The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-12 00:00:00

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shareholders had a right to expect, but the Board be- i Vice-Admiral of the Blue, Sir Charles Richardson, For Jamaica, we quote 20 to 30 .per cent over-proof at
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.e' ourtb ;2tltttori live that circumstances over which the Minister of K.C.B. to be Vice-Admiralot the White. from 2e 2d to 2s sd, 32 to 36 over, 2s 6d to 2s 103, and
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Public !Works bad no control, have hitherto prevented Rear-Admiral of the
Red,Sir
find marks at from 3s to 4s. The stock of rum is t
him from obtainin the decision of the Council of ))ii- be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. not so largo as last year, whereas deliveries are greater for d
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SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock.ofthe Charles Sle h John;
maters, to whom it is understood.' the proposals of the Rear-Admiral
the
market
Ho.wtayne, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. , is quiet, and prices are drooping for new sorts, but old t
et* company are to be submitted.still held with
" But in the interview which the agents of the com- Rear-Admiral of the Blue, John Pasco, to be Rear- ' Brandy is firmness as the supply is small. t
YORK, NEWCASTLE,' AND BER-
had with the Minister, he informed them that they Admiral of the White. The value of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1848
WICK RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) pang
should, without fail, receive some communication from Captain
Ralph Randolph Wormeley to be Rear-Ad- is 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1847 ditto 5s to 5: 21, 1846 ditto 5s (
A special general meeting of the proprietors of thethe Blue.
him prior to the adjourned meeting of the shareholders. miral of . . . 10d to 6s, 1845 ditto 6s 4d to 6s 6d. irderior sorts 3s to
York, N ewcastle, and Berwick Railway, resident in aAs late as nine o'clock last night the President re-
The following Retired Captains have also been pro- 4s 4d, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon. Geneva
London, was held this afternoon, for the purpose of ceived from M. Graben the copy of a letter dated the 9th Retired R •
meted to be ear-Admirals, on the terms pro- at is 9d to is 10d for ordinary, and at 2s 3d to 3s 3d for (
London
Minister of posed in the Gazette of the Ist September, 184e4 fine. In the value of British made spirit there is no
electing two delegates to attend the special meeting inst., and addressed to that gentleman by the. .
of the company, to be held in York on the 25th in- Public Works, in:which the latter expresseshis regret that without increase to th •mr pay:- variation.
gait, for the appointment of the future directors ofmake known to the company
it is not yet in his power to . Charles Bertram, Geo. Hills, Henry Fanshawe, Isaac SALTPETRE. -The market to-day for rough presented I
the decision of the Government, on the subject of the aw ins Morrison, eorge erne ro ope, ..,
II k" G B Tll C B Sir a quiet aspect, and prices declined 6d per cwt. At
the concern. to him on behalf of the company by the Thomas Mansell, K.C.H., Thomas Groube, Hercules public sale 300 bags Calcutta acid at 26s to 26s 6d per ,
The Hon. Mr. Home Browne was called to the proposals made . . .
d • informed of Robinson, William Black. owl., and 12 per cent. at 26s for ord quality.
President, but signifiying his desire to be
chair. certain points, both of general principle and detail, with TUE NATIONAL DEBT. INDIGO.-To-day during the progress of the sale 111
The CHAIRMAN explained the objects of the
the view that he may be acquainted with the actual The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury chests have been-withdrawn, and 1 365 chests (including
meeting, and called upon the shareholders to deter- position of the company, and its immediate and future having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction 483 withdrawn) have passed this day. The biddings
mine the mode of proceeding that should be now resources, as well es with its present and ultimate of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Gea. were not so brisk as on the previous day, and prices
adopted. objects. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the in some instances a shade lower, particularly
Mr. PRANCE thought they had only one matter to olt is hardly necessary to explain to the meeting • that United. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond for the middling and ordinary qualities. Kurpahs con-
determine, and that was whom they should elect to this communication from the Minister having only been the actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the tinue in good demand at 2d to 31 advance on last sale's
represent them at the forthcoming meeting in York. received within the last few hours,:it has been impossible sth day of July 1849, amounted to the sum of forty-once prices. 5,862 chests have passed the hammer, of which
Sir JOHN EASTHOPE wished, before they went I® to convene a meeting of the Board for the purpose of thousand three hundred and ninety-eight pounds and 7 have been bought in, and 2,113 withdrawn, leaving
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that business, to have some expression of opinion such a discussion as would enable the directors to lay eight pence; 2,965 chts sold.
before the shareholders a well-matured plan of pro- The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Nationrel FRUIT.-On Tuesday last 118 butts, 51 crtls and 97
upon the question of appointing auditors. Much of
seeding .
DAt hereby give notice, that the sum of ten thousarm. brie new Pares , and Vostizza Currants, part damaged,
the mischief that railways had latterly suffered from 4.ee.•
however, to them to find that -there three hundred and forty-Wino pounds ten shillings matt were offered at public sale. The few lots sold
It is gratifying,
could be traced to the defective audit system that had
now appears a probability for a solution of the question. twopence (being one-fourth part cf the said surplus off realised 37s to 39s for damaged butts and crtls,
hitherto prevailed, and it was therefore his decided at issue, at no distant period; and, as their earnest forty one thousand three hundred and ninety-eight pound--; and 40a for sound butts and damaged brls. Another
conviction that some alteration must be made in the desire is to follow such a course, as may be considered and eightpence) will be applied under the provisions o_ p iblic sale took place yesterday, when 110 butts 150
existing law, to place the auditing of railway accounts most advantageous in all respects for the shareholders the said Act,l2th day of October 1849, and caroteels and
between the
mere under the control of Government. at large, and looking at the great importance of the the sth day ofJanuarylBso,
to the following purposes; part damaged, were offered, but with very little sue-
Alderman SIDNEY perfectly agreed with the Hon. question, they would earnestly recommend that the viz :- . cess, as they were principally bought in at 39s
Baronet, and was rejoiced to find that a feeling in meeting should appoint a committee, with full powers .
