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(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
'his c DAWSON V. PAVER.
ijon t ase was brought on originally by a motion for inunc-
o restrain the defmdant from the use of certain drains,
Which h • ' ' • -
sn, , ad flooded the lands of the plaintiff. The cause was
gent trial before a jury, when a verdict was found fir the
her 1
Novem-
e, who upon that moved before his Honour, in .
diet ''.l,t, for an injunction to restrain, in the terms of the s er-
sand the defendants made a cress-motion for a
fro.erwatnrieawl.
trial, His liosioUß thought it proper to make an order _
"erand directed that the plaintiff's motion should stand
. have to amend the notice for an intended injunc-
gee, and to bring it on et the next seal.
This PARSONS, V. SPOONER.
L
~. cause was heard on demurrer to the original suit,_
auicti was instituted to establish a lien on the deposits of
'le South
Panv A aropton, Manchester, and Okford Railway Com-
n.f the h. Parsons, plaintiff in the suit, was the projector
line, and had the preliminary prospectus registered in
mterms of ths Act about the 19th of August, last year. On
en,th of that month a meeting was convened of gentle-
meeto consider the project, when a provisional committee
,de.:tcrnied, sod, at the suggestion of the chairman of thed
e‘,ll, . Olivera, an agreement was drawn up and
Posed lineb Y the chairman, the officers of the pro-
tine , indemnifvincs the provisional committee, eso„Pledging them-s'ilves to pav all c,,sts and the "-'a preliminiery. or to bev incurred up to foreiPaYinsnt of the de-posits to which fund they were to look
he s2a.Yrnent. Mr. Parson's had a further stipulation that
lio,"'"-ist be constituted sole solicitor to the Comn. :Now
13,13t'rer that the line is about to
be disposed of pa
toyanother
ise.zgany, whereby that stipulation will be made void, Mr.o
ion, on the ground of the contract made b 3., the pr-
tierierr7;:eiutl_
oc9ttinhemeitotenevoann3t,h. e 27th August, claims a lien on the
qendants demurred, on the ground That whatevterbwnas
the sharl?t° by that provisional committee could not
been id Proper' eirlo..ders, for at that time the Company had not
not 4' those who ought to have been made defendants were
t
li.. resent in Court. Arguments were concluded to-day, fiat
s's ttoneur deferred judgment.
‘4UtEN'S BENCH.—(T HIS DAY.)
suz (Sittings in Banco at Westminster-hall.)
intltul.sEst v THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF MAN;;REATEtt.
that Mr ease it appeared from the statement of Counsel,
of L. r. Mill claimed compensation for havin been deprived
th...4'.8 °lnce as clerk of petty sessions for the division of Man-
Which to a as
which he held for thirty years,
klig;. titne be discharged all the ,;(utikes of a clerk to the
during
het irate* of the
petty sessions for the division of Manchester,
recent Act of
he had bee, asep.rived by the operation of a
Peaseds'ee'Lof Parliament. Thu Learned Counsel who ap-d
ssis . . a claim for
4%841141 rhalf of Mr. Mills, contended that his client had
h repeater's compensation, upon many grounds,
t but that the fact alone of his having
iessiooseerffi,e land discharged the duties of clerk of petty
Intl Well -4: .4-/ Yeass, was prima facia evidence that his claim
pei,.is. 'SOLICITOR-GENERAL
Th.
_.obaded.
valiZoavolved three questions, which he would subm i
opposed the application.
.tThtoe
kribepl- The first was, was Mr. Mill the officer he
tion
the bed
wn the division of the co}inty i.n
de-
the b• d' was he at all the officer he described himqseulefs? and
Nved 'sit be really were such an officer, had he beenddeea-1
With tel certain fees and emoluments? He would
i° 4rt shesssle"d question first, because in whatever way the
'MI of4,111(1 dispose of that uestion, depended the dispoi
nottem the
other two. _ The Learned Gentlemanas thennot
the 1,, endue
at great length that the applicant wd.
ef VA the petty
ttrates 411elester, but the clerk of infudrividtuhael division
at. ho sat there. He supported his argumentma6
Iseettlaettpolentgtyths::s:other magistrates who sat by rotation tt
ens in the different divisions of the county, lAherefot aPPoint their own clerks ; that those clerks 1,, { ree
ct of i! Ito.t clerks of petty sessions as recognised
in3a
_bs.
trste;
and ashen:lent, but the private clerks of those . gi
aveot therefore could not claim compensation in the
hagth°l .11(nr* services being discontinued, no matter what
The , of time
~.... they may hold their situations.
aPPlis.."-(rottsrP.v-GENEnAL, who appeared to support the
‘lnitiiZtis.(3ll) stated that the magistrates of the Manchesterae
.st43,sit -i. "ad made an arrangement by which they were eh
se.o.ssa rotation with the stipendiary magistrates every
11./714Y.
enee suatice NVIGIrniAN asked if there had been. a. ny evi-
lit aittiht .the. magistrates of the Manchester division did
The 4 iotation ?
eyrie R,,I.T,°IINLY-GEstertAL said there was not.
tend for
-Yl(lens -"'letrcoßsGENEßst.r. contended that there was no
the ~,,e that they did. He then proceeded to con
app,...
ektvt pith which he had set out, namely, that. the
capacity
itlivas °PIY the clerk of the magistrates ix their
(The ate individuals.
ease was not concluded when our report left.)
Asna.,.)(ClE

