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MASTERS IN CHANCERY..
7501. a year for loss of fees, which they had been in btrb. xbittton
the habit of taking previous to the passing of that
(From the Chronicle.)
We have for some weeks abstained from further Act. No inquiry, however, appears to have been
allusion to the notoriously scandalous state of the made as to the legality of those fees before the com- SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.
offices of the Master in Chancery, caused by
the pensation was given them. The clerks also are now es,
extreme age and physical infirmities of two of the in the receipt of fixed salaries; but the old fees are LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
existing Masters, because no duty of the public press still taken, and the amount paid over to the suitors' IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
is so painful as censure upon the incapacity of the fee fund; but whether all the money received for
PANIES' STOCK.
aged and infirm public officer. Influenced also by fees finds its way into that fund is a matter relative From the Official List,
this feeling, we have refused insertion to several to which the report states some very interesting par- PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
letters sent to us for publication from legal practi- titulars, which will enable the public to form their
tioners of eminence, detailing cases of grievous wrong own opinion upon the subject. It appears that when
LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1.
to their clients caused by this crying abuse of the any documents are filed in the Master's Office the xorrirr-sTocir, RANKS.
tenure of judicial office. It is, however, no secret solicitors on both sides are compelled to take office
Dividend ) Amount
now, indeed it is a matter of gossip in the robing-rooms Name of Company. per of 11 Paid. Price
copies of them, and which the clerk charges for at the
A.MIUM. Share.
of Westminster Hall, that one of the Masters in ques \-•
. rate of 4d. a folio, though he never pays the stationer
_
elfin is meditating an immediate resignation; and x s. d. 0 A s. d. ,
more than ld., and sometimes not even that. Of
Australasia .........• 40 0 oj,0j, 40 9 0 -
rumour is equally rife on the chances of candidates course all the clerks ere extremely anxious that the
teritsletinNoqh American 5811. per cent. 50 0 0 i so 0 0
-
for the vacant office when the octogenarian shall number of folios of which the office copies consist
perper cent.cent.
12050 00 00 f 2250 0
0 00 k -
have actually retired. Mr. Aglionby, before the shall be ascertained as correctly as possible before soymener'cial. *o•f"*L'o'n•d•o; 61:
51. per cent. 100 0 oi' 26 0 0 -
adjournment of the House of Commons, gave they make their charge for them ; but in an office eolonial. . ...........
Gloucestershirei.it....... .... .... :: 1651.1peperr cent.
. 23 0 ,
• ' 25 O 0
notice of motion for a return, " Showing the date where a great number of people are constantly going -
of the appointment of each of the present Masters in in and out, the attention of the clerk is frequently Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 !20 0 0
-
-
distracted, so
that he finds it quite impossible to count
Ordinary in Chancery, with the annual amount of Lopn di tot on
J-toin. t• •-• S. t•o•c• It': : :12 0 0
61 per cent. cent. 50 O 0 10 1 0 Had
each of their respective salaries, and when paid ;
the folios correctly. This appears to be the case in Provincialof Ireland.. 81: ri
per cent. 100 0 0 25 11 0 3%
all the Masters' offices, and what is singular, though e Diitto, New......... 81. per cent. 10 0 o io o 0 -
also, stating whether any and which of such pre-
the interruption alluded to frequently causes the folios Neat.
rrale ofetl,Leolir itt.g.. Si.l.
perper ceeennt.t.
15000
oe 2325 1g
08 -
sent masters are under any and what Act or Acts of
and. to he over-counted, there is no instance on record, Ditto, New.• ••• • • - SI. per cent. 20 00'10 0 0 - '
Parliament entitled, upon retirement, to any
even on days when the office was more than usually Southi AtusAtraltriaaii.-.. - - 22 10 e --
tb0ttL0...t.i5.....a.,:: .... 61. per cent. 26 0 0 25 II 0 -
what retiring pension • and also, stating whether any
thronged, of any clerk counting the number of folios - - 219 0 -
and what Masters in ;and
have, since the year
less than they actually were. This extraordinary
Vln on e adrid .....
Klett/ off
ilLondon. - 61. per sent., 50 1 0 10 8 0 1174
1830, retired upon any and what retiring pension,
circumstance is explained by one of the witnesses, a - r 4.0 0 0 411 0 • -
and for what periods the same were respectively paid
. solicitor, who says-" The Master's clerk of course FIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
and received.' This significant intimation that Par
liament is about to be called upon to apply a remedy profits by the over-counting, the fee fund profits by Dividend Amount
to a great public evil in the •' administration of the law the over-counting, and the solicitor profits Name
of Company. per of Paid. Price.
will doubtless have a salutary effect. We have al- also, for he charges for drawing the docu- Annum. Share.
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ways advocated the important principle of giving ment according to the number of folios .e s. d. A s. d
marked on the back of it by the Master's Bank of Scotland
adequate and full compensation to public officers teldsehiilLainneßnaCompany
8811..
per
rr
sent. to
100)
oo : 100
110 10 1994%
clerk." Supposing, for instance, the Master's clerk Caledonian affected by reforms, and sufficient retiring pensions to
old public servants entitled by age or infirmity to computed an affidavit at 40 folios. The Master, in City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 11 1 10 0 0 1134
Clydesdale Bank.. •• • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 II 0 0 12%
superannuation allowance. In the case of the dis- taxing the costs, would allow ls. a folio for drawing
Earn:erne
it •
nl Bankk
... ..... ••
8. per
er cent.
eent . 52030
u 0 0 1111: 0s 0 151%
qualified Masters in Chancery above alluded to there it, and 4d. for the copy ; so that the suitor suffers in
can, however, be no pretence for theirideclining to re- two or three ways where there is an improper count- Edinb.k Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5118 s
Exleeheafngeßnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 be 0 I 5 0
lax their hold upon the judicial office when their cepa- ing of the folios. The witness goes on to state " that Man. Company 71. per cent. II 11 0 7I I tg
eity for official duties is lessened, if not wholly an- the Master's clerk merely gives a sort of rough guess National Bank 6/. per cent. 60 1 0 11 0 0 18
nihilated, by the weight of years and physical infir- of how many folios there are, and marks it on the Northerer oErgetttni
Bank; nden k 71. percent. 20 11 0 50 11 6
- 6
mities. The Masters appointed since Lord Brough- back of the copy. He generally found them over- Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 g 0 6
1100 1 0 6%
143
50 1 0 84
ham's Act of 1883 (3 and 4 Will. IV., c. 94) are not counted, and sometimes to a very great extent. In union Bank of Scotland Si. per cent. 100 11 11
Le se
rt el re ne
teen
Lurk6l: I°o : 60
0 0 8161.861 i
entitled to claim the fixed retiring allowance pre- fact, the ',over-counting was habitual. He produced e and••
.-L• Life 1121 i .Ppeerr cent.cen.
- 20 1 1 8 It I Si.
viously enjoyed by masters after a service of twenty a copy of an affidavit which was marked 10
as __ folios, re .AtiecirctaLife and l'ilre
which contained only four folios, and said he had half- '
Caledonian rFairl'eelnsunsr: 101. per- cent. 10100 0° 0 11 00
110
121,
years. The former class can only now claim a pen-
in the case of permanent infirmity, under circum- a-dozen more. In the common law courts it is Church of England Ins. -
II II 2
each side to hand over CFidtiynboufrGi.asfoifwe
_Lithe
Si.. per cen. 25100 0I 0 2 11 1 21. fis
stances and in amount specified by that Act and usual for the attorneys on iLsireer per
