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Repenting engineers and others, who would be re qu ired to ca rr y ou t th e arra ngement, wouldcaus e an immense expenditure of money. The importance of the question, however, under the Poor Relief Bill, could tat nitot had over-estimated. If the Government would say that made up its mind on the subject it might bet worthy n it !' con sideration, whether it would not be better to than to postpone it to a future occa sion, but ifhad n l the u objection estion might be considered to be still open, t hen he to its postponement. Mr. LABOUCHERE would not pledge the Government to any course of the kind. Mr. M. O'FERRAL sa i d fu t t h ey that what he wanted was not to pledge the Government to any particular course, in on a e but th at should leave the subject open for discus sion occasion. Mr. LABOUCHERE would give no assurance of the kind required. Sir H. W. BARRON regretted the tone of the Hon. Gentleman below him (Mr. Labouchere), fie saw the great danger of allowing the extension of the Poor law in the manner proposed ; as the electoral dis tricts as they now stood were quite too large He was convinced that if the Poor-law were extended in Ireland and not confined to territorial responsibility, the greatest mis chief would result to the landlords, and every other interest. The system of electoral districts had not the effect of stimulat ing landlords to improve their properties, and to give employ ment, but by narrowing the amount of taxation, that effect would result, and the country be greatly benefited. There was no landlord, under such circumstances, who would support the poor that might be upon his property in idleness, if he could procure employment for them. And he was surprised that this argument had not some effect on the Hon. Gentleman below him (Mr. Labouchere), The only tangible argument of any force nhich he had heard against the system of t own l an d division was, th at i t would teed to a clearance of the estates. Now it cecurred to hint that it was strange that the Right lion. Gentleman did not see that a remedy could be applied for the prevention of that. lie, himself (Sir H. W. Barron), had a notice on the books of the House, " that the landlord should be bound by law to support every person that he ejected from his property, for either three or five years. The system of communities, advocated by the Right Hon. Gentleman, might be very well in theory, but when reduced to practice, it would be found by no means so efficient as the town land system. If they were to have the English law adapted to Ireland, let them have the division into parishes, inti educed as in England. There every parish supported its own poor, and in ninety- nine cases out of a hundred, a parish in England was not one fourth the extent of an electoral district, neither in size, in name, nor in any other respect were they analogous. He hoped that the House would not adopt the vicious principle of throwing the whole responsibility upon property in Ireland, for such a principle would render all their efforts at legislation for Ireland, vain.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. BELLEW said that the House could not lose sight of the question, that the Irish population was in some way to be provided for ; but it could not be done by the principle of throwing the whole burden upon the landed property, as such a measure would be little short of a confiscation. In Mayo, Sligo, and many other counties, the rental of the estates would be eaten up by being obliged to support those who were upon them. He understood that the Hon. Member for Northamp tonshire wished that out-door relief should be given to the able-bodied paupers, and he believed that the Irish Members generally, were not in favour of such a principle, but on the contrary, were opposed to it ; and, he believed, that such a principle would be most injurious, as it would throw too much responsibility upon the townlands, which rarely exceeded two or three hundred acres, whilst the present district amounted to six thousand acres in some instances. Lord JOHN MANNERS confessed that when he heard the Right Honourable Gentleman object to the propo sition of the Honourable Member for Northamptonshire, for its not being in strict accordance with the principles of the English law, he was surprised. Supposing that the proposition did not strictly accord with the English law, if it produced a practical good in Ireland, why should it be relented? The Right Hon. Gentleman also went on to say, that he wished the House to sanction the principle that a man was more to regard the way he performed his duties to the community than the way he discharged his duties to his property. His firm con viction was, that the community would best be served when individual rights and individual duties were properly main • tained. He was only an English Member of that House, but he thought he might be pardoned if he now took some further interest in this question. He thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman, in laying down his principles with respect to the duties to the community, was laving the foundation for an in creased area for taxation under the English poor-law. As an English Member, he should be prepared whenever the question was discussed, to pay attention to the opinion expressed by the Honourable Members for Kildare and Waterford, :and not be led away by the expression of opinion with reference to feudalism, which had nothing to do with the question. Mr. OSBORNE said he would not trespass too much upon the time of the House by the observations he had to make. lie thought that the arguments adduced by the Right Hon. Gentleman would certainly carry him to approve of the expe diency of a national rate. He thought that the lion. Member for Northamptonshire had been somewhat misrepresented in this debate with regard to the opinion he had expressed, Ina his immediate object in risin g was to draw the attention of the House to what he thought as serious a matter. He did not wish to interpose any delay before the House went into Com mittee. He wi s h e d to wash his hands from the responsibility of agreeing to thi s measure which her Majesty's Government had brought fo rwar d f or the temporary relief of destitute poor. He had a s'rong opinion upon this Bill. Ile gave the Government every credit for kind and good intentions i n i ntroduc i ng it. He believed that no men mere actuated by better intentions, and be also believed that next to the unfortunate people who were now starvin g i n I re l an d they were much to be pitied • The state of things in Ireland had got to that dreadful crisis, that it was difficult to propose any measure sufficient as a remedy. He believed that the measure proposed would not be effectual. It would set into operation two systems, anti would cause continual drains of money from this country, and that, lie could assure the lion. Member for Bath, he was most anxious to avoid. There were 500,000 people w or ki ng on the roads in Ireland, and it was intended to employ and feed them. If they gave each of them a quart of soup per day, that, at the lowest estimate, would cost Id. per head, or 10,000:, per day, 70,000/ per week, or three millions a year ; and yet during all this time the labour-rate did not cease. They were certain in t ringing this test to promote the cultivation of the country. Na man who merely got his quart of soup would undertake agricultural labour, and he had keen informed by medical men that soup was not sufficient food for them, and there was neither accommodation in the stray of ovens, or meal to put into them. Even the workhouses were short of bread. 'llia measure for temporary relief would not produce any permanent benefit, nor tend to the cultivation of the soil. After a few words from Lord BERNARD, the House went into Committee. Sir H. W. BARRON said that in the first clatfle he ob served that there were many officers to be appointed by tee Commissioners subject to the approval of the Lord Lieutenant. lie objected much to the principle, and he thought that the responsibility ought to fall upon the Lord Lieutenant himself. lie would propose, therefore, that the words " subject to the approval of the Lord Lieutenant" should be struck out in the 16th clause. After a few words from Sir G. GREY, which did not reach the gallery, Lord CLEMENTS said that he thought the responsibility ought to be thrown definitely on the Lord Lieutenant, as the mere necessity of his approval of the appointments would give rise to many abuses. He did not see how those officers who had other engagements to fulfil could properly administer the present law. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Hon. Member had com plained of all the appointments requiring the sanction of the Lord Lieutenant. Upon the fullest consideration, of the question, the Government thought this course the most desirable. He also complains that several of the Commis sioners, having other appointments, could not purposely attend to the duties imposed on them by the present measure. The true state of the case was, that Sir John Burgoyne and Sir Randolph Routh would have all their time devoted to the mea sure; while Sir John Macgregor, Colonel Jones, and Mr. Red ington, would be able to afford them important assistance. Mr. Redington, in a communication which he (Mr. Labrou chere ) had i eceived from him, said that he really believed that by the rrangement proposed, they should gain a great deal of time, and very much simplify the business. He said also that the commissioners appointed would he quite sufficient for the duties, and that the board would be quite sufficient for all present purposes. Mr. B. OSBORNE would not oppose the clause, but com plained of the enormous duties that would be thrust on Sir John Burgoyne, and Sir Randolph Routh. He considered that local boards ought to be appointed in the various districts to relieve the duties of the central commissioners. If the Bill was to work at all there must be local boards. Lord CLEMENTS did not wish to press his amendment at present, but thought the machinery was defective in its pre sent form. The amendment was then withdrawn, and After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, The clause was agreed to. Clause 2 was agreed to without discussion. On the resolution that Clause 3 stand part of the Bill, Mr. S. O'BRIEN moved, as an amendment, that those parties who had subscribed to a certain amount should be eli gible in their respective districts for seats in the local boards of management. Mr. F. FRENCH approved of the amendment. Mr. OSBORNE hoped the suggestion would be at tended to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to the alteration proposed. Colonel CONNOLLY thought the amendment of the Hon. Member for Limerick would be a great improvement. The Earl of LINCOLN was in favour of limiting the num ber of the Committee. Let them suppose it composed of per haps 50 individuals, and he was assured that with the peculiar temperament of the Irish the business could be proceeded with. Ile thought, therefore, that the clause as it stood would meet ell the difficulties of the case. Mr. SHAW thought that the clause should specify justices either resident within the electoral districts, or having pro perty there. lie was quite prepared, however, to leave the whole matter in the discretion of the Lord-Lieutenant and the Board of Management. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL urged in the strongest manner, upon the Government the propriety of including in the clause the clergymen in the respective districts. He considered that by so doing they would secure the confidence of the poorer classes. Mr. OSBORNE thought the whole matter might be left in the discretion of the Lord-Lieutenant. Mr. LABOUCHERE could not see the propriety of grant ing such unlimited powers to the Lord-Lieutenant. They had taken the guardians of the respective unions, together with the resident justices. With respect to the clergymen, he was sure that the Government had no desire to cast the s be li g lo h _ t _es_%re o fle t et e i un on the clergymen of Ireland, whether these ( mr".liCajo,ichher. Established or the Roman Catholic Church He that body durin e) bore testimony to the great exertions of without their theg existing visitation. He believed that preserved the assistancepeactiktiewould have been impossible to have to extend the p owers in the lcountry. But they had no d es i re himself of more especially as t h e L or d Lieutenant co u ld avail of the advi ce o f t h e clergy when he found it nec essary to do so. After a few words from Sir D. NORREYS, the amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN than propose,draen,,roter amendme n t i n the same clause, that afte r th e word . words be intrcaiuced, " Clergym en o f all de 'nlkne 21, thesis log in the electoral districts." n ominations 111 r. F. F. FRENCH trusted the Hon. Member would not press his amendment. Mr. AGL lON B Y thought that Gove:nment should concede the amentlineut to the wishes of the Irish aleiobers. They had had experience, and therefore they ought to be placed on the Committee. Sir G. GRE Y said that a great difficulty would naturally arise out of this proposition , for the ministers of fifty denomina tions, who would claim the right, and there would be endless confession. Then there would be anotherd e difficulty a moment ultyastow h who were the clergy. He trusted it wwo ld not RopsclA it was at intended in the slightest degree tie cast any 11 - 0 1 1 2 . citaticisi iipan the Catholic clergy. , e ,..... Allen few words from Sir R. FERG I:soti and his Lord_nteJnotixerw, „I,', Ma NNEas, the latter of whom stated that i t was i " 4 :'' to support the amendment, r _ Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said that a difficulty would also i - arise from the positions of the Roman Catholic clergy in Ire- 1 4 41' f*' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1847. land in the several parishes. He was himself entitled to officiate as a guardian, but he had not qualified, and he appre hended that the same indisposition would be felt by the Roman Catholic clergy. He thought the better plan would be to leave out the whole clause, and take the discussion on bringing up the report. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment . 32 Against it ... •.. ••• 128 Majority against the amendment —96 The amendment was consequently lost, and the clause was carried. Clauses 4 to 7 were then carried. On the proposition of clause 8, Mr. MORGAN J. O'CONNELL thought the clause was clumsily worded. Its object was to connect the district com mittees with the central committee in Dublin. Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE did not mean to meet the Bill with any hostility, but he thought the machinery might be amended. After the proposition of some verbal amendmen's by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the clause, with his alterations was agreed to. On clause 7 being proposed, Lord CLEMENTS said that this clause was simply a varia tion of the 18th clause, and on these two clauses the whole Bill hinged; and it appeared that a deficiency had occurred, from the Government having neglected to ascertain which of the poor ought to be relieved, and who not. They had blinked the question in every stage, and then they proposed a 6/. rating. Why, did they know what a 61. rating was, and how it would affect the people? Under the clause, as it new stood, anybody might be relieved. He knew persons of in dependent property, who would be under the 6/. rating ; and many industrious people, who were well off, would be free from it. Why, under this clause, the Right Hon. Gentle man the Secretary for Ireland might himself go and receive the relief.—(Laughter. ) If they proceeded as the Bill stood, the farmer would compete with the labourer for the work. Then it was perfectly impossible fur any one to work the accounts, as he firmly believed that out of the 21,520 persons to be employed there was not one that would understand the accounts. There were more difficulties in this Bill than the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Secretary for Ireland anticipated, and he thought it was indispensably necessary that the clauses he had alluded to should be amended. He would suggest that as a test of the destitution of the party requiring relief, the sum he had pre viously been rated at, should not exceed 4/. Mr. LABOUCHERE entertained a strong opinion, that it would be most inexpedient to attempt to lay down any distinct definition as to who should be entitled to relief. Still he was ready to admit, that under the Labour-rateAct, persons had been employed who, so far frem beingdestitute, had the means in their own hands of procuring a very excellent subsistence. He was not so sanguine as to suppose that this Bill would not be liable to the same difficulties and objections ; but at all events, under its provisions the imposition could not be so suc cessfully practised as it had been under the Labour-rate Act. Under that Act ,in many instances, public virtue had given way to self-interest; but as the present Bill did not provide for the distribution of money, but of food, there would not be the same temptations. With regard to fixing the test at 4/., he thought it most unwise to pursue any such course, because it was not impossible that persons who had been higher rated might be reduced to the lowest depths of destitution. He must, therefore, decline to adopt the sug gestion of the Noble Lord.—(Bear, hear.) Mr. F. FRENCH perfectly agreed with the last remark of the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland. He knew in ny persons who had been rated at upwards of 6'. who were now in a state of most pitiable destitution. After a few words from Mr. BELLEW, Colonel CONNOLLY thought it rather an unreasonable thing to compel them to collect such large sums of money, when it was already well known that they were totally unable to collect money to the distress of the districts. Mr. B. OSBORNE thought that it was quite likely that no rates would ever be collected in Ireland until the next, har vest. It would be much better for the Government to allow those unions who had overdrawn their account to pay interest on such sums until they were paid. Mr. ROEBUCK thought it rather strange that the Go vernment should be called upon to advance money upon inte rest to persons whom the Hen. Member had stated were totally unable to collect the rates or repay the loans. Irish Members seemed quite prepared to take the money, but had no idea of repaying it. lie believed that all the charities of Ireland had been and would be misapplied, and would go into the pockets of those who were trading upon the miseries of Ireland. Lord CLEMENTS said that it was quite true that the money had been misapplied ; but it had been misapplied by the Government, and that, too, upon their own confession. The poor had been defrauded of their money, and the farmers and more respectable people had received that which the poor should have had. He fully concurred in the opinion that the rates would not be paid before the next harvest, even if then; for in his opinion there would be nothing like crops for the next harvest. Mr. ROSS wished to deny the charge which had been made against the landowners a few nights since by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, whom he characterised as coming to the House and begging them to save them from ruin. Mr. S. O'BRIEN thought it quite impossible for the rates to be collected. There were hundreds of persons rented at more than 4/. per annum who were not cultivating their land, and who would be perfectly unable to pay the rates. He theught the imposition of any relief test would prove a failure. It was an important question, and it was right that the attention of the Government should be fully called to the subject. It was not without great consideration on this subject that her Majesty's Government had decided upon the present - measures. It Was true that the Hon. Gentleman had stated that there were many parts of Ireland where the rate could be collected, but there were many other parts of the country where it could not be collected, and in the cases that had been called, where it w as no t co ll ected, he believed it was not owing to the neglect of those whose duty it was to collect the rents. It had been said they we. e imposing duties on the officers of the p or-law different to those for which they were engaged ; but it was the duty o f th ese o ffi cers to do all that was 'repaired of them for tine collection of the rents as essential to their func tions. Mr. OSBORNE and Major MiNAataaA rose at the same time, but the latter gave way, Mr. OSBORNE—The statement made by the Hon. Mem ber for Northampton was strictly true. There were instances in Clare of some of the small farmers having gone on the public roads. Notwithstanding what had been said by the Hon. Member for Bath, he did not think the rate could be collected. Major M‘NAMA R A made a few remarks which were in• audible. Mr. C. O'BRIEN was ready to prove that many of the statements that hail been made in the course of the debate were quite erroneous. He could prove tnat every statement put forward by Captain Wynne, with respect to the county of Clare, was unfounded. Ile had treated the inhabitants as savages ; but they were no such thing. In that part of the county in which he resided no difficulty was experienced in collecting the rates, and they were a sufficient security for the repayment of whatever money the Government might advance. He hoped, however, the Government would institute an inquiry into the charges which Captain Wynne had made, and not to allow him to continue to hold the office he did at a salary of 500.'. a-year, with the assistance of a secretary, which the county had to pay. Mr. P SCROPE hoped the House would not be led away from the great question before them by personal recrimination. The great object to be obtained was to save millions of the peo ple from perishing, and to prevent the money, proposed to be advanced, from being improperly expended ; but if they at tempted to collect the rates from the occupying tenants, they would create the same confusion which they did in 1:.+35, when they attempted, by the aid of the military, to collect tithes from the tenants. It was advisable to put the rates at once upon the landlords, who were in a condition to give ample I security to the Government for whatever advances they might make on the credit of their tenantry. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that what he meant was, that Clare was an exception to other counties, as many of its inhabitants had acted very turbulently, for instance the Lord-Lieutenant had been compelled to stop, some of the works, in consequence of the riotous conduct of those employed on them. A murderous attack had recently been made in the same county. An extract from Captain Wynne's report, however, stated that the people had returned to their former masters, he believed the report to be true. Mr. C. O'BRIEN stated that Captain Wynne had brought charges against him which had been investigated by the board, and their utter groundlessness proved. Now he complained that the report did not contain any allusion to the matter. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said that there was a great doubt whether the rates would be paid in Ireland. The land lords might be able to pay them, but the poor tenants would not. He thought that if they wished to keep the people alive it must be by a large grant of mone y. Mr. SMITH O'BitIEN said that it would be impossible to collect the rates in many districts, and more especially where the Noble Lord ( Clements) lived. In many places they were not able to pay rents much less taxes, and therefore he thought it would be impossible to collect the rates ft °ln the poor of Ireland. Mr. DISRAELI supported the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Clare with regard to a committee, and read a letter from Captain Wynne to the board reflecting on the conduct of Mr. O'Brien, and other magistrates of the county of Clare, as well as the state of society in that county generally. Mr. CORNELIUS O'BRIEN hoped the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury would not take the words of Capt. Wynne as gospel. That letter had been written by him for the purpose of raising himself in the estimation of the Board. It ill became Capt. Wynne to talk in a derogatory manner of him (Mr. O'Brien) or his colleague, for there was a transaction in which he was concerned in the county Limerick, which did not contribute much to his reputation. He took into his barrack room the wife of —, (cries 'of " Oh, oh,)—and after wards made an allegation of seduction—(cries of " Oh, oh,")-- If the House would grant him a committee of inquiry he would prove the truth of all he stated. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he considered it due after what had been said, to the character of a public servant, to bear his testimony to his merits. He knew it to be the opinion of every member of the Irish Govern ment, that although they had many officers who dis charged onerous duties with ability, fidelity, and zeal, yet there was no person whose conduct excelled that of Captain Wynne. He acted a most gallant and manly part under circumstances of the most adverse description. He (Mr. Labouchere) never saw Captain Wynne in his life, and he therefore could have no personal interest in rising to defend him from an unjust and unfair attack—his only motive was a sense of justice. He did not wish to enter into any question in reference to disputes which might have existed between Captain Wynne and the Honourable Gentleman ; he only regretted that they should have been brought before the House. He only felt it due to Captain Wynne to say that he was entitled to the gratitude of the country, for it was mainly to his exer tions that the peace of the country was preserved—(hear, hear.) He was ready to agree with Hon. Gentlemen that there were great abuses on many of the public works, but it was most unjust to say that such exceptions were the rule. In many parts of the country the public works were very well conducted, and every body did their duty, and none hut the really destitute were employed upon them. By the exertions of the Board of Works and the co-operation of the gentry, great and incalculable g ood had been effected. He h o ped that the di scuss i on would end there, and that the House would be allowed to proceed with the Bill. Mr. C. O'BRIEN said that the report, which acquitted hiwi and his colleague, had been suppressed, and not a word had been said about it, 11r. SHAW said, that although a few abuses might have existed, it was by no means the general rule. When it was most erroneously stated that farmers were receiving the funds dos tined for the destitute. A landlord, living in the county Leitrim, had informed him, within the last two days, that out of 700/. rent his agent, a most intelligent gentleman, had reported to him that all he could collect was 51. He had visited all the tenants, and he did riot believe, so destitute were they of every , then, to call those unfortunatehpayone thing, that they could i farthing farmers, more—f"a. more—was m s e i f r s fair, a r i e r - , ceiving relief —Meal ) He did believe that the money would be repaidat leas e t ar. the greater portion of it—and he could assure the Government of this, at l east, t h at they would ore he Irela n d w h o were Onl y .) eairous to assist by every means Lord BE said that he spoke the setiments of e great majority of the p eop l e i n Ireland, when he n elated that th all ay they wanted was a loan of money, which they would ho nest l y rep. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said, that in the Fart of Ireland with which he was connected, the landlords had punctually poll their rates. When it was said that the inability to pay the rates arose from the landlords, it was casting an unjust reflec tion upon them. He trusted, that if the rates could not other wise be collected, they should be levied from the lands, for the English public ought not to be disappointed, nor the Irish peo ple left to starvation. _ Clauses 8,9, 10, and 11, were then agreed to. On clause 12, Mr. S. O'BR TEN said that the consideration of this clause had better be postponed until Monday, as it did not determine fairly whether the rates for out-door relief should be levied upon the electoral districts or the unions generally. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the question had better remain open until the bringing up of the report on Monday. mom Lord LINCOLN wished the law as laid down in this Bill to remain in accordance with the present law in Ireland. It was true that an application had been made to the the rates to be levied upon the electoral districts, and it was necessary that the law as it stood should remain unaltered as the greatest confusion would arise from any attempt at change. It would be better to postpone the matter until the other measure, with reference to the poor in Ireland, then before the House, should be decided. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Noble Lord had said quite correctly, that all expenses should be charged to the electoral division, but the law as it at pre sent existed, enacted that a twelve months residence out of eighteen in the electoral district should let the expense fall on that district, but a less period of residence would cause the ex pense to fall upon the general union. The question must be referred to the Commissioners for the execution of the law. After some further conversation, Mr. ROEBUCK begged leave to move that Mr. Greene should leave the chair and report progress. After a few remarks from Mr. DISRAELI, This course was agreed to, and the chairman reported progress. The House then resumed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned until Four o'clock on Monday. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Smrrit.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the standing orders were found to have been complied with : Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough and Borough•. bridge Branch). Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrowgate and Pately Branch, &c.) Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington Ex. tension). Leeds and Thirsk (Branch from Millersley, &c.) Leeds and Thirsk (Deviation of Main Line in Chimple Val ley, &c. ) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 4. TELSPASS.—WHITE V. STURGING AND OTHWIS. This was an action in forma pauperis, to recover com pensation in damages from Mr. Sturging, a publican, carrying on business at the Old Swan, in the Mile end-road, and a police-constable, named Brown, for a tresspas, committed under the following circumstances : The plaintiff, White, was formerly an officer, in the employ ment of the Sheriff of Essex, but at the time in question lie was in custody on a charge (from which he was after wards liberated, on giving proofs of his innocence), of having been concerned in carrying on an illicit still. His wife, however, and several children occupied a room in a house, of which the landlord's name was Brown, at 5, Friendly place, White Horse-lane, Mile -end. A Mr. Bird, the pro prietor of the house, had given Brown notice to quit, but no intimation of the fact had been given to Mrs. White. On the sth of August, Mr. Bird, accompanied by others, forcibly entered the house, and turned the inmates and their furniture into the street. Mr. White refused to leave Bird went into the yard and picked up an old pewter pot, which bore the name of the landlady, who had kept :the Old Swan. He took it over to Sturging, who shortly after came over, and demanded an explanation of the way in which the pot came upon the premises. Mrs. White explained that when she had lived at the next house she and other lodgers used it in common for obtaining water from the but, and that it had been brought to that house and similarly used. He immediately gave her into the custody of Brown on the charge of stealing the pot, who took her into the street, and her five children immediately followed her. After being taken some distance, and finding that the crowd, who had gathered round the woman and her children, considered her unfairly and unkindly dealt with, he offered to liberate her if she would pay the value of the pot, namely 2s. She, however, had no money, as she and her family were in the greatest indigence; but the crowd collected is. 7d., which was handed to him, and the woman was set free. The Learned Counsel (Mr. Wilkins) characterised the whole pro ceeding as a ruse, for the purpose of getting the woman out of the house, as the house was locked up, and refused re admittance, so that in fact she was turned into the street with her children. _ These facts having been proved in evidence, Mr. Sergeant SIIE:A, for the defendants, contended that the womaniwas not:g,iven into custody, and that she went into the street with her children for the purpose of going to the station-house of her own free will, iu order to explain the matter. The jury, after some deliberation, found a verdict fur the plaintiff fur 10/. DALRYM V. M Ni ULL. Mr. Lush appeared for th plaintiff, and Mr. Montagu Chambers for the defendant. This was an action to recoyer compensation in damages for certain slanderous expressions which the defendant, the pro prietor of a few houses at Hammersmith, had used towards the plaintiff, a widow lady, who was one of his tenants at the time. It appeared that the plaintiff, who had lived in Chelsea, owed some rent, and that the defendant, after having been unable to levy a distress, proceeded to the house, caused a crowd to assemble, and called her "a vagabond bitch, a swindler, and a thief," saying that he could prove that she deserved each of these aspersions. He also said that "she had left Chelsea through cheating her tradespeople, and that he should take care she did not cheat any one in Hammer smith! as lie would follow her twenty miles for the purpose of exposing her." He carried his threat into effect, as he had called upon two of her tradesmen in Chelsea, aspersed her in the way mentioned, and advised them not to trust her. It appeared, however, that she had discharged the account of these persons, with the exception of a few shillings each, and that they considered her a person whom they could trust. One of them, in consequence, refused to execute an order. The defence was, that the defendant had acted as he did under great provocation, as, after his broker had been re pulsed, the plaintiff sent him a note to the following effect : " Fools! did you ever catch a weasel asleep ? How is Lushington (the broker) after having had his hand in the trap ;" that but one word, namely, " thief," was in the eye of the law slanderous, and that there was reason to believe that the witnesses might have been mistaken, and that that word had been added by the plaintiff's attorney, well knowing that unless su c h a word was use d , t h at an action would not lie. Mr. Justice ERIE told the jury that if they considered the defendant meant by the word "thief" to charge the plaintiff with larceny, they should give their verdict for the plaintiff if not, for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Feb. 5. HARRIS V. RICHASI.DS. This was an action oitrOver brought by a Mr. Thomas Harris, against Mr. Richards, an auctioneer, in Rathbone place, to recover compensation in damages for the conversion ofa mahogany wardrobe. The plaintiff, being in need of money deposited the wardrobe in question with the defendant for 1/. le. It was put up for sale on the 7th of July, but it was bought in by a friend of the plaintiff for 2/. 