The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-29 00:00:00

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. A very numerously attended meeting of this society was held on Monday evening, at their rooms, No. 15, Whitehall-place—the president, Sir R. Murchison, in the chair. • The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, a number of nee members were elected, among whom were Sir G. Simpson, Major-Gene ral Sir It. Alexander, and Mr. Layard. The CHAIIMAN opened the proceedings by announc ing that a subscription list was about to be opened to the public on behalf of the private search which Lady Frank lin is about to undertake at her own cost. Without at all questioning the decisions that had been come to as to the desirability of the Government taking upon itself this expedition, be would only remark that it was with re gret her Majesty's Government had come to the determi nation they had arrived at. A men of science, that society had always .advocated those A rctic researches, and they still hoped that some relios of the much lamented traveller, Sir John Franklin, might yet be found, although they knew that the area to be searched was extremely limited. They, however, knew that it was easily approachable, that ships had gone to it and returned from it without the loss of a man. He then proceeded to read an address, which it was intended to place befora the public through the medium of the press in furtherance of the object in view, adding that before the appeal was actually made very nearly 8001. had been lrei:iy received. , Sir J. F. DAVIS then read a lengthy paper on Canton and its forte. He wag aware that be could offer very hate that was new on the subject of China to the en .. _ lightened audience before him. He would, however, say a few words on the scene of the late operations, and the. probable place of our future ones. All our troubles since the late war had been at Canton, which, however, had escaped chastisement. It was, in his opinion, the best policy towards the Cantonese, and justice and humanity towards the population of the north-east coast of the Canton River, that if a lesson is to be ministered to the Chinese at all, it should be in the right quarter, Canton, the source of all our grievances. If we were to leave Canton to itself, as we had done before the other provinces which were really nnoffending would with jus tice complain of our not addressing ourselves to those who bad offended us--the Cantonese being really the source of all the inholences practised towards the British people. Moreover, there was nothing to lose in the cap ture and occupation of Canton, Hong Kong being capable of supplying us with all we require from the natives. The whole distance from Canton to Hong Kong was about 77 nautical miles ; Whampoa was about 10 miles below the provincial city, which was a great drawback to the trade: The principal defences on the Canton river were the Bogue forts, which, in ap pearance, were very formidable, though in reality they had been three times taken by the British. A little •higher on the left of the river was a long battery, on the Tiger Island, and no other defence occurred until the first Bar battery was reached, also on the left bank, erected in 1841. - Toe principal defences towards Canton were at the point called the barrier, where there were ab out six batteries, and where the two divided channels of the river unite, and this position would be impregnable were it not for the absurd plan epee which the defences were built. The remaining defences on actually reaching Canton were—first, the French Folly fort, formerly on the east of the city, but which had been blown up and destroyed by Sir M. Seymour ' • next, the Red Fort, and . another called the Shah-min Fort. Nearer to Canton, in the ease° passage, is the MaCon Fort and the Bird's Nest battery, a little higher on the left bank. Sir M. Seymour on temporarily leaving the south position bad wisely occupied Cow Fort, and had placed his' ships within signal distances et each other all down the de fensible portion of the river, so as to avail himself of their co-operation in case of need. Considerable diffi culty was occasioned by the numerous creeks and inlets existing along the river, from whence the Chinese pirates, of whom there were a considerable number, might seed oat fire rafts with impunity. The species of vessels most wanted according to the last accounts were gun oats to follow these men 'to their retreats, and cicst e'y their means of carrying on. these practices, Alirdlest every Chinese afloat near Canton was a pi rate, and perhaps one of the most beneficial results of destroying Canton would be the ridding the river of these pirates. The excuse for these man arming their vessels is that of self-defence against pirates. Both the internal and external troubles of China seemed to have conspired to favour the progress of our own colony, Hong Kong, which now contains 70,000 Chinese in- Chinese inhabitants, having occasionally 100 European ships in the harbour, which was one of the finest in the world. Leaving Hong Kong, at a diitar cc of 247 miles was Amoy, the harbour of which, and the approaches to it, were conducive to trade ; the chief objection to the port being the small trading capital possessed by the native merchants. Then came Kin-tchou, Ning-po, the Maud of Chusan and Shanghai, which is 900 miles from Canton, and two-thirds only of the whole distance along the coast to Pekin. Shanghai as a place of trade had far exceeded all expectation, having outstripped Canton, notwithstanding the troubles that bad ensued there in consequence of he having been taken by a party of rebels some years ago- Toe position there of the British was very different from that at Ca,ton, having obtained far more than our treaty right. In fact, the Brittah sub jects had been &lowed to fortify the place, and in his (Sir J. Davis's) opinion, the best way of 'showing the ' Chitsese that it was not their territory, but their trade, that v.e wanted, would be to reduce those fortifications at the earliest possible opportunity. Next in order came Nankin, wbioh afforded the greatest facility for trading. With regard to the greet rebellion which distracts the Chinese Empire, he said there could be no doubt that the existing insurrection in Clifina was the result of oar own war with that country. The number of robbers and criminal associations were very great, the army never having recovered from the want of success in "the barbarian business"—as they call the late war. The condition of the Chinese as a military people bad but little, if anything, improved during the last 21 years- Mr. CRAWiroRD said, though he had never been in China he bad lived for a considerable period amongst the Chinese people. They knew that Chink was a very popu leus country, but there bad been some mistakes Mout the extent of its population. It was not, as was supposed, the most densely populated in the world—not so much so, indeed, as Great Britain and Ireland. With regard to the emigration from China, it was caused mainly by the protection afforded to Ceine-e emigrants by the Euro pe.n governm'-nts, and especial y by our own govern ment, which had encouraged them to settle. They were composed of men in the prime of life, not a boy, nor an ' old man was to be seen among them. Chinese women never emigrated ; and, as it was not good for man to be alone, it was supposed that this absence of their own country-women was a great cause of the turbulence and ill conduct of the men. Every Chinese c xpec's to return home at some time or other, although the majority never did so. They were in the Eastern Islands an exceed ingly industrious and well-doing people, and he bad never experienced the slightest inconvenience from their . misconduct—in fact, he had received assistance from them in cases of emergency. It had been said the Chi nese were conspiring against us wherever they were found, in our pos.sessions or otherwise, but tbie ho be lieved to be entirely without foundation. He then pro ceeded to refer at come length to the import and export trade of China. He said there was one great article of import into China—viz., opium —about which much had been said, but he considered it was far less injurious than ardent spirits, either British or Chinese. He had good authority for this statement—that of Sr Benjain . n Brodie. His words were to the effect that opiuin soothes the nervous system • and brandy or alcoholic spirits irritate it exceedingly ; the one is compara tively innocuous, the other is very noxious. Both were, no doubt, liable to abuse, but Le believed opium more rarely abused than ardent spirits. Three millions of the revenue of India was derived from opium, owing to the great stupidity of the Chinese, for if they were a people • of sense they would endeavour to regulate aid control that which they cannot stop. It was not our business to put a stop to that which the Chinese thenagehes would not set their face against. In conclusion he said the only point upon which he ventured to differ with his friend Sir F. Davis was as to the mode of carrying on the opeiations in China • be seemed to think that the capture and occupation of Canton would be all-sufficient. It had not been sufficient before. It was 