The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1846.

THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES).

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O'CLOCK.
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CLOSING
PRICES.
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" In the old country, from the crowded state of many
of the trades and professions, competition makes it diffi-
cult for a new beginner to succeed ; business will, no
doubt, be considerably depressed until the corn-law
question is settled : the farmers will be for a time panic-
struck, and have as little work done as pof Bible ; but
this will right itself in the course of a short time.

" As to the advisibility of persons coming out to this
country, it entirely depends upon circumstances : I
believe this to be a locality in which, in point of money,
few men get rich ; but it is certainly one in which no
industrious sober man need fear to obtain a livelihood :
nevertheless, I speak from experience when I say, let
all those who have a comfortable home, and acquire a
good living, with a reasonable prospect of continuing to
do so, be content to remain where they are. It is a
very easy thing to break up a home, but often difficult
to establish a better : early associations never fail to
crowd upon us : we often think of our old and far distant
home, and more, much more than all, of those kind
and dear friends from whom we are separated perhaps
for ever.

The class of persons to whom this country offers the
most decided advantages is the one whose early life has
been devoted to the cultivation of land : the young agri-
cultural labourer in England, though he be ever so in-
dustrious and frugal, if he marries and has a family,
with all his striving, can scarcely keep himself above
pauperism ; he could manage a little land, but that is
not to be got ; and it is a thousand to one if ever he gets
to occupy an acre. He must work, always work, for a
master, and think himself fortunate that he can be so
employed : he must sometimes submit to the most de-
grading servility, and be studiously careful not to offend
even by accident: in short, he must be the patient drudge
toiling on through life with scarcely a hope of bettering his
condition. Here the case is widely different; if em-
ployed as a labourer, his employer treats him as an
equal ; he always takes his meals at the same table
with his master, and is treated with respect and-cour-
tesy ; his wages too he can spend more to the advantage
of his family, and as soon as he wishes to commence
farming on his own account he finds but little diffi-
culty respecting land, for he can get here, at a low rent,
as much he wishes; or if he be able to purchase, he has
plenty of choice : he may thus acquire a good living,
with something more in time, besides having the plea-
sure of seeing a good piospect for his children around
him.

" With respect to the expense incurred in coming out
here, it is difficult to say what it amounts to; much de-
pends upon the distance the emigrant may have to travel
in the country after he has crossed the ocean: unex-
pected delays will sometimes occur, which occasion much
trouble, expense, and vexation. I think the cost from
first to last might be set down at about ten pounds per
individual ; for though it cost me considerably more, I
have no doubt there are some who perform the journey
for less.

" The natural productions of this climate in the way
of wild fruit are the vine, which flourishes here in the
greatest luxuriance, bearing grapes of excellent flavour :
wild plums are also found in the woods. lam sorry to
add that currants and gooseberries do not thrive well
here: the summer I think is too hot for them."

THE CORN-LAWS.
PROTEST AGAINST THE THIRD READING OF A
BILL "TO AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO
THE IMPORTATION OF CORN."
DISSENTIENT,
Because the Bill for repealing the corn-laws is not ac-
companied, as in justice it ought to have been, by the follow-
measures, viz. :--,

• - 1. The entire and immediate repeal of all the taxes which
fall directly upon land—the land tax, the malt tax, and the
hop duty.

