The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-19 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of " re-
oe.f-ring the return of the election for an Alderman for
the ward of Walbrook, in the room of Mr. Michael
Gibbs, resigned," and upon other business.
TSB SLOANES,

conveyed from place to place at the busiest hours f
the day might be prevented.—(Saar, hear.) It was im-
possible to conceive, without witnessing the state of the
streets between one and three o'clock, how great was
the impediment caused by a string of Coal or beer wag-
gons in the Poultry and Cheapside, and how greatly
that impediment was aggravated by the obstinate
and uncivil behaviour of the drivers. The extraordinary
exertions of the police had brought the omnibuses and
cabs within management, so that there was seldom any
delay or loitering except what was inevitably caused by
the stupendous nuisances he alluded to. He considered
the Court were bound, especially as such enormous ad-
ditions were expected to the population, to endeavour to
mitigate au evil which might soon become altogether in-
tolerable.

Alderman WILSON requested to be informed why Mr.
and Mrs. Sloane were exempted from the general treat-
ment of prisoners convicted and sentenced to be im-
prisoned? It was, he understood, the established cus-
tom to remove from Newgate all convicts under sen-
tence; and why there should be a deviation from that
practice in the Fasts of the two persons he had named,
and who were, it appeared, still in Newgate, he could
not conjecture.
Mx. Alderman and Sheriff CARDEN said that, as the
sentence upon the &nines was- imprisonment for two
years without hard labour, they were, in conformity
with estabiis'hed usage, detained in the gaol of Newgate
as then ational prison.—(Hear, hear.) If the sentence
had inoMed hard labour, the removal to another place
of punishment would of course have taken place.—(Hear.)
Alderman SIDNEY said thalt he and Alderman Cope-
land, as visiting magistrates of the prison, had made the
necessary inquiries into the subject, and found that it had
been the invariable practice to make persons sentenced
to imprisonment without hard labour to undergo their
sentence in Newgate. Mr. Sloane was, by his own
choice, in solitary confinement in one of the cells, and
Mrs. Sloane was under the care of the medical officer of
the prison, and was not yet in a condition to be placed
with the other female prisoners. The Court might rely
upon the strict observance of the judgment of the
rearmed authority before whom the prisoners h,ad been
toed.—(Near, hear.)
Alderman LAWRENCE said the public might be led
into a mistake by the mention of "solitary confinement
in a cell at Newgate," and he wished to prevent any
misapprehension on the matter. The fact was that even
the condemned cell, as one of the rooms in •Newgate was
called, was one of the best rooms in the whole prison;
that Mr. Sloane wished to be separated from the other
prisoners, and that his being alone was not at all a part
of the dkcipline of the goal.—(Hear, hear.)
TSB APPROACHING GRAND EXHIBITION.

Alderman HOOPER said, there were regulations by
which brewers' drays were prevented from laying down
their beer after certain hours in the morning, but there
was no rule by which drays and waggons could be pre-
vented from passing through the City.
Alderman WILSON said, that nothing could exceed
the exertions of the police as regarded the removal of
obstructions, and their exertions wero answered fully by
the rigorous infliction of penalties from the Bench. He
approved of the notice taken of the great increasing evil
by Alderman Kelly, and was of opinion that the City
authorities had a great deal to apprehend from the
bullock nuisance," and Smithfield would, no doubt, be
exhibited in all its glory on the market days during the
Exhibition. If ever there existed an argument against
that most abominable nuisance, calculated to weigh with
the public with peculiar force, that argument was to be
found in the vast increase of traffic and population.
Alderman SIDNEY said he agreed with Alderman
Wilson in everything he uttered, except the language
condemnatory of Smithfield-market. He admitted that
the present market was not sufficiently large to suit the
size of the present Corporation, but the neighbouring site
for which the population were going to Parliament was
admirably adapted to the great purposes of a metropo-
litan market.—(Hear, bear.) He warmly advocated
the project, the model of which had excited so much
curiosity and admiration, and said it had been over and
over again proved that there was no place so completely
adapted to its object as the immediate neighbourhood of
the present market, which was actually the means of
existence to from 10,000 to 20,000 individuals.—(Hear.)
He hoped the Court would refer the subject of Alderman
Kelly's observations to a committee, at the same time
he condemned the manner in which Alderman Wilson
had lugged the reproach upon Smithfield into the dis-
cussion; but he believed that Alderman Wilson was the
only man in court who entertained the opinions just ex-
pressed.

