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most favourable circumstances, from the assistance
granted. Nothing of the kind, however, could be al-
-1 leged against the disposal of a sum already in hand,
which formed a portion of the amount which it was
intended to expend in public works in Ireland, in
consequence of the exigencies of that country. We
confess that we should have been much better pleased
had the original intention been carried into execution
and the money applied in the reclamation of the
waste lands ; difficulties, however, intervened, which
occasioned the withdrawal of that measure for the
present session, and the fund for that purpose re-
mained at the disposal of the Ministry, who decided,
as the next best mode of application, to lend it to
certain companies, and thereby to expedite the con-
struction of railways that possessed peculiar claims
upon national assistance, and fhat were enabled to offer
ample security for the ultimate repayment of the ad-
vance with full interest thereon.

' MONEY and COMMERCIAL INEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a large business done in Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday; sales, 10,000 to 12,000 bales. Holders re-
quired an advance of per lb. for American. Shares
were buoyant.
The intelligence by the steamer from Halifax has
disappointed some, who thought the rate of
exchange would have kopt up to a higher
point. We see nothing, however, in the compa-
ratively trifling reacticn that has occurred, to
induce the slightest anxiety, fur even admitting that
we must part with more bullion, it will be some time
yet, and rather than lose the opportunity of shipping
grain to the United Kingdom, the Americans will un-
doubtedly give liberal orders for our textile fabrics, and
we may anticipate considerable activity in the manufac-
turing districts.
In the United States the prospects for the crops ap-
pear to be excellent, and we are advised from Montreal
under a fate date, that—" The weather has again become
warm. Yesterday and to-day the thermometer has
been up to 75 in the shade. Vegetation is now nearly
as far forward as it was at this date last year, and the
reports of the crops are unusually good."
The unfortunate immigrants from Ireland were suf-
fering greatly from fever in the quarantine vessels off
Quebec, although every effort was made to ensure their
recovery. There was, we are assured, no want of food
on board the ships bringing the immigrants, and so far
the passenger regulations were complied with.
It is stated that on the sth instant there were 21,000
passengers at Grosse Isle; 960 died on the passage out;
700 died at the station; there were 1,500 sick on board
the vessels, 1,100 sick on shore, and 90 died on the sth.
Bills were stuck up calling for 50 female nurses, and
20 orderlies, for the service of the hospitals at Grosse
Isle. Wages, 31. per month, with rations.
A letter from the Magdalen Islands, received at Hali-
fax, represents the people of the settlement there in
a state of great destitution. Flour is said to be twenty
dollars per barrel. About 3,000 seals had been taken at
the islands this spring.
Before the arrival of the Hibernia, flour was eleven
dollars at Halifax, and twelve at Fredericton and St.
Andrew's, New Brunswick.
A cargo of 1,500 bushels of potatoes from Cornwallis,
the first since last fall, arrived at Halifax on the 30th
of May, and was soon disposed of at from 6s. to 7s. 6d.
per bushel.
There are no details yet from India by the Overland
mail.

Lord GEORGE BENTINCK desired that the Exche-
quer should advance no less than 16,000,0001. sterling
to be distributed indiscriminately to all railway com-
panies in the proportion of two parts from the State for
one provided by the companies. Here, then, was at once
a new and a most dangerous precedent ; vast advantages
would have been afforded to speculators in Irish rail-
ways and a consequent injury to, and deterioration of,
the property of those who had made investments in
similar works in this country. The Government would
depart from its legitimate sphere—it would become a
money lender on a gigantic scale—it would incur a
risk of a serious loss, while any possible gain
should find its way into the pockets of the
dealers in railway scrip on the London Stock Ex-
change.
It would give a most injudicious impetus to
a kind of speculation that had already been carried to
an undue extent. If the nation were bound to provide
two-thirds of the expenditure on any Irish railway
that had already, or might hereafter, be sanctioned
by Parliament, while the shareholders would be
enabled to distribute the whole of the profits amongst
themselves beyond the 3i per cent. interest pay-
able on the loan, many works of a doubtful cha-
racter would be undertaken and carried on.
Nothing of the kind, however, can possibly be the
result of the present Bill. It is merely the extension
of a principle that has long been recognised, and
which has been peculiarly advantageous to the
kingdom in general. The Public Works Loan
Commissioners have been in existence for many
years. It has been usual to place certain sums
annually at their disposal, to be applied in the
promotion of useful public works. The sums so ad-
vanced have generally varied in every year according
to the ability of the Exchequer, and according to the
strength of the claims of those seeking the national
assistance. The Commissioners would have been
competent to make the advance without the legisla-
tive sanction, had they the full amount at
their disposal. All, then, that is done is, to