2. The equalisation of all the rates of which the occupiers
of land bear at present an unfair and undue proportion—the
poor rates, the highway rates, and the county rates.
3. An alteration of the Tithe Commutation Act, which
can no longer be just or applicable.
4. A legislative enactment authorising all persons who
hold leases of land for unexpired terms of years to surrender
them on giving six months' notice before any of the usual
days of payment.
5. A legislative enactment directing the payment stipu-
lated in every contract to be reduced according to the pro-
portion which the average price of wheat, at the time of
making such payment, bears to its average price at the time
that such contract was formed, so that such payment may be
of the same value as was originally intended and agreed to
by the parties.
6. A legislative enactment authorising the cultivation of
tobacco, and the preparation of sugar from beetroot or other
vegetables, and exempting the said tobacco and sugar from
the payment of any duty.
7. The entire and immediate repeal of those taxes which
aro imposed upon articles of general consumption, of the
Excise duty on soap, and of the Customs' duties on sugar
and coffee, the produce of British colonies, and on those sorts
of tea and tobacco which are used by the labouring classes.
STANHOPE.
HASTINGS.
MALMESBURY.
RICHMOND, for the first six reasons.
PENSHURST, for the third reason.
BEAUFORT, for the first three reasons.
MANSFIELD, for the first three reasons.
SELKIRK, for the second reason.
GRANTLEY, for the second reason.
BRODERICK, for the first three reasons.
CROFTON, for the first two and sixth.
DE FRESNE, for the first two and sixth.
CLANCARTY, for the first two and sixth.
TANKERVILLE.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 27, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities
of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland unto the Right liononiable Lord
Francis Egerton, and the heirs male of his body law-
fully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Vis-
count Brackley, of Brackley, in the county of North-
ampton,
and Earl of Ellesmere„ of Ellesmere, in the
county of Salop.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed ander the Great Seal, granting the dignity
of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland to the following gentlemen, and the re-
spective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten,
viz. :—The Right Hon. Thomas Frankland Lewis, of
Harpton-court, in the county of Radnor ; John Somer-
set Pakington, of Westwood-park in the county
Worcester, Esq. ; John Gladstone, of Fasque and
Balfour, in the county of Kincardine, Esq. ;
James Weir Hogg, of Upper Grosvenor-street, in the
county of Middlesex, Esq. ; William Feilden, of Fenis-
cowles, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq.; Wil-
liam Verner, of Verner's-bridge, in the county of Ar-
magh, and of Inismagh, in the county of Tyrone, Esq. ;
and Sir Moses Montefiore, of East Cliff-lodge, in the
Isle of Thanet, and county of Kent, Knight.
:WHITEHALL, JUNE 27.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto William
Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton Douglas, Esq.
(commonly called Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale),
the office of Knight Marishall of Scotland, in the room
of William George Earl of Erroll, deceased.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 27.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John
Brownrigge Collisson, 8.A., to the vicarage of Saint
Michael, in the city of Coventry and diocese of Wor-
cester, void by the death of the Rev. Robert Simson.
The Queen has been pleased to ;present the Reverend
Duncan Campbell to the church and parish of North
Knapdale, in the presbytery of Inverary and county of
Argyll, vacant by the death of the Reverend Donald
M'Lachlan, late minister thereof.

The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
John M'lvor to the church and parish of Small Isles,
in the presbytery of Skye and country of Inverness,
vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Henry Beat-
son, late minister thereof, to the church and parish of
Barra.

DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-Gen.
Sir Patrick Ross, K.G.C. St. M. and St. G., to be Go.
vornor of St. Helena.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William
Thomas Denison, Esq., Captain in the Corps of Royal
Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Governor of Van Dieman's
Land.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Hon,
F. W. A. Bruce to be Lieut.-Governor of Newfoundland,

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Murrell
Robinson Robinson, Esq., to be Second Assistant Sur-
veyor for the colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Daniel
H. 0. Gordon, Esq., to be Chief Justice for the Virgin
Islands.

Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Sin-
clair Bryan, Esq., to be Treasurer for the said Islands.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the following
officers, in her Majesty's service, and in the service of the
East India Company, to be Companions of the Most Hon.
Military Order of the Bath :
Lieut.-Col. H. S. Phillips, 53d Foot.
Lieut.-Col. T. H. Franks, 10th Foot.
Lieut -Col. G. L. Davis, 9th Foot ; and
Lieut.-Col. J. it. Smyth, 16th Lancers.
Lieut.-Col. C. Godby, 36th Bengal Native Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. C. D. Wilkinson, 63d Bengal Native Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. R. A. Stedman, Ist Bengal Cavalry.
Brevet Lieut.-Col. N. Penny, 69th Bengal Native Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. J. A. Thompson, 59th Bengal Native Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. H. J. Wood, Bengal Artillery.
Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. Alexander, Bengal Artillery.
Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. Nash, 43d Bengal Light Infantry.
Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. I'. Lane, Bengal Artillery.
Brevet Lieut.-Col. H. M. Lawrence, Bengal Artillery.
Brevet Lieut.-Col. F. Abbott, Bengal Engineers.
Brevet Lieut.-Col. G. S. Laurenson, Bengal Artillery; and
Major H. Forster, Commanding the Shekawattee Brigade.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 26. _ _

The Queen -has been pleased to approve of Don Pedro
Degola y Ravara, as Consul at Malta for her Majesty the
Queen of Spain.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 26.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major
A. W. Hope to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sandilands, re-
tired on full pay; Second Captain W. B. Young to be Cap-
tain, vice Hope ; First Lieut. E. W. Rodwell, to be Second
Captain, vice Young; Second Lieut. J. L. Bolton to be First
Lieutenant, vice Rodwell, June 23
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 26.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant. Colonel E. Matson,
to be Assistant Adjutant. General, June 15.
Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners—Brevet Major J.
Lynn, Royal Engineers, to be Adjutant, vice Whitmore, pro-
moted, June 18.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 27.
Corps of Royal Engineers—First-Lieutenant R. M. Laffan
to be Second-Captain, vice' Ford, deceased ; Second-Lieu-
tenant J. 11. Smith to be First-Lieutenant, vice Laffan,
May 1.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 29.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet Colonel W. G. Power
:o be Colonel, vice Trelawney, deceased, May 4; Brevet
Major J. L. Smith to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Power;
Brevet Major W. IL Askwith to be Captain, vice Smith;
First Lieutenant S. D. Broughton to be Second Captain, vice
Askwith ; Second Lieutenant J. R. Lugg to be First
Lieutenant, vice Broughton, June 23.
ADMIRALTY, JUNE 23.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of
Yorkshire.

First Regiment of West York -Blilitia-.J. S. B. Wham-

cliffe to be Colonel Commandant, vice R. F. Wilson, who
retires, June 23.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
First Somerset Regiment of Militia—Adjutant W. S. Cook
to serve with the rank of Captain, June 18.
Second Somerset Regiment of Militia—Adjutant A. J.
Macpherson to serve with the rank of Captain, June 18.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire.
East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—J. M. Balfour, Esq., to
be Captain Commandant; J. W. Hunter, Esq., to be Captain ;
T. S. M. Innes, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; W. Sandilands,
Gent., to be Lieutenant; H. M. Davidson, Gent., to be
Cornet; C. Balfour, Gent., to be Cornet.

WHITEHALL, JUNE 27.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Sweet, of the
city of Bristol, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.

George Hornsby, builder, Lesbury, Northamptonshire.
BANKRUPTS.

