The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

WATER—WORKS. Dividend I Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prim Annum. Share. .E s. d. East London..• ••••• •• 81. 100 0 0 195 Grand. Junction .••• •• 31. 10s. 41 13 4 90 31. 100 0 0 Vauxhall .. •••••• •• •• 100 0 0 West Middlesex . . . 51.15s.prent. 63 12 9 ' 118 COURSE O}' EXCH Amsterdam ...... •• • - 12 12 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 8 Rotterdam .....• .. • • 12 12 Antwerp .............. 26 40 flainburgh .... • • 11.8. 14 8 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 26 - Ditto, 2* 30 Marseilles • • .. • 25 4 0 tourdeaux ......... 25 40 Frankfort on Maine.... 125 Petersburgh, 3 Us .. .. • . Berlin .. ........... Vienna, effec.flo•- •• •• Trieste; ditt0.....• .• •• Cadiz .. .. IN GE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. .... .. •• • • Leghorn .. .. .. .. .... .. 31 39 Genoa .. .... .. •• .. 29 49 Naples .. .. .. .. .. 39 Palermo, per oz.. ..... . 119 Lisbon.. .. • • . • • . • • • • . • 51 14 Oporto.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4134 Rio Janeiro Bahia .. .. .. .. Buenos Ayres .. .... • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. .. .... .. 8i1ba0...... ?HICKS Of BULLION, PIZ OZ, Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Barcelona ..... Saville ........ . ... .. New Dollars • . 0 4 9ti Portugal Gold Coin .. • 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 • Silver lu bars ...... •• • 4 11 EXTENSIVE DAMAGE BY FIRE. (THIS DAY.) About four o'clock this afternoon a dense volume of smoke was seen to issue from the wine stores under the pit entrance of the St. James's Theatre, King-street, St. James's. As might be supposed the greatest alarm prevailed in the neighbourhood, and it was thought necessary to send for the engines without delay. Fortunately those from the County, King-street, Chandos-street, Crown• street, West of England, and several of the City engines arrived, when, be it spoken to the credit of the water company, a most excellent supply was procured. As the theatre itself was supposed to be on fire, the alarm of course increased to the utmost extent ; but on the arrival of the firemen, they poured forth tor rents of water into the cellar from whence the smoke proceeded, whilst others tendered their services to the theatre; fortunately, it was ascertained that although situated so near the entrance to the house, not the least damage was likely to accrue to that establishment. The above account was obtained from the firemen of the house, and is truly authentic, so that reports to the contrary are unfounded. DANGEROUS COLLISION OF THE VANGUARD AND MINERVA STEAMERS. (By a Passenger on board the Vanguard.) The Vanguard left Greenock about half-past four on Friday afternoon, having on board about 20 cabin P ass engers- The weather was exceedingly calm and clear. When off Corsewall Point, about 11 o'clock, the Passengers being mostly in bed, a frightful crash was heard, and the writer, on reaching the deck, found that the vessel had come in collison with the steamer Minerva, f scene at this time was Dublin to Glasgow. The terrific. The captain and " crew, not being aware eef the extent of the danger, of could not allay th e fears the p assengers , w h o were rushing half-dressed on deck ; and a portion o f both crew and passengers were clinging with a short time, eager grasp to the boats. were s ome what the fears of the passengers what calmed, by the assurance :f g t e h re captain e that, although at the time of the collision they i n a very perilous position, yet, from y an v l t r e i p ect i on made of the damage, he was quite satisfied at there was no danger, but that he, nevertheless, considered it prudent to put back to Greenock. I would not take it upon myself to say who, in this case, was to blame. No doubt this will be made the sub;ect of judicial investigation. It must not be forgotten that you had, very recently, to report a somewhat similar accident, when a smack was cut in pieces by the Vanguard, and a young man lost his life. Certainly such accidents seem to demand mi nute investigation a 3 to the efficiency of the crews of our channel steamers, so that the lives of so many human beings may not be so often put in jeopardy. (FROM OUR GREENOCK CORRESPONDENT.) On Friday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, off Corsewall, as we are informed, the Van guard, on her trip from the Clyde to Dublin, and the Minerva, from Dublin to the Clyde, came into col lision, when both vessels, it is said, were going almost at full speed. The Vanguard was dreadfully shat tered in the starboard-bows, the iron plates of the hull and the timber wo rk of the gu nwale being stove in a s they had been sheets of pasteboard, and great part of the fore deck being carried away. The Minerva, irttrb Ettitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. N BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tize Gllici.2l List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19. ZOXNT-STOCK maxlcs. Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A d. Australasia ........ 40 0 os. d. 4 s. 0 0 0 Britslibiorth American 51. per Cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ' Commercial of London 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial.. ..... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Londn and Westminstr CI. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Lnulon Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Metropolitan •• . • 25 0 0 710 0 Pr3vincial of Ireland • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New....... • . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. , 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 j Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0, Ditto, New......... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.. • . 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 , Union of London... • . M. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 CANALS. . ..• per .: Dividend' Price. Names of I! Dividend Price. Names of t . . , i Companies. 4 per Companies. , 113 .... Annum. 1 i v, .....num.l -- - ----* '£ 4 i Lshtn& Oldhj 97 51.55. p e 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. , - Ashby-d-la-Z l ll3 41. .- Mntgemrysh 100 51. - Barnsley .. .. 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 15 Basingstoke.. 1001 - - Neath ......100 201. 340 Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. I 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - :',romford.. • . .100 . 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. j 40 Dualey lOO 4/. - Regent's.... 33 1/. 4s. 20 Derby .•• • • 100 6/. 63 Rochdale .... 83 41. 54 Ellsmrc&Chs 133' 4/. 54 Shropshire .. 125 81. - Erewash .• • 100. 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd 100 41. - De.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. GrandJunctn 100 61. j 80 Stfircl &Wore 140 281. 275 Grand Union 100, 11. 10s. 2l3t Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgnsh. 172 13•X1• 1 - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305 Ilistr & Brkly, 100 - , - Strtfrd on Avl 79 11. 109. - Grantham ' - Severn and 1I 26 IL Bs. 30 Huddersfield ' 57' - - Wye Rail. Kennt &A' 39 7s. 6d. , 5 Trnt & Mr../ 50 30/. - Lancaster 147 11. 10s. - sey • • _S Leeds& Livrp 100, 341. 503 Thams 80 .. ied 15 - - Leicester .. • . 1401 101. 75 Worestr &1 - 8 2L 41% Leiestr &Nth; 831 41. 36 Blnaling• 1 Loughboregh.,l42l 701. 530 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 Name of Company. DOCKS. I Dividend Amount I per of i Annum. Share. Paid. Price. X s. d. Commercial . • East and %rout India 6l. pr cent. Stock. East Country L rndon 51. pr cent. Stock. tlt.Katharine .... • • 5 per cent. Stock. Southampton ••.. • • • 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 I 0 0 0 X s. d. nwstrzaNcE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of i Paid. Price, Annum. Share. i Z s. d. £ a. d. Albion ........ -.. • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For 6 per cent. 100 0 0, 11 0 0 17% Ditto Marine. •• •• - 61. per cent, 100 0 0 ! 5 0 0 - Atlas .•••• • • - • ..... .• 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0; 5 0 0 14% British Commercial - 7s.per share 50 0 0 ! 5 0 0 6% Clericl,Med.Bt Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20% 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12s. 50 0 0 i 5 0 0 11 lilagle •••• • • • ..... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0; 5 9 0 5% Eng.& Scot. Law • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life ••- •• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. I - Freeniasons' .•••• .. • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe 6l. per cent. Stock. - , 124 Guardian •••• • • - 5 l. 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 ! 46! y Imperial Fire •• • • 6l. and bonus 500 0 01 50 0 0 210 Imperial Life •.•• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0, 10 0 0 14% indemnity Marine •. • . 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Life• •••••• • • • .• 1/. ss. 100 0 0, 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Lindon Fire •••. - • • 10s. 25 0 0 ' 12 10 0 - London Ship ..• ••• • • 10s. 25 0 0!12 10 0 - Marine. ••• • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0I 15 0 0 - Med. Invlid&Gen.Lite 43/. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Lean Fund 51. per cent. 20 0 0 , 2 10 0 - National Life 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Pluenix - ! - 185 Protector Life- • . ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 1 0 0 11. 3s. Provident. Lif- •. • ... 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life •• • ......... 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - 181 &m Fire ... •. • • • • • • • 61. 10s. - - - Ditto Life . • • • • • • . • • 11. 6e. - - - Victoria Life . - - 4 0 0 - LIST 07 SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. : Price. Annum. Share. , --- 4 a. d. £ a. d Bank of Scotland .• ... 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 ! 149 British Linen Company 8/. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank •• - 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 ! 162 National Bank. ..... .. 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 ! 13% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 I 87 Western 8ank........ 41. per cent. - 50 0 0 1 77 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 I 644 Clydesdale Ballk ••• • • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 ! 12% Eastern 8ank........ 5/. per cent. I - 10 0 0 ! 111. Os Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 41. 8$ Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. , - 5 0 0 , 61.9 a City of Glasgow Yank. 51. per cent.; - 10 0 0 , 121, 5s Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 1 20 0 0 1 0 0 1 1/. as Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12 Incur. Co. of Se,etlnd• • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. i 8% North British Incur. -5% /. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 \ 23% Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 225 i, Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. pers. 50 0 0 50 0 0 i 48 Ditto, % Shares 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. , 11% Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 50 0 0 1 - Glanw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent. 150 0 0 All paid. ! - i,llasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. ' 2.5 0 0 All paid. 18% Glsgw& Ganikirk Rail. 1 51. per cent. 25 0 0 AU paid. I 39 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. ' 39 standard LlfeAssernoe.l 51. per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 93( 10 18 10 18 TSB. SUN. LO7NDOW, which ran into the Vanguard, has got her stem com pletely demolished. The Vanguard, of course, put back to Greenock, and she and the Minerva are lying at the steam-boat quay, both in a very pitiable plight. We have not been able to ascertain the cau-e of this unfortunate occurrence, as those connected with the steamers seem unwilling to say anything about it. We hear it reported that the Vanguard had no lights exhibited at the time, and it is said by others that the Minerva was six points away from her proper course. There were, providentially, no lives lost, nor have we heard of any one being injured, although some of the Vanguard's forecastle berths were driven in.—North British Mail of Monday. prietors have 8,000 shares, at 500 florins each. It is their desire to form a company, and after deducting the sum of 30,000 florins for the reserve fund, 10,000 florins for improving the establishment, and 15,000 florins as the salary of the directors (these directors are the honourable contractors themselves), to divide the sur plus among the members.—Hamburgh and Flanders Papers. EMBITItGH CRIMINAL STATISTICS.—A half yearly report of crimes and offences which came under the cognizance of the Edinburgh police, has just been issued by the superintendent, Mr. Haining. It will be remembered that the return for 1846 gave an exceedingly favourable account of the state of local crime during that year, and we are happy to no tice that the data of the first half of the present t year promise a similar result at its close. As usual, he comparison of particular crimes with former returns varies ;—thus, while it appears that during the first half of this year shop-liftings and pocket-pickings have both deereased, housebreakings and robberies have in creased. The figure opposite the latter crime is 14, and includes those dastardly outrages com mitted on the public streets, which spread such consternation among the inhabitants last win ter, the perpetrators of which were nearly all banished. The number of housebreakings is given at 118; and like the two previous years, the majority were committed by day, in the proportion of seventy-four to forty-four—a circumstance which greatly reduces the value of the property stolen. Of 306/. abstracted by housebreaking, 1071. was recovered. The most in teresting part of the report, however, consists in the statement given how the cases were disposed of. While 432 persons were convicted in the Police Court, 374 were discharged for want of proof. Thus nearly as many escaped as were convicted, and this is invariably the case, arising from the na ture of the law which requires the evidence of two witnesses, which it is often very difficult to obtain, so that although there be no doubt of the guilt of the party, the ends of justice are defeated. 317 prisoners were remitted to a higher Court, of whom 42 were trans ported, 83 sentenced to imprisonment, and 157 disposed of without a jury trial, leaving 35 untried at the date of the Report.—Edinburgh Advertiser. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MR. BRITTON.—He remarks in his preface to the new publication of Aubrey's MS. on Wilts, that it is his intention now to devote himself to the autobiography which he has undertaken to write for the host of kind friends who have subscribed a large sum of money as a public testimonial to him.—Builder. LAW INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE COUNTY COURT, Oct. 18. WILLSHIRE V. WEST. This was an action to recover the sum of 201., said to be due from defendant to plaintiff, under circumstances arising out of the " Running Rein " affair of 1844. Mr. Townsend appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Waflinger for the defendant. Mr. TOWNSEND said Mr. Willshire was plaintiff, and Samuel West, landlord of the Masons' Arms, Edgeware-road, was defendant. The action was brought to recover 201., alleged by the plaintiff to have been received by the defendant for his use under the following circumstances :—ln December, 1843, defendant established a " Derby Sweep," on condition that a certain number of persons should subscribe one guinea each in order to be enabled to draw from a balloting-box one of a certain number of cards with the manes of horses, &c., on them. One of the conditions was, that he who should draw a card bearing the name of the second horse for the Derby of that year should receive 201. Plaintiff drew a card having printed on it " Colonel Peel's b. c. lonian, &c., by Whisker." In due time the Derby was run, Running Rein coming in first, Orlando second, and lonian third. If Running Rein had been properly qualified the present action would never have been brought, but the horse was dis qualified, and the consequence was that Orlando was pronounced the first horse and lonian the second. It had been decided in the Courts at Westminster, that legally Running Rein, though running first, was not the first horse. That decision was so well founded and reason*ble that he would not argue that point further. The moment that de cision took place plaintiff gave defendant notice not to pay over the money to any one except himself, that he claimed it, and, therefore, defendant could not plead that be was ignorant of the winner. The only defence he could make, unless he went on the tech nical ground of illegality, was that he would not pay at all. Having 'paid in opposition to the notice he had nobody but himself to blame. He would call the plaintiff to prove that he bad joined the society at the instigation of defendant ; that he had paid him one guinea and received his receipt for it; and he would then call witnesses to prove that defendant had re ceived a guinea each from other persona engaged in the society. He would then prove the practice of the society, and thought that, having done so, he would be entitled to a verdict. Mr. Wiltshire was then called, and proved that he had paid defendant a guinea towards a Derby sweep, and that, after the race in 1544, he had given him notice not to pay the second prize of 201. to any one but himself. The time for settling was named to be about a week after the race, and the notice was served before that time. Cross-examined by Mr. WALLINGER—This was in 1844, and the notice was served two days before the settling of the sweep. I did not serve the' notice, but I can prove that Mr. West read it, and that he re fused to pay in consequence, he said, of advice from counsel. By Mr. TOWNSEND—After I had applied to Mr. West for the money, he offered me 17s. 6d. for having drawn a starting horse. That fact proves, I think, the legality of the transaction. Mr. WALLINGER, for the defence, said this was a case that ought never to have been brought before a jury, except, indeed, for the sake of inducing the defendant to pay through fear of expenses, or of having his name and house injured by a suit of the sort. The jury, he believed, would not give a ver dict on the facts as stated. They would form their own opinion of them, and take the law from the Learned Judge. He would give an exact version of the facts :—The horse Running Rein, in point of fact, was the first horse, and Orlando the second for the Derby run in May, 1844. That being the case, the holder of Running Rein in defendant's sweep was en titled to a prize of 1001., and the