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London, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

PRIVY COUNCIL, May 17.

WOOD AND OTHERS, t 7. noonLAicE.
The arguments in this long litigated cause were resumed
this morning before the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council, when their Lordships heard Sir Frederick Pol!ock
on the part of Air. Hitchens, one of the next of kin of the
testator.

'1 he Learned Gentleman contended that it was the duty
of the other executors, when acquainted with the circum-
stances, to have told Mr. Chadwick that his conduct had been
so strange, so irregular, and so unprofessional, that they could
not consent to be even tacit parties to: it, but would impound
the document, and take the opini m of this Court whether or
not under the circumstances, it was entitled to ttrobate.
Sir FREnEtticx POLLOCK having concluded his address,
Mr. Sergeant Bourns briefly followed on the same side.
Mr. WIGRAM (with whom was Dr. Phillimore) then rose
to address their Lordships on behalf of Mrs. Goodlake, one of
the next of kin, and was speaking when their Lordships ad-
journed.

' INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, May 17.
The Court - was informed some time ago, when two
comedians applied for bail in one day, that " theatricals
wore at a discount ;" and since then others have ap-
plied. Three lessees of theatres have petitioned the
Court, and ascribed their appearances to the failure of
the speculations. The three are—Hammond, who had
1 ii;Fri,-lane Theatre ; Rogers, who had Sadler's Wells ;
,4 440910 ti whol a short time ago, was the roprittor
' Q f tilt Yi9t9Pr Pie0I;;
liv, dorg ahclin litt, an insolvent, applied to be
1, discharged under the act.. .
i : CHIEF ComMISSTOI4g/t—What are you, Sir ? Insol-
-1 vent--I am a comedian and dramatic author.
(Imp' COHNISSIONER—Is your wife a theatrical ?--
1 iNiGivPitr-u61i.9 hit§ !IRt 13puii fir Ina.m years.
CHIEF COMIIIISSIO,N7EIi=III4F WWI b@Pl laid 'leen
accumulating many years. Had you any engagement
i when you were taken to prison ? Insolvent-4 was
taken from my busineSs.
CHIEF COMMISSIONEII—I see since you have been in
Pviiii:o4; that yqH. llal-e Ipvn writing . ieces, for which
you have reoewe4 44,014f4y fF(qii W'f:l",'ltiflytoli. Pave
you any promise of an engqgenient „
.nselyeni--I
i have, Sir.
The CopaT ordered him to be cliscllarged.
A. i-
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. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
The Sessions terminased yesterday morning at ten o'clock,
The Curt ‘Nas occupied in pas-ing sentences on the several
prisoners remanded during the sessions.

A RICH late Bdword Brown,
Esq ,of Byrn-hill, Stamford, whoie death we announced last
week, is said to have died worth more than half a million of
property. "[he larger pat t, it is believed, has been left to his
only surviving son, the Rev. Edward Brown, and the rest
amongst his three mariied daughters (the wives of Mr. Co-
nant, the London Police Magistrate; S. R. Eydeel, of Mor-
cott; and the Rev. Robert De, ker, of Wakerley), acd three
NinmaFripl diughteri. Amongst the leach is thf mg:6ll-
cent sumr,dow. tlig .stßioford ari-a 'Viand Infirmary;
5,0001. for the specific purpose of building a fever ward ; and
070004 for the supprt of it for eTor.—s.twiliord Iliercitry.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
The Driver, new steamer, arrived yesterday from the Elva-,
in charge of Mr. Henderson, Assistant-Master-Attendant,
Plymouth. She has ma hies on board for the Cornwallis, at
Plymouth, and will thence go to Pembroke, wi:h the jury
rigging of the °cysts- steamer, to be fitted to the Cambrian,
a new 36-gun frigate, for removal to some other port ; she
then goes to Cork, and conveys troops from that place to r-
sey, and carries the present garr:son at. Jersey to Cork, di c.
which she will come to Portsmouth to be armed, fitted, and
commissioned.

Rear-Admiral Thomas is appointed Commander-in-Chief
in the PacitZe as successor to Rear-Admiral Ross. The Dub-
lin, 50, in this harbour, was yes'erday commissioned to bear
his flag.

