The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-21 00:00:00

T ltik LOWD(II44, :1 1 141./ RiSD FVENING, OCTOBER 61, }Pell. MONEY-MARKET and CITY NEWS CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The English funds have been much more steady to-day, and have again closed at a slight advance upon the opening prices. The first quota tion of Consols for money was *79i to but some large sales soon forced them down to 79i. After this, however, it became evident that the public were buying largely, and a gradual and steady advance took place in consequence until the price reached 80, from which there was not wuch alteration up to the close of business, when it was 791 to 80. For the Account, the range of Consols in the morning was from 80; down to 79*, after which they rallied to 130 i, leaving off at 80i to f. We are glad to state that Messrs. John Shewell and Co., the Stock-Exchange firm, who suspended on the 30th ult., have to-day resumed business, after Paying all their differences in full. At the Bank there was a further arrival of gold from Paris, to the amount of 30,000/. Letters from Liverpool received this morning re mark, with reference to the stoppage of the Liverpool Banking Company, " It will be a small affair, and arises from the usual facilities being withdrawn by the Bank of England. We understand that in their a:mount with that institution 20,0001. ran out on Vonday morning, but in consequence of the stoppage 'of the R,oyal Bank, the Branch Bank here refused to discount`" It is added, "we do not hear of any other disasters of moment, but the pressure for cash is painful." H. Grazebrook and Son, connected with the iron trade, are stated to have suspended, and also `W. Jones and Co., wholesale tea dealers, the liabilities of the latter firm being from 20,000/. to 40,0001. It appears that Messrs. Curries and Co., the London agents of the Liverpool Banking Company, will escape entirely without loss. It is understood that an application was made at the Bank of England to-day for assistance on behalf of one of the large Li ve rpo o l houses, whose affairs are mixed up with those of the Royal Bank, and that the decision will be made known to them after the Court to-morrow. The accounts received of the affairs of Knapp and Co., the Abingdon bankers (against whom a fiat in bankruptcy has been issued), appear to be as bad as possible. Speculations in the funds are understood to have been the final cause of the breakup, and it is " feared there will be no assets at all," so that many of the farmers in that part of the county, who are large creditors will be nearly ruined. Mr. Luard, who visited Abingdon with the view of ascertaining if the concern admitted of being carried on, was unable even to see Mr. Knapp, but ; with the authority of his directors, before leaving the town he opened a branch of the London and County Bank. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Perkins, Schlusser, and Mullens, whose stoppage took place on the 28th of September, was held to-day. Mr. Joseph Tritton was in the chair ; when a statement of their affairs was submitted for consideration. From which it appears that a surplus was shown, after deducting all estimated amounts of loss, of 8,7211. ; and thus far, therefore, the expectations held out at the date of suspension bid fair to be realised. At the same time, the liabilities on bills receivable are very large, and that much will consequently depend upon the absence of any casualties that may bring the holders of them as claimants on the estate. After some discussion, from which it was evident that the communications made to the meeting were consi dered, on the whole, to be very satisfactory, it was resolved, that the estate should be wound up by the firm, under inspection ; Mr. Joseph Tritton, Mr. W. E. Few, and Mr. Edmund Brandt (of whom the two latter represent foreign creditors) being the parties named. _ _ _ A meeting was also held of the creditors of Messrs. Hastie and Hutchison, whose stoppage, arising out of that of Denny and Co., of Glasgow, took place on the 10th of September, and a statement, prepared by Messrs. Quilter and Co., the accountants, was ex hibited. The statement showed a deficiency of only 11,6551., and a consequent dividend of 15s. in the pound. This amount Messrs. Hastie and Co. pro posed to pay by four instalments, viz., ss. down, is. in four months, 2s. 6d. at nine months, and 2s. 6d. at fifteen months, to which the meeting agreed. It transpired that the firm had sustained bad debts, since the commencement of the corn panic, to the extent of 28,000/. CHRONICLE.—There has been an improvement in the general character of the Money Market this afternoon. The public funds have assumed greater steadiness, and securities of all descriptions have borne an increased value towards the close of business at the Stock Exchange. But the general impression in the City and in the beat-informed circles is, that the Government will be compelled to propose some miti gation of the existing law, to which the aggravation of the present distress is ascribed. The failure of large mercantile firms has been susceptible of explanation, by reason of the trans actions in which they are engaged, and the gradual decay to which most of those which have suspended payment have been subject. But the difficulties which threaten other houses, whose transactions are conducted on sounder principles, and whose position would, under ordinary circumstances, be considered safe, have shaken the public confidence to a degree almost unparalleled in the commercial history of the country. Day after day the removal of notes from circulation is going on, and men prefer to keep accounts in bank-notes in their own strong boxes, rather than leave themselves unprotected against the chances which they know not how soon they may be called on to meet. The feeling in London, as in Liverpool, is decided on the subject. In spite of the reply which the deputation received from Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer vester day, it is firmly believed that the necessity of the case will be made apparent, and that an issue of notes will be authorised by the Government without fur ther delay. It is impossible that, with the means of information at their command, they can be ignorant of the state of affairs ; and it is incredible that, with a knowledge of what must result from a prolongation of the present crisis, any further hesitation on their part can exist. The circumstances of the time present bear down all the minor differences of currency systems. Their discussion may be postponed to a period when there is less of positive and imminent danger. But with the mercantile interest at its last gasp, necessity de mands an immediate remedy to recall the fleeting strength, rather than a philosophical discussion as to the peculiar character of the disease under which it labours. In the meantime the country awaits with the keenest anxiety the decision of the ministry. They will he judged by their acts, and have now an opportunity of securing the support and confidence of the whole mercantile community of the empire The Liverpool Banking Company which we re ferred to yesterday as having been unable to con tinue their payments, have kept their doors open to day, but only to answer inquiries. They have made no public announcement of their inability to meet the demands upon them ; but there does not seem to be any probability of their resuming payments. The stoppage was officially intimated to their London agents this morning. The bank was established in 1836, about the same period as the Royal Bank, which has failed with it; but it is in every respect a much smaller establishment, and the amount of deposits is insignificant compared with those of the other bank. Its stoppage at this junc ture will however occasion much difficulty, and add materially to the distress of the people of Liverpool. The number of partners is about 150, and the shares 201. each, of which 101. only has been paid up. It is stated that the shareholders are very respectable, and it is probable that the affairs of the bank will be satisfactorily adjusted, even more speedily than those of the Royal Bank, notwithstanding the greater wealth of that establishment. Tnere has been no fresh disaster of importance announced in Liverpool to-day, although two or three houses of secondary importance have been obliged to come to a stop. An extensive building _ .211 : 1 , who banked with the Royal Bank, have given n ae cte to th e i r wor k men an d the public that in con i.ence of th e i r f un d s b e i ng l o cked up in the Royal Bank they will be obliged to suspend their works, and discharge _the greater part of their hands. deputation met• T f he reception which the Liverpool warmly discussedr?imn Ministers yesterday has been conclusion generally the City circles to-day. The strongly fortified a "e to is that Ministers are opinion of influential against interference by the whom