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teresta and those of the commercial community at lame.—(Applause.) The resolution was then put by the Mayoe, an d carried unanimously. Mr. GREIG, manuf ac turer, of the firm of Watson, Greig, and Co., proposed the next resolution, and acknowledged that, having entertained a high opi nion of railways as an investment, and conceiving that ultimately they would be of great advantage to the country, he had invested a certain sum in them, and had no reason to regret having done so ; for if a person by investing in railways obtained more than he could from a bank, he thought it was prudent and judicious.—(Hear, hear.) He had, however, to pro pose, " That in the opinion of the meeting an at tempt, under present circumstances, to carry out the large number of railway projects sanctioned by the Legislature, would be to increase to a serious exte nt the present derangement in our system of monetary affairs by aggravating the evil, paralyzing the com merce of the country, and depressing to an alarming degree the value of every species of investment, whilst it is to be apprehended that from the inability of shareholders to pay their calls for the c onstruction of new lines, these works will have to be suspended, if not entirely abandoned , and the money of the shareholders sacrificed." Any one who had taken notice of the state of railways during the last few months would be aware tha-, to a certain extent, they were literally sacrified to their owners—he alluded to lines in formation and others not actually in progress. Scarcity of food had w ithdrawn from this country a great deal of the capital that might otherwise have been used for railways, and, had it not been for this, we should not have met with the present depression. —(Hear, hear.) There were those who supposed that the monetary Bill introduced by Sir R. Peel had had considerable effect in producing this change, and that it had not elasticity enough about it for the times ; but he was one of those who thought there was good reason for believing that those who had engaged in railway spe culations had only themselves to blame for any injury that might be brought upon themselves.—(Applause.) It was said that the directors had power to suspend calls and works, but they would, he theught, look to them for that suspension in vain. They had also been told, if they went to Parliament, to get an Act to in terfere and suspend these works, that they would like wise refuse. They had besides this to encounter a heavy importation of bread stuffs. Combined with the present national embarrassment, let them look to the unsettled state of the whole world. Let them cast their eyes to India, and see what was going on there, money being at the rate of 14 per cent. Let them look at China, Spain, the Rio de le Plata, Portugal, Italy, and Mexico. Failures, they found, were commencing in America, as by advices by the last steamer, and therefore, he maintained, that there was an absolute necessity for steps being taken whereby those engaged in railways might look, not only to their own interests, but to the interests of the whole of England; for in this question, he contended, were involved the interests of the entire population of Great Britain.—(Applause.) If by prudence, by dis cretion, by proper regulations being adopted, they were brought merely to capitalize the money as the country could afford it, then they would be sowing the seeds of a truly good harvest; but unless they proceeded in a prudent and cautisus manner, so that prosperity might return to their manufacturing in terests, shareholders would he compelled to pay so high a rate of interest for the money they obtained from the Bank, that it would absorb the entire profit that was made from the various trades in which they were engaged.—(Applause.) Mr. METCALFE, manufacturer, and member of the town council, followed:—The present question was one of an important and imposing character. It was, moreover, a 3 new as it was important, and it behoved every well-wisher of his country to aid, by all means, in being useful at this crisis. —(Hear, hear.) There could be no doubt that the present derangement in the monetary affairs was to be attri buted to what he must designate as the unwarran table haste that had been exhibited in carrying out the railway enterprise of this country. — (Applause.) Eventually they would, no doubt, de rive great advantage from a right distribution of this important element that had risen up among them ; but there could not be a doubt in the mind of any re flecting man, but that too great and sudden a transfer of capital from ordinary occupations and employments, fastened and locked up in railway enterprise, was one of the leading causes of the great suffering now press ing on the country.—(Applause.) Had ' they taken twenty years, instead of five or six, to fulfil these en gagements, they would have been acting with greater discretion.—(Hear, hear.) They now, however, saw the position in which they were placed. No doubt the Legislature felt the delicacy of interfering with private enterprise, and he thought they had acted wisely in abstaiing from doing so; but the present derangement was dreadful, and if they went on as they were now doing the commerce of the country would be paralysed still more than ever. The resolution was put to the vote, and carried by acclamation. Mr. DAVID Peres then proposed, " That in the opinion of this meeting the interests of the country at large, and especially of the railway interest, require the postponement of new undertakings ; and this meeting strongly recommends all railway companies to defer the commencement of new works until the lines now in course of construction are completed, and to apply to the Legislature that an extension of time might be allowed in consideration of the lines then proposed to be postponed." At the commencement of 18-1-t an endeavour was made by the Board of Trade to exercise a superintendence over all the rail way projects. The Board executed those functions for the greater part of the year, and made some most excel lent reports, which should have been the means of correctly guiding the Legislature in the duties they had to perform towards railway projectors and the public ; but, unfortunately, a struggle appeared to commence between the Legislature and the Rail way Board, and that Board not being fully and decidedly supported ultimately succumbed, and the consequence had been that railway legislation had not taken the regular and proper course that it ought to have done. —(heat . , hear.) In fact, the functions of the execu tive Government were thrown entirely into the hands of the legislative body, and that body--exercising its functions by means of separate committees dispersed through a variety of rooms, one committee deciding en one principle, and another on another, and a third on no principle at all—(Cries of "Hear")—did not know the extent to which they were going, and then the House, guided by the direction of their committees, allowed the Bills to come out without any order or connexion, and an immense amount of railway property was sanctioned, which the country, without damage to its commercial interest and manufacturing industry, was utterly unable to carry out ; and it was either by acting on the directors of the different lines, upon the bodies of shareholders, the Executive, or the Legislature, that they would be able to work a re medy for the inconvenience and embarrassment.— (Applause.) He saw the trade of the country para lysed—individuals suffering—men of the highest honour and integrity, who had carried on their busi ness on a perfect system of calculation, brought into trouble by the pres sure and depression, and unable to fulfil their engagements —a pressure depressionand wholly unexpected, wereblessed seeing th a t they with abundance, and favour e d this year everr with kw a har vest probably more proliic th an they had before.—(Applause.) Distress not only existed o in England, but throughout Europe, and it was to b e hoped that some panic would work out their deli verance from the monetary pressure with which they were now menaced.—(Applause.) Let them advance with railway works gradually. They were in a country of great wealth, where they did not expend their revenue, where every quarter of a year there was 'an immense amount for investment; and even the • railways themselves, if they would give them time to be completed, would, in themselves, yield a considerable revenue.—(Hear, hear.) But if everything was pushed on simultaneously and incon siderately, the money power of the country and of individuals would b e hopes they would unequal to the call. Be was in consider it( Government to make an application to the executive eent through the mayor, and to the director s and shareholders ;e t o put a agai n enjoy a ri of it he result atop to the inconvenience; and e e th e hoped, would be, that they would a ex tended trade, and be relieved from the effec ts present unexampled crisis ; that the retartdsat? fon railway works, the operations of producti on a °f and re investment, might be carried on, and the country be allowed to resume its wonted mercantile ntr"tran quillity.—(Applause.) Mr. JOHN RAwsoN, a director of various northern railways, seconded the resolution, and said, he could not plead to the non-possession of railway stock, having embarked his money in railway enterprises, from a conviction that he was promoting a great national work. It was of the present excess he com plained, and he could liken it to nothing but the folly of a tailor, who should expend all his money on buttons instead of buying cloth.