-'-;IIEQUEII.—(THIS DAY.)
OFt AND AZTOTHER V• PRATT AND OTHERS—LIABILITY
I‘III,,tISURANCE OFFICES—WRECK OF THE MARS.
Z)l4e 44'07, a sPecial case for the judgment of the Court.
fe pl4lo•tifilas.brought on a policy of insurance effected by
IP Stars with the Maritime Assurance Company on the
Tt.taaal for Stars London, for 1,000/., and the defendants were
rest'
def ""at amount as the trustees of the insurance office.
arst, noendants had set up three separate grounds of defence :
114 tile 11-a'ssurnapilseie.condd that the 'vessel was not wrecked
,1' the otaanner
'thirdly that after the effecting
1141' hiealir,eaY' and guringauthe continuance of the voyage, she
nt eeour,za With the consent of the plaintiffs, devi!ited
afrnocine
wsll the stafhervoyageaslaid down in the policy of in!ur .
!i:s4t,i,ll, goo-4
13,,f
~lklarCh,-1839, the vessel sailed from Liverpool
to
,stoig bee, :0.. China and Manilla, a policy of insurance
ti..weich 4 13re•viously effected upon her with the defeedndfranot
rns,
lik_.'erPori wae a clause that the Mars was to
.proce
Or a''... to Plate
tae ‘.! to atit or ports
tei4 apt of 6 at all ports both on China
and the other side of
p fo all necessary purposes, both in
fromgla4atollellhei°o:mdinlsee, China.r During her voyage from
aa I" br a she was wrecked, and the
• -at, I:ight the present action to recover the insurance.
plaintiff subse-
t:4f;
~,_ e
'a but tisaa now appeared to argue the caseforwthereepdleafiene--
f0,,,e, it 1,,,"" Court intimating that the pleadings.
Iliall+ 43 arranged that the case should be adjourned for a
‘' ' la order that they might be amended.
t 0,,,
,a-LI‘ION PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
014018TRATION APPEALS.—RAWLINS V. BREMNER.
),.,`44eas,.tobteroai appeared in support of an appeal from South
tve tare, .
to qoe t, against the decision of the barrister that
i44tv "0 hat of voters for that division of the
lreitia' who had struck out certain votes, on the
fra ' that ,
tea Itclnlent --.., 'were sought to be obtained by a
~,, rzt,, and scandalous" conveyance of property. The
sad
p,' Gentleman
the
d that such was not the case. am h'ePerty on which the votes were sought to be obtained
Whatet*ftt conveyed bon fide to the parties, and no fraud
ati:4,4tehro,"
.attampteda or intended. Were the interpreta-
v Prate. 4etorna Act sought to be made by the revising
ille,,Ya4e4trua
ah,old good, which was to make fraudulent all con-
) a oftho, de for obtaining votes, a most
.material narrow-
Zegialata Iranehise would take place, and the intention of the
Pring,rie be defeated. Moreover it would be carrying_ outose
Lal._er -I,Thin,!liat.,.auncl'er similar circumstances as those
Lehi
rtii,euintlatih proer
courts
of
alsawc,onovreymedai,
ni at
aa
113 a
dn e
by
the ttri:/rietto3t legal authorities. The The Learned Gentleman here
d decisions which bore ou,
kitiview
of a,,neumber o
nth seetioote,,
.auestiofneahseeshaaad advanced.
reec at to be `__.'' the Reform Act provided thatrr hteh et r‘rp. eeer ts
3o
person
i, _ 1P t of „
eon the register for the county must be in the
o'°, ths „,.'n rents and profits of the freehold for at least six
n... 4% abt..(131 to beine placed on the register. This was
in
''ra 'Nene - • •ed the property his
oft, Nrs_ e that the party enjoy .
iii a. 91; and was entitled to the benefit of the pr.ovtiasinoenes.
.7tir. A
,t• This had been the case in the present in!
444 e a e:asele'Ltl aPpeared for the respondent. He said
ntlitoi_s
at 4 of the highest importance. as at the p
Zirnt. loathe:de variousa
t.:
etea great exertion was being made to place hundreds
for
Nal ' Purposes isters throughout the country fot
.Theg decision of thissou
tints --.T other e number of votes thwraindcaastreet, butrio
ip tai on which ports of the countrys.neThis was the first
had been raised
Imetts,earlrt, anClhquestion at
owis
in order to settle the
it was done n -,,,atiiti',,Or illegality of such votes. He maintained that the
tivtoesleat-seZ,eYntemplated that any su.ch conveyances as the
tZY4 o._f v:pi. niiitaiebaei held as legal or entitled to be the feunda-
for el* The Act expressly said, that conveying pro;
latlf .`414 that
bva held as
d therefrom mus
all Purposes and the multiplying
tof
terta7ll vow. , votes derive