2s. The plaintiff applied for it on the 10th, but be was told that it had been taken by some person by mistake; but that if he would give them a few days they would trace it, and return it to him. The next day it was found to have been given by mistake to a person named Keyhole, a printer's broker, in the neighbour hood of St. Martin's-lane, and it was returned to the defendant's rooms on the 13th. On the 17th the clerk of the plaintiff's attorney served the defendant with a notice, demanding possession of the article. He was told that he might have it of the defendant's clerk, but he replied that he had nothing to do with the wardrobe, his sole business being to serve the notice. No subsequent application was made, and the defendant was served with a writ in August, and the action had proceeded in the ordinary course. The defence was, that the defendant had offered to return the article within a reasonable time, that there was no conversion, and that the action was simply brought for costs. Lord DENMAN told the jury that if they considered the ar ticle waa taken by mistake, and that the defendant had offered to return it within a reasonable time, that, they should give their verdict in his favour ; but that if they considered there hed been a conversion, and that the plaintiff had suffered injury in consequence, that they should find for the plaintiff, and specify the amount of damage to which they considered him entitled. The defendant, by paying the costs of the writ, and by returning the wardrobe, might by the consent of a judge at chambers, have put an end to the action. The jury, after deliberating a few minutes, found a rerdic for the plaintiff—Damages 40s. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Feb. 4. JOHNS v. LOWLEY--FAIkE IMPRISONMENT. This was an action for false imprisonment brought by the plaintiff against Lowley, the landlord of a dwelling-house in Ratcliffe-highway, who gave him into custody and charged him at Thames Police-court with stealing away the fixtures. The charge was heard by Mr. Ballantyne and dismissed. It w as proved upon the trial that the plaintiff had put up some fixtures for John Turner, Mr. Lowley's tenant, who, intending - to remove out of the house, resold them to Mr. Johns, and he was in the act of taking them away when the landlord same to the spot and gave him into the custody of the police. The LORD CHID/ BARON directed th e j ury to find for the plaintiff, and at the same time in estimating the damages, to take into account that the defendant had ground for an action of trespass, and damages against the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 101. Counsel for the plaintiff, Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Haw kins ; for the defendant, Mr. Humphrey, Q.C. Feb. 5. EDWARD V. GIIRTIS. This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recove r compensation in damages for a violent assault comm i tted uponshimthedefendant. appeared plaintiff was a poulte rer , carry i ng on Wilkins for the plaintiff ; M r. C rowder for the defendant. business in Newga te-street ; the defendant was a meat sales man, conducting his business in the same plac e as th e plaintiff, In conse quen ce of a few words havin g p asse d b etween the par ties, the defend ant struck the plaintiff, and pushed him down, n, and such was the severe nat ure o f the b low and the edaenftendant. It appeared fall that the ho use sur g eon of St. B artholomew's Hospital, a whither the plaintiff was taken, said that the radius or small bone of the wrist was broken, and th at the plaintiff remained in the hospital fo r a p eriod of five week s under treatment for the injury. Mr. CROWDER a ddressed the j ur y a t some length for the defendant. ned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 51. The jury retur The LORD CHIEF BAR ON summed u p , and COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 3 ----- GODDARD V. DOBSON AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by Mr. Henry Goddard, a surgeon, residing at De p tford, to recover 153/. on a proinis ' sort' note from Mr.Dobson, a medical practitioner i n t h e county of Essex,and Mrs. Laburn, a lady residing in Re gent-street. The defence set up was, that the names of the defendants attached to the note were not in the handwriting of the parties. Mr. Sergeant Channel and Mr. Bovil were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Wordsworth for the defendants. A number of witnesses were called, who deposed to the handwriting of the signatures in the note being that of the defendants. In cross. examination several notes, the purport of which did not appear, were submitted to these witnesses, who like wise stated that, to the best of their knowledge they were in the handwriting of the defendant Mrs. Laburn. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Feb. 4. IN RI A. W. SSEIGII. This insolvent, who, it will be remembered, was connected with the expedition under General Flores, came up for his final order. Mr. BUCHANAN appeared on behalf of the insolvent, who was opposed on the ground that he had not accounted for a sum of 300/., which he was possessed of in 1843. In the course of a long examination, it a ppeared that he had been one of the Commissioners in the Manchester constabulary, but the appointment expired under the Act, and he had been in expectation of obtaining another appointment. He had spent the money on necessary expenses, and in 1845 received 125/. from his wife's relations, and had mainly depended on his literary labours. Mr. Buchanan was about to address the Court on behalf of the insolvent, when His HONOUR said he did not see any ground for the oppo sition, and would grant the order. coat to bare been originally ordered, the contract had been set aside by plaintiff's promising to make another. The jury immediately gave a verdict for the defendant. SMITIT V. WARREN. This was an action by the same plaintiff against the de fendant, who is a surgeon, to recover the sum of 31. 35., for goods sold. The defendant pleaded a tender of 21. 9s. which had been paid into court. The evidence went to show that the defendant ordered two waistcoats, but they were objected to. One was a French shawl pattern, the other a silk cross-bar; the first was charged 11. 10s., and the other 1/. ss, with Bs. for buttons. Mr. TRIOMAS, for the defendant, called for a bill which was delivered in the first instance but returned, and which was for 21. 9s. The bill, however, was not produced. The plaintiff's foreman said he took the waistcoats home, but defendant did not like the make, and said he onlyordered them out of "courtesy," as he went for quite a different pur pose, namely, to sell a rifle, but as plaintiff asked him for the order, and as had ordered them, he would take one. The UNDER-SHERlFF—Ordered two out of courtesy, and then said he would take one! Witness—Yes, sir. The waistcoats were sent back some times once and sometimes twice a week for alterations. Mr. TuomAs called a witness named Payne, a tailor in the Strand, who swore that the 2/. 9s. was a full West-end price The shawl pattern was almost as old as Adam—(Laughter) —the other was not a novelty. The witness to prove the tender was not present. The UNDER-SIIIIRIFF said the question now was only one of value. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) John Johnson was indicted for forging the name of Mr. Edward Breece to an accepta , ice for 231. Ns. Mr. Payne was retained for the prosecution, and Mr. Parry defendQd the prisoner, who is a blacksmith, in Earl-street, Seven-dials. The bill was produced in court, and Mr. Breece denied that the signature was his, or that he had given any autho rity for his name to be used, and produced a bill with his true signature. This was proved by a banker's clerk, and that the false signature was similar to the other two. It ap eared, on cross-examination, that Breece had before accepted two bills drawn by Johnson. All the bills had been dis counted by a person of the name of Cope. Mr. PARRY, in his defence of the prisoner, called a witness named Lines, the son-in-law of the prisoner, who stated that on the 10th or 11th of October he was in Johnson's shop and heard Breece give the requisite authority. The JUDGE, in summing up, pointed out the peculiarity of the law as respected forgery, and showed that a mistake as to the amount of authority for signing the name of an other was not to be visited as a crime of this nature, and certainly did not amount to forgery. The bill was evidently an accommodation bill, and the only question for the jury was —whether any authority had or had not been given by Breece to sign his name to the bill. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended hi m to mercy on account of his age, and from a firm belief that he was not aware of the guilt of his conduct. The JUDGE, in passing sentence oil the prisoner, pointed out the mischief which must always arise from the use of accommodation bills, and said that a very few years ago the pri-oner's life would have been forfeited for the offence. God be praised, that time was passed ; but if such breaches of the law as this were to be visited lightly, no one could say how soon it might return. lie was therefore compelled to the painful duty of passing what he considered a sevore sentence, and that was transportation for ten years. George Burlier, a silk printer, aged 32, and James Barker a silk dresser, aged 25, were indicted for a burglary, in the house of Mr. John William Edmondson, the Sloop Inn, at Poplar, and stealing bank notes to the value of 401., and gold and silver money to the amount of 1001. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantyne were retained for the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON having addressed the jury, Mr. BALLANTYNE called Mr. Edmondson, who said, that he took the Sloop last June twelvemonth, and that shortly afterwards he hired James Barker as a potman, who for some time slept in the house, and had opportunities of knowing how witness kept his cash. He had one cash box which he deposited in his iron safe when he went to bed, and took the other up with him. The iron safe was in the bar, and when he retired fur the night it was his cus tom, after fastening up the bar, to lock his own room door and leave the key crossways, which he considered the safest plan. On the Bth January last the potman ceased to sleep in the house, and on the night of that day—the last time he saw the potman—about ten o'clock, he left. After depo siting one cash-box in the iron safe, he found, on going round the premises, one of the window shutters unsafe ; this he made safe, and then went to bed. According to cus tom, he fastened his bed-room door in his usual way. He was not disturbed during the night, but on awaking a little after six o'clock in the morning, be found his bed-room door standing half open, and was surprised by seeing his gar , dener, who gave him a light, at the door. He missed his keys of the house, and in running down stairs he ran against a piece of iron, which was placed in the end of the key. This piece of iron, which was produced in Court, was like a piece of wire, several inches long, with a portion at one end so arranged as to fall down. It appeared that this piece of wire had been pasted through the back of the bed-room door, and had then been made to drop into the ear of the key; then acting like a latch key, caused the proper key to shoot the lock. On searching, witness found that the safe in the bar had been broken open, and that there had been taken from it two gold watches, a gold watch guard, a gold chain, a silver watch, several ship warrants, about 801. in gold, silver, and notes, together with one of his hats and a bottle of gin —altogether he had lost property to the amount of about 2001. in value. On going round the premises with the police they found that one of the windows had been raised in the night sufficiently high to admit a man, and the back door was wide open. Several wine baskets, which had been de posited in au outhouse the night before, were placed beneatfi the window which looked into the garden. Across the garden there were foot tracks. When James Barker came in the morn ing witness asked him what time he reached home the previous night? He replied, that it was about half-past ten, when one of the policemen immediately asserted that he had met him at half-past two that morning, and when he was shown the instrument by which the bed-room door was opened he ex hibited great confusion. Upon observing this the policeman took him into custody. Mr. DOANE cross-examined on behalf of the prisoner, but the replies did not affect the previous evidence. Charles Cowls, the ostler, confirmed the testimony of his master as to finding the door of the bar-parlour and the examinatien of several othe r w it nesses, t h e j ury back After e o en, returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners, and Mr. Baron ALDERSON sentenced George to be transported for twenty, and James for fifteen years. NE W COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Alderman HUGHES.) Robert Addis, formerly in the City police force, was in dicted for obtaining 31. 25., with intent to defraud Mr. Clark, clerk of arraigns at this court, of 2/. 19s. 6d. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, having appeared as a witness at th e Old B a il ey on th e 4 t h of January last, went to Mr. Clark's office, and there represented that he had been obliged to come from Cheltenham the day be fore the trial, and on that representation obtained 3/. 25., in stead of 2s. 6d., for expenses. It was proved, however, by several police officers called at the trial, that the prisoner had been in the police force till the 30th of December, and had been seen in London every succeeding day till the day of the trial. Mr. IittDDLESTONE, who defended the prisoner, took several objections to the form of the indictment, the dis cussion of which occupied the Court all the morning. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie prosecuted. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to five months' imprisonment and hard labour, having been already one month in prison previous to his trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLE RKENWE L L. Win. Jordan was charged yesterday, before Mr. GreenwGod, with stealing upwards of 100 yards of valuable stuff, cashmere, and other fabrics, the property of Mr. Turner, draper and silk mercer, of High-street, Islington. It appeared that the goods were exposed for sale close to the shop-door, where they were seen safe by the prosecutor yesterday evening about eight o'clock, soon after which time the prisoner was met carrying them by a policeman, who arrested him, and after inquiry took him to the shop of Mr. Turner, who was not aware before that he had been robbed, and, upon making a search, identified them as those he had placed near the door for sale. The prisoner, who said they had been given him to carry by a stranger, was fully committed to take his trial. Daniel Castello was charged with a brutal and ferocious assault upon George Lister, a barman at the Fox and Grapes Tavern, in Gray's Inn-lane, by which he broke his arm and inflicted other dangerous injuries upon him. It appeared that the prisoner entered the bar of the Fox and Grapes, Thursday evening, in a state of:partial intoxica tion, and behaving himself in a very riotous manner, when Liter refused to serve him with anything to drink, and by the order of Mr. Cutmore, the proprietor of the house, put him outside the door, He then was about putting up the shutters when the prisoner came behind him, knocked him down, and beat him so severely while upon the ground as to break his arm in two places, and otherwise so severely injured him, that he was removed to the hospital in a dangerous state. The prisoner was remanded until the prosecutor should be sufficiently recovered to enable him to attend. 'RIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Windsor, the 4th day of Febru a ry, 1847 , Present, the Q ueen ' s Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint Lloyd Vaughan Watkins Esq., to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Brecon, he this day took the oaths ap pointed to be taken thereupon, iastead of the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the representation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to ap point Edward Carleton Tufnell, Esq., and Joshua Festin Ruddock, Esq., to be two of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 4,1847. The Que en h as been the day pleased to appoint William Gale, of Lightburn-house, Ulverstono, Esq., to be Sheriff of the count)' palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. WHITEHALL, FEB. 3. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Dr. William Pulteney Alison to be First Physician to her Majesty in Scotland, in the room of Dr. J. H. Davidson, deceased. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Dr. Hobert Christison to be one o f h er M a j esty ' s Ph ys i c i ans i n Ordinary in Scotland. The Queen has also Leen pleased to appoint Dr. James iln-osucnongan. Simpson, d to be Physician Accoucheur to her Majesty FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles - Frederick , R °therY, Esq., in the room of Henry William M acau l ay , ."' l l., deceased, to be her Majesty's Commissioner in the Mixed British and Portuguese Commission established at the island of Boa Vista (one of the Cape de Verde Islands), under the treaty between Great Britain and Portugal for the suppression of the slave trade, signed at Lisbon on the 3d of July, 1842. CBOWN-OFFICE, FEB. 4. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Sussex (Western Division)—Richard Prince, of Walberton, in the county of Sussex, Esq., in the room of Charles Wyndham, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of - her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. County of Middlesex —The Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor, in the room of George Byng, Esq., deceased. City of Chester —Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, commonly called Earl Grosvenor, in the room of the Right Honourable i Robert Grosvenor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosv enor , who has accepted the oflico of Steward of leer Majesty's MI. ; tern Hundreds. Ali OFFICE, FEB. 5. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Lord Goer a John Manners to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brunt, wh• retires; Cornet Francis Howard Vyse to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord G. J. Manners; Thomas Leslie, Gent., :o be Cornet, by purchase, vice Vvse, Feb. 5. Ist Regiment of Foot—Charles Minchin, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires, Feb. 5. 9th Foot—Captain Willi am C oo k son , from the 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Creagh, who exchanges, Nov. 21, 1846. 18th Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Kelly to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bernard, who retires ; Ensign Charles Thickn esse ame, from the 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Kelly, Feb. 5. 41st Foot—Captain Robert Donaldson to be Major, by purchase, vice Astier, who retires; Lieutenant Thomas Andrews Rawlins to be Captain, by purchase, vice Donald • son; Ensign Campbell Graham to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Rawlins; Charles Palgue Bertram, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Came, appointed to the 18th F oo t, Feb. .5; Henry Dixon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Graham, Feb. 6. 46th Foot—Edward Wemyss, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Pretyman, deceased, Feb. 5. 73d Foot—Neil Alexander Mackeller, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Hickson, promoted in Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Feb. 5. 80th Foot—Captain Charles Myers Creagh, from 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cookson, who exchanges, Nov. 21, 1846. 84th Foot—Captain William Radcliff, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges, Feb. 5. 87th Foot—Captain Charles F. Campbell, from 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice Radcliff, who exchanges, Feb. 5. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign John O'Flanagan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Muttlebury, deceased, Oct. I, 1846 ; William John Russwurm, Gent., to be Ensign, vice O'Flanagan ; Lieutenant Frederick Jesse Hills to be Paymaster, Feb. 5. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant John Hender son to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice L. S. C. Fraser, deceased, Dec. 2, 1846 ; Second Lieutenant Jubn MacDougall to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Henderson, whose promotion on Jan. 9, 1847, has been can celled ; John Brown, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice MacDougall, Feb. 5. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Glubb, from 35th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Dec. 8 ; Lieutenant Wi. Liam Mason, from Royal Newfound l and Comp an i es , to b e Captain, without purchase, Feb. 5. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Morgan, of the 4th Foot, are George Augustus. Erratum in the Gazette of Aug. 7, 1846. 