The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-28 00:00:00

.E.ERENG OF TICKET-OF-LEA YE MEN. Portsmouth. I gain my livelihood by selling fish Last night a meeting of ticket-of-leave men was held at Farringdon Hall, Snow-hill, the object of the mooting being to make the public acquainted with the difficulties experienced by ticket-of-leave holders in their endeavours to obtain an honest livelihood, and with the hope of being able to dis cover some means of being able to ameliorate their condition. The meeting, with few exceptions, was composed of ticket-of-leave holders. There were upwards of 100 present, most of them being lads or young men. In the mass they presented an anxious, care-spent, and under-fed appearance. A sidelong, watchful, and suspicious look characterised the eyes, but beyond this there was nothing in their dress or aspect to indicate a desperate class. They seemed in general more forlorn than felonious, and pitiable rather than perilous. One might take them for an assembly of costermongers but some few appeared t o b e o f a h i gher standing. One individual wore moustache and imperial, and had rings on the fingers of both hands. The Earl of CARNARVON, who was principally instrumental in getting up the meeting, presided, Mr. Henry Mahew, Mr. A. Mahew, the Rev. Mr. Portal, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Hutton, Mr. Beach, Capt. Wraxhall, Mr. Wyld, Mr. W. B. Jerrold, Dr. Mackay, and others, were amongst those present. The Cnallemaei opened the meeting by sayine— My good friends, perhaps you may be rather sur prised why I called you together this evening, for I am aware that in asking you to meet me here, I am taking an unusual course. At the same time I hope that nothing will take place this evening which will make me repent of having placed confi dence in you and giving you an opportunity, when the public is disposed, perhaps, to judge hardly of you, of saying a few words in your own defence. You must all know perfectly well that I can he actuated by no other motive in bringing you to gether than the wish to serve your interests, and that you may receive such kind treatment as may be consistent with the claims of your fellow-subjects. You know we meet together in order to . obtain some information as to the difficulties which you experience in finding employment on being discharged from prison. Most of you are offenders against the law. You have been tried, convicted, and sentenced to various periods of transportation. From circum stances which I need not go into at present, it has been found impossible to carry out that sentence. You were, instead, placed in a state of penal servi tude, and after you had suffered half the time of your original sentence, you were discharged with a ticket of leave, on the condition and understanding that you were thoroughly sorry for all that had happened before, and that for the future you would lead honest and industrious lives. I believe that a great many amongst you thoroughly wish to do so, but at the same time I am s rry to • ay that many fall away from their good resolution, and that some deliberately and wilfully break from their engage ment. You are most of you intelligent men, and must be aware that your country—that is to say, all those who lead honest and respectable lives themselves—are disposed to deal severely with you if it be shown that the fault is entirely and clearly your own. At the same time I, for one, am un willing to legislate for any one class, howevrr wrong or guilty, without giving them the opportu nity of speaking in their own defence, and stating their feelings, their difficulties and hopes. I there fore ask you to state what difficulties you expe rienced, and what temptations prevented you from redeeming the promise you gave when you received your ticket of leave. Before any of you speak, I wish you to understand that I am here only on the supposition that all whom I see here regret what is past, and are anxious to lead honest lives if they have the opportunitygiven them to do so. (Cheer 3.) I do not wish you to s.l)eak of the justice or injustice of your sentence, of the hardships of the hulks and the prisons, but to tell me what it is that prevents many of you, as a class, from earning an honest livelihood on their discharge from prison. I ask you to tell what you feel about the ticket of leave which is given to you, whether it is of service to you in getting employment or not. (Cheers.) TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN, IN - 0.1 (the names were not given), came on the platform and said—" Friends and brother sufferers, I am a man as has seen more trouble in my time than any man this day in Eng land. When I was first committed it was up to 1832, and when I came home in 1832 1 looked for employment, but could get none, and so I had to fall back on my old games again. (Hear, hear.) From 1840 to 1856 I have seen all kinds of trouble. I tried all parts of the world to get employment. I got one employment, but the police got me out of it again after three days. I tried the docks time after time, but could get nothing to do till last April, when Mr. Mayhew recommended me to a situation, which I have held ever since. I work hard day and night, but I don't mind that. I be lieve the best part of you would embrace situations also if you could g et them. (Yes, we wou ld.) If there were any place or institution like the Sailors' Home, where you could go to after leaving your imprisonment, you, would be glad to accept that place, and be employed in it until you got some thing to do. You would be glad to emigrate to Australia, or the Colonies, or America. I know that many a one of you would be glad of that if it were offered to you —many a one. I have been out in the colonies, and I am sorry I came home. I know perfectly well there is many a case laid down in the papers concerning ticket-of-leave men, but one-half of the robberies and garottings are not done by ticket-of-leave men but by militia men and soldiers. I know this for a fact—but still it must be the ticket of-leave men that did it. Last week a person got garotted in the east end of the town by a militiaman policeman looking on—but I expect he had his regulars out of him. (Laughter, and cheers.) Two years ao, after coming home, I was employed in the Commerci tl-road, and a police. man seized me, because I came out with a parcel. He went in and inquired if I had not stole some thing, and at night when 1 came home I was dis charged. I was employed as a casualty man for twelve months in the docks, but I had no regular employment. That is what I can say. A man who has no place to go to, and no employment, must go to the old associations and the old racket again, as he has no character. Mr. MAYHEW read a certificate from the present employer of the speaker, in which he was dasri bed as being " the most assiduous, attentive, indus trious, and best conducted man in his employ ment." No. 2, a compact bullet-headed man, about 35 years of age, next presented himself, and com menced by asking—who is Mr. Henry Mayhew ? I wish to know that before I commence my speech. Who is Mr. Henry Mayhew, and Where is he ? (Mr. Mayhew was sitting next the speaker, and on being pointed out to the speaker be continued.) Why should you be ashamed to- acknowledge you are the man ? I came here to do something in truth and not in fiction, and I wish to caution you against making yourselves so public in speak ina your lives in public to benefit another man. That man is Henry Mayhew. His object in calling us together is to s e ll hi s b oo k s. A nice man ligs Henry Mayhew—a'int he ?—to come here and get you to tell your confession ?—The speaker was in terrupted by the meeting several times, an d on t h e chairman telling him that he was not speaking to the subject, ho descended from the platform, re peating that he was a " bold man, and wished to tell the truth." No. 3 said—l am firmly of opinion the gentle men here have nothing but our interest at heart, and are willing to assist us. (Hear, hear.) It is something to know that we are not altogether for gotten, though we are set down as worse than brute beasts by some. We are 16,000, and we are told it is better to meet the fate of Marley than of Cope. I gave a wife and child and an aged mother to keep, an d by working nard I endeavour to do so. I want t o be industrious , an d no t t o ro b or garo tt e . I wish t o h ave age : thgaitvies something to keep me in my old linneyaa ,S.,polordatiohn. men to I could get 50 police, culty in getting so'imethein afacter. I have no diffi but ;.!,.sometime s it may be only'one meal a day, and tis better than the grey dress, the three meals p l annikin of soup in the prison. (Hear.) the after my discharee I hardly'nk where to turn, came to London and my ticket of leave was no new where all to me. It may be of use to those wh o h av years of _lends, hut I ha.il neither father or mother since i was 14 age. (Hear.) Mr. MAYHEW read a certificate of character in favour of the last speaker from some t n iabltants of St. John and St. Margaret's, Westminster. No. 4 said—When I was discharged I g o t em ployment at a large builder's, and I got into trou ble for taking my brother's part, who was treated unjustly, and I was fined 51. When my master found that I wai a ticket-of leave man and that it was known, he said he could no.t have me in his employment, and so I left that work. I corn inenced working on my own account, and now I have my father and two men employed under me. I have met ticket-of-leave men, and, when I told them r was in work, they said, "We wished we could get work also, but nobody will employ us without, a character ; and, if we try to sell any thing the poli3emen sh ove us • away. " Wh en I was discharged I threw my ticket•of-leave into the fire. It is of no use to a man, but the contrary. It is like a previous conviction : when you get into Newgate it helps you down. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WILD said that he gave employment to the last speaker, and could speak favourably of his conduct. (Hear.) No. s—l am not a tick - et-of-leave man. I have been discharged thirteen years, and served four at 4 _ - ns,.. _ -9 but the policemen know me to he a convicted thief and they follow me everywhere. Air. WATTS said lie knew the speaker to be a frequenter at Billingsgate for several years, without being aware of the fact that he was a convicted thief. He always behaved in a proper and beconi ing manner. No. 6, a decently dressed and intelligent man, said—Gentlemen, all I have to say is only a few words. I believe this meeting is to do us some good. lam a ticket-of-leave man. When I came home—but I have no home--I brought a few pounds with me, and I tried hard to get work, and went to Woolwich, where I thought I should get work without being detected. But they wanted to know where I worked last, and that you know I conld not tell them. I looked everywhere for work until I was almost without shoes or clothes, and had to resort to that which put me where I had been. lam willing to work at any trade or at any work that is sufficient to maintain me. I don't want anything out of the way. I don't want to live idle, or to live as a gentleman. I saw the other day at Smithfield two or three thousand honest men out of employment, and if they cannot get work how can we expect to be more successful, when the public say we are not fit for any society ? Thei is no reform in the prison, but there is demoralisa tion there. lam very sorry to say that I cannot get employment, and am in consequence obliged to do that I don't wish to do, and must do that or starve. lam able and willing to work to-morrow, even at three shillings, but die or starve I never will. (Cheers.) I have one thing to say—if the public found us employment it would be more to their credit than building prisons at an immense expense, which is not the way to reform the crimi nal. They won't give a man a fair trial. What is he to do ? Is he to lie down and die against some brick wall ? No, the police won't let him do that ; he will tell him to go on ; he must not stop there. (Cheers.) I saw a man the other day pick out of the mud a crust of bread, who said he would work two hours for a bit of bread. He said he had no home, could get no work, and had nothing to do but to starve. He was 26 years of age, strong, hearty, willing to work, and yet famishing for food. There is not sufficient employment for the honest, and how can we expect employment ? I will mention one instance that occurred to my self about three months ago. lam living with a ticket-of-leave female, who is unfortunate—the same as myself. I have a sister and her house was robbed. The police made inquiry of her, and she said she had an " uncle" who was a house breaker. (Laughter.) That is the way my friends assisted me. Immediately after two policemen came to my house with loaded pistols at night, and said at once, "We want you about a robbery ; come with us ;" and then when I went with them, they fetched two or three people to see if they knew me. It is put in the paper that lam living with a ticket-of-leave woman, and that is sufficient to ruin any man ; and now, if the next door neigh bour is robbed why of course it must be done by me. (Laughter.) As I said before, there is no re formation in a prison; when a man comes out he does not care what becomes of him. He says, "What am Ito do? I can't go to my own home, and I can't get on any where for want of a character." lam not a very great age, and I have walked about starving before I did anything wrong. It is very well for the public to say, " Go here or there--you can get work ;" but let them go to Smithfield market, and they will see that thousands are out of work who never committed a crime. The people of England are very kind to other people, but they don't care for their own. They send missionaries everywhere, but we want missionaries at home, where the people want to learn to read and write, and where schools and institutions are so much re quired, and they would prove as cheap, I am sure, as to be building prisons, or to be at the expense of transporting them ; and if this were adopted, the country would save thousands. We are all human beings, and why should we not have the nourishment that God has ,sent us. There are numbers of the public who relieve us, but others think we are wild beasts. (Laughter.) I have ex perience among thieves. I have found them to have good sound sense as well as other people. I have heard ladies say, when they came to see us, " Lord bless me, how quiet they are." (Great laughter.) I think they must have thought we were some chained demons. (Laughter.) I can assure them the ticket-of-leave man is flesh and blood, like themselves, and have got sense and reason, and know when they are trodden on. As to stop crime by transporting men, that will never do. There are men coming home now, and what are they to do ? If there were an institution for men when they came out of prison, it would do good, but transportation will do no good. (Cheers.) Mr. Maw said if the last speaker gave his name, a gentleman would give him employment. No. 7.—Gentlemen, I am no great s p ea k er , an d will only say two or three words. When I came home I had a few pounds in my pocket—about four or five, and made the best attempt to keep it that I could, but, of course, I ran through it. I then went to my brother-in-law, who took me to a place where I got some employment, and when they found out what I was they told him of it, and I was not taken on any longer, so I said I must do something else. Well, after that I went to the docks to see if I could get employment, but I could only gat one or two days in the week there, and after some time I could get no more work there, and I says " What am Itodo ?" I am no spokesman ; howsotnever, if I could be sent abroad I would be thankful, or if any gemman would give me some work I would be up honest and down strait. (Great laughter.) No. B.—What I have to say is very brief. About six months ago I was released on a ticket of leave, having dislocated my hip, and if I had a trifle to start in business, I think I should get along pretty fair, although owing to the accident, I am unable to do laborious work. The CIAIRMAN here rose, and said—l should he glad to know whether it is the feeling among you to prefer a ticket of leave in the colonies, or a ticket of leave in this country. Let all hold up their hands who prefer a ticket of leave in the colonies. (Here every hand was raised.) The chairman then said—" Let those who prefer a ticket of leave in England hold up their hands." (To this appeal not a hand was raised.) No 9 then came forward, and said—l am a ticket-of-leave man, and was discharged from Woolwich last August twelvemonth. I have a wife and two children. I get work for two days in the week at Lambeth Workhouse—the other four days I look for work, but cannot get it, and I am out of work for twelve months, except just getting a job here and there, although I have been up at all hours, even so early as two or three o'clock in the morning. No. 10.—Gentlemen, I have been discharged from prison twelve weeks next Thursday, and since then I have not had two days in tne week to work for any employer. If any gentleman will be so kind as to put my name down and send me to •he colonies as a ticket-of leave man, I would be most thankful to him. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, thanking them fur their attention and good beha viour, reminding them that their welfare was his only- object in calling them together. He said they had certainly many difficulties to struggle against, but that there was nothing in the world to be had without trouble. He remarked that in general they spoke in a desponding and despairing tone, but there was no reason for that, as society would not abandon them for having committed one, or even two or three, crimes, provided they were not habituated criminals. It was easy to get a bad name, and difficult to get rid of it. By orderly conduct only were they able to obtain their dis charge, and far more necessary was it to continue orderly when discharge from prison. He begged them to rememb er th a t t h ey had got trades, and had God's holy word explained to them, in which they were more fortunate than many of their coun trymen who were not criminals. In conclusion, he begged them to disperse quietly, with which re quest they immediately complied. PI?IVAT IS AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of circu lation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 20th of Dec., 1856, and gives the following as the average weekly cir culation of those banks during the past month, viz.:— Private banks Joint-stock banks 3,001,89.5 £6,744,61 Average weekl circulation On comparing the abov y e with the returns for the pre -6 ceding month, ending the 22d of Nov. last, it shows— A decrease in the circulation of the private banks of 2156,250 A decrease in the.circulation of the joint-stock banks of ............ .................................... 68,991 Decrease on the month 2225,241 And, as compared with the return for the correspond ing period of the preceding year—viz., Dec. 22, 1855, it ' shows— A. se,decreae in the circulation of the private banks A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock banks 0f.............................. ........... 13,2' 70 Decrease on the year .................. On ,5 c ti o rh m ceu p ti a ao r i i :i g n oo g wni t :D h_e above w ith t h e amounts of the £ls6 fix e 37 d appears to b e t h e comparative kits t o oi f 7 ttihees c The private banks are - below their tiered issues 2313,3,71 The joint-stock banks ere below th e i r fixed 2 53,46 a Total below tbeir fixed Wiled ...... :0071,F33 Mr. C. HOLLAND, delegate of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, concurred in what had been said as to the importance of the question. The subject was ultimately referred to a select committee appointed to consider and report upon it. Mr. J. D. GOODMAN, d elegate of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce ' , adverting to the fact that a paper was to be read, on the registration of part nerships at the instance of the Manchester Com mercial Association, inquired whether the' com mittee would conseut to include the question of extending the principle of limited liability to private partnerships, wl:Akh principle, he remarked, was embodied in a bill introduced in Parliament last session, and ultimately withdrawn. The principle of limited liability, with regard to not less than seven partners, was admitted. The CHAIJIMAN—Not by everybody. Mr. GOODMAN said it had been adopted by the Legislature ; and he thought it might be usefully extended so as to embrace the case of special loans to a smaller number of private partners. Mr. HEADLAM, ohairman of the committee, thought it desirable that the conference should confine its attention to questions on which there was likely to be something like agreement, and on which, therefore, it could, come to some practical conclusion. (Hear, hes.r.) The CHAIRMAN an•d Lord STANLEY expressed their concurrence in this view; the former observing that in cases in which there was unanimity, or an approximation to it, there would be a chance of securing immed ; ,ate action on the part of the Government an.d the Legislature. Mr. C. Hof,L.A.ND thought that the programme was already sufficiently extensive, and that any additions wii'Lch could be made with advantage might be eu'ily engrafted on some one of the sub jects set do*vn for consideration. On the motion of Mr. HOLLAND, seconded by Mr. RAN' KIN, the programme prepared by the com mittee was then approved. In ' x.cordance with this decision, the first subject whic' A will come before the conference to-day will be t'Ae law of debtor and creditor, more particularly the bankruptcy law. After a short conversation on points of order or d etail connected with the sittings, the meeting r unljourned. ______, f PRIOR OF GOLD. —The quotation of gold at Paris is i about 6 per mule premium and the short exchange cn London is 25 . 20 per 11. sterling, On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 31, 17s. Did. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 5-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold la 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 . 21 per 1/, ster- . l ing . Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is there- , fore nearly 6-10ths per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in Loudon. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 108 k per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the ! two countries, shows that the exchange is nominally against England ; but, after making allo fur charges of transport and difference of interest, the nce presnt rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either, way between the two countries. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1857. IRELAND. TILE LATE DUKE OP RUTLAND AS A LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. VT. SPORTING MAN. DUBLIN, TIJEGIOAY MORNING♦. THE CIIITRCH. The Rev. John Gregg, of Trinity Church, Gar diner's-street, has been appointed by the Lord- Lieutenant to the archdeaconry of Kildare, vacant by the elevation of Dr. Fitzgerald to the see of Cork. The emolument derivable from this appoint ment is so trifling that it will require several years of the income to pay the fees of instalment. The rectory of Monkstown has not yet been filled. Dr. Fitzgerald preached at his church there on Sunday. If Lord Carlisle were to consult the wishes of the parishioners of Monkstown he would find them most desirous for the promotion of their senior curate, Mr. Rooke, a hardworking, zealous and talented minister. The Duke of Rutland died full of honours and full of years, at Belvoir Castle, on Tuesday last. He had out lived the three score years and ten indicated by the Psalmist as the period of human existence, and had attainei the ripe age of 79. He was under ten years of age vhen he succeeded to his dukedom, which he held for the unprecedented period of nearly 70 years. The late Duke of Rutland took no prominent part in political affairs. He was, however, a cordial and earnest supporter of his party, and a conscientious and consis tent adkerer to the Tory interest. As a humane and liberal landlord he won the esteem and veneration of his tenantry; and, as a generous and cordial pa'ron of field sports and the turf, be obtained the respect and love of all classe- and h)nditions of people. He associated freely with the tenantry and the paasants on his estate is Lei cestershire, and was ever ready to promote their welfare and recreaion. In the annual race meetings held at Lei cester, be took a lively interest ; be imparted a prestige to them by his presence, and was wont to preside, ssith a kindness and urbanity peculiar to him, at the annual race ordinary; until the creeping infirmities of age ren dered his attendance impossible. At Newmarket, the late Duke maintained a racing establishment. At the outset of his turf career, which commenced about 60 years ago, his horses were trained on his estate at Cheveley, a village within three miles of Newmarket, by Mr. Fenwick, and since by Mr. W. Ed wards; ultimately they were put under the care of the late Mr. Boyce, who trained them about 24 years. The Duke's stud was at no time remarkably large. It was broken up in the year 1851, and, from that period, down to the duke's death, the Rutland colours—light blue, purple sleeves, and black cap —were rarely seen on Newmarket racecourse. As late as the spring of 1855, however, we find the last record in the Calendar of the Duke of Rut land as an owner of race horses. His grace was not a spe culator on horse.racing, but entered into turf pursuits from pure love and admiration of the exciting sport. He would sometimes stand 51. or 101. on a race, or back his horses for the Derby or Oaks for 601. or 1001. The duke possessed several good horses, including Sorcery and liledora, winners of the Oaks, and Fandango, who "flourished" during the seasons 1815, 1816, 1817, 1318. His principal and favourite jockey was Mr. Jas. Robinson—" our Jem," as he was familiarly called by his friends. The duke wai one of the earliest yearly em ployers of Mr. Robinson, who sported the fight blue, purple sleeves, and black cap for a period of 36 years. Tne greatest of the Duke of Rutland's turf triumphs indeed are inseparably associated with the name of Jem Robinson. Both the duke and his jockey declared Cadland the best of the ducal stud, and turfites even now talk with no simulated enthusiasm of the exciting dead heat for the Derby of 1828 between Cadland and The Colonel—an event which had never before nor has ever since occurred for the great Epsom