The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1851.

The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading ... ... 66
Against it ... 25
Majority ... —4l
SUNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL.
Petitions against the Bill were presented by Mr.
WAKLEY and Mr. BARING WALL.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved that the House go into
Committee upon the Bill.
Mr. ANSTEY opposed the motion. He had been on
the Committee which had sat en the Bill, and he was
sorry to say that he could not congratulate the Com-
mittee on its handiwork. The Bill was, in fact, the
result of a mixture of Sabbatical fanaticism, and
a desire on the part of shopkeepers in certain dis-
tricts to crush the efforts of their poorer brethren.
There was an exception made in the Bill with regard to
milk and cream, which was allowed to be sold on Sun-
days before ten in the morning and after one in the after-
noon; and he should like to know why greater regard
was to be shown to the soul of the fishmonger than the
soul of the milkman. Club-houses were exempted en-
tirelyilt Bill, eas were
inconsistencies a l so pu
Thesebef-
iteane.from the operationv,ere only ()f
some the
the Bill. But the most tyrannical and objectionable
ofß
clause of the Bill was the 7th, which gave a judicial
power to policemen to decide, on their own discretion,
whether a party had committed an offence under the in-
tendedand to seize the whole property of some
miserable hawker or dealer, which might happen
ieer ahAlect
to be of a very perishable nature. It was
true that a magistrate had the power after-
wards of restoring the property, but in the mean time
it might become worthless. The statement in the pre-
amble, that legislation on this subject was necessary,
was altogether unfounded. In all the principal districts
of the metropolis Sunday trading had considerably de-
creased, or remained stationary. There had been no in-
crease in the borough of Lambeth, which was repre-
sented by the proposer of the Bill. Sunday trading,
however, was carried on somewhat largely by persons
of the Jewish persuasion, who had a Sabbath and
holidays of their own. Their Sabbath, fast, and other
days, which they most religiously observed and on
which they abstained from labour, amounted altogether
to sixty-six days in the year, and the effect of the Bill
would be to compel them to make fifty-two more holi-
days; in fact, to withdraw from them, altogether,
four calendar months out of the twelve. The
Honourable Member for Lambeth had said that
the Bill was as much his (Mr. Anstey's) as his
own; he wished he would adhere to that statement, and
allow him (Mr. Anstey) to withdraw the Bill; in that
case the House would never hear of it again.—(Laughter.)
If he were defeated on the present oceasion he should
oppose it in every stage of its future progress. The
Hon. Member concluded by moving that the Bill go into
Committee on this day six months.
Mr. BARING WALL hoped that the Hon. Member
for Lambeth did not seriously intend to go into Com-
mittee to-day. If the Bill went into Committee
he should move that it should be made a
general instead of a local measure. He depre-
cated that sort of bastard legislation which
applied to particular districts, and prevented the
people knowing under what law they lived.
The next amendment he should propose would have re-
ference to the times mentioned iu the Bill for the sale of
articles. There were many other amendments which he
intended to make, in order to remove the anomalies in
the Bill. He concluded by seconding the amendment.
Mr. LEONARD moved that the debate be adjourned.
Mr. ANSTEY seconded the motion.
The gallery was then cleared fur a division, but on
our return we found that it had been agreed to adjourn
the debate until this day fortnight.
CORONERS' BILL.
On the motion teat this Bid be read a second time,
Mr. FITZROY recommended that the Bill should be
postponed until the country was made aequcinted with
its provisions.
Mr. ESTCOURT agreed to postpone the Bill, and the
motion for the second reading was withdrawn.
The other orders of the say having been disposed of,
the House adjourned shortly befaro Six o'clock.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MeNcßEsTna.—The Baltic arrived i❑ the Mersey
last nipt, with advicks showing a further decline of to
of a want per lb. in the price of cotton at New York.
A telegraphic announcement from New Orleans shows
that a quarter of a cent had been lost there from the 6th
to the 9th of April, but was regained by the 12th,
through the influence of improved accounts received by
the Africa from this country. Some of the other
southern markets had undergone a similar variation.
From the New York list, dated April 16, we take the fol-
lowing particulars of increase as compared with 1815:

