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left the law answerable for the escape OPthe Noble Earl;
whereas his acquittal, for want of the evidence which
might easily have been obtained, revolts the common
sense of the country, and cannot fail to lower the
character of its highest tribunal in the general estimation.
We can easily understand that it must have beim
exceedingly painful to Noble Lords, many of whom
have themselves given, and received challenges, and
fought duels, to be under the necessity of convicting the
Earl of Cardigan, and it has been asserted that a blunder
in conducting the prosecution was purposely committed, in
order to free their Lordships from the necessity of pro-
nouncing on their honour a solemn acquittal, after the
most unexceptionable evidence of guilt. But be this as it
may, the people will look only to the naked fact of the ac-
quittal of a man of whose guilt there could not be even a
shadow of doubt ; and, scorning to perplex themselves
with the trickery by which the end was attained or with
settling the respective shares of the responsibility between
the prosecutors and the tribunal, they will arrive at the
conclusion, that the House of Peers have solemnly deter-
mined that henceforward duelling is not to be considered a
violation of the law. After this acquittal of the Earl of
Cardigan by the supreme tribunal of the country, if there
shall not be one law for the peer and another for the
peasant, no man in England ought to be convicted for
shedding the blood of another in a duel.
(From the Globe.)
The two rival measures now before Parliament for
amending the Registration, and, so far as relates to one
of those measures, for defining the elective franchise in
Ireland, are, in their principles and probable results, in-
calculably the most important of the Session, and are
so regarded by met, of all parties. Lord Morpeth's
Bill differs from that of Lord Stanley's in all those
particulars which a knowledge of the public career
of the two statesmen would induce us to expect.
Lord Stanley's Bill for amending the registration is
worthy of himself. It is an adumbration of his own
mind—a production stamped with the genius which
devised and proposed in 1831 the re-enactment, with
increased penalties for violation, of the Irish Registra-
tion of Arms Bill. The penalty fixed by the expiring
stitute was ten pounds fine, or two months' imprison-
, inent : Lord (then Mr.) Stanley proposed, with his or-
dinary fluency, in ',race of fining a delinquent Irishman
ten pounds, or imprisoning him for two months, for
having an old pistol in his possession to trans-
port him to Australia for seven years ! 'Phis pro-
position was not prefaced with any intim xtion of
the necessity of ,trong measures—no description was
given of the disturbed or calamitous state of Ire-
land. It was not said that murder and ine;:adiarisin
took nightly walks eirough the island. It vi as not
suggested that Ireland shoull be treatei like a man'a-,
and that she roust be dewed the tue of thme privlegei
which would become a sounder and ra e: state of
public feeling. But, without pre'a...e, without any pre-
liminary extenuatioo, a ittiout any attempt ti make
t e House of Commons acquanited with any supposed
or real necessity for the striugecit measure, at on, e,
and almost as matter of course, and wit:, a silt Lf glib
factil ty, the Seel etary for Ireland declared his inten-
tion to introduce a clause for the transpc rtation for
seven }ears of any offeader, in a proclaimed district,
against the Act ! Ile indignant fee ing which this in-
sulting and tyrannical proposal excited in the House,
rendered yet more mani:e,t by the attempt of a few
Orange Members to get up a cheer of approba-
bation, compelled the propose; to give pause. The
House was adjourned. Mr. St inley came down
in a few hours after ; and, after stammering out
something which iu ParliameltAry phrase is deemed
" an explanation," receiel from the loA! ground
he had assumed : anal in a tme and with a look
of deerence anti depression, he intimated tbst his
mind had undergone a change, and that he should not
press tr:e a iortion of a clause which bad, to his sur-
prise, excited so much displeasure. It a'terwards came
out that not a single Minister, net a man in office, even
knew that twig new coercive scheme was in the Secre-
tary's contemplation. Not a member of the Cabinet
had been consulted—not one had even eognizatce of
what was intended ; but, without consultation, and,
it should be added, without reflection, this mea-
sure, which justly exasperated the people of Ireland
to a fearful state of indignation, and was universally
reprobated by both countries, was brought forward by
the very member of the Government who, at the open-
ing of Parliament, expressed his conviction that Ire-
land could be pacified, and reconciled to her con-
nexion with England, only by conciliatory means!
Lord Stanley's last attempt at legislation for Ire-
land is perfectly in keeping with his first. Time has
neither improved his understanding nor ameliorated
his heart. The Noble Lord's Bill now before Parlia-
ment is a compound of clumsiness and cruelty. It fet-
ters the elector in his attempt to register by restric-
tions, and confounds him with impediments. Under pre-
tence of purifying and protecting the franchise, it perpe-
trates the most fearful injury upon its rightful claimant,
by surrounding him with difficulties, and subjects him
at every step to harrassing litigation in his attempts to
establish his claim. Contra.t the simplicity of process,
and the efficiency of operation, so strikingly displayed
in Lord Morpeth's Bill, with the complicated de-
tails and difficult requirements of Lord Stanley's—the
former clearing the path of the rightful voter in his way
to the Registration Court and to the polling-booth,
while the mere pretender to the franchise is effectually
excluded by the precautions which it suppl es—the
latter, deterring the timid but valid elector from making
his claim, lest he become involved in fearful loss, if not
absolute ruin, under pretence of keeping back the
reckless pretender to the franchise from establishing a
fictitious claim.

