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DUTCH AND BELGIAN STATES GENERAL. MAILS. brEPLY TO THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. THE HAGUE, OCT. 26.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General, this day, the address in reply to the speech from the Throne, being the order of the day, came under discussion. The following is the proposed addresses : " Sire,-1. The representatives of the Netherlands nation appreciate with a profound sense of gratitude the favOur of Divine Providence, which has permitted your Majesty, after having recovered from a severe illness, to appear personally in the midst of us, and to open the present legislative Session. We heartily pray that it may please the Almighty to prolong the days ofyour Majesty and to preserve your health. "2. We have learned with satisfaction that the Netherlands continue to maintain a good understand ing with the other powers, and we are confident that this good understanding will always be accompanied by a respect for our rights and the rigorous observ ance of treaties. " 3. We rejoice to learn that the public tranquillity has not been disturbed in our ultra marine possessions. May the new legislation which has been introduced into the East Indies, and the new legislative arrange ments which have been prepared for the West Indies, consolidate the tranquillity and augment the pros perity of our colonies—a prosperity which is of the highest interest to the whole nation. "4. The exchange of paper money of the Bank of Surinam for specie, is an operation for which the necessity has been acknowledged for several years, and we anticipate the happiest results from the re establishment of specie in this colony. " 5. In continuing to give just grounds for satis faction, the forces by sea and land respond to the ex pectations of the nation, which has long appreciated their zeal in the severe accomplishment of their duty. "6. The extention to be given to the corps of the Marshalsea will be satisfactory to the generally expressed and often-repeated wish of the nation ; and we expect the moment with pleasure when it shall please your Majesty to judge it necessary to call upon us to assist in putting this important affair into execution. " 7. We rejoice to learn that the state of public instruction, of the arts and sciences, as well as that of commerce, navigation, and other branches of trade, is in general favourable. " 8. We might have expected from the religious sentiments of the Netherlands nation that they would have replied to the call from the Throne to unite in a day of thanksgiving to Divine Providence for the blessings of an abundant harvest, after two unfavour able years. " 9. We must likewise thank Providence that not withstanding the rise of the waters, our country has been preserved from devastation. " 10. We have learnt with the liveliest interest that the financial state of the country is favourable. We look for any overtures that may be made on the subject in the hope that during the present session some proposition may be made for a reduction of a part of the debt, which will consolidate the public credit. We shall be happy if by a change in the system of imposts we may be able to ameliorate the condition of the middling classes. " 11. We rejoice to learn that your Majesty is engaged upon the execution of public works of utility in several parts of your kingdom. We see, with your Majesty, that these works will give employment to a great number of hands ; and we cannot too greatly encourage any project which is calculated to open new sources of subsistence to the people. " 12. Convinced of the necessity of divers legis lative measures, we learn with satisfaction that va rious projects of law will be laid before us in the course of the present session, and we will examine them with the most scrupulous care. " 13. In a preceding discourse your Majesty had also stated that you were convinced of the necessity of making modifications in the fundamental law, and that you would prove this by giving a proposal to the States-General. " We relied implicitly upon the accomplishment of this royal promise, and we have joyfully received the communication that your Majeity has arrived at the conviction that there is a necessity to modify some of the dispositions of the fundamental law. "We are assured that your Majesty will not fear to introduce into our institutions those changes which experience points out as the truest amelioration in the administration of public businc , s. " Full of gratitude for the communication which has been made to us, we wait with confidence for the proposition of all the ameliorations which may most effectually secure the weal of the Netherlands, the objet which your Majesty, as well as the States- General, has constantly in view. " Your Majesty cherishes the hope that the States- General will be able ' by means of a calm and delibe rate examinati on , to bring to a favourable issue the important work of a revision of the fundamental law. The States. General, Sire, will justify this hope. " 14. We are persuaded that the Dutch nation, united, will continue to seek for its true liberty in the love of order, and the respect for authority, and the law. " 15. May the Most High bless the efforts of your Majesty and the States-General for securing the weal of the nation." After a lengthened discussion on some of the para graphs, the debate was adjourned.—Dutch Papers, Oct. 27. HANIBURGH, OCT. 22.—TAE MONET CRISIS. We are happy to be able to continue to say, that the last failures in London have not i n th e l eas t affected us. Money is more plentiful, though not under 6 per cent. We continue to send a great deal of gold and specie to London. Though our arrivals of corn are small it cannot maintain its price, and continues to fall gradually.—Hamburgh Papers, Oct. 22. MINDEN, OCT. 17.—Tne Cologne Railway be tween this city and Hanover, and which was opened only a few days ago, was this day the scene of a sad accident. Two trains—the one coming from Hano ver, and the other from Cologne—ran against each other, before it was possible for the conductors to stop the engines, and to avert the danger of their being dashed to pieces ; one of the engines and several of the carriages were crushed, and 32 of the passen gers were wounded, some of them most seriously ; 14 of them were carried to the inn at Minden. Judicial proceedings have been commenced against the con ductor. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bzussm.s, OcT. 24. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• •• Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • • Ditto Three per Cent • • •• •• •• •• Ditto Thirty-seven Millions,ditto .• Ditt0,ditt0,1842....... Ditto, 1844............ Ditto, . Data, 1838 •••••••••••••• •• •• •• ••• 66% Ditto of the City, 1832 .. •• .. •• •• • 90% Ditto, 18.13 . Bank of Belgium.-- •••• •• •• 82% ...Brussels Papers. Oct. 24. DUTCH FUNDS.—ANsTraunr. OcT. 26. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• • • • • • 53% 54 Ditto, 3 per Cent .. •• .• • • •••• • • • 64% 65 . Ditto, 4 per Cent... 83% 83% Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent.......... Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • . 163 1 4 161 East India Loan, 4 per Cent.. •••• • • • • Exchange on London, at sight ........ 12 30 Two m0nth5............ .. 12 07 On Ilanaburgh, at sight .... 35 51 Two months.— .......... 34 87 On Paris . ...... • • ...... 56 75 Two m0nth5......... ••• • • • 66 23 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Baatix, OCT. 6. 9814 .• •• •• • Bills Money. . et.Schnld Sch., 3% per Cent as .. ... .• • 92% Privis.English Bonds, 1830, 4 p er Cent.... .. Foreign Exchanges ........................ 6 Exchange on London, X 1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 27% 27% SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—GREENOCK, OCT. 27.—An accident of a very distressing character happened to-day, on the Greenock Railway, to Mr. Ross, the well-known and justly appreciated superintendent of the line. A special train was dispatched from Greenock at half-past eleven o'clock A.M , having in it Mr. Turner, the legal agent for the line; and Mr. Ross, as was his usual cus t_a_ln, accompanied th e t ra i n , t a ki ng hi s pl ace on th e ' u gh*. When the train reached the Port Glasgow s tation Mr. Ross was in the act of stepping down from the eng ine upon the platform, when his foot lsegliprhda;inOwing to which he f e ll on th e pl a tf orm , an d hi s the endglAurortunately got entangled between it and stoppe aLetarnotion of which had not been fully being tr ed severe injuries in both limbs, the left le separated lace below the knee, and the right foot s hockingly diately bound up by thraewtisden at the station till a surgeon The wounds were imme came, when Mr. Reis way, to his own house atPGeedilY conveyed, per rail , hreencek. Amputation of both limbs, we underst a nd cau alg t on been lolled necessary. We cannot too earnestly era against leaving the carriages before the t i3asen-g stopped, by which they are exoserirn i s completely This unhappy accident is an illustration to of the neces sity of the caution which lie now give.—Arort/i British Mail. HYDROPFIOI3I.I.