10 • II 12• 10
16 0I gas',
subsequent statutes. But, if we mistake not, the two copies of their respective affidavits to each other, east of Edinburgh Life
Present Masters whose retirement the solicitors of the and to & ;rely upon each other for their correct-
Eng. Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 51 1 11 217 6 ess
mess ; and there is no valid reason whatever wh
Hercules Insurance Ce. 71 per cent. 100 11 1 ill 0 1 II
equity courts are so anxiously and properly seeking, .., y
Incur. Co. of Scetind • • Si. per cent. 100 0 11 111 0 8 7
this practice should not be introduced into the Mercantile ASSOC. of Scotland Si. per sent. 10 1 1 1 I 0 li.
5i
are entitled to fixed and ample annual allowances
Court of Chancery. It would be a very con- NatinnLreifean:zi .L.i.fe.
Si. t 111 0 9 110 8 8s
when they shall choose to resign their offices. Sir
siderable saving, both of time and money, to the North British Insur. - s}lp.eprr cent.
21060 60
1 0 201 00
60
32435•
Giffin Wilson and Mr. Wingfield were appointed
suitor. The Chancery Regulation Act, in addition
to fixing North & West ef Soot. - 1081 111 11.1 s
Masters in Chancery before the act of 1833; and the
the salaries of the Masters and their clerks, Scottish
t.BlB.l..ifitenttanGtnGuLarifo. 6 . 201 00 II 111 1131 10
i 0.4
statute 46 Geo. 111., chap. 128, entitles them, 1• per cent.
after 20 years' judicial service (or when &C., authorises certain parties to receive the fees im- Scottish Union Insrnce. 6%1. pr cent. 21 0 0 I 0 0 It. Is
posed under the authority of the Act, who are di- St amiard Life ...... •. 51. per cent. 59 0 • 4b o 9%
afflicted by any permanent infirmity and " desirous P United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 111 11 1 1 1 1 12s.
of retiring'), to the ample pension of 1,5001. per reefed to pay the amount received by them into the
annum on the order of the Lord Chancellor. More- Bank of England, to the credit of the Accountant- INSMILANCE COMPANIES.
over, these two Masters have enjoyed, since 1833, General, once a month, the amount to be verified by • Dividend Amount
7501. yearly as " compensation money," in addition affidavit. The fees so paid in form what is called the Name of Company. per
Share. Paid. Price
to their salaries of 2,500/. per annum, whereas'all the suitors fee fund, and are applied in payment of the
-
masters appointed since Master Brougham receive salaries assigned by the Act, and to defraying the x ti. d. A s. el.
only salaries of 2,500/. This " compensation money," expenses of the offices connected with the . Court. :mien ......•• •• •• • • 31. 10s. 500 0 9 50 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 1 11 8 0 17%
in lieu of abolished fees, may have tempted the two The only security that the fees shall be duly collected DittJ Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent, 100 I 0 59 0 Sad
worn-out Masters to "hold on" to office,, despite infir- and paid over, is that the affidavit of the officer re- ,alai 13s.6d.prsh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 -
Britisn Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 11 5 0 0 -
ceiving the money that the amount paid over is the
Ludes, from a natural preference of their salaries of
3,2201. a year to retiring pensions of 1,5001. Their total amount of what he has received. The publicl.,euriiictly, M
.e 3.. !p..G. e.n. ..L.i.f.e 51. •p earl cent . 110000 110 0, II II 00 00 2034
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long enjoyment, however, of an annual extra 7501. is may, perhaps, think that, as so many mistakes are Clown •••••••• • • •• •• 13s. 50 0 0 51 0 11
6s. 50 0 0 5 0 II 6%
is truth a reason why they can better afford " resin- made in counting folios, is it not impossible that some E ,
balerig ....Scot. Law .... Sr. per cent. 50 1 11 212 6 2 Ned
trifling mistakes may occasionally be made in the re- Euru'itean Life • ..• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. -
nation" on pensions of 1,500/. than other Masters; and
certainly it is farcical that two judges disqualified turns, setting forth the amount of fees received. The pmily Endownar t Soc. 4/. & bs. 40 8 40 0 -
by physical infirmities should persist in sticking to security is defective, because it does not insure the due oil:lawns' ........• 51.81. perper cent.cent. 20stoOek.0 3 0 0
118%-
office, while younger and well qualified masters re- collection by the officer of all the fees which ought to Guardian ....•••• •• • • 51. per cent. 100 8 0 36 -11 0 45
ceive lesser gross salaries, and are not assured of be paid ; because it does not provide a check for the ilre,rrlutal Fire
lt .. ••• • • • 12 per cent. 500 1 0 50 0 0 914
10000 00 0 10 0 0 143
any such adequate or certain retiring pensions. We discovery of any omission, and, lastly, because it does InTeolnity 31a.rin.e. •••• •••. 11. slh2.eic la. 1 0 513 1 -
trust that we shall not be again compelled, by a, not afford any security against dishonesty in the Law Fire ••••.• - - • • - 100 11 0 211 0 3
11. Si. 100 8 0 10 1 11 45
Leo,' a
sense of public duty, to comment on these palpable officer receiving the fees. With regard to what is LAW
l ife"
•'•' - • ' • 'nd General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
casescalled copy-money, it appears that the salaries given I...ndcn Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 13%
of unjustifiable retention of judicial office. It
by the Act to some of the subordinate clerks are in- sieparnenoiler Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0912 10 0 13%
is certainly the duty of a Government, or of the
tentionally fixed below the amount of fair remune- 12 so 00 125 00 10 --.24
Med. Invii3iG-e'n'.l. cie 4%1. -per ct .
highest functionary of the law, to put an end to such
ration, and the amount of copy money is made pay-
cent.eent. 16000 00 50
Nationalil Leani Fund Si. per cent. 20 11 9 210 0 -
PflalaumLf Life
a public scandal. Either the retiring allowances of
the Masters in Chancery are sufficient, or they are able to them to make up the deficiency. This modes 2 g g --
not. If sufficient, the incapacitated judge ought of remunerating them is certainly very objectionable, Pelican - - - ZS
voluntarily to resign, or to be induced to resign ;if because it makes it the interest of the officer to fur- E•eißecetensixte; Life- . - - 165
inadequate, the Parliament ought to interfere, and nish copies, and thereby interferes with one important rovident Life •••: .: • • ' vie.r3cBe.nt.
12000 0e
0o
101 00 14), -....
increase the pension. We understand that the mem- Provision of the Act, that suitors shall not be cora- ttßock Life
51. per cent. Stock.
5 I I ll 0 4%
- -,-
bers of the Law Institution are contemplating a pellable to take copies, and by making it the interest •
,iony, ati,jErexchange
61. 10s. -
movement on this subject, so important to the of the officer to magnify the length, it encourages, 1.7 Ditto Life .-.. • - - I
__-
vuiversal Life lO%l. pr cut. 100 0 11 $lB 1 -
interests of their clients, and they will cer- to say the least of it, a very loose system of ascertain- !dorm Life - - 40 1 -
thinly be justified in a strong appeal to ing the number of folios, and the check against this
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Parliament for the remedy of a gross abuse. which might be expected from the solicitors is, to a ,
It is generally reported that the . Commons' great extent, prevented by the circumstance that their Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Select Committee for inquiry into the fees in courts of own charges are regulated by the length of those copies Annum. Share.
law and equity, originating in Mr. Watson's motion and also leads to much slovenliness and inaccuracy in
last year, and most expediently revived this session by the office copies, the clerks getting the copying done 11. s. 4. A. s. d.
40 0 0 to I 0 174
Mr. John Romilly, has during its sittings in
the as cheaply as possible; in some instances, by women Ditto Previncial.• •• 11. is. ,2011 0 19 I 1 me
present recess brought to light some minor abuses in living in their attics. I have already stated, that let Bristol .• ••-•... . . .• 101. per cent.l 20 1 9 - -
