The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

°~" ~, . ~CbixD Nbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSUMES' RANCE, AND OTHER COM FA STOCK. From the Official List, ÜBLLSIIE LOD ENDVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. ON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 JOINT-STOCN BANNS. ------------ividend Amount Name of Company. An per Share. of Paid. Price um. ...---------. -- ..,-.• £ s. d. £ s. d. imstralaida ••••• • •• .. 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Britshliorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 • .- Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial. - • • • - s f. per cent. 1 00 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westmnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland. • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.• •• • • ... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, N •• • •... 51. per cent. 20 '0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.. •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 . - Union of London. •• • • 51. per cent.. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ; - INSI73LANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -• £ s. d. I 4 s. 4. Albion ••••••• • • • •• •• 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18% Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% Atlas 138.6 d. pr sh., 50 0 0 5 0 0 1534 British Commercial .. 7s. per share 150 0 0 50 0 7% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent.lloo 0 0 210 0 10 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10s. 50 0 0! 5 0 0 - Eagle 6s. 50 0 0 ' 5 0 0 s%xd Eng. & Scot. Law -•• Si. per cent. 50 0 0 ' 2 0 0 3 European Life ...• •• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 ' All paid. 20 Freemasons' .•....• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 136 Guardian ..... ..... .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0!36 10 0 4844 Imperial Fire ...... • . 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 ! 50 0 0 230 imperial Life ........ 128. 100 0 0! 10 0 0 - Indemnity Marine.... 11. eh. & be. 1100 0 0 513 1 31 Jaw Life. 1/. ss. 100 0 0. 10 0 0 33 Jegal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 ' 6% •ond6ii Fire .• •.- • • 10s. 25 0 0,12 10 0 14% •ondon Ship ..• ••• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 Marine - ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 4341. per ct. 58 0 0 2 0 0 - National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 8 0 210 0 - National Life. Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 8 ' 2 0 0 2/. Is Phoenix 31. p. et. & bs. - - 195 Protector Life.... Provident Life Rock Life ........ Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - - Sun Fire ........... - - 210 Ditto Life . 1/. 6s. - - 49 Universal Life .. - LIST OF SCOTTISH CODIPILNIES' PRICES. Dividend i Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. s. d. s. 'd Bank of Scotland • • 6l. per cant. - 100 0 0 176 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 1160 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 220 Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167 National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 141.105 Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 91 Western Bank ••• • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 844 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7% Clydesdale Bank •• • • - 10 0 0 13/. 8s Eastern Bank ••• • • - 10 0 0 12 Caledonian Bank . • - 210 0 41. 11 s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cer.t. 1 - 5 0 0 ! 71. 2s City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 13/. 75 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. '2O 0 0 1 0 0 !255. 9d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 I 14% Insur. Co. of Scetlnd Si. per cent. I 10 0 0 All paid. 9 North British Insur 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27% Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. ,100 0 0 12 10 0 18 4 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. per c. 150 0 0 50 0 0 78% Ditto, 4 Shares 7B. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 19% Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 10 0 0 18% Glnsgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 693( Glasgw& Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. ,25 0 0 All pald. 16% Olsgw & Garnkirk bl. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 39% Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifeAssernce.f N. per cent. 50 0 0 1 2 10 0 9 CANALS. 4 ei Names of e, Dividend Names of Dividend m per Companies. per Price. Companies. .2 . cr. Annum. Annum. Price. Ashtn & 014 h, 97 . 51.5 x. p c - Monmouthsh 100 81. - Ashby-d-la-Vll3, 4/. - Mntgomrysh 100 Cl. ; - Barnsley •• • • 1 1601 121. - Macclesfield. 100 - - Basingstoke-;100 - - Neath •. • ... 100 171. - Brknk&Abrg;lso' 5/. - Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford .. • .1100; 141. - Peak Forest .78 31. 75 Dudley 1100 41. - Regent's.... 33 11.55. 20% Derby ... -1100 61. - Rochdale .... 85 41. Elismre&Chsll33 41. 55 Shropshire .. 125 81. E:ewaeh • • .1100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. - Forth & Clyd 100 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. - GrandJunetn 100 71. 83 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. - Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 1 5 1. Glamorgnsh ;172' 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 3lb ilstr&Brkly;100 - - Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham • • 1 150 121. - Severn and 7 a a Huddersteld.i 57 --- Wye Rail. `" Kent & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 514 I Trnt & Mr-1 50 301. Lancaster •1 47 1/. 10s. ' - soy, sh. Leeds& Livrp,loo 341. 522 ‘,6 • Thams &Med 19 - 1 - Leicester • 140 10/. 105 Worcstr &I 78 21. 43 Leicstr &Nth 83, 1 41. 52 Birming. Loughborogh,l42, 701. - Wilts & Brks 67 11. - DOCKS. holders, and he was sure that the meeting could expect nothing more from them. Mr. Bice protested that the legal opinion which had been taken for their guidance was based upon an erro neous case. The Spanish statutes by which it was said they were to be bound were repugnant to the feelings of an Englishman, while their provisions were trivial and illogical. Besides, the Spanish board of management had failed in performing their part of the contract; and he contended, therefore, that they were free to break up the concern. The shareholders never authorised the directors to agree to the stringent and partial powers given to the Spanish board by the statutes ; and be hoped the meet ing would not suffer John Bull to be duped by a self-elected Spanish confederacy. At all events, if the Spanish law would not allow them to break up the concern, he was convinced that an English court of equity would compel the directors to refund the deposit, because they had entered into acts and deeds without due and proper authority from the scripholders. The Spaniards undertook to subscribe a portion of the deposits. They had not done so, however, and that was another ground why the Spa niards could not prevent their breaking up the concern. He moved a resolution, in effect declaring that the directors had cancelled matters in the case they had submitted to counsel, and had taken upon !hem selves the power of doing certain acts and deeds without previously obtaining the consent of the shareholders to do so. Dr. BeWRINO moved as an amendment that the vote of the scripholders upon the question of dissolution be taken by ballot; and if the majority were favourable to a dissolution the directors be authorised to take the necessary steps to break up the concern. Mr. D. W. HattvEv opposed the amendment. At their last meeting they were told that there were some great capitalists prepared to take up the shares of dis3ontented shareholders, but now they were told that, because he had hinted that the majority of the holders would part with their scrip at a loss of 12s. 6d. each, these great capitalists had been frightened, and declined to have anything to do with them. Who were these great capitalists ? Let the chairman disclose their names, and if they were really great capitalists, and would make a liberal offer, there were, he was convinced, but few holders who would refuse to accept it. He contended that the whole pro ceedings of the directors were illegal, and if they per• sisted in holding the shareholders at defiance, they would eventually have to refund the whole of the deposits. He moved a series of resolutions to the effect, that a committee of inquiry be appointed to pro tect the property of the shareholders from the injudicious conduct of the directors, and each holder to subscribe a ls. a share to defray the expenses. After a few words from Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Richardson, Mr. JAMES, the barrister, gave it as his opinion that this company was a Spanish partnership, and it could not be dissolved without the consent of the Spanish sec tion of the shareholders. Mr. LINDO said the directors still had 345. per share in hand, and he would urge the shareholders to accept that moiety of their deposits, and let the thing drop. In answer to a question, The CHAIRMAN said the actual balance in hand was 66,0001. Eventually the resolutions proposed by Mr. Bic° and Mr. HARVEY were put from the chair, and carried. The meeting terminated with the customary vote of ;banks to the Chairman. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) The sale of Railway Shares to-day, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, was well attended, and went off with more spirit than usual, on account of the small cata logue. The biddings were firm, and at advanced prices. Indian lines are lo..king better, as there are not many sellers. The following are a few of the principal sales : Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate £0 11 0 Madrid and Valentia Northern Counties Union Direct Northern (scrip) 2 13 0 Manchester and Southampton 1 19 6 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham 2 0 0 London and South-Western, Tenths 5 9 0 Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 10 0 North British Extension Great Indian Peninsular Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 12. 0 Taw Yale Extension and Dock .. ... 2 17 6 Leicester and Bedford rising. In Rape Seed Oil a good deal has been done, and at better prices. For Linseed Oil prices have not improved, there being still a plentiful supply, but the home demandhas been good. TALLOW.—There has been a brisk demand for Russian on the spot, and the rates paid have been rather above those previously current. For forward delivery there has been little passsing. Home-made has been in excellent request. In other sorts of Tallow a good business has been done at full rates. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JAN. 1, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Major- General Sir James Henry Reynett to be Lieutenant- Governor of the island of Jersey, in the room of Lieutenant- General Sir Edward Gibbs, K.C.B. WHITEHALL, JAN. 4. • The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for presenting the Rev. Thomas Hill, 8.D., to the archdeaconry of Derby, void by the pro motion of the Right Reverend Father in God Dr. Walter Augustus Shirley to the see of the isle of Man and Sodor. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 4. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward B. Marache, as Consul in the Island of Trinidad for the United States of America. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Lang, Esq., to be Resident Magistrate on the Murray River, in the colony of South Australia. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of Ayrshire. Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Henry Hughes Onslow to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Oswald, resigned, Dec. 2G; Cornet Robert Gairdner to be Lieutenant, vice John Douglas Boswell, resigned, Dec. 28 ; Archibald Cuninghame, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Patrick Warner, pro moted, Dec. 26. ADMIRALTY, Dm. 310846. Corps of Royal Marines—Second ' Lieutenant Thomas Magin, promoted to be FirstiLicutenant, vice Lewin, deceased, Dec. 24. The following Gentlemen Cadets have been appointed to be Second Lieutenants, Dec. 28 :—John Barlow Butcher, John George Timpson, Arthur Charles Steele, John Grieve, and Edward Henderson Starr. WHITEHALL, DEC. 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Bishop, of Llandovery, in the county of Carmarthen, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the Hight Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 30. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Sanderson, of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Matthew Ch rone Johnstone, draper, Lamb's Conduit-srreet, to surrender Jan. 14, at one, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. William Richards, retailer of beer, Old-street, Middlesex, Jan. 13, at twelve, and Feb. 4, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Green, official assignee, Al dermanbury ; Palmer, Bedford-row. ~. Edmund — Snowden, painter, Alton, Southamptonshire, Jan. 14, at half-past one, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street ; Bridger and Co., London-wall; Prickett, Odiham. John Terry, licenced victualler, Wych-street, Stand, Jan. 14, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Taylor, Moorgate-street. John Davis,hosier, Tewkesbury, Jan. 18, at twelve, and Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Chandler and Badham, Tewkes bury ; Peters and Abbot, Bristol. Henry Green, button-manufacturer, Birmingham. Jan. 9, and Jan. 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harding, Birmingham. LAW OF LIBEL. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. , 1 £ s. d. Z s. d. , Commercial .... East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. East Country Landon ••• • • • , f.t.liatharine •• • • .... 5 per cent. ' Stock. Southampton ••—• • •• 11. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 NV/ITER-WORKS. Dividend Amount per Name of Company. Paid. Annum. I Share. d. 100 0 0 East London... . • • • • • . Grand Junction • • • • • • 31. 10s. 41 13 4 Kent • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21. 10s. 100 0 0 Paid. Price. Vauxhall ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middles° . . . 51.55. pr cut. 63 12 9 COIJRSE OF EXCH./ Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 1 sotterdan► 2 U. 12 4% Antwerp • • ............ 25 85 Hamburgk II.B. 1310% Altona Paris, 3 days' sight .. 28 55 Ditto, 3 months...... 25 85 Marseilles • • • • • • • ..... 25 90 Bourdeaux ..... . 25 90 Frankfort on Mains .... 121 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... . dsIGE.—(T HIS DAY). Gibraltar Leghorn . .. Genoa ..•. Milan ..•..... ...... Naples .. .... • • 40M Palermo, per os .. 120% Lisbon.. .. •... 53% 0p0rt0.... • • 1,3% Rio Janeiro • • ...... • 26 Bahia ... ...... ....... Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • . Berlin • ......... •• •• Vienna, "effec.flo•. •... 10 5 Trieste, ditto..... ..... ld 5 Madrid 35% New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. .. • • .. .. PAM= OF BULLION, PEE oz. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •. 0 0 0 New Dollars .•.... 0 4 10% Spanish Doubloon., .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • • 0 5 0 % Barcelona •• •• ...... •. Seville.. .. COLONIAL BANK-THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of th• Colonial Bank took place this day at the London Tavern, in order to receive the report on the proceed ings of the corporation, and for the election of five di rectors and one auditor. Mr. Caulfield took the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that he was happy to say that the report which would be submitted to their notice was a very short one, but, short as it was, it would show that the affairs of the company were in a very satisfactory state. The SECRETARY then read the report, from which it appeared that the debts due by the bank were— Circulation ... £206,425 11 8 Deposits, ... ... 713,951 15 9 Paid-up capital ... ... ... 500,000 0 0 Profit 19,486 13 9 Total And the assets were — Specie ••• - £263,346 13 0 Due to the Bank, on bills purchased and discounted in the colonies ... 716,598 9 6 Due on cash credit in the colonies ... 147,636 0 5 Due in London, on bills remitted ... 240,349 310 Balance of bad and doubtful debts ... 51,231 19 3 Bank premises and furniture ... ... 18,295 16 7 Balance of preliminary expenses ... 2,505 18 7 The balance of bad and doubtful debts was much on the decrease, and it was proposed that out of the 19,483/. 13s. 9d. profit, 7,000/. should go to pay a divi dend of IL 10s. per cent. for the half-year ending June 30, 1846, which would give a dividend of 3 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital. The nemaining sum it was proposed to place to the account of bad and doubtful debts, in order that the total might be reduced as much and as soon as possible. It afforded much gratification to the directors to be enabled to Eay that, in spite of many adverse circumstances, the profits were still in creasing, and had every appearance of continuing to do so.—The report was unanimously received. The CmaiamAN then proposed that t he dividend should payable on and after the 11th inst., which was agreed t o . The CIii.IRDIAN then said that the directors who re tired in rotation we A. Hankey, Esq. ; Wm. T. Hibbert, E sq .. c ha r rii • Esq.; Abraham - J. .arel, Esq.; Thomas Master man, Esq., auditor. These R oberts, Esq. ; Henry Barkly, again o ff ered themselves foerntemen being eligible, had Their names were then se th e vacant o ffi ces. and carried without opposition . separately put. to the meeting, Mr. J. Fletcher having been elected a di rector room of P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P., dee in the was elected auditor in his room. This eased, Mr. Ellice ness of the day. closed the busi- Mr. HARRISON, a proprietor, expressed his satisfac tion at the conduct of the directors ; as did al so other proprietors, and a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting separated. L 1,430,864 1 2 MADRID and VALENCIA RAILWAY COMPANY. —(THIS DAY.) An adjourned special general meeting of the share holders in this undertaking was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. Chadwick. chairman of the English Board of Directors in the chair. The CUAIRMAN stated that tho present was the third 4.7,l43Ditiiatneeting of the company. At a former meeting A N: 11V1.- • .....a-resolntioq was agreed to authorising the directors to r ~,..,,,--,-.-:_.' ascertain the company could not be dissolved accord ;!!