The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-01 00:00:00

tile company. They expected an increase o eoals. They expected a from the iron trade. In fact, lie eei“..--, - Birkenhead would become the depot for the iron trade of the Mersey. They that trade as much as possioie. - been taken up by the managers and the tl the past half year, in arranging the of c ompany, an d other intricate negociat' hoped they had now got through all di fficulties, and should have a free tions, in the improvement of the his own view of the prospect ' bad every thing to expect. been considered a tnoe ' __ the Birkenhead railway would become, if not o largest, at least one of the most respect country. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, he did not see the p resent moment they should be decried. They were he thought, in as good a position as any line could Possibly be, with the exception of the smallness o dividend, which he trusted would improve. As regarded their position, they owed nobody anything, and they endeavoured to do their business in a more business like e M anner, an d should continue to do so. But ofccurs Mita the attain ment of the good object for which the line was made, and such a larg e e x p en dit ur e had been ineurred,—the completion of the dock s —they could not expect the great things which were ori g i na lly hoped for in the foundation of the line. When the docks were completed a great increase in the traffic must take place, and much benefit be derived by the shareholders. As regarded their position with other companies, he was Very glad to say that although they had an arbitration Pend ing with the Great Western Company, they were on very friendly terms with them all. He did not kr 'ba t there was the least thing to complain of ' " a pe or w ay. They had been at'emptinir Nvith th e Great Western Company ' ntents, which they r'' -. " ', M Pany tho ug h' atch they oth . oisposed to give. an, ,el°linliany were now exercising its running , n powers, to pay , e tolls whi c h they were to be called ono would be settled ve arbitration. referred, and very; ry by soon thz .11t P o rtant subject which toe., teferenee to the Liverpool corporate. eetnPany considered it necessary to P. POsition to defendthe rights and pri,ll,gt- d on which b ead, _. . . _ , . the which were very considerable, an i.i_ Y had spent a large _atm of noney, and had, tnerefore, prepared a petal ion, he would . not say 4ust-t wa s against the Liverpool corporation bill, for he ed there would be no hostility whatever between di e m' e but the reverse. At the same time the directors feel that they i had something to d e f en d, or w hi c h at h ad o !ny rate, they should be in a positio n t o d e f en d. Th ey dinbtained that end, and they were now in a position efend their rights. As regarded the town dues. they iiltnot think it ryas teir duty or their business at all to erfer a l ine , therefore, as a body, they had not inter fered at They might each have their own individual °inions upon the subject, but as a body they did not thi nk it right to interfere. As regarded the rights and Privileges of Birkenhead, he thought the question was 11 An°Pi v ery broad one, an d if lie might be allowed t o ex p ress It nion he thought the Liverpool corp ora ti on would e e very s hort-sighted, un l ess t h ey took advant age o f B ' u ,'_ / erY pri v il ege the Mersey could give them. He believed o ' t ,ere was deeper water at Birkenhead, and there were thner advan tages at Birkenhead w hi c h were not upon e other side, a n d h e, therefore, hoped the Liverpool corporationco would l oo k a t t hi ngs — not as they might interns them at present, not as if there were two iterests, which from the short time that had elapsed since the corporation made the purchase, they might, Perhaps, still consider—but that they would look at Pangs as they would be some ten years hence by antici ,-,`"• lie thought it behoved the Liverpool corporation 1", de al with the subject in that manner, looking at it as iliu_e_Y•probably would lock at it ten years hence ; and i l ." 10 13 to the utmost every advantage which could possi aueiul st be o btained at Bi r k en h ead. They should look upon the (H On as if Liverpool and Bi r k en h ea d were one, and he right no l ess a view than that would satisfy anyone. deal .ar ' b ear.) The next question with which he had . to ref ire not not of so pleasant a character—it was with to some unsettled accounts. They could not expect him to give the particulars of them, because on some bal-:of them they expected to be able to receive some lyg in the pound, therefore it would be undesirable to - ,.7 e them üblic ; but the whole amount included the le- d e ri w al account p of the permanent way, £14,848, and B t ll 2 - 4 "e l o o accident account, £9,242 , , ti ' °. Their loss upon the steam .-..w unsettled, they took as loss, altho t`Ontually, to have the money paid. NV, directors the amount was £35,970. Now, tha, t°&rectors proposed, with the permission of the meeting, Place to a " sus pense account," taking it out of the bo oks ,_ altogether. On 11 - lother side of the question they nad _., nearly £5,000 wising from premiums on shares and ff of niatters, which they could deal with as a set-o . vtagainst the other; and they had also property which . it t 1(3 itnpessible to value perfectly at present, amounting the lame 5 „, A surn• They therefore proposed wiping off b e i 3- " , ui as that property was realised, the property f th-ng eurplus lands and other things not necessary . or Also e arrYlng on of the railway. There was another thing rit h n e whi . eh it was important he should inform them. ep • rolling stock of the company had never been st ock atPPed, and there had been never sufficient rolling eh Provided. It was necessary, therefore, that they en ,,. n kl have an amount o f money to provide the en;"Pjny with pr oper working tools, and to procure 0., the en gines and carriages fit for carrying f orth " n their b usiness. A sum of £40,000 would he requir e d by a t Purp ose. The two sums together would be covered sham s suPposed value of surplus land and can celled h eron ", He thought if gentlemen would consider those be theneali - ng, with the account in that way, they would s i,,, very free from charges of all kinds. They should th - l e NY have a certain div pay upo sh wch j Y haenu were y of ar f acquainted idend with from the ares firs hi of t the pr esent year, a:to and depreciation fund might roli P ; u 1 "ide not only f or repairs but also for renewal of al in ing stock and permanent way. He considered that Perie tit a 44 , 0 00 a Year would keep the rolling stock and the w e , 4 — .nent way in tor,oer. The past half year's working tolling equal this —that they could keep their th. g stock and permanent way in order, aud also pay cecnZnareholders out of the half year's earnings, two per tearto rn ~ Ile confidently trusted and felt that they had ri a corner, and that their accounts would from that The i n ,Prove. The traffic at present was improving. th e j had not for the last two or three weeks pnblished orer traffic on account of their arbitration with the ntneav,Western. If they did that they might shew a a nd iltarger receipt, perhaps, tban they ought to sheer, 4 th ‘uey, therefore, thought it desirable not to publish inin order that they should not give any information r eee ea might be prejudicial to the company. The t 2o l Pts for the week ending February 17th, shewed 24th6 16 s 7d increase. The increase for the week ending p ro ' h ;of February was £95 18s 7d. The the' r ' et Ore, had probably, noticed that during enable ast half year the directors had been The to make some reduction in the expenditure. uto l had some hope of going still further, by a different ', r ue of working the traffic, which would commence whf 8"71- They were ordering some new carriages, ti , ch they had been obliged to do, and in the construe henof 'which they would effect a saving, as they