To be applied to the purchase of 5t0ck....610,349 10 al for butts and caroteels, and 40s for barrels. The
Add interest receivable on account of business donciby private contract has been very limited
favour of Government auditors was rapidly gaining to undertake, either independently, or in conjunction
donations and bequests, to be applied to - throughout the week. New Valencia Raisins remain
ground. It was objected that no honourable man with the Board, those negotiations for the company for
the purchase of Stock
which the Minieter's letter appears to afford an
would uncle, take the office of director of a railway ---- damaged were offered at public sale, the whole sold at
opening."
company if he had a Government officer placed over 412,140 10 ti 39s to 40s.
A short discussion tookplace upon the report, and
him ; but he, for one, could not sympathise with such National Debt Office, Oct. 10, 1849. Oies.-A more active demand exists for Cocoa Nut
' I d " That this meeting is of
• ultimately it was run ve -
an objection. The mal administration of railway affairs
o• inion that it is highly desirable that a deputation S. BIGHAM, Comptroller. General. Oil, and prices have ceased to recede, as there is a less
BANKRUPTS. amount on offer. A public sale of 51 packages went at
had been so glaring and profligate that it was absolutely ti
should proceed to bring the negotiations with Go- Thomas Warren, Beulton, potato salesman, Broad-
necessary, for the sake of public decency and honour,34s to 34s 6d per cwt. for good quality. In Palm
vernment to a speedy issue ; and that with this view court, Bow-street, Covent-garden, to surrender, Oct. 22, Oil operations have been upon an extended scale,
that Parliament should take the subject into its . hereby to name a
• the directors are empowered at half-past eleven, and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Court and fine quality has been selling at 31e 6d to 325. For
serious consideration immediately after its meeting in .
ofnot more than three shareholders
• committee
the ensuing session ; and he hoped the suggestion
to act in connexion with them for the accomplishment street ; Wilde, Union-court, Old Broad-street. peli selling at 441 to 45i, and other descriptions
just thrown out by the Hon. Baronet would be
of this object, and if neceessary to accompany some Thomas Vansittart Bowater, factor, Warwickshire, at 421 to 431 lOs per tun. For Rapeseed Oil much
'• , adopted by the meeting. 'of their body to Belgium, and that the expense of Oct. 25, and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham Die- inquiry exists. Sales of Palo have been made at
es 1,
•;,./ Colonel JOHNSTONE could not understand why
such deputation be defrayed out of the funds of the trict Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; 395,6 d to 40s, and brown at 38s 6d to 39s ler cwt.
railway directors should be so very nice about
__mpany?, Underhill, Birmingham. Linseed Oil has been largely dealt in, and rules at 31a to
having auditors placed over them. For his part,
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Joseph Wilbraham, builder, Aldgate, Oct. 25, and 31s 3d on the spot. For delivery several contracts have
when he had the command of a regiment and
meeting terminated. Nov, 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, been entered into at 30s to 30s 3d. Lard Oil at 35s
. its funds at his control, he was always most .....m............. official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Bolden, to 40s ; Ground Nut Oil remains dull of sale at 275.
anxious to have his accounts strictly examined and FRANCE. Strad. Seal met with much attention, and higher rates have
checked by an auditor independent of himself, and George William Saker, builder, Prospect-row, Ber-
been obtained. Pale at 371 to 381, straw and tinged 341
Huber was the first of the prisoners arraigned
the meeting might depend upon it that until the samemondse Oct. 22, at half-past one, and 3, at half- 36/
y, Doe. to , yellow and brown 311 to 33/ per tun. Southern
practice was adopted in railway companies, the public
before the High Courtat V 11 The ' erssai es. prisoner past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, continues to be brought sparingly to market, and there
is to be first tried for participationin the insurrection official assignee, G ldhall h b
w. -c am era; Butler, Tooley- are several purchasers of good to fine.
would place no confidence whatever in their published
of the 15th of May, 1848. He announced his in- street. TALLoW.-This afternoon, at public sale, 1,199 pkgs
accounts. The present mode of auditing railway sc-
tention of not employing counsel, but of defending William Rowett, broker, Liverpool, Oct. 26 and Nor. South American Tailow were nearly all sold tat 32s 9d
counts was nothing better than a farce, if not a fraud
himself. The Court, nevertheless, named a 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, to 335; 1,073 casks Sydney 33s 3d to 37s 3d; 106 casks
upon the shareholders, and he therefore hoped Panne.
memberof the Versailles bar to assist him
official assignee, Liverpool; Norris and Co., Bedford- P. Y. Candle went at 355 Od to 36s 3d for old.
ment would interfere to put a stop to it. row • Bell, Liverpool.
in case of necessity. As soon as the jury was ~ . -
Alderman SIDNEY, in order to bring the question Philip Watkins, tavernkeeper,Wacton, Herefordshire,
usualoathtenderedthem. The
complete, the
formally before the meeting, moved a resolution to the Oct. 20 and Nov. 13, at hslf-past ten,l at the Birmin -
President a ain addressed the jury on the case of theg IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
effectlV '
ham District Court. Christie, officia . assignee, irming-
that it was expedient that a public auditor, in- .
Huber, andthe Registrar readextractPANlES' STOCK.
prisoner
dependent of the company, should be appointed, under
from the indictment, relative to the affair of the 15th George PI Stafford,o ant, grocer, Oct.ct. and Nov. 20, From the Official List.
the provisions of an Act of Parliament. e of May. To prove this case there are 30 witnesses. The at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit- PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
Colonel JOHNSTONE had much pleasure in second-
prisoner declined answering the questions put to him more, official assignee, Birmingham; Hiern, Stafford; LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12.
ing the resolution. by the President until he had defended himself from James, Birmingham. --.............w...--
Mr. Mayne w would not object to the appointment
the impation cast on him by his accomplices in that Rev. Thomas Frederick Paull Hankins, clerk, cider
of the public auditor, but he could see no reason why
affair. He proceeded to justify himself against a merchant, Hereford, Oct. 20, and Nov., 20, at eleven, at 7012 WT-STOLE BANKS.
he could not be appointed as well by the shareholders
recent publication of Ras ail and entered into a long the Birmingham Court of Bankruptcy. Valpy, official Dividend Amount
Its the Government. He was entirely opposed to the He assignee, Birmingham; Smith and Son, Southampton- Name of Company, per
Annum,
share.
Paid. Price.
explanation of his conduct on the 15th May.
