The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-09 00:00:00

trbirb Mbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANLES' STOCK. From the Official List, rTIBLISIIRD EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. s. d. s. d. Australasia.......... 40 0 0 40 0 0 BritahNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Ceylon ......... ..... 6/. pm' cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial.. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Gloacenterzhire • ....• 15l per cent. lonian ........ •• .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Ditto 13 0 0 London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Provincialof Ireland•• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New.• •••• • •• 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provncial of Ens. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New.• .• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 South Australia ••• • • • 22 111 0 Union of Australia• •• • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto 2 10 0 Cnio •of London.•• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 104 'union of Madrid ..... 40 0 0 40 0 0 CANALS. 1 . , , OD 4 ' Dividend Names et , 4 Dividend Price. Names of a. i. Companies. 2, 1 1 ' per '"" Companies. l ", 1 per Price. v:. Amium.l - v: 4 Annum. 1 i £' i Z .A.shtn& Oldb 97 51.55. p 70 Macclesfield . 100 - 15 Barrusley •• • • 1601 121. ' 180 Neath •• •• • • ,100 201. 340 Brknk&Abrg 11501 51. , 85 Oxford... •• • 100 201. 200 Birmingham' 35 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Coventry ..• • 100 251. - Regent's ... • 33 lf. 4s, 19 borbv ••• • • 100! 6/. 63 Rochdale ... • 85 41. 54 Elia r re&Chs 13.* 41. b 4 Somrset Coal 1501 71. 10s. 130 i',:a ~, asl- .• • 1100! 321. - Do.Lk Fd St 121 61. p . c. - GrandJ unctn 1100, 51. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/. 275 GrandSurreylloo - 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 15/ . _ urand Cnion,loo 11. 10s. 21},,, Stourbridge .. 145 201. 305 Grantham • • 'l5O 121. - Severn andl 26 11. Bs. 30 Stunt & Avti 39, 7s. 6d. 5 Wye Raii.3 Leeds& Livrploo 341. 505 Warwick&l . 00 51. 6 . Leicester .. •. 140 101. 75 Binning. 3 ' 5 Leicstr &Nthl 83 41. I 36 War wick& , 1 Loughboroghll42 701. 530 Napton.. l 3 • - 46 Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr &/ 78 2/. 41}4 bintgemrysh 100 51. - Birming. j MaltaMwbry 100 101. - Wilts & Brks 67 , 11. 10 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ 21. a. £ s. d. Albion Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 ON 0 11 0 0 17% Din) Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cant, 100 0 0 I 5 0 0 s!i i Atlas 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 1 5 6 8 14 British Commercial - 7s. per share 150 00 1 50 0 6.7 i Cleriel,Med.& Gen.Llfe 51. per cent. 100 0 0! 10 0 0 20% 31. 100 0 0I 10 0 0 - 13s. 50 0 0 , 5 0 0 11 Ragle .... •• . ..... •• • • 6s. 150 00\ 5 8 0 - Eng.& Scot. Law •• .. 51. per cent. 150 0 0 ! 212 6 - European Life ••• . -5% per cent. 20 0 0 j All paid. - Family Endowmet Soc. 4/. & bs. 4 0 0 4 0 0 - Freemasons' .•• • • .... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - Globe - - Guardian .... • • •..... 51. per cent. ,100 0 0 36 10 0 45 Imperial Fire ••• • • ... 12 per cent. '5OO 0 01 50 0 0 210 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 1100 00 1 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marino •• •• 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 1 5 13 1 - Law Fire •• ••••• • • • • • - 100 0 0 I 2 10 0 3 Law 1 ire.. .... ••• • .. 11. 55. 100 0 0 ' 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - i.,,mden Fire •.•• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13!,' London Skip •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1344 - - 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invil4 & Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% National Loan Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - National Life ••• • - ... dl. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Lilo 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2' 0 0 - - - - 37 Pncenix - - - Pr ntector Life.... ... M. per cent. 20 0 0 I 1 0 0 11. 3s. Provident Life •••• - • • IL ss. 100 0 0 110 0 0 - Rock Life •••••• • • .• .. 4s. 50 0 010 0 4 , ? , 4 Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - Sun Fire • • • .. • • • • • • - - - r.itte Life . - - - - - Universal Life ,lo •:t 4 1. pr cut. 100 0 0 810 0 - V iztoria Life ••••• • . - I - - ! 4 0 0 _ 7ACST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount , Name of Company. per of 1 Paid. ' Price. Annum. Share. 1 --,..-. - £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 , 100 0 0 200 Caledonian Bank ••. • • 81. per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 4/. As City of Glasgow Bank . 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11114 s Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12/10s Commercial Bank •• - 71. per cent. 500 0 0-,100 0 0 160 Eastern Bank .... -• • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 II Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 3 0 0 5 0 0 51 18s Exehange Bnk of Scot 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 49 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 , 8% National Bank 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 I 13 North of Scotlandßank 7/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 , 6 3 i North British Rank • • I - I 50 0 0 10 0 0 6!,i Royal Rank of Scotland ! 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 I 149 Union Bank of Scotland i 11. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 I 87 Western Bank.... •• • • 181. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 71 Aber leen Fire and Lif e 1 2 1 . per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 1811.64. B. A ceord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 i 9s. British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 l2s. Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0. 10 0 0 22 1 4, .Church of Eng and Ina. - SO 0 0 2 0 0 2 Cite of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 V. Se Edinburgh Lite Insur. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 12 In 0 18 East of Sc tland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 12s. Eng. & Scot, Law Life M. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12 Insur. Co. of Scotind •• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 8 Life kssoc. of Scotland 51. per cant. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 6s Mercantile Life - lO 0 0 010 0 I 75. National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,24e 6d North British Insur. • • 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 i 23% North & West of Scot. - 10 0 0 1 0 OIIL Is Scottish Life and • ear. - 20 0 0 011 0 , % Scot. 31a4. and Gen. Life 5/. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 , 13s. 6,1 Scottish Union Inirne.i. ,6U/. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I 11. 3a Stan lard ' ife •••• - • 1 5/. per cent. ,50 0 0 4 5 0 ' 9 United Dep. Assurance 151. per cent. 110 0 0 , 1 0 0 I3s. 5/. per cent. 16U/. pr cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Commercial • . ••••• 41. per cent. Stock. 70 East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. 120 East Country •• . 1/. per sit. 100 0 0 Landon Ditto Bonds • St. Katharine .. 5 per cent. Stock. 80 Ditto 80nd5........ 1%1. pr cent. Southampton • • ...... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 0 0 0 WATER—WORICS. Dividend Amount Name 01 Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. £ s. d. ..£ s. d. Birmingham......... ISs. r 25 0 0 25 0 0 East L0nd0n.......... St. 100 0 0 170 t4rand Junction .• .. •• 27. 10s. i 4113 4 90 3/. 1100 0 0 New Myr Lndn Brdge 2/.101. i 60 Vauxhall ............ 1 100 0 0 West Middlesex . . . 51.15s.prent., 63 12 9 . 115 EXCHEQUER.— Mr. Baron ROLFE sat in t for the purpose of taking moti STEVENS V. KEELING. THIS DAY.) ;he Exchequer Chamber ions. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved in this case for a rule calling upon the defendant to show cause why the order to have this case tried by a special jury should not be set aside and a fresh order made. The cause was appointed to be tried before the Lord Chief Baron, and it appeared that upon calling the special jurors only five of them were present, and the defendant would not consent to have the case tried by that number. It was the usual custom in such cases that upon a fresh appoint ment being made for the trial, the same special jurors who were previously summoned should constitute the jury, but since the period of their being first sum moned it had been ascertained that several of them bad died, and some were excused upon various grounds. Under these circumstances, th , refore, it was necessary that the original rule should be set aside, and a fresh order made by the Court upon the subject.—Rule greited. (Sittings in Banco.) WALLER C. BISHOP. This was an action tried before the Lord Chief Baron, at London ; the verdict passed for the plaintiff, for the sum of 3,9251. 