the masters' offices which must also compel ulterior the business be ever so urgent, only one hour is Brighton
of London . 5l. per cent. 11r) :•: 1 - 19
~
proceedings for a thorough legislative remedy. The
allowed for each warrant ; when that time expires CentinentalConso• lida7. 02s. plorl'sharel 50 11 I 2: • •: 291
whole remaining system of fee gathering and fee the next case is called on. Now any, one would sup- Eql:ittrPlNce.w.. ..
.. . .. 4-65:: pr
rr
share
Zg : : :70 1 : I is
funding must be reformed. Much has been done pose that where there is so much business to do, and Imperial . • .......: .. 6/. perp
cent. 150 1 1 60 0 1 I ses,
within the last fifteen years for the abolition of law so little time to do it in, not a moment of that time Llnecinedooendent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 II 40 8 11 I 64
sinecure offices, and in the substitution of salaries for would be wasted, but it is just the reverse ;so far Ditton:::::::::::::: 2fil;eprreceennt.t.i
6501
II
If/
6500
II
II -
fees in the remuneration of legal functionaries ; but from the whole hour being devoted to business, one of Phoenix . ............Si. per cent. 150 11 1 45 8 1 3-3%
5/. and bus. 100 0 0 90 8 11 80
far more good remains to be effected. The cost of the Master's clerks, when asked '° Is there an hour letaretclited Gff • • ..•
•••••• ••
eneral .. •• .. 4341. pr cent. 51 9 0 60 0 9 17
our judicial establishments-part paid out of the con- devoted to each warrant ?" replied, " No, nor any- Westminster Chartered 31, 60 11 0 - I 55%xd
solidated fund, and part provided from the suitors' thing like an hour. The confusion that is going on Ditto, New .... -... 12s. 611 11 0 111 11 11 1 it%
and fee funds-is an unnecessary and a mischievous in the Master's office would astonish any person. MISCELLANEOUS.
complexity. The State, when it receives tributary reve- From the number of warrants granted, and the pres-
Dividend Amount
nue for such specific appropriation, usually cheats the sure of business, one party is always trenching upon Name If Company. per if Paid. Price.
Contributor. 'We desire to see a sweeping and real reform the engagements of another ; there is always a cer- Annum. Share.
in this important and growing department of semi- lain time lost before they begin, and then a discussion -
.t. s. 4. X. s. 4.
nistration. All fees in courts of law ought to be takes place as to what they did upon the last occasion Australian Agriculturl - 100 1 1 31 111 -
carried to one account, distinct from the civil revenue when they left off, and more than half the time is gone Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 18 911 111 11 1 -
of the State. The scale of fees should be large enough before anythingis done." The witness was asked who- canDiatdtea, Half Shares..
Si - t - 211 8 -.
cent.
IN II I 32 10 0 31
to defray the proper and full cost of our whole judicial ther the expense of an inquiry before the Master was Up pr C. Canada 'BOW& Si. per
- --
establishments. We have reason to believe that, if not very great. He replied in the affirmative, adding,
cr,lotien 80nd5.......... %I. pr cent. - - -
kept out of the hands of the " State," and not partly " the chief expense of a Chancery suit is in the Mas- Gen.
p Revers.ppr M 8: rlsnyEensgt ..
351,11 pcelchein, t 2.1
11g: 11 • 7
0 I 1010 II
II
1-80
mixed with the " consolidated fund," the means exist ter's office." The Court, it appears, has no power to G
Equitable Reversienry 4% 1. pr cent. 110 9 11 95 9 11 91'
for an increase of judicial offices, and for a material accelerate the business in the Master's office, and a•ied.Sotnea7m.B
ictitauviti
tantio.n. 11. 85. 15 111 14 11 8 244%
. -
ultimate reduction of fees. The " hop, skip, and there is no penalty for not proceeding ; the aster Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 21. per cent. be -9
9 50 -I
11 5514
jump" of our judges and our bar from Westminster himself has no power of compelling the parties to go lEteevyearlsloinantlant. Sos. 33%1. pr cent. 111 11 8 110 0 11 -
to Lincoln's Inn and Guildhall, and thence to and on with the suit more expeditiously ;it is entirely South Australatarg.:: :•' Bt. Ip.
per
rr
cent. cent. 10230
to
to 1
269 8 0 47N
5 8 11 -
Van Dientan's Land- - 100 11 8123 1 1 4
fro half a dozen times in the year, is a most absurd dependent upon the solicitor whether he will conduct Universal Salvage.. • • - 25 8111 4 0 I -
and evil " remand' of our old judicial regime. The the suit expeditiously in the Master's office or not. ,...._.
rotary motion of the metropolitan courts of law The witness was asked whether he had not found that WATER-WORIES.
ought to be put an end to, and the courts ought to when a solicitor chooses to throw impediments in the , Dividend Amount
be permanently fixed in some central part of London. way he may protract the investigation before the Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Some of our correspondents state to us that in Master to a very great extent, to which he replied-
" term time," and when the courts of equity sit in "He thought that an ingenious solicitor who cavils at I ..e s. d. di s. d. -
'Westminster, half 'the warrants of the Masters in everything, and excepts to every step which the Birmingham .••.. - • • 18s. 25 1025 0 0 -
R a 100 0 0 - 166xd
Chancery, on which counsel ought to attend the Master may take, may delay the proceedings without orasnt ndo
,tojenti.o.n. •• • • •••• _ 81.
21
311.115.
14001 130 4I - 82
master, are " postponed" and unattended because end. He had known inquiries before the Master to - $4
counsel and solicitors are occupied in Westminster- last six, seven, and even eight years, which, without iceilvxßhaivitr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - b
- 104
hall. If the courts were fixed on one common and vexatious opposition, and with proper vigilance West Middlesex •: •:
51. 15e. prcnt. 16°3° 12 : - 1 is%
central site, such as Lincoln's Inn-fields ' •
or its neigh- on the part of the solicitor, might have been CANALS. ---...sries..--
bourhood, and as designed by Mr.
Barry, and ap- completed in six months." So the Master and se
proved by former Commons' Committees, and if they his clerks charge the delay on the soli tors, and Names of r•); Dividend! Names of i Divide
i c
were constructed sufficiently large and commodious, the latter, as a matter of course, return the companies e Price. Companies. per Price.
. 4 per Annum.
many fisting and abominable abuses would at once compliment The following is a very good specimen --
ez Annum. so
be reMtlied. Among others, the Masters in Chan- of the manner in which some of the witnesses fenced x
eery would really sit in public, with the unquestion- with questions which it was not quite convenient to Ashtn& Olctio 57 71. pc ' 11l Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 42
answer. The witness is a clerk in one of the Masters
$ able benefits of publicity; the Masters would betilarnsley •- • • 160 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 340
under the eye of the public and of superior judges, offices. Question--" You are aware that the copies Brirtiku&igAhbam rg 15330
461.. 8801 OP
exalt di•
o'r •e's t• : 17080 201. 200
estead of enduring their often solitary confinement made by the junior clerk are very imperfectly Coventry -- 100 251. - Regent's ••• • 33 3111: 41686' Id
n the dark and cramped dungeons of Southampton- written. Answer-They are better than they used Tirsbi;e•L•c• h... 1°3°31 46f..
9630 Ro. 0 chdaled.•Bl. $5 4/. 64
71.105. 130
to be. Question-Are they very often very difficult Ens, ash •• • 100, 32t. - Dm:lt'd:St 150
buildings, and we should be saved the duty of corn- 12 61. p. c. -
meeting on 'the unjustifiable retention of judicial to read. Answer-I never read them. Question- ograudJun cto 100' I
rand Surrey 100' -
, 1. 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275
Do you know whom they employ to copy them. urand Union 100 Ir. 10s. 21%3 rtornemshi.iry:. 125 151. _
• office by octogenarians. We are glad to learn that 'lass • 145 201. 305
the trustees of Lincoln's Inn-fields are now likely to Answer-I do not know, they are not done in the iGcreanitt,tthfrA . • 150 1 21. - Severn and