would le capable of carrying a great many snore passengers cla ss had hitherto been able to carry by the present IllOtBB of carriage. The engineer considered that they lid save a great deal of working expenses by this 'ansi and by mine. a different class of engines for pas- Rerhnengr traffic, Which they intended to put in operation, aps, upon the Ist April, for the purpose of working the Birkenhead and Chester passenger traffic, starting from each end hourly. If anything should induce persons build upon the line between Chester and Birkenhead, the directors intended to give them every opportunity and facility, lie had great leasure in tellin the ro prietors, that as regarded the ors and sergvantspthe directors had made considerable improvements. Some time ago, he regretted to say, they bad an unfaithful servant. He thought, in that respect, every change they had made was for the benefit and advantage of the would be Co mpany • and he now trusted that everything conducted in an honest and proper manner, and he had great faith and confidence that it would be so. As ,tkegarded the traffic manager, he should say, that although they might be disappointed with the increased traffic of , su e Past year, the manager had had a great amount of " °O l to get through, and he had got through it to the satisfaction of the directors, and of all with whom he ethe in contact. (Hear, hear.) He did n o t know that :nere were any furth er o b servations which it w.s neces bap' fo . him to make, and he should, therefore, conclude ille vlng that the report and statement of accounts be reeeived, confirmed, and adopted by the meeting. fr. Darbishire seconded the resolution. at Pickering asked how it was that their expenses tai `le Chester station had increased, while those of the m d e and North Western Company there had creased 8 The Chairman replied that the accounts were kept heacording to the business done, and if their expenses i t d increased while those of that company had decreased, (% e ns proof that they have done more business Fie L a e .. than the London and North Western Company. „,....a hear) en''-., Webster wished to know what were the prospects or . t 7; n ich the directors relied for a further development courier trAic in connecti :n with Staffordshire and the erntnY diveming south of Stockport ? also the source iro n, w hich' ) they expected the large quantities of e onsi and the market to which it was intended to be in oe, laed He wished those questions to be answered ti_ beer that he might test the soumlness of the expecte heuulged ih by the directors, but at the same time th_sgged to congratulate his brother shareholders on and t p la r 4 e l ad of peace among all noinpanies (hear, hear), prosperous prospects of their line. Yew traffic from considerable increase of traffic that they were 'ere laying out plans to encourage A good deal of time had I capital r tors du ry and of the I pur vhy at Hear, hear.) t they were entitled to rs did not feel lesti(;n had t f in a dividends with what makinz t zether that as eps as they rectior TRADE rs Ind arlev, 2 'ianies were placed on a more favourable basis than ... They were the only company unencumbered wir h guarantees for other lines—the only one which had not created preference capital, and which had so small ' , mount of borrowed money in relation to the paid-up (Hear, hear.) Is also congratulated the meeting on the wed prospects of the company, and the character of ccounts which they had received, which were intel- There was one matter, however, in (nem, w.. ne regretted to see. They to have a large expenditure on the capital it, but he could not see how it was possible, after expended something like £4OOO a mile on the 3f the line, they could now require £40,000 for that There was no railway in the country which ble lines of the I had expended that amount of money on the locomotive the length of line over which they travelled— Titherington :55 miles. You forget that we run e London and North Western line to Manchester. Mr:l‘l , lls'continued to say, that even in that case, they were still in excess of any railway in the country, anti he was, therefore, alarmed at the statement of the chairman, that they were going to expend £40,000 for the purpose in question. lie saw no prospect of an increase of traffic to warrant such an expenditure, and furthermore he was led to believe, from the returns before him, that they were taking half their traffic at an absolute loss. lie should like to know the rate of goods and tonnage, carried from and to each side of the Mersey, for he believed that whatever increase had taken place in their traffic, had been swept away by the charges of the Bridgewater trustees. He was informed, that the charge le Bridgewater trustees was 2s the ton, but he hat was a most extravagant )f goods such a distant: , which last year was put ), was this time valued at £55,000. He )re wished to kuow if the land had been revalued, Lad for the purposes of sale ? The Chairman in reply said that it was impossible to rake any better arrangement with the Bridgewater Trust .t which at present existed ; and that whatever ?any paid for the transport of the goods across they added to the ordinary charge. As they ioats of their own, the arrangement was a matter sity, and they had made the best they could. kit their surplus land had not been reva- surpi lued, but the single lot which had been revalued, had been found to have increased in price. Their surplus land was now in the hands of a land agent at Birkenhead, who would from time to time submit offers for purchase, and if those offers were fair and reasonable the company would at once accept them. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the now estimated expense for rolling stack, they should bear in mind that there never was any rolling stock purchased for the Cheshire Junc tion line. He himself had been startled at the amount when first placed before him, but on investigation he found that it was absolutely necessary to the carrying on of the business of the company. Mr. Burley observed that they had resources in hand, though not realised, from which the £40,000 would ulti mately be provided, and that, therefore, it would not be the large expenditure on capital account which Mr. Mills designated it. Mr. Healey said he agreed:with Mr. Mills that the plant aad cost more than that of other lines, but lie did not blame the present board of direction for it. (Hear, hear.) He strongly objected to their having any suspense account, or the taking out of the capital account any sum of money that had been placed there as a charge. He would rather that the directors would say to the proprietors, " You have divided £75,000 too much, and the question now is, whether you will have it taken out of your future divi lends, or increase your capital account by that sum ?'' Hear, hear.) That really was the question to solve, and ---' therefore, determine .whether they go without. )r the next year or two, on debit the capital had hitherto been improperly paid out of the The Chairman replied that for himself he was quite willing to adopt either course, but he thought that which the Diretors suggested the best. There was no question bur that the amounts ought to have been paid out of e, bilt the truth was it could not have been so and same time have paid dividend. They could not sfer them to capital account, and the only opea was the suspense account as recom- Mills': How does the board propose to r ai se the rman : In no other manner than under our borrowing powers. Mr. Bancroft observed that there could be no question was an increasing of the capital account by £e75,000, ' the intermediate course of a suspense account could 'n reality alter the transaction. lie did not agree (statement that reveuve had been paid in former l-ould not have been paid, and that capital Me to the amount stated. As to "unts had been made up they on reven the were one-sixth higher than the rates of the euziespUutlin 4 