talmill Portion_ In the present case
aothnee
eflaetahrelyr hwadithconthv.e7iendi
w" of n, ,_' 01 Property to
1 taea , aaing them voters ; thus actinugltifprolynlngpovhotticeas.
ar,seett'italle..,n with the evident intention of m
votes was
,'ltada ";„„.`anvea d with the object of multiplying
CPertv,
..a,,e, not only bv the statute but.
.common law,
oted a
'ariel-" and ead.The Leared Gentleman here
b they statn 1810113 in common law,
port o
avoles
te law by high legal authorities, in sup
of all f creating
ill
°flee.
• . as well as interpqraetaftioanies
r.oacira:FeltPleentlema
, k conveyance made for the purpose o
anre pw liedho bhrai
d their
deflyentdoeatilveouraerdguratoenletaa of the
The
.1141Ilic 114 aWay from the real question by talking about
Prese4lodies seeking to create large numbers of votes.._
such
tk4tred '1!•1e had no connexion with any such bodies, if
Re; It w" simply 'Mai; 1 /were
- that
ho not having the means
- of some young men who wanted
entcles-, were and
• wt
d' in that very laudable
the atNitri,_bycotheir afsastihseer. But the real point was
tillrP,ropert"3.
peed bona Now,
into the in the present case,
young men's hands;
;ham taa no reservatioona n beehalt of the father i the convey-
lisl'„ealcin,paa ,nnequiocalaaend complete. Now the statute in
-"eta iii' °I fraudulent votes, had only reference to convetye Prow which there was no bona tide intention of passing
byb
/lich !h; but where conditions and reservations
li existed,
ro -
Party.. `,„e holder was deprived of tall full benefit of t ptes
cre,to. 1 hes-
}, °. were what were ed parchment vo ,
11°4 of s'Y a nominal conveyance for. the purt
this eo ,llaaltiplying votesand were clearly illegal. Bu
to atrild not
I+, aPply to the'present case, for though there was
,Itllieti ,a,- "aat the object was to obtain votes, the property udi.
mares, '4'4 advantage was sought to be obtained, fl an
tram rvedly
a. Passed into the hands of the appellants also that
tloctr.W- not intended,committed. It was a monstrous
,e tine to
afar or
toyed
~ to him ni that because a manpurchased, or had con-
daebite 4 vot u ireservedly, a freehold, in order
the act should be
i'zealecii,„,frandule'nt, that therefore
and he should be disfranchised. In
iakta fusion he maintained that in common law the proceed-
"ge si()1""e aPpellantas innocent and laudable, and that
llot a it,,t,4te law in refewrence to fraudulent conveyances i._
area irPtt?: to them. Ile submitted therefore that the deo
Their ie revising" barrister should be reversed.
-°r(lailiareserved the decision.
it
(SitttL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
1 g 3 at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
2 Th.
TUCKER V. O'BRIEN.
-51;) vrishwi 14 an action n till of exchange for the sum of
allot th."-ea the plaintiff hada receivedl as from the defendant,
1,4, i;oarrneunt of which had never been paid.
L A wi,,a°ll aPPeared for the defence
IC4e aess *
* .1, th, , was placed in the box, who declared that he
, rain,. uefendant and was acquainted with hi! hand-
haroo.tigh6i. ll,reLa!tvr ;him' sign the bill on which the action was
Lod gat,
of the 4,1,41, pe risen (pointing to an elderly man in the
N''' *era. ‘-ouq is not the defendant.
I t, let for the amount claimed was about to be returned
aferry to Person. iiidicated by the witness rose and said, I am
Wan the e obliged to defend this action, but I must do so
i,a'as aery course they have pursued with me. A writ
-"ha in .e4l nlaon any clerk at my office and it was left with.
sot spite of his assertion that-the acceptor' of the bill did
a laotTelde thee. I took no notice of it until I was served with
Went : of declaration, and in consequence of that notice I
tallied the office at the Court of Queen's Bench, and oh-
aaaertecttll official copy and an affidavit of service, which
lislory. that I had been served in person, thus being a
hatter' Justice
ViraLuAfas said that the proceedings could
parse:l2 effect, aa they had proved that he was not the
AporNn whom the writs were intended to be served. illY resiatet—Tea. but they have served all these papers at
T, „e•
got the as‘lee WI taatiais—Thcy have now said that you arc
i_s
4,.(lefeuclant.
41e4lPtruain,rt---I have waited on them at their office, and told
4 If" WA the plaintiff;