17s. 3d. Mr. CROWDEIR now moved to set aside the verdict, pursuant to leave reserved at the trial. It appeared that the action was brought by the plaintiff, a stockbroker, to recover the above sum of money, being the amount of certain shares purchased by the plaintiff for the defendant in the projected Dutch Hanoverian Railway, and also for charges on account of the shares being " held over" for him, that is to say, the account days, when the purchase should be completed, were carried over on brokerage and com mission, th e was alleeged. amount of which was about 1,400/. It that the plaintiff was connected with a member dovenamrerdovisional committee of that scheme. It Provisional projected railway, being part that there was project would tIl e tLo bringnar nd cw Chief i a e t . of the directors of that sniderthable number an intention on- the company to purchase c Wghiciet numbr then o e f n in shares the for the purpose of redu n o c f n i market, the currency was then thought to be a good technically unde served failure. This process termed "rigging the market," was s d one however,l2ie regarded Baron upon the trial expressed t,aasnmtrionhg opinion that, " when carried to a great exten as a swindling transaction." In this clse t , arrangement appeared to he suggestedgrbeyatanho able desire to prevent the effect of a honour able the shares falling to a ruinous discountp.anlAe r rangement was come to by the dir ectors to carry out their views, whereby each director should employ his own broker, and make his purchases individually ; and a resolution was passed by the board, on the 3d of December, to prevent any of the directors being bound by the purchases of the other, except in such cases as should be agreed upon by the whole body of the directors. The pre sent action arose out of purchases of shares in con sequence of that arrangement, and the evidence on the part of the plaintiff consisted chiefly of a variety of " bought notes," and orders given by a Mr. Camalho kr} . , .. and a Mr. Ogle, who were connected with the-company. The Learned Counsel now con __ (Z7N 94ecl that the re was no ev id ence t o fi x the defendant - 1 c;,.. - , ththe orders in question, and that all that nisela against him upon the trial was a recognition subse quently, as distinguished from order previously. The COURT stated that they were of opinion that the rule ought to be granted generally, for th reduction of the damages, or a new trial, with liberty to move afterwards for arrest of judgment. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 8. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain Charles Francis Skyring to be Captain, vice Broughton, placed on the seconded list ; First Lieutenant Henry Charles Cunliffe Owen to be Second Captain, vice Skyring ; Second Lieutenant Richard Hugh Stotherd to be First Lieutenant, vice Owen, Oct. 28. 1 A S TILE S_IJ N, EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Error, before Lord Chief Justice Wilde, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Justice Coltman, and Mr. Justice Cresswell.) BARON DE BODE V. REG. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved to set aside a writ of error brought by the late Baron de Bode. The Learned Counsel contended that the present plaintiff, being administrator to the late plaintiff in error, could not carry on the proceedings under that writ, that it was not competent for him to do so except upon a writ of scire facias, and that such writ could not be obtained except upon the fiat previously obtained from the Attorney-General, or that without obtain ing this fiat from the Attorney-General the only course left open to the plaintiff would be to apply to the House of Lords. The COURT granted the order. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY (Sittings in Banco.) JOLL V. DOWNES. In this case, which was tried before Mr. Justice Williams at the last sittings after Trinity Term, and a verdict found for the plaintiff for 2001., Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL moved for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the bulk of the evidence. The action was brought to recover the amount due to the plaintiff, who is an engineer, for work done in surveying and mapping a projected line of railway, called the Canterbury and Herne Bay Railway, of which the defendant was a director. The principal point upon which he founded his application was with re ference to the mode in which the plaintiff's charges were to be liquidated. It was proved at the trial by the solicitor to the company that the plaintiff agreed to make the survey on the understanding that he was to be paid out of the deposits received, and not to look to the directors for payment. 1 The COURT granted a rule. The LORD MAYOR—Shortly after half-past two o'clock, a procession, headed by the Mace-bearer and Sword-bearer, and consisting, of the Lord Mayor Elect, the late Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Recorder, and several members of the Courts of Aldermen and Common Council entered the court, and after bowing to the Bench, the Recorder advanced and, addressing their Lordships, said—l am desired, by the Right ' l4 Hon. the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of the City of !i London, to request the honour of your Lordships' company at an entertainment to be given this day at the Guildhall in the City. Their Lordships then bowed, and the procession . immediately retired. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 9, SUGAR.—To- day there was much activity in the Raw Sugar market, exporters as well as the home dealers % manifesting a strong desire to do busines, and a turther advance in the value of every kind took place. , There was but a moderate quantity on offer. All kinds of 'West India Muscovado were in extensive de mand for both the scale and refining purposes ; the rates obtained in the private market exhibited an advance on those of Friday of 6d to Is per cwt. The total pur chases amounted to 1,200 hhos and tierces, including the public sales, viz, 235 hhds of Barbadoes, which went with spirit at a r i se on t h e quotat i ons o f T uesday last. REFINED.—To-day many purchases were made in 3 c• refined goods by the home trade, and prices further 3i advanced—Standard lumps at 53s 6d to 545, and brown grocery 53s per cwt; Indeed, some of the refiners refuse to sell upon these terms. Bonded crushed is wanted, and it is difficult to purchase at 30. per cwt. EAST INDIA.—To- day there was no public sale of East India sugar. Of Bengal several parcels were dis posed of by private treaty, and at slightly enhanced rates. Madras was sought after, and of the damp ice, kinds several parcels were disposed of at 29s to 34,, The tendency of prices is upwards, and the supply i s o f the decrease. Maystmus.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in excellent request, arid the two parcels offered at public 1s ss sale, amounting to 8,337 bags, were all so ld w i t h s pi r it, le s at an advance on t, - .rmer rates of 6d to is per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign lAas Sugar, but privately purchase to a fair ex t en t were , made, and the rates paid were rather above those that existed previously. COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee met with little attention, and 77 bales 125 half bales at public sale, were only in part sold at rather lower rates, good yellow at 58s to 58s 6d, middling and good brownish 56s to 57s 6d, yellow lung berry 70s, peas 625. Planta tion Ceylon was in excellent request, and a public sale ts. of 1,756 bags, 34 casks went off readily is to 2s above t!ii former quotations. Native is wanted and 485 bags at ' B6 auction sold at 6el per cwt advance. Privately some , parcels of good ordinary were sold at 33s to 335 6d ts. per cwt. RICE.—To-day a large amount of business was con cluded in East India Rice by private treaty and a further advance in prices took places—low white Bengal sell ing at 12s to 13s, mid 13s 6d to 14s, good and fine 14s 6,1 to 16s, cargo 9s 6d to lis ;. Madras pinky white 11s 6d to 12s.,Pearl Barley lOs 6d to 12s per cwt. None was offered at public sale. TEA.—The arrivals have been of little moment since this day week, but duty was paid on the large quantity of 499,716 lbs during that time. Public sales amount ing to 12,000 pkgs are declared. There is a large quan tity of all kinds of Tea on offer by private treaty, and merchants are desirous to sell, notwithstanding the low rates that exist. For Congou the prices accepted being under those that existed previously, induced the home trade to operate more freely, and in all sorts a fair amount of business has been concluded privately. Pon chong is wanted, and the parcels sold fetched 3d to Bd. For Green, prices continue to recede, as holders are pressing sale, but many parcels have been sold owing to the low rates taken. SPIRITS.—To-day a fair business was concluded in all kinds of Rum, and holders refused to further reduce their prices. Leeward Island sold at Is 8d proof, fine brown ditto is 9d ; East India is 6d ; Demerara 28 to 38 per cent over at 2s 9d to 3s ; Jamaica, middling and good 33 to 35 over 3s 6d to 3s 9d, and fine at 4s to 4s 3d per gal. FRUIT.—The supply of Valentia Raisins is on the increase, and there are sellers upon further reduced terms, yet the trade operate with caution. The stock of Currants has been further increased, and the market is in a quiet state. Turkey Figs of fine quality are much in demand, but inferior and out of condition, of which there is an abundant supply, are dull of sale, and offered at low rates. The value, according to quality, is 37s to 80s per cwt. There is an impression that Fruit will be cheaper, as supplies will be abundant this seasen. MoLAEsF.s.