Bales.
Total increase of receipts at ports ... 171,926
Week's increase ... 8,530
Total increase of exports to Great Britain ... 183,287
Week's increase ... ... 18,605
Increase of stock at the ports ... ... 4,923
Increase of stock in interior towns ... ... 28,330
But, as only a portion of the week's receipts at New Or-
leans had been reported, the total excess was estimated
at 180,000 bales. This .was expected to reach 200,000
bales, and then a gradual decrease is looked for. As these
accounts are taken to be more decisively indicative than
the preceding ones of a progress to a lower level of prices,
we have experienced an increased depression in every de-
partment of our market to-day. Goods have not been
saleable, except at lower prices in general than those of
last week; the buyers have held decidedly aloof from busi-
ness, and very little has been done. The medium and
lower numbers of yarn have given way about 4d. per lb.
in bundles, and 4d. to id. in warps and cops. Spinners
have effected only an inconsiderable amount of sales;
they have, however, in various instances, declined offers
of very fair extent, from Continental and India merchants,
because of a difference not exceeding id. per lb. As
might be expected, great irregularity is found in the
quotations for yarns and goods. It becomes more evi-
dent that the production of printing cloths, long cloths,
T cloths, and domestics is in the course of diminution.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The Flannel market has been
dull, and a limited amount of business has been trans-
acted to-day, at prices much the same as those of the
preceding week. Wool has undergone no change in
price, but the dealers complain of having very little
to do.

MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Tho demand for manu-
factured goods has not undergone any improvement
since our last; 'the recent reductions in the prices of
raw and thrown silks having produced a decidedly
prejudicial effect with buyers. In thrown transac-
tions are somewhat rare, notwithstanding that prices
have been somewhat reduced to a standard compatible
with those of the raw material. This may probably be
attributed in part to the approach of the new silk crop
on the continent, which, as it may prove favourable or
otherwise, will undoubtedly exercise a great degree of
influence for the time being.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—TO-day we have had an
average market; a fair business has been done in the
hall, though not eo much as is expected generally at this
tune of the year. Mixtures and black doeskins have been
most in request in the plain woollen market. The fancy
trade continues pretty brisk, and a fair business has
been done in the vesting branch to order, for the home
summer trade. some of the export warehouses are
pretty brisk with American orders, but generally the
warehouses have not been very busy during the week.
Yarns have been in rather better demand. Not much
has been done in the wool market to-day, and the ap-
proaching May sales, which are fixed for the 15th, will
have some effect upon the trade at present.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.--4ho worsted trade is still in
a languid condition, and presents no aspect of improve-
ment since our last report. The transactions in yarn are
rather more numerous; and prices are firm, though they
cannot be quoted higher. More wool has been changing
bands; and the quotations, though not advancing, ex-
hibit greater firmness.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There is no change to notice in
the woollen trade since last week. The markets have
been quiet, but a fair business continues to be done to
order, and there is no alteration to notice in prices.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD
RAILWAY.
(From Herapath's Railway Journal)
We had an opportunity of inspecting the line of rail-
way from and including Bangor to Holyhead during
the past week. Various subjects of interest presented
themselves for our observation, and at all events it must
be said that the new Chairman is making every effort to
redeem the promise he made to the shareholders at
their meeting on the 18th of last month.
The spot selected at Bangor for the erection of the
great hotel there mid-way between the " Menai" and the
- Britannia" bridges. A large " spoil bank" run out
during the construction of the railway forms the actual
site, and upon it is to be raised a building that will con-
tain the enormous number of 300 beds in thefirst instance,
three, with suitable public breakfast, dinieg, and detswing-
re(Toas, and a proper proportion of sitting rooms for the
atantitlnia-llid_g_
up-r7vaotfe such families as prefer taking their meals in
brid • Onefagade of the hotel, of which there will be
will look towards the Straits and the Menai-
ge, another in a slanting direction towards the Bri-
e,tiand the third directly towards this bridge
„wydd'"•:iciti:e of Anglesea's magnificent place " Plas-
Mr. Reed, of Liverpool,
is so planned thaetiVt°ll3
modation 200 more
con-
struction of two wings
at the west end of the
much space to particularise the internal this vast structure.
whilst they are based on the plan
Anglesey or opposite side of the water.
, is the architect, and everything
bedroomse üblic require increased accom-
modation can be added by the
nbouttlt the east end and the other
It would occupy too
aitnCt°laboletnatsz;oesainahndedthhaeb'its of ~ive
all therefore
arrangements of
" Three Kings"
errefore only say that
Lamb" at
Vienna, the
Eng-
lishmen from continentali b
,ththeediffGeriaennCe'
3ts has been fully considered
and duly provided for. It is intended that •
rt shall be
ready fur the reception of visitors in the s • pring of 1852.
A Herculean task, though not more than can be accoen:
plished by the powers that now preside ever this railway.
fortunately
The company is, for itself,the
possessor of
the whole of the land between the railway and the high
road to the Straits—a distance of nearly half a mile.
There is room on this land for a small town to spring
up. It all slopes towards the water, so that crescents
sad terraces can be erected throughout its entire length,
and every house would have a fine view of the bridges
and the Straits. Wo were informed that important
negotiations on the subject of building are in progress,
and almost brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
_rDuring the construction of the railway and of the
ISi tannia.bridge, Captain Moorsom, the then resident
director,
railway,
occupied a house on the left or mountain side of
thetne to which are attached 30 acres of land, also
13.. 013elly of the co - • -this laud ' on a still
As is
hieer elevation thanl33l"dY.
the ground wo have just de-
scribed, it is intended
to nett it in plots of from one
to two acres for the
erection of first-class detached
villas—and
1 a more charming spot could not be