The LORD MAYOR. informed the Court that he had
received the following letter from the secretary to the
Commission of 1851 Exhibition:—
"Palace of Westminster, Feb. 11.
"My Lord Mayor,—l am directed by her Majesty's
Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 to transmit to
your Lordship herewith, for the information of the Hon.
Court of Aldermen of the city of London, a copy of a
memorandum which has been laid before them by the
Prussian Minister at this Court, on the subject of the
measures which it may be desirable to take, on the occa-
sion of the Exhibition, for regalating the admission of
foreigners to such establishments as require a written
perneission on the part of the respective authorities, and
which permission is usually granted only upon diplomatic
recommendation.
" Her Majesty's Commissioners are aware that the
course suggested in this memorandum involves a depar-
ture from the regulations which it has been usual to
follow on ordinary occasions ; but having in view the
entirely exceptional character of the circumstances under
which large numbers of foreigners are likely to visit
England in the course of this year, when the probable
shortness of their stay will preclude their availing
themselves of the ordinary method of obtaining admit-
tance to the great public establishments of this country;
apd bearing in mind the facilities which our own coun-
trymen invariably meet with in foreign countries in pro-
curing access to all national establishments, the Com-
missioners feel themselves warranted in submitting the
proposals embraced in Chevalier Bunsen's memoran-
dum to the favourable consideration of the Court of
Aldermen.
" I am, therefore, directed to request that her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners may be informed whether your
Lordship and the Hon. Court will be prepared to give
your approval to the proposition in question, so far as
relate; to the granting admission to the gaol of New-
gate; and in that case under what conditions and regu-
lations.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord Mayor, your Lord-
ship's very obedient servant,
" EDGAR A. BOWF.ING, Acting Secretary.
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.'
The memorandum, which was to the effect stated in
the letter, was, together with the letter, upon the motion
of the Lorin MAYOR, immediately referred to the Com-
mittee of General Purposes.
ATTENDAN€E OF THE ALDERMEN IN THE CENTRAL CRI-
MINAL COURT.
Sir P. LAUB= moved, without making any observa-
tions upon the sebject—
" That it be referred to a committee of the whole
Court to consider and report whether any and what re-
gulations sire necessary to secure a more punctual at-
tendaleoe of the members of the Court of Aldermen as
commissioners during the sessions of the Central Crimi-
nal Court; and to consider and report as to the neces-
sary of continuing to hold four adjourned Quarter Ses-
sions at Guildhall."
Sir PETER LAURIE said, in answer to a question from
one of his brother Aldermen, that he had no doubt of
the speedy production of a report which would give
public satisfaction.--(Hear, hear.)
The RECORDER stetcd that upon the late occasion
alluded to relative to the delay of business in the Central
Criminal Court, he had meotsoned in explanation to the
jury that the presence of two commissioners was neces-
sary to constitute a court; that he had made no c, m-
lila:set. His colleagues ou the bench were, he believed,
at the time of the emergency occupied with the business
of the other courts.—(Hear, hear.)
SWEARING IN OF ALDERMAN WIRE.
The Sword Bearer having announced to the Lord
Mayor that Mr. David Williams Wire was ready to be
sworn in as Alderman of Walbrook ward,
Mr. ASHLEY (ef the Lord Mayor's Court) read the
return of the late election, and
Mr. Wire entered the enure accompanied by Baron
Itothschild, M.P.; Sir Moses Montefiore, Mr. Travers,
Mr. Deputy Watkins, and sevtral others of the most
respectable inhabitants of the ward.
Mr. Deputy WATKINS said—ln presenting to be
sworn in as a member of your Hon. Court Mr. David
Williams Wire, who has been unanimously elected al-
derman of the ward of Walbrook, allow ma to say a few
introductory words. Mr. Wire has been a resident in
the whist. which has thus proved its capability of making
a fair estimate of his worth during a period of 32 years,
and he has uniformly maintained a high reputation for
professional integrity and hoxiour.—(Cheers.) Seventeen
times has he been elected as a representative of the ward
in the Court .of Common Council, and always unani-
mously. Whether at home, serving the interests of his
fellow-citizens, or abroad, attending to the claims of
humaDity and Me cell of persecuted strangers—(Cheers)
—of the talents of the Hon. Alderman the members of ,
this Court have had innumerable opportunities of judg-
ing; and the constituency by whose united voice he hat.
been chosen confidently believe thet his conduct will re-
flect no ordinary credit upon their election. He enters
your court distinguished by mature experience and
knowledge cf the value of your corporate privileges, and
will show you that he is highly qualified to exercise the
magisterial functions with which you•are now called
upon to invest him. In the important relations of life
which are involved in the characters of husband, father,
and fiend, he is no less deserving of praise than in
those strong public attributes by which he is so generally
known, end on account of which be is recofrnised as a
most useful and worthy member of sccietec cets.)
Mr. TRAVERS said—l had the honour of sonding
the nomination of my friend Mr. Wire at the recent
election. I have known him far many years, and lam
coneinced that he will do credit to the choice of the in-
habitants of the ward by his conduct as their Alderman.
Mr. Alderman WIRE was then introduced formally to
all the members and principal officers of the Court, and
having received their congratulations. took his sear. ,
The LORD MAYOR announced that the Bishop of
Ossford would preach the Spital Sermon on Easter
Monday, and that the Rev. Dr. Vivian, chaplain to the
chief magistrate, would preach the Spital Sermon on
Easter Tuesday.
EMPENSER OF CONVICTED PRISONERS.
Alderman CHALLIS brought up the following report:—
In obedience to an order of the Court of the 11th
day of December last, to consider is relation to the ex-
penses of convicted prisoners and of prosecutions, and to
do therein as we should see fit, we whose names are
hereunto subscribed, your special ccmmittee, do certify
that the Remembrancer having, under your directions,
applied to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for a con-
ference upon the subject, the same took piece upon the
31st of January lest, when your committee urged upon
his attention the propriety of the corporation being re-
imbursed the amount of expenditure incurred by them in
this respect, in like manner as other parts of the king-
dom, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated he
would take the subject into consideration, consult with
Sir Georke Grey thereon, and communicate the result of
the same to your special committee ; which answer as
yet has not been received.
" T. CHALLIS, F. G. MOON,
SAMUEL WILSON, T. Q. FINNIS."
W. LAWRENCE,
Sir J. u4RE said he had the satisfaction to communi-
cate to the Court that he had on Monday night been in
convention with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
upon the subjects of the very rational claim of the cor-
poration, cad that he had every reason to believe from
what
rendered.— ( trepspiredCheers.) that a fall measure of justice would be
Alderman HOOPER--It is but justice .to Alderman
Sidney to state that the eitizees of London are likely to
be saved by his exertions in this matter to the extent of s,oool.—(Hearty cheers.)
ADDITIONAL CONSTAHLRB FOR a 1851.
The LORD Maron called the attention of the Court
to the necessity which would in all probability exist for
the appointment of additional policemen, as prepare-
Lion for the security of the public peace and order,
which he and his brethren, as magistrates, Were hound
to do all they could to maintain on the approaching
great public occasion.
Upon the motion of his LORDSHIP, the question was
referred to a committee of the whole Court, with power
to confer with Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, the Cora
missioner of the City Police

- Alderman THOMPSON—Excuse me. There are others
here of his opinion about the nuisance of which he so
properly speaks.
Alderman WILLIAM HUNTER and other Aldermen ap-
proved strongly of Alderman Kelly's suggestion, and the
question was finally referred to a committee.—Adjourned.

ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMP-
TION BILL.
A BILL TO PREVENT THE ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES IN RESPECT OF PLACES IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
[Note.—The words printed in Italics are proposed to be in-
serted in Committee.]
Whereas by the Act of the 10th year of King George
the Fourth, chap. 7, after reciting that the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church of England and Ire-
land, and the doctrine, discipline, and govern-
ment thereof, and likewise the Protestant Presbyterian
Church of Scotland, and the, doctrine, discipline, and
government thereof, were by the respective Acts of
Union of England and Scotland, and of Great Britain
and Ireland, established permanently and inviolably,
and that the right and title of archbishops to their re-
spective provinces, of bishops to their sees, and of
deans to their deaneries, as well in England as in
Ireland, had been settled and established by law, it
was enacted, that if any person after the commence-
ment of that Act, other than, the person thereunto
authorised by law, should assume or use the name, style,
or title of archbishop of any
,province, bishop of any
bishopric, or dean of any deanery, in England or Ire-
land, he should for every such offence forfeit and pay
the sum of one hundred pounds: and whereas it may
be doubted whether th© recited enactment extends to
the assumption of the title of archbishop or bishop of a
pretended province or diocese,.or archbishop or bishop of
a city, place, or territory in England or Ireland, not being
the see, province, or diocese of any archbishop or bishop
recognized by law; but the attempt to establish,
under colour of authority from the see of Rome or
otherwise, such pretended sees, provinces, or dioceses is il-
legal and void, and the assumption of ecclesiastical titles
in respect thereof is inconsistent with the rights in-
tended to be protected by the said enactment; and
whereas it is expedient to prohibit the assumption of
such titles in respect of any places within the United
Kingdom: be it enacted therefore by the Queen's most
excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent
of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in
this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, that—
I. If, after the passing of thia Act, any person other
than a person thereunto authorized by law in respect of
an archbishopric, bishopric, or deanery of the United
Church of England and Ireland, assume or use the
name, style, or title of archbishop, bishop, or dean of
any city, town, or place, or of any territory or district
(under any designation or description whatsoever), in the
-united Kingdom, whether such city, toms, or place, or
such territory or district, be or be not the see or the
province, or co-extensive with- the province, of any
archbishop, or the see or the diocese, or co-extensive
with the diocese, of any bishop, or the seat or place of
the church of any dean, or co-extensive with any dean..
ery, of the said United Church, the person so offending
shall, fur every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of
one hundred pounds, to be recovered as provided by the
recited Act.

If. Any deed or writing made, signed, or executed
after the passing of this Act, by or under the authority
of any person, in or under any name, style, or title which
such person is by the recited. Act and this Act, oz either
of them, prohibited from assuming or using, shall be
void.

111. Where by an assurance, transfer, will, limitation,
or declaration of use or trust, or other instrument, made
or executed after the passing of this Act, any real
or personal property, or any profit or advantage to be
had therefrom, is assured, given, or made applicable,
or expressed or intended to be assured, given, or made
applicable, directly or indirectly, for ,or towards the
endowment :or maintenance of any archbishopric,
bishopric, or deanery, intituled or in anywise
designated or described as an archbishopric,
bishopric, or deanery, of any city, town, or place, terri-
tory, or district in the United Kingdom ,(except the
archbishoprics, bishoprics, and deaneries •of the said
United Church), or for any purposes connected with or
referring to the maintenance or continuance of any
archbishopric, bishopric, or deanery (except as afore-
said) so intitaled, designated, or described, or of the
titular province, see, diocese, or limits thereof, or where
by any such assurance, transfer, will, limitation, declara-
tion, or other instrument, any real or personal property,
profit, or advantage, or any power, authority, or discre-
tion (whether for private or personal benefit, or for cha-
ritable or other purpose.), to be exercised over or in re la •
tion to any real or personal property, or such profit or
advantage as aforesaid, is assured. given, or vested, or
expressed or intended to be assured, given, or vested, to
or in any person by any name, style, or title of archbishop,
bishop, or dean, by which the recited Act and this
Act, or either of them, such person is prohibited from
assuming or using, or to or in any person who in such
assurance, transfer, will, limitation, declaration, or other
instrument is in anywise designated, mentioned, or
referred to as being or claiming to be, or as being called
or known or reputed to be archbishop, bishop, er
dean, under any name, style, or title which such
person so prohibited from assuming or using, or
to or in any other parson therein described as chap-
lain or other subordinate of the perons 80 designated,
mentioned, or referred to, or to or in any person in
anywise described by means of a reference to a name,
style, or title of which, by the said Act and this Act, or
either of them, the assumption or use is prohibited, all
the real or personal property, profit, or advantage afore-
said, or such estate or interest therein, as but for this
enactment would have been in anywise applicable
to any of the purposes aforesaid, or would have vested in
or enured to the use of the person to or in whom the
same is so expressed or intended to be assured, given, or
vested, shall, without any office or inquisition found,
vest in and enure to the use of her Majesty, and
shall end may be disposed of and applied as her Ma-
jesty shall be pleased by warrant under her sign ma-
nual to direct, whether such direction be to apply the
same according and pursuant to the intents and pur-
poses declared in and by the instruments hereinbefore
mentioned or otherwise; and all such power, autho-
rity, and discretion as aforesaid, so far as the same but
for this enactment might have been exercised by the per-
son in whom the same is so expressed or intended to be
vested, may be exercised by such persons and in such
manner as her Majesty may be pleased by warrant under
her sign manual to direct.
IV. Every person who may be liable to be sued for
any penalty imposed by the recited enactment and this
Act or either of them, shall in any suit or proceeding in
equity in relation to any such assurance, transfer, will,
limitation, declaration of use or trust, or other instru-
ment as hereinbefore mentioned, or in relation to any
secret or other trust, or other matter whatsoever, be
compellable to answer upon oath, notwithstanding his
lin bilility to such penalty, in the same manner as if no such
liability existed: provided that no answer of such per-
son in any such suit or proceeding as aforesaid, nor any
matter disclosed or made known► only by means of such
answer, shall be admitted as evidence against such per
son in action for the recovery of such penalty.

