The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-09 00:00:00

HE COPLE

STIMONIAL.

The following correspondence has taken place be-
tween the Secretary and Sir Benjamin Hall, the
Member for Marylebone :
" Dingestow Court, near Monmouth,
Dec. 28, 1849.
" Dear Sir,—l beg leave to enclose you ft circular
of the Copleston Testimonial, requesting you kindly
to support it, and make it known among your friends.
Subscriptions will be received at the several branches
of the Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire Banking
Company, and by their correspondents, the London
Joint Stock Company.—l am, yours faithfully,
" S. B. BOSANQUET, Secretary and
Treasurer.
" Sirißenjamin Hall, Bart., M.P."
" London, Dec. 31, 1849.
"My Dear Sir,—l have just received your letter of
the 28th inst., in which you request me to support
the Copleston Testimonial ; and I will state my rea-
sons for feeling it right to decline complying with
your wishes. I could not subscribe as an intimate
friend of the late Dr. Copleston, because my acquaint-
ance with him was only of an ordinary character, and
I can, therefore, merely consider him in his public
capacity—as a member of the Legislature, and
as Bishop of the diocese of Llandaff; in
neither of these capacities do I think that
a public testimonial is merited. In his political
character he was not respected by either Whigs
or Tories, in consequence of the frequent vacillation
of his opinions from the year 1830 downwards ;
whilst as Bishop of Llandaff the inconsistency of his
conduct was still more remarkable. He was Bishop
of a Welsh diocese ; and it was his duty not to appoint
any clergymen to Welsh livings, unless they fully
understood the language of the natives of the district.
But it is well known that this duty he continually
disregarded ; and, when he was called upon to appoint
a Dean, two Chancellors, and two Archdeacons, he
selected five gentlemen to fill those offices, only one
of whom up to the present period is conversant with
the Welsh language—and yet he refused to institute
two clergymen who were nominated by the Lord
Chancellor, alleging (most properly) that the gentle-
men so nominated were inadmissible in consequence
of their being ignorant of the language of their intended
flocks. Yet the Bishop had himself recently made the
fire appointments to which I have just referred, and had
for many years allowed clergymen to enter upon and
to hold Welsh livings, who were as much unacquainted
with the native language of their parishioners
as were the gentlemen nominated by the Lord
Chancellor. It would be well, indeed, if our Bishops
would take example from the plan now adopted by
the Roman Catholics, and which has always been
acted upon by the Dissenters, in the appointment of
spiritual pastors. The former of these denominations
has now a college in Wales for the education of
priests, in order that every member of the Roman
Catholic priesthood intended for ministration in the
principality may henceforth be properly qualified,
and be able to converse, preach, and pray in the
Welsh language ; and the Welsh Dissenters never
select a minister who is not thoroughly conversant
with that language.
" During the 21 years that Dr. Copleston has held
the see of Llandaff, I will undertake to say that
Dissent in that diocese has not only flourished, but
has increased to a greater extent than during any
previous 40 years that can be selected. By the re-
turns made to the House of Commons last session,
it appears that in the diocese of Llandaff there are
about 257 places of worship attached to the Esta-
blished Church. If two services were performed each
Sunday in every church and chapel there would be 514
services every Sunday ; instead of which it appears,
by the same Parliamentary returns, there are not more
than 371 services, out of which only 35 are performed
in the Welsh language and according to statements
which have recently been published, there are within
six parishes alone, in the diocese of Llandaff, 140
Welsh services every Sunday in the Dissenting
chapels, besides 210 Welsh services in the same
chapels:during the week, making a total of 3io Welsh
services weekly in only six parishes of the diocese,
which is a striking contrast to the 85 provided by the
Church for the entire district under the sanction of
the late Bishop of tlandaff, to whose memory it is
now proposed to erect a public testimonial.
" We have lately had a new bishop appointed, who
once lived in a neighbouring Welsh diocese, and I_
trust that his Lordship will minister to the spiritua-

requirements of the Welsh inhabitants of his diocese,
and avoid the errors of his predecessor, who was,
notwithstanding, a kind hearted and a charitable man;
and, as one of the most eminent classical scholars of
the day, was admirably qualified for the honourable
position he occupied as provost of Oriel College,
Oxford; but was, in my humble judgment, totally
unfitted to promote the interests of the Established
Church in the Welsh diocese of Llandaff, over which
he has since presided.—l am, my dear Sir, yours
sincerely, " B. HALL.
" S. B. Bosanquet, Esq.,
Dingestow Court, near Monmouth."
—Merthyr Guardian.