are numbered a - the City, amongst I m t a i l e o s s vi i t n y of the directors of the Bank of England. the same time, re ported, upon authority that entitles it it to credit, that on the subject Lord John Russell is more great difficulty than some of his colleagues, but that is experienced even by him in comi a n t g i to any definite attempt to conclusion as to the modus operandi afford relief. That there is great dive; l si a t n on this part of the subject, even among of opinion the most extensive experience in monetary personsandmerof cantile affairs, must be admitted. Different forms o f administering relief are, in consequence, advocated in every direction, but no scheme yet proposed appears so likely to answer the purpose as to remove all re straint upon the issues of the Bank of England, and leave the whole responsibility of extending accom modation on the directors of that establishment. This was the course which was successful in arresting the panic in .1825, and the extent to which the extraordinary issue of the Bank of England was carried on that occasion we stated in the Herald of Monday last. This is a course which the law now forbids, but which an order in council could sanction ; and who dreams of the refusal of an act of indemnity for such an order ? One of the arguments used against all interference, which has some plausibility, is, that no interference should be made either on the part of the Government 2111. the Bank that wou ld h ave a tendency to prop up isouesoh aselvcent s ome_ erns. There are, however, very few of any consequence whose real situation has not been so much exposed that they will not be able to maintain their position for any length of time, and even if a few of them should escape, the evil is of less consequence than the fall of numerous solvent concerns. The best illustration of that fact will be 1 found on reference to the early months of 1826, for although the panic was allayed in the beginning of January, the bankruptcies and declarations of insol vencies were more numerous than before the Bank of England extended her issues. As an illustration of the different views taken on the subject of relief, we annex the following letter to Lord John Russell, by one of the largest capitalists in the City, although we do not concur in the suggestion made by him to the Premier, as the most eligible method that can be adopted : (Copy.) " Old Swan Wharf, London Bridge, Oct. 11, 1847. "My Lord,—l venture most respectfully to sub mit, for the consideration of your Lordship and her Majesty's Ministers, a plan which, in my judgment (founded on a long mercantile experience), would ma terially relieve the present morh-tary pressure in the commercial world, and restore confidence, the want of which is prevailing and extending to such an alarming degree in the community at large. "My plan is simply to fund five, say five millions, Exchequer-bills, and to allow Exchequer-bills to be received in payment of excise and customs duties, the same as bank notes. "At a period like the present, when credit is de stroyed and the whole commercial system convulsed, it is, perhaps, unnecessary for me to offer any apology for this intrusion on your Lordship's notice ; but I trust, whether my suggestion be deemed worthy your Lordship's consideration or not, that you will kindly excuse the liberty I have taken in making it, and " Remain, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " RICHARD THORNTON, " To the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury, &c." (Copy.) " Downing-street Oct. 12, 1847.. " Sir,—Lord John Russell has desired me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th init., on the subject of the present monetary crisis. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " GEORGE KEPPEL. " Richard Thornton, Esq." The Liverpool Banking Company apprised Currie and Co., upon whom they drew in London, that they had stopped payment this morning. This bank was established in 1826, but it never had a very ex tensive business, although its affairs have been al ways considered to have been well conducted by the manager, Mr. Wilson. By the last returns to the Stamp-office there were 150 shareholders, but the amount of paid-up capital has not transpired. Currie and Co. held a balance of 6,0001. in favour of the bank, so that the stoppage is believed to be a matter of prudence, to avoid making sacrifices. It is, however, understood that the affairs will be wound up. THE MONEY PRESSURE. (From the Liverpool Courier of yesterday.) OFFICIAL CIRCULAR. " The directors of the Royal Bank of Liverpool, having waited the result of the town deputation, regret that it has returned unsuccessful; there is still another effort being made by the directors for assist ance, the result of which will be made known as soon as ascertained. " Royal Bank, 20th October, 1847." BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY. The fol:nwing memorial to the First Lord of the Treas . ..cy is to be submitted for the approval of a public meeting in our town-hall on Friday evening next. It is unnecessary to say that it will be car ried : " The Memorial of the undersigned Inhabitants of Birmingham— " Showeth,—That your memorialists have wit nessed with grief and astonishment the unchecked progress of ruin which will have made the last twelve months fatally memorable in the history of this country. Houses whose experience and wealth had grown up with the growth, and were interwoven with the existence, of English commerce, have been suddenly destroyed ; and other houses, whose vast fortunes had been shattered by former shocks of our monetary system, have now been swept away by renewed cala • mities. The place of these great agents of English commerce, prosperity, and power, cannot be suddenly filled up. The wealth and experience necessary to create and sustain these great houses must grow up together. Your memorialists lament the attempts which have been made to conceal the ruin caused by the Bill of 1844, by attacking the character of its victims. These unfortunate and libelled men have not fallen from any imprudence of their own; they are found generally not to have extended their en terprise beyond the healthful requirements of trade, or beyond that due proportion to the extent of their property, which ordinary experience had justified, hut they hive undeniably been destroyed by the fatal law of 1844. " When the high price of food caused by the bad harvests of 1845 and 1846, the great railway con tracts sanctioned by the deliberate decision of Par liamentary committees, and confirmed by Parliamen tary acts, as undertakings of importance to the national welfare—when these and other circumstances combined rendered an increase of monetary facilities imperative, then the Bank of England, notwithstand ing the exportation of 10 millions of gold money for the needful purchase of food, was compelled by the law of 1844 further to contract its paper issues. With an abundant gold circulation, the law of 1844 permitted the issue of thirty millions of paper money by the Bank of England. The nation was tempted into enterprises of great extent by this large basis for its operations. The gold money had been reduced by at least ten millions, and the law of 1844 has reduced the issues of paper money to the Bank of England to 21,961,5851., and the Bank of England, though using its resources to a limit almost dangerous to itself, has been compelled to reduce the actual circa- latioa of legal tender paper to 18,639,8851. The completion of undertakings and the payment of obligations entered into when gold was plentiful and paper money abundant are thus rendered impossible. It is the madness of the law and the crime of the Legislature, and not the speculative spirit of the people, that has produced the ruin that now affects the country. "The danger of this Bill was clearly pointed out by the bankers of London at the time when it was under discussion. Their opinion was embodied in a memorial to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, submitting that some power should be reserved by the Bill for extending the issues of the Bank of Eng land in cases of emergency, to be made apparent to the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Master of the Mint. This opinion of men so familiar with monetary affairs should have been absolutely decisive of the impracti cability of the Bill. In the opinion of the London bankers the Act of 1844 could not be carried out without a tampering clause. Your memorialists are of opinion that the main principle of the Banking Acts of 1819 and 1844 is altogether erroneous, and that the Act of 1844, which was framed for the ex press purpose of carrying this principle into strict operation, cannot be continued in its integrity with out producing consequences too terrible to be con templated. The principle to which your memorialists refer is that which makes the foreign exchanges the regulator of our internal circulation. This