W e Rai .1 3 26 1L Ss. 30
• assist in the provision of a sufficient site for the erec- office entirely. Question-Are they not usually done Lee4sSr.Livrp 13090' Isi:47.d. 43611 U WaY ickBsl ,
lion of new courts of law, and that successful exer- by poor men or women.-I do not know whether Leicester .••• 140 101. 75 Binning. i 'OO 51. 15
Leicatr &Nthi 83 41. 36 Warwick& / I
lions are likely to provide not one yan ample room for they are men or women, Ido not see the persons." Lou,chboregh 142 701. 530 Napton...) " - 46
every court, but also a fee fund, "the ways and Some of the other witnesses are equally ignorant on Monmouthsh 100 81. - Wercstr tol ,72
Mntgemrysh 100 51. - Birming.i 21. 89
IBMS" of meeting the cost of the buildings. We the subject. They know as much as suits them to MeßnMwbry 100 111. - Wilts & Brks 67 IL 11
,e, are confident that such a consolidation of the courts, tell, and very little more except in. those cases where
as to locality and neighbourhood, will be an invalua- the member putting the question evidently knows ARIDGIII3
ble approach towards " Law Reform." what is really the fact, and in that case an evasive Dividend Amount
answer would be of no avail. The truth must and Name if Company. per of Paid. Price
(From the Weekly Dispatch.) Annum. Share.
would come out, whether the witness liked to tell it
Mr. Editor,-An eminent solicitor of
or not. What I have already written will give the A. s. d. lA. s. d.
practice was once asked what he considered the _
• greatest abuse connected with the Court public some idea of the manifold abuses that exist in ilungerford .......... _ - -
of Chancery, .Sonthivrk, NwSub.Av. - 632 12 fi -2%
and he replied " '
the Masters' e office ; but, I shall have a gFeat deal Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent- 50 I I - 16
the Master's Office." It is there
that the delays take place of which the snits he 73 ve more to say on the subject on a future occasion. Waterloat .... - .... - - 100 IP I - Syc
Ditto Old Ann. of V. 11. is. 43. - • 60 0 0 tit
so long and so justly com 1 ' is CENSORIUS. Dine Nrr dittos ef 71. it. 2s. 2d. - .41 • 0 28
p ained. It bad enough
to have a suit in ChanceryVauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 16s. 711 11 0 - IS
at all, but once let it be _
" referred to the Master" to ascertain a something " WEB Pewies."-A novel description of theft has - DOCKS.
which might be ascertained in five•••••.••••••••••......01....
minutes, and the been for a night or two perpetrated upon a number of Dividend Amount
chances are that it takes twice Name of company, per of laid. Price.
that number of r brokers in the Calton, in which a good deal of dexterity
iea s
to enable the Master to make a report thereon. ' here has been exhibited. On
.Wednesday night, no fewer ____ Annum. Share.
the case remains as long as a single . . • • •
than - ...••••••••••••••••••••• ..........a.
shilling can be seven individuals were tricked in the following x s. d. A s. d.
extracted from the pockets of the unfortunate manner :-A decently attired woman with a bundle in c Aninercial . - TO
suitor East and West India - 117
in the shape of fees, legal or illegal. There are ather hand, came into the shop, wishing to dispose, ' 20
pre- it Fast Country -
sent, I believe no less than 11 Masters of the Court of might be, of a shawl, or coat, or another article, L•
andon . 51. pr cent. Stock. - 98
Chancery, to whom are referred all those matters aril- she unrolled out of her bundle, and submitted for in- Ditto Bonds •• ••• • •• 41. per cent. - - -
ing in the course of a Chancerysuit, which cannot con- spection. The broker, after examining the goods and II I teDici
tat Catharine.
Ba rots : .. .. .. . . .. :
4534p1er cent. Stock. - head
veniently be settled in a public court, such as the fixing
a price, tied up the article again in a bundle, with Southampton •••• :: • • 21. peprrcneennj.• 50 -0
1 50 --g
g., 2-2
appointment of guardians for infants, settling allow- thee view
of turning
putting it in some secure corner, but while in ---_-_-__...
the acttnodleturning round to procure the purchase money,
ances and schemes for their education, consideringlNDlA.
was changed, and another
1 proposals for the marriage of infant wards, and pro- precisely the same dexterously
substitutedin of
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
appearance
I posals for settlements, &c., and generally all matters unknown to the •
had unsuspecting dealer. After the seller (From the Bengal Hurkaru Price Current.)
which require the exercise of personal discretion. For departed the buyer •
proceeded to re-examine his CALCUTTA, TUESDAY Dix. 21.
the performance of every one of these duties, what is purchase,. when he discovered that a metamor his had The arrival of the Lladdin ton with the en sil of the
called a warrant is taken out by the solicitor on one taken place, and his shawl or coat had been conyPerted in 24th g ' I
of October, was announced on the evening of
some instances, into
side, a copy of which is served on his opponent, and not. worth anything.
the solitary leg of a pair of trousers
the 6th inst. The letters were delivered dmrin the
anti-
for which, of course, fee is payable the
ourse, a
The per t t fpera or o this rather following day, the news, however, having beenl
For the performance of this duty, whatever it may large.-North British M
luring the brokers is still at cipated by the Bombay express, which came in on the
be, and
however urgent it may. be, one hour only in same morning.
GROCERS' AND TEA• DEALERS' BENEVOLSET
allotted - The news again proved of the most climb ous na-
each day is in any case. When that time has
TECTION SOCIETY.-Yesterday the twentieth
expired the parties leave and
another warrant is • election of ture. The distrust and depression previous ly pre-
one for the next ' annuitants on the funds of this institution took
or some following day. The the London Tavern, when three pensioners piece at veiling among all classes of our commercial commu-
taken,numbr of warrants so taken out in were added
, the progress of to the list of fifty-two already elected, receiving pensions pity was greatly increased, and a general ft eling of
a Chancery suit is beyondall •
belief. The charge varying from 181. to 301 per annum. Francis Hicks despondency succeeded the slight approach to a re-
for each warrant is 35., and I find that in the office •
• E sq., presided, and it was announced that his Royal newel of business previously noticeable. T's 'o more
of one of the Masters (Ferrer) the total amount re- ' Highness the Duke of Cambridge had in the kindest Commercial firms were compelled to suspend pi tyment,
ceived for such warrants, during the
Sth of April, 1846, was' 9411. 17s. year ending the manner consented to take the. chair at the ensuing anni. one of old standing, and much respected.
dinner of the society in May next. This ch •
This, be it re- versary . _ charity It is needless to state that all business has since
membered, was in the office of one Master only-the appears in a highly satisfactory state, the funded capital been plunged into further and more serious co isfusion.
next in amount was 838/. 10s. The total - amounting now to between 11,000/ and 12,000/ ; yet, Depression• •
amount of and uncertainty are everywhere al /parent,
fees taken in the above year in the office of the a Mas- from the disastrous events ofthe past year, in connexion nor has b •
ness any tendency to assume a m( ire set-
ter above mentioned was 4,3691. Bs. 4d. The salaries
rum
with the mercantile community of London, it is feared tl
e character. The consequences have been, 11-xvvering
of the Masters are now settled by Act of Parliament that the applicants for the society's bounty will be nu-
m-5.
e The whole of the East and West India and m. arkets both for imports and exports. Native dealers
at 2,5001. each ; but the old Masters, by the Chancery colonialinterest
. connected with the tea and grocery in produce, and in some instances European holders
trade are eligible to receive its benefits. of British goods,
have been desirous to procteed with