selected for such description of buildings. Its height
affords a commanding prospect towards the Straits in
every direction, and immediately at the back of this
land are some of the most picturesque walks that can be
conceived or depicted.
As the present Bangor station is about a mile and a
half from the New Hotel, a new station, to be called the
Junction Station, will be erected. This will accommo-
date not only the residents at the hotel, but will be
equally convenient for the inhabitants of the villas and
terraces to be built on the other portions of the Com-
pany's property. The Carnarvon branch (progressing
rapidly) will join the main line just opposite the hotel.
Proceeding towards the Tubular Bridge we learned
the arrangements for its inspection. The public will be
taken through the tubes, under the control of company's
servants, until a quarter of an hour before each train is
due. They will not be allowed indiscriminately to
walk across the outside of the tubes. The privilege is
only to be obtained under special authority, but about
twenty feet on each " land tube" is to be securely
fenced off, and the public admitted thereon. This will
enable them to see the structure just as effectively as if
they were permitted to walk across.
At Holyhead we have an example of what well-di-
rected energy will effect. The existing passenger sta-
tion of the railway is situated nearly a mile and a half
from the pier at which passengers embark for and dis-
embark from Kingstown. They themselves and their
luggage, ;as well as the mails and all par-
cels, have to be brought in omnibuses and
other vehicles from one point to another. The
harbour and pier branch at present in course of erection
will remedy this defect. Although its construction in-
volves a cutting a third of a mile long, and from ten
to fifteen feet deep, the demolition of eight or ten
houses, the filling up and levelling of suffi-
cient space for the erection of the new station, and
of the very complete refreshment rooms at-
tached to it, the laying down through the
harbour of a timber viaduct, half-a-mile long, which is
then continued on as a tramway at ono side of the road to
the packet pier, another half a mile in extent, yet this
harbour branch was only commenced four weeks ago, and
it is to be ready for use by the 15th of May. From and
after that date, the passengers landing from the steam-
packets will walk some thirty steps to the railway car.
riages; their luggage, the mails, and parcels will be at
once loaded, when the train will be drawn along the
tramway and viaduct by horses to the station. At the
refreshment rooms there the passengers will find all
that they require to soothe the inward or outward man,
after the fatigues and the heart-rendings of the voyage.
The lavatories will be provided with ample supplies of
hot water and every other requisite for making a com-
fortable toilet; whilst the refreshment departments are
to be presided over by one, who, in her way, is as
great as the redoubted Sayer—the famous Mrs. Hib-
bert. We are surprised to learn that she deserts the
great cradle of her fame—Wolverton—for the classic
retirement of Holyhead harbour. Nevertheless, such is
the fact; and we will only make one aspiration on this
change, which is, that her smiles may be as sweet, her
handmaids as charming, and her pork pies as excellent
as the trumpet of tame has proclaimed all three to have
hitherto been.

There are great expectations of the development
of an extensive coal trade with Ireland, and
ample provision for conducting it is provided in the
harbour. If the Holyhead directors can compete
successfully with the Whitehaven coals now brought to
Ireland, it will be a famous affair for their company, for
the best house coals come from the neighbourhood of
Chesser, and will have to be conveyed the whole extent
of the line. We are inclined to think that the gallant
manager of the London and North-Western Railway is
not far from the mark when he says that there is no
more profitable trade than coals at d. per ton per mile,
exelwave of waggons for long runs, and with loads of
from 180 to 200 ions. If the Holyhead Company intend
to have a large cml traffic they must not look for a
higher rate. As the harbour to be selected for the
American packets to start from and to arrive at is now
a question of interest with the public, a few' words upon
that at Holyhead will not be out of place. The great
breakwater, first running north and south, and then
running east and west, is just one-third finished, that is,
it now extends 1,800 feet into the sea, and 3,600 feet
have yet to be constructed. It proceeds at the rate of
about 43 feet a week, and, taking all contingencies into
consideration, Mr. Rendell, the engineer, considers it will
be finished in two years. The greatest depth of this
breakwater will be 43 feet, its average depth is 35 feet.
It will be 65 feet wide at the level of high water, and 35
feet at its upper surface, which will be 15 feet above high
water level—spring tides. When the whole harbour is
completed, it will comprise within it 300 acres of holding
ground, with six fathoms depth of water at the lowest
spring tides.

