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London, England, 1846-10-02 00:00:00

last, and which is intended to extend to all Captains of tha
Royal Navy of seniority prior to 1827, who shall be
fifty-five years of age (and in particular cases above
the age of fifty), notice of which was only communi-
cated to the several officers by letter, dated the 7th of
September, may not have reached such officers as are resid-
ing abroad (or at a distance) sufficiently early for their
replies to have been received, their Lordships have deter-
mined to extend the time for officers sending in their names
until the Ist November next, it being understood that the
list will be closed on that day, and that the retired pay will
commence from the Ist of October, as originally intended.
WHITEHALL, SErr. 12.
The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, lint., Lord Chief
Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has ap-
Ypointed Chaistopher John Geldard, of Settle, in the county of
ork, Gent., 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 substitution of more simple
modes of assurance, in and for the West Riding of the county
of York.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
John Scott Hunter Williams, Surgeon, Gloucester.
BANKRUPTS.

Peter Foot, licensed victualler, Bermondsey, to surrender
Oct. 9, at eleven, and Nov. 13, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Pollock, Essex-street, Strand.

Frederick Brain, ivory-cutter, Thomas-street, Stamford-
street, Blackfriars road, Oct. 13, at half-past twelve, and
Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official ,assignee,, Basinghall-street ; Southee, Ely-place,
Holborn.

Stephen Unw;n, Fisher tinwin, and Stephen tinwin, wool-
staplers, Cogge.hall, Essex, Oct. 14, at one, and Nov. 19, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings, City ; Bigg and Co., Sauthampton-
buildings, Holborn.
Charles Jungmichel, merchant, Austin-friars, Oct. 14, at
two, and Nov. 12, at one, •at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee ; Buchanan, Basinghall- street.
John Howard and William Lee, brickmakers, South-
ampton, Oct. 1% and Nov. 17, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Philpot,
Southampton-street, Bloomsbury ; Faulkner, Chester.
John Bloor, common brewer, Tutbury, Staffordshire, Oct.
10 and Nov. 4, at one, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Mozeley, Derby ;
Reece, Birmingham.
Michael Wilson Osborne, grocer, Coventry, Oct. 13 and
Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bit-
tleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Wright, London-
street, Fenchurch-street.

John Gillender, ironmonger, Sunderland, Oct. 9 and Nov.
18, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Clowes,
Wedlake, and Clowes, Temple, London; Price, Deakin, and
Dent, Volverhampton ; Kidson, Sunderland.
John Aplin Howe, umbrella manufacturer, Bristol, Oct.
19 and Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, Bristol.
William Coulter, grocer, Birkenhead, Oct. 13 and Nov.
10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old
Jewry-chambers, London; Pemberton, Cable-street, Liver-
pool.
John Pownall, innkeeper, Union-street, Manchester, Oct.
15 and Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, George. street, Manchester; Messrs.
Sharp, Verulani-buildings, Gray's-inn ; Rowley and Taylor,
Manchester.

John Bramall, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oct. 13, and
Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser,
official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall,
Temple ; Taylor, Manchester.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro-
duce of the British poisessions in America, computed from
the returns made in the week ending September 29, 1846, is
31s. Bd. per cwt.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of October 2.)

SUGAR.—To-day the market presented a very heavy ap.
pearance for all grey, brown, and common yellow kinds of
West India Sugar, and rather lower rates were taken, mak-
ing the fall for the week is per cwt; bur bright grocery sorts
were sold to a fair extent and fetched prices equal to those
of Friday last, but not above. Holders of all interior Sugars,
both Colonial and Foreign are anxious sellers.
REFINED.—To-day the demand was limited for Refined
goods for home consumption ; the value of brown lumps ac-
cording to quality is 62s to 63s 6d, and standard lumps file
to 64s 6d per cwt. There are sellers of Bonded Crushed
Sugar at 33s 3d for first quality, but there are few buyers to
be met with.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauritius
Sugar offered at auction was large and amounted to 10,114
bags, good and fine yellow sorts met with attention and
brought full rates, but other kinds went off heavily, grey
and the low and middling kinds of yellow at a fall of Is, and
on brown sorts the decline was Is 6d to 2s per cwt—nearly
the whole, however, sold.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon two parcels of white Bengal
Sugar, amounting to 3,134 bags were offered at auction, and
sold at about the former value, viz. Benares, fine white at
54s to 565, good 52s 6d to 53, middling .50s 6d to 51s 6d,
low 50s, damp and washed 47s to 53s per cwt. On Tuesday
2,800 bags will be offered at auction.
FOREIGN.—This afternoon at public sale 30 cases 1,592
bags of Pernambuco Sugar, duty paid, were offered, and taken
in at the former value, middling yellow at 45s to 465, low
43s 6d, good and fine brown 42s to 42s 6d, middling 41s,
and washed 435. Privately little business was done in any
sort.