A CELEBRATED PAIR OF BAGPIPES.
A gentleman in this town sends us the following
extract trom a CAnadian paper, describing the history
of a Fair of bagpipes, which, he says, have been
playing for him in Inverness during the Christmas
holidays :—" At the procession of the St. Andrew's
Society of Toronto, in honour of the Governor-Gene
ral, last Friday, a pair of bagpipes were used belong-
ing to Mr. Mackenzie Fraser Macree, of Kingston,
'to which an interesting history is attached.
`These pipes, which are believed to be among the best
ever manufactured, were made about a hundred years
ago, for the Duke of Gordon, father of the last Duke,
long known as the Marquis of Huntly. After being
in bis possession for some years, they were lent to
Captain Simpson Fraser when about to proceed to
America as a Captain of the 78th regiment, and
they were used at the taking of Quebec, in 1759.
At the close of the war they were brought to
'Scotland, to their owner, at Castle Gordon, and after
being used long there, were made a present of, about
60 years ago, to Donald Macrae, father of the present
owner, by the Marquis of Huntly, as a prize at the
annual competition at Edinburgh. Macrae having
joined the 42d regiment as Pipe-Major, carried
his valuable instrument to the wars, and there
played the same inspiring notes at the landing at
Egypt, under Sir Ralph Abercromby, as had been
done under the walls of Quebec. At the con-
clusion of the short peace, the pipes ceased to sound
to the battle field. But on the breaking out of the
war, the new 78th having been chiefly raised on the
estate of Lord Seaforth, Macrae joined that regiment,
taking his pipes with him. The first occasion on
which they were used was at the battle of Maida,
in Calabria, under Sir John Stuart, where
the 78th signalised themselves by their gallant
charge on superior numbers of their opponents.
The 78th was afterwards engaged in many of the
battles in Spain and Portugal. At the battle of
Corunna Macrae was wounded and left on the field—
but careful of his valuable pipes, he dispatched them
with a comrade to a place of safety. The pipes have
been in thirty two engagements. In 1826 they were
transferred by the veteran to his son, the present
owner, who now holds a situation in the Custom-
house at Kingston. His father yet lives in Scotland,
and is now ;,n his hundredth year."—lncerngss Courier

Iscw,romti FMB. Between twelve and one
on Thursday night a fire, which it is feared there is too
muc:is reason to suspect was caused by the hand of an
incendiary, broke out on the farm of Mr. Strat-
soil, of Manningfoid, near Hungerford. The fire
)had not only gained great ascendency when
;the outbreak was first witnessed, but it was
.discov.red in two extensive ricks, which, it is strongly
.suspected, were both ign't d at the same time, in
order that the malicious design of the incendiary might
be effective. Owing to the loneliness of the spot,
added to its being midnight, but little assistance was
obtainable, and the wind blowing a gentle breeze at
the time, the flames under its influence raged and
spread alarmingly. The two ricks, one of them being
.the produce of five acres of corn, and the other a large
;stack, besides other farm property, were eventually con-
sumed. Great exertions were made to extinguish
.the flames, which were fortunately aided by the wind
(changing and diverting them from
the
ee remain-
ingiks property. From the
_situation_ of h in
the farmyard, near the road, some distance fromre any
house, and through which there is no public thorough-
fare, coupled with the late hour at which the fire broke
out, it seems hardly probable that the conflagration
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Could have been the result of accident. property
was fully insured in the Norwich Union Fire office.
"Much distress prevails among the agricultural labourers
in this part of the county,
consequent on several of the
largest farms being now tenantless.
The journals of the Channel ports contain accounts
of further disasters at sea during the present storms. The
English sloop Mercy, from Yarmouth to London, was
picked up at sea on the night of the 31st ult., by a pilot-
boat belonging to Dunkirk, and towed into that port; she
had lost sails, chains, and anchor. An English sloop, the
Vivid, from Newhaven to-Dunkirk, struck on the coast 9
near Mardyick, but it was supposed would be got off. The
Lydia from Seaham, entered Dunkirk with loss of chains
and anchors. The brig Jane, of North Shields, bound to
Newcastle with coals, went down near Zuydcoote, but the
crew, consisting of twelve men, succeeded in escaping in
the boats. The Dutch vessel Vrow Meanie, lost her mast,
and had to be towed into Dunkirk. A vessel, supposed
to be English, freighted with slates, struck on the
coast at Veulettes, near F‘camp, and would, it was
supposed, be lost; the crew, however, were saved. Ths
Benjamin, of Morlaix, from Bordeaux to Brest, went
down at some leagues from Benodet, on the coast '
of Finisterre; the crew succeeded in reaching land.
The Marie, of St. Vaast, was driven ashore near
Cherbourg, but was towed off by a steamer sent out for
the purpose. On the coast, near Havre, pieces of
wreck have been picked up, and the rigging of a three-
Masted vessel has been found near Locquirec. The sea
continued violently agitated for upwards of twenty-four
hours after the gale of wind bad gained its greatest
htight•••Galignani.