—About a f ortn i ght ago M. C zer - Dory, the clergy man of the parish of Kovachira, in Hun gary, was bitten by a little dog belonging to him , and ) the day after the animal died mad. M. Czerner i mediately assembled his parishioners" in th e church, and told them that his frame contained the germ of a terrible malady which might break out at ally moment, and which would necessarily be fatal. He accordingly took leave of them in the most affectionate terms, and went to the hospital of a religion, order at Ofen, to which he was immediately admitted. Two days after he was at tacked with hydrophobia, snd, after twenty hours of frightful suffering, died in ihd rnii.l.t of violent convul sions. All his parishioners followed his body to the grave. AMERICAN ICE.—The vessel Milton arrived at the port of Liverpool from Boston, United States, has brought as a portion of her cargo, 177 tuns weight of ice. This is the first official notification of an arrival of ice from the United States of America, or any part of the world, Laying taken place since the supply of a parcel of similar extent about four months since, which is remarkable, considering the large and numerous arrivals of the kind during the summer and autumn of last year. COURT OF COMMON COUNiSIL. MR. BROOKE, THE RAJA OF SARAWAK. Yesterday a Court was held for the cispatch of business. The following announcement on the paper of busi ness attracted a number of ladies, who not only crowded the galleries, but sat amongst the members : —" It is intended at this Court to present the freedom of this City to his Excellency James Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, agreeably to the resolution of the 21st day of October instant." The Aldermen attended in their scarlet gowns, and the Common Councilmen in their mazarine gowns. Mr. Brooke was introduced by Sir Peter Laurie, the mover, and Mr. Richard Taylor, the seconder of the motion conferring upon him the freedom of the City, and was received with very marked applause. The CHAMBERLAIN then rose, and read the follow ing minutes :—" That the freedom of this City, in a gold box of the value of 50 guineas, be presented to his Excellency James Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, in testimony of the admiration of this Court, of the cou rage, zeal, ability, discretion, and disinterestedness displayed by him during his adventurous voyage to the island of Borneo, and his residence there, and in the peaceful establishment by him of order and good government at Sarawak, in that island, thereby pro moting civilisation, and increasing the safety of the commerce of the world." " Amendment—' To substitute a piece of plate in lieu of a gold box.'—Negatived. " Original motion resolved unanimously." Mr. Brooke having been sworn in as a citizen of London with the usual forms, The CHAMBERLAIN addressed him in the following manner :—Sir, the time has now arrived when lam to address to your Excellency a few works expressive of the deep sense entertained by this Corporation of the honour you have conferred upon them by your acceptance of the freedom of this city, and the conse quent insertion of your distinguished name upon our municipal roll. Under any circumstances, Sir, it will be readily believed that I should hail with feelings of no ordinary pleasure the privilege which I now enjoy ; that pleasure is not a little :enhanced by the fact that the interesting transaction of this day, originating as it has done in the admiration elicited by the contemplation of your high character and truly patriotic conduct, may be viewed also as the renewal of a union which, in bygone days, existed between the family of which you are a member and this ancient and loyal city; for be it known to all present, and to all who may become acquainted with the proceedings of this day, that in the person of your Excellency are to be found united the friend and benefactor of our species, and the lineal representative of one who, in the reign of the second Charles, sustained the high and im portant office of Lord Mayor of this our beloved City. I trust that your Excellency and the Court, of which I have now the honour to be the organ, will bear with me while I respectfully crave indul gence for the crude and imperfect manner in which I may discharge the duties of this day—duties which, while they are the source of unfeigned and unalloyed pleasure to myself, have, nevertheless, presented difficulties of no small amount, in pre paration for their performance—difficulties of which the existence would not, at first sight, be sus pected, but some of which will be most obvious to the penetrating mind of your Excellency. Sir, it is no easy thing, under any circumstances, to speak in the presence of an individual of his acts, which admit only of the language of unqualified praise, and which might savour of adulation, were it not known to all that no expressions could adequately represent the respect entertained for him by the speaker, and by these whose mouthpiece lie must be considered. Added to this, I have felt the difficulties arising from a very short period for preparation, and from the necessity imposed upon me of suppressing all mention of many circumstances upon which my inclination would have led me to dilate. Sir, it has been no uncommon thing for this Corporation to offer their grateful acknow ledgments, and to tender, in the freedom of this city, the utmost expression of their gratitude within their power to bsstow, to:illustrious men who, in the battle field or on the mighty waters, have sustained the honour of the British arms, and avenged their coun try's wrongs. Eminent statesmen, too, and able diplomatists, have entitled themselves to, and have had awarded to them, similar acknowledgments and honours ; but the circumstances under which we are now assembled are, I believe—at all events, they are in modern times—as unique in their nature, as by the blessing of a gracious God upon the labours of your Excellency, I trust they will be beneficial in their effects. But a few short years have rolled away since your Excellency, with a view, if I mistake not, solely to the pursuits of science, was induced to visit the islands of the Asiatic archipelago. Such, Sir, were your intentions, and they were honourable to you as an English gentle man who had lei,ure and other means at his command; but He in whom our breath is, and whose are all our ways, and who deigns, in effecting His gracious purposes, to avail himself of human instrumentality, had ordained you to the accomplishment of a higher, and, I will add, a holier work—a work of which the fruits may be expected to issue in a temporal, and, I would fain hope, the eternal welfare of many of our race. The attempt to describe in an address like this the beauties and capabilities of Borneo, the island whither you had resorted, would be utterly abortive. You have witnessed, and those only who have done so can app:eciate the grandeur of her mountains, the beauties of her woods, her valleys and her rivers, her soil mad her productions. Your Excellency, too, has witnessed, and has felt the contrast to all these pre sented by the degraded state of an uncivilized population —many of them, however, of kindly dispositions, which, if duly cultivated, might render them happy in themselves, and the means of pro moting happiness in others ; but they were destitute of all knowledge of the God who created them, and of the Saviour who gave his life for the redemption of cur race. There the soil and climate presented that which was greatly to be desired ; while of Borneo it must be said, as to everything connected with religi ous truth, " Darkness covered the earth, and gross darkness the people." Such was the state of things when your Excellency, unaided and almost alone, and at your own individual cost, set yourself to apply a remedy to these monstrous evils. You felt to quote your own words, that " Christianity might easily be introduced amongst them; that then civilization would advance, commerce be greatly extended, and that vast island laid open as a field for the enterprise and know ledge of enlightened beings." But, Sir, I must be brief; and I therefore hasten to observe that her Majesty's Government have listened to the re presentations which you felt it your duty to make to them, and that in the person of your Excel lency we have now the honour to see within these walls the Raja of Sarawak, the accredited repre• sentative in Borneo of our most Gracious Sovereign, and the Governor of Labuan, a British settlement and an island between Singapore and Hong-Kong, commanding the capital of Borneo. We read in the volume of inspiration that "the path of the just is as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day ;" and in my conscience I believe that what has been hitherto ac hi eve d i s but the dawn of blessings yet in store for the people of your adoption. It would have afforded me much gratification if, with the freedom of this city, and the memorial which I now tender to your acceptance, I could have presen ted your Excellency, as is usual upon occasions like the present, an emblazoned copy of the resolution 1 have read. The period which has elapsed since the passing of such resolution has been too short to al low of the completion of that work of art, but it shall, on the earliest possible day, be forwarded to your Excellency. And now, Sir, permit me most respect fully to tender to your Excellency, as to a brother freeman, the right hand of fellowship, and to express an earnest hope that Borneo, under the fostering care of her Majesty's Government and the watchful su perintendence of your Excellency, mays be abun dantly prospered, that the Scriptures may there be freely circulated, and the truths of the everlasting Gospel faithfully dispensed; that it may please a gra cious God long to spare your valuable life, and that, ere you shall be gathered to your fathers, it may be manifested that, both as it regards the temporal and spiritual good of the great family of man, your Ex cellency has not "laboured in vain, nor spent your strength for naught. The Chamberlain's speech was much applauded throughout. Mr - . BROOKE—My Lord Mayor, Mr. Chamberlain, and gentlemen, I am so sensible of the very high honour which I now receive at your hands, that I find great difficulty in adequately expressing my feelings of pride, gratification, and surprise. Every English man fairly estimates the privilege of citizenship in a free country, but to become the citizen of this the greatest capital of the globe, is a source of just and rational pride. This honour you have conferred upon me.