The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-21 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, TCESDAY MORNING. THE QUEEN'S COLLEGES. It is stated that Government is about to issue a commission, at the head of which Mr. Temple is likely t o be placed, for the purpose of inquiry into the internal economy, curricula of education, and attendance of the several professors and presidents of the Queen's Colleges, and the several rules and regulations which govern each, with a view to their modification and improvement. THE FIRE AT THE BANK OF IRELAND. The origin of the accident which threatened the destruction of this noble edifice still remains a mys tery, but it seems that it is in some measure to be attributed to a scheme of economy which has been recently carried into effect by the directory, who have thought fit to abolish the night watch of two clerks which, up to a late period, patrolled all the corrridors at stated periods during the night. The fire might have broken out despite the utmost vigilance, but it could not have spread had the watch continued. The following additional par ticulars are supplied by the morning papers : " The event, although happily productive, as far as can yet be seen, of nothing worse than consider able temporary inconvenience, was of the most alarming nature, and had the flames continued but for a brief apace longer with their original fury the chief ornament in a city proverbial for the elegance and architectural splendour of its public buildings must u nquestionably have been laid in ashes. The fire originated in the very heart of the edifice, the ac countant -general's department, which is divided at one extremity by a corridor from the board room, or ancient House of Lords, at the other end from the private apartments of the housekeeper by a corresponding passage, and runs parallel to and adjoins on one side the cash-office, which in former days was known as the Irish House of Commons, and on the other the entrance to the quarter in which the bullion is deposited. After the conclu sion of the business on Saturday Mr. Roberts, the the gentleman discharging the duties of house keeper went his accustomed rounds, and saw that the different gaslights had been duly extinguished, and that nothing was to be apprehended from the remnants of the fires. On Saturday night the same precaution was repeated, and on Sunday, to all appearance, everything was secure. The mis chief is therefore believed to have originated in one of the lengthened flues extending from the fire places in the bookkeepers' or accountant-general's offices—the department being divided into these two separate chambers—to a stack of chimneys in the main building, between which and the scene of the conflagration there is the corridor already referred to. Some difficulty is experienced in ac counting for the manner in which the fire, sup posing it to have originated in this manner, communicated with the furniture in the apartments which was almost wholly consumed ; and on the other hand, adopting the idea entertained by a few, if the fire had its commencement in the desks, how it should have ignited the roof. Various ac counts are given of the manner and the persons by whom the flames were first seen. One version is that Miss Roberts, who had been compelled to remain awake by indisposition, saw the light from her window, which immediately overlooks the roof of the accountant-general's department. The sentry upon duty avers that he was the first to discover it ; and the alarm was cer tainly communicated in the first instance to College street police-station by police-constable Jos. Lam bert, 98 B, who from his post in Fleet-street ob served the conflagration, which would appear to have manifested itself in an exceedingly sudden manner. After some delay, during which the flames were burning fiercely, the keys of one of the front gates in the railings at College-green were obtained, inside of which there was a large tank of water that afforded a capital supply to four engines, which were at once connected with it. Eight watering carts, filled, also arrived about half-past 5 o'clock, but could not get into the yard in rear of the bank premises, owing to the quantity of hose which was lying about in all directions. The mili tary guard having charge of the building, under Lieutenants Johnston and Tracy, worked with good will and considerable effect ; and the staff officer of the night, upon being applied to, was about to order down a strong force of soldiers to render assistance, when, as is stated, he was prevented from doing so by the intervention of the officer in charge of the police. At a subsequent period, how ever, their attendance was considered necessary, and a numerous party of the 4th Regiment, under command of Captain Peyton and Lieutenant Mar tin, arrived from Ship-street Barracks, and a still larger number of the Grenadier Guards, under Colonel Lambert, reached College-green' about 8 o'clock, by which time, however, the fire had been almost entirely subdued, its force having begun considerably to lessen a little before six o'clock. A window at one end of the roof was forced out and the heat cracked a great portion of the glass in the main building, which narrowly escaped destruction. At the other end the corresponding window in the House of Lords, which is situated at a similar dis tance, fell out, and here also the framework be came molten, while the wall of the corridor be neath became ominously blistered. The flames, also, darting out through the centre skylight, communicated with the roof of the cash office, although the latter is very many feet higher; but the ornamental coping, which is of wood, was at first charred, and subsequently caught fire, while the stone supports were chipped and black ened. The flame ran up the roof, and in 10 inin utes rqore this noble hall would have been destroyed but for on the engine on the roof, which fortunately stopped its progress before much damage had been done. The mostsingular feature with regard to the fire is, that where it was fiercest it did not extend generally, but burnt one portion of the roof com pletely ; and again in another portion lower down did the same, leaving the intervening space almost wholly untouched. When at length water could be brought to bear on the interior of the account ant-general's office, it was seen that the door of one of the two iron Eares, which are set ill recesses at either side of the fireplace, and in which all the important books and documents are kept, had be come quite red, and it was therefore a matter of urgent moment to cool it. The other, from its peculiar position, could not at that time be got at, but both, with their priceless contents, fortunately escaped unharmed, saving merely the trifling dam age done by the dropping of some wooden mould ing from off the inside of one safe-door, which, it is stated, slightly singed the edges of two of the books. There was also a book-rack in this apart ment, which was completely charred, but its con tents, for the most part some ledgers of less mo ment, escaped with the lose of their bindings, although from the evidences upon the floor it was manifest that some had not merely ' with back and aides gone bare," but that more than a few had been wholly consumed. Contradictory statements are made upon this bead, but of this there can be no doubt, that a very lively bonfire of a pile of books, which was going forward in one portion of the apartment, was extinguished by the water from the roof. The valuable furniture was very nearly, if not altogether, destroyed, and the contents of the desks, with letters, small sums of money, office coats, &c., wholly perished ; and after the tempe rature had sufficiently subsided specimens of what had been the Queen's current coin were picked up most woefully defaced, in defiance of 'the statute in that case made and provided.' Strange to add, however, a diamond ring, which had been in one of the desks, escaped without injury. At the time the fire broke out there were four families sleep ing upon the premises, iis addition to the por ters upon duty—i.e., the secretary, deputy secretary, and cashier's households, all of whom dwelt in premis es d etached from the ma i n b u ilding and tile housek eeper, whose a p ar t m ents were, one might say, next door ' to the fire. In the words of the official returi:, s t ix her e were sl ee pi ng i n the house 26 individ ua l es caped without accident.' men The and 17 women—all by the bank are considerable in insu in rances eff:cted the National Office, 10,000/. ; amount—i. c. in Patriotic, 10,0001. : Royal Exchange, 5,000/. ; and Atlas, 5,000/. But notwithstanding, those heavy insuranc es fact that the n um b er l ess corridors tend in a and the i sure to isolate any portion of the premises ie th e a a ; may be attacked by fi re, t h ere was a very general.ad generally l; ad opinion y es t er d ay that the directors not exercised a sound di scret i on in discontu ' the Bank Guard,' which for mer l y took nightly charge building, and th a t if !this corps' had been still in existence, i n a ll pro b ability the fire would have been sooner discovered, and it would not have reached the dan gerous h e i ght to which it extended. In the opinion of competent persons day persous the fire h ad probably bee n smoulderin g for and only burst f or th w h en i t succeeded eettin e g , vent — an opinio n w hi c h i s corro b orated to a certain extent by th e f i erce body of flame which burst forth when the roof was stripped. " The following ' official ' report of the .es accident has been suppli e d b y the Bank authorit sc Bank of Irel and, Dublin, Monday, l J : an. 19. —Early this morning a fi re broke at th:B.n k of Ireland, in the accountant-eeneral'e office, the interior of which was destroyed] but having but the books and papers connected with the department, been deposited as usual over night in the safe,' are uninjured. The fire made no further progress and the business of the bank proceeds, as us ua l. The premises are largely insured. CRYSTAL PALACR.