=--*------/ ing to 1aW",,,.1 t it was subsequently ascertained that it rfs:'r , - i" - :- i , could nob be legally broken up. That was the exact 1 /4 ' position of th it case, and it was now for the share kel .'1- , . '.....„ C'-'..,-,--1-, holders to (Wide what should be done. The directors 0\.,:. would d6tbeir best to carry out the wishes of the scrip kl 11 ' OLD COURD. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) THE MISERIES AND TEMPTATIONS OF THE Poox.— A small withered old woman, whose whole appearance denoted the most extreme distress, and who trembled so violently that she was obliged to be accommo dated with a seat, named Sophia Bradfield, was charged with having stolen a watch, valued at 24 2s. ; a watch guard, worth 2s. ; two seals, worth 2s. ; a watch key, worth 6d. ; and five half-crowns, three shillings, and sixpence, from the bed-room of a person named Norman, who occupied a house at No. 22, King-street, Old Kent road, in which she and her two sons occupied a room. On leaving his room, on the 20th ,of November, he closed and locked the door, after having satisfied himself that the articles in question were safe. Some time after the door was found open and the artielt s re moved. The prisoner left that day, and in her room was found a pair of iron compasses, with which it was assumed she had opened the door. She was arrested at a house in the Borough, and admitted that want had driven her to commit the crime. It ap peared from the statement of the prosecutor's sister, that the prisoner got her living by painting children's books and cheap pictures, and by shoebinding. She had no furniture and was in great distress ; she owed 11. 13s. for rent. Her sons were 15 and 18 years oh l. The woman transmitted a paper to the Recorder, who desired the clerk to read it. It stated that she had long experienced the most acute distress, that at the time she earned only 2s. ld. one week and ls. 7d. in another. Her sons were starving, and continually exclaiming that they could not bear their privations longer, and that they could not work for the want of tools. " I could not bear it," it went on, " and I left the room, and on proceeding down the stairs I saw the room door open, and took the things in order to get food for my sons." The RECORDER-Why did you not apply for relief ? Prisoner—l applied once since my husband's death, but they told me I was young and able to work for my living. The jury found the prisoner guilty of stealing the property, and earnestly recommended her to mercy on account of her distressed condition at the time. The RECORDER referred to a statement made by the woman when before the magistrate. She said, " I took the things because my sons were in a starving state. I have sat often two days in that room without breaking my fast. I could endure it no longer." The prison surgeon said the prisoner was so ill that she could scarcely walk, and that she had been under medical treatment since she became an inmate of the prison. She could not be cured for some time. The RECORDER directed the surgeon to inform the . . parish authorities of Bermondsey, to Which she belonged, that at the expiration of her imprisonment she would require assistance. The Court always made allowances for persons driven to crime by privation. In the prison she would perhaps have better medical attendance than the workhouse could afford. The sentence of the Court was that she be confined in Newgate for one month. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of January 5.) SVGAR.- Business in the raw Sugar market was resumed this day. Merchants displayed much firmness, and refusal to sell, excepting at prices is per cwt above those that prevailed prior to the holidays. The trade were desirous to operate, and in both grocery and refining sorts a good business was trans acted, the dealers evidently having allowed their stocks to get to a low ebb. The quantity sold in the private market amounted to 660 hhds and tierces, and there was but a small and indifferent assortment. At public sale 152 hhds of Barbadoes went off with spirit at a rise on the rates of the last auction of 6d to is per cwt. The market closes with a firm aspect for all kinds of raw Sugar. RZFINED.—To-day refined goods were in excellent request by the home trade, and prices were firm—brown grocery lumps at 645, and standard lumps at 65s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted, and first sort is selling at 33s 6d to 33s 9d per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity submitted to public competition was large, and amounted to 6,775 bags, and 211 casks, the chief part of which consisted of the better qualities of yellow. The trade were willing to operate, and the whole sold at prices showing a rise on those of the last auctions of 6d to is per cwt. EAST INDIA.—For Bengal the market has an improving appearance. By private contract to-day several parcels were disposed of ; and at public sale 550 bags of white Benarns went 6d per cwt. higher. Madras was in excellent request; and 5,821 bags at public sale, all out of condition, sold at a rise on former rates of is per cwt. FOREIGN.—A good demand existed to-day for all sorts of foreign sugar for home consumption by private treaty, and rather higher rates were paid. The export orders are, how ever, still small; but for the sorts available for that purpose only, holders refuse to submit to any further reduction in price. A fair demand exists for refining under bond. MOLASSES.—Prices cannot be quoted higher for West India at present, but the demand-has been brisker, and 22s to 26s per cwt is the value of low to fine quality. COFFEE.—This afternoon Native Ceylon met with less at tention, and the parcels offered at auction, amounting to 1,824 bags, were taken in. Holders remained firm, and in sisted upon former improved rates. Mocha has been In good demand privately, and prices are on the advance for clean sorts. RlCE.—Bengal met with increased intention, and a further advance has taken place in the value: extensive purchases have been made privately, and the rates paid are 23 to 2s 6d per cwt above those that prevailed two weeks back . the whole on offer has been cleared off the market, indeed, the stock is nearly all in second hands. SPIRITS. —The market has an improving appearance for all descriptions of Jamaica Rum ; a good demand having prevailed from the home trade, a nd exporters operated with more freedom ; the rates paid have been above those pre viously current. Leeward Island Rum has been in excel le,neetnreqsuoeslat ; the supply at market is at present small, and prices are improving. East India has been in good deman r d a , nd a y nd the rates paid are rather above those le p o r n e s v u io m u y s t ly iont: current. Demerara of strong quality has met wi tia th abur l ais m kp ur f dic a ceh i em r sbaenh e t datxevthree has sprung p r a u n n d gd up,aft c stiffer h li le fly for homeprices. For B to 2s 7d to 2s 8d for common shipping Ge nevaraicessoardtsv.aneed6d for tine for home consumption. For British p a r n o d v , e s and nrt o s r , p a h nd co 3 rn s 2 s d p t i o ri 3 ts s with the high rates supplies being but moderate, to getherthe demand is active, advance the price of all grain, caused the distillers to Spirits being now 115 9d, descriptions,Scotch hanl the quotation for Corn OlLS.—There has been a good buseinrsersisshlr as transacted en: Seal t i t n cash. l a l n Oil. and having a small supply, buy stiffer rates. Cod has been only in limare compelled to pay having a better supply there are s e ll ers upon r request, and terms. Southern is wanted, and owing t o the limlter lower supply a further advance in the value took place. Ft,r Oli • ve thp. demand has been brisk, and advanced rates given. Pale; met with ready buyers, and holders are very firm. Cocoa Nut is in scanty supply, and being mueh wanted, prices are Few of our readers probably remember the trial 01 an action for libel under the name of " Houldsworth, v. Gibson," which took place about three weeks ago. A full report of it appeared in our paper of the 9th of De cember, to which we refer those who may wish to re fresh their memories on the subject. It was a case pe culiarly illustrative of the benefits of Lord Campbell's amendment of the law, which enables defendants to plead the truth of their alleged defamations. The libellous matter was contained in an article published in the Ply mouth and Devonport Weekly Journal, and alleged that certain persons, who had once been members of the Royal Western Yacht Club, had been expelled that asso ciation on the ground of their being blacklegs. It set forth the proceedings taken by the club previous to the expulsion, and, commenting upon them, made some se vere, but by no means extravagant, remarks upon the character and conduct of the offending members. Of these remarks the plaintiff in the present case, who is one of the ostracized, complained, and with great appearance of honesty, put his case before the constitutional tribunal,—a jury of his peers. The newspaper proprietors 'ustified themselves under the new law, and rested th defence upon the truth of their assertions. They tra the career of their opponent and his confederates back for several years, and found them in various parts of the continent, and also nearer home, practising a system of what appeared to be fraudulent gambling and disgraceful knavery. To prove these facts at the trial, they were compelled to bring witnesses from a considerable distance at a great ex pense ; and we are informed