The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-16 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. A spacial General Court of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the offices of the company, Broad-street-buildings, for the purpose of authorising the Court of Directors to borrow and take up on loan, from the Lord High Treasurer, dr the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, any sum or sums of money, not exceeding, in tk whole, the sum of 136,0001., to be advanced to the said company from the Consolidated Fund of the Unitecrningdom on the credit and security of its property in New Zealand, in pursuance of the pro visions of an Act, made and passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to promote Colo nisation in New Zealand, and to authorise a loan to the New Zealand Company ;" and of enabling the Court of Directors to affix the common seal of the company to any deed or deeds of assignment or _ mortgage, or other instrument or instruments requi site ,or - expedient for such purpose ; and to do all other acts which may be deemed necessary or expe • dient for procuring the said loan, and carrying the provisions of the said Act into effect. The attendance of proprietors was not large. Mr. AGLIONBY, M.P. occupied the chair, in the absence of the Deputy-Governor, Mr. Baring. He said the meeting, as they would perceive from the advertisement, was called for a special purpose— namely, to ratify the resolution passed at the former meeting, for empowering the company to borrow money fi om the Government, the law advisers of the Crows having considered such a proceeding necessary. He then called upon the Secretary to read' the report. In doing so he said the Court of Directors had prepared the report in order that the proprietors might be put into possession of their views with respect to the object for which the meeting had been called, and to that object it was limited. He begged leave to congratulate the proprietors on the appointment of Mr. Cowell, as her Majesty Commissioner for New Zealand.—(Hear.) That gentleman was present—he had been present at all the proceedings, whether in the committee-room or in the courts, and his colleagues joined with him in believing that his services would lead to the in terests of the company being better attended to than they had ever been before.—(Hear, hear.) The Secretary (Mr. Harrington) then read the following report : " On the 14th of May last, when you held your annual meeting in this place, particulars were laid before you of the arrangements which were then in progress between your directors and her Majesty's Government ; and, in anticipation of the necessary sanction of Parliament, those arrangements received your approval. The Act by which the required sanction has been given, intituled An Act to pro mote Colonisation in New Zealand, and to authorise a Loan to the New Zealand Company' (10 and 11 Victoria, chap. cxii.), is now upon the table; your consent is requisite to empower your directors to give effect to its provision, and resolutions for this purpose will be proposed for your adoption. By the arrangement with her Majesty's Govern ment, confirmed by Act of Parliament thus referred to, a most important trust is confided to the New Zealand Company. All the demesne lands of the Crown in the whole of the Middle and of Stewart's Island, and in the southern part of the Northern Island of New Zealand, are absolutely vested in the New Zealand Company, with power to administer, in the manner stated in the Act, all the rights of her Majesty in reference to the said demesne lands, in such wise as shall seem to them best fitted to promote the efficient colonisation of New Zealand. It becomes, in consequence, the duty ofyour directors to lay before you and the public the object with which they undertake this great trust, and the advantages which, by means of it, are offered to all ranks of society. The aim of this company is not confined to mere emigration, but is directed, as you have long been aware, to colonisa tion, in its ancient and systematic form. Its object is, to transplant English society with its various gradations in due proportions, carrying out our laws, customs, associations, habits, manners, feelings— everything of England, in short, but the soil. We desire so now, to cast the foundations of the colony, that in a few generations New Zealand shall offer to the world a counterpart of our country, in all the most cherished peculiarities of our own social system and national character, as well as in wealth and pucker'. Such is our aim in consenting to undertake this trust. The New Zealand Islands seem to afford the only field on the globe where it is any longer pos sible to attempt an enterprise of this interesting and comprehensive character ; and in them many cir cumstances unite in a. remarkable manner to pro mise success, provided the proper means are prudently and energetically combined. So much is now generally known regarding the salubrity of the climate of New Zealand (superior to all others in respect of its freedom from drought ; from excessive heat in summer ; from cold in winter ; and from too much wet in any season)—regarding the great fertility of its soil in many extensive districts—its adaptation to agricultural and pastoral purposes—the mineral productions, comprisin g coal, iron, sulphur, copper, and several other useful kinds—the timber— the excellence and number of the ports—and the ad vantageous position of the islands, which assures to them ultimately the naval and commercial command of the Pacific—that it is unnecessary at present to do more than to allude to these points ; hut connected with them, the moderate extent of the Islands is an element cif great consequence. For a limitation of _s..-the area In any field for colonising operations, where neither slaves nor convicts can be employed, is indispensably requisite for the retention of .olonial society in the onward path of civili sation, and the prevention of the dispersion and isolation of families so fatal to colonial prosperity. Such is the country which Government now opens to the enterprise and sagacity of the merchants, agricul turists, and gentlemen of England, and to the industry 4f its labourers and artisans, and on which her Ma jesty has graciously been pleased to confer rights and institutions which offer the benefits of local and muni• cipal self-government. But while the assemblage of circumstances thus combining to promise that life in New Zealand shall be agreeable, and property valuable, displays itself in colours so attractive, care must be taken that the attention is not for one moment diverted from the great certainty, that social happi ness, and the growth of wealth in a new colony, are results which may be entirely missed, unless the methods which shall be employed respectively to I achieve them embrace those elements which experi ence of the moral and material requirements of man kind demonstrates to be essential to their attainment. No procedure—no organization—will prove of any avail unless animated by such principles. Thus religion and education are essential to the existence and growth of social :happiness ; and although the extent to which the colonists shall enjoy the benefits of these blessings will ultimately depend on themselves, yet the company will endeavour to initiate the provisions for them in every one of the settlements that shall be formed. In like manner the growth of wealth (and with it all the fruits of civilisation) depends entirely upon such a combination between the capitalist and the labourer, that each shall be reciprocally dependent on the other. Capitalists without labourers would find their capital paralysed; and labourers without capi talists, or independent of them, would uniformly pass off into semi -barbarous cottiers, with no example of any class of society better and higher than themselves, and without any possible means of improvement. Unless, therefore, the New Zealand Company can secure combination between capital and labour, it will fail of its great object. This combination is the indispensable condition of colonial prosperity ; and all the plans for new settlements, which your directors will soon have to submit to the public, will be founded on it. Their great desire is, and to the accomplish ment of it they will direct all their energies, that the opportunity of gradually acquiring a good landed estate shall be afforded to the gentleman and practi . cal farmer, and the certainty of good wages, good liv ing, and an ultimate independence to the industri ous labourer. I n d ev i s i n g, and in steadily applying the means for attaining these objects, consists the main utility of the company ; and now that all differences bet we en home and in it and the Government, both at the colony, have entirely ceased—that it is receiving 'possession of its long-withheld lands, has been ship which i s now investedannounced, with the great trustee ship which is now armnounced, and that the natives, reduced to ord er by the energetic and concilia tory policy of Governor Grey, adopt ing the habits of civili se d lifei are generally the culture of the soil, b o th on their et4ing themselves to own directors ournest resume as labourers to the settlers —your a their colonising operations under a confident h o p e th