principle of Government interference in the internal street, London; Gwillim, Hereford; Suckling, Bir-
demanded that Rimini', Blanqui, and Monnier should
management of railway companies, and lif it were min ham. A s. d. X s. d.
be summoned as witnesses. He concluded his address mi - ' Australasia •• •• ••• • • • 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
proposed he hoped the Legislature would never senc. Peter Roberts, ealer and Chapman,v }, II a
, . 1111x-a..-rOll-, BritshNorth American Sc. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
at half- past /five o'clock on W d dwhen the
e nes ay,
tion it. lle moved as an amendment that a public Birmingham, Oct. 25, and NOV. 14, at twelve, at the Ceylon .............. 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Court adjourned. Birmingham Court of Bankruptcy. Christie, official Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 20%
auditor, :who should have no interest in the concern,
The map se h ore de Marseilles of the Bth instant assignee, Birmingham; Rushworth, Birmingham. Colonial. -
be appointed by the company. Gloucestershire ••• • • • 151 per cent. - - -
• •publishes a letter from Athens of the 28th ult., an- Henry Featherstonhaugh Wooster, shipowner and
Mr. BASSETT seconded the amendment, believing . lonian Si.cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
flouncing the arrivalat Patras of 800 Venetian cornchandler, Wand:worth-road, Oct. Londn an-d..W..e.simin.• • .s.t.r 61.. par
cant. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -24
that if the principle of Government supervision were Britannia-place, i Ditto .............. per - - 13 00 -%
Hungarian
refugees. Several exiles, among whom 22, at one, and Dec. 3, at twelve, ve, at the Court of Bank-
once applied to railway accounts it would not be London Joint-Stock 1. - 6 . per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
were four members of the Hungarian Diet, had ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Provincial of Ireland- Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
long before it was extended to the accounts of every . Darke, Newman's-court, Cornhill.
arrived at Athens in the last Constantinople steamer. Ditto, New... -.• • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
species of joint- stock companies. Samuel Watkins Saunders, engineer Park-road National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Princess Belgiosa had also sought refuge at Athens. .
Mr. SCOTT agreed with the spirit of the originalßrixton, Oct. 22, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 3, at half-
' ' ' Nat. Provncial of Enlper cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0
Monies , saysthe ma-
M*l Heald (Lola Mo ) " Se
" i adyDitto, New.
..Si.. cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
resolution, and observed that it was mere moonshine past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, South Australia ...... 5l, per
per cent. -
phore, " passed through Marseilles a few days ago 22 10 0 --
to expect that justice would ever be done to the public official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Bateman, Essex- Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
with her young husband. They intended to proceed Ditto •• • ..... ••• • - 61. per cent. -
by auditors emanating from the shareholders. street, Strand. 210 0 -
to Spain by sea; but in order to avoid the quarantine, Richard Beard, metallic plate manufacturer, Parlia- Union of London •• Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10%
After some further discussion the amendment was .Union of Madrid 4O 0040 0 0 -
put from the chair and lost, when the original reso- which passengers from Marseilles have to undergo in meat-street, Oct. 23 and Nov. 22, at twelve, at the Court
S • the Spanish harbours, they took the railroad on their of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall- INSURANCE COMPANIES.
lotion was carried by a moderate majority.
way to Pergignan." street; Fiddey, Temple.
The specific business of the meeting was then tom- Dividend ' Amount
M. Manic, President of the Republic of Venice,
per of Paid. Price
menced, and Alderman Sidney, Mr. Prance, Sir John
had arrived at Marseilles. Lancashire, Oct. 25 and Nov. 14, at twelve, at the Annum. Share.
Easthope, and the Chairman, were respectively pro- The Gazette des Tribunaux states that Sergeant Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man- £s.d.X s. d.
posed as delegates to represent the London share- chester; Gaskell, Bolton-le-Moors; Gregory, Fualkner,
Boichot has written to it from Lausanne, to state Albion -••.•••• • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
holders at the York meeting. that there is no truth whatever in the report of a duel Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row. Alliance Erit. and For. 7114 s 6d &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 19%
The CHAIRMAN said it would be inconvenient for h • taken place him and Spanish
having between aJoseph Knight, builder, Stanley, Leek, Staffordshire
Oct. 25 and Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Birmingham
, Ditto slaving....... •• • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 5%
1311.6 d prob. 50 0 0 5 6 8 14%
British Commercial .• 7s. .
to act, and his name was accordingly withdrawn. per share 50 0 o a e 0 -
himofficer. District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming- Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life spr et& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19
Mr. SMITH said, before the meeting elected two The Moniteur says- " The Constitutionnel an- ham • ys- , Williams,i l Hanley, Staffordshire. °aunty ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 100 0010 0 0 60
out of the other three, he should be glad to hear fromCrown .............. 14s, 50 0 0 50 0 14
nounced thatt the Ministry Thomas Osborn, swordmaker, Birmingham, Oct. 27
preparations are making a Eagle .• •• • • ...... •• •• 6s. 80 0 0 50 0
the gentlemen proposed whether they had any interest
of War for the liberation of the class of 1842. That and Nor. 24, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit, Eng.&Scot.Law •• •• sLper cent. 50 0 0 212 6 -
that was likely to militate against their acting im- journal European Life •••• •• 4lzper cent• 20 0 0
is ill informed ; there has never been any idea more, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, . ~. • All paid. 15
partially. i amilyEndowmnt Soc. 41. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 -
of effecting such a measure." and Emmet, Birmingham. Freemasons' ..• •• •• •• 61. per cent. 20 0 0 a o 0 -
Sir J. EASTHOPE was generally not disposed to answer =esele=====esesse Henry Solomon, James Smith, and James Dunston abbe . • r cent. Stock. - 120
such a question when it was proposed to elect him BAN KOF EN GLAND. Geier, grocers, Dale-end, Birmingham, Oct. 27. and Guardian
Si. 100 0 0 36 10 0 49%
to an office of trust, but in these times of railway ad- Nov. 25, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Imperial Fire rirre. :::::::: I". per cent. 51ro 00 0 ro 00 0 212
(From this night's Gazette.)
versity it was not advisable to:be too fastidious on An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of 'Victoria, cap. 32, for Nalpy, official assignee, Waterloo-street, Birmingham ; indemnity Marine.. .• U. 'LLB& be. 100 00513 1 35