—West India are not much required, and all kinds can he obtained upon rather lower terms. Since this day week the sales have been only 200 casks— Mauritius at 16s ; SL Kitts 16s 6.1 ; Antigua good 18s, and Cuba low 15s per cwt. The stock is nearly double of what it was in the past year, but the deliveries are greater. SPICES.—Brown Nutmegs have been in excellent re quest at full rates; fine kinds brought 2d per lb advance: at auction 61 cots 5 bxs and 9 bags sold. Mace is in larger supply, and a decline in the value of 2d per lb has taken place; but 42 chests Penang at public sale all found buyers. Cloves are little required, and prices tend downwards : of 66 chests Penang offered at auction a part only sold. For Pimento a good demand has been experienced, but in con sequence of the supply having been larger, a slight decline in the value took place: at auction 680 bags were all sold. Black Pepper is not to be obtained at any fur ther reduction in prices, but exporters and the home trade operate with caution: at auction 757 bags of Telli cherry were sold. White sells more freely, and at auc tion 121 cases were disposed of at 7id to lid for fine Tellicherry, being the full value. The supply is very small of Cassia Lignea, and buyers are compelled to pay further advanced rates. For Ginger there is only a limited demand. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon 219 bags Honduras at public sale were all sold, the better kinds at full rates, but ordinary went Id to 2d cheaper : low to fine silvers sold at 4s to 4s 10d, good to fine black 5s 10d to 6s 21, very ordinary ss. Of Guatemala Indigo, 18 serons went at Is 3d to is 8d for very ordinary. TaLLow.—ln the value of Russian on the spot, a slight improvement has taken place, and a stronger desire is shown on the part of the town and country trade to operate. A good demand has prevailed, and 44s 3d to 45s are the rates paid for P. Y. Candle, at which holders are firm. For delivery several contracts have been entered into at 44s to 44s 3d up to the end of the year, and at 45s to 45s 6d for spring months. At auction 50 casks old went at 43s to 43s 3d. Home made has been largely dealt in, but at 45s 6d to 46s nett cash there is a desire to sell, as the supply is good. In the value of other kinds of Tallow there is little variation to notice, but the demand is more active, and the parcels offered at public sale were nearly all sold. Oils.—To-day Linseed Oil was less in demand, and a ran in prices took place, sales on the spot being made at 23s 6d to 23s 9d per cwt. At public sale 170 casks of ].'alai sold at 29s to 29s 6d per cwt. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 5, 1847. Lo T re h nze o Queen h as b een pleased to approve of Mr. Turkey Malta M onsul at for his Majesty the Emp eror of FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 8. WTh am Barnard e Queen has acCbeen pleased to approve of Mr. b ee n pleased Consul in London for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. WHITEHALL, Nov. 9. of Dingwall The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. George Gibb to the church at Carnoch, iu Strathconan, in the parish of Contin, in the presbytery and shire of Ross, vacant by the death of the Re v . tyre, late minister thereof. Patrick .111‘ln OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 6. Royal Regiment of Artillery—S, , cond Capt. Pierre - point Henry Mundy to be Adjutant, Nice Yo ung, - who resigns the Adjutancy - only, dated Nov. 21, LONDON, BANKRUPTS. Charles Smith, builder, Avenue-road, St. John's wood, to surrender November 19, at one, and December 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can nan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Thompson and Powell, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn. Felix John Beall, baker, Hammersmith, Nov. 19, at half-past' two, and Dec. 20, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, Birchinslane, Cornhill ; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. John Thomas Wheatley, lighterman, Commercial road, Lambeth, Nov. 19, at one, and Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Barnard, Carlisle-street, Soho. James Currey Wetton, flour factor, Mile-end-road, Nov. 19, at halt-past one, and Dec. 21, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Lewis and Lewis, Ely• place, Holborn. Edward Thornton, plumber, Coleman-street, London, Nov. 19, at eleven, and Dec. 21, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Dickson and Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. John Webb, straw plait dealer, Luton, Bedfordshire, Nov. 16, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 21, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, City ; Beart, Bouverie street, Fleet-street. James Gilbert, bookseller, Paternoster-row, Nov. 19, at half-past two, and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Gale, Basinghall-street. George Spearman, silk mercer, Leeds, Nov. 19, at two, and Dec. 22, at. eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Rutter and Trotter, Ely-place, Holborn. Richard Dutton, wool broker, Sambrook-court, Ba ainghall-street, London, Nov. 18, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Valiance, Old Jewry-chambers. Thomas Sherlock, brnsh maker, St. James's, Clerk enwell, Nov. 19 and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrooko court, Basinghall-street; Knuckey, Wilmington-square. Thomas Richmond, builder, Peterborough, North amptonshire, Nov. 19, at half-past two, and Dec. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury, London ; Goddard and Eyre, Wood-street, Cbeapside. George Wood, commission agent, Trafalgar-place, Kentish town, Nov. 17, at one, and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Cross, Surrey street, Strand. George Morton, paper-stainer, Leeds, Nov. 25, and and Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Jones and Co., John street, Bedford-row, London; Hick, Leeds. Joseph Lowden, ironmonger, Leeds, Nov. 20, and Dec. 11, at 11, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow and Co., Bedford row, Lon don ; Rayner and Son, Leeds. Dominique Frick Albert, dealer in mathematical in struments, Manchester, Nov. 19 and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official as signee, Manchester; Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bed ford-row, London; Norris, Manchester. Charles Williams, victualler, Liverpool, Nov. 23, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official asignee, Liverpool; Norris and Co., Bedtord-row ; Toulmin, Liverpool. William Alexander, shirt-maker, Nov. 22, and Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Hellings, Bath. James Lansdown Norton, stationer, Birmingham, Nov. 28 and Dec. IS, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis • trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bloxam, Birmingham. John Lee, watch manufacturer, Covenry, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Austen and Hob son, Raymond's-buildings, London; Troughton and Lea, Coventry. Henry Hunt, maltster, Derby, Nov. 26 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittht ston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Poole and Co., Gray's Inn; Vallack, Derby; Bowley, Nottingham. Benjamin Gimson and Josiah Gimson, engineers, Leicester, Nov. 26 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Bittleston. official assignee, Nottingham ; Maples, Nottingham. Jonathan Powell, cattle dealer, Lugwardine, Here fordshire, Nov. 30 and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; GRilliam, Hereford ; Sucklin, Bir mingham. IPficebe Maybury, hosier, Worcester, Nov. 17, and Dec* 14, at half past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Pullen, Wor cester ; Bloxam, Birmingham. Thomas Bowser, linen draper, Morpeth, Northumber land, Nov. 19, at half-past ten, and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyno District Court. Baker, otli. cial assignee, Newcastle•upon-Tyne ; Woodman, Mor peth ; Crosby and Crompton, Old Jewry. t',I)ISRSE OF EXCH Amster.iam .. •• • • 12 13 Ditto, at sight .. 12 9 ltotterdaln ••.. • • 1 - 2 13 3•titvverp • • ............ 26 50 elamburgh .... • • M.ll. 14 6 l'aris, 3 days' sight .. .• 26 10 Ditto, • • • 26 40 3farseilles • ..... • • .... 26 fit) .. 26 50 Frankfort on 31aine.... 126 Petersburgh, Si!. lible Be”lin .......... •• •. 7 10 Vienna, effec. ti 0...... 10 28 Trieste, ditto.... ...... 10 30 Madrid ••.. • ......... 45 LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Leghorn .. Genoa 26 55 Milan . . Venice. . ' Naples ............ • . 35% Palermo, per oz ........ 117% Li5b0n,,,, ,, ,,,,,,,,,, Si Oporto ..... . • • .. • • 51 Rio Janeiro • ..... • • 24 Bahia lluenos Ayres .. ••. • • . Sew York, 21 dass'Bight Philadelphia .. :....t .. PILICI.9 OF BCLLION, PIK OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. .£3 17 9 New Dollars ...... 0 4 9'.i Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... •• 0 4 11% [Lucelona .