The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-28 00:00:00

MEETING OF TICKET-OF-LEAVE MEN. Last night a meeting of ticket-of-leave men was held at Farringdon Hall, Snow-hill, the object o f the meeting being to make the public acquainted with the difficulties experienced by ticket-of-leave h o ld e rs in their endeavours to obtain an honest livelihood, and with the hope of being able to dis cover :some means of being able to ameliorate their condition. The meeting, with few exceptions, was co mposed of ticket-of-leave holders. There were upwards of 100 present, most of them being lads or young men. In the mass they presented an a nxious, care-spent, and under-fed appearance. A sidelong, watchful, and suspiciouslook characterised the eyes, but beyond this there was nothing in their dress or aspect to indicate a desperate class. They seemed in general more forlorn than felonious, and pitiable rather than perilous. One might take them for an assembly of costermongers, but some few appeared to b e o f a hi g h er standing. One individual wore moustache and imperial, and had rings on the fingers of both hands. The Earl of CARNARVON, who was principally instrumental in getting up the meeting, presided, Mr. Henry Mahew, Mr. A. Mahew, the Rev. Mr. • Portal, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Hutton, Mr. Beach, Capt. Wraxhall, Mr. Wyld, Mr. W. B. Jerrold, Dr. Mackay, and others, were amongst those present. The CHAIRMAN opened the meeting by saying-- My good friends, perhaps you may be rather sur prised why I called you together this evening, for I am aware that in asking you to meet me here, I am taking an unusual course. At the same time I hope that nothing will take place this evening which will make me repent of having placed cone dence in you and giving you an opportunity, when th e public is disposed, perhaps, to Judge hardly of you, of saying a few words in your own defence. You must all know perfectly well that I can be actuated by no other motive in bringing you to gether than the wish to serve your interests, and that you may receive such kind treatment a s may be consistent with the claims of your fellow-subjects. You know we meet together in order to obtain some information as to the difficulties which you experience 'in finding employment on being discharged from prison. Most of you are offenders against the law. You have been tried, convicted, and sentenced to various periods of transportation. From circum stances which I need not go into at present, it has been found 'impossible to carry out that sentence. You were, instead, placed in a state of penal servi tude, and after you had suffered half the time of your original sentence, you were discharged with a ticket of leave, on the condition and understanding that you were thoroughly sorry for all that had happened before, and that for the future you would lead honest and industrious lives. I believe that a great many amongst you thoroughly wish to do so, but at the same time I am a rry to ay that many fall away from their good resolution, and that some deliberately and wilfully break from their engage ment. You are most of you intelligent men, and must be aware that your country—that is to say, all those who lead honest and respectable lives themselves—are disposed to deal severely with you if it be shown that the fault is entirely and clearly your own. At the same time I, for one, am uu willing to legislate for any one class, however wrong or guilty, without giving them the opportu• nity of speaking in their own defence, and stating their feelings, their difficulties and hopes. I there fore ask you to state what difficul ies you expe rienced, and what temptations prevented you from redeeming the promise you gave when you received your ticket of leave. Before any of you speak, I wish you to understand that I am here only on the supposition that all whom I see here regret what is past, and are anxious to lead honest lives if they have the opportunitygiven them to do so. (Cheer..) I do not wish you to speak of the justice or injustice of your sentence, of the hardships of the hulks and the prisons, but to tell me what it is that prevents many of you, as a class, from earning au honest livelihood on their discharge from prison. I ask s you to tell what you feel about the ticket of leave which is given to you, whether it is of service to you in getting employrnait or not. (Cheers.) TICKET- OF-LEAVE MAN, NO. 1 (the names were not given), came on the platform and said—" Friends and brother sufferers, I am a man as has seen more trouble in my time than any man this day in Eng land. When I was first committed it was up to 1832, and when I came home in 1832 I looked for employment, but could get none, and so I had to /all back on my old games again. (Hear, hear.) From 1840 to 1856 I have seen all kinds of trouble. I tried all parts of the world to get employment. I got one employment, but the police got me out of it again after three days. I tried the docks time after time, but could get nothing to do till last April, when Mr. Mayhew recommended me to a situation, which I have held ever since. I work hard day and night, but I don't mind that. I be lieve the best part of you would embrace situations also if you could get them. (Yes, we would.) If there were any place or institution like the &slims' Home, where you could go to after leaving your imprisonment, you would be glad to accept that place, and be employed in it until you not some thing to do. You would he glad to emigrate to Australia, or the Colonies, or America. I know that many a one of you would be glad of that . if it were offered to you —many a one. I have been out in the colonies, and I am sorry I came home. I know perfectly well there is many a case laid down in the papers concerning ticket-of-leave men, but one-half of the robberies and garottings are not done by ticket-of-lea-v.; men but by militia men and soldiers. I know this for a fact—but still it must be the ticket of leave men that did it. Last week a person got garotted iu the east end of the town by a militiaman—a policeman looking on—but I expect he bad his regulars out of him. (Laughter, and cheers.) Two years ace, after coming home, I was employed in the Com naerei throat], and a police man seized me, because I came o u t w ith a parcel. He went in and inquired if 1 had not stole some thing, and at night when I came home I was dis charged. I was employed as a casualty man for twelve months in the decks, hut I had no regular employment. That is what I can say. A. man who has no place to go to, and ne employment, must go to the old associations and the old racket again, as he has no character. Mr. MAYHEW read a certificate from the present employer ot the speaker, ill which he was described as being " the most assiinous, attentive, indus trious, and best conducted man in his employ ment." No. 2, a compact bullet-headed man, about 35 years of age, next presented himself, and coin , menced by asking—who is Mr. Henry Mayhew ? I wish to know that before I commence my speech. Who is Mr. Henry Mayhew, and where is he ? (Mr. Mayhew was sitting next the speaker, and on being pointed out to the speaker he continued.) Why should you be ashamed to acknowledge you are the man ? I came here to do something in truth and not in fiction, and I wish to caution you against making yourselves so public in speak ing your lives in public to benefit another man. That man is Henry Mayhew. His object in calling us together is to sell his books. A. nice man is Henry Mayhew—a'int he ?—to come here and get you to tell your confession ?—The speaker was in terrupted by the meeting several times., and on tbo chairman telling him that he was not speaking to the subject, he descended front the platform, re peating that he was a " bold man, and wished to tell the truth." No. 3 said—l am firmly of opinion the gentle men here have nothing bat our interest at heart, and are willing to assist us. (Hear, hear.) It is something to know that we are not altogether for gotten' though w e are se t d own as worse t h an b rute beasts by some. We are 16,000, and we are told it is b e t ter to meet the fate of Marley than of Cope. I have a wife and child and an aged mother to keep, end by working hard I endeavour - to do so. I want to be industrious, and not to rob or garotte. I wish to have som th . to keep rue in my ell. age : that is my as e irat ' ' ng couldl gheatvseolipoodliieffie: men to give me asogProooedthciZ aspiration. culty in gettin g etter thaw the only one meal a d a y, n i g . : k , sometimes it may be dress, the three meals and the grey the prison. (H ear.) wher Pl.nriikin of soup in after my discharee I bars& I name to London and my ticket of leave 40,4 new where to turn, may be of use to the, who boavues! .94 all to me. It neither father or int ,e her triends, but I had age. (Hear.) since I - was 14 years of Mr. MAY - Airw read a certificat e of chara c ter in favour of '.he last speake r f rom some inhabitants of St. JobA and St. M argaret ' s, Westminster. No,. 