(From the Bengal ilurkaru Price Curvent.)
CALCUTTA, TUESDAY, Ds:c. 21.
The arrival of the Haddington, with the mull of the
24th of October, was announced on the evening of
the 6th inst. The ,etters were delivered during the
following day, the news, however, having been anti-
cipated by the Bombay express, which came in on the
same morning.
The news again proved of the most disastrous na-
ture. The distrust and depression previoul ly pre-
vailing among all classes of our commercial commu-
nity was greatly increased, and a general fi qeling of
despondency succeeded the slight approach to a re•
newel of business previously noticeable. lilt 'o more
commercial firms were compelled to suspend pi tyment,
one of old standing, and much respected.
It is needless to state that all business has since
been plunged into further and more serious co nfusion.
Depressio n and uncertainty are everywhere ai )parent,
nor has business any tendency to assume a m )re set-
tled character. The consequences have been, lq rwering
markets both for imports and exports. Native dealers
in produce, and in some instances European holders
of British goods, have been desirous to proceed with
the rev gsation of their stocks.

GROCERS' AND TEA• DEALERS' BENEVOLENT PRO-
TECTION SOClETY.—Yesterday the twentieth election of
anouitants on the funds of this institution took place at
the London Tavern, when three pensionrs were added
to the list of fifty-two already elected, receiving pensions
varying from 18/. to 301. per annum. Francis Hicks,
Esq., presided, and it was announced that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge had in the kindest
manner consented to take the chair at the ensuing anni-
versary dinner of the society in May next. This charity
appears in a highly satisfactory state, the funded capital
now amounting to between 11,000/. and 12,0001 ; yet,
from the disastrous events of the past year, in connexion
with the mercantile community of London, it is feared
that the applicants for the society's bounty will be nu-
merous. The whole of the East and West India and
colonial interest connected with the tea and grocery
trade are eligible to receive its benefits.