—(Clit , ers.) With reference to my ancestor, to whom allusion has been made, I am proud here to renew the links which have been so long broken. glory in th e appro b at i on of, and such a testimony of it, proceeding from a body so capable of forming a j ei u tx ( s ip t se oentpoCheers a i tt n i, i ol o en n se . o — rfvtc ( hd, C is heh ur , will e o r n s o ) I am suprised, for I h a d no , butl not now say that for my fellow -citizens say that it is. —.) I have little to say about myself. I am conscious of good motives. I am conscious that it is my wish a.nd intention to aacntarth repugnant to my yl Iwth whom d a b n e i doubt it would be repugnant to the feelings of thos t e ly said I surrounded, if after what has been should sing my own praises and boasatreoa;ly achievements.—(Chcters.) As for the futuremartir,Owuo:n be that piracy will soon so crushed th at a sm' u will be able to proceed f rom one end to the other oft the islands in perfect safety.—(Cheers.) I trust that the poorer classes will reap the benefit of their in dustry; that the island of Borneo and the neighbour ing islands will be completely open to British com merce; and that, by gentle means, the blessings of civilisation and the light of the Gospel will shine in those benighted lands.—(Loud cheers.) I trust, too, that at a future time you will be able to say that a citizen of London attempted to gain this object. Again, I return you my most grateful thanks, and assure you that if in anything I can contribute to ad vance the interests of this great city, my head and heart shall be devoted to the task. My Lord Mayor and gentleman, I shall remember this day to my dying hour.—(Great cheering.) Sir PETER LAURIE moved that the speech of the Chamberlain, and the reply of Mr. Brooke, be entered on the journals of the Court. Mr. R. TAYLOR seconded the motion, which was carried amidst loud cheers. Mr. Brooke then shook the hand of fellowship with the members of the Court, and retired amidst great applause. PRESENT FROM THE RING OF THE FRENCH. The TOWN CLERK read the following letter, ad dressed to the Lord Mayor by the French Ambassa dor : " Hertford House, Oct. 25, 1847. "My Lord Mayor,—l have the honour to acknow ledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 21st instant, communicating to me the expression of thanks voted to the King by the Court of Common Council. I have lost no time in forwarding the same to his Ma jesty, to whom I feel assured it will afford much gra tification.—l have the honour to be, my Lord Mayor, your Lordship's obedient servant, 4 V. BROGLIE. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." The letter was ordered to be entered on the journals The sum of 2001. was voted in aid of that excellent institution, the Margate Infirmary. THE LONDON ALMSHOUSES. Deputy Allen brought up the report of the corn, coal, and finance committee, upon the reference "to effect a negotiation with the trustees and managers of the London almshouses, for the transfer of the pro perty, and the entire management and control of the institution, to the Corporation of London, to be con ducted, and the inmates to be appointed by the Court of Common Council, in such manner as they may think proper." The report, to which considerable importance is attached, says, "We referred the same to a special committee, who have reported to us that they have proceeded therein, and have effected a negotiation agreeably to the terms of our said report ; and that at a general meeting of the subscribers of the almshouses, held in conformity with the terms of the in stitution, it has been resolved that the estate and property of the almshouses shall be conveyed to the Corporation upon the terms stated in our report, and in pursuance of a resolution to that effect :the committee of management have this day passed an order directing the trustees to convey the estate to the Corporation of London, or to such person or persons as they may appoint to receive the conveyance. And the special committee recommended that, upon a proper deed, approved by counsel, being executed by the trustees, we should be authorised to draw upon the Chamberlain for one-half of the amount of the creditors' claims upon the estate—viz., about 3001., which they have generously agreed to accept in full satisfaction and discharge of their re spective demands. " And we beg, further, to certify, that although the trustees, and all parties having any legal or equitable interest in the property, have, in conformity with the recommendation of the Town-clerk Comptroller, and City Solicitor, agreed t o convey the property of the corporation without being clogged with any condi tions, the special committee felt it to be their duty to recommend that this Honourable Court should, in ac cordance with the recommendation contained in our former report, approved by this Court, grant to the inmates such moderate endowments as the Court may think proper ; and we, your committee agree with the special committee in the recommendations." After some conversation, in which it was suggested, and apparently with effect, that the word "allowances" should be substituted for " endowments," the report was agreed to and ordered to be printed. GREAT CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Deputy Allen brought in a bill for raising monies for the purposes of improvements within the City, under the London (City) Improvement Act,1847. The bill is founded upon the report from the improvement committee, and proposes to raise 300,0001. for im provements from Cannon-street to St. Paul's, and 200,0001. for improvements not yet determined upon. The bill was rea4l a first time, and ordered to be read a second time. Mr. R. L. Jones brought up a report from the im provement committee, recommending the contribution of 5001. towards the proposed improvements in Wood street. A communication was at the same time pre sented from the commissioners of sewers, agreeing to vote 5001. in aid of the same object. It was agreed that the commissioners of sewers should be empowered to refer the matter to a jury, if Messrs. Morley refused the offer of compensation made by the court. The court then adjourned. LIGHTS ON THE COAST OF SCOTLAND. INACCURACIES IN CERTAIN CHARTS. Northern Light-office, Edinburgh, 0ct.20,1847 Sir,—l am directed by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses to state, for the information of the committee of Lloyd's, that haring recently had their attention directed to an error in the description of a light on one of the published charts of the coasts of Scotland, they have been induced to institute an examination, so far as co ncerns th e northern light houses, of the am directed to submit to the consideration of Lloyd's the following errors which have been noticed TRINITY HOUSE CLIART, 1845. L—ln a chart published by Mr. R. H. Laurie, Fleet-street, London, dated Ist January, 1845, and bearing to be a corrected edition of a Chart of Light houses and Lights, and published by order of the Corporation of the Trinity House, the following in accuracies have been noticed:- 1. Little Ross Light is characterised as a " re volving," instead of a flashing light. 2. The important Light of Skerryvore is charac terised as " intermitting ' instead of "revolving" This mistake is the more to be regretted, as the adjoining Light of Barrahead is "intermittent," and any con founding of the two Lights might be productive of serious consequences. 3. Buchanness Light is characterised as "intermit. tent" while it should be "flashing." 4. There is a note at the top of the Chart bearing that at Sumburghhead there is a fixed Light, but as a stranger might suppose that the asterisk which narks the note was intended to indicate the position of the Light, the note should have added to it the proper bearing and distance of the Lighthouse from Star point Light, or the longitude and latitude of Sum burghhead. CHANDLER'S CHART, 1832. ll.