➢ir. Justice WILLIAMS—You certainly were not the plain.;
tiff.- (Laughter.)
Applicant—l beg pardon, I mean the defendant.; I told
them that I was not the person, and that they should serve
no more papers on me, or that I would make public the per-
I iu the affidavit of service.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Justice WHAJAms---The moment these proceedings
affect you, you shall make a defence, and I hope it will be a
good one. You are not. the defendant they refer to.
Applicant—How is that, when they continue to serve
papers on me?

Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—WeII, until they do affect you, I
would advise you to treat them with the utmost contempt.—
(Laughter.)

To the jury—Gentlemen, this action is against another
person, who is seen to accept the bill. The witness is
asked if this applicant is the person referred to, and he says
that he is not.

Applicant—They have served my clerk with a writ, and
have solemnly sworn that I am the person mentioned in
that writ.

A verdict for the plaintiff was returned—Damages, 25!
The applicant then left the Court, consoled in his retreat
by several apparently sincere assurances from some legal
gentlemen that he would be taken in execution, instead of
the real defendant, if he did not speedily employ legal as-
sistance.

SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.
COURSING.
HAMPTON COURT MEETING.

The Loughborough Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Mr.
Phillips's Victurine, and the Erskine Stakes by Mr. Baker's
Alice.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE MEETING,

The Sweepstakes for 16 dogs were won by Mr. G. Peve-
rell's The Case is Altered; Mr. G. Norton's The Maid of the
Mill ran up.

THE ETIILOPIAN SERENADERS.—The original
Ethiopian 'serenaders, Messrs. Germon, Stanwood, Harring-
ton, and White, have just arrived in London from the
1-T-dited States, and, under the direction of Mr. Dumbolton,
they will give their first public concert, at the Hanover- square
Rooms, on Wednesday evening next. A correspondent, on
whose judgment we can depend, assures us that the forthcom-
ing concert will prove a novel and charming musical enter-
tainmeit. The Ethiopian Serenaders have travelled several
times throughout the whole United States, and have been
most enthusiastically welcomed at all their concerts.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.--An organ perform-
ance is announced to take ph..ce on Friday next. Mr.
Adams will exhibit the powers of the instrument on the oc-
casion.