amount to " upwards" of 25,000 men. It is some-
what difficult to reconcile the presence of so I:rge an
army with the careful abstinence from elJetioneer-
ing interference so reported aid commended. The
" municipality" do not appear to have viewed
this armed assemblage, at such a moment, with
the same unsuspecting confidence, for we are
informed that " angry words had passed on the
subject between that body and the Duke.
What great stroke of force or policy may be in agita-
tion we shall not pretend to divine, but we are far
from believing that his Excellency, the Regent' is
the man, or possesses the masculine mind, to conso-
lidate the peace or work out the regeneration of Spain.,
Imagine this mighty hero of a hundred fights, so
styled by his sycophants, at the head of a nume-
rous staff passing in review the volunteer militia
of Madrid, when he could find no more lofty theme
on which to harangue his valorous audience than de
nunciations of the libels and delinquencies of the
C'orreo National, a forty page; in opposition, with
menaces sufficiently significant of the fate in stare for
the unfortunate editors. A great functionary fuming,
fretting, and feacitig with a few unfrie idly journalists
will hardly succeed long in contrcl!ing the destinies of a
divided and unruly people.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF VESTERDAY.

CHRONICLE.—The leading article in to-day's
Chronicle, relative to the liberation of Mr. M'Leod upon
bail, has removed much of the remaining uneasiness enter-
tained on that subject ; but the business done in the
English Funds has been limited, prices being kept down
by the renewed rumours of a revolutionary mov..ment
Constantinople, alluded to in the morning papers, and by
the expected success of the Fortification Bill in the French
Chamber of Peers. We mentioned the story of the out-
break at Constantinople in our City article of Monday afi
one of the causes which had depressed the Funds here
on that day. It was communicated in private letters
from Paris so far back as Friday last, which
reached the City only on Monday morning, and it
seems exti a ndinary how such a report could have found
its way to affect prices on the Paris Bourse only on Mon-
day afternoon, three days after it was current there in the
diplomatic circles. Had there been any grounds for it, an
event of such importance must have found its way to the
Money Al iiket much sootier; and we attribute the slight
fall in the French Rent, son Monday to a knowledge that

the Commission in the Chamber of Peers were faviurable
to the Fortification Bill, the passing of which would ren-
der the appearance of proposals fur a Fi one!! loan of large
amount a question only of time, if the w.nks be seriously
entered upon; as it is now, ious that the French Treasury
cannot find the funds necessary for their execution without
borrowed supplies, and London is the only market to which
M. flurnann can turn his thoughts with much hopes of
success of obtaining them.

TIME S.—A private letter from Baltimore states the
belief of the writer that the banks in Maryland and Vir-
glnia would resume specie payments on the Ist inst., of
which it was cansidercd a fair indication that the notes it;

Maryland were at par for specie. Of the state of the
countty generally, howl.ver, as to its commerce and its
fiscal operations, it is observed that it will yet be necessary
to have one, and pet haps two crops out of mother earth
before all be right."
The arrival of a private vessel from Barbadocs furnishes
papers thence to the 13th of January inclusive, which is a
later date by nearly throe weeks than those brought by the
packet conveyance. The main Let they contain is, that
sugar.making had commenced in the island. The crop
was expected to be in quantity about the same as last year.
Ground provisions were evN-ywherc scarce.
In the French Chamber of Deputies on the 13th inst.,
the Debate on the Customs Duties Bill was resumed, but
the only occurrence worthy of notice was a question put
to the Minister of Commerce whether it was his intention
cr not to reduce the duty on iron. It was observed, that
although much had been said respecting the interest taken
by the Government in the agricultural prosperity of
France, iron was so dear that it was in some localities an
article of luxury, and wooden spades were plated with iron.
The reply of the Minister ot Commerce was, that although
it was the wish of Government to reduce the duty, the
present was not a proper time for such a measure, as the
iron manufacturers were those who were suffering most.
Mr. Labouchere's Bill for the equalization of the rum
duties, read for the first time on Monday, cannot fail to
be an object ot the highest interest to those concerned in
the produce both of the East and West ladies.

