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London, England, 1847-10-29 00:00:00

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565; Native Ceylon met 'With little attention, and good
ordinary is only worth 32e to 32s 6d. For public sale
8,000 bags Porto Rico, x,OOO bags 67 casks Ceylon, loft
bales Mocha, and 40 casks Jamaica are declared.
COCOA.—British Plantation is net inuch required,
but holders are willing sellers, and the rates taken this
week are is 'under those that existed previously. At
public ;.`.6.1e 149 barrels and bags of Trinidad were sold
at 43s to 44s 6d for good middling and good dark red
middling 42s 6d, good grey 42s 6d to 435, and damaged
26s to 30s ; one lot sound red 46s per cwt. For Foreign
there are few buyers, and 35s to 39s is the value.
TEL.—There is no more firmness shown by holders,
and they have refrained from submitting any to public
competition ; privately the quantity pressing for sale is
not so large. No public auctions is at present declared
to take place, and there is only one small arrival this
week. There is no improvemement in the notice in
the value of the Congou, but the town and country trade
manifest rather more disposition to operate, and which is
not to be wondered at when the low rates that prevail,
the large consumption, combined with the losses mer-
chants are sustainining upon the importation, are taken
into consideration. Purchases to a fair extent have been
made. For Souchong there ire few buyert, although
low and middling can be ols'cained at 8d to I Id, and good
to fine 2s to 2s 2d, whilst Pouehong sells slowly at 4d to
7d. In Green the operations are rather larger than they
were in the past week, but there is no improvement per-
ceptible in prices.
RICE.—To-day thrsre was not much desire evinced to
operate in East India Rice at the public sales which
comprised 5,562 bags; a part only sold at a fall on
former rates of 64 to is per cwt. Ceylon good bold
yellow pearl barl.ey went at lOs to lOs 6d, low white
ditto lOs 6d toils, damaged 8s to 9s 6d, Bengal mid-
dling sound %vhite small grain Ils 6d to 12s, Bombay
damaged whitto 9s 6d to his, Madras pinky white bold
grain was taken in at 12s, and Arracan cargo at 10s,
which, is s'bove the value.
McEF'.4—To-day Mace was not much in request, and
15 case'4 at auction were chiefly taken in—middling at
2s 10,.3. to 3s, good middling 3s Id to 3s 2d ; 12 casks
Ansr:oyna Cloves bought in, dull bold is ; 173 barrels
Jaraaica Ginger sold 21 Is to 4l for low to good, and fine
At 4110 s to 61 10s, which are lower rates.
Russ, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—There is yet a de-
sire on the part of the importers of Leeward Island Rum
to realise, and they submitted to a further reduction in
the value; still buyers have been cautious in their pro-
ceedings, and only a limited business has been trans-
acted. The sales amount to only 150 puns at is 8d to
is 9d proof strength. Although Jamaica can be
obtained at a reduction on previous rates of ld
to 2d per gallon, still all kinds have been
operated in with caution by shippers as well as
the home trade. The total sales since this day week
are only 140 puns—plain quality 33 to 35 per cent over
proof at 3s 7d to 3s Bd, good 34 to 36 over 3s 9d to 3s
10d, and a small parcel of fine 36 per cent over proof 4s
6d. In East India there has been little passing, although
Is 7d to is 8d would be accepted for proof without cer-
tificate. Demerara met with little attention, and the
rates taken have been 3s to 33 4d for strong sorts.
In Havannah there are no sales to report. With all
sorts of Rum the market is well supplied, a further fall
in the value its expected to take place, although the
stock is not so large as it was at this time last year. The
home deliveries are yet greater than they were in the past
year, but for exportation they are still less, and prices are
lower for all sorts than in 1846 at this time. Brandy has
been operated in with much caution by shippers and the
home trade, although holders are willing to submit to
further reduced rates. There is a plentiful supply, espe-
cially of the old landed sorts. Geneva has been only in
limited demand, and there is more desire to sell common
export sort at 2s 8d to 2s 9d. and fine, fit for duty, 3s to
3s 4d per gallon. For British Corn Spirits and Gin the
demand is active.

eleven, and Dec, R, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn.
Gabriel Gusterson, builder, Paradise-walk, Queen's-
road West, Chelsea, Nov. 4, at half-past two, and Dec.
9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lawrance and Plews,
Old Jewry-chambers.
Henry Pannell Flashman, soda water manufacturer,
Bute-street, Brompten, Nov. 12, at palf-past twelve, and
at Dec. 9, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignae, Basingball-street ; Lewis,
New Inn.