t, , period of last year, and they were as high as the trade of the district would bear. The Chairman remarked that they would not require to spend the £40,000 for probably twelve or eighteen months, but it was thought advisable now to get permission for the expenditure. The report was then unanimously adopted. Tao Chairmanlnuved that a;dividend for the half-year ending the 31st December last, at the rate of 2 per cent, per annnm be declared Mr. Titt gton seconded the motion, and declared -Wend had been honestly earned he, as a ald demand as a right the earnings of the in the half-year. (Hear, hear.) m was unanimously agreed to. It was also resolved that the directors be empowered to rrow £50,000 under the provisions of the company's acts of Parliament ; and that they be authorised to take such med advisab'e in regard to the bills before parliaMent, which affected the company. Mr. H. C. Beloe moved that the company be authorised to open a suspense account, to be debited with the balance of the Sutton accident and the rolling-way account, and credited with the surplus land as sold, and the amount realised as premiums on shares, and that the particulars be laid before the shareholders at each half-yearly meeting•. Mr. Taunton seconded:the motion. lett and Mr. Titherington, as members of the ,ssured the proprietors that they might be fully the discharge of their duty towards the com- pang, and that if time were given them they would place it above all its difficulties. Mr. Titherington further stated in illustration of their improving prospects, that one plot of their land was valued the other day at £B,OOO or £lO,OOO more than they had paid for it. (Hear hear.) The motion was unanimously adopted. Thanks were voted by acclamation to the chairman, after which the meeting separated. REPORT.-FRIDAY, LIVERPOOL. COTTON: In the commencement of the week an animated feeling prevailed, the market was exceedingly firm, and prices were rather higher ; during the last two days the enquiry has slightly fallen off, and less buoyancy i s ap parent at the i m pro v e men t. F or th e middling and bf tter qualities of American, prices are about 1-16 d per lb. higher, whilst for the low middling and ordinary kinds, last week's rates with difficulty obtained. Brazil and Egyptain in improved request, and dearer. Surat firm, on the better, and scarce and very dear, for the middling and common qualifies. The weekly sales are reported 65,530 bales ;of which 13,320 are on speculation, and 3,250 for export. This week. Prices paidsCurrt. Prices. Import Sales. Description. this week. Mid. F a i r . St oc k s . --- ---- ---- --- d. d. d. d. 728 , 5 820 S ea I s l an d - 7 to 3 4 12 334 ' i 11720 Upland - -42 to 7 51 64 1258920 - • 6 5 93 Mobile - - 5 t o 61 5{ 61 14956 27230 New Orleans 4f to 70 el 62 3067 3260 Brazil --51 to 71 6i 62 58580 2551 2150 Egyptian --51 to 9i 6 64 3 4 870 . 920 West India - ~ to ~1 5i 6i 1510 .. 12792 East India - 32 to 5 143 4 9-16 26210 394790 SUGAR : The demand continues to improve, and prices have been paid to- day which could not previously have been realised; the transactions comprise nearly 200 hhds Plantation, chiefly Demerara from 358 to 375, including grainy at 41s to 42s 3J, 200 bags yellow Dates at 37s 63, 8,500 mats Mauritius at 393 6d, and 130 cases, 700 bags Bahia at 37s 31 per cwt. ; besides which 3,200 mats damaged Mauritius were sold by auction with eunsideratile competition at 353 t, 37 3d, and 350 bats Madras at 31 to 318 3d • Runs : There is a beftrr (lempid, 150 puncheons Demo, rara OFFEE having IN ~.,,ed p i evions prices. with all Of the Rio effered by au ct i on, a b out 170 bags faults sold at 28 3 6d to 293 6d per cwt. TEA : The market is m o d erately firm, but not much Jusiness passing. RICE : 800 bags Necransie are reported at 10s, and 100 Ca. olina at 23s per cwt. I TIME : 260 bags, but the price has not transpired. Jug. : 'hat offered by auction did not find buyersby ,rivate, 800 bales have changed hands, the prices of which lave not tra aired. ConN : With a limited attendance of millers and dealerse it our Corn Exchange this morning, th e trade ruled v dull for wheat, at a decline of 2d per bush e l, with only ry a moderate amount of business passing. Flour was in slow request, although offered is per sack and barrel below Tuesday's currency. Barley quite neglected, and 2d per bushel lower. Beans nominally unchanged. Oats and oat ,: eal moved slowly at a reduction of ld per bushel on the former, and 64 per load on the latter. Indian corn was again freely offered, and few buyers appearing, prices gave way Is per qr. Arrivals—lreland, 1,463 qrs wheat, 387 irs barley, 8 qrs malt, 3,773 qrs oats, 15 qrs beans, 1,616 tacks oatmeal, 1,151 sacks, 24 brls flour. Coastwise, 207 r s oa . s, 2 qrs beans. United States qrs 6.737 wheat, 4,310 .ian co rn , 9,297 brls flour. Europe, &c., 80 qrs oats. Egypt, 5,140 qrs wheat, 1,534 qrs be a ns. T o tal, 13,340 qrs wheat, 387 qrs barley, 8 qrs malt, 4,060 qrs oats, 1,551 rs beans, 4,310 qrs Indian c0rn,1,616 sacks oatmeal, 1,151 9,321 brls flour. E xports—Foreign parts, 14 qrs - ,125 qrs oats, 8 qrs pease, 32 sacks oatmeal. Ire nd, 278 qrs witest,lo qrs barley, 4,804 vs Indian corn, th,al NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, MARCH 1,1856. 630 brig Indian meal, 500 sacks, 160 brls flour. Coastwiee, 1,330 qrs wheat, 10 qrs pease, 6 qrs Indian corn, 65 sacks, brls flour. let > Runcorn, nil. The a rivals and exports are from 26 to 28 February. P. MAKIN & SONS. PROVISIONS : The sales of beek for the week are again over the average extent, and the tone of the market is more assured, partly in coneeqtynce of the contin ue d accounts of short packing, but it is difficult to convince the trade on this point, seeing that the arrivals exceed those of last year. The market for pork, owing to the want of supply, is tolerably steady, but with increased arrivals, lower rates must be anticipatdd. Bacon is well cleared off at Last week's prices, and the quality of this year's cure conti nues to give great satisfaction. Thereis a fair consumptive demand for lard, and the week's sales reach nearly 100 tons, chiefly at easier prices. Cheese, since the auction, has remained quiet; prices steady. Tallow, though far from active, maintains late quotations. REVIEW OF THE WEEK : The business in Ashes is con fined to retail sales of Pots at 39s per cwt, and a small lot of Pearls at 44s to 45s per cwt. Of Brimstone, about 150 tons brought £5 6s 3d to £5 7s 6d for 3rds and £5 12s 61 per ton for Ists ex quay. Nitrate : The sales will reach 100 tons at 16s 4d to 163 6d per cwt for inferior, and 17s 6d per cwt for fine quality. Saltpetre : 450 bags sold at 303 for 121 per cent, 33s for 31 per cent, and 34s 6d per cwt for 21 per cent refraction. Dyewoods—Logwood : Small sales of Campeachy at £8 15e, and 80 tons B'. Domingo brought £7 5s to £7 10s. Fustic : 160 tons Curacoa at auction brought £5 10s. Camwood : 15 tons sold at £l3 7s to £l5 10s, and 5 tons Sepanwood at £l5 Sc, Lima Nicaraguawood is much wanted, and commands extreme prices. Madder Roots are firm, though the business is confined to small sales of Turkey at the quota. tions, 50 bales Bombay at 35s 6d to 365, and 15 bales Naples all faults at 35s 6d; French Madders are inquired for at 47s Gd to 48s. Argole : About 30 casks Red Oporto sold at 36s for very low, up to 43s for best quality ; 20 boxes Perugia White brought 87s to 87s Gd. Tartars continued firm, cream at 115 s, yellow at 105 s, and brown at 85s to 90s, but the transactions are only in retail. Persian Yellow Berries : 30 bales new reported at 5133 6d. Sumac : 500 bags Palermo sold at Ils to I Is 93, damaged at lOs 31 to 11s 61, and Tyrol at Sc 9d. Concentrated Lemon Juice retails at the quotations. In Cutch there is nothing worth reporting, and Gambier small sales at 16s 61. Indigo : 10 chests Kurpah sold at 2s 6tl to 3s 4,1. Safflower : 15 bales Bengal brought £5 16s. The Cochineal was withdrawn, for a small advance on the biddings. 