Lord Francis Egerton, 31. P., the mover of the
Address in the House of Commons, arrived at his mansion in
Belgrare-square, on Saturday last, from Worsley Hall, Lan-
cashire. Lady Francis Egerton and family are to arrive in
town on Wednesday, for the season.
THE ORDER OF THE GARTER.—Since Sir Robert
Peel came into office no less than eight garters have been
placed in his gift, which have been conferred on the Duke
of Buckingham, the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Salis-
bury, Earl Talbot, the Earl of Powis, Earl de Grey, the Mar-
quis of Abercorn, and the Marquis of Hertford.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Though premature,
nevertheless we can state, on good authority, that the fol-
lowing moves will take place early in the spring :-10th
Hussars) for foreign service ; the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon
Guards, from Edinburgh to York ; the 11th Hussars, from
Newbridge to Edinburgh ; the 3d Prince of Wales' Dragoon
Guards, from Ballincollig to Manchester ; the Ist Royal
Dragoons to Ballincollig ; the 10th Light Dragoons, from
Cahir to Dublin. Of course nothing is certain until the
orders are issued from the Hore Guards ; nevertheless these
moves can, to a very great degree, and nsxt to the actual
order itself be relied on. Report says the 6th Caribineers are
to have lances instead of carbine:,, which will be a great im-
provement. The 6th Innistillen Dragoons embark in the
spring for Ireland, either for Cahir or Dundalk. We should
give preference to the latter.—From a Corespondent.
The Di chess of Buceleuch and family have arrived
at Montagu House, Whitehall, from Dalkeith Palace, near
Edinburgh, for the season. The Duchess has come to town
earlier than usual, having to attend on her Majesty at the
opening of Parliament, as Mistress of the Robes.
The Right Hon. Sir John Beckett, Bart., is
labouring under severe indisposition.
On Wednesday Lord Polwarth took the oaths,
before the Lord Justice-General, as Lord-Lieutenant of Sel-
kirkshire' in room of the late Lord Montague.—Scotsman.
THE CITY PATRONAGES.-011 Wedncsday, agree-
ably to a resolution of the Edinburgh Town Council, which
was duly advertised, the patronages of the parishes of Currie
and Wenlyss, and the half-patronage of Fala, were offered
for sale by public auction in the Council Chamber. The
two former were put up at 700/. each, and Fala at 250/. ; but
although there were a good number of gentlemen present, no
one offered the upset prices, and the sale was in consequence
adjourned sine die.—Scotsman.

✓
ARTISTS' AMATEUR TILEATRICALS.—It has been
decided upon that a body of artists should perform at
St. James's Theatre, on Tuesday week, in aid of the funds of
the " Artists' General Benevolent Institution," a society
formed for the purpose of dispensing aid to the distressed ar•
tists generally.
THE FUNERAL OF MR. ISAAC COHEN.—The
funeral of this gentleman was attended by a great number
of his former friends. It is stated that he has left, by his
will, 15,000/. to the yarious charities in the metropolis;
3,000/. to the Jewish school, and 3,000/. to the Synagogue to
which he immediately belonged. .

The Bishop of Lichfield has consented to ordain
such pious laymen as shall have laboured two years satisfac-
torily in the capacity of district visitor or scripture reader,
under the direction of an incumbent of a parish. The Bishop
of Winchester, it is said, has adopted a similar plan.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.—The annual
ball, appointed to take place on. Wednesday next, for the
benefit of this Institution, will, it is confidently anticipated,
be numerously and brilliantly Attended. The Lord Mayor
and the Lady Mayoress, together with the Sheriffs and their
ladies, have had invitations transmitted to them. His
Lordship has honoured the Gov ernor and Committee with an
answer, regretting that a prior: engagement will prevent his
attendance and that of the Lady Mayoress. The arrange-
ments being made by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, the pro-
prietors of the London Tavern, for the comfort of the com-
pany, are of the most complete description, and cannot fail
to afford the patrons of the Institution a fitting opportunity
for the enjoyment of. an everting of pleasurable recreation
in aid of the cause of philanthropy.—Advertiser.