such an occasion as this. He would tell the honour- the Week ending on Saturday, the 6th day of October, 1849. Wright, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. Law Fire - .......... - 100 0 0 210 0 214
ISSUE DISP•HTILEXT. George Milsom, dealer in herses, Saint George, Glou- Law Life" "•••••• •• la. iss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 41%
able proprietor, then, that with the exception of:a few x, x. cestcrshiro, Londond General Life
Oct. 26, and Nov. 23, at the Bristol District Fire •.•. • . • . - 50 0 0 20 0 4%
shares in the South-Western, he held no shares in Notes i55ued........ 23,268,310 Government debt •• 11,015,100 108. 23 0 0 12 10 0 16%
any other English railway but this. While entering Other securities ...• 2,984,900 Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Treherne and London Ship ~...• -10 s. 25 0012 10 0 16%
Gold coin and bullion 13,861,233 White, Barge-yard-chambers, Ilucklersbury; H. S. Sa- Marine - ..... ••• • .. 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9
into this explanation it was right that he should Silver bullion .... • • 407,077 bine, Bristol. Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 1%1. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2%
express his decided disapprobation of what he con-National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 --
ceived to be a scheme, on the part of the existing X 28,268,310 -- Peter Walker,cotton
X 28,268,310 waste dealer, Manchester, Oct. :National Life.... -
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 23, and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Manchester District Palladium Lite ......
committee of management, for electing a certain Dated the 11th day of October, 1849. Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Worth- Pelican •.••••• • • • .. • •
individual to the post of managing director. He BANKING DETALTMEN T. Phunix 31. p. sh. & bs. - - 141
X. ington and Co., Manchester; ox, Finsbury-circus. Pi otector Life ••••••• •• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 -
was not in a situation to say that the gentle- Proprietors' capital • • 14,553,000 Government !emir!. s.
PRICE OF SUGAR. Provident Life •••• •• • • 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26
man pointed to in the report of the cora- Rest .• ........... 3,590,638 tie: (Including Dead The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn- Rock Life •••••• • • • • • • 58. SOO 0100 5%
rnittee ought or ought not to be appointed, Public deposits (in- Weight Annuity).. 14,385,582 puted from the returns made in the week ending October Royal Exchange 6l. per cent. Stock. - 200
eluding Exchequer, Other securities •..• 11,875,435 9, 1849, is 2es. 714 d. per cwt. Sun Fire ••••.•• • • • • - • 6/. 10s. - - 1 203
but when he was told that two of the! most Commissioners of Notes .•••••• • • • • • • • 10,238,485 Ditto Life 11.65. - - 44
honourable and efficient directors that had been upon National Debt, Sav- Gold and silver coin" 850,517 LTalyersal Life.... •• • • 10pert. 100 0 0 90 0 -
the board of management of this company had ings-banks and Di- MARKET INTELLIGENCE. Vl:Soria Life . - 4 0 4%
vidend acco' ants).• 9,029,69$ (From the London New Price Current, Oct. 12.)
declared their intention not to retain their seats in the Other deposits .... " 9,103,234 SUGAR.-To-day the business concluded in the West DOGES.
event of this gentleman being appointed, while Seven day and other
India Sugar market was of little moment, although there Dividend Amount
bills"""""' ... 1,073,479
another who was then present, and who paid are sellers at prices 6d per cwt under Friday last. The Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
the company 50,0001. a year in the shape £37,350,049 X 37,350,040 purchases amounted to 530 hhds, including the public . Annum. Share.
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.- —_____
sales of 133 hhds 90 barrels Barb datwhich • Barba does,
of dues, had pronounced an opinion that his Dated the 11th day of October, 1849.
appointment would result in the ruin of the under- declined 6d to ls; good yellow sold at 38s 6d to 39s East and West Ind' a ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 136
' East Country - 21
taking, he did think that the delegates whom the COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(THIS DAY.) Demerara
373 to 335, and low 360 to 36a sd. 16 hhds London 51. pr cent, Stock. - Us
meeting selected should:be unbiassed upon that epees- Amsterdam .......... 12 3% ‘ Gibraltar .. • • ........ •• - eora4r4aschryatalheed brought fair rates, and •
went at Ditto Bonds ••• • • • .... 441. per cent. - _ -
Ditto,4:2
tion. He felt this the more, because the very paper itotterdaant sight. .... .... .... 11 2 Leghorn .............. 31 12% 6d for good. For the week the total pun- St. Katharine ••• • • • per cent. Stock. - 79%
4 Genoa .............• .. 26 20 chases of Sugar amount to 2,230 hhds, Sec. Ditto, Scrip ••-• • • • - - -
that had first unmasked the duplicity of Mr. Hud- Antwerp • • ........ . a.. 25 85 Milan ................ .... Ditto Bonds ••.• • . -1%/, pr cent. -
management had recently indulged in a most fLunburgh ......M.B. 13 14 Venice .... .... •• • • .... .... FOREIGN.-On the part of exporters little inclination- -
Southampton ••••• • • • 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
50n'5A1t0na.......... ••• . .. - - Naples .............. 40% has been manifested to make
scurrilous attack upon this gentleman, and the meeting
Paris, 3 days'slght .... 25 12% Palermo, perm... .. .. 121% and large parcels have been offered for ' sale. There BRIDGES
ought to be careful that it did not elect a delegate Ditto, 3 months .... 25 75 Messina .............. 122 are also sellers of bonded parcels by private treaty • Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid, Price.
who had been canvassing in favour of his appointment. itarseilles ••• • .• .... • • 25 75 Lisbon.... • • .......... 6314
urdeaux......... .25 71 oporte.... ••....•• .. •• 53% rather under former rates. For refining here Annum. Share.
A PROPRIETOR would be glad to know to whom Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Rio Janeiro ........ •. - the quantity of Sugar taken has been trifling. ------ ______
the Honourable Baronet alluded. ' Pe.tersblugh, Sil. Rble .. 36% Buenos Ayres .. ... .. - The public sales have proceeded with dulness: of Per- £. a. d. X. a. d.
• .... •• •• • • - New York, 21 dayo'sight - Charing-cross •••• • • • • - - 25 0 0 -
Berlin.....nambuco 6,994 bags, duty paid, were all taken in at
Sir JOHN EASTHOPE had no hesitation in stating Vienna, effec. So ••..•• 10 4$ Philadelphia ...••••••• - Southwrk,NwSub.Av. Sub.A.v. - 632 12 8 - 2
that it was to Mr. Love. Trieste, ditto.. •• • • .... 10 48 PIICIII Or BULLION, PIZ Off. moderate rates. The private operations in Foreign Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 359. per cent. 50 0 0 - e
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY would follow the exam
Madrid .. •.• •• • ...... 49% Foreign Geld tubers.. £3 17 9 Sugar for the week are only a cargo of low white Bahia, Waterloo •••••• • • • • • • - 100 9 0 -3%
ple of cox. ~ ~
............ 80 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