40 chests Gum Arabic sold at 20s 6d to 445. Shell Lac :40 chests (all faults) at auction brought 51s to 518 3d for orange, and 40s 31 to 40s 61 low qualities. Turmeric : 120 bags Bengal are reported at 31s. Gum Kaurie : Small sales at 29s 6d. Sago Flour in retail brought 20s to 20s 6d, and some 300 bags sold on terms not made public. Castor Oil : A few cases sold at 6d. Oils— Olive : The sales are on a small scale, and confined to indirect Taranto at £52 10s, and £49 102 to £5O for Lisbon. Linseed : A considerable demand has imparted a much firmer feeling to the market; and there now being little in second hands, prices have an upward tendency ; the sales will reach 250 tons at 34s to 35s 6d per cwt. Rape is quiet at the quotations. Fish Oils are unaltered in value, with but little business doing. Palm more inquired for, and fully 1,000 tons have been taken on the spot and by a vessel now due, at £3B to £39, and retail parcels at £39105. to £4O per tor. Linseed Cake : American thin oblong held at £lO lOs to £ll per ton ; English in moderate request at £ll 5s per ton. Guano : Peruvian moves off pretty freely at £ll to XII lOs per ton, and Ichaboe at £BlOB. Patago nian he'd at £5 lOs to £6 103 per ton, as in quelity. Bee's Wax : Beyond retail sales of American at late rates, there is nothing to report. Lard : The business of the week will reach 150 tons at 54s for fair. 55s to 56s 6d for fine American, and 47s 63 per cwt for adulterated. Seeds : A further improvement has taken place in Linseel, 1,000 pkts Calcutta sold at 60s, and 500 bags have since been placed at 62s 6d to 63s 63 per cwt, the latter being now the lowest quotation for E. I. Rape : 1,600 bags Calcutta on the spot brought 58s for sound, and 500 qrs to arrive 57s per qr. Gingelly 800 bags sold at 57s 6d, and 300 Y. Mustard at 55s per qr. Clover : 100 bags and 80 bales French red brought 68s per cwt, and a few lots of American 65s to 71s per cwt. Naval Stores—Turpentine : Arrivals of rough 770 barrels, of which 315 brls inferior sold at 7s 9d per cwt : good quality held for extreme prices. Spirits : Rather more doing within the last few days at about late rates. Rosin is quiet at 4s 6d to 43 7d per cwt for common, and 5s Gd per cwt for fair medium ; total sales 2,000 brls. Tar : Nothing to report. Chemicals —Soda Ash is steady at 2 3-16 d to 2-Id. Bleachi ng P ow d er £ll. Green Copperas : 20 tons sold at 555. Tartaric Acid has been in better demand, and fully 20 tons sold during the week at is 411 to Is 51d, according to delivery. Bicarbonate of Soda steady at £l4. F. J. EATON LONDON CORN: The arrivals of both wheat and flour are small, the former consisting of 1,750 quarters English, and 3,690 quarters of foreign, and the latter 420 and 100 sacks respec tively. The trade was dull in the extreme, and some forced sales of Essex wheat were made at a decline of 2s per quarter. Foreign wheat was nominally the same as before. Barley dull, at Monday's rates. Oats were rather cheaper than otherwise. Beans and peas unchanged. SUGAR : We have had a firm and active market during the week ; a large amount of business has been done, and prices have further advanced. Refined market has been steady, but not active. COFFEE : Plantation Ceylon has been dull of sale, and the parcels offered by auction were chiefly bought in or withdrawn. About 3,000 bags native Ceylon have been sold establishing a decline of about Is per cwt., common to superior selling at 49s to als 63. TEA : C9IIIMOII congou, with prompt, has b?en enquired for at 93 per lb., and sales have been made at 81d cash. RICE : This article remains dull of sale. S &LTPETRE : Common qualities have alvanced about is but only a limited business has been done. SPICES : Cassia Lignea sold at a decline 4s per cwt. ; other spices are about previous rates. Rum: The market has become inactive, but prices are not altered. COTTON : A large amount of businesss has been done, establishing an advance of about id per lb. TALLow : The msrkec continues firm ; quotations are as follows—Town Tallow, 51s net cash ; Petersburg Y. C., on the spot, 59s 6d ; February to March, 59s 6d ; March to April,:s4s 6il. CATTLE : The number of beasts is larger, and the demand litnitel, consequently prices are lower for all kinds, and several remain unsold ; the supply of sheep also exceeds the demand; trade is excessively slow at lower rates. Calves are lower. Lambs are in request at fully 7s per 81bs. From Germany and Holland there are 27 beasts and 109 calves; Spain 98 beasts, Norfolk and Suffolk 500, and 120 mulch cows from the home counties. HOP : Messrs Pattendenamd Smith report that there is a steady demand for the b es t co l oured samples, at firm prices, but there is very little doing in the lower descriptions. COAL : Tanfield Moor, 15s 3d. 141 fresh ships at market. YESTERDAY'S MARKETS, WAKEFIELD CORN : Wheat very dull, and 2s lower. Barley firm at late prices. Beans and oats dull. DUBLIN CORN: The market was exceedingly depressed— few transactions occurred, and these were only to the extent of supplying present wants. Best samples of wheat barely supported the rates of Tuesday. Middling qualities, as well as oats and barley, offered at lower prices, which to a trifling extent were realized. Holders found it difficult to sell. Indian corn, even by retail, and when offered at lower figures, we believe that sales could not be effected. BELFAST CORN : At Farmers' market not much produce prices unchanged. At the Corn Exchange good inquiry for foreign wheat and Indian corn, the latter would have met a ready sale, bat was held at a rate above the ideas of buyers. (33tx CORN : White wheat, 37s to 383; red do, 309 to 369 9d ; barl y, 17s to 203 6J ; oats, 128 to 123 61. Pork, 38s 6d. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, The meeting of the Eastern Counties Railway was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Mr. Waddington in the chair, and was of that violent character which distinguishes the proceedings of this company. The report was taken as read, and on the motion that it be received and adopted, an amendment was proposed to receive the report only so far as related to the dividend, &c. That amendment was carried by a majority. The motion that the sum of £2,000 per annum, now paid to the chairman be discontinued, Was carrii'd by a vast majority. A resolution was carried, with acclamation, that a sum of £2lB 193 10,1, expenses ut of pocket of the Committee of Investigation, and with a vote of thanks to those gentlemen for their services. A dividend of 43. 6d. per i share was declared. On the show of hands being taken, the shareholders candidates for the direc'orships, Messrs. Helps, Orr and W alters, were declared returned by a largo majority, thus ousting Mr. Waddington and Mr. Packe. A poll was demanded, which commencd at six o'clock, p.m., and is to be con tinued this day. Thursday the poll will be declared. SIGNAL GUNS AT HOLYHEAD. It will be seen from the following letter that the Board of Trade have determined, upon the representations of the Liverpool Steam Ship Association, to afford a further and great protection to vessels passing Holyhead in thick weather by arranging to discharge signal guns of large size during the continuance of fogs : Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Marina Department Whitehall, 27th February, 185t3. Pi ' o — ft i lle l 2t aua -rleittBeirrd h irected by the Lords of the Committee of .ivy c ouncil fo r T rade to acknowledge t h e rece i pt o f your ultimo, rel a ti ve t o the necessity of placing fog guns at the South Stack Lighthouse. g My Lord s di r e ct me to acquaint you, for the information of the Live rpoo l Stearn Ship Association, that they have decided successi upon placingver two t wenty-four p oun d guns , to be fired in quick on, ey half hour during fo ggy weather, and due notice will be given of the' being it ready for use.— sir, your obedient servant,,l", E. TINNENT. B. J. TI MM "' Esq., Liverp oo l St ea m Ship Associati on Adelaide Buildings, 2, 'lmpel-street, Liverpool. 