—ln Chandler's Chart of the North-east Coast, published by Norie and Son, No. 157, Leadenhall street, Ist July, 1832, of Tarbetness, which should be described as "intermittent," it is said that it " revolves and appears like a star for 2f minutes, then disappears for the space of half a minute, its total revolution being three minutes." MURDO DOWNIE'S CHART, 1836. 111. —In the Chart of the East Coast of Scotland , , pre pared by Murdo Downie, and improved by Hepburn, published by Norie, Ist January, 1825, and corrected to 1836, Tarbetness is shortly described as " showing a revolving light." These two errors are also much to be regretted, as the light on Covesea Skerries recently exhibited by this Board, and immediately adjoining to Tarbetness, is a revolving light, and if mariners bound westward were to imagine the revolving light of Covesea to be on Tarbetness, and to take their course accordingly, they must inevitably be stranded in Spey Bay. In the last-mentioned Chart Buchanness is described as " revolving" instead of "flashing." BLACKFORD CHART. [No date.] IV.—ln the Chart of the West Coast and Islands, prepared and published by Blackford, 116, Minories, Barrahead, in place of being called " intermittent," is described as " revolving," and this being the true character of the adjoining Light of Skerryvore, it might lead to the same result as the error in the first mentioned Chart. NORTE'S CHART, 1834. V.—ln the Chart of Hebrides and the Lewis, pub lished by Norrie in 1832, and corrected in 1834 ; Barrahead being the light adjoining Skerryvore, on the West is again described as " revolving;" and Rhinns of Islay, the Light adjoining Slcerryvore on the East, is described as " revolving," instead of " flashing ;" so that this Chart would indicate three adjoining Lights as all possessing the same character of "revolving." Vl.—ln some of these Charts there are also errors, which may perhaps be more properly called defects, such as characterising the Bell Hock, and the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man, merely as " revolving" without noticing their alternate character of "bright and red lights." The Commissioners are not prepared to offer any suggestion as to how these inaccuracies are now to be remedied, but as the subject is one of vital im portance to the trade of the country, and as the ex istence of the errors has come to the knowledge of the Commissioners, they consider that they would not be justified in delaying to submit the same to Lloyd's, who have so deep an interest in the subject. ALEX. CUNINGHAM, Secretary. W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. BIRMINGHAM GRAMMA R Sc HOOL.—The Rev. Skl ney Gedge, M.A. , preacher at the Magdalene Asylum, Birmingham, will succeed to the Head Mastership of King Edward's Free Grammar School in that town, the ift.:gietrilttinoefnhheavninegv. beenjau2 James s en 2 d r e in re e d e v L ac ee a , nt li b .4 y . t , h t e o p i r h e; bishopric) of Manoheater. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the CHIEF BARON and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) George John Hewson, 45, jeweller, and Matilda Hewson, 22, his daughter, were indicted for the wilful murder of a male infant, born of the latter prisoner, but not named, by suffocating it. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke conducted the prose cution for the Treasury. No counsel was retained for the defence, but at the request of the court Mr. Ryland consented to watch the case on behalf of the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence, so far as from its nature it admits of being described, that the prisoners occupied an apartment in Sandys-row, Spitalfields, and were in a most abject state of poverty. For some time prior to the 25th of September the neighbours had observed that the girl was in the family way, and there appeared but too much reason for believing that this was the result of an incestuous intercourse carried on with her father. The birth of the child, from what could be ascertained, was conjectured to have taken place during the night of the 25th of September, and at an early hour the male prisoner was heard walking about the room, and about seven o'clock in the morning he was heard to go down stairs, and was seen to cross the yard and go in the direction of a privy in an adjoining garden, where the body of the child was afterwards discovered, and he was seen to go twice to the same spot. Between 10 and 11 o'clock a person named Curtain, who occupied the house to which the privy belonged, upon going there saw the body of a child lying on the soil, and, according to his testimony, the infant at the time must have been alive, for he stated positively that he saw the child move. According to his statement, however, he had not nerve sufficient to take the child out, but ran away and gave an alarm, and upon some other persons going to the place and removing the infant it was found to be dead. It would seem that suspicion very soon fixed itself upon the prisoners, and a police constable proceeded to the room occupied by them to make in quiries. The girl at first denied that she had been delivered, but she at length admitted it was the case ; and upon one of the witnesses saying that she hoped her father knew nothing of it, she replied that he did not. She was afterwards taken to the infirmary at the workhouse, and, on the way there, she asked the constable what had become of her father, and, on his telling her that he was locked up, she inquired what it was for. He told her that he was charged with endeavouring to conceal the birth of the child of which she had been delivered ; to which she replied that it was false, for he knew nothing about it, and was not at home when she was delivered, and that she herself had taken the child and thrown it down the privy. She afterwards made other contrary statements ; and upon one occasion _she told a witness that it had all happened through the cruelty of her father. Mr. Meares, the surgeon, who was called upon to examine the body of the de ceased child, stated his opinion to be that the child was born alive; and he gave, as reasons for coming t o that conclusi o n, th a t it was full-grown, and its lungs had been fully inflated, and one or two other circum stances that may not be further alluded to. He ad mitted, however, in answer to questions put to him by the Learned Judge and by Mr. Ryland, that the appearances he described were not inconsistent with the supposition that only a partial living birth had taken place. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL having summed up, the jury retired. After about twenty minutes' delibera tion they returned a verdict finding the male prisoner Not Guilty, and convicting the girl of concealing the birth. The jury, at the same time, expressed their regret that they could not, as explained to them by the Learned Judge, include the male prisoner in their verdict for concealing the birth. Directions were given that a specific indictment should be preferred against him for that offence. POLICE, INTELLIGENCE. SIO N- HOUSE. A poor little German boy named Glotz, was brought before the Lord Mayor. He was the picture of melancholy. The Rev. Dr. Louis Cappel, minister of the Ger man Church, stated that the unfortunate child was not brought before his Lordship as a prisoner, but as a suppliant for justice. He was one of the victims of the cruel traders in unprotected foreign children with whom the metropolis abounded. It was at the re quest of the Society of the Friends of Foreigners in Distress that application was made on the part of the boy, for the purpose of compiling if possibl e , one Corrand Henser, w h o h a d induced him to come to England as a street-organ player, to supply the means of sending him back to Germany. It was the practice of persons who, like Henser obtained a good livelihood by that sort of slave-trade, to prevail upon parents at certain seasons to dispose of their children for musical employment in England, upon the receipt of some trine of money and . the promise of good bed and board and wages : _and the result was, that multitudes of these young creatures were itr a very iltort , titTne ruinectin health and morals, and treated with the utmost -cruelty'] indignity.ll the present ease Henser had engaged Glotz for eighf4n months for the sum of 6/. and the promise of comfortable support, and had, at the same time, brought over with him nine other boys. At first the boys-were treated with kindness, but upon being taken down to Yorkshire to work at the music, they were beaten, and kioked, and starved, and aban doned by. Henser, who enjoyed the independence they provided for him at home in smoking and drinking. Glotz had - been turned off without receiving a shilling of the pay due to hi except an old co a t w hi ch he had bought m,:and had sc arce l y any cover i ng three pence. The p u bli c would be asto fnuniprsohtnewdhoiamot;the numerous instances of this species of cruelty which weekly occurred, notwithstanding the detestation in which the diabolical traffie was held by the people of the metropolis, and it would he a source of high gratification to the friends of humanity if some means could be devised by which such a delin quent as had been described