The Soudan, iron steamer, Commander Bird Al'en, touched
at Lisbon on the 2d inst., on her way to the Niger River.
The Apollo, troop ship, Mr. W. White commanding, ar-
rived at Gibraltar on the 27th ult., 44 da3s from Corfu, and
22 days from Malta, with the 2d battalion of the 60th Rifles,
under the command of Lieut.-Col. Ellis, for Jar.aai,a, and
sailed on the 29th for her destination. The Jaseur arrived at
Gib altar on the 2t4 h.

The Favorite, 18, arrived at 'Melbourne, Port Philip, from
New Zeaand, on the 6th December last.

The Britomart, 10, Commander Stanley, wa.,t at lloba.-t
Town on the 16th December.

The Winchester, 50, vtas expected daily at Halirax, on tha
departure of the I.st steam packet, on the 19th of Aril.
The Wanderer, 18, left St. Mary's, in the Gambia River, on
the 20th March, for the Coast. '1 he Brisk, 3, left St. 110..na
for the Coast, on the 25th of March.

The Iris, 26, Captain Nurse, touched at Ala,!eira from
Plymouth. on the 4ih of April, and sailed for the Cape of Guod
Hope, on the 7th.

he '‘4"narch, 84, Captain Chambers, anived on Wednesday
at Spithead, from Sheerness.

T-be %%lap, 28, Captain Elliot, saled on Wednesday to
Sheerness, tube put out of Comm ssion.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenant—Lord Henry Russell, to the
rank of Commander. Mate—George C. Briggs, of the Van-
guard, to the rank of Lisutenant; Thomai Hodgkitison, to the
rank of Lieutenant; G. B. Dewes, irate of the Blenheim, to
be Lieutenant of the Herald ; T. H. Sysaght, mate of Welles-
ley, to he Lieutenant of the Samarang. Clerks—fir. Hooper,
of the Blenheim, to be purser of the Sulphur; Mr. Loney, of
the Melville, to be purser of the Samarang ; Mr. Norman, of
the Wellesley, to be purser of the Larne.
APPOINTMENTS.—Rear-Admiral—Richard Thomas, to the
command in the Pacific, vice Ross. Captain—John Jervis
Tucker, to the Dublin. Commander—Colson Felting, to the
Dublin. Lieuteeiatits---B. Ilaines, John Elliott, and G. J.
Burslem, to the Dublin ; W. J. Lake, to the Bittern; J. E.
Tennant, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir W.
Parker ; Wm. Walker Oke (add.), to the Royal Sovereign
yacht, for service in the Asp stearn-vessi.l ' • T. S. Striven, ad-
ditional to the Victory, for service in the Cuckoo. Masters—
W. R. Mudae, to the Dublin; W. Jeffery, to the Bittern;
Wm. Bartlett, to the Acorn. Second Master—Wm. Wilkins,
to the Cornwallis; Mr. Frederick Wm. Paul, to the Merlin,
at Liverpool. Mister's Assistant—William Palmer, to
the Polyphemus. Pursers—James Sparshott, to the
Dublin ; J. Mitchell, to the Bittern. Surgeons—G.
W. Johnson, M.D. to the -Dublin ; L. F. Cunning-
'.am, M.D., to the Bittern. Assistant-Surgeons—N.
Lyttleton, from the Queen, to the Southampton ; Dr. A. El-
liot, to the Garrison, at Ascen,ion ; F. G. Graham, to the
t)ublin ; J. S. Burn, to the Bittern. Mates—Chaees E.
Money, to the Herald; John Cashman, to the Alligator;
T. E. Sanders, to the Caledonia; Edward William Vansittart,
to the Cornwaris. Midshipman—J. C. Byng, to the Queen.
Gunners—M. Saunders, from the Vernon to the Cornwallis ;
A. Parker, from the Pelican to the Vernon ; A. Richardson,
to the Peliccn. Boatswain—W. Smith. to the Bittern • John
Stanley, to the Dublin. Carpenters—C. Newton, to the Bit-
tern ; W. Richardson, to the Dublin.