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TORTURE IN INDIA. The Earl of ALBEMARLE moved for certain despatches in reference to the employment of torture in the collection of the revenue at Madras. He cited a number of cases of torture, and commented upon the conduct of the East India Company, and suggested that the Government should create legislative responsibility in India as existed in other colonies. The motion was accede 1 to by Earl GRANVILLE. and after a i'ricf discussion the papers were ordered. Their Lordships rose at a quarter past six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. The following bills were read a sec )nd time : —lmperial Hotel Company, Worcester and Hereford Railway. LONDON DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY BILL. Upon this bill being moved, Mr. HADFIELD strongly opposed it, and moved as an amendment that it be read a second time this day six months. Sir W. CLAY seconded the amendment. Lori ROBERT GROSTENOR answered the objections against the measure. A division took place, when the number were: . .. For the second reading ... Against it .. . .. .. .. Majority .. ... .. The bill was consequently read a second time, 20 -115 NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr HArrEn7a new writ was ordered for the borough of Boston, in the room of Mr. Gilbert Heathcote, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Cll 1 • . Several petitions were presented were presented relative to church rates, the opening of the Crystal Palace, British Museum, and the new police bill, both for and against. TIIE T►ING OF OEI3E. Mr. OTWAT moved for a return of sums of money bor rowed by the Indian government, or by any persons acting under its authority, from the King of Oude, from 1811 to 1855, showing also what portions (if any) of such loans have been repaid, and whether such repayments, (if any) have been made by money, or by cession of territory, to the King of Oude, and the dates on which such repayments (if any) were made. Agreed to. RELATIONS WITH PERSIA. Mr. LAYARD gave notice that on the next supply night after the present he should call attention to gar relations with Persia. THE ARMY. Mr. LAYARD moved for nominal return of officers, non commissioned officers, and privates mentioned or recom mended for distinguished services in the reports of Generals Codrington and Markham, and in that of the brigadiers attached to their respective divisions, on the occasion of the storming of the Redan on the Bth day of September, 1855. Agreed to. CRIMEAN INQUIRY. In answer to Mr. S. WORTLEY, Mr. PEEL said the report of the commission as to Lords Lucan and Cardigan would be laid before the board of general officers rather than before parliament. Mr. DUNCOMBE inquired whether Sir J. M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch would be allowed to be present at the enquiry, and whether they would be entitled to examine witnesses ? Lord PALMERSTON said, as the enquiry was to be public, Sir J. M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch could of course be present, but with regard to their being permitted to ex amine witnesses, that would be left to the discretion of the board. THE TURKISH EMPIRE. In answer to Mr. BIGGS, who made an enquiry respect ing the intentions of the government with regard to slavery in the Ottoman empire, Lord PALMERSTON said the government had long ago urged the abolition of slavery upon the government of the Porte, and with regard to that which was carried on from the shores of the Black Sea, it had been completely com plied with. The domestic slavery did not come within the scope of the functions of the government. EDMONTON REGIMENT OF MILITIA On the motion for the adjournment over Saturday, Mr. EVELIN drew attention to the state of the Edmonton Royal Regiment of Militia. A.ft:r some remarks from Mr. PEEL, Mr. LAYARD referred to the officers of the regiment in question, declaring the selection to be a Government job. Lord PALMERSTON defended the manner in which the selection of officers was made, and lauded th e con d uct o f the officers of militia, wh o had succeeded, in a very short time, in rendering the militia force well disciplined and efficient. The discussion was pursued by Mr. BYATG, Sir E. PERRY and Colonel Buck. Sir DE LACY EVANS complained that in a return of the Staff in the Crimea, lately presented to Parliament, he had been unjustly treated. The services of other dicers were carefully set down, while his own were stated to be at Chobham, and no reltrence was made to his long services under the Duke of 'Wellington in Spain and France. The motion that the House at its rising do adjourn till Monday was then agreed to. THE ORIMEAN COMMISSION, On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. ROEBUCK rose to move the following resolution : " That the appointment of a commission of general officers to report upon the report of Sir J. 111'Neill and Colonel Tulloch, is to substitute an inefficient for a very efficient mode of enquiry, and that the effect of such appointment will be to hide the misconduct of those by whom various de partments of our army have been subjected to the command of officers who have been inculpated by the commissioners appointed to enquire into their conduct." The hon. and learned member referred to the proceedings of last session with regard to the conduct of the government in the man agement of the army in the Crimea, and stated the circum stances that led to the appointment of the Sebastopol committee, alluding afterwards to the effect of his motion for that committee. The first effect was to drive Lord J. Russell from the ministry; the next to remove the cabinet of Lord Aberdeen ' • and the la s t t o l earn that all the rumors of suffering in the Crimea were too well founded. This had led to the appointment of commissioners by the government to go to the Crimea and report upon the state of the army. The commissioners, in their report, had made charges against certain officers in the army, and these officers should have been tried by a court-martial; but the Government had taken another course, and had put their own commissioners upon trial. By this proceeding, if they were sanctioned by that House, he contended irreparable injury would be done to the service of the army, and the Government wculd never find any ene again willing to undertake the office of commissioner of inquiry. With regard to the composition of the board of /general officers, he observed that there were same who had seen much service, and were eompetent to consider the question ; but there were also some officers who had never seen a shot fired, and he wished to know what claim they had to sit upon the board. The army had been left uncared for, and the men had dizd of cold, hunger, and fatigue, and he warned the House against leaving the army to suppose that they were deserted by their country. Sir J. PAiUNGTON said h e was one of those who enter tained a nad it w opinionhis a s the hon, intentionthho e n. c o ta n an d d u d c rl ea t aw o rf attentionot h d e me Ministry b e tro t hadhi n the strong a ac ntio n s toa a whichsubject ; but he was not th en decide I that this was the proper time to b r i ng f orwar d the question, and had it not referred,t h transactions been for the motion of the hon. and learned member, be should not have placed his opinion on record as he had done, in the shape of an amendment, which, however, he was prevented from moving by the forms of the house. On this, however, h e did no t i mpute anyth i ng to the n o bl e lord at the head of the Government, from whom he had never received anything but courtesy and fairness. And was convinced that the noble lord had sufficient reasons for refusing to allow the hon. and learned member to bring forward the question as a substantial motion. Though believing that the Government had in curred the gravest censure i n almost every