Richard Burgess Scale, lodging-housekeeper, Leyton-
stone, Essex, Nov. 12, at twelve, and Dec. 9, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole-
man-street-buildings. Shaw, Fish-street-hill.
John Tupling, shoemaker, Cambridge, Nov. 11, and
Dec. 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Ravens-
croft, Guildford-street, Russell-square; Cooper, Cam-
bridge.

Jonas M'George, ironmonger, Wardour-street, Soho,
NOT. 5, at eleven, and Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street; Goren, South Molton-street.
Franlois Dapouy, wine merchant, Cross-lane, St.
Dunstan's-hill, London, Nov. 5, at eleven, and Dec. 17,
at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee, Aldermanbury; Sangster, St. Swithin's-
lane%

William Dowsing, oilman, Ipswich, Suffolk, Nov. 8,
at half past one, and Dec. 10, at half past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street; Kirk, Symond's Inn; Galsworthy, Ipswich.
Edward Symeon Meyer and Thomas George Brown-
smith, fringe manufacturers, Bedford-street, Covent-
garden, Nov. 9, at half-past eleven, and Dec.lo, at half-
past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; Tipperts,
Pancras-lane, London.

John Wainwright, draper, Digbeth, Birmingham,
Nov. 13, and Dec. 4, at twelve, at the Birmigham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Suckling,
Birmingham.
Benjamin Walton, japanner, Wolverhampton, Nov. 13,
and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Clark
and Sparrow, Wolverhampton; Motteram and Knowles,
Birmingham. _ _ _

Thomas Smith, cattle and sheep salesman, Swines-
head, Lincolnshire, Nov. 5 and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official as-
signee, Notitngham; Brown, Nottingham.
William Willis, wool broker, Trowbridge, Nov. 12,
and Dec. 13, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol ; Monle and Co., Milksham.
John Stockham, marble mason, Bristol, Nov. 16 and
Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol ; Jay, Sergeant's Inn ;
Crosby, Bristol.
Prince William Smith, currier, Bristol, Nov. 16 and
Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Aera-
man, official assignee, Bristol; Dix, Bristol.
Charles Wright, hatter, Durham, Nov. 5, and Dec.
17, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon 'Tyne;
Maples, Pearse, and Co., Old Jewry ; Wright, Sunder-
land.

George Prockter, Joseph Prockter, and Thomas
Prockter, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Nov. 16 and Dec.
7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser,
official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinson, Saunders, and
Atkinson, Manchester ; Abbott, Charlotte•street, Bed-
ford-square, London.
John !Jones, coal dealer, Manchester, Nov. 11 and
Dec. 3, at at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son,
and Weatherall, Temple, Loudon; Pollard, Manchester.
James Spence, merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 11 and 30,
at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Cotterill, Throgmorton-
street, London; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool.
Richard Baynes, flour dealer, Liverpool, Nov. 11 and
13, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court ; Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old
Jewry Chambers ; Pemberton, Liverpool.

