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day morning, and although they wished to inflict upon him
the severest penalty the law allowed, yet they found that
according to the statute a fox did not come within the
meaning of a " domestic animal," and, therefore, they must
dismiss the case. They could not, however, but strongly
reprehend the conduct of the defendant.
The case has excited considerable interest among the
members of the Vine and Berkshire Hunts and the public
generally, and the court was densely crowded during the
hearing of the case.

THIS DAYS MA RKETS.

COVENT GARDEN.

The supplies of fruit and vegetables have been on a full
average scale, and a steady business has been doing in them
generally, as follows :

FRUIT.

a. d. a. d.
Pine apples, per lb + 0 to 8 0
Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0
Grapes, per lb 5 0 to 10 0
Foreign do 2 6 to 3 0
Melons, each
Peaches, per doz 0 0 to 0 0
Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0
Apples, per bush. 2 0 to 5 0
Pears, per doz 1 0 to 6 0
Oranges, per 100 3 6 to 10 0
Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0
Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0

s. d. s. d
Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb 0 6to 0 9
Cobnuts, per lb 010 to 1 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0
Strawberries, prpto oto 0 0
Gooseberries, sv. 0 oto 0 0
Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per do.
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries, prptlo oto 0 0

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Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 'Artichokes, pr dz 0 0 0.0 0
Carrots, pr do 4 oto 5 6 Cabbage letts,p sc 0 oto 0 0
Cucumbers 1 oto 2 0' Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, pr hsv 0 oto 0 0
Spinach, hf.-8v 0 9to 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Bras. sprouts, h.s 1 3to 1 6 Chilies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Old onions, dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0
New do., per bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 6 tot 0
French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 3 6to 7 0
Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 3 Sea trail, per pun. 1 oto 1 8

MONEY.

Commander 124 14 3
Third chess
Fourth class.... 28 11 5

Fifth. class .... 15 17 6

Flag sharo ..... £ll2 14 1 Sixth class
Commander .... 401 12 1 Seventh class..... 27 6 9
Third class .... 127 11 7 Eighth class .... 13 13 4
Fourth class ... 82 0 4 Ninth class 9 2 3
Fifth class .... 45 11 3 Tenth class . . 411 1

For the barque, name unknown, captured on the 2d of
Sept., 1857, by her Majesty's ship Alecto, will commence
on Monday, the 7th March, 1859.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :
Flag share .... £55 14 8
Commander .. 290 17 2
Third class 92 7 11
Fourth class 59 7 11
Fifth class .... 32 19 11

Sixth class C 29 14 0
Seventh class.. 19 16 0
Eighth class 9 18 0
Ninth class - 6 12 0
Tenth class.... 3' 6 11

BANKRUPTS.
Thomas William Custance, licensed victualler, Now-
castle-upon-Tyne, to surrender,March 7, and 14, at twelve,
at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
Benjamin Lovell, currier, Northampton, March 9, at one,
and April 11, at twelve, at thoCotirt-of Bankruptcy.
John David Greenway, draper, Taunton, March 11 and
April 6, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Joseph Hardwicke and Henry Jones, merchants, Grace-
church-street, March 9, at half-past one, and April 9. at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Spence, currier, Birmingham, March 7 and 28, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
John Hill, jun., lace manufacturer, Lenten, Notting-
hamshire, March 15, and April 12, at eleven, at the Shire-
hall, Nottingham.
William George Horncastle, auctioneer, 230}, High-
street, Poplar, Middlesex, March 11, at one, and April 15,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Adams, the younger, licensed victualler, Hat,
borne, Staffordshire' March 7 and 28, at eleven, at tho
Birmingham District Court.
Joseph Taylor, general. dealer, Bradford, March 8, at
half-past eleven, and April 4, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court.
-ald firmer Fishburn, Durham, March 8, George Osm , at
eleven, and April 12, at one, at the Newcastle-upon•
Tyne District Court.
William Ireland, licensed victualler, Plaistow, Essex,
March 4, and April 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
Walker, licensed victualler, Stockport, March 10
and 31,
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Phillip Cronin, sail maker, Liverpool, March 11 and
April 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
George Locking, hotel keeper, Cleethorpe, Lincolnshire,
March 9 and April 13, at twelve, at the Leeds District
Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
A. S. Bryce, general commission agent, Glasgow.
W. Hutchison, timber merchant,.Glasgow•
Charlotte M'Bryde and J. Gilchrist, spirit dealers, Leith.
J. Martin wholesale stationer, Edinburgh.
A. Christie, nail manufacturer, Whins of Milton, Stir!.
lingshire.
A. Cameron, grocer, Inverness.
A. Campbell, victualler, Glasgow.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the ct 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for thou -week ending onA Wednesday, the 23d day
of 17ebruary, 1859 :
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £33,56,5,315 Government Debt 411015100
Otoher Securities .. 3,459,,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 19,090,315
Silver Bullion

£-33,565,316:

BA.N KIN° D
I'roprietors'
tal ............ £14,553,000 I
Rest ... .
. ........... 3,302,224
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and •
Dividend Ac-

counts) 7,819,784
Other Deposits 14,617,172
Seven Day and
other Bills .