holder of the second horse to one of 201. Amongst starters 221. were to be divided, entitling each holder of one to 17s. 6d. The question was whether, Running Rein being disqualified by certain persons calling them- - selves the Jockey Club, that could prevent him from being considered first horse in reference to toe Derby sweep ? The generality of persons managing these sweeps acted on the fact of his having been the first horse that passed the judge's chair, and distributed the prizes accordingly. Such was the impression on the defendant's mind, and he paid over the 100/. to the holder of Running Rein, and 201. to the holder of Orlando. Could any one suppose that, after having paid those sums, he should be obliged to pay them again because of a certain decision of disqualification by some persons or other ? The race was run in May, 1844 ; the time for payment of the prizes was early in June, and yet now, in 1847, the jury were called upon to decide what had been settled long ago. This was not a case of a person either there setting by legality or keeping the money dishonestly. The question was, who was to be the loser by the decision of the Jockey Club ? However, there was nothing unreasonable or unfair if the defendant should defini tively say, " I have paid the mosey, and if you per sist in your action I'll plead the illegality of the whole proceedin,4-." By the COURT—The case " Peel v. Wood" was decided on the 2d of July, 1844, and that of " Torr and Another" in Trinity Term, 1846, in the Exche quer Court, and the decision of the Court was, that such a lottery as this was illegal by the 10th and 11th William 111., c. 17. Mr. WALLINGBE said, though this latter case was not reported in the books, it was in the recollection of the bar that the case was so decided certainly. Mr. TOWNSEND contended that in the year 1845, by the Bth of Victoria, Games and Wagers Act, the statute of William was annulled, and that therefore prizes by subscription, though drawn by lot, were legal. Mr. WALLINGER, after some discussion, started another point. He said the question really was whether the sweep was a legal transaction at the time it was established, viz., in December, 1843. The race was run in 1844, but the Act to amend the laws concern ing games and wagers did not pass till 1845. The transaction took place, therefore, whilst the Act of the 10th and 11th of William 111. was in force. The Learned JUDGE, addressing the jury, told them that if they had any doubt on the question of law he had none. The contract was made when the old law was in force, and by that law it was illegal. It had been so decided in the Courts at Westminster, and the decision there was binding on his Court. He felt bound to say that the transaction was illegal, and if the jury agreed with him on that point they would find a verdict for the defendant. The jury then consulted, when all of them but one agreed with the Learned Judge. Mr. Thomas, as arnicus curia, stated that it was the every. day practice in the Courts at Westminster for the judge to point out the law to the jury, and direct them to find for the defendant. If they re fused, the judge would direct a nonsuit. The Learned JUDGE—I think I have the power of nonsuiting, and will take it on my own responsibility to do so. Plaintiff nonsuited accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. lette YesterdayrfromEtrhaneuLfoorznM. the -m it a sa in id e h u e p h o a n d th re e c s e u iv b r ec a t of the foreign lotteries, to which he had occasion some time ago to allude. It was as follows : " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London. " " Frankfort- on-the-Maine, Oct: 12, 1847. My Lords—Observing in the London papers of MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Frice Current of Oct. 19.) SUGAR.—To-day prices suffered a further depression for raw Sugar, as merchants were desirous to sell, and pressed large parcels for sale, whilst shippers were cautious in their proceedings. The rates taken for West India Muscavado being 6d per cwt under those of Friday, caused all kinds to meet with attenticn from refiners and grocers, the private purchases amounting to 700 hhds and trcs. At auction 158 hhds 2 trcs of Bar ba(loes went off heavily at a further fall on former rates of 6d to is for low and middling, whilst for gcod and fine prices in some cases went down 6d per cwt. REFINED. —To-day Refined Sugar was operated in with much cantion by the home trade, whilst a further fall in the value ensued, brown grocery Lumps selling at 51s to 51s 6d, and standard Lumps at 52s to 52s 6d per cwt, while several parcels are pressing for sale. For bonded Crushed Sugar the export demand is good at 28s to 29s 6d per cwt. MAIIIIITIVS.—This afternoon the market was largely supplied, and two parcels, amounting to 7,686 bags 78 casks 229 trcs and 20 cases, were submitted to public competition ; the chief part consisted of brown, grey, and inferior yellow, which went at a further decline in prices of Is, and bright yellow did not sustain the former value by 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was dull of sale, and 4,363 bags at auction were nearly all taken in at rather lower rates. FOREIGN.—The inactivity in the market for Foreign Sugar has increased since this day week: there conti• noes to be a plentiful supply, and on the part of holders there is a desire to realise. Although there are sellers even rather under previous rates, still little disposition has been evinced to operate in any kind for exportation, whilst the demand from the home trade has been limited, and scarcely any purchases have been made by our refiners working under bond. The supply is exceeding the wants of all parties, and consists chiefly of the better descriptions. At public sale a part only of 400 hhds Porto Rico found buyers at a fall on former rates of 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was little desire evinced to operate in Native Ceylon, and 789 bags at public sale went at "6d per cwt lower—good ordinary selling at 32s 63 to 335, ordinary 325, and damaged 27s to 33s per cwt. For all other sorts of Coffee the market has a dull appearance, and prices are on the decline. Cocoa.—All kinds of British Plantation are offering upon further reduced terms, still little business has transacted by private treaty, and 338 bags of Trinidad at auction were only in part sold. TEA.—To day the biddings were very languid for all kinds of tea at the public sales, and of the quantity offered, amounting to 12,145 pkgs, the small part only of 1,200 found buyers at a fall on former rates of Id on fine Congou and on Souchong, whilst flowery Pekoe went id, and Hyson Id to 2d cheaper. Elm—To-day there was no public sale of East India Rice, and the business transacted privately was very H i-lifted in all sorts, although there were sellers even rather under former rates. SPIRITS.—The purchases made in Jamaica Rum have been to a small extent only by exporters and the home trade, although there are sellers at a further decline in prices of 2d per gallon. The sales are 200 puns. De. merara is dull of sale and Id to 2d cheaper, whilst only 50 puns have been sold. Leeward Island has been ope rated in with caution, and a further fall took place, the sales do not exceed 150 puns. The demand is ex tremely limited for East India. Havannah is dull of sale and proof is not worth more than Is 6d per gallon. Brandy can be obtained at further reduced rates,still the demand has been very limited both for home and export use, and large parcels are pressed for sale, chiefly of old landed sorts. !Norco —To-day, during the progress of the sale, 547 chests have been withdrawn, and 841 chests have passed the sale. The improvement noticed above as having taken place yesterday has scarcely been main tained; the biddings were less animated, and in some instances prices were a shade lower. COGIIINEAL.—This afternoon the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 250 bags, and which sold at a tall on former rates of 2d low to fine Honduras silvers at 4s 3d to 5s 7d. SALTPETRE.—HoIders of rough are not disposed to submit to any further reduction in the value, and they have refrained from offering any at auction. Privately, however, only a limited demand has been experienced from exporters or the home trade. English refined is only in limited demand. Nitrate of Soda can be ob tained at I Is 6d to 12s per cwt. SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea is much required, and owing to the small supply, buyers are compelled to pay stiffer rates. Although the rates asked for Pimento are high, still all kinds has been sought after, and the parcels disposed of privately were at stiff rates ; whilst the quantity on offer is small. Black Pepper is offered rather under previous prices, and all kinds have been bought with caution privately. Mace is held for the former value, via. 2s 8d to 3s 4d, and fine 3s 6d to 4s. Nutmegs cannot be had upon lower terms, still the home and export de mand has fallen off, and privately only a limited business has been concluded ; whilst 13 cases 6 casks at auction were only in part disposed of. Cloves are wanted, but at moderate prices. For Cinnamon the orders concluded have been to a limited extent only. For Ginger prices remain much the same as those previously current. TURPENTINE.—Rough is held for Ils to lls 6d, but the purchases made have been of little moment, and there is but a small quantity on offer. Spirits have been ope rated in with caution, and there are sellers of English drawn at 44s to 455, and fine American at 45s to 45s 6d per cwt, casks included. Ot Tar the arrivals are upon a larger scale, still the rates asked are high. OILS.