principle they consider erroneous, because whenever, from any cause, no matter what, gold is either drawn out or sent out of the country, or hoarded from panic, the home trade is deranged by the monetary value of all commodities being reduced, not simply in proportion to the gold withdrawn from active circulation, but in many cases in a proportion exceeding ten times in amount the gold withdrawn. An exact estimate of the value of the national securities, calculated at pre sent prices, would show that there is no exaggeration in this statement. The value of the national secu rities is now more than one hundred and fifty mil lions below par. Other securities have been reduced in monetary value in a like ratio. The large falling off in the income of the nation, as shown by the late revenue returns, is an admonition which cannot safely be disregarded. The same amount of taxes cannot be paid out of the diminished profits of reduced capital.' " The struggle between the railway and the mer cantile interests for the monetary facilities of the nation, your memorialists consider to be another proof of the inadequacy of the present monetary system, as your memorialists are of opinion that no impediment should be allowed to stand in the way of employing productively the whole of the labouring population, in asmuch as that it must be quite evident that it is better that the labourer should be supported by his own gains than that he should be supported as a pauper. The present monetary system, by unduly limiting the amount o f th e representation of property, in the opi nion of your memorialists, forbids that the credit of the country should be used for this purpose, and Were th e monetary hence th e attempt of s o y n s e te i m nte e re u s a t l to to s t t h r e an w g a le n ' t ‘ s he o o f th t e h r e . country, th e w h ole of the population would be pro duic,tiyvenluyr emmpelrnoyneridaiaitstrsemwuirating wages. would wl warnd absolutely y (r necessary that energetic measuresataidreowun ')rinout to your bviuVnhdoing so to restore confidence, Lordship the policy pursued in 18 they only point it out as a palliative and to alleviate the present pressure,beingmcomany be that nothing less than an entire abandonment of convinced principle of the present monetary system will restore general and permanent prosperity. " Your memorialists would warn you that the means of sustaining employment are rapidly giving way, and that very soon will be added to the evil of a falling revenue the dangerous discontents which always arise out of a general condition of suffering, an d 114 difficulty of providing the means of existence for the unemployed masses of the people. " Your memorialists, while they thus warn your Lordship of the necessity of immediate palliative measures earnestly entreat your Lordship to take into consideration the whole system of the currency, with a view to such a reform of the monetary system as will give to the nation an efficient, just, and secure instrument of exchauge." SUSPENSION of RAILWAY CALLS. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—To-day the deputa tion appointed at a meeting of shareholders in the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Rail way, lately held here, waited on the directors of the company by appointment, at the offices in Princess street. The deputation consisted of Sir Ralph Pendlebury, Mr. Rawson, Mr. Harpur, and other gentlemen. They were received very courteously by Mr. Wilson Ffrance, of Rawcliffe-hall, the chairman of the direc tors ; Mr. Thomas Broadbent, Mr. Wilson, the secre tary ; Mr. Hawkshaw, the company's engineer ; and others. The proceedings on the part of the shareholders' deputation resolved themselves into three questions : First, whether the directors were disposed in the pre sent state of the money market to abandon the under taking ; secondly, whether they were disposed to return any portion of the 98,0001., now in hand, and wait for more favourable times ; and, thirdly, if not disposed to do either, what they really were disposed to do? The directors replied, that after mature considera tion they found that they could not do the first with out a new Act; that their legal advisers informed them that to do the second would be illegal; and, as regarded any reply to the third inquiry, they might state that they were perfectly aware of the condition of the money market, that they would do all they ould to suspend works and curtail expenditure, that they had let no contracts and had bought no land, except conditionally, and that it was their intention to suspend all operations, in so far as was consistent with their engagements. The directors also drew the attention of the deputation to a memorial which they had submitted to the Railway Commissioners, expla natory of the difficult position in which the directors felt themselves placed. The suggestions contained in it were received as valuable by the Commissioners, but those functionaries could not give any promise as to what would be done in the matter, as they were only prepared to receive the memorial in a suggestive point of view. This document, a copy of which was furnished to the deputation, represented that under their Act of incorporation only two courses or alterna tives were open to the directors—in the one case, either to proceed to make calls ; or, in the other, to let their Act of incorporation expire. To do the latter would involve the loss of all the outlay incurred in Parlia mentary expenses and surveys, besides, in all proba bility, the loss of the remaining deposits, inasmuch as engagements had been entered into which the direc tors would be compelled to complete, such as those with landowners, &c. The depution to the Commis sioners, however, had suggested that in order to meet the difficulties in which they, and companies in their position were placed, a general measure should be in troduced early in the next session entitling companies to defer the prosecution of their works until a more favourable period, with powers for an extension of time in the purchase of lands, &c., not longer than fifteen years. The Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Com pany is about the first that has publicly moved in this matter, and its example is expected to form a prece dent that will be pretty generally followed, at least as regards this district. The total deposits received amounted to 179,0001., and the total expenditure to about 80,0001., leaving a present balance of 98,5C01. Nothing beyond the finishing of the surveys and plans for the portion of the line from Kettlewell to Bolton Castle, fifteen miles, which it was intended first to commence out of a total of sixty, and which includes a summit tunnel, has been done, and this only has been staked out. The line is to a great extent in alliance with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. former 'prices, The wool market continues heavy, and sales limited. The manufacturers are as indiffe rent about buying, at the present time, as the dealers are about selling. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The trade in our piece hall becomes more and more depressed. Neither plain nor fancy goods can meet with purchasers, and the manufacturers are refrainin g , as muc h as poss ibl e , from adding to their stocks, which are already very heavy. We have had one of the worst markets for yarn we have yet experienced, arising from the general mistrust brought about by the many distress ing failures. Production is continuing to be more and more limited, but the pric e o f woo l preven t s an y general reduction in the price of yarn, except in cases of individual need. The purchases of long wool are only made to supply daily wants, and rates continue nearly the same, except for cash purchases, where money is wanted. There is not much doing in short wools, and prices remain unaltered. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The market has been very dull. We have a few foreigners in the town, but they make no heavy purchases. There was never known a period of greater anxiety, and want of con fidence is so felt that there is but little desire on the part of manufacturers to do business. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We cannot say much about this day's market, the transactions actually done having been most insignificant. The causes of the present stagnation of business are too well known to reluire special mention. But, with all these adverse circumstances, our commercial body of the district may be considered sound ; and even the busy tongue of mischievous rumours does not reach it.—Man thester Guardian. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES' COURT, Oct 20. (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) THE QUEEN V. LEWIN AND WIFE. This was an extent in aid of the Crown. The writ directed the Sheriff of London to ascertain, through a jury, what goods and chattels, lands and tenements, &c., the defendants possessed within the bailiwick of the said Sheriff. The proceeding was instituted by the Post-office authorities, the defendants having become defaulters in the sum of 1661. 