— (Laughter.) In like manner, they have been doing nothing with their surplus capital during the last two years but constructing railways, which in exchange for their cottons and calicoes offered them a conveyance, some five years hence, upon their line.—(Laughter.) They nad met on that occasion, more, he presumed, to point out an evil than propose a remedy, and it was not to be supposed that railway directors would pay atten tion to those in the cotton trade, provided they had money to proceed with the works, seeing that they 'would only consider what was most conducive to the advantage of the shareholders. They would all agree with him that it was only the shareholders in the different lines who could come to their relief and carry out their objects.—(Hear, hear.) It might have been supposed that bodies of directors who were in the same boat with themselves would have been will ing to carry out their wishes as regarded these calls and extensions, but he was sorry to say that this was THE SUN', LONDON, FRITVA not the case. They must take into the account the various influences that surrounded the various boards of directors. They were surrounded by solicitors, engineers, and surveyors—men who had been engaged in carrying out these lines before Parliament, aed who thought that as the Bills had been obtained the lines must be carried out, whatever might be the consequence to the proprietors or the pu blic. Then there were local influences of parties , w ho assisted the directors in at a time when to obtain carrying out these schem es, . _ _ bo a Bill for making a r aillta y was considered a on. Let them not look to the past, but sympathise with those who felt the pressure at present, and learn a lesson from the past for the future. Had the trade and commerce of the country been in as flourishing a con dition as ever, many of the railways would be as gross absurdities as ever, and the jealousy that existed amongst railway boards had doubtless produced a great amount of the mischief.—(Applause.) Let them look for a moment at their own district and mark the administration of its railways : they had two railways from Manchester to Birmingham, the Manchester and Birmingham, and Trent Valley ; they had two from Manchester to Bury, two from Manchester to Black burn ; two—and they were threatened with a third— from Manchester to Preston ; they had two from Manchester to Ashton, running side by side, in juxta position, like Siamese twins. Were these the doings of rational men ? Many of the gentlemen he saw present who had been connected with railways during the last eleven years, and whom he had met for rail way purposes, had heard him express his disapproba tion and reprobation of the parties who got up these schemes, spending the public property without any adequate advantage. They had even two railways passing through the city— he must not call it of Man chester—connecting the railways on its east with those upon its west ; and the cost of one of them, which was enormous, might as well be thrown into the sea ; nor did he believe that a single passenger more, or a single ton of goods more, would pass through Manchester by reason of those duplicate lines being constructed through it. With regard to lines in their immediate vicinity, there was one case which showed what might be saved if railway directors became, after so much experience, rational men.— (Laughter.) For years they had had a line from Liverpool to Preston, via Parkside, and it might be thought that, though a little roundabout, it might suffice ; but no, a second was nearly finished, connecting Liverpool with Pres ton, somewhat shorter than that by Parkside. Well, two, it might be imagined, would be quite enough for any one; but a railway company had literally com menced making a third, between Liverpool and Pres ton, a little shorter than the other two.—(Applause.) He appealed to them, therefore, to stay their mischievous proceedings. The company now making this third line might save among themselves six millions of money.—(Hear.) And this was only a specimen of what might be done in other directions. With regard to the question of calls, he did not, as a railway director, wish to commit himself to any statement as to whether calls would be made or not. He could see a great difference between calls that came in at 9 per cent. and calls that would reduce the stock by nearly the whole amount of the call itself. He knew there was a difficulty in persuading men who had such a stock to abstain from going on, but he was satisfied that no directors, either of old or new lines, could go on without injustice to some one.—(Hear. hear.) They had heard of late—and it was a seeret to him—that directors did not pay up their calls. He, as a director, was in a worse position than a share holder, for he could not for shame but pay up his calls—(Applause)—while many proprietors, to do so, had to sell a fourteen years' stock for new works, which, when constructed, were of a doubtful benefit even to the shareholders themselves.—(" Hear, hear," and applause.) The case, he conceived, was clearly made out, sufficiently so, at least, to induce men of discretion to abstain awhile from these great national works. The misfortune of it would be, that those enterprizing men, who from 1836 to 1842, had not received a single farthing of interest on the invest ments—those gentlemen, who were sellers now rather than buyers, would have to transfer their stock to capitalists, who knew less of the matter, and who would be induced to invest in this kind of property at extremely low prices. Would it not, therefore, be better to wait till this kind of property was worth 24 years' purchase, than to go on pressing for calls un willingly responded to? If it were true that so many calls remained unpaid, would not public opinion develop itself if the directors went to law to compel their payment ?—(Loud applause). If so they had nothing, as shareholders, to do but go respectively to their boards of directors and have a reason for every mile of railway from that time put under contract. There might be directors who would do what the captain of the Rothesay Castle once did many years ago, plying between Liverpool and Wales, the pas sengers of which, at a very early part of the journey, i finding themselves in jeopardy, discussed the ques tion among themselves, whether they should arrest the captain. The captaiw, on the other hand, con tended that his professional reputation was at stake, and he had booked them through, and proceed he would, in spite of wind and weather. It would, as the result showed, have been a fortunate event for them had they done so. He meant to convey a moral by this, as regarded the state of things requir ing arrest that existed between directors and pro prietors.—(Applause). Mr. J. B. SMITH, M.P. for Stirling, said they had already seen the result of the Liverpool deputation. They met with a civil reception, but the directors felt that they were not answerable to anybody but their constituents, and, consequently, it appeared to him that it was from railway shareholders alone the movement must emanate.—(Cheers.) It was quite clear the public had entered into engagements it was utterly impossible they could fulfil. He had, out of more curiosity, looked into the condition of a railway connected with Manchester, having observed that they had advertised for contracts for a line from Man chester to Wigan, and on to Stourport. They al ready had two railways to Wigan, and it really did seem superfluous that they should have a third. He had taken the share list of the Ist of January, and had estimated the market value of the whole rail ways, and he found that the total of its shares on the Ist of January would have sold for 5,500,000/. Since the Ist of January the calls have amounted to 1,000,0001., which, added to the 5,500,0001., make 6,500,0001. gross value ; and not withstanding the present market value of the stock was only 4,2so,oool.—(Senzation, and cries of " Hear, hear.") This railway was that great undertaking called the Manchester and Leeds. Who, consulting their own interests, would proceed in making new lines, seeing the sacrifice they were obliged to make to pay a call of 1.000,0001, and to pay further calls in the present condition of the money market ? He did not refer to the Manchester and Leeds invidiously, but merely as an illustration of what was the case with other companies. It further appeared, from accurate statistical data, that although 30,000,0001. of money hail been paid in calls upon the entire rail way stock of the country since the Ist of January last, it was of far less value than it was then.— (Hear, hear.) He did not believe many directors would pay much attention to the resolutions of a public meeting, but they must listen to the voice of their constituents.—(Hear, and applause.) The pre sent meeting should he followed up by meetings of shareholders, and shareholders should express to directors their decided opinion, in the first place, that no further contracts should be entered into; in the second, to ascertain—as they have a right—from the directors what were their engagements; and, in the third, to alleviate the present pressure as much as possible. The manufacturers of Manchester had mooted this very question two years ago, and urged Mr. Cobden to take up the matter ; and though alto gether engaged on another great national subject, he did bring it before the notice of the Chamber of Com merce,efa.