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London, England, 1849-10-04 00:00:00

LONDON, TRURSDAY EVENIN'n, OCTOBER, 4 1840

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 3.
(133 fore Mr. Commissioner Puthurs.)
IN RE CHARLES GILL.

This insolvent had been a grocer in Devereux-
court, Strand, and lad also heki a .sivation in the
Temple. He had offered to pay his creditors 6s. iu
the pound out of a sum of 1101., realised by the sale
of a policy of insurance effected on his own life, but
the offer was refused ; and it was suggested that a
fiat in bankruptcy should be taken out. The insol-
vent's solicitors, Messrs. Lewis, however, considering
that the expenses of a fiat would consume the whole
assets, advised the insolvent to go to prison by means
of a friendly arrest, and let the money be distributed
by this Court. Upon this advice he acted, and there
was now 130/. paid into the Court, with a prospect of
about 401. more.
Mr. NICHOLS, who opposed, objected that an insol
vent was not entitled to choose his own time to take
the benefit of the act. _ _ .

Mr. COOKE having been heard in support,
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said, he thought the
insolvent had acted very honestly, and on very good
advice, the result of which would be that the credi-
tors would receive nearly 105. in the pound. He
thought the insolvent was entitled to the benefit of
the act, and ordered him to be discharged forthwith.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL. ,

William Charles Hitehins, of Tavistock-row,
Covent-garden, and Benjamin Henry Mayers, of 23,
King-street, Covent-garden, were brought up for final
examination, charged with obtaining a quantity of
papier mache trays, value 261. 165., under false pre-
tences.
Both prisoners were fully committed for trial on the
charge of feloniously stealing the trays.
There was a second case then entered into.
Alderman GIBBS committed them on this charge,
also, for stealing, and also for unlawfully obtaining
the goods in question.
The depositions being made out and read, the pri-
soners declined saying anything, and were conveyed
to Newgate.
MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

James Moore, the proprietor of a Hampton-court
omnibus, was summoned before Mr. Bingham for
cruelty to two horses, his property.
George Sutton, the defendant's driver, was sum-
moned before the Magistrate in the first instance,
when the following evidence was produced :
Frederick Stewart, the waterman at the Knights-
bridge stand, said, on Friday week his attention was
attracted to a crowd near Hyde Park, and on going
up he found that one of the horses in an omnibus,
which the defendant Sutton was driving, had dropped
down dead. He examined the animal, and found it
in a pitiable condition. It was a small puny horse,
utterly unfit for such labour as omnibus work. It
was in a wretched condition, seemingly from starva-
tion and overwork. It had wounds on its shoulders,
produced by the collar, which had been painted over
with flour of brimstone, and the holes in the raw flesh
plugged up with fuller's earth. One of its legs also
had a wound on it. 'Witness inspected the other
horse, which the driver was vainly attempting to
make draw the omnibus ; but the animal, which was
hardly a shade better in condition than its wretched
companion, was quite unable to perform the task from
weakness. This horse also had large wounds on the
shoulders daubed with flour of brimstone and fuller's
earth.
The driver said the animals had been inspected by
the horsekeeper of his master before they were put to
the omnibus on the mornine• in question.
Other witnesses having °deposed to the shocking
condition or the live and dead animal, and to their
complete unfitness for the work which they were re-
quired to perform,
Mr. BINGHAM said, it would be quite inconsistent
to punish the driver in such case—it was clearly the
master who ought to be made amenable to the law.
As the new Act gave a power to
-magistrates to reach
the owners of horses where cruelty was proved, he
should discharge the summons against the defendant,
and make the owner the principal.
Yesterday the owner, Jams Moore, appeared to
the summons.
The evidence of the:cruelty, in substance the same
as had been given on a previous day against the
driver, was then gone into.
The defendant said, he had not been able to attend
to his stable for several days previous to the occur-
rence, owing to a severe attack of cholera. He was
not aware of the bad condition of the horses, other-
wise he should not have sent them out, and he hoped
for a lenient penalty as he was in very poor circum-
stances.
Mr. BINGHAM said his first intention was to have
inflicted the full penalty of 51., but taking into con-
sideration that ode aeronasnt hwa lost one horse by
death, was very poor, and had been attacked by
cholera, he would mitigate the amount to 40s. in
eluding costs.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.