R T 1 7l n-^ ~- ~ ' ► e~T

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1848.

It is satisfactory to be able to report that, with the
exception of the two instances above noticed, no
further suspensions during the last ten days have
occurred among our mercantile community. At the
same time there is no abatement of distrust or removal
of confidence even in the most remote degree.
In produce a general decline has taken place, and,
combined with the low exchange and reduced cost of
freight, there has latterly been a slight tendency to-
wards a renewal of operationsin some staples. Prices,
however, are still hardly on a par with those reported
in last mail. Buyers are few, and their transactions
unimportant. In sugat a decline of nearly 1 r. per
md. has attracted rather more inquiry. Silk is still
without a buyer. Corahs are now offered at more
reasonable rates, and there have‘ been a few inquiries,
though no sales as yet. Saltpetre is again lower
and a moderate business is in progress. Rice of all
kinds is to be had cheap, and new table for England
is in slight inquiry. Jute continues in demand, and
in other of the minor staples there is nothing of im-
portance to record, those suited for America being
generally in moderate request for that quarter.
Opium has again declined 40 rs. per chest, and is
now 980 rs. for Patna, with a stock of 80 chests of
that kind only.
In the import trade there have been no symptoms
rof improved demand. Indeed, the depression
has been almost greater than at any period
since the commencement of the present
troubles. The destruction of confidence, and im-
possibility of obtaining discounts on any acceptances
European or native, or of selling Hoondees against
missions to the interior, take away from the usual
classes of buyers the ability, as well as the inclination
to purchase. Goods are now, however, beginning to
be sold off, and the general market during the last
week is decidedly lower. Until the system of inter-
nal trade is placed upon some other and more secure
footing, even the great reduction in the extent of all
shipment to this country must fail to produce any
effect upon prices. Cotton goods, twist, and metals,
with scarce an exception, are only saleable at prices
under previous transactions.
Money is tight but not scarce. The Bank of
Bengal is known to have a full treasury, and in the
Bazaar there is no lack of funds, but little disposition
to employ them, except in such a manner that they
can be securely and easily made realisable. Com-
pany's paper has advanced considerably, chiefly from
rumours current of the long-talked-of closing of the
Five per Cent. Loan. Prices may now be quoted—
New Fives, 2 rs. to 8 rs. ; Sicca Fives, 2 12 rs. to
3 12 rs. ; Company's Fours, 12 8 rs. to 13 8 rs. dis.
Exchange became most unsettled on the arrival of
the steamer, and any bills offering, still considered
good, were taken at enhanced rates—document bills
with good security have been scarce, and in much
demand. The rates have since been stationary, and
no great amount of business has been done.
Present quotations are 6 m. s. with documents,
is. 100. ; 6 m. s. Baring's credit, ls. 1 Oid. to ls. 11d. ;
6 m. s. private bills, ls. 1 ld, to ls. 11fd.
Freights to England have been gradually on the
decline, arrivals, though still much delayed, having
been rather more numerous, and from the present in-
action in the export market, there has been rather
more firmness latterly in the market, and 51. 15s. to
61. per ton are present quotations for sugar to London.
Indigo—The indigo season could not have
opened under more unfavourable auspices.
The miserable result of the London October
sales, and the crippled position of our general
trade, have produced a general inaction in the
market. There appears no inclination either among
English or French buyers to commence the opera-
tions of the season, and almost the only transactions
are for America. These are by private contract :
DC 77 chests Hurrah, Kishnagur, at Co.'s rs. 135
per f. md. ; DC 21 chests Native, Kishnagur, at
Co.'s rs. 112-8 per 1. md.
A small public sale was held on the 17th instant,
which passed off with much flatness, prices ruling
about rs. 25 below those of last season.

piece, and diagonal printed 20 yards schinders at Co.'s
rs. 8-12 per piece.

LOSS OF THE STEAMER SCOTIA.

(From the Malta Times of Jan. 23.)
On the morning of the 16th the Scotia was observed
lying in the Bay of Stora much deeper in the water
than customary, consequently as there was no one on
board, Captain Williams, of the schooner Rhoda,
lying at anchor close by, lowered his boat and went
on board accompanied by a portion of his crew,
when to his surprise he found that the water had
risen so as to cover the machinery, and that it was
fast increasing, which he imagined must have been
occasioned by a material damage from a French brig,
which parted from her anchors, and went foul of her
on th,e night of the 13th inst. Captain Williams did
not leave the Scotia until the arrival of Captain
Pereira, which took place shortly, when a consultation
was held as to the expediency of running her on shore,
in order, if possible, to save a wreck of the ill-fated
ship, which was done by the sole exertions of the
Rhoda's crew and three or four of the Scotia's men.
She was speedily run on the sandy beach and imme-
diately parted asunder. On the following day a large
portion of her wood work was sold by auction on the
spot. The boilers and part of her engines were ob-
served peering over the troubled waves, and will no
doubt be ultimately recovered.

(THIS EVENING.)

COJRSE OF EXCH.,
AsnCer •• • • 12 41,4
Dit",,, at sight • • .... 12 1
Rotterdam .... • ..... 12 4%
amtweris • • ............ 25 97 t,,
daraburgh ......M.B. 13 14
Xitonit • • .... • • • . • • • • • •
Paris, 3 days' sight ..• 25 57%
Ditto, .••• .. • • ...... 25 12%
Warseilles •.•• • • • ....• 25 95
rtourdeaux.. •••• • .. • • 25 90
Frankiort on Maine.... 12234
Fetersburgh, Sil. Rble .•

I.NGE.-(THIS DAY.)
T qliralter.. • • ...... .
Leghorn .............. 31
Gomm .. •• • • .......... 26
.. • • • • • • • •
Naples ..............89
Palermo, psi-0z..—... 11814
Lisbon—. • • .......... 51%
Oporto . • .. • • .. • • • • 152
Rio Janeiro ..........
Bahia ....... .....
Buenos Ayres —
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .... • .....

Rethn ...... • ...

Vienna, effec. to•• •• IS 1714,
Trieste, ditto.... ••
Mach id ••.. • • ........ 46%
Cadiz .. • ............ 41%
Barcelona •• •••• •• •.
"AVID t • • • .

ramEs or BULLION, PIE OZ.
Foreign Gold in hors.. X 3 17 9
New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 9%
rortugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 o
!Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
lillver in bars ...... • • 0 4 113 i

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 29, 1848.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 340
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ... 43
Turbercular Diseases... ... ••• 221
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 143
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 46
ilsl4: sspeisra toil of the
n Lungs,.. .and. other Organs.! .0.. f
353
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
CQ

WHITEHALL, JAN. 31.

of Digestion... ••• -•• •••
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... •••
Malformations... ... ••• ••• •••
Premature Birth ..• .•• •• •••
Atrophy ••• .•• ••• ... •••
Old Age ..• ..• •••
Vio',nice, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance
Causes not specified ... •.• •••

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...

Warwick.

Pormlation
Enumerated,

Average weekly Deaths
Deaths, 1843-7. in the
Five Winters. Week.
▪ 161 222
. 209 ... 247
• 203 ... 256
. 235 ... 348
. 299 ... 384

1841.
West Districts... 300,711
North Districts.. 375,971
Central Districts 373,653
East Districts ... 392,444
South Districts .. 501,190

T0ta15........ 1,948,4'25

... 1,107

1,457
739
.. 718

Males •••
Females ..•

Sugar—At the date of our last there was a fair
inquiry for the good and fine qualites of Benares.
The accounts by the steamer produced a complete
stoppage of demand, and holders being anxious
sellers, the market is now fully 1 r. per md. lower for
the better sorts. In the lower qualities the reduction
in value is even still greater, particularly for the in-
ferior Benares and Dumma sugars, of which a large
stock exists.

There has been during the last week a recom-
mencement of business in good and fine Benares,
though on a much reduced scale.
For brown sugar of all sorts, with Tirhoot kinds,
there is a complete stagnation of demand.
Export§ from the Ist to the 16th of December,
1847 :—Great Britain, 62,720 mds.
Raw Silk—The silk market continues completely
inactive, and we believe that not a single maund has
changed hands for homeward shipment. The Novem-
ber bund has not been received in any quantity, and
present stocks here are chiefly ordinary Radanagore
and Bauleah sorts.