—For Cocoa Nut Oil the demand has fallen off, and the supply being larger a decline in the value has taken place. Although Linseed Oil is offered upon further reduced terms, still the home trade operated with caution on the spot, whilst the shipping orders have been trifling. For forward delivery there are few buyers. Prices are still very remunerating, and the consump tion continues to be large. Rapeseed Oil is not much required. The amount of business transacted in Olive has been to a limited extent only by exporters as well as the home trade. Palm is offered on reduced terms, still the home and export demand has been limited. For Fish Oils prices continue to recede, and further parcels have arrived, whilst large arrivals are near at hand. Seal met with little attention privately. At auction 100 tuns were only in part sold. Cod met with a dull sale. Southern of ail kinds has been operated in with caution by private treaty. Sperm met with little attention privately, and prices tend downward, whilst there is a fair supply. Lard Oil sells steadily; but ground Nut Oil is dull of sale. TALLOW.—On the spot the purchases made have been to a limited extent only by both the town and country trade, although fine new P. Y. Candle can be obtained at 45s per cwt. At auction 142 casks of old were sold. For forward delivery the operations have been to a liieited extent only, notwithstanding 44s to 44s eel have bee❑ accepted for first sort yellow Candle. Home made sells slowly. Other kinds met with little attention, and can be obtained upon lower terms. THE LONDON GAZETTE, (THIS EVENING.) CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, OCT. 19. The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint Henry Stanhope Illingworth, Esq., to be Joint Apothe cars with Edward D. Moore, Esq., to his Royal High ness's Household. BANKRUPTS. Jonathan Duncan, newspaper proprietor, Wellington street North, Strand, Oct. 26, at half-past two and Dec. 6, at twelve, to surrender at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; God dard and Eyre, Wood street, Cheapside. William .Humpbryes, tavern-keeper, Bow-street, Covent-garden, Oct. 25, at half-past two, and Nov. 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Husband and Co., Moorgate-street, City. Peter Pattison, tailor, 80, Cornbill, Nov. 1 and 29, at half past eleven, a t t h e C ourt o f Bankruptcy. Tur quand, official assigeee, Old Jewry Chambers ; Mardon and Co., Newgate-street. John Edward Feldmann, boarding housekeeper, Albert-road, Regent's park, Oct. 28, at eleven, and Nov. 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Nicholls and Co., Bedford-row. _ Samuel Lawford, straw plait dealer, Luton, Bedford shire, Oct. 30, at half-past two, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Buchanan, Basing hall-street. John Aldam Phillips, merchant, Riches-court, Lime street, London, Oct. 30, at two, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermandbury; Bankart, Clement's-lane. Robert May, stock and share broker, Peckham, Sur rey, Oct. 28, at two, and Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankt uptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings; May, Princes-street, Spitaltields. John K n i g h t, b rewer, Wa l t h am S a i nt L awrence, Berkshi re , O ct. 27, at one, and Dec. 1, at half past twelve, at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official v as e s n i hoe. g ir ne n 3 u ß a zighall-st reet; S uames, P ar k- street , Gros y Cocker, need 1 5 e: o m ialt an t u w f e a l c v t e, u r c a r t , t a he si th a e n r c s h a g e Derbyshire, Nov. 1 an_d_ o 2_ Manches ter District Coyu,rtp. ap l e i r t ilain official assignee, Man chester Sheffield. John ; Fitid Wilson, Younge, and Pearson John Hughes, Miller, Fronhaulo ld.oCvarnarvonehire, Nov. 2 and 23, at twelve, at the LiverpgiohnDsiosntricatiadCocurot.., Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Temple, London; Grocott, Liverpool. HOMBURGII, OCT. B.—The gambling-house, that moral pestilence which annually slays its numerous deluded victims, has again been established here, and that for years to come. The Archducal Govern mutt has concluded a contract with Messrs. Blanc, Brothers, which fixes this den of iniquity among us till the Ist of April, 1871. For the purpose of mak ing this hell as extensive as possible , these pro- UZSDAT IrtiIITOBEFL iMai Saturday, the 2d inst., under the head ' Mansion house,' a report in which the name of our firm is mentioned, and in a way manifestly calculated to cast a slur upon the integrity of certain Government transactions for which we are appointed agents, we cannot but regret that your Lordship should have allowed yourself to be made the vehicle for circulating the unwarrantableyemarks of a Mr. Smith, M.D., of Forfar. _ _ " With respect to the charges contained in Mr. Smith's letter, your Lordship would have adopted a much wiser course (if your Lordship really doubted the integrity of those matters) to have inquired into the facts before lending the weight and influence of the magisterial office to give effect to the aspersions of an unknown busybody, of whom your Lordship does not appear to have known anything whatever. " I beg to apprise your Lordship that the trans actions alluded to in Mr. Smith's letter are strictly bona fide Government engagements, entered into by permission and with the sanction of the Government, conducted throughout under the strictest Govern ment surveillance, and are in all respects (not even excepting the character and standing of the agents) as honourably and punctually conducted as any Go vernment transaction in England. "I beg to apprise your Lordship that you are in error in regard to the illegality of these transactions. I have taken the opinions of eminent English counsel on the subject, and their opinion is that my mode of doing business does not touch upon any Act of Par liament. "Not, however, that I allow that a commercial man is bound to regard the internal laws of another country whilst doing a business in strict accordance with the laws of his own country. These transactions are legal here, they are legal a ll over G e r m any ; they are conducted by the first merchants and bankers on the continent, and I do not, therefore, admit (even supposing them illegal in your country), that I am bound to be influenced in the natural and usual exer cise of my business by the internal regulations that may be made abroad. "I presume that no British merchant will dispute this position. It is tolerably well known that the vast trade of Great Britain is carried in in defiance of the internal laws of many nations. I believe it does not detract from the respectability of the British mer chant that he inundates China with thousands of tons of opium in open and known violation of the laws of the Chinese empire ; nor does it detract from his re spectability that what he does in China he does in many other parts of the world. " Your Lordship will excuse the warmth that I feel in discussing this subject. You will make allow ance for my excitement at findimg myself pilloried by the Lord Mayor of London * * * and all this injury done me, because a busybody in Scotland has chosen to write a foolish letter to your Lordship, which foolish letter your Lordship has thought fit to give a world-wide circulation, by reading it from the judgment seat of the Mansion-house." [The letter concludes with calling upon the Lord Mayor to give the same publicity to it that was given to Mr. Smith's representation, and is subscribed] "GEORGE VOULKES, jun." _ The LORD MAYORstiid he had also received the following letter from a lady, and the circular en closed : " Abingdon, Oct. 15, 1847. " My Lord,—Your Lordship will, I am sure, excuse my troubling you on this occasion, as you will per ceive my object on reading the letter addressed to me on the other side of the sheet " It happens about four times a year that circulars like the one herewith sent, and prospectuses of some foreign lottery, are sent to almost everybody in this locality, particularly the agricultural part of the community. Now, my Lord, if it happens to be a bona fide transaction, I shall confer an inestimable benefit on the Lottery Company by this application to you, if your Lordship should pronounce it as such. " I have the honour to be, &c." The following is a copy of the circular : " London, 11th October, 1847. 