BY the first clause, every gallon of rum, of any strength
not exceeding the strength of proof by Sikes's hydrometer,
and in proportion for any greater or less strength, being
the produce of any British pan .ssion within ►he limits of
the East India Company's coarser, is to pay 9s. 4d., and
every gallon of rum shrub the same amount. A proviso is
contained in the second clause, that such rum or rum shrub
shall be the produce of a British possession in India into
which the importation of foreign sugar shall have been pro-
hibited, or of sugar the produce of any British posse..
sion within the limits of the Company's charter into which
foreign sugar cannot legally be imported. The Act,
if passed, is not to come into operation till it is
proved that foreign rum and rum shrub have been
prohibited to be imported into any of the possessions from
which the importation is allowed, according to a provision
in the 3d clause ; and, as a precautionary measure, it is
required in the 4th clause, that before such rum or rum
shrub be entered in the United Kingdom, the master of
the ship shall deliver at the Customs a certificate, by the
collector of the sea-customs of the port where the rum or
rum shrub was taken on board, testifying that the shipper
of the article had produced a certificate by the revenue
collector of the district in which it was produced that it
really is the produce of such district. The second read-
ing of this Bill is fixed for next Friday.
Some doubt having arisen on the construction of an
order in Council of the 10th of last August, as to whe-
ther a distinction was to be made between the produce of
the East Indies and other British possessions when im-
ported into the Cape of Good Hope, the Customs having
adopted the interpretation according to which a dis-
tinction was to be made to the disadvantage of India,
the East India and China Association have applied to the
Treasury as to the real meaning of the order, and re-
ceived an answer, in which the Lords of the Treasury
state that it appears to them, on consideration of the order,
that goods, the growth, manufacture, and •produce of
territories under the government of the East India Corn.
parry would be admissible into the Cape of Good Hope on
the same terms as goods from any other British posses.
sion abroad. They add that they will give the requisite
instructions to the Customs' officers at the Cape to pre-
vent any misconception on this point.

CHARGE OF MURDER AT SEA.-THE
QUEEN V. ROBERT WILLIMAN COOK, AND GEORGE
WAKEIIAM.—In this case the above-named prisoners, who
were committed by Mr. Ballantine, the Thames Police
Magistrate, to take their trial at the next Maids:one Ses-
sions, for the wilful murder of Wi liam Sago, a sailor-boy,
were brought before Mr. Justice Coleridge on Wedne ,day, at
his private residence, in Montague-place, Russell-square,
on a writ of habeas corpus, when the effidsvits of three
Maltese seamen, and the stewai d of the ship, whose evidebee
was not taken at the Police-office,were put in and react. They
contradicted the testimony of the witnesses on the deposi-
tions. Mr. Justice Coleridge said he had carefully read over
the depositions, and the affidavits filed in 'answer thereto,
and under all the circumstances he should accept bail for the
prisoners. He ordered that each of them should enter
into securities of 250/., and four respectable housekeepers
each in the sum of 75/., for the appearance of the prisoners
at the next assizes of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery
at Maidstone, on the 15th of March. The prisoners were
immediately discharged out of custody, and departed with
their friends, consisting of many of the principal ship-
owners and merchants of London, who appeared much in-
terested in the proceedings.

HOAX EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday even-
ing a sprightly wag, well known as the " Helston Pocket
Volume of Fun and Frolic," raised a report there that the
Duke of Saxe Coburg, father of Prince Albert, had been
driven by stress of weather into St. Michael's Mount, and
would pass through Helston about ten o'clock on his way
to London. This intelligence, which soon reached every
ear, was apparently confirmed by the fact of eight horses.
having been ordered at the inn precisely at that hour.
Long'before the appointed time a crowd of persons of all
descriptions took their station at the inn door, where, in
spite of the intense cold, they remained eagerly awaiting
the arrival of the illustrious visitor. The entrance
to the inn was lighted with wax tapers; the waiting-maids
sported their richest ringlets and ferbelows, and the post-
boys exhibited their buffs, while "mine host" himself was
busily engaged in inspecting and superintending all the
necessary arrangements in doors and out. Many of the
town-council, too, graced the scene with their presence,
and the band animated it with its enlivening strains. At
lengtht here arrived a certain man of law and letters dele-
gated !o present a congratulatory address to the illustrious
stranger, which address he " then and there" proceeded
to read to the by-standers. This display, however, was
cut short by cries of " He's coming, he's coming ;" and
presently after two carriages- and-tour appeared. The
band struck up " See the Conquering Hero comes," fol-
lowed by " God save the Queen ;" the crowd, uncovered,
stood in breathless anxiety; the learned delegate
ap-
proached, but was dumbfounded when, instead of the father
of her Majesty's royal consort, he encountered only the
guard of the Malta mail I—Cornwall Gazettc.
NON-INTRUSION.—Mr. M. M. Crichton, ac-
companied by the Rev. Mr. Grey, Perth, made his advent
at Hayrick ou Wednesday last to enlighten the inhabitants
by an exposition of his previously well-known doctrines of
Non-Intrusion, and band-hills were in the course of the
day placarded about the streets, and in the evening the
public crier summoned the citizens to assemble in
the Subscription Rooms to hear this redoub►ed
champion ; but, alas ; out of a population of 6,000,
only about 150 could be prevailed on to attend,
and these, with the exception of a very few, were
artizans. After the lecture various questions were
put to him by the audience as to his being paid for
going about the country on his evangelical purposes, &c.,
which he did not seem to relish, while be plainly admit-
ted he was paid by a certain Society. The petition they
distinctly refused to sign, and a perfect hubbub ensuing,
Mr. Crichton was glad to escape from the room on the
plea of fatigue, doubtless sadly disappointed with the re-
sult of his visit to this place. Before going from the
town he left with the landlord ten shillings, with a copy
of the petition for him, to try and get a person to canvass
for signatures; but as yet, we believe, he has not fallen
upon one who will undertake the job. Though a collec-
tion was solicited at the door, only a few halfpence were
thrown into the plate.—Kelso
BRUSSELS, FEB. 15.—0 n the 12th of the
month a contract was entered into between the Ministers
of the Interior and the Belgian Maritime Society for the
rtesblishmen► of a ref!iii,,r of i-""' b"""e
R:o A pan. ''L
to leave Antwerp every two mouths on the Ist of the month. j
The packets are to go alternately to Rio, and thence to
Valparaiso and to Rio only.