Joseph Wood, plumber, Luton, Bedfordshire, to surrender
July 10, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 14, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane
Cornhill ; Taylor, Finsbury-circus, London.
William Molyneux, innkeeper, Sandwich, Kent, July 14,
at three, and August 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry ; Hall, Moarilyan, and Rowsell, Verulam-buildings,
Gray's Inn ; Lee and Tapley, Sandwich, Kent.
William Henry Hounsfield, draper, Cardiff, July 10, and
Aug. 18, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman
official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan, Bristol.
Thomas Dolphin Weaver, ship-broker, Liverpool, July 15,
and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Wilkin, Furnival's Inn ;
Brown, Liverpool.
Joseph Clerk, innkeeper, Plymouth, July 16 and August 6,
at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official as-
signee, Paul-street, Exeter; Elworthv, Plymouth; Surr and
Gribble, Lombard-street, London ; Stogdon, Exeter.
William Jane Geach, auctioneer, Cornwall, July 16 and
August 6, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernamann,
official assignee, Exeter ; Commins and Son, Bodmin ;
Stogdon, Exeter; Smiths, Southampton-buildings, London.
James Waterhouse and Robert Sutton, calico printers,
Salford, Lancashire, July 14, and Aug. 5, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Man-
chester; Claye, Thompson, and Welsh, Manchester; Gre-
gory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London.
Robert M'Kim, merchant, Bombay, July 17, and August
6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official assignee, Manchester ; Abbott, Charlotte-street;
Saunders and Atkinson, Manchester.
Jane Wright, licensed victualler, Manchester, July 18 and
Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hob-
son, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, San, and
Weatherall, Temple, London ; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tids-
well, Manchester.

Jonn Astley, fustian manufacturer, Manchester, July 15,
and 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob-
son, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Wea-
therall, Temple, London ; Dearden, Manchester.
George Bury, surgeon-dentist, Handsworth, Staffordshire,
July 9, and Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram
and Knowles, Birmingham; Smith and Co., Bedford-row,
London.

James Evans, cattle dealer, Haywood Lodge Hereford-
shire, July 11 and August 5, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Gwillim, Hereford; Suckling, Birmingham.
Isaac Sansome, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry, July 9 and
Aug. 15, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Troughton and
Lea, Coventry; Austen and Co., Gray's Inn.
Trytle Joel, jeweller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 7, at
half-past ten, and Aug. 25, at half-past one, at the New-
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Crosby and Compton, Church-court,
Old Jewry; Hodge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Thomas Melton, victualler, Lincoln, July 15, and Aug. 5,
at eleven, at the Guildhall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Kynaston,
official assignee, Hull ; Rushworths, Staple Inn, London ;
Sanderson, Leeds.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMOIV PLEAS, June 30.
(Sittings after Term at Nisi Prius, in London, before Mr.
Justice MILE and Common .Juries.)
BAKER AND ANOTHER 7/, PLASKETT.
In this case Mr. Sergeant Ryles and. Mr. Unthanke ap-
peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Whitehurst and Mr. Ser-
geant Dowling for the defendant.
The action was brought by the plaintiffs, who are share-
brokers in London, to recover from the defendant, who is an
attorney residing at Gainsborough, the sum of 1,0651. 12s. 6d.,
being the full value of 550 shares in the East Indian Railway
Company, together with the plaintiffs' commission as a broker
for purchasing the same.
It appeared on the part of the plaintiffs, that, in December,
1845, the defendant employed a person named Stark to pur-
chase for him from 500 to 750 East India Railway shares,
which Stark undertook to do, and to deliver on the 30th or
the 31st of December, 1845, to be settled for on the 15th of
Jaauary, 1846, and Stark purchased 550 shares in pursuance
of this arrangement from the plaintiffs; and the plaintiffs,
on learning that the defendant was Stark's principal, wrote
to him in March for payment. The defendant, however.
denied that he ever gave Stark authority to pay for the
shares, or that he had constituted him his agent to that ex-
tent, but only that as a broker he was to buy the shares for
him.

For the defendant it was contended that Stark was in-
debted to the defendant in a large sum for some Preston and
'Pyre shares, and that in liquidation of his claim he was to
obtain for the defendant these East India Railway shares;
and that he was employed merely as a broker. It was also
contended that the company came into existence before the
Ist of November, 1844, at which date the Joint-stock Com-
panies Act came into operation, and that the shares could
not, therefore, be legally sold.
His LORDSHIP left it to the jury to determine whether
the contract declared upon was proved by the evidence, and
whether the company was established before the Ist of No-
vember, 1844. If so, they would find for the plaintiffs.
Thejury found a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages 1,000/.,
the value of the shares ; and 311. ss. brokerage.