6s. id., for postage on letters, stamps, and stamped envelopes, which they had re ceived by virtue of their office as district receivers, in Little Ryder-street, Doctors'-commons. Mr. Nathaniel Hildyard, the officer to the Sheriff of London, proved having made a seizure on the defendants' property in Little Ryder-street, and that it consisted of furniture, fixtures, and a small quantity of pickles and other goods, forming a portion of the trade stock of an Italian warehouse. Air. Charles Furber, a broker and valuer, proved that the whole of the goods seized were worth 301. The Learned SECONDARY inquired how it was that the wi`e was sued with the husband, when in law the property was the husband's ? A professional gentleman, who appeared for the Post-office, said that Mrs. Lewin was, in point of fact, the person appointed by the Post-office autho rities, and that she had married subsequently to the appointment. The Learned SECONDARY then directed the jury to find a verdict for the Crown in the sum at which the goods were valued.—Verdict, 301. REILY V. ROYER. The parties in this action were brokers, in Old street, St. Luke's. The plaintiff sued the defendant for the sum of 136/. 19s. Bd., to which the latter suf fered judgment to go by default, and therefore the case came before the Court as a writ of inquiry. In the year 1834 the defendant, Mr. William Henry Royer was appointed collector of the paving and lighting rate of the parish of St. Luke, and as security for the money invested in his hands from time to time, he was called upon to provide two sureties. The plaintiff, Mr. Miles R e ily, b ecame one, and a Mr. John Coats the second, and both those gentlemen executed a bond as security for the defendant. In 1845 Mr. Royer became a defaulter to the parish in the sum of '2691 15s. 33d., and shortly afterwards the sureties were called upon to make good the defi ciency, according to the proviso of their bond. This was not, however, immediately complied with, and the consequence was the service of a writ on each surety. The plaintiff thereupon paid the demand, his moiety being 1341. 17s. Bd., with two guineas the cost of the writ, and this sum he now sought to recover. Evidence having been given in proof of the claim, the jury were directed to return a verdict for plaintiff. Verdict--Damages, 1361. 19s. Bd. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner Eva.Ns.) IN RE RICHARD HOUSE. This insolvent, who was a coal-dealer in Bethnal green-road, applied for his interim order, and was opposed by a creditor in person. In cases of insolvency there is a blank left in one part of the petition for the insolvents to fill up, by stating whether or not they have any assets, and when they have not, the practice of this Court requires that it should be filled up by the word " Nothing," but in the present case the insolvent had substituted " 0. 0. 0." The creditor (whom it was stated by the insolvent was the latter's landlord, with whom he resided four years, and only now owed a balance of 31.), having made a statement in opposition, His HONOUR said that he did not know what the creditor meant. He should like to know. The creditor then said (handing in the petition), "Look at these. Here are oughts." His Hosoua said that the objection was fatal, and that the petition must be dismissed. Dismissed accordingly. IN RE BARLOW AND GILL. These bankrupts, who were hop-merchants, carry ing on business in Southwark, now applied for their certificates, having passed their last examination a short time since upon the balance .sheet, of which the following is a copy From the 14th Sept., 1840, to Ist April, 1847. Dr. s. d. To Creditors . To Liabilities .. .. £23,098 0 6 To Capital, 14th Sept., 1840 . To Profits and Commission received, as per Account Book ... Total £47,214 9 11 Cr. £. s. d. By Debtors, good. By doubtful and bad By property taken under the fiat.. By liabilities 6,184 13 5 By W. R. White, balance of 2,5001. given him on dissolution of partner ship, 1840 Drawn out by John Barlow Drawn out by James Gill Expenses in trade. Losses Total ...... £47,214 9 11 Mr. Lawrence appear e d in support of the bank rupts, and they were unopposed. His HONOUR observed that the expenses were very large ; but yet they did not come within his general rule, and therefore Messrs. Barlow and Gill must have their certificates forthwith. Granted accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. The LORD MAYOR said it would appear as if the swindlers about town expected to derive advantage from the existing commercial embarrassments, for he found they were sending their circulars, headed " Commercial information and temporary assistance to merchants, manufacturers, tradesmen, and private gentlemen of respectability," and offering pecuniary accommodation to any extent upon goods or good bills, &c. He had just received the following letter, enclosing long printed circulars of the kind alluded to addressed from the Old Kent-road, and subscribed, " Yours, very respectfully, John Evans, Brothers, and Co., factors and commission brokers." "My Lord,—l have this morning received the en closed circular (for which I have been taxed with postage) ; and as it appears to me that they are an emanation of scoundrelism, I venture to transmit them to your Lordship, that the designs on the un wary in this season of commercial embarrassment of the parties calling themselves 'John Evans, Brothers, and Co., factors and commission brokers,' may be ex posed as your Lordship may best judge. I have marked a paragraph in one of the circulars with red ink. " I remain, &c." The paragraph is as follows :—" It is particularly requested if this circular is of no immediate service, it may not be shown unless to a confidential and re spectable friend, whose object it is likely to serve, or you might wish to avail yourself of this assistance on some future occasion, as it is not multiplicity of busi. ness we want, but respectability, and in the safe, quiet mercantile manner which our friends have now for so many years approved of." The Lord Mayor observed that exact copies of the circulars enclosed had been for several years sent round, the swindlers who used them having adopted a great variety of names. The perseverance in the practice of addressing them to merchants and traders, whose names and addresses were obtained from the Directory, was sufficient evidence of success, if there were not the positive and melancholy testimony of the victims who had from time to time addressed the Chief Magistrate to supplicate attention to the cruel plunder to which they had been subjected. He hoped that, at such a time as the present, those who suffered from a temporary emergency would not make themselves liable to more severe and bitter injury by believing one word of the contents of these circulars. If those who joined in such a vile conspiracy hap pened to be within his jurisdiction, he should cer tainly proceed to very summary operations. The mischief accomplished by the fellows who thus audaci otkly kept up a system of deception, notwithstanding the repeated exposures in the press, was, he was given to understand, incalculable. The only mode, he re gretted to say, which he had of counteracting the future operations of the gangs of rascals with whom the metropolis abounded, was by steadily and reso lutely denouncing them in the justice-room, and thus recommending them to the wholesome castigation of the press, to which the public were so vastly indebted for its information and admonitions upon the subject. Sir PETER LAURIE waited upon the Lord Mayor to inform him that Joseph Ady had, for the purpose of pushing his business with the public, introduced in his circular to those whom he professed to be able to inform of something to their advantage, the names of the Lord Chancellor, the Judges, the Bishop of Winchester, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Sir E. Sugden, &c., each of which individuals would be entitled to 1001. and upwards upon sending to him 20s. for his cost and trouble, by order on Whitechapel Post-office, and paying the postage both ways. The LORD MAYOR said he had himself received a few days ag o a letter from Ady in p rec i se ly s i m il ar terms, and containing the high names adverted to, no doubt to catch the eye of the inexperienced, who might calculate that no man in his senses would use such names without authority. He had had the honour of a communication from the Marquis of Downshire, enclosing an invitation from Ady to transmit to Whitechapel Post-office 20s. for upwards of 1001. The Lord Mayor hoped that Mr. Ady, who appeared to be more confident of success than ever, was not at this unfortunate commercial crisis deriving profit from his indefatigable spirit of humbug. LAMBETH. _ _ _ Edward Pearse was charged before Mr. Elliott with having some pot metal in his possession, of which he was unable to give a satisfactory account. Police-constable George Quinnier, 201 P, deposed that on Tuesday evening he met the prisoner in the Walworth-road, and perceiving something bulky in his coat pocket, and knowing him before, he stopped him and asked him what he had got in his pocket ? The prisoner replied that that was no affair of his, upon which he (witness) said he must accompany him to the station-house. The prisoner did so, but on the way drew from his pocket a piece of calico, in which were some pieces of metal, evidently portions of a publican's pint pot. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said he was driven to the offence by sheer want and destitution. Some days ago every article he possessed was seized for a week's rent, and both himself and his wife turned into the street. They had applied to be received into the workhouse, but were refused, and his wife was at that moment lying in a state of illness almost on the bare boards. In the room which he occupied there was a pint pot, and being in want of necessaries, he broke it up, and was going to sell it, when he was met by the constable as he had stated. Mr. Games, who had been referred to by the pri soner, said his statement with respect to his goods being seized was perfectly true, and his case he (Mr. Games) believed to be of such extreme hardship that he had undertaken on his behalf to appear against a broker who, for ss., one week's rent, had swept away every article that he possessed in the world. In that case a summons had been granted against the broker, and a day was appointed for the hearing. Mr. ELLIOTT inquired the former character of the prisoner, and was informed by Quinnier that he had formerly been the associate of a gang of desperate characters ; but latterly his sight was very bad, and he was not so much with his former associates. Mr. ELLIOTT committed him to prison for 14 days for the illegal possession. THAMES. FELONY BY A CHIEF OFFI C ER.—T. Gill, late chief officer of the barque Cumberland, lying in the West India Import Dock, was brought up for re examination, charged with stealing six bags of rice from the cargo, at Port Louis, Mauritius. The particulars of the case appeared in The Sun of yesterday, It will be remembered that on Tuesday the captain stated that whilst lying off Port. Louis, on the 12th of March, 1847, whilst the cargo of rice they had taken in at Calcutta was being discharged, the prisoner employed the crew to cut open the bags, and he abstracted the quantity mentioned. He sold it to a Custom-house officer of the place, and it was only discovered owing to that officer attempting to smuggle some rum ashore at the same time with the rice. Yesterday Mr. Pelham called Jacob Jackson, the second mate of the Cumberland, who corroborated the evidenoe of the captain. The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate to take his trial for the felony. WESTMINSTER. George Walker, baker, Union-road, Wandsworth road, was charged with abusing and violently assault ing Mrs. Charlotte Law, a lady residing at 12, Addis son-street, King's-road, Chelsea. It appeared from the evidence of the complainant and two witnesses, that she was crossing from Ebury street, Pimlico, to the Victoria-road, with a female friend, named Thomas, residing in Ranelagh-grove, Pimlico, at about nine o'clock on Tuesday evening, when defendant pushed against her. She requested him to desist, and, with her friend, walked on, in order to avoid him, but defendant followed and abused them, and after proceeding a few yards, threw a loaf of bread, which he had in his hand, at them. The loaf, after bending Mrs. Thompson's bonnet, struck Mrs. Law in the face with such violence as to make her nose bleed very much, and leave a slight mark under her right eye. She was unable to speak for two or three minutes, but followed defendant, and subsequently gave him into custody. Defendant said he certainly came in contact with the complainant, and was going on, when she slapped his face. Had she not done this he should not have thrown the bread at her, which he admitted he had done. He added that he was a respectable man, with a family, and should be sorry to hurt any lady. The lady most positively denied the defendant's assertion that she had slapped his face. Mr. BRODERIP observed that he should send the case before a jury. If he were to impose the penalty of 51., the highest he had the power to inflict, on a man in defendant's condition of life, he might go away, after paying that sum, with the idea that for the price of Si. he might assault any female he happened to meet with in the street. It had been distinctly proved that he had abused the complainant, and had followed that abuse up by a most unprovoked assault. If those who bad given evidence before him were the wit nesses of truth, the penalty he had the power to inflict was inadequate to the offence of which the defendant had been guilty. He should therefore call upon the defendant to find good bail for his appearance at the Sessions. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, and bail was shortly afterwards put in by the de fendant. MARYLEBONE. Mr. Richard Parker, carrier, in New Inn-yard, Old Bailey, attended before Mr. Broughton, on a summons obtained against him at the instance of the Great Western Railway Company, charged under 168th sec. of sth and 6th William IV., cap. 107, with having, on Tuesday, sth instant, unlawfully sent, or caused to be sent, by the said railway, goods of a dangerous quality, viz., a wooden case, containing 8 cwt. of lucifer matches, and did not distinctly mark or state the nature of such goods on the outside of the package containing the same, or otherwise give notice in writing to the bookkeeper, or other servants , of the company, with whom the same were left at the railway station at Paddington, for which neglect be had rendered himself, according to the said Ad, amenablf, to a penalty of not less than 101. A case of an almost similar description, in which Mr. Parker was also the defendant, was decided et this court on the 13th instant, and, after a con siderable deal of discussion, the complaint was die' missed. In support of the present proceeding Mr. Clarkson , the barrister, and Mr. Justins, from the office of Messrs. Maples, Stevens, and Co., Old Jewry, at tended. Mr. arker, as before, conducted his own defence. The receipt of the wooden case at the station proved by one of the company's porters, to whom it was delivered, at the station, and who ascertained 19 9 the smell what it contuined ; it was addressed to MC; A. Brown, Bridge street, Bristol; the word "OW was also marked upon it. The answer to the charge was, that when the case was delivered at defendant's office for transmission 1 1 rail, it was stated to contain hardware, and no sus* picion whatever was entertained with regard to then? being lucifers in it; in fact the question was put at the time of its being received at the defendant's office , and a reply was given in the negative. Mr. Clarkson argued the cas e a t some l eng th, ut' d , contended that the defendant by his ser van t s had c°' exercised that care and diligence which it was k' s bounden duty to have done, and that therefore the magistrate could not do otherwise than convict. Mr. BROUGHTON went through the evidence pro and con. with great minuteness, considering t he matter to be of considerable importance to the public , and ultimately came to the conclusion, that in the pre sent instance no gross neglect, or guilty knowledg e on the part of defendant, had been proved. The summons was therefore dismissed. A man, who gave his name Thomas Collings, Wa si charged with having been concerned in a daring rob; bery of watches, &c., on the 21st ult., a t the shop Mr. Morris, 7, Margaret-terrace, Harrow-road. Some particulars of what took place on a former oc, casion have already appeared, relative to the appreheui sion and committal of Charles Silvester, the actll,t perpetrator of the robbery. who, on the afternoon of the day in question, was found in Mr. Morris's parlour: He was collared and asked what his business was there , upon which he struck him (Mr. H.), and effecte d his escape by the front door. A small cart near at hand, towards which he (Silvester) ran, threw away, close to it, a handful of watches. was pursued, and the person in the vehicle jumped down, saying that he would do all be could to s ecure the thief. Three watches and a gold case were picked up close to the cart, and Silvester was ultimately caP e tured at a marine-store shop, at the very moane rs when he had thrust three silver watches and a a: 0 , the property of prosecutor, into a basket which I"' upon the counter. Evidence was now adduced which clearly went t° show that the prisoner Collings was the man who w 0 in the cart at the time when some of the watches Wet s thrown away by Silvester, of wh om h e vo l u nteere d to go in pursuit; he was