that their disbursements for this and other necessary purposes do not in the whole fall much short of 2,0001. Their labour, however, was not in vain. The jury took the same view of the case as the Royal Western Yacht Club and the Plymouth and Devonport Weekly Journal, and declared, in sub stance, that the alleged libel was not a defamation, but a correct description of the plaintiff and his friends. In other words, their verdict was generally for the defend ants. The law, as everybody knows, gives costs to the successful suitor, whether plaintiff or defendant, for the double purpose of encouraging the prosecution of honest demands and of preventing attempts at extortion. The payment of costs, in principle, may be considered in the light of a fine imposed upon persons who attempt to avail themselves of the power of the law to unworthy ends. It is a fine, too, which can be enforced by seizure of goods, and, in default of these, by imprisonment. So far may justice be satisfied. But whilst the abstract idea is thus fully carried out, the persons in whom it is developed too often receive but a very imperfect satisfaction. They are invested with a right to be reimbursed their expenses incurred against their will, and in consequence of proceedings to which the event has proved them not to be amenable ; but the mere right is sometimes their only compensation. Even the law cannot squeeze blood out of a stone, nor make a man pay money that has not got it. A man of straw, in hatred and malice, or with a knavish design, or, as in the case before us, with a desperate attempt to patch up a broken reputation, may sue any respectable person. He hardly hopes to get a verdict, and rests contented with the reflection that he cannot be much the worse for failure, having nothing to lose ; on the other hand, he may win. But the defendant in any event, is sure to suffer. If the verdict passes against him, he has to pay damages and costs to ; if for him, he escapes only the former, for as to the latter, there is none but he who can pay. In this predicament precisely stand the proprietors of the Ply mouthnewspaper in" Houldsworth v . Gib son. " The plain tiff is a person, as we are info rme d, qu i te una b le to pay so professional ther e o f o a t sr r si e iao t i n o , a j hl judge gains. 1. is e r se f r . e o tT m vhe h or i sy s , as , s e t t 2 is , t O OO.f . ; speedily and,disclosed be i yu f manner i l i a k r e g i e a sum ytoetrel iaflei in fact, though not in theory, the whole expense falls on the innocent party, contrary to justice, and directly against the intention of the law. Such a result is extremely inconvenient, even in a public point of view. There is no duty of a public journal at once so delicate and so danger ous as t h at of exposing fraud or miscon duct in individuals. We do not fear the accusation of partiality or undue regard to self-interest, when we say that the calm unflinching discharge of this duty is most essential to the w e ll-b e i ng o f society, and y, ought to be upheld and s t rengt h ene d by all possible means It n seldom happ ens now, whatever may have been do . former days, that a w ilf u l or malicious libel a "ar on! in e sin a public print of any r e p u t at i on. The worst cases are l never more than instan ces o f neg li gence. But ex are numerous of di s h ones t y d etected and vill any am f p es rus trated through the agenc y o f newspapers. The public, we know, can expres its gratitud e in a fitting man n when once convinced that th ere i s goo d occasion for er It seems to us that a good occa s i on i s always pare it. in every case of fraud exposed. H ere the apparent Journal has been the means of showing up a party of blacklegs (for such the verdict of a jury bas pronounced them to be) who had insinuated themselves into good society, and who might have done more extensive mis chief but for the exposure. The people of Plymouth and its neighbourhood are, without question, indebted to them. Yet, for all return, they are mulct in a sum of 2,0001., and have only the beggar's satisfaction of being honest men. Surely this is a hard case.— Times. SIGNS OF INCREASING CIVILISATION.—Drinking less wine—subscribing for a monument to Shakspeare— admiring the cuts, but cutting the jokes of Punch and visiting the Establishment of the Messrs. Ross and Sons, of Bishopsgate-street, and selecting from their New In ventions, articles for the Toilet, as Byron says— " To keep you beautiful or leave you neat." GRATUITOUS PUBLIC ExmnrrioNs.—At this holi day season it may be interesting to visitors to the me tropolis to know that the following exhibitions may be inspected gratuitously :--The British Museum, Great Russell-street. The National Gallery, Charing-cross. The Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's lon-fields ; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ; any qualified surgeon can write an order for admission. The East India;llouse Museum, Leadenhall-street ; Saturday, to the public, from 11 to 3. The Soane Museum, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; on application for a ticket. The Society of Arts, Adelphi ; any day except Wednesday, upon application. London Missionary Museum, Bloom field-street, Moorfields ; a collection of curiosities, the results of missionary enterprise brought from all parts of the globe ; Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday. United Service Museum, Middle Scotland-yard ; daily, by a member's order. Entomological Society's Museum, Old Bond-street ; any Tuesday, from 3 to 8 o'clock. Mu seum of Economic Geology, Craig's-court, Charing cross ; daily. DREADFUL EFFECTS OF THE LUCIFER MANUFAC TURE.—A case has occurred for the fourteenth time, in Nuremberg, of the removal of the lower jaw-bone , in consequence of disease, from persons working in lucifer match manufactories. The disease usually attacks girls who, for trifling wages (2s. per week), risk the loss of their health. The physicians have not hitherto been able to find any means of cure for this disease; when the jaw bone is once attacked, however slightly, the malady is incurable, and the bone must be removed. In this last case, the girl had left the factory above six months, dur ing which time she had been at service in another town, before the jaw showed symptoms of disease. During the op_razioi.: she suff..red the ex:re:ll,-st Govern ment ought to take this subject into its earnest consi deration.—Hantburgh paper. PRICES OF MALT LIQUORS. Last night a special meeting of the Hackney Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society was held at Mr. Homer's, Dolphin, Hackney, to take into consideration the pro priety of raising the price of beer, ale, &c., in the same ratio as the advance by the brewers and distillers. The meeting was most numerously and respectably attended, and included, besides the great majority of the licensed victuallers of the district, many members of the trade ' from all parts of the metropolis, who evinced a lively interest in the business of the meeting. On the motion of Mr. STICH, seconded by Mr. HOMER, Mr. Hubble was unanimously called to the chair ; and Mr. R. L. JEcKs, the secretary, having read the cir cular convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said the business on which they were assembled was one of great importance to the trade. It was to discuss what steps should be taken in consequence of the recent advance of prices by the metropolitan brewers, and the propriety of their also raising prices in the same ratio. If any gentlemen present had any reso lution to propose on the subject, he was sure that he would meet with a candid and impartial hearing, and that the subject would be discussed solely with reference to the facts of the case.—(Hear.) Mr. J. J. HOMER said it would have given him much pleasure to have heard the opinion of the numerous body of gentlemen around him before expressing his own ; but as no one else came forward, he rose to submit a motion to the meeting on the question they had met to consider. When he heard of the advance in price on Saturday last, he felt that it was a subject for the con sideration of the trade, and that a meeting should be held for that purpose. With that view he had imme diately caused a notice to be inserted in the Morning Advertiser calling the present meeting, and subsequently the Hackney Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society had taken the subject up and issued the circular which had just been read. For himself, looking at the price of grain in this country, he had looked for this ad vance in prices for some time past, but there were others who held a different opinion, and who believed that, at present prices, the brewer:: could continue at the old prices. He thought it was only necessary to look at the actual facts of the case to show the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1847 CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) fallacy of that opinion. The price of malt had ad vanced from 60s. and 645. to 84s. a quarter, showing an increase of 20s. In barley there was a difference of 13s. a quarter. It was well known that the spring crops of this country were last year very deficient. The barley crop had been calculated to be one-third leas than the average, and the barley imported from abroad had been much less this season than in the preceding year, while at the same time there was a steady increase in the consumption of malt liquors.