the Northern Company awaits the result with confi-
dence. The establishment of the electric telegraph on
the lino is then alluded to, and is spoken of as highly
advantageous to the service in simplifying all the details
of the working. The plan of receiving shares in eiiiat
for the shareholders had been found to answer perfectly.
The Northern Company had purchased, in conjunction
with that of Strasburg, nine hectares of land situated be-
tween the Paris termini of the two lines. The two com-
panies addressed, on October 25th, 1850, to the Minister
of Public Works an application for permission to
establish a junction line between the two main
lines. The application was referred to a com-
mission, and no definitive answer has yet been
given to the demand made; all that the Northern
and Strasburg companies wanted was a ready means of
communication between their lines, which theywere quite
willing to effect at their own expense, and the cost of
which would exceed from 60,000 r. to 80,000 f. The es-
tablishment of such a line was altogether independent of
a general junction line, and would if executed save both
companies very considerable expense. In the last place
the report alludes t the improvements lately established in
the communications with England and Germany. The
traveller can now leave Paris at half-past seven in the
evening, and arrive in London at a quarter to eight the
next morning, and can go ever the whole distance from
Paris to Edinbnrgh, 1,211 kilometres, or 757 English
miles, in less than 26 hours. Also, from the Ist of May
sudh additional rapidity was to be imparted to the ser-
vice to Germany, that the journey from Paris to Berlin
would be effected in 35 hours, and from Paris to Co.
logne in 17i hours. Likewise, by Calais from Berlin to
London, in 40 hours, and from Cologne to London in
22i hours. _

After the reading of the report, the conclusions of the
report of the committee on the accounts of 1849 were
approved of, and the accounts declared to be definitively
passed.

The accounts presented for 1850 were then provision-
ally approved of, as was the dividend of Bf. per share
proposed; and the same committee was appointed to ex-
amine them as had examined those of 1849.

The outgoing directors, MM. Hottinguer, Caillard,
Dastier, F. Baring, and Delon, were re-elected unani-
mously._

The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question asked rela-
tive to the payment of the dividend, stated that any
shareholder could be at once paid the amount coming to
him, at a discount of 4 per cent., the rate of interest at
which the Treasury bonds were held by the company
being 4 per cent.—(Marks of satisfaction greeted this
announcement.)
The meeting then separated.

give a supply of water for which they would be paid,
for when once the mains were laid down the expense of
service was inconsiderahle. The want of water was ex-
perienced by the humbler classes, but it was not the
fault of the companies, but of the owners of priperty,
who would not pay the lowest prices for a supply, while
they would get tenants for their houses who would pay
them rents which yielded large profits. A power should
exist somewhere to enforce the use of water, but the
companies possessed no such power. It was now said
there would be a power to enforce the use of water, and
also to compel the companies to supply it at low prices.
No such power, however, at present existed. He also
considered that much good would be effected for the com-
munity by having the Government take charge of the
supply of water, though at the same time he admitted
that there would be much difficulty attending the in-
tended system; yet he felt fully assured that it would
be ultimately beneficial. He should at the same time
say that he considered it just that those several com-
panies which had supplied the metropolis should be
dealt with fairly, and therefore compensated for the
100,000/. they had already expended.
Mr. MO WATT objected to the plan introduced by
the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir G. Grey), because he
did not consider it sufficiently specific, and also because
he did not consider that there was any ground for the
public to rely on any authentic assurance for the supply
of water. He did not at all ugree with the Right Hon.
Baronet (Sir G. Grey) with respect to the supply of
water from the Thames, because he knew how deleterious
such water was to the inhabitants of the metropolis, and
should say that he far preferred the water supplied by
the companies, and for that reason he considered that
the amalgamation of the nine companies into one would
be rather a disservice than a benefit; and, iu addition to
that, he should say that the Commissioners should be
held responsible to those companies for any losses they
might be subject to.