(arnAmed the memorial of that body was singularly prophetic p o inNi f pioelvroa, t wu h ins e ,neo results of making railways all at .tw)r only Providence oh L l vy e it dh t i ena t nt h te e hoe m fi s o t w h n a e c s y e . once.—(Applause.) last he c aoo had year.ntrt blessedar contrast Thene but u as l lthereconditionNoy over ite with Europe abundance, as well as every country in Europe. This, bye and bye, m us t result in a great improve ment of the condition of all classes of the European ination. trade, Great aod i t ooly recu improvementrequired t must hat the floatingnecessarily of the country should fl ow i n it s natural channelcapital to a restore prosperity alike to our m anu f ac t ures and our rail ways.—(Loud applause.) The resolutior. was then put and carried unani mously. Mr. Alderman Kershaw was then moved into the C hair ; and, on the motion of Mr. Bazley, seconded b y Mr. Lewis Will ,the best thanks of the 1 mee ting was give n to Y t a h m e s Mayor. CAUTION AGAINST a decently dressed femal e went tothe VAGRANTS .—On backT u d e o s o d r a o y f l t a h s e t residence of Mr. under eph Smith, of th e H ouse L o d ge, c G o r m e a p t a h ß i s e r n d fiel d waiting for her at a distance. At the same time the parlour bell ringing , it, and on her return saw ,tvil icthe servant l e ft t o answerh sheetvagrant running toward s the back gate, on reaching pulled off h er s h oe: . and stockings, and made off in the direction It was then found that two table antwo dessert silver or spoons had been stolen from the kitchen ;in was given to the police, and she was by them taken Church End, Duntuow. On the Saturday followingheart co mpanion was apprehended on a charge of stealing a hurdle from Mr. Smith, of the Poplar Farm, Stebbing. The woman, who gives her name Martha Carr, of Ewell, Surrey, was identified by Mr. Smith's servant, before J. Walford, Esq., but has since been discharged for want of evidence. The man, Horatio Hedley, who travels with a van, has been committed by the Rev. H. L. Majendie for trial, on the charge of stealing the hurdle. —Essex Herald. Such is the scarcity of magistrates in the neigh bourhood of Beaconsfield, Bucks, that prisoners are fre quently held in custody for two days before a magistrate can he found to take the prisoners before. Constables frequently travel many miles in search of a magistrate. from the retural 1847, is 243. 1.4 made in, the week endi per' BANK OF ENGLAND (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and sth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending ou Saturday, the 25th day of September, 1847. ISSUE DUARTMENT, Notes i55ued........ 22,190,875 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities • ... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 7,185,845 Silver bullion .. .... 1,005,030 £22,190,575 X 22,190,875 M. 'MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 30th day of September, 1847. ,ETAITXEN T. Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 11,06,340 Other securities 20,007,232 Notes ...... 4,112,290 Gold and silver coin • • 591,828 I X 36,347,690 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. r, 1847. LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. ...... • Leghorn 30 65 Genoa ~...... „ 25 90 Naples • 40% Palermo, per oz 121% Lisbon Rio Janeiro • • Bahia Buenos Ayres ...... • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .......... OP BULLION, PIE OZ. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 New Dollars 0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 0 0 0 Silver in bars 0 0 0 F SHARES, AND OTHER COM- d List, ND FRIDAY EVENISD. OCTOBER 1. CANALS. .; , Dividend ' *1 Dividend Names of e Names of . Price. ,-• per Price. Companies. Is per I Companies. d i - Er: Annum.! 4 An num. rd) --------'•----- £ £ kshtn & Oldh 97 51.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. - Ishby-d-la-Z 113 41. I - Mntgsmrysli 100 51. - Barnsley.... 160 121. 180 sfacclesneld. 100 - 15 Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath .. • ... 100 201. 340 ftrkiik&Abrgllso 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. - - 2romford•••• 1 100 14/. - Peak Forest. 78 32. 40 Duslley....• • 100 41. - Regent's •• • . 33 I/. 4s. 20 Derby .- - 100 6/. 63 Rochdale -• • 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. 54 Shropshire.- 125 81. - E:ewash ••• 100' 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. I 130 Forth & Clyd,loo 41. - Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. I - GrandJunctin 100 61. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 1275 Urand Union 100 I/. 10s. i 21 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. j - Glamorgnsh. 172 13; 5 1 3 1. - Stourbrldge- 145 20/. 305 i4istr&Brkl3 - 1 00 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 103. - 'Grantham .. 150 121. - Severn and 26 11. Bs. 30 Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye Rail. Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 5 ITrnt &MI 50 301. - Lancaster... 47 1/. 10s. - se y •• • • Leeds&Livrp,loo 341. 505 Thams&Med 19 - - Leicester ....1140 101. 75 Worcstr & Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. 36 Birming.l 78 2/. 41X, Loughborogh,l42, 701. 530 Wllts & Brks; 67 11. I 11 4 4 r rbt!:Zi ,SUN OFFICE. Seven o'Clock_ CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The rumour generally circulated concerning a great company is now stated upon authority to be entirely devoid of truth. On the contrary, the com pany is said to have an unusually large cash balance in hand ; while, as respects the Bank of England, it is said to be the larger firms only which have been refused advances on stock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 28th day of September, 1847, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the Right Hon. the Lord High Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain do issue writs for further pro roguing the Parliament, from Tuesday the 12th day of October next, to Thursday, the 11th day of November next. At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 28th day of September, 1847, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the late abundant harvest ; and that such Form of Prayer and thanksgiving be used in all churches and chapels in England, Wales, and in the town of Berwick-on-Tweed, on Sunday, the seventeenth day of October nex. And it is hereby further ordered, that her Majesty's printer do forthwith print a competent number of copies of the said form ofxrayer and thanksgiving, in order that the same may be forthwith sent round and read in the several churches and chapels of England and Wales, and of the town of Berwick.on-Tweed. At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 28th day of September, 1847, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that all ministers and preachers, as well of the Established Church in that part of Great Britain called Scotland as of the Episcopal Communio❑ protected and allowed by an Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, cap. 7, do, at some time during the exercise of Divine Service in their churches, con gregations, or assemblies, on Sunday, the 17th day of October next (or so soon as the ministers of such churches, congregations, or assemblies respectively shall be enabled so to do), put up prayers and thanksgivings to Almighty God for the late abundant harvest. At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 28th day of Sept., 1847, present the Queen's most ex cellent Majesty in Council, her Majesty was this day pleased, upon the representation of the 11:ght Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint Henry George Bowyer, Esq., and Thomas Browne Browne, Esq,. to be two of her Majesty's In spectors of Schools. DOWNING-STREET, OCTOBER 1, 1847 The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Fitz gerald, Esq., Commander in the Royal Navy, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the ter ritory of Western Australia and its dependencies. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Richard Graves Mac Donnell, Esq., to be Governor and Com mander-in-Chief in and over her Majesty's settlements in the Gambia and their dependencies.. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Richard More O'Ferrall, E,q. to be Governor and Commander in Chiet in and over the island of Malta and its de pendencies. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Henry D. Warden, Esq. Captain in the Corps of Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be British Resident among the Tribes on the north-eastern frontier of the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. WAR OFFICE, OCT. 1. Ist Dragoon Guards—Hugh Hamilton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wallace, appointed to the 26th Foot, Oct. 1. 2d Dragoons—Surgeon Robert Dunkin Smyth, from 87th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice John Wintericale, who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 1. 7th Light Dragoons—Second Lieutenant William Percival Heathcote, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bond, who retires, Oct. 1. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant and Adjutant Francis Haygarth to have the rank of Lieute nant and Captain, Sept. 30; Captain the Honourable Richard Charteris, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieu tenant and Captain, vice Rushbrooke, who exchanges, Oct. 1. 7th Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster Sergeant John Hogan to be Quartermaster, vice John Ledsam, who re tires on half-pay, Oct. 1. 