The Money Market continues easy, but besides the
fall in the exchange at New York, the most has been made
of Lord John Russell's rather positive assertion that the
potato crop was as good as lost. Ministers, in a time
like this, should weigh well their words, as excitement
and mistrust are more easily raised than allayed. Upon
what authority the Premier makes a statement of so
much importance, we are certainly at a loss to conceive,
and if his Lordship be really in possession of accounts
which are less favourable and more authentic than those
obtained by the public, it would be highly desirable that
the authority should at once be given. In the City, there
has been a good deal of conversation upon this point.
The Funds have been acted upon by the causes
above stated, and by the natural desire also which spe-
culators feel to realise the profits they may have made
upon the recent advance. Still the market is by no
means weak. Consols have realised 89 to 89/ for the
Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have been 91 to 91k, and the Three per Cents. 89i to
891. Bank Stcck has been firm at 195 to 1961.
Exchequer-bills have advanced to 9s. to 12s. premium.
The Foreigh Securities have been flat again. Spainsh
Three per Cents. have realised 341, and the Five per
Cents. 21i to Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 31.
Mexican Stuck has been marked 19 to 191, and Equador
'24. The French Five per Cent. Rentes have been at
117.25, with the exchange at 25 60. Dutch Feur per
Cents. were 90 to 90i
so.
There is not quite much doing in Railway Shares
and prices have remained at about the previous range.
In some cases there is an advance, but in ()then a slight
decline has occurred.
BRITISII FUNDS.

grant a larger sum than usual to the Com-
missioners, and everything concurs to establish
the propriety thereof. The money is actually in the
Exchequer. It was intended to have been laid out
in public works, although of a different character.
The works to be carried on will be most useful to
the country. There are already portions of them
opened, the proceeds of which will be more than suffi-
cient to pay the interest and instalments of
the principal of the money to be lent, and
every pound advanced will occasion the ex-
penditure of an equal sum, to be provided from
the private resources of the companies. Under these
circumstances, and for these reasons, therefore, we
most cordially approve of the present measure, the
principle of which has so triumphantly been sanc-
tioned by the House.
Madrid papers of the 213 d have arrived.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLe(7K. PR D ;ES.
flank Stock .. .• • .• 196% 195 195
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 894 %1% 89%
New Three-and-a-Quaror per Cent. Antis. 91% 91 91
ong Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1560 .. 9% 1-16 9 1-16
India Bonds, 1,000/. ..
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. . • .. 910 p 10 p
Consols for Opening, July 16 89% 89 894 89% 89
Exchequer Bills. IN d. 24.
1,000/. •11 9 12 9 p
5001. • ▪ •
• 1.5 11 p
Ditto, Small 1 top
ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds .. .• • • 2%
Mexican itonds. 1846, 5 per Cent .. 19
Ditto, for the Account .. .• 19%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. • • • 31
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 21%
Ditto, for the Account . • 21%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. • . 341
Dlvidendc on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cola 117 f. 25c.
Exchange . .. • • . 25f. (oc.
Dutch Two-and-a-IMR per Cent
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates

•
20 p
CLOSIN(,
PRICES.

