The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-20 00:00:00

fano° on the best use and application of those means on
your part, and we have equal confidence in the care to
be exercised by you for those employed under your
orders; but there is one object which in the exercise of I
that care will naturally engage your constant attention,
and that is, the safe return of your party to this country.
19. We are sensible, however, that notwithstanding a
wish to keep this part of your duty prominently in mind,
yet, that an ardent desire to accomplish the object of
your mission, added to a generous sympathy for your
missing countrymen, may prevail in some degree to carry
you beyond the limits of a cautious prudence.
20. You are, therefore, distinctly to understand our
directions to be, that the several ships under your orders
shall each be on its way home, and to the eastward of
Barrow Strait, whenever their stock of provisions shall
have been reduced to twelve months' full allowance; and
commending you, and those employed under you, to the
providence of God, we trust that success may crown your
efforts, and that you may be the means of affording suc-
cour to those of our countrymen whose absence we have
so long deplored.
Given under our hands this 16th day of April, 1852.
NORTHII3IBERLAND.
HYDE PARKER.
PHIPPS HORNB7.
THOS. HERBERT.
ALEX. MILNE.
To Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8,, Captain of her
Majesty's ship Assistance, at Greenhithe.
By command of their Lordships,
W. A. B. HAMILTON.

* The piece of tin or copper, said by Adam Beck to have
been dropped from a staff, should also be looked for. See
Evidence before Arctic Committee.

THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

The " United States Navy Register for 1852" has just
been published at Washington, from which we learn
that the United States navy consists at present of the
following vessels:—
SHIPS OF THE LINE.
Pennsylvania 120 guns,
Franklin 74 „
Columbus
74 „
Ohio 74 „
North Carolina
Delaware
74 ff
Alabama 74 „
Vermont
Virginia
New York
New Orleans
Independence 54 „ Bainbridge
FRIQATES.
United Staten ...... 44 .. Perry lO
'
BcHoo um as.
Constitution
Potomac 44 „ Pccenix 2
Brandywine
Columbia
Congress 44 „ Mississippi .. lO
Curnb~rland
Savannah
Raritan
Santee 44 „ Saranac 6
Sabine 44 „ Princeton
S'. Lawrence 44 „ Fulton
Constellation
Macedonian 36 „ Alleghany 2
SLOOPS OF WAR. Union —
Ssratoga . ... 20 „ Vixen 3
John Adams
Vincennes
Warren
Falmouth ... 20 „ Engineer
Fiirfield
V3ndalia 2O „ STORE SHIPS.
St. Louis 2O „ Relief 6
Cysne ... 2O „ Lexington 6
Levant
Portsmouth 2O „ Supply
Plymouth
RECAPITULATION.
Vessels. Guns.
Ships of the Line ••• 12 914
600
21 402
Sloops Frigates
Brigs
of
War. ..:
40
43
Schooners ••• ••• ••• 4
Steamers ... ... ••• ... 16 63
Store Ships ... ... ••• 5 24

St. Mary's
20 guns.
_ _

Jamestown
Albany 2O „
Germantown
Ontario
Decatur l6 „
Marion
Dale
Preble ... 16 „
BRIGS.

Total ... ... 75 2,047

HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The mortality of the metropolis exhibits in this return
a considerable increase on that of the preceding week.
In the week that ended the Bth of May the deaths fell to
972; in the week ending last Saturday they rose to 1,070.
Last week was marked by a rise of mean temperature
from 48.1 deg. to 52.7 dog. The wind, which had blown
with remarkable constancy for nearly three months from
the north-east, changed to the south-west on Friday, the
7th, and continued in the same direction throughout last
week, and there were frequent showers of rain.
In the ton corresponding weeks of 1842-51 the average
number of deaths was 907, which, if raised in proportion
to increase of population, becomes 998. The deaths of
last week, therefore, exceed the estimated amount by 72.
Compared with the facts of the previous week, the
present return discovers an increase in deaths caused by
epidemics from 193 to 234, while in those from diseases
of the respiratory organs the numbers are almost iden-
tical. There is an increase from 130 to 142 in deaths
by phthisis. Diseases of the heart also rose in the two
weeks from 37 to 45; those of the digestive organs from
60 to 74.

Amongst epidemics the increase arises chiefly from
small-pox, and in the next place from scarlatina. The
former malady was fatal last week to 38 children and 8
adults--altogether to 46 persons; the latter to 44. In
only 4 cases of small-pox is it stated that vaccination
had been performed, apparently with effect, and in these
the ages were as follow:-5, 18, 287 and 41 years.
Zymotics in the aggregate produce at present conside-
rably more than the average mortality of the season.

STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.—The sky was for the most part one-half covered
with cloud till noon, and clear during the remainder of the
day. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day.
MONDAY.—The sky was generally covered with cloud
throughout the day; cirrocumulus and cirrostratus. Rain
fell in the afternoon. Electricity—Negative, and very active
during the afternoon.
TUESDAY.—The amount of cloud was very variable
throughout the day ; cumulus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus.
Showers of hail and rain were frequent. Electricity—Nega-
tive, and very active during the time of hail falling; sparks
were shown.
WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast till evening, and
clear afterwards; cumulostratus and cirrostratus. Showers
of rain fell frequently. Electricity—Negative, and active
during the morning.
TLIURSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day;
cirrostratus and scud. Frequent showers of rain. Electricity
—Nothing was shown at any examination.
FRIDAY.—The sky was overcast till noon, three-fourths
were covered till sh. P.M., and clear afterwards ; cumulus,
cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Rain fell between 7h. and
Bh. P.m. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the
afternoon.
_

SATURDAY.—Three-fourths of the sky were covered till
noon, and mostly clear during the remainder of the day.
Electricity—Positive, and tension variable throughout
the day.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 55.0 Q ; and the mean
reading at 9h. P.M. was 5.2.0°; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 54.6 e and 51.0"
respectively.
The reading of the barometer at the beginning of the
week was 29.93 in., and this reading continued with very
slight changes till after noon on the 9th; then decreased
.to
29.72 in. by 9h. P.M. on the 10th; increased to 29.81 m.
by 9h. A.M. on the 11th; decreased to 2944 in. by 9h. A.M.
on the 14th; increased to 29.97 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 15th;
and decreased to 29.89 in. by the end of the week.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1152•
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*234
Diseases of Uncertain Seat - 46

Tubercular Diseases „. •••
... ••• 200
••• •••
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ••• 121
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... •-• 45
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ... .„ ••• ••• ... 169
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ••• ••• 74
"'8
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Utorus, &c. ••• ••• 11
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 6
Diseases of the Skin, &o. ... ••• ••• ••• 2
Malformations... ••• ••• ••• 1
•••
Premature Birth ••• ,•• ••• ••• 33
•••
Atrophy •••
... •••
••• ••• ••• 30
Old Age ••• ••• 46
••• ... ••• •••
Sudden ... ... ••• 3
••• ... ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 34
Causes not specified ..• ••• ••• ..• 7
•••

DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES ... ".
Population
Deaths in cone-
Enumerated, sponding week
of 1851.
Districts...NCWeoenrsttrhalDi
strioDistrictsis..
343997 10368:,452315927 165 ..
.66 .. :
171 . .
..
.. 186 ..•
East Districts ... 485,522 ... 225 ...
South Districts.. 616,635 ... 255 •••

T0ta15........ 2,362,236
Males ... ...
Females ... •••

1,002
•••
•••

1,070
Deaths
In the
Week.
193
178
209
212
278

... 1,070
... 529
... 541

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
Males ... ... ... ... ... 712
Females ... ... ... ... ... 689

Total ~„ ... 1,401
*ln this number are included 44 by Scarlatina, 36
by Typhus Fever,
and 16 by Diarrhea.

t9knatnhtekwe ipnodoorw-
darks ill,
Ona II m
°MRS.— yr hat do we find in too many of
our houses? Not a picture? Not a "thing of beauty,' of
any description; often not a thought of it. Even where
reign thrift and carefulness, there sometimes shines no joy ;
wed
htahveecdleaeyp-erbocuonndsoslpaitriiotnn,
pevuerre
rrtesaacchi ei
is:
,higherg r igh t elevation ;
the occupants groan instead of living. But there is a Bible
Gyoreuekwi;llbsuatyT;
white ceilings, drab walls, and bare, gloomy looks; constant
care; lamentations for ills which are not and never may be;
thoughts only for the animal life ; a shutting out of the light,
and refusal to be joyous. If you do not know of such houses,
searc incitement,recui
requires
whee want not Apello. True,
you are lucky in your friends.—Correspondent of the Builder.
PENNSYLVANIAN BONDS.--The Act authorizing
the Governor and State Treasurer to negotiate a loan of
5,000,000 dollars, and issue therefor 5 per cent. coupon
bonds for the purpose of liquidating the 6 per cent, loans
lalling due in 1853 and .1854, was lately agreed to in the
Pennsylvanian Senate without division. The loans to be
advertised for in London, Amsterdam, ,and, Paris, . _ _ i