CINNAMON.—The quarterly sales went off with more
spirit than had been anticipated from the previous de-
pressed state of the market, rather more than one half
having found buyers; for Ist sort there was scarcely any
orders, and the few lots were sold at a decline of 3d to
6d per lb, really fine 2nd realised very nearly last sale's
prices, but the middling and good qualities sold at a re-
duction of 2d to 4d per lb, 3rd sort and broken main-
tained previous rates. Since the sales a fair business
has been concluded in Cinnamon, and the rates esta-
blished thereat are maintained for all kinds.
HEMP.—The demand continues to be extremely limited
for all sorts of Russian, and prices are on the decline,
and the stock to accumulate.
W001..--The market for all kinds is in an unfavour-
able state, supplies are on the increase, whilst prices are
on the decline and much desire has been shown by
holders to realise. The public sales of Colonial have
again attracted but small attendance of the trade.
There has been little disposition shown to purchase any
kind, although merchants have been willing sellers, and
submitted to a reduction on the rates of the last public
auctions of 3d to 4d per lb.
SALTPETRE.—HoIders of Rough have confidence and
refrained from submitting any to public competition this
week. There has been more desire to purchase all
kinds by private treaty, both for home consumption and
exportation, and the rates paid are rather above those
that prevailed previously. Calcutta refracti m6to 2 per
cent. refraction selling at 29s to 30s,.and 12s to 8s per
cent. 27s to 28s 6d. In British Refined several purchases
have been made, and prices are firm at 32s Gd to 335.
In Nitrate of Soda several purchases have been made at
12s to 12s 6d per cwt.
TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 150 boxes
South American Tallow sold at 44s 6d to 46s 6d; 300
casks Australian 37s 6d to 435; 300 casks Taganrog 42s
to 445, inferior 40s to 41s 9d, and which are easier
rates; 134 cases of old P. Y. Candle taken in at 44s to
44s 3d per cwt. _

Ons:—This afternoon at public sale 67 casks of Palm
Oil sold at 276 6d to 29s 6d for damaged. 30 tons of
Cochin Cocoa Nut in part found buyers at 65s to 65s 3d
for fine.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THI, EVENING.)

DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 29, 1847.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to'give orders
for the appointment of Rear-Admiral Sir 'Thomas John
Cochrane, Knt., Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath; to be an Ordinary Member of the
11.1itary Division of the Second Class of Knights Com-
manders of the said Oreler4

WA-idiF- ICE, OCT. 29.
9th Light Dragoons--Lieutenant William Drysdale
tl3 be Captain, by purchase, vice Deacon) who retires ;
Cornet Chandos Frederick Clifton to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Drysdale ; Idmond Hunt, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Clifton. Oct. 29.
13th Light Dragoons—Liutenant Felton Frederick
William Hervey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ma-
docks, who retires ; Cornet Arthur Tremayne to be
Lieutenant, by purchase) vies Harvey ; Percy Shawe
Smith, Gent. to be Corset, by purchase, vice Tremayne,
Oct. 22.

14th Light Drag ons—Captain William Augustus
Gaussen, from the 89th Foot, to be Captain, vice Griffis,
who exchanges, Oct. 29.
Coldstream Resin:milt of Foot Guards—Brevet Major,
Lieutenant, and. Uaptain Henry Daniell to be Captain
and .I.lo' at.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Knox, who
retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Charles Sedley Burdett
to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Daniells; Charles
Rodney Morgan, Gant. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice liurdett, Oct. 29.
Ist Foot—Lieut. James Pollock Gore to be Captain,
by purchase, vice'Green, whose promotion has been can-
celled, October 29.
9th Foot—Lieut. Edwin Morton, from htilf-pay of the
regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Bennett, appointed
Paymaster of 18th Foot, October 29.
18th Foot—Lieut. Francis Levett Bennett, from 9th
Foot, to be Paymaster) vine George Isaac Call, who re-
tires upon half-pay, October 29.
21st Foot--;tecond Lieut. Henry Sollers Gunning S.
Knight to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Deare, deceased, June 3.
39th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Elmhirst Reader, from
',Alf-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Patrick
Flynn, who exchanges, Oct. 29.
44th Foot—Captain William Spring, from the 82d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Philipps, who exchanges,
Oct. 29.

!,6th Foot—Ensign Francis William Fellows to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, :vice Ramsay, appointed
adjutant; William Cairncross, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Fellows, Oct 29.
57th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edmund Law, from
the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Brown, who ex-
change, Oct. 29.