Sir G. GREY, in reply to questions, said Govern-
ment had not consulted the Sanitary Association (we
understood), but had all its views before it. The report
of the Board of Health was also before Government. He
would further state that Government did inform the
board of the principles which Government thought it
desirable to pursue in this matter. To the question of
the Hon. Members (Sir W. Clay and Mr. Mowatt), he
begged to state Government considered it of the greatest
importance that water for the supply of the metropolis
should be brought from the best sources that could be
obtained. He did not perceive the analogy between the
turnpike trusts, railway companies, and the water com-
panies. He quite agreed in the view that as a matter of
right water companies had no claim to compensation;
but then they had embarked their capital in machinery,
and they ought not to be precluded from making U3O of
that machinery for the purposes for which it had been
erected. This was a fair ground for compensation.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
PUNISHMEN r OF DEATH—COLONIES.

Mr. EW 411 IT rose to move—" That it is expedient
that the mitigation effected in the law of this country
with reaptct to tho punishment of death be extended to
the colonies." The Hon. Member referred to the ano-
malous condition of the law in our colonies, and instanced
St. Lucia, Malta, the Cape of Good Hope, and other co-
lonies, when
An Hort. MEMBER moved that the House be counted.
Less than 40 Members being present the House ad-
journed at Eight o'clock.

CHICORY IN COFFEE.—In Belgium, where chicory
is cultivated to a considerable extent, and used with coffee,
with which it is mixed by the consumer, and not by the
retailer of coffee, the poorest person g'inds his own coffee,
and thus effectually prevents the possibility of having an
adulterated article The chicory is usually sold by the
vender of coffee, and is used by the consumer in the propor-
tion to suit his own taste; and in the opinion of many coffee
drinkers a moderate quantity of chicory with coffee is an
impeovement, though its general use in Belgium is from
motives of economy.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, April 29.
PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, LORD GREAT
CIIAMBEIMAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 28, 1851.
Notice is hereby given, that tickets vstll be issued from
the Lord Great Chamberlain's Office, every Wednesday
and Saturday, between the hours of eleven and four
o'clock, for viewing, gratis, the /louse of Lards on Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays, from eleven to five o'clock.
Applicants for tickets will be required to leave their
name and address at the office.

FOREIGN.OFFICE, APRIL 28.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Lord Bloomfield, K C. 8., now her Majesty's Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of
St. Petersburgh, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap-
point Sir George Hamilton Seymour, G.C.8., now her
Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary at the Court of Lisbon, to be her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at
the Court of St. Petersburgh.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap-
point the Right Hon. Sir Richard Pakenham,
some time her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Ame-
rica, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentirary at the Court of Lisbon.

CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 26, 1551.

deal r, May 23, at half-past twelve, at the Com t, Not.
tinghana.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
J. Dawson, Northfleet, Kent, Mitre-court, Temple,
and Clement's lane, Lombard-street, shipowner, certifi-
cate of the first class—A. Friedeherg, Honndsditch,
City, furrier, certificate of the third class—G. May, Cur-
sitor-street, Chancery-lane, builder, certificate of the
third class—T. Edwards, Newport, Monmouthshire,
ironfounder, certificate of the first class after six months
from April 25—J. Wilson, St. Helen's, Lancashire, ma-
nufacturing chemist, a certificate of the second class
after twenty-one days from April 23—J. D. Harwood,
Liverpool, ironmonger, a certificate of the second class
after 21 days from April 24—G. Woody, Liverpool, sur-
geon, certificate of the first class, after 21 days from
April 25—P. J. Kirby, Neetgate-street, pin manufac-
turer.