MALTA, SEPT. 26.—The Merlin, on arrival here of
the news of the Sultan's refusal to give up the refugees,
was immediately dispatched to the Admiral with letters,
received from the Ambassador at Constantinople.
The arrival of a French steamer from Marseilles and
Italy, in quarantine, a case of cholera having occurred
on board, has set the town in commotion.
Her Majesty's steamer Locust, relieved by the Oberon,
has arrived from Naples. She brought no news of any
importance.
Her Majesty's steamer Antelope, from the lonian
Islands, arrived yesterday, reports that the two revolu-
tionists, for whom, dead or alive, the Lord High Com •
missioner had offered 1,000 dollars, had not been taken,
and the island of Cephalonia was still disturbed. The
Sharpshooter (steamer) and the Racer (brig) were there,
and the fleet cruizing in the vicinity. The Queen was
in sight off Corfu on the 21st, and the lonia steamer
was sent cut to tow her in. She did her best for six
hours, then cast her off, and Mrs. Ward and family
quitted her, proceeding to Corfu in the steamer. On
the following morning, distant eight miles from the an-
chorage, the Antelope, bound to Malta with the mails,
took her in tow. The Thetis was in sight on the 22d.
The Prince Regent, from Naples, had joined the
Admiral. She was at Argostoli on the 17th of Sept.
The flag ship (Caledonia) had a great deal of sickness
on board, and was cruising for the health of her crew.
The Tartarus steamer has been again employed in
seeking for pirates. She has not, however, met with
any euccess, and having remained a day at Smyrna to
coal, she has proceeded on her mission one more.
By the Antelope ariived the veteran General Pepe,
Colonel Marchese, the celebrated Manini and family, and
several others whose late career has rendered them con-
spicuous. Our acting Governor, Colonel Jones, allowed
them to land, and they are in town. He properly took
a guarantee for their good conduct, and their promise to
leave the island soon.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon receiving- ship, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey; Spitfire
steamer, and Locust (tender to Tritou), Lieutenant
C. J. P. Glinn, in ordinary.
On a Cruise—The Caledonia, 120, Captain T. W.
Carter, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir IV. Parker,
G.C.8., the Commander-in •Ckief; Howe, 120, Captain
Sir J. Stirling; Queen, 110, Captain C. Wise; Power-
ful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas; Vengeance, 84,
Captain the Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke; Prince
Regent, 92, Captain Martin; Thetis, 36, Captain 11.
coaraagton Racer, Captain C. W. Beddoes; Frolic,
Captain N. Vansittart; Odin, Captain the Hon. F. T.
Pelham; Porcupine, Lieutenant E. F. Roberts; Bulldog.
Commander Key; Rosamond, Commander Foote; Obe
ron, Lieutenant Gardiner; and Sharpshooter steamer,
Lieutenant Commander Bailey.
On Surveying Duty—The Volago, 6, surveying ship,
Captain Thomas Graves; Auxiliary cutter, Lieutenant
G. W. Geary; and Research cutter, Lieutenant Lord
John Browne, both tenders to the Volage.
At Gibraltar—The Janus steamer, Lieutenant Powt '

➢lr. Alullins said that this was the whole of the
evidence he had to offer that day, but he would ask
for a remand in order to produce other evidence
against the prisoners. The case of Mr. George Mills,
coachrnaker of Goswell-street, had been completed,
and he suggested that the whole of the witnesses
already examined should be bound over to prosecute
at the Central Criminal Court.
Mr. COMBE ordered the witnesses to be bound over,
and he remanded the prisoners for the production of
further and necessary evidence.
They were then conveyed to prison.

At Coustantinople—The Tartarus, Commander Sir
G. Webster.
At Venice—The Ardent, Lieutenant Nowell.
En route from Malta to Alexandria, thence to cruise
—The Growler, Commander Stu-Mart.
En route to England, from Malta—The Terrible,
Captain W. Eqmsay.
En route from Malta to Tunis, Algiers, Tangier,
and Gibraltar—The Volcano, Lieutenant Commander
Willes.