—ONg SHILLINO DAY, Tuesday, Jan. 20.—Admission en payment, 661; ditto by s eason tickets, 160; total visitors, 821. i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING JA.NUARY 21, 1857. MR. THACKERAY'S LECTURES. If Mr. Thackeray treated the memory of Gs:or:go 111. with more lenity than might have been anti cipated by all his hearers, he certainly made amends for the unexpected clemency by the discourse which he delivered last night on the subject of George IV. In surveying the career of the so-called " first gentleman of Europe," the lecturer profes se d hi s inability to discover any single cause f o r res p ec t, or any claim to the title once b es t owe d b y th e p o pulation of this kingdom. He could not even regard the last of the Georges as a " man" in any sense. He could find a coat, a waistcoat, and divers well-made articles of clothing, but behind these habiliments there was literally—nothing. When the Prince came into the world on the 12th Aug., 1762, he was received with every testimonial of idolatry, and the spirit of adulation pursued him to the end of his career. The beauty of his face was patent to all e y es , hi s pro fi c i enc y i n e very spe cies of accomplishment was everywhere extolled ; even his supremacy as a classical scholar was loudly proclaimed. No individual had ever been portrayed in such a variety of costumes—in short, there was scarcely a sort of dress in which he was not exhi bited. A populous district or an army was not a more expensive article to maintain than this superb Prince of Wales, who was always taking money from the nation, and always flinging it away. As the child is father to the man, so did George IT., in Mr. Thackeray's opinion, give earnest of his future eminence by the invention of a peculiarly large and inconvenient shoe-buckle. As for his friendships and his amours, they merely bore wit ness to the fickleness and frivolity of his character. The only associates after his own heart were para sites and persons engaged in the most ignoble pur suits ; and though Fox, Pitt, and Sheridan sat at his table in his earlier days, his intimacy with those great men was but the freak of a moment, and they must have felt in his presence they were only associating with a person in every respect their in ferior. However, good and bad, friends and mis tresses, all were dropped in turn, and the favourite of the day was forgotten on the morrow. The reputed kindness of George IV. to the ser vants of his household Mr. Thackeray willingly conceded, with the remark that this one small virtue comprised all his goodness, and that it was counterbalanced by his heartless conduct to Brum mel, when that unlucky beau—the Prince's superior —fell from his fashionable eminence. The old story that Mr. Etliston, when he repre sented George IV. at the mimic coronation enacted at Drury-lane, actually took himself for the monarch whose rank he assumed, was told by Mr. Thackeray with the supplementary comment, that the belief of the real personage that be had any thing to do with the glorious deeds performed during his Regency was equally absurd. He might indeed have been possessed of the bravery inherent in the House of Brunswick and displayed in such an eminent degree by his predecessors, but the fact could never be proved by a being who passed his existence wrapped up in swaddling clothes, and his weeping interviews with his Mi nisters on the subject of the Catholic Emancipation Bill contrasted unfavourably with the manly re sistance of his father on a similar occasion. Mr. Thackerary did not omit ... ............ for reflecting on the great change in manners and morals that has taken place since the decease of George IV. Many a man now old had indulged during youth in the vices of gaming, drinking, and swearing to a degree that would now create amaze ment, and the decline of the "ring" was one of the changes that show the improvement of the age within the last 25 years. The farmer prevalence of vices now obsolete was illustrated by several amusing anecdotes. Utterly denying the claim of George IV. to be termed the "first gentleman of Europe" Mr. Thackeray devoted the latter part of his lecture to a comment on a few personages who might be regarded as the real gentlemen of the period. These were Sir Walter Scott, Robert Southey, Bishop Heber, and Lord Collingwood, whose moral virtues he extolled in connection with their intel lectual greatness. As a final contrast he drew a CJlll parison between the first party given by the Prince in London—described by the magazines of that day as the ne plus ultra of magnificence—with a cere mony that took place in the same year, namely, the retirement of Washington from public life iu the presence of the United States' Congress. A com pliment to the present sovereign, as possessed of the virtues in which George IV. was so lamentably deficient, concluded the discourse, and Mr. Thacke ray retired amid loud acclamations. The lecture, of which we have briefly stated the purport, was the last of the series, but so great has been the attraction of the course that it was com menced de novo on Saturday, the 10th inst., and the Saturdays intended for a separate body of subscribers are not yet terminated. The room has been invariably crowded to repletion, and a passenger in Edward-street, seeing the throngs that have emerged from the doors of the Marylebone Institution, would scarcely have be lieved that a lecture was the cause of an excitement so extraordinary. The merit of being the first to make an un-illustrated lecture a cause of " crush" is entirely due to Mr. Thackeray. While on the subject of the Marylebone Institu tion, we may state that the Monday evenings are devoted to the dramatic readings of Miss Glyn, whose series commenced on the 19th instant with "Antony and Cleopatra." Those yet to come will comprise the " Merchant of Venice," " Romeo and Juliet," and " Othello." BOSOUR THE BRAVE! (From the Times.) Some 16 months since, when the details of the last struggle at Sebastopol became known, we re cerved no little abuse from a number of incensed critics for our observations on the part played by the British Generals at the Redan. We had re gretted that on September 8, as often before, the incapacity of our leaders had placed our achieve ments in lamentable contrast with the successes of the French. The common sense and the high spirit of the English people caused all but a small minority to agree in the disappointment and dis approbation which we expressed ; still, there were not wanting those who professed to see no mis carriage in the unhappy repulse, no subject for regret in the failure of their countrymen in the crowning contest of the war. The argument of these persons, of course, was, that the several attacks were to he looked upon as one, and that we had our share in the success of the Malakhoff, and our allies their responsibility for the failure at the Redan. The usual appeal was to the French them selves. It was only the Times, they said, "that pretended the English ought to have been success ful. The Parisians, with that chivalrous feeling which distinguishes them, gave us full credit for the common victory. In fact, the Redan was not meant to be taken. General Simpson, whose genius Pelimier and Niel warmly acknowledged, had taken a maste.ily view of things. He had sent 1,500 men to a feigned attack. It was in the pro gramme that the Light Division was to be cut up, and, with a sagacity to be found only in the highest minds, regiments with a large proportion of re cruits were chosen because the loss would be of less importance to the country. The Emperor Napoleon, the French army, and French society in general, were enthusiastic at the achievements of the brave English, which only a few discontented and ignorant writers at home sought to disparage." This was the reasoning of the thorough supporters of the military magnates at home and abroad. We had said that not only in France, but throughout neutral and observant Europe, this country had lost ground by the slackness and want of spirit of the British officers in command. The calumnious assertion was indignantly contradicted. French men, Germans, and Italians, it was declared, were full of admiration of the part played by the British force. In their superior acquaintance with the art of war they were not likely to tall into the errors of shallow critics at home. Whenever the campaign should be discussed by the French themselves ample justice yoo misunderstood untry. and mis represented • tice would be done to