a t they shall be enabled to c arry to result those principles which the experienc e llpy practical of co lonies, in all ages, has shown to be sound. Subject all to such modifications as altered circumstances render necessary, they are prepared to go on w ith lan3 sal s and to resume their colonising operations in the, existing settlements of Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, and Otago ; and they will, ere long, make known what new districts they offer for colonisation. It only remains to state that John Welsford Cowell, Esq., her Majesty's Commissioner, has entered upon the execution of his duties. The directors anticipate much advantage to the company, and to New Zea land, from the great experience and sound judgment of this gentleman ; and they regard his appointment with sincere satisfaction, for the evidence it practi cally atibrds of the disposition of her Majesty's Go vernment --effectually to co-operate in carrying out the great _public objects to which the efforts of the company a?lg directed, and for the confidence which a knowledge of that co-operation will impart to the wiTON.I) \ - 17fialtsaid the proprietors were no doubt Use, Ace referred to in the report rendered Alfe\proprietors should be called to lither they would confirm or not the ;1214 Government, adopted by them , on a former occasion. His first duty was, to move the adoption of the report. Mr. BaENAN said it would be satisfactory to the proprietors to be informed whether the 130,000/. would be solely expended in colonisation or not. He wished to know whether it would be devoted to completing those districts already colonised, or whether it would be expended in colonising other districts now lying bare and waste. It appeared to him if they devoted the money to the creation of new settlements, and left those commenced in an incomplete and consequently unsatisfactory state, that great injury and dissatis faction would be the result. Experience had shown that such a sum as that borrowed would go but a small way in creating new districts, whilst it would go far if devoted to those already formed. Two years ago 99,0001. and 100,0001. were devoted to the crea tion of new districts, but what benefit had the com pany derived from this expenditure ? Nothing. It was true they had paid off many obligations which they had contracted, but he hoped that -there was no necessity to expend this additional sum in a similar manner. The settlers loudly de manded the improvement of their condition—such as constructing roads and bridges, and sending out ca pitalists to settle and employ their means to the best advantage. If the company were to do this, and the public were informed of it, he apprehended that eligible persons would be induced to embark their fortunes in the colony. Influential persons perceived ' the importance of doing what he suggested : for in stance, Mr. Ward, a highly respectable gentleman, had published several letters, calling upon the direc tors to fulfil their engagements and to improve the ori ginal settlements. It was incumbent upon the direc tors to fulfil all the engagements,they had made • unless they did so, the settlers would be dissatisfied, the proprietors would not receive the return for their capital to which they were entitled, and the company would be nothing but a disappointment to all in terested in it, from beginning to end. Some of the demands of the settlers were exceedingly reasonable, and ought, therefore, to be complied with. He would not presume to say what the directors should do, but if they thought proper to adopt the course he had pointed out, and to give publicity to their intentions, much good would be ac complishediNothing that had; occurred for some time was so gratifying to him as the appointment of Mr. Cowell—if anything could. give him confidence in the undertaking that gentleman's appointment did so—be was the mainstay of the vessel in which they were all in teres te (H ear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN replied that it was never contem- plated that the 130,0001. was to be devoted to im proving the old settlements. The Act of Parliament prohibited such an expenditure of • it. The Act countenanced the old settlements con veyed by the Government to the com pany and expressly provided that the 130,0001., in addition to the 100,0001. formerly advanced, should be devoted to the colonisation of a wide field, also conveyed to the company, and the money was se cured on the lands of the company for a period of three years, and was agreed to by the Government for the purpose of extending emigration to the vast territories in the middle island, from the southern part of the northern island. It would, therefore, be manifestly contrary to the Act if this money were devoted to particular settlements, whether in the northern or southern island, because the Go vernment never intended that it should be so expended.: - The directors were most desirous to fulfil every engagement into which they had entered with the original settlers. They felt a solemn obligation to do so. He did not mean simply those moral and equitable engagements which might be enforced in a court of justice by the law of the land, because they thought they were bound to fulfil them by far higher obligations than those which could be enforced by such a court.—(Hear, hear.) They would endeavour, therefore, to fulfil all their engage ments. Their powers might be limited, but they would leave nothing undone to promote the prosperity of the settlement, and to give the settlers satisfaction. Mr. BRENAN said the directors ought to make some concession to the persons at Nelson, who ob jected to the position of the port. The CHAIRMAN would not adopt the word " con cession ;" but he could assure the Hon. Proprietor that everything in reason would be done. The sub ject was under consideration, and a gentleman had been deputed to gather the sentiments of the inhabit ants, and to report the result. If that report were before them they might adopt its recommendations, but it had not yet arrived. The directors were per fectly alive to the importance of constructing roads and bridges, and of carrying religious instruction into the colony, and had suitably alluded to these matters in the report. Captain Otway, of the Royal Navy, who had just arrived from the colony, was present. He had visited every part in the north and south, and he had given the directors the most glowing accounts of its progress. Its condition he said was most satisfactory. In Wellington wharfs and houses were being built, and a splendid road was in course of construction from the town into the agricultural districts, and under the excellent ma nagement of Governor Grey the natives had been tranquillised, and were devoting their time to indus trial pursuits. tilr. BRENAN inquired if the road and wharfs spoken of were made by the company, and whether they would derive profit from them ? The CHAIRMAN said they were not made by the company. The 130,0001. would go but a small way if devoted to such works—it was advanced for carrying on the operations of the colony on a large scale, and for preparing land for sale, and the proceeds of course came into the coffers of the company. After the reduction of the debt the proceeds would be applicable to the purposes of the company. Mr. BRENAN asked whether the loan would date from May, and when colonisation would be resumed ? The CHAIRMAN said the directors were most anxious to resume colonisation ; but that depended entirely upon the public. At the end of three years they might, perhaps, be called upon to say whether they intended to go on or to stop ; but in the mean time they must colonise as much as they could. Mr. BRENAN considered that 10,0001. should be devoted to loans to aid persons emigrating, and that placards urging emigration should be circulated. He wished to see such times as 1839 and 1840—but now New Zealand seemed to be forgotten. The CHAIRMAN could not make any promise with respect to the placards, but they had no power to advance money for any such purpose. Nothing could be more advantageous to the colony than ad vancing money to persons wishing to colonise on the land obtained by them, and if the Hon. Proprietor, and those who agreed with him, would start such an undertaking they would do vast good. The CHAIRMAN said, to show that the colony was not forgotten, two ships were about to start—one from the Clyde and one from the Thames—and a body of Scotch capitalists had obtained an Act to colonise Tobiago. They had obtained 400,000 acres, but as yet only forty persons had emigrated. This showed that the colony and its dependencies were not retro groding. He felt bound to admit that circum stances had taken place with respect to New Zealand that were calculated to retard its progress, but he trusted that a new era had now broken in upon them, and that the future would amply compensate for the past. As a proof of the improved condition of New Zealand, he might state that the amount of customs for the quarter ending the 31st of March of the pre sent year were 3,9251.