59th Foot—Ensign Edwyn Francis Brydges Scuds-
more Stanhope to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Richard Jesse Lloyd, deceased, Oct. 15 ; Henry Kean,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stanhope, Oct. 29.
69th Foot—Lieut. Edward John Balcomb Brown,
from the 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice-Law, who
exchanges, Oct. 29.
80th Foot—James Loftus Winniett Nunn, Gent. to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hart, promoted in the
29th Foot, Oct. 29.
82d Foot—Captain John Allen Lloyd Philipps, from
the 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Spring, who ex-
changes; Lieut. Samuel Peters Jarvis, from the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice White,
who exchanges, Oct. 29.
vice
Humphreys,
ss
is Thomas
ant
89th Foot—Captain Charles Tindal Griffis, from the
14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Gaussen, who
exchanges, Oct. 29.
I st West India Regiment—Ensign Henry Jones to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Johnstone, deceased,
June 28; Ensign Stanley Douglas Stubbs to be Lieu-
, tenant, by purchase, vice Bridgeman, who
.retires;
Richard Philip Fletcher, Gent., to be ensign, by
purchase,. vice Stubbs, Oct. 29; Courtenay Thomas
klamtail, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Jones, Oct. 30.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Matthew
White, from the 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Jar-
vis, who exchanAr, Oct. 29.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—. Second Lieutenant Windsor
Henry Humphreys to be F;irestharLiieentemint, by purchase,
vice Miller, who rtirbeys
purchases, Cliffe, Gent. to be
Second Lieutenant,
Oct. 29.
—tAhessis3t9stilht-Posortg,e°tllo jbeshAs
TAf :rot
WilatOsosPnlTßAacLotS,
Surgeon to the Forces, Oct. 29.
Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Southampton.
Lymington Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Rowland
Edward Cooper, Gent., to be Cornet, vice the Earl of
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Cavan, resigned; Oct. 20.
Thomas Prosser, timAberNKRUPTS. merchant, Worcester.
B

Joseph Mabbott, printer, Milton, Kent, to surrender
Nov. 12, at eleveo, and Dec. 9, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings ; 'Wilkinson, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street.
Joseph gill, jun,,
_builder, Southaraptc;D, N —QT. 10,

accident. Two trains—the one coming from Hano-
ver, and the other from Cologne—ran against each
other, before it was possible for the conductors to
stop the engines, and to avert the danger of their
being dashed to pieces; one of the engines and several
of the carriages were crushed, and 32 of the passen-
gers were wounded, some of them most seriously ; 14
of them were carried to the inn at Minden. Judicial
proceedings have been commenced against the con-
ductor.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Biussau, OCT. 24.
Actual Debt, 23% per Cent
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent .• .•
Ditto Three per Cent .
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • .....
Ditto,ditto,lB4o •••
Ditto,ditto,lB42 • • .
Ditto, 1844... • •• • ... 9035
Ditto, 1838 • • .. • • • • ••
Ditto of the City, 1832 , 9936
Ditto, 1843 . • • • • • • • • • •........... 9514
Bank of Belgium• • .... .................. 82%
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 24.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AsurrnaDAM, OCT. 26.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent•.......... 5336 54
Ditto, 3 per Cent • • •. 6434 65
Ditto, 4 per Cent.. • • 83x 83%
Amort Syndic, 4 per Cent
Commercial Company, 43% par Cent
East India Loan, 4 per Cent
Exchange on London, at sight
Two months... ...... 12 07
On Hamburgh, at sight
Two months••.
On Paris . • 56
75
Tw0m0ntb5............... 66 25
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Basraw, OCT. 6.

Bills. Money.
St.Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent • • 92%
Prase. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent. ••• • •
Foreign Exchanges • • • • • • • ....... ... —
Exchange on London, Li Sterling, 3 Months 6 27% 6 27%

LIGHTS ON THE COAST OF
SCOTLAND.

INACCURACIES IN CERTAIN CHARTS.