COFFER.—This afternoon there was no public sale of
Coffee, but 3,400 bags of Ceylon, 166 casks 20 barrels of Ja-
maica are declared. By private treaty there was little
business done in any sort, but good ordinary pale Native
Ceylon was not to be obtained tinder 398 per cwt.
Tna.—Holders of Congou are unwilling to further reduce
their prices, although the trade act with caution, and do
not take moro than their wants compel them. Pouchong is
wanted, and the supply being small, holders are enabled to
obtain gel to bid for low to middling, and 7d to 10d for
good to fine. Twankay has met with little attention.
For Scented Orange Pekoe there are not many buyers
although good to fine can be obtained at 18 9d,
to 2s, and plain at 9d to 10d. Of Hyson several parcels have
been sold in consequence of merchants further reducing their
prices. In Gunpowder there has been little passing, and
prices are lowering. For Imperial the market has a dull ap-
pearance. The consumption is going on satisfactorily, and
the trade in town or country are not over supplied, but the
stock hel: by importers is immense, and far exceeds that of
last year. Merchants are complaining of the loss they ex-
perience on the importation of the common kinds of black and
green Tea.
FRUIT.—This afternoon at public sale 260 boxes of new
damaged Valentia Raisins were sold at 39s to 43s 6d; 50
boxes 170 half ditto of old sound sold at 30s; 1,328 boxes
1,094 hf do new Muscatels in layers 525, damaged at 42s to
49s ;190 Loxes of New Jordon Almonds, taken in at 8/15s to
91 for sound, and the damaged at 8/; 248 pkgs of new Patras
Currants, sound nearly all taken in, butts 565, Carateels 575,
but damaged sold at 53s to 555; 1,970 pkgs Imperial French
Plums were all withdrawn; 90 pkgs of Prunes taken in half
brls at 30s, 14 and &r:: ditto 325.
SPICES.—For Nutmegs the demand has been less active,
and the market having been more freely supplied, prices
have slightly given way. Mace is still wanted, and nearly
fetch late rates; 36 chests at auction were sold. Pimento
has been in excellent request. Black Pepper is not offered
at any further decline, and the market has been less freely
supplied • but there has been only a limited business
transacted privately. Several parties are surprised that the
demand is not brisker, as prices are low compared
with those of former seasons, and the stock not large. White
has met with little attention, and prices continue to rule low.
Cassia Lignea is wanted, and in consequence of the small
supply prices are rising. Cloves have been sparingly
dealt i.t, but lower rates are not taken. For Jamaica
Ginger prices ruling low occasions the demand to be
good, and the parcels disposed of were at rather
higher rates; the better qualities being the most in request.
East India and African bronght stiffer rates, and a fair
sineas has been transacted privately. Cinnamon is wanted,
and privately several parcels have been sold at prices 2d to
4d per pound above those of the last quarterly sales; the
improvement being more apparent on the better sorts.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—lmporters of all descrip-
tions of Jamaica Rum have been desirous to realise this
week, but submitting to a reduction on former rates of 2kl
per gallon occasioned a large demand for nll sorts ; the
quantity sold amounting to 650 puns. Calcutta has
been in excellent request, and prices are firmer. Fur
Leeward Island the market has a dull appearance,
and only small parcels have been sold at 2s 2d
to 2s 3d proof strength. Demerara has met with little at-
tention, and 3s to 3s 3d is the value of strong qualities. The
arrivals of West India Rum have been extensive this week.
Holders of Brandy evince firmness, and insist upon fell rates,
but the demand has been less active ; the deliveries are,
however, going on largely. In Geneva several sales for ex-
portation have been made. In Corn Spirits an extensive
business has been done, and prices are very firm ; speculators
are operating. In English Gin a good business has been
transacted.