PRICES OF SHARES

FISHING BOATS (SCOTLAND).
On Saturday a blue book appeared containing the
report of Captain Washington on the loss of life and on
the damage caused to fishing boats on the east coast of
Scotland in the gale of the 19th of August, 1848. The
first portion of the report refers to local inquiries
instituted principally at Wick, Banff, Fraserburgh,
and Peterhead, and including the districts from Pent-
" land Frith to Berwick. The total number of boats
e. lost or damaged on the coast of Scotland during
_ the terrible gale in question amounted to 124, their
value to 7,0111., and the number of men drowned to
100. The misery hereby entailed on the poor fishermen
was great, and the list of widows and orphans is
truly formidable. A review of the evidence ad-
duced in the course of Captain -Washington's in-
• quiry shows that the grand cause of the loss of
life and property, and the increased risk connected
with the fisheries, is the want of good harbours,
- accessible at all times. "It is not the construe-
: tion of two or more larger central harbours of refuge
- that is wanted, but a general deepening and improve-
: ment of all the existing rivers and harbours along the
eastern coast of Scotland." Nor would the improve-
meat of these harbours be -attended with any very
_
considerable outlay. The want of good harbours,
however, although the primary, is not the only evil.
Minor points claim attention, the remedy for which
mme
is in the hands of the fishers and curers them-
"'. selves. The practice of hiring men to complete
the crew—the majority raw landsmen—is a fer-
-1 tile source of danger and destruction ; and a second
, evil is the national, and, as it would seem, ineradicable
,fi vice of drunkenness. Drinking to excess is common
1 amongst fishermen, and it is directly encouraged by
• the practice of making bargains with whisky. An-
-1 other evil is the system of bounties between the curer
rli and the fishermen, which is unnecessary, and induces
) extravagant and reckless habits in the men. Again, a
% little more attention to the state of the barometer might
t often be the means of saving the fishermen from much
risk, and from many an anxious and fruitless night at
sea. The last point is the build of the boats, on
11% which the fishers on the east coast are diametrically
opposed to their fellows on the south and west coast of
x England ; the former maintaining that none but open
A boats are fit for the herring fishery, and the latter as
li
strongly contending for decked or half-decked vessels.
54 Captain Washington, having taken the trouble to collect
a mass of scientific evidence, expresses a hope that the
Scottish fishermen will lay aside their foolish prejudices,
and that the Scotch builders will adopt such improve-
ments as may secure the fishers against the dreadful
dangers which they now encounter. The grand
4i measure of reform, after all, is the deepening and
improvement of the harbours on the east coast of
Scotland, and the placing of them under proper
control. The value and importance of the
Scotch fisheries is immense. The total pro-
duce of the fishing in 1848 was 999,345
barrels of herrings, value 1,000,0001. During the
me. same period 364,951 cwt. of cod and ling were
taken. The number of boats employed was 15,062,
and the number of fishermen 60,346, besides 97,447
persons engaged in curing the fish. The tonnage
)
) of the vessels employed in conveying salt and
• exporting herrings was 66,214, and the number of
'M the crews 5,097. The tonnage of the fish-boats was
125,946, and the total value of boats, nets, and lines,
1,250,078/—not (be it observed) the capital of mer-
chants or fish-curers, but the property of the poor
fishermen, who, if he loses his boat, loses his all.
Price.

IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANT: OTHER COM-

PANIES' StOCS.
From the Official List.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FIL/DAT ETENING,

LONDON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8.

JOINT-STOCK BANNS.