Carlist movements had taken place in the province
of Burgos, and in Navarre, and the Basque Provinces.
The POPE'S Nuncio had presented to the QUEEN a
letter from his HOLINESS, expressing a wish for the
speedy accommodation of the differences between the
Courts of Rome and of Madrid. Don ANGEL DE LA
RIYA, accused of firing at the QUEEN, has undergone
his first examination. He positively denies the
charge, and declares that he never saw her MAJESTY
on the day in question.
The Three per Cents. were done at 30 for cash;
the Four per Cents. at 18 for paper; the Five per Cents.
at 17} for cash; the Debt without Interest at .51 cash;
and the Coupons at 15.

117 f. 25c
25f. 60c,

.. 9014

PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. • • 2%..,, ........
1%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10
.... 171,4 .• 17%
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 10 .... •• .. 14%
Buckinghamshire 61. 45.... dis... .. • • % dis.
Caledonian .. .• 35 .. • • 30341 A Ye •• • • 30!4
Dublin and Belfast Junction 15
.... 3 •. • . 3,
Eastern Counties ••.. 20 21 20% ...... 20%
Ditto, York Extension 7% .... ••.. • • • 6%
East Lancashire _ .. • • •. 20 •. 20 ....... •• • 20
Ditto, New ........10 .... 10 10
East Lincolnshire .. .. • • • • 654 • • 7%.• •• . • 7%
Edinburgh and Glasgow • • ••50•• • . . .
Ditto, Asir Shares .. ..
•• 15 •• • ••••• • • • .. 22%
Great Northern .. • • -3% •• • • 21g 2
Do., London & York Extension 2% _ 1 s
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 32N _,".......... 29%
Great Western .. .. • • •• 85 • • .120 117 •• • 117
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 18% ........ 184
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 28 . ......... 28
Ditto, Stew .. • • • • OA•
• • •
8% .....
Lancaster and Carlisle ••••5° • • • • •••• • • • ... G 4
Ditto, New .. .. •• • • •• • 11% .. • • 11%
Leeds and Thirsk .• .. • • • •
Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • • :3% 2%
London and Blackwall • • 161. 133. 4d, —• •• • .
Ditto, New, No. 1 . • • • 5 ....
London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 561,4 5534
Ditto, Consul. Eighths • • • - 10 14
London an North-Western • • 100 •• . 185% 186..
Ditto, Quarters -. L. and B. 7 ..... 25
Ditto ditto, New Shares • • • • 2 • • 13%
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • . 40
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (A) 5 •• • • 11% .. .......
London and South• Western 411. Gs. 10d... G7N
..........
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 ....
Lynn and Ely _ 2.5 .. • • 24% .• •
Nlanchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 ....
•' „
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • 12• .. •••• • • • . 15%
Ditto, Fifths 6% .... 11 . ... •• • • 11
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) .. • • 7/. 45..... %, p...... 14i p
..100 .... 131 130 132.... 132
Ditto, New .. 36 • • 4434 45 .•• • • • 45
Ditto, New
Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm.
six per Cent. .. • • • • 100 .. • .129 .•
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .• • 29% •• • 29%
Ditto, New .. •• 5 8 ...... 8
Norfolk .. • • .. 100 .• ..125% •• • • 126
Ditto, New ... • • .. 5 .... 8 4 •• . 84
North British •.• •• 25 .... 33 ...... •• • • 32%
Ditto, Half Shares .. . • • • 121% •• • • 15% 15%
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. ••34 • • —• •
Ditto, Extension .. • • • • %
.... 59 ..
59
North Staffordshire ..
.. • • 10%% • . 10%,
Preston and Wyre.. .. • . 25 37% ...... •• • 37%
Ditto, Half Shares (A) 8%.. • • 13!i
Ditto, Half Shares (B) ••• • 14 ...• ••• • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5.. • • •••• • 5% •• •• 6
Scottish Central • . • • "45% Shrewsbury and Birmingham
.. .... 2' •• •• • • 3%
Ditto. Class B
•• .. 2
3 2% • • Shropshire Union•
.„ 4 2,191
South Staffordshire • • • • . 21. die.. .• •• % dis•
South Eastern and Dovor 33% t 4 37%
Do.. New (do. `331. Cs 6d.) No. 2. 12 .... 12 1214
Do., New (do. 101.) _ No. 4. 5 41; • • •• 444
South Wales .. • • •• • ••10•••• 7 'A • • •• ...• • • 7%
South Yorkshiv, Doncaster, and