th e skilful English com manders, in their ders, so scancla.loouwsul no w ... an . opportunity of testing the We have The book of M. de value of these asser_tic! a nt performance, shows how Bazancourt, a semi-official events. willing i tuo whichgiv e w u e s f ourar thedu due Frencheven in respect authorities t o th a o r e e e But, if any one would earned a full share of glory. Court and army wish to place on gain a just notion of the value w h h e ic s h er t v h i e ces French ofthe English during the war, it is sufficient other day official report of the banquet given the the to read the by Prince Napoleon to the general officers of army who to o k part i n t h e C r i mean c ampaign._ We in England h ave h a d Crimean b anque t s , and we may say that not only in the first triumph of the alliance, but even during the last few months, when diplomatic questions have somewhat divided the two nations, the tribute of respect to our allies has never been wanting. The French generals and the French army have always been alluded to in terms of admiration, the health of the commanders has been drunk, and the mention of their names has been the signal for hearty acclamations. Gen. della Marmora and his Sardinians, Omar Pasha and the army which kept at bay the Russians on the Danube, have been great names at our feasts. Now turn to the French entertainment. It is the recep tion of the chief Crimea n genera l s by an Imperial prince, himself a sharer in the campaign. It is a public affair, officially recorded in the Monitettr. Men are present who filled the highest posts in the French army from the beginning to the end of the war ; the colleagues of Lord Raglan as well as of General Simpson and his successor. Admiral Hamelin, the Duke de Malakhoff, Marshal Can robert, Marshal Bosquet, Generals Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, De Salles, Niel, M'Mahou, are all present. These men saw the landing at Old Fort covered by a British fleet ; fought action after action in company with the British ; they shared with them in the dreary labour of the trenches for eleven months ; they saw tens of thousands of their men brought to the seat of war in British transports, and their sick carried down to the Bos phorus by the same means. They have been thanked as a body by the British Parliament, and wear severally the Order of the Bath on their breasts. Yet at this great official banquet the English are never once mentioned. We are as much ignored as if no English soldier had set foot in the Crimea, as if no English sailor had ever entered the Black Sea. Marshal St. Arnaud is spoken of as having made for himself at the Alma a winding-sheet of the tricolor of regenerated France ; Marshal Canrobert has the praise of hav ing disciplined an army for the conquest of Sebas- Itopol ; and to Marshal Pelissier is ascribed the crown of final success. The Generals are congra tulated on having renewed the glorious traditions of the Republic and the first Empire. "Posterity will say that at Moscow our fathers vanquished the Russians, but were overcome by the elements; while at Sebastopol you have overcome the ele ments and vanquished the Russians. In history 1854 will respond to 1812. The immense advan tage of the war—l say it with pride—is that you have proved that France still has her Grand Army.' " Such is the speech of his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon. The two Commanders-in-Chief, Marshals Pelis sier and Canrobert, return thanks, and propose fresh toasts in much the same style. The French army, its conquest of Sebastopol, and its termi nation of the war, are the themes of high lauda tion. No other force is mentioned. No allied Generals are even remotely alluded to as sharing the glory and the untimely end of St. Arnaud, or the success and happy return to home of Pelissier and Canrobert, Niel and Bosquet. We are always hearing from a certain military set in England of the esteem which Lord Raglan enjoyed ; how ho was beloved, admired, and deferred to by his foreign colleagues, and anecdotes innumerable are related of this fond and chivalrous confidence. Yet here the dead English General is unnamed. Not one of the 52 guests present, not one of the band of Generals who for so many months met him in the field or at the council-table, had a word for the memory which it has been asserted they so much cherish. Of course, his successors are equally unnoticed. In fact, the mot d'ordre evidently was to sup press England, and the military failures, the last and greatest of which was at the Redan, have given a colour—false as it is—to the cavalier silence of the Palais Royal. General Simpson, at the crowning struggle of the war, was unequal to the occasion, sent an insufficient force of raw youths to assault a formidable position, was repulsed, omitted to renew the attack, and failed even to occupy the place when it was deserted. The result was that the fall of Sebastopol was mainly the result of a French exploit. The apology was, that the attack on the Redan permitted the capture of the Malakoff, and that a chivalrous ally would not suffer our reputa tion to suffer. Whore, now, is the chivalry Where is the acknowledgment of English services ? The victor in the eyes of the world takes all the benefit of appearances. We may prove our merits, if we can, to a listless audience, which has already formed its conclusions, and is tired of the whole subject. Of what avail are mere conventional re wards ? General Simpson has his four grand crosses, and General Codrington is placed over the heads of other Generals and covered with decora tions. But these cannot alter the opinions of the world, nor restore the prestige which has been lost. What was the position our Generals had won for us we may judge by the French banquet. It was reserved for the courage of the present Premier and the patriotic resolution of the English people to insure the fruits of our joint victory, to restore the country to a leading place in Europe, and re gain in the Cabinet the reputation which our Gene rals had lost us in the field. _HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE MMES. (From, the Report of thz Registrar-General.) In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths regis tered in Landon were 1,171. Of these 582 were deaths of males, 589 those of females. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks correspond ing with last week was 1,210 ; but, for the purpose of comparison, this should be raised proportionally to in crease of population up to the present time, in which care it will become 1,341. The result of the comparison is that the deaths of last week were less by 170 than the average rate of mortality would have produced. Toe deaths in the week from diseases of the respira tory organs (under which head phtbiEis is not included) were 280 ; in corresponding weeks of previous years they ranged from 153 in the year 1853, when the mean tem perature of the week was 45 deg., to 386 in the cold winter of 18;5, when the mean temperature of the week was so low as 29 deg. Since the present year commenced the weather has been mild, and the mortality from die. eases of this class is not high. In the last two weeks the deaths from bronchitis rose from 140 to 170, and those from pneumonia fell from 87 to 77. Phthisis (or consumption) was fatal to 152 persons last week, of whom 73 died in the period of life 20-40 years, and 52 in the subsequent period, 40.60 years, leaving only 27 of the deaths from this disease at earlier and later ages. Whooping-cough has increased within the last four weeks, and in the present returns 55 children are stated to have died of it. Thirty.four deaths occurred 'from typhus and 'common fever ; this number is not high corn paratively, but it should be observed that nearly half occurred in the Eastern division, while only four or fi ve deaths were regi s t ere d i n eac h o f the other divisions. A. family in Shoemaker-row, City of London, gas lost three children in 10 days from scarlatina, but the registrar has not heard that the complaint is prevailing in his district. In a house in Haberdashers'-place (East), Shoreditch, funr deaths have occurred within 10 weeks, arising from disease of various kinds. The deaths of four nonagenarians were recorded in the week. The oldest was a gentleman of the age of 96 years, who died in Lambeth. Last week the births of 996 boys and 818 girls, in all 1,781 children, were registered in London. In the 10 col.• responding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average num her was 1,621. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'636 inches. On Sunday, the 11th, the reading fell to 28'85 in., and on Saturday r ose t o 30' 21 in. These values were the lowest and highest in the week. The mean temperature of the week was 36'5 deg,, which is rather above the average of the same week in 43 years, as determined by Mr. Glaisher. The thermometer fell to 24 deg. on Thursday, the lowest point in the week. The range in the week was 20'5 deg. The mean dew point temperature was 33'9 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 2•6 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 40.1 deg. The direction of the wind was very variable, on Saturday it was S.W. The fall of rain was 0.39 inch, most of it en Sunday, St. Saviour's—At 57, Great Guildford-stm-t, on the Bth January, the son of a brickmaker, aged 17, died of " colioa pictonum." MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS PRONE ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 17 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases •• 192 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 42 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 2BO Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 1 Premature Birth and Debility 25 Atrophy Old Age Sudden.. 