Name of Company.

Australasia •.........
B ritsh North American
Ceylon •••• •• •• •• ••
Comrnercial of London
Colonial.- •• ••
Gloucestershire •• •• ••
lonian
Londn and Westminstr

Dividend
per

Annum.

31. per cent.
51. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
SI. par cent.
151 per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

Amount
of
Share.

Loudon Joint-Stock ...
Provincial of Ireland..
Ditto, New... • . • . • .
National of Ireland ..
Nat. Provncial of Eng.
Ditto, New. .. • . .. ..
South Australia ......
Union of Australia....

Union of L0nd0n.....
Union of Madrid .....

61. per cent.
81. per cent.
8/. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
5/. per cent.
Si. per cent.
61. per cent.
6/. per cent.
61. per cent.

A s. d.
40 0 0
be 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 8.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.)
IN THE BANKRUPTCY OE DAVID GEORGE POSTER.
I% The bankrupt carried on an extensive business in
St. John's square, Clerkenwell ; he appeared to pass
his last examination on a balance-sheet prepared by
Mr. Hutton ; the creditors, secured and unsecured,
amount to 4,3001.; the good debts, 4761.; property,
1 8821. 16s. sd. ; property held by creditors, 6SOI.
I' The bankrupt having been examined by Mr. Sturgeon
- on behalf of the assignees, and having satisfactorily
answered ail questions put to him, was declared to be
/34 entitled to pass.
Mr. LAWRENCE, on behalf of the bankrupt, then
applied, under the 160th section of the Now Bankrupt
Act, that an allowance might be made out of the
estate for the preparation of the balance-sheet and
accounts. The reasons urged by Mr. Lawrence in
- support of the application were that the books were
ice exceedingly well kept ; that the assets delivered up
by the bankrupt would realise an unusually large
dividend • and that the balance sheets, although
necessarily voluminous, were wholly vouched by the
books.

Mr. Graham, the official assignee, on being appealed
to by the Court, confirmed this statement, and further
stated that the bankrupt had been very assiduous and
attentive to the affairs of the estate.
The Learned COMMISSIONER stated that the benefit

conceded to bankrupts by this section of the statute
would be very sparingly conceded by the Court; that
h in all cases he (the Learned Commissioner) should
require that the accountant employed should be re-
spectable, and the balance-sheets honest ; and that
wherever he found an attempt had been made to give
a false colouring to the bankrupt's affairs he should
refuse the application. As, however, in this case all
Lee. the favourable circumstances had concurred, he should
direct a favourable sum to be paid to the accountant
out of the estate, the amount to be settled by the
Master, with the concurrence of the assignees.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Houton))
IN THE MATTER OF EDWARD GIBSON, A BANKRUPT.
This was an adjourned certificate meeting.
Mr. Lawrence, as heretofore, appeared for the
assignees ; Mr. Linklater for certain creditors ; but
as it had been previously arranged when the bankrupt
Sturt passed his last examination that the certificates
of both the partners should be considered at the same
time, the consideration of this certificate was ad-
journed until the 22d inst., by consent and without
discussion.

(Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.)

IIN TUB MATTER OF JAMES REDWARD, A BANKRUPT.
The bankrupt had for many years carried on busi-
ness at Portsea as an importer of foreign fruit, and
also as a fishmonger. The debts and liabilities amount
to 3,8001., and the assets are very small.
Mr. LAWRENCE, in support of the bankrupt's ap-
plication for his certificate, stated that the bankrupt's
losses had arisen almost wholly from the damaged
t) state of the cargoes of fruit consigned to or purchased
14 by the bankrupt fur sale in this country.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said he was aware this
description of trade was very hazardous, and as there
was no opposition, he should grant the certificate of

the second class.
Robert H. Gould, formerly proprietor of the
Wenhatn Lake ice establishment, in the Strand, came
up on the question of passing his last examination, but
the balance-sheet, which is in the course of prepara-
tion by Mr. Butler, not yet being in readiness, the
meeting was adjourned.
There was a meeting for the choice of assignees in
the matter of Lewis Joel, of Argyll-street, jeweller,
but the bankrupt was unable to surrender, being in
prison on charges of forgery. The meeting was con-
sequently adjourned.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.)
IN RE SEARCH, A BANKRUPT,