C. 15.13111.1.8..
4 .3 Dividend
Names of '4 Dividend Names of 4
Companies. 2 per nice. Companies. as panies.
Aenetfra. Price.
v:. Annum. v.
.......va. ....M..... .......-.. ................, t .......... ••••••••••
X
Ashtn &01 .h 98'U. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield. 100 21.105. 50
1
Barnsley. • --1601 Neath .... • • 100 161.
Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Oxford ••• • • • 100) 13/. 185
Birmingham 401 41. 10036 ,Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70
Coventry.... 1001 251. 200 Regent's • ... 33 11. 3s. 16
Derby ••• -- 1 00i 61. 63 Rochdale.. • . 85 21. 42
Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. 83% Semrset Coal 150
GrandJunetn 100 iN. pr. ct. 4/14 D o.Lk Fd St 12
1130., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et. 1136 Sterrd &Wore 140 281. 405
Grand Surrey 1001 21. Os. 3236 Shrewsbury.. 125
Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stottrbridge.. 145 201. 290
Kennt & Aria 39 48. 04. 5% Severn and 1
21. OS. 24
Lancaster . 1001 Wye Ran. 126
Leeds&Livrp 100 201. 495 Warwick& 1 41. 40
Leicester .... 1001 51. 66 Birming. j 100
Leiestr &Nth 83, 41. 44% Warwick&l 28
Loughborogh 142 701. 510 Napton.. 3 100 31'
Monmouthsh 100 ' Worestr &1 ~,„ 31. 83
Mntgomrysh 100 --- Birming. '"
Meltraiwbry 100 Wilts & Brks —118.6 d. 7 %

43.4.E-XXO•litT AND COIE3II COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
------ --
A. a. d. X. s. d.
British -••-••• • •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 10%
Ditto Provincial .• ll. 811. 20 0 0 20 0 0 183¢
Brighton -••••• • • • • , 51. 20 0 0 - 16
100 0 0 150 0 0 125
City of London .. ••• • 61.
Continental Consolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 5 0 45%
Equitable.. ••••.• • • • • bOs. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27
Great Central' •••• • • • 5/. 0 0 0 10 .0 0 13M
31.1 b bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Imperial ... ..... • • • • • •
Independent ......• • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
50 0 0 50 0 0 -
London.• .... • • • • • • • •
Do., Pad. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 25
eheania 3ll. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26%
51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 -
United General .• •• • • U. 50 0 0 50 0 0 20
Westminster Chartered Si. per cent, Sc) 0 0 - 39%14
Ditto, New •••• - • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 7%
1a57,7 or SCOTTISH CIONIEPAZFIES-' PR ICES
------ Dividend Amount
r of
Name of Company.
Annpeum. Share. Paid. Price.
..,4,
4 a. d. I 8. d
Bank of Scotland 7l. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 186
British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 202
Si. percent. to 0 g
102 100
oo 3/.llolms.
Caledonian Bank •• ••
City of Glasgow Dank 6/. per cent. 10 0
Bank "• ...: 6% per cent. 20 0 0 ' 10 0 - Clydesdale 0 12/ 4s
Commercial Bank •• • • 7/. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 180%
Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 61. percent. 25 0 0 i 0 0 0 10
Edinb
hen ..IkGlasgow
of Bank.
31. per cent.
1050 00
0 38 0 0
05
0 0 54
Eaeßnk Scot -
National Bank 634 per cent. '5O 0 0 10 0 0 Ik%
tiorthof Scotland Bank 5/.percent. 20 0 0 210 0 27,,,
Boyalßank ofScetland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 ' 100 0 0 133 k
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90
Western Bank ...... • . 71. per cont. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69%
Alliance Fire and Life 8% /.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21%
British Guarantee
43 17s 6d
Caledonian Fire Insur lol.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 " 0 41. 6s
Colonial Life
Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 1 22
Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3% Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/.percent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 15s
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 11 0 0 285.6 d
North British Insur 6l. per cent. 200 0 0
) 2
0 0 0 32%
Scottish Union Ingra %l. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 30s 6d
Standard Life
....Si. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0
0 • United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0
0° 1
20824
Cd
imascasaaiarzious.
, -
Name of Company. Dividend Amountper of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--.-. ------- --.
Assam Tea -.. • • .... - A. s. d. X. I. 4.
20 0 0 20 0 0 9%
kuctien Mart.. •... .. 21. 52. 80 0 0 - 26
Australian Agrionitarl 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 1634
Australian Trust ...• Gl. per cent. - 35 0 0 21%
kngio•Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 23
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -
British American Land 15s. -- 38 10 0 55
Canada ••••••••• •• -61. percent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 50
Do. 5 per cent Bonds - - - .-
Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. percent. - 11334
City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 97
Gen. Revers. to Invest. 5 p.e.lcbs,2lloo 0 0 100 0 0 94%
Equitable Iteversienry ,51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 119
Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 710 0 -
Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2834
Hudson's 8ay.... ...• - Stock. - 206
Hungerford .......... 21.55. - 100 0 0 47
London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 5
New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 AO 0 -
Ditto. New ........ - 25 0 0 12 10
0 0 -
260 -
Russell Institution • • - -
PeninslrBcOrient.Stm. 81. p. C.& bs. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Reversionary Int. Soo. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 104
Royal Mail Steam-. 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 t 6%
South Australian.-- 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 2434
leo 0 29 0 01 -
Van Dieman's Land..