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
There was another accusation of misapplication of
funds brought forward in the Chamber of Deputies
on Saturday, a charge affecting not only the Minis-
ters but the officers of the Civil List, the pets of the
palace, and implicating even personages of a higher
station than either. M. L'HERBETTE accused the
Administration of the Civil List of having dilapidated
the forests of the State, of which the Crown has only
the usufruct to such an extent that the present pos•
sessor of the Crown has received sixty-five millions
of francs more than he was entitled to. " And yet,"
said M. L'HERBETTE, "we have been asked for
dotations." The Minister of Finance attempted an
explanation, which was worthy of the renowned
TERRY O'ROURKE'S, " 'Tis part of my system."
We have adopted the German instead of the French
system of cutting timber, said the Minister, and
this is part of it. M. ODILON BARROT gave it as
his opinion, as a lawyer, that the Crown by the adop-
tion of this system, had exceeded its rights ; arid
M. LEDRU Rommr declared that by the 618th article
of the Civil Code the Crown had in consequence
forfeited the usufruct altogether. Ultimately the
debate was adjourned to Monday.
The Chamber of Peers has decided that General
CUBIERES and M. PARMENTIER PALLAFRA shall be
prosecuted for having, in 1842, corrupted by offers,
gifts, and presents, the Minister of Public Works, in
order to obtain the concession of a mine of rock salt,
and that M. TESTE, at that period Minister of Public
Works, should be prosecuted for having accepted
offers and received gifts and presents, to perform an
official act for which no service was performed, the
Court believing that sufficient evidence exists to
prove these accusations. The trial will commence on
the sth July.
Lieut.-General Count GIRARDIN has addressed a
Letter to the Presse, denying all knowledge of the
'etter of 1838, on the subject of the Peerage, which
was read by M. GUIZOT at the Tribune of the Cham-
ber of Deputies. This denial is corroborated by M.
EMILB DE GIRARDIN, who declares that the letter was
written by him, without the knowledge of the Gene
ral, to a former editor of La Presse.

1 .
Goole .. .. ' . . • . • • • 2 •• • • 114* 2••• • • •
West Riding Union .. • • .. 4/. 25... .. %i p . ,
York and Newcastle .. .. .. 25 .... 38 ........
Ditto, New.. .. .. •• ~10 •• • 174 ••••••
Ditto, Preference .. .. .. 8 .... 12;-2'4 ••• • • •
York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... ........
Ditto, Extension .. .. .. 25 .... 421.2..
Ditto. Preference .. • • .. 6 .... I 6 Vi
Do. E. and IY. Riding Exten .. 10 .. • - 224 23 ....
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Luxembourg
Northern of France .. •.. • • 8 .... 10A 1,4 . ....
Paris and Strasbourg .. .. .. 8
.... .........
Rotten and Havre . .. .. .. 20 .... 25% .........
MINES.
Real del Monte, tnrezistered .. •• • • 314 ••••- • • • •

P
3,%
17%
12%

The price of wheat continued to diminish in all
the markets of France. At Bergerac, in the south,
it had suddenly fallen from 42 to '25 francs per hec-
tolitre. In Lower Limousin barley was being reaped;
the wheat promised a most abundant crop, and pota-
toes presented a fine appearance. In the Jura the
alternate heat and rain had been extremely beneficial,
and there was a fine prospect. The quantity of
foreign wheat imported into the department of the
north, from the 16th to the 21st inst., amounted to
11,000 hectolitres. At the last market of La Bassee,
the price fell one franc per hectolitre ; at Cassel, 4f.
60c. ; and at Bourgourg, sf. 67c. There was no
change in the Paris market on Saturday.
The Three per Cents. were done at 77f. 55c. on Sun-
day, in the Passage de !'Opera, Paris, but this price was
little more than nominal.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, JUNE 29.—Wind N.N.E., moderate breeze, and
cloudy. _ _