could be made amenable. The Rev. Mr. Carlson, chaplain to the Swedish and Norwegian Embassy, stated that about three years ago he had been directed to lay the case of a little girl, who had been kidnapped, before the City authorities, to ascertain whether it was in their power to interfere for her protection. The clothes of the girl had been detained, and the defendant showed a determination to resist the appeal to his humanity by employing an able counsel. Sir Peter Laurie, how ever, who presided upon the occasion, neutralized the arguments of the gentleman of the bar, and caused restitution to be made. The LORD MAYOR—I am perfectly aware, from my personal observations, of the crue lti es i n fli cted upon for in my ram b les through the metropolis numbers of them sitti ng on the stepsexhausted and as l eep , a f ter these poor ofo orlh achihla-vliddeor hall-doors, rnesn their severe labours. I have seen, too, after some little time a great change take place in the appear ance of the sufferers, who, from the hardships and ill treatment to which they have been exposed, have totally lost the appearance of health with which they first entered the metropolis. I fear, however, that at any rate in this particular case my interference cannot be of avail. The only remedy here appears to be by a civil action, and the Cou n t y C ourt may in such a case be turned to good advantage. The Rev. Mr. Carlson asked whether Henser, who pocketed all the money the poor boy had earned by perpetual labour in the streets, could not be prose cuted for having obtained money under false pre tences ? It was well known that people in giving money to the children meant the money for them, and not for the fellows who sent them out, and who in fact appropriated to their own uses every farthing. The LORD Maloa said, the pretence in cases like the present was future and not an existing pretence. I think that when the public learn that the little musicians never receive anything but blows and other harsh treatment from their masters, very few six pences will be given to them. It may be said that the refusal of charity in such cases involved the com plete destitution of these objects; but the cvil would work its own remedy, by rousing the parochial autho rities, upon whom their support would fall. Dr. Cappel said he had known instances in which children employed in the manner described had died on the med.: The LORD MAYOR—I shall be most happy to ren der any assistance as chief magistrate. Perhaps an indictment for having brought over children to this country for the purpose of burdening parishes with them may be resorted to. I shall leave it to you to consider of the :best mode of proceeding to check such outrages upon humanity, and shall most wil ling attend to any representation upon a future oc casion. The LORD MAYOR requested that the press would notice that he had received 1/. 15. from " J. D. M." and one sovereign " found" 21st inst. GUILDHALL. John Burgess , a stout middle , aged man, wh o stated that he had recently kept a public-house at Liverpool, was brought before Mr. Alderman Sidney, on suspicion o f having stolen 150/. in Bank of Eng. land notes. Mr. Spellman, a money-changer in Lombard street, stated, that on the preceding afternoon a person not in custody asked him for cash for some American notes. Ile exchanged them for gold, and shortly afterwards another person, who is not in cus tody, came in company with the prisoner to know what sum had been paid for the American notes, from which the witness inferred that there bad been a dis pute whether the first man bad truly brought back the amount he actually received. Witness told them what he had given, and the prisoner inquired if he could take a few more notes. Witness stated that he could ; the parties went away, and the prisoner came alone that day with 142 dollar notes and four Cis. notes. In the interim witness had received a letter i from a money-chang er a t Li verpoo l , i n f orm i ng him that some person had got rid of some stolen Bank of England notes by making a purchase of American notes of the description offered by the prisoner. Upon this he deemed it his duty to give the prisoner into custody, and Isaacs, the officer, found an American note in the prisoner's possession. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY invited the prisoner to ex plain how he came by these American notes. The prisoner said he had been out of business for a fortnight, and on Wednesday a stranger accosted him in Lord-street, Liverpool, and asked him where he could sell some American notes. Prisoner told him of a money-changer, named Andrew, in the Water loo-road. He said Mr. Andrew would not take them, but he knew a Captain Broadwater in London, who could get them changed there, and if prisoner liked to take a trip with him, he would pay all the expenses. Having nothing to do, he accepted the offer, and came up with the person, whose name was George Watson. They found the captain, who got the first lot of notes changed, and prisoner went with the second lot. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said, it was the prisoner's misfortune to be in possession of notes which had been obtained from a money changer with stolen notes. Some other parties were in some degree con nected with the changing of the notes, and it was desirable that they should be found, to see if they could clear up the matter, or whether it would be necessary to investigate the whole affair at Liverpool. The prisoner said he was quite willing to go at once with the officers to Liverpool. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said, it would be more con venient first to hear whether the captain or Mr. Watson could satisfactorily clear the matter up. The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday. THE BIRMINGHAM MURDERS. INQUEST UPON ANN WILKES. BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY NIGHT.—This evening an nquest was held at the Calthorpe Arms, Holloway road, before Dr. Birt Davies, Borough Coroner, upon the body of Ann Wilkes, the woman committed for the murder of her four children, and who died in the Queen's Hospital on Thursday morning. The evidence relating to the murder of the four children was the same as that given at the former in quest. That produced to-night referred entirely to the self-murder of the woman, and the state of mind she was supposed to be in when she committed the act. Mr. Edwards proved, as on the former occasion, the position of the children and the woman when he en tered the attic, and that two razors were close by her side. The woman's throat was cut, but she was living at the time. When bandages were applied, she at tempted to tear them o ff, an d s h e was removed to the hospital. It struck him that by the motion of her hands she felt sensible of and was sorry for what she had done. She never spoke at all. De ceased used to come into his shop almost every day for potatoes and the like. He never saw anything odd or strange in her manner. Never saw anything uncommon in the state of her mind, except that on the Thursday previous to the murder she came into the shop to get change for a sovereign. She appeared to be in trouble, and his wife asked her what was the cause ? Deceased said she was very badly off, and had been unlucky ever since her husband had died. She added that she had been to the relieving officer, and that he had shut the door upon her, and sneered at her. She appeared to be in a sound state of mind, at least to him, in the same state he had always seen her before. Eliz ibeth Hemming, who lived nearly opposite the house of the deceased, deposed that she saw her about ten o'clock on the night before the murder, and nothing particular struck her as to her manner. She appeared to he in her usual spirits. Mr. H. F. Whitten, resident medical officer at the Queen' s Hospital, deposed that deceased was admitted into the hospital at five minutes to one on Saturday last. She had three incised wounds on the neck, and coagulated blood in and around the edges. The evidence of the witness, with regard to the nature and extent of the wounds, was the same`as that given by Mr. Cox at the former inquest. The de ceased was the patient of Mr. Langston Parker, who was immediately sent for. Her extremities were cold, and she was in a state of much collapse. Warmth was applied, and the wounds being dressed, she im proved for a little time ; bad symptoms afterwards set in, and she died about a quarter to one on Thurs day morning. Had had conversation with her most days, although he avoided speaking to her, unless she spoke to him. On the first day she spoke to him, and she appeared to answer questions in the same way as all other patients. She was conscious and rational. She requested to see a clergyman. On the Sunday she requested to have her hands loosened. Some per sons, she said, had represented that she wanted to tear the bandages off, but it was not true that she had attempted to do so at her own house. He (witness) released her on Sunday afternoon, and she never attempted to injure herself. At her request the assistance of the rector of St. Martin's was ob tained. In the course of Monday afternoon she told him she hoped it would please God that she should not get