99th Foot—For Alexander M•Lean Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Blackburn, promoted in the 6th Foot, read, vice Blackburn. killed in action. BANRRUPTS. W. Taylor, oil merchant, Saddleworth, Yorkshire—final div. of l%d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. C. Cockroft, stuff manufacturer, Addington, Yorkshire —first and final div. of 10s. 9d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. S. Askham, stuff manufacturer, Bradford. Yorkshire—a div. of 4d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. J. Rawlinson, tailor, Spalding, Lincolnshire—first div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. A. Applegath, silk printer, Crayford, Kent—second div. of 4ld. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. I.{. Spencer, farmer, Halsted, Ewa—first div. of 7d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of ➢lr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. Currie and Seignette, merchants, Mincing-lane —second div. of Id. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. Cornish, painter, Bridport, Dorsetshire—a div. of 4s. 6d. in tie pound, on new proof, towards the first div. of 5s in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. J. Cummins, bookseller, Weymouth, Yorkshire—a div. o: Is. 2d. in the pound on new proofs, towards the first div. o ss. in the pound,: on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. R. L. Harness, spirit dealer, Dulverton, Somersetshire— first div. of 3s. 24d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. R. L. Dawson and P. Vance, merchants, Liverpool— second div. of 1 lAd. in the pound upon general proofs, and Bd. in the pound upon new proofs, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. W. Tweddle, soap manufacturer, Leeds—first div. of 9d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. J. Senior, brewer, Salford, Lancashire—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. W. Hatton, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield—first div. of Is. 6%d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. . _ J. Wright, tavern keeper, Manchester—first div. of 2s. 9d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Sims, wheelwright Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, Feb. 26, at one—B. L. M. Rothschild, dealer in precious stones, Great Queen -street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Feb. 26 at one—T. L. Powell, cabinet maker, Romsey, Hampshire , Feb. 26, at two —J. and T. Batt, silkmen, Old Broad-street, City, Feb. 26, at half-past one—F. K. Fowell, wine merchant, Piccadilly, Feb. 26, at eleven—J. Denew, auctioneer, Charles-street, Berkeley-squar e , F e b. 26, a t t we l ve —J. . Bullen, tailor, Peterborough, Feb. '26, at two—F. )Mcqueen, merchant, Leadenhall-street, Feb. 26, at one—S. York, uplio!ste:rer, Cambridge, Feb. 26, at half-past twelve —R. T. Fletcher, money scrivener, Brentford, Feb. 26, at twelve—W. Ransom, corn merchant, Stowmarket, Suffolk, Feb. 26, at half-past eleven—T. A. Curtis, merchant, Tokenhouse-yard, City, Feb. 26, at twelve—J. Cuthbert and M. Clarke, jun., wine merchants, Colchester-street, Savage-gardens, City, Feb. 26, at eleven—B. Lawrence, merchant, Crown- court, Old Broad street, City, Feb. 26, at eleven—R. Clarke and J. Burgess, coal dealers, Coal Exchange, City, Feb. 26, at half-past eleven—ll. Sandys, sen., Crane-court, Fleet-street, Feb. 6, at eleven—W. Palmer, hosier, Strand, March 1, at one. In the Country. C. Harris, tailor, Sheffield, March, 5, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—W. Bradley, flax spinner, Leeds, Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Haigh, clothier, Aldmondbury, Yorkshire, March 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—H. W. Hobhouse, J. Phillott, and C. Lowder, bankers, Bath, March 9, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—H. W. Hobhouse, banker, Bath, March 2, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—H. and W. Graham, merchants, Liverpool, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Lirepoel District Court—J. A. Lee, ironfounder, Liverpool, March 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—C. Taylor, brush manufacturer, Birmingham, March 1, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court—J. B. Dunkerley, draper, Mall chester, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Cour —W. Barker, cotton spinner, Tottington Higher-end, Lan. cashire, March 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. C. Burrell, cheesemonger, Northumberland - place, Com mercial-road, Feb. 27—J. Lamont, ship owner, Wellclose square, Feb. 26—P. Howard, wine merchant, Hingham, Norfolk, Feb. 24—J. Mousley, builder, North Brixton, March I—T. Marsh, chair manufacturer, Camomile -street, Bishopsgate-street, March I—C. Boron, grocer, Elliot's-row, Lower-road, Islington, Feb. 26—W. Trice, grocer, High street, Stepney, March 1--J. Mears, builder, Bristol, Feb. 26 —J. Sutcliffe and Company, cotton spinners, Birstal, York shire, March 2—J. Sutcliffe, cotton spinner, Whallev, Lan cashire, March I—A. Burton, coal merchant, Pimlico, March I—T. Broady, chemist, Chester, Feb. 26—J. Lester, farmer, Pen-y-gelle lodge, Denbighshire, Feb. 26—J. Hub bard, auctioneer, Ramsgate, Feb. 26—J. G. Rifford, brewer, Holloway, Feb. 26. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Simms and E. A. Power. cigar dealers, Birmingham— T. Begbie, F. T. Young, and G. Young, corn factors, Mark land—ll. D. Coggan and R. Matthews, hot pressers, Fit chett's-court, Noble-street, City—G. Rav and H. Imlach, surgeons, Milton, Kent—F. and A. Carter, att.,rneys, Coventry—E. Ceoper, E. P. Cooper, and B. Cooper, woollen cloth manufacturers, Staverton, Wiltshire—W. J. Hill and F. Bates, linendrapers, Kentish-town—T. Parry and T. Light foot, sugar refiners, Liverpool—P. Littlejohn and J. W. Thomas, wine merchants, Liverpool—W. Stubbs and W. Walker, china manufacturers, Stoke-upon-Trent--J. and H. Reeves, colourmen, Cheapside—F. F. Davis and G. C. Stewart, ale merchants, Water-lane, City—J. Blackall and E. Webb, shoemakers, Corbet-court, Gracechurch-street-- A. D. Young and W. Ridge, tea dealers, Graceelitirch-strzet—J. and J. Hobson, scissor manufacturers, Sheffield—W. E. 1311, 11. Hunter, E. Bell, and J. Hargrave, general commission agents, City (so far as regards 11. Hunter)—M. Birkbeck and A. Quitvow, merchants, Bradford, Yorkshire—J. Mason and J. Williams, builders, Liverpool—ll. M. Souls and A. Duncan, lightermen, Hull—A. Parker and F. Shield, , ship brokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyn e —J. L e tt s an d C. T. Cooke, millers, Leamington Prior ~ Warwickshire— r. Holt anu F. White, drysalters, Manchsster. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION'S. John Callum cuniractcx, Glasgow, l'eb. 10 aud :11Lavii at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Gilmour, Gliisgow. Charles Hallett and Charles Parker. linendrapers, Thorn. ton-street, Dockhe a d, B ermon d sey , to surrender Feb. 15, at half-past twelve, and March 16, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street; Lawrance and Plews,. Old Jewry-chambers. Alexander Fletcher, bookseller, Shaftesbury-street, Pim lico, Feb. 15, at twelve, and March 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers : Baylis and Co., Basinghall-street. Samuel Bradley, corn-factor, Mark-lane, Feb. 12 and March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Husband and Wyatt, Moorgate. Joseph Elam, rug-manufacturer, Etham-street, Kent street, Surrey, Feb. 12, at eleven, and March 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Wilson, Aldermanbury. George Messenger, draper, Uxbridge, Feb. 17, at two, and March 18, at one, at th e C our t of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall .street; Reed and Langford, Friday. street, Cheapside. John Titley, woollen draper, High-street, Southwark, Feb. 11, at two, and March 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Fabry, grocer, Strattieldsaye, Hampshire, Feb. 18, at two, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Bssinghall-street ; Holmes and Co., Bedford-row. Thomas Young, leather-seller, Canterbury, Feb. 16, at two, and March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Ford, Bloomsbury. square. William Frederick Cowper, Benjamin Farren Cowper, and Paul Edwin Cowper, linen drapers, Darlington, Durham, Feb. 9, at half past ten, and March 15, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as signee; Alison, Darlington; Ph ili pson, N ewcastle- upon- Tyne ; Tilson, Squance, Clark, and Morrice, Coleman-street. John Haskins Gandell and John Brunton, commission agents, Birkenhead, Feb. 23, and March 12, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner. official assignee, Liverpool ; Parker and Co., Gray's Inn, London ; Reid and Searle, Birkenhead. Thomas Brown Fairhurst, painter, Liverpool, Feb. 19, and March 19, at e'even, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent, Temple, London ; Atkinson, Liverpool. John Ross, woolstapler, Enderby, Leicestershire, Feb. 18. and March 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Partington, attorney, Rochdale, Lancashire—firs div. of 6 1 4 d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Putman, blacksmith, Whalley, Lancashire—first div. of Is. OlAd. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Pye, jun., slater, Preston, Lancashire—first div. of 10 1 4 d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Warburton, builder, Stockport, Cheshire—first div. of 7d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. T. Gregory, chemist, Macclesfield—first div. of 2s. sd. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Man chester. OPPOSED LIST. OPPOSED LIST. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. This adjourned case was then resumed. The inquiry occu. pied the Examiner the rest of the day. A few similar alle gations to those which have already been noticed were sus. tamed. The case was further adjourned. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The Committee of Standing Orders met yesterday at the usual hour, for the dispatch of public business. The following decisions; were given : BRISTOL AND EXETER (LAUNCESTON AND CREDITON BRANCH). Standing orders not to he dispensed with. GLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, AND ARDROSSAN. Standing orders not to be dispensed with. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. Allowed to proceed. The above decisions haring been announced, the Com• mittee adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock. BELLOWS CUTTING AT A DISCOUNT.---We under stand that since last Stafford sessions, when a well-known character was transported for seven years for stealing iron, cutting bellows, &c., not a single pair of bellows has been mutilated in this neighbourhood, and the consequence is that the chain makers and nailers (not belonging to the union) have discontinued to carry their bellows up stairs with them when they retire to rest. We are also informed that many workmen who formerly subscribed to the union have recently declined doing so.— lVorcestershire Chronicle. MURDER.—SINGULAR CONFESSION.