4 said—When I was discharged I got em ficriment at a large builder's, and I got into trop_ :Le for taking my brother's part, who was trP .ite - 1 unjustly, and I was fined Si. When ni: r niaskv found that I was a ticket-of-leave an d that it was known, he said he could no} hav e m e i n hig employment, • and so I left 4 ,nat work. coma meneed working on my (non account, and now have my fathe r and tv - ;o men employed under me. I have met ticket -of-leave men, and, when I told them I was in work, they said, "We wished we could get work also, brit nobody will employ its - without; a chara cter ; a n d, if we try to sell any thing, the pilicemen ihove us away." When I was discharged I threw my ticket•of-leave into the fire. It ;3 of no use to a man, but the contrary. It is like a previous conviction when you eet into Newgate it helps you down. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Wm) said that he gave employment to the last speaker, and could speak favourably of hi s conduct. (Hear.) No. 5-1 am not a ticket-of-leave man. I have been discharged thirteen years, and served four at THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1857. Portsmouth. I gain my livelihood by selling fish, but the policemen know me to tie a convicted thief and they follow me everywhere. : Mr. WATTS said he knew the speaker to be a frequenter at Billingsgate for several years, without being aware of the fact that he was a convicted thief. He always behaved in a proper and becont ing manner. No. 6, a decently dressed and intelligent man, said—Gentlemen, all I have to say is only a few words. I believe this meeting is to do us some good. lam a ticket-of-leave man. When I came c home—but I have no home—l brought a few j pounds with me, and I tried hard to get work, and went to Woolwich, where I thought I should get I work without being detected. But they wanted to know where I worked last, and that you know I could not tell them. I looked everywhere for work until I was almost without shoes or clothes, and had to resort to that which put me where I had been. lam willing to work at any trade or at any work that is sufficient to maintain me. I don't want anything out of the way. I don't want to live idle, or to live as a gentleman. I saw the other day at Smithfield two or three thousand honest men out of employment, and if they cannot get work how can we expect to be more successful, when the public say we are not fit for any society ? Thei • is no reform in the prison, but there is demoralisa tion there. lam very sorry to say that I cannot get employment, and am in consequence obliged to do that I don't wish to do, and must do that or starve. lam able and willing to work to-morrow, even at three shillings, but die or starve I never will. (Cheers.) I have one thing to say—if the public found us employment it would be more to their credit than building prisons at an immense expense, which is not the way to reform the crimi nal. They won't give a man a fair trial. What is he to do ? Is he to lie down and die against some brick wall ? No, the police won't let him do that ; he will tell him to go on ; he must not stop there. (Cheers.) I saw a man the other day pick out of the mud a crust of bread, who said he would work two hours for a bit of bread. He said he had no borne, could get no work, and had nothing to do but to starve. He was 26 years of age, strong, hearty, willing,to work, and yet famishing for food. There is not sufficient employment for the honest, and how can we expect employment ? I will mention one instance that occurred to my self about three months ago. lam living with a ticket-of-leave female, who is unfortunate—the same as myself. I have a sister and her house was robbed. The police made inquiry of her, and she said she had an " uncle" who was a house breaker. (Laughter.) That is the way my friends assisted me. Immediately after two policemen came to my house with loaded pistols at night, and said at once, "We want you about a robbery ; come with us ;" and then when I went with them, they fetched two or three people to see if they knew me. It is put in the paper that lam living with a ticket-of-leave woman, and that is sufficient to ruin any man ; and now, if the next door neigh bour is robbed why of course it must be done by me. (Laughter.) As I said before, there is no re formation in a prison ; when a man comes out he does not care what becomes of him. He says, "What am Ito do? I can 't go t o my own home, and I can't get on any where for want of a character." lam not a very great age, and I have walked about starving before I did anything wrong. It is very well for the public to say, " Go here or there—you can get work ;" but let them go to smithfield market, and they will see that thousands are out of work who never committed a crime. The people of England are very kind to other people, but they don't care for their own. They send missionaries everywhere, but we want missionaries at home, where the people want to learn to read and write, and where schools and institutions are so much re quired, and they would prove as cheap, I am sure, as to be building prisons, or to be at the expense of transporting them ; and if this were adopted, the country would save thousands. We are all human beings, and why should we not have the nourishment that God has sent us. There are numbers of the public who relieve us, but others think we are wild beasts. (Laughter.) I have ex perience among thieves. I have found them to have good sound sense as well as other people. I have heard ladies say, when they came to see us, " Lord bless me, how quiet they are." (Great laughter.) I think they must have thought we were some chained demons. (Laughter.) I can assure them the ticket-of-leave man is flesh and blood, like themselves, and have got sense and reason, and know when they are trodden on. As to stop crime by transporting men, that will never do. There are men coming home now, and what are they to do? If there were an institution for men when they came out of prison, it would do good, but transportation will do no good. (Cheers.) Mr. M&vßsw said if the last speaker gave his name, a gentleman would give him employment. No. 7.—Gentlemen, I am no great speaker, and will only say two or three words. When I came home I had a few pounds in my pocket—about foul or five, and made the best attempt to keep it that I could, but, of course, I ran through it. I then went to my brother-in-law, who took me to a place where I got some employment, and when they found out what I was they told him of it, and I was not taken on any longer, so I said I must do something else. Well, after that I went to the docks to see if I could get employment, but I could only get one or two days in the week there, and after some time I could get no more work there, and I says " What am Itodo ?" lam no spokesman ; howsomever, if I could be sent abroad I would be thankful, or if any gemman would give me some work I would be up honest and down strait. (Great laughter.) No. B.—What I have to say is very brief. About six menths ago I was released on a ticket of leave, having dislocated my hip, and if I had a trifle to start in business, I think I should get along pretty fair, although owing to the accident, I am unable i to do laborious work. The CHAIRMAN here rose, andskid--I should be glad to know whether it is the feeling among you to prefer a ticket of leave in the colonies, or a ticket of leave in this country. Let all hold up their bands who prefer a ticket of leave in the colonies. (Here every hand was raised.) The chairman the* said--" Let those who prefer a ticket of leave in England hold up their hands." (To this app ea l not a hand was raised.) No 9 then came forward, and said—l am a ticket-of-leave man, and was discharged from Woolwich last August twelvemonth. I have a wife and two children. I get work for two days in the week at Lambeth Workhouse—the other four days I look for work, but cannot get it, and I am out of work for twelve months, except just getti ng a job here and th ere , although I have been up at all hours, even so early as two or three o'clock in the morning. No. 1 0.—Gentlemen, I have been discharged from prison twelve weeks next Thursday, and since then I have not had two days in the week to work for any employer. If any gentleman will be so kind as to put my name down and send me to the colonies as a ticket-of leave man, I would be most thankful to him. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, thanking them for their attention and good beha voinoluyro, object in cadingfiinth g em that thei r we lf are was hi s them together. He said they bad c erta i n l y many difficulties to struggle against, Irbt h u iet t yh t os h up a to t kt t er h o e ia r n e bla u e :a was. desponding H no thing in the world to b e h a d eremarked, that desn air in ing ge t n o e o r e a , l but there was no reason for that, as s Y ociet would not aband on t h em for having committed one, or even two or three s crimes, provided they were not habituated criminals. It was easy to t b a di w ffi xe lt th to ey g e t able rid t of olaintg aryteheoirdedrily_ conducto d nly charge, and far more n start- was it to continue orderly when discharge from prison. He begg e d them to remember th a t th ey had got trades and had God's holy wo r d exp l a i ned to them, in which they were more fortunate than many of their entm trymen who were not criminals. In arl.nietouree.wlnhsiicohn,h begged them to dispers e lne re quest they immediately complied. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESIAY MORNLNO. THE CHURCH. The Rev. John Gregg, of Trinity Church, Gar diner's-street, has been appointed by the Lord- Lieutenant to the archdeaconry of Kildare, vacant by the elevation of Dr. Fitzgerald to the see of Cork. The emolument derivable from this appoint ment is so trifling that it will require several years of the income to pay the fees of instalment. The rectory of Monkstown has not yet been filled. Dr. Fitzgerald preached at his church there on Sunday. If Lord Carlisle were to consult the wishes of the parishioners of Monkstown he would find them most desirous for the promotion of their senior curate, Mr. Rooke, a hardworking, zealous, and talented minister. ThE LATE DUKE OF RUTLAND AS A SPORTING MAN. The Doke of Rutland died full of honours and full of years, at Belvoir Castle, on Tuesday last. He had out lived the three score years and ten indicated by the Psalmist as the period of human existence, and had attained the ripe age of 79. He was under ten years of age when he succeeded to his dukedom, which he held for the unprecedented period of nearly 70 years. The late Duke of Rutland took no prominent part in political affairs. He was, however, a cordial and earnest supporter of his party, and a conscientious and consis tent adherer to the Tory interest. As a humane and liberal landl , rd he won the esteem and veneration of his tenantry; and, as a generous and cordial pa ron of field sports and the turf, he obtained the respect and love of all classes and c )nditions of people. He associated freely with the tenantry and the peasants on his estate ie Lei cestershire, and was ever ready to promote their welfare and recreation. In the annual race meetings held at Lei tester, he took a lively interest ; he imparted a prestige to them by his presence, and was wont to preside, with a kindness and urbanity peculiar to him, at the annual race ordinary, until the creeping infirmities of age ren dered his attendance impossible. At Newmarket, the late Duke maintained a racing establishment. At the outset of his turf career, which commenced about 60 years ago, his horses were trained on his estate at Cheveley, a village within three miles of Newmarket, by Mr. Fenwick, and since by Mr. W. Ed wards; ultimately they were put und er th e care o f the late Mr. Boyce, who trained them about 24 years. The Duke's stud was at no time remarkably large. It was broken up in the year 1851, and, from that period, down to the duke's death, the Rutland col , ,urs—light blue, purple sleeves, and black cap—were rarely seen on Newmarket racecourse. As late as the spring of 1855, however, we find the last record in the Calendar of the Duke of Rut land as au owner of race horses. His grace was not a spe culator on horse•racing, but entered into turf pursuits from pure love and admiration of the exciting sport. He would sometimes stand 5/. or 10/. on a race, or back his horses for the Derby or Oaks for 501. or 1001. The duke possessed several good horses, including Sorcery and Medora, winners of the Oaks, and Fandango, who "flourished" during the seasons 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818. His principal and favourite jockey was Mr. Jas. Robinson—" our Jena," as he was familiarly called by his friends. The duke wa , one of the earliest yearly em ployers of Mr. Robinson, who sported the light blue, purple sleeves, and black cap for a period of 36 years. The greatest of the Duke of Rutland's turf triumphs indeed are inseparably associated with the name of Jem Robinson. Both tb e duke and his jockey declared Cadland the best of the ducel stud, and turfites even now talk with no simulated enthusiasm of the exciting dead heat for the Derby of 1828 between Cadland and The Colonel—an event which had never before nor has ever since occurred for the great Epsom encounter. " Jem Robinson" rode Cadland, and Scott The Colonel, and the exquisite skill and judgment displayed by both the jockeys produced a roar of admiration from the excited multitude. The Colonel was the favourite, and for the deciding heat, 5 to 4 was betted on him. North was pitted against South, and "our Jem" brought the southerns through in triumph. The ex citement produced on that occasion was only equalled by that produced by Jem Robinson again in 1850, when he surprised everybody by his rapid act of horsemanship and the wonderful tact with which be brought out Russbo rough for the St. Leger, and repeated his Cadland achieve ment. The " Russborough rush" has become famous, the horse came at the finish like a flash of lightning, and when the judge announced a dead heat, the specta tors seemed dumbfounded and incredulous. In addition to the Derby, the Duke of Rutland's Cad land won the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, and "The Whip," in MO, beating his Majesty King William the Fourth's Zinganee. Rat-trap (whose racing career was suddenly terminated), Flambeau (whose encounter with St. Francis will be well remembered), and Oppidan were amongst the duke's most -nccessful horses, and they may be honourably distinguished in the annals of the greatest turf celebrities. Cadland won his first six races, and during his career was nineteen times successful. Flam beau wone twenty-two races. Cadland, Oppidan, Rat trap, and Flambeau "scored" in the aggregate sixty-six successes. These were considered great achievements in those days, but they seem now insignificant, compared with the doings of our modern Fisherman, who, in one sea-Kin alone, placed twenty-three triumphs to his own er's account. With the Duke of Rutland, Newmarket has lost a staunch and generous patron. For many weeks in the course of the year he used to take up his residence in the quaint palace there, for the purpose of shooting over his estate in the vicinity of the town. His grace was tall and thin, and had a somewhat common-place expression of countenance. He was remarkably unostentatious in his dress, and his gaunt figure, old white hat, and well wora coat and boots, will long remain famil►ar to the inhabitants of Newmarket, by whom the memory of the dead duke will be fondly cherished.—Sunday Times. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General. The deaths registered in London which in the two previous weeks had been 1,135 and 1,171, rose in the week that ended last Saturday to 1,21/1. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,177. But if " • • thedeatbs of week are to be compared with the ave. rage the latter should be raised proportionally to the in crease of population, in which case it will become 1,295. Hence it will be seen that, although the rate of morta lity has been rising lately, it is still below the average. In comparing the results of the last two weeks an in crease is observed in the deaths of old persons ; for whereas 41 men and women who had attained the age of 80 years or upwards died in the former week, the num ber last week was 74. In these 74 old persons in unusual number of nonagenarans is found—namely, 14. A man and a woman were each 95 years of age, and the two oldest were women, who had reached the age of 96 years. In the present as compared with the previous return there is an increase in zymotio diseases, and also in dis eases of the nervous system and the heart ; whilst the numbers referred to pulmonary complaints are almost identical, and deaths by phthisis (or consumption) de creased from 152 to 13 5 . The increase in the ,f. , lass first mentioned arises altogether from hooping-cough and typhus (which includes common fever), the cases in which the former was fatal having increased from 55 to 67, and those of the latter from 34 to 52. Si: children died of hooping-cough in the sub-district of St. Margaret, Westminster, and three of these in the same house—viz., 2, Church-court. The men died of " &brio" on the 21st, 22d, and 23d instant respectively, in the workhouse, Mile-end, New Town. Measles was fatal last week in 26 cases. This complaint appears to have prevailed in the Norwood Workhouse, as 4 children died there from it between the 11th and 17th January. A musician, who resides at 117, Lillington - street, Westminster, has lately lost all his children (four daughters) from measles. Three persons died of carbuncle. The deaths of 5 persons are recorded in the present return as caused by intemperance. Last week the births of 904 boys and 885 girls, in all 1,789 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847.56 the average number was 1,553. At the Royal Observatory, Gree nw i c h, th e mean m i height of the baro eter n the week wa s 29,547 i n . Th e highest reading wag 3 0 . 