SHIP NE WS.
GRAVESEND, Fie. IB.—Wind W.S.W., fresh, equally.
Arrived—Hindostan, from Canton; Contest, from
Lisbon; Carolinda, from Caen; Dudbrook, from Madras;
Ann ary, from Demerara; John Henry. from New
York; Lionne and Leon, from Gravelines; Pearl and
Aurora, from St. Michael's; City of Poonah, Troubadour,
and Ambrosia, from Calcaa Palmyra, from Demerara;
Lady Rowena, from Bo Darlmg, from Taganrog;
Brountield, from Gotteriburg; Neptulau,, from Valpa-
raiso; George Dean, from Para. Sailed—P,latebless, for Lisbon; Ceres and Miriam, for
Antigua; James Holmes, for Demerara ; Isabel, for Lis-
bon; Emerald, for Boulogne; Giraffe, for Rotterdam.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Hanes, of Bremen, with 40 barrels of sperm oil, Jan. 1,
in lat. 5 —, 19 W., which vessel had spoken the Ernest
Gustav, of Bremen, in lat. 39 N., long. 14 W.

EXPENSES OF THE GAOLS.
Upon the motion of Alderman SIDNEY it was referred
to a committee to take into coth,ideratiou the expenses
of the respective ge.olP.
CROWDED STATE OF THE CITY THOROUGHFARES.
Alderman KELLY, in rising to bring " under the no-
tice of the Court the crowded state of the thorough-
fares in the City," raid he was desirous to have the
question referred to a committee,
in order that they
might inquire whether some means could not be de-
vised to prevent the serious obstructions which were
constantly occurring, and which were in a great mea-
sure attributable to coal waggons and beer waggons.—
Wear, he3r.) ITA, admitted that coals and beer were
very necessary articles, hat there surely ought to be
some regulations by which the transit of such "wieldy
utaisoces as the vehicles in which thess armee Were

REPRESENTATION OP .13taty.--Alr. Walker, the
Member for,Bury, has not taken his seat in the present Par-
liament, although elected in 1847. Continued ill health and
the
Mr. Walker LI in his of age67tl2year. are assigned as realm for the delay.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEI3RUA

subject to, its ratification by the shareholders, they have
entered into an agreement with the Londe:: and
North- Western Company for the transit of goods
over this line. They have made application to
Parliament for a further extension of time for widen-
ing the line from Stepney to Fenchurch-street, and for
making the branches to the London and St. Katharine
docks. The Bill for this purpose, the North Gravesend
Extension Bill, and the Bill for making a branch line to
Hayden-square, will be submitted for the approval
of the shareholders. The retiring directors are
Messrs. Daniell and Wilson, and, being eligible
for re-election, they will offer themselves accord-
ingly. It appears: from the provisions of the agreement
with the London and North-Western, referred to in
the directors' report respecting the branch railway to
Ilaydon-square, that the Blackwell Company are
to raise the money and to construct the line; the
London and North-Western are to pay interest on the
money raised for this purpose, at 5 per cent. if raised
by shares; if raised by debentures, then at the rates
(not exceeding 5 per cent.) at which the money
shall have been borrowed. The London and North-
Western may purchase the branch line within three
years after the opening. The London and North-
Western Company are to have the right to work their
goods trains over Blackwell and Black wall Exten-
sion Railways, and the proposed branch between
Ilaydun-square, and the junction with the Birmingham
Junction One, but not so as to interfere with the pas-
senger or other traffic of the Blackwell Railway. The
North-Western Company's trains not to exceed six
each way. The, tolls payable to the Black well Com-
pany to be as fofiew, viz.:—On the first 156,000 tons a
year 6d. per toe ; upon every additional ton up to
208,000 tons, 4d. per ton.; and for every additional
ton beyond 208,000 tons, 3d. per ton, with a gua-
rantee that the toll shall not in any one year be
less than 2,5001. The report of the auditors, Messrs.
Beattie and Valley, states that the expenditure of 2,0331.
on capital account last half-year is properly charged ;
that the receipts .and payments are all duly vouched,
and the staterneats are faithful abstracts from the I
company's books. They expressed their continued
satisfaction with the excellent manner in which the
books are kept and with the increasing revenue of the
company. Their capital account to the 31st of December
last shows that 1,343,414/. had been received, and
1,369,0001. expended, leaving a balance against the com-
pany of 25,586/. The statement of the share capital
shows that 108,346 shares were issued ; 3,554 shares
unissued; total shares, 111,900. Amount received on
shares issued, 1,225,3141.; amount in arrear, 12,3771. ;
to be raised on hares unissued, 28,3081. ;
total amount, 1,266,0004 The revenue account for the
half-year ending the 31st of December last states that
the receipts amounted to 29,7741. and the expenses to
17,0991. (including 1,2311. for Government duty and
1,7894 for rates and taxes), leaving a balance of 12,6751.
The working stock eensists of nine engines, nine first-
class carriages, 21. second-class, 19 composite carriages,
and 12 trucks.

bricklayer, aged 51 years, died of " phthsis pleuritis,
dyspccet (3 days)." Mr. Holt diseribes this as " a duty
and crowded locality, inhabited generally by cosier-
mongers of the poorest class."
In Holborn district, at 13, Tindr.ll's-buildings, Gray's
Inn-lane, on the 10th of February, the daughter of a
labourer, aged 2 years, died of " small-pox (1 week)."
Mr. Holmes states that " this place is as usual over-
crowded with Irish families and other strangers. Small-
pox is very prevalent among the children."
Bethnal•green, Hackney-road subdistrict, at 3 and 20,
Collingwood-street, two children died, one of hopping.
cough, the other of diarrhoea. " The street is crowded,
and partially drained." Vincent-street, where a child
died of bronchitis, without medical attendance, is stated
by Mr. Murray to be "close, crowded, and undrained."
In St. James's, Bermondsey, at Edward-street, on the
11th of February, the son of a labourer, aged lii months,
died of " small-pox, natural, no medical attendant."
" Small-pox (says Mr. Martin) is very prevalent in Ja-
cob's Island; the mother of the above child acknowledged
that it had not been vaccinated orvirg to negligence.
Some persons object to the introduction of what they
conceive to be the disease of an animal into their chil-
dren."