- .......... SarWe... . THE ANTI-GOLD-LAW LEAGUE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—l very much - regret that, owing to the entire absorption of my time by the duties devolving upon me as secretary, in the first formation of the Anti- Gold-law League, my attention was not sooner directed to your leading article of the 15th ult., on the League. There is so ob v i ous a t one of canour pervading it, and the desire entertained by you of giving the members of the Anti-Gold-law League a fair opportunity of _explaining their principles, and of having them fairly and honestly discussed is so manifestly expressed, that it was with great pain I discovered only a day or two since that such an article had been written, and not replied to. I will (endeavour to make the best amends 1 can for the unintentional oversight, and I gladly occupy the first few minutes I have to spare in endeavouring to satisfy your mind upon the straightforward objections which have occurred to you. In addition, 1 most cordially thank you, on behalf of the League, tor giving us the opportunity of setting ourselves right with your readers and the public, in connexion with the im portant points mooted by you. I shall be perfectly explicit, and when you have read my letter, I think you will be satisfied that the Anti- Gold-law League does not wish to " slur over," or shirk any part of this most vital question, but that it courts the most searching investigation, being no less satisfied of the justice, than of the propriety of the measures recom mended by it. The stumbling blocks in the way of your acces sion to the views of the Anti- Gold-law League appear to be four in number. I will take them in the order of their importance, and give to each a full and ample consideration. 1. You appear to conceive that creditors would be unjustly dealt with by the substitution of the " pounds " which the League wishes to see issued for those which are at present in circulation. 2. You cannot perceive any necessary connexion between the amount of Exchequer money recom mended by the League, as being required for the service of the country, and the amount of the annual taxation of the country. 3. You dispute the assertion of the League that it is as absurd to fix the price of gold as it is to fix the price of corn. 4. Strongly suspecting, as you evidently do, that the amount of currency which can be kept in circula tion is very much regulated by the quantity of com modities to be circulated, being, in your view, an effect rather than a cause, you doubt whether more circulating medium is exactly the remedy the country requires. Your first position is the most important of all, and the one that requires the clearest and fullest reply. That your readers may see that I do not misrepre sent your meaning, I will quote your own words. They are, "The most emphatic of denials will hardly satisfy plain people that it Os quite the thing, in a moral point of view, to alter the meaning of the word `pound' to the disadvantage of all persons legally and equitably entitled to receive pounds." " Our anti-gold-law friends must work this point most thoroughly before they can expect the public to go another step with them. . . . " Gentlemen cannot possibly take too much pains to make the morale of the proceeding perfectly clear." Be it so, Sir—the Anti-Gold law League desire nothing more than a full and thorough sifting of this matter to the very bottom; and if anything like fraud and injustice can be shown to be connected with the measures they recommend, I am sure there is not a man among them but would in stantly abandon the League. We think, however, we can exhibit the subject to you in a light in which you have never viewed it, and we confidently reckon upon the editor of Th 3 Morning Chronicle being among our warmest supporters when we have tho roughly explained our views, provided he has no other objections to our plan than those already named. In replying, therefore, to the first point, 1 would commence by asking you in what respect do you suppose the " pounds" the League recommends would be of inferior value to the present ? In measuring their inferiority do you measure by gold, "bread or a n d cheese," as the Times has it ? byy p now alwoayysoucommemanands s,r dwts.whereasthat 3 grains a ` of pound " go will d it will in the case contemplated possibly only com mand 4 dwts., or do you meanthat the proposed pound TUESDAA __EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1847. will command less commodities than before ?—As I do not know in which sense you view the pound as being liable to depreciation, I will answer on both points. With regard to the depreciation of the "pound" as measured by gold, it is a matter of very considerable doubt among the members of the Anti-Gold-law League, whether the Ex chequer paper pound would depreciate at all. Though they think there can be no question that commodities in general would advance in price, so as to embrace that indirect taxation which they are burdened with in this country, yet, that gold would rise to any appreciable extent they consider it ven turesome to affirm. It is sufficient, in their estima tion, that gold would be permitted to rise, if neces sary, if withdrawn for exportatation. They cannot shut their eyes to the fact that under the system of cur rency they propose, forty or fifty millions of gold coin would be rendered unnecessary as legal tender, and thrown consequently upon the bullion market of the world ; and they are not sure but that this additional supply would have as great a tendency to keep gold down, as the issue of the Exchequer notes would have to raise it. Should it prove so, the most ardent bullionist might still be gratified by obtaining 5 dwts. 3 grs. of gold for his paper pound, and it is within the limits of possibility that he might obtain more, for we are not at all sure that the paper pound might not frequently be at a premium when compared with dwts. 3 grs. of gold of standard fineness. But whether this should prove to be the case or not, we hold it of no importance at ail. We maintain that it is really of very little consequence, either to the payer or receiver of pounds, whether the " pound" will command less or more gold, otherwise than as that lesser or greater quantity of gold will again convert into less or more commodities. The real and true standard of the value of money is the " bread and cheese" standard before spoken of. This is clearly laid down by Ad am S m i t h ( corro b orate d by every man's common sense) in the following para graph from the " wealth of Nations :"—" The revenue of a person to whom a guinea is paid, does not so much consist in the piece of gold, as in what he can get for it. or in what he can exchange it for. If it would exchange for nothing it would, like a bill upon a bankrupt, be of no more use than the most useless piece of paper." The real question at issue is, therefore, will the pound s th a t th e A n ti- G o ld l aw League proposes to be issued purchase less corn moditie3 than the present pounds ? Will there be a deterioration of their value in that respect, and will creditors be defrauded by being compelled to accept these pounds in lieu of those now circulating ? We reply, yes ! They will be of less value than the present pounds in their power of purcbasing com modities ; further, that strict and even-handed justice to all classes imperiously demands a " pound " of this description, and that Government cannot act honestly unless it causes such a system of money to be adopted ; and lastly, that creditors will not be defrauded of a single farthing, but merely be called upon to pay the just debts they themselves owe. We will not condescend to accept a concession of such money upon the ground of expediency or even charitable consideration for debtors—we demand it upon the principles of stern and impartial JUSTICE. To establish this point, let me put the circum stances of the country before you in the severest mathematical form, and let me remind you, what seems indeed to be entirely lost sight of in the discussion of this question, that the coun try is indebted to the extent of about one-fifth of its means, and that the diminution in the value of the pound in the system of currency recommended by the Anti-Gold-law League, is merely an expres sion of the indebtedness of the nation at large to the national creditor, and a means whereby the national creditor collects from each person that sum which is his fair proportion of the general liability of the country. The property of the country has been va riously estimated to amount in value to between three thousand and five thousand millions sterling. For the sake of argument let us assume it to be four thousand millions. The debt of the nation in round numbers is eight hundred millions, or just one-fifth of the total wealth. Now, who owes this sum ? Is it owing at all, or not ? We concede that it is owing, though most wastefully, not to say fraudu lently, contracted. And we say that each man of the country owes it in precise proportion to the property he is possessed of in the country. The property of the nation is mortgaged to the national creditor to the ex tent of one-fifth; and, however recklessly and un wisely this mortgage may hare been contracted, we say, there it is—" a great fact "—and one that can not be repudiated without a loss of national faith and honour. Instead of being repudiators, as has been ignorantly averred, we are the very parties who throw the strongest guards around our national honour and the fulfilment of our national engagements. Now, how