53, Cornhill. " Madam,—We most respectfully beg to call your attention to the enclosed prospectus of the Royal Prussian State Lottery. " This lottery, guaranteed by his Majesty the King of Prussia, will commence drawing at Berlin on the 11th of November next, and will finish at the end of the same month, consisting of 70,000 numbers in all, out of which there must be drawn 20,000 numbers, which must gain the 20,000 prizes, from 11/. up to 20,8664 in sterling money, according to the prospectus. " - This speculation we can confidently recommend as a profitable mode of investing a small sum; it has always given satisfaction to the public in general, as many have been greatly benefited thereby. " Should you or some of your friends feel inclined to invest in this speculation, your earliest orders for shares would be necessary, as the drawings will com mence on the 11 th of November next. , " The shares can be purchased in wholes, halves, or quarters. " The official winning list, containing the 20,000 numbers which have gained the 20,000 prises, will be forwarded to every shareholder. The prises are pay able immediately on delivery of the winning shares at our house in London. "We have the honour to remain, Madam, your most obedient servant, "F. E. FULDT AND Co." The LORD MAYOR said, he had received a great number of letters from different parts of the country, complaining of applications from the conductors of foreign lotteries soliciting cu s t omers t o th ese specu lations, and he considered that he performed no more than his duty in cautioning the public how they dealt in matters regarding which they had no secu rity, especially as a heavy penalty was attached to the violation of the law upon the subject. If the Government were to sanction the operations of which his correspondents complained, it might as well, without any further hesit a ti on or difficulty, permit lotteries to be carried on in En g l an d. H e s h ou ld, f or the purpose of showing that he was justified in advising the course which he hoped would be adopted, read part of the dth and 7th William IV., chapter 6ti, relative to advertising foreign or ille ga l lotteries. His Lordship then read the following part of " An Act to prevent the Advertising of Foreign and other Illegal Lotteries," (we omit the unneces sary words) : " Whereas the laws in force are insufficient to pre vent the advertising of foreign and other illegal lot teries in this kingdom, and it is expedient to make further provision for that purpose; it is therefore enacted that from and aft er th e pass i ng o f t hi s A ct, if any person shall print or publish, or cause, kc., any advertisement, or other of other notice r e l a ti ng t o th e d raw i ng foreign lottery or of any s'notany shall print or publish any authorised by Act of Parlia ment, y e o n or d r e i intended tf d atn r e a yr w i el person advertisement, or other no ti ce, f or t h e sa l e o f any ticket or chance in such l o tt ery or lotteries, &c., every person so oftending shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of .50/., to be recovered with full costs of suit, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any of his Majesty's courts of record in West minster or Dublin respectively, or in the Court of Session in Scotland, one m o i e ty th ereo f t o th e use of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety to the use of the p erson w h o s h a ll i n f orm or sue for the same._ _ His Lordship added that, if the subject could be brought before a magistrate in the usual course of penal enactments, the penalty would have been in flicted long ago. WANDS WORTH. Alexander Phelps and John Loveday were brought up on the following charges : From the evidence of the police, corroborated by several respectable tradesmen of Putney, the priso ners went into the Castle and Queen's Head public houses, in Wandsworth -lane, Putney, on Sunday af ternoon, and cal!ed for drink, but having had enough, the landlords very properly refused to serve them, and for so doing were assailed by the most horriole and filthy lang uage, an d i n one instance, at the Castle, the prisoner Phelps, struck the landlady, Mrs. Thur lowe. The police being called an to take the priso ners into custody, Phelps made an attack upon con stable Aiken, 166 V, knocking him down and kick ing him in the stomach and on the head whilst pros trate, also t ry i ng to s t rang le him. The prisoner Phelps, bei ng pu rsu ed by took to the ri ver, an d -holding Sergeant Canham, 6 V, up a brick, swore that if he follow e d hi m he w ould knock his brains out. The sergeant then went to assist the other constable who was attending on the prisoner Loveday, who was, or pret en d e d to b e , i n fits, when Phelp s came behind him an d struc k hi m a tremendous bl ow on th e back of th e h ead. I t was proved that Phelps, al though only about 18 years of age, had already been imprisoned a month for an assault on the police, but nothing previously was known of the other prisoner. Mr. PAYNIER committed the prisoner Phelps for six weeks, a n d or d ere d L ove d a y to pay 10 s ., or b e committed fir t en d ays .. Samuel T oom b s, a j ourneyman carpenter, was finally examined on a charge of bigamy. John Stride, of 27, Victoria-street, New Deptford, proved that he had known the prisoner many years, and was present, about seven years since, at the parish church of St. George, Bloomsbury, when the prisoner was married to Mary Wooldridge, who was now present. H e w as one of the witnesses to that marriage, and saw them living together three or four years since. _ James Poor, of the Fulham-road, Hammersmith, proved that he was present at the marriage of the prisoner with Martha Ginger. The ceremony took place at St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, about sixteen months since. Police-constable Gibbs, 77 V, stated that on last Saturday week the prisoner was given into his cus tody at Balham-hill, by his first wife. She charged him with bigamy. The prisoner said, "I am very sorry. I'll go with you quietly." The witness pro duced copies of the registers of the two marriages. The pris - oner declined making any defence, and was fully committed. HAMMER SMITH. Michael Flannaghan was placed at the bar on a charge of having violently assaulted Samuel Hart, the foreman of the bricklayers engaged in the erection of the new workhouse at Kensington, and with at tempting to throw him off the scaffolding. It appeared from the evidence gone into that the prisoner was one of the labourers employed by Mr. Thomas Burton, the builder, who is erecting the new workhouse for the parish of Kensington, at Earle's court. Yesterday morning he came to his work at seven o'clock instead of six, and Mr. Hart, the fore man of the bricklayers, lost sight of him again from the works before eight o'clock, not having been at work quite half an hour. From that time he was not again seen until one o'clock, when, on the return of the workmen from their dinner, the prisoner pre sented himself before Mr. Hart, and said he should take the whole day for a holiday. Mr. Hart told him he might take that day and the following days for holidays, as he had already put a fresh man in his place. Mr. Hart then ascended the ladders to the . top scaffold, a height of about forty feet, and about a quarter of an hour afterwards the pri soner went to him there and demanded payment for an hour's work he said he had done in the morning. Mr. Hart told him he must go to the office for it, but he refused to do so, and seized hold of Mr. Hart by one of his arms and by his throat, and threatened that he would then hurl him from the scaffold. A fearful struggle then took place between Mr. Hart and the prisoner, the latter trying to force him towards the edge of the scaffold. Mr. Hart, however, by a great effort on his part, fell against a part of the back wall where it was about two feet above the scaffold, and at that juncture the men from all parts of the building rushed to his as sistance, and overpowered the prisoner, who was in stantly given into custody. Mr. PAYNTER asked Mr. Hart, whose evidence was fully corroborated by two of the bricklayers, if he wished the case should go for trial ? Mr. Hart said it would be a great inconvenience to him if it was sent for trial. He would prefer leaving it in the hands of the Court. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was entitled to be paid for the hour he had worked, which was all he asked Mr. Hart ; but as to having an idea of throwing the complainant off the scaffold, he would put it to the magistrate whether it was likely he would do so when he knew it was nearly 40 feet high. Mr. PAYNTER said the case was a very serious one, and if the prisoner was committed for trial, his punishment would be very severe, it being an attempt to destroy life. As Mr. Hart declined to prosecute, he could only inflict the very inadequate punishment of a fine of 51., or two months' imprisonment. The prisoner was committed in default of payment. James Green, potman at the Builders' Arms public house, Charles-street, Kensington-square, was finally examined on the following charge, of stealing wine and spirits, the property of his master. Mr. William Hallows deposed that the prisoner had been in his service as potman for the last four months. On Wednesday, the 13th instant, he called the pri soner to take a letter to the post-office, and receiving no answer, he went into the lobby to look for him. He then saw him come up the cellar-stairs, with the can produced in his hand, and said "I'll go directly," and took the can across the yard to the pot- house, and locked it up, putting the key into his waistcoat pocket. Witness's suspicions were excited by his conduct, and while the prisoner was gone with the letter, witness went to the window of the pot-house, and with a stick lifted up the can, and found it to contain a little better than a pint of gin. Knowing it to he his property, from its peculiar flavour, and having missed quantities of gin from the spirit-cellar for the last two months past, he sent for a policeman. The bottle containing about a pint of sherry, witness had no doubt, was his property. The cork in it he saw about a week ago in the bar, and the sherry was such as he had on draft. Policeman Bradshaw, T 130, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody. On searching the pot house, the door of which he opened with a key given him by the prisoner, he found the bottle pro duced between the rafters of the pot-house. It contained about a pint of sherry. Found on the pri soner 16s. 10d in silver, 124 1. in copper, a watch, a pipe, and two keys. The prisoner contented himself with saying there were four cans in the house like the one produced, and was fully committed to Newgate for trial. ROYAL NAVAL . IItNEV SOCIETY. LENT The quarterly general court of the subscribers and donors to this society, incorporated by royal charter, for affording relief to officers of the Royal Navy, and to their widows and families, under circumstances of misfortune, and consequent distress, was held yester day, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's street, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, Knt., one of the trustees, presiding. The SECRETARY read the minutes of the last meet ing, which were confirmed, and he submitted a state ment of the receipts and expenditure from July 1 to Sept. 30. The former included a balance of 6591. 