_ -
MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 1551.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*212
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ...
... 53
Tubercular Diseases ...
••• ... 167
, Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 106
Diseases of the Heart and 8100d-vessels ... 47
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ••• ••• ..• ••• .•• 220
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion— ••• •• -•• ••• ••• 56
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.• •• ..• ••• 19
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e.
... 9
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
••• 5
••• ••
Diseases of the Skin, &c• •••
••• •
Malformations... ••• •••
••• ••• ••• 2
Premature Birth ... •• ••• ••• 27
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 26
Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 38
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 35
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,036
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated, sponding week in the
1841. of 1850. Week.
West Districts... 301,189 . . 133 ... 165
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 183 ... 210
Central Districts 374,199 ... 153 ... 175
East Districts ...393,067 ... 205 ... 209
South Districts.. 503,346 ... 264 ... :277
----- Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 938 ... LOU

Males
Females

... 515
... 521

STATE OF TRADE.

Males
~.
Females ...

... 821
... 755

Y 19, 1851.

company; and some, they say, were overdrawings or
excess of cargo, or in exeese with reference to the piles,
the company haring satisfied the warrants, which re-
quired their delivery of the whole. As to these, I very
much doubt whether the argument of Sir F. Kelly i 3
not perfectly just and true, that however much the over-
drawing the sample, in the keeping the excesses might
be a fraud on the merchant. Ido not think that would
make them subject to forfeiture, and on this point lam
fortified by the opinion of my Learned Brethren whom
I have consulted on the subject. Again, some of the
counts charge a removal of the goods with the intention
of erading the duty. Igo along with the arguments of
the counsel for the defendants, that this intention does
not appear at all from the evidence. It is perfectly
clear that if the sweepings were intended for the home
market they must have paid the duty; and it is not pre-
tended that any things were improperly token out of the
docks; and with respect to those things intend d for ex-
portation there is no duty to pay at all. Itseemsdiflicult,
therefore, to impute any intention of evading the duty
to any persons engaged in the transaction. But another
question will arise as to some particular articl, s—
namely, whether they were dealt with in a manner to
subject them to forfeiture ? I may here say that the
Customs can make no distinction between a wealthy
company and any obscure individual. The London
Docks Company, like every other partnership, are
liable for the acts of its servants. There would be no
safety for anyone if this were not so. If what is tic
in the course of the business of the servants, the em
player is liable ; and in some cases he is subject even to
penalty, still more, to the forfeiture of the goods-, as in
the resent case, where the judgment is in rem. To
return to the evidence of the witneves for the Crown.
Oldham says that there ought to he no cocoa sweepings.
It is very probable that this evidence, as well as that of
Mr. Knight, goes too far. The cocoa at the West
India Docks, as to which Mr. Knight spoke, is in casks,
whereas that in the London Docks is in bags, which are
much more subject to damage, and consequently more
likely to allow a portion of their contents to escape than
casks. His Lordship then proceeded to read and com-
ment on Oldham's evidence. He says, on cross-examina-
tion, that the goods are liable to duty while they remain
in the docks, and that they cannot escape unless they are
clandestinely removed. Of this, as I have already said,
there is no evidence. I consider that there has been no
contradiction at all to the evidence on the part of the de-
fendants, that the account of sweepings, including the
20 casks of sugar, was delivered at the end of 1849. I
think, too, that there can be no doubt that sweepings to
an extent to be called merchandise had been pointedly
called to the attention of the Customs before that time;
this fortifies in part my opinion that the Solicitor Gene-
ral's view of the law was not correct, and that the in-
stunt an article assumed the shape of merchandize it
must be considered as illegal unless brought to the notice
of the Customs, because the Customs have themselves
recognized the practice of collecting together that which
could be rendered useful, and exporting it as merchan-
dize. Oldham goes on to say, that in room No. 16,
where the cocoa was, Cleaver pointed out seven bags;
some of these were original packages; some, if not all of
them, have been traced by the defendants to the cargoes
to which they belonged, notwithstanding the warrant
which required their delivery had been satisfied. To
my judgment this proves that some other packages were
delivered in their place. This is the more probable, as
we find that one man (Atkins) was dismissed for
substituting one package for another. Now with re-
gard to all these packages of cocoa, it is to be
observed that although the witnesses for the
defence were put in opposition to the Donovans, the
Robinsee, and the Smiths, they did not contradict the
statement of Oldham and the other officers, that these
packages of cocoa were represented as sweepings. Then
John Cockshott states that in room 35 there were some
packages from the Hanover's cargo, which were stowed
under the great wheel. At first it appeared that the things
stowed under the wheel were in a place of concealment, but
that certainly turned out not to be the case. The objec•
tion, however, is not that they were put there out of sight,
but that they were put there amongst odds and ends,
where the officers would not be likely to look for them.
The package 823, marked 118 128, No. 221, he says, was
stowed amongst a pile of rice. There is no contradiction
as to this. There can be no doubt, therefore, that it
was where it ought not to have been. As to this, the
7th and Bth counts, which charge a clandestine re-
moval, appear applicable. In my opinion, the point
of law is, that if you believe that this cocoa was put on
the pile of rice for the purpose of preventing its being
seen by the officers, that is for the purpose of pre-
venting its being noticed, as it would have been,
had it not been there, you must find that it was
clandestinely and illegally removed and fraudently con-
cealed. The ninth and tenth counts charge, it is true, a
fraudulent concealment for the purpose of evading the
duty. It may have been done, not for the pur-