well, as she should have a great deal to go through, and if she did get well, she hoped the getlemen of the hospital would do all they could for her, as she had been in great trouble since the death of her husband. She at another time said she had been to the board of guardians, and had been pushed abruptly from the door. She did not say who by, but was told to wait her turn in the yard. In the course of Sunday, after dozing a little, she wandered, and asked where she was, and she appeared satisfied. Never noticed any distinct delusion. Only heard deceased allude to her children once. Upon her mother coming to see her, she said, " Have you seen my children ?" Could not understand with what in tent the inquiry was made. Mr. Langston Parker, professor of anatomy, and surgeon to the Queen's Hospital, corroborated the statement of the last witness. He saw the deceased from day to day. She died unquestionably from the wounds in the neck. She answered all questions rationally up to the time he last saw her. Did not witness any kind of mental disorder. The Rev. J. C. Miller was then sworn, and deposed as follows :—I had conversation with the deceased (as a clergyman) more than once. In these conver sations she said nothing as to the cause of her own death. On Monday morning, between three and four o'clock, I saw her. She did not tell me what she had done to herself, nor did she complain of any one else having inflicted the wounds upon her throat. She expressed a hope that time would be all ow ed her for repentance, or words to that effect. She clearly con fessed to witness the murder of the four children, but the means were not alluded to. She stated that it was in consequence of her straitened circumstances. He asked her if they were in want of bread ? She said " No; they were not so bad off as that." She did not impute blame to any person. She spoke of having a a n p d Pli t e h d at to th h e av r e el i rev r would only take a portion of the children. In all the i c n h g ild o r ffi en ce t r ak h e a n d in r to ep t l h ie e d w t o h r a k t ho t u he s y e, conversations I had with her nothing whatever oc. cursed which would indicate the slightest unsound. ness of mind. This was the last witness called. The Coroner summed up, but the verdict was not returned when the parcel was made up. A slanderous statement has appeared in some of the London papers, to the effect that the wretched woman was not married to her deceased husband Wilkes, and, worse than all, that she was instrumental in the death by poison of her husband. - Whatever truth there may be in the first allegation, there is not the slightest foundation for the latter. At the time of his death a post mortem examination of the body took place at her own request, and death was ascertained to have been caused by purely natural causes. THE SUICIDE IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. Last evening, at seven o'clock, Mr. William Payne, ;he City Coroner, held an inquest, in St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, on the body of Mr. William Davison, aged 60, who committed suicide by throwing himself out of the whispering gallery of St. Paul's Cathedral, some particulars of which appeared in our paper of yesterday. James Richardson, one of the guides of the Cathe dral, was the first witness examined, who merely proved to having conducted thedeceased to the western gallery, the model and trophy room, and one or two other parts of the edifice. He left him on the stairs leading to the whispering gallery, and shortly after wards witness saw him lying on the pavement quite dead. When in the western gallery he placed his head in his hand, and, leaning on the rail, asked if he knew the depth to the bottom. William Thompson said that he was the keeper of the whispering gallery. On Thursday afternoon, about one hour after he had entered the gallery, his 1 attention was directed by hearing a hat fall. On looking round he saw deceased hanging from the out side of the railings. He immediately called out, but he fell almost instantaneously. Mr. William Lawrence, son-in-law of the de ceased, said that the deceased left home yesterday (Thursday) to keep an appointment, which he, how ever, did not do. He had seen the deceased twice a week for some time past. Of late he had been very low and desponding. The indefinite delay of a Chancery suit, in which he had several thousand pounds at stake, completely prostrated his mind. Mr. Brodribb, surgeon, said that he had known the deceased about twelve months. He saw him on Wed nesday evening sitting at the fireside with his family. fie then complained of his spirits being low, and that he could not sleep of a night. He also spoke about losing his appetite. The house-surgeon described the nature of the in juries deceased had received, which were the cause of death. Other evidence, proving that the mind of the un fortunate deceased had become impaired, the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." ft 30, 1847. FROM THE LONDONGAZETTE OF FRIDAY: DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 29, 1847. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knt., Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class of Knights Com manders of the said Order. WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 29. 9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Drysdale to be Captain, by purchase, vice Deacon, who retires ; Cornet Chandos Frederick Clifton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Drysdale ; Edmond Hunt, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Clifton. Oct. 29. 13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Felton Frederick William Hervey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ma docks, who retires ; Cornet Arthur Tremayne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harvey ; Percy Shawe Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Tremayne, Oct. 29. 14th Light Dragoons—Captain William Augustus Gaussen, from the 89th Foot, to be Captain, vice Griffis, who exchanges, Oct. 29. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards —Brevet Major, Lieutenant, and Captain Henry Daniell to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Knox, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Charles Sedley Burdett to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Daniells; Charles Rodney Morgan, Bart. to be Eusign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burdett, Oct. 29. Ist Foot—Lieut. James Pollock Gore to be Captain, by purchase, vice Green, whose promotion has been can celled, Oct. 29. 9th Foot—Lieut. Edwin Morton, from half-pay of the regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Bennett, appointed Paymaster of 18th Foot, Oct. 29. 18th Foot—Lieut. Francis Lovett Bennett, from 9th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice George Isaac Call, who re tires upon half-pay, Oct. 29. 21st Foot—Second Lieut. Henry Sellers Gunning S. Knight to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Deare, deceased, June 3. 39th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Elmhirst Reader, from half-pay of the regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Patrick Flynn, who exchanges, Oct. 29. 44th Foot—Captain William Spring, from the 82a Foot, to be Captain, vice Philipps, who exchanges, Oct. 29. 56th Foot—Ensign Francis William Fellows to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ramsay, appointed Adjutant; William Cairncross, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Fellows, Oct 29. 57th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edmund Law, from the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Brown, who ex changes, Oct. 29. 59th Foot—Ensign Edwyn Francis Brydges Scuda more Stanhope to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Richard Jesse Lloyd, deceased, Oct. 15 ; Henry Kean, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stanhope, Oct. 29. 69th Foot--Lieut. Edward John Balcomb Brown, from the 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Law, who exchanges, Oct. 29. 80th Foot—James Loftus Winniett Nunn, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hart, promoted in the 29th Foot, Oct. 29. 82d Foot—Captain John Allen Lloyd Philipps, from the 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Spring, w h o ex changes; Lieut. Samu e l Peters Jarvis, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice White, who exchanges, Oct. 29. 89th Foot—Captain Charles Tindal Griffis, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Gaussen, who exchanges, Oct. 29. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Henry Jones to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Johnstone, deceased, June 28; Ensign Stanley Douglas Stubbs to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bridgeman, who retires; Richard Philip Fletcher, Gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Stubbs, Oct. 29; Courtenay Thomas Hammil, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Jones, Oct. 30. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment —Lieutenant Matthew White, from the 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Jar vis, who exchanges, ect. 29. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant Windsor Henry Humphreys to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires ; Charles Cliffe, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Humphreys, Oct. 29. HOSPITAL STAFF.— Assistant-Surgeon John Thomas Watson Bacot, from the 39th Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon to the Forces, Oct. 29. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. Lynaington Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Ro siand Edward Cooper, Gent., to be Cornet, vice the Earl of Cavan, resigned; Oct. 20. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Prosser, timber merchant, Worcester. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Mahbott, printer, Milton, Kent, to sun ader Nov. 12, at eleven, and Dec. 9, at one, at the Coat of Bankruptcy. Bell, official . assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. Joseph Hill, jun., builder, Southampton, Nov. 10, at eleven, and Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street-buildings; Braikenridge, Bartlett's buildings, Holborn. Gabriel Gusterson, builder, Paradise-walk, Queen's road West, Chelsea, Nov. 4, at half-past two, and Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Henry Pannell Flashman, soda water manufacturer, Bute -street, Broa;pton, Nov. 12, at pall-past twelve, and at Dec. 9, at half past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lewis, New Inn. Richard Burgess Scale, lodging-housekeeper, Leyton stone, Essex, Nov. 12, at twelve, and Dec. 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man -street buildings. Shaw, Fish -street-hill. John Tripling, shoemaker, Cambridge, Nov. 11, and Dec. 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman - street-buildings; Ravens croft, Guildford-street, Russell-square; Cooper, Cam bridge. Jonas 31‘George, ironmonger, Wardour-street, Soho, Nov. 5, at eleven, and Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street; Goren, South Molton-street. Francois Dupouy, wine merchant, Cross-lane, St. Dunstan's-hill, City, Nov. 5, at eleven, and Dec. 17, at half -past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Sangster, St. Swithin's lane William Dowsing, oilman, Ipswich, Suffolk, Nov. 8, at half-past one, and Dec. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man-street; Kirk, Symond's lan; Galsworthy, Ipswich. Edward Symeon Meyer and Thomas George Brown• smith, fringe manufacturers, Bedford-street, Covent garden, Nov. 9, at half-past eleven, and Dec.lo, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; Tippetts, Pancras-lane, London. John Wainwright, draper, Digbetb, Birmingham, Nov. 13, and Dec. 4, at twelve, at the Birmighana Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Suckling, Birmingham. Benjamin Walton, japanner, Wolverhampton, Nov. 13, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore official assignee, Bi rm i ng h am; Cl ark and Sparrow, Wolverhampton; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. Thomas Smith, cattle and sheep salesman, &vines head, Lincolnshire, Nov. 5 and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official as signee, Nottingham; Brown, Nottingham. William Willis, wool broker, Trowbridge, Nov. 12, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton official assignee, Bristol ; Mottle and Co., Milk sham. John Stockham, marble mason, Bristol, Nov. 16 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee, Bristol ; Jay, Sergeant's Inn ; Crosby, Bristol. Prince William Smith, currier, Bristol, Nov. 16 and Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acre man, official assignee, Bristol; Dix, Bristol. Charles Wright, hatter, Durham, Nov. 5, and Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon• Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon •Tyne; Maples, Pearse, and Co., Old Jewry ; Wright, Sunder land. George Prockter, Joseph Prockter, and Thomas Prockter, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Nov. 16 and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte•street, Bed ford•square, London. • John Jones, coal dealer, Manchester, Nov. 11 and Dec. 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; Pollard, Manchester. James Spence, merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 11 and 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cotterill, Throgmortou street, London; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. Richard Baynes, flour dealer, Liverpool, Nov. 11 and 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court ; Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry Chambers ; Pemberton, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall street. W. Bennett and H. S. Reeve, London-road, licensed victuallers, Nov. 22, at half-past twelve—l. Aldebert, C. C. Becher, and J. Hargreaves, Copthall-buildings, City, merchants, Nov. 23, at eleven—J. Stevens, Abchurch lane, City, merchant, Nov. 23, at half-past one. In the country. J. Stout, Liverpool, boot and shoe maker, Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—A, Dawn, M ansf i e l d, Nottinghamshire, draper, Nov. 19, at ten, at the Cou r t, Sheffield. ----- PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS, W. 11. Cox, Belvidere-road, Lambeth, barge and boat builder, 3s. 3id., on account of the first dividend of 45., on any Wednesday, between eleven and threw, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. Partridge, Cheltenham, co a l merchant, 4d., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, or any subsequent Wednesday, be tween twelve and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. W. Grieves, South Shields, grocer and baker, ls. on Saturday, Oct. 30, or any following Saturday, be tween eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Ty ne , J. Parsons, Medway-street, Horseferry-road, baker and corn dealer, 9J,, on any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing hall-street. T. Bowles, Horsemonden, Kent, victualler, id., on any Wednesd a y, b etween eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. IL Jones, Grosvenor row, Pimlico, and Smith-street, King's road, Chelsea, oil, colour, and Italian warehouse man, 4s. 6d., on any \Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. N. Temp&iiey, King William-street, City, and New cantle-upon-Tyne, 21d., oa any Wednesday, between THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOB In the country. J. Pavey, sen., Clifton, near Bristol, mason, Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Watson, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, fellmonger, Nov. 20, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—T. Beilby and W. Kaberry, Lceds, flax and tow' spinners, Nov. 20, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. Miller, Liverpool, saddler, Nov. 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Morris, Walsall, Stafford shire, saddlers' ironmonger, Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—R. W. Gardiner, Hereford, cattle dealer, Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham -- G. Holford, Wolverhampton, jeweller, Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham -li. Bowen, Coventry, clo thier, Dec. 21, at e l even , at t h e C ourt, Birmingham — J• Fenton, Oehbrook, Derbyshire, hosier, Nov, 26, at twelve, at the Court, Nottingham. At the Court of llcview, Nov. 19. S. Woodgate, Westmoreland-place, Southampton street, Camberwell, auctioneer—J. R. Weston, South.- ampton, auctioneer—Sir F. C. Knowles, Bart., Queen street, May. fair, banker—J. Phillippo, Cross-street , Finsbury, dealer in horses—T. Skipworth, Belton, Lin' colnshire, clerk—W. Sykes, Bishopsgate-street, and Saville- place, Mile-end, carrier—J. Stephenson, Horn" castle, Lincolnshire, linendraper—D. Heard, sen., Bark. ing, Essex, smack owner—J. Smith, Ashton-iii-Mscker field, Lancashire, cotton spinner —J. Blyth, Barnstaple , Devonshire, wine merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Robinson, jun., and F. Steel, Liverpool, genera l brokers—T. J. Traverne and J. Taverner, Old street, St. Luke's. wire w or k ers —T . J . Taverner, C. Chilton, and J. Taverner, Teanby's-buildings, Old-street, St- St. Luke's (so far as regards T. J. Taverner) —S. Sparke and W. J. Powell, Margaret-street, Cavendish square, estate agents--T. Edwards and J. Wright, Man chester and Collyhurst, brickmakers—C. Nuttall and R. Oldham, Manchester, tool makers—T. Craven and C. Craven, Newcastl e - u p on -T yne, pawnbrokers —J• Beech and J. Ainsworth, Manchester, brush manufactu rers—W. A. Bainbriggo and D. Dunnett, Uttoxeter, at' torneys—J. G. Williams and \V. H. George, Blaentivea Iron works. Monmouthshire, tallow chandlers—T. - 11 Kelly and W. R. Bsrritt, Liverpool, woollen drapers- - , Margaret Buckmester, D. Irvine, and J. Irvine, Cooper's-row, Tower-hill, wine merchants—D. Irvine and J. Irvine, Cooper's-row, Tower-hill, wine merchants —T. Critchley, G. J. Armstrong, and [J. M. Astbury, Manchester, merchants—G. Willmot and L. Ludlam. Dudley, Worcestershire, and Brierly.bill, Staffordshire , plumbers—G. Gill, jun., and G. Mitchell, Tooley-streett Newton Abbott and Topsham, Devonshire, cider mer chants —R. Abbot and J. Abbot, Kendal, worsted spin ners—J. W. Wright and J. Wright, Old Broad-street -- J. Ingram and R. Morrow, Liverpool, inerehants—B. Humpage and J. Humpage, Bristol, surgeons—F• Mordan and 'l'. S. Hyde, Goswell-road, gold pen mane; facturers—A. Hawkins and R. Hawkins, Mayfield place, Kensington, brewers—R. Chattaway, J. Colin;, and R. Coliug, Stratford-upon-Avon, mercers L. - Bullock, J. Moilliet, and T. Moilliet, Westbromvvieho lion founders. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Morgan, Llangavulach, Glamorganshire. Matthew Smith, Manchester, carder. William Bullock, Bradford, Yorkshire, dyer. William Johnson, Manchester, spindle maker. Thomas Higham, Manchester, spindle maker. John Harfison, Bradford, Yorkshire, general dealer. William llallidav, 11-,ildon, Yorkshire, manufacturer. henry Thornhill, Sheffield, shear smith. Richard Holstead, Club-houses, near Keighley, York shire, shopkeeper. Thomas Pyrth, Boston, Yorkshire, druggist's assistant. Verdon Swann Brittain, Sheffield, butcher. James BroadbPnt,,jun., Dig-ley, Yorkshire. Richard Shaw, Manchester, commis don agent. Thomas _Messenger, Manche seer, spinner. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. Mortimer, Aberdeen, baiter, to meet within the Lemon-tree Tavern, Aberdeen, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4, at two. J. Webster, Montrose, merchant, to meet within the writing-chambers of R. Burnest•, writer, Montrose, Nov. 2 and 23, at twelve. J. S. Knowles, Port Bannatyne, publisher and under writer, to meet within the Bute Arms Inn, Rothesay, Nov. 2 and 23, at twelve. J. Fisken and R. Clark, Glasgow silk mercers and linendrapers, to meet within the (74lice ofJ. Clark, writer, Glasgow, Nov. 3 and 24, at two. R. French and J. French, Coltness, merchants, and Whitehill, Lanarkshire, coal masters, to meet within the chambers of G. Epslin, Esq., accountant, Glasgow, Nov. 3 and Dec. 1, at twelve. T. Borthwick, Edinburgh, stock broker, to meet within the Ship Hotel Edinburgh, Nov. 5 and 26, at two. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending Octobor 26, 1847, is 21s. Bd. per cwt. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCTOBER 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 13 dis.—Ditto New, 6 dis.—G rea t Western, Quarters, P. Ditto, New, 1 2 p.—Midland (B r i sto l and Gloucester), 4% P• —South Devon, 20 dis. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The prices for shares to -day have again given way, and th e b us i ness done has not been t o any extent. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Chees, shire Junction, (271. Os. Shares), 16—Ditto, 221- Sh ares, 5% dis.—Edinburgh an d Glasgow, 48—Great Wester Halves, 56 c.—Hudd ers fi e ld and Manchester, 5 dis. —Lan es. shire and Yorkshire, 6c. dis.—Ditto, Fifths, dis.--Lon don and North-Western, 150 c.—Ditto, Quarters, New, p.—Ditto (Man c h es t er and Birmingham), Quarters (A 5 , 11 d . B), 3 p.—Manchester, ShbffielO, and Lincolnshire, Eignt"" c.—Ditto 101. Preference, M di s. — Midland Stock, 107'A —Ditto, 40/. ' Shares, 40% c.--Ditto, New Halves, 2% dis. —Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s 3d. Shares, 2 South-Eastern and Dover, 27 c.—Ditto, No. 1, 5 c. Ditto No. 2, 6 dis.—Ditto No. 4, Thirds, 2/. Bs. 9d. dis.-.• York:Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 1, I% P. -- Ditto, N. and B. Extension, No. 2, p. MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 29. STOCK ExorANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 1 6 —East Lancashire, 63/1 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (22/. paid),'s dis.—Lancashire and York shire, Fifths, 3 / 1 dis.--London and North-Western (Man chester and Birmingham) Quarters (A), 3 1-16 ditto (B), 3 p.—Ditt o , di tto (C) , 3 3-16 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1 dis.—North Staf fordshire, % dis.—North Union (A), 200—ShrewAury Ana Birmingham (B), 2 1 / 4 dis.—Shropshire Union, 2 3 /. South -Eastern and Dover, No. 4,2% dis. LEEDS, Ocronun 29 STOCK ExcrrxieciE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 7 dis.—Ditto, New, Oh dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 1 5 / 6. di.% Huddersfield and Manchester, 5 n. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 625. dis.—Leeds and Brad ford, 36 p.—Leeds and Think, 1.9 3 / 1 dis.—Ditto, New, 14% dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 4 dis.—North British, Thirds, 5 A dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 17s. 6d. n. dis.—Ditto, tension, 4s. 6d. dis.—N o rth Staffordshire, 1% dis.—North - Western, 5 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (New Ber wicks), No. 2,3 s. 6d. dis. eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing hall..strret. G. Burgess, Ramsgate, Kent, coachmaker, 41d,, on any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall•street. W. S. Roots, Ross, Herefordshire, doctor of medicine, 41d., on any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. J. Hallowell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, maltster, 2s. 3d., on Saturday, Oct. 30, or any following Saturday, be tween ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, New castle-upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. H. Smith, Butiey, Hampshire, chairmaker, Nov. 20, at twelve—J. Rollings, Landport Portsmouth, stay ma• nufacturer, Nov. 29, at eleven—J. Dodge, Cumberland row, Walworth-road, Newington, ironmonger, N0v.2 0 , at twelve. 'SHEFFIELD, OCTOBER 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting barn, and Boston, 1 3 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West ' Riding Union), 3 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire (Grimsby and Sheffield) 12/. 10s. Shares, 3 dis.-- North-Western, 4% dis —York, Newcastle, and-Berwick, 31. HULL, Ocronta 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The injurious effect of the ?Minis terial measure shows itself in the quotations from all markets. Confidence is less apparent than previous to the plan of re lief being known, whilst the monied Interest takes advan tage of the rate fixed by this Ministerial plan. Without some course be adopted to render money cheaper of access, many of those who have entered into engagements when money ranged from three to five per cent., must suffer con siderably, if they can withstand the pressure and d es olation so widely spreading. Th e mar k et is flat and sellers plentiful. The sales are—Ambergates, 16s.—Clitheroe. Preference, par—Great Northern, 21,E—New Bertvicks, p.—North British, Thirds, 103. dis. GLASGOW, Ocroniar 23. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 26 1 / s ex Perth, Q s in o t s ..- - C E a d l i e n d b o u n r i g an h , an N a e G w i , a 2 s 4 g e o .— w, D 49 un l4 de e e . a d a i d v. —Ditto, H ua a r l t v e e r s, s, 124 ex div.—Edinburgh and Northern (Newport), New, 16s.—Edinburgh and Perth, Halves, ss. 6 d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 100—Ditto, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 107—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 39 1 ,¢ —Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 5 1 4 Ditto Halves, No. 2, B—Glasgow, D um f r i es, and Carlisle, 7 1 / 2 ...2Great Northern, 52 s. —Manchester and Southampton, 8,. 9d.—North British, 261 A—Ditto, Halves, 12—Ditto, Thirds, 395. 6d.—Ditto, Quarters, 86 s. —Ditto, New Quar ters (Scrip), 10 8.—Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, 67 5 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Parch. or Pre ference), 9. a special e ia E i cgcelneesirasaltim ca e l e E h n i g r i o l d ee -ha i n d Commissioners for t Whitehall-place. yesterday, at e [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TRE VIRTUE or HOLLOV A , Y .:: OINTMENT AND PILLS MOULT RIMMED THEOUGHOLIT INDIA. — • — Editor of the " Beuares Resorder," üblishes the following nery cure:—lleerahcloth Lail, a merchant, ClO residing at Nal:Pere! had suffered for more th an e i g ht een months with drea d fu l ulcerous sores all over his legs each body, totally disabling hive f rom busineas: " be had expend e d l arge sums in medicine from the Ilakeerus , with out u out relief, when a n E uro p ean gea ti eman , w h o had prove d t h i s e cacy of Holloway's Oi n t men t an d Pill' s , recommended th e ir use, which advice Ise followed, and in the cour se o f t wenty d a y s bo Was perfectly restored to health, from a disease w hi c h h a d b rou ght bit down to death's door. Sold by all Druggist s , an d at P ro f es sor 110 ' loway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. extraor dinary BIRTHS. On the 29th of October, at Trevereux, near i tVesterhan i t Kent, the wife of Henry Cox, Esq., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., in Walker-street, Edinburgh, the wife of Captain Harrison, of a son. On the 27th inst., in Endsleigh-street, Mrs. Mellor, of a son. On the 27th inst., at MARRIED Dunston,. Mr. Leigh Blundell, of Melton Mo w b ray, to Mary Anne, eldest-daughter of the late W. Wilkinson, Esq., of Lincoln. I. On the 26th i ns t., at Viroolw D ich, ED Lieutenant-Colonel Barton, if the Royal Marines, aged 63. On the 27th inst., at Arley Hall, Lancashire, John Chisen-- laic Chisenhale, Esq., aged 53. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at the Sun Office, No. 11 2, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, October 30, 1847. f '