.•.
FOREIGN SuTs.--:-The folio'wing notice has been
posted at the lobbies of the Custom-house, in Thames-street,
and at the several dock establishments, and other places of
commercial traffic on the banks of the river, and copies fur-
nished to the principal officers of the revenue at all the out-
ports of the kingdom, with directions to cause the same to
be posted in and about the Custom-house and other conspi-
cuous places in their respective ports, for the information
and future government of importers and all parties con-
cerned :—" Custom-house, London, January, 1846. Whereas,
a difference prevails at certain poets in the United King-
dom in the mode of admeasurin foreign nuts on importa-
tion, and it has been deemed expedient that one uniform
mode of admeasurement of suc h nuts should be established,
the Commissioners of her Maje: sty's Customs do hereby give
notice, that from and after the Ist day of March next, all
foreign nuts imported in bulk will be required to be measured
either by the imperial bushel, heaped to a cone, or by a barrel
containing three of such coned bushels only. By order of the
Commissioners. (Signed) "C. SEWELL, Secretary."
SERIOUS POACHING AFFILA.Y.—A man, named Day,
was on Tuesday committed by the magistrates of Worcester,
charged with dangerously assaulting William Mann, one of
Lord Sandy's gamekeepers, at Ombersley. The keeper de-
tected Day and two companim is setting snares on the Bth of
November last, and when they saw him watching them they
commenced an attack with thi ck sticks, and left Mann lying
senseless in the wood, with severe wounds on his head. One
of the men has been since convicted of felony, and is now
undergoing imprisonment, and wiaen his term of punishment
ends he will also be tried for the mu: derous assault.
DISASTROUS FIRE.—One 0,1 the finest collections of
historical portraits in France, that of the Marquis de Bien-
court, has just been partly destroyed by a fire, which broke
out in his hotel, Rue de Champs-Elysées. It would appear
to have originated in his study, and to have communicated
to the bed-room and the library_ The latter suffered consi-
derably. Some fine autograph':otters were saved, but a great
part of the pictures were destroyed. Amongst them was a
portrait of Michael Angelo, / sainted by himself; one of
Erasmus, painted by Holbien ; several Mignarda ; three fine
Philip de sainted by ilolbien; several Miguards; three fine
Philip de hampaignes ; Louis XIV. on horseback by Van-
dertneulen ; and portaits of /11 :oliere, Racine, and Boileau,
painted in their own time. Th ere were also other pictures of
value :—A Young Girl, by Grease ; a Holy Family, by Mig-
nerd ; Two Interiors, by Bourbon; several pictures by Brau-
wer, &c. Fortunately about 21)0 pictures were saved.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE FROI WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.

—On Saturday morning, as a imari named Dadd was passing
along the steam-boat pier at Westminster- bridge, he disco-
vered the body of a man lying in the mud near the second
arch of the bridge. Having obtained assistance, the body
was got ashora, and taken to the-vaults of St. John's Church,
Waterloo-road. Upon making an inspection of the body,
Mr. Anderson, the Coroner's oflicer, found that the throat of
the unfortunate individual had been previously cut, thereby
leaving little doubt that he had, on some former occasion,
made an attempt upon his life. 'Nothing whatever was found
upon his person to lead to his identity, unless it was a red
scarf he had round his throat.
EXAMINATION OF ARTICLED CLERKS.--ThiS exa-
mination will take place on Thursday, the 22d inst., and the
Master of the Rolls has appointed Wednesday, the 28th inst.,
to swear in and admit the candidates on the roll of solicitors.
By new arrangements the examiners' certificates will be de-
livered on the 24th, consequently there will be several days
to obtain the judges' fiats, and perfect the common law ad-
missions.
THE GLASS DUTIES.—The • Customs authorities,
having had under consideration their minute of July last,
directing that flint cut-glass, flint coloured glass, and fancy
ornamental glass, liable to the higher rate of duty, should be
passed by the officers of the reventue upon importation into
this country, on a partial examination of the packages only,
and being of opinion, with reference to the reduced rate of
duty on the article oiglass generally, that all glass manufac-
tures may be so passed upon a. partial examination only,
under the following circumstances, viz. :—That the warrant
or entry be endorsed with the full particulars of the goods ;
that the whole of the packages, except when entered by bill of
sight or sight entry, be weighed gross or net, as the officers
or the merchant may see fit ; the tin all cases one or more
packages to be selected by the officers, with reference to the
number entered, of each description, be unpacked and fully
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5, now amount to
about 130/. ; independently of tit hick a number of subscrip-
tions have been promised, but not yet received, which it is
supposed will, when paid in, increase the amount to upwards
of 2001.
A BURGLAR DISGUISED AS A BEGGAR.—The Go-
vernment Police Gazette of Sat irday, contains the account
of an individual who, having be en found by the police beg-
ging in the streets of Lincoln, 'was taken into custody, and
upon searching him in the ritual way, there were found
concealed about his person a valuable silver watch, two
guard-chains, a brace of pistols, loaded, a large spike gimlet,
a tin box, containing lucifer matches, candles, &c., and some
pawnbrokers' tickets, relating to property which there is
little doubt is the produce of burglaries or highway Ob-
beries, committed in various puts of the country. He is
described as being about five feat seven inches high, fair com-
plexion, and small sandy whiskers. On his being conveyed
before a magistrate, he was committed for one month as a
vagrant.
THE QUARTER OF A miLLio.
Esti.. M.P. for this city, has directed his name to be entered
in the Carlisle subscription to the Anti-Corn-law League
Fund of a quarter of a million, for the sum of 300/.—Carlisle
Journal.