—(Hear, hear.) As Captain Otway was present, he trusted he would state to the meeting what was his opinion of the condition of New Zealand when he was last there. Captain °TWAT would gladly give his opinion of the present state of New Zealand to the Court. He had been employed in her Majesty's service on the coast of New Zealand for nearly two years. He was in Cook's Straits in January and February last, and he could not but observe the great improvement that had taken place in the settlements of Nelson and IVellington. He had also visited New Plymouth, and his impression was, from the new buildings, the houses, and the general appearance of that settlement that the colony was improving very much, and the people seemed to him to have no doubt that they were now secure, both with respect to their lives and their property.—(Hear, hear.) He had also been to Wie mar, and he was bound to confess that there were as good roads in that neighbourhood as any that he had ever seen in England.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") There was also a very fine road of fifteen miles open from Wellington to Parivuria. The climate of the county was excellent ; its capabilities for agriculture extensive in the extreme, and altogether he looked upon New Zealand as the finest climate in the world for Englishmen.—(Hear, hear.) There was also a very fine vein of coal in Massacre Bay ; those coals had been used in one of her Majesty's steamers, and found to answer extremely well. As yet the coals had been only got from the surface, and he had no doubt upon further excavations, they would be found to be as good as any in England. He had no doubt of the great resources of the colony of New Zealand, and thatT h u e nd re e p r o i r t t s v. p . r a e s s t e i n ie t ,ani management n it would become one of th e most important of the British possessions. Ir eeffetheocurts be sl : ia , greed to. The CH AIRMAN saidu m h , i ‘ c i l h was S theto the e Court followin g oof . i t b h , at the report having been agreed t o , h e would w propose the second resolution, w and they are hereby, auth or i se d and em of f er Lord High to borrow and take up on l oan f rom the o Treasurer, or the Lords C omm i ss i oners jesty's Treasury, any s um or sums not exceeding in the whole th e sum of 136 money, to be advanced to the said .comp any from i' and out of the growing produce of Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, on the credit and security of the profits of the undertaking, and of the lands, tene ments, and hereditaments in New Zealand belonging to the said company, or to the possession of which the said company is entitled, upon the terms, within the periods, and in accordance with, and pursuance of, the provisions contained in a certain Act, made and passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled An Act to Promote Colo nisation in New Zealand, and to authorise a Loan to the New Zealand Company;' and that for such purpose the Court of Directors be, and they are hereby, authorised and empowered to affix the common seal of the company to any deed or deeds of assignment and mortgage, or other instrument or instruments, and to do all such other acts and deeds in that behalf as may, in the opinion of the said direc tors, be requisite or e x pedient,' Mr. WATEMAN wislied to know whether the com pany had an absolute grant from the Crown of the lands they proposed to mortgage ? The CHAIRMAN said that the mortgage deed which was to be granted to the Government as security only contemplated that part called the Company's Posses sions. The company had a grant of nearly all the land to which they had made a claim. One million of acres would be mortgaged to the Crown for the money which it was about to lend to the company. Every portion of land which had been sold or alienated of the com pany would not come under the provisions of the mortgage to the Government, and a good title would be given to those who had purchased it from the company free from any of the burdens or debts of the company. Mr. BRENAN wished to know whether any part of the money to be received from the Government would be appropriated to carry on steam navigation between the settlements ? The CHAIRMAN said that part of it would. 25,0001. would be specially devoted and held in trust for pro viding the benefits and blessings of religion and edu cation, and also to carry on steam navigation. The following resolutions were also unanimously agreed to : _ _ " That Aglionby Aglionby, Esq., and George Lyall, jun., Esq., :two of the said directors, be, and they are hereby, authorised and empowered toreceive, for and on behalf of the said company, all such sum or sums of money as have been or shall be paid by the Lord High Treasurer, or Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, on account of the said intended loan, at or before the execution of the said deed or deeds, and that the execution of the receipts for the same shall be valid and binding on'the said company." " That any two of the Court of Directors, for the time being, who may be nominated for that purpose by the Court of Directors, shall be, and they are hereby authorised to receive, for and on account of the conipany, all sla, further sum and sums, not exceeding in the - whole, together with the sum paid, or -to be paid, at or before the execution of the said deed or deeds, the said sum of 136,0001., as the Lord High Treasure'', or the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, may hereafter think fit and agree to 'lend livid advance to the said company, in pursuanee':oriWiiowers and provisions of the said Act; and thattbO.receipt or receipts of such two directors for.:the:wae shall be valid and binding on the said company:' , '; Thanks were then moved,4Lnd unanimously carried, to the Chairman am:Wide - tors; -to Captain Otway, and to Mr. Cowall, her . Westy's Commissioner, and the court breke‘ir. 3 r- FROM THE — LONDON GAZETTE OF y.RIDAY. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 15, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Brady, Esq., to be Chief Justice for the Island of Newfoundland. WHITEHALL, OCT. 15. The Queen has been'pleased to present the Rev. Peter Grant to the church.'and parish of Small Isles, in the presbytery of Skye , end county of Inverness, vacant by the transportation r of. the Rev. Henry Beatson, late Minister thereof, to the church and parish of Barra. c........ A rr - ' - . Tba-etralla r _ '7— e sti itittr w he with . . z . ,,. .0 . —, c It a § THE SU/si, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1847. WAR OFFICE, Oci. 15. 16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Daniel Henry Mackinnon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Webster, who retires ; Lieutenant Richard Heaviside, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, by ; purchal e pice Mac kinnon, Oct. 15. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Lyon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Crawshey. who' retires; Cornet William Wyndham CodringtOn 'to - be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Lyon; Robert White, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase vice Codrington, Oct. 15, sth Foot—To be Lieutenants—Lieut. William Hip Forster, from half-pay 9th Foot, vice A. E: O. Forster, appointed to 28th Foot; Lieut. George Harri.ugton Hawes, from 9th Foot, vice Potter, appointed Paymas ter, Oct. 15. loth Foot—Lieut. John Edward Hussey Taylor, from sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, ►ice Lindam, appointed Par master, Rifle Brigade, Oct. 15. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas C. Iligginson, from half. pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bolton, pro-, moted, Oct. 15. 17th Foot—Captain the Honourable Ernest Fitz Roy Neville Fsne, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, vice Wetherall, who exchanges, Oct. 15. 22d Foot—Lieutenant William Hunt, from 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, rice Ratcliff, appointed Paymaster, Oct. 15. 234 Foot—Lieutenant Jules Isham Routh to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Torrens, who retires ; Second Lieutenant Cornelius Graham Sutton to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Routh ; Francis Marmaduke Hall Dare, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sutton, Oct. 15. 26th Foot—James Brown Young, Gent., to be En- sign, by purchase, vice Stuart, who retires, Oct. 15. 37th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Gordon Cumming, from 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Trevor Hawley, syho retires on half-pay 9th Foot, Oct. 15. 38th Foot—Charles William Watkins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crooke, who retires, Oct. 15. 41st Foot—Captain William Carden Seton to be Major, by purchase, vice Donaldson, who retires ; Lieutenant George Montagu Hicks to be Captain, by purchase, vice Seton ; Ensign George Skipwith to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Hicks ; Thomas Acres Peirce, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skipwith, Oct. 15. 45th Foot--Colour Sergeant Luke Fitzgibbon to be Quartermaster, Oct. 15. 54th Foot—Lieutenant John M. M. Hewett, from half. pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, ap pointed to the 10th Foot, Oct. 15. 55th Foot—Lieutenant John Hanham, from half•pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, promoted, Oct. 15. 58th Foot—Sergeant Major William Moir to be Quar termaster, vice Kirby, appointed Ensign in 2d West In dia Regiment, Oat. 15. 