in bond, at 21s, and 4,000 chests of yellow Havannah, Ditto Old Ann. °fa 11. 4s. 05. - 60 0 0 27
the Honourable Baronet, and at once state that he 8i1ba0................ --Spanish Doubloons .. 00 0 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. 40 0 0 24
had not the slightest interest whatever in any indivi- duty paid, at 39s 6d to 40s 6d for good.
Barcelona • • .......... - New Dollars •... •• 0 4 0% - 18
aina1ie....,............ - Silver 1* bars ........ 0 4 11% REFINE:O.-To- day a feir quantity of Refined Sugar
dual who might hereafter be proposed as the manager _
was sold for home consumption, but former low rates WATER-WORES
of this railway, nor did he hold any stake in any other
concern that was likely to bias his judgment in THE LONDON were acceded to for all sorts. The market for Bonded
GAZETTE. Crushed Sugar is dull, at 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. Name of Company. . Dividend Amount
per of Paid. Price.
dealing with the affairs of this line. (THIS EVENING.) MAURIITIUS.-This afternoon a small public of 623 ---. Annum. Share.—
Mr. PRANCE made a similar avowal, adding, how- bags Mauritius Sugar went at barely former rates; 0r-
..---. £ 5. d. £ a. d.
ever, that he saw no objection to the principle of dinar brown at 29s to 30s• middling, 31s to 325; good East London..• •••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 182
FOREIGN- OFFICE, OCT. 9, 1849. Grand Junction ••• • •• 41. per cut. 50 0 0 -
appointing a managing director, since it had beenand fine, 3ls 6d to 34s iti; ordinary and middling
81
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Kent.... •••••• • • • • • • 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - 75
yellow, 35s to 36 6d; and good at 37s to 38s.
successfully adopted in the Brighton, the South- Charles BenjaminConsul,Demerara,
as at for the Lambeth
EAST INDIA.-This afternoon the quantity of Bengal New Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. -
-
Eastern, the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and other United States of America.
lines ; but he was at a loss to understand what this WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 12. sugar offered was large, and comprised seven public sales. Vauxhall ••••• • - .. ••51. per cat. 100 0 0 -
West Middlesex .. . 161. Os, pr cut. - - 1
23%
19th Regiment of Foot-Li
could have to do with the election of dole- 19 d Foot-Lieutenant Charles K amounting to 7,980 bags : the chief part found buyers in
y consequence of holders submitting o a
gates, inasmuch as their duty would be only Skeete to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major 6d -fine GAS-LIGET AND COKE COMPANIES.
to select directors. The task of deciding whether Buena,who retires; E • Frederick Charles Ashworth
urns, nto is per cwt: strong yellow went at 42s to 43a 6d,
good white ditto 44s sd to 465, fine 46a sd to 48s, fine Dividend Amount
there should be one or three managing directors, and to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skeete, Oct. 12. white Benares 40s to 405 6d, good 395 to 32a 6d, mid- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
who they should be, would rest entirely with the new 24th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Thomas Madden dling 085 to 38s 6d, damp and washed 36a to 38s 6cl,
---
board. to be Quartermaster, vice Price, deceased, Oct. 12. good and fine yellow, like Mauritius, 37s to 38s 9d, ”,„_ X. s. d. A. a. d.
The CHAIRMAN took some discredit to himself for 36th Foot-Captain Henry Lecky, from the 90th middling and good soft 34s 6d to 375, low 32s to 345, "7;;Zo'• - .." " - 11. 40 0 18 0 0 14
Foot, to be Captain, vice Barnston, who exchanges, Provincial.. • • 11. Bs. 20 0 19 0 0 IS
not having stopped this discussion before. It was and brown 293 to 30s per cwt. Bristol .•••••• • • • • • .. 101. per cent. 20 0 - -
Oct. 12.
hardly fair to allude to a gentleman who was notMOLASSES.-The market for West India has a more Brighton ••••..• • • • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 - 16
40th Foot-Brevet-Major George Edward Aylmer,City of London ...• .. 101. IMO 0 MO o o 250
active appearance, and former rates are well supported.
present, or make use of an anonymous communica- from the 93d Foot, to be Captain, rice Macgowan, who The h b s have been 400 uns
purc ase p at 15s 6d for mid- ContinentalConsolidat. sus, pr share 50 0 39 5 • 30
tion in a local paper against any one. exchanges, Oct. 12. dling St Vincents, Demerara and Trinidad, with small Equitable.... ••.. • • • . 50s. pr share' 50 0 50 0 0 26
Imperial •• .... •• •• •• 31. percent. '5O 0 0 50 0 0 67'
Sir Josh Eas-rnors said, so far from its being 44th Foot-Lieutenant William Hanmer to be Captain,
parcels of fine Antigua at 17a 6d to 18s. Bengal Treacle Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 6234
anonymous, the communication he referred to ap- by purchase, vice Owen, who retires; Ensign George 144 6d to 153 per cwt.LDitto - 50 0 SO 0 0 -
earedp in the form of a leader, evidently with the Whits to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harmer, c Th-50 0 0 50 0
OFFEE.- II afternoon Coffee was dealt in with Phcenix . •... •• • • .... 4%1.- per ct. 50 0 0 46 0 0 2-711
avowed sanction of the editor, and unless Mr. Love Oct. 12. ...
caution by private treaty for home use and export. Ratcliff ..... ........ 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75
took some notice of it in the shape of a t' 56th Foot-Ensign Marcell Conran to be Lieutenant, Only bags offeredpublic consistingof• United
prosecu ion 68 were at sale,
for libel his character would remain unvindicated. by purchase, vice Ward, who retires, Oct. 12. Plantation Ceylon, which went at rather lower rates; Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 - 45
The names were then put to the vote, and Sir John 60th Foot-Brevet Lieutenant• Colonel Henry Dundas low middling at 47s to 485 6d, fine and fine fine ordi- Ditto, New ......., 12s. 50 0 10 0 0 9
Easthope and Mr. Alderman Sidney were declared Maclean, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice nary 42s 6d to 46s 6d, triage 32s 6d, damaged 3941 to CANALS.
duly elected, and supplied with written authorities to John Temple, who exchanges; Captain William Fan- 40 6d, and pea berry 525, The value of Native is 383
act as the delegates of the meeting. shave Bedford to be Major, by purchase, vice Maclean,who to 38s 6d for good ordinary. ..• I
Names of it Dividendl Names of ~,,; Dividend
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Cocas.-This afternoon at
.
retires; Lieut. George Waldegrave Bligh to be Captain,Companies 4 Price. Comp„ies• per re,.
proceedings terminated. by purchase, vice Bedford; Second Lieutenant Robert 35 barrels of Trinidad Cocoa went at easier good lc Annum.
---....-- ...- — 4 Annum. ""'
en
Wilmot Brooke to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, red 44s 6d to 455, mid 42s to 42s 6d, ord 398 to rates,
40s, and £ £
---.
vice Bligh, Oct. 12. low to good grey 365 to 41s per cwt. Ashtn & Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. too 21. 10s. -
•
BELGIAN EASTERN JUNCTION 61st Foot-Captain William Henry Vicars to be TEA.-Public saleswill take 1 T d
RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) Major, without purchase, vice Stephens, deceased;