Northern Light-office, Edinburgh, Oct. 20, 1847.
Sir,—l am directed by the Commissioners of
Northern Lighthouses to state, for the information of
the committee of Lloyd's, that haring recently had
their attention directed to an error in the description
of a light on one of the published charts of the coasts
of Scotland, they have been induced to institute an
examination, so far as concerns the northern light-
houses, of the various charts in their possession, and I
am directed to submit to the consideration of Lloyd's
the following errors which have been noticed :
TRINITY HOUSE CRART, 1845.
I.—ln a chart published by 11. r. R. H. Laurie,
Fleet-street, London, dated Ist January, 1845, and
bearing to be a corrected edition of a Chart of Light-
houses rand Lights, and published by order of the
Corporation of the Trinity House, the following in-
accuracies have been noticed

1. Little Ross Light is characterised as a " re-
volving," instead of a flashing light.
2. The important Light of Skerryvore is charac-
terised as "intermitting" instead of "revolving" This
mistake is the more to be regretted, as the adjoining
Light of Barrahead is "intermittent," and any con-
founding of the two Lights might be productive of
serious consequences.
3. Buchanness Light is characterised as " intermit
tent" while it should be "flashing."
4. There is a note at the top of the Chart bearing
that at Sumburghhead there is a fixed Light, but as a
stranger might suppose that the asterisk which marks
the note was intended to indicate the position of the
Light, the note should have added to it the proper
bearing and distance of the Lighthouse from Star-
point Light, or the longitude and latitude of Sum-
burghhead.
CHANDLER'S CHART, 1832.

ll.—ln Chandler's Chart of the North-east Coast,
published by Norie and Son, No. 157, Leadenhall-
street, Ist July, 1832, of Tarbetness, which should be
described as "intermittent," it is said that it " revolves
and appears like a star for 2f minutes, then disappears
for the space of half a minute, its total revolution being
three minutes." _ _

MURDO DOWNIE'S CHART, 1836.
lII.—In the Chart of the East Coast of Scotland, pre-
pared by Murdo Downie, and improved by Hepburn,
published by Norie, Ist January, 1825, and corrected
to 1836, Tarbetness is shortly described as " showing
a revolving light."
These two errors are also much to be regretted, as
the light on Covesea Skerries recently exhibited by
this Board, and immediately adjoining to Tarbetness,
is a revolving light, and if mariners bound westward
were to imagine the revolving light of Covesea to be
on Tarbetness, and to take their course aceordingly,
they must inevitably be stranded in Spey Bay.
In the last-mentioned Chart Buchanness is described
as " revolving" instead of " flashing."
BLACKFORD CHART. [No date.]
IV.—ln the Chart of the West Coast and Islands,
prepared and published by Blackford, 116, Minories,
Barrahead, in place of being called " intermittent," is
described as " revolving," and this being the true
character of the adjoining Light of Skerryvore, it
might lead to the same result as the error in the first-
mentioned Chart.

NORTE'S CHART, 1834.
V.—ln the Chart of Hebrides and the Lewis, pub-
lished by Norrie in 1832, and corrected in 1834 ;
Barrahead being the light adjoining Skerryvore, on
the West is again described as " revolving ;" and
Rhinns of Islay, the Light adjoining Skerryvore on
the East, is described as " revolving," instead of
"flashing ;" so that this Chart would indicate three
adjoining Lights as all possessing the same character
of " revolving."
Vl.—ln some of these Charts there are also errors,
which may perhaps be more properly called defects,
such as characterising the Bell Rock, and the Point of
Ayre, Isle of Man, merely as " revolving" without
noticing their alternate character of "bright and
red lights."
The Commissioners are not prepared to offer any
suggestion as to how these inaccuracies are now to
be remedied, but as the subject is one of vital im-
portance to the trade of the country, and as the ex-
istence of the errors has come to the knowledge of the
Commissioners, they consider that they would not be
justified in delaying to submit the same to Lloyd's,
who have so deep an interest in the subject.
ALEX. CUNINGHAM, Secretary.
W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.

cause of their stoppage. Their assets are estimated
to yield 70 per cent. It is believed that no one in
London will sustain any serious loss.
From Lisbon we have information of the failure of
Messrs. Joseph Vanzeller and Sons, caused by the
stoppage of Mr. F. J. Vanzeller, of London, which
took place on the 7th instant. The liabilities in this
case are not large. At Oporto Messrs. Cockburn,
Greig, and Co. have suspended, also in consequence
of the previous suspension of their London correspon-
dents.