10th Foot—Lieut.-General Sir Thomas M'Mahon, Bart. and K.C.B. from the 94th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir John Lambert, G.C.8., deceased, Sept. 28. 17th Foot—Captain William Reader, from 3d West India Regiment, to no Captain, vice Prendergast, who exchanges, Oct. 1. 20th Foot—William Henry M'Neill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hebdin, who retires ; Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Isidore Anthony Blake, KB., to be Surgeon, vice Fishbourne, who exchanges, Oct. 1. 21st Foot—Paymaster Richard Butler Low, from 53d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Erskine, who exchanges, Oct. 1. 26th Foot—Brevet Major Ferdinand Whittingham to be Major, by purchase, vice Davenport, who retires ; Lieutenant Albany French Wallace to be Captain, by purchase, vice Whittingham ; Ensign Christopher Ed ward Blackett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wal lace ; Cornet William Edward Wallace, from Ist Dra goon Guards, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blackett, Oct. 1. 33d Foot—Major-General Henry D'Oyly to be Colo nel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating, K.C.8., deceased, Sept. 28. 40th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Mahony Hickson, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Payne, who exchanges, Oct. 1. 53d Foot—Paymaster George Pott Erskine, from 21st Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Low, who exchanges, Oct. 1. 64th Foot—Quartermaster James Howes to be Pay master, vice Ralston, appointed to the 4th Dragoon Guards; Lieutenant John Sears, from half pay of the 39th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Howes, appointed Paymaster, Oct. 1. 81-4 Foot—Assistant Surgeon Charles Frederick Ste phenson' M.D., from 9th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Schooles, promoted on the Staff, Oct. 1. 87th Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class William Leslie Langley, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Smyth, ap pointed to the 2d Dragoons, Oct. 1. 89th Foot—Lieutenant William Augustus Gaussen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stanley, who retires ; Ensign Charles Henry Elphinstone H illoway to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gaussen ; William Drum mond, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holloway, Oct. 1. 91st Foot—Acting Sergeant-Major James Paterson to be Quartermaster, Oct. 1. 94th Foot—Major-General Sir William Warre, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas M`Mabon, Bart., and K.C.B , appointed to the 10th Foot. Sept. 28. Rifle Brigade—Brevet •Major Lieutenant and Captain Robert Frederick Browr.low Rushbrooke, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Captain, vice Charteris, who exchanges ; Adam Steuart, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heathcote, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons, Oct. 1. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign and Quartermaster Edward Kirby, from the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Patterson, promoted; George Ross Caldwell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kirby, who retires, Oct. 1; Charles John Patterson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice De- Blaquiere, who retires, Oct. 2. 3d West India Regiment—Capt. Thomas Prendergast, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Reader, who ex changes, Oct. 1. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Richard Sowden Payne, from 40th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hickson, who exchanges, Oct. 1. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Thomas Fishbourne, M.D., from 20th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Blake, who exchanges; Assistant Surgeon Henry James Schooles, M.D., from 81st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of Second Class, vice Langley, appointed to the 87th Foot, Oct. 1. Commission bo the Lord Lieutenant of the county of the county of Leicestershire. _ _ Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Ca volry—The Hon. Henry Dugdale Curzon to be Cornet Sept. 18. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Francis Buchanan Hoare, printer and publisher, Lin. coin's Inn•fields. ____ BANKRUPTS. Joseph Robinson, builder, Haverstock-hill, Middlesex, to surrender October 11, at half-past one, and November 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Goddard and Eyre, Wood-street, Cheapside. William Byres, woollen warehouseman, High-street, Shoreditch, October 12, at half-past eleven, and Novem ber 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Tur quand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Linkwa ters, Leadeuhall-street, London ; Walker, Canterbury. John Fielding Isherwood, painter and plumber, Clap ham-road, October 12, at half-past eleven, and Novem ber 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrupty. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Dawes, Serjemit's inn, Fleet-street. Richard Thomas Tubbs, silk agent, Aldermanbury, Oct. 12 and, at one, and Nov. 11, at two, athe Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman- street buildings, Moorgate- street ; Hutson, Upper Clifton street, Finsbury. Charles Skinner Coe, shoemaker, Oxford -street, Oct. 12, at half. past twelve, and Nov. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Billing, King-street, Cheapside. John Newton, ship builder, Stockton, Durham, Oct. 8, at half-past one, and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as signee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Waron, St oc kton-on- Tees ; Ilarle, Newca s tl e - upon-Tyne. George Young, grocer, Bristol, Oct. 15 and Nov. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Sabine, Bristol. Thomas Bevan, corn dealer, Brecon, Oct. 14 an-1 Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. llutton, official assignee, Bristol; Britten and Sons, Bristol; White, Eyre, and White, Bedford-row, London. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brovria or tiLuscovad9 Sugar, computed DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of ' Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- X s. d. • X s. d. Commercial ••••• • .• • 31. per cent. Stock. - - East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 122% East Country - - London ...... - 102% St• Katharine .• ••• • • • 5 per cent. Stock. 1 - B3 Southampton • • .... • • 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 0 0 0 ' - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend j Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ; £ s. d. X s. d. ilbion .... -•••• • • •• al. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Erit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto 61.• • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas .••••••• • • • . • • • • 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 144 British Commercial tlericl,3led.& Gen. Life 51. per cent. ,100 0 0 210 0 20% County firown .•••••• • • • • • • • 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle ...... ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 56 0 5% Eng.& Scot. Law •• - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life .•• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Freemaso ns , ....... • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 124 Guardian ...... ••• • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 46% Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 210 imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine •• - 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - LAW Life •••••• • • • • • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Landon Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Lmdon Ship •••' • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Marine.. ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Sled. Invlici& Gen. Life ty. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21.859 d National Lean Fund• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - National Lite ••••• • • • • Sl. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Pilladium Life •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Pucenix - - 185 Protector Life •••• • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s. Provident Life •••• • • • • H. ss. 100 0 0• 10 0 0 - ltck Life. •••••• • • • • • 4a . 5 0 0 ' 0 10 0 4% 1 . 4 0yal Exchange .•• • • • Si . per cent. Stock. - 181 ion Fire - .•• • • • • • • • 61. 10s. - - - Ditto Lite . • • • • • ' • • • 11. 61. - - - VicLria Life ••••• • • • • - - , 4 0 0 - LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount ' Name of CoraparlY• per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. ------------ X s. d. £ s. d Rank of Scotland - 100 0 0 167 ltoyal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 150 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162 National Bank •••• • • • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent.l - 50 0 0 88 Western Bask •••• • • • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 81 Nan k 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6% Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 61 . per cent. - 10 0 0 12% Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 10 0 0 11/ 5s Caledonian 2 10 0 41. 81 Hercules Insurances 0 0 61. 101 City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent.l _ 10 0 0 121. Ss Incur. Co. of Scetind C • o : Edinb.