—The attention of the magistrates was arrested on Saturday by the appear ance of an aged man, bending under infirmities, who tottered into the court, and volunteered a confession, instancing the powerful efltets of an accusing conscience. Th 3 culprit said he was induced to tender the present disclosure from agony of mind. Their worships at first treated him as a lunatic, but were soon convinced of the truth of his narrative from its consistence and clearness. It appeared that the criminal's name was Thomas Parton, his age 64, and he was sentenced to seven years' transportation in 1818 to Van Diemen's Land, where he became free and resided some years, though latterly he had been living in the bush in this country. In his confession he stated that about 30 years ago he deserted from the Ilerkhire Militia, commanded by Colonel maven shaw, and met with a woman, named Elizabeth Howell, at Dorchester, Oxon, who was cognisant of the fact of his de sertion ; susrecting that she intended to betray him, he, in order to frustrate her purpose, at once felled her with a stick, and afterwards stabbed her; she died, and he immediately started for London ; there was no witness of the deed. Ile also confessed that he had afterwards murdered a man, named John Ilaster, at Norwood.—Port Philip Patriot of July, 1846. The amount of gold taken out by the Cambria on Thursday was just tinder 300,0001. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE —Early on Thursday morning, the Lying-in Hospital at Manchester, situated in St. Mary's parade, was discovered to be on fire, and in two hours after wards all the rooms, with the exception of the board-room, were reduced to ashes. The servant-girl was awakened at five o'clock by a sense of suffocation, and saw at once that the house was likely to be destroyed by fire. She alarmed the house-surgeon, Mr. Runcorn, who slept in the upper story, and he started from bed, and found that from the progress of the flames egress by the street-door was impos sible. He immediately tied together two of the sheets of his bed, and lowered himself down to one of the short lad ders which had been placed under his window by Mr. Hurl butt, plumber, and by this means escaped without injury. Mrs. Horncastle, the matron, with four other women in the house, behaved with remarkable presence of mind under the trying circumstances. The smoke in her room was dense, almost beyond endurance, and throwing up the lower sash of her bedroom-window, she instructed her companions to hold their heads out in the open air to breathe. She then tied together the sheets of her bed, fastened one end to the lower part of the bottom sash, and thus urged her alarmed friends to descend in the way that the hosse-surgeon had done. Seeing that death was inevitable if they remained in the house they summoned up courage for the task, and descended in safety, the matron being the last to make the experiment, having waited to see a ll the other women reach the ground in safety. The flames were not subdued till about eight o'clock in the morning. The fire, it is thought, originated in the surgery. The damage sustained will amount to about 2,000/. CONVEYANC E OF CATTLE ON RAILWAYS.---MF. Deputy Hicks and a deputation from Smithfield-market had another interview on Thursday with the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway, when arrangements were finally made which it is anticipated will give general satisfaction, and by which the conveyance of live cattle from Norfolk will be greatly improved, the condition of the cattle much bene fited, and their sufferings and consequent injuries film long confinement in the trucks (frequently from twenty to thirty hours) greatly alleviated, particularly by an improvement in the trucks to prevent their slipping down and falling under each other, with the great advantage of having a day's rest in warm sheds, with plenty of water and fodder; and by the above arrangements, it is hoped that an end will be put to the great disorder and inconvenience arising from the late deliveries on the Monday which has been so fre- quently the case. TILE MURDER. AT DERBY.—DERBY, TIIUR6DA.Y.— The inquiry into the circumstances attending the murder of Ann Cross by her husband, Thomas Cross, was concluded last evening, and a verdict of " Wilful Murder " returned against the prisoner. The Grand Duke of Tuscany, by a decree of:the 16th ult., has permitted the free importation into his domi • nione, either by sea or land, of grain and vegetables of every description, down to the 30th June, 1847. Colonel Gore Langton, M.P. for West Somerset, arrived at his house in Grosvenor-square, on the 3d inst., to attend to his Parliamentary duties. The Gallant Colonel entered his 88th year in December last. We regret to learn that the Baroness Brunnow is very little better. The Duchess of Gloucester and several of the nobility have sent to make inquiries after her Excel lency. It is understood that three Mexican privateers hare been fitted out and dispatched. They sailed under Spanish names. The object is said to be to stop outward-bound American shipping which may have specie on board. The report, or the fact, is already creating a difficulty in icsurances. We understand that the Lord-Advocate has inti mated to the Scotch Members of the Legislature his inten• Lion to bring in a Bill for the consolidation of the Acts re lating to lunatics in Scotland, and for the erection of asylums for pauper lunatics. Four or five such edifices, he believes, will be sufficient, and he proposes, under the Act, to divide Scotland into districts for this purpose.—Glasgow Courier. MARRIAGE IA HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of the Lady Eleanor Caroline Paget, eldest daughter of the Earl of Uxbridge, with Mr. Sandford Graham, eldest s on o f S i r Sandford Graham, of Kirkstall Abbey, in the county of - York, was celebrated yesterday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, in the presence of a very brilliant circle of the aristocracy. DEATII FlRE.—Thursday Mr. Baker h e ll an inquest at th e C oac h an d H orses , Homerton, on the body of Martha Kettridge, aged 65 years, the wife of a carpenter residing in Cross -street, Homerton. On Saturday last, the deceased placed a lighted candle on the floor, and opened the window. Her clothes caught the candle, and she was immediately enveloped in fire. The flames were speedily extinguished, but not before she was most frightfelly burnt all over the body. She lingered in great agony until the fol lowing Tuesday, when she expired. Verdict—" Accidental death." STAFF APPOINTMENTS.---The lion. C. Gore, who resigned the appointment of Deputy-Quartermaster-General at Montreal, on being promoted from the rank of colonel to that of general, will succeed Sir J. J. Hope, who returns home as general officer in Canada. Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin D'urban will shortly leave to take the appoint incur of commander of the forces in those parts of North America, in the room of the Earl of Cathcart, who was mili tary as well as civil governor. Sir Colin Campbell, late governor and commander-in-chief, is expected to retain his appointment until Lord Torrington arrives in the colony. Lieutenant Leopold Saxe Coburg, of the Ceylon Rifles, died on the Ist of December, aged 27. He filled the office of aide de-camp to his Excellency. He was son to the late Major Fraser, governor of Fort George. FRENCH PLUMS.—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have ordered that such packages as are strictly necessary for the importation of this fruit, and bowl „fide the usual sort of packages in which such fruit is ordinarily imported, shall be delivered duty free, MIDLAND RAILW.biYSHEFFIELD, BARNSLEY, DONCASTER, A - ..N D GOOLE LINE). In this case it was decided that the standing orders had not been complied with in one or two important instances. CALEDONIAN, WIS lIA W, AND COLTNESS RAILWAY. The remainder of the day was occupied with the opposi tion to this petition, but no allegations worthy of note were sustained. The case was adjourned. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were taken, and the standing orders complied with : Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment. London and North-Western Railway (Prescot and Wolver hampton Branch, tec.) London and North-Western Railway (Ormskirk and Rain ford Branch, &c.) SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. 5. BEALE v. HERBERT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a car penter, against the defendant, the manager of the Deptford Theatre, to recover the sum of 151., for work and labour done. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. Evidence was adduced to show that the materials had been supplied, and the charges fair and reasonable , plaintiff charging 2/. 24 . a week for his superintendence of the work. A play-bill was put in, in order to prove that the defendant was satisfied with the work done. The LeiLrned SECONDARY held that it was not admissible. The ATTORNEY said, perhaps it was only a mere puff. It was then proved that when first applied to, defendant only displited 2s. in th e account, an d a ft e rwards promised to p ay at his earliest conyeni ence . Thejury gave a verdict for the amount. There was only one other case, on an undefended bill of exchange. SHERIFFS' COURT, Feb. 4. m( r. . The plaintiff in th su is case is a taiIor COLLINS in Regent-street, and he broin;ht the acti on to recover t h e sum of 2!. 12s. f orgoods sold. It appeared by the evidence that the defendant ordered a coat, and the plaintiff's foreman swore that de fendant selected a blue cloth, but when he called afterwards he said he had ordered a black coat, as he never wore a blue one in his life; and plaintiff rather than lose him as a cus tomer said he would make a black one, but he completed the blue one and sent it borne; it was however returned by the detimdant. Mr. Tuosins 'aid he had a rittics, who bat the order was for a black coat, but on the evidence already ' given he felt confident of a verdict, for even supposing a bin At per 'tone by the Can fee. s. d. to e. d. s. d. 4 Beef, inferior. •.• .. 2 4 2 6 Mutton, 1 •erior .. 3 2 - middling .. •• 2 8 210 t Idtclling•• 3 6 A 4 1 dm •• •• 4 4 - prime large .. 3 0 3 2 - --prime email .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, ler& 3 4 A lO Veal. ..... ••• 4 4 5 4 - 4 6 • Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP Milt ICZT. b hp, iQ There is rather more inquiry for the best Hops, uv,„ -- pockets and bags, and the prices of such. are steadilf, ported. In all other kinds of Hops n e xt E t , no thing is al i ld at barely late rates. Sussex pockets, ak to 90s; Viet, to Kent ditto, 86s to 95 3; Mid an d East : Kent ditto, 9b' 136 s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAIL—The market has been less 5 r.n this week, P. - 00 there has been a fuller supply, holders of 3ritish Plant', accepting a decline of 6d to ls per cwt. Berbice at a tion has realised 50s 6d for good yellow,,sed Demerara elfht; tallised 65a to 67s for fine grainy white. Yesterday market was more active, and ra:lied. Rein/gen.—Standard lumps have been 67s 6d to 68s. an EAST INDlA.—Bengal, 3,780 bags only partly sold; rather lower terms; fine strong yellovr, 54s to 5 5 5 , ar e Benares, very fine white, 565; to gs Mauritius e ta nearly ;11 taken in at rather easier sites; fine yellow, 5s er e 55e, and fine brown 48s 6d per cwt. ; 1,6 t bags Madrag ly taken in at 41s to 42s per cwt. sil FOREIGN.-2,213 boxes 1 puncheon Whit t ) Havannah -er taken in at 58s to 61s per cwt. stet COFFEE.—There has been more a c tivity, and fulle r rtit are obtained. Jamaica a n d o th er B r iti s h Plantation 54) have had a steady sale, and Plantation Ceylon has bee,F tI request. Fine fine ord greyish, 62s 6d to 6 53 ; good 50s; and pea berry, 75s 6d to 76s 6d ptr cwt. Nat ive nit ord has been at 435. Company's Java has been taken Te a 51s to 525, and Mocha has been sold at Ltis 6d'to 58s Per , f t. La Guayra, 650 brls and 707 bags, sold at Ma to 58s pe r wana COCOA.