encounter. " Jem Robinson" rode Cadland, and Scott The Colonel, and the exquisite skill and judgment displayed by both the jockeys produced a roar of admiration from the excited multitude. The Colonel was the favourite, and for the deciding heat, 5 to 4 was betted on him. North was pitted against South, and "our Jem" brought the southern through in triumph. The ex citement produced on that occasion was only equalled by that produced by Jem Robinson again in 1850, when he surprised everybody by his rapid act of horsemanship and the wonderful tact with which be brought out Russbo rough for the St. Leger, and repeated his Cadland achieve ment. The ` o RussbOrough rush" has become famous, the horse came at the finish like a flash of lightning, and when the judge announced a dead heat, the specta tors seemed dumbfounded and incredulous. In addition to the Derby, the Duke of Rutland's Cad land won the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, and "The Whip," in 15130, beating his Majesty King William the Fourth's Zinganee. Rat-trap (whose racing career was soddenly terminated), Flambeau (whose encounter with St. Francis will be well remembered), and Oppidan were amongst the duke's most , uccessful horses, and they may be honourably distinguished in the annals of the greatest turf celebrities. Cadland won his first six races, and during his career was nineteen times successful. Flam beau wone twenty-two races. Cadland, Oppidan, Rat trap, and Flambeau "scored" in the aggregate sixty-six successes. These were considered great achievements in those days, but they seem now insignificant, compared with the doings of our modern Fisherman, who, in one season alone, placed twenty-three triumphs to his own er's account. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonb:anque.) IN RE GODDARD.-THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. This was a meeting for choice of assignees i❑ the case of this bankrupt, who was described as of London-NI all, Old Jewry, Fenchurch street, and Aldersgate, provision merchant. The bankrupt is one of the unfortunate share holders of the R yal British Bank, and came before the court in consequence of proceedings taken against him in respect of his liabilities on account of the bank. From the preliminary statement by Mr. J. D. Fo well, the accountant, of Basinghall-street, it appears that the trade debts only amount to 1601. ; and the assets are—good debts, 100/. ; cash at banker's, 7501. ; stock, &c., 9001. Bankrupt had held 12 old and 24 new shares, and had been called on by the official manager for 751. per share, and by the official assignee for 50/. per share. A long argument ensued as to the right of a judgment creditor agaii st the bank to prove; hut his Honour ultimately adjourned it, and said that no doubt the question would be settled in the superior cour,s at Westminster. As signees were chosen. THE SEE OF OORK. The Southern Reporter has the following in re ference to the movement on the part of the Roman Catholics of Cork in favour of the Dean of Lis more : "As it is believed, and with some reason, that the good work of an M.P. is the open sesame' to that cave, full of treasure, a snug place, it was thought that the in fluence of a certain Catholic member whe never opens his mouth without effect in the House of Commons, would greatly increase the chances of success of the di. vine, whose election was ardently desired by the mem ber's constituency ; and accordingly, an influential con stituent wrote, strongly urging a visit 0 Lord Carlisle, and a good word for the rev. friend. The reply is said to have run thus : INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) A STRANGE CASE.-IN RE CHRISTIAN OLEFIERS. This ins-lvent, a native of Holland, was opposed by Mr. Sargood for Mr. Salamans, the detaining creditor, and Mr. Reed supported. In June, 1854, the insolvent was a jeweller, in Wig more-street. His wife had left him, And he had his apprentice in prison for assaulting him. Being, as he said, nearly mad, he left one Saturday for Holland in the steamer, to see his only child and to ease his mind. He left jewellery worth upwards of 3001., and some fur niture, in the care of a woman and two boys in his em ploy, whose names were Charles and Jem. He returned in three months, and was .urprised to find the shop closed, and only a woman in the house, whom he did not know. He learnt from a neighbour next door that Mr. Parsons, of Pentouville, had bought his stock, and when he went there he saw his stock in the window. He heard that Mr. Parsons had bought it of Mr. Gould, the principal creditor. " My dear —,—Let me remind you of the fol lowi❑g enactment, the 18th section of the Catholic Emancipation Act, That it shall not be lawful for any person professing the Roman Catholic religion, directly or indirectly to advise hi■ Majesty, his heirs or succes sors, or the Lord Lieutenant or the Lord Deputy or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, touching or con cerning the appointment to or disposal of any office or preferment n the United Church of England and Ire land, or in the Church of Scotland ; and if any person shalt offend in the premises, he shall, being thereof con victed by the due course of law, be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanour, and disabled for ever holding any office, civil or wjlitary, under the Crown.' It will be evident to you that a Bishop of Cork must be made, without the interference of, my dear —. " Yours faithfully, --.' From other evidence it appeared that the insolvent wrote to a person named Evans, to whom he owes 151., to take his furniture, and whilst tnat person was taking an inventory the traveller of Mr. Gould, one Shoesigier, came in, and finding the insolvent bad left, took the jewellery, which was sold to Mr. Parsons. MERCANTILE LA IV CONFERENCE. Mr. Commissioner Murphy, after remarking on the extraordinary circumstance of the case, required the attendance of Mr. Gould and his traveller, in order to arrive at the truth of the insolvent's strange allegations. The case was adjourned sine die. IN RE JOHN HOLMES. This insolvent was opposed by Mr. Sargood for a Mr. Gray, and supported by Mr. Daley. The object of the opposition was to get posession of the premises rented by the insolvent of Mr. Gray, and for the insolvent to discontinue an action he had brought for damages, and to dismiss a bill he bad filed i❑ Chan cery. On the part of the insolvent it was complained that he bad been harshly treated by Mr. Gray. It appeared that the insolvent was a shell fishmonger, adjoining Canterbury-hall, Lambeth, and had an agree ment for a lease of 21 years, from Mr. Gray. In the lease there was a power of surrender in seven years, and Mr. Gray required his premises. This was refused, and the insolvent alleged that his house was injured by Mr. Gray pulling down the next house, and since his peti tion the insolvent had filed a bill in equity, complaining of the power of surrender inserted in the lease. The case was then adjourned for a week, for the offi cial assignee to determine the best course to be adopted, A preliminary meeting of delegates from the manufacturing and commercial towns and districts of England, assembled by invitation of the Law Amendment Society, was held yesterday even• ing at the rooms of that society, to make ar rang-ments for a conference, held this day and to-morrow, to consider the present state of the mercantile law, and the alterations which are re quired for its improvement. The conference is to be of a similar character to that which was held in 1852 ; and the importance of its proceedings may be inferred from the fact that there will be present deputations from twenty-one towns, representing town councils, chambers of commerce, trade asso ciatioss, law societies, and other public bodies. Among the towns thus represented are Bath, Bel fast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, Huddersfield, H u ll, Kidd erminster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester (the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and the Manchester Com mercial Association), Newcastle, Plymouth, Wol verhampton, and Worcester. The subjects appointed for discussion embrace the law of debtor and creditor, including bankruptcy, the Judgment Executions Bill and the United Kingdom Writs Bill ; tribunals of commerce ; the registration of partnerships • the 17th s ec ti on o f t h e Statute of Frauds; and the Commercial Code; it being left to the conference to make such alterations in the order of proceedings and the arrangements gene rally as it may thin desirable. The introductory meeting of last night was pre sided over by Lord Brougham, who has consented to act as president of the conference ; and among those present were Lord Stanley, M.P., Sir Fitz roy Kelly, and a large number of commercial dele gates. The attendance, indeed, at the preliminary sitting, and the tone of the meeting indicated that the