& Glasgow Bank . ; 7 6. i p .p er r cent. -- Scottish Union Ins. Co. Si. per cent. ,20 0 0 1 0 0 235. Od 5 71 1. . per per c c e en n t t. . 10 10 0 0 0 00 10 0 0 12% All paid. 8% , forth British Incur.- 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 25% Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. , loo 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin.&Glasg. Railway 11.10 a. per s. !50 0 0 50 0 0 51xd Ditto, 4 Shares •• • • 7s. 6d. p. I. 12 10 0 All paid. 13 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 - 11asgw k - Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent. 150 0 0 All paid. - ilasgw &Greenclt Rail. 21 . per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18% 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 Al l pa i d. 39 Standard LiteAssernce. I)undee& Arbr o th Rail. 0 9 1 A 2 ll lo paid () . 3 9 9 4 .ilsgw &Garnkirk Rail. 5 5 1 1 . . p p e e r r c c e e n n t t . . l 5 2 0 5 0 0 'WATER-WORKS. Dividend 100Amo0unot : 90 Name et Company. pe r of j Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 ! X s. d. East London...-. •• • • ' 81. 100 0 0 195 - 100 0 0 - _ Grand Junction 31 1 . 05. 41 13 4 Vauxhall • ,- West Middlesex . . • 51. 15s.prcnt. 63 12 9 i - 118 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of Oct. SUGAR.—To-day there was a decrease in the demand for all kinds of Raw Sugar, both for home con sumption and export, although there was a desire on the part of merchants to further reduce their prices. The amcunt of business transacted in West India Muscovado for all purposese was small, and the private sales did not exceed 200 hhds and tres, at easier rates. At public sale 93 hhds 13 trcs 15 brls Barbadoes were all taken in at easier rates. REFINED.—To day itsfined goods were operated in with caution, although there were sellers of brown grocery Lumps at 53s Gd to 54, and of Standard Lumps at 54s 6d, In Bonded Crushed Sugars further fall took place, but 29s to 30s havin g been accepted for first sort, occasioned a good deal to be done. MAunitts—This afternoon there was rnly a limited demand for Mauritius, and a public sale of 7,725 bags 28 casks went at a further fall in prices of Gd to Is per cwt, but chief part sold. EAST INDLL—The white and strong yellow sorts of Bengal have sibtained the former currency, and met with a good demand; but for soft yellow and brown qualities the market has a dull appearance, and there are sellers upon rather lower termi. The parcels offered at auction were nearly all sold, and amounted to 3,620 bags. Madras has been operated in with caution by the home trade, although there are sellers even upon rather Icwer terms; but common qualities continue in request for exportation. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Fo reign Sugar, and privately there was little desire shown to do business. COFFEE.—This afternoon at public sale 303 bags of Ceylon Coffee were offered, and sold at 51s for low middling coloury, which is the full value. Privately Native was only in limited request at 34s 6d to 355. for good ordinary, and which are lower rates. TEA.—For public sale on Tuesday 5,000 pkgs are de clared. The market for all sorts of black Tea has been quiet this week, and rather lower rates have been taken. The purchases made in Green have been of little mo ment in any kind, and holders are willing sellers. Pekoe Tea has been sparingly dealt in, moderate as prices are. Orange Pekoe is only worth 3d to is 4d, and better sort Is 6d to is 10d ; Pekoe, black leaf is to is 10d, flowery Is 6d to 4s. SPICES.—This afternoon Nutmegs met with attention, and 27 cases of Penang at public sale sold at stiffer rates —fine brown went at 4s ld to 48 4d, good middling as 2d to 3s 3d, middling 28 10d to 3a ld, cadinttry 2 6d to BANKINQ D: Propr!etors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest •..•••• • • • • • • 4,043,012 Public leposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) • • 9,4 t7,R51 Other deposits ••• • .. 7,4 S 4,042 Seven day and other bills •••• • • • • •• • • 819,785 £36.347,690 Dated the 30th day of Septet'' COURSE OF EXCIL imaterdam .....• • • • 12 SN, Ditto, at sight ••• • .. 12 23, Rotterdam • ..... 12 5%, 25 85 Ramburgh • M.B. 13 15;4 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 55 Ditto, • • ...... 25 80 Ntarsellles Mourdeaux..... •• .. • • 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 1224 Petersburgh, 3 Us.. • • • • Vienna, effee.ilo• ••• • • Trieste, ditto.... • • • • • • 10 7 10 8 47 49 fadrid .............. Cadiz .. ..• •• • • ••• • • • Bilbao ............... . Barcelona .. ...... • • • • 5evi11e........ ~ ...... LATEST PRICES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, . PANIES' ST FromCi PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY , LONDON, TUESDAY, TOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount same of Company. per of Paid. j Frio-. Annum. Share. s. d. j s. d. Australasia •• •• •• •• •• 40 0 0 40 0 0 — llritsh North American 51. per zent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 441 , s ;ommercial of London 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 • • •.............5i. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 — l.,ondn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 London Joint-Stock Gl. per cent. .10 0 0 10 0 0 Metropolitan •• .• ••• •• 25 0 0 710 0 Provincialof Ireland.. 1 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New......• 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 Sational of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 , 20 0 0 I Nat. Provncial of Eng. , Si. per cent. 100 0 0, 35 0 0 Ditto, New... •.• •• 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 ! 10 0 0 Union of Australia.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Union of L0nd0n..... , 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1847. ig September 28, 2s Bd, very ordinary_ 15.9.1 to is 10d Of Mace 13 cases sold at firm rates, middling and good 3s 2d to 3s 7d. EICE.—To• day the business transacted iu all kinds of East India Rice was extremely limited by private treaty, and at public sale" 1,610 bags of Java were taken in, but sold afterwards at 16s for good bold white, and at 8s 6d to 15s for damaged, which are lower rates by sd. SPIRITS.—There are still free sellers of Jamaica Rum but merchants submitting to a reduction on last week's rates of Id to 2d per gallon, tempted the trade to operate with more freedom, and a large business has been trans acted. The sales amounted to 400 pans. Demerara met with little attention, and was obtained upon rather lower terms, the sales amounted to only 100 puns at 3s 3d to 3s 4d for 34 to 36 per cent. over proof. The business concluded in Leeward Island has been ex tremely limited, although there has been a desire on the part of holders to accept 2s id to 2s 2d proof strength. East India met with little attention, and proof with cer tificate is only worth is 10d to Is 11 d. Havannah is dull of sale at is 7d to is 8d proof. There are further arrivals of Rum, still the stock is not so large as it was in the past year at this time, home deliveries continue to be greater, but for exportation they keep smaller. Prices are, however, under those that existed at this time in 1846. Holders of brancy are willing sellers, and offer large parcels of old landed seats for sale, whilst of the younger kinds the supply is good. on the part of ex. porters and the home trade there has been little done. COGHINEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal met with little attention, and at public sale 114 bags of Hon duras went at a decline on former rates of 2d to 3d per lb., but the whole sold. OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 40 tuns Southern Oil sold at 231 to 251 15s for low to gcod, 20 tuns Hump back 221 15s to 241; and 181 casks Palm 303 to 35s 3d for low to fine, which are at lower rates. TALLow.—For Russian prices have improved, and on the part of the home trade more desire has been manifested to operate. On the spot a good demand has been experienced, and 46d 9d to 47s 3d have been the rates obtained for fine new Petersburgh Yellow Candle. For forward delivery many contracts have been entered into at 45s 6d to 46s for P.Y.C. Home made sells more freely at 47s 6d to 48s nett cash. All other kinds of Tallow are more required, and former rates are fully supported, but the supply continues to be good. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAASIOA-HOUSE. Yesterday Nathaniel Silvester, Custom-house agent, of Lower Thames-street, was charged under the sth and 6th of Victoria, entitled an Act to amend the law relating to advances bona fide made to agents intrusted with goods. Mr. Hobler attended for the prosecution, and stated that he should merely open the case so far as to show the necessity for a remand until the prosecutors, who were foreigners, should have the opportunity of pro ducing witnesses to all the facts attending the com mission of the offence with which the defendant was charged. Certain goods, it appeared, had been con signed to the defendant to be handed over to three firms in the city of London ; and the defendant had received from these firms money to clear them at the Custom-house, so that there could not be the pretext of a lien upon them to sanction their detention, not a farthing being due for the commission. The defendant, instead of delivering them to the parties for whom they were intended, pledged them for a sum of money, and when it was discovered that a misappro priation had taken place, wrote a letter to the agent of the prosecutors, stating that he could not deliver the goods until Saturday, and that he would pay for any loss that might be sustained by the delay ; requesting also that the agent would be quiet, assuring him that if he would have patience all would be well, but if not, the result might be unfavourable. Mr. Anatonie Leblond, examined by Mr. Hobler (through an interpreter), said—l live at Rouen, and am at present stopping at 139/ Cheapside. I repre sent the house of Hippolite Huignard, and Co., of Rouen, commission agents, and I know the defendant well. We never supplied him with goods on his own account, nor to dispose of for us on commission. In the bill of lading the defendant's name was inserted for three bales of woollen and cotton plaids and ginghams to the amount of 2141. ss. 7d., per the Co lumbine steamer. The defendant was to deliver one of the bales, containing 52 pieces, value 791. 