The large shipments in progress from China, and
the unremunerative state of the London market for
Bengal silks for so long a time prevent any approach
to a renewal of demand.

Prices are—Radanagore, Company's rs. 6 0 to 6 12
per b seer ; Hurripal, none ; Bauleah, Company's rs.
5 4 to 6 0 per f seer ; Cossimbazar, none ; Gonatea,
none ; Jungypore, none ; Commercelly, none.
Exports as above—Great Britain, 85 maunds.
Silk Piece G-oods—Corahs are now offered at re-
duced prices, and one or two parcels have been
taken in for inspection ; though as yet no actual sales
have taken place. Middling to good native Cossim-
bazar may be had at 100 to 110 company's rupees
per corge.
We quote prices of corahs nominal at Cossimbazar,
native Ist sort, Company's rs. 105 to 113 per corge.
Ditto, 2d ditto, 95rs. to 100 per corge.
Exports as above—Great Britain, corahs, pcs•
4,704 ; Choppahs, &c., pcs. 100; to North America,
silk goods, pcs. 395.
Saltpetre—The market for saltpetre is again lower,
by 6 to 8 annas per maund, and at this reduction a
moderate business is in progress, chiefly for America.
The reduced freights have brought a few buyers into
the market also for England.
Jute—Sales to a fair extent continue to be made,
prices remaining Co.'s rs. 11 to 12-8 per bale for
middling to good picked quality. Our quotations
are :—Shell lac, Ist sort, Co. rs. 10 Bto 11 8 ; ditto,
Id ditto, 9 0 to 10 0; ditto, 3d ditto, 7 8 to 8 3 per
b. md.; lac dye, Ist sort, Co.'s rs., 40 to 55 ; ditto
2d, 23 to 35 ; ditto, 3d ditto, 14 to 22 per b. md. ;
Jute, Ist quality, new, 11 8 to 12 8 ; ditto, 2d ditto,
10 8 to 11 per bale ; linseed, Ist cleaned, 1 14 to 2 1
per b. md. ; mustard seed, 1 12 to 1 14 per b. md. ;
safflower, nominal.
Cotton—A sale of Nagpore cotton at Co.'s rs. 11 4
per f. md. is reported. Exports as above—Great Bri-
tain none. China, 4,379 Ind. mds.

Opium.—The market has remained drooping
throughout, and Patna has been quoted as low as
Co.'s rs. 975 per chest. The stock is now reduced to
an insignificant amount, and there is no business
doing in the drug.
Quotations yesterday were—Patna, Co.'s rs. 980
to 985 ; Benares, Co.'s rs. 955 to 960 per chest.
Exports as above—China, 2,054; Singapore and
Penang, 443 ; other places, 2 chests.
Freights—The market for tonnage was unsettled
after the arrival of the steamer, and from the scarcity
of produce offering, and firmness of shippers, the rates
of homeward freightage have gradually retrograded to
our present quotations.
For Liverpool and London—Saltpetre, 51. 10s. to
51.155., sugar, 51. 153. to 61., rice, Si. 15s. to 6/. Gs.
per ton of 20 cwt.; hides, 6/. to 6. 10s. per ton of 14
cwt.; jute, Si. 2s. to 51. ss. per ton of 5 bales; raw
silk, 51. 15s. to 6/. 6s. per ton of 10 cwt. ; silk piece
goods and indigo, 51. 15s. to 61, shell lac and lac dye,
Si ss. to 51. 10s. per ton of 50 c.‘ft.
For Mauritius.—Rice, 2.0 to 2.4 Co.'s rs. per bag
nominal.
For China.—Cotton, nominal ; opium 7 dolls. to 8
dolls. per chest.
IMPORTS.
Cotton Goods.—The market has relapsed into
settled dulness, and nothing else can be expected until
the usual operations of trade with the interior are
resumed, and confidence throughout the whole mer-
cantile community in some degree revived. There
has been a tendency on the part of some holders to
force sales, chiefly for cash, and prices of almost all
staples have in consequence given way, and have still
a further downward tendency.
Gray shirtings are still saleable, and the accounts
from Mirzapore for these fabrics are favourable. In
some instances, however, they are offered here at a
reduction upon previous rates in exchange for cash,
and the market is consequently somewhat unsettled.
In white shirtings a few sales have also been made,
without much change in value. White jacconets
are dull, and the transactions unimportant. In gray
jacconets also sales are quite insignificant, and mada.
pollams are in less inquiry. Grey twills are still
wanted.
Glasgow fabrics are in a worse position than
before, or as compared with the staple Manchester
cloths, stocks of the former being much more in
excess of the wants of the market. Holders in some
instances showing an anxiety to sell, prices have
generally given way, and the demand is of a very
languid description. Book muslins have been disposed
of to some extent at the low prices of 1 to 1 -lrs. for No.
1, and 3 annas consecutive rise for Nos. 2 and 3. A few
sales of common lappets have been effected by submit-
ting to lower rates. Mulls of common and middling
qualities. Nos:3 to .5, are in fair inquiry, but no sales
have been made. Scarfs are neglected. In other
light goods nothing of moment has occurred.
The sales of printed goods are small, and confined
to a few lots of zebra dresses, and such prints as are
likely to suit the Afghans, now shortly expected.
Printed handkerchiefs are still very saleable.
Turkey reds are also dull. Twills have been sold
at G annas per yard, jacconets at Co.'s rs. G-3 per ,

accompanied by an advance in prices. By private
treaty several ;parcels have been sold, and 99 casks at
auction fetched 311 to 341 for good and fine quality.
The supply is on the decrease, whilst the consumption
is improving. Cocoa Nut is offered upon reduced
terms, still few buyers aro to be met within the
private market, and 68 pkgs at auction were only
in part sold. One the part of holders of Fish Oil
more desire has been shown to realise, and the market
has been better supplied, whilst the demand is not so
good. The deliveries ate, however, yet exceeding the
arrivals. For Southern prices remain much the same as
previously, but only a limited business has been con-
eluded privately in eveay sort. At public sale 10 tuna
realised 3015 s to 325. Seal is offered upon rather lower
terms, but the private sales are of little moment in all
sorts; at public sale, however, 42 tuns found buyers.
'1 he sales made in Cod have been of little moment, and
251 to 251 lOs are the rates taken. Sperm is, however, in
good request, and prices are firnaer.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

LORD CHA MBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, FEB. 1, 1848.
Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thurs-
day next the 3d instant, for his late Majesty Christian
VIII. King of Denmark, viz.—The ladies to wear black
silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, neck-
laces and ear-rings, blaak or white shoes, fans
and tippets. Th gentlemen to wear black, full
trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and
buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday
the 17th instant, via., the Ladies to wear black silk or
velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white,
or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black
ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and
black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and
silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and
buckles. And, on Thursday, the 24th instant, the
Court to go out of mourning.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Major-General Sir John Hunter
Littler, of the Bengal Infantry, Knight Commander of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be an Ordi-
nary Member of the Military Division of the First
Class or Knights Grand Cross of the said Order.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 31.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Arthur Bailey,
Big., to be Surveyor General for her Majesty's Settle-
ments in the Falkland Islands.