is this debt to be paid ? We know that, from the terms of the contract, it is not obligatory on Government to call upon the individuals who owe it for the principal ; but it is incumbent on the I Government to collect the interest from them. This can only be done in one of two ways ; either by direct taxation, such as an income or property tax, or by indirect taxation on the commodities they consume, such as Excise and Customs' duties. In the first case, that of direct taxation, a person having 1001. per annum, and the tax being one-fifth, the Go vernment takes away twenty of the pounds, leaving the person eighty for himself, and he thus cancels his share of annual inaebtedness to the national creditor. In the second case, the Government leaves the original number of pounds in the possession of the proprietor, but so enhances the cost of the commodities he consumes, that for his 1001. he can only obtain as many commodi ' ties as 801. formerly purchased him, and in this way he likewise cancels his annual indebtedness of 201. to the national creditor. If fairly and honestly carried out, both these systems of taxation lead to the ' same result, viz., the abstraction from every man of that portion of the annual proceeds of his property which belongs to the creditors of the state. Thus Mr. Ricardo most truly re marks, "If my revenue be I,ooø/. per annum, and I must pay taxes to the amount of 1001.., it is of little importance whether I pay it from my re venue, leaving myself only 9001., or pay 1001. in ad dition for my agricultural commodities or for my manufactured goods. If 100/. is my fair proportion of the expenses of the country, the virtue of taxation consists in making sure that I shall pay that 1001., neither more nor less, and that cannot be effected in any manner so securely as by taxes on wages, profits, or raw produce." You will perceive, therefore, Sir, that the pound which the Anti Gold law League advocates is n pound lessened in "bread and cheese" value solely to the extent of the liability or indebtedness of each possessor of pounds, and that this diminution of value is accomplished simply by means of allowing commo ipprrold.c u e et ? i fj o h i l z .ch of will these i ncl ude comm a i d h i e taxes s e nttofwdseielldfoira ttheha ties. It is a mere question of the proper price of commodities ; or rather, whether taxation is to take effect or not on the parties who ought to pay it. We -hold it to be essentially unjust, if indirect taxation be adopted, to use any pound which, embodying a fixed invariable value in itself as a commodity, does not permit of that addition to price which a system of indirect taxation requires. Any intrinsically valuable currency merely provides for, and permits of, natural prices exclusive of taxa tion, while the currency required under the pre sent fiscal arrangements of the country is one which will permit of taxation being added to the price of commodities. It is most astonishing that there should be any objection to such - a system of money as the Anti-Gold-law League recommends, when the object to be effected by it is simply to make the taxes payable by the parties upon whom the Government professes to charge them, and this effected merely by a diminution in the purchasing power of the pound sterling, owing to goods selling for taxation prices. It would effect precisely the same result indirectly, as the property tax now does by taking 7d. in the pound away from all rents, interests, and investments. For instance, I go to a tenant:for half -a-year's rent, say 50/. In stead of his paying me 50/., he pays me fifty times 19s. 5d., and if I ask him why he does not pay me the fnll rent agreed upon—why he pays me 19s. sd. instead of a pound, he tells me has already advanced 7d. in the pound in income-tax, and that I am not entitled to a pound of full size, but to a pound short the 7d. he has paid iu taxation. The principl e we contend f or i s , therefore, conceded in the present property-tax' and if carried to the full extent of the taxes, would effect all the Anti-Gold-law League wants to effect as far as taxation is zoncerned. And why should it nOt be carried so far ? It will not, I presume, be denied that it is perfectly compe tent for Parliament, if it so thought fit, to abolish the whole system of indirect taxation, and substitute for it a direct property-tax. In that case, instead of 7d. being deducted from every pound of the revenue of individuals, it would require probably 4s. to be taken from each pound ; and where is the difference I should be glad to know, between this result and that proposed ame end by the gained by means o f' the Anti-Gold- law L eague , where currency instead of by taxation ? The only difierenc b is,t shaytstienm of the formereurren currency, would alter the system you would retain th e pre sent of taxation; while in the latter you would alter the system of currency and retain the present system of taxation. Both would lead to the same end, and neither of them is more a fraud than the other. Though I a th li e e m n u t p h o a n t e th ve e ry pa p b e l r ic . But many persons are not satisfied w th i e t y h r a eg g i e li n r e e ra a l statement of a principle or a practical application of it in a case given. liabilitiesm ay probably ofthe havee country son's property to the e xtent of one-fifth, they may probably not see how this has anything to do with andth the man.pri v a t e Theyengag ement s would p robably raonbdabldyebimtsagbetween that the man system, when applied to private debts, would only lead to a robbery of Peter to pay Paul ; whereas,:if they will look a little deeper, they will see that even with regard to private debts it does nothing more than has already been described, namely, make every one contribute his fair share of the general taxation of the country according to his means. Take the following cases : Here is one man whose debts exactly balance his creditsi In his case it is of no earthly importance whatever what the pounds are. He owes, say 500/., and he has 5001. owing to him. INThatevn pounds he receives the same pounds he pays away, and having done so he has nothing left. He has no pro perty to be taxed, and whether the pounds are equal to 4 dwts. of gold or 5 dwts of gold is not of the least importance to him. Here is another man who owes to various creditors 500/., but he has claims on other people to the amount of 1,500/. ; he has, therefore, a surplus of 1,000.:'., and is a man of property to that extent. To the extent of .500/. it is of no consequence even to that man what the value of pounds may be, as he pays away just such pounds as he receives. But he has a surplus remaining of 1,000/. To that extent, then, he is a man of property, and the tax taking effect upon the exchangeable value of his pounds, he. cancels his indebtedness to the public creditor in that way. The real. fact is, that the tax is deducted from the value of the " pound " itself, instead of a certain number of pounds being abstracted from the tax payer, and the laws occasioned by the tax falls on the ultimate recipients of the pounds ; on those who, after squaring accounts with everybody, after paying all the pounds they owe, and receiving all the pounds owing to them, have a surplus number of pounds left them on the balance. This surplus con stitutes them men of property according to its amount, and the deduction on each of the pounds which form the surplus, acts as a most perfect property. tax. The examination of this most important point has taken so much space, that I must reserve the expla nation of the remaining three points for another letter, which will not need to be so lengthy as this. In the meantime, Mr. Editor, I beg the honour to subscribe myself your very obedient servant, _ EDWARD CAPPS, Secretary to the Anti-Gold law League. East Temple Chambers, Whitefriars-street, Nov. 6. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. A young man of gentlemanly appearance, named William *Sheridan, was charged, upon suspicion, of having caused the death of his mother, Mrs. Frances Sheridan, the widow of a captain in the army, resid ing in Mare-street, Hackney, by administering to her some poisonous drug. Sergeant Hawkes, of the N division, stated, that in consequence of information reaching the station-house that the deceased, who had expired after a short ill ness on the preceding Friday, had come to her death by unfair means, he placed himself in communication with Mr. Drewett, the registrar of deaths for the dis trict, who informed him that the circumstances con nected with the occurrence were of so suspicious a character that he felt himself called upon to refuse a certificate of burial, for which application had been made, until all the facts attending it had been laid be fore the magistrate or coroner. An unfinished inquiry had since taken place before the last mentioned func tionary, who gave orders for the prisoner's apprehen sion, and he therefore repaired that afternoon to the house of the deceased, in which the prisoner also re sided, and took him into custody. On apprising him of the nature of the charge, he made no answer what ever, and quietly surrendered himself; but on the road to the station stated that it had solely arisen from a bad feeling one of his sisters entertained to wards him ; the latter, however, was the principal witness in the case, and