At Amsterdam the rate of discount is 4 per cent.,
and for loans 5i per cent. The exportation of gold
was expected to continue.
The Giraffe steamer, which arrived from Rotterdam
this morning, has brought gold to the amount of about
28,000/.
A meeting of the creditors of Fry, Griffiths, and
Co., the colonial brokers, whose failure took place on
the 29th ult., was held to-day. The chair was taken
by a Mr. Chambers, and a statement, prepared by
Quilter and Co., the accountants, was submitted for
consideration. The assets amount to 19,2311., while
the total loss from bad and doubtful debts is put
down at 61,681/. ; yet this concern, but for the re
cent pressure, would doubtless still have gone on for
months.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant Judge, and

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—GREENOCK, OCT. 27.—An
accident of a very distressing character happened to-day,
on the Greenock Railway, to Mr. Ross, the well-known
and justly appreciated superintendent of the line. A
special train was dispatched from Greenock at hall past
eleven o'clock A. 31 , having in it Mr. Turner, the legal
agent for the line; and Mr. Ross, as was his usual cus-
tom, accompanied the train, taking his place on the
engine. When the train reached the Port Glasgow
station Mr. Ross was in the act of stepping down
from the engine upon the platform, when his foot
slipped, owing to which he fell on the platform, and his
legs having unfortunately got entangled between it and
the engine, the motion of which had not bees fully
stopped, he sustatred severe injuries in both limbs, the
left leg being separated below the knee, and the right
foot shockingly lacerated. The wounds were imme-
diately bound up by the men at the station till a surgeon
came, when Mr. Ross was speedily conveyed, per rail-
way, to his own house at Greenock. Amputation of
both limbs, we understand, has been found necessary.
We cannot too earnestly caution passengers against
leaving the carriages before the train is completely
stopped, by which they are exposed to great danger.
This unhappy accident is an illustration of the neces-
sity of the caution which we now give.—North British
Mail.

BIRMINGHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—The Rev. Sid-
ney Gedge, M.A., preacher at the Magdalene Asylum,
Birmingham, will succeed to the Head Mastership of
King Edward's Free Grammar School in that town, the
appointment having been rendered vacant by the pre-
ferment of the Rev. James Prince Lee, M.A., to the
bishopric of Manchester.