LA

iV INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Fgg, 17.
London Sittings at. Nisi Prius, before Lord DaNMAX and a.
Common Jury,)

MARY 141A15THA OREENSTED V. ionsr clztAaLcs
This was an actioti fOr breach of promise of marriage.
Sir F. POLLOCK stated the ease to the Jury. The plaintiff
was a young woman, the daughter of a widow, who had been
compelled to bring this action in consequence of thc defen-
dant having violated the sacred promise of marriage he had
made to her, after having gained her love and affection. He
should be able to prove, by numerous letters, that the de-
fendant had over and over again promised marriage, and in-
deed the evidence would clearly show that, in 1839, the pro-
mise having been made so far back as 1834, the banns of
marriage were published in Lambeth Church. The mother
of the plaintiff had for some time refused her consent, but
at last seeing how warmly, apparently, they were attached to
each other, she yielded to their wishes. The Learned Coun-
sel then read and commented on the following letters, written
to the plaintiff by the defendant :
"My dearest and beloved Mary—l have just heard, to my
misery, the unjust conduct of your mother, and the manner
which it has affected you ; but pray, my dearest girl, do not
let it hurt you, or you will break my heart. You know there
is nothing causes me so much wretchedness as to see you mi-
serable, and surely you will not break the heart that is so sin-
cerely, warmly, and for ever yours. Treat with scorn your
cruel, hard-hearted oppressors. It is not they that will do
you justice, but the Almighty will, I sincerely hope, punish
them who are so callous to all human feelings. And is there
not another thing to console you ? I hope there is. You
have my unchanging love ; you know, my lovely girl, you
have it, therefore cheer up and say to yourself, I have one
who will always stand by me, and when the storms of life and
cruel oppression surround me, he will console me and love me
in the hour of misery. Then why should I grieve when I
have him for my support and his faithful heart for my haven of
happiii&i,' Adieu my beloved and dearest. Mary till ten or
half-past ten this evening, when I hope you will be recovered
and meet inc with pleasure. Your ever faithful and attached
adorer—J. C. NoßTir.
" God bless you, trust in him for justice."
The parties seers nearly of the same age, between 24 and 25.
Matters so contitlitc•d until the month of February, 1840,
the plaintiff was, unfortunately, delivered of an illegitimate
child, of which the defendant was the father. He then ceased
his attentions, and, in the following ittiy, married another
young lady, his present wife. Under those circumstances this
action *a; brought. There was no doubt the dfendant was
able to lay such damages a's the Jury might award. lie had
been surveyor of the high roads in the parish of Lambeth, and
was now a stone-merchant. The circumstances, in cas‘:.s of
this nature, were very various, and differed in degree* of fla-
grancy, but he felt. that this case was one admitting of no pal-
hating circitinstatices7 and he trusted the Jury. by their ver-
dict, would mark their tense of the conduct which the defen-
dant had pursued.
Mr. Jones-1 am clerk to the High Bailiff of Southwark. I
know the plaintiff and her mother, and I have been very inti-
mate with the defendant. In 1839 he told me he was shortly
to be married, and wished me, as his most intimate friend, to
be present in the church with them. He told me he had pub-
lished the banns at Lambeth-road Church, He once spoke to
me about his property, and said he expected to receive 50/. a
year from his father.
The 11ev. Mr. Peat, one of the Ministers of butheth Old
Church, produced the parish register of the banns of marriage,
published by the plaintiff and defendant. on_the 14th, '2:st, and
2.5 th of April, 1830, •
The letters of the defendant it'6lT thou put in and read.
Mrs. Mary Greenst.ed—l am mother of the plaintiff, and a
widow. I have five children. The plaintiff is thy eldest
daughter. She is nearly 24. I received three letters from the
defendant in 1835. He wished to pay attention to my daugh-
ter. I objected to hitn at first, hut afterwards approved of him
when I found they were so nitwit attached to each other. I
heard of banns having been published in 1830. 'the wedding
was to have been kept a secret from me, but 1 untierntOod they
were to be married. The plaintiff had a child on the 3d of
Feb., 1840. I suspected her situation in June or July pre-
ceding. The defendant never came to my house after then.
He made appointments with the plaintiff up to Oct., 1839.
Mr. THESIG Elt having addressed the Jury for the defendant,
called the niece and mother of Mr. North, who represented
his conduct as low and the lady's as violent and coarse:
Sir F. PoLLoce- remarked upon the aggravation by the
defence set up.
Lord DENAIA N then summed up, and the Jury, after a short
deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 250/.