greatest interest is felt by the commercial com munity in the deliberations of its chosen represen tatives. The CHAIRMAN having briefly opened the pro ceedings, and explained that the object of the sitting was merely to pave the way for the con ference, Mr. G. W. HASTINGS, one of the secretaries of conference, read a draft of the report of the com mittee, with a view to its being formally submitted to the conference this morning. Mr. Gumoun inquired whether it was designed to introduce in the conference the subject of the Scotch system of summary diligence on pecuniary obligations. Mr. MASTINGS intimated that that topic was not included in the programme. Mr. GiLmotix expressed his regret that such I was the case. Mr. K ea ti ng ' s bill was, he said, confined to bills of exchange and promissory notes. It did not deal with money, bonds, and other similar obligations, as the Scotch law did, and under its provisions it was necessary in every case to bring an action. The CHAIRMAN said as regarded bills of exchange and promissory notes, the substantial difference between the Scotch law and the English law was that the former, unlike the latter, bound the party who gave his signature, unless he could show fraud or duress ; in other words, the English law made the creditor the plaintiff and the Scotch law made the debtor the defendant. Mr. T. RA.NRIN (delegate of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce) thought the subject well worthy of being entertained by the conference. Such, he ob served, was the operation of the Scotch law, that there were much fewer dishonoured bills seen in all Scotland iu a week than were seen in Bristol or Liverpool in a single day. The CHAIRMAN said he believed that if there were a register kept of all bills of exchange and promissory notes in the City of London, and if that register were easily accessible to all who were con cerned in such matters, it would afford the greatest possible securit yy( (Hear, s g e t c l e i rr n l s ah t i ne t a h wr . s h) e d t i h s A c e o r c u ol n err t nk i n o g mi t o i gfwhodt would i n i dn gt that u c s ase pa s p p e e r e . dil be safe to discount the paper of the applicant. He believed there had b een no complaint whatever as to the operation of the Scotch law. Mr. Gamouß remarked that it had bees in existence for two centuries and a half, and had operated to the entire satisfaction of the public in Scotland. With the Duke of Rutland, Newmarket has lost a staunch and generous patron. For many weeks in the course of the year he used to take up his residence in the quaint palace there, for the purpose of shooting over his estate in the vicinity of the town. His grace was tail and thin, and had a somewhat common-place expression of countenance. He was remarkably unostentatious in his dress, and his gaunt figure, old white bat, and well worn coat and boots, will long remain familiar to the inhabitants of Newmarket, by whom the memory of the dead duke will be fondly cherished.—Sunday posing himself in the interior of a cab fo the rain and snow on such a day as the one in question, and no doubt it was very bard upon the cab proprietor, whose property must be injured to a much greater extent than could be met by the mere fare ; but his impression of the law was, that the cab must be regarded as a kind of open carriage, the option of closing it being left with the pas senger. This being the law of the case, it was un doubtedly the duty of the cabman to have prceoded with his fare ; and having declined to do this, the de. fendant was justified in ordering him to Bow street. This must be his decision, and, however opposed to -his feelings in the matter, there wail no help fur it ; but as the decisipn ought to have been given at once, he (tlr. Jardine) would return, him the cost of the summons, as he bad already lost half a day by having to appear again. The summons was accordingly sed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 27. MANSION- HOUSE.— CHARGE of HOUSEBREAKING. —William Coates was brought before the Lord Mayor upon a charge of housebreaking. Legge (440) said on Saturday morning the 17th inst., I went to the warehouse of Messrs. Kohler, of Maiden lane, Queen-street, Cheapside, in consequence of appli cation from the proprietors. I searched the premises, and found on the second floor a quantity of skins lying about, and the loop hole of the first floor, from which a person could get into the street, open, and on Sutiday night last I went to the same warehouse, and found the padlock had been forced off the doors leading from the street into the cellar under the warehouse, and I found that some beards leading into the warehouse had been broken away. The aperture was large enough to admit a man. This was secured, and a man was left in charge till Monday morning, when, on the arrival of the clerk, I searched the premises. I found that a desk in the office on the ground floor bad been forced open, and that the clasp of the keyhole of the iron safe bad been forced safedow dow n, had d an n d a otb p e p e a n re o n p t e ly ne w d th l s fo o u m n e d i a n l s a t d ru d m er e i n, n t th b o u n t o 1 12 e ar placed in such a position as to assist a person in getting out a trap-door. Knight (437) said—Last night between six and seven o'clock, the prisoner was brought by his father to the police station in Bow-lane, and in consequence of in structions which I received, I went to No. 97, Britannia street, City-road, when a young woman, who live:: there, gave to me six sample walking sticks, a comb, and a cap. The prisoner gave np to his father, in my pre- Bence, five duplicates which relate to property stolen on each of the occasions on which the warehouse had been entered. I produce a pair of boots which were taken off the feet of the prisoner at the station-house. Eliza Cox, Britannia-street, City-road, said the pri soner occasionally visited her, and on Sunday evening, bet ween 6 and 7 o'clock, he brought to her place the sample sticks, and comb and cap produced, stating that he had brought them from L ,wes;oft. The prisoner was remanded, Knight having stated that he a ould be able to prove that the artioles pro duced were part of the property stolen from Messrs. K , hler's premises. INFRINGEMENT OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT Henry Reed, an American seaman, belonging to the United States s hip M a j es ti c , now lying in the port of London, was charged by Mr. E. H. Coleman, clerk to the Board of Trade, under section 176 of the Merchant Shipping Act, with having fraudulently made use of a certificate of discharge and character, belonging to Ed ward J. Whitehead, a cook and seaman, who was dis charged at Leith on the 27th of November last, from the Empress, of Leith. The Lord Mayor sentenced the prisoner to a penalty of 101., or imprisonment, with hard labour, for one month. The prisoner was then committed. GUILDHALL—INDECENT ASSAULT.—Wm. Edney, a young man in the employ of a bookseller at the West end, was brought up on Monday, on remand, charged with indecently assaulting a respectable woman, of the name of Woodward. Mre. Woodward stated that the prisoner had, on three different occasions, assaulted her in a grossly indecent manner. She was in the habit of passing through Pater noster-row every morning, and sometimes of an evening, in going to and from a warehouse for which she worked, and it was upon such occasions, but always in the evening, that the prisoner's offensive conduct took place. The first time she was very much Warmed, and told him if he re peated the offence she would box his ears. On the second occasion she called him a nasty beast, and threatened to give him into custody if he ever acted so again, and par ticularly cautioned him to beware the third time. But regardless of her warnings she said the prisoner repeated the indecent assault, of which she complained, and she raised an alarm and gave him into custody. She was sure he was the same man that bad grossly insulted her on the two previous occasions. The prisoner denied being the party who had so mis conducted himself towards the complainant, and said it was impossible for him to have acted in the manner de scribed, as he was carrying a parcel of books in one hand and a bag in the other, so that neither of his hands was at liberty to have touched Mrs. Woodward, unless it was acciden.ally out,.ide her clothes, as he passed her. The prisoner's master pave him an excellent character. Alderma❑ Carter said he was satisfied the prisoner bad committed a gross and dastardly assault upon a re spectable female, and it was necessary that persons of the prisoner's character should be made to understand that they could not be permitted to insult respectable persons with impunity. It is much too serious a matter for him to deal lightly with, and for the sake of protect ing the public it was his duty to make an example of the prisoner. If it had not been for his otherwise good cha racter he should have sent him to prison for six months, but under the present circumstances he fined the prisoner 51. or two months' imprisonment. The fine was paid. BOW-STREET.