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
The following extract from a letter dated Hong-Kong,
March 28, is not without interest to the public
" There have been here no leas than 37 whalers from
the Arctic seas. It may interest you to know, that they
almost all believe that Sir John Franklin is safe, and
that be has got through the ic6 barrier into inner waters,
where he will not be reached until a mild season arrives,
which they say the present will be. Most of them have
now departed. They say Franklin will not suffer for
want of food. They give strange accounts of the Esqui.
maux vibrating from the Asiatic to the American conti-
nent and back again, carrying their boats, made of skins
and whalebone, over the ice, and launching them when
They they meet with open water. all confirm the fact
n
that the whales found in th ehring'a Straits and in
Bsffin's Bay are the same species,B proving the existence
of a passage ; for a whale the Arctic species, they say,
has never been seen to thee south of 22 deg. of latitude,
e d
so they cannot have doubled either of the Capes (of
Good Hope or Cape Horn), and the whale is under the
necessity of making his presence known by coming to
the surface to blow."
P-

_ ERIWINKLEB.—We have previously referred to
trade springing up between the West Highlands and London
in the small shellfish called periwinkles, in consequence of
the ample and cheap means of conveyance. No less than
660 bags were sent by the screw-steamer Metropolitan
on her last two trips, each bag weighing two and a half
'cwt.,
,and making in all eighty-two tons and g half.—Gree-
nock Advekiser.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. •
BOW-STREET.
Mr. John Chapman, bookseller, Strand, appeared to
a summons, oho., gieg him with having neglected to sup-
ply the British Museum with a copy of the Westminster
Revieth.
Mr. Bodkin, on behalf of the trustees of the British
Museum, stated the case, and called
Richard Edward!, clerk to the solicitors of the Mu-
seum, who deposed to having purchased the number
produced (for January, 1852), at the shop of the defen-
dant, in the Strand, for ss. The work was published
four months before the date of the purchase, which took
place on'the 10th April last.
Mr. A. Panizzi, keeper of the printed books at the
British Musum, stated that no copy of the number pro-
duced by the last witness had been sent to the Museum
by Mr. Chapman. The printed circular produced, ap-
prising all publishers of the obligations imposed upon
them by the Act, was sent to Mr. Chapman, in com-
mon with other booksellers ; besides which, he had
been once before fine a nominal penalty for a similar
offence.
Mr. Chapman, in answer to the charge,' stated that
the whole of the business in connexion with the West-
minstsr Review, was managed by a clerk in his employ,
named Gill, who told him that he packsd up the number
in question, directed it to the British Museum, and sent
it by the porter in the usual way. In a book containing
a list of places to which the Review was sent gratui-
tously, the number in question was duly entered; and in
a second book there was also an entry of the same date
(January 14), to the effect that a copy of the Review
and Story's Life were sent on the same day. It
therefore appeared that the non delivery of the number
must have resulted from some accident; and when the
summons was served, ho (defendant) sent his clerk, Mr.
Gill, to explain the circumstance, to express his regret at
the omission, and to beg that, as there had been no ne-
glect on his pert, the proceedings against him might he
withdrawn on his paying the expenses already incurred
thereby. Now he (Mr. Chapman) had hoped and ex-
pected that Mr. Panizzi would comply with this very
reasonable request; but he refused to do so, and accord-
ing to the statement of Mr. Gill, the clerk who waited
upon him, he accompauied his refusal with some re-
marks which evinced a degree of animus against him, on
the part of Mr. Panizzi, which he could not help regard-
ing as extremely Unjust. After the clerk had been
trying for a long time to induce Mr. Panizzi to abandon
the prosecution, under the circumstances named, that
gentleman exclaimed, " No, I will nor. Mr. Chapman
has brought me forward iu his Review. He has noticed
me, and I will notice him." Mr. Chapman then ex-
plained that there was an allusion to Mr. Panizzi in the
Review. founded on a quotation from the Literary Ga-
zette. The remarks were never intended to be personal,
and if the quotation was offensive to Mr. Panizzi, he
(defendant) was not responsible for it.
Mr. Panizzi denied the imputation that he was in-
fluenced by anything that had appeared in the Review.
What he said to the clerk of Mr. Chapman, was said
fortunately in the presence of another person, who wes
present, and his words were to this effect—" Mr. Chap-
man has accused me of pursuing booksellers, and com-
pelling them to pay large fines, which is not correct; for
in his own case, when he was summoned before, he was
only fined Is. by my request, es a caution, which he has
neglected to observe."
The clerk, Mr. Thomas Gill, was about to take his
version of the interview with Mr. Panizzi, but Mr. Hail
directed him to confine himself to the facts respecting
the alleged transmission of the Review to the Museum.
Lie then produced the books referred to by Mr. Chap-