ROYAL MARlNES.—Pnomanom Captain John Mon-
tresor Pilcher, of the Woolwich Division, to be Lieutenant•
Colonel, mid appointed- to Portsmouth ; Brevet Major John
Buckley Castieau, to be Captain in the Artillery Companies of
Royal Marines; First Lieutenants Wm. Clendon and Caleb
Barnes, to be Captains, at Chatham ; First Lieutenant John
Cultist, to be Captain, at Portsmouth; First Lieutenants end
Adjutants Peter Martin Mc Kellar and Wm. Wood, to be
Captairv, at Woolwich; First Lieutenant and Adjutant
Stevens to be Captain, at Plymouth ; Lieutenants John Fraser,
of the Chatham Division, and Andrew Roger Savage, of the
Woolwich D.vision, to be First Lieutenants in the Artillery
Companies of Royal Marines ; Second Lieutenant Charles
Penrose Coode, to be First Lieutenant, at Plymouth ; Second
Lieutenant Wm. Grigor Sucher, to be First Lieutenant, at
Portsmouth; Second Lieut. Henry Edward Delacembe, to be
First Lieutenant, at Plymouth; Second Lieutenant Andrew
John Buckingham flambly, to be First Lieu' ent, at
Woolwich ; Second Lieutenant Win. Ramsay Searle, to be
First Lieutenant, at Portsmouth ; Second Lieutenant, Henry
Drury, to be First Lieutenant., at Portsmouth; Second Lieut.
George Spencer Perceval Baker, to be First Lieutenant, at
Chatham ; Second Lieut. Frederibk I3uckland Bluett, to be
First Lieutenant, at Portsmouth ; Second Lieut. Henry At-
kins M'Callum, to be First Lieutenant, at Chatham ; Second
Lieut. Charles Louis, to be First Lieutenant, at Woolwich.
The following gentlemen are ordered to be bc.rne in the Ex-
cellent for instruction as Marine Cadets :—Messrs. Robert
Boyle, C. H. Willcox, Charles L. Barnard, John Elli t,
G. E. 0. Jackson, Henry spratt, and J. H. Jolliffe.
The following Mates passed at the Royal Naval College on
the 1 lth instant, for Lieutenants .—Messrs. Dt. T. Mules-
worth, (no ship); Henry S. Hellyar (Cornwallis) ; Augustus
P. Arkwright (no ship) ; Henry B. Hardman (Volage) ; and
Philip Hudson (Caledonia).
Mr. E. A. Wylde passed for a Commission in the Marine
Corps.
John C. Weir, Esq., Agent at Haslar Hospital, has retired
on superannuation. He is succeeded in his situation by Richard
Hallilay, Esq, from Haulbowline Island; and John Elliott,
Esq , Secretary to Admiral Sir Eisvard Codringten, is ap-
pointed Storekeeper and Agent Victualler at Cork.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)
LONDON, MAY 17.—Wind this day at noon, fresh from
S. so S.W., cloudy.
DEAL, MAY 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Barrossa,
Au-tin, from China. Arrived foal the River and sailed, rho
Ariel. from the Mauritius ' • Andex, Sr. Michael's ; Flora,
Malta; Torn ind Jessie, Leghorn. Arrived from the River,
the Arrow, for New Zealand; David Clark, Sydney; Emma,
Port St, George; Ocean, Bermuda; Annandale, Miramichi;
Active, Quebec; Thetis, Constantinople ; John Romelly,
Alicant ; Nautilus, Gibraltar.

Dov Ea. MAY 15.--Arrived the Maria, Drewes, from Rio
Grande, for Hamburgh, with loss of topmast, sails, &c. Eliza-
beth, Jansen, Batavia; Columbus, Rio Janeiro; Elizabeth,
John'on, Cape of Good (lope.
PORTSMOUTH. MAY 15.—Wind E.S. E. to S. ; 16. W.—
Arri••ed the libn Accord, Penny, from Naples. Sailed 25th
March, Gibrabar Ist, and sailed for Aberdeen.
FALMOUTH, MAY 14.—Arrived the Jessie Ritchie,
M'Lachlan, from Jacmel. Sailed on March 23. the Highland
Lad, for Venice. Sailed the Escort, Smalus, for Halifax and
Boston. Pandora packet, a cruise with supplies for the home-
ward bound. Arrived off, the John Wilts, Willis, from De-
merara; Boreas,lileeksehmidt. Sailed Thomas, Hamburgh.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 16 —Wind N.N. W.—Arrived the Co-
lumbia steamer, from Boston—left on the Ist, Halifax 3d ;
Frisk, Whiteway, Buenos Ayers—sailed Feb. 22 ; the Vo-
lunteer. 111,Minn, for the Mauritius; Helen, Stewart, Ma-
nilla; Rochdale, Tasker, Demerara; Governor, James,
bile; Lanca,hire, Lyon, ditto; Scotia, Wel,h, ditto ;
bia, New Orleans ; orms, Charleston ; Pampero, Roberts,
Buenosi Ayres—sailed March 24 ; the Mona. Hill, for the
Mauritius ; Leven, ditto; Iris, Fisher, Barbadoes, sailed 4th
ult. ; Pollock, Purdon, New Orleans ; F. Depau, Forbes,
New York • Edward, Sevale, Messina. sailed the Margaret,
Kerr, for Quebec ; Robert, Slers, La Guayra ; Hermia, An-
CONS.; Eleanor, Bombay ; Roscius, New York ; Arab, Ma-
deira. The Susan, Drew, from thence to Boston, has been
taken into the latter port leaky, having been on shore.
BRISTOL, MAY 14.—Arrived the Great Western steamer,
from New York.

SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 16. Arrived the Braganza steamer.
from Gibraltar ; left Cadiz on the 7th, Lisbon 10th; Oporto
11th, and Vigo 12th. Sailed the Leeds steamer, for Lisbon.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 15. —Wind variable.—Arrived the China,
London, for Sydney. Sailed, the John Renwick, for Sydney ;
Strathfieldsaye, Port Phillip. Arrived off, the Earl of Kel-
ton, Thompson, from Bahia ; Catherine, Reid, Demerara ;
Emma Eugenia, Penang.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH—The Negotiator, Young, 20th
ult.. lat. 37, lon. 3E. ; Harley and London, Alexandria to
Clyde, 26th ult., lat. 41, lon. 2 E.; a brigantine, under Dutch
colours, from Trieste, 6th, off Cape Trafalgar, by the Mali,
arrived at Milford. A brig, standing N.W., No. in the Club
1,081, 3d inst., le. 42, lon. 31 ; a ship, Barbadoes to Liverpool,
supposed the Francis. '2Bth ult., lat. 41, lon. 4W., by the Bar-
Woes. arrived at Cork. Onega, New Orleans to Liverpool,
17th ult., lat. 26, lon. 76; Susanne, Cumming, 6th inst., 1:4.
42, lon. 52 ; Admiral Benbow, Lady Worsley, and General
Hewitt, 7th, lat. 42, ton. 47 ; a large ship, supposed the Sidt.
dons, from New York, Bth, lat. 44, lon. 42; Stratton Castle,
Clyde to New York, 9th, lat. 45, lon. 36; Carricks, 10th, lat.
46, lon. 32, by the Columbia (?), arrived at Liverpool. Eliza,
Bueno• Ayres to Cowes, 10th March, lat. 28, lan. 3d ; Ver-
tromben, Mayo to Buenos Ayres, •233 Feb. ; Juno, Pernan -
buco to Falmouth, 2d ult., lat. 3, Ism. 29; Calypso, of Dart-
mouth, 27th, lit. 40, lon. 32, by the Frisk, arrived at Liver-
pool. Admiral Von Gweghtzen, Holland to Batavia, 25th
March, lat. 2 N., lon. 21 W. ; Erin, Marseilles to the Mau-
ritius, 26th, lat. 3 ; Warrior, 27th ; Adolphe, Marseilles to
Calcutta, 30th, lat. 4, lon. 22, by the Volunteer, arrived at
Live' pool.

RE-APPEARANCE OF PIRATES AT SALONICA.
The following has been received at Lloyd's, from Salonica,
dated the '22d of April:—
" Pirates are reported to have re-appeared at the entrance
of this gulf ; but of their having attacked any vessels no intel-
ligence has been received. The Greek gua-boats are cruising
between the islands at the mouth of the gulf and Alount Athos,
to the N.E., and to Volo to the S. W."

MONMOUTII.—SmaII-pox continues very preva-
lent in this town and neighbourhood, two deaths have taken
place during the past week. In consequence of several boys
in the Free Grammar School not having been vaccinated, the
School has broken up, and it is the intention of the Visitors
not to admit any boys on the re-opening of the School, who
cannot produce a certificate from a surgeon that they have had
the cow-pox properly, or the 'small-pm It may be a satis-
faction to the public to know, that wherever the small-pox has
taken place after the cow-pox, it has been of the mildest des-
oription.— Hereford Times.