was unable to attend, from - injuries she had sustained at the hands of the prisoner who hail so illused her that she had been ever since under the medical treatment of Dr. Garrod. Mary Armstrong, an elderly widow, residing in the neighbourhood, wlao had been employed to assist in laying out the body of the deceased, which she described as being in a horribly filthy condition, stated, that while performing that and various other offices about the house, which occupied her three days, she heard the sister accusing her brother, whom she called a villian, of poisoning her mother, and that, al though the accusation was frequently repeated by her, the prisoner made no denial of it upon either oc casion. The sister afterwards told her that she had been seriously ill-used by the prisoner in consequence of her interference. William Randal, the landlord of the house., spoke to his having heard constant altercations between the prisoner and the other members of his family, and to his having been disturbed by one of these scenes of unusual violence on the night preceding the death of the deceased, and while the latter was con fined to her bed. Police-constable Attwood, 94 N, also proved that in the course of a conversation with the injured sister, who expressed great indignation against her brother, and regret that she was too ill to appear against him, she earnestly d ec l are d th a t th e pr i soner had poisoned his mother, to whom three powders had been adminis tered, and that a bottle containing ether or some such liquid had been thrown away that day, for which she was extremely sorry. Mr. Edward Hacon, a surgeon in Mare-street, de• posed to having attended the deceased for the last four days preceding her death, in succession to seve ral other medical men, whose services had been dispensed with after short intervals of attendance, and that during that time she had been labouring under diarrhcea and extreme vomiting. She was progress ing favourably, however, under his treatment, until the day preceding her death, when the ques tion was put to him whether she was not in such a state of danger as to require the immediate prepa ration of her will ; to which he replied with some surprise in the negative, as she was decidedly better ; but upon visiting her in the evening he found her alarmingly worse, and labouring under symptoms which could not have been produced by anything he had prescribed for her. This was about ten o'clock at night, and at four the next morning she was dead. The witness had since, in company with Dr. Letheby, chemical lecturer to the London hospital, performed a post mortem examination of the body, and from a careful analysis of the contents of the stomach, and the extraordinary appearances presented by the liver, they had had no hesitation in coming to the conclu sive conviction that the death of the deceased had been produced by arsenic, of which they had discovered sufficient in thci body to destroy the lives of several persons; and they were also decidedly of opinion, from the manner in which the poison had been ab sorbed, that some portion of it must have been admi nistered at least a week, and perhaps a fortnight, antecedent to death, and that a considerable quantity must likewise have been received into the stomach within 48 hours before she expired. On being called upon for his defence the prisoner repeated the statement he had previously made to the officer, that the charge had solely emanated from the malicious feeling of his sister, who was actuated by a groundless fear that he, as the eldest son, would take possession of the whole of the property ; and stated that he had been in the habit for some time past of allowing his mother 701. per annum out of his income for her sole use, but that she had been accustomed to allow his two sisters and a niece to participate in it, one of the former of whom, though married, was of such drunken, dissolute habits, that he had been in cessantly obliged to remonstrate against her being permitted to come to the house to disturb his mother, whom he was anxious to secure from annoyance, but that she persisted in doing so, and that that had given occasion to the violent contentions deposed to, in one of which he admitted he had ill• used his other sister, as had been described. Sergeant llawkes informed the magistrate that:but a short time before the death of the deceased applica tion had been made to the rector of South Hackney by some one on the part of the deceased, for his signature to a certificate of her exigence, to facilitate the receipt of a pension of 401. per year, to which she was entitled as a captain's widow, and that, precaution having been taken to ascertain that she was really alive, the certi ficate was ultimately granted by the clergyman. tie (the sergeant) would be provided at the next exami nation with additional evidence of a conclusive nature against the accused, and asked for time to be afforded him for its production. Mr. llammud, assented, and the prisoner, who displayed great self-possession throughout, was or dered to be brought up next week, when his sister, it was stated, would probably be well enough to attend. MM. IRISH MINES. --MEETING OF IRISH MEHDERS.— We observe, in the report of the proceedings of the meeting of Irish Members yesterday, that one of the propositions brought forward related to the necessity for developing the great mineral resources of Ireland. We think it necessary to remark, in order to prevent misap prehension on this important subject, that nothing what ever in the shape of pecuniary aid is required by the Irish mining companies. What they require, and what is imperatively necessary, to facilitate employment in a great extension of mining operations in this co un t r y, is such a change in the law as would empower trustees and guardians of minors and lunatics, and holders of eccle siastical property, to take a lower rate than one.tenth as royalty, to what they are now most absurdly restricted by law, and also to enable them to make leases of suffi cient length to induce capitalists to embark their prc perty. A simple change in the law to this effect is all that is wished for, and, indeed, all that is necessary, to ensure employment to many thousands of people, in ad dition to those already employed in mines. We are confident that it is only necessary to call the attention of the Government to the subject, in order to ensure a prompt remedy for this crying evil, which none but the Government can supply.—DuNin Evening Post. A decree of the Prussian Government. forbids all workmen, of whatever trade they may be, to proceed to Switzerland, under pain of tine and imprisonment. SHIELDS, Nov. 6.—The Royal Adelaide (barque), from Quebec, which struck on Tynemouth rocks, has eleven feet of miter in her hold, clud s discharging. 1 STATUE AT LLOYD'S OF THE LATE MR. HITKISSON. The following correspondence relative to the placing of a statue, by Mr. Gibson, of the late cele brated Mr. Huskisson, President of the Board of Trade, in the vestibule of Lloyd's, will be perused with interest " Whitehall, Oct. 25, 1847. " Dear Sir,---Having taken an early opportunity to inform Mrs. Huskisson of your obliging commit nication to me; conveying the opinion of ae com mittee of Lloyd's, and expressing your belief that the offer of a statue of the late Mr. Huskisson would be received by the members of that establishment in a manner that vspould not fail to be gratifying to the feelings of his. - widow ; adding, that Mr. Gibson had seen the committee, and fixed upon an appropriate site ; I have crow great pleasure in placing in your hands Mrs. A. uskisson's offer of that statue for the acceptance of the members of Lloyd's, and having been one of those friends referred to in her letter, who very an:ciously desired to see that fine work of art and exc(?.llent representation of Mr. Huskisson placed where will be often seen by many of those whose interests are so identified with most of the great objects of' his public life, it is to me very grati fying to convex ,r to you this offer.