2 0 . in. at th e b eg i nn i ng o f t h e week ; the lowest 28.97 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the week was 38.1 deg., which is 1 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as nGdaiyal(htheer), Th e hi g h est tempera 18th), and wa s 49.8 d eg . ; t d u e r t e er o m ec in u e r d red by on M s r u . deg., Which occur re d on Th urs . k was 21.4 d eg . Th e mean daythe ; lowest the a nr was ge f 23. the 4 we e dew-point temperature was 36.1 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 2 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 39.4 deg. The temperature of the river was remarkably constant. The wind blew generally from the west. Its horizontal movement varied from 15 wiles on Wednesday to 155 on Friday. Rain fell to the amount of 0.41 is., more than half of which fell on Tuesday. Rain fell on every day except Wednesday. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 27. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonb!anque.) IN RE ZODD/RD.-THEI ROYAL BRITISH BANK. This was a meeting for choice of assignees iu the case of this bankrupt, who was described as of Lindon-a all, Old Jewry, Fenchurch street, and Aldersgate, provision merchant. The bankrupt is one of the unfortunate share holders of the It.yal British Bank, and came before the court in consequence of proceedings taken against him in respect of his liabilities on account of the bank. From the preliminary statement by Mr. J. D Fowell, the accountant, of Basiughall-street, it appears that the trade debts only amount to 1601. ; and the assets are—good debts, 100/. ; cash at hanker's, 7501. ; stock, &c., 900/. Bankrupt had held 12 old and 24 new shares, and had been called on by the official manager for 751. per share, and by the official assignee for 501. per share. A long argument ensued as to the right of a judgment creditor against the bank to prove; hut his Honour ultimately adjourned it, and said that n• doubt the question would be settled in the superior courts at Westminster. As signees were chosen. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. . (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) A STRANGE CASE.—IN RE CHRISTIAN OLEFIERS. This insolvent, a native of Holland, was opposed by Mr. Sargood for Mr. Salamans, the detaining creditor, and Mr. Reed supported. In Juue, 1854, the insolvent was a jeweller, in Wig more-street. His wife had left him, and he had his apprentice in prison for assaulting him. Being, as he said, nearly mad, he left one Saturday for Holland in the steamer, to see his only child and to ease his mind. He left jewellery worth upwards of 3001., and some fur niture, in the care of a woman and two boys in his em ploy, whose names were Charles and Jere. He returned in three months, and was surprised to find the shop closed, and only a woman in the house, whom he did not know. He learnt from a neighbour next door that Mr. Parsons, of Pentonville, bad bought his stock, and when he went there lie saw his stock in the window. He heard that Mr. Parsons had bought it of Mr. Gould, the principal creditor. From otper evidence it appeared that the insolvent wrote to a person named Evans, to whom he owes 151., to take his furniture, and whilst tnat person was taking an inventory the traveller of Mr. Gould, one Shoesigier, came in, and finding the insolvent had left, took the jewellery, which was sold to Mr. Parsons. Mr. Commissioner Murphy, after remarking on the extraordinary circumstance of the ease, required the attendance of Mr. Gould and his traveller, in order to arrive at the truth of the insolvent's strange allegations. The case was adjourned sine die. IN RE JOHN HOLMES. This insolvent was opposed by Mr. Sargood for a Mr. Gray, and supported by Mr. Daley. The object of the opposition was to get possession of the premises rented by the insolvent of Mr. Gray, and for the insolvent to discontinue an action he had brought for damages, and to dismiss a bill he had filed in Chan eery. Ga the part of the insolvent it was complained that he had been harshly treated by Mr. Gray. It appeared that the insolvent was a shell fishmonger, adjoining Canterbury-hall, Lambeth, and had an agree ment for a lease of 21 years, from Mr. Gray. In the lease there was a power of surrender in seven years, and Mr. Gray required his premises. This was refused, and the insolvent alleged that his house was injured by Mr. Gray pulling down the next house, and since his peti tion the insolvent had filed a bill in equity, complaining of the power of surrender inserted in the lease. The case was then adjourned for a week, for the offi cial assignee to determine the best course to be adopted. posing himself in the interior of a cab to the rain and snow on such a day as the one in question, and no dot it was very hard upon the cab proprietor, whose property must be injured to a much greater extent than could be met by the mere fare ; but his impression of the law was, that the cab must be regarded as a kind of open carriage, the option of °losing it being left with the pas senger. This beik,g the law of the ca,•e, it was un doubtedly the duty of the cabman to have pr,cecded with his fare ; and having declined to do this, the de fendant was justified in ordering him to Bow•street. This must be his decision, and, however opposed to his feelings in the matter, there was no help for it ; but as the decision ought to have been given at once, he (Mr. Jardine) would return him the cost of the summons, as he had already lost half a day by having to appear again. The summons was accordingly dismi. sed. From the London Gazette of Last Night WAR OFFICE, JAN. 24. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Ger mans, C. 8., to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Divi sion of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath ; and of Col. His Serene Highness Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe- Weimar, Grenadier Guards, to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Hon. Order. WHITEHALL, JAN. 26. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. George Rogers, M.A. to the Vicarage of Gedn e y, i n th e coun ty and diocese of Lincoln, void by the death of the Rev. Thomas Sweet E§tcot*. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 27.. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant William Edmund Curtis has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission ; Walter Balfe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Outdo, who re tires 9th Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Haycroft Bolton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sealy, who retires; Janes Lewis Bradshaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bolton. 14th Foot—Brevet-Colonel Peter Farquharson, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bre vet-Colonel Barlow, who exchanges; Major Ralph Badd to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Farquharson, who retires ; Brevet Major William Cosmo Trevor to be Major, by purchase, vice Budd ; Lieutenant H. H. A'Court Inglefield to be Captain, by purchase, vice O'Toole, who retires • Captain Martin Petrie, from h a lf-p a y 14th Foot, to be daptain, vice Inglefield, placed upon half pay; Lieut. Richard Hussey Vivian to be Captain, by purchase, vice Newman, who retires ; Captain Frederick Smythe, from half-pay, 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Vivian, placed on half-pay; Lieutenant John Ecklin Matthews to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Trevor. 23 i Foot —Lieutenant James Williamson to be Instruc tor of Musketry. 28th Foot—Lieutenant William F. Richards has been permitted to resign his Commission. - 38th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur William Barron, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitz Gerald, who exchanges. sist Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Kilgour, from t • Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Campbell, who ex: changes. 