This bankrupt, a builder, came up to pass his last
examination, supported by Mr. Sargood.
The solicitor to the assignees stated that just
prior to the adjudication, the bankrupt's pro-
perty had been seized by a Mrs. Field, who
claimed to be a creditor for money lent to the
amount of upwards of 2001.; but from the
present position of her circumstances, as admitted by
herself, the assignees were not satisfied as to her
ability to make such loans, and from the fact of part
of the money being lent only a few days before the
execution upon her goods, they suspected a collusion
between her and the bankrupt.
Mr. SARGOOD, on behalf of the bankrupt, said he
could not allow that assertion to go uncontradicted, as
the execution had been adverse, the writ having been
issued against the bankrupt from a little angry feeling
arising from his refusing to give Mrs. Field a bill of
sale by way of security ; and the property so seized
had been given up to the assignees, the bankrupt
having given his creditors all the assistance he could
in bringing his affairs within the jurisdiction of this
Court. _ _ _ _ _

The Learned JunoE, in passing the sentence of
transportation for seven years upon the prisoner, said
that he was well known as an active member of the
swell mob.

Abraham Weston, 33, was indicted for assaulting
Mary Weston, his wife, since deceased, and also for
assaulting Mary Ann Coney.
Mr. Parnell conducted the case for the defence.

It appeared that the prisoner had lived for some
time in an upper room of the house, 7, Colonnade,
Russell-square. It appeared, also, that he had been
out of employment for a length of time, and that
he was a man of intemperate habits, and that he
and his deceased wife suffered, in
had scarcely an article of
consequence,
sofDeuf vreaenc ri
breakfaste et
mu rpbere,irvat
ahtnieodyn
procured s
sat.
frequently
Tdho ewwy with
t b quarrelled about the
miserable condition of their home; and on the 6th of
o
t :
hberreraekwfeadst,eiixnpeceoeme.panlye
wife's sister, to partake
twhiet he
eNulrasreyeAf nthnetCmo neeeyl ,
the
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prisoner applied a very
foul epithet to his wife. She
replied that if she
deserved the name he had called her he was eating
the produce of the conduct which had justified the
application of that epithet. The prisoner therefore
child,
t i
theld deceased with the hand some sixteen months of
a
commenced throwing spoonfuls of hot tea into her
face, and she in return threw a mug of tea over her
hgues, i
husband. Holding
one halronild, ihne dealt g a
upon the side of her
interfered, and threatened to use a
knife which she had taken up during the melee if he
he had
Coney
ygaged then several
did not desist. The same afternoon he told Coney to
She refused, leave the house. however to go, and he
then seized her by the wrists and threw her with great
violence into the passage, and he subsequently took
hold of her by the hair of her head and endeavoured
to throw her down stairs. She returned to the room,
however. During the following day the prisoner
upon his wife. She was
then commenced
stand, and she fell to the ground and received the
i such
injuries. While she was in that position, and
while he was holding his child in his arms, he said,
s hano a another
weak
kattack
condition that she could not
u If it was not for this poor child I'd give it you."
She died upon the following Wednesday. A coro-
ner's inquest was held upon the body, and Mr. W.
Home Popham, surgeon, who was called in to attend
her, having stated that she died from congestion of
the brain, arising probably from violence, the jury
returned a verdict to that effect., and the prisoner
was accordingly taken into custody. The surgeon
now stated, that although no external marks of vio-
lence existed upon the person of the deceased, yet that
congestion of the brain might have arisen from blows
The condition of the body
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given by an open hand. h
was in such a state that a very slight cause might
have produced the congestion, such as the shaking
from a fall.

Mr. PARNELL' on beh‘lf of the defendant, said, he
was unable to deny but that an assault had been
committed, although, at the same time he must submit
that his client had received very great provocation, for
his wife was a woman of unusually lazy and dirty
habits, and when they had quarrelled it had been in
consequence of the filthy state in which sloe had kept
herself and her child. All he should therefore do
would be to call a variety of witnesses who would
prove that the defendant was not a man of a brutal

Mrs. Field was then examined, and having satisfied
the Court, was allowed to prove for her claim ; and
the bankrupt thereupon passed.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLINQUIL)
IN RE JOHN PYM, A BANKRUPT.
This was the day appointed for the choice of assig-
nees, and the bankrupt applied under the 112th sec-
tion of the 12th and 13th Victoria, c. 106, to be
discharged from custody, he having surrendered him-
self as required by the statute.
Mr. R.oxsuacu, for the detaining creditors, ob-
jected, and stated that a previous application bad been
made to. Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, who declined
to inter fere until the bankrupt had filed an account
of all money received and paid by him during his
im prison in( ‘n t.

or malicious disposition.
The Learned JUDGE intimated to the Learned
Counsel that he could not call witnesses to character
in a case where the charge
was merely one of a com-
mon assault.