—l have the honour to be, dear very faithfully yours, (Signed) " A. MILNE. " George :a. Robinson, Esq., M.P., &c." " Carlton-gardens, Oct. 23, 1847. "My de: tr Sir,—l return to you, with many thanks, the interesting com mun i ca ti on w hi c h you have allowed, me to peruse. It has afforded me much gratification in its connexion with the memory and fame of my husband, and forms, indeed, a strong induce ment for m y following out the views of those friends who have s uggested that a position in the vestibule of the new Ltioyd's Rooms would afford a very appro priate site on which to place a statue of Mr. Hus• kisson. " Circumstanced have arisen which leave the ori ginal marble statue of Mr. Huskisson at my disposal, and to enable me to offer it to the acceptance of the members of that most distinguished institution (Lloyd's),, in which are combined all the leading in terests of that mercantile community which consti tutes the legitimate pride of our country. " The friendship which so long existed between Mr. Hu skisson and yourself, and which you have as constant?y continued to manifest in the execution of that trust which he had confided to your charge, added to the numerous instanced which I have my self experienced of your kindness and considera tion, naturally cause me to look to you on an occa sion so intimately connected with the memory of my husbrirld, and to consider you on every account as best qualified to bring the subject before the proper authorities. I venture, therefore, to place myself in your hands, and to request of you to take the neces sary steps for bringing my offer before the distin guished body to whom that proposal more especially refers. `• I remain, with the highest esteem, my dear Sir, most sincerely yours, (Signed) " EMILY HUSKISSON, " To Alexander Milne, Esq., &c." " Lloyd's, October 28, 1847. "My Dear Sir,—l have great pleasure in trans miffing to you a copy of resolutions unanimously passed by the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, to whom I communicated your letter of the 25th instant, together with an inclosure, addressed to you by Mrs. Huskisson. " These resolutions will, I trust, be gratifying to the feelings of that lady and acceptable to yourself, as the intimate friend of her late husband. " The talents and devotion of Mr. Huskisson to the service of his country are universally acknowledged, and his views and opinions are no longer matter of speculation hut of history ; for it is remarkable that, whilst he possessed the faculty of comprehending the views and sentiments of others, he exhibited an extra ordinary facility of explaining with the greatest clear ness and precision his own. " If I may be permitted to express my own indivi dual opinion, I should state that I entirely agree with the author of his biographical memoir, that lie was far from being slavishly addicted to fanciful theories ; and a careful examination of his measures will suffi ciently prove that they were grounded wholly on the principles of practical knowledge or of paramount necessity. He never attempted to assert that our re strictions and prohibitions should have been unneces. sarily removed, and the interests of this country sacrificed to an idle display of spurious liberality.' " The name of Mr. Huskisson will be associated by the future historian with the changes which were considered necessary by the Government and Legis lature for the time being, in consequence of the altered circumstances of this country and of other States, after a long and eventful war. My own decided im pression, founded upon a long Parliamentary acquaint ance, and from an intimate knowledge of his recorded views and opinions, is, that had his valuable lif e b een spared, he would have devoted the energies of his powerful mind to the promotion of a liberal and reci procal international commercial policy, and that this was deemed by him perfectly consistent with the pa ramount duty of supporting and maintaining the vital interests of the agricultural trade, commerce, and navigation of the United Kingdom and its dependen cies, as indispensably necessary for the defence and prosperity of the country. " You will readily believe, my dear Sir, that I feel much gratified in the opportunity afforded me of paying my humble tribute to the memory of an en lightened and distinguished statesman, whose loss was universally deplored by his fellow-countrymen, and who in his private life was esteemed and beloved by all those who had the happiness of sharing his per sonal friendship. " In communicating the resolutions to Mrs. Hus kisson, I beg you will do me the favour t o convey t o that lady the assurance of my sympathy and sincere respect. "Believe me, my dear Sir, faithfully yours, (Signed) " G. R. ROBINSON. " Alexander Milne, Esq., &c." Extract from the minutes of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, October 27 : " The chairman having read a letter addressed to him by A. Milne, Esq., dated 25th instant, and also an inclosure from Mrs. Huskisson to Mr. Milne, under date of 23d idem (vide copies), it was una -I,imously "Re , olved—That this committee do accept on be half of the members of Lloyd's, the marble statue of the late Mr. Huskisson offered by his widow, and that the chairman be requested to convey to that lady, through the medium of Mr. Milne, their high appre ciation of a work of art, not only as the production of an eminent native sculptor, but especially so as an unenduring memorial of one, who devoted talents of the highest order to the service of his country, and who in discharging the functions devolving on him as presiding over that portion of the Government con nected with the trade and commerce of the country, evinced at all times an earnest desire to promote the welfare and prosperity of every class of the people throughout the British empire. "That it is considered by this committee that the statue of the late Mr. Huskisson may be most appro priately placed in the vestibule of this establishment, forming part of an edifice devoted to commerce in the centre of the British metropolis. "That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to Mr. Milne, for presentation to Mrs. Huskisson, and that the resolutions and correspondence on the subject of Mr. Huskisson's statue be placed in the under writing and merchant rooms in the establishment." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. _ - PORTSMOUTH, NOT. B.—The appointments for the officers of the Victory to be turned over to the Blen heim steam guard-ship came down yesterday. The Terrible's defects are being made good at this port with much dispatch. The engineer department in this dockyard, so ably presided over by Mr. Andrew Murray, is worked night and day to get through with the work which is now so pressing at this port. We have seen the time when one-half of the engi neering work at present going on at this port in steam machinery would have caused a reinforcement of artizans from Woolwich to have been sent down, at a great expense of transit and maintenance; but matters are better managed now. The Centaur steam-frigate, the Frolic and Helena 16-gun sloops, and the Champion, 18, and Serpent, 16, are quite ready for commission at this port. The Comet steam-vessel received her fourth com mander this day, Lieut. Rigge, late of tile Trident. WooLwicn, Nov. B.—The Virago steam-vessel, Commander John Lunn, arrived at Woolwich, at eleven o'clock to-day, from the Mediterranean station, and last from Portsmouth, and i s t o b e pa i d off here. The Stromboli, steam-vessel, Commander Fisher, is ordered to be paid off here on Wednesday, the 10th instant, and she will be commissioned on the following day by Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk. The Violet, Dover steam-packet, was taken out of dock to day, and the Dee, steam troop-ship, Master- Commander Driver, taken into the dock to be examined. The Cyclops steam-vessel has had her steam up to-day to try her engines in the basin. Thirty shipwrights are to be hired to complete the Justitia and Wye convict-ships, as the shipwrights on the establishment in the yard have so much work on hand. THE SCOTCH AlEmntits.—Wo have every reason to bt-lieve that a better understanding is about to b e come to, respecting the mode in which Scotch business or Scotch affairs shall be introduced and conducted in Parliament, than has ever been adopted since the Reform Bill came into existence. This, certainly, is very much to be desired ; and we are sure the notification of it, and still more the realisation of it, will be received and hailed with great satisfaction by our countrymen.— Scotch Reformer Gazette. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held, immediately before the new Lord Mayor was sworn into office, for the dispatch of the last remaining business of the Mayoralty. THE CONVICT MARY ANN HUNT. Alderman MOON, as one of the visiting magistrates of the gaol of Newgate, presented to the Court the following communication, which he had received from Sir G. Grey : "Whitehall, Nov. 6. "Gentlemen,—With reference to the case of Mary Ann Hunt, the convict under sentence of death in the gaol of Newgate, in which case the Sheriffs, for reasons reported to me, directed that the execution of the sentence should be delayed, and afterwards, by command of her Majesty, the capital sentence was respited until further order should be given, I have the honour , to inform you, that, under the special cir cumstances which have occurred in this case, her Ma jesty has been pleased to command that that sentence should not be carried into effect. I request that you will communicate to the prisoner this information. " The prisoner will he detained in Newgate until after her expected confi nemen t , w h en t h e comet punishment will be notified.