1,200 miles , distant from the seat of the Chinese Government, and •' he (Ntr. Crawford) thought the most effectual way to bring the Chinese Government to its senses would be to . ' cut off the communications, by means of the canals, with • the capital. • Mr. DEVITT wished to know whether the same port of - piracy that existed in the Canton waters existed on the other portions of the Chinese seas, as if so itevould have - a 'nest important bearing upon the proposed extended trade. Sir F. DAVIS said the piracy which prevailed was very much the res4l-, of the physical construction of that part of the coast, which had a number of small island's and creeks—extensiv e fishing also created those maritime '-' habits so essential to the profession of a pirate. This piracy did not, however, extend far al ing the coast, and A be thought that the possession of the gunboats to be taken out would afford a n - opport un ity to our authotities of disarming every armed boat thev came in cnitact with. With reference to Mr. Crawford's scgtzestion.tbat the capture and occupati on of Canton would not have the • desired effect, he must remind that gentleman that on the former occasion alluded to the fine levied upon Can ton did not in reality puni.o the Cantonese, as it was paid by the Governtrieut. He thought that if our troops were gar:isoned there, and they were pot to some of the other inconveniences of- capture, it, would effect the ob. ji•ct desired: In referenco to the opium trade, he quite agreed with Mr. Crawford as to the physical effect of opium. Since the war the Chine,e had virtually abandoned the prohibition of its use, and it was publicly used and traded in. It would be an act of intrusion on our part to interfere with that which was sanctioned and permitted in open day ; w.a hal no more business t o i n . terftro with the use of opium in Caina than the Cainese had to interf er e with, our consump tion of spirits, which were far more baneful in their cAisequences. The SECTETART then read a brief paper by Mr. Gre gory. "On the Completion of the North Australian Ex penition," in which that gentleman described the re sults of his investigatinns in that territory in the most lavonrab!e terms, stating that the country, as respects climate, fertility of soil, and extent of it, and its capabili ties, far surpassed Western Australia. prepar ing a map of the route whi c h h e ha. re tra zts e a ;tedfrln Victoria to Moreton Bay, an d which would doubtless be published as soon as possible. Some diesas,ion then took place upon the paper ; after which The CHAIRMAN announced that one of the society' gold medald had been awarded to Mr. Gregory, to whom the voeiety was greatly indebted for the great and valuable information ho had eo frequently bestowed milt, arming from hia expioratiorpi. The proceelings terminated at a late hoar. fliE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EV ENINFG, ATR IL 1'29, 1857 POLICE INTELLIGENCE -April 28. lishmeut can clrry on business with ordinary safety, if such publications can be for a moment tolerated. Now this affects to be the criticism of a person who is one of those public instructors that claim the right, I suppose, of expressing their opinion upon everything and upon everybody. We go to Somer set-house to find out who is registered as the pro prietor of this publication. There is no eatrywhat ever there of any owner at all, or of any proprietor. We go the place where it is described as being printed, and we there find a carpenter's shop, and no account of the printer and publisher. We then find that the defendant, who appears to be the most active person in the dissemination of these libels, has been himself often to the bank in ques tion, soliciting, begging, and entreating that they would give him the employment of inserting adver tisementsin his newspaper, as he termed it, on ac- MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. Wm. Cockburn, a newspaper proprietor, appeared before the Lord Mayor, in answer to a summons which charged him with having unlawfully and maliciously written, printed, and published, a certain false and defama tory libel of and concerning divers persons trading in the City under the firm and title of " The Bank of London." --------- Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Messrs. Tyrrell, Paine, and Co., solicitors to the Bank of London, appeared for the prosecution. The defendant had no legal adviser present - , and the hearing of the case was adjourned for half an hour, for the purpose of enabling him to procure the attendance of his solicitor, who, however, did not make his appearance during the proceedings. Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case for the prosecu tion, said—My Lord Mayor, I appear before you, instructed by the Bank'of London, to make an ap plication that has been almost too long dqlAyed. This is a question not affecting the particular bank in question. But your lordship, and subsequently a jury of the City of London, will have to say whe ther a system, base and unfounded in its nature, carried on with pertinacity, the object of which is to extort money from gent:mien of character and station, engaged in commercial enterprises of great moment, is longer to be tolerated in a city like London. It is known to tour lordship till this case ccmes before you in consequence of the taking into custody by one of your officers ofa lad, a child, ' who was carrying about the City a placard similar count of the bank, and to pay him whatever was usual for such insertions. His applications were re jected ; the bank would have no connexion at all with either him or his publication. He has then in serted, without any authority from them, their ad vertisements, and that they could not help. When he found bis attempts to obtain money from them unsuccessful he descended to the meanness of try- ing to bribe the clerks at the bank by offering to give them tickets for the theatres. Defendant (interrupting)—l must call the gen tleman to order ; that is not so. Mr. Bodkin—l am not stating a single circum stance that I am not in a condition fully to prove. to these now before you. The lad could only be considered an innocent instrument in the hands of other persons, of some of whom we have informa tiol . which will induce me on this occasion to con fine the eviieuce that I shall lay before you to just enough to justify the remand of the defendant, be cause we shall apply for process which will secure the attendance here of another person, against whom we have a charge of conspiracy to make, and the charge then will be against that other person, whose name is —, and the defendant, of wickedly conspiring by,the publication of false, defamatory, and malicious mat ters, to injure the credit of the Bank of London, on behalf of the directors of which I to-day appear. In order that you may understand this matter, it is necessary that I should remind you of a case that occurred just before you came into office, which was inquired into by your predecessor, and in the course of which it appeared that this person, of the name of claimed to have some right or title to the appellation of "The Bank of London;" that he had first thought of the advisability of a bank in Lon don, to be called " The Bank of London," without any knowledge at all that such an idea had occur red to any other individual. The gen , lemea wish whom this bank originated formed and established it, and I am happy to say, that it is enjoying the confidence of the public, and doing an amount of business exceeding that of any other joint stock bank during the time it has been in existence. It has been established ; but still, if a system of this sort be permitted to go on uncontrolled, there is no establishment of a commercial kind, where credit is so important, that can hope to outlive attacks of this kind. The person whose name I have men tianed imagined that he had some claim upon the score of this pretended or real fancy of his own of calling an institution the Bank cf London, and he brought an action against the directors of that bank upon the subject of this claim. That action entirely. failed, the court holding that he showed no rightor title whatever to maintain it. Ever since that time attacks have'been made upon this bank, and a per son was brought here who was considered by the directors to have been au agent or an instrument in the hands of these Parties, and he was commit ted by your lordship's predecesser to the Central Criminal Court, where he was indicted for attempt ing to extort money by threatening to make dis closures suppered to be capable of affecting the cre dit of the bank. Upon the occasion of the trial . a course offproceeding was taken of which, whether right or wrong, I must take the so:e responsibility, because .the directors were no party to it ; but it appearing to me that he was a young man who had probably been misled by others, and be, through his counsel, expressing contrition for his miscon duct, and promising not to repeat it, I did not press the tharge against him, and he was permitted to go at large. From the time of that trial those, annoyances have commenced and continued, and at last they have arrived at such a pitch that it is necessary to put a stop to them. In a publication called the