—NOVEL OAR QUESTION.-Mr. Jar dine was called upon yesterday to decide a somewhat difficult and novel question, under the Hackney Car• riage Act. _ The complainant, Jas. Shaw, is the driver of one of Wilson's cabs, Long-yard, Lamb's Conduit-rreet, and the summons was taken out against Mr. Houghton, silk mercer, &c., of 83, Edgware-ma- 1 ; One day last week, when the rain and sleet were pour ing down, and the wind was in full force, Mr. Houghton hailed the complainant in Holborn and desired to be driven to his bu.iness establishment at the corner of the New-road, as above. It was a Hansom cab, and con sequently open in front ; but in spite of the wea'her, the defendant did not let down the window. The cabman, seeing that the lining and cushions of his vehicle would soon be saturated, requested the gentleman to close the window, but Mr. Houghton refused to do anything of the sort. The cabman urged that his property would be destroyed, and that the cab would be rendered unfit for any subsequent passenger, who might summons him, if the cushions, ,t o ., proved to be wet. The defendant, however, r emained imperative, assertirg h:s right t o keep the carriage open, and insisted on doing so. The cabman then refused to take him any further ; upon I which the defendant ordered him to drive to the BJW street Police-court. On the arrival of the disputants at Bow-street the pre siding magistrate, Mr. Jardine, after bearing the state ments pro and con., hesitated to decide the question without some consideration, but his worship granted a summons against Mr. Houghton for the sixpenny fare, in order that the matter might come before him pro. perly in the ordinary way. The complainant and defendant being now in attend. ance, in pursuance of the above arrangements, Mr. Jardine said it was an unfoi tutia'e thief, for the cabman that he (the magistrate) did not look into the act of Parliament when this case first came before him, because he might have decided the question at once, without putting hi m t o t h e trou b le and loss of attending ' again, there being no doubt about the law upon tLis sub ject. It did certainly appear to him (Mr. Jardine) a little unreasonable that any man should insist in ex- lIEALTJ3 OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General. The deaths registered in London, which in the two previous weeks bad been 1,135 and 1,171, rose in the week that ended last Saturday to 1,216. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,177. But thedeaths of last week are to be compared with the ave rage the latter should be raised proportionally to the in crease of population, in which case it will become 1,295. Hence it will be seen that, although the rate of morta lity has beep rising lately, it is still below the average. In comparing the results of the last two weeks an in crease is observed in the deaths of old persona; for whereas 41 men and women who had attained the age of 80 years or upwards died in the former week, the num ber last week was 74. In thes e 74 o ld persons in unusual number of nonagenarians is found—namely, 14, A roan and a woman were each 95 years of age, and the two oldest were women, who had reached the age of 96 years. In the present as compared with the previous return there is an increase in zymotic diseases, and also in dis eases of the nervous system and the heart ; whilst the numbers referred to pulmonary complaints are almost identical, and deaths by phthisis (or consumption) de creased from 152 to 135. The increase in the class first mentioned arises altogether from hoopieg-cough and typhus (which includes common fever), the cases in which the former was fatal having increased from 55 to 67, and those of the latter from 84 to 52. Six children died of pooping-cough in the sub-district of St. Margaret, Westminster, and three of these in the same house—viz., 2, Church-court. The men died of " febris" on the 21st, 22d, and 23d instant respectively, in the workhouse, Mile-end, New Town. Measles was fatal last week in 26 cases. This complaint appears to have prevailed in the Norwood Workhouse, as 4 children died there from it theresides n atll7, 11th and 17th January. A musici an , w h o Lillington-street, Westminster, has lately lost all his children (four daughters) from measles. Three persons died of carbuncle. The deaths of 5 persons are recorded ia the present return as caused by intemperance. Last week the births of 904 boys and 885 girls, in all 1,789 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847.56 the average number was 1,553. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29,547 in. The highest reading was 30.20 in. at the beginning of the week ; the lowest 28.97 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the week was 38.1 deg., which is 1 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher), The highest tempera tare occurred on Sunday (the 18th), and was 49.8 deg. ; the lowest was 28.4 deg., which occurred on Thurs day ; the range of the week was 21.4 deg. The mean dew.point temperature was 36.1 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 2 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 39.4 deg. The temperature of the river was remarkably constant. The wind blew generally from the west. Its horizontal movement varied from 15 miles on Wednesday to 165 on Friday. Rain fell to the amount of 0.41 ire., more than half of whieh fell on Tuesday. Rain fell on every day except Wednesday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATDRDAY, JAN. 24. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses .t l3l. Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels GO Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 2Bl Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion ............ 53 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of th e J o i nts, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility 36 Atrophy ............. Old Age , sudden 63 ..................................................... —. 7 Violence, Pri va ti on . Cold, and Intemperance 3l Causes not specifi e d 241 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1856. W ee k West Districts ...... 3 76,427 North Districts...... 490,396 Central Districts...., 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males 595 Females 621 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. - - - 1,216 1,029 1,216 Males Females.. 904 885 Total ..................... .......... 1,789 THE EARL Or FIAREWOOD. We are gra.td:ed to a . rl i ; nonnce that this nobleman, so seriously iiij hunting on Saturday last, continues in a satiefactorY state. The following is the medical bulletin issue,l yes terday morning :—" The Earl of Harewood has pa...." a quiet night, with sotne tranquil sleep. His lorcieh. '' continues con,cious and free front fever.-1137""d' ures i will house, Jan. 27, Tuesday morning.'^ From the London Gazette of Last Nigh WAR OFFICE, JAN. 24. The Queen has'been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Ger mans, C. 8., to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Divi sion of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath ; and of Col. His Serene Highness Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe- Weimar, Grenadier Guards, to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Hon. Order. WHITEHALL, JAN. 26. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. George Rogers, M.A. to the Vicarage of G e d ne y, i n th e county and diocese of Lincoln, void by the death of the Rev. Thomas Sweet Estcot4. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, TAN. 27. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant William Edmund Curtis has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission ; Walter Balfe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Curtis, who re tires 9th Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Haycroft Bolton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Saly, who retires ; James Lewis Bradshaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bolton. 14th Foot—Brevet-Colonel Peter Farquharson, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Lientenant-Colonel, vice tire vet-Colonel Barlow, who exchanges; Major Ralph Build to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Farquharson, who retires'; Brevet Major William Cosmo Trevor to be Major, by purchase, vice Budd ; Lieutenant fl H. .A`Court Inglefield to be Captain, by purchase, vice O'Toole, who retires • Captain Martin Petrie, from half-pay, 14th Foot, to be daptain, vice Inglefield, placed upon half pay; Lieut. Richard Hussey Vivian to be Captain, by puichase, vice Newman, who retires ; Captain Frederick Smythe, from half-pay, 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Vivian, placed' on half-pay ; Lieutenant John Ecklin Matthews to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Trevor. _ 231 Foot —Lieutenant James Williamson to be Instruc tor of Musketry. 