The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reve-
rend Edward Hartoop Grove, M.A. the place and
dignity of a Canon of the cathedral church of Worcester,
the same being void by the death of the Reverend
William Digby, late Canon thereof.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ludwig
•ou der Pfordten, as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the
King of Hanover.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire.
John Broadhurst, jun., Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire.
The Earl Compton to be Deputy-Lieutenant; The
llonourable Augustus Henry M'Donald Moreton
to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Neil Malcolm, Esq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant; Alexander Campbell, of Auch-
indarrach, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Archi-
bald James Lamont, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
Alexander Campbell, of Monzie, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; Murdoch MacLaine, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; Duncan Mac Neill, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, Jan. 24.

Commission by th© Lord-Lieutenant of the County o

Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Major King to be
Lieutenant Colonel, vice Sir Francis Lawley, resigned,
Jan. 25.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
lIILARY TERM, ELEVENTH VICTORIA.
Monday the 31st day of January.
This Court will hold sittings, on Friday the 18th day
of February next, for the purpose of giving judgment in
all cases then standing fur judgment.
BY THE COURT.
Read in open Court, Edward Bennett.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 23.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight,
Lord Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of
Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed
Henry Stiles, of Northleach, in the county of
Gloucester, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual
Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds
to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries and for the sub-
stitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for
the county of Gloucester.

- WHITEHALL, JAN. 27.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Stafford Baxter
Somerville, of Doncaster, in the county of York, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
George Holland, licensed victualler, Portway, :War.
wickshire.
Joh❑ Stringer, draper, Kingston-upon-Hull.
John Hall, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry.

BANKRUPTS.
William Wyatt, coach maker, Neithrop, Banbury,
Oxfordshire, to surrender, Fob. 10, at two, and March
17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan,
official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Messrs. Sharp, Gray's
Inn; Francillon, Banbury.
John Clayton, Manchester warehouseman, Crown-
court, Cheapaide, Feb. 10, at half-past twelve, and
March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Teague,
Crown-court, Cheapside.
William Pike Barrett, ironmonger, Palace-row, New-
road, Feb. 11, at eleven, and March 17 at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Official assignee,
Basinghall street ; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-
chambers.
John O'Donnell, bricklayer, Sidney-street, Chelsea,
Feb. 11, at half-past one, and March 14, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Drum
and Sons, Billiter-square.
John Sheppard, brewer, Shirley, Southampton,
Feb. 11, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Walker and Grid'
ley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbnry ; Deacon and
Long. Southampton,
John Bezzell, builder, Deptford, Feb. 7, at one, and
March 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Atkins
and Andrews, White Hart-court, Lombard-street.
John George Moore and Henry Bayliss, warehouse-
men, Norwich, Feb. 11, at two, and March 10, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lane ; Abbott and Wheatly, Rolls-yard, Chan-
cery-lane; Miller and Son, Norwich.
Thomas Luker, innkeeper, Great Coxwell, Berkshire,
Feb. 8, at one, and March 17, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers White and Co., Bedford-row $ Crowdy, Far-
ringdon.
Alfred King, timber-merchant, Oxford, Feb. 10 and
March 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett,
official assignee, Sambrooke-court, Basinghall-street ;
Ruck, Mincing-lane.
J.hn Bentlett, grocer, East Peckham, Feb. 7 and
Diarch 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Oraham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Dods, St.
Martin's-lane.

William Starr, currier, Lynn, Norfolk, Feb. 10, at
half-past one, and March 25, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermaubury ;
Ilaslam, Copthall-court.

Jason Pigg, grocer, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, Feb. 8
and March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Nicholls and Doyle, Bedford-row, London.
Robert Rowell Fretwell, shipowner, Greenwich, Feb.
16, at two, and March 16, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. 8511, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Cottarill, Throginorton-street.
Henry Cross, farmer, Kirton, Suffolk, Feb. 8, at
eleven, and March 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Kirk,
Sy rnond's Inn, Chancery-lane.
John Bumby, cattle dealer, Manchester, Feb. 13, and
March 7, at eleven, at the Mancherter District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk-
ner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London ;
Lees, Manchester.
John Thompson, licenced victualler, Sheffield, Feb.
18 and March 17, at ten, at the Leeds District Court,
Sheffield. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Moss,
Sergeants' Inn, London; Toottit, Bionsley.
Joseph Parker, grocer, Blackburn, Lancashire, Feb.
14 and March 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Milne,
Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple; Sale, Worthington,
and Shipman, Manchester ; Neville, Ainsworth, and
Hollin ahead, Blackburn.
James Rend, provision dealer, Preston, Lancashire,
Feb. 10, and March 2, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ;
Mayhew, Son, and Reynolds, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn,
London I Blackhurst and Son, Preston.
Charles Middleton Kenot, chymist, West Cowes, Feb.
8, at halt-past twelve, and March 9, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall•
street ; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn.
Thomas Fox, George Rippon, Christopher Akenhead
Wawn, and William Lishman, coal merchants, West
Cornforth, Durham, Feb. 11 and March 17, at twelve, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley,
official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Lawrence,
Crowdy, and Bowlby, Old Fish-street, Doctors' Com-
mons, London; Griffith and Crighton, Ne3castle-upon-
Tyne.
George Cradock, rope maker, Darlington, Durham,
Feb. 15, at half-past ten, and March 10, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Neweastle•upon-Tyne; Burn, Great Carter-
lane, Doctor's Commons; Steavenson, Darlington.
John Tucker, attorney Plymouth, Feb. 15 and March
14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Hirtzel, official assignee, Paul-street ; Stogdon,
Exeter ; Keddell and Co., Lime•street, London.
Robert Spence r, printer, Saint Sidwell, Exeter, lon
Feb. 15, and March 14, at eleven, at the Exeter
District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ;
Bishop and l'itts, Exeter ; Harris, Lincoln's Inn.
Samuel Benny Serjeant, attorney-at-law, Callington,
Cornwall, Feb. 10, at one, and March 8, at eleven, at
the Exeter District Court. llirtzel, official assignee,
Exeter; Snell, Callington, Cornwall; Stogdon, Exeter;
Fox, Finsbury-circus, London.
William Bagnall, grocer, Burslem, Staffordshire, Feb.
19 and March 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harding,
Burslem ; Spencer and Hollings, Birmingham.

SUNDERLAND, JAN. 30.—Tho Ocean Maid, of Yar-
mouth, for Shields, came on shore on Whiteburn null
yesterday, and remains, but is likely to be got off.