--(Hear, hear.) He thought it was only necessary to look at these facts to see that the brewers were, at least on the face of them, justified in taking the step they had done, and when the fact was added that the importations of ten of the principal brewers alone had amounted to 60,000 quarters of malt, it would be seen at once how the pressure bore on that body.—(Hear, hear.) The fact, however, was there. The price had been raised to the Licensed Victuallers, and the question was, what they ought to do under the circumstances ? In causing the note to be inserted in the Morning Advertiser he had merely intended to call the attention of the trade to the subject, in order that whatever was done might not rest upon an individual, but a general decision. The Protection Society had, he believed, been actuated by the same desire, and the question was now, what should be the rise ? He thought that it should be one halfpenny a pot, which would just cover the advance made by the brewers by a small sum on the butt, but sufficiently so to prevent any loss. In his opinion it would be decidedly impolitic to raise the price ono penny. If they did, it would have the effect of stimulating an unhealthy com petition, which would neither be beneficial for the trade nor the public—(Hear, hear)—at the same time he be lieved it was an incontrovertible doctrine, that accord ing to the cheapness of any cocr mol'ity, so in proportion its consumption increased. It was, therefore, to him, in common with the trade at large, a source of regret, that the high price of malt and barley, had constrained the brewers to advance the price of porter and ale ; because they are the beverages of the industrial community, who form the great majority of the population of this country. —(Hear, hear.) He hoped that the meeting, as also the trade generally, would make the minimum and not the maximum advance, as he was confident they would ultimately be pecuniarily benefitted thereby. He un derstood some contemplated advancing one penny per pot, but he believed that en further reflection, they would see the impolicy of so doing, and give their con currence to the motion which he now begged leave to submit for their adoption. Mr. Homer then moved— °' That as the leading brewers advanced the price of porter and ale on Friday, the Ist instant , it is the op inion of this meeting that the licensed victuallers are ..X. com pelled to raise the price of porter and single ale a halfpenny per pot to the public." Mr. STICH, concurring as he did in the sentiments expressed by Mr. Homer, had great pleasure in second ing the resolution. An animated discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Roper, Swatton, Faulkner, Poole, and others took part ; and the motion having been put to the meeting, was unanimously adopted. It was resolved, :on the motion of Mr. Mitchell, se conded by Mr. Rountree, that the price of gin be raised in proportion to the advance made by the distillers. The thanks of the meeting were then unanimously passed to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair, and to Mr. Homer for the deep interest which on this, and tut all occasions, he had shown in the welfare of the trade, and these gentlemen having suitably acknow ledged the compliment, the meeting separated. WHITECHAPEL.—A meeting of the Licensed Victual lers of this district was held yesterday afternoon, at Mr. Hill's, Grave Maurice, Whitechapel-road, Mr. Rountree, in the chair, when a rise of one halfpenny a pot was unanimously agreed to, on account of the advance of price by the brewers. MILE-END.—A numerously attended meeting of the trade was held at the Hayfield, Mile-end-road, in the afternoon, Mr. Roper presiding, when a similar resolu tion was unanimously agreed to. GREENWICH.-At a meeting of the Licensed Victual lers residing in this district, held yesterday evening at Mr. Holmes's, King's Arms, King-street, Mr. Sprunt in the Chair, on the motion of Mr. Hone, of the Wheat sheaf, seconded by Mr. Brown, of the Red Lion, it was unanimously resolved, "That the price of porter for per sons bringing their own jugs be 4d. per quart, and for using the measures of the Licensed Victuallers in or out of the house per quart, and that no ale be sold under sd. per quart, and other ales in the same propor tion. ARREARS next Hilary Term commences, when the On Monday have just been made out, and, with proceed to dispose of the arrears the exception will l ourt of Queen's Bench, there are but few arrears. that court the arrears have, by the judges, been considerably dimi. exertions of the year or two ago the list of new trials in the common m cases.m on law Th c e of A daformidable appearance —some applica tionsunheard for eighteen months or two remaining court Wished. p the earliest rule obtained was in No years ; but nor. so that there is every probability, in the vember, 1845, the delay on rules will be brought within ensuing term, the special paper of the Court of Queen's a year. In are five cases for judgment and 48 for ar gument.Beeuch there I n the 0 new trial paper there are 71 rules for with the exception of were which, argument, presented year 1846 ; so that the first roll in the list moved in the was not obtained f earlier than November, 1845, and, with last Easter Term There are, in ad dition, longer t for the judgment of the Court. In the dition, 17 rules of the Court of Common Pleas there are oFllrGsetttAlasshnrswenEesd IN T LIB COMMON LAW COURTS. dtheemeuxuceerptpioanpehoranl4 rules, the cases have not been de layedln the new trial paperwhich was obtained in Michaelmas Term the earliest of decision of the Court, including a re gistrationlast, and 11 for appealthe argued in the last term, in addition to 17 cases, and in therem th a e n re et ar p e apg r fi u v l e ss en fu la r r a g r e g d u r m u e l n es t . , in cluding two from the ourt of Exchequer there are 13 Westminster. In t fi t f which was moved in No rs o rules for argument, special paper 32 rules appear, seven .ember last, In judgmentthe which there are Il th rs e gi c st i r ty atio u n f a L p e p n e d al u s n, to a b n e d h e e n aerdir em there are 50, of which exception of one rule, the matters were and, with the lmas Term. ; an d twoin the e e n f e o w r BT ESSENTIAL OIL OF AL t j r u i d al gm pa e p n e t r , inquest was held at the afternoon an mosins.—Yesterday before Mr. Car ter, New Peckham , Canal Bridge Tavern , DETERMINED for the county of Surrey, on ter, one of the coroners m of o w ve h d ic i h n laarset for Michaelmas d act of suicide. Oa Thurs • who committed a determine who had formerly day evening last the deceased , and latterly held the be longed to the Surrey Theatre, of the trust rates in the si tuation of a collector of view of the body of Mr. Charles Young, aged 36 years, SUICIDE number of sherry, which were called for a rump steak and a pint served in the coffee-room. He partook heartily of the but soon after a steak, and drank part of the wine; parish of Newington, enteredone the Bridge Tavern, and strange n o i se was heard ro duced by a sort of gurgling of the th roat, and the d e ceased was observed to be deadly p a l e. The landlord of the tavern and one or two , gentleme n i n the coffee-room rus h e d to t h e deceased's assis tance, and it was at fi rs t believed that he was la bouring unde r th e effects of a fi t . This impression was, howev er, small bottle, such as are usually k ept i n apothecaries , shops, wi t h a label on, which left no doubt that it had Boon removed by one of the party finding a cont ained essenti a l oil of almonds, and that its contents had be en emptied into the wine-glass which he had be en using, and drunk off by the deceased. Two med i c a l men were quickly in attendance, and used the stomach pump, b u t their efforts to preserve life were fruitless, the unfortunste man had drunk sufficient of the poison to kill three or four persons. It further appeared, that the bottle containing the fatal drug had been taken away from the surgery of his brother-in-law, by the deceased, with the intention, no doubt of destroying himself. The jury ultimately r eturned a verdict of temporary i nsan ity, and it a ppears that th e d ecease d h as l e ft a w idow and four small child ren to deplore his loss. " MELANCH OLY D EATH OF A MERITORIOUS WATER MAN.—Yesterday an inqu es t w as held by Mr. Carter at the King a n d Q ueen, at the Deptford end of Bother hit he, on th e b ody of Thomas Cornish, aged 28. The deceased wa s a waterman and plied at the King and Queen-staire. He had been the means of saving many lives, and had been frequently a witness at Mr. Carter's court as the discoverer of dead bodies in the river. On Monday night he went down to moor a boat or alter her position, and he was no more seen alive. A watchman heard a splash In the water about the time the deceased went after the boat, but the night being dark he could not see what it was. The deceased was not missed till the next day, and as it was found he had not been home, it was feared he bad caused the splash the watchman heard. His body was susequently found near the stairs, Dt;t' it is SUITH-t d thm. in passing elong a boom t., get to his boat he slipped and fell into the river. Verdict— " That the deceased was found drowned, but without evidence to show by what means." IRELAND DUBLIN, JAN, 1. STATE OF TIPPERARY. The Tipperary Constitution, a Tory paper, makes an alarming representation of the state of that county. De tails of robbing of sheep and provisions are given. I subjoin two extracts from that journal, which, it is ne cessary to remark, has long been in the habit of drawing exaggerated pictures of the state of the district;— " Mr. Sergeant Howley, the able and excellent as sistant barrister for this eounty, was obliged to be fur nished with an escort on proceeding to ClOgTheen to open his court on Tuesday. The military and police are ha- rassed. " FIRING AT THE MILITARY.