11js. 11d. from the last quarter, 301. annual subscrip tions, 141. 15s. life subscriptions, 561. 3s. donations, and 5221. 15s. 11d. the interest on invested property (14,7191. 17s. 5d.), amounted to 1,5531. 13s. Id. ; while the disbursements, inclusive of 4451. grants, and 1501. to the solicitor, were calculated at 6841. Iss. 7d. In reply to an observation made by Lieut. BEDFORD, The SECRETARY stated that the number of appli cants for grants this quarter was unusually small, and did not exceed 64. The committee had carefully gone through their memorials, and determined on not making any reductions from the ordinary allowances. Letters were read from Lord Radstock, enclosing Si.; Sir Charles Ogle, 101.; Commodore Thomas Henderson, 10/. ; and from numerous other officers and local agents, remitting about 1001. towards the fund in progress of collection for defraying the law expenses incurred in defending the actions brought against the secretary and Lieutenant Dickenson by Miss Hoare for alleged slander, in pronouncing, at one of the quarterly courts, opinions respecting her claims for a share of the society's benevolence. The Noble President, in transmitting his subscription, expressed an earnest hope that the recent expensive proceedings would serve as a warning, and render the institution more cautious in becoming involved in trouble. Captain SIIEBEN said, that in connexion with this subject he begged to give notice of a motion for the next quarterly court,—" That at each meeting, imme diately after the general business of the day on the official paper has been gone through, the reporters and all those not members of the society be requested to withdraw, for the consideration of the grants to ap plicants ; that no subject considered be discussed by persons not being members of the society ; and that all discussions respecting applications be considered con fidential." The Secretary laid upon the table a copy of the solicitor's bill of costs for defending Miss Hoare's records at the Croydon Assizes, and the report of the law committee appointed to watch the proceed ings. The expenses amounted to 8191. At the suggestion of the committee, votes of thanks were passed to Sergeant Shee, the other counsel, and the solicitor, for the great zeal and ability so successfully manifested by them in defending the society's secre tary, and preventing the institution being mulcted in damages. The motion was proposed by Lieutenant Arnseck, and seconded by acclamation. The law committee's report, which, inter alia, ex pressed a conviction that no further proceedings would be instituted against the secretary and Lieut. Dickenson by Miss Hoare, was adopted, on the mo tion of Purser Marsh, and seconded by Rear-Admiral Sir Josias Coghill Coghill. Some conversation took place with respect to the best mode of creating a fund to pay off the law costs without trenching upon the invested property or cur tailing the allowance to annuitants. Ultimately a committee of six gentlemen were appointed. The meeting also agreed that the concluding portion of the short-hand writer's report of the trial, wherein the Learned Judge and jury are stated to have ex pressed approval of the course adopted by the secre tary, should be printed with the society's annual report. Purser CLARKE proposed, and Commander CLARKE seconded, a resolution declaring that in the event of the marriage of the widows or daughters of sub scribers with persons unconnected with the naval profession, their claims on the funds of the institution shall become closed. This proposition was opposed by Lieutenant BED FORD and one or two other gentlemen, on the ground that it would be unfair to debar the widows or daughters of naval officers from the advantages of the society, except during the lifetime of their civilian husbands. The resolution, however, passed without amend ment. Sir JOHN Ross brought forward a resolution, the effect of which was to adopt means for endeavouring to secure the support of the Noble Earl and the Gallant Admiral who had withdrawn from the society in consequence of what they, previous to the trial, believed to be the unjust treatment experienced by Miss Hoare. At the suggestion of some members Sir John Boss withdrew his motion, the Committee undertaking to give the subject every consideration. Sir William Burnett, Physician. General, and Mr. Purser Meek, having been appointed to the vacant Vice-Presidentships, thanks were voted to the Chair man, and the Court proceeded to consider the claims of applicants for assistance. REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. There is nothing in the present position of the grain trade likely to lead to any important variation in prices; the high value of money and the impaired state of British credit may be expected to act at once as a check to an advance and a bar to an important fall. With the rate of interest between seven and nine per cent., and the impossibility of negotiating any but the best paper, speculation in corn or any other article of merchandise is out of the question, and no one will buy more of a commodity than is absolutely necessary for pressing wants; hence any rise of con sequence in quotations could only occur if the supply should fall short of the quantity wanted for immediate consumption, which is not probable as regards grain, having still good stocks of foreign in granary, and but slight inroads having been made in the new crops. On the other hand, we are disposed to regard the present want of confidence as an effectual guard against large importations from abroad ; for it is scarcely to be presumed that foreign merchants will consign to the English market in the present position of our monetary affairs. During this and part of the succeeding month, whilst farmers are engaged with wheat sowing, the deliveries from the growers may perhaps barely keep pace with the demand; but as the millers appear determined not to hold stock, we scarcely expect this to prove the case. And our opinion is, that the fluctuation in the price of wheat will not exceed a few shillings per quarter, up or down, for some weeks to come ; whether, however, present rates will be supported after seed time, and when it shall have become necessary to provide funds to meet rent and other expenses coming due at Christmas, may be questioned. No new feature of the slightest interest has occurred in the trade since our last notice. Purchaser s h ave ac t e d on t h e same cautious plan as previously; and though rather more anxiety has been shown by holders to realise, the pressure has not been so great as to cause any very marked change in quotations. By our advices from Scotland and Ireland it ap pears that favourable weather, similar to that expe rienced here, had enabled farmers to make consider able progress with the preparation of the land for autumn sowing. Short supplies and a good demand for seed wheat had caused the value of that article to be well supported in the markets of both countries. Prices of spring corn appear also to have been pretty steadily maintained, owing to the moderate character of the supplies. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London, though rather larger than before, have amounted to only 6,162 quarters up to this i(Satur day) evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land carriage samples has, meanwhile, been trifling ; but the millers having acted with the ut most caution, the trade has been exceedingly languid. On Wednesday factors were not disposed to give way, and the few sales made were at much the same terms as those current in the beginning of the week. Subsequently the anxiety to realise increased, and the business done on Friday was at prices which would not have been accepted earlier in the week. We have to report a very abundant supply of foreign wheat, upwards of 59 , 000 quarters having come to hand during the week. The greater part of this ar rival consists of secondary and inferior qualities of wheat, shipped from the Black and Azoff seas. So me of the cargoes have been a long time on passage, a n d the condition of the major portion is likely to turn out indifferently ; it is,. therefore, scarcely to be ex pected that importers will be enabled to effect sales from on board, however anxious they may be to save landing expenses. The demand for foreign I Theat has b een even less active than the inquiry for E ng li s h ; i ndeed only the best Dantaic and fine Baltic red have been taken in retail at previous prices; other kinds, though offered at an abatement of l s . t o 2s. perquarter towards the close of the week, having been quite neglected. Comparati ve ly f ew country buyers have visited our market of late, and the quantity taken for local consumption has been small ; but as prices are about as low now for foreign wheat at Mark-lane as in any part of the kingdom, we may calculate on an improved inquiry. The nominal top price of town manufactured four has undergone no change. The bakers ha ve th roug h out the week bought very spar ingly, and as increased arrivals of country made flour are expected (now that there is water suffi cient to enable the mills to work), lower rates are looked for. American Flour has likewise been diffi cult of disposal ; in the early part of the week the best brands were held at 28s. per barrel, but after wards sellers bt came more' urgent, and very good Western Canal was obtainable on Friday at 275. per barrel.