a Bench of Magistrates.)
Yesterday, a lad of the name of Denny was,
in the course of the day, convicted of an assault
upon a little girl of nine years of age.
He was not defended by counsel.
The case having been clearly proved against him,
as has already been stated, he was found Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE in powerful language reproved
the defendant, and sentenced him to six months' im-
prisonment.
Some time after his removal from the dock a woman
entered the court, and, addressing the Learned Judge,
said that she was the mother of Denny, who, although
she had paid the money for it, had not been defended
by counsel.
The Learned JUDGE inquired who the counsel
was, and the name of the person she had given the
money to ?
The woman said she was standing about in the hall
attached to the court, waiting for the trial of her son
to be called on. Whilst there, a man, who said his
name was Flanaghan, and that he was a clerk to a
counsel, or that he was a lawyer, came up, and
having ascertained the nature of her business there,
said that she should have Mr. Horry as counsel for
her son ' • that gentleman was at the Old Bailey (the
Central Criminal Court), and if she would give him
the fee he would run and fetch him. She gave him
four half crowns, and agreed to pay him half-a-crown
a week until the sum of 11. 2s. 6d. had been made
up ; the man also made her " stand " a pint of half-
and-half. The man went away, and presently a gen-
tleman came with hire, and, having gone into a room,
again came out with a wig and gown on. Of course
she supposed this was Mr. Horry, and that when her
son's case came on, he would appear as his counsel.
No such thing, however, for her son was tried, con-
victed, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment,
without any advocate appearing on his behalf. She
now wanted to know what she should do to get back
her money.
The Learned JUDGE said, that if the woman's story
were true, there could be no doubt but that an in-
dictment would lie for false pretences. However, he
hoped that she would speak to Mr. Horry about the
matter, and ascertain whether this person of whom
she had spoken as having received the money, was his
clerk, or who and what he was, and how it was that
he had dared to do this act. If he then found that
her account was fully borne out, he would take care
that the proper steps should be adopted so as to bring
him to proper punishment.
Mr MELLER, of the bar, wished to call the atten-
tion of the Learned Judge to the fact that 10s. 6d.
was only half the proper fee.
The Learned JUDGE—Yes ; the respectability and
the position of the bar make it necessary that that
position and respectability should be maintained. But
what did this poor ignorant woman know about either
the customary fees of counsel or the regular mode of
a counsel's practice ? She did not know whether the
fee was 10s. 6d. or 11. is. Here, however, was a man
who, representing himself as the clerk to a barrister,
had taken 10s. 6d. from this poor woman, for which
sum and the subsequent arrangement a learned
counsel was to defend her sun. No learned counsel
had appeared in the case, but the money had been
drawn from the mother. Now, all he could say in
the outset was, that if this man was really clerk to a
barrister, he ought not to remain in that position for
one moment longer; but, if he was not, then he
ought at once to be made the subject of an indict-
ment for obtaining money under false pretences.
These poor people had as much parental feeling
towards their offspring as those who were in a much
higher station in the world, and their feelings and their
anxieties for the release of their children from any dif-
ficulty in which they might chance to be placed, were
as warm and as vigorous as those of any other class.
But they were in a comparative state of ignorance,
and therefore were the more easily made the dupes
and the prey of designing men. Their condition,
under these circumstances, demanded that they should
have a degree of protection thrown around them as a
guard against these impositions. That was not re-
quired by persons in a better sphere of life. This
matter he saw would be made public enough, as it
ought to be made; and as this accusation had been
made in the public court, there could be no doubt but
that it would meet with a public contradiction, if the
facts were not true, by Mr. Horry, so far as he was
concerned, at all events.
Mr. MELLER said, that it was highly necessary,
with a view to the honour and dignity of the bar,
that any of these frauds should be exposed. There
was a system carried on which in such cases as those
where the liberty as well as the character of an indi-
vidual were concerned, amounted to absolute wicked-
ness. If the Court were to take up this matter so far
as to lead to an abolition of the system, it was im-
possible to say what extent of good would be accom-
plished, not merely as respected the public, but of the
bar itself.
The Learned JUDGE then said, that with reference
to the necessity of employment of attorneys for pri-
soners where they were to be defended by counsel,
he did not see the existence of any such necessity.
He had often seen instances where a judge had di-
rected, in the case of a poor person, that a learned
counsel should be engaged without any intervention
of an attorney, and really he scarcely knew an in-
stance where, in the case of a prisoner, there was any
absolute occasion for an attorney to be retained on
his behalf. Of course, in the cases of the superior
courts, or for a prosecution, an attorney was required.
Here, however, it was a very different thing. With
regard to the present case, he entertained no doubt
but that Mr. Horry would make an early statement
in answer to the accusation respecting Flanaghan.
George Holmes, Charles Hardy, and George
Tekell were indicted for having committed an assault
upon a person of the name of Thomas E. Evershed.
Mr. O'Brien conducted the case for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the defendants.
It appeared from the evidence that the defendant
Holmes occupies a house to which the prosecutor
lays claim in the character of landlord, in Pheenix-
street, Spitalfields, and having, on the 16th of August
last, put a broker in possession for an arrear of rent,
the defendant Holmes denied the right and title of
the prosecutor, and said he should replevy. On the
21st of this month the prosecutor, with his son, the
broker West, and his man, proceeded to the premises,
and there they found the three defendants, of
whom the first named is a gun maker, the second
his journeyman, and the third his apprentice. On
their entering the room wherein the defendants were,
Holmes, seizing a gun-barrel, at once struck the
prosecutor across the shoulder with such violence as
to fell him to the ground. Hardy, when he was on
the floor, struck him a severe blow upon the hand
with a chisel, or some such instrument, which cut it
to the bone. Holmes also struck the son of
the prosecutor across the forehead with a gun-
barrel, the effect of which was, that upon his
appearing subsequently at the Worship-street
Police - court, the magistrate had desired him
at once to go 'to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. This
blow knocked him down. When he got up again
Hardy struck him with another gun-barrel, or gun-
stock, which led to the same result. The defendant
Tekell was in the room, and when he had once more
got up, Tekell, with another gun-barrel, beat him
about the body. They then endeavoured to effect
their escape from the house, but found that the door
had been fastened. A dog, too, bad been let loose,
which fixed itself upon the leg of the broker's man,
who, in the course of his examination on the present
occasion, said that he had considered himself to have
been in a most unpleasant position. Eventually,
after a general scuffle, the prosecutor and his party
effected their escape, and for some time both the pro-
secutor and his son were suffering severely, and even
now the hand of the former was in a bandage.
On behalf of the defence, it was urged that the
prosecutor had no title to the premises, and therefore,
even supposing the defendant Holmes had been the
first to commence the scuffle, still he would
have been justified. But the truth was, that as
soon as the prosecutor had entered the room, he
had himself collared Holmes, and thereby com-
menced the a scuffle. There was also some
most disgusting language said to have been
used on the occasion. The fact of the prosecutor
having been the first to use this language, and to be
the first to commit an assault, was deposed to by the
broker, West, who was called for that purpose on the
part of the defence. He admitted, however, on cross-
examination, that he had gone up to the police-court
in support of the prosecutor's case, but was not exa-
mined, and that he now appeared in support of that
of the defendants.