man, and stated that he did not neglect to send the
copy, as indicated, to the Museum, although he admitted
that the officers usually furnished a formal receipt for
all books received at the Museum, and that he had not
seen any receipt for the copy in question.
By Mr. Bed/dn.—Ho had seen in the files, a receipt
for the two volumes of Story's Life, which were supplied
at the same time.
Mr. HALL acquitted the defendant of any wilful ne-
glect, but he had certainly failed to give that attention to
the subject which was promised, or evidently implied, by
the mitigated penalty which followed a previous convic-
tion. The receipt usually given by the officers of the
Museum should have been inquired for, as a matter of
business, and this attention to a very ordinary duty
would have led to the discovery of the fact that the work
had net been supplied, owing to some neglect or over-
sight on the part of one of his servants. If the em-
ployers were not to be held responsible for their servants,
the trustees of the Museum would be left without re-
dregs, and the Act rendered perfectly nugatory. His
Worship then inflicted the mitigated penalty of 405.,
with 55., the cost of the book, and 25., the cost of the
summons.
Mr. Bodkin stated, that on the former occasion, when
Mr. Chapman was fined 22., Mr. Jardine adjudged the
costs to be V. 53.
Mr. HALL wOuld only order the cost of the summons
in the present case, namely 2a.
Mr. Bodkin then suggested that the penalty might,
under one of the provisions of the Act, be paid to the
trustees of the Museum.
His WORSHIP, however, decided that the penalty must
go to the Queen, although in all previous cases, we believe,
it has been paid to the trustees.
LAMBETH.
Mr. Games, solicitor, addressing Mr. Elliott, begged
to be allowed to say a few words on a matter that very
seriously effected the character sod reputation of an old
client of his, Mr. Alves, of St. Mary's-street, Walcot-
square, the gentleman who then sat by his Bide (referred
to, though not by name, in our Lambeth police report
of yesterday). The matter of which he had to complain
was a sta ement that appeared in the morning papers of
that day, purporting to be the particulars of an trpplica-
tion by an attorney's clerk, iu reference to some bill-
stealing transactions. He (Mr. Games) trusted that his
worship, in giving his magisterial asiistance to protect
the public against the bill-stealing impostors, would feel
it to be equally his duty to afford an injured party an
opportunity of setting his character right before his fel-
low-men. His client (Mr. Alves) felt himself seriously
, injured by the statement that had gone forth to the
public, and was anxious through him (Mr. Games)
to state the whole of the circumstances, so far as they
actioname uontd etrh
the 's
ecroggynmizaann,cse connected with the trans-
and by them it would
be seen that he was perfectly innocent and free from
the slightest imputation. The brief facts, then, were
these:—Mr. Alves was at present, what he had been for
some years, a bill discounter, and in the course of his
business an application had been made to him to discount
the 60/, bill of a clergyman in Suffolk. Having no per-
sonal knowledge of the reverend gentleman, he took time
to consider whether he should be sate in advancing his
money on the security, and therefore took the ordinary
means in such matters, of writing to the gentleman him-
self. To come persons this mode of procedure might
appear suspicious, but when it was recollected that the
party lived a distance in the country, and that the bill
itselt might be a forgery, the course pursued could not
be wondered at. Besides, the mode adopted by Mr.
Alves of writing to the reverend gentleman was much
more delicate than that of going about amongst hie
friends in town, and inquiring from them whether the 1111
was in his handwriting, and whether it was likely to be
paid at nnurity. On subsequently ascertaining that the
bill in question had been impr Terly obtained, and that
the Messrs. Trinder and Eyre, the solicitors, were
making some inquiries on the subject, his client,
Mr. Aires, actually called at their office, to give them
any explanation they might think proper on the matter.
Mr. ELLIOTT—Do you mean to say that your client
called at the offices of Messrs. Trinder and Eyre, before
any application had been made to him at his house, on
the subject of the Bill?
Mr. GAMES —I am instructed so; but Mr. Alves will
set me right if such was not the case.
Mr. Alves said it was so, and that he was always
from home when the clerk of Messrs. Trinder and Eyre
called at his house.
applicant that
he hadthatTTobservemdadeliv y effort
every
do seefrom the
Mr.
Alves without being able; and the statement in the
newspapers was a correct one, of the representation of
the party complaining. Nothing had been said by the
clerk of Mr. Trinder about Mr. Alves having called at
the office of his employers, or offering the slightest ex-
planation of his conduct in the transaction • and if he
had done so, and had offered to give an explanation, he
had now a perfect right to complain, and contradict that
part of the statement in the fullest manner.
Mr. GAMES, on the part of his client, as well as his
own behalf, begged to tender his thanks to his worship
for the kindness be had extended, and the patience with
which he heard them, and here the matter dropped.