—Trinidad has realised 50s 6d. and 52s 6 0 i Guayaquil 38s per cwt. ord, tioa Del l ' RlCE.—Carolina is held at 31s to 32s per cwt., an d 251 gal has been taken in at 25s fur sound mid., and 25s to 6d for good mid white CorroN.—The market has been dull and rather 10001.4 Tamow.—ln new (1847) there is ve r y, little doingvel7l. 458 6d has been th e p r i ce f or t h e l as t th ree .months' N o. The consumption is muc h grea t er th an that of last y t, Town is about 535, an d P.Y.C., 51 s 3d per cw t. on th e ,ff n ee ; SALTPET“II —Calcutta has been at 6d per cwt• six per cent. refraction 27s to 27s 6d er cwt. for, Rum.—This article is fi rm. A Gov p ern]] ent coa'''j es 0 1 100,000 gallons is an nounce d. P rev i ous l y to this oa s i c e proof Leewards bad been made at 3s lid t 4 4s; of Jan , et low to fine, at 5s 2d t o 6s 13d; anti of East India P rc'e 3s 9d to 3s 101 TNA.—There is rather a firmer niark.et, anti the cOilet tpr tion is greater. INDIGO.—The business doing is moderate,. COCHINEAL—There is a good demand. 5.) (From the London N ew P r i ce C urren t of ,FebrUa r f uan titY SUGAR.—To-day, in consequence of the im the of Sugar announced for public competition_f e jl o idere home trade were less inclined to operate; 5 for sus de firm, and not inclined to reduce th e i r quota scriptions. t h e value REFINED.—To-day little advance took 1400 rc h as ers i n of Refined Goods, b u t th e h ome t ra d e were Urge P`" 0; FS. at 65s to 66 s 6d f or b rown lumps, and 67a for Standard d MAURITIUS.—This a ft ernoon there was a f a ir deman d all descripti ons o f M aur i t i us S ugar; an d B. l9 llbags at s' c o f tion were all sold at a rise on last Tuesday', public sale 6d to Is. COCOA. —There has been much inquiry after West bd . * and further advanced rates are offered. SAGO.—The demand has been active, And stiff prices O il been paid : 460 boxes at public sale were all sold. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in gel! request, and 3,160 bags 49 trcs at auction sold at a rise 00 Ph rates of Tuesday of 6d to is per cwt. FORElGN.—Although all sorts of Brazil early in the vre : obtained rather under previous rates; still the borne Ol d operated with caution by private contract, and none 'l°- been submitted to public competition. tai l TEA.—Prices have not i m p rove d f or Congo,, but t h e - -sea and country trade have been induced to operate with PM; freedom. In Pouclion g a f a i r b us i ness has been trans it and 5d to 9d has been p a id f or l ow t o fine quality- I n es cie and fine Green a go o d d ea l h as b een d o ing, and PG well sustained. . re melf MOLASSES —The business transacted has been IDB limited in all des c ripti on o f W es t I n di a , an d prices dell' Bengal Treacle is little wanted. COFFEE.—To-day the demand was active for Native C e te privately; and 100 ba gs a t auc ti on were so ld a t stiffer c r: fo r RICE.—The market has assumed a dull aPPee ran e duced Bengal of all qualities, an d notwithstanding, the r I , for stock here, there are sellers p r i va t e ly a t a re d u ction e lope d, mer rates. For Cleaned Rice the demand has slat and prices are lowered. rhd p er SPICES.--•• For Black Pepper prices have advanced lb. White is wanted, and the quotations are still let r i o ell ing. The supply of Nutmegs increasing, a decline in P of 2d to 3d per lb has taken place. Cloves are more 01 mend, but no improvement. Mace is less wanted s od, prices are on the decline. Ginger is still in goo d deft,. and all descriptions com man d f u ll ra t es. F or - Cassia prices are on the decline, whilst the supply is on the ,l e h e d r yerk Of Pimento the supply is small; there are severa l w „ - . 0 1 1 of; and at stiff rates. The good and fi ne qualities of O n " - op are wanted, and prices remain firm, but inferior, caaret oo le jungle kinds can be obtained upon lower terms. Buds are wanted, and fetch 63s to 66s per cwt. s till SPIRITS —Holders of all descriptions of Jamaica Bo" - de manifest much firmness, but the high ra t es o p e rate !It o f rially against business. For East I n di a th e hi g h re te fie rl 3s 10d being insisted upon for proof with certificate, ea e re the business done to be trifling. For Leeward Island beY ld have been compelled to give 4s for proof strength, an d 4s /0 for good brown ditto. Demerara is held with firmness- 4. Brandy an extensiv e b us i ness h as b een transacte d , an d et vanced rates. Geneva has been in excellent request, c°, o , mon shipping sort at 2 s 7d t o 2 s Bd , an d f i ne f or borne 'oat sumption at 3s 3d to 3s 6d per gallon proof strength. st distillers receive contracts at lis 9d for Corn Spirits, an d , „oe lOs 3d for Gin 22 p er cen t, un d er proo f , and 108 9 d f o r r" cent. under. Oms.— Holders of Fish Oils manifest firmness, and ___,, d l S " refrained from offering any at auction thi s wee k. For S py prices are fully as hi g h, t h e d eman d b e i ng act i ve, and suPri• moderate. Althou g h th ere are arr i vals of O li ve Oil, s' holders show firmness. For Rape Seed Oil a brisk &M exists, and further advan ce d ra t es are pa id. Li nsee d Oil u tlt g, ' been largely dealt in, and prices are still rising. Cocoa is not so much wanted. For Palm the market is in a qu state, and prices tend downwards, Lard Oil is selling at to 471 per tun, and the supply is on the decrease. [ADVERTISEMENT.] i NoTHEB. EXTRAORDPIO A I CORE of ASTUMA By HOLLOWAY'S l'itzs.—Patrick Casey, resld l Compton-place, lirunswick-square.had suffered from aChronio:A l ,, t ar ef for more than three years. This poor man was so great a s u o" j r that lie did not dare to go to bed, for fear of the phlegm cu, °- isa hhim; indeed, he could not even lay his head upon a table for half cee hour, lest ho should be suffocated. Neverthele ss , thi s person 1 0 1 1 0 labourinelrom morning till night, sleeps as well as eve r be dj '0 his life, and, in fact, is completely cured by the use of (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway ' ` do rs tablishment, 244, Strand. London, and by all respectable Yen of medicine throughout the world. TESTIMONIAL MANl A .—Every body now-a - d ' — :;e. is giving every body a te s ti mon i a l. W e lli ng t on , in br°r l : 1A riding the high horse; Cobden, the peaceful hero of a 1 /2 0 . 0 —not a country ; and Hudson. the railway m on arch, v'm motto might be, "nulla dies sine linea." It may, hove: 01 . be confidently predicted that one might be n a med I ", ° b6 exertions in alleviating human sufferings far outbalance ; 0 just and willingly rendered claims of those whose name s vi a above enumerated. This will at once be apparent, wher ; g call to mind the almost incalculable amount of agon't o , o torture relieved by Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, Wt . .. h.. proprietor may be said already to have reared an imPer l '"" able monument on the gratitude of thousands. BIRTHS. On Thursday morning, In Stone-street, Bedford-square, Dire —' Mac On the klnley, of a son. itisi or 20th ult., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, the who Of C. 11. Delainain, C.D., of a son. - eta Y. . I. ' On the 26th ult., at Bruton, Somerset, the lady of the -- Mason, of a daughte. On the 30th ult., r at tipper Clapton, the Wife of J. Jona', EEL surgeon, of a daughter. Willl o3 On the Ist inst., at Taliaris, Carmarthenshlre, the lady o . r - reel, Esq., of a daughter. On the Ist inst., Mrs. C. Farrow. of Great Tower-street,e___-f s°°n.-- On the 11 Inst., at Kensington 2hurch, Charles G. Andrelf', EST. to Amelia, (laughter of P. T. Skipper, Esq.. of DIES. e On the Ist inst., at Shipay, near Torquay, aged 77, th e 7 - ,T; Devon. Rector of _North Lew, and Vicar of Abbottsker''"" D an e d ,o fc)f . upwards of 35 years one of the magistrates for t he cmOunn.etyreo6.f On the 27th ult., at Brussels, Bliss Saunders, of MorMog— cent, Regent's-park. o f son CaPt On the 29th ult., at Southsea, Leighton DalrytnP le . E. On thenshawc, RN. 31011 ult., at King's Lynn, Norfolk, Thomas ag it „ Batch e 9.- On the 31k, ult., at Holywell Hall, Lincoln, General nanison, aged 74. Geo O nn t e i rt t ,hi l l t e e ct3 3 ,l l .s s rt t gue u i l tt t. : , na a ts t oßn S u, o ga u bg t y h ed, ampton, Ilarriotte, relict o f Lieutenant- On the 31st ult., at Wandsw lB o ls r a t .r h ia , 1 nel Babington , On the 25 inst., Sophia, the wife of Lielltaallt-00 o late of the 14th Light Dragoons. oaged 81. On the 2d inst., at Bristol, Gawefl Ball, " a " 3 11 f e r n . n w . On the 2d inst.. at 'Jamaica-row, Bermondsey', of Mr. S. Gator.: illiam Virinbolt, aged 83. Ellen, the datighter rgu•inn; Printcid und Pubitolied t,. . I°. • I 1; , trund, Printer, a , 1: 1, ' • J., aturday, Fe • the rrecnc. of the Savoy. in the Co unt y of Middlesex. S Wavy 6, 1647. Alexander Turner, cabinet maker, 1 ` l2 4 9Tr ' Feb. 10 0 ' . Febriuu March 3, at twelve, at the chambers of sii 11")ie k, GlatgOt PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscova( lo Su 14 comP 11 nth from the returns mad e i n the week t uding T 1847, is 375. 4 1 / 2 d. per cwt. .... MARKET NEWS.—(YE. ,TRAY-) CORN-EXCICANO I 14 The fresh arrivals of English Wheat si lee Monday b ad been but moderat e , y e t the stands we. to f a i r ly supplis with samples of both r e d an d white, a large number $ t which was the ref use o f W e d nes d ay . All 1 dn4 Is met a veil . dull sale, and clearances could not be effect , Id 'without giviss way somewhat in value. Scarcely A ny fort ig a Wheat food buyers, owing to th e fi rmness on the VIII prices we can n o ti ce no alteration. T,"01 de ma nd for Barlett the supply of whi c h was sma ll, was fi. 0!tl le holders. 10 .10 , and previous reit were readily supported. We had a N rel dal sale for Ms% but, as there was no pressure apon dem nurrket, the dolls' ward tendency was not extensive. C huts no ved off stendlif at full prices, but Beans, Peas, and 1 ligur 'were a mere dry& ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats I Flour, 5,220 AA Enzl!sh ( 1 ,00 qrs. 6,860 qrs. 4 930 qr s. Irish I and Foregn .... • • 2,170 2,140 4540 14,79010 Malt, 6,840 qc ti The supply of Beasts being small, and the dead markobl well cleared of their late large arrivals , we have to report trilling improvement in the Beef tract , 4at fully, buoy r Iwl quotable beyond, Monday's prices. T. ?4re were on . Oxen and Cows, 310 Sh e ep, an d 7 C a l y es , from Holland , good condition. Nearly the whole oft hue Sheep on sale w.el e , the refuse of Monday's s u pply. There ,MS a better f esilli b in the demand for that description of st ock, at extreine cur: rendes. The Veal trade was firm, an d ; .some of the print Calves produced 5s 61 per 81bs. Pigs wit ire in short iIIPP2 and steady demand, at full prices. Welch CO" Were dull, at from 16/ to 18/ each, including • Steak small Calf. Per 81bs. to sink the s ea. s. d. to s. d. 4 . d telt inferior Beasts-- 3 2 3 4 second- tipsdityditte, 4 0 • Second quality ... 3 6 3 8 C oarse -- 141011edditto 4 4 4 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Southdo 1 Wether 410 5 .. ['rime Scots ...• • • 4 2 4 4 Dittemr ise.the wool 4 Largo coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 L arge H ogs •• •••• 3 g 4 0 Priine small ditto .. 5 2 5 6 Small Pc ricers •• 4 ° a 0 Suckling Calves .18 029 0 Quarter Pigs —l6 0 t Inferior Sheep .. .3 6 10 Lambs • • .... 0 0 ° SUPPLY AT MAITRE Steasts. Shoe!). Cat pea. P ee ' • I 736 2,000 I it I 290 NEIXTGATE AND IMAM 113NECALL• The supply of Meat being but model !Ate, the general u° mand was steady, at full prices.