FEB. 18:
EDEN V. GOLDIE.

Mr. PLATT stated the ease. It was an action to recover
damages for injury sustained by the plaintiff, Martha Eden,
an old woman, who had been knocked down and injured by
the defendant while driving in his gig.
The following witnesses were examined :
George E iward Austin—l carry on business in the
Mile-end-road. In the month of July last I was standing
outside the door, between nine and ten in the morning ;
heard some one bawl out, and I turned round. I saw
two gentleman in a one-horse chaise trying to stop the
horse. Before they could do so the horse knocked down a
woman. She was picked up and brought into my shop.
One of the gentlemen got out of the chaise end put her
a shilling in her hand to get a cab and take her home.
She was carried home in a chair, being unable to walk.
She lived as servant at Mr. Byron's, within a few doors
of my house.
Mary Anne Baker—Saw the plaintiff lying in the road,
and she tried to get up, when the horse or shaft knocked
her down again.
Joseph Baker assisted to carry plaintiff into Austin's
shop, and thence to her master's house. One of the gen-
tleman gave her a shilling, and then got into the chaise
again and drove off. She could not stand at all. She
was not deaf before the accident.
William Hampton— I am ostler at the Black Boy, Mile-
end-road. I saw the defendant coming along the road
driving the chaise. The old lady was crossing the road,
and the defendant pulled the horse short up, and she was
knocked down.. The horse was going at the rate of eight
or nine miles an hour.
Henry Byron proved that the plaintiff bad been thirty
years in his service. She was about sixty years old. She
was three weeks confined to her bed, and can only go
about now on crutches.
James Cochrane— I called on Mr. Goldie at his distil-
lery a day or two after the accident. Mr. Goldie said he
was very sorry about it, and should see if something could
net be done for her. He also said he would call on the
medical man.
Mrs. Byron deposed that the defendant called on the
plaintiff and expressed his rcgret,and promised to call again.
He also said be should call on the medical man. He did
not call again till after the proceedings were taken. She
is not now fit to earn het bread.
Thomas Dcake, a surgeon. attended the plaintiff. The
neck of the thigh bone was broken, and that can never be
remedied. 1 attended her for six or seven weeks. My
charge was three guineas.
Mr. HUMPHREY addressed the Jury for the defendant,
and expressed his regret for the accident, which the defen-
dant would have made compensation for, but that unfortu-
naeely he bad been made a bankrupt.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 200/.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, FEB. 17.
(Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.)
IN RE DAVID CLARE•
The fiat in this case was issued in December, 1865, against
the separate estate of the bankrupt, who was a partner in the
very extensive East India concern of Fairlie, Clark, Innes, and
Co., of New Broad-street; and that firm having previously
failed, in 1833, for 970,0001. The amount of debt proved and
claimed under Clark's estate was 50,556/. 13s. 2d., on a part
of which 20s. in the pound was paid, and 14s. either paid or
reserved upon the remainder.
The last hearing but one was on the 29th of February,
1840, when a claim was put in upon the pert of Mr. Adam
Frees Smith, as trustee for Mr. and Mrs. Falconer, the lat-
ter having Married him upon the death of Mr. Falconer, for
principal and interest to the amount of 6,011/. Is. 7d. The
Learned Commissioner then gave the assignees time to send
to India for further evidence, which was heard on the of
December last, but as the subject was one of very great im-
portance, as between trustee and cestui que trust, husband
and wife, acquiescence, &c., he took time to consider, and
now delivered his judgment, setting forth that the right of the
husband to administer, and to enjoy exclusively the effects of
his deceased wife, depended upon the common law, the Statute
of Frauds declaring that the Statute of Distributions should
not extend to the states of femme coverts. In the present
case, then, Mr. Smith had administered to his wife solely for
his own benefit, for it was not pretended that his wife left any
debts unsatisfied. It appeared, therefore, to him that he must
consider the question in the same way as he should if Mr.
Smith were claiming the interest in the trust fund as the ap-
pointee of his wife, and that' he must look on Mr. Smith as
the present cesti que trust. As regarded Air. Smith, he con-
sidered the result of the evidence to be, that the trust fund was
suffered to remain with Ferguson and Co. with Smith's per-
mission ; that he authorised the money to be so dealt with as
much as the trustee, and that he could not complain that this
was a misapplication, permitting it with respect to his own in-
terest.—Brice v. Stokes, Rep. 312, and Nail v. Pinter, Swars.
Rep. 555. For these reasons he was of opinion that the y roof
for interest must be expunged.
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-ROUSE.
TDE INDEPENDENT WEST MIDDLESO! ASSU-
RANCE COMPANY.-Sir Peter Laurie having sent for
Mr. Farquhar, of the house of Johnston and Farq,bar,
solicitors, New Broad-street, who are employed against
tho Independent West Middlesex Fire and Life As-
surance Company, to communicate with him on the
subject, that gentleman called at the Justice-room, and,
in answer to questions from the Alderman, stated that
where there:were innumerable and complicated instances
of plunder, as in the " West Middlesex," the operations
of those who were acting for the unfortunate annuitants
were necessarily very tardy. He had ascertained that
the original deed of settlement of the Company had been
burned, and tie managers were endeavouring to get hold
of the notarial copy, which had been sent to Scotland,
when they bad the impudence to go to trial to esta-
blish their reputation. The notarial copy was, how-
ever, safe in the hands of the officer of the Court of
Session. If they had succeeded, all trace of the Com-
pany would be list. The names to the deed had been
obtained at the rata of five shillings each, and, since
the breaking up of the establishment, the most unde-
niable proofs had been discovered of the whole of the
enormous fraud.