Joint Stock Companies Jourpal, articles have appeared from time to titre, with the sole object of attacking and realigning this bank and the individuals who compose its direction. I will not trouble your lordship by going through them, but will call your attention to one dated the 18th inst., which was being hawked about the City when this lad was taken into custody. It appears that there had been an article in a newspaper called the Atlas, observing upon this bank, and upon an ap plication being.made to the publisher of that paper by letter, signed by Mr. Frith, a gentleman who holds/the office of vice-chairman of the bank, that paper very properly inserted his letter, and made a recantation and apology for the error that they had been led into in the observations they had made. On the same day appears the Joint Stock Com panies Journal, dated the 18th April, and in which is this article :—" An article which appeared in the last number of our excellent contemporary, the Atlas, has, it seems, raised the bile of the Board. of Directors of the Bank of London. The Tice- Chairman, as he calls him-.elf, John Griffith Frith, Esq., has addressed a letter to the Times in defence of the moral character of his colleagues in the direction, and of the chairman, Sir John Villiers Shelley, in particular. In our impression of the 4th inst., we gave it as our opinion that the Bauk of London could not much longer afford to treat public i opinion with contempt ; the letter above referred to, which will be found in another column, is a clear proof that our opinion was sound. Those who are familiar with the circumstanc s attending the antecedents of the Bank of London, which have from time to time appeared in this journal, can now form an opinion whether the parties whose moral conduct has been denounced in our columns are, or are not, capable of helping themselves to the funds of the bank in the manner announced by the At'as, namely, That the direc tors received advances, and were debtors to the Bank of London, and the free ma of the names to whom such advances have been made at once at tests the public opinion that such a practice is radi cally unsound.' The article from whence we quote the above goes on to assert what we have over and over again asserted—' That the men who se-k to become direct.a.s, in order to avail themselves of their position to secure facilities of credit, denied to them on their own intrinsic merits, are not the men to be retained in positions of such command ing influence ;' and further, that confidence would be felt, in fact, greater confidence cannot exist whilst a baronet and a country gentleman holds the post,' and that it is time that a man of com mercial Position was sought and secured as chair man.' " It then goes on—" The worthy vice-chair man of the Bank of London repudiates and-utterly denies the above assertion respecting his col leagues." That is, that they help themselves to the funds of this bank, " but we belong to that un sophisticated class of individuals who cling to the old-fashioned axiom, that where there is smoke there must be fire.' Does any one in his senses suppose that the respectable parties connected with the tlas newspaper would gratuitously have in serted so damaging an accusation without having good and solid grounds to justify them in drawing public attention to the circumstances alluded to The public will do welt to place iu juxtaposition the two assertions—the one emana ti ng f rom a pub licjournal, the directors of which have a duty to perform and an interest to maintain, and on that account no doubt feel themselves justified iu holding up to scorn and contempt the conduct of suck as would endeavour to impose on pub lic credulity. On the other hand, WQ have the denial of an interested party, one whose public conduct and moral character is on trial, and whose interest it is to prevent by every means in his power the transactions of the board of direc tors becoming known to the public." That is, in reference to Mr. Frith's letter, which is in the same paper, and which I will now read. This is a!- dressed to the editor of the Times : " Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, Aug. 16. " Sir,—A statement having appeared in the columns of one of your weekly contemporaries (the Atlas) to the effect that the directors of this bank are debtors to the bank, that they became directors in order. to avail them selves of their position to secure facilities of credit denied to them on their intrinsic merits, and connecting the name of Sir J. Shelley with the statement, with the evi dent intention of leading the public to infer that he is indebted to this bank, I beg the favour of your afford ing me the opportunity for the instant contradiction of so false and Injurious a statement. " Sir J. Shelley is not indebted one shilling to this bank ; on the contrary, the bank has a considerable balance standing to the credit of his account ; and, with respect to the unworthy motive attributed to the other ' directors in joining the board, the best reply will be that no director of this bank has or can have an advance upon anything but first-class bills of exchange, or upon such convertible security as would be readily taken by the Bank of England or by any London banker. " Sir John is not in town to-day, but I have felt it due to him as a gentleman, and also to the bank over which he presides, to I,se no time in contradictings o u nwarrantable a statement. —I have the honou r to be, sir, your very obedient servant, (Signed) "Join/ GRIFFITH FRITH, Vice-Chairman." No man living, I apprehend, can doubt that the ex tracts which I have read from the'article are libellous in the highest decree, and that no commorcill estab upon their notes, joint and several, for which they are all personally responsible. Alderman Humphery—How many members have withdrawn from the-society ? Mr. White—About 300, and we have paid as much as 6,0001. in that way. Alderman Humphery—Have you money enough to pay off all the members Mr. White —Certainly not, sir, without bor rowing. Mr. Martin (the chief clerk)—Are you in a posi tion to realise your securities and pay all the members ? Mr. White—No sir. The money is all let out and well invested, but we cannot at present call it in because it is lent to members for a term of years and we cannot coerce them into payment, and that is the reason we are obliged to borrow to pay off these claims. Alderman Humphery—Well, Mr. Abbott, I am afaid I cannot assist you in getting your money. Mr. White says you shall be pai I with interest, but you must wait patiently until your turn comes round and they have the funds. Mr. White—Mr. Abbott knows the rules have been sanctioned by the members, and this case ought never to have been brought here.—The par ties then withdrew. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—James Harrison I described as a gentleman, was charged with ringing bells in Jermyn-street. The constable on duty saw the defendant and four other gentlemen ringing the different door bells in Jermyn-street. He succeeded in taking the defendant, who was ordered to enter into his own recognisance to keep the peace for one month. Frederick Thompson was charge 1 with embezzl-, ing considerable sums of money belonging to the Ottoman Club, 14, Regent-street. The prisoner was clerk to the club, and be was charged with receiving one amount from the mar kers of the billiard rooms, and paying over to the manager a less sum than he received. Remanded till Tuesday. From Mr. Peter Pickwick, the half of a N. note has been received for the poor-box. They afterwards resorted to the mode of ge , ting this paper printed and be ought into the City, where they employed these wretched boys to offer them for sale to all the banks and mercantile houses in Lombard street. Boys were also sent with placards similar to the one I hold in my hand, to stand at the door of the bank, and to infest the public streets and thoroughfares of the metropolis. A great many people (and I was one of them) thought that this con duct might be treated withcontempt, but publiceredit is so remarkably delicate a subject, and there are so many persons who unhappily at tbe present dayin con sequence of the failure of banking establishments, are alive to the most contemptible suggestions against the credit of any such - establishment, that it has been endeavoured at last to put down by the strong arm of the law a system which is infamous, and which it would be a disgrace to any civilised coun try if their laws for a moment permitted it to con tinue. That is the case which I now propose to establish. With respect to Mr. —, as our evi dence against him has only just reached us, I can not go intolhe charge of conspiracy, but I shall prove sufficient to justify your lordship in calling upon the defendant to find bail ror his appearance on a future day, and then I hope to have Mr. -- hero for conspiring with the defendant to extort money from the bank. Frederick Simms was then sworn, and said—l reside with my father, at 25, Holles-street, Clare market. lam 13 years old, and have been in the employment of the defendant from 9 to 12months. My wages were 3s. per week. The defendant lives at 38, Clarendou-street, Kent-street, Borough. Yesterday I was carrying a placard