department, he . J. Pakington) was not prepared to support the motion of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield, as there were scme points upon which he would be content with a censure upon the ministry, and the motion itself prejudged the question against the officers against whom the charges were made. The right hon, baronet then alluded to the case of Mr. Commissary -General Filder, who, he thought, was treated:unj us tly i n not l earn i ng of the charges against him, for seven months after they were made, and to show the mal-administration of the government, quoted a letter of Mr. Filder, stating that he was only aware of his recall from statements in the newspapers, and that if notice of the recall was sent out, it must have passed him on his return from the Crimea, in consequence of ill health, in in August la st , an d t h at h e h a d n ot up to that time received any intimation of his recall. lie (Sir John Pakington) charged the government with acting wantonly in promoting the officers in the quartermaster's depart• ment, charged by the Crimean commissioners with mis conduct, and remarked that although those officers might be exculpated by the board of general officers, his com plaint of the conduct of the government would not be removed. General PEEL rose in consequence of the observation of Mr. Roebuck in reference to him and others of the Board of Officers who had seen no service, to show that though such was the case it was his misfortune and not his fault. The hon. and gallant member stated that he had been gazetted three days before Waterloo to the 90th Begt., with every chance of seeing service, but that battle had put an end to the war, and he thought be was deprived of th e chance of b e i ng sent on active service. In the present war he had repeateuly asked to be sent out to the East in any capacity, and under such circumstances he thought it unjust to make attacks such as had been made by Mr. Roebuck. But that hon. and learned gentleman was in the habit of assuming guilt upon the slightest grounds, ne g l ec ti ng taw principle that every man should be considered innocent till he had been found guilty. Mr. PEEL replied that it was impossible to discuss the question raised by the hon. and learned member for Sheffield, without encroaching upon the duties of the board of general officers. He denied that the object of the con.. mission was to report upon the report of the Government commissioners, and stated that it was appointed further to examine into the matters touched upon by the Crimean commission, and to ascertain why certain stores were not issued to the troops. He believed that there were good grounds f o r b e li ev i ng th a t th e officersinculpated . the report of C o l one l T u ll och , an d Si r J. M'N e ill, w ere guilty of the charges made against them ; but the Government considered it unjust to condemn them, without giving them an opportunity of exculpating themselves, if possible, and it was therefore provided that they should be heard before a court of general officers. With regard to an observation made by Sir. J? Pakington, that the report of the commissioner ought to have been sent to the Horse Guards before it was laid before Paliament. He remarked that there had been very little delay in placing it before the Horse Guards, and it was considered by the Government that the papers should be laid before Parlia ment without any delay. The principal officers whose conduct had been censured by the committee were Lord Cardigan, Lord Lucan, General Airey, and Colonel Gordon; and the Government were charged with promoting those officers pending the report of the committee. In the first place, Lord Cardigan received his appointment of Inspector General of Cavalry before the Government came into existence by which the committee was appointed, and when all I neland was ringing with praises earned by the famous Balakiava charge. Lord Lucan had received the appointment for which the Government was censured by Sir J. Pakington, and before the committee bad reported, and he held that they were justified in promoting the officer when no charge had been made against him. With regard to the case of Colonel Gordon, he was recommended twice to the offices of deputy quartermaster-general and Queen's aide-de-camp by Lord Raglan, but that recommen dation had not been acted upon, and the only appointment be had recsived was that of colonel, to which be became entitled by seniori.y. General Airey received the appoint ment of quartermaster-general through the influence of Lord Raglan. The hon. member proceeded to explain the circumstances alludad to by Sir J. Pakington in reference to Mr. gilder, and stated that the no . ification of the recall of that gentleman did not reach the Crimea till he had left. The charges made against him in the report of the com mission of June last were kept from him, as the report was into mplete• Mr. BENTINCK charged Mr. Roebuck with making asser. tions without proof, and enquired by what right the hon. and learned member attacked the government, 'unless ho was prepared to suggest a remedy for the evils of which he complained ? Mr. LAY RD said he wished the Crimean commissioners' report to be fairly discussed in that House, and for that purpose he preferred the motion (of which ho had given notice) to that proposed by the hon. and learned member for Sheffield. He referred to a statement made by him when the commission was appointed, that it would prove a sham, and urged that that prognostication had been ful filled. The Under Secretary of War (Mr. Peel) had entered into an elaborate criticism of the report• He (Mr. Layard) demurred to the new commission on several grounds, among which were : "Because it was appointed to enquire and report upon a report ;" " Because the Government had sanctioned the report of the first commis sion ;" " Because the witnesses called would not state the truth ;" " Because the men who were to act as commissioners were not competent to conduct the enquiry, and would not receive the confidence of the country ;" and " Because the very terms of the warrants were condemnatory of Sir J. M'Neill and Colonel Tullock." He quoted several opinions in reference to enquiries in similar cases to show that it would be better to conduct the enquiry in the usual manner with closed doors, and that the effect of opening the pro ceedings to tl.e public was to give a show of truth and sincerity to an incomplete investigation. He then alluded to the promotions of officers and stated that Dr. Hall had been condemned by the Sebastopol Committee, and by Sir J. M'Neill and. Colonel Tulloch, and had been rewarded with a K.C.8., and the defence set up by the hon. under secretary fpr war would not apply in this case. Colonel NORTH lauded the conduct of officers commandinz in the Crimea, against whom (both old and young) Mr. Layard had been entering upon a_crusade, in the last and present session. With regard to the report of the Crimean Commissioners, he stated it as his opinion that the officers should have had an opportunity of presenting a reply, simultaneously with the production of the report, and added that now it was little matter what course was pursued, as whatever explanations were made by the officers they would not be believed by the public. Sir DE LACY EvAers remarked, with regard to the last statement of the hon. and gallant gentlemen, that he was sorry to say that, owing to the blunders of the Government, it was very likely the explanations of officers would be discredited by the country. He referred to the conduct of Colonel Gordon, stating that it frequently happened, when they sent to Balaclava for knapsacks and baggage, that the vessels containing them had sailed for Constantinople on other service, and the explanations given by Colonel Gordon was, that be did not think any ill consequence would have resulted from the knapsacks being mislaid. Quoting from the report of the commission, he showed that the