taken int o cus t o dy It Tuesday night, by Garforth, 151 L, who, from 141 ,: description he h a d o f hi m , appre h en d e d hi m in Waterloo-road, as he was coming out of a pub''' . house. A solicitor for the p r i soner , cross - exam i n ed gl various witnesses for the pr osecu ti on , b u t did no t elle' anything favourable to his client. The prisoner, as an accomplice of Silvester in the robbery, was committed for trial. THE CORN TRADE. HULL, TUESDAY. — The harvest in this district is now entirely finished, and under most favourable circumstances. The weather throughout was every thing that could be desired, and hence the condition of all grain is unusually good. Wheat was sown more extensively than usual, is an excellent crop ; a full average, and of great weight ; it is yielding well to the flail. Barley is less grown than formerly ; it is a very good crop, and of nice malting quality. Oats, which were thought ill of at one ti me , recovere d muc h , an d may be written a fair average; the breadth of land under this grain increases, while that of Barley diminishes yearly. Neither beans nor peas are so much grown as for merly with us, and this year they are very defective indeed, but the quality and condition are good, though the former are somewhat shrivelled. Potatoes are deficient in produce, but of superior quality. Turnips are a failing crop, but have par tially recovered since the late rains. There was a very fair quantity of old wheat left in farmers' hands at the harvest of 1846, but we be lieve that there is less held by them at the present time than for some years past. Factors hold none, and of foreign the stock for such a port is only small, especially of fine qualities. The past week has been marked by much dulness in every branch of the trade. The monetary diffi culties, which have so long oppressed every branch of commerce do not subside, and though Hull has for tunately kept clear of failures, or even rumours of failures, every line of business is affected, and ren dered unpleasant to the last degree. We trust that there are signs of returning confidence (for that is the element whose absence has upset so many) in the commercial world, and this cannot fail to have a bene ficial influence upon our own trade. At this day's market we had a small supply of wheat from the farmers, field operations now en giging their attention ; millers were expecting to buy on much lower terms than last week . , but farmers being unwilling to submit, the business done was limited, at about 2s. to 3s. reduction. Foreign dull sale, though the quantity offering is not large : some parcels of new keep arriving by steamer for sale, and may be bought in the line. Very little business done in malting barley, but grinding is scarce and sells at extreme rates. Oats are rather dull—new foreign of good quality worth 215., weighing 38ilbs. Russian may be bought somewhat under this rate. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAT.—In our last report we expressed a hope that, if the large amount of engage ments falling due in London and Liverpool at the close of the week, should be met without producing any serious disasters, we might reasonably look for some relaxation of the existing pressure. Our worst apprehension, however, has most unfortunately been realised. The Royal Bank of Liverpool, which was well known to be deeply encumbered by advances on produce, has been compelled to suspend its pay ments and close its doors. For the particulars of this most untoward event, we must refer our readers to the letters of our Liverpool correspondents, and to extracts from the Liverpool papers, given elsewhere. It will be seen that some expectations were, at first, entertained, that the Bank of England might be induced to extend such aid to the suspended bank as would enable its directors to resume their business. Upon what grounds any such expectations could have been entertained, we are at a loss to conceive. The general management of the Bank of England has not al ways been the most judicious of late; but there must have been an utter absence of all true perception of their own duties on the part of the directors, if they had listened to the application. It is perfectly clear from the present condition of the Royal Bank (if we may believe the statements now current on that subject), that its directors were as utterly unfit to conduct the operations of a large banking establishment, as were those of some similar concerns in this town ; and if the directors of the Bank of England, by advances of money, had enabled them to resume their business, and to re • peat at some future time their recent folly, with its concomitant mischief to the public, the act would have been not merely foolish, but criminal. We are by no means clear that the Bank of England is in any condition to undertake very large operations for the relief of suspended banks ; but if its means had been unlimited, the only answer which could be pro perly returned to an application for relief from such a quarter, would be the same as that made to a Man chester jcint-stock bank under similar circumstances, namely, that no assistance whatever would be given with the view of carrying on a bank which had been rashly and imprudently conducted, but that if any amount of aid, which could be prudently given in winding up its affairs, which would diminish the shock to the trade of the town, it would not be with held. Whether the directors of the Bank of England will now be able or willing to assist the Royal Bank in going into liquidation, we are wholly unable to say ; but such assistance would be not only unob jectionable, but highly desirable. It will be seen that this suspension has caused some pressure upon one or two of the other Liverpool banks, though not to the extent which might have been anticipated. One small establishment—the Liverpool Banking Company,—is said to have requested indul gence from its depositors, but to have paid in all cases where payment was insisted upon. The remaining banks are, we believe, in a very safe position ; and we trust that the public confidence in them will not be seriously shaken. Indeed, the failure of the Royal Bank furnishes no reason for uneasiness respecting the rest. The erroneous principles on which its business was conducted, and the extravagant amount of its advances to particular firms, were sufficiently notoriously ; and its fall at the present time cannot cause any reasonable surprise. We are not altogether without hope, that the occurrence of this failure, though it must produce a considerable amount of disaster at Liverpool and elsewhere, may bring us nearer to a termination of the existing difficulties. The known conditon of the bank weighed like an incubus on the commerce of the port, and effectually prevented any approach to an improvement in business. Although the suspension of the Royal Bank has caused, as might be expected, a great sensation upon our exchange, it has not been attended by any serious disasters here. There have been no failures worth mentioning since our last report; and we are glad to learn that the realisLtion of the assets of the suspended firm of De Jersey and Co. is proceeding very satisfactorily. It is stated that the advices from Russia, in respect to its affairs there, are favourable ; that the inspectors appointed at the meeting of credi tors have already received between forty thousand and fifty thousand pounds, and there is every reason to believe that a first instalment on the debts will be paid very shortly. In this market the amount of business transacted has necessarily been small ; but still the feeling of depression is not so severe as might have been ex pected under existing circumstances. A few low sales continue to be made for present cash ; but, as it is pretty well known that there is a fair amount of orders for American and German account in the hands of the buying agents, those spinners and manu facturers who are able to hold their produce, or to sell on the usual credits, will not submit to any material reduction of prices, The weekly return of the state of the mills, and the workpeople employed in them, in the borough of Manchester, which for some time has been gradually becoming extremely bad, exhibits, for the present week, a more unfavourable aspect than ever. It ap pears from the returns, that very few more than one-half of the whole number of mills in this city are now working full time, the diminution from last week having been fifteen. The numbers of those stopped altogether remain unaltered. This forced reduction in the hours of working has necessarily had a corresponding effect upon the workpeople, for the n s m one b l increase employed has been reduced by nearlyt,.c, five thousand ; the increase to the numbers of a slight y vvo d r e k st i i n t g ut s e ho o r f t hours employment, haa be en 1 3 :2 4 3 9 3 7 . , and Th t e o r e those has hands now in, m aie ty i , n pr t i h n e ci t p o a ta ll l y n f u e m m b a e le r s. of factory not it be c e u n D q A u l l E te sob there has been a fair' amount of business done, at ,Though the market his a few weeks back, yet NATURAL ENOUGII.