PARTNERSHIPS:DISSOLVED.
T. Bowen, T. Bowen, jun., and L. Bowen, Morriston,
Glamorganehire, naptha manufacturers (so far as re-
gards L. Bowen)—J. Lillwall and F. Larkins, Horse-
shoe-court, Ludgate-hill, City, crystal merchants—J.
Leonard and W. Harris, Chippenham, Wiltshire, mer-
cers—W. Wesbey, W. Wesbey, jun., and O. Wesbey,
Princess-street, army outfitters (so Fax as r( gards W. Wes-
bey, jun.)—Jane Haslam and G. Haslam, Burnley, Lan-
cashire, linendrapers—G. Cenci. and T. Carter, Walcot,
Somersetshire, pork butchers—l. Edmonds, E. Edmond!,,
jun., and S. E. Edmonds, Bradford, Wiltshire, clothiers—
J. Rossail and A. Budoano, Preston, Lancashire, dra-
pere—W. Crowther and W. Harker, Bradford, York-
shire, stone merchants—T. Harris and C. Harris, West
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, chair manufacturers—J.
J. W. Kineard, and W. 1.1. Wyatt, Upper Thames-
street, City, wholesale and export oilmen—R. Crabtree,
D. Collins, B. Holdaworth, end W. Hodgson, Bradford,
Yorkshire, worsted manufacturers (so far as regards the
said D. Collins and W. Hodgson)—J. Botcherly and R.
C. Dixon, Rose street, Covent-garden, gas fitters—G.
Boyer and J. rice, Liverpool, wine merchants—M.
Grey and J. Grey, Newmoor, Northumberland, farmers
—J. Thompson and R. Boone, Little Lion, Lancashire,
coal merchants—J. Faulkner and J. Faulkner, Lewis-
ham, Kent, tilemakers—J. W. Lewis and J. Lewis,
Stroud, Gloucestershire, lioendrapers—J. T. Bourne, T.
R. Bourne, and T. Rigby, Manton, Cheshire, iron
manufacturers (so far as regards the said J. T. Bourne)
—W. Whitby and T. 0. Buckton, Liverpool, cotton
manufacturers—G. S. Hockey and C. Strading,
Teign-
mouth, Devonshire, drapers—H. G. Browne and J. Brie,
Regent-street, shirtmakers—J. Millen and G. George,
Boxley, Kent, farmers—A. Mantegani and P. Mante-
gani, Wiabeach, Cambridgeshire, jewellers—W. Addy,
J. Stevenson, and 11. Clarke, Sheffield, merchants—R.
H. Wilson and T. Doran, Liverpool, merchants—J. Or-
ford and F. Dix, Yoxford, Suffolk, shopkeepers—J.
Moir and A. C. Baker, East Stonehouse, Devonshire,
ironfounders—J. D. Burton and G. Gausby, Birming-
ham, pen nsanufacturers—F. Gill and A. Silley, South
Molton-street, Oxford-street, Hanover-square, plumbers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Robert Newland, Sheffield, shopman to a hatter.
Richard Sneesby, Sheffield, butcher.

John Hinds Durham, Bourchier Bowker, Stonehouse, De.
vonshire gentleman.
Thomas Standing, Manchester, cotton warp beamer.
Peter Sanders. Plymouth, baker.

Evan Lloyd, Carnarvon, sheep and cattle merchant
Stephen Lampard, Chatham, boot and shoemaker.

James Archer, Headley-common, Hampshire, brick-
maker.
Thomas Garmeson Bradbury, Dawley, Shropshire,
chemist
Reuben Davis, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, butcher.
Charles Hunt, Chatham, butcher.
Abel Li.l) crap, Bridgewater, Semersetshire, shipowner.
Isaac Hammond, Nlarlborough Wiltshire, coachman.

Thomas Baker, Fareham, Hampshire, painter.
Samuel Beard, Wrockwardine, Shropshire, labourer.
John Clelland, East Illinton. Durham, publican.
William Mitchell, Halifax, Yorkshire, farmer.
Joseph Preston, Halifax, Yorkshire, labourer.
George Chatton, Gravesend. taihr.
SC OTC HSEQU ES I.`HATIONS.

J. Stevenson, Banff, wood merchant and dealer in
shares, to meet within Gillander's Hotel, Banff, May 5
and 26, at one.

Dr. APCorkle, Glasgow, rope and sail manufacturer, to
meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, May 5 and June
2, at twelve.

J. Gilmour, Auchtermuchty, draper, to meet within
Muckeraie's Hotel, Auchtermuchty, May 2 and 23, at
elieven.

J. Boswell, Cumnock, grain dealer, to meet
within the Black Bull Inn, Cumnock, May 1 and 29,
at one.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 29.
(Sittings in Middlesex, at Nisi Prius, in Easter Term,
before Mr. Baron MARTIN and Common Juries.)
The Court commenced the " second sittings" at Nisi
Prius for the present term.

WOODS V. FINN'S AND ANOTHER.