loss of officers were so much less per cent than that of the men of the army, from which he contended that it was not the climate that killed them, but that there was culpable neglect of the non-commissioned officers and privates, The Government had preferred to produce the entire report, which showed that they wished for concealment, which was wholly inconsistent with the statement of Mr. Peel, that the Government only wished by this inquiry to elicit the truth. He was alarmed when he heard that Colone Gordon was made deputy Quartermaster genera at the Horse Guards, for he might soot be made Quartermaster-general in the field, and he ha( sufficient knowledge of Colonel Gordon to apprehend most serious consequences if he were placed in that position from his want of judgment and discretion. On this sub- ject the hon. and gall'a'ut gentleman related that - on - one occasion Colonel Gordon gave him an order from Lord Raglan to move his division down to the Teliernaya Valley, to intercept a Russian convoy, which he refused to do, as certain destruction of the division would have been the result, and as no Russian convoy was there. He had written a strong letter to I ord Raglan on this matter, com plaining of the conduct of Colon?l G)rdon, and of his bad memory and self-opinion, to which Lord Raglan replied that the order was, not to take any serious step, but to endeavour to harass the convoy, if convoy there was. The hon. and gallant gentleman mentioned a number of other instances of maladministration of the army, and amongst them, the motions of the Turkish contingent without object when they should have been sent to act with the army in the Crimea. The hon. and gallant gentleman referred to the fall of Kars, and stated that he had warned the noble lord at the head of the government of the position of that fortress, but everything was left to anybody, and anybody left the matter to everyhsay else ; so that nothing was done: and the place fell in consequence of the War Department neglecting its duties. After referring to the improvement in the state of things in the Crimea, which he attributed to the exertions of Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch, and not to the government provisions, the honourable and gallant gentleman concluded by stating his intention of supporting the motion of the honourable and learned member for Sheffield, in order that the men who had done so much for the army should not be disparaged. Mr. Gordon defended the conduct of his gallant relative, and expressed his surprise at the attacks of the honourable and gallant member for Westminster, as he had always heard Colonel Gordon speak with pride of the friendship which the gallant general hid for him, and of his being selected to act as Quarter-master G e neral to the _ _ division under Sir De Lacy Evans, after the battle of Alma. He denied that Col. Gordon owed his promotion to court favour, and stated tint he had seen active service in Canada during the year 1838, and had been now in the army for a great many years. Mr. GLADSTONE declared the latitude that had been given to the debate might be attributed to the speech of the Under Secretary of War, who, he thought would have acted with greater prudence if he had refrained from mentioning the names of officers charged with misconduct by the report of the Crimean Commissioners. When he perused the motion of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield, imputing incompetency to the commissioners appointed by the Government, he felt convinced that the Government would at one repel the choice ; but he con fessed that he was disappointed in the speech of Mr. Peel, which gave a colour to that imputation. He was also sorry that the tinder Secretary for War had neglected to answer the challenge of Mr. Roebuck as to whetter it was intended to try the report of the commissioners. The right ho e gentleman commented upon the warrant for the appoint-. . ment of the board of general officers, which he said was indefinite in its terms, as it was not Ni e , ven stated who were conadnct the officers whose as to be tried. He held it to be importance to know what matter of very great position the two Crimean Commissioners were to hold in the new commission, as he understood that they were to be admitted with the public, but would not have the power of taking part in the proceedings. The commissioners in the Crimea had great difficulties to contend with, and he was only astonished at the small discrepancies, which it was the duty of the War Depart ment to correct. He wished, in conclusion, to ask what position the commissioners held in the eyes of the Govern ment with regard to their report Mr. Wilaissorr opposed the motion of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield. Lord PALMERSTON commenced by defending the speech of Mr. Peel, who, he said was compelled to enter upon the details th at he had done by the terms of the motion. He considered it unfortunate that the debate had led to animadversions upon officers who were then about to have an opportunity of explaining their conduct. The hon. and gallant general, the member for Westminster, had com menced his speech by regretting that the debit. had taken a personal turn, but his whole speech had been devoted to personal attacks upoa officers in the army high and low. Lord C. HAMILTON, as a relative of Colonel Gardon, ga ve some observations in his vindication, deprecating th e course taken by Sir De Lacy E vans, in making an attack upon an absent man, and charging the gallant general with suggesting counsels, which, if followed, would hive led to shame. Sir DE LACY EVANS made some explanations, stating that in the case referred to after the battle of Inkermann hi, weakened both in body and mind, suggested to Lord Raglan that arrangements should be made to take up some other position rather than expose the army to the risk of further reinforcements being taken to the enemy. Mr. ROEBUCK said as he felt that he was palpably in a minority, he would not divide the House. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. SUPPLY. The House went into Committee of supply, but objection• were made to proceedings with the estimates at such a late hour, and only one vote of £6,500,000, on account of the pay of the Army was agreed to. The Consolidated Fund (£1,63],000) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Marine Mutiny Bill and the Mutiny Bill passed a second reading. The other orders were disposed of, and the House ad journed at ten minutes past twelve o'clock. POLICE COURT.-YESTZADIY. (BEFORE MR. E. EVANS.) A RATHER SUSPICIOUS CASE.—ERcn Stephenson, female of anything but prepossessing appearance, was charged with having, on the 26th of December last, stolen the sum of £175 from the person of Francis Davis, a clerk to Mr. John Watkins, a shipowner. According to the statement of the prosecutor, he was, on the evening in question, in Parker. street, not exactly sober, when the prisoner accosted him, and, in a moment, took the money from him. On the following day, the prisoner deposited £2O, in gold, with a publican in Clifford-street, Islington, observing that she was afraid of losing it. The publican heat(' of the robbery, and deposited the money at the Police -court. On the following daY tb prisoner called at the vaults for the money, but as it was not given up to her on the instant, she made her escape, and nothing further was heard of her until Thursday, When sh 6 again applied for the money. When it was refused her, AN attempted again to escape, but the barman succeeded iri getting her into the house, and securing her, until the arrival of the police, when she was given into cusody. Previous to this, however, she offered to give the publican half the money, provided he would let her go. Mr. Block appeared for the prisoner, and, in the course of the cross-examination, elicited that the prosecutor had never seen the prisoner before the robbery, or since, until he saw her at the Police-office ; but he was certain that she was the woman who had robbed Mm, and that the money was his own property. At the time of the robbery, he never spoke a word to her. The magistratti considered it a case of purely circumstantial evidence, bell would commit her for trial, for a jury to deride the case. ROBBERY OF £so.