and already the large quantity of 19,000 packages Birmingham ' Brknk&Abrg 150 51 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201 185
35 41.. 81 Peak Forest. 78 Si. via. 70
A meeting of the English shareholders in the above Lieutenant William Edward Durand Deacon to be Ca - declared. The demand for common and good Coventry..•• 1001 251. 210 Regent's •• • • ll. 2s. 18
fain, without ur havice Vicars p are
, July 28 ; Ensign
undertaking was held this afternoon at the London
the3dFot, ordinary Congou has fallen off during the last few 1!! 63 Rochdale -•• $5 41. 50/4
John Henry LPtikics, frsoem, to be Lieutenantaursbmyre.se.h. h. ; 11%)1 56615. coal 71 ""
. 41 Somrsetlso .10s. 130
Tavern, for tho purpose of advising with the directors , days, and holders are more disposed to sell,
without purchase, vice Deacon; Ensign Thomas Edward - Do.LladSt 12 61. p. c. -
on their future policy. Sir Frederick Smith, presi- Gordon, from the 4th Foot, to be E • •
nsign, vice Parke _ . whilst prices declined, and rule at GrandJunctn 00 51. 86% Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 310
Bid to 9d ; the better sorts continue to be operated in Grand Surrey 100' 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. -
dent of the company, occupied the chair. deceased, Oct. 12.9 d to Is Idgood caution, medium at
The following report was submitted to the meet- 79th Foot-Ensign James Webster to be Lieutenant, blackish Grantham .. 150 - - Severn and 7
ing:- by purchase, vice Robertson, who retires, Oct. 12. leaf and Pekoe flavour Is 2d to lead. A further decline Rennt le Avn 39 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rail. 21. Os. -
S 26
is also expected to take place. In Green the sales made Leeds&Livrp 100, 30/. 325 Warwick&
"At the meeting held in London, on the 18th of 83d Foot-Lieutenant Thomas Spring to be Captain,
September, 1849, the foll • owing resolutions were passed: without purchase, vice
'the Hon. W. Gage, deceased •
have been small, and the rates accepted are rather under Leicester .... 140 51. 63% Birming. } 100
66 `• , ' those current previously, whilst large parcels are on Leicstr &Nth 83, 41. 45 Warwick& ,A 0 3L 43
First, That the Chairman be requested to convey Ensign William Hall to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Loughborogh 142 701. 650 Napton.. a'"
to the Belgian offer. Scented Teas are held for full terms, still few Monmouthsh 100' 81. - Worcstr &2
Minister the disappointment felt by this vice Spring, Julyls; Ensign Edward Meurant, from the ha • 78 al. 41
meeting that no answer has - - Birming.
been sent to the proposals of 46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Hall, Oct. 12.
this company, of August last, and to receive which this 90th Foot-Captain Roger Barnaton, from the 36th BICE.-To. day East India Rice was in good demand MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -14 s. 10
meeting had been speciallyby private treaty,andat
convened. That the Chair- Foot, to be Captain, vice Lecky, who exchanges, Oct. 12. went rather higher, goodwhite
man be further requested to write to the Mini " • John A h from Dividend Amount
Minister in- 931 Foot-Captain nstrut er Macgowan, and middling Os to 9s 6d per cwt.
forming him that this meeting has been adjourned to the 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice Aylmer, who ex- a Name el Company. per of Paid. Price
Friday, the 12th October, 1849, in order to receive this
changes, Oct. 12. i_ PICES.-To-day Nutmegs met with little attention,
and at public sale 14 cases 1 bag Brown, only in part ---
answer: and that this meeting does at its rising accord- BREVET.-Captain Thomas Prior, of the 73d Foot, to sold at easier rates, good at 3s 2d to 3s sd, middling x. s. (1.14. s. d.
ingly stand adjourned to the ,
said 12th October, and to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846. Australian A.grieulturl
2s 8d to 2s 10d, small 2s 4d to 2s 6d, mouldy 2s 2d to Anglo-Mexican Mint..l. 100 0030 o o
Si.ll 45. 10 0 0 10 0 16
be holden at this place at one o clock precisely. 0 -
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding 3s 2d, low ditto 7d to Is; 5 cases Mace, went at 2s 4d Ditto, Half Shares..
" Second, `That the consideration of the report of the- - 210 0
of Yorkshire. to 2s 5d for good, and country dam is 6d to Canada ... ••-- • • .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26
directors be adjourned till the 12th of October, 1849.' Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry d Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per,cent. - -
IS 10 ; 23 cases Calicut Ginger, good mid City 89
Navigation .... _
o' resolutions, the Pre-
"ln pursuance of the foregoing. Cavalry-Matthew Wharton Wilson, Esq. to be Captain, - - 90
sident addressed to the Minister of Public Works, of vice Fernand, who retires, Oct. 6. home trade kind realised 68s 61 to 70s, 937 bags Mala- Comp.Cppr Mnrs Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 -
Belgium, , letter dated the 19th of. September,. 1849, ADMIRALTY, OCT. 9.
coneey ' to him the expression of disappointment ma- The following promotions have this day taken place, , good mid and good
waged 24s to 265, 481
export sort 24s 6d to 265, da• Gen. ri.evers. & Invest. sp. c.
Equitable Reversion
pockets 134 bags Bengal, low and Gen.steamNavi
st.l7 5,• pr e
1 SDbs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
barnt. too
0 0 100 0 0 104
ion 11 Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 25
t .
nifested bs e shareholders, that no answer had been consequent on the death, on the Bth instant, of Admiral ordinary, 19s 6d to 21s, damaged,
3s to
Institution... .
_ _ 78 15 0 -
' Malabar pepper taken in at 211-d for half heavy brown, Russell Institution....
- received toetha.proposals made on their behalf, and re- of the White, Sir Edward William - - 26 5 0 -
Campbell Rich Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0' 50 0 0 72%
questing hi* \to lavour the beard with a definitive Owen, G.C.B.GCB:- but damaged sold 2ici per lb.
ansvterJa, i Admiral of the Blue, Hugh Downm
h, s t nielfor the adjourned meeting to be held
.an, to be Admiral SPIRITS.-For Leeward Island Rum a good Reversiona Int. So
demand
rY c. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
Royal Mail Steam.. •• 61 18..4. . c 100 0 0j 60 0 0 50
4.f
.. ~, Ole d'a.y.'', ,- . -...: of the White. has existed this week, on the part of holders there is South Australian .••• • 11. per shpare: 25 0 0 25 0 0 17
van Diems.n's Land..loo 0 0 23 0 0 -
...„,..;',444 Thei PreseLfiknt also transmitted
a copy of the first Vice-Admiral of the Red, Alexander Wilmot Schorr- also more firmness, and they obtain Is 4id to is 5d for -
7- edh's;aesolultokettlhey4 quoted.
0 ..il h-hTh..e-a-,1 berg, to be Admiral of the Blue.
g sof the company have. made re t d Vice-Admiral of the White, James Noble, to be Vice..
pea e proof. East India met with a brisker sale, and cannot Orders were rec •
be :obtained under Is 3d. A fair quantity of Deme-received yesterday for the super-
"Illiaits fe. obt n, at au e 1 ar_y period, the reply which the Admiral of the Red. rara has sold at 2s to 2s 6d for 30 to 40 :per cent annuation of Mr. William Aylward, master ship-
, , oyer•preef, and at these rates there are not_, ready sellers. wright's assistant, Devonport Dockyard. 1
:.---

FRIDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER 12, 1849.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Oct. 11.

The Court sat at Clerkenwell, for the purpose of
taking applications for licenses for public music and
dancing.

with the other hand snatched the witness's watch,
ring, and key out of his fob, at the same time at-
tempting to trip him up, and he then ran away.
Witness followed him and called out " Stop thief."
The prisoner ran into a court called Whetstone park,
and as witness was coming up he heard a police-
constable saying " I have got him, sir." When wit-
ness came up he saw the officer palling the prisoner
up from the ground. Immediately afterwards the
officer asked witness what he had lost, and upon his
saying " A watch," the officer replied " I have got
it." The value of the watch, key, and ring was
about N.

Mr. Pownall, the chairman of the bench, presided,
and there was an unusually full attendance of magis-
trates, there being nearly forty present. A great deal
of interest appeared to be excited in consequence of
there being no less than 87 applications for new
licenses, and the court was crowded with persons
connected with the theatres and other places of public
entertainment.

There were only two refusals to renew licenses—
the Albion hall, Webb's-lane, and the Grapes Tavern,
Old Compton-street, Soho, in consequence of infor-
malities in serving the necessary notices. In the latter
case the question was whether a notice served upon
the overseers was sufficient, the Act stating that the
notice must be served upon the churchwardens and
overseers.:
The CHAIRMAN decided against the applicant.
In one case the applicant did not appear.
The renewals having been completed,
Mr. Wilks rose and observed, that before the bench
entered upon the consideration of the applications for
new licenses, he thought it an imperative duty on
his part to make a few remarks on the great public
and important duty that would devolve upon the
bench generally in dealing with the extraordinary
number of applications before the Court for licenses
to establishments for public music and dancing. The

Police constable 122 F stated that about half-past
twelve this morning he saw the prisoner running
down the park, and heard the prosecutor calling out
" Stop thief." He followed him and saw him thrust
his hand into a dung heap which was in the park.
Witness apprehended him, and upon searching the
dung heap he found the watch, key, and ring, pro-
duced. On the way to the station-house the prisoner
said, "If you had been five minutes later it would
have been all up with the old gentleman's watch."

The prisoner said he had nothing to state in his
defence, and Mr. Jardine committed him to take his
trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal
Court.