67th Foot—Lieut. John M`Kay M`Kenzie, from half pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Breedon, appointed to 25th Foot, Oct. 15. 72d Foot—George Don Anderson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Norman, promoted, October 15. 76th Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Brockman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beresford, who retires ; John Holmes Houston Gammen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brockman, Oct. 15. 77ch Foot—Lieutenant Henry Jobling Wallack, from halt-pay 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lewis, pro moted, Oct. 15. 78th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Douglas, from half pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, Tice Hewson, appointed Paymaster of 94th Foot, Oct. 15. 86th Foot—Lieutenant John Spier, from 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Carpendale Baird, who re tires on half, pay of 63d Foot, Oct. 15. Rifle Brigade—Captain Frederick Augustus We therall, from 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fane, who exchanges; Second Lieutenant the Hon. James Stuart to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heaviside, ap pointed to 16th Light.Dragoona; Charles Edward Bott, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stuart, Oct. 15. UNATTACHED.--Lieutenant Aylmer Lambert Bourke, from 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, without pur• chase, Oct. 15. AtEstotwinust.—The Christian names of Ensign Kinahan, of 54t4 Foot; are George Daniel. BANKRUPTS. Ann Leman, shipowner, Commercial- wharf, Upper Thames-street, to surrender Oct. 28, at half-past one, and Nov. 26, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street, City; Browne. Walbrook. Frederick Leake, leather-manufacturer, Regent-street, Oct. 2i, at two, and Nov. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ' • Parkinson, Argyll-street. Ed ward Lloyd James, stationer, Queen-street, Cheap side, Oct. 28, at one, and Nov. 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City ; .Plucknett and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields. _ _ Francis Clark, jun., innkeeper, Bury St. Edmund's, Oct. 25 and Nov. 26, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street, City ; Stevens and Gosling, Gray's Inn-square. William Francis Merrett, draper, Greenwich, Oct. 25, at one, and Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. Edward John Allen and Frederick William Allen, riding masters, Seymour-place, BryanEtone-square, Oct. 29, at half-past two, and Dec. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street buildings; Robinson, Orchard-street, Portman-square. James Johnson, leather seller, Langley-place, Com mercial-road East, Oct. 27, and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings; Finder, South-square, Gray's Inn. John Caborn Barr, hatter, Old Bailey, Oct. 29, at eleven, and Dec. 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingball. street; Hillary, Fencl, urch- s tree t. Charles Howe, draper, Plymouth, Oct. 27, at eleven, and Nov. 18, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernarnan, official assignee, Exeter; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Reed, Langford, and Mars den, London; Stogdon, Exeter. Richard Linell, grocer, Shrewsbury, Oat. 26, and Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham; Smith and Cc, Bedford-row, London. Giles Davies, miller, Maesbury, Shropshire, Oct. 23 and Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Salter and CO., Shropshire; Hodgson, Birmingham. Samuel Kimberley and Bryant Organ, soda-water manufacturers, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, Oct. 23, st and Nov, 13, at e l even, at t h e Bi rm i ngham Dia ttnel7e, et Court. lialpy , official assig nee, Birmingham ; Collis, Stou r b r id ge , John Partington, cattle dealer, Wyre Piddle, Wor cestershire, Oct. 26 and Nov. *O, at eleven at the Bir- mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Wilson, Worcester; Smith, Birmingham. George Bryant, baker, Bristol, Oct. 28 and Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Trehern and White, Backlersbury, London; Sabine, Bristol. Daniel Pinkstone, innkeeper, Cheltenham, Oct. 28 and Nov. 26, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Newman, Gwinnett, and Co., Cheltenham. Thomas Dalton, rope manufacturer, Oct. 26, and Nov. 26, at one, at the Newcastle-upon. Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mew burn, Darlington; Harle, Newcastle.upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Duplan, Regent's-place, Westminster, tea dealer and grocer, Nov. 5, at two—J. Kirkland, New-street, Covent-garden, grocer, Nov. 8, at two—F. Ricketts and T. James, Moorgate-street, City, merchants, Nov. 5, at eleven—T. Grammage, King street, Seven Dials, and J. Mott, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, cheesemongers, Nov. 6, at eleven—Elisabeth Smith Dykes, Romford, Essex, basket maker and cooper, Nov. 6, at half past eleven. In the Country. J. Ingham, Liverpool, woolstapler, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—U. S. Boult, Liverpool, stock and share broker, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—W. Dimmer, Low-hill, Lancashire, joiner and builder, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—M. Jones Liverpool, saddler, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—Sarah Bowring, Pendleton, Lanca shire, plumber and glazier, Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Harding, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton manufacturer, Nov. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—W. %Vain, Manchester, pocket-book manu facturer and stationer, Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Udale, Oakamoor, Staffordshire, corn and flour •dealer, Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Court, firm ingham,---J. Page, Walsall, Staffordshire, iron dealer, Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J Keddy and T. Keddy, Bridlington, Yorkshire, printers, Nov. 10, at half-pastlten, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull— J. Horsfall, Leeds, stuff dyer and merchant, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds--W. F. Atkinson, Wake field, Yorkshire, woolstapler, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Stoodley, Bridport, Dorsetshire, twine-manufactu rer, 2s. 5d., any Tuesday after October 19, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. J. Winter, Stoke under-llaindon, Somersetshire, 2s. 6d., any Tuesday after Oct. 19, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. T. Hutchinson, Upper Stamford street, Blackfriars• road, sugar-refiner and capillaire-manufacturer, 63. 3d. on Friday. Oct. 22, or any Friday, between the hours o twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook. court, Basinghall•street. J. Labourne, Manchester, printer and stationer, lid., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, and every following Tuesday, be tween the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hob son, Manchester. R. E. Huntley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wine and spirit-merchant, 2s. 3d., any Saturday after Oct. 15, be tween the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Gillender, Sunderland, ironmonger, is. 6d., any Saturday after Oct. 21, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. R. Marsh, Upholland, Lancashire provision -dealer, 2s. 7d., on Thursday, Oct. 14, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office, of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. M. M'Ardle, Dundalk, grocer, 10d., on Thursday, Oct. 14, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liver pool. J. Kinder, Birkenhead, Cheshire, paper hanger, Is. Gd., on Thursday, Oct. 14, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Dent, Huddersfield, cloth merchant, 3s. 4d., any day on and after Oct. 21, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Brethrick, Newlay, dyer, 6d., any day on and after Oct. 21; between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. L. Marshall, Northallerton, grocer, 1s , any day on and after Oct. 21, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Glover, Leeds, woollen manufacturer, lid., any day on and after O c t. 21, b e t w een the hour s o f eleven two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. Blackett, Thackeray, and Tenant, Manchester, mer chants, second dividend Bd., and Is. 6d, on subsequent proofs, any day on and after Oct. 21, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. G. Webster, Staincross, nail maker, 6s. Bd., any day on and after Oct. 21, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. R. H. Hartley, Halifax, share-broker, 31., any day OR and after Oct. 21, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Air. Young, Leeds. W. Ashdown, Chatham, Kent, ironmonger, 4d., on Monday, Oct. 18, and two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Canaan, Birchin-lane. J. M. Blashfield, Blackfriars, cement-manufacturer and builder, Bd., on Monday, Oct. 18, and two follow ing Mondays. between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birebin-lane. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basingball-street. W. Howlett, Albany-road, Old Kent-road, builder, Nov. 5, at one—J. Osborn, Oakham, kutlandshire, glass dealer, Nov. 5, at two—D. C. H. Lower, London-street, City, merchant, Nov. 5, at halt;past one—C. Lewis, Stangate street, Lambeth, tin plate-manufacturer, Nov, 8, at eleven—G. Gilman, Canal-terrace, Camden-town, oilman, Nov. 8, at half-past eleven—C. Robertson, Lei cester-place, Leicester-square, master mariner, Nov. 8, at twelve—J. Holmyard, Ogle.street, Foley-street, furniture broker, Nov. 6, at half-past twelve—D. Winton, Gutter-lane, City, commission agent, Nov. 9, at eleven —A. Quartertnan, Oxford, breeches-maker, Nov. 9, at two—B. Bromley, Essex, cattle-dealer, Nov. 9, at twelve —G. Baker, Ludgate-hill, grocer, Nov. 10, at one—R. Wills, Tottenham-court New. road, statuary, Nov. 9, at one—W. C. Paul, Romford, sheep salesman, Nov. 10, at half-past two--.-W. Quincy, Old str ee t, St. L u k e ' s , ti n plate-worker s Nov. 9, at one—l. Boyd, Spital-square, silk-manufacturer, Nov- 10, at eleven. In the Country. C. Jone, Birkenhead, Cheshire, printer, Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —J. T. Hobson, Liver pool, dryaalter, Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—J. Fearnley, Windsor. terrace, City-road, worsted stuff manufacturer, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court. Leeds—M.Lyons,Birmingham, druggist,Nov. 9, at eleven, artist, Nov. 11, a t t we l ve , a t th e a ß t ia th ok l o C o o l, hr L t, an ß c i a r s in h gham—C. G. Hill, Preston an d Court, MancheAter-- - G• Whitehead, J. Settle, J. Smith, J. Hyde, W. Kelgull, J. Holden, T. Barlow, D. Crighton, J. Jones, T. Mallinson, W. Foster, D. Crighton, and J. Ashworth, Nov: 10, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, Nov. 5. G. Roberts, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, miller—J. Baggott, Worcester, licensed victualler —T. Reader, Foleshill, Warwickshire, miller —B. Gage, Gosport, Southampton, victualler—T. Melton, Lincoln, victualler. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. D. Morris and W. T. Morgan, manufacturing chemists —D. Morris, W. Morris, W. T. Morgan, and W. Davis (as far as regards W. T. Morgan), tin-plate manufac turers—J. C. Crittenden and W. J. Labourn, Hawley and Hartland-roads, Kentish Town, builders—T. Perry and J. Perry, Bristol, coach-builders and harness makers—G. Graham and F. Mennen, Leeds, millwrights and machine-makers — J. Terrell and E. 11. Roberts, Exeter, solicitors—T. Fisher and W. H. Castle, Barrow, Lancashire, merchants—A. Dreyer and C. Genetat, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, tailors—R. Williams and J. Lloyd, Oswestry, Shropshire, woollen and linen drapers—A. J. Keen, J. Blake, and J. R. Bulmer, Ken sington and Camden Town, and Northampton and Bir mingham, carriers by railway —E. Threlfall and W. Aseroita,nSu re Salford and w. 'leap, Lan cas hi re , cotton - sp i nner s and m M. Warcup and J. Vincent. East Dereham, Norfolk, surgeons—H. Swan and F. Smart, Hanway-street, Tottenham-court-road, lacemen —T. Davis and R. Hickman, manufacturers of pot clay and fire-bricks—W. Salvage and G. Salvage, Isleworth, grocers and cheesemongers—S. Smith and W. Bassett, Let-k, Staffordshire, silk - manufacturers—C. Napper, Hannah Bradshaw Boone, and E. Boone, Newport. Monmouthshire, confectioners and grocers—S. J. Hennis and J. Prime, Old-street, City-road, auctioneers—T. Roope and J. Furse, Pennyfields, Poplar, stay-manu facturers—S. Hayne and J. W. Pardew, Plymouth, booksellers and statio ners —J. L awson an d J. Whitwell, Wisbeach Saint Peter's Cambridgeshire, corn, coal, seed, and general merchants—W. Haigh and G. Berry, Reins-mill, Yorkshire, scribbling millers and spinners— F. Beetham and C. Foulger, Tanfield-court, Temple, attorneys and solicitors—J. Goodridge and J. J. Clapcott, Sturminster, Newton, Dorsetshire, surgeons—J. Pike, G. K. Pollock, C. M. I. Pollock, and G. D. 11. Haig, Ban gor, proprietors of the Pantdraniog slate-quarry. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Edward Drake, Rawsted, Suffolk, butcher. George Weston, Brighton, saddler and harness-maker. John Turton, Bradford, manufacturer of fancy goods. Francis Earle, Scriven with Tentergate, Yorkshire, stone-mason. John King, Ripon Yorkshire, coachmaker. Thomas hi - °Y, oheffiPld , s tone-mason. David Richard Bak er ,Wednesbury, Staffordshire, brewer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. PB - . W. Gray, Glasgow, merchant, Oct. 20 and Nov. 10, at two, to meet within the office of Messrs. M'Lelland and Mackenzie, accountants, Glasgow. 11. Monteith, Gl asg ow, manufacturer, Oct. 18 and Nov. 16, at twelve, to meet within the chambers of J. Gourley, accountant, Glasgow. J. Finnie, Glasgow, s teel-manufacturer, Oct. 20 and Nov 10, at twelve, to meet within the Red Lion Hotel, Falkirk. M. Kennedy, Perth, spirit-dealer, Oct. 21 and Nov. 18, at one, to meet within the chambers of Messrs. Duncans and M'Lean, writers, Perth. J. Reid, J. I. R o bertson, and G. Rlbson, Glasgow, warehousemen, Oct. 22 and Nov, 12 , at twelve, to meet within the Bla c k B u ll Hotel, Glasgow. , A. Smith, j un ., W. Ewing, jun., and J. Air], Glasgow and Calcutta, merchants, October 22 and Nov. 12, at twelve, to meet within the chambers of Messrs. Mein and Cunningham, accountants, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed .from the returns made in the week ending October 12, 1847, is 233., 5 t /4 d. per cwt. ATHERSTONE.--SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—As the Ashby coach was entering the Trent Valley Station-yard, at- Atherstone, on Monday morning last, it fell over, and the driver and some of the passengers were more or less hurt, though not seriously, except Mr. Thomas Kerr, grocer, who had his thigh broken,—Coventry Herald. , LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 15. (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF SARAH CNALONER.' The bankrupt carried on business as a dressmaker in Charles-street, Westbourne-terrace. The debts were about 7001., and the assets 1001. This was a meeting for the last examination. Mr. Frazer, solicitor, of the firm of 'Wood and Frazer, opposed. The facts of the case are of a singular character. The bankrupt kept only one account book, and in it were entered debts to the estate to the amount of 4001. for various articles of dress. When the fiat issued, the bankrupt was questioned concerning those debtors, but it turned out that not one of them owed her a farthing, nor had they ever heard of her. She stated that from time to time she had advanced sums of money to her daughter, who had resided with her, the young lady assuring her that such sums were to be applied to the purchase of dress; but instead of so apply ing it, spent it in the most extravagant manner. Be tween the months of May and August last 2301. was given by Mrs. Chaloner to her daughter, for the sup plying dress to customers, but instead of supplying it, Miss Chaloner had - subsequently stated that she in vested it in tickets for the Italian opera on Jenny Lind nights, and that she distributed those tickets among her friends. Miss Chaloner, however, handed in imaginary accounts for dresses bought for custo mers, and one of these accounts set forth a Honiton lace dress at 631. Mr. FRAZHR, addressing the Court, said this was a singular case, and he must say, on the part of the assignee, that there were some most suspicious cir cumstances connected with it. When the mes senger's man went to take possession there was no stock of any description, no plate, nothing but the furniture. Upon making inquiry they were informed that cabriolets had been seen to drive away from the house laden with goods, and their suspicions were very much confirmed by the fact that a cabman's bill had been sent in, amounting to nearly 81., for the use of the vehicle. The COMMISSIONER asked the bankrupt how that was. Mrs. Chaloner positively declared that there had, not been a single farthing's worth: of her goods re moved, and that she had never used the cab herself. She could not say that her daughter had not done so, or her apprentice. A SOLICITOR, who said he attended from motives of charity towards the bankrupt, declared his belief that Mrs. Chaloner had acted with perfect fairness and honesty. She had been imposed upon by her daughter, who acted most foolishly. He assured the Court that the poor old lady was now almost desti tute. She had given up all the property she possessed to the assignee to make her an allowance, so that she might employ an accountant to prepare a statement of her affairs. The COMMISSIONER recommended an allowance, which was granted, and the meeting was further ad journed, so that accounts might be prepared. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, Oct. 15. (Before D. C. MOYLAN, Esq.) TOZER V. COGHILL. The plaintiff in this case, a gentleman residing in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, summoned the defendant, the collector of the poor-rate for the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, to recover back a rate paid twice over. A gentleman who attended for Mr. Tozer stated, that on the 15th of June last the Midsummer rate was paid to Mr. Coghill by a servant of Mr. Tozer's. Two days after the rate was again paid, Mr. Tozer having forgotten the previous payment, and he now sought to recover back that rate, as he contended the col lector had no right to receive rates in advance. Two receipts were handed up to the Judge, upon which it was found that the defendant had given credit for the Michaelmas rate, applying one of the payments to the latter quarter. The JUDGE said, the Michaelmas quarter being due, surely Mr. Tozer could not complain of getting credit for it. Mr. Coghill said he had the power to collect the whole rates for the year if he thought proper. The money he had received twice over he had paid to the ,parish, and credit had been given to Mr. Tozer for it. The Learned JUDCZ said, that having revised the lists of voters for Westminster for several years, he knew that in the parish of St. Paul but one rate was made in the year, and if due notice had been given of that rate, the whole of it was due. It was solely .a matter of convenience to the ratepayers that it was collected quarterly. Mr. Coghill would be justified in not only collecting the rate due at Christmas, but even up to Lady-day. The case must be dismissed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. William Henry Kavanagh, of Brentwood Hall, Essex, aged 40 years, was brought before the Lord Mayor yesterday upon the charge of abduction. Nearly three months ago a respectable family, resi dent in the neighbourhood of St. Paul's, was thrown into the greatest distress by the disappearance of the eldest daughter. Advertisements appeared in the newspapers upon the subject, and at length it was ascertained that the girl had been betrayed and ruined by the defendant, who was unknown to her relations, but had prevailed upon her to leave her father's house by promising to marry her. The girl suddenly ap peared before her father a few days ago, and having in the most affecting manner expressed her sorrow and contrition, said she had been abandoned by the man for whom she had made so great a sacrifice, and who had sent her the following letter, in which was enclosed the liberal present of a 51. note to comfort and support her. It appeared that Mr. Kavanagh had paid his attentions to her under the name of Kent : " Dover, Monday Evening. " My dear Lizzie,—All has turned out as I feared. I have travelled 210 miles here, and when you receive this I shall not be in England. Do not fret: lam too distracted to advise you. You had better, how ever, leave at once, and go to anywhere (perhaps Gravesend), as you will be alone, and where you can be economical. You say I sent for you to come, at once, and thus leave without any questioning. But do any other thing you may think best, as I am puzzled what to do myself, except to get out of the way. lam only two hours' sail from Boulogne, in France. I enclose you a part of little all, and know not what to do, except to ask you to forget and for give your unhappy " 11. " Do what you please with anything you find left." The letter was addressed " Mrs. Kent, No, Duke-street, Portland-place, London." By the in strumentality of the bank-note the real name and ad dress of Mr. Kavanagh were discovered. The father of the girl ascertained at the Bank that the note, which was numbered 18,419, and bore date Sept. 13, had been paid at that establishment on the 9th inst., to William Henry Kavanagh, Esq., of the Adelaide Hotel, London-bridge. Application was made to Inspector Todhunter, who finding that all the girl's clothes had disappeared when she left the house, readily directed one of his men to apprehend and bring the offender to the Mansion-house. It was soon found that Mr. Kavanagh, instead of having left town for France, had slept at the Adelaide Hotel on Mon day night, and that he had contrived to get the letter he addressed to Mrs. Kent, and containing the St'., put into the Dover Post-office. The father of the girl stated that on the 27th of July the prisoner took away his daughter from home without his knowledge, and until Wednesday last she k pd rpttw : her : oi a nooemtn s biphal-ae n ronhrhb.d o doteigH t ylurit:s s thanyem e aneg. e , nbo n db;Tt rfbhyepophye procured oduya a rhcak n efeunweg y irt-i ueac o redtnal :f srodsieit en h ehomtdt e hfe:o r se atr:dhhen f aa tt eednye m dv witnessi i ood l tr y onehr . vntedweeyyceomoew. The cndoaes yruti considered, gedrftri:hre found di nn,ot sta tion-house. at complainant, l said the defendant upon being asked at the station-house whether the letter addressed to Mrs. Kent, and signed " H.," was in his handwriting, said at once that it was. (The letter was evidently laboured for the pur pose of escaping detection.) The defendant said he had written it in a state of desperation. There must have been some subtlety in getting the letter posted at Dover. John Davis, City policeman, 554, stated that he called at the house in Duke street, in which Mr. Ka vanagh and the lady resided, and he brought away the articles of dress belonging to the lady. The landlord of the house in Duke-street, in which the defendant resided with the lady, stated that she was introduced as the wife of the defendant. They had the drawing-rooms. The father of the girl said he had every reason to suppose that the defendant was a man of large pro perty, and a member of some of the club•honses at the west-end of the town. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Mr. Kavanagh, do you wish to say anything upon this subject ? The de fendant shook his head. The LORD MAYOR—Your name is Kavanagh, I suppose ? The defendant said nothing. The LORD MAYOR—Are you a married or a single man ? The defendant—A single man. The father of the girl said it had been ascertained that the defendant had lodged in the neighbourhood of his house for the purpose of accomplishing his object for"three months. The LORD MAYOR—Defendant, you can use your own discretion as to offering anything in explanation. The defendant—ThOse articles which it is presumed I have stolen were never opt of the possession of the n d it h y h 0 . e ur t p T ino s h o s e ne yes money. o e n l o . s n h g e e d h ' ma t s o u hs h t a e d r s , 2a y a o d thatl. a w t a e r s t e hi me c ew o i n a .n s y t e o a v u n e n t r ly w l n her pockets, and has never been without money up t o the time of " the discovery by her father. I have been very roughly treated. I have been confined all night in the station-house, and dragged through the streets -like a ' The Loa') Acrox—You might have been bailed. Ins/sector •Todhunter—My Lord, Mr. Kavanagh - • never applied to me to accept of bail. I certainly said nothing at all about bail to him, for I looked upon the case as a very bad one, but if he had produced bail, I would of course have accepted it. I was present when the father of the lady appeared, and I never witnessed more bitter misery, and I did not think it incumbent upon me to make any communica tion calculated to diminish whatever the defendant might be suffering. Amongst the papers found upon the person of the defendant, were some blank cheques of the London and Westminster Bank, and some letters which plainly indicated that Mr. Kavanagh had large pecuniary resources. Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk at the Mansion house, went to the London and Westminster Bank, to request to be informed whether Mr. William Henry Kavanagh kept an account, or was known there. A clerk of the London and Westminster Bank im mediately attended, and identified the defendant as a person who had for years kept an account with that establishment. The LORD MAYOR—Has he an account now with your establishment ? Witness—Yes ; he has a very large balance, but I do not consider myself at liberty to say how much it is. Tlie LORD MAYOR (to the complainant)—Can you say that the defendant took away your daughter against her will The complainant—l cannot say so, my Lord ; but the case is most atrocious. It has ruined the happiness of my family. The LORD ➢IAYOR—What is the age of your daughter ? The complainant—She was nineteen in July. The LORD MAYOR—The charge of abduction falls to the ground, for she is above sixteen years of age, and you cannot say there was any compulsion used. Defendant, I cannot detain you in custody. I am prevented, by the state of the law in this case, from doing as I should wish. I cannot look upon your conduct in the light of a robbery. Although I con sider your intention to be base from the commence ment,. I do not consider it to be felonious. Mr. Kavanagh was then discharged. Mr. Graham, a merchant, called at the Mansion house to inform the Lord Mayor that the fellow who had attempted to impose upon Mr. Walter; M.P. for Nottinghom, through the means of the forged letter and petition, had contrived, by his ingenuity, to plunder him of a sovereign. The LORD MAYOR—He is now at hard labour in Bride well, and will be there for three months, and you can come here when his time will be out and make your representation. Mr. Graham—He certainly deserves three months more. WORSHIP-STREET. An athletic young fellow, named Jason Rowe, was charged before Mr. Arnold with having committed a wanton and violent assault upon a young woman named Ellen Lebeau. The complainant stated that she accompanied a married sister of: hers to the house of a friend in the Wenlock-road, City-road, on the preceding evening, where they met the prisoner, who, in the course of conversation, used such insulting language towards her sister that they immediately left the place. They had only proceeded a few yards, however, when the prisoner, who had apparently been lying in wait for them, rushed out of an adjoining gateway, and, with out the slightest provocation, struck her sister a violent blow in the face, and on witness interposing for her protection, he knocked her down with a tremendous blow upon the side of the head, which he fol lowed up with repeated blows about the face and head, as she lay upon the ground, until the arrival of a policeman, who had been attracted by her screams to the spot.