8 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 33 Causes not specified DZATII3 TEOlf ALL CAUSES Population Deaths In corre- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the MI. of 1856. Week. West Districts ...... 376,427 North Districts ... 490,396 Central Di str i cts..... 393,256 186 East Districts......,, 485,522 South Districts ...... 616,635 ...... 296 U 299 ________. Totals ......... 2,362,236 1,121 1,171 Males 532 Females....., BIRTHS IN THE W EEK. Males Females Total . --... 1,784 The London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company have received a large accession of strength f r om Liverpool. The Dutch-Rhenis'a interest has also entered into the combination, and the Dutch Postmaater- General has already signed a contract with the Company, which will commence running their p ac k ets in March. The so speedy completion of an undertaking, compre• hendinc , such vast consequences not on l y to the trade of the North' of Europe, but to the future reduction as well Of time and diNtance as of expense in the route to the East and our Indian roest3Bsions, speaks great l y f or t h e enlarged and extended spirit in which th ose engaged ie the highe r range o f commercial undertakings now regar d every enterprise that may tend to their more extensive development. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 20. COURT OF CONIMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before Justices Cresswell and Crowder.) RANKIN V. PAYNE.-OBTAINING A DIRECTOR FOR A BANK. Mr. Robinson appeared for the plaintiff in this case, and the action was undefended. It was stated that the plaintiff was chief clerk to a stockbroker in the City, and that the defendant was engaged in promoting public companies. Some time ago the defendant was engaged in promoting public companies. Some time ago the defendant was engaged in promoting the formation of the Western Bank of London, which had since been firmly established, and he undertook to pay the plaintiff 501. for every director whom he could obtain for the bank. At the instance of the plaintiff Major-General Bagnall agreed to become a director, and the plaintiff uow sought to recover from the defendant 501. for obtaining the general's name. Mr. Justice Willes said that the contract above stated was illegal, and as it was an illegality which he thought affected the public he directed that the case should be postponed for the purpose, as was understood, of en abling an application to be made to amend the pleadings, so as to raise the question. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sitting 4 in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Martin, and Mr. Baron Watson.) KEMP V. COVINGTON—JUDGMENT. The Chief Baron delivered the judgment of the Court in this case, which was argued during last term. It appeared that the plaintiff had supplied certain goods, or performed certain services, for the firm of Covington and Co., but the defendant Covington, it was contended, was not liable, as it was proved that he bad ceased to be a member of the firm before the plaintiff's debt had accrued. The general question the Court had to deal with was, whether a person who had been a mem ber of a firm was responsible for the liabilities of that firm after that person had ceased to be a partner in it. He was of opinion that, except under special circumstances, he was not a partner. This case Lad gone to the jury on the merits, and they believed the defendant and not the plaintiff, and found their verdict in favour of the defendant. The ground of the motion on which the rule had been obtained was that of misdirection, namely, that he (the Chief Baron) should have told the jury that the plaintiff was entitled to recover. The Court were unanimously of opinion that it was not incumbent on him to law down anysuch proposition. There had been no misdirection, therefore the rule which had been obtained must be discharged. Rule discharged accordingly. Mr. Lush applied to their lordships for their sanction to appeal to the Court of Error against their decision. The Chief Baron said the Court would for the future adopt extreme caution in sanctioning appeals to the Court of Error, as in the case of Kingsford v. Merry some unfortunate mistake had arisen, by which the facts presented to this Court, and on which it formed its de cision, were not presented to the Court of Error. It therefore behoved the Court to be cautions in giving their countenance to applications to allow causes to be taken to the Court of Error. Mr. Baron Martin, having concurred in what had fallen from the Chief Baron, said that the case had been taken to the Court of Error on a statement of facts which were in no way akin to those which came before the Court below, which were based on the Chief Baron's notes, and on which that Court formed its judgment. The appeal to the Court of Error should be based on what the Court below bad adjudicated, and not on a statement of facts at total variance with those which transpired in the Court below. The Chief Baron said all cases of appeal to the Court of Error ought to be submitted to the Court below, and he should in future exercise great caution in reserving points for the opinion of the Court above. In the case of Kingsford v. Merry, which had caused some stir in the commercial world, the Court of Error would have decided as this Cour,. had, had the facts before that Court been similar. Such was not the case, •however ; they were far different. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Jim. 20. WESTMINSTER, Robert Kay Butler, a well dressed and respectable-looking man, appeared to his recognisances to undergo a final examination, charged with a series of ofTencee. Mr. Bodkin appeared, as before, on behalf of Mr. Loxdale, proprietor and printer of a local paper called the West Middlesex Advertiser. The circumstances which gave rise to the present pro ceedings are briefly these :—On the first publication of the paper in question, early in Nov. last, the prisoner offered his services to obtain advertisements, and was to receive 20 per cent, upon all the money be brought in. Shortly after this, and at a time when his com m ission only amounted to 1/. 100., he obtained a cheque from Mr. Lindale for ill. on account. It was subsequently ascertained that he had not only brought a number of sham advertisements, but in his capacity of collector had embezzled divers sums received for the insertion of genuine advertisements. Mr. bodkin was not disposed to occupy the time of the court with respect to the false advertisements which he declared prisoner had nevor any authority to insert, and which had been produced, to colour his claim for commission, but determined to shape the charges into five oases of embezzlement, and one of obtaining the 10/. above alluded to under false pretences. Five tradesmen were then examined, who proved that they had paid the prisoner divers small sums, amounting in all to 2/. 24. Mr. and Mrs. Loxdale stated that the whole money accounted for by the prisoner was 31. 18s., having refe renoe to other advertisers, and 1/. lei. fur which he never gave a list. He had never accounted for the money received from any of the five tradesmen above mentioned, and two of them had sent their advertise ments to the office without any solicitations from, or knowledge of the prisoner. The aocused deolared that the 11. 10g. paid to Mrs. Loxdale without any names was from those very indi viduals, as would be seen by the dates of the receipts. Mr. Paynter considered it his duty to send the above charges for trial at the Central Criminal Court, with a view to their full investigation by a competent tribunal, and took small bail for prisoner's appearance there. In the autumn of last year, owing. to a complaint signed• by a number of inhabitants of Ebury-street and its neighbourhood, directed to the Sanit ar y B oar d o f St . George's, Hanover-sqnare, Dr. Addi s , th e me di ca l off i cer of health of the district, visited the extensive cow-yard of Charles Hatt, in the rear of the houses in Ebury. street, and upon that gentleman reporting that it was a nuisance and injurious to health, proceedings were taken at this court, under the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, against the proprietor of the offensive place in question. Mr. Paynter, after a very lengthened review of the case, made an order against defendant as follows :—That the number of cows should be reduced to 90 ; that the district surveyor of St. George's a n d one appo i nte d b y defendant should consider what a lt erat i ons could be wmiatdherseiegnouthlhaarenw6hhildtilwhing, an d t h e pavement constructed sheds, t o h is (M r. Poynter ' s) appro val,nation as to allow the slop to run off more readily, and the grain reservoir t 9 be emptied and cleansed. _ . It was then determined that the surveyors should inspect the sheds as early as possible, in order to give defendant time to appeal against the decision, if dissatis fied with the results. LAMBETH.