2s. Bd., to Messrs. Devas and Co., of Lawrence-lane; another containing 60 pieces, value 861. 103., to Messrs. Cooke and Son, of St. Paul's Church-yard ; and the third, containing 33 pieces, value 481. 12s. lid., to Messrs. Leaf, Coles, and Co., of Old Change. I arrived on the 22d of this month in London and saw the three bales on the premises of a Mr. Solomons. I told Mr. Solomons they were my property. I knew them to he ours from the marks made by me and from my own hand-writing, and the marks are the same as are mentioned in the paper produced. I marked them at the Custom-house at Rouen myself. Mr. Abraham Solomon 3, of No. 26, Basinghall street, merchant and warehouseman, said, I received these bales of a Mr. Ahrenfeld, and here are the par ticulars—(handing over a paper). Ido not know the defendant at all, and never saw him before this moment. I was present when Mr. Leblond examined the goods. I introduced him to the goods, and he recognised them exactly in the manner he has de scribed. I have a lien upon the goods to the amount of 1241. I advanced to Mr. Ahrenfeld 136/. upon them, and according to the terms of this document they are now my property. Here the witness read the following letter : " London, Sept. 15. " Sir,—You have lent me this day 136/., against which I lodge with you as security three bales of manufactured goods, containing 145 pieces. In the event of my not paying you 12/. on the 22d inst., and the balance of 1241. on or before the 29th inst., the abovementioned three bales shall be your property, abandoning all further claims. " I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, " J. AHRENFELD." Mr. Hobler—You say, that according to the terms of this letter the goods are your property ? Witness —According to these terms they are. Mr. nobler—But you do not mean to claim them after the statement you have heard ? Witness--- I shall act upon the best legal advice of course. lam not at present prepared to say what I shall do. Mr. Ahrenfeld, to whom I advancod the money upon the goods, resides, I believe, at No. 11, Buckingham square, Old Kent-road. I knew him before this transaction, having had many transactions with him previously. He applied to me for a temporary loan, and I said he should have it if I was secured. The moment Mr. Leblond entered my warehouse and spoke to me upon the subject, I showed him the goods, on which were the marks he described. Alderman GIBBS read the 6th clause of the Act, which stated, that if any agent intrusted with goods shall, contrary to or without the authority of his principal, for his own benefit, and in violation of good faith, make any consignment, deposit, transfer, or delivery of any goods so intrusted to him, as, or by way of, a pledge, lien, or security, &c., he shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to transportation for any term not more than 14 years, nor less than seven years ; or suffer such other punishment, by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award. The defendant was then remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. - - A " dollyshop" keeper, named Thomas Packwood, living in Wellington-place, Whitechapel, and selling fish and dogs' meat, appeared before Mr. Arnold, to answer an information under the 39th and 40th of George 111., c. 99, s. 23, charging him with carrying on the business of a pawnbroker, without having his name and designation legibly inscribed over his door, whereby he had rendered himself liable to any penalty not exceeding 101. A poor woman, named Emily Satchwell, the wife of a mechanic in Devonshire-street, Mile-end, proved having on the 21st of July last pledged a heteroge neous collection of articles, consisting of flat irons, a cloak, and a Bible, at the defendant's shop for ls. Gd., and on redeeming them a fortnight afterwards was charged ls. Bd. ; she requested 2s. upon them, but was refused by the defendant's wife, who served her. On the 12th of the next month she pledged a brass candlestick for 6d., and was charged 7id. on its re demption ; and on the 17th she pledged a gown there for 6d., on which the next day she got another Gd. advanced, and on redeeming it was charged ls. 2d. There was neither the defendant's name nor the word " Pawnbroker" over the door, and though she was upon each occasion served by his wife or daughter, the defendant himself was in the shop. No duplicate or memorandum of any description was given to her in either instance as security for the return of her property. It was necessary to prove all the above transactions, as the Act requires proof of a week's trading to justify a conviction. In answer to the charge, the defendant at first said he felt confident the woman had not been charged so exorbitant a rate of interest as she had represented ; and, next, made the usual excuse in such cases, that his wife was in the habit of purchasing goods, and not advancing money upon them, which she after wards resold to the original owner at a small profit, but that he was not aware tha t she was actin g il legally, and had no intention to trade as alleged in the information. Mr. ARNOLD, however, was perfectly satisfied that the defendant had been exercising the trade of a pawnbroker in the terms defined in the statute, and he was determined to put such practice down, as being calculated to work very ruinously upon the distressed people who foolishly resorted to such places instead of going to a legally authorised tradesman, who would charge them only a proper rate of remu neration, and in whose hands they would have se curity for the restoration of their articles. The de fendant had brought himself clearly within the Act, which was a very beneficial statute for the distressed, and rendered himself liable to a penalty of 101., but as this was the first time he had been brought there for such an offence, he should only now inflict the miti gated penalty of 40s. and costs, in the hope that that would have the effect of deterring him from pursuing such a courio in future. THAMES, Nicholas Stanart, the chief mate of the Greek brig Belle Esperanza, from Malta, now lying in the London Docks, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with illegally unshipping about 14,000 cigars. Mr. Beverley briefly stated the case for the Crown. The ship arrived at Falmouth on her way to London, in the early part of the month, and the tide surveyor there, whose duty it was to examine the ship, found upwards of 22,000 cigars on board in a great number of small boxes, which was a much larger quantity than the crew could possibly consume at the ordinary rate on a voyage to London; and suspecting it was intended to run the cigars on shore at some con - venient spot, he deposited about 16,000 in large bags, which he sealed with the official seal, and warned all hands not to interfere with them on the voyage to London. The remainder of the cigars, 6,000 in number, were left for the consumption of the crew. On the arrival of the ship in the London Docks she was again overhauled, and, owing to the report made by the officer at Falmouth, particular attention was paid to the cigars. Only two bags, containing boxes of cigars, sealed with the official seal, could he found. On the ship leaving Falmouth there were eleven sealed bags. No one on board could give any ac count of the nine missing bags of cigars at the time ; but, from information afterwads given by two Italian seamen on board, that the chief officer had unshipped a great number of boxes of cigars in the Downs and had received money for them, he was taken into cus tody, and the ship was seized. There were only 6,000 cigars, instead of 22,000, found on board the Belle Esperanza when the ship arrived in the London Docks, leaving a deficiency of 16,000 to be ac counted- for.:" In support of the information two Italian seamen, named Georgio and Francisco Snarovitch, were called, from whose evidence it appeared that while the ship was at anchor in the Downs, where she re mained for two days, a boat containing four men came alongside at four o'clock in the afternoon. Two remained in the boat and two came upon deck, where the mate, who had just before left the cabin, was. They went into the cabin and returned upon deck with boxes of cigars, which they emptied into a sack and lowered into the boat. They then rowed away to the land, and returned again at six o'clock. The mate was then upon deck waiting for the boatmen, who again accompanied him into the cabin. They brought up more boxes of cigars and put them in a bag, which was again lowered into the boat which was rowed away. The boat returned a third time, with the same men, at nine. o'clock, and they were supplied with more cigars, which were again