Diar,, JUNE 28.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Saragossa,
M'Manus, New Orleans; Roland, Charleston for Bremen.
Sid. Houghton-le Spring, St. Kitt's ; Ellen, Quebec; Essex,
Bordeaux and Mauritius. Arrd. from the river and aid.,
Jenet, Willis, Demerara ; Sophia, Barbadoes ; Republic,
New York.
COWES, JUNE 28.--IVind N.E.—Arrd. Freeland, M'Ken-
zie, Havannah.
OFF THE START, JUNE 26.—Ben Nevis, Havannah.
LivaarooL, JUNE 28.—. Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Jamaica,
Gibson, Jamaica; Albania, Crowell, New Orleans; Trident,
King, Virginia; Scipio, Briggs, Virginia; Ardirondack,
Shepley, New York; Virgilia, Barr, Boston; Hibernia
steamer, Eyrie, Boston, left 16th inst., Halifax 18th inst.
The Soothtank, hence to Quebec, put into Miramichi on the
4th inst., with 129 emigrants dead. The Percival, Mr.
Duffle, left this port for Boston on the 24th Feb., and has
not since been heard of. The Matthew Pearce, White, from
St. Thomas Bay to Laguna, was totally lost off the Island
of Puerta Real, Bay of Laguna, on the 27th April; crew
saved. Sld. Mary Pleasants, Walton, New York ; Isabella,
Watson, Clard or Chard, Bombay; Virginia, Eaton, New
York ; Sheffield, Smith, Boston ' • Yeoman, Purdon, St. John,
New Brunswick; York, Wilson, Quebec.
DunuN.—Sld. Sir J. Macdonnel, Quebec.
CORK, JUNE 26.--Wind S.W.—Arrd. Diadem, Bennett,
Rio Grande, and sailed for Hamburgh ; Bostonian,
New Orleans; John Knox, New Orleans; Alexander, Inglis,
New York ; Thomas Worthington, Ross, Barbadoes.
SLIGO, JUNE 23.—Arrd. Louisa and Betty, Thomson,
Odessa ; 27th, Salisbury, Crowe, Baltimore. Sld. 23d, Alan
Ker, Quebec; 24th, Betsey Cragie, Porto Rico; Walpole,
Boston,

MARSEILLES, JUNE 23.—Marseilles and Avignon, 715 f.
LYONS, JUNE 25.—Paris and Rouen, 971 f. 25c.; Avignon
and Marseilles, 700 f. ; Vierzon, GO6f. 25c. ; Northern 577 f.
50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 450 f. ; Orleans, 1,276 f. 25c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 28.
Boulogne and Amiens, 16i—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Constituted), VA—Central of France (Orleans and
Vierzon), 16—Ceylon, 34—Dutch Rhenish, 4%—Louvain
a la Sambre, %—Luxembourg, 11/o—Northern of France,
103%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 614—Paris and Lyons, 5%—
Paris and Strasbourg, s—Sambre and Meuse, N.

WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENTS.—At the Music Hall,
last night, Mr. Wilson gave his popular entertainment,
entitled " An Hour wi' Burns," in which ho sings some
of the most popular of Burns' songs, and also recites the
famoue poem of "Tam o' Shanter." Wilson was in
splendid voice, and gave all his songs with even more
than his usual excellence, and his recital of " Tam o'
Shanter " was hailed with repeated plaudits. His mis-
cellaneous songs were all of a first-rate description, and
gave great delight. He introduced, by desire, the ex-
quisite song of "The Skylark" and the humorous ditty of
" The Married Man's Lament," both of which produced
their usual effects—the former exciting the utmost admi-
ration of the beauty of the words, the appropriateness of the
delicious melody, and the beautiful delivery of it by the
singer; and the latter putting the visible faculties to the
test by the humorous manner in which it was given. It
was whispered in the room that Madlle. Jenny Lind was
in a private box listening to the dulcit strains of Scotias
minstrel. By particular desire, Wilson is to give one
performance more, when his programme is to
cVlltain
all the choice morceaux of Chit leitSQ/1.