--Mark-lane Express. Lord Langdale had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, C p s o r l tain W. Holt, R.N., t o J uliana, widow of the late - Tate, Esq., of Liverpool. On the 14th inst., at Frant the Rev. H. T. M. lirbier; Vicar of Mayfi e ld, S ussex, to Hannah Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev. Sir Henry Thompson, Bart. On the 16th inst., Philip Cotton, Esq., to Caroline, daugh ter of the late Rev. Dr. Hoskins. , On the 16th i ns t . , at C am d en Ch urc h , Camberwell, -; f the Count de Li m b urg S t i rum , to Ell en, only daug h te r o late Edmund Drayton, Esq. re , of On the 16th inst., a t Lambeth Ch urc h, F re d er i c k Hod es ' Felix Cottage, Ray-mill, Barks, to Eugenia Sarah second daughter of the late Rev. Henry Gostling Clarendon-place, Vassall-road, Brixton. DIED. A On the 6th inst., at Lea Bains de Bormio, Lombars' the La On d Charles Paulet. ~,,glr On the Bth inst., at Millman'e-row, Ch e l sea , J u lia, ta t -- ter:of the late John Worhall, Esq., aged 19 etb' On the 13th inst., at Waterloo-bridge-road, Lan lb Surrey, Lewis Nockalls Cottingham, architect, aged 5 9 . e r- On the 13th inst., at Darlingt on , A m b rose D o uglas " kins, aged 20. On l4th inst., at Eldo House, near B ury St. Edina'd'e' Major. General Philip Ray, aged 72. On the 14th inst., at Upp er Philli more-p l ace, gensing ten ' Ann, the wife of Miles Miley, Esq., aged 59. A !ball' On the 14th inst., William rimble, Esq., o. r -- street, Regent's-park, aged 51. u ir . O On the 15th inst., a t S treat h am, t h e R ev. W. -- 2. ridge, M.A., Minist er of Balliam Chapel, Surrey, aged 5 re . On the 15th inst., at Hammersmith, Mrs. Lucy Dyn e ' list of the late W. Dyne, Esq., aged 82. On the 15th inst., at Gravesend, B. G. Rackstravr, e q' cat On the 15th inst., a t B r i g h ton, t h e V enera bl e Archdea c Dealtry, Rector of Clpham, Surrey. IV ee 6 On the 16th inst. a , Robert Gibson, Esq., of Grove-street' Hackney, aged 63. —.or ton, , on : P - trituel dna Published by )111311.D0 YOUNG, of 1 2pet St:end, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11 s, strand, In the r;!:: 11h of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex TuesdaY, 04 " .. 1647. CHARGE OF BIGAMY. On Thursday last considerable interest and excite ment prevailed through the town of Huddersfield, in consequence of the announcement that Mr. Jonas Hellawell, surgeon, was to be placed at the bar before the magistrates on a charge of bigamy. At an early hour the Guildhall was crowded in every part. The magistrates on the bench were W. W. Battye, John Sutcliffe, and Joseph Brooke, Esqrs. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Hellawell had been married in Scotland—of course, accordingly to the Scottish laws, which are legalised in England —to a highly respectable young lady, whose name was Margaret Nichols, of Glasgow, so long since as 833, and the issue of this marriage is a son, now living, and aged about fourteen years, and who, as one of the witnesses observed, " is the very picture of his father." Mr. Hellawell, on or just after the birth of the child, cruelly left his wife and his child, promising to return in two years, and to repay her friends all expenses of main tenance, and to take them with him to Hudders field, but has never since that time acknowledged either mother or child, since which time he has mar ried a Miss Mary Priestly, in Huddersfield, by whom he has one child, also a son. The second Mrs. Hella well is since dead, and it appears that the prisoner kept up a correspondence with his first wife for some time, but always found means to prevent her coming to visit him in Huddersfield. The Bench, after hearing the evidence, felt justified in sending the case to a jury, and Mr. Hellawell was committed for trial at the next York Assizes, but bail was taken i for his appearance, himself in 50/., and two bondsmer? n 251. each. Mr. Clough appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Barker, with whom was Mr. Charles Turner, for the defence. The hearing of this case excited most intense interest in a densely-crowded court, and oc cupied nearly five hours. The first Mrs. Hellawell, whose father has been dead some years, appeared per sonally in court with her mother, and is a remarkably woman, a lady in demeanour, education, and ex ternal appearance, and her unhappy situation excites the greatest sympathy.—Leeds Intelbgencer. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—Considerable dissatisfac tion has been excited among the riggers belonging to this and Devonport dockyard, who were lately em ployed in rescuing the Great Britain from her peri lous situation in Dundrum Bay, by the shabby manner in which the company of proprietors of that vessel seem disposed to treat them. It is universally acknowledged that it was to their indefatigable exer tions, under the able direction of Mr. Bellamy, As sistant Master-Attendant of this dockyard, that the safe removal of th e l ev i a th an s teamer was mainly owing. A great many high-sounding promises were made to th e men while the operations were pending of the rewards which would attend their efforts, if suc sessful ; these have eventuated, it appears, in a reply by Captain Claxton to an application made, by Mr. Bellamy on behalf of his men, to the effect th a t th e company have not funds wherewith to comply with the demand. The men have received nothing but their bare pay and rations during the term they were employed, although they were working night and day for three weeks, generally up to their middle in water, and relying on the specious promises made, they never even demanded the lodging money of 2s. per man per diem, to which they had an unbounded right, and which would have been paid by the Admiralty under similar circumstances. The Centaur steam-frigate, 1,269 tons, and 540 horse power, a new ship, was brought down from among the ordinary on Saturday, and to-day the dockyard riggers have been ordered to comme:nce rig ging her, which they did this afternoon, prior to her immediate commission. The Cambrian, 40, Commodore Plumridge, was paid advance this morning. She will sail to-morrow or Wednesday for Singapore, without touching at any intermediate place or port. She takes out dis patches and supernumeraries for Rear-Admiral In glefield and squadron. The Amphion, 36, Captain Williams, anchored at Spithead this afternoon, last from Plymouth. Wind, S.W., fresh breezes ; weather squally, with heavy showers.-5 o'clock P.M. LIGHTING BY ELECTRICITY.—A renewed attempt has recently been made to accomplish this great end— the " light of nature" itself, it may be;—a patent to that end having been taken out by Mr. Thomas Wright, of Cooper's hill, Thames Ditton, the chief peculiarity of which consists in the method of producing a permanent light by continually presenting one or more points or surfaces of carbon, or other suitable material, to the path of an electric current.—Builder. DOING BUSINESS.—A culprit from Dundee, who at Perth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to banishment last Wednesday evening, officiated on the previous morning in Dundee, as hangman's assistant, at the exe cution of Thomas Leith. He had 5/. for his services, of which he gave his co unsel 2/. to defend him on his trial. IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORKING CLASSES .-- The e Working-men's Association for their mental improve. ment is extending itself over the metropolis, and has several district libraries, circulating many a r e w ho informed, int theoruessta b n y d s t h o e f volumes.. It was originated, as we men in Messrs. Maudesley's employ,yrswho at first con templated nothing more than a little t society for mutual instruction ; but, a knowledge of spreading,. it was taken up by Lord Radnor and oth ers , them selves in tho condition of the working classes.