swung over my neck, when I was taken into custody. The defen dant met me by appointment at the Royal Ex change, and told me to walk up and down Thread needle-street till he saw me again. He gave me at the same time about a hundred copies of the Joint Stock Companies Journal, and told me to go into all the banks in Lombard street, and try to sell them ; but 'I did not go into the banks, not liking to do so. I gave the defendant ss. 10d. that I had received from the sale of the papers. They were dated the 18th instant. The journal is printed at Mr. Muir's, 274, Strand. I used to take proofs from the compositors to Mr. Lawson's at 51, St. Mary-axe. Mr. Graham, in New-street-square, was the printer of the journal at one time. Mr. Lawson, after correcting the proofs gave them to me to return to the printer. The defendant, whom I used to see at Mr. Graham's, gave me orders to take the proofs to Mr. Lawson. I was in the habit of delivering copies of the paper at the different banks and insurance offices. I told the defendant that the London Joint Stock Bank did not want any more papers, and would not pay for them ; and the following morniug he told me to leave them without being paid for them, and I did so. I have seen the defendant speaking to Mr. Lawson in the street, but I have not seen them a good deal together. Joseph Rogers—l' live at No. 6, Plough-court, Whitechapel. The defendant came up to me at the corner of Threadneedle street, and offered me a quantity of the numbers of the Joint-Stock Com panies Journal of the 18th inst. to sell, and told me he would give me a halfpenny for each copy I sold. I objected to a halfpenny as being too small a remuneration, upon which he agreed to give me a penny. I sold copies - in Gracechurch street, Fen church-street, and round the Bank. I was selling the papers when an officer took me into custody. Mr. Bodkiu here asked for a remand. The defendant said he was neither the printer nor the publisher of the newspaper, and that a great deal that Mr. Bodkin had stated had nothing whatever to d 3 with the case. He was a news paper agent and a canvaser for advertisements, and had been in the habit of sending the news papers out for sale by regular newsvendors. The Lord Mayor reminded the defendant that the time had not arrived for his defence, and ad vised him to consult his solicitor before making any further statement. The defendant was then called upon to enter into his own recognisances in the sum of 1001. to appear ou a future day, which he did and left the court. LAMBETH. —Alfred Strickland, a chemist, No. 13, Bolingbroke-row, Walworth-road, and who is a married man with a family, was brought before Mr. Elliott on a charge of indecently as saulting William Rider, a boy of 1.4 years. Remanded. - WANDSWORTH. —Miss Susannah Phillips, the daughter of a declared lunatic, was summoned before Mr. Ingham, as the owner of a field in Wandsworth in which a fair is usually holden on Whit-Monday and the two following days, without lawful authority. An attorney attended on behalf of Miss Phillips, as the committee of her father's property. Mr. S. Fenn, the superintendent of the V divi sion, said he was directed. by Sir Richard Mayne to proceed against the defendant, for the purpose of obtaining his worship's order against the holding of the annual fair on Whit-Monday and the two following days. The fair was held in a field ad joining the railway station, and the occupier' was the defendant. The attorney said Miss Phillips was not the occupier. The field was let to a man named Cox for the whole of the year, with the exception of the _ . thrae days during the holding of the fair. The occupation ceased at that time, and was again re let when the fair was over. Mr. Fenn said' h 3 had seen Miss Phillips, and she had told him that she did not intend to offer any opposition to the fair now being held. She also said that an offer bad been made to her for the holding of the fair, and she was glad that she had received the information in time. She further said her father was a lunatic, and that last year the fair was conducted by one of their awn men. Mr. Ingham asked the attorney if he had any proof to show that the fair was held by lawful authority? The attorney said be wished to explain that a Commission of lunacy had been held upon Mr. Phillips, who had been declared a lunatic. The daughter had been appointel by the committee, and the question would arise whether his worship had the power of making the order, without the consent of the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Ingham said that would certainly raise a doubt as to the legality of an order from him. The attornay begged to be understood. that he did not oppose the suppression of the fair. The committee was placed iu an awkward position. She bad rendered one account in which appeared the sum of 55/. fox the holding of this fair. If it was now abolished, that sum would be deficient in the next year's accounts, and the Lord Chancellor would say that she ought not to have disposed 'of the property without his consent. The luna'ic might recover and would say that his property had not been disposed of to the best advantage. He (the attorney) had books to show that the fair had been held for the last 100 years, and was formerly held in the High-street. Mr. Ingham said be should dismiss the summons, and the police could apply to the Lord Chancellor. - Mr. Fenn was afraidthere was not sufficient time. The summons was accordingly dismissed. GUILDHALL.—Mr. Abbott, a fruiterer, in Gracechurch-street, applied to Alderman Hum phery for Ids advice. He complained that, having invested about 301. in'the Metropolitan and Gene ral Benefit Building 6ociety, whose office is in Fenchurch-street he gave notice about eighteen months ago to withdraw it, and notwithstanding repeated applications since, he had not been able to get his money back. Alderman Hunaphery directed Mr. Roe, the summoning officer of the court, to inquire into the matter, and in consequence of an application made by him to the society, Mr. White, the secretary, attended yesterday, with the view of explaining the, cause of the delay in paying Mr. Abbott's claim. Alderman Humphery—Now, Mr. Abbott, just state your complaint in the presence of Mr. White. Mr. Abbott—l deposited about 301. with the Metropolitan anclGeneral Benefit Building Society, and upon applying to withdraw that amount about seventeen or eighteen months ago, I was told by the secretary that I could have it in a few weeks ; but I have not yet been able to get it. Alderman Huniphery—Well, Mr. White, what is the reason you did not pay Mr. Abbott's claim ? - . • - Mr. White—This is an enrolled , mutual society, and the rules, which have been certified by Mr. Tidd Pratt, do not allow any one member to claim any advantage over the others. The complainant wants his money out of his turn, against the rules which have been made for the guidance of the members ; and his claim cannot, therefore, be entertained until there are funds to enable us to pay him off. This society is in the same position as many others that have been suddenly called upon to repay money that had been advanced by depositors. A'derman Humphery—What is the total amount of subscriptions you have received in,this society ? Mr. White—About 20,0001., and during the last twelve months the society has paid out about 2,0001. to members, and Mr. Abbott will receive his money, with interest, in due time ; but there are 84 on the list before him, and that number will require about 1,100/, to pay off. Alderman Rumphery.:—What interest do yr j u pay `l, Mr. White-51. Bs. 6d. per cent., which is equal to .5 per cent. for 13 montias instead of 2 1 - Some of the claims lately paid off amount tQ 3001. and 4001. each. Alderman Humphery- —Can the members with draw when they like Mr. White—Yes, si e, but when so many mem bers withdraw at one time they must take the hinds at hand as far as tb ey will go, fur it would not do for us to borrow tr.oney while the rate is so high, and pay 7 or 8 per cent, for it to repay money for which we are only getting 5 per Cent. Alderman Hurowhery—Well, Mr. Abbott, if you have to wait foy: your principal, you get your inte rest upon it. Mr. Abbot, —I have never had any interest yet. Mr. White;—The interest is added to the princi pal, so that, when the funds will permit it he will be paid in full. Mr. Abbott's claim is only about 331., inctuding interest, and as soon as the rate of money is . easier we shall borrow money and pay him off. Alder man Humphery—What security have you to offer iu borrowing money ? M r . White—Mortgages and title deeds held as securit3 for loans to members in the shape of ad vanced shares. Alderman Humphery—l do not understand this balance-sheet you have produced. Perhaps you will explain the items. How much do you owe Mr. White—Our liabilities on the I,st of January were about 4,0001., and we have semrity by mort gage to the amount of 13,0001. representing the sbares advanced_ We only owe 4,0301. to mem bers, and. 0,0001. to bankers, solicitors, and others for loans.. Alder man Rumphery—But do you part with your nJortgagai for these loans, or what security do You give, for bankers will not lend money without ? M. White—We retain all the mortgage deeds in our, pvin