pose of evading the duty, but for some other purpose.
In that case I think it was forfeited on the seventh and
eighth counts; but I think that you will find also on the
ninth and tenth counts for the Crown, but you should
find specially at the same time that it was not done for
the purpose of evading the duty. It is right to say that
the fact of this cocoa having been put upon the rice is
sworn to by one of that class of witnesses who, the Soli-
citor-General has properly admitted, were not so worthy
of credit as many others; but, in confirmation of his
account, you have the officers, who say they found the
cocoa amongst the rice. Mr. Spenceley, by brushing
and dusting, has found out the marks of some of the
bees, and has shown, I think, that the officer was mis-
taken in saying that these packages had not been
weighed, Int he does not deny that the packages
were found where the officers say they were.
He says, as to some of them, very probably they
were found under sweepings. Now, I must tell you
as my opinion ef the law, subject to correction, that it
they were there with a view to their being mixed with
the sweepings so as to withdraw them from the notice
of the Customs officers, they were clandestinely removed
and would be forfeited. I take it as the view of all of
you, that none of this was done with a view of evading
the duty. Still, if it was done in any way to prevent its
being the subject of research, or to conceal the fact from
the Custom-house officers, then you must find for the
Crown as to the portion so concealed. I must say that
I cannot discover any ground upon which the greater
part of the cocoa can be considered as forfeited; and I
think your attention will have to be directed to some six
or seven packages of cocoa only—namely, those as to
which Mr. Speneeley can give no account, except that
they were portions of a particular cargo. They were
clearly cargo; and if they were put with the sweepings
to put them out of sight, they are, in my opinion, liable
to forfeiture. As to the 23 packages and the two barrels,
which were clearly sweepings, it is proved that the prac-
tice existed of supplying any deficiencies in the bags
from that which had been clean picked, and that when
the whole pile was removed the company took the per.
Lions of cocoa which had fallen to the bottom and had so
occasioned the deficiencies. I think in all this there was
no ground for seizure.
Sir F. KELLY called his Lordship's attention to Mr.
Spen celey harieg said that the cocoa was not on
a pile of rice, and that everything seized was visible
to sight.
The CHIEF BARON—But he said afterwards that he
knew nothing a`esut it. Then a 3 to the sugar. The 20
hogsheads, it is said, were collected from overdrawings
during the year 1849. Hearne'e heels are certainly
suspicious, but I can see no object which he had in mak-
ing the alteration which he did, and, independently of
him, I see no reason to doubt that the account, which
was made up iu 1849, included these 20 casks. I repeat
that if these were made up of overdrawings and other
irregular perquisites, taken possibly by the men to in-
crease the sweepings, they would not on that account be
liable to forfeiture. As to the eight casks, I think it
probable that there was some such hurry in getting the
various quantities together as was described by some of
the witnesses. (His Lordship then went through the
evidence as to these eight casks.) You will probably
not credit the
of Robins, that the sugar
statement
stowed in one of these casks consisted of the ten
bags of Manila sugar short shipped to Antwerp, and 15
bags brought from his laboratory. With reference to
the 10 bags said to have been short shipped to Antwerp,
I think much more evidence ought to have been given to
induce you to believe that that sugar wasdealt within the
manner suggested. I think the Crown sheuld have
waited till the mate came back, and could have given
a more intelligible account of the matter. The story is
contradicted by persons of greater respectability than
those who assert it. It seems little likely that the mate,
had he been deprived of the 10 bags, would have con-
tented himself with merely grumbling and gossiping
amongst the inferior servants of the company, instead
of making his complaint to Mr. Rowles, or the heads of
the establishment, particularly when it is stated that the
loss fell upon himself, and amounted nearly to his
year's earnings. On this head, as on others, probably
the witnesses for the Crown exaggerated extremely the
little they bad to say, while the officers of the company,
perhaps, did not say all they might have said. I now
come to the two boxes of Havannah sugar, which consti-
tuted one of the 28 casks. Wickes says that these two
boxes were packed without consideration, and in order to
screen Pontyng, but with whatever motive itis certain they
were removed from one package to another. I think
you will not doubt that they were surplus cargo; it is
even uncertain whether they had ever been entered, in
which case they ou
Itght to have gone to the Queen's bag-
gage warehouse. is my opinioa that this was liable to
be seized, wholly irrespective of whether it was intended
to avoid the payment of duty, and that it was a fraudu-
lent copes:du-lent. And that, therefore, on the 7th, Bth,
9th, and 10th counts, as to this you must give a verdict
for the Crown, subject to the reservation as to the 9th
and 10th counts, which I have already mentioned. I
think it right to say that the London Deck Company
have, with the exception of Pay, called every witness
who could throw any light on those transactions, and
that they have all distinctly contradicted the stories
as to Davis'. corner, and the system of carrying di'
the merchant's property, and converting it to the
con mpany's use. The question is, has there been
ay concealment or removal for any purpose what-
ever, so as to withdraw the
packages from the ob-
servation of the officers? On this head your attention
will be confined solely to the 7th, Bth, 9th, and 10th
counts. I have said which of the cocoa I think liable to
forfeiture; of the sugar I think the two boxes of Ha-
vannah the only part which is seizable. If you think
that was taken up-stairs from one warehouse to another,
and that it was afterwards put into the cask, as is
probable, for the
purpose of getting anything that might
be subject to question out of sight of the officers, you
must find for the Crown. A question may arise as to
whether there has been any identification of the parti-
cular casks in which these boxes wore put. I own, I
think, that if it is not distinguishable from the rest, the
whole eight casks are forfeited. As to the cocoa, except
five or six bags, the verdict ought to be for the de-
fendants. Those which would appear to have been
placed amongst the sweepings with the same view as the
two boxes of sugar in the cask, yon must find for the
Crown.