57th Foot—The first Christian name of Brevet-Major Forsyth, is Gerrard, and not George, as stated in the Gazette of the 26th ult. 60th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant George Charles Kelly to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign Charles Yarworth Jones, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice T. S. Richardson, deceased ; Ensign Frederick Augustus Camp bell, from the 54th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones, promoted. 67th Foot—Major John W. Thomas, from the 77th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Deverell, who exchanges. 77th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Josephus Deverell, from the 67th Foot, to be Major, vice Thomas, who exchanges; Ensign Edward Standish Baker, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Simpson, who retires. 89th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Bonnyman, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wiles, resigned. Rifle Brigade—Assistant-Surgeon Christopher. Thomp son, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lougheed, appointed to the Royal Artillery. Ist West India Regiment—Brevet•Colonel Philip Hill, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Robeson, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Lieutenant- Colonelcy ; Captain William John Chamberlayne to be Major, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires ; Lieutenant C. Lionel J. FitZGerald, from the 38th Foot, to be Lieut., vice Barron, who exchanges. UNATTACHED. Lieutenant John Rawlinson Cuthbert, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase. DEPOT . B H TTA.LION. Lieutenant Ernest Augustus Hawker, from Paymaster 21st Foot, to be Paymaster. _ _ HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon John Campbell, M.D., from 51st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vine Kilgour, who ex changes. BREVET, The undermentioned officer having completed three years' actual service on the 13th Dec., 1856, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant, 6th Oct., 1854 : Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Riky, 48th Foot. Quartermaster John Nowlan, retired on half-pay of the 62d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855. TO BE MAJOR IN THE ARMY. Capt. Edward Hinde, 65th Regiwebt Bengal Native Infantry. MEMORINDIIM.—Brevet-Major Win. Jonathan Clerice, upon half-pay as a Captain Unattached, has been per mitted to retire from the Service, by the sale of his ao n mission, he being about to become a Settler at the Cape of Good Hope. Erratum i❑ the Gazette of Jan. 16—For 2d West India Regiment, Lieutenant Charles Henry Theodore Bruce de Ruvignes, from the 21st Foot, to he Lieutenant, vice Hartford, who exchanges, read, 3,1 West India Regiment, Lieutenant Charles Henry Theodore Bruce de Ruvignes, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hartford, who exchanges. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. 2d Regiment (Light Infantry) of W.-st York Militia— Lieutenant John Travis Thornton Duesbery to be Captain, vice Price resigned ; Lieutenant Lloyd Salisbury Baxeo dale to be Captain, vice Stanhope resigned. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet the Lord Ashley to be Lieutenant, vice Templer, resigned; Rupert Pennefather Featherstonhaugh, Gent., to be Cor net, vice the Lord Ashley, promoted. Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Major Alex. Macdonald Lockhart to be Lieut.-Colonel Comman dant, vice William Lockhart, deceased ; Capt. Archibald Gerard to be Major, vice Alexander Macdonald Lockhart, promoted. WHITEHALL, JAN. 24. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas William ' Tahonrdin Cooke, of Wokingham, in the county of Berks, Gentleman, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Henry Ermanni Fellinger, flour merchant, Regent. square. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Low, commission agent, Broad-street•building to surrender , Feb. 6 a t t wo, and Mar ch 10 at one, at th e Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderman bury ; King and George , King - street, Cheapside. ' - Whitaker Riley, calico printer, Manchester, Feb. 9 March 9, at twelve , at the Manchester District 'Court.and Fras Shipman , l Manchester er, officia assignee, Manchester ; S a l e, Worthington, and . John Gladstone, jun , ironfounder, Liverpool, Feb- and March 5 , at eleven , at the Liverpool District Court. 6 Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Francis and Almond Li ve rpool- , n.... Feb. upon - Tyne p 6 0 , n at /r y tw ne el D ve i , st , : , - ';llia t m Ridley Carr and He nr y F re d erick Scott, iron rs ' randict Court insa: aa"ttevue,.rae,tWllse the a Newcastle d Baker, &Saba as si g ne e , -Newcastle-upon-Ty ne ; Chater, Newcastle-upon-a„" e • Maximilian Low, merchant, Broad-street-buildings, City, Feb. 6, at two, an. March 10, at one, at the Court o f Bankruptcy. Lee, oh,."id assignee. Aldermanbury ; King and George, King-street, Cheapside. Willi a m White, miller, Shada'ell, Middlesex, Feb. 6, at one, and March 10, at twelve, ai the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldernaanbury ; Martin, Thomas, and Collams, Mincing-lane. Feb. 6, Th o mas Laidler, coke-burner, Jarrow, DurbZin , at one, and March 18 , at twelve, at the Newcastle District Court. Baker , official assignee, Newcastle-upon-fyi:e ; T and W. Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Richard Davis, hip broker, Cardiff, Feb. 9, and MarFi.: 10, at eleven, at ' the Bristol District Court. Miller ; official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol, Frederick Lawson Banks, and Robert Dawso e n,brewer i s, th Sheffield, Feb. 7, and March 21, at ten, at Leeds iI .s . trict Court. Brewin, official assignee, p 'Sheffield ; attaa•on, Sheffield. • al brokerLiverpool,ok Edward Von Dadelszden, met' the Liverpool Distri c t Court. Cazenove, ) Feb. 11 and March 9, at eleven, at . official assignee, Liverpool ; D o d ge, Liverpool. Thomas Lane, japanner, late of Birmingham, now o f Wilton-lodge, New-road, Hammersmith, Feb. 7, at half past eleven, and Feb. 26, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birusinglia:n ; James, Birmingham. James Wootton, builder, Oxford-street, Leicester, Feb. 10 and March 3, at h if-past. ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Harris , o ffi cial assignee, Nottingha m • ,Stone and Paget, Leicester; James, Birmingham. Andrew Phillip., licensed victualler, Cambridge, Feb. 5, at eleven, and March 5, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy Bell, official assignee, Coletuan-st t•b • • ree • nildings; Laurence, Cork street, Burlington.gardens. John Atkinson, builder, Queen's-gard en - Queen's-garden. , and \A , eat bourne-grove, Bayswater, Feb. 11, at two, and March 10. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. assignee ; Sidney, Smith, and Son, - Graham, offici a l drnard's-inn, Holborn.. John Ochse, dealer it, china and Jewelle r y, Basingliall street, City, Feb. 6, at half- past twelve, and March 13, at at half-past eleven, at the Court official assignee, Alder _ 01 Bank ru pt c y. Cannan, wanbury ; J. anti S. Solomon, Finsbury-place. John Bunton Cooper and Henry , pawn brokers, late of Bentley pl e ry Bunton Feb. 7 and m ai -,eh 13, at eleven, at .- the a C e Court ingsland-road, , inan of Bankr . p Y Official I:94ignee, Ald - c r: h 11 014 ermanbary ; Foord, Pinne 8- a ' Broad-stree.ta Thomas Cook, boot and shoe maker, Thorpe-le-Soken , Essex, Feb. 5, at .'elf-past eleven. and March 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman atreet-buildings ; Jones, flulehe.3ter. Tipper North- James Martin and Mark-wick, builders, at t alf pas street, and R oun d Hill par k, Brighton, Feb. Court h u ef iank t twelve, and March 16, at twelve, at tr .biasing hall-street ; ruptny. Nicholson, official assigne e, May, Russell-square: Reade, Brighton. 0 _. SCOTCH SBQUESTRATI N James Calder, draper, meet Feb. 5, B °chin • credi tors B r echin ' at twelve, in the Commercia l "Tot 1 e , Brechin. THE DERBYSHIRE RURAL PoLICE. —The new rural police force for Derbyshire is to be sal thus constitute a year, d:—A chief constable (Mr. Fox), with a salary of 400/. and 1001. a year travelling expenses ; 1 first-class su f ., r . intendent, at 140/ a year; 3 superintendents at 1201.:. year each ; 4 superintendents at 100/. a year each, ith an allowance of 401. a year each for travelling expenses • 5 first-class sergeants, at 235. re r week ; 9 second-class ' sergeants, at 208. per week; ,fio per fi , xst-class constal.les, at 19s. per wee k ; 73 second-class cciii:slable t , 'at 17r. per week (clerkb to have an allowance' fiir' of 901. clothing) • also,a and. s tor e keeper with a salary annum, PRIVATS AND JOINT-STOCK BANK'S. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of circu lation of the private and joint-Mock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 20th of Dec,, 1856, and gives the following ?..; - 4 the average weekly cir culation of those banks 4 7 .1 ring the past month, viz. Private banks Joiiat-stoek b RQ,744,616 Average weektV circulation oti comparing the above with the retuE: s s for the pre eeditg month, ending the 22d o f N ov. l ast, i t s h ows-- Itcletasea;il of .n the e irenlatie - n of the private t't'i decrease iniii.e.eir-cula "."*. ti - en" .of . i1ie......i•-•siOa £156,250 banks of . 68,991 Decrease on the month ............... £225,241 And, as compared with the return for the correspond ing period of the preceding' year—viz., Dec. 22, 1855, it shows— A decease, in the circulation of the private b 0.......,..............,.............,.......... 2143,267 A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of.. ......................... ....... , 1 Decrease on th e year ... ..... . X 77 On comparing the ab ove w i th the amounts of the fixed issues the following appear to be the corn of the circulation : 7 parative s t ate m a private banks are below their fixed issues £813,371 ?be joint-stock banks are ,below their fixed - ' issues 2 53,462 Total below their fixed isenee . ...... R 1071,833 THE SF OF CORK. The Southern Reporter has the following in re ference to the movement on the part of the Roman Catholics of Cork in favour of the Dean of Lis more : "As it is believed, and with some reason, that the good work of an M.P. is the open sesame' to that cave, tall of treasure, a snug place, it was thought that the in fluence of a certain Catholic member who never opens his mouth without effect in the House of Commons, would greatly increase the chances of success of the di vine, whose election was ardently desired by the mem ber's constituency ; and accordingly, an influential con stituent wrote, strongly urging a visit 0 Lord Carlisle, and a good word for the rev. friend. The reply is said to have run thus : " My dear —,—Let me remind you of the fol lowing enactment, the 18th section of the Catholic Emancipation Act, That it shall not be lawful for any person professing the Roman Catholic religion, directly or indirectly to advise his Majesty, his heirs or succes sors, or the Lord Lieutenantor the Lord Deputy or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, touching or con cerning the appointment to or disposal of any office or prefermenti n the - United Church of England and Ire land, or in the Church of Scotland ; and if any person shall offend in the premises, he shall, being thereof con victed by the due course of law, be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanour, and disabled for ever holding any office, civil or military, under the Crown.' It will be evident to you that a Bishop of Cork must be made, without the interference of, my dear —. " Yours faithfully, --.' " MERCANTILE LA W CONFERENCE. A preliminary meeting of delegates from the manufacturing and commercial towns and districts of England, assembled by invitation of the Law Amendment Society, was held yesterday even• ing at the rooms of that society, to make ar rangements for a conference, held this day and to-morrow, to consider the present state of the mercantile law, and the alterations which are re quired for its improvement. The conference is to be of a similar character to that which was held in 1852 ; and the importance of its proceedings may be inferred from the fact that there will be present deputations from twenty-one towns, representing town councils, chambers of commerce, trade asso ciations, law societies, and other public bodies. Among the towns thus represented are Bath, Bel fast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, Huddersfield, Hull, Kidderminster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester (the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and the Manchester Com mercial Association), Newcastle, Plymouth, Wol verhampton, and Worcester. The subjects appointed for discussion embrace the law of debtor and creditor, including bankruptcy, the Judgment Executions Bill and the United Kingdom Writs Bill ; tribunals of commerce ; the registration of partnerships • the 17th secti on o f th e St atute o f Frauds ; and the Commercial Code ; it being left to the conference to make such alterations in the order of proceedings and the arrangements gene rally as it may think desirable. The introductory meeting of last night was pre sided over by Lord Brougham, who has consented to act as president of the conference - and among those present were Lord Stanley, M.P., Sir Fitz roy Kelly, and a large number of commercial dele gates. The attendance, indeed, at the preliminary sitting, and the tone of the meeting indicated that the greatest interest is felt by the commercial com munity in the deliberations of its chosen represen tatives. The CHAIRMAN having briefly opened the pro ceedings, and explained that the object of the sitting was merely to pave the way for the con ference, Mr. G. W. HASTINGS, one of the secretaries of conference, read a draft of the report of the com mittee, with a view to its being formally submitted to the conference this morning. Mr. GILMOUR inquired whether it was designed to introduce in the conference the subject of the Scotch system of summary diligence on pecuniary obligations. Mr. HASTINGS intimated that that topic was not included in the programme. Mr. GILMOUR expressed his regret that such was the case. Mr. Keating's bill was, he said, confined to bills of exchange and promissory notes. It did not deal with money, bonds, and other similar obligations, as the Scotch law did, and under its provisions it was necessary in every case to bring an action. The CHAIRMAN said as regarded bills of exchange and promissory notes, the substantial difference between the Scotch law and the English law was that the former, unlike the latter, bound the party who gave his signature, unless he could show fraud or duress ; in other words, the English law made the creditor the plaintiff and the Scotch law made the debtor the defendant. Mr. T. RANKIN (delegate of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce) thought the subject well worthy of being entertained by the conference. Such, he ob served, was the operation of the Scotch law, that there were much fewer dishonoured bills seen in all Scotland in a week than were seen in Bristol or Liverpool in a single day. The CitAnows- said he believed that if there were a register kept of all bills of exchange and Promissory notes in the City of London, and if that register were easily accessible to all who were con cerned in such matters, it would afford the greatest possible security against the discounting of dan gerous paper. (Hear, hear.) A cl er k m i g h t in that case speedily ascertain" whether or no it would be safe to discount the paper of the applicant. He believed there had been no complaint whatever as to the operation of the Scotch law. Mr. GILMOUR remarked that it had been in existence for two centuries and a half, and had operated to the entire satisfaction of the public in Scotland. Mr. C. HOLLAND, delegate of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, concurred in what had been said as to the importance of the question. The subject was ultimately referred to a select committee appointed to consider and report upon it. 'Mr. J. D. GOODMAN, delegate of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, adverting to the fact that a paper was to be read on the registration of part nerships at the instance of the Manchester Com mercial Association, inquired whether the com mittee would consent to include the question of extending the principle of limited liability to private partnerships, which principle, he remarked, wa , . embodied in a bill introduced in Parliament last session, and ultimately withdrawn. The principle of Limited liability, with regard to not less than seven partners, was admitted. The CHAMMAN—Not by everybody. Mr. GooDM& said it had been adopted by the Legislature; and he thought it might be usefully extended so as to embrace the case of special loans to a smaller number of private partners. Mr. HEA.DLAM, chairman of the committee, thought it desirable that the conference should confine its attention to questions on which there was likely to be something like agreement, and on which, therefore, it could come to some practical conclusion. (hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN and Lord STANLEY expressed their concurrence in this view; the former observing that in cases in which there was unanimity, or an approximation to it, there would be a chance of securing immediate action on the part of the Government and the Legislature. Mr. C. HOLLAND thought that the programme was already sufficiently extensive, and that any additions which could be made with advantage might be easily engrafted on some one of the sub r. RKIN sub jects set d own for consideration. On the mot i on of Mr. 1 10 IT AND, seconded by m M ittee AN the T ',.."