Act of Parliament under which they were that day
acting was passed in the year 1752, and from that
time to the present the total number of licenses
granted under its provisions in the whole county of
Middlesex was sixty-one, yet cn this occasion there
were no less than the astounding number of eighty-
seven new applications before them. He would read
to the bench the preamble of the Act of Parliament
he had cited, and the bench would then see, in its
fullest character, the importance of the task they were
about to perform, and the objects which the Legis-
lature had in view in passing that statute. It recited
that " whereas there were at that time, in the me-
tropolis and the surrounding districts, houses of
resort, where entertainments were carried on, and
where facilities were afforded for indulgence in de-
bauchery and unlawful pleasures to the great detri-
ment of the public interest, by reason of the induce-
ment they afforded for the commission of theft and
robberies, for young men to waste their substance in
s€ eking the riotous pastimes there carried on, and
indulging in pernicious gratifications, and for ap-
prentices and servants to commit thefts and to rob
their masters, to procure the means of access to the
revels their to be found, and by reason of the vitiated
tastes and immoral habits inculcated in society by
their existence, it was necessary that some means
should be taken to suppress them, and therefore it
was enacted that all such places kept open after the
passing of that Act (unless licensed by this court to
do so) should be liable to heavy pains and penalties."
That was the state of society in 1752, and he was
sorry to say that the evils described in that preamble
were even more predominant now than they were
then. Let the Court grant these applications, and
publicans would be rushing to the court in thousands,
asking for their houses to be converted into dancing
saloons. Where was the evil to stop ? At what
point was its progress to be arrested ? Look at
the state of our prisons ; see the immense amount
of juvenile and youthful depravity and crime there
developed; look at the overcrowded state of
our lunatic asylums—so overcrowded was that
for this county, that at great expense they
had been compelled to provide an additional one—
and then ask the question—what did this indicate ?
Could the efforts of the Legislature to repress the
growth of juvenile crime be attended with success if
the number of these places was to be augmented ? He
trusted that before granting any single one of these
applications the magistrates would hesitate and pause,
for every one who wished to see the enormous amount
of juvenile depravity that now existed lessened must
feel the deepest regret to see the prayer of any one of
these 87 petitions for music andl dancing licences
complied with. Let the Court grant a license to
any one of these houses in respect of which applica-
tion was now made, and the holder of it would go
into the market and sell his house for from one to two
thousand pounds more than he would obtain had he
no such license. He would beseech the Court not to
be led away by the number of names attached to the
petitions. A publican had an immense personal in-
terest in obtaining a license, and would not, there-
fore, hesitate to make a few sacrifices of more kinds
than one to obtain the signatures of his neighhours.
The course the Middlesex bench would take would be

an example followed by other counties, and he trusted
that that example would be one the ultimate results of
which would be an improved moral and spiritual con-
dition of the people.
Mr. Freshfield made a few observations, and con-
curred "generally with what had fallen from his
honourable friend.

LAURENT'S CASINO, LOWTHER-ARCADE.

Mr. Maude, the deputy-clerk of the peace, read a
petition from James Ellis, the holder of the license
for Cremorne-gardens, praying for a license for music
Ind dancing for certain premises known as Laurent's
Casino, Lowther Arcade. The petition was supported
by 1,100 signatures. A counter petition from the
vicar, curates, churchwardens, and overseers of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields was read. They opposed the
application on the ground that the Casino was a resort
for men of bad character and women of the town, and
by its allurements the seduction of young women
had been carried on to a very great extent. Mr.
Benjamin Webster, lessee of the Haymarket and
Adelphi Theatres, presented a petition against the
granting of the license, as did Mr. Charles Mathews,
of the Lyceum. Mr. Webster stated that he paid
nearly 6,0001. a-year rent besides taxes, and Mr.
Mathews stated that he paid nearly 3,0001. a-year
rent, in addition to other charges.
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Ballantine ap-
peared for Mr. Ellis , Mr. Bodkin for the parish and
for Mr. Mathews; Mr. Clarkson supported Mr.
Webster's petition.
In addressing the Court in support of the applica-
tion, Mr. Sergeant Wrucrsis observed, that every
person in court who had heard and listened to what
had fallen from one of the worshipful magistrates on
the bench would be aware that the task of advocating
the claims of Mr. Ellis to the license he asked for was
undertaken by him under very great disadvantages ;
but though the honourable magistrate had distinctly
stated that those observations were intended for the
bench alone, he (Mr. Sergeant Wilkins), as a member
of the bar, and one who knew something of the pro-
ceedings of courts of justice, must say, and his
Learned Friends around him concurred with him, that
for a gentleman who was to sit in the capacity of judge
in matters seriously affecting the interests of others,
starting up from his seat as the advocate of a principle
—prejudging cases before he heard them—calling in
the questions of religion and morality to bear against
what was not yet investigated—making an appeal to
the conscience of his brother magistrates
to take a particular course—was something
new, extremely out of place, a most extra-
ordinary proceeding, and one, he trusted, unpre-
cedented and without parallel.—(Applause, which was
speedily repressed.) They had been told that this
Act of Parliament had been passed in 1752 ; that all
the crime, depravity, and even insanity in the country
was attributable to the sixty-one music and dancing
licenses granted by that Court. Why, the Worship-
ful Magistrate himself had stated, in connexion with
the treatment of lunatics, that the introduction of
music and dancing amongst them was one of the most
active agents in restoring them to calmness and
reason. The Learned Sergeant proceeded to denounce
the statements of Mr. Wilks, and contended that it
was hypocrisy, intolerance, and the withholding of
proper recreation from the people that produced
demoralization and depravity, for the people would
have amusement—they would have recreation ; and
if they could not have it legitimately, they would
have it illegitimately. It was objected by some of the
petitioners, that the granting of this license would be
attended with immoral consequences—that this
Casino had been the resort of abandoned women, but
such objections came with very little effect from
Mr. Webster and Mr. Mathews, as some of
the pieces exhibited at their respective theatres,
and the characters of some of the persons who as-
sembled there would testify. The Learned Sergeant,
at the conclusion of his speech, strenuously urged that
it was the duty of the magistrates to give the people
the means of innocent amusement ; and what could be
more so than music and dancing ?
Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the court, contending
that the public did not require any additional places
of amusement. He complained that Mr. Ellis, being
the holder of the license for Cremorne-gardens, came
before the court with an ill grace to ask for another
one.

Mr. BODKIN, with whom was Mr. iluddlestone,
then addressed the bench at some length, in support
of the petitions of the vicar and churchwardens, and
that of Mr. Charles Mathews.

.
The CHAIRMAN then put the question, and only
two votes were given in favour of the license. Con
sequently it was refused.
The COURT refused every other license the appli-
cations for which were discussed; and then adjourned,
a number of cases standing over.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

A fel!ow, whose name did not transpire, was
placed at the bar, charged with stealing a watch,
ring, and key, the property of Mr. Phillips, court-
keel er of the Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce's Court.
The prosecutor stated that as he was passing
through Lincoln's Inn field:, about half-past twelve
o'clock that morning, the prisoner came up to him
and aaid, " A fine night, sir ;" to which
the witness
answered, " Yes, it is a very fine night indeed,
The prisoner upon this immediately put one hand up
to the witness's chin and pressed his head up, and