THE LATE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY
It is to be regretted that circumstances have arisen in
connexion with this fire which led
In
do a suspicion that it
yesterdaymay have
morningbe e n wilfully i l ful
threely
occasioned.t
persons were tatkheencoinutroseo
cus-
tody. Two of them have since been liberated, but one
remains under the surveillance of the police. It is be-
lieved that this person is a discharged servant of the
Messrs. Owst, whoheappears to have held out a threat
wwhooulwdassdfitrsfitreseteon
that, if dismissed,
warehouse. Theby theboy histo employers'
nplonyuet roll;
the premisesbrigade officer belonged to one of
offence
,_
the moored alongside. He had given some
the vessels
,T,
"he follownilneligmi
ship alopu. captain, and was denied admission to his
is the official report:— •
Messrs. R. Owst and oop merchants and
coopers, Bermondsey-wall, Co.,ViTarehouse and contents.
destroyed; dwelling-house much damaged; contents in-
sured in the Imperial and other offices. Building in-
sured in the Alliance.
"Mr. J. Brindley, slate merchant—warehouse burnt,
and contents muoh damaged; both insured in the
Alliance.
" Messrs. W. and J. Hayward, boatbuilders—stock
much damaged; insured in the Phcenix.
"Mr. W. Downing, sail and tarpaulin manufacturer—
building much injured, and stock damaged; insured in
the Alliance.
" Mr. Thomas Fox, private house—furniture damaged;
insured in the Atlas.
Messrs. Loader's granaries—front scorched, and stock
injured.
" The Providence smack, laden with hoops—burnt
with the exception of the hull. I
~ The Violet, of Montrose, schooner—similarly de-
stroyed.
" The Ellen and Esther, a welch
y-repaired schooner,
schooner—much
burnt; and various smaller craft mooff Messrs. Stokes's ways. She
" Tho Providence was a new! re or less injured.
and bad only just come
was lying alongsido, waiting for her cargo."
,I,V1.4.•••••131•••••--
E N D -

SUDD.b- 13 with feelings of regret that
we record the Sudden death of Mr. James Fielded, of the
firm of Fitlden Brothers, of Waterside, brother of the late
Fielden,. M.P. On Sunday night he went to bed in
good .health, was found.dead.a short time after by
wire. bte was mach respected by the i.vollikeoPle._ die died
from disease of tle heart, -Manchester Courier.

RAILWAY- INTELLIGENCE.
THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY

COMPANY.
01 Tuesday a special general meeting of this Compaq
WT.; herd in the. Gresham Rooms, Basinghall-street, to
cantider the propriety of reducing the nominal amount
.
or value of the shares in the said company,. and `G
resolve and determine the amount to which this -sat"
shall be reduced, and to authorise the issue ad nelvf
share in respect and to the extent of the anloant
capital of the company, which, by reason of stit:h
reduction iu the amount or nominal value of 5W
first-mentioned shares, shall be unrepresentod by
sharer, and to determine the nominal aweettnt of Axel;
new share-, and at what times and on what condition`
the same should be issued, the • annual dividend in all
eases not exceeding 6 per cent,; also to receive a rePort
from the directors on the state of the company's affi,s,
and to take the sense of the proprietors as to •
immediati
proceeding with the woiks, and • raising the necessail
amount for the same.
Mr. LOWDEN took the chair, and having read the
report and alluded to the past misfortunes of the CO
statel that their position was this—they had
already a sea wall and a large portion of land, he
la.lioacd 137 acres, on which they might erect.
their wharfs. It was the intention of the
directors to make only a single line from
Itom'ord to Thames Haven. They could there ballet'
a harf 1,800 feet in length, where the depth of irote:i.
was from 15 to 20 feet, and ships of a certain class coal
always be accommodated. Fie therefore advised the PPo"
prieters to take immediate steps to effect that desirable
• object, which he had •rto doubt, looking to the Loer
chandise and traffic that would come on the railw*
would amply pay the proprietors.
11'.% SHEPHERD asked if they had any binding en•
gaement with the Eastern Counties Company.'
Til-
Tee .CHAIRMAN said they intended to oppose the
bury line. Ile was corny there was no legal agreen3es'
with the E.!stt rn Counties Company.
Mr. SHEPHERD wished the names of the parties to be
trrntioned who had signed on the part of the Eastai)
C,- unties Company.
The CHAIRMAN said the only names they had to thl
document they possessed were those of Mr. Bidder 1111'
Mr. Lang.
A PROPRIETOR. asked what the estimated cost of the
line was?