-„,
DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Yesterday morning be•
tween twelve and one, a most destructive fire broke out on tba
premises of Mr. Bryant, coorer, Cross-street, Blackfria,rs• road.
'I he fire was first discovered by a policeman of the L division,
who observed flames issuilig. from the centre of the premises.
He gave anyahm, And ilia-1m minutes the engines from the
Wes`tahrigrand, Waterleo-bridge-read, and that. from Wat-
ling.street, under the suretintmdence of 31r. Braidwood, were
on the spot. In the meanwhile the flames, from the com,busti-
ble nature of the stork, gained a fearful ascendancy, and in a
short space of time, the whole of Mr. Bryant's premises were
enveloped in one entire sceno eoufivratioii. The premises
extepil?, i.-inkiiiertble distance 0 the ;ear of.the hou A s on ihe
n,utl'i side 40gs-street, o,nd great fears. were eutertAined that
Amy would take fire; but, by the jurAicious eflo, is of the fire,
nrn, flip 9,11.444 of Mr. B-jant,
whiob wei-e e.d, it is not at
•.' 'Present. known
the eVent of the damage done, nor h"....v the the originated.
Mr. Bryant, we undcr'"nri,' i
-13,
(''.: ,s
nsured.
IN THE MIDDLE AGEs.—Grecia, the
widow of Berlay, the second lord of Montreuil, and wife of
Geoffroi Martel, acvereign Count of Anjou, was, for those
times, A singularly well.,instructed and deeply-learned Princes..
She vi as 4 great book-collector ; and, if we may judge by the
liberality she evinced in the gratification of her literary tastes
in her own day, she would certainly have beat the most muni.
tieent of our own Roxburghians out of the field had she had
the good fortune to live in the nineteenth century. For a copy
of the homilies of Haimon, Bishop of Halberstadt, she is re.
corded to have given two hunched sheep, twelve measures of
wheat, a similar quantity of rye, and as much millet; several
marten skins, and eight mares of silver. in another place, we
hear of a mona.ter y having been built w;th the price of a fa-
mous lui-sal, which a Viscount of Thouars compelled the
monks of St. Florent to give up to him in the year 1069.
TroUve's Summer in Western France.

1 Wheat.

Per Quarter s. to 5.
Carlisle -
Hexham fri 16
Morpeth s'l (A
Penrith . - 18
Sheffield ' - 65
Windiest r 52 6I
Per Bushel. s.d. s.d.
Carmat then - o 7f,
CowbrLge: 7 9 81f
ireausea 8 0 9 0
Per 8011.
Barnardeastl 15 0 18 0 8 6 931 6 4 7SI 9 0 IC E,
Durham 136 1n(; 1.0 9 0 6 3 7 3 0 0 100
Richmond I. 0 ISO 70 86 56 8 tli 9 6 1301
Stockton 1140 16 6 90 90 50 66 80 101)
WAKEFIELD CORN AIARKEr
Waeat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk . •F, 53i. to 61, noei2l'.
-- Lin. and Cam.
---- Yorkshire —s. —s. to 55, tine hl.-
White ... -s. 62, to 645. gine relhi
•---- Foreign, heti
White --s. -5. to ftrl, t!. ?:
,a i; tine 34,
Barley, Nfirfolk ansl Nufll.lk - • . -
.• 85 tine .16,..
- Lincolnshire
- Yorkshire %Vold
• tine' •a ••
Foreign .-e s. tt, 54, fin:, 6_54.,
s. to 3i s. line :33‘...
Beans, New
375. to atis. litiC ---,'
--- Ohl
Oats, Potato
-s. to 28,. line f%W.
- Poland -5. -s. to 233. tin, 3"
--- ti'riezian.l and Sinai! - S.. ding
Stmiling
!his. to .296 ,al. ,t r Loaf,:
Malt
--s.:-9.. tine 425. tier It.'"aite
.
Rapeseed
-I. Os 321. Os. 341. (is. P"
...
NE A' CAS".I LE CORN EXCH A mth.
Red. White.
Wheat, Northunikerlariti
- Norfolk and Sisflaffr 6ss. €74
---- Berwick and Scotch llls. 65%
- Foreign 62, 67, . ... (13 83. i• I
Rye, Norfolk Ind Suffolk 3,ls 10i....... -.• "" 1
- Foreign sat • sr, -s. -4.
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suflidk... 355. -s. -6. 26, ;::
- Crindin. and Feeding .245. 365...... -a. --C ;,,;;;::
Malt, Norfolk and Surfo _e.ik.. s4s 60.
Ilizans, Small I it it9s -5. -4.; P
- - Tick
?ease, White 4os. 1b..... -5. ---'• !
- Gray - 4,
Oats, Northumberland, !.otatoe 'ss. 2ts -s. -5- 1
5
7

-
Fved
--s --s.
454. E.

Foreign
Flour ow sack)