—A SPORTING- MAN.—Richard Mom', who was de-scribed as a blacksmith, but on whose person was found a betting book, containing several entries of bets at long odds on the Derby and other forthcoming races, was charged before Mr. Elliott with being con cerned with his wife in the commission of two robberies. Mr. John James Wells, a corn chandler, residing at No. 17, Palace New-road, deposed that the prisoner's wife had been in his service as cook on the first of last month, and on that day absconded, taking with her three valuable shawls, yards of silk, and other property. On the sam e morn i ng the prisoner, as he (Mr. Welk) should be able to prove, was seen loitering about his house, and one pers on h ear d him say he was " tired wait ing." He gave information of the robbery to the po lice, but nothing w as h ear d o f t h e prisoner until the present time. Mrs. Jane Weaver, the wife of a blacksmith, residing at No. 3, Great Suffolk street, Borough, said she knew the prisoner from his having worked in the country with her husband, and also knew the wife. On the 221 of October last the latter came to her house, and said her husband was working m Birmingham, and that knowing that witness had some friends there she called to ask for a letter to them. She went away, however, without waiting for any letter, and immediately after she (wit ness) missed her gold watch, which had been safe hang ing up a few minutes before. The prisoner denied all knowledge of either robbery, and said he had not seen his wife for a length of time. Mrs. Weaver said she should bring proof on a future day that the prisoner and his wife were together on box ing day last. This was denied by the prisoner, and, at the request of the ()Mears engaged in the case, the prisoner was remanded to a future day. rx T RE FI N A c : ,3 I . E 2. - 4m D a it u ltA n D a : 3 u e r ia C B a a iii tle o t r t, M a A s T h lt i r p ar vi O r N ig lAk ti L t, DwiaBV charged on a suitunons with violently assaulting his wife and breaking her arm. The complainant, who had her left arm bound up, said that she resided in Margaret-street, and that on fChristmas-eve rhk.er husband brought home a pint of rim arm. She we n t t o bed some time after, and was not which he seized hold So o m f e th w e or to d n s g a s ro a se nd i lr t u b l eo h u er rse le o ft t aware that it was broken till the following mornin g, whea she found that it was. Mr. Yardley—l see that this summons was not taken out till the 16th inst., 22 days after the occurrence. How was it that you did not take it out before ! The complainant replied that she was a monthly nurse, and had been engaged about her business. Mr. Yardley (to the defendant) —What have you to say? have ie - The defendant s t a t ed that he too k up th e t ong s i n self defence, and that h e h ad no i n t en ti on to break her arm. She was a b out to stab h i m w ith a table-knife, when he struck he r arm w i th t h e t on gs to knock it out of her wand. A f ew weeks ago she stabbed his nose on the was in oonsequence obliged to go to the endon Hos pital b t r o i bridge with the a woundkilf several times at th a t court, c h arg ed with, and it:anti coned for, assault s on him. S h e pa wned all his things for drink. and cut sa me of the veins. Me L. His wife had been The Defendant said he . had a witness to show what took place on Christmas-eve. Johanna Griffiths stated that she was in the room on the evening in question, when the defendant brought in a pint of rum. The complainant, who was the worse for liquor, took a large portion of it, when the defendant observed, " that was not the way to pass Cbri , ,trna—eve " She then took the change out of the money paid by the defendant for the rum. He asked for it, on which complainant took np a knife to strike her husband. He told her to put it down. She would not, when he struck her. Defendant bad been drinking. Mr. Yardley—With what did he strike her Witness—With the tongs. She immediately called out, " You have broken my arm." Mr. Yardley remarked that the complainant, it would appear, was consotous she had no strong case against her husband, as she had not applied for the summons till 22 days after the accident. It was very clear how this assault happened, and it was a matter of surprise to him how any one could employ the complainant as a monthly nursd. The defendant was discharged. SOUTHWARK.—CAUTION TO PUBLICANS.—,Tames Kirby, a powerful-looking coal-porter, was charged with assaulting Mr. Thomas Robert Elt, the landlord of the Feathers Tavern, Waterloo and Commercial-roads, Lambeth. Mr. Eft, whose clothes were covered with mud, stated that about dinner-time there was a fight near his house in the Commercia!-road, between the prisoner and another man. The former was the worse of liquor, and acting in a very cowardly manner towards his opponent, and witness give directions previous to going to dinner not to allow any of them to enter the house. Just as he had sat down to his dinner he heard a disturbance inside the house, and was called down, whe❑ he saw the prisoner acting in a violent manner. Witness told him to leave, when he took out some money and de manded to be served, saying he dared not refuse while he had money to pay. Witness, perceiving that he was under the influence of liquor, refused to serve him, and on his refusing to leave the house he ejected him, and when in the street the prisoner attacked him. He (Mr. Ea) had no wish to punish the prisoner with any severity ; but he wished him and his compa nions to know that although they bad money he was not compelled to serve them while under the influence of liquor. They had an idea that he was, and he wished his worship to disabuse their minds. Mr. Combe said that it was contrary to the tenour of their licences for publicans to serve customers under the influence of liquor, although they might exhibit their Looney to pay for it. The prisoner must be imprisoned until he was in a sufficient state to enter into his re cognisances to keep the peace for twelve months. 310 RDER OF A WIFE BY POISONING. On Monday night an inquest, held at Chesham, before Mr. F. Charmley, one of the coroners for the county of Bucks, resulting in a verdict of " Wilful murder" again,t Philip White, a shoemaker of that town, for poisoning his wife, was brought to a conclusion. The inquest, which was opened on the 30th ult., was twice adjourned. On the two former oocasions a number of witnesses were examined, including two little girls, the prisoner's daughters by a former wife, of the ages of 13 and 8. The substance of the evidence on those occasions was as follows :—The prisoner, whose first wife died some time ago of consumption, leaving four children, one son now married, a boy of 14, and the two girls above alluded to, had been married to the deceased only nine months, she being at the time of her marriage the mother of three illegitimate children, one of whom her hus band had to maintain. It appears that during this period and for some months previously Ann Seaward had been living in the prisoner's house, apparently assisting in the domestic work. Between this woman and White an illicit intercourse had been carried on previous to his second marriage, and subsequently during the temporary absence of his wife. Her evidence, most reluctantly given, further went to show that he had administered to her a drug called hiera-picra to procure abortion, she being in the family way during his wife's absence. It appeared that the deceased had been for five weeks nurs ing a woman at Chesham-common, when she was re called by ,her husband, Ann Seaward having declined to remain any longer in the house if his wife was away, in consequence of the ill-natured remarks of the neigh bours. She accordingly returned home on the 14th of December, and she died on the Sunday following Christ mas day, having been confined to her bed for a week with erysipelas. During this period the prisoner called in no medical aid, stating he owed the doctor money for 11;_e previous wife. She was attended by her mother and sister and also by Ann Seaward, and when Mr. Dews• nap, a surgeen, was called in by the mother the day before the deceased died he found her fast sinking and in a most neglected state, though the mother and sister appear to have done all they could for her. A witness named Mitchell swore that the prisoner on the 23d said to the deceased she ought to have a doctor, and that she replied, "Pooh ! what good could he do?" and another woman, who had taken work to the prisoner while his wife was dying, proved he had said he wished he was a single man, as he was the Christmas before. In conse quence of the neglected state of the deceased an inquest was held, when the testimony of Surgeons Fathoms and Dewsnap, of Chesham, having shown the existence of arsenic, the case assumed a more serious complexion, and the prisoner was taken into custody immediately after the first day's proceedings on a charge of poisoning his wife. On the inquiry being reopened yesterday, Mr. Joseph Heath, a chemist in the town, deposed that on the 4th of