DONEGAL, JUNE 26.—Arrd. B. Aymar, Metrels, New
York. Sid. Adele, Philadelphia.
LLMERICK, JUNE 26.—The Albion, Wallace, from New
York, capsized at the Quay yesterday, and filled.
HOLYHEAD, JUNE 27.—The Adirondack, Shipley, from
New York, struck on a rock or sunken wreck, the Skerries
Lighthouse bearing N. by W. W., the South Stack Light-
house over the North Stack Head, and the Middle ➢lause in
one with Carnals Point.
GLOUCESTER, JUNE 28.—Windeasterly.—Arrd. Maranham,
St. John's, New Brunswick.

BRISTOL, JUNE 287-27 Wind N. W.—Sld. Pauline, Houghton.
Mauritius; Feliza, Trinidad; Rosa, St. Thomas; St. Vincent,
Jamaica.

Ulna; Jug 26.—S1d. James White, Bomba.

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1847.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
HAY 2VIII.IZIEETS
SMITHFIELD.--Aleadow Hay, 215 s to 31153; Clover ditto
3/ 5s to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ l4s per load. Supply
but moderate, and trade dull.
CI MBERIND.-111eadoNv Hay, 21 8s to 31 16s; Clover
ditto, 315 s to 4/ 14s; and Straw, 1/ Ils to I/ 15s per load.
A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.
WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 53 to 3/ 15s; Clover
ditto, 31 8s to 41 17's ; and Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 14s per load.
Trade dull at barely late rates.

COLONIAL.
SEGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been
rather inanimate, only about 450 hhds having been sold,
without any material alteration in prices; a small portion of
150 hbds Barbadoes offered by auction brought 46s for good
yellow. The public sales have comprised 450 bags Mauri-
tius, 2,050 bags Bengal, and 450 bags Madras, which went
off heavily and was only partially sold ; the Mauritius and
Madras at rather lower prices, while the Bengal maintained
the former value. Privately about 1,000 chests fine yellow
Ilavannah sold on the spot at 463 to 475, duty paid. The
quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East
and West India Docks was 3,304 hhds 311 tierces 441
barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,561
lifids 144 tierces and 437 barrels. The stock in the same
places is 15,122 hhds 2,096 tierces 3,278 barrels
COFFEE.-130 casks Jamaica and 480 bags Ceylon chiefly
at steady prices, the former at 81s to 83s for fine fine ord,
and the latter at 44s 6d to 45s for Plantation fine ord yelloW,
and 37s 6d to 38s for good ord pale.
Ruat.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 729 puns 25 hhds. There were taken
for home consumption 232 puncheons 78 hogsheads; and
exported 61 puns 87 hhds. The stock in the same places is
3,522 puns 2,662 hhds.
RICE.-1,60 bags and 1,000 pockets Bengal sold at 6d to
Is decline; good white 18s to 18s 6d, and good yellow 16s to
16s 6d per cwt. The market is giving way.
SALTPETRE.— 700 bags Bengal sold readily at 6d advance.
SPICES.-150 bags Pimento were taken in above the
market value.