Sir PETER LAURIE said that it was very odd that
the Scotch, who generally saw their way pretty clearly
where money was concerned, were, in regard to the
West Middlesex Company, very blind. He had heard
that there were numerous annuitants from that country
on the book', and most of them were, he understood,
poor en rnen and women, who, captivated with the
promise of the large per centage, which in fact ought
rather to have frightened them, put all the hard earn-
ings of their youth into the jaws of the establishment.
Mr. Farquhar said that the clerks of the house in
which he was a partner had frequently visited the house
No. 27, Baker-street, where the villanous transactions
were carried on, and witnessed the most heart-rending
distress. He had seen Mr. Smith, the landlord of the
house, who informed him that Hole, the secretary,had
a lease of the house for 21 years, at 130/: per annum.
I.,wilord r-moved p,pers wtach had cot
been previously rernovAd or destt.yed by the manage?,
to the house of Messrs. Johnston
.and Farquhar, in
New Broad-street, as Sir Peter Laurie had requested
him to do. The porter who used to attend during the

humbug operations of the Board-room, had mentioned
that about a fortnight before the how4e was eloFed two
pipes of wine had been brought into it, bottled off has-
tily, and divided amongst the manners and secrctuy,
who sent the prey to their respective homes.
Sit' PETER LAURIE said that amongst the crowds of
communications which he had received was the follow-
ing :

Highfield, near Nactwici►, Feb. 11.
Sir,—As you have so laudably exerted yob:self in
exposing the swindling transactions of the West Isii.:(l-
- Fire and Life Assurance Company, 1 beg to
send you particulars of the following cruel robbery corn-
mittcd by that Company. An agent was appointed in
Audlem, in this county, who states he received fifteen
out of every hundred pounds he could obtain, that is,
remitting eighty-five, retaining fifteen, a circumstance
you, perhaps, arc net aware of. No doubt many rgents
had the same premium. John Trickett, of Burton, in
this parish, an honest hard-working man, had in the
course of forty years saved 1071. Unfortunately he was
advised to purchase into the West Middlesex, from
which he was to receive 25/. per annum for life. The
first dividend is not yet due. He has lost his property,
and is unable to work, and must now go the parish for
relief. There are many cases in this neighbouri...ud dt
equal atrocity.
I remain, Sir, yours very obediently,
W. BAKER.
Surrey-0 ice, Kennington-contra:on.

Sir,—l beg to introduce myself to your notice,
through the indium of my intimate friend, Miss Page,
whom you so kindly protecte I in the Spanish Bond at-
fairs. Inclosel is a rough copy of my unfortunate
connexion with the West Nlidenefex Association, and
if not trespassing too much on your valuable time,
may I beg the favour of your advice under the present
circumstance,.

I remain, your obelient servant, G. G.
\Veit Middines and Ge..eral Annuity Arsociatior.
&C. Sze. Sze.

l' now all men, &c. &c.
That we, John Wilson, Thomas Know
and William Edward 'f,s3lor, three of the Acting Ma-
nagers, &c. &c., are firmly bound to Mrs. El zabe..h
G., of Surrey-place, Kennington-common, in the penal
sum of nine hundred and fa/ pounds.
Pated 17th day of December, 1839.
JOHN WILSON.
THOMAS KN W LES.
W. E. TAYLOR.
In the presence of
George Wiliams, solicitor, No, 2, Hart-strcet,
Bloomsbury.
William Hoe, Secretary, 27, Brook-streCt, Portman-
square.
WEereas the said DiztLe+h G., has this day paid td
tl.e West Middlesex Company, the sum of four hun-
dred and seventy-five pounds, andthe consideration is an
annuity of sixty paunde, payable quarterly, to com-
mence from the 17th of November instant, and to con-
tinue during her life, &c., the first payment to com-
mence,and be paid, on the 17th day of February, 1838.
B.eceived the day of the above, &c. &c., the full sum
of 475/.