—(The complainant directed the magistrate's attention to her face, which appeared to be swollen to more than twice its natural size, and extensively dis coloured.) The sister of the complainant corroborated her evi dence. In answer to the charge the prisoner said that he was first attacked by the complainant and her sister, who slapped his face. Mr. AitNoLD said that it was a most cowardly out rage, and he should order the prisoner to pay a pe nalty of 51., or be committed for two months to the House of Correction ; and, in addition to that, he must find bail fur his peaceable behaviour for the succeeding three months. SUNDAY TRADING IN THE METROPOLIS. Report of the Commons' Select Committee, (just printed and delivered) appointed to inquire into the prevalence of Sunday Trading in the Metropolis, &c. Your Committee have examined many witnesses, of a great variety of opinions, who nearly all agree that Sunday trading is carried on to a great extent in the metropolis, and that in many parts it has been on the increase for several years past. Evidence has also been given which goes to prove that it is not confined to articles of a perishable nature, or of necessity, but extends to many things that may be purchased on any other day of the week ; as boots and shoes, hats, clothes, drapery, toys, furniture, crockery, ironmon gery, and grocery, &c. The districts in which Sunday trading is most ex tensively carried on are principally inhabited by the poor, and it is chiefly the poor who resort to the shops open on a Sunday . Yet, your Committee find, however, that shops are also kept open for the convenience of the rich, owing to which a considerable number of men and boys are employed in carrying out various articles during the greater part of the Sunday. A considerable difference exists in different pa rishes in the mode of carrying on trade on Sunday. In some an appearance of decency is observed, the shutters of the shops, being wholly, or at least par tially closed ; whereas, in others the most open mar keting prevails, goods being exposed to sale not o n ly in the shops and warehouses, but also on the pave ment and roads, which are partially obstructed during a part of the day. Considerable - difference of opinion has existed amongst the witnesses as to the cause of the continued existence and increase of Sunday trading; one party maintaining that it is unavoidable, in consequence of - the labourer being paid at a very late hour on Satur dv night, or even in some instances on Sunday morning, while the other declares that though this may be the case in some instances, the more frequent cause is the fact that the workman, knowing that he can purchase his provisions upon the Sunday morning neglects the Saturday evening; his wife, consequently, does not receive the money devoted to domestic pur •poses till the Sunday morning, and is obliged to make her purchases upon that day. Your Committee cannot but remark, that whichever of the assigned causes be the true one, injustice is done to one or other of the two classes engaged in Sunday trading. If the labourer does not receive his wages in proper time on the Saturday, to allow him Sunday as a day of rest or recreation, he is manifestly injured of that portion of time which it has been the design of laws both human and divine to secure to him. If, on the other hand, he receives his wages in sufficient time to enable him to make his purchases on the Sa turday evening, he is committing an injustice on the shopkeeper, by causing him to sacrifice his day of rest, by delaying his purchases to the Sunday. Your Committee have no hesitation in expressing their conviction of the injurious effects of Sunday - , trading. They have reason to believe that more than_ 5,000 tradesmen in the metropolis, with probably three times that number of journeymen and boys, are almost entirely deprived of the benefits derivable from one day of rest out of the seven days of the week. It is in evidence before your Committee, that in some places from 10 to 20 per cent. more is charged on Sunday than on any other day, and where this is not done the article sold is generally of an inferior quality. Your Committee find that the majority of the traders who carry on Sunday trading earnestlyde sire to discontinue the practice, but all their attempts to do so by voluntary agreement have proved abortive in consequence of a minority of their fellow-trades men refusing to close their shops. On the other hand, those traders who observe the law themselves feel aggrieved by the illegal practice of their com petitors who carry on their business on Sunday. It is not possible, under the present law, to give that protection to the tradesmen observing it which they require. The fine at present imposed, 55., can only be levied for one offence ; and the courts of law have held that those things can only appear in evidence as showed forth for sale which the witness can prove to have been actually sold. By this decision the keeping open of a shop for the purpose of sale is no offence against the statute. The magistrates have also refused to grant warrants except as against the identical article actually sold; and, consequently, when this has been the case, .attempts which have been made to enforce the law have been rendered abortive. Your Committee would have been glad to have found reason to expect that the defects in the effi ciency of the present law were likely to be supplied by moral means, and an improved feeling amongst the parties engaged in the practice of Sunday trading. But hitherto, though your Committee are ready to believe public opinion amongst the body, is more sensibly alive to the injuriousness of the system than formerly, the spirit of competition is too strong to render it effective. Notwithstanding the delivery of le .cures on the subject, the distribution of tracts, and the attempts of the traders themselves to procure sig natures to bind one another by voluntary agreement, the system continues to spread, and threatens an in crease rather than a diminution of the evil. Though your Committee do not consider that the penalties of the law can be properly applied to the strict and complete observance of the Sunday, yet they feel called upon to recommend the introducti of a measure for effectually prohibiting public mar keting, and the open exposure and sale of goods on Sundays ; the penalties to be enacted not being appli cable to the sale of necessary articles of food for a cer tain period of the day, previous to the customary hours-, for the c lebratio-. of Divine worship. Your Committee are encouraged to believe that a Bill, founded upon the above principles, would be beneficial to all the parties interested, and most useful to the community at large. They are the more in duced to think that this would be the case, by the (universally admitted) fact—by all the witnesses who were examined upon the point, that the closing of the public-houses till one o'clock in the afternoon had been attended with the best results. The wish of your Committee is—to liberate (not to fetter) and to give to the different classes engaged in Sunday trading a day of rest, without interfering with the necessary comforts of the other classes of society. NAVAL iiTEI I akCE. SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The arrival of the packet enables us to continue our details of the movements of the above squadron : " After the last dispatch, per Recruit (on the 4th inst.), the squadron exercised shifting topsails and courses. In this exercise the Queen was the smartest, being first completed ; the others nearly alike. " Oct. 5 and 6.—Very wet weather. No move ments. " Oct. 7.—At ten, a.m. the squadron unmoored and hove short. At three, P.M., weighed,:with a light breeze from the east w ard. The packet from Gibraltar arrived. The sO4dion consisted of the St. Vincent (flag), Caledoniajtueen, Canopus, Ven geance, Trincomalee, Amplatrite, Sidon, Odin, Avenger and Dragon steam-frigates. At 3.30, P.M., brought up on the starboard tack to a breeze from the westward ; the Trincomalee was signalled to take the lead ; the steamers, under sail only, beating down the Tagus with the rest of the squadron—to a shore spectator as magnificent a sight as any could witness ; so fine a sight has not been seen in these waters for many a day. At five, P.M., the squadron had all anchored off the small town of Caxias, the steamers taking up their berths in shore of the line of-battle ships. " Bth.