Mr. PARNELL WAS much surprised to hear such
a principle laid down by any judge, seeing that
he had never known evidence of that sort refused in

any other court.
The Learned JUDGE said, that if the Learned
Gentleman had seen such evidence received in a
similar case in any other court, it must, have
been so received by a Learned Judge in a spirit of
kindness, or if not so, then by one who was ignorant
of the law of evidence. In the court in which they
were then sitting, such evidence, in such a case, had
never been admitted. Those members of that bar
who were frequent in their attendance at that court
well knew what the practice was in these cases.
Mr. PAYNE said, that the invariable rule of that
court was not to receive such evidence. That was
his experience. Was his Learned Friend in a con
dition to cite any instance where it had been admitted ?
Mr. PARNELL observed, that such evidence had been
constantly given and received at the Central Criminal
Court, before the Recorder of London, of his own
personal knowledge. If, however, the Learned
Judge of that wort would not hear it, he must then

Mr. SAX GOOD said such an account had now been
filed, and II( I trusted the Court would see no objection
to the bank: -upt's discharge.
Mr. Corm-nissioner FONBLANQUE said that from the
ao3ount filed it appeared that the bankrupt had ra-
ceired and piid away upwards of 8001. He (the
Learned Commissioner) thought the bankrupt ought
to have comes to the court before he dealt with that
property, end not having done so he was not a fit
person for the relief he prayed.

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CENTRA „14 CRIMINAL COURT.
par W COURT.
The grand jr ay came into this court just before it
was adjourned ; and, among others, returned a true
bill for murd' against Sarah Drake. The trial is
expected to t Ake place on Thursday.
The cases
destitute of disposed of during the day were utterly
Utmost to the Public.

THE SU N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1850.1

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jan. 8.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and
a Bench of Magistrates.)
These sessions for the month of January com-
menced this morning at Hicks'-hall, Clerkenwell-
green. _ _

The calendar contains a list of 100 cases, of which
as many as 93 are indictments for the commission of
felony.