JOHN WILSON.
THOMAS KNOWLES.
W. E. TAYLOR.
In the presence of William Hole.
Mr. Farquhar said, teat amongst the applicants at.
the house in Baker-street, were the following :—A
lady, from the neighbourhood of Chesterfield, who had
sunk 7001. for an annuity, and who had in vain written
to the ma-lagers. Those letters, together with a peat
number of other letters, demanding, some in a menacing,
some in a supplicatory, tone, the amount of money due,
es,.:_e found amongst the papers of the Company, to
which no attention whatever was paid. A gentleman,
from a person in Limerick, who had alto sunk 7001. in
the Association, i epre.;el:tecl that the poor man for whom
ahem he applied bad aunt iei
..elf-destruction in con-
sequence of the deplorable state of des; tution to which
he had been reduced by the .robbery comn.: tied upon
him. Another gentleman detailed the particula‘:3 of a
female who had, by bard labour, and pinching economy,
gathered together 700/., all of which she deposited in
the hands of the Directors, who promised her a
most comfortable independence for her life. From the
moment this poor victim heard of the catastrophe at
Baker•street, she hourly drooped, and at last died of a
broken heart, and with all the terrors of a workhouse
before her. A laundress in the neighbourhood of the
offices of the Association who scraped together, with
the assistance of friends, the sum of 4001., which she
handed over to the managers for the promise of an an-
nuity that would enable her to abate her exertions in
her avocation as old age advanced, was in a state bor-
dering upon madness-. An aged and infirm man who
came up to town in an exhausted condition by the rail-
road, told his melancholy story. He had sunk all he
had in the world, amounting to 1,000/., in the .‘ West
Middlesex," and he had now no alternative but the
workhouse, except, indeed, what was probable, the
madhouse should be considered the proper place for
him. Such were a few of the instances of misery wit-
nessed at the house, which the landlord declared he
would shut up, as he could not endure such desperate
distress as was every moment exhibited ia Baker-street.
Sir PETER LAURIE said he had observed that Mr.
Godson had given notice of some proccedins mill re-
spect to the Company. He trusted that Parliamem:
would cause such regulations to be observed with respect
to all associations to which the property of people is
likely to be entrusted, as would throw responsibility upon
Directors and Managers of character and unexception-
able pecuniary means. Here was an instance of extra-
ordinary success upon the part of a set of pennyless ad-
venterers, in plundering multitudes of persons of the
profits of labour and years, and a similar species of
depredation might be commenced to-morrow.

Mr. Farquhar said that lords and ladies were in-
cluded amongst the dupes of the Association, The
Managers had shown such active resentment when the
Scotch Reformers' Gazette attacked thorn, that many
of the victims not only believed that the gentlemen who
conducted the affairs of the Company were maligned,
but congratulated them upon the legal means adopted
to punish the libeller. The following letter, which was
written by one of the sufferers, who would not credit
any imputation upon the honour of the " West Mid-
dlesex," would be read with curiosity :

" New Romney, Oct. 12, 1840.

" Sir,—l have paid my half-year's premium to your
agent at Dover (Mr. Pierson), who has sent me a re-
ceipt in due form. lam much obliged by your prompt
information rel4ting to the article in the Scotch Paper
to which I requested your attention, and have notfailed
to put both Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Kelchlee in posses-
sion of it. I do not know the name of the Paper in which
it appeared, as it was cut out and sent to me, but should
immediately recognise it if the Journal was placed in
my hands. I wi3ll the Office every success in their
prosecution of the Editor, and shall feel obliged if you
kindly inform me of the result.
" I am, Sir, yours, very obediently,
" H. B. WALKER.

" I felt it my duty to the office, as well as to mysel f
and neighbours, to inform them of the impression pro-
duced here by the article in question.
Sir P. LAURIE requested that his correspondents on
the subject of the " West Middlesex," would make al-
allowance for his inabiiity to answer them by letter. He
should hand all their communications to the house of
Messrs. Johnston and Farquhar, who were actively in-
vestigating the innumerable transactions. He consi-
dered it incumbent upon _him to impress upon all per-
sons who' wanted to: obtain! interest upon any money
they might have been enabled to lay by, to be most
cautious to whom they entrusted it, as it was much to
be feared that there were many flashy concerns, not
much more substantial, in the metropolis than that the
mischiefs of which were every day so wofully recorded.
He trusted, and had every reason to suppose, that the
exertions of the solicitors would not be without effect.
Mr. Bigg, who was engaged upon the part of many of
the London annuitants, while Messrs. Johnston and
Farquhar were engaged for the Scotch and Irish, had,
he understood, taken possession of some property be-
longing to the managers ; and he thought it would be
most prudent in the solicitors for all the claimants to
their exertions for the good of all.