Mr. Edwin James, Mr. Willes, and Mr. Hawkins con-
ducted the case fur the plaintiff; and Mr. Bramwell (with
Mr. Buechel]) was counsel for the defendant.
This was an action brought against the late Sheriffs
of London and Middlesex, to obtain compensation in da-
mages for an alleged extortion by one of their officers,
by whom the plaintiff had been arrested upon a writ of
ca. sa., and also for an alleged wrongful imprisonment.
The defendants pleaded " not guilty," then that they did
not extort the money as alleged, then that the sum said
to have been paid in satisfaction of the debt was not
paid to the defendants, then that they did not discharge
the plaintiff frog, custody on payment of such sum,
then that Foote, the plaintiff in the original action, was
not willing to receive the money; and then that the fees
were paid to the officer in consequence of a contract
which had been entered into between him and the
plaintiff.
It appeared that the plaintiff was a builder, and was
in the course of 1849 engaged in a building speculation
in the neighbourhood of the Wandsworth-road. During
that year, a judgment having been obtained against him
fur 67/. 103., at the suit of a person named Foote, a
manufacturer of snuff, he was arrested on a writ of oa.
sa. by au officer of the name of William Henry White,
by whom he was taken to his own "lock-up" house in
Chancery-lane. Woods thereupon sent to his attorney,
Mr. Webb, who at once forwarded him a cheque for 751.
With that money Woedsj paid the officer the amount
that was endorsed upon the writ, as well as certain
charges as having been incurred in the " lock-up"—
namely, caption fee, 11. ls.; for searching at the sheriff's
office, 33. 6d.; and a fee for the discharge, 4s. 6d. Upon
the payment of all these items the plaintiff was dis-
charged out of custody. It happened, however, that
the officer, White, failed to pay over the money, and a
concurrent writ having been issued in London, the
plaintiff was, on the 3d of August, again arrested by
another officer of the sheriff, when he was conveyed to
Whitecross-street, wherein ho was detained until the
following day. The plaintiff now, therefore, sought to
recover compensation in damages for this wrongful im-
prisonment, as well as a return of the fees which he had
paid to the officer White.
Evidence was adduced which went to show that the
11. 9s. which White had demanded and received as fees
were customary fees under such circumstances. The
attorney for Foote, the plaintiff in the original suit,
proved that the officer White had not handed over the
amount he had received from Woods in satisfaction of
the writ upon which he had been arrested, and then
added that he was not aware of any such payment
having been made until after Woods bad been arrested
on the second writ and taken to the Whitecross-street
prison. Woods was upon this occasion arrested about
four o'clock in the afternoon, and he was discharged from
the prison on the succeeding morning about half-past
eleven o'clock.

Mr. BRAMWELL, on behalf of the defendants, sub-
mitted that there had been no case made out to go to
the jury. There was not the least pretence for saying
that the fees alluded to, as having been paid to White,
the officer, had been taken by the authority of the de-
fendant' parties, who were in a way bound to receive
the money, nor had the officer any authority from them
to act as he had done. Tho transaction, in fact, was
neither more nor less than a contract entered into, as it
were, between Woods and the officer, and acting upon
that contract the latter had discharged the former from
custody in consideration of the payment of the debt and
costs and of the fees.

Mr. Baron MARTIN was of opinion that it was no
bargain. Ho would, however, reserve leave to the
defeudants to move upon the point it they should be so
advised.

Mr. BRA.MWELL thereupon addressed the jury in miti-
gation of damages.
Mr. Baron MARTIN, in leaving the case to the jury,
told them that if they were of opinion that the amount
of 11. 93. had been demanded by White, the officer, as a
matter of course it would be their duty to return a verdict
for the plaintiff, because that demand was one which
could not be justified in point of law. Upon the question
of damages, the action not having been brought against
the party who had been the wrongful doer, they would
probably think that the ease was not altogether one
calling for very heavy damages.
The jury, having consulted for a few minutes, IT-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 501.
Mr. Baron MARTIN then gave leave to the defendants
to move the Court on any ground which might release
them from the consequences of White's act, or to reduce
the damages.
Mr. WILLES applied to the Learned Baron to certify
that the case was a proper one for trial in a superior
court.
Mr. Baron MARTIN said that if it should be found
that the plaintiff was only" entitled to the I/. 9s then,
in that case, ho should not feel disposed to grant "a
cer-
tificate.

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, April 29.
(Sittings in Error.)
This morning the Judges met in the Exchequer
Chamber for the purpose of appointing the days upon
which the Court would hold its sittings in error after the
present term.
The Judges present were—the Chipf Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr.-Ba'roir
Alderson, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Baron Platt,, MG Jus-
tice Talfourd, and Mr. Baron Martin.
The COURT appointed the following days, for the
"Sittings in Error: "
To take " Errors " from the Court of Queen's Bench
On Wednesday the 14th of May.
To take "Errors " from the Court of Common Pleas
on Thursdly the 15th of May.
To take " Errors " from the Court of Exchequer on
Friday the 16th, on Saturday the 17th, on Monday the
19th, and on Tue:day the 20th of May.