—On Monday evening, about five o'clock, as the escort of military and police were returning from Caher, a shot was fired at them from a car, which was passing near Summerville: sub constable Crozier, who was with the party, saw the shot fired, and arrested two men named Prendergast and Slattery, who were in the car, and found a pistol which had been recently discharged concealed in the car. The parties have been committed." DESTITUTION IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN. At the meeting of the guardians of the South Dublin Unica , yesterday, the clerk read the following important report from the Surgeon-General, Sir Philip Crampton, and Dr. Corregan:-L " ➢lerrion-square West, Dec. 29, 1846. " Gentlemen,—ln compliance with your resolution of the 24th inst., we have this day visited the workhouse in consultation with your medical officers. " Of the total number of inmates (1,946), 815 are labouring under illness, and a large proportion of these are suffering under dranlica, or dysentery of a very fatal form. "In the process of our examination we were very soon struck with the fact, that the fever accompanying the disease was, in nearly all the cases, of the same low typhoid character; your medical officers are of opinion that the disease is contagious, and in their opinion we fully concur. The great majority of the cases are in persons advanced in life, and relapsos are frequent, which circumstance constitutes a serious aggravation of the disease. " Dysentery has prevailed throughout the city and suburbs during the past autumn to a somewhat greater extent than in preceding years, and many of these ad mitted within the laFt few months into the workhouse laboured under it on admission ; but, nevertheless, its more rapid increase, its assuming the form of an epide mic, the universal similarity of the accompanying fever, and the more fatal character of the disease within the walls of the workhouse, clearly prove that there must be some additional influence of an unfavourable nature ope rating within the institution. " The clothing of the paupers is sufficient, the food and drink, which we examined, appear to be of good quality, and, as your medical officers, in their report of Novem• ber 25th, have justly observed, the disease cannot be attributed to the use of Indian meal, because numerous cases of dysentery appeared in the house several weeks before that article of diet was introduced, and numbers of the inmates haVe been attacked who never used the Indian meal stirabout.' To none of those influences, sidered by the session to be a very useful and necessary undertaking. COUNTY OF ROSCOMMON.-Mr. Fitzstephen French, M.P., presided at the adjourned sessions of French-park, on Wednesday. Mr. French commenced by expressing to Captain Burmaster and Mr. Bushe, the officers in attendance from the Board of Works, the thanks of the magis trates and associated cess-payers, for the zeal with which their duties was performed, and the assistance they had uniformly afforded to the local gentry. Since their last meeting, Lord de Freyne had forwarded, under the Treasury Minute of the Ist of December, his application for an advance of 24,0001., to ba ex pended in reclaiming waste lands in that barony, and in all probability instructions would be received by the next day's post by Mr. Burke to report on the memorial. He (Mr. French) trusted that the other landed proprietors in this district would follow this course, and that every person having a stake in the country would perform his duty. If not, let petitions be forwarded to Parliament to allow the magistrates and cess-payers to tax the lands of those not giving employ ment for reproductive works, subject to the sanction of the Board of Works. The sum voted on Saturday was for three months' employment for the destitute poor of the barony, to save this district, if possible, from the horrors of starvation; and his object in requesting the attendance of the officers representing the Board of Works, at this their adjourned meeting, was to arrange with them the method in which this could be most se curely and effectually done. He had prepared a return, showing the amount unexpended of the sums voted at their September sessions—the sums now allotted for each new work, and the number of men who, in the opinion of the engineer. could be - conveniently em ployed on each. He would recommend that work should be laid out for each person to the amount of 2/. Bs. The sum they had just voted was for three months' employment at Bd. a day. This would enable each person, by daily labour, to earn 2/. Bs. Let the relief committee send such numbers to each work as would enable this work to be carried out. Whether working in gangs or not, letlthe persons taking the tasks be al lowed to bring to their assistance such members of their own families as they please ; and, if possible, to have the task finished, and the sum required for their subsistence, the 2/. Bs., earned in six weeks. The re maining six weeks out of the three months, the wages for which they have in their pockets, should be devoted to their own tillage, and some attempt made to arrest the impending famine of next year. He would also, in the most earnest manner, press on Mr. Bushe the expe diency of not allowing.any person to continue as stew ard of public works who could not satisfactorily show he was, on his own land, giving employment to one or two persons, and that his land was in preparation for early sowing. The address of Mr. French appeared to give great satisfaction to a crowded court. Mr. BU,SHE and Captain BURMASTER stated their de sire to co-operate in every way with the magistrates, and to avail themselves of every suggestion which could be rendered effective. The remaining business was gone through, and the schedule forwarded to the secretary of the grand jury. COUNTY OF MEATH.—THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. — The following letter has been addressed to the Irish agent of his Grace the Duke of Bedford:— " Bedford Office, Bloomsbury, Dec. 28, 1846. " Dear Sir,—The Duke of Bedford desires me to re quest that you will have the goodness to inform the High Sheriff of Meath that he has received and considered the circular addressed by him to his Grace, in which, after adverting to an application made to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, to call an extra baronial present ment sessions in the barony of Lower Navan, for presenting for reproductive works, the High Sheriff, Charles Joly, Esq., inquires whether the Duke of Bed• ford will join in a plan to provide employment for the people, without the intervention of the Board of Works, on the principle of subscriptions equal in amount ,to the assessment which would have to be made for productive works under Mr. Labouchere's letter ; and whether, in the event of that letter being adopted at the en suing sessions, his Grace would be willing to undertake for reproductive works (giving the required guaran tee), and to what amount ? And the Duke of Bed ford also wishes )•ou to be so good as to inform the High Sheriff that it is very satisfactory to his Grace to find that the proprietors in the barony are anxious to come forward and provide employment without the interven tion of the Government • and that he is willing to join in, and bear his share of any reasonable plan for accom plishin.z that object ; and in determining upon the steps to be taken for that purpose, his Grace hopes, where the sowing of wheat has been neglected, that the expediency of sowing spring crops will not be lost sight of. " I beg to add that the Duke of Bedford is pleased to hear that you have created employment for such of his tenants as required it ; and I quite agree with you in the opinion you express, that if every landed proprietor would do the same, it would do far better than applying to the Board of Works.