CueuA.—The demand has fallen oil for West India; and
the market having been more liberally supplied, a decline in
prices of Is to 2d per cwt has taken place. Of Grenada 499
bags were offered at auction, and a part only sold. Foreign
has met with little attention.

SAGO is wanted, but at present no advance in the value
has taken place. For Tapioca prices remain low, and the
supply yet exceeds the demand.
MotAssks.—The value of West India is 21s to 245, but
there has been only a limited business transacted. Bally Khal
Treacle has been in good demand at 21s Gd to 225.
Rics.—Bengal is wanted, and in consequence of the small
supply at market, a further improvement in prices has taken
place, many parcels having been disposed of privately. At
auction the sound of 203 bags was taken in at 21s for good
white, but the damaged sold at 17s to 19s. There are buyers
under these rates, the consumption is going on satisfactorily.
Madras has been much sought after, and 16s to 17s 6d are
the rates offered, but the supply is scanty. There are
buyers of Java at 184 to 21s, but few parcels are to be had.
Cleaned has been largely dealt in. Spanish and Italian
white are wanted. Prices are expected to be much higher
for all sorts of Rice, owing to the large quantity that will be
required for many months.
SALTPETRE.—There are sellers of Rough by private con-
tract rather under previous rates, still few purchases have
been made by exporters and the home trade. On English
Refined the demand has been good at 29s 6d to 30s, but
there is more desire to sell thereat. Nifrate of Soda can be
obtained at 16s to IGs 6d per cwt, but little business has
been done.

Otis.—ln Seal Oil large purchases have been made this
week, principally by the home trade, and further advanced
rates are given. Holders evince much firmness, and some
will not sell at present prices; the stock not being heavy.
and the consumption going on satisfactorily. For
Cod redused rates having been taken occasioned the
demand to be brisker. No further advance has occurred in
the value of Southern, but the demand has been good, and
the supply at market is still small. In Sperm Oil a good
business has been transacted, but holders ere inclined to
realize, as there is a fair stock. The arrivals of Fish Oi;s
have increased since our last report. No further improve-
ment has taken place in the value of Linseed Oil, as there
is a large quantity being produced. Itape Seed Oil
has been in excellent demand, and prices have advanced.
There has been a good business transacted in Palm, and
prices rule firm. For Olive the market has a firm appear-
ance, large purchases have been made. In American Lard
Oil several sales have been made at 3G/ to 40/. There has
been no public sale of any kind of Oil.
TALww.—This afternoon at public sale 59 casks of New
South Wales sold, good and fine 43s 3d to 465, low and mid
40s to 42s 6d, very low soft 33s 9d; 14 casks of East India,
good and fine 47s Gd to 48s 9d; 29 casks of Cape 48s Gd to
49s 6d for good and fine ; 50 casks of first sort new Peters-
burgh yellow Candle 45s to 45s 3d : 230 casks of stranded
Petersburgh, town melted, 45s 9d to 465.
Hors.—Prices rulinglow, occasions the demand to be good ;
but there is a large quantity on offer, and a desire is mani-
fested to realise.

TußptorriNF.—prices continue rapidly to advance ; the
supply being small, and the demand extensive.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MANCHESTER, SEPT. 29.—The expected arrivals of
the Indian mail, which was to leave Bombay on Aug. 27,
and of the Britannia steamer, which would sail from Bos-
ton on the 16th instant, have tended to limit demand in
our market ; both sellers and buyers being anxious to
learn further intelligence of the condition and
prospects of the cotton crop, and of the state of commer-
cial affairs in India—where a considerable improvemer.t
is confidently expected. The amount of business done
was consequently limited ; but prices, both of goods and
yarns, are very firm ; and in some cases higher rates
than those current last week are demanded by spinners
and manufacturers.

ROCHDALE, SEPT. 28.—We have had a fair business
to-day, at prices much the same as those of the preced-
ing week. In the wool market there is very little
change, except, perhaps, that it is more difficult to buy
foreign wool at last week's prices.
AUDDEERSFIELD, SEPT. 29.—Our market to-day is
without animation; indeed, it may be said to be flatter
than last week. Some of the fancy cloth manufac-
turers have received orders, but not to the extent they
had reason to anticipate. Wools are much the same in
price, but sales cannot be made, although they are up in
the London markets. In the warehouses there is not
much doing.
LEEDS, SFPT. 29.—We have no better account to give
of our this day's market than of preceding ones. The
demand continues slack, and profits are very small on
all the business actually done.