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SECE.SIONS FROM Thu CHURCH AT HULL....
Another of the curates of the High Church of Hull, the Rev.
Thomas Dykes, has publicly announced his resignation, on
the ,arne grounds as those stated by his late coadjutor, Mr.
Buff. Like him, too, Mr. Dykes says that he entertains
" doubts," and will not again minister until those doubts are
removed.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, Aran. 29.
sMal
We had a very thin attendance at market, and a very
supply of cern. Wheat met with a limited demand, and yeas
fully is per quarter lower. The malting season being
closed, no disposition was manifested to buy barley, aniTi
u...
there had been any demand, there were no samples to meet
The weather being very wet and cold retards vegetation ranch
PER QUARTO*
PICR QUARTER.
27s 001
Wheat, red
00s 1
to to 0
0
Ditto, white. 42s to 45s Oats
00s to Ws
Barley, malting ... 2ls to 25s Rye
to
Ditto, grinding ... 00s to 00s Malt ........••• 005
••••• to 00s
Beans
AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING APRIL 26,
81851.
Wheat 92 i quarters, at 40s 41
Barley
Oats 13 „ 19s 6d
Beans. lO „ 29s
Peas
HULL, Aran. 29.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :.—We 111,!
had good arrivals of wheat and barley during the past tvett;
of other articles very moderate supplies come forward•
le
weather cold, and some hail has fallen. The trade on the yr..h %
has been depressed, and Is concession has been submitted to o f
the sales of wheat, while, notwithstanding the eaPPIY s
barley, this article maintains its value pretty well. Our farm
ch
er
brought a fair supply of wheat for to.day's market, ands
only sold slowly at about Is per quarter under the current rawr;
of last Tuesday; foreign much neglected; the present in3Po
__
is only of moderate quality, and English obtains the preferetw
with buyers; granaried parcels are held above market van
and diminish very slowly. Anything very fine in barley
taken up for malting, but second-class samples are difficult :d
quit ; a fair sale for grinding qualities. A very good denlge
for oats ; and all sorts are again 6d per quarter dearer. Not
make no alteration in the value o f either beans or Peas* 'er.
much business passing in linseed, and cakes are somewhat MI
ar
No transactions in rapeseed ; rape cakes in fair demand at
quotations.

_
The following are the presen,
0. °
8. S.
Wheat, English, red 36 to 88IPeas, white and yet 26 "so
'" 07
Do. white ....
Dantzic and Ko- 'Linseed, Black Sea 4B --- 43
nigsberg 4O 45 Do. Petersburgh ... 42 - 0
Pomeranian and Do. Riga & Archngl. 38
---
"" 42
'
Hamburgh . 36 —4O Do. Konigsberg ••• 38 par 1011
Danish, Holstein, &
Friesland . ........ 34 —36 Lins. c,Hull 71 bs Od 0146
Russian and Odessa 32 —36 Do. fine foreign .. .... ' '-iSS
Oats, English
Do. Danish l7 I 9 1-lapeseed
Do. Friesland lB 20 Rape cakes...B2s 6d to o°Boo4
Do. Russ. & Odessa 00 —0,) Tares, sEn 1i h ..... .38s --
English ''' 3°
Barley, malting 25 —2B Do. foreign 233
Do. grindinz 2l 22 Guano 6/ to 101
to 95s
v
1
Beans 25 —2B Bones, do 92s 6d
61 °S
Do.. foreign 25 27 Rye Meal
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 29.—At this day's market there Was Oa
usual attendance of the town and country trade, who„.boneli.i
showed little disposition to enter into business. Wheat 1c
~.,
slowly at a reduction of 2d per 701bs on prices of this day ‘1,1"-to
French Flour was offered freely at a further reduction of vu 0
Is per sack, with little effect; but barrel flour, not being 0
much pressed, recovered in some measure the decline noted °is
Friday. Oats and oatmeal were in fair request,_ at an &OITA
of lAd per 451bs, and 3d to 6d per load. Barley, beans, 1,
peas were without change in value. Indian corn, in the tos
sence of demand, must be noted 6d to is per quarter lower,
floating cargoes were not easier to buy.

It prices of grain :