posses s i t m, and our directors burrow money • could be made, but the story offers striking evi dence of the extent to which the greatest enter prises may be affected by even small infractions of sound commercial principles. Monopolies are just as great mistakes now as in any former age of the world. It may be undoubtedly desirable, and'in some instances even imperatively necessary, to en- ' courage undertakings of high public utility but ' dubious commercial promise by the support of a guarantee, but these considerations contain no warrant for the addition of a monopoly to boot. In the present instance, the ex clusive right of telegraphing across Newfound land a privilege to be regarded, perhaps, with extreme unconcern apart from the oceanic ex tension of the wires—actually governs the Trans atlantic communication between the two Conti nents, and the effects of a monopoly have to be overcome by. a State guarantee and Government control. The Government may fix the rate of c'►arge for the public, and therf ore for itself, but it must make up the sum of its payments to 14,0001. at the end of each year. It may protect the public from extortion, but only at the cost of that kind of interference which must be trouble some to itself, and which we are not apt to regard as conducive to good management. Finall.f, if contrary to present expectation, any telegraphic communication should be found practicable be tween our own coasts and points of the opposite sh•ra not covered by the monopoly, Government may remain committed to an unnecessary and un productive guarantee. As things stand, however, there is not much to complain of. Compared with the magnitude of the enterprise and the value of the results, the amounts of the capital and the guarantee involved are but small ; and, if, as wt truss will be the case, th• experiment of next July should prove successful, and the American Conti nent be brought within a few minutes aef our shores upon reasonable terms of communication, there will be no reason to regret the concession of the guarantee. It is in principle rather than effect that the Newfoundland monopoly is so noticeable. It may seem an inconsiderable cir cumstance, or even wear the aspect of an excellen bargain, if any company or association can be in duced to accomplish at their own- cost a most desirable work on the sole condition that nobod else shall be permitted to do it over again ; but experience has taught us, and the present example shows, that such a surrender of general rights may eventually carry with it unexpected disabilities and serious embarrassment. Enterprise, when beyond the scope of private venture, may be fairly entitled to public aid, but not to aid of, such a kind as may strangle for the future all similar enterprise in the same field.—Times. BRITISH' EXPORTS AND ENTERPRISE, To speak of the state of the country at the present time is only to reheat continually the word " prospe rity." Both the United Kingdom and its colonies seen) to be advancing in a career of material increase of which it is impossible to predict the term. The accounts relat ing to trade and navigation for the first quarter of 1857 have just been published, and show an advance suffi ciently striking even on the prosperous year 1856. The total declared value of the exports of the United King- dom for the month of March was 10,456 3481. sterling, and for the first quarter of the year 28,827,493/. Both the month and the quarter show a considerable increase over the corresponding terms in _3 856 and 1855. Totals Males Fomales BIRTHS IN TUB WEEK. 1,043 1,065 539 526 Males Females 904 884 1,788 BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas Owen, builder, Liverpool. BA.NKR'UPTS. HEALTH 01P LONDON DURING THE victualler--Ist dividend of 23. 112 d., any Wednesday, at WEEK. ; Whitmore's, Basingball-street. As _ William - Puddieombe, Bridge-street, Southwark, iron- (From, the .Report of the Regist r ar-Central. ) monger—ist dividend of is 9d, any Wednesday, at Whit- In the week that ended on S a turday 1,065 deaths more's, Basioghall-street. Junes Divi4s, Newport ' Monmouthshire, currier—divi were registered inLondon, London, a number which differs dend of ss, May 6, and any subsequent Wednesday, at Mil only in a small degree from those of the two previ- I lot's, Bristol. ous weeks. In the ten years 1847-56 the average I number of deaths in the weeks corresponcling with last week was 1,048. Bat as the deaths•of last week occu red in an increasel population, the average, to admit of comparison, should be r wised ' in proportion to the increase, in which case it will become 1,153. The result is that the num' • now returned is less by 88 than the de ;tits thatisrould have occurred if the average rate of mortality had pre7ailed. The births registered last week weee 1,788 ; they were numerous enough to supply the vacancies canted by death, and to contribute, moreover, 723 lives to the increase of population. Although the weather has lately been change able, and on some days of an ungarial character, it does not appear as yet to have fatally aggravated those complaints which are most subject to its in fluence. The deaths caused by diseases of the re spiratory organs were last week 205, having been in the two previous weeks 222 and 200. The cor rected average for last week is 200. From brin ct,itis and pneumonia together 179 persons died iast week ; of these 83 were children less than three years old. Whooping-cough continues to be the most fa.,al of the diseases in the zymotic class—:t numbers 57. One death from smallpox occurred in the west district, arid 2 in the north • there were none in any other part of the metropolis. The :eaths from typhus (and common fever) declined To 29, of which 14 occurred in the east districtQ. Ile west districts return n )ne from fever. A case of bronchitis and typhoid fever which proved fatal in Somers-town is sta'ed by the medical attendant to have arisen from the opening of a foul drain in the house. Scarlatina was fatal in 20 cases, 3 of which occurred in the sub-district of Kennington (Ist part), in houses t. at are situated not 100 yards trom each other. In one of these houses 6 perscns have been attacked with scarlatina, and 2 of them have died. Four nonagenarians, all women, died in the week ; the oldest, a widow, iu the Hornsey road, had attained the rge of 96 yea-s. Two cases of intemperance are recorded in the present return. Last weak the births of 904 boys and 884 girls, in ag 1,788 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the ye ors I 847-56 the average number was 1,583. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 882 in. The mean rtadin,gs on Monday and Tuesday were .hove 30 in. The highest reading was 30 14 in. on Monday. The mean temperature of the weer was 46.6 deg., which is 0.6 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years. On Sunday the mean temperature was 564 deg., which is 9 9 deg. above the average of the same day ; it continued above the average t,ill Wednesday ; and on the last three days it was from 7 deg. to 9 deg. t elow it. The higheit reading was obtained on Sunday, and was 69 deg. ; the lowest was on Friday—viz., 28 . 2 deg., showing a range of temperature equal to 40.8 deg. in the week. The mean dew-point tempera ture was 40.1 deg., and the cliff,Tence between this and the mean temperature of the air was 6.5 deg. The wind in the beginning of the week was for the most part in the south-west; on the last three d .ys it was generally in the north-east. Rain fell to the amount of 0 . 32 in., most of which fell on Wednes day. Hail fell on Friday. The last three days are described as very cold and bleak. DIVIDENDS. May 20. R. Redman (separate 'estate), Mark-lane, City, wharlinger—E Redmaniseparate estate) ; Mark-lane, City, wharfinger—W. Bailey, Jun , Buttesland-street, 'lloxton, carver—W. Bardgett (separate estate), Old Broad-street, City, merchant—May 19. B. Collis, Bishops Stortford Herd()) dshire, draper--A. Gibson, Grant St. Helen A, City, ship and insurance broker---May 20. T. Koowles, Seymour street, Euston-square, chemist—C. A. Markham, Godman chester, Hunringdonehire, currier—May 19. E. Crofts, West-plade, St. Luke's, hearth rug 1113E1 LI fact tire r —C. G-aiger i Winchester, draper -O Gra3 G reat Tower-street, (AV, b u ilder—May 20. L Pearson, Rochdale Lancashire, wholesale grocer— J. Whittaker, Bulge-End, near New church, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer--May 22. J. A. Jacques and L. Selig— May 21. J. A. Jacques (separate estate)—J. Mitchell, Crew's Hale and Westbnry-upou- Trym, Gloucestershire, copper and lead smelter—Ana Rees, Llanelty, C ,rmartheushire, grocer—R. Radnor, Presteign, Radnorsh;re, maltrter—F. Every, Exeter, and St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, scrivener.—May 20. J. F. Reeves' (separate estate), Taunton, Sotnersetshire, scrivener—O. Reeves (separate estate), Taunton, Seiner setshit e, scrivener—G. Puckria, Tunstall, Staffordshire, grocer. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 25 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 56 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 205 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion . 73 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of'the Uterus, &c. 'Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles .. 10 Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 5 Premature Birth and Debility 23' Atrophy 37 Old Age Sudden ll Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 23 i Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,065 Population Deaths in corre- Dett s Enumerated. sponding week in tbe 1851. of 1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 ' 222 ...... 230 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts From the London dazette of Last Night COMMISSION SIGNED BY TFIE QUEEN. East York Militia—James White Minchin, Esq., late Captain in the 62d Regiment of Foot, to be Aljutant, from the 2tith Feb., 1857, vice Cradock, resigned. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. East York Regiment of Militia—Adjutant Jas. White Itinchin to serve with the rank of Captain. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster Own Militia— Thomas Monk, Esq., M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Brandt, deceased. Elizabeth Silby Small, plumber, Foothill-place, Clap- I ham-road, to surrender May 7, at one, and June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings ; Fraser and May, Dean-street, Soho. Joseph Brew, grocer, Yarmouth, Lie of Wight, May 9, at eleven, and June 11, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingball-street ; Har rison and Lewis, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's-inn ; Eldridge, Newport, Isle of Wight. Robert M`Lean and James M`Lean, builders, Huhn°, May 15 and June 12, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Rowley, Manchester. George Alexander Hewitt, chemist and druggist, Derby, May 12, and Juno 9, at half-past ten, at the S hirehall, . • Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Robo tham, Derby ; James, Birmingham. William Tacker and John Amine, potato merchants, Selby, Yorkshire, May 8, and June 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Hodgson, Selby ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Thomas Harnson, timber merchant, M a idstone, May 11 and June 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee , B asin g hall-street ; Bennett, Ludgate-hill. Paskell Garrard, wine merchant, Little Tower street, May 13. at half-past twelve, and June 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Penne], official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Young and Plews, Mark-lane. George Parker, grocer, Leeds, May 11, ht' half-pa'st eleven, and June 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Richardson and Zadler, 01 , 1 Jewry-chambers; Bond at d Barwick, Leeds. Henry Walters and Benjamin Walters, druggists, Al freton, Derby, May 16 and June .13, at ten, s at effitheeCld ; un. Council , hall, Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, h win, Sheffield. Henry Markinfield Addey, bookseller and publisher, Coventgarden, May 12, at half-past two, and June 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Cooper and Hodgson, Gray's-inn. Alfred Hinton, druggist and grocer, Birmingh am , M a y 11 and June 8, at half-past tan, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Griffiths and Blcxham, Birmingham. Taking the quarter, as — allowing a fairer comparison, we find that the value the exports was, For 1855, 18,808,5171. ; for 1856, 25,149,1031 ; and for 1857, 28,827;4931.—0r an increase of about 15 per cent, on last year. Now, as the total amount for 1856 was nearly 116,000,0001., we may ex pect, if this advance be kept through the whole of the four quarters, that the total value of exports for the pre:- sent year will exceed 133,000,000/. This large amount is evi lently the fruit of no temporary or morbidly stim ulatel traffic, but represents a legitimate and progressive increase in the production and commerce of the country. When it is considered that the rxports of 1855 were only 98,000,0001., and that consequently there has been an increase of more than one-third within two years, no argument is necessary to prove that the country is ad vancing at a rate which leaves all calculation behind. With regard to the details of our import and export trade some interesting facts are found in the return. Tne British people are not disposed to deny themselves the luxuries which their increasing wealth can purchase, so that it is natural to find a large advance in quan tity and value of all kinds of imports. In spite of the apprehended murrain, 7,318 oxen, bulls, and cows wets imported in the first quarter of 1857—a number much in advance of 1856, though not equalling the importation of 1855, which seems to. have been particularly large. The materials for innocent beverages hava been brought Into the country in greatly increased quantities. Of . _ cocoa 1,713,0001 b. were imported in the first quarter 1857 against 1,025,192 in 1856, and 734,568 in 1855 It would seem, therefore, that the consumption of this nourishing drink has doubled in two years. Coffee shows a considerable fluctuation. In 1855 the importation for the quarter was 4,107,4671 b., for 1856 it fell off to 3,676,9251 h and for 1857 it is 5,042,8331 b. Although, of esurse, a single quarter, and particularly the winter quarter, does • not give an average free front the influence of all disturbing causes, yet it is pretty clear that a large augmentation in the consump tion has taken place within the two years, indicating a corresponding increase in the comforts of the people, The quantity of . wheat imported during the late quarter was 599,492 quarters—but little less than the importa tion for last year, and considerably greater than that for 1855, which amounted to 422,285 quarters. The wheat meal and flour imported is almost the same as last year ; it amounts to 631,328 quarters, while the importation for 1855 was 348,672. The increase in the quantity of these articles brought from the United States is truly wond-rfnl. In 1855 it was 142,416 quarters ; in 1857 it is 596,814 for the same term of three months. The importation of cotton shows a decrease compared with 1856, but still is far in advance of 18.55. For the first quarter of• 1855 1,559,782 cwt. were imported ; for 1856,' 1,843,703 ; for 1857, 1,716,586. The quantity from the United States is, however e less than in either of the two previous years, being 1,390,058 cwt. in 1857, against 1 590,661 in 1856, and 1,431,234 in 1855. To re medy in some degree thisdeficiency we have an increase in the importation from India, the quantity being in the first quarter of 1855 75,222 cwt., and for the correspond ing periods of the two next years 171,110 and 191,688. The importation from Egypt has also more than doubled within the two years, while that from Braz 1 has in creased from 28,4141 b. to 81,1121 b. Although the statis tics of so short a term may be delusive, yet it is to be hoped they represent in this case a growing increase in the cotton production of the globe, and that the danger, so much dreaded, of the spinoles of Lancashire and New England lacking their supply, of material may never be realised. After corn and cotton all other products are of importaoce. We may, ho wever, relate, for the gra tification of the curious, that. 1,430,807 pairs of gloves were imported in the last three months ; that during the same term 26,041,600 eggs were brought into the coin:- try, or nearly an egg a-piece for the whole population. Tne quantity of wine entered for home consumption shows a steady increase. It was for the first quarter of 1855 1,454,105 gallons, and for the first quartei of the last and the present year 1,742,877 and 1,935,293 gal lons respectively. The scale on which our export trade is conducted may be conceived from the fact that in the first quarter of 1855 we supplied foreign countries and our own colonies with 772,778 tons of coal ; that the quantity for the same term of 1856 rose to 1,072,037 tons ; and that for the present year it is 1,254,107 tons. A million and a quarter of tons of coal exported in three months gives a sufficient proof how much the world is dependent on the resources of this country, and also at what au accele rated rate we are bringing into requisition the supplies of fuel which exist in the bowels of the earth. With re. card to our greatest article of manufacture, we find that 'the declared value of the cotton goods exported in the last three months was 7,267,432 1 ., against 6,332,2691. in 1856, and 5 , 882,096 /. in e year before. The exports of cotton amount in value to considerably more than a third of the whole. Iron and woollens come next, and the increase has been considerable on almost every item. So that before arriv ing at the bottom of the list we are quite prepared to find that even the vast total amount of the last year's export is likely to be largely exceeded. The account of the number and tonnage of vessels whioh entered inwards and cleared outwards with car goes for the first quarter of the three years shows an in. crease in navigation corresponding to the progress in manufactures. For the quarter ending March the 31st, 1855-6-7, the tonnage of the shipping entered inwards was 1,118,213, 1,318,310, and 1,436,616. Of this last amount, representing the first quarter of the present year, 893,008 tons were British, and 275,262 American. We may state, for the satisfaction of the.prophets who saw ruin in the repeal:of the navigation laws, that we are bolding our own on the seas. The British tonnage for the three quarterly terms is 687,444, 840,485, and 893,008 tons; the Ameriwen, 262,353, 254,931, and .275,262 tons. We there!ore have our full share of the increase The return of vmsels cleared outwards shows pretty much the same state of things. The tonnage of British ships taking out, cargoes has risen from 926,593 in the first quarter of 1855 to 1,199,950 for the same period of 1856, and 1,363,975 for 1857,—an increase of nearly 50 per cent., forming a conclusive proof of Us vigour of our export trade. On the whole, these returns are to tb.e full as satisfactory as the most hopeful man coulee have desired. It is now evident that the sudden rise of 1856 was not merely the re action from the depression of war, but the natural, though surprising progress of an active and enterpris ing people.