The jury requuted to be informed what the particula
COU:it.; r.f?re.
His LonnsirP informed them that. the 7th count
charged that
ti goods havin been warehoused in
docks, they were by the co art y clandestinely and lle.
gaily removed from the place of security in which they
le g ithe
were, to another place. The Bth count charged tin
same, without mentioning the persons who comniiitea
the act. Thu 9th count charged the company with ba"
ing fraudulently concealed the goods in the warehouse
with intent to evade the payment of duty. The 10th
count was to the same etllct, not specifying
The jury then retired, and after a short absence
cre-
turned and delivered the following verdict:—" We fin
for the Crown on the 7th and Bth counts as to the two
boxes of sugar, as to the remaining 27 casks of sugar,
and as to all ibe 57 koffor the dela-
plc ages cocoa,
dants; nt the same time we couple with the verdict a re:
commendation that greater strictness should be observed
by the company towards their subordinate servants, la
order to prevent irregularities which have occurred."
A jury the persons.
man—We find for the Crown as to the two
boxes upon your Lordship's direction, that the potting
them into a cask was a clandestine and illegal retnoral:,
His LORDSHIP then asked the jury whether they ill.
not find that the two boxes bad been fraudulently con•
coaled within the 9th and 10th counts?
The Foreman—Yes, but we find no intention to de'
fraud the revenue.

,ne is I
THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb Is

DOWNING-STREET FEB. 18.
Wilmot, Esq., to be a Puisnel Judge ofathemSu
Tile Queen has been leased to pp "nt Lemuel Allan
the Province of New Brunswick, and John Ambrose Stree t
Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for that Province.
CROWN. OFFICE, FEB. 15.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERFS IN THIS PEES
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Pontefract—The Honourable Beilby Richard
Law ley, of Escrick-park, in the county of York, in the rooll
of Sir Samuel Martin, Knt., who has accepted the office (3
one of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer.
FEB. 17. od
Burghs of Linlithgow, Lanark, Falkirk, Airdrie, .11,,t
Hamilton—James Baird, Esq., in the room of the Rig;
Prone Court otf
Honourable Henry Pelham Pelham Clinton, commonly the
Earl of Lincoln, now Duke of Newcastle, summoned to the
Upper House of Parliament.
FEZ. 18.
County of Nottingham, Southern Division --
Hodgson Barrow, Esq., in the room of Robert Bromley,
deceased.

BANKRUPTS.
James Binion Cooper and George Binion Cooper, ir°lld.
founders, Drury-lane, to surrender March 3, at one,
rtt
April I, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrupt*. Ea Ford
official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street;
and Lloyd, Bloomsbury-square.
James Holland and Edward Warden, tallow char
ivdlers:
Preston, Lancashire, March 3 and 31, at twelve, at the or;
chester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Mallumes -
Taylor. Manchester. March
William Neck, jun., corn dealer, Torre, Devonshire, .
4, at eleven, and March 27, at one, at the Exeter Disk'
Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Leter ; Carter, quay;
Stogdon, Exeter.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Henry Blylarn Morton, tobacconist, Newgate-street.
Edward Hodges, licensed victualler, Ranelagh- street,
Thomas Eaton, attorney-at-law, Field-court, Gray 'd-'llj3.

DIVIDENDS.
Whitmore, J.
Wells,Court, Bja. Wells,singhal i
I.stitnre:ta•nd F. whit
E.
more,z Lombard-street, bankers, March 11, at Wei i, lb
i . Bowerman, Envham, Oxfordshire, carrier, 151.,,,cr,t0t,
at eleven—W. S. Cowper, Bishopsgate-street
grocer, March 12, at one—G. Burton, Whitechapel4°-
linendraper, March 10, at twelve.
In the Country. rch 13,
T. B. Jones, Brecon, maltster and brewer,
at half-past twelve, at the Court, Bristol—F. C. 'tat
beth, Bristol, wine and spirit merchant, March 2',
twelve, at the Court, Bristol.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
F. J. Brown, Birmingham, railway clerk. 2s". 9131
Air,
Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office °
Christie, Birmingham. er,
S. M. Half hide, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, line
Is. 21.(1., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, -
the office of Mr. Whitmore Basingball-etreet. b
coca
R. G. Ward, Brownlow, -streef, Drury-lane'
currier, 3s. 44d., any Wednesday, between eleveo opt•
three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore,' Basinghall4tree
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.

At the Court, Lasingball street. -.4
G. Ralston, Bow, engineer, March 8, at elevezi2:
Clark, Sohatn, Cam bridgvshire, dealer in flour. tract
at twelve--W. S. Cowper, Bishopsgate-street " Opt,
—S. Ingamells, Isle of Ely, CaMbri
and New-street, Dorset-street, grocer, March 12,
March 11, at twelve. dgeshire,