Sir William Denison has left town to embark for
Van Diemen's Land, to assume the government of that
colony.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MA RYLEBONE.
Thomas Dell, a cab-driver, was charged with leaving
his cab unattended ; also with being drunk and assault-
ing police-constable Handley, 121 S.
The case was first brought before the magistrate a
few days ago, and it was then adjourned in order that
time should be afforded for producing witnesses on the
part of the defendant. Numerous cases have of late
been dismissed by magistrates at the various metropolitan
police-courts, upon the evidence given by policemen,
and it will be seen from the subjoined statement that
another case of perjury has been committed, in order to
ensure, if possible, a conviction.
Mr. Davies, solicitor, Princes-street, Leicester-square,
attended for the defendant.
Handley's evidence was to the effect that on the 24th
ult., at half-past nine in the evening, he saw a cab stand-
ing by the Jolly Gardeners, Crescent-street, Euston-
square, unattended, and he therefore laid hold of the
horse with the view of taking the vehicle away, when
defendant came up and struck him violently with his
badge. He was very drunk, and witness conveyed him
to the station-house.
In his cross-examination by Mr. Davies, witness ad-
mitted that it was 11 o'clock when he took defendant in
charge.

Another constable and sergeant were called, both
of whom deposed to the prisoner being the worse for
drink.

Mr. Forrest, an anatomical artist, residing at 33,
Southampton-street, Euston-square, stated that he got
into the cab in Drummond-street, accompanied by a
friend, and desired to be driven to Long-acre ;on the
way he and his friend alighted at the Jolly Gardeners,
Crescent-street, and while they were partaking of some
refreshment at the bar, his (witness's) attention was at-
tracted by a noise near the door. He went out, and saw
the policeman taking fast hold of the reins of the horse's
head; the defendant, who had been taken into custody,
did not inflict any blow whatever upon the officer, but
the latter shook him, without any occasion for so doing,
in a most violent and unwarrantable manner.
Mr. Phillipps corroborated the preceding evidence, and
it was quite clear from the replies which he and Mr.
Forrest made to questions put to them, that the cabman
was perfectly sober; he had taken up a fare at Steven's
Hotel, and had not set his party down at the railway
station more than five minutes when he was engaged by
Mr. Forrest.

Mr. Davis, addressing the magistrate, said, that from
the evidence brought forward, lie thought that enough
had been stated to justify a dismissal of the police-con-
stable's charge.
Mr. LONG expressed an opinion, after the evidence
which he had heard, that the defendant was not drunk,
as stated by the officers, and he (defendant) was there-
fore discharged.
,_ John Jones, a well-dressed young man, was placed at
the bar, charged with having indecently exposed himself
to a young woman, named Mary Ryles, servant to Mr.
Price, Gloucester Cottage, Upper Albany-street, Regent's
Park. The short facts of the case are these:—Com-
plainant was watering some flowers at the kitchen
window on the previous evening, when the prisoner
came up to the front of the house, and there committed
the offence imputed to him. She communicated what
bad taken place to her master, who pursued the prisoner,
and, after a hard run, succeeded is collaring him. He
was given into the custody of 292 S, and on the way to
the station-house, he said be went to the place for a
particular purpose, and ho had no intention of insulting
any one.
The prisoner denied the charge imputed to him, and
said that, having just left an adjacent mews, he was ad-
justing his dress, and, having done so, was going away,
when Mr. Price laid hold of him. He was quite inno-
cent of the offence alleged against him.
The MAGISTRATE, after putting one or two further
questions to the witnesses, came to the conclusion that
the charge had been satisfactorily substantiated, and
sentenced the prisoner to three months, with hard la-
bour, in the House of Correction.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Thomas Plummer, described as a bedstead maker, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Binghhm, charged with as-
saulting and wounding a poor woman named Mary Red-
ford, who appeared in Court with one of her eyes en-
tirely closed and bore numerous other evidences of most
brutal usage.
The complainant stated, that after struggling for a
long time, procuring a precarious subsistence by needle-
work, and enduring the greatest privation, she was at
length induced to accept the prisoner's overtures and
place herself under his protection, but had ever since
been subjected by him to a continued series of privation,
cruelty, and ill-treatment. On the preceding afternoon
he returned home in a state of partial intoxication, and.
not finding a hot dinner provided for him, although he
had not left her the means of procuring it, assailed her
with the foulest epithets, and seizing a poker, struck
her such a violent blow on the back of her head with
it that she instantly fell to the ground stunned and in-
sensible. On recovering her feet the prisoner again at-
tacked her, beating her about the head with his fists,
closing up one of her eyes as the magistrate then saw
her, a second time felled her to the ground, and re-
peatedly kicked her with such violence that nearly the
whole of her person was covered with bruins. Tier
screams at length attracted the attention of some of the
lodgers in the house, who rescued her from further ill-
usage, and carried her up to bed, in which she remained
for several hours unable to move, but at last succeeded
in making her way down stairs to the street-door, where
she waited until a policeman came up, into whose cus-
tody the prisoner was given.
In answer to the charge the prisoner said that he ac..
knowledged having struck the woman with the poker in
the manner she had described, but declared that he had
acted under feelings of the strongest provocation,
induced by the exciting language she had used towards
him.