RE SUN LONDON, MONDAY VTIiN

dols. to 655 dols. ; Benares, 610 dols. to 615 dols., cash rates;
Mahra 760 dols. to 777 dots. Exchange on Bengal scarce,
ttaiited at 224. PI-tights hart declinedj shipping being
plentiful.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Calcutta Overland Price Current.)
The brisk demand for most of our staple products, as no-
ticed in our last, has continued, and (for the season) an un-
usually large business has been done at, in almost every in-
stance, full prices. In imports generally we have no im-
provement to notice, although one or two staples have slightly
advanced in value, as will be seen by reference to the an-
nexed remarks. Exchange has advanced a trifle, owing to
shippers having forced their bills on the market before re-
mitters were prepared to operate ; within the last few days,
however, the tendency has again been downwards, and the
rate for good paper is now about a farthing above that
quoted in our last. The unusually heavy shipments of dead
weight sent fuward in November (ups ards of 50 per cent. in
excess of those in November 1844), caused a great demand
for tonnage, and arrivals being light, rates have been gra-
dually advancing, and are now about 15s. above those cur-
rent on the 19th ultimo, with a probability of a further rise
in the event of the mail now due bringing favourable ac-
counts of the home markets, the greater portion of the vessels
here having their cargoes already engaged.
TCIE BOMBAY MARKET.
(From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.)
BOMBAY, DEC. 15, 1845.—F0r some days after the depar-
ture of the last overland mail there was but little alteration
in the state of the market for British imports, but the scar-
city of money, which bad previously manifested itself, then
began to increase, and in a short time was so widely and
generally felt as to oxereise a most prejudicial effect upon
every branch of trade. The banks raised their rates of dis-
count on private bills to 9 and 10 per cent. for draughts at
three and four months, anti every description of pecuniary
accommodation became most difficult to procure. Influenced
by these circumstances, added to the desire of parties to avail
themselves of the improved rate of exchange, many large
holders of goods—particularly cotton manufactures—came
into the market and pressed sales, by which means some de-
cline in prices took place on such transactions as they were
able to effect. The rate of exchange on England, which
closed at Is. 1114 d. for the last mail, has risen to 2s. 014 d.,
and few purchasers of bills are now to be found even at this
high figure. The extraordinary scarcity is attributed to the
non-arrival of bullion from China in ment for opium shipped
thither, bills on this place and England having been sent
round in lieu of the usual supply of Sycee silver; and also to
the payments of cash on account of the heavy arrivals of
opium from Malwa, pressed forward at an unusually early
period in consequence of the late Act increasing the duty 100
rupees per chest.