TALLOW.—P.T.C.
.
A LLOW.—r. 50s to 50s 6d per cwt on the spot, and
Town, 535. There is rather a tendency to decline.
CorroN.—The quotations evince much firmness, and a fair
business is doing.
TEA. —The demand is steady, and parties are more inclined
to lay in stock.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Lord DENMAN.)
THE SWORD WORN BY LORD NELSON AT TRAFALGAR.
EVANS U. LAWSON.
Sir F. TIIESIGER said the plaintiff in this case was
Mr. Evans, a dealer in curiosities, relics, and antiquities,
residing in Maddox-street, and that he bad brought this
action against the printer and publisher of the Times,
for a libel contained in that paper, which was calculated
to do him irreparable injury. The jury would be aware,
from the peculiar character of the business carried on by
Mr. Evans, that nothing was more likely to be detri-
mental to him than any want of confidence or suspicion
on the part of his customers that he wished to palm off
spurious articles as genuine, because it would lead to the
utter destruction of his business. The libel of which he
complained was of that character. In the course of last
year Mr. Evans came into possession of a sword which
formerly belonged to Lord Nelson. If it were
at all necessary to go into the history of the
sword, he could prove clearly and distinctly its
transmission from Lady Hamilton to Mrs. Smith, the
widow of Alderman Smith, and from her to the plaintiff,
and lie could prove the genuineness of the article by
identifying it as the sword placed on the coffin of Lord
Nelson when he was lying in state. The sword bad
been purchased from Mr. Evans by Lord Saye and Sele,
who munificently presented it to Greenwich Hospital.
Mr. Evans was rather surprised, some time afterwards,
by finding a letter inserted in the Times, under the sig-
nature of Sir Harris Nicolas, charging him in distinct
and direct terms with manufacturing curiosities, and
palming off spurious articles as genuine, and having
recourse to what in direct terms was called forgery,
for the purpose of supporting his statement. Mr.
Evans was, therefore, compelled to decide whether he
would submit to the imputation which was so utterly
destructive to his business, or whether lie should
call upon the editor of the Times, either
to apologise for the introduction of the article
or give up the name and manuscript of the person who
was the author of it. The Learned Counsel then read
the libel in question, one paragraph of which stated
that the manufacture of Nelson relics had become a very
Profitable speculation to certain curiosity-dealers; arid
the writer stated that the lolly of persons who were
imposed upon by them was too glaring for him to in-
terfere, but whoa it was endeavoured to foist one of
these articles upon a national institution, he did think ii
was the duty of every Englishman to interfere. The
letter also accused the plaintiff with forging several
letters, which he represented were written by Mrs. Smith,
alleging the genuineness of the sword. (A letter had
appeared in the limes, signed Mrs. Smith, stating that
she had received the sword, with the coat and waistcoat,
trona Lady Hamilton. This letter, it appeared, was a
forgery.) Upon this article appearing in the paper the
plaintiff wrote to the defendant, and requested him
either to furnish him with the name of his solicitor, or
the name of the writer of the article. No answer
having been returned, the plaintiff had no alternative
but to enter the lists against such a formidable antagonist
as the Times.
Witnesses proved that the letter referred to the sword
sold by Mr. Evans.
Mr. HUMFREY replied to the case of the plaintiff in an
amusing address. He said two letters from Mr. Evans
appeared in the Times, in reply to the letter complained
of, denying that there was any truth in the statement
that the sword which he had sold was not the sword of
the renowned Nelson; and that nearly seven weeks after
an action was commenced against the Times, after a de-
mand had been made by his solicitor, Mr. Flight, of
which, however, the Times took no notice, that an apo-
logy or retractation, under the name of Sir H. Nicolas,
should appear in the columns of that paper. It appeared
that Prince Albert having been informed that Mrs.
Smith had in her possession the coat and waistcoat
worn by Nelson at Trafalgar, lost no time in
purchasing them for 1501., for the purpose of presenting
them to Greenwich Hospital, and they were presented
accordingly, and are now exhibited in the painted hall.
Mr. Evans shortly after found that Mrs. Smith had a
sword in her possession, which was stated to be Lord
Nelson's, and he succeeded in purchasing it from her for
11. Shortly after be sold it to Lord Saye and Sele for