The CHAIRMAN read an Estimate, from which it,orn
petered that the total cost of the line from Rawforn
Themes 114,;c211 woohl ty) about 295,000/.
Mr. SHEPHERD wa's much surprised at there being no
balance-sheet for the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN said their position might be Willa
stated. They had 2,6001. at the bankers', their lan
was paid for, and they hid certain liabilities to a sol:
amount unl'quidated. There was a balance-sbaet '—
host January; the present was not the time for a balan_tn
sheet. He might say that. the call in 1847 protine7
40,0001., which, with the balance ho now mention;
was fairly accounted for. An opportunity wu.nicl,..4
aff,rded to the shareholders to inspect the batancreuy-
next week.—(lletr, hear.)
A PROPRIETOR thought a tidal dock should be 191/(100°,
at least to siford securi:y to vessels at Thames Seao
without going to the expense of docks. di#
The CHAIRMAN said that was the view of the
rectors—(llear, hoar.)
The report was then adopted.
tbe
A resolution was proposed for the reduction 0-f y
shores from 50/. to 25/. each, on which 18/. must be co
si(tT(d to he paid.
The CHAIRMAN said these new shares would he iota
to the proprietors in preference, but the directors
issue them at such times as they might deem expedie%
Alter some discuasioa bt twoen the solicitor, Mr.
Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Lee, Mr. Robertson, and others,
to the price at which the shares ought to be issued,
The resolution of the directors was carried Wien
tuously.
The CHAIRMAN said they had filed a petition in I'4
House of Lords against the Tilbury line, and he bop;
they should be supported by the proprietors.—(Hear')
A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman '—
directors, when the meeting adjourned.

SOUTH DEVON.—Among the surprises in store for the
proprietors of this ccmpauy, we may mention the prey°.
rations of opposition to the board en account of its siding
d
the Cornwall. Reasonable people have hitherto flitter,o
themselves that, if an unbroken connexion with lb
west were once established, the worst days of "'f
South Devon would be passed; but some few,o"
the good folks of Plymouth, it would seem, are °I be
entirely different opinion. They consider that
struggling port should be the only terminus of the 111314
and that no traffic which once reaches Plymouth shcc
be suffered to go beyond it by land; and, as a legitimate
consequence, that there should be no entry of goods eat
passengers to their town by the same transit. Thee
are the sages of Plymouth, and this is the nineteenth
century ! •
CORNWALL.—WO are glad to learn that the e 0000;
ragement already received by the directors is of 3 n3ceof
satisfactory character, notwithstanding the divergence°,
public opinion to election matters at the present
_Tor,
ment. Influential parties are busily engaged in urti
vassieg their neighbours; and, when their repo
aro sent in and compared, we doubt not they willPre
we
sent an advance in practical business, alike hoot:still be
to the praiseworthy exertions now making and tie Ire
object they have in view. Thirty miles of laefrupia-0
already contracted for, the price being liberally taken
shares; and of the remaining 35, it is anticipated --r•
at least a moiety will be settled for in the same men.ne
—Railway Times.
LEEDS NORTHERN. On Saturday last, 51;.2,11;
portant extension of the Leeds Northern (late Jai—ihe
and Thirsk) Railway was formally opened. witb "re
usual manifestations of rejoicings and festive ce• of
monies on such occasions. The new portion
the line opened is nearly thirty miles in leug 0
extending from the Melmerby station, betivecof
Ripon and Thirsk, to the port and tow
Stockton, in the county of Durham. A further' exii;
sion of the company's line to Hartlepool, about t „
miles from Stockton, will be opened on the let of ei,:tie°l
and then the Leeds Northern Railway will form A du
o¢
communication between two of the most rising Porte,.,,i•-g
the north-east coast of England and the manufseteki7,lo
districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the Who
of Lancashire.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS' a
LIVERPOOL, MA Y 18.—Holders of wheat and flour slitld.
more firmness, and full rates of last week were tnaintsi".or
The weather being more favourable for crops, all kinds of srrlei;
corn dull sale, at barely former rates. Indian corn au'
1,
lower. Arrivals, Ireland and coastwise—Wheat, 77; wa„-
199; oats, 139; malt, 1,469; flour, 28. Foreign wheat,
barley, 672.
-wade
LEEDS, MAY 18.—Arrivals of wheat fair this week.
decidedly firmer, and for fresh qualities rates of Friday s°7,r°,..'
what exceeded, with moderate extent of business Pass,,l
Barley and beaas as last week. Oats and shellings atoll
price. Peas and other articles as before.
NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MAY 18.—Although
was a great want of animation, trade ruled ruled firml y for
wheat; Saturday's 'prices fully maintained. Barley witbaL
change. Oats continue steady at previous terms. In-do-
and other articles no change.
NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MAY 48.—The saPPII
from
6d beasts was 673; quality good ; trade exceedingly brisk, .1'
ed to Is advance, and all sold. Number of sheep and lambs,
4,926. Demand steady at former rates, with a good clearance'
Prices Beef,:s3 to 6s per stone; shorn cheep, 4d to sd;
lambs, 7d to 8d per lb.
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MAY 18.—There Ware i 0
the meal market to-day 5 sacks oatmeal, each weigh?
2801bs. imperial, which sold thus :—2 at i l Ils 2 at 11 10364
and 1 at 11 10s Cd ; average price of the Whole 1/ 105
2-12tha. 2 sacks pot-barley, whereof 1 sold at 29s ed.
EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, MAY
Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s 6d per kemple of 16 stones tree 7
wheat ditto, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; barley ditto, es Od to 7s
Hay, from 9d to lid per stone.
DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MAY 17. There were
aothuaedtmbmaearairlek,yeprateretaosi-adgeaukyi,ck7 of
.7 b ags of oatmeal an dlof b arl e e
no peasemeal or pot-barley in market. Sales for the eatin-
-280 lbs. First Second Thir6cici
imperial
... 30s Od 30s Od 29s a
Barleymeal, per ditto . 233 6d —3 Od °,l
Peaseineal ••• —3 od od --0
Flour ... ::.•
—s Od —a Od Od
Pot barley ... —s Od Od •••41