EASTERN PRODUCE.
Cotton—The transactions in this staple since our last have
been very limited, and principally for exportation to China ;
prices, though somewhat reduced, being still too high, in the
present state of the money market, to induce shipments, to
any extent, to Great Britain. No very material decline can
be expected in the present rates, inasmuch as it is known
that the next crop will prove a short one.
Wool—Some changes will be noticed in our quotations, but
these are rather attributable to the ♦ariableness of the quali-
ties at market than to any actual fall in the value of the
article. The present stock is not great, there being no cutch
available, and not more in all than 500 or 600 candies of the
other descriptions.
Coffee—Malabar is about half a rupee per maund cheaper
than before.
Gums—Animi has risen to the extent of about sr. per
cwt., while Olibanum and Arabic are without change.
Hemp—There has been a general decline in the prices of
this article.

Ginger is sr. per candy higher than last month.
Opium wholly unchanged in value.
Silk—All varieties, save Bengal, are cheaper than before.
Freights—There have been numerous arrivals within the
last week, and the demand for tonnage being extremely li-
mited, a further reduction has taken place in the rates of
freight to Great Britain, which may now be quoted at 31. to
London, and 21. 17s. 6d. to 3/. to Liverpool. There is no ves-
sel loading for the Clyde. We slay quote freight to China
at 15r. per candy—the same as on the departure of the last
mail.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRA/CEAN SQUADRON.

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JANUARY 12.—1 n Malta Harbour—The Hibernie, 120,
Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart.. G.C.8., the Commander-
R
in-Chief; Ceylon, 42, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., second in command and
Superintendent of Malta dockyard ; Amazon, 26, Captain
J. J. Stopford ; Beacon surveying-vessel, Commander T.
Graves ; Bonetta surveying-vessel, Commander G. G. Oteray,
Locust steamer, Lieutenant Eden ; and Wee Pet Steam-tug,
M. Duncan.
__ _

At Gibraltar—The Flamer steam-sloop, Lieut. C. J. Postle ;
the Fantome, 16, Commander Sir F. W. E. Nicholson, Bart.
At Corfu—The Orestes, 18, Commander E. St. L. Cannon ;
Jackall steamer, Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pascoe.
At the Piraeus of Athens—The Tyne, 28, Captain W. N.
Glascock, and the Bloodhound steamer, Lieut. R. Phillips.
At Smyrna—The Siren, 16, Commander H. E. Edgell.
At Constantinople—The Hecla war-steamer, Commander
J. Duffill. . _

At Beyrout--The Warspite, 50, Capt. P. W. P. Wallis;
the Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. H. Fremantle.
En route from Malta to th• lonian Islands, the Spitfire,
steam-sloop, Lieut. J. A. Macdonald.
En route to Gibraltar, Meteor steamer, Lieut. G. Battler.

MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.

At Malta, the Sydenham, Lieut. D. R. B. Mapleton; and
Volcano, Lieut. Crang.
At Marseilles—Acheron, Lieut. B. Aplin.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANT'S

FLOTILLA.

En route from Malta to Southampton and Gibraltar, the
Duke of Cornwall.

At Southampton, the Great LiverpooL
En route to Malta from Southampton, the Achilles.
At Malta, the Iberia and Oriental.
En route to Malta from Constantinople, the Tagus.

FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR IN PORT.
French steamer Leonidas; Russian corvette Menelaus;
Tunis brig Hattab ; Anglo-Maltese Scotia.

ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 8.

The Bentinck arrived at Suez on Sunday night, the 4th
inst., at eleven o'clock, from Calcutta, with 46 passengers,
20 of whom are booked for England by the Oriental. Mails
reached Alexandria at five o'clock P.M. on the 7th inst., and
passengers this morning at half-past six o'clock.
Here in Egypt nothing new has occurred since the de-
parture of the last mail, the French steamer Osiris, which
ought to have left on the 30th ult., and has been detained
till this day, on account of the heavy repairs she was obliged
to undergo. Mehemet Ali had ordered a Council to be held
at Cairo to take into consideration the future administration
of the transit affairs ; and, according to the letters received
from Cairo, it seems the Council had determined to place
Abbas Pasha at the head of the transit affairs; and as
Managing Director, Rouchdy Effendi, lately returned from
England, where he had been sent by his patron, General
Edhem Bey, for his education, and to study civil engineering
The general opinion is, that the duration of these new ar-
rangements will be very short, perhaps they may never
really take place. A change of some sort is however very
desirable, or, at least, that the existing managers should
improve their stock and. conveyances., particularly their
steamers on the Nile.