--Tii net. ATTEMPTED MU LIDER AND SUICIDE AT BRISTOL.— On Monday morn an Irish labourer, named John Cooney, residing in'. Steep-street, St. Michael's, Bris tol, gut up at eight o'clock, as usual, and was observed to take a hatchet from a cupboard in the kitchen, and carry it into the back yard. S oon afterwards his wife , t;ent her daughter out for some tea, when Cooney fetch ed . the hatchet, and commenced an attack upon the poor wistaan, whom he struck over the head and body, and lel - a' most dead. He then ran down into the cellar, and cut Lis throat. It is stated that the deceased was a very so ber man but he has for some time been on, bad terms vei th his wife, and moody and re served towards his fan sly, and that on Sunday he said to a neighbour. " A a, Mrs. Crawley, you will hear something one of these , mornings that will frighten you ; you will hear of me so on." An inquest was held )rester day, but adjourned fayednee,day, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Craig, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow. Robert Marshall, farmer, Whitebill, Lanarkshire. Peter Balfour, manufacturer, Dundee. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. J. H. Plummer, Bedford-street, Holborn, assistant to an oil and colourman —J. H. Tatton, New Dorset -place , Clapham-road, attorney's clerk—J. Turner, Golden Lion, :,toney-street, Borough-market, enoineer —J. Hooking, Mitcham-common, Surrey, general shopkeeper—R. Sexton, Old-street, St. Luke's, and New-cut, furniture dealer—W. Brown, Barford-street, Liverpool-street, commercial tavel ler—S. Garrett, Dempsey-street, Stepney, labourer to a scale maker—W. Spend°low, South-street, , Chelsea, brewer's labourer—G. Brown, B us hey Heath, near Wat ford, hurdle m a k er —J. S. Leighton, Lower-marsh, Lam beth, hat maker—E. Trent, Bridge House-place, Newing ton-causeway, auctioneer—C. Geary, Alperton, near Acton, Baptist minister. DECLARATION. OF DIVIDENDS. J. W. Maude, Nicholas-lane •Lornbard-street ; Com mercial-road, Lirnehouse and City-road — let div., April 28, and any 'Wharf-road, s ubsequent Tuesday, at Pen nell's, Guildhall-chambers. R. Y. Barnes, City-road, floor cloth manufacturer—lst div. of ss. 6d. Ap r il 28, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, G u ildhall-chambers. J. P. Knight, Hibernia-chambers, Southwark, and York street, Pentonvillo, hop and seed merchant—jot dry. of 2s. 6d., April 28, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Per, nell's, Guildhall -chambers. J. Gutteridge, • Elizabeth-street, Eaton.squara, horse dealer-Ist div. of Bd., April 28, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers. A. Campbell (separate estate), Regent-street, army agent-6th div. of 2s.,'April '2B, and any subsequent Tues day, at Pennell s, Guildhall-chambers. D. Shove, Croydon, tallow chandler—let div. of 2s. 61, April '2B, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, G u ildhall -chambers. J. D. Stanbury, Richmond, draper—let div. of 205., an y Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street. B. Hayue and C. Hayno, Upper,Whitecross-street, and Aldersgate-street, carpenters—let div. of is. M., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street, Gee. Heaton, Chapel-place, Grosvenor-square, licensed TILE OCEANIC COPARTNERSHIP. In a few weeks it is hoped that a combined Bri tish and North America n squadron may leave these shores upon such a mission as was never yet .con• ceived, and that the Terrible, the Niagara, and the Agamemnon may find themselves in the centre of the great Atlantic Ocean with the -charge and the power of coupling the Old and New Worlds toge ther. Of the material machinery by which this extraordinary feat is to be accomplished we have already given the public some idea, but there are other circumstances connected with the project which well deserve notice. A single glance at the map of the world will ex plain the selection of the two points throttgh which Europe and America are to be brought into con tact. Ireland on the one side of the Ocean, and Newfoundland on the other, lie like outworks of the continents, and diminish considerably the breadth of waters otherwise interposed between them. Across the bed of the Ocean, too, in these very parts, is to be found a kind of raised bank or plateau thrown up by the rush of the Gulf Stream, and on this the telegraphicwires are to be deposited. No conditions, in short, could appear more fivour able, more opportune, or more publicly available, and yet it actually happened that the power of bargaining for the use of them was lodged in the hands of a commercial company. The fact is, that a monopoly had been granted of telegraphic.com munisation across the island of Newfoundland. As long ago as 1,852 exclu.ive privileges of this description were conferred upon an association established for the purposes above mentioned, and the monopoly, after various modifications and transfers, became vested at last in a company enjoy ing exclusiva right of tele ginrgapfmornga t fr er o m m o o f n y e e s a ::a s e of Newfoundland to the and indeed of establishing any telegraph in the island at all. A ccordingly the Atlantic Telegraph Company, alter conquering the ocean, might have fo an invincible barrier at the very point where tile difficulties of the enterprise would have been supposed to cease. The Newfoundland Company were in possession of the last few miles of the dis tance, and were therefore as completely masters of the whole c ourse as a ra il way com p an y would be which c`oromanded the terminus and the ball-dozen nearest miles of a rival line. The fact would have bee n of less importance if other parts of the - ft American coast had been accessible at no further Icost than that' of some additional miles of wire ; but it seems to be doubted, in the present state of information on the subject, whether any Transat lantic communication can be established except through t owe point or other of that territory which the Newfoundland m o no p o ly embraces. Ultimately, therefore, these privileges, though at first perhaps appearing insignificant, have exerted aninfluence over the whole arrangements of this most important international enterprise. The Newf 'Lindland Company makes terms with the Atlantic Company, the Atlantic Company makes terms with the British Government, and, if it should really be found that no other point of American territory can be reached by oceanic wires, the communication between two mighty con tinents of the world will have depended upon the modification or purchase of a small commercial monopoly. At present we believe the conditions arranged provide for the accommodation of the public at re asona bl e ra t e s. The Atlantic Company acquire the benefit of the exclusive privileges exist ing in Newf oun dl an d, a nd make arrangements for the transmis s i on o f m essagei over the whole course of the combined Telegraphs. The British Govern ment is to have the power of fixing the rates to be charged for communications, and to enjoy a pre ferential right of using the Telegraph, a similar privilege being allowable to the United States' Government on the other side. In return for these powers of control, Government first aids the un dertaking with ships in the work of laying down the cable, and then provides a pecuniery guarantee. The company is to receive the sum of 14,0001. per annum, constituting a return of 4 per cent. upon its capital, until the net profits shall amount to 6 per cent., aft er w hi c h 10,0001. per annum is to be paid for 25 years. This payment, however, is to cover, as far as it goes,. the charges incurred by Government communications ; the excess, if any, of such charges over the amount of the guarantee being receiVable also. Under the existing circumstances of the mono poly, perhaps these arrangements were as good as CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. May 20. It H. Bollin, King's Lynn, Norfolk, carriage builler—W. T. Curtis, Great St. Helen , . City, mer chant—T. Edwards Eversholt-st eet, St. Pancras, china-dealer—J. Glover.; Thames Ditton, • Surrey, dealer in wines and spirits--May 19. H. Collens, High Holborn and Talbot Inn-yard, Borough High-street, licensed victualler—W. H. Grimsdale and T. H. Grims dale, Uxbridge, Middlesex; common brewers—May 21. B. Chandler, 6herborne, Dorsetshire, attorney—Slay 