August, the prisoner Smith sent the waiter at the I bound to consider all the plans which had been sat Masters' Assistants—J. A. R. Fetch, to the Scourge;
Clerence•botel to his house, who informed him that in, as far as they were capable of doing so, and then Thomas Ta!pin, to the Ganges.
eak with him. Witness take the opinion of competent persons as to their Ntia:hipmen—tlorece Johnson, to the Leander; Chas.
Captain Smith wanted to sp
proceeded to the hotel, where he saw Smith and .:,Ir. merits. - 17.. 6 :evenri, to the Serpent ; Francis Stanley, to the
Collins in the coffee-room. Captain Smith produced Si: JOHN BLInGOYNE said the subject was one of Eecounter.
hanlain—Charles Th'laareve to the Leander.
the cheque for 71. 10s. on the Commercial Bank, great difficulty, and he thought it reasonable that tNrotal Instructor—M. P. S'irnhell, to the Leander.
Lothbury, and signed 4, Charles Frazer." Smith time should be given to consider the whole of the Naval Cs dc,t—Jan D. Hopkins, to the Leander.
asked if witness would cash the cheque ? saying it plans. He thought there could be no doubt as to Clerks—O..l). Sibb .Id, to the Lean&r ;G. Bulgier,
was crossed, and the proprietor of the hotel had left the propriety of consulting persons of competent to the Ganges; Richard Alien to the Scourge.
town. Witness looked at the cheque and found it knowledge as to the :merits of the various plans, and Clerk's Assistant—T. W. Harriott, to the Scourge.
was made payable to Mr. Collins, who came forward that he was sure would be done, Purser—Frederick Gilbert, to the Scourge.
and spoke of his family, whom he (witness) was ac- The motion of Mr. Chadwick was then put and
quainted with; and from the knowledge he had of carried. 14
them he cashed the cheque and paid down 71. 103. on Mr. CHADWICK then moved that each statement of ag
the table. the details and principles of the plans should be circu-
Mr. Mullins—Whom did you give the money to ? lated to the author of each plan. n
Witness—l suppose to both. I noticed Smith take Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE objected, on the ground .)a
up what I supposed to have been half the money, when that by adopting such a course they would furnish to 'al
he said to Collies 16Here, we'll halve it, as usual," the author of each plan the merits of all, which he s.
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and he took the other half from the table, when witness considered a most objectionable course. Ic
thought lie was " dune." When he gave the money Mr. Crianwicx said he believed the competitors f t
he had not noticed that the cheque was postdated. themselves ware desirous that the course proposed ee
Witness paid the cheque away to his brother, should he pursued. n 7
who paid it in to his banker's. It was returned The Rev. Mr. (2owte also objected to the motion. rs
to witness. On the 3d of September witness re- Mr. CHADWICK said he would not press the motion irl
ceived a message from the Clarence hotel that if there was a general feeling against it ';
Smith wished to see him; he proceeded thither, Several members requested Mr. Chadwick to 'with- d
when he was informed by Smith that Frazer had draw the motion,.
been seized with cholera, and could not go to Gravesend After a short discussion, the motion was withdrawn. )c
that day to send the money up in time. He alter- Mr. CHADWICK also moved that the statements be trr
ite
wards saw Smith and Collins, who told him that ordered to be sent in as eerly as practicable. el,
Frazer had died of cholera, and they referred him to After a short discussion the motion was agreed to. 5(
their solicitor, Mr Lawes, at Mr. Hall's, 49, Moor- Mr. CHADWICK then moved, that when such state- i a
gate-street. He saw Mr. Lawes, who assured him merits were sent in, a special court be summoned ,
that the cheque was a good one, that Mr. Fraze.r's within fourteen days after they were so sent, in ) a
brother was a wealthy man residing at Gravesend, order to consider them. ,ti
and that the drawer of the cheque had not sent to Mr. CHADWICK said that an imputation had been net
his brother, and by some means had not got the cast upon him, that he had already come to a fore- an
money. Lawes introduced witness to Mr. Hall, of gone conclusion. Now all the opinions he had formed ja
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49, Moorgate-street, as his friend, when he (Mr. on the subject had appeared in the blue books and tr
Hall) said the cheque was a good one, and the trans- official documents which had already been published, 8s
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action was honourable, and that the money would be and beyond that he was perfectly open to consider IT,
paid on the Saturday following. The prisoner Lawes the merits of every plan in an impartial spirit. There eyr
acquiesced in all he said. was, therefore, no ground for the allegation. It was 314
Mr. Williams objected to this sort of evidence as his opinion that their efforts should first be directed ivy
to what Hall said. to house drainage, next to street drainage, and lastly at
After some discussion on the point between the to the purification of the river. The propositions he
professional gentlemen and the Bench, had made on the subject of house drainage had I.
Mr. COMBS said, it was admissible for the consi- already been unanimously approved of by the court.E , .•
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deration of the judge at the trial; it might include Mr. LAMBERT JONES was of a very different p e
Hall in a charge, but it would not exonerate Lawes. opinion. Vicar ... ... ... ...
By Air. Hobler (to Mr. Cuthbertson)—lt was on The resolution was then put and carried, and the
the faith of knowing Mr. Collins' family and seeing court adjourned.
Collins present with Captain Smith, that he cashed
the cheque. He would not have done so for Captain
Smith himself, as he was sorry to say there were
other transactions before the present in which he had
been involved with him.