emptied out of the boxes into a bag. The witnesses also swore that they saw gold paid to the chief mate by the boatmen, and heard him bargain with them for the sale of the cigars. The boxes were taken into the galley on deck and burned after the cigars had been emptied out of them. There were 30,000 cigars in boxes, containing one hundred each, when the ship left Malta. Mr. YARDLEY interrogated the witnesses, and they said that they saw the mate in the cabin with the boatmen, and saw the cigars there. The seals were broken. They distinctly saw money pass from the mate to the boatmen. On being asked what was the consumption of cigars among the crew, they said each man smoked twenty per day. Mr. YARDLEY said, that was a very large con sumption. The witnesses, in answer to further questions by the magistrate, said, that after the ship left Falmouth they smoked as many cigars as they pleased. Stanio Georgio Cazze, the master of the brig Belle Esperanza, who was termed the pilot, was next called on the part of the Crown, and he said, the ship came to an anchor in the Downs on the 17th of September, at half-past four o'clock, and left on the morning of the 19th, at half-past eight in the morning. The brig was ten days making the passage from Falmouth to London. The crew consisted of fourteen in all. He did not know how many cigars there were on board at Falmouth. After the ship left Falmouth the men broke the seals and took as many cigars forward as they pleased. He smoked about twenty-five cigars per day himself. Mr. Robert Gray, a Custom-house officer, said, he examined the Greek brig Esperanza in the London Dock last Friday, and found on board from 6,300 to 6,800 cigars. Some were in boxes, and others loose, in various parts of the ship. Mr. Kents, another officer, said the cigars would run about 120 to the pound, and would not exceed that. For the defence, Mr. Eyre called Francisco Petro witch, a seaman, who said, that Georgio Snaro% itch was ill before the ship reached the Downs, and after wards, and was lying ill below in his hammock when the ship was at anchor in the Downs. He never saw him on deck at all, from the time the ship left Falmouth. Mr. YARDLEY, after summing up the case at great length, said there was a large deficiency in the cigars sealed at Falmouth, and if the men had smoked 25 per day each between Falmouth and London, they would only consume 3,300. He had no doubt the mate did unship cigars in the Downs, and as the case for the Crown was made out, it was his duty to pass the sentence awarded by the law, which was, that the prisoner be kept to hard labour in Maidstone gaol for six months. SOUTHWARK. Joshua Organ, a baker, residing in Harper-street, Newington, was charged with exercising great cruelty towards his brother, an aged man, who was rendered incapable of attending the examination. Mr. Brooks, one of the relieving officers of New ington, stated, that in consequence of hearing reports spread about the neighbourhood where the prisoner lived, that he was acting with great cruelty to his brother, he (the witness) proceeded to the house in order to ascertain whether there were just grounds for the rumour. He accordingly went there on the preceding afternoon, and saw the prisoner in the shop, of whom he made some inquiry on the subject. The prisoner, however, manifested a strong disinclination to give him any information; but, upon his insisting to see his brother, he at length consented, and accord ingly led the way up to a small apartment in the up per part of the house. On entering the room he (the witness) was shocked at perceiving an aged man up wards of seventy lying on a miserable bed in a filthy state, his flesh begrimmed with dirt, his beard allowed to grow to an excessive length, and the nails of his hands and toes in the same condition. Vermin were likewise crawling about in all directions, and the place . altogether presented a scene of the utmost filth and wretchedness, so much so that he could not endure to remain in the room, owing to the dreadful stench arising from the condition in which the unfortunate invalid was permitted to remain. The witness, on beholding the sight, remonstrated with the prisoner, asking him how he could suffer a human being, and that individual his own brother, to remain in such a condition under his own roof, but he re frained from giving any explanation more than that the old man was an invalid and unable to leave his bed, and that he did not complain of the treatment he experienced, always having as much food and drink as he required. Witness then informed the prisoner that he had rendered himself liable to punishment for such scandalous neglect of his brother, and that the unfortunate man's death would be accelerated if he were suffered to remain much longer in the horrible condition in which he was discovered. Mr. Brooks added, that from inquiries he had since instituted he ascertained that the old man found in the state above described was the proprietor of the house and the business (that of a baker) carried on below, and that, falling into ill-health, the prisoner had taken ad vantage of the circumstance, had him placed in the room at the top of the house, and there allowed him to remain in the midst of filth and wretchedness which must have speedily put a period to his existence if it had been allowed to go on much longer. it was the general impression all over the neighbour hood that the prisoner had adopted the cruel line of conduct mentioned with the view of obtaining the possession of all his brother's pro perty. After witnessing the scene narrated, he (Mr. Brooks) considered it his duty to lay the circumstances before the parochial authorities, and they referred him to the superintendent of the police of the district, in order that steps might be immediately taken against the accused. lie (witness) according l y accompanied the superintendent and Inspector Valentine to the prisoner's house that morning, and on entering the room where the old man was lying, he found that an a ttempt had been made in the interval of his first visit to cleanse his person of s ome of the filth with which it was incrusted ; still that the poor abject man re mained in a filthy condition, owing to which sores had broken out on d ifferent p arts of his body, espe cially on his abdomen. Inspector Valentine, of the P division confirmed this statement in all particulars with respect to the utter neglect exhibited towards the old man, and added that the filth and stench proceeding fr om t h e roo m were so overpowering that he was hastily com pelled to retrace his steps. In reply to Mr. COTTINGIIAM, the relieving-officer said that he had no doubt the old man was the owner of the property, and that he was rated in the parish hooks ; that when he (Mr. Brooks) entered the room, the old man said nothing, and appeared to be afraid, and completely under the control of the prisoner. Mr. COTTINGIIAM (to the prisoner) —What have you to say in answer to this charge of such gross neglect towards your own brother ? Prisoner—l have had a charwoman to attend upon him, but she has neglected her duty and not called for the last seven weeks, and that is the reason why my brother was found in such a condition. lam conscious it is wrong, but Mr. Brooks has given a high colouring to the affair, and has made out the case infinitely worse than it is. My brother eats and drinks well, and does not complain. Mr. Brooks declared thathe .had not in the slightest * degree exaggerated the fads. The prisoner, in answer to further questions, sal that his brother was seventy years . of age, and th he himself was sixty-four ; - that his brother had been for the last twelve months labouring under a nervous disease, which incapacitated him from attending to his business, and that he (the prisoner) being in his employ as journeyman caiducted his business from that period up to the present time, Mr. COTTINGUAM—Has he been attended by any medical man ? Prisoner—Yes ; Mr. Boast attended him formerly, but not for some months. His com plaint was a nervous one, and I thought the doctors would not do him much good. Mr. COTTINGUAM (with surprise)—Then you suf fered the poor man, who was incapable of assisting himself, to lie and rot like a dog in the midst of filth and wretchedness! Why the fact of his labouring under a nervous disease ought to have awakened some fraternal feeling in your breast, and at least to have him properly attended to, particularly as he is the owner of the property, and you only a journeyman in his employ. Why did you have him placed in a filthy room at the top of the house, instead of keeping him down stairs, where he could be looked after, and not neglected in the shameful manner that has been described ? Prisoner—He was always asleep, and lying about, when down stairs, and I did not wish the customers using the shop to see him ; so, for the sake of convenience, I had him up stairs. Mr. COTTINGUAM said the public were indebted to Mr. Brooks for coming forward and exposing the shameful conduct of the prisoner towards his own brother. The prisoner's admission that for six weeks the unfortunate man had been neglected and suffered to remain in a condition worse than a brute reflected , indelible disgrace upon him. He (the magistrate) should feel it his_ duty to see that the unfortunate in valid was restored to his rights, and that a brother who had exhibited such unnatural feelings as the pri soner had done, in allowing the unfortunate man to remain in such a dreadful condition from utter inat tention and neglect, should be prevented from exer• cising further cruelty in that way. The circumstance of his not employing a person to look after an invalid such as he was, and permitting him to remain in bed covered with filth and dirt of the most loathsome description, was an act of unexampled cruelty, and for which he had rendered himself amenable to severe punishment ; he should therefore adjudge the prisoner to enter into his own recognisance of 401., and find two sureties of 201. each, to appear at that court, in order to give the parochial authorities an opportunity of preferring a bill of indictment against him, and in the meantime such steps should be taken as would place the old man in the situation to which he was entitled, being the owner of the property in the house where he experienced such cruel treatment. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and Glas gow, 52—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), 4 p. —Leicester and Bedford, I% dis.—London and North-West ern, 158 ILA —Ditto, New, Quarters, 8% p.—Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire, Preference, % p.—Midland, 115— Ditto, Halves, 1% p.—North British, Thirds, 1 4 p.—North Staffordshire, 1 1 4 p.—North-Western, 4 dis.—Scottish Cen tral, 5 1 4 p. ex bonus—Seuth• Eastern and Dover, No. 4 isa. as Thirds at 6 2-3 dis. ), 38s. 9d. dis. MANCHESTER, SErrninxit 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1 3 % dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% c. dis.—Birmngham and Oxford Junction, 5 p.—East Lancashire, New Quarters, dis.— East Lincolnshire, 1 1-16 p.--Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 1 A dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 32/. Shares, 4 1 4 c. dls.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 1% dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1. 1% p.—North British, Thirds, 1 4 p.—North Staffordshire, 1 1 4 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 15-16 dis. LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 30. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 4 dis. —Ditto, New, 4 3 / 4 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 19s. dis.— Great Northern, 44 1 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1 1 / 4 p.-I)itto (West Riding Union), 41s. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 15% dis.—Ditto, New, 11 1 A, n. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, ss. dis.—North British, Thirds, 2s. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extensions, 2s. 6d. dis.—North Staffordshire, 245. p.—North- Western, 795. dis.—Sheffield and Rotherham, 30 1 4—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, 21. 4s. 6d. p. HULL, SEPTEMBER 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 21s.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preference, No. 1, % p.—Hull and Selby (10 per cent. guar.), Halves, 50—Ipswich and Bury (Cambridge and Ely), par—New castle and Berwick, 24 p.—North British, Extension (scrip), ls. 6d. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, SEPTEMBER 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 445. dis.—Great Northern, 4%—Newcastle and Carlisle, 110 1 / 2 —North British, 26 1 A—Ditto, Thirds, 28s.—Ditto, Quarters, ss. p.—North Staffordshire, 1 1 4 p.— York, New castle, and Berwick (late Newcastle and Berwick), 6 4 p.— Ditto, New, No. 2,2 A, p.—Ditto (late North Shields Pur chase), 31. EDINBURGH, SurrnusEß 29. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian, 39% — Ditto, New, 335. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 625. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 524 ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, 13 ex div.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantmn, Quarters, Reg., 6s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, 19—Ditto, Newport, 8% —Ditto, ditto, New, Reg., 23s.—Glasgow and Ayrshire, New Stock, 41% ex div.—Great Northern, 68s.—North Bri tish, 27 ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, 5 ex div.—Ditto. New Quarters (Scrip), 10s. 9d.— Ditto, Thirds, Registered, 251. 6d.—Ditto, ditto (scrip), 25s.—Scottish Grand Junction, 10s. 6d. GLASGOW, Surriniaxrc 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 34s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 62s.—Edinburgh and Perth, •40s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1, 6% ex int.—Glasgow,' Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71. 19s.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 695. Great Northern, 665. 6d. ex int.—Manchester and Southampton, 12s.— North British, Thirds (scrip), 24s.—Ditto, New [Quarters (scrip), 10s. 6(l.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Great North of England Purchase), 10%. A POOR POET'Sisii. — O h ! that a sovereign, like a piece of scandal, would grow bigger every time it cir culatedl—Punch. SCROFULA, OR KING'S EVIL, CURABLE BY THE USE O! HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.— Persons afflicted with this dreadful disease cannot make use of any remedy so efficacious, soothing, and healing, as these incomparable medicines. The cures that are constantly performed by them throughout the world in cases of scrofula, scurvy, lepra, ringworm, scald head, and every variety of skin diseases, are truly astoundin. Cancers, bad breasts, tumours, and obstinate wounds, speedily yield to the uaited powers of Holloway's Ointment and Pills. Therefore, let no case, however desperate, be despaired of, for these sovereign remedies have been pre-eminent in curing many, after the most skilful medical science had failed. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Ilolloway'S establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 23d ult., at the Vicarage, Shenstone, near Lichfield, the wife of the Rev. G. W. Murray, of a daughter. On the 26th ult., at Shirley, Croydon, the lady of Charles Frere, Esq., of a daughter. On the 27th ult., at Clapham-common, Mrs. Robert John Spitta, of a son. On the 27th ult., at Lullingstone Castle, Kent, Lady Dyke, of a son. On the 28th ult., at Perry-rise, Sydenham, Kent, the wife of George Dawes, Esq., of a daughter. On the 28tb ult., the lady of William Tottie, Esq., of Mel combe-place, of a son. On the 29th ult., at Church-road, West Hackney, Mrs. W. T. Carlisle, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., in Lonsdale. , square, Mrs. J. R. Morrison, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 23th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Thomas Dermer Young, Esq., of the Grove, Hertford, to Harriett, second daughter of J. G. Sparke, Esq., M.D., Finsbury-place South, London. DIES. On the Bth ult., at Edmonton, Mr. James Phillips. On the 27th ult., at Boulogne-sur-bier, Richard Alex ander Price, Esq. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. The following are officers whose deaths have been officially reported since June 20, 1847 : Flag Officers.—Admiral of the Fleet.—Sir George Martin, G.C.B. Admirals.—Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., G.C.NI.G. (Rear Admiral of the United king dom) ; John Erskine Douglas. Vice-AdmiraL—Bendall IL Littlehales. Captains.—John Bowker, Weston Phipps, William M‘G wire. Commanders.—Nathaniel Martin, William Molineux, Sir John Halkett, Bart., Edward Crouch, James Stuart, Richard Jones, Henry Craddock, James Duncan. Lieutenants. —George Antram, William Broadwater, John Willison, Adam Viscount Kenmore, William White, James Lind, John F. Herbert, Joseph Vallaek, Samuel Colston, Colin Douglas. Masters. —Hugh Stewart, Luke Winter. Royal Marines. —Captains.—Alexander liackenxie, George B. Puddicombe. Paymasters.—Andrew Henry, h ineas Priest. Mate.—John J. Onslow, Chaplain.—David Griffiths. Medical Officers. —lnspector of Hospitals.—Sirßichard Dobson, Kt., M.D. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals.— Daniel King, M D. Surgeons. —William Gough, Richard Tobin, M.D., Joseph Dunaway, Charles Mayberry, John Corsan, Benjamin M'Avoy, Wm. Bland, James Gordon (a). Assistant Surgeon.—George S. Roberts. Paymasters and Pursers.-6. Yarwood and Robert Tronson. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. General.—Sir J. Lambert, G.C.B. (Colonel of the 10th Foot), Thames Ditton. Lieut.-General.—Sir H. Keating, K.C.B. (Colonel of the 33d Foot). Cheltenham. Lieut.-Colonels.—Fead, C. 8., late of the Grenadier Guards, Lewisham ; Beckwith, Rifle Brigade, Kingston, Canada ; Workman, Unattached, London. Majors.—Lyles, 90th Foot, Chester ; Peck, 2d West India Regiment, Jamaica. Captains.--Townley, 16th Lancers, India ; Pollen, Rifle Brigade ; Puddicombe (Paymaster), Royal Marines, Plymouth ; M'Krnzie, late of the Royal Marines ; W. Graham, Unattached, Glasgow ; Galbraith, late of the 4th Veteran Battalion, Stirlin g , Nortla Britain ; Mit chell, late of the 7th Veteran Battalion. Lieutenants,—Brahn, 51st Foot, on his passage from Calcutta ; Gardner, 3d West India Regiment, at the Gambia ; Dagg (Recruiting District), Cork ; Kane, half-pay 60th Foot ; Ferguson, half-pay 97th Foot, Rothesay ; Burrell, Royal Artillery, on his passage to Ceylon. Ensigns.—Hall, 54th Foot, Kinsale ; Hamilton (Town- Major, Galway), half-pay 4th West India Regiment. Assistant-Surgeons.—Beard, half-pay Ordinance, Spa; Backhouse, half-pay sth Veterans ; Hurst, halt-pay 37th Foot ; Semple, Staff, M'Carthy's Island. London: Printed and Publihhed by 2111R.D0 YOUNG, Of No. 112. Strand, Priftter, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Predict of the SAT O Y, in the CORnt7 of Dliddloox FrWq, $744066* 1 1647, 1 11 'it I 4 431 tli