100/., for the purpose of being presented to the hospital,
and his Lordship offered it, but as doubts rested upon
its authunticity,fit was not accepted. Lord Saye and
Sele was an enthusiastic admirer of Nelsonian relics, but
as he was a fresh-water sailor, it was just possible that
he might have been vainly led to believe that the sword
was a genuine article. It was a remarkable fact, that
Nelson wore no sword at the battle, and as the
writer had investigated the merits of a sword
belonging to a person named APKenzie, as it was made
by Nelson's man of business, the late Mr. Salter, of the
Strand, and was such a sword as was worn by flag-
officers in 1805, and considered that it was very likely
to be the sword of Nelson, he naturally imagined that
Mr. Evans's sword was a spurious article. Sir Harris
Nicolas was the author of the well-known " Nelson
Dispatches," and had taken the greatest interest in all
that related to the great hero.
Lord DENMAN briefly summed up, and he left it to
the jury to say whether, in their opinion, the letter im-
puted that the plaintiff' was a manufacturer of Nelsonian
relics ; he could not bring himself to believe that this
was charged in the letter.
The jury found a verdict for the defendant.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.
CAUTION TO TRADERS ENTERING INTO DEEDS OF COM-
POSITION.—IN RE SOUTHWOOD.
This insolvent, who had carried on business as a brick-
layer and bander at Market-street, Paddington, came up
for his final order.
Mr. COOKE appeared on behalf of Mr. Lacy, a
creditor, to oppose, on the ground that there were no
assets to distribute.
Mr. BICKNELL, on behalf of the insolvent, said this
was not one of the ordinary cases of fraudulent disposal
of the property. The insolvent having found himself
involved, hod called a meeting of creditors, at which it
was agreed that he should assign the whole of his pro-
perty to trustees, as a security for a composition which
they all agreed to accept except the opposing creditor,
who would not come in unless there was a guarantee for
the subsequent payment of the difference.
Mr. Couxr said the debt had been contracted very
unfairly, and therefore Mr. Lacy was determined to insist
on the full payment.
His HONOUR said that this was a disposal of property
within the meaning of the Act; if persons chose to give
up all control over their property they were not entitled
to come to this court for protection.
Mr. BICKNELL said the transaction was bona fide,
and he thought it hard that an individual creditor should
oppose an arrangement made by the rest, and for the
benefit of all parties.
His HONOUR said the Commissioners had come to a
decision to refuse protection when the property was so
disposed. Creditors were not to be forced into those
arrangements. If a trader could not persuade all his
creditors to concur he had the power to come to this
court, which could and would protect him and his pro-
perty; but when his estate was being administered by
trustees over whom, or over whose accounts the court
had no control, the court would not interfere.
Protection was refused, and the petition dismissed.
The insolvent had suffered foi ty days' imprisonmen
for contempt.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)
There was not any charge of the least public interest
before the court this morning, the whole time of the ma-
gistrate being occupied in disposing of fixty drunken
charges.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
John Brown, who carries on business as a watchmaker,
and resides in the Caledonian-road, near the Scotch
school, was charged with stealing seven pounds of bacon
from the shop of Mr. George Pummett, cheesemonger,
Penton-street, Pentonville.

It appeared that the prisoner was passing the prose-
cutor's shop when he was observed to take a piece of
bacon from off the window board, by the prosecutor,
who immediately pursued him, and raised the cry of
" Stop thief," when the prisoner was taken into custody
by a policeman.
The prisoner stated who he was, that he was a most
respectable person, ani that he must have committed
the act while in a state of infatuation. He had plenty
of money about him, and had not the slightest induce-
ment to commit a theft, as he was in independent cir-
cumstances.

Waddington, the gaoler, confirmed the prisoner's
assertion as to his respectability. lie had known him
for many years, and a more respectable man, or one
more skilful or esteemed in his business, he did not know.
Mr. ComilE said the evidence was so direct and con-
clusive that he had no other course than to commit the
prisoner for trial.

The prisoner was then committed to take his trial for
the :cloy, but