749,788

ST. JAMES'S PALACE,
The Queen was this day pleased to
--nonar of S
Knighthood upon William George Armstrong, Esq
F.R.S., of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Engineer to the War
Department for Rifled Ordnance.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 24.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev.
Walter Farquhar Hook, D.D., the Deanery of her Ma-
jesty's cathedral church of Chichester, void by the death of
the Rev. Doctor George Chandler.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 21.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George
Staunton Morrison, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's
Superintendency in China, to be her Majesty's Consul at
Nagasaki, in Japan.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Christopher Pemberton Hodgson, Esq., now British Vice-
Consul at Caen, to be her Majesty's Consul at Hakodadi,
in Japan.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEn. 24.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Beau-
mont Hotham, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Calais.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 23.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, to appoint
James Hanning Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Captain J. A. Hunter,
resigned.

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CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 22.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT. •
County of York—West Riding.—sir John. wawa
Ramsden, of Byram, in the said county, Bart., in the room
of G. F. Robinson, commonly called Viscount Goderich,
now Earl of Ripon, called to the House of Peers.
FEB. 23.
Borough of Enniskillen.—The Hon. John Lowry Cole,
in the room of the Right Hon. James Whiteside, who
his accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor
of Northstcad.
FEB. 25.
Borough of lVfarylebone.—Edwin John James, Esq., of
Pall-mall, in the county of Middlesex, one of her Majesty's
Counsel learned in the Law, in the room of Hugh For-
tescue, commonly called Viscount Ebrington, who hat
accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of
Northstead.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 25.
The Right Honourable the Lords of Privy Council for
Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a-Despatch from
her Majesty's Minister at Vienna, reporting that the Aus-
trian Government has issued an order, permitting silk
cocoons to be imported into the Lombardo-Venetian King-
dom, and the raw silk produced from them to be exported,
free of duty.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 25.
MEm OItAN num.—The commission of the Reverend James
Henry Beresford Harris, as Chaplain of the 4th Class, has
been antedated to 22d October, 1855.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 19.
Corps of Royal. Marines—First Lieutenant George
Gregory to be Captain, vice Driver, to half-pay ; Second
Lieutenant Sechwell Ray Buckle, to be Lieutenant, vice
Gregory, promoted.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
3d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—En-
sign Michael Arthur Bass to be Lieutenant, vice Davenport,
resigned;
Carmarthenshire Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia—
Richard Richards Carver, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Swan,
resigned.
Royal Ayrshire Rifles—Charles Dalrymple, Esq., to be
Lieutenant ; Robert Meiklam, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
Ist Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Ensign G. J. Gossling
to be Lieutenant, vice Williamson, resigned.
Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Glasgow and Lower
Ward of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—The Honourable
Charles Alexander, Lord Dunglas, to be Captain, vice
McCall, resigned.
[This article is substituted for that which appeared in
the Gazette of February 22.]
Northumberland Artillery Regiment of Militia—Robert
Cairnes Bruce, Esq., late Captain in the 85th Foot, to be
Captain.
MEMORANDUM-Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment
of Militia—The commissions held by Ensigns Richard Hall
and Frederic White Christian have been cancelled.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Feb. 14.
Notice is hereby given to the Officers, Seamen, and Ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for
the William Clark, captured on the 22d August, 1867, by
her Majesty's ship Firefly, will commence on Monday, the
14th March, 1859, in the Prize Branch of the Department of
the " Accountant-Generalof the Navy, Admiralty,-Sourer-
set-house."

Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of
any captor, serving in the above-named ship, aro requested
to present the same at this office.
Any Officer, Seaman, Marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or
of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required
to intimate the same by letter to be addressed " On Prize
Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London"—
in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely
stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Cus-
toms, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be con-
venient to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :
Flag share £3 18 5

Sixth class .... £l4 5 8
Seventh class .. 9 10 6
-Eighth class .. 4 16 3
Ninth class.... 3 3 6
Tenth class • 1 11 8

For the brigantine Eliza Jane, captured on the 27th of
August, 1857, by her Majesty's ship Alecto, will comment.
on Monday the
,7th March, 1859.
The following arc the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :

John Newton, horse dealer, Old Malton, Yorkshire,
March 10 and April 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court.
John Andrews Mundy, coal merchant, Pulborough,
Sussex, March 11, at two, and April 9, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
John Goodson Turney, grocer and tea dealer, 9, Mount-
place, Walworth-road, March 4, and April 8, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Sugar Holden Splatt, sail maker, Strand, March 11, at
two, and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bimkruptcy.

133,50,315

,EPARTMIDIT.
Government Secu-
rities ((including
Dead Weigh t An-
nuitY) £10,696,147
Notes
Other Securities 16,256,758
Gold and Silver 13,226,830
Coin

102,233