—l am, gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, " G. GREY* " Alderman MOON said th e Sh er iff s h a d made th e communication to th e conv i c t as soon as poss ible after it reached their ha n d s . The communicati on was or d ere d t o b e en tered upon uted the journals. SUNDAY TRADING. The following report was brought up and read ,‘ I n obedience to an order of this Hon. Court, of the Bth day of June last, to consider the report of tbe Inspectors of Weights and Me asures for the last year, we, your Committee for General Purposes, d° certify that we proceeded therein, and directed the inspectors to visit their districts upon some Sun da h and report their obs e r va ti ons as connected with Sun day trading ; and having subsequently received s r e ; port from them thereon, we have annexed the 8 011 , 1 , 0 to this our report ; an d h av i ng procure d co pies of the minutes of evid e nc e t a k en b e f ore a C omm ittee of tb House of Commons on th e su bj ec t o f Sunday rading.' which have also been presented to the several lin: bers of this Hon. Court, we considered the sakt n ,..; and are of opinion it i s no t ex p e di ent f or t h e insPeci—, to exercise the dutie s o f th e i r office upon Sund a, ' within this city." Sir P. LAURIE said the committee had recoalt; mended that the in s p ec t ors s h ou ld no t b e direeted o inspect the weight s an d measures o f tradespeePleh 0 $ Sundays, becaus e t o emp l oy th e i nspectors in ati c tb , manner would be sancti on i ng S un d ay t ra ding by , authority of the Court o f Ald ermen . H e wo uld tell tb poor, however, for their government, that the 51143 0 f keepers who traded on Sunday were the grossest is all the impostors with whom they could come contact. Alderman COPELAND owned that there were day culties to be contended with in the matter of S u r n fni a trading. He was no t f or prevent i ng th e poor .. - be getting nece,saries on Sunday morning, ' b ut k, wished that the tradi ng s h ou ld cease a t n i n e ool° c re , The report was agreed to, and a report Was P the sented to the Court, stating that Mr. Teague+, re . principal clerk a t th e G u il d h a ll P o li ce - cour t, hali A. signed his situati on . Th e resignation was accep te t u The Court then pr ocee d e d t o discu ss some oa ters of no public interest with closed doors. PILCHARD FISHERY. NEWQUAY.—Large shoals of pilchards wer e se : n (l off Towan Head on T ues d ay l ast, an d it is belies — that they were passing to the westward. Some 1111 ;. dreds of pilchards were t a k en amongs t the herr irlg but no shoal has been seen in the bay. full of ST. IVES.—On M o nd a y l as t thi s bay was pilchards, and the num b ers i nc l ose d were as folloWo 80. —Wearne and Vict o ri a C o ., 7 , 000 h og sheads; t , litho and Co., 7,000 h ogs h ea d s; U n i on CoMP s ,, rj f i : 3,000 hogsheads ; Hit c h ens an d C o., 4,000 hog'shes;A Tremearne and Co., 700 hogsheads ; liock in g„ g ly Co., 200 hogshead s ; F a ithf u l Gl ean er C° l.l3l— Tia; 2,000 hogshead s ; an d th e N ew Gl eane r, 10 0 . tef weather is now very fi ne , an d it i s h o ped the g rea e ► part will be saved, but a s th e quan tities are so Deb it is quite uncertain. f fish PORTHLEAVEN.—Con s id era bl e quantities o op were taken by the driving boats of this port re Monday and Tuesday l as t, an d som e fine shoals we seen on the same days off Porthleaven. Fi sh We re d also seen from the look-outs at Gunwalloe snLe Mullion, but too deep for the seans to enclose. scans at both those ports are manned, and ready inclosing, as also around the coast at Cadg with, &e' West Briton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 8. STOCK EXCLIANGE.—The sales are—Bi r k en head, , 3 118 .0. 11 ; cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Sh ares (l ate C. anunor 14 1 / 2 —London and North-Western, 15314—Ditto, ters (G. J.), 36 3 / 4 —Londial and South-Western, 5 4 0 . I, Manchester, Sheffield, and Li nco l ns hi re, Q uar t e rs, p.—Ditto, Preference, l i e p.—Midland Stock , TO* Ditto, 401. Shares, 41—Ditt o, Halves, 1 1 7 8 dis.—N"' North' tish, Halves, No-th Staffordshire, A': Id.)' Union, 201 c.—Shrewsbury and► Chester (late IN• " Neff 1 1 7 , 1 2 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 27:% No. 1, 6 dis.—Ditto. No. 4,48 s. 9d. dis.— York, N w c pi t to and Berwick N. and B. Extensions), No. 2, And; (G. N. E. Purch.), 6 per cent., 1 / 2 p.—York.and .naris land (East and West Ridi ng E xtens ion), 6% Rouen, 35. c•—Ditteo, MANCHESTER Nov' 8. Lan t c er t i ire ; STOCK ExcHANGB.—The sales are— Ea sy t Quar_ itt , 5 dis.—Ditto, New, 5 3-16 e. dis. Ditto, Ne dis.—Huddesfield and Manchester (221. paid), 5 d i i , s , L d °ll Thirds, 1 9-16 dis —Lancashire and Yorkshire, i'" -s so dis—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2% dis.— " r ,„ a te North-Western (Manchester and Birmin ham) , ' 4-- r bire (A), 3 9.16 p.—North Staffordshire, 9.16 is. • 2 g d' -- - S hr°Pl6 9- Union, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 9 6 per dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference (Boa r. cent. till 1850), r p.—Ditto, Extensions, N 0.2, %s' LEEDS, NOVEMBER .8 r hir e ? STOCK EX CHANGE .—Th e sa l es are —E as t - , %,,, art o cas r tberi l l New, 4 7 ' dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 16 s . c . di s . —Great •'-` 6 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 13s. d n i to burP (West Riding Union), 525. dis. Leeds and "'; Branches (bl ue ), 20 s. di s.— L eeds and Thi rs k, proe; Ditto, Preferen ce , 31 s . di s. —Midl an d , 1074—D "" -- r. S tiV No e O rence, 2s. dis.—N o rth B r i t i s h , Thi r d s, s s . dis.--r fordshire, 7s. dis.—N ort h-W estern, 4% dis.---lork, castle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 15e. P' SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 8. count ies STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—E ;lit ern."— gay' y (York Ext ens i on ), 2 di s.— G reat N ort h e rn, 6 die chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, N . o' 1, 9 —North-Western, 41h dis. EDINBURtiII, NOVEMBER 6. A real. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Dunde e and Quarters, 45s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 93" e • s l or ther ll ,.' Ditto, Halves, 12 , A ex div.—Edinburgh ant i GO" Newport. s%—Ditto, ditto, New, Reg., 235. "" n ' tor te)* Northern, 31s. 6d. —North British, 25 IA _itto, whir" 798. —Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), Bs. 6d.—Pllt°' ;$l9O l l Reg., 31s.—Scottish Central, 21% ex bonus.--Sbre and Chester, 10/. share (8 per cent. guar.), 90s. - r it THE ALLEGED CASE OF POISONING A T ••-• MORCHARD.--Eu7ther Committals. The countY trates have been a g ai n occu pied with a lengthe, ne v il i' c li rd u tigation connected w ith th s dden death or " ---ii irect Fisher, at Cruwys M orc h ar d. Our readers Will ITO' Af that a feW weeks since, Ann Fisher, wife of the des death by committed for trial, on a chargé of causing his L e O. ,erclerrekputotedthepamraagmiosturra,teasb, and Mary J a p r oison. On Wednesday, at the office of Mr. 01 330 viTaivreyrtonno,dTgelj,°yhe to sister,Leach, were examined on a charge of being sce °66 ; ° „ C ths the murder. The examination lasted from ton MO morning until late at night, when both were coral°. the (or trial, ;and taken on the following morning t ° to r County Gaol at Exeter, in the custody of SuPe rlD , 5 0 dent Harford, whose vigilance and activity in t h e ill the have been unceasing. Mr. Tanner, the attorney f 9 r d prisoners, being ab sen t in London, his clerk atter: l °,4h their behalf, but was excluded by the magistrates Yes' such strict privacy was the enquiry conducted. -- tern Times. BIRTHS. 4 On the 25th of Sept., the lady of A. C. Cumberbatcb , 94 Consul-General at Constantinople, of a daughter. liffO• On the sth inst.. at George-street, Euston-squa r6 Palmer, of a son. n Gore , On the 6th in3t., at Hyde-park -gate, Konsillg'°- the lady of James Pratt Barlow, Esq., of a d a ughter tens ot. On the 4th inst., a t Athlone, the lady of Lieu Colonel Ricketts, R o y a l Scots Grays, of a daughter..se ,rife o f On the sth inst., i n J o h n -street, Bedford - roll , tu William Grimwood Taylor, Esq., of a son. dy Of C lll3. On the sth inst., at a l Limerick, the Din+ tain Charles Norris, 64th Regiment, of a son . head On the 6th inst., the lady of the Rev. Dr. Menu.' master of the City of London School, of a daughter. f h On the 2d of Sept., at R B RI ad E d D a gamma, Ceylon , e Jane Edward Newman of Palamoottah, South ndiaiptotero, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Leapidge Smith , of ter- row, London. i On the 4th inst., at Coolock Church, near Dublin, Veyiltelo Henry Rucker, Esq., jun., of Clapham-common, Stivrre Mary Antoinette, eldest daughter of J. D. Willianls , , -' s c i; s oo On the 6th inst., at St. Peter's, Pimlico, Th Ow a s e let s Cu,,dy, Esq., to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of th e John Cort, Esq. ' Dither' On the 6th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, James Robert wood, Esq., of Charles-square, t o K e turah, widow of Young, - Esq., of Manor House, Bromley, Middlese---- DIED. f daughter o the lat. On the.2sth ult., Ha rr i e tt, th e e ld es t Mr. John Smith, of Streatham-common, Surrey. ~ garie , On the 4th iust., at G rove -t errace , Hammersmith, of the late M r , J ames D av i es , On the Bth inst., in the vestry of his church, Spitalfields, the Rev. R. O. Dillon, D.D., aged 52. lite r of sec ond &lug On the Bth inst., at Holloway, Eleanor, the late Anthony Soulby, Esq., aged 30. aged 68. w .- 0 , 04 00, „ chola On the 6th inst., at Portman-street, Pore", Blackett, Esq., surgeon, R.N., aged 60. e d 61- On the 7th inst., in Islington, Mr. Richard B ull, ag _ A 7 6. On the 7th inst., in Spitat-square, Mr. Le Mare, On the 7th inst., F re d er i c Thomas, yo unges- Gillery Pigott, Esq. , stre et ' e s' On the Bth inst., at Brook's-wharf, Upper T hy Mr. Charl es Ni ven , age d GO tagirlild of USG , 3t London: Printed and Published by MURDO YO— vn 11 2 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oflicei 4 'l...'" oi Strand, in the Precinct f the Savoy, in the pow" Middlesexjuteday, November 0,184 T.