COAL MARKET.-YESTIRDAY.

.
Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market ..--' sa
Carr's Hartley ..... l4s Od Peareth (uns.) ......... 120 0
Davison'sWestllartley lls Od, Eden Main ...... ...... 158 oj
Hasting's Hartley 145 Od Lambton Primrose ... 151 fid
Holywell
New Tanfield -
15s g6l
Ravensworth Pelaw .. 12s Od Lambton
14s ";1-
Ravensworth'sW. Hart 133 9d Pensher .
15s 6" South Peareth
ranfield Moor Butes- l2s 6d, Richmond 165 ~..S
1 g. uo
Walker's Primrose ... lls 6d Stewart's .. ... -..-- i‘z as
West Hartley
Wylam
Wall's-End, &c. Haigh Hall
155 '-
Brown
ns 6d
Gosforth ..... .......... 14s Od South Hartlepool - Od
Heaton
od
Riddell ..... ... ...... ... 13s 9,1 Ramsay's Garasfield 235
Harvey Wylaca (uns.) 12s Od
Ships at market,
_ .

27C Sold, 66.

BIRTH&
OF A SON. On the 14th inst., at Westbourne-terrace, k_lllo
wife of Thomas Falconer, Esq.
On the 15th inst., at Upper Bedford-place, Russell-340p
the wife of Richard Garth, Esq.
OF • DAUGHTER.
On the 120 i inst., at Bilboa, the wife of Francis T. BOY'
Esq., 11. B. M.'s Vice Consul.
Oa the 17th inst., at Maida-hill West, the wife of J-61111
Morris Hogan, Esq.

MARRIED.
At Irornsey Church, on the 18 h inst., by the Rev. Thomas
Nolan, A.M., of St. John's, Bedford-row, James Stuart/
Esq. (of Gordon, Stuart, and Co.), Calcutta, to Mary Agl
eldest daughter of Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., The '
Ilornsey.

DIED
On the 4th inst., at Villafranca, near Genoa, the —gee'
John Capel Hanbury Tracy, third son of the Right Hen'
Lard Sudeley.
d
On the 15th inst., aged 64, Hsrriott, the wile of Edward
Grant, Esq., of Higbbury-place.
On the 15th inst., at Sydenham,_ Emily, wife of Mr. S. r•
Low, of the Madras Military Fund-office, aged 28. of
On the 16th inst., aged 20, "William Thomas, eldest soil
the Rev. W. Quarterman, Bowater-crescent, Woolwich.
On the 15th inst., in Hanover-street, London, age_ 130,
William Winstanley, M.D., of Preston. of
Oa the 15th inst., at Folkestone, Mr. Joseph Harve-
v
Bermondsey, Surrey, aged 80.

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