beardsmore and S. Hall, silversmiths, Birmingham—D. Williams and D. Breese, attorneys, Portmadoc, Carnarvonshire—R. Leighton and J. Gilliespy, tanners, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—A. 11. Simpson and J. H. Steuart—T. and J. Chapman, bcoksellers, New gate-street—R. H. Robertson, J. F. Gloyn, and E. Faithfull, warehousemen, Manchester—R. 11. Robertson, G. A. Faith full, J. Jackson, and C. Fox, warehousemen, Watling-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIO::CS. Samuel Young, builder, Glasgow, Feb. 1 and March 1, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Manford and Wink, Glasgow. James Dawson and William Scott, woollendrapers, Glasgow, Feb. 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. Alexander Hume, share dealer, Glasgow, Jan. 30 and Feb. 20, at one, at the Pope's Eye Tavern, Glasgow. Francis Rae, hat manufacturer, Glasgow, Feb. 1 and 23, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Clark, Glasgow. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, lIBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 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