The military ~-..fikers who have served in India
t‘e conduct of the two squadrons
express great surprise at Light Cavalry in the tnst
_.: : waited on
of the 2d Regiment of Bengt':
to mind the affni:. atllant disposition
affair at Purrah Darrah. They cal:
Sertabuldee in 1817, when thaedmtohseir office
most g
was displayed by the natives, n
Captain Fitzgerald, whose post was sore beset, rfluirinLg
him that " now was the time to show their devotion•to t,_ e
Company, and seal it with their blood, and that the plain
before them was the spot where they ought to die." A
correspondent, who has long served with the native troops,
expresses great concern at such an instance of degeneracy
as is said lately to have occurred, alleging, that he has
been with them in various trying situations, both in peace
and war, in their own country, in China, and the taking
of the French Islands, and that he always found them en-
dowed with the most unquestionable zeal and courage.
THE ULSTER ASSOCIATION.—This body of
Reformers, at a meeting held on Thursday, at Belfast,
passed resolutions in praise of Lord Morpeth'a it:gistra-
lion Bill, and condemnatory of .Lord Stanley's. They
at the same time adopted a particular form of petition in
consonance with their views, to the House of Commons,
which they recommended all their fellow Reformers in
Ireland to join in. " Lord Stanley's ` ingenious device'
respecting the Ulster Association is, therefore (as the
Dublin Evening Post remarks), fully detected and ex-
posed. The Reformers, also, of Newry and Carrick-on-
Suir have set a glorious example. Their petitions, with
several thousand signatures, are now on their way to the
House of Commons.
We are informed that the number of passengers
conveyed upon the Great Western line, in the six months
ending 31st December last, amounted to upwards of
648,000, and that not a single fatal accident has happened
to one of them. Of this number about 492,000 were car-
ried on the London division of the line, and 156,000 the
lin beta.cen Bfistol and Bath, the opening of -.hid) ;,00k
place on the Last of AtAguht lant. l ne,e can be t e dou,,
that as soon as the whole liue is opened, the number of pas-
sengers will greatly exceed onc million and a half per an-
nnw....Ral/way Magazine.

MORNING EDITION. ,

CORN AVERAGE`'

I Quarter.
I o r UthEeNNEVitee: —....
:L AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH cO d.,
the Inspectorrile,n2.ed Feb. 12, 1841, made up from the lit turil 8
Wales, per Imperi,,the different Cities and Towns in En g, and ' d
Wheat 6ls. Id. ,' Vats
Barley 318.10,1.1 , •Ye .... ..... 348. V. I Pease ........ .395. ed
AVERAGES 0.,' THE LAST SIX WEEKS.
Week ending wnewr. BARLP.,V*I OATS. Rl7ll. BEANS. i PEI"
----- ..------..--.........................
----"--.--- ----- -----
Jan. 8 Bl 9 33 6
.01 6 3 6 39 ln 09 11
15
oo 6O 932 ]l ti. 43113) 7 33 .
31 11 trl
:9 6O 9323 21 ..- st 5'39 4 3,8, •.;•,
Feb. 5
7 1 ~, ~
40 0, 39
12
`,l 11 39 6 31, I"
THE SIX WEPKS
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES °I%
Wheat ...... ... 6ls. la.l Oats ...—... ,21s, 84.'
. Bean
'eases ...... ....... ~...39 • 940
It.:rley 32s. 6d. I Rye
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN• 11 Od
Wheat...,..... 255. Sd. 1 Oats
Barley . 13s. 10,1,1 Rye ......... 21s. 3d. 1 Peas* .........-1'

THE Mil RKETS--YESTER.DAY.

__,...
COLONIAL, MARKET.
There w-74-s but a limiteb! demand by private treaty.,
and the
public sales ;lent off with ;:!-tle foirit. Prices were however
firm for most arti!tles. The arri7ats still large.
TEA lo:.T.
a small part only of that offered wa's ac
The public sales we'll off heavily, a .t..d at ratheilowei• rates ;,•
Congou, Is. 6d. cash.
TALLOW MARNE T.
kbe spot but theta
P. Y. Candle was stead at 46s 6d on ' '
There was a good demand Wally sold. Cot IpanY'ro
was little business done. y
HAY MARKET. RpKricEeTs .wer6
vss,s
ri.
el
~
fully sup rte (1'
the supply being small. For Straw more mot ' l'Y r;-- —N'
Clover, 4/ 15s to 6l; Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 51. •

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.

~ 1

Beans.

Per Quarter
Boston
Bran'atm

39 45
19 40
1 '8
36
• 41

20' el
59
40 P
11) t‘i
945