December the deceased, who was a customer of his, had purchased half an ounce of arsenic, alleging it was to poison mica. She had signed the entry required by the act, and he gave her two packages of arsenic coloured with soot, in the proportion of one•sixteenth, cautioning her to be careful as to its use. It was quite usual to supply arsenic for killing rats and mice to persons who were known. Professor Taylor was next examined—He deposed that he had received for analysis a jar containing the stomach of the deceased and its contents, the intestines, a portion of the liver, one kidney, the spleen, and part of the heart. From a chemical analysis he had come to the following conclusions ; —First, that the contents of the stomach of the deceased contained arsenic, chiefly the blood and mucus ; second, that there was arsenic in the coats of the stomach ; third, that the appearances presented by the stomach were such as usually attended poisoning by arsenic ; fourth, that taking these appear aeohdamxrfaehi t u dasst e c eethnhno u ne t sonodfehrafdie deceased ef d huhaaabe b s tdoted l hydo known o n: r ive:oh: e t wesf deceased ne h i aons e wntu c soaffi o epts n hecoe t eni afeereunndt cases, t t reea s aads qtt o eehu f bBd, ya t r b h newau e vt tetistom ach, revealed h ne that dctrf.shmeynAi t h a s n eu d p p le post the. ances in conjunction with the discovery of arsenic in the mortem examination, it was highly probable that the tneetary examination confirmed these conclusions. He destroy life had been taken by the deceased. The body removed by might have been taken some period before death, and the throwing of the poison out of ctahlelebdoedlyim. elimination, or per sonsor lived more than three days after taking arsenic, and the appearances presented in this case were such as were commonly seen when the poison has proved fatal in two or three days. There was no arsenic dissolved in the stomach. The appearances were consistent either with a recent administration of arsenic in a large dose, or an old administration in several small doses. Philip White, a son of the prisoner, aged 14, who cried a good deal while he was giving his evidence, de posed that one evening, a month before his stepmother's death, he asked her if she had the face ache, and she b y death,w shoa what poison h waat s ittehcbhaedinnicg:oltlyatkimene ofonrlya diffusion,s gio arsenic arsenictt o haveort timeh oet replied she had the heartache. About five weeks ago his father, w h o was d run k at t h e ti me , said to him, , " Your moth er i s a ; s h e i s no mother to you. , His mother was down stairs, and might have heard the remark. He never h ear d hi s f a th e r wish hiss mother deal, or knew th em t o quarre l. She was in bed about a week befor e s h e di e d . Sh e wa s headed before p C u h d r , i i s i t n m g as au d d ay sa . savoys taken died on Sunday, the 28th. H e never h ear d of her having been sick till her self had bee n s i c k w hil e hi s mother was ill. The night Seaward was in the house, minutes ttahkaetnd to oy her r e hy l had i h g i her h s t sister.di dinner e r She seat all the savoy s an d wan t e d m ore. She beef and she and hi s f a th er wen t outside for a few after she was d ea d. Hi s sister Emma had said sh e before his moth er di e d Ann He had once he a rd his father say to his mother " he seen her." He ne ver beard his mother comp wished he h a d b e en a hundred miles off befo l r a e in h o e f had s father's attentions to Ann Seaward. Superintending constable Wootton deposed that on his taking the prisoner into custody after the first day's adjournment he Raid he would go and tell the jury all about it. Witness said, "You are too late ; the jury have left." The prisoner, turning to the witness, Mrs. Mitchell, said, "I wi s h had told the jury all about it ; if it had not been for you I would, but, as we are all married, I'll tell you what it was. About three weeks ago my wife went to Mr. Heath's and bought Rome arsenic, She used the arsenic occasionally to get rid of , a child. The last time she took it was on Monday last," Witness tuok him to the lock-up, when the prisoner, in the presence of Bunker, the lock-up keeper, said, "Ah ! well ; she's dead and gone. I suppose I shall swing next March for her." On being taken to Aylesbury Gaol the prisoner said, " I am innocent of the crime; if they were to hang me at once, I'll never confess to it ; for I know no one can prove that I ever bought any arsensic, or ever gave h er any." The prisoner several times requested witness to make inquiries at Mr. Heath's, which he had done. Ann Seaward was then recalled. She is rather good looking, but very deaf, and many years the prisoner's junior, he being about 50. She shed tears while under examination, and the prisoner watched her intently. 81:0 said that before the prisoner had married hi e l ast wife he had asked her to merr y h i m , and she had refused b c a use he was so much older than herself. During - ya n E: 01 wife's illness lie asked her would she marry h• if hie a a l h d 2 av r e h h , wife died, and she replied she would. S' • in ' cause he had said that on the Wednesday, the h e c ; could have killed her sooner than l w et it a h n he nother , youn g er. s e a struck r youue She had been out that evening man, and the prisoner had followed her for it on the Thursday, and said, one else any more," which she re. "You H won't go with any pasted. The prisoner had given fo her money to buy hiecra-picra. He mixed 'a dose her very sick. He afterwards gaye r hheerr'anotherand oasdee. One night while his wife was away she was in the pri soner 's house, when he took her from his own bed to his. This the prisoner denied, and asked the witness if she had not kept company with a young man from Michael. maR to Chrittma, to which ebe replied is the affirmative. The coroner having summed up, The jury, after being absent about an hour and three. quarters, returned a verdict of " Wilf u l M urder. " who d The pri soner, not exhibit grea t er emot i on than was observable dur i i d ng the inquiry, was then c nn rnitted on the capital charge to stand his trial at the assizes. From the London Gazette of Last Night. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. IA. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. E. B. Neill as Consul-General in London for the Republic of Honduras. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Jay. 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Martial Cloquet as Consul-General in Australia for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. DDWNING-STREET, JAN. 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. George Melrvine to be Minister of the church of Scotland, in the Island of Mauritius. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint William Allen, Esq., to be Chief Clerk in the Colonial Treasurer's Office in that island. WHITEHALL, JAN. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Willis, Esq., to be one of the inspectors under the " Act to render more effectual the p,,lice in counties and boroughs in E❑g land and Wales." COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia — Chas. Wm. Parker, Esq., Adjutant of the 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia, to serve with the rank of Captain. Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery—Benjamin Reming ton Williams, Esq., late First Lieutenant 'Bengal Horse Artillery, to be Captain, vice Humfrey, appointed to the British Getman Legion. Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment Ensign John Silacksley to bo Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant Chas. Ba,guall, appointed to the Line ; Ensign Walter Furness to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. A. Keir Lowndes, deceased ; Ensign Henry Leftwich Freer to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. G. D. Wingfield, promoted ; Ensign Henry Howkins to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. Armfield, resigned. WHITEHALL, JULY 10. The Right Honourable Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed John Hunt Thurs field, of Wecluesbury, in the county of Stafford, Gontle man, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Ast passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple mode' of assurance, in and for the county of Stafford. BANKRUPTS. John Poland, wholesale milliner, Hart-street, Blooms bury, to surrender, Jan. 30, at one, and :Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court; Lawrence, Smith, and Fawdon, Bread street, Cheapside. William Burrow Jones, confectioner, Bristol, Feb. 3 and March 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acrainan, official assignee, Bristol ; King, Bristol. Charles George, grocer, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset shire, Feb. 3, and March 3, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis• trict Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Stanley and Wasbrough, Bristol. Ann Rees, grocer, Llanelly, Feb. 3 and March 3, at eleven, at the Brist o l District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Stanley and Wasbrough, Bristol. John Danger, leather factor, Yatton, Somersetshire, Feb. 3 and March 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Gir l:lug, Bristol. Fredk. James Clarke, baker, Clapham, Jan. 30, at one, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of :Bankruptcy. Ed wards, official assignee, Basinghall-court ; Hewitt, Nicho las-lane, City. Thomas Pinches, builder, Walsall, Staffordshire, Feb. 4, at eleven, and Feb. 23, at half-past ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir mingham •, Wilkinson, Walsall ; James, Birmingham. Alfred Taylor, builder, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, Feb. 6, and 20, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodg son and Allen, Birmingham. Jonathan Wright Horsfall, commission agent, Leeds, Fab. 2, and March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Prest, Leeds. William Balshaw, builder, Liverpool, Feb. 4 and March 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Payne, Liverpool. George Sandham, cotton spinner., Carr Mill, Lancashire, Jan. 30 and Feb. 20, at twelve, at. the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Cobbet and Wheeler, Manchester. Gilbert Hodgson and William. Atcheson, timber mer chants, Sunderland, Fels. 10, at 'eleven, and March 43, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon .Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Nowcss•ole-upon-Tyne ; Haile, Bush, and Gaskell, Southampton-/euildings, London, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. James Turner, oil and grease me) Thant, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Feb. 3, at eleven, and March 4, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Con rt. Baker, official as signee, Newcastle•upon-Tyne ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Crosby, Church-court, Old 'Jewry, London. SCOTCH SEQUETI. James B or th w i c k, gardener a S n T 1 RA florist, ON Raglan-place, Partick, Glasgow. INSOLVENT PETIWIONERS. J. H. Butterfild, Stockwell, S ctrrey, clerk in the Tri nity-house, Tower-hill- A. A. Aso( di, Tothill-street, West minster, tokacconist -G. J. Wal lie, Lower Edmonton, Middlesex, clerk to a builder—H. ' t'aylor, Artesian-place, Paddington, oowkeeper—J. P. T. Haseel, Bedford-place, Old Kent-road, clerk to a general c ommission merchant— J. Bryant, Ryder's-court, Leiceste.r-square, portmanteau maker—G. A. Jenkins, Janaes-stre et, Poplar New-town, plumber—J . , I. Scott, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, printer—J. Campion, Kensington-oval, journeyman oar, penter -J. Simpson, jun., Bromley, Middlesex, carpenter —J. Morris, Duke-street, Commercial-road Eact, journey man cooper—G. Morris, Merricl:-Ftquo.re, Southwark, warehouseman to a leather factor—or. Newell, Lofthouse, Yorkshire, cordwainer—E. Try, Own ham, Berkshire—R. Jones, Albert-cottages, Walworth, c ommission agent— j. Burr, Barnet, Hertfordshire, lice: Ise.l victualler—A. G. J. Bishop, Weymouth-terraco, New Kent-road, clerk. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. T. B. R. Stevens, Pall-mall, billbrok er-Ist div. of 2id, Jan. 21, at Lee's, Alderm an b ury . J. Glenn, Cambridge-terrace, LivelTool-road, builder —lst div. of 3id., Jan. 21, at Lee's, .Addermanbury. John Wilson, Barking, corn dealer let div. of ls. 11d., Jan. 21, and three subsequent Nirednet4 days, at Edwaids's, Sam brook-court. Ibba William Hodges Brown, Little Bowdon, North amptonshire, horse dealer—lst div. of" 205., Jan. 21, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Ed wards's, Sambrook court. John Linnit, Argyle-place. Regent.iv treat, goldsmith -3d div. of 81d., Jan. 21, and three s sisequent Wednes days, at Edwarda's, Sambrook-court. George Hartshorne, sen. (separate es Tate), Groat Dover street, Borough, ironmonger--Ist dir. el 45.. Jan. 21, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Edli ards's, Sambrook court. John Giffin l(separate estate), Churcl-street, Hackney, and Dillington-place, Caledonian-roadl, saddler—lat div. of 3ici., Jan. 21, and three subaeque sit Wednesdays, at Edwards's, Sambrook-court. G. A. APLean, HighHolborn, tailor, 2d div. of 7d., and 3s. ld. on new proofs, Jan. 21, and thrt ss subsequent Ved nesdays, at Edward's, Sambrook-court. : _ a _s uurbsdseagyu, at subsequent Chris. W e 1:. nesdays, at Edwards' s, Sambrook-cour t ., H. M. Addey, Old Bon d-street, bookie sl i er , 3 d div. of is., and ss. on new proofs, Jan. 21, and thr, J. Brownbill, Tipton , Staffordshire, a hoemaker, 114 div of 4d., Jan. 23, and any sub sequent Thursday, times, Birmingham. A. W. Ord (separate estate), Gate sbead and London ceme nt manufacturer, Ist div. of 20e. , J an. 24 Id"' su bsequent Saturday, at Bakers, New 1 Im m o . o n 'on-:,lent- any T. Puttinson (separate estate), N owcaatr yne. chemist, lat div. of Bd., Jan. 9 4, an, any i °-u p o n - Tyne, turday, at Baker's, Newcastle-upon-u iyne subsequ en t S a- DIVIDENDS . Feb. 11. T. Salkeld, Basinghall-s‘i e Feb. 14. E. Walker, Westbourne-t4 ' et, builder— Feb.warehouseman -11. W. C. Stuart, Cambridge, tailor —J • coach ailor— Cavendish-street. Portland-place J. Clarke, New Seaward, Abchurch-street, City, p surgeon—Feb. 10. F. J. Taylor, He Evans Laucas3ll) 03 nsed carman—Feb. 12. —Feb. 19. J. Evans and G. D ft, druggist manufacturer Iron works, Glamorganahire, ironmas lere.hveY' Briton-ferry Iron- CERTIFICATES TO Fob. 11, J. T. Metcalfe 'aE GRANTED. City, and Farnham, Surrey, and G. Metcalf; Bow-lane, tn, Sea ward, Abchurcla-yard, canvas merchants; F. son, .„..City, licasnaed carman; C. 0. Belmont-wharf,Rob son, t&an 's . g -crcss, wharfinger • J. bteven son, Vauxhall Brewer tailor. Feb. 13. y, browf,r ;0. Thomas, 'Manchester, Liverpool I. J. Ha .Iwin and J. L. M`Gregor, and Havannah, me chants F b 1° D Buckler, Birmingham, builder. ' * PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. . lane, City, and elsewhere, African merchants, .so far as - L. A. Gregory, D. Chinery, and E. H. Gregory, j3irchrine guarnds D. manufacturers—J.Chinery—R.C r u e l l e t r on an a d nd T o . C . C ut . le s r h , o ß re i , rai sh in e g ai h e a l m d: Haworth, Northam p. g merchants—S. Craymer and J. H. Elliot,. Bristol, pickle t ni o a n n sh u i f r a e c , tu b ro ri r c s k — F m . ak F e r r a s t — t and ß. T H . e P y r w a o t r t ih. l ,, V G ll . bY li lloyle, and J. Holt, Thorne Mill Water,. near Newchurch, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers, so :far as regards R, Heyworth and G. Holt—S. Watson and J. Watson, Bel. per, Derbyshire, nail manufacturers—R... Todd and R. W. Todd, Oundle, Northamptonshire, boot :sellers—W. S a d. grove, jun., and R. Ragg, Eldon-stree t, Finsbury, a n d Dunnings-alley, Bishop sga t e , ca bi net rsiakers—T. Hickin and T. Baker, Wolverh amp t on, l ock II lanufacturers —G. Goode and T. Shirley, Smedley Vale, near Manchester, silk dyers—W. Wells and C. Wells, 0 xforcl, - pool, silversmiths—S. Fi nn i s and A. Non me, Dover and , Kent,Lir timber merchants—J. E. Soulsby. J. Asl,on, and J. Rean, New-yard, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn -fields, bogok binders, so far as regards J. E. Souleby. —4. Swinford and T. Champion, owners of steam thrashimg machines —W. Carter and R. Moxom and Mary Cath e • (executors of the late J. Carter), Howden and Kilpin, "Y•,rkshire, wine mer chants—C. F. J. Lord and R. Nichr.l, Hampstead, sur geons—Louisa, Widenhara aad T. F. W idenhaza, Lombard street, City. stock brokers —J. Fowli , er and R. Hyslop, Leicester, cordwainers—J. D. Dean, litnd E. B. Newton, Staleybridge, Cheshire, plurnbers—Ja. mos Blyde and John Blyde, Sheffield, scissor manufacturers —H. Chadwick and E. Chadwick, Burnie Blackwell and W. Green, Corbyn's I Tall, Y, Lancashire, at one masons—S- II- Staffordshire, ironrnasters— W. Satte rthwaite, sec., an d H. J. Sla c k r J. Barrow, sec., Lancaster, cotton spi o ners— and P. S. Zing, Sout hampton -street, Strand, ww B Pa e P° . Sheffield, drapers —G. Crawley end proprietors—T. B. Cockayne, men„ and. W. CockeY",t., 1.1 . Kingswinford. G. Lindsey, lane, City, wine merchants—J. Herq' and J. Totter- Salford, Lancashire, joiners —E. Lawrence and dell, Liverpool, tea dealers. :E. Masters, . man, LITERAAT INTELLIGENOII.—Amorg the new works announced for publi,ation during the season by Messrs. Hurst and Illackett are the following :—Mr. Atkinson's Narrative of his Seven Years' Explorations and Adven tures in Oriental and Western Siberia, Chinese Tartary, ‘ 3 cc., in one large volume, ernbellishe d with numerous coloured plates, from the author's c.riginal drawings. "Personal Recollection s of the Last Four Popes," y his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman. "Elisabeth de Valois and the Court of Philip IL of Spaiu," by Miss Freer, 2 vols. "A Pilgrimage into Dauphin 6." by the Rev. G. M. Musgrave, 2 vols., with illustrwtions. "A Per. sonal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage," by Dr. Armstrong, late surge !on a n d Natural ist of I.M.S. Investigator, 1 vol. "Songs of the Cavaliers and Roundheads," by Mr. G. W. Thornbury, in 1 vol., with illustrations by Mr. H. f.;. Marks. In the list of works of fiction of the same publishers are—. "The Days of My Life," an autobiography, by the author of "Margaret Maitland ;" "Nothing N ew, " by the author of "John Halifax ;" and n,ew novels by the author of "Rockingham," Mrs. S. C. EMI, Mrs. Trol lope, and Miss Jewsbury. Country Markets. A moderate attendance of buyers, who acted with great caution, and rebtricted their purchases as much as possible. Fine wheat 2d por 701bs lower, and middling in some cases 34 to 4d less money. Flour 6d per barrel and sack lower. Oats and oatmeal met an extremely slow sale, at a decline of ld per 451bs and 6d per load. Barley, beans, and peas neglected. Indian corn morn inquired for, and all good mixed offered at 33s 6d was cleared off--31s 3d to 34s 6d being obtainable for fine yellow, and 353 to 35s 6d for fine northern white. HULL —JAN. 20. The market was moderately attended, and a small show of English wheat, condition a good deal affected. Trade very slow, and all sorts 13 to 2s down in price. Foreign ♦ery dull. Barley very firm, and not much offering. No alteration in other articles. Linseed is dearer, and cakes 10s a ton higher. Bones in demand, but very scarce. -8 8I Wheat, English, rod 56 to 5Si Ditto white - 6O to 63 Dantzic and Konigs- 1 berg Pomeranianand Ham- I 8. 