THE COUNT4Y iviARKETS.

NEWCASTLE, OCT. 2.—At this morning's market we
have to note a dull sale for all articles. A fair arrival
of grain coastwise. Also little in from abroad. For
wheat the quotations of Saturday were barely Supported,
but the little business done hardly warrants a reduction.
Barley and oats at about previous terms. The value of
other grain remains nominally as before.
NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, C CT. 2.—At this
day's market we hsd a large supply of beasts, exceeding
the number exposed for sale last week by 150 head.
Quality good. Although a brisk demand, part remains
unsold. Number of sheep and lambs also large. Both
kinds of stock in good demand at former rates, and but
few remain on hand. Beasts 700; sheep and lambs,
6,400 Prices—Beef, 5s Od to 6s 3d per stone; mutton,
4d to 51d; lamb, 4id to sid per lb.

EDIRBURGIT MEAL, MARKET, OCT. 2.—There were
in the market to-day 105 sacks oatmeal, each weighing
2801bs imperial, whereof 69 Soli thus:-13 at 11 9s, 8 at
11 8s 6d, 24 at 118 s, 26 at 1/ 7s Od, and 18 at 116 s Od;
average price of the whole 1/ 7s 5d 11-12ths. 4 sacks
flour, whereof 2 sold at 31s, 1 at 30s, and lat 295.
4 sacks barleymeal, none sold. 27 sacks pot-barley,
whereof 22 sold thus:-1 (Pearl) at 1/ 1330 d, 3at 116 s,
1 at 115 s 03, 5 at 1/ 4s, 3 at 1/ 3s 6d, 4at 1/ is 64,
and satll 03 Od. 1 sack brosemeal, which sold at 26i.
EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, OCT. 2.—
Supplies of all kinds small. Oat straw, from 7s 6d to•
lOs Od per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat ditto, 7s 6d
to 9s 03; barley ditto, 6s 6d to 8s Od. Old hay, from 7d

CO 9d; new ditto, 01 to Od per stone.
DALKEITII MEAL MARKET, OCT. I... There Were
97 sacks of oatmeal, 6 of barleymeal, and 1 of pot-barley
at this day's market. The supply of oatmeal middling,
barley-meal small; sales heavy. Top price of oatmeal
275, or is 6d lower than last week; flour and peasemeal
.none in market.

Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third
imperial .. 27s Od 26s 3d 25s Od
Barleymeal, per ditto ... 19s 6d —s 01 —s Od'
Peasemeal ... —s Od —s Od —s Od
Flour ... . —s Od —s Od —s Od
'a barley 22s 6d —a Od Od

COAL AIAB.KE

[lasting's Hartley l7s Od
Holywell Main ..... 16s Od
rantield Moor Butes l3s 6d
Wall's End, &c.
Thornley
Clarke
Gibson
Hedley
Hilda
Hebburn
H saw'.
Percy...
Riddell's l7s 96
Ships at n

T.— YESTERDAY.
Lambton Primrose lBs 3d
Braddyll
-Hetton
utton
'tewart's
Hartlepool l9s Od
West Hetton lBs Od
St. Helen's Tees
Tees ...... ..........
l West Cornforth
Graigola Birchgrove 2os 6d
Nixon's Merthyr and
i Cardiff .... 2ls 6d
narket, 43.

RAILWAY liAktk. MARKETS.

BRISTOL, OCT. 3.
STOCK EXCHANCIE.-1 he transactions to-day were as fol-
low : Great Western Quarter 111 A dis.—Ditto, Old, 58.
LIVERPOOL, Oar. 3. _ _ _

STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share market was further de-
pressed to day . The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashiie,
and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 6 per cent. till IMO, W. lls. 3d.
—Caledonian, Preference, 9% Great Northern, 5 per cent.,
Preference, 2, dis.—Ditto (L. and York Extension), 214
—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., Fifths, 61. lls. 3d.—
Lancaster and Preston, 2 dis.—London and North-Western,
111— Ditto, New Quarters, % p.—Manchester Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, Quarters (No. 1), guaranteed 7% till 1853,
12% c. dis.—Midland, 50—Ditto, Halves, 1914 dis.—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and B.), G. N. E.
Purchase, 6 per cent. till 1850, 41. 18s. 9d.—Dutch Rhenish,
6% die.
MANCHESTER, OCT. 3.