- - ,,gramme prepared by the com - , ~as then approved . In act:rciance this with decision, the first subject which• will come before the conference to-day will be the law of debtor and creditor s more particularly the bankruptcy law, After a short conversation on oiut s of order or detail conn ec t e d with the 13 e sittings, the meeting adjourned, __ =s quotation of um. 4 at Paris le I PRICE 0 , GOLD.—Tha L ab o o n u d t o 6 n P i: r2msi.2ll o e 131)er:1111r ster"linclite49 short exchange oil ' rates with the n oothparing these F:Lgligh Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for Standard gold, it appSars that gold is nearly - 100). - 3 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. 13y - advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13'21 per 1/. ster ling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is there fore nearly 6-10ths per cent, dearer.llo Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 day's' sight is 168,1 per cent., which, when compared with the Mh it par between the two countries, shows that the fact ange is nominally against England; but, after maid 'ng allowance for charge s of transport and difference of i . 0 terest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmi 41Si . ounf gold either Way between the two countries... MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AI•L CAUSES REGISTERED • EN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 24. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 6O Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . .... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. , 20 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ...... Diseases of the Skin, &e. ..... ... 5 Malformations,,.,:.:, • • , „ Premature Birth and Debility ,e4o Atrophy , ...... MI di B7 Old Age Sudden .. 7 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3l Causes not specified . 241 DEATHS to ALI, CAUSES POOlllllOl Deaths in corre- Death s Enumerated. spondina week in the int. of 1850. Week. West Districts • fir5,427 North Districts 490,39E1 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 Soutia Districts Totals ,... 2,362,236 1,029 Males Females 621 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males 90 4385 Females 1 Total ,789 1,216 THE EARL OF HAREWOOD.—We are gratified to an nounce that this oobleman, so seriou-dy injured while hunting on Saturday last, continues in a satisfactory state. The following is the medical bulletin issued yes. terday morning :—" The Earl of llarewood has passed a quiet night, with some tranquil sleep. His lordship continues conscious and free from fever.—Harewood. house, Jan. 27, Tuesday morning." POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 27. MANSION-HOUSE. —CHARGE oF HOUSEBREAKING. —William Coates was brought before the Lord Mayor upon a charge of housebreaking. Legge (440) said on Saturday morning the 17th inst., I went to the warehouse of Messrs. Kohler, of Maiden lane, Queen-street, Cheapside, iu consequence of appli cation from the proprietors. I searched the premises, and found on the second floor a quantity of skins lying about, and the loop hole of the fir s t fl oor , f rom w hi c h a person could get into the s tr ee t, o p en , an d on S un d ay to fg) r t c h e e d same off the warehouse, doors leadingand found from the the street into the cellar under the wareh ouse , an d I f oun d p night adlo c l k a s h t a l d w h e e l ; t n that some beards leading into the warehouse had been broken away. The aperture was large enough to admit a man. This was secured, and a man was left in charge till Monday morning, when, on the arrival of the clerk, I searched the premises. I found that a desk in the office on the ground floor had been forced open, and that the clasp of tine keyhole of the iron safe bad been forced down, and apparently with some instrument, but the safe had not been opened. I found a ladder in the cellar placed in such a position as to assist a person in getting out a trap-door. Knight (437) said—Last night between six and seven o'clock, the prisoner was brought by his father to the police station in Bow-lane, and in consequence of in strdctions which I received, I went to No. 97, Britannia street, City-road, when a young woman, who lives there, gave to me six sample walking sticks, a comb, and a cap. The prisoner gave up to his father, in my pre sence, five duplicates which relate to property stolen on each of the occasions on which the warehouse bad been entered. I produce a pair of boots which were taken off the feet of the prisoner at the station-house. Eliza Cox, Britannia-street, City-road, said the pri soner occasionally visited her, and on Sunday evening, between 6 and 7 o'clock, he brought to her place the sample sticks, and comb and cap produced, stating that he had brought them from L .wesi oft. The prisoner was remanded, Knight having stated that he %mild be able to prove that the articles pro duced were part of the property stolen from Messrs. Kohler's premises. INFRINGEMENT OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT Henry Reed, an American seaman, belonging to the United States ship Majestic, now lying in the port of London, was charged by Mr. E. H. Coleman, clerk to the Board of Trade, under section 176 of the Merch an t Shipping Act, withl having fraudulently made use of a certificate of discharge and character, belonging to Ed ward J. Whitehead, a cook and seaman, who was dis charged at Leith on the 27th of November last, from the Empress, of Leith. The Lord Mayor sentenced the prisoner to a penalty of month, or imprisonment, with hard labour, f or one The prisoner was then committed. V —INDECENT ASSAULT.—Wm. Ed ney , a y DunglL m D a H n A i nL theL. e oploy of a bookseller at the West end, was brought up 0a Monday, on remand, cha rge d : with indecently assaulting a respectable . woman, of th e natne of Wood vard. G Mrs, Woodward stated that the i zisoner had, on three different occasions, aszaulted her in a grossly indecent manner. She was in the habit of passing i Lhrough Pater noster-row every morning, and sometimes of u.' l evening , in going to and from a warehouse for which she worked, and it was upon such occasions, but alss - ays in the evene.7 , that the prisoner's offensive conduct took place. The first time she was very much alarmed, and told iitts if he re peated the offence she would box his ears. On tine second occasion she called him a nasty beast, and threatened to give him into custody if he ever acted so again, and ticularly cautioned him to beware the third time. But regardless of her warnings she said the prisoner repeated the indecent assault, of which she complained, and she raised an alarm and gave him into custody. She was sure he was the same man that had grossly insulted her on the two previous occasions. The prisoner denied being the party who had so mis conducted himself towards the complainant, and said it was impossible for him to have acted in the manner de scribed, as he was carrying a parcel of books in one hand and a bag in the other, so that neither of his hands was at liberty to have touched Mrs. Woodward, unless it was aceiden . ally out.ide her clothes, as he passed her. The prisoner's master gave him an excellent character. Alderman Carter said he was satisfied the prisoner had committed a gross and dastardly assault upon a re epeCt4We farnale, and it was necessary that persons of the prisoner's character should be made to understand that they could not be permitted to insult respectable persons with impunity, It is much too serious a matter for bim to deal lightly with, and for the sake of protect ing the public it was his duty to make an example of the prisoner. If it had not been for his otherwise good cha racter he should have sent him to prison for six months, but under the present circumstances he fined the prisoner 51. or two months' imprisonment. The fine was paid. BOW-STREET.