—l am, dear Sir, yours truly, " CHRISTOPHER HARDY. then, can the disease be attributed ; but, we cannot have any hesitation in attributing to the following circum stances a very great influence in predisposing to aid in propagating the disease : " Ist. To the circumstance that, for some months past, a large proportion of those admitted into the workhouse have been already broken down in constitution ; arid many of them, as already noticed, labouring under dy sentery. " 2d. To the circumstance, that in the workhouse itself the wards are so crowded, and the ventilation so defec tive, that disease, no matter how caused at first, must soon acquire and maintain a highly contagious character; and, as is universally the case under such circumstances, will also assume a fatal form, bidding defiance to the efforts of the best medical skill. " We cannot let pass this opportunity of endeavouring to impress this fact strongly upon your attention, that good air is as necessary to the support of health as wholesome food; and that, on the other hand, impure air is not a less certain poison, though it may be some times a little slower, than unwholesome food." After urging the necessity of improved ventilation, the report proceeds: — We minutely examined the nature and progress of the disease in all its stages, the appearance after death, and the remedial measures employed. The result of our inquiry is - to be able to assure you that we believe all that medical science and unwear . y ing attention could do has been done by your medical officers to arrest the pro gress of the malady. We must observe that the labour your medical officers at present uudergo is more than, we think, they can continue to endure, and a failure of their energies in their present trying circumstances will be productive of injury to the poor as well as to themselves. Each of the medical officers has now under his care about 270 patients ; allowing only five minutes, on an average, for seeing each patient, twenty-two hours would be required to go through the whole number ; or supposing that only half the number require to be seen daily, the duty to be yet done is far beyond what your present staff of medical officers can efficiently perform. " We cannot entertain a hope that any course of mere medical treatment will of itself remove, or even materi ally arrest, the progress of disease in your institution. The crowded state of the wards should be corrected ; sufficient ventilation should be ensured ; the diseased should be separated from the healthy ; the former re moved to situations more favourable to recovery, and the latter no longer exposed to agencies calculated to predis pose to and engender disease ; in short, we are of opi nion, that the same institution cannot safely be at once both a poor-housaand an hospital. We remain, gentle men, your obedient servants, " PHILIP CRAMPTON. " D. J. CORRIGAN, M.D. "Note.—The beds are so close together that there is barely room for a person to walk in between them." CENTRAL RELIEF COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND. The following sums were received since last meeting : —George Pim, Esq., Brenanstown, 2001.; Rev. Dr. Wray, vice-provost, 100 L; Christopher Macdonnell and Sons, 501.; Thomas N. Redington, Esq., 501; John Hatchell, Esq., Q.C., 501.; 11. S. Sweetman, Esq., 201.; Miss Sweetman, 101.; Cheyne Brady, Esq., ; Rev. J. Leary, C.C., Great Haywood, Staffordshire, per Daniel O'Connell, 5/.; Miss Smith, Glenaghgare, her second subscription, 21.; Lord George Paget, officers, and non commissioned officers 4th Light Dragoons, 421.; Sir Montague Chapman, 101. The following letter was re ceived by the Marquis of Kildare on yesterday, at the meeting of the committee:—" Lord George Paget pre sents his compliments to the Marquis of Kildare, and has the honour to inclose him a draft for 421., being the amount subscribed by the officers, non -commissioned officers, and privates of the 4th Light Dragoons, towards the relief of the distress now existing in Ireland, which he begs may be placed in the funds of the General Cen tral Relief Committee for all Ireland.—Portobello Bar racks, December 31, 1846." SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. MR. FORSTER'S MISSION. _ The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser of this day contains the following : " We have seen some letters from Mr. William Fors ter, of Norwich, who has been engaged in his truly benevolent mission for several weeks past, in the counties of Roscommon, Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, and Galway. Mr. Forsterohe brother- in law of the late Sir Thomas Fowel Buxton, had entered upon his labours with the utmost anxiety to ascertain the real extent of destitu tion. He has gone amongst the peasantry—has in spected the poor-houses, and, after the most careful inquiries, he has arrived at the conclusion that the ter rible pictures of suffering, of actual famine, which have been published in the newspapers are borne out to the fullest extent by his personal observation. " The scenes of misery detailed in Mr. Forster's letters are most harrowing ; the people absolutely perishing from fever and want, whilst in some districts food is not to be obtained for money. From Donegal Mr. Forster wrote to the central committee in Dublin that the clergy man of a parish had been existing upon one meal in the day, until he had been enabled to procure food, con veyed on horseback a distance of fourteen miles ! The Friends Central Committee have made arrange ments for sending relief to some of the most distressed districts. At their request, two members of the Cork Committee (furnished with 6C1., hastily raised to alle viate the present distress) left on Monda) morning to ascertain the best mode of administering some reliet to the famishing people at Skibbereen, and the districts adjoining. " The London Committee of the Society of Friends have been most energetic in the good work. Amongst the metropolitan donations are the following :—Sand. Gurney, 5001. ; Josh. John Gurney, 500/. ; George H. Head, 3004 ; Edmund Pease, 2001. ; Wm. Peckover, 2001. ; Robert Barclay, 2001. The following twenty six members of the society in London have subscribed 1001. each :—Josh. Gurney Barclay, Abm. Darley, Henry Berbeck, John Bell, John Kitching, Mary Over end, William Janson, John Hodgkin, Thomas Fowler, Josh. Owen Harris, Han. Backhouse, Josh. St urge , J o h n Feil, Samuel Hull, William Hull, Thomas Smith, Samuel Gurney, jun., Henry Edmund Gurney, Henry Christy, George Thomas. Edmund Thomas, Joshua Eaton, Josh. Sharpies, George William Alexander, Charles Harris, Jane and Henry Harris. '6 Mr. S. Gurney, when putting down his name for the 500/. which stands at the head of the list, said (so sensibly did he feel for the privation of our countrymen), that if five thousand were requisite, he would alter the sum to that. ' "An address from the London Committee, calling upon the Friends generally to meet and subscribe, has been issued and very generally acted upon. In Liver ' pool, within two or three days, the sum of 1,7501. had been collected, and the Friends of Birkenheaci, very few of whom are in affluent circumstances, have already con tributed 2501. " Mr. Forster, after leaving Connemara, intends to proceed to Limerick, and from thence continue his mis sion to the southern districts." PRESENTMENT SESSIONS.—THE LANDLORDS. COUNTY OF CLARE.—BARONY OF LOWER BUN - RATTY.—At the adjourned sessions for this barony, held at Newmarket-on-Fergus, on Tuesday last, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., in the hair, new presentments were passed to the amount of 17,0001., which, added to the 10,000/. passed at the meeting held on the week previous for the completion of work in progress, make a total sum of 27,0001. which is looked upon by the gentle men connected with the barony as barely suffi cient to give employment to the people for three months. We have learned from officers connected with the Board of Works in that neighbourhood, that the number of applicants for work are being daily in creased by accessions from the ranks of small farmer, who are comp'elled to adopt this course to secure sub sist.!nce for their families. Among the presentments pa,,ed on the occasion, there 6ut..c fur new rued'-, and also one for cutting down the hill at Dromoland, the residence of Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., which was con- " To Charles Joly, Esq." INAUGURATION OF TILE LORD MAYOR.—At eleven o'clock this day the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and town councillors assembled at the Mansion House, and shortly after proceeded in state to the City Assembly House in William• street, for the purpose of installing Alderman Staunton in all the civic honours attached to the station of Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin. On reaching the City Assembly House, the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor elect, and Mr. O'Connell were received by the people with loud cheers. On entering the council room, the in troductory proceedings having been speedily disposed of, the insignia of office were placed on the shoulders of Alderman Staunton, who made and subscribed the oath prescribed; after which the ex-Lord Mayor de scended from the chair, to which the Lord Mayor ascended, and, having made his bow to the council, his salutation was received with loud cheers. WOOLWICH, JAN. 3.—ENROLLED PENSIONERS.— In consequence of some misunderstanding in the minds of the pensioners and their wives and families as to the condition under which: they were to serve as an embo died corps in New Zealand, an order was issued on Saturday from the Secretary of War, stating that, in the event of any pensioner dying in that colony before the expiration of the seven years appointed as the period of enrolment, their wives and families, if they prefer it, will be sent back to England at the public charge; and if, at the end of that period, the pensioners wish to re move to any other part of the colony, the Government will give them, in lieu of their cottage and acre of land, an allotment of twenty acres in any part of the colony. MISERLY HABITS OF LORD CHANCELLOR TREVOR. —He lived ever afterwards very privately, and found his chief delight in accumulating money. He became so great an economist, that he even grudged a glass of wine to a poor relation. It is recorded of him, that "he had dined by himself one day at the Rolls, and was drinking his wine quietly, when his cousin, Roderic Lloyd, was unexpectedly introduced to him, from a side door. You rascal,' said his Honour to the servant, and you have brought my cousin, Roderic Lloyd, Esquire, Prothono tary of North Wales, Marshal to Baron Price, &c., &c., &c., up by back stairs. Take my cousin, Roderic Lloyd, Esquire, Prothonotary of North Wales, Marshal to Baron Price, &c., &c., &c.,—take him instantly down my back stairs and bring him up my front stairs.' Roderic In vain remonstrated, aad while ho was conveyed down the back stairs and up the front stairs, the bottle and glasses were removed by his Honour—some law books and papers taking their place."