8 Peas, grey and black to - I Linseed , Black Sea. 65 to 66 IDitto Peteraburgh 51 to 65 Ditto Riga and Arch- burgh Danish,lloistein, and 58 to 6-1. Friesland 54 to 58 Russian and Odessa 58 to 631 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 27 to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to 3 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 48 to 561 ¶44 to 56 'Ditto Konigsberg and Momel 4B to 56 Per Ton jLins.c. Hull 010 to 10' 17* 6d Ditto fine for. 91 Os 101 Us Od Ditto inf. for olos Od to 01 Os Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 Os Rape cakes —5 Od to 125 a Od Cares, English Ol. to —ak ' Ditto foreign 1 Guano OOl Os 81 t012115s ones ...... ----e Od to 125 s Od i lour, per bit 3ss. 388 LEEDS, JAN. 21. We have damp weather, and the condition of wheat is generally defective. A fair show, but a dull market, and the little business done is at a decline of Is per qr. from Friday's rates. Barley a slow sale, and the turn in favour of the buyer. Beans in limited request, and, with other articles, do not vary much from last week. Average price of grain—Wheat, 60s 7d ; barley, 471 101 ; oats, 28s ld ; beans, 42s 01; peas, 41s, 01; rye, —s. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 20 STOCIE EXCHANGL—The market again has been doing a steady business today, and prices Were about the same as yesterday. Caledonian, 801—Dutch Rhenish, 1 dis.-- Birkenhead, L'pool, and Cheshire, 651—St. Helen's 5 per . cent. stock B, 1044—London and North Western, 106-- Eastern Counties, 9.8.9. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 961 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnsiaire, 334—Soutk Eastern, 224—East Lancashire, 23-31idland, 824 4-- Great Western of Canada, 244. LEEDS—JAN. 20. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The market has been quiet to.clay• Midland, 82k—North Westerns, 8.3.9.—N0rth Easterus Leeds, No. 2, 4 prem.—Ditto, fifths, 10k—Sheffield, Itco therham, and Goole, 20 g 6. lANCHESTER, JA.x. 20. STOOP, EXCHAN6E.—The market was a shade weaker to• day, and very little business doing. Midlands, 821- Sheffields, 33i—Leeds, 96 $ i—East Lancashire, 234-- Doves, 22 5-1 6—Mancheltar Assurance, 7 pm.—Bank of Stockport, 4 9-16. BIRMINGETA.M, JAN. 20. STOOX EXCHANGE. - There was a quiet market to day and a very dull business doing. Stour Valleys, 9 -- Ditto, new, 2 pm.—Great Western, Birmingham Guaran teed Stock, 74i—Midlands, 824 i—Ditto, Birminghang and Derby, 53i—South Staffords, 9k—Birmingham Not Union Mill, 3k —Ditto, Canals, 93. COURSE OF ,EXCHANGE.---YusTuBDAY. kmsterdam 11 14 Gibraltar -- Ditto, three months .. 11 1714 Leghorn ..... ..... •• .• 20 55 Rotterdam ............ 11 17k Genoa .. 25 Tr) Antwerp .............. 25 3216SWan ................ Brussels 25 32 Liamburgh ............ 13 6% Naples .. 43 Altona •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Palermo •• .• •• 25 22 Messina .. ... 1204 Ditto, three months .. 25 671i' Lisbon .. .......... •• 51% Marseilles 25 67,, Oporto .............. •• 51% itourdeaux .. • • ........ I Rio Janeiro Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayres...• •• •• •• Berlin .• •• •• •• •• • • • • •411 Yew York,6o days' sight Vienna.......... • • .... 10 40 Philadelphia ..... • Trieste.. •..... •• •• 10 42 TTLICES OF BOLLICN, rut Of. Petersburg 37 IA Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid .........., .... 49 Portugal Gold Coin .. 00 0 Cadiz ..... Barcelona .• .• •• .• •• New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville...—. .......... Sillaer In bars ..—.. 0 6 24 SEABORNE MAILS. [Alton the date for making up a mail falls ea a Sundaf► the mail remains open until the day following ; except in the case of the India mail, via Southampton, which, on auglb occasions, is made up the previous evening.] von nem ..............--......-..........., Made up at W hence the des- B Y what When By ° /11/1 Post-Office. patched. Vessel, expected Vela. _, " ......0. 0. ---....—, ........_ Lisbon 7th,l7th, &) Spain M 27th of the ` youth- Jan. 24 Gibraltar Gibraltar 1 Malta .. • • • • Egypt Ceylon „„ M of the South- Indus 20th of Land India Mauritius month. 1 ire 614 (ylaCcylon) China Penang .. • • M th e } South- I L d us F e b . 4 .. C o lols" Singapore Australla(via} 3 , A ornilli South-- the Cape) ' ..... / Light Cape of Good •'' ' i ampton Hope ...... Mauritius., E Dart- Harb!n all4 Ceylon .... Feb. 5.. . ' mouth ger Jan. 26 E i g i India ..., Lisbon ...., , Madeira .... 1 CapedeVe r d s Brazil . South •• • • 3/ Feb. 9 .... ampton l Medway Feb. 12 Avon H uenosAy res Falkl and Is- lands,... . ) WeSi. Indies - 1 (except Ha 'ana and "Hondura s ) let and 'Ve nezuela ••• m 2/I , a )f n t d h l o 16th of month. New Granada 7th South '' Grey Town • ampton Parana the: :Atria. month. Chill J Peru •. Feb. 17 } . S"th. California 16th of A Nassau ....yHonduras • the .... i .e.* ampton Mexico •• • • Feb. 2.• . } • month. South- Parana Feb. 1 Atria , ' Havana .• .. ' ampton Madeira .... Teneriffe Jan. 23 .Poluyt-h Candace Feb 6 gthloPe .. } W C.otAfrica • • British North Africa fan. 26 Niagara; America .. i E ve ry Fri. pool Liver- United States United States I f a n.2o and Liver- British North alternate Pool • ..... •• Jan, 29 .. • : ...4 America .. Tuesda3s. United States South- British North lki Jan. 14 .. 1 America .. ampton A rage— Feb. 19 AragOl Canada .... I E lan. 27 .. } Liver " Anglo- N. AO e' pool s axon Feb. 4 rican._ I : — Evening. CHIEF CONSTABLE FOR NOETTIUMBHRLAND. -- At 1 meeting of the Northumberland county magistrates, held in the Moet-hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Thursday, force Major B rown, of Bolton-hall, Alnwick, was elected 001' of the 60 candidates chief constable of the new poll°• organisin g force under M a j or Brown will consiet of 15 superintes• in the cou n ty o f N or th um b erland. Th• dents, four mounted constables, and 40 ordinary p e lies• men. WILLS. —The will of James Meadows Bendel, P. 8.5., of Kensington Palace-gardens, has just been proved under 1 00,000/. ; also the will of Sir William Gorr wa!lis Eustace, and that of Sir William Sherlock Goon!), 50,000/. ; General the Hon. William Henry Gardner, R.A., 14,0001 ; Lieutenant-General Thomas Morgan. 11.E.1.C., 20,0001. ; Captain William Laugharne, R.N. ' 40,000/., an d h as l e ft c h ar it a bl e b equests ; Frederielg Winslow Y oung , E.g., Frederick s-plac e 40,0001. • James G. Playfair, M.D., Old Jewry', 'Piccadilly, 4,0001.; the Rev. William Lashiner Batley, R ec t or of Woodford. Northamptonshire, 12,000/. BIR,T114; OF A go, eh On theof 18th inst., at Marotitno, near D u bli n, t h e M ar . Kildare. P 9 a ne„. the 19th inst., at Blithfialci, Staffordshire, the Ladf Begot On the 17th inst., at 82, Eaton Jones, Esq., of Pantglas, -square, the wife of Do OP A DAUGHTER. On the 15th inst. , at 46, Park -street, the wife of Colonel Henry Cartwright,Gremadier Guards. On the 17th inst., at 33, King William-street, city, the wife of Charles Stuart Cansdoll, Esq. M ARRIED. M On or the the 20th inst., a t S t. George's Hanover-square. aj Hon. William James Colville, Rifle Brigade, second son of the late Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Colville. G.C.8., to Georgians, Mary, the second daughter of Evan Baillie , Esq., of Dochfour, and Lady Georgians Baillie. On the 20th inst., at St. J ames ' s Church, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Gooch, late o f th e Coldstream Guards, to Frances Eli Barezabeth of ls, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-square. 1 Henry Montagu, DIED. On the 19th inst. at Harewood House, Leeds, John aged 9 months and 10 days. On the 18th inst., suddenly, at 137, Stanley-street, Pim* only son of Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, lico, Ambrose Wna Perkins, Esq. On the 17th inst. , at W lton-on-Trent, the Rev. T. a Perrott, M.A. GOn the 17th inst., at 152, Albany- s t ree t, R egen t' s . par i c . 'lance, George Butler, PA , late Secr e t ar y t o th e B oar d of Gr d • Pall-mall, aged 75. On the 17th inst. , at Gre a t Russell-street, Bloomsbury, Mr. A. Tolleth, aged 65. r wiOdonwthoef ItBhtehlaitnestilamnt EasdiGnubtuhrrgile,,WMrrigs.hZuEth4.i.e, Wright Auditor of the Court of Session. LONDO N : Printed and Pub Hailed by MURDO YOUNG► of No. 112, Strand, hinter, at The San Office, No• 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cowl ti of Middlesex, We esday, January 21, 1857.