—Builder. AcCo - 4ii760.4:47 - 6'; A case has been decided by 111 r. Sheriff Tait, 01 6. volving the question of the liability of railway com panies to provide accommodation for passengers in the partial:ar train for which they had obtained tickets. The case came before the Sheriff Small Debt Court in the shape of a demand by Mr. Brydon, draper High-street, against the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Company. It appeared that Mr. Brydon had obtained - a ticket for the one o'clock train, at the Edinburgh station, on Saturday, the 4th September, and on proceeding from the station-house to the train, he was informed that he could not be accommodated till the next train, at half past one, as the carriages were all occupied. The present demand was the result of the disappointment. It Wes argued by the company that their time-bills, issued to the public, contained a condition that they were not bound to accommodate all passengers who might apply. But to this it was answered, that condition applied only to the intermediate stations, and was unauthorised by the bye-laws of the company, so far as regarded their principal station. After hearing parties on three several days, tisa SHERIFF, in giving judgment, said that the transac tion of furnishing a passenger with a ticket could not be looked on in any other light than as a contract between him and the company, so far, at least, as regarded the stations at the ends of the line, although not at the intermediate stations ; and, therefore, that the company was bound to compensate Mr. Brydon in the present instance for any loss he may have sus tained from their failing to implement their contract. Decreet was given accordingly for the full stun claimed, and for expenses.— Glasgow Argus. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER Is. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues to get worse: there has been a very limited business done to-daft at a further reduction in prices. The sales are—Birming" ham and Oxford Railway, 2 3 / 4 p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow , 48—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 3% dis.—Leeds and Tbirsk, Preference, 2 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 101. Preference, % —Midland Stock (Birmingham and Derby), 75—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), lj a p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, en d Chester, 5% dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, 10/. Preference , 1 3 / 4 p.—South-Eastern, No. 4, Thirds, 2% dis.—Midland Great Western, 20/ 2 dis. MANCHESTER, OCTOBER. 18. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancl• shire, and Cheshire, 6% die.—East Lancashire, New Quar ters, 1 15-16 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railwaf and Canal (221. paid), 5 c. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshirsr 7 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 1 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 1 dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferential, 1 3 4 dis.—London North- Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 54 1 / 2 —MaIP chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 4 c. dis.—Ditto. Preference. dis. —North Staffordshire, 1% dis.—Shror shire Union, 2 15-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 s 3 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, 5-16 dis. LEEDS, OcroBER 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting" ham, and Boston, 13/ 8 c. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 6% n• dis.— Ditto, Quarters, 35s dis. —East and West Yorkshire► 7 1 / 2 c. dis.—Great Northern, 5 3 4 dis.—Lancashire and York shire (West Riding Union), 3 1 / 8 n. dis.—Leeds and Thirskt 20 dis.—Ditto, New, 14 1 / 2 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 1 3 4 dis! North British, Thirds, 9s. dis. Ditto, Quarters, 20s. n. dis• Ditto, Extension, ss. dis.—North Staffordshire, 21s. 6d.n• dis.—North-Western, 51. ls. dis.—York, Newcastle, an d Berwick, No. 2, 1 % ; p._ _ lIULL, OCTOBER STOCK EXCHANGE.—The continued gloomy accounts froth the metropolis and the provinces still prevents any transac' tions of consequence taking place in our market. It will be well it the smaller monied interests do not find by delaying making investments that they have missed their chance, a s it must be evident the large capitalists will soon grow uneasy and not allow Midlands paying 7 per cent. dividends, London and .North-Western paying 9 per cent., York and North Midland 10 per cent., and other good stocks, to remain Doi at present rates. As to the scarcity of money, much is cause! by the want of confidence, and the desire of self-protectio u evinced by bankers and other monied men. The sales eel Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bo s t o n, 14 s . 6d.—H u ll an d Selby, Halves, 48—Lanca.hire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 61s. 6d. dis.—North British, Quarters, 20s. die- EDINBURuH, OcrofsEn 16. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 34—Din New, 12s.—Dundee and Perth, Q uar t ers , 38 s . —Edi n burg and Bathgate, 41. 4s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 98% e l div.—Edinburgh and Northern, 164—Ditto, New, Reg" 19s.—Ditto, Newport. New, Reg.. 12s. 6d.—Great Norther°, 465. 6d.—North British, Quarters, 72s.—Ditto, Thirds, K e g . ' 1 Is. GLASGOW, Ocronint 16. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Dundee and Pert b l ~, Quarters, 40s. 6d. —Glasg ow , Kil marnoc k , and Ayr, "'- Shares, 391. —Ditto,Half Shares, No. 1, 51. Bs—Ditto, No. 2, 77 5 —Great Northern, 47 5 . ex int.—Manchester an Southampton, 7s. 6d.--North British, Thirds, 295. 3d.'"' Ditto, Quarters, 80s.--Ditto, New Quarters (Scrip), 7s. 9d- The Observer of yesterday, October 17, gave about seven folio columns of Monetary Affairs, commencing with half-a-column of introductory matter on the pre" sent state of the country. These commercial articles, coupled with the nine columns in last week's Observer! October 10 (have been twice reprinted during the pas: week, and copies can yet be had), from the reoS , original, complete, comprehensive, and authentic state ments of the Funds, Revenue Tables in full, Failureh and City intelligence that could be obtained up to Satur day night last. The Observer of yesterday, October 17, had two columns of the latest Railway intelligence, in' eluding the West Flanders Company meeting on Sate' day. All the particulars of the shameful hoax of SO triple Murder and Arson at Foot's Cray, karyleboo ° Vestry, &e. A FEMALE VETERAN.—" IN THE BATTLE O r TO ll NILE I WAS THERE A LL THE WHILE."—Most of the gs , : lant men who were with Nelson at the victory of the a Nile have, with their immortal commander, descended to the tomb. There are, however, some grey-hes d a t veterans still alive to tell their tale; and we think ita interest some of our readers to know that there is n,_ ti . s in the land of the living a woman who was in tn,;', memorable engagement, and there assisted to attend tP„ wounded. She was the wife of a seaman, and was oft en noticed by Nelson's favourite, Lady Hamilton, wh, ° , ° ho the birth of her child, which took place on boarci Bellerophon. supplied it with clothing which she hel l , o . had made. One little incident is recorded of Neisw o with feelings of gratitude by our heroine. When nest her confinement, the hero of a hundred fights having ascertained that the doctor on board the ship was nut experienced in midwifery as he should be, signallen t e a another; thus finding time, - amidst all his responsibilk! and cares, to succour a woman in her hour of troato o Our readers will naturally feel curious to know 11 , ° this follower and sharer of the fortunes of the bray the battle and the breeze—has been provided for. I v is between 70 and 80 years of age, and receives h„ l ", ia id crown a week from Portsea of " Advocate. ENGLISH BUILDIN GS IN C IIINA .— t he A location on h Canton river for warehouses, & c ., an d a s i te f or a c hurl; have been at length obtained, and at Shanghai our pel, have got about 100 acres for building, with roads, drs l ,';'; age, &c., all their own. At Hong Kong every pub' work and building is now either finished or in progrelt except a Government-house, for which a site and e st . l mates have been got. The Chinese people, howeverll Canton, Shinganze, &c., still look upon the EilL, ll° ,l " barbarian" as if he were " a bull in a China shop, ' 9 O threaten that stone cutters will be cut all into W an d pieces, bricklayers " broken like a tile," and al little sundry "looked upon as beasts," who dare to lift a I" or finger either in " supplying with til es , woo d, gr anite' other building materials," or in buildi ng f or or otherr ir aiding and abetting this " d e t es t e d b roo d" in '"e " design upon the country."—Builder. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—H OLLOWAY ' S O INTMEN T - A s o t to Pm., ix NEWFOUNDLAND.—CharIes Thorne, Esq., merchant:to* Harbour Grace, had a bad l eg o f a f earful nature and long Jura. rr for which the medical aid of the island afforded no relief, W" os. upon he determined on pr ocee di ng to England to try or If it were Bible to get it soundly h ea l e d ; b ut, as a last resource, and r„„ e tit. adopting such a course, he u s e d H o ll oway ' s Pills and 01n7tull which speedily effected a cure of his leg. Th e par ti cu lars n o. surprising case were received by l as t pac k et f rom Mr. SPrY,Vind. priotor of the " Mercury" ne w sp a p er , C ar b onear, Newfoun"vitv These celebrated medicines are sold at Professor Holloway', blishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine vendor,. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at Topsham, Devon, the wife of Ch u le% Fox, Esq., of a son. On the 17th inst., at Connaught-square, the wile of A. White, Esq., of a son. On the 13th inst., in Guildford street, Lady Pollock, of son, still-born. On the 6th ult., at New Orleans, the wire of W. H. HaYn eh Esq., of that city, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Llanpwllyn, South Wales, the l ad y Of Douglas Dickinson, Esq., of a daughter. .40 On the 15th inst., at fit. t. John Pet Rer'seVasihcaarwa,gile,iTghhbaunr3et,..pthareL.„, of the Rev. J. G. Hodgson, Vicar of C ro yd on, of a daughl-1 k. 0 On the 16th inst., ir a son, still-born.