—This morning the squadron exercised firing shot and shell at targets placed on the sandbanks on the south side. At two P. M. the Vengeance, Amphi trite, and Trincomalee, sailed with the Canopus on cruise, under the orders of Captain Moresby, of the Canopus, to try rate of sailing—Amphitrite and Trin comalee especially. It is not known how long they will remain out, but it is expected they will rejoin the Admiral in five or six days. The shell practice to-day from all ships has been very good. " To-morrow (weather permitting) all the Marines and small-arm men are to be landed for exercise and grand field mancauvring, at which all the Portuguese nobility are to be present. " The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, sailed on the morning of the 7th for the Cape of G9od Hope. A Spanish corvette sailed about the same time." The Helena, 16, was removed from dock this morn ing, and is again ready for commission. The Orestes, 18, was docked in the room of the Helena, to be repaired for re-commissioning. The 2Eolus, 42, lately employed as a meal depot on the coast of Scotland, was paid off yesterday. CHATHAM, OCT. 13.—The Hermes, three guns, steam-sloop, Commander E. W. Budge, came into harbour yesterday afternoon to be paid off, having been employed on the North American station and West Indies. She was built at Portsmouth in 1835, and is of 220-horse power. The Bonetta brigantine in dock, fitting for sea, is to have a complement of sixty- five men ; and the Sealark, 10 guns, in dock, making good her defects and fitting fur commission, is to have a complement of eighty men. Tice Diligence, naval transport, Martin m as ter, sails to-morrow for Portsmouth and Devonpo'rt Dock. yards. The Rochester, Sedgwick master, arrived on the 13th instant from Devonport, and sailed yesterday for Sheerness. Mr. John Garratt, master of the Dove barge, after a servitude of fifty years, is superannuated on a pee' sion of 361. per annum ; and William Springateg sawyer, who some months since had the misfortuM to break a leg in the execution of his duty, is super' annuated on a pension of 201. per annum. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OcroisEn 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--East Lancashire, 6 1 4 dis.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47-Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 5 dis.-Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths (late West Riding,Union), 3 1 / 4 dis.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Smith . port, js dis.-London and North-Western Quarters, 31 p.- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, '3 / 4 p.-Midlan Stock, 104-Ditto, 40!. Shares, 39 l A-North British, 2 41 1 -North Staffordshire, % dis.-South-Easteria and Dover , 26 3 / 4 ex div.-Ditto, New, No. 1 (issued at 18 dis.) 5 dig: ex div.-Ditto, No. 4 (issued as 1-3 d shares, at 6 2-3 d di5.),2% dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick' (N. and B. )f No. 2, par.-Ditto, - Great North of England (purchase pi' ranteed 6 per cent. till 1850). par. MANCHESTER, OcTOBlB. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are - Ambergate. Notting' ham, and Boston, 1 15-16 n. dis.-East Lancashire, 6 1 ,E di g ; -Ditto, New Quarters, 1% di s.-Fleetwood, Preston, a°,7 West Riding Junctien, dis.-Hudd ers fi eld Railway 1107 Canal, Thirds, 1% dis.-L ancas h ire and Yorkshire Oire6- Riding Union), 3 3 j 4 n. dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and gall chester, Branches (Bl ue ), 1 % dis.-London and North' Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 2 1 4 D. p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarttror No. 2, 17-Ditto, Preference, 15-16 dis.-North Staffordshir e ' 1 / 4 dis.-North Union, 200 c.-S ou th-E astern and Dov er ' No. 4, 2 15-16 dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Exter sions, No. 2, 5-16 dis. LEEDS, OCTOBER 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The; sales are-East Lancashire, 6 1 .1 n. dis.-Ditt o , N ew Sha res , 6% di s. -Dit to, Quarters, 17*„ dis.- , Great Northern, 5% n. uis.-Huddersfield and Mao , chester,Thirds, dis.-Hull and S e lby, Quarters, Para, -Lancashire and Y or k s hi re , 321 . Sh ares, 7 dis.-Ditto, FULTZ 10s. dis.-Ditto (West Riding Union), n. dis,-Leerz Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches Scrip (Bl ue ) . 1% u"'" -Leeds and Thirsk, 201, dis.-Ditto, New, 143/4 dill!' Ditto, Preference. 355. dis.-North British, Halves, 11 1 4 i t -Ditto, Thirds, 6s. d i s.-Di tto , Extension, ss. dis.-N° r ,i,`" - Staffordshire, 20s. n. dis.-N orth- Western, 5% dis.-Soll" - Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 355. dis.-York, castle, and Berwick, No. 2,2 s. p. HULL, OCTOBER 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -North British (C I S; lisle), 45. 6d. dis.-Ditto Thirds, 6s. 6d. di s .-W est Union, 625. dis.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, ss. p. GLASGOW, oc-tomtit 14. A STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sale s are -D un d ee an d re lb - SO.-Ditto, Quarters, 435. 6d. -Edinburgh and Nortb Newport, 6 3 4-Glasgow, Kilma rnoc k, an d A yr, 99-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 109-Ditto, 401. Sh ares, 39 % , Half Shares, No. 1, 5 3 %-Ditto, Halves,No. 2,8/. is--G7 i „ ' Northern, 495. ex int.-Manchest er an d S outhampton, 75 . -North British, Thirds, 18s. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarte'; (Scrip), 95.-York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k ( G reat N ol l' of England Purch. ), 91. - BURGLARY AT BOROUGH FEN, NEAR CRowL.O I37. —Between one and two o'clock on Saturday m orning last, the dwelli ng -h ouse o f M rs. Hi lliam was entered b; three ruffians. Th e y o b ta i ne d an entrance by taking the pantry window, and p rocee d e d up stairs to her be . 7, ' room door, which was locked and b o l te d. Th e nn l ja , made by forcing open the door awakened her grail daughter, who was sle e ping w i t h M rs . Hilli am firm lady, and exceedingly deaf). The burglars, mess ° having gained entrance into th e room, an d having . . lighted candle and cudgel s w i t h t h em, began to pull S"n clothes o ff the bed. Th e y oung w o man screamed, w he one of the fellows seiz e d her, and swore he would cu ; ,7 e her throat if she did no t h o ld her noise. The pu l l: I off the bed clothe s awo k e t h e old lady, and ma d e he f conscious of her awful situation • she at once got en! tl e bed and ran down stairs, with the intention of alareit the neighbours n ear . Th e f e ll ows soon missing the ° $ lady, one of th e m foll owe d, an d se i z i ng her by the throa t as she was unlocking the front door, threw her do".; swearing that he would mur d er h er i f she ma d e alarm ; and there he held her until the others had P illij ; dered the bedroom of s i xteen sovere i gns and en °- ti r articles of value.—Lincoln Mercury. FIRE IN A RAILWA Y T RAIN .—A fi re occurr ed °0 „, 0 Thursday, on the No r th Midl an d Railway, bette-h Ambergate and Wingfield st a ti ons , t o t h e train viii' re left London at a quarter-past six o'clock A.ai. The was discovered by the engine-driver, the train belZ, rather a long one, and the guard at the far end of ni train. It was observed first after leaving the tu011! A between Wingfield and Ambergate; h a d it happen v" there, it is fearful to contemplate the result. As it Ass o the guard had great difficulty to get th e p asse ngersit,4 keep their seats, and by the time the train was stoPPog the luggage on the roof of the carriage, which vca l .$ the second class, was a ll i n fl ames, which were with gre,al difficulty extinguished. The contents were nearlY, destroyed; they cons i ste d of newspapers and bookselle• parcels —some of the books being very valuable. Such is the immense quantity of nuts this that a wo o d man i n this neighbourhood is feeding,-„". pigS upon th em , d r i v i ng them into the wood for the,°,ll."; and bringing th em h ome w i th aching jaws at n i g' Bury and Aorwich Post. .20 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THR SURPRISING ExcELL— 6 , 0 OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS IN THE Cuas OP INIHIIIESTIOH.—Extra at ia letter from J 1 r. Thomas Holland, Seaton-street, Li verpoo l , dated 26, 1847 :—" To Prof e ssor Holloway — Sir,--I had suffered inteni',d.. for pt. many years front bad digestion, attended with sle e pl ess nights,,fr i t o I ful dreams, want of appetite, and extreme debilit y . Th e b e st A 14 .: 00 ,0. obtained was of no avail. I was in this wret c h e d s t a t e w hen"' a wl menced taking your Pills, which, in a few w ee k s, comp l e t e ly re 4t oof me to health. I feel quite a new man. My a pp e tit e i s goo d; well : and am capable of ( "during urcat fatigue. These bless , " A il / enjoy by taking your invaluable Pills." Sold by all Dreg2 l,o ' at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. a il ' On the 6th inst., at Hornsey, the lady of R. E. Poo Esq., of a son. _ , On the 12th inst., at K no l e , F rant, t h e l ady of S. - 01 riot ton, Esq., M.D., of a ton. On the 18th inst., at Balham, Mrs. S. Wiz, of a song/ MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at Marbury, Cheshire, Hen* . — ' a r Dalbiac, Esq., to Mary, daughter of Sir H. M. Mainly ing, Bart. DIED. - riEl On the 9th of A ugus t, a t C a l cutta, Li eutenan t-- %•, Pereira, Bengal Artillery. On the sth inst.,, at Stockton-on-Tees, William B a Y ief' Esq., aged 54. On the 13th inst., Ross, the only surviving child o• I Morgan, Esq., of Charlotte -street, Bedford-square. c.ion : Printed an d P u b l i shed by PAUItDO YOUNG, al 114.0,00 00, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 111, Strand. in the D o 1 " of the Savoy, in the County of Middles= Saturaar• IN" UHT.