—We have heard that the enor mous quantity of indigo forced upon the market for sale, vhearsyhbalduea in n go t o h d e dealt city._ o r d u o n w ei i ,. th making things look so brisk as for We have a fair demand for beans, though at a de cline upon last week's rates ; new foreign are worth 425. to 435. 63165., Egyptian 37's. the same weight— of the latter a large and superior cargo is on the market. Peas are very good to sell at full prices. Rye meal continues to arrive,:and some small car goes from near ports having come in to be sold, lower prices have been taken ; when these are cleared oft' we may look for some improvement. We have again good arrivals of linseed, of various qualities, and a fair extent of business is daily done at fully late rates : several arrivals of cake, chiefly first quality: they meet a good demand at our quo tations—Hull made are held at high rates. We are without rapeseed on the market—any arri vals being for crushers' account. Rape cakes may be bought on easier terms. No transactions of consequence in bones or guano. DARING BURGLARY. On Monday, four men of notorious character were brought to Nottingham county gaol, charged with having committed a burglary of a daring and extra ordinary nature. On Thursday morning last, at a quarter before one o'clock, five men, with blacked faces, smock-frocks, and otherwise disguised, broke open the house of Mr. Richard Atkinson, victualler, at Grassthorpe, 'even miles from Newark, by re moving a pane of glass from the parlour window, and forthwith they proceeded up stairs to the chamber, where the landlord and his wife were in bed. Find ing the door locked, they smashed the panels and the lock, and forcing their way in, surrounded the bed, holding up their lights and brandishing a plough coulter, and threatening to murder both the man and his wife if they did not lie still, or made any resist ance. The villains swore repeatedly that the old couple should lose their lives if they did not at once tell where their money was to be found. Two of the gang went up stairs into the female servant's bed-room, and, holding a plough-coulter over her, insisted upon being told who were sleeping in the house, and where her master put his money. Having ascertained that there were only three inmates in the house, a sentinel was left over the girl, and one over the landlord and his wife, while the other three secured all the keys of the doors, broke open the boxes and drawers, and ransacked every room and place, in search of booty. In the course of an hour, after refreshing themselves, they had collected thirteen sovereigns, a five-pound note, several half-crowns, shillings, and pence, a silver watch, half a dozen silver tea spoons, a razor, two gallons of brandy, four gallons of gin, and other property, with which they left the house, going in the direction of Egman ton. The servant girl crawled out of her bed directly after the sentinel had left her room, and saw the vil lains effecting their retreat. Information was given the same morning to Mr. Wills, superintendent of the county police at Newark, and a vigilant inquiry being instituted, John Ashbourne and Robert Green, of Egmanton, and George Herring and Hezekiah Beardsall, of Retford, Were all apprehended the next day. A fifth man has absconded. The police con stable of Taxford saw five men on the morning of•the robbery, at three o'clock, on the road leading in a direction from Atkinson's to Egmanton. On Satur• day the prisoners were examined before Mr. W. F. Handley, a magistrate at Newark, and Green and Ashbourne were positively sworn to, and Beardsall had the key of the cellar-door found upon him. These men form part of the Egmanton gang, who have long been the terror of the neighbourhood, and Beardsall is a returned convict. The prisoners were committed to Nottingham gaol to take their trial for the offence. PRISONERS CONDEMNED TO DEATH. The following circular has been forwarded from the office of the Secretary of State to the magistrates of the different counties in .England " WEitehall, Sept., 1847. " am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to transmit to you the enclosed rule relative to the treatment of prisoners condemned to death, which has been framed after a careful consideration of the subject, and I am to request that you will lay this rule before the magistrates assembled at the next general quarter-sessions; and Secretary Sir George Grey's recommendation that they should add it to the rules in force for the government of the county prisons, and submit it to him for his certificate of approval, pursuant to the 2d section of the Act 5 and 6 William IV., sec. 38.—1 have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " DENIS LE MARCHANT." " RULE PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE GENERAL REGULATIONS OF PRISONS. " PERSONS CONDEMNED TO DEATH. "In all cases vv - heresentence of death has been passed and convicts are left for execution, the keeper or matron shall, immediately on their return to gaol from trial, cause them to be thoroughly searched, and shall remove from them any such articles as may be considered dangerous or inexpedient for them to re tainin their possession. "'rhe cell and room to which a convict is recon ducted after being sentenced to death, shall invariably on all such occasions be previously examined by the keeper of the gaol, who is to satisfy himself of its fitness and safety, and insert a record of his exami nation in his journal. "In all cases where sentence of death has been passed, and the condemned prisoner is left for execu tion, such prisoner shall be placed under the constant charge and superintendence of an officer of the prison, both by thy and night. IN RE PETER COULSTON. This bankrupt, who was a silk-mercer, of Ashley crescent, City-road, now applied to be allowed his certificate forthwith. There were no less than seventeen cases of insol vency for hearing, and were disposed of_ by an early hour, but they possessed no feature of public interest. The petition of J. Morgan, of Waltham Abbey, huntsman to Mr. Conyer's hounds. was dismissed, upon the ground that he had omitted to insert in his schedule the disposal of a farm. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner Law.) Two protection cases were appointed for twelve o'clock, but the Learned Commissioner, who had heard an unopposed case at the sitting of the Court (ten o'clock), did not take his seat again until one o'clock. The protection cases were unopposed, and (lays were named for the consideration of the final orders. His HONOUR, in reference to the valuation of pro perty in the new cases, thought it would be advisable to get the articles valued in the first instance, be fore the schedules were filed as in cases under_the old system. IN RE ELIZABETH BOLTS CONSTABLE. In this case a sum of 500/. was deposited in Court to meet any claim of costs, and an application was now made to invest the fund in Consols. Mr. Commissioner LAW said, if the money was invested at the present time, it would make a differ ence to some extent to the parties. Mr. NICRoLs observed that the difference at the present time and three months ago would be between 70/. and 80/. The matier stood over for an application to be made to the Chief Commissioner, who had originally heard the case. Among the recent alterations made in the business of the Court, has been the allotment of cases, which have been already heard, to the four Commissioners, so that in any motion to be made, it can be ascer tained to which Commissioner the parties should apply. BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT. Oct. 20. (Before E. Dtjnozs, Esq., Deputy Judge.) At the sitting of the Court a baker named Welch had a number of summonses against some labouring men, for bread supplied to their families. The wives of the defendants appeared, and pleaded for indul gence, stating the several children they had to support. _ _ The Learned JUDGE made orders, varying from 2s. to 4s. a month, observing that the debts were for bread supplied to their families. SCAMELL V. COLLINS. The plaintiff in this case, a smart-looking dress maker, claimed of the defendant, a Jewess, the sum of 3s. :for making a dress. The plea was that the dress was " spoilt," whereupon issue was joined, and the parties came before the Court. The defendant said the plaintiff had offered to make the dress for 25., which allegation was posi tively denied. The Learned JUDGE asked if it was meant that a dress was to be made for 2s. and the materials found. It was stated that the only materials to be found were a few articles not worth mentioning. Defendant—But, sir, she has spoilt my dress. I can't wear it. Learned JUDGE—WeII, let us see the dress. The dress was exhibited, and the defendant de clared it was " short waisted," on which the dress maker said she had offered to make any alterations that might he required. The defendant measured the dress against another, and declared it was no fit. It was remarked that dresses were sometimes worn short waisted. The COURT adjudged the defendant to pay the 3s. for making the dress, and 3s. 3d. expenses, where upon the parties left the Court, and the noise of their tongues gradually died away. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—No improvement can benoted in eh fr -ig . market, prices are again lower, and we c l ose a t th e folloviL quotations—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, ig Great Western, Quarters, g dis.—Huddersfield and , cheater (paid up), 24 3 / 4 c.— Lancashire and Yorkshire (t, te M. and L.), Fifths, dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riu,7 Union), 3% c. dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport_ " dis.—London and North-Western, 1 - 41%—Ditto, Qua'o/, (A and B), 2 c.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln , , 11 , Preference, % dis.—Midla n d St oc k, 1 01 % Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 2/. 18s, 9d. c. York,Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, % c. di s Ulster, 6 1 ,4 p. MANCHESTER, Ovronza 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Amber ate. g Qat ham, and Boston, 15 n.'dis.—East Lancashire, New , ters, 1 13-16 n. dis.—Hull and Selby, Halves, 48% -- 27 0 , cashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1% dis.—Ditto, 32/. Su i a ilit .. 7% dis.—London and North-Western (Manchester low . "' a mingbam), Quarters (C), 2% p.—Manchester, Sheffield. t i . d. Lincolnshire, Preference, % dis. —Midland, par—Ditto, Shares, 4% dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 3 / 4 dis.—South - E ss v p, em and Dover, 24% c.—Ditto. No. 4, 3 dis.—York, NottiOr castle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, % n. dis. LEEDS, OCTOBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire , NI 6 3 / 4 n. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 375. dis. —Great Northerltto dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 255. dis.--D l _ A „' (West Riding Union), 635. 6d .n. dis.—Leeds and Thi7! 20 1 ,1 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 358. s. dis.—Midland, North British, Thirds, % dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 265. di' —North Staffordshire, 343. 6d. dis.—North- Western, 5/. 19 " 6d. n. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, 16S ' 3d. dis. EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, -Airdrie and Bathgate, 34 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfil" 261.-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. 1 06 •' . Caledonian, 341.-Ditto, New, I Is. 6d.-Caledonian and Duna/: bartonshire,l/. 10s.-Clydesdal e J unc ti on , 524-D e eside, 83.-llunblane, Donne, an d C a ll en d er, 11 . 6 5. -D un dee an % Arbroath, 354-Ditto, New, No. 1, 274-Ditto, New, 351.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. 55.-Dundee and Northern " or , tion, 1/. Bs.-Dundee and Perth, 29/. 155.-Ditto, 141. 15s.- Ditto, Quarters, 21 ls.-East of Fife, 41 East Lothian Central, 11.-Edinburgh and Bathgate , 41 15 1, -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 961. ex div.-Ditto, halves, ts► ex div.-Ditto,New Halves, 5/. ex di v .-Edi n b u rgh, L i4o, and Granton, 154-Ditto, Preference, '201.-Ditto,New ,3 ' 61 -Ditto, Quarters, 3s. 3d.-Edinburgh and Northern,' . 00 , 10s.-Ditto, New, 11.-Ditto, Newport, 6/.-Ditto, ; to , New, 10s.-Edinburgh and P er th, (N ew C o .) , 18s. - fl v i oo, Halves. ss. 9d.-Glasgow an d A yrs hi re , 961 . 55.---v n ; t o, New Stock, 394-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 51. Halves, No. 2, 71. 17s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car,c er 71.-Glasgow and Garnki r k,3Bl. 15 5.- G lasgow General:A minus, 101. 103.-Glasgow and Greenock, 171 20. Ditto, Halves, 81. I ls. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, V. .cr" - nth Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 3/. 95.-Great Scotland, 17s. 6d.- Great Northern Mork), Direct North' 2/. ss. 6d.-Ditto (late L on d on and 2/. 103.- -- """31. British, 23/. 103.-Ditto, Halves, 121.-Di tto, Quarter°!m. 14s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters New (scrip ),75.9d.-Ditto, ThLr7,„ Bs. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 51. 55.-Scottish Central, 231. I „„j''..,, Scottish Grand Junction, 5 5 .-S cott i s h Midl an d, 151. 1".-04 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10 s .-Sh rews b ury OswestrY , Chester, 191. 155.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 34- valc, and Midland, 71.-Wish aw an d C o l tness , 44/ . 10s.- - ,r 1, Newcastle, and Berwick, 1361.-Ditto, Extensions, 1 1 °,' 11/.55.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 101. 10s.-Direct Bombay ' - o f Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, 1/. Os. 3d.-Great Nurtbei, India, Is. 3d.-Great Southern of Madras,la.-MadraS, 5 lore, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, Ocromm 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Glasgow, nock, and Ayr, 95 t,,-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), IP to, Ditto, 40/. Shares, M. -Ditto, Halves, No. 1,5/. ls.--D it o Halves, No. 2, 7 5 / 8 -Great Northern, 465. 6c1.-Manch efi ' and Southampton, 7s. 6d.-North British, Thirds, 30s. Lord Elphinstone, Mr. More O'Ferrall and Call sr tain Denham, had intervie ws y es t er da y w ith V Grey, at the Colonial-office. SUSPECTED MURDER.—Yesterday (Monday) a fte o noon, information having reached the Central-uffi ce . Glasgow, that a labourer, named Thomas Keenan , ' f siding in Hunter-street, Gallowgate, had died suddenly, under rather suspicious circumstan7i, criminal officer Clark was sent to make inquiry, n oc i after an investigati o n, d eeme d i t hi s d uty to aPpre""the Mrs. Keenan, on suspicion of being accessory t° be , death of her husband. There is every reason to hot lieve that the unfort una t e man h as b een po i sone d ; it as no medical examination as yet has taken Phl ce r ' es t would be premature to state anything which may o f on mere surmise. The deceased was about 40 yea rs o l age ; and on the day of hi s d eat h h a d b een i n his us ti health. Csssx [ADVERTISEMENT.—A DISEASE Or THS AND A LONG-STANDING COLD CURED BY HoLLO" C ; cf - r . OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Mr. James Kilroe, clerk to Maclaughlin, proprietor of the Castlecoote mills, 1 1 °,7, common, caught a most dreadful cold, from which P: suffered for several months, and though he received th e best medical advice, yet nothing prescribed afforded bill l any relief, and fears were entertained that the diseis o was terminating in a confirmed affection of the lung s ' whereupon he resolved to try Holloway's Pills and OW; ment, and those unparalleled medicines for tho cure 0 g coughs, colds, and asthmas, shortly effected a Per fe l cure, after so many othr emeans had failed.—Sold bf druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishinel3- 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at Sussex-place, Regent's-park, the °. of George Rooer, Es., of a son. On the 17th p inst., a q t Temple House, Cheetham-hill Y-1111. chester, the lady of Philip Lucas, Esq., of a daughter. a C. On the 17th inst., at Mavisbank House, Mrs. Georg Arbuthnot, of a daughter. I% On the 18th inst., at Gravesend, Kent, the wife of m• . G. Glover, of a daughter. On the 18th inst„ at Addington Rect or y, nea r 141aidst °116 the lady of the Rev. George Paulson, of a son. On the 19th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Major wood Dickson, Royal Horse Artillery, of a aon. •13 01. On the 18th inst., at Brook- green , H ammers init Mark Lemon, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Walthamstow, the wife of Houghton, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. Geag e On the 16th inst., at St. John's, Upp er H o llowaY, ri ot- Boughton, Esq., of ork •terrace, CiLy-road, to Patience phery, second daughter o f M r . Willi am S m i t h, o f the ‘.'"- tain-road. _ of Schola'►of On the IGth DIED, . ult., at Eton, A. F. Custance,King's , Eton College, aged 18. On the 11th i ns t., at Lifford, county Donegal, marl, eth wife of Captain Clifford Henry, 48th Regiment, aged 25 )00 On the 14th i ns t., M rs. M argaret Laing, w id ow of the David Laing, of Villiers-street, Strand, aged 64. o r al Or On the 16th i ns t., a t th e Crescent, Jewin-street , L °- Joseph Ilale, aged 73. . On the 17th in s t., F rances , th e w if e o f M r. W. F. Grew', of York-place, City-road, Bernard -street, aed 36. AO On the 17th inst., in g Russell•square , Bannatyne, Esq., aged 83. —.OO N T O4 r i t - Lon.'on : " - Jilted and Published by MURDO YOUNG, O. S — lnd, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, strand. in th e SI. of the Savoy. in the Count/ of liLiddlesen Meredith 0. " 1647.