—Campbell's Lives of Chan cellors. vV TIIREATENED SECESSION FROM THE ENGLISH CHURCH. —The Rev. Dr. Holloway, incumbent minister of Fitzroy Chapel, London-street, Tottenham-court road, London, has addressed a letter to the, Lord Chan cellor, in which he prays his Lordship's opposition to some " novel regulations and further encroachments upon the pristine liberty of the labouring clergy," which it is intended to introduce into the House of Lords in the course of next session. The Rev. Gentleman, after ad verting to the laws in force with respect to the clergy, alludes to the proposed regulations for the "correction of clerks," which he severely condemns, inasmuch as he contends that if more absolute power be made over to the hierarchy, so that any and every bishop, ad arbi trum suam, may depose his, man for preaching, propa gating, or implanting what such bishop, according to his own views and sentiments, may consider " unbe coming a clergyman," there will be no class of men in Christendom placed in greater jeopardy or more ab ject slavery, than the evangelical clergy, against whom, he alleges, the shaft is directed. Dr. Holloway views with great alarm, these and other contemplated changes, and assures the Lord Chancellor that, if per sisted in, a large number of clergymen (probably as many as 4,000) will leave the pale of the Established Church. SUNDAY TRAINS.—The list of names subscribed to the memorial presented to the Board of Directors, for the re-establishment of the two passenger trains on Sun day, has now been published ; and we have no hesitation in saying, that we never saw a more influential list of names, embracing men of all parties, to any document relative to any matter of local interest. A contempo rary, in its remarks relative to this list, clearly esta blishes, from distinct quotations from all the written documents on the part of the memorialists, that they have from the first to the last, limited their demand to. the Sunday trains, as used for the last four years, and the use of which has been suspended so arbitrarily by the directors, and that nothing beyond this is contended for. An appeal having now been made to the share holders, and as to the result of which no doubt is en tertained, we would particularly impress upon the Scottish shareholders firmly to express their opinions, as we feel confident that a vast majority of them must be satisfied that their directors have committed a most egregious blunder, to say the least of it. This is particularly called for at this juncture, in order to prevent a new ground of clamour, which will inevitably follow,' that a measure is forced upon the country, by the votes of Englishmen, contrary to the sentiments of the people. Certainly there can be no justice in any such outcry, as we consider that the partners of any joint stock com pany, whether resident in England or Scotland, are en titled to manage their own concerns in their own way ; but from the character of the opposite party, we are sure that the result will be as we state, unless the Scottish proprietors do their duty.—Glasgow Saturday Post. DEAD MAN'S WILL.—I can tell you of a fancy that some people have in the wilder parts of Craven, that if the mark of a dead prsom (the body, hoslever, not being cold) be put to will, it is valid in law. A few years ago a case of this nature occurred. A farmer had omitted to make his will. He died ; and before the body was cold a will was prepared by some relative (of course in his own favour), and a mark, purporting to be that of the deceased, was made by putting the pen into the hand of the dead man, and io making his mark to tit T. 43 body of the nt.:ot was no ;hc.n cold. 'rile will w zo , !oritestc(l by souie rtrti,s, pro eei±ded to a trial at law, whet,, eircuumtance of the belief of the parties came out in evidence.—Corro poideng of Athenceum. - . Price, ~« RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JANUARY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales arc—Birmingham and O ti " ford Junction, 1134 —Birmingham, Wolverhampton, 11111, Stour Valley, 2% p.—Great Western, 52 p.—Ditto, Quart!. Shares, 19 3 / 4—Ditto, Fifths, 31 1 / 2 —L on don and 50u1.13 Western, Quarter New Shares, 13" A 6 / 4 —North British, Thirds, 25 p. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 4. STOCK ExCIIANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, CROWId and North. Western, % dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, an + Cheshire Junction, IL Bs. 9d. p.—Birmingham and Dale p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9 3 / 4 p•—_,. 13 11 Stamford, and Birmingham, 2% p.—Caledonian, p.—Chester and Birkenhead, 50—Eastern Countres,_l4l, 7% p .— East Lancashire, New, 3% p.—Ditto, New SWP I 1 3 / 4 p.—East Lincolnshire, 2 1 -4 p.—Edinburgh and Glagg ° ,4 78—Ditto, Halves , 11 1 ,4 p.—Glasgow and Ayr, New 11Xl et , p. —Great Northern (lute Direct Northern) , 1 4 p.- 1 1 / " . " (late London and York), 11s. 3d. p.—Great Western, ', 1 4 —Ditto, Quarters, 9 1 4 p.—Huddersfield and Manchester , p.—Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Leads and Thirsk, Ditto, Preference, 1% p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and South r'" 1 3 /i p.—Liverpool, and Newcastle Junction, 3s. 9d. don and North-Western, 199—Ditto, Quarters, New, p.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, uarters_, l 7., a t (C), 7% p.—London and York, 13s. 9d. p.—Ditto, Orr,. Northern, 6s, 3d. p. —Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 18'; —Ditto, Halves (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 6% P;,, r , Ditto, Fifths, 6% p.—Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Manch es- d Bolton, and Bury, 31%—Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool 0 Bury), 54 p.—Manchester, Matlock, and Midland, I% P r , —Manchester and Southampton, Is. 3d. p.—Manchester3, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 100—Ditto, Eighths (late Qu 9 . n rt : e , to , No. 3), par—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2% dis. - v"1 ; , Quarters, 1 4 dis.—Ditto, 201. Shares, 1 dis.—Midland SO' 131%—Ditto, New, 5 1 / s p.—North Staffordshire, 4% North Union (A), 225—Ditto (B), 156—Shrewsbury Chester, New, 2% p.—Ditto, New, ls. 3d. p.—ShrovsbEl;,), and Birmingham (B), 21s. 3d. p,—Shropshire Union , 1 4 t b —South- Eastern, No. 2,3% p.—Ditto, No. 4, % Staffordshire Junction, 1 1 A p.—West Riding Union, 2 h,",,, 3d. p.—York and Newcastle, New, 7% p.—Ditto , ference, 6 p.—York and North Midland, Preference, PL .' Dutch Rhenish, 1% dis.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, ""' MANCHESTER, JANUARY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, ham, and Boston, IA p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire , Cheshire, 1 9-16 p.— Buckinghamshire, par —Caledonia ll i dis.—Ditto, Halves, 5-16 p.—East Lancashire, 3% Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % p.—GlasgoW dig Dumfries, 1 9-16 p.—Great Grimbsy and Sheffield, 21ca o —Great Northern (late Direct Norther), % (late London and York), 7-16 p.—Huddersfield and 11 ;1",,, chester Railway and Canal, 4 3-16 p.—Ditto, Thirds, I ' 3 " —Leeds and Thirsk, 1 dis.—Ditto, Preferentials, 1 9.16 , —Mahon and Driffield Junction, 2 9-16 p.—Mancheste r Southampton, 1.16 p.—North British Extension, 15-1 6 P, North Staffordshire, c. p.—North-Western, Northern Counties Union, % dia.—Oldham Alliance, , Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 1 / 2 dis.—Sheffield and Mandle%), Quarters, No. 3, % dis.—Shrewsbury and Birminghani s cr o i 2% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 11-16 IN-- Riding Union, 2 5-16 p. —.wog WORKS by ICOIII.IIIT J. 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TWQ-thlrils !ember, 18 , Life ; with The co n , Wkich it ha littictiou Minty g a i Georg. P. tdmond John Garr, Alexander William D John Deac Riversdale WiWar* T. Lancelot E Sir George Jolty C. Lc ROY The CO IiaTRANCI will he s a the 7th of IPPoilited Xxchange o'Clock in at the said -_-_ ARG Richard E William B] Edward lii Thomas CI James Clif Rupert In SusGEe Coxs Persons rates of Pr and which likewise tl Fund of n uPwards a 6,000 Poll( Age. 60 %-.____ One-hal for seven debt upon" Without n , Policies 10 consegt tire, In( not assign Claims The Me and Polici CLE An exti will be he 7th day o pose of di from the 1 ing June the right The sal Prletors 1 and alted of the Sec NA'. This T, h r e 1 ' 43 , oul eiture oi o th . "eats tQ sort tm The "as criab tou rth each: The d becemb Tu of the I Local, SURG: Cavend To sn general] assistan APR -____ Di EIEP( TII b Allaa , lASJI - 4 /V OD [ADVERTISEMENT.] — SCRoFIILoirs SORES OF / YEARS STANDING TJBED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND roo D u: Mr. C. 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