MONEY
MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The re-action in the English Funds has
eontiqued to-day, and Consols, after opening at the
closing price
three-quarters per cent. The first quotation for
of yesterday, have left off at a decline of
money was 828, and, after considerable fluctuations,
during which they did not go above that price, they
closed at 82* buyers. For the account Consols
began at 838, and left off at 828 to The failures
at Manchester, and the subsequent announcement of
the stoppage of two provincial banks, coupled with
rumours that Parliament would meet early in
November, in consequence of the unsatisfactory state
of Ireland, were the causes of the decline.
In the Stock-Exchange money was easier to-day
than it has been for some time past. Out of doors
there was no alteration.
The stoppage of two country banks was made
known this morning, the Salisbury, and the Shaftes-
bury and Hindon. The Salisbury Bank was carried
on by Messrs. Brodie, who are also engaged in busi-
ness as publishers. It was established in 1811, and
was a bank of circulation, its fixed issues of notes
being 23,335/. The amount of deposits held is stated
at about 70,0001. Overdrawn accounts and advances
upon inconvertible property, are said to have been
the: causes of this event. It is, however, not sup-
posed that the final liquidation will prove very dis-
astrous. The Shaftesbury and Hindon Bank was
established in 1834, and was also a bank of issue,
its fixed amount being 9,813/. One of the partners
in the Salisbury Bank was likewise the senior part-
ner in this concern, the firm being Brodie and King.
Messrs. Williams and Co. were the London agents
of both.
Letters from St. Petersburgh mention the failure
of C. Rive and Co. The amount of their liabilities is
not stated, but the:lowest estimate formed by those
who are acquainted with the business of the firm
ranges from 150,000/. to 200,0001. They were gene-
ral merchants, and their transactions were large with
this country, and also with France and Spain. The
return of bills drawn on Messrs. ROUgerRODt, Bro-
thers, and Co., is said to have been the immediate

PIUDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1847.

The Learned JUDGE, in leaving the case to the
jury, told them the question of title was not one which
they were called upon to try; the point for their con-
sideration would be the matter of assault.

The jury retired to consider their verdict, but, after
an absence of some hours were sent for, when
The foreman said there was no chance of their
agreeing ; there were seven one way and five another.
There was not the least probability of their coming to
a verdict.

The Learned JUDGE said that that being so, and as
they had been consulting for some hours, he would
discharge them without their coming to any verdict
in the case.