—NOVEL CAB QUESTION. —Mr. Jar dine was called upon yesterday to decide a somewhat difficult and novel question, under the Hackney Car riage Act. The complainant, Jag. Shaw, is the driver of one of ;Filson's cabs, Long-yard, Lamb's Conduit-street, and the sari coons was taken out against Mr. Houghton, silk mercer, Vic., of 83, Edgware-roa4 One day lab, week, when the rain and sleet were pour ing down, and the wind was in full force, Mr. Houghton hailed the eomplainai," in Holborn and desired to be dritten to' his businees estabiL:timent at tLe corner of the Is:eye-road ; Us above: It WWI ii.lansom cab, a nd con ,equently open in front ; but In spit:, of the weather, the tief'relant did not dovhe the window. The cabman, seeing thai the lining and eUetieen of his vehicle would soon be saturated, requested the geistVemaa to close the window, but Mr. Houghton refused to de anything of the sort. The cabman urged that his property would be destroyed, and that the cab would be rendered unfit for any subsequent passenger, who might summons him, it the cushions, ac., proved to be wet. Toe defendant, however, remained imperative, asserting h o right to keep' the carriage open, and insisted on doing so. The cabmen then refused to take him any fuither ; upon which the defendant ordered hint to drive to the Bow street Pelice-court, On the arrival of the disputants at Bow-street the pre siding magistrate , M r . Jardine, after he aring the state month pro and con., hesitatesi to decide the question without some consideration, but his worship granted a summons against Mr. Houghton for the sixpenny fare, in order that the matter might come before him pro perly in the ordinary way. The complainant and defendant being now in attend ance, in pursuance of the above arrangements, Mr. Jardine said it was an unfoitunate thi , g for the cabman that he (the magistrate) did not look into the act of Parliament when this case first came before him, because he might have decided the qu €l,B lion at once, without putting hi m t o th e t rou bl e andhiss of attending again, there being no doubt about the law upon the sub ject. It did certainly appear to him (My -Jardine) a little unreasonable that any man should insist in ea- Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—JAN. 27. To-day there was a good attendance, of the town trade, and more country buyers than we have seen of late, who evident' , came in expectation of being able to buy on ma terially better terms after the decline quoted yesterday at Mark-lane. Holders of wheat and flour, however, asked rather more m oney , and in the business done the decline noted on Friday was a l most recovered, and the tone was decidedly improv e d. O a t s and oatmeal slow sale; and id. per 481bs, and 6d per load lower. Barley, beans, and peas sold slowly, at ld t 052,1 decline par 601bs and 6d per qr. Indian corn—mixed, 33s 3d to :i3s 6d ; yellow, :i3s 9d to 355; white, 31s 6d to 35s per qr., and a good business was done. HULL -JAN. 27. We had a moderate supply of wheat from the farmers, the condition of which was very indifferent ; 'such was most difficult to sell, even at 2s decline, while good dry samples eould hardly be had for less money than last week. In foreign no alteration. Barley dull, and is lower. Ra ther more inquiry for beans. Linseed is to 2s, and cakes 5s per ton dearer. 8 8 I Wheat, English, red 56 to 5S Ditto white 6O to 63 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomerauianand Ham- s. 1 _ Peas, grey and black t o —4 Linseed, Ble.ck Sea. 65 to 66 Ditto Petersburgh 64 io 65 Ditto Rigaand Arch- burgh iian WI, Holstein, and 58 to 641 Friesland 54 to 58 qussian and Odessa 58 to 61 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland ,26 to 2?4 Ditto Russian 27 to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to 38 Beaus Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to 421 angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel . 4B sio 56 Per Ton Lins.o., Hull —/ to 11 , 7 , 6 d Ditto ne for. 91 Os 10 1550 d Ditto inf. for. 01 Os Od to Oi (I Rapeseed.. ~. 001 Os to 001 11l Rape cakes —s Od to 12786 d :Cares, English O/. to —1 Ditto foreign (luano OOl O s 8/ to 12115 s !.,ones -e.Od to 125 s Od Flour, per brl. 3ss. 38i LEDA, JAN. 27. We hsil a fair show of wheat to-day. There was a more general demand for good dry qualities, which make near the rates of Ft itia.y last. Barley steady at about'late quo tations. Beans and oats did not vary much from last week. Other articles as ,before. Average price of grain -Wheat, 58s 9d ; barley, 49s ; oats, 27s 2d ; b eans, 46 s 2 d ; peas, 2d —s. Od ; rye, —a. Od. 001TRSE OF EXCFI AN( E.- YXSTERDAT. Insterclam.• •• .......• 11 14% Ditto, three months .• 11 17% tiotterdam •• •• •• •• •• 11 17% intwerp ••••• • • • • • •• 25 30 it•ussels •• •• • • • • •• •• • • 25 30 lamburgh 13 6J titona •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• Paris..., •• •• 25 22% Ditto, three months .. 25 65 Marseilles 25 65 3ourdeaux —•••••• • • .• .rrankfort-on-Maine 119 Berlin •• •• •••• •• •••• •• Vienna •• •• •• • • •• . • 1.• 10 38 Erieste........ • • .. 10 40 Petersburg .• 37% liadrld ••• •• •• •• l• 4.0 49 1 A aladßar iz •••••••••• • .. •• se 49% celona •• •• •• *a •• • • .••• Gibraltar .. . •• Leghorn ...• •• •... 29 47A Genoa Milan __ 25 _ 75 _ ..•• Venice •. Naples ••• .......... 433 Palermo .... Hessina Lisbon ...... 51% Oporto •• •••••••••••:•• 51% Rio Janeiro ..... .•• Buenos Ayres.. •• • • •••• New York,6o days' eight Philadelphia ...... 'atm or BULLION, PITE OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars 0 0 0 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 27. iTOOX EXCHANGE. The market was qniet, at full prices. Caledonian, 303—Midland, 823 4—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34A—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 964—DittO, 161. F shares, d.--Sonth-Easterri, 22i 4-- London and North Western, 1064 i—East Lancashire, 23j North British, 9.l6.3.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12i — Blackburn, 84. MANCHESTER, JAN. 27. STOCK gXOHANGE.- There was a dull market to-day, with steady prices. East Lancashire, 23i 9-16.#—Leeds, 9 6i—Blackburns, 8 Manchester and Birmingham 0 Qrs., 10 —Dovers, 2`2 —Birmingham Guaranteed, 75,11 Union Plate Glass, 22g. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE. - This market was doing rather more business to-day, and prices a shade lower. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 75 4—Midlands, 82 4 —London and North-Western, 106 106 4 —Birmingham Canals, 931, buyers—North Staffoxus, 41. SEAB iRvE MAILS. [When the date for making up a mail falls on a Sunday, the mail remains open until the day following ; except in th• case of the India mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made xp the previous evening.] Made up xt the Post Office. W hence des patched. By what Vessel. expected By what ire°lBl. tlham bra- ;olomb• 'Colombo alonah)t Light Englalid I Jan. 24 4th and 20th of the month. Feb. 4. lan. 31 Jan. 25 Feb. 12 Ist and 16th of the month. 16th of the month, Feb. 1 Feb 6 Feb. 2 Alva Liabon ain Gibralt, (iibralter 1 ~l alter . I Egypt... ( 'eylon Mauritius (viaCeylon)J China Penang .4 1rppore Australia(viaj M the Cape)" Cape of Good Hope • • Mauritius Ceylon India ..... . Lisbon.. • Madeira 1 . CapedeVerds Brazil S M 7th,l7th, & 27th of the month. 4th & 20th of the month. 4th of the month. Feb. 5.. .... ~ ituenosAyres Falkland Is lands ...... Wes, Indies" (except Ha vana and Honduras). Venezuela Grey Town.. New Granada Chili .. •• Peru •• •J California Feb. 9 . 2d and 17th of the month. Atrat* Honduras assau IFeb. 17 .. Mexico Havana IFeb. 2 .... A.trato Madeira l'enerille Feb. 23 .. C.of Africa British North America United States United States British North Every Fri Feb. 3 and alternate Tn,sdays. Feb. 191 Er ic ssoa America .. United States British North America • . Feb. 25 . South ampton Liver pool P eb. 19 Irago Canada .... 'an. 27 .. Feb. 4 NT. Ame• rlcan. M—Morning. E—Evening. 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On the 26th inst., at Warley Barracka, Essex, the wife Lieutenant -Colonel Hay. On the 26th inst., Mrs. John Reynell Morris, of Upper- Hampstead. terrace, MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at St. Paul's Church, Valetta, Ed ward Holland, Esq., M P., to Frances Maria Hunter, the d a ughter of the late Samuel Christian, Esq. of Malta. Oil the 24th inst., at St. J o h n ' s, Lower deeding, Capt. the Hon. Charles Keith Falconer, 4th Light Dragoons, brother of the Earl of Kintore, to Caroline Diana, the third daughter of Robert Aldridge, Esq., of St. Leonard's Forest, Horsham. DIED. On the 27th inst., at 9, Park-crescent, the Hon. Baron Alderson, aged 70. On the 2lth inst., in Montagu-street, Russell-square, Ed ward Whitmore, Esq., aged 72. On the 26th inst., at llaulmersmith, Marianne, wife of Leigh Hunt, aged 69. On the 26th inst., at Coborn street, Bow, Mr. Samuel Allen, aged B'. On the 26th inst , at Hastings, Major J. M. Close, R.A., aged 77. 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