Mr. BINGHAM characterised the case as one of the
worst of its kind that had ever come under his notice,
and, regretting his inability to subject the accused to a
greater punishment, ordered him to pay the highest
amount of penalty it was in his power to impose—
namely, al., and in default of so doing he must stand
committed to the House of Correction for two months,
with hard labour.

The prisoner was unable to pay the fine, and at the
close of the Court was removed to gaol in the van.

LAMBETH.
lVilliain Anylis, a notorious thief and a desperate cha-
racter, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton on a
charge of violently assaulting and attempting to rob
Mr. Robert Calton,: a toy-manufacturer, residing in
Kennington-green, on the preceding night.
Mr. Calton, whose countenance bore the most un-
equivocal proofs of savage violence, both his eyes being
blackened, his cheeks and lips much cut, and his whole
face in fact presenting a swollen mass of discolouration,
cuts, and contusions, deposed that he had been to the
King's Arms public-house, Lower Kennington-lane, on
the night before, and there met the prisoner, who claimed
acquaintance with him, and said he knew him well.
though he might not recollect him. He (prosecutor)
was at this time a little the worse for drink, but still
knew very well what he was about, and prisoner and
himself left the Ring's Arms together and went to the
Black Prince, in Princes-road, Kennington.- They left
about half-past twelve, and the prisoner would insist
upon seeing him home from the Black Prince. When
they had got near to his (prosecutor's) house the prisoner
said he should go part of the way home with him; but
he refused to do so, upon which he struck him three or
four desperate blows on the face, and knocked him down.
The instant he fell the prisoner knelt on his ehest and
tried his utmost to force open his coat, and get at his
watch, which was in his right-hand waistcoat pocket,
hut he held it tight and called out " Murder" as loud as
he could holloa, when fortunately a constable came up
and 'took the prisoner off him. He then got up and
Found that his watchguard was broken, though It had
been perfect just before the prisoner's attack. The
prosecutor further stated that before he got opposite
to his own house he found the prisoner pressing closely
upon him, and he in consequence buttoned up his coat,
bnt the prisoner unbuttoned it. He buttoned it up a
second time, and had not proceeded many paces further
when the prisoner, as he had before stated, struck him.
t'he two black eyes, the cut lips, and the several other
outs and bruises on his face, were all tho effects of the
prisoner's violence.
Mr. Thomas Henry Evans, the landlord of the Black
Prince public-house, in Princes-read, Kennington, de-
posed that the prosecutor and prisoner came into his
ot,use together on the preceding night, at about a
quarter-past 12 o'clock, and appeared to be excellent
friends, and drank together. They remained at his
house about a quarter of an hour, and while there the
prisoner kept drawing out a watch from his pocket,
which he partly displayed to the prosecutor, and said
once or twice he had that to fall back upon if he should
be out of work.
Police-constable Samuel Clerk, 14 L, said that about
a quarter before one o'clock that morning he heard a cry
of " Murder," and on running to the spot whence it
proceeded, he saw the prisoner rise from off the prose-
cutor, who was calling " Murder." The prosecutor in-
stantly gave charge of the prisoner for assaulting and
attempting to rob him of his watch. The prisoner re-
plied, " What me ? I only came to see you home."
And the prosecutor said, " Yes, you vagabond 1 and to