20. D. M`Larty, M'Kean, an , i R. Lamont, Liverpool, mer chants—W. S. Gooding, Manchester, tailor—May 21. J. Bishop, Shrewsbury, SlTropshire,cabinetmaker—J.Walker, Walsall, Staffordshire, bridle cutter-41. Harris and B. W. Harris, Li :mingham, glass . alkali manufacturer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Jackson and T. Jopling, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, white smiths—A. T. Laport and J. Laport, Spitalfields-market, fruit sale:men—C. Webber and W. Webber, Totnes, Devon shire, lineudraper,—T. Broder and W. J. Barker, Bristol, china sellers—G. H. Thorniley and W. D. Thorniley, New Mills, Derby shire, drapers—J. Bone and G. Gower, Wing, Buckinghamshire, dealers in sheep—B. M`Millen and J. Aitken, Manchester, drapers—W. Storr, T. Welch, and Gelsthorp, Louth, Lincolnshire, tanners James Grover, Jabez Grover, and W. Grover, Tring, Hertford shire, millers--W. Morgan and H. Belcher, Cardiff, Gla morganshire, and Bristol, c irriers—q. Hodgkinson and J. J. Mozard, Quadrant, Regent-street, manufacturers of miners' lamp—J. Ca'low and E. Chaplin,. Coventry, rib bon manufacturers—J. Kerby and C. Ball, Higham-on-the- Hill, Leicestershire, malsters—G. Duncan and H. C. Kempson, Birmingham, engineers—Susannah Norman Smith and J. B. Smith, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, lightermen—P. Wohack and C. Schloezer, Oxford-street, foreign importers—J. A. Dunkerly, W. Bailey, and W Leetham, lingston-uponeHull and Great Grimsby, Lin colnshire, shipping agents—A. Barron, T. W. Stevens, and A.A. Rattray, Clement's-lane, City, merchants, as far as regards T. W. Stevens—J. Watts and J. W. L tug, Bristol, ship colours makers—W. Todd, Joseph Todd, M. Todd, James Todd, JohnkTodd, C. Todd, H. Todd, F. Clegg, Bald Jane Clegg, Butterworth, Lancashire, cotton spinners as far as regards James Todd, John Todd, C. Todd. H. Todd, F. Clegg and Jane Clegg—J. Tiddesley and T. Johnson, Wilenball, Staffordshire, chemists—J. J. Jackson • and N. L. Henwood, Schofield-place. West Brouipton, and Lawrence-lane, Cheapdde, dyers —T. Auchterlonie, as far as regards his connexion with the firm of J. Black and Co., Dllmonach, Dumbarton-hire, Glasgow, and Manchester, calico Auahter lonia, as far as regards his connexion with the firm of A. Drew , and Co., Dalmonach, Dumbartonshire, calico printers. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-APRIL 23. At this day's market there was only a moderate attend.. ance. Wheat met with a good demand, chiefly from Ire land, and a considerable business was done at an advance of about 3ti per 701os on all descriptions of American. Irish and Baltic, however, were not &Soy° ld per 701bs dearer. Flour was saleable to a moderate extent, at full prices, and in some cases 61 more money. Oats In fair request, at an advance of Id per 451bs on fine, and 2d on common and inferior. Oatmeal held at 30s ficl to 31s per load for middle cut. Barley and peas unaltered. Beans 1s dearer—Egyptian bringing 41s per qr. Indian corn quite neglected at the late advance; prime mixed :33s 3d to 33a Gil; 31s for yellow; and white, 36s to 36s 6d per qr. LEEDS, APRIL 28. We have bail very moderate supplies of grain. All fresh qualities of wheat are , in request, and meet free sale at fully the rates of Friday, and there is a fair inquiry for other sorts. The little English barley oftering sells rdadily, at extreme prices ; foreign without alteration from last week. Beans and other articles as before. Average prices of grain —Wheat, 55s id ; bailey, 463 4d ; oats, 284 —d ; beans, 40s 10d ; peas, 39s 2d ; rye, —s. HULL- Arum 28. A moderate show of wheat to-day, the condition im proved, and for such there was a good demand at is to 2a over last day. Foreign more looked after. Barley is is dearer, with a good sale. Beans is dearer, but scarce in dry qualities. Oats 6:1 dearer. The linseed market is un changed. Cakes in good demand, and a good selection of foreign cakes in the port. Bones in request at 2s 6d per ton advance. , II 111 8. .. Wheat, English, rod 56 to 60,Peas, grey and black to -- Ditto white 6O to 65' Linseed, Black Sea... 66 to 70 Dantzic and Konigs- IDitto Petersburgh ... 56 to 66 berg 5B to 64 Ditto Rigaand Arch- Pomeraniamandliam- 1 angel .. . 48 to 56 burgh Danish ,Holstein, and Memel 5O to 5$ Friesland 4B to 50 Per Too Russian and Odessa 50 to po l Lins.c., Hull 9/ Os to 9 1 12 61 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 30'Rape cakes —s Od to .125 s Oi Barley, malting Ditto grinding 32 to 36'Ditto foreign Beans 46 to 50IGuano OOl Os 81 t 013.103 Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 34 to 361 Flour, per brl .30s. 328' COURSE OF EXCEIANGE.—YEsnanDAT. % msterdaro ...... ...... H 17 Ditto, three months .. H 19% Rotterdam ............ 11 19% Gibraltar ......••••••• : Leghorn ...: • 29 5 i 7g Genoa •• •• • • 215 7 5 Antwerp • • 9 • 0 ' ; II • • • •• • • 25 150 Milan .....••• •.•.•• Brussel; :••• •• •• •• •••• 25 50 aarsibureh •••••••••••• 13 83 Altona•• •• •• •• •• •••• .• Paris.... •••• •• •• 25 0 I Ditto, three months .. 25 70 Marseilles 25 72 4; Naples •............... 43., Palerrrio .............. 10'A Messina ... ... 130% Lisbon .. N2ii Oporto .. ..... . ... 5236 • •• •• - - BourJeaus. •••• Rio Janeiro...... •• •" Frankfort-on-Nialno .• .. 119% Buenos Ayres Berlin Yew York ,flO days' sight Vienna •• •• ••• ••••••• • •• 10 35 Philadelphia • • • . Mesta. • 10 36 PRICES OF BULLION, :EA 00• ‘ . Petersburg 37% Foreign Gold in Bars 4:3 17 Uadrid .... 49 1 4, Portugal Gold Coin .. o• 0 I n ' Cadiz • 49% Mexican Dollars 0 v o Barcelona New Dollars ° A Seville . •• .. --I diverin bars ...... 0 0 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.] — We quote a few more of the extraordi" nary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry's delicionS health-restoring Revalcuta Arabic', Food of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and. Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption , and Debility: Cure No. ISO.—" Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipir, tion, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in. a 'WI" short time.—W. R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton.," Cu re, No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant bad consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured bl Du Barry's .health-restoring Food.—l shall be hapPY l answer any inquiries. —Rev. John W. Flavell, Rectory, Norfolk."- No. 32,836 —" Three years' exc ess l nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, general debility, which rendered my life very misersb.le.. has been radically removed by tin Barry's bealth -rester'l Food.—Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, ° Skibereen . , supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors I; Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Har vel • Dr. Campbell ;' Dr. Gattiker ; Dr: Wurzer ; Dr. Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of C" 140 stuart ; 'Major-Gen. Thomas King; and ma n y other respect 01 persons, whose health has been restored by it, afterall e t et" means of cure had railed. For further particulars re'P_...-es in this invaluable food our readers are referred t o Du BaY advertisement in another part of this paper. BIRTHS. OF A sox. ac re, On the 27th inst., at 2, GloceQter-place, Portman-sqn the On wi the 31:G at regor. f 27th inst., 41, Finsbury-squsre, the wifo ° J. Ca% ood NV ordswotth. • Or A DAUGHTER. 10 ' 4 ' On the. 27th inst. at Little Hothfield, Ashfo rd, the wife of Captain Leslie. On the 27th inst., at 45, Camden•road Villas, th e /li° of T. L. Atkinson, Esq. ~, George MARRIED. On the 25th inst., at Cornwood, Devon, Captai n , — ker, Parker, R.N., second son of Admiral Sir William ilia Bart., G.C.8., to Anne Elizabeth, only child of vv,' ;d — g Mackworth Praed, Rig. of Delamore, near Iv)" -Dr.--" and of Bitton House, Teignmouth. ~. owe , On the 28th inst., at Bromley, Kent, the Rev. ''„7, a gc_ Parr, jun., of Hinstock , Salop, to Mary ErailY,. A l" "d ' s• surviving daughter of Charles Pott, Esq., of •vre--9.11 Kent. ponY s ' D lED. umar O or.t n n; t to h ahseg e ope( 2 2l: 6 76Rt tk i i y n nn st., in London, Sir George W ITh .Bautttlero7, . c 0 0 0 in n e t s h , e 0 f 2 7 Regentt h i er il: ire T et h , ° a ra ge s' d 4 W ;e l a ie r r s ' . only c 1 f vole," On the 25th inst., Joseph Goodchild, Esq., ' 3 , A 64. e C r, a natge. aged 72. -row, IC h e . n i n d i o n: t o °l3 : street, Southwark, and Kingsbury Middlesex age" third On the 25th inst., at Ealing, James L. B. 'Sprot,o_ i s. son of Mark Sprot, Esq., of Itiddell, Roxburgh, ag te bat- ' On the 25th inst. at 13, Church-row, Newington Sarah, wife of C. T'urpin, Esq., aged 70. " fte , l. On the 24th inst., at Torquay, South Devon, ka rt., ~w ea Charles James, rector of Evenlode, "Trorcestersbi 70 52. llitleof On the 25th inst. , at E rith, Bent, Mrs. Elizabeth late of the Crown Inn, aged 87. --..----"'"..---- LONDON Printed and Published by KURD() YO I / 1 1 4 " 0 : of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ottiee, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savor. in flio cou tp z i of Middlesex, Wednesday, Apiril 29, 1837. • 1 f ra IN an Po tel ;11Ia :in Is, CA Vie rt s air I A ?Lit 'am istrl 'Pre to I ( 17 P , day Lot 1113,