In the Country.
J. Mathison, Ferryhill, Durham, builder, March 12'
at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-TY97ol3e;teicilli;e:
Liskeard, Cornwall, seedswan, March 12,
Court, Exeter—J. Simons, Wibloft Warwick
horse dealer, March 25, at twelve, at the Court' ---
mingham.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.,,grosker,
J. Porter, High-street, Camden-town, orium idea
certificate of the second class—J. Hall, brightoni3rown.
eller, certificate of the second class—R. G.Werd' of the
low•street, Drury•lane, coach currier, certificate eettifi'
third class—J. Watkins, Tottenham-court-rood, -Toc-
cata of the third class—G. Hall and F. S. Fell,
mouth, timber merchants, certificate of the u''' cbses
twenty-one days from Feb. 13—G. Little, Holboro •esi
and Commercial-place, Peckham, maker of el„aiarritio
apparatus, certificate of the second class—C. t
Darlington, Durham, plumber and glazier, cert'i,"baep
twenty-one days from Feb. 18—W. Burnett, days
Wearwouth, shipbroker, certificate twenty-nee care
from Feb. 18—J. Crook, Plymouth, merchant,,certifi_.
of second class—W. H. Boon, Plymouth, ironmonger,
certificate of second class—E. Cardwell, MBecbesiees,
sharehroker, certificate of second class-4.
Pgste
ecru
Kington, Herefordshire, mercer and draper,
of second class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. .n irit
d
D. Macarthur and J. Green, Pall-mall, Yi'ne 1-. R.. Reid
merchants—H. S. Cafe, sen , H. Cafe, j 110.9,• eh-
(so far as regards H. Cafe, jun.), Great Marllanregef-
sfieoludt,hYwoorrktisi,hirße,laclkinbeunrdnr,apLerasn—caTsh.iSreo.
street, auctioneers—W. Pearson and O. Ilervi°°4 d a
d ers--111'
holesa/e
Green and E. L. Green, Houndsditch, City, VI Down
clothiers—T. Hourston and A. Hourston, ft- ioas
Market, Norfolk, tailors and woollendrapers—d• •-• era
and John Binne, Dukinfield, Cheshire, cotton spin ter,
and cotton manufacturers—J.and jos
Carter • Card
Warrington, watch and clock makers—R. Lacon t. 3
Risely, William-street, Islington, mattress makers-. 0,
uthrwsoprth an I
j.
•
R. Price and D. Roderick, Swansea,' Glamorgan
wine wine and spirit merchants—J. Sykes and n•
Hill-house, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, woollen 3'004
manufacturers—C. Baker and F. N. Baker, Southall a
timber and general merchants—D. S. Walker' nir
Greenhill, and'R. Fry. Barge-yard, Bucklersbul,
tent elastic mourning hat band and waterproof 'heel
manufacturers—J. Hammond, G. Horton, L. Baker,e,ef..
T. Co•ten (as far as regards T. Cotten), Hollinwood,
fordshire, coal owners—L. Cooper and A. W. Ord,
chester and Stockport, cotton-spinners—J. Gate and v,,
Greenwood, Brick-lane, bottled beer merchants yew
Lewis and R. Lewis, Tyors-gateway, Bermondsryttrook
Bermondsey, woolstapieri—C. Brook, sea., W. 14; ~,Prr,rlv
and C.Broolt. jun.,Melthara Mills,near Hudersfielo,'lncl,
shire, cotton-spinners—R. Rockall and J. Jones, °7l(j A.
tea-dealers and Italian warehousemen—F. Hale, or
I). Hale, Berkhampatead St. Peter, Hertfordshire, I'll
drapers—l. Johnson and J. Simpson, Derby, Plasterer*
F. E. Potts and W. D. Potts, Bath, chemists and all-
gists— W. %ViLon and Mary Wilson, Leeds, pacer,
brokers—J. M. Baab and F. Job, Titchbourne-6Tek
Regent-street, and Gerrard-street, Soho, watch and cfor'
makers—H. Bald win and T. Baldwin, Lancaster, fares
regards J. Heaton), Cleeic-
neys•at-law—J. Heaton, E. Muff and J. Field 06:
wa91314"
liquor-makers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John 111)riebibis, Kin
ton.
upon-
Hh eual tl o'
shoemaker. Yorkshire,
John Settle Anderson
Robert Featheratone, Kingston-upon-110'
dgesrtsoonn-,uipcot.
Dng-
st Hullo nauctioneer.upon riu on-Hull,
,grocer. d
carver an
John Stainforth, Kingston-upon• Hull
gilder.
John
Johnson, Kingston-upon-Hull, patent SDI"
facturer.
William Newman, jun., Hereford, b•
_maker.
Thome- C dd F
o , rieston, Lincolnshire, ev°`r
Thomas Densham, Barnstaple,Devonshire, coa
chant.
Richard Hancock, Barnstaple, Devonshire, butcher.
John Poole, Arlestone, Shropshire, farmer. hare'
Thomas Langton, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire, law"
Joseph Lewis,
Bristol, heti. retailer.
Richard Knapp, Wick, Gloucestershire, farmer.
painte
John Eling, Gravesend, livery stable-keeper. Lincoln 9hire•
William Poole Hooton, Gainsborough,
tailor.
George Stancer, Sheffield, fender-manufacturer.
Edward Oakes, Portsea, ironmonger.
William Jackson, Sheffield, policeman.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. sot'
J. Gilchrist, Paisle dyer, t
0
to meet within the
ten's Head Inn, Paisley,' y Feb. 20 and March 15, eet
1
R. M. M`Brair, Glasgow, commission agent, to
within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 21 and Marc" 14,
at two.
J. White, Edinburgh, draper, to meet within the TtOlYsei.
Exchange Coffee house, Feb. 21 and March 21, id twyeeet
R. Menzies, Weem, Perthshire, merchant. t°,„
within Menzies'-inn, Weem, Feb. 24 and March 131610

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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ROUSE OF COMMONS, Feb, 18.
mittee. P. S CROPE. , in rising to move that a
THE POOR-LAW.
Mr.
be appointed to consider the expediency
and
assimilating the poor-laws of England, Scotland, 13,
Ireland, and promoting the productive eulP`cC-
meat of able-bodied y u said k nothillhg
pers, he new
he • could say would induceia the House to determine any a':
stract proposition on the 'therefore, it was
great question, and, _
ues
that he asked the house to inquire into and consider the q
Co •
n, and report the result of their deliberations to the House'
'en $
He might be asked why he introduced into the quest' he
subject apparently not immediately connected with it, viz., he
Select Coln:f
best form of relief to the able-bodied poor, but he did 8° ,h()„,
this reason—that the main difficulty connected withd:at
poor in England, Ireland, and Scotland was the ilo r;,,,,
present existing of relieving the able-bodied poor. 1"
ustilt
poor-law had always been considered, and he thought)
the most veluable of our ancient institutions, because upon
it depended the peace, order, and tranquillity of the country'
The poor-law was introduced into Ireland in 1837, and et:
tended greatly in 1847, but it was not vet assimilated i Dintl
mode of operation to tbe English pour-law. Tbe great 1,.
of difference was the enormous disparity of out-door relio u 1
the two countries. In Ireland there was no out-door relief,
in England 7-Bths of the relief was out-door relief; while'
to go farther, in Scotland there was no in-door relief. Theo
was also great difference in the mode of levying, and vviti"unC
pronouncing which was the best, he did not
le-
why there should not be ene waiter= pystem Pg"tied