—Thomas James, John It. Boat-opt; and James Sarje an t, were c h arge d , the first two with having stolen, and the latter with receiving £5O, the property of Mf: James, watchmaker, Mulberry -street. It appeared that tise prosecutor had deposited the money in a small box, which had been discovered by the apprentice, Bookroyd, who commu . ,► cated the intelligence to James. James took it away, and after spending £5 of the money, deposited the box and the remainder with Serjeant. After he had come to his soh* senses, James went to Serjeant for the money; but the hail* professed not to know what had become of it. In the mote: time, information was given to the police, who, after interros gating the two youths, went and searched Serjeant's house, and in the mangle found a tin box containing £45. The prisoners all admitted the facts. The prosecutor, who appeared much affected, said he did not wish to press the prosecution against Setjeant! because he had a wife and a large family. The prisoners were remanded. (BEFORE MESSRS. AIKEN AND BOITON.) STEALING GAs.---In our impression of Thursday We stated the brief facts that two persons, Emily Coursons, and kobt: Blacoe Ellis, had been apprehended by detective °teed Cozens, on information he had received from Mr. Steel, AO manager of the Liverpool United Gas Company, on a charge of fraudulently consuming gas, which, in point of law, amounts to a felony. The case was adjourned until yester day, when it was again brought forward. Mr. Raffles appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Snowball for the prisoners, when the following evidence was adduced. Marie Gore, of No. 4, Dryden-street, said she was formerly in the employ of the female prisoner. Last summer she re , moved from Chatham-street to Moss-street, to which hotted she conveyed the gas fittings and the chandeliers. The male prisoner put them up. They had each lived together as man and wife. There was no meter in the house, but she had never seen the male prisoner do anything to the piping produced. Gas was always burnt in the house after the shutters were put up, and the female prisoner had told her to say, should any person inquire, that there was no meter' in the house, and that would be sufficient. The foreman of the fitters of the United Gas Company proved that he dent to the prisoners house on the 14th of this month, when 118 saw gas burning, and asked to look at the meter. StfbeB• quently he went into the coal vault, where he found the pipa had been joined where the meter formerly stood, thus con necting the pipes in the house with those from the main. It was usual when a tenant left to have the gas turned of on the outside, and he should infer that it was done so in the present instance. Samuel Holmes corroborated the evidence of the last witness. .Tosep . : Edwards stated, that in the month of July last he was at the prisoner's house, when be, the male prisoner, asked him how they joined gas pipes together, and he told him by solder or a blow-pipe. Mr. Steel, the manager of the gas works, deposed that the female prisoner had called at the office, and in answer to a question put by him, said that they had only burnt the gas since Christmas. The gas was consumed in the house without the knowledge of the gas company. Detective officer Cousens stated that he had apprehended the two prisoners, who were living together as man and wife. Mr. Raffles said that was the case, upon which he should ask for a committal of the prisoners, Mr. Snowball, for the prisoners, contended that the pipe was the pipe of the tenant, and that as the gas had not been turned off on the outside of the house, it was clear that the gas was, by the company's own act, forced into the tenant's pipes, and that the prisoners had a right to use it. Mr. Raffles replied to :he remarks made by Mr. Snowball, after which the Bench decided upon sending the case for trial at the next sessions. PUBLICAN AND BERRHoUSZ INFORMATIONS. PUBLICANS : John Cullen, Norfolk street, was fined 6i and costs for selling ale on the previous Sunday, during the prescribed hour,. Mary Latham, London road, was also fined in the same penalty for having her home open at eightee❑ minutes before four o'clock on Sunday morning. Lydia Heatley, London road, and William Barnale, were also summoned for similar offences, but', the cases not being substantiated, were dismissed. BEERHOUSES : The following beerhouse-keepers were aloe summoned for trading on the Sunday—Mary Jones, Park place, dismissed. Ralph Pickering, Parliament road, dismissed. Lydia Hodson, Clive-street, fined ss, and costs. Margaret Rowland, Horatio-street, fined 40s. and costs. Wns. Pitt, Burlington-street, fined 2s. 6d. and costs. Selina Marks, St. Martin's street, dismissed. James Young, a table beer seller, of Henderson-street, Park, was summoned for Sunday trading' and refusing to admit the police. It was proved that persons were seen leaving the house on Sunday in a state of intoxica tion, and therefore it was assumed by the police that the defendant had br en selling beer. This accusation the defendant totally denied, and said if ho had a friend call in and see him, he had a right to treat him with a glass. I❑ answer to a question put from the bench, Inspector Chew said the_ fault did not rest with him that such houses were not properly conducted, but with the excise. Al r. Clough said that although the Excise had been informed that a number of persons were selling table beer, even whiskey, without a license, they would not take any notice, because such parties had not the means of paying the expenses. The magistrate hoped that that statement would get to the knowledge of the excise and thb government, that some steps might bo taken to remedy such an evil. Mr• Clough said that was his reason for mentioning the fact.—The case was then dismissed. THE LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS —JAME S Royal Exchange, ship owner. T HOMAS E MERSON, Milton-strect, builder. Joms Dor LAS York, tailor. WILLIAM CARTER (the younger), Leamington, ironmonger. THOMAS SmiTtr, Nottingham, lace manufacturer. ALFRED JOHN GREEN, Chalcroft, terrace, New Cut, brushmaker. RICHARD GaresLis, Pitton, Devonshire, _carpenter and builder. HENRY Patzva, Bristol, baker. ROBERT DuLLAm TAMLYM, Tiptoe, Stafford, chemist. CHARLES Foy, Scarborough, manufac turer of cod live r o il. J AMES M EsHIE . B a ttersea-fi e ld s , engineer and m ec h an i s t . H ENRY SMITH, Gospol O,lk r. Sedgeley, St a ff or d s hi re, f armer an d licensed vi c t ua ll e JAMES WILL IAM H ENRY S CHAFE R, and WILLIAM FIENnt BROWNE, F e nch urc h- s t reet , merchants. GEoRGE DAMS, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, cabinet-maker. Taos. JOHN non-, Coleman-street, City, rope, twine, and sack maker. RICHARD JENKINS POLOLASE, Borough-road, and Jupp's-te'race, Commerc_iale-_road East, enginee r an d iron founder, &c. WILLIAM Al XECHNEY, late of Santa Crnz, Cuba ; then of Honduras, 'West Indies; now of Plaistow, Essex, merchant. THOMAS BURNET, Blaydon, Durham,.. glass dealer lass bottle manufacturer. W ILLIAM SOTHERN, Liverpool, g. R•TAL BENEFICENCE. —Her Majesty the Queen an bees pleased to present to the London Orphan Asylum, Cl,o!pli,; the sum of 300 g uineas, to purchase for his., Royal High ness the Prince of Wales the right to keep one ehild,alwayis sn the asylum, during the lifetime of his Ra:alitighness. THE MURDER OF MISS HIND3.—A despatch, dated Dublin, announces that Mr. Keogh, the Attorney -general for Ireland, has arrived at Cavan, to conduct in p erson the prosecution o f t h e men charged with the brut a l murder of Mi ss Hi n d s. One o f the prisoners has turned approTer.