STOCK EXCHANGE. The transactions to-day were as
follow :—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 64. dis.—Sheffield
and Lincoln, 19% dis. North Staffordshire, 7% dis.—
West Riding Union, 6% dis. —Sheffield, Preference, 101A—
Dover (No. 4), %c. -
YORK, OCT. 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to- day were as
follow :—Great Northern, 71. 6s. '3d.—North British, Pre-
ference, 31. 11 s. North-Western, Preference, 31,4—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), IN ex in.
—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase),
GLASGOW, Ocr. 2. _ _

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol-
low.—Aberdeen, Preference, 6% Caledonian and Dumbar-
tonshire, 914—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 5 per cent.
guaranteed, 102—Stirling and Dunfermline, 725. 6d.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
HAMBURGII FUNDS, SEPT. 29.
Bins, Money.
Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent 106
Ditto, 33% per Cent. .. • • .... •••• •• 8435 8434
Bank shares• •••••••••••• • • • •• •• •• • •
Prussian 5 per Cent 106%
Russian Certificate •• •• •• •• •• 98% • •
Anglii-Russian Loan • . . • •• • 105% 10514
llamburgh Certificate, 5 per Cent
Russian. 4 per Cent—. ••••..••• • • • • • • •
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••
Ditto Stieglitz • . ......... 81% 84
Belgian Loan, 2% per Cent...... .....•
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 72
Ditto, in 1001. Shares .............. 723! 72
Ditto, 5 per cent. •• • • .... 97 97
Anglo•Swc.dish Loan .
Ditto, Transport Loan ** •• •• •• •• •-•-•
Norwegian l oan, 1848 ......... 993 99
Spanish New 5 per Cent.............. 103{,
Ditto, 3 per Cents. •• 25% 21%
East India Loan, 4 per Cent.• •••• •• • • '—
Ditto, 1816.......... •• •
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • •
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. • •• ••
Ditto 3 per Cent. •• •• .• •••• ••
National Bank Shares •.•••••••• •• ••
American, 6 per Cent .............. 105% 105
RAI LWAYS.

Hamb. Bergd. .... ................ 9434 93%
Ditto, Priority Shares •• • •• ••• • • • 104 103%
Berlin and Hamburg .• ••.•••..• • .• • • 71% 75 .C,
Ditto, Priority Share 3 .. ••••• • • •• 98 97x,
Cologne and Minden .• • • ...• •••• • ••

Ditto, Priority Shares ..
Mecklenburg .. ••.• • •
.A itona and Kiel •
................... 97
cluckstadt ........., „• •
Rendsburg .. • •••••• • • • • •• --
Hanseatic Steam Company • . • • •• •• ••
DUTCH I, UNDS.—AISISTERDAM, OCT. 1.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent ••• • • • . 53%
Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••• • • • • • 631.2%
Ditto, 4 per Cent..• •••• • • • • ........ 81 8414
Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. •••• • • • • 84% 8514
Commercial Company, 4K per Cent ••
Spanish New 5 per Cants. •••••• • • .• • •
Ditto 3 per Cent., Inland ••• • • • ....
Exchangeon London, at sight •• •• .. 12 1234
Two months..... .......... 12 07Yi
On llamburgh, at sight .... 35 1-16
Two months..... •• • • ...... 3474,
On Paris, at sight.. •••• • • ••
Twomouths..... . • 504
BELGIAN FUNDS,—BstissELs, OCT. 2.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent .• •• • • ...• .• ,•
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions, FoarperCent• •..
Ditto Three per Cent......
Ditto Thirty-seven Alillions,ditto ••• • ••
Ditto,dltto,lB4o.. •• ••.• • • .....• •• • • 95%
1842......................9534• •• • • 95%
Ditto, 1844... •• ••• • • • ••••• • • • • • •• • 87%
Ditto, 1836... ••..•••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 83
Ditto, 1848 .• ...• ••••••.• • • • • • • • •• •• 93%
Ditto of the City, 1832 ••.•••••• • .• • •
Ditto, 1843
Bank of Belgium. •
Issue of 1841 .......•••..••...•••.... 101%

ASSURANCE OF RAILWAY PASSENGERS.--The new
system of railway assurance comes into operation on the
Great Western Railway between Paddington, Bristol,
and intermediate stations, on Monday next, and arrange-
ments are being made ft,r the same purpose with the
other railways in the West of England.
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