28th Foot—Lieutenant William F. Richards has been permitted to resign his Commission. 38th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur William Barron, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitz Gerald, who exchanges. s:st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Kilgour, from t • Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Campbell, who ex; changes. 57th Foot—The first Christian name of Brevet-Major Forsyth, is Gerrard, and not George, as stated in the Gazette of the 26th ult. 60th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant George Charles Kelly to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Charles Yar worth Jones, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice T. S. Richardson, deceased ; Ensign Frederick Augustus Camp bell, from the 54th FootAtobe Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones, promoted. 67th Foot —Major John W. Thomas, from the 77th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Deverell, who exchanges. 77th Foot--Brevet•Lientenant-Colonel Thomas Josephus Deverell, from the 67th Foot, to be Major, vice Thomas, who exchanges; Ensign Edward Standish Baker, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Simpson, who retires. 89th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Bonnyman, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wiles, resigned. Rifle Brigade—Assistant-Surgeon Christopher Thomp son, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lougheed, appointed to the Royal Artillery. Ist West India Regiment—Brevet•Colonel Philip Hill, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Robeson, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Lieutenant- Colonelcy ; Captain William John Chamberlayne to be Major, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires ; 'Lieutenant C. Lionel J. Fitz Gerald, from the 38th Foot, to be Lieut., vice Barron, who exchanges, UNATTACHED. Lieutenant John Itawlinson Cuthbert, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase. DEPOT . BATTALION. Lieutenant Ernest Augustus Hawker, from Paymaster 21st Foot, to be Paymaster. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon John Campbell, M.D., from 51s1 Foot, to be Assistant• Surgeon, vice , Kilgour, who ex changes. BREVET, The undermentioned officer having completed three years' actual service on the 13th Dec., 1856, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant, 6th Oct., 1854 : Lieutenant -Colonel Benjamin Riky, 48th Foot, Quartermaster John Nowlan, retired on half-pay of the 62d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855. TO BE MAJOR IN THE ARMY. Capt. Edward Hide, 65th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry. ME MORANDUM.—Brevet-Major Wm. Jon-than Clerke, upon half-pay as a Captain Unattached, has been per mitted to retire from the Service, by the sale of his Com mission, he being about to become a Settler at the Cape of Good Hope. Erratum in the Gazette of Jan. 16—For 2d West India Regiment, Lieutenant Charles Henry Theodore Bruce to Ruvignes, from the 21st Foot, to be. Lieutenant, vice Hartford, who exchanges, read, 3d West India Regiment, Lieutenant Charles Henry Theodore Bruce de Ruvignes, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hartford, who exchanges. I COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. 2d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West iorIC Militia— Lieutenant John Travis Thornton Duesbery to be Captain, vice Price resigned ; Lieutenant Lloyd Salisbury Baxeu dale to be Captain, vice Stanhope resigned. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet the Lord Ashley to be Lieutenant, vice Templer, resigned; Rupert Pennefather Featherstonhaugh, Gent., to be Cor net, vice the Lord Ashley, promoted. Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Major Alex. Macdonald Lockhart to be Lieut.-Colonel Comman dant, vice William Lockhart, deceased; Capt. Archibald Gerard to be Major, vice Alexander Macdonald Lockhart, promoted. _ . WHITEHALL, JAN. 24 The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas William Tahourdin Cooke, of Wokingham, in the county of Berks, Gentleman, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. H en ry Ermanni Fellinger, flour merchant, Regent. square. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Low, commission agent, Broad-street. buildi ngs, to surrender, Feb. 6at two, and March 10 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderman. bury ; King and George, King-street, Cheapside. Whitaker Riley, calico printer, Manchester, Feb. 9, and March 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Salo, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. John Gladstone, jun , ironfounder, Liverpool, Feb. 6 and March 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Francis and Almond, Liverpool. William Ridley Carr and Henry Frederick Scott, iron manufacturers, Wallsend, Feb. 16, at twelve, and March 18, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Maximilian Low, merchant, Broad-street-buildings, City, Feb. 6, at two, and March 10, at one, at the Court of Bankrupt cy . Lee, offici d as s i gnee , Aldermanbury ; King and George, King-street, Cheapside. William White, miller, Shad well, Middlesex, Feb. 6, at one, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Martin, Thomas, and Collams, Mincing-lane. Thomas Laidler, coke-burner, Jarrow, Durham, Feb. 6, at one, and March 18, at twelve, at the Newcastle District Court. Riker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyre ;T. and W. Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Richard Davis, ship broker, Cardiff, Feb. 9, and March 10, at el even , at' the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling , Bristol. Frederi c k L awson B an k s, an d R o b er t Dawson, brewers, Sheffield, F e b. 7, and. March 21, at ten, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Patteson, Sheffield. Edward Von Dadelszden, metal broker, Liverpool, Feb. 11 and March 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Dodge, Liverpool. Thomas Lane, japanner, late of Birmingham, now of Wilton-lodge, New-road, Hammersmith, Feb. 7, at half past eleven, and Feb. 26, at ten, at the Birmit , gh”ln Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birwinghamu; James, Birmingham. Janies Wootton, builder, Oxford-street, Leicester, Feb. 10 and March 3, at h •lf-past ten, at the_ Birmin g h am Dis trict Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Stone and Paget, Leicester; James, Birmingham. Andrew Phillip., licensed victualler, Carahridge Feb. 5, at eleven, and March 5, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Colewan-street- buildings; Laurence, Cork-street, Burlington.gardens. John Atkinson, builder, Queen's -gardens, and West bourne-grove, Bayswater, Feb. 11, at two, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Sidney, Smith, and Son, B , rnard's-inn, Holborn. John Ochse, dealer in china and jewellery Basinghall street, City, Feb. 6, at half-past twelve, and March 13, at at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannel], official assignee, Alderinanbury ; J. and S. Solomon, Finsbury-place. John Bunton Cooper and Henry Bunton Cooper, pawn brokers, late of Bentley -place, Kingsland-road, Feb. 7 and March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canner', offic:al assignee, Alderinanbury ; Foord, Pinner's:hall, Old Broad-street. Thomas Cook, boot and shoe maker, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, Feb. 5, at half-past eleven and March 5, at twn., a n n t: the Court o f B ankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Colera at reet - buildings ; Jones, Colchester. James Martin and Markwick, builders, Upper street, and R oun d Hill-park Brighton, Feb. 6, a t half-past twelve, an d M ach 16 c , at twelve, at the ß Court of Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, _ficial assignee, asinghall-street ; North May, Russell-square ; Reade, Brighton. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIoN . James C a ld er, draper, r B echin - creditors. ' meet Feb. 5, Commercial Hotel, Brechm. at twelve, in the THE DERBYSHIRE RURAL POLICE. —The new rural policy forts for Th-rbyshire is to be thus constituted:--A chief constable (Mr. Fox), with a salary of 4001. a year, and 1001. a year travelling expenses ; 1 first-clos:4suP intendent, at 1401. a year; 3 superintendents at 1201. year each ; 4 s up,:rintendents at 1 00/. a year each, ith an allowance of 40 /. a year wt:11 ~ ,r travelling , xpense,- ; 5 first-class sergeants, at 23sPper week ; 9 second-class sergeants, at 20:4. per week ; 60 first-class cons!al leg, at 19s. per week ; 73 s econd-class constables, a t 17 s. per week (the constable.) to have an allowance for clothi ng ) ; also a clerk and sto r e kee p er wit h a sa l ary of 901. per annum. •• Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—JAN. 27. To-day there was ag( od attendance of the town trade, and more country buyers than we have seen of late, who evidentl came in expectation of being able to buy on ma terially better terms after the decline quoted yesterday at Mark-lane. Holders of wheat and flour, however, aektd rather more money, and in the business done the decline noted on Friday was almost recovered, and the tone was decidedly improved. Oats and oatmeal slow sale, and id. per 481bs, and 6d per load lower. Barley, beans, and peas sold slowly, at Id to 24 decline per 601bs and 6d per qr.' Indian corn—mixed, 33s 3d to •i3 s 6d ; yellow, 33s 9d to 355; white, 31s 6d to 35s per qr., and a good business was done. HIILL-J A.N. 27. We had a moderate supply of wheat from the farmers, the condition of w h ich was very indifferent ; such was most difficult to sell, even at . .fs decline, while good dry samples could hardly be had for less money than last week. In foreign no alteration. Barley dull, and is lower. Ra ther more inquiry for beans. Linseed is to 2s, and cakes 5s per ton dearer. 811 Wheat, English, re d 56 t o 58 I Ditto white 6O to 63 Dantzie and Konigs berg Pomeranianand Ham- I Peas, grey and black to ( Linseed, Black Sea 65 to 66 Ditto Petersbnrgh 54 to 65 Ditto Rigaand Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Hemel burgh _ 58 to 64 1 Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 54 to 58 Russian and Odessa 58 to 63 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland DittO Russian 27 to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to 38 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to 42 ' Per Ton Lins.c., Hull —/ 0, to 11/ 7P . 6d Ditto fine for. 9e Os 10 15s0d Ditto inf. for. 01 Os Od to 01 (II Rapeseed.. 00/ Os to 001 I's Rape cakes —s Od to 127 a 6d Tares, English Ol. to --S Ditto foreign Guano OO/ Os 8/ to 12115* ;ones Flour, per brl. 3sa. 38a LEEUS, JAN. 27. We had a fair show of wheat to-day. There was a more general demand for pod dry qualities, which make near the rates of Friday last. Barley steady at about late quo tations. Beans and oats did nclt vary much from last week. Other articles as before. Average price of grain—Wheat, 58s 9d ; barley, 49s 2d ; oats, 27s 2d ; beans, 46s 2d; peas, Od ; rye, —s. Od. OCDURSB OF EXCH . ANG E.- YESTERDAY. f !MAW() atn ••e••• •• •• ••1I i Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Rotterdam •• .• •• •••••• 11 17% Intwerp • • .• •• •• •• .• .• 25 30 russets .• •• •• • • • • •• • • 25 30 'lamburgh ........,... 13 6% utona „.•• •• •• •• •• Gibraltar .. •• • • .... Leghorn •••• •• 29 4736 Genoa Milan Venice Naples 4314 Palermo .... Messina ....... 129% Lisbon:.. Oporto ........ ...... 51% Rio Janeiro ..... ....... Buenos Ayres.... •• • - New York,6o days'sight Philadelphia ...... :••= PRICES OF BULLION, PEE OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £8 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 .0 Mexican Dollars .... 0. 0 ) 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Ailver in bars ...... 0 0 )0 L ' aris•• •• •41 •• 4.•,•• •• •• •• 25 22% Ditto,three months 25 65 - 4 4rseilles ....... 25 65 :ourdeAux •• •• .• b'cankfort-on-sfaine 119 Berlin •• •• •• •• •• •• .• •• 10 38 Vienne trloste•—• • •• •• •• • .. 10 40 etersburg ......... ~.. 3736 494 'adiz ......- 49% gArcelona , 4,-qf Ile • ... LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, J.A.N. 27. STOOK EXORANGE. - The market was quiet, at full prices. Caledonian, 34—Midland, 82 4--Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34 A—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 964—Ditto, 16/: F shares, d.—South-Eastern, 224 , / London an d N ort h W estern, 1064 4—East Lancashire, 234 North British, 9 .l6.3.—Grand Trunk of Cadada, 12.4 — Blackburn, Bi. MANCHES'iTR, JAW. 27. EXOMANGE.—There was a dull market to-day, with steady prices. East Lancashire, 23i 9-16 ft—Leeds, 96 i—Blackburns, 8 Manchester and Birmingham 0 Qrs., 10 —Dowers, 2 2I—Birmingham Guaranteed, 75.1- - Union Plate Glass, 221. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE. This market was doing rather more business to-day, and prices a shade lower.. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 75 4--Midlands, 82 —London and North-Western, 106 106z—Birmingham Canals, 93:, buyers—North Staffoxds, 41. SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date for making up a mail falls on a Siinday, the mail remains open until the day following ; except in the case of the India mail, via Southampton, which, on'>anoh occasions, is made ap the previous evening.] Made up a W hence des- Sy what Vessel. When expected sy what YessaL Post Office, patched. Lisbon. y~.~ain 7th,l7th, & 27th of the month. South• ampto Gihrali;; Alham bra _ • • (libraltar ..1 alta I Egy at • i.eylon •• • • 4th & 20th of the month. Mauritius South ampton via Ceylon). China Penang 4th of the month. , Ing.ipore ) l ustralia(via} the Cape) Cape of Gool Hope .. • • Mauritius E Ceylon India •• Lisbon.. • 1 Madeira CapedeVerds I Brazil iluenosAyres Falkland Is lands West Indies , (except Ha vana and Honduras). Venezuela Grey Town,. , South ampton Ripon Feb. 5.. .. Ripon New Granada Chili Peru .. . California .: Honduras assau Mexico ... Havana ... Madeira reneriffe W C.of Africa British North America .. United States . United States British North , America .. . United States • British North America .. Canada .... 1 E IFeb. 9 2d and 17th of the month. 'Feb. 17 IFeb. 2.. 'Feb. 23 .. Every Fri. Feb. 3 and alternate Tuesdays. 111 Feb. 25 Jan. 27 .. s'outh ampton Dart mouth South ampton South ampton South ampton South ampton flarbin-I ger Medway) (Parana Parana Ply mouth Myer. pool Liver pool Eturopal Ericsson South ampton flernlan Liver pool Anglo- Saxon It—Morning. E—Evening. Jan. 24 4th and 20th of the month Feb. 4 Tan. 3 Jan. 25 Feb. 12 Ist and 16th of the month. 16th of the month. Feb. 1 Feb 6 Alharc bra lolonabe 1 Colombo Aornizilf Light Feb. 2 Feb. 191 Feb.' 191 Enema Avon Feb. 41 : Atrat 0 Atria° l Ethlope Asia Exicssoa Arago ST. AIM c• Num. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— A few more of the extraordinary cures without Medicine of I.- digestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring R evalenta Arabica Fe( d, are here given : Cure 52,422. Bridgehouse, Frimley, 3d April, 1854.—Thirty-three years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the ears, constipation, debility, sho, tness of breath, and cough, have been removed by your Revaleuta Arabica. My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hearing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances.—JAMES ROBERTS, Wood Merchant. —From the Venerable Aich deacon of Ross.—No. 32,83 E. Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food.—ALEXANDER STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Dories; the Dowager Countess of Castle- Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persots, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed For further particulars re'pect ing this inv , tluable food our readers are referred to Du Parry's adyertisemen L in another part of this paper. BIRTHS. Or • 80‘. On the 27th inst., at 35, Charles-street, the wife of Col. Thomas Wood. On the 27th inst., at Sydenham, the wife of George Grove, Eaq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 26th inst., at Warley Barracks, Essex, the wife Lieutenant -Colonel Hay. On the ?6th inst., Mrs. John Ransil Morris, of Upper terrase, Hampstead. term) °, MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at St. Paul's Church, Valetta, Ecl" ward Holland, Esq., M P., to Frances Maria Hunter, the (laughter of the late Samuel Christian, Esq. of Malta. On the 24th inst., at St. John's, Lower deeding, C a pt. the Hon Charles Keith Falconer, 4th Light Dragoons, brother of the Earl of Rintore, to Caroline Diana, the third dAnghter of R o b ert Aldridge, Esq., of St. Leonard's Forest, Horsham. DIED. On the 27th inst., at 9, Park-crescent, the Hon. Baron Alderson, aged 70. On the 2; th inst.,_ in Mont agu • s t ree t , R ussell-square , Edward Whitmore, Esq., aged 73. On the 26th i ns t ., At q'' Leigh H un t, aed Hammersmith, Marianne, w ife of g On the 26th inst 69. Allen, aged 8,. ~ at C o b orn street, Bow, Mr. Samue l On the 26th inst , at Hastings, Major J. M. Close, 11 •A'' aged 77. On the 26th inst., at Totteridge, Hefts, John Wood , Esq., aged 74. On the 26th inst., the Rev. W. A. C. Durham, M.A. , roctor of the united parishes of St. Matthew and St. peter, Westcheap, aged 83. Utl the 25th inst., at Aston Abbot's House, near . bury, Ann, wife of Rear -Admiral Sir James Clark llosh a6"thi 40. - - LONDON : Printed and Puhlighed by MIIRDO YOUNG► of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, NO . 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count? of Middlesex, Wednee ir,y, January 28, 18b7.