'EXPENSE OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.
The Learned JUDGE, in charging the grand jury,
said, that there were some matters to which he was
anxious to direct the attention of that body, inas-
much as they affectedinot merely the due administra-
tion of justice, but the time and convenience of the
public, as well as the amount of expense
for the criminal prosecutions in that county. It
had happened that at the last session of that Court
the grand jury bad been detained a very considerable
time, most unnecessarily, in consequence of the re-
fusal of one of the City legal authorities, whilst pre-
siding at the Central Criminal Court, to allow a
policeman, who was a witness in that court also,
to come away from the Old Bailey for the purpose
of giving his evidence before the grand jury at
these sessions. Not only had there been a most un-
necessary waste of time and inconvenience created by
that line of conduct, but whilst there had likewise
been considerable expense incurred by the parties
concerned, the prisoner had altogether escaped, be-
cause the grand jury, without the testimony of that
policeman, had been unable to find the bill, and as
they had no other business he had been compelled to
discharge them. Now it had so come to pass that a
similar occurrence had happened on the following day,
but fortunately, in that instance, justice had not been
frustrated, for, by mutual consent, parol evidence was
admitted of the existence and nature of certain docu-
ments which were in the possession of the officer,
i
who, like the man in the previous case, was in attend-
ance at the Central Criminal Court. The Common-
Sergeant, however, had sent a message in reply to
before t
the be
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tqou request
Clerkenwellth a t t hep policeman c egmoab lin
grand permitted
jury,to
which he looked upon as being
very far below that
dignity which ought to characterize the communica-
tion of one judge to another. Since that day he had
ascertained that at the moment when the Common-
Sergeant had sent him the uncourteous reply to which
he had alluded, the prisoner at the Central Criminal
Court had not even been arraigned, and, therefore,
it was impossible that he could have been tried for a
considerable time afterwards. If, therefore, the
policeman had been allowed to come to Clerkenwell
for the short time his attendance would have been
required, in order that he might go before the grand
jury, there could have been no hindrance of the
business of the Common Sergeant's Court, while the
grand jury of Middlesex bad been uselessly detained,
as he had already stated, for a considerable time, and
the prisoner had been discharged. Now, in order to
prevent the recurrence of such an unseemly proceed-
ing, that Court adopted a resolution, not with the view
of entering into a contest with any other jurisdiction,
but for the simple purpose of avoiding a repetition of
such an ungracious conflict. The Court had come to
a resolution, under which, in all instances where a
policeman was concerned in two cases, the one being
committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court and
the other at the Middlesex Sessions, that the
policeman, when the two tribunals were sitting
at the same time, should come to the latter
court the first thing in the morning and state
the fact. The Court would then make such an ar-
rangement with respect to the particular case as that no
inconvenience should arise as between the two Courts.
He was quite satisfied that this arrangement would
meet with the approval of all her Majesty's Judges. The
Learned Judge having made a reference to the fact
of grand juries being secret tribu.nals, went on to say
that, from the of the Revolution the system of
the administration of justice in England had through-
out the world obtained the esteem of all as being the
purest in existence. That purity was mainly attri-
butable to the great extent of publicity with which
that administration was surrounded. Everything
that transpired in an English court of justice was
under the immediate eye of the public, and it was the
knowledge of that publicity which kept judges, juries,
counsel, and witnesses steady in the performance of
their several duties, and at the same time deterred
them from deviating from that strict path of pro-
priety which they were bound to observe. Not so,
however, was it the case in the instance of grand
juries, for they were altogether irresponsible bodies,
and were sworn to secrecy, being at the same time
without the requisite facilities and means for investi-
gation, and with no hand to guide them in their pro-
ceedings, and oftentimes it had happened that from
the want of the proper amount of knowledge there
had been a perfect frustration and failure of justice.
His own experience had taught him, and his con-
viction had become strengthened more and more every
day, that publicity was the most important element
in the administration of justice, and that the services
of grand juries might be dispensed with to the great
advantage of the public.
Thomas Daldy, aged 30, who some time since had
been the keeper of a public house in Charles-street,
Drury-lane, and subsequently of a beer-shop which
obtained some notoriety as the resort of thieves in the
locality of Clare-market, was convicted of having
robbed a lady of the name of Stanley of her purse,
containing 1/. ss. 103. The robbery was committed
at Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition.

rest satisfied with that decision in the present case.
At the same time he could not but feel no small asto-
nishment that the Learned Judge of the court should
refer him to the bar practising before him for a
confirmation of his Lordship's decision, seeing that
he did not entertain by any means the highest re-
spect for those gentlemen.
Mr. PAYNE could not allow such a remark as that
which had just been made by the Learned Counsel to
pass without notice. It was a most unjustifiable and
a personally insulting remark. So far as he was
himself individually concerned, he should treat the
uncalled-for observation with the fullest feeling of
contempt to which it was entitled.
The Learned JUDGE trusted that the Learned
Counsel (Mr. Payne) would not take any notice of
the latter. He would, at the same time, remind the
counsel for the defendant that the course he ought to
have pursued, seeing that he had in the outset
admitted that his client was guilty, with a view to
that man's intere.,ts, should have been of a conciliatory
character, rather than one which might be calculated
to have a contrary effect. God forbid, however, that
any course—let that course be as unwise as it might
—which a counsel might think proper to adopt,
should have the slightest influence on the Court when
considering the meed of punishment it should award
upon a defendant.
_ _

Mr. PARNELL deeply regretted that in the coune
he had taken he should have incurred the censure of
the Court. There was nothing to which he so much
objected as anything in the shape of an altercation
with a Learned Judge or with his brethren of the
bar. He had merely stated that which he had per-
sonally experienced as the practice of other courts in
cases similar to the present, without being at all aware
that by urging for its adoption there he had been over-
stepping the custom of that court.
The Learned JUDGE said that the remarks he had
made had not been intended as censure. The Learned
Judge then summed up, and
The Jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, said that
the evidence had failed to justify the conclusion that
the blows which had been spoken to had any relation
to the cause of the poor woman's death. Had the
testimony tended to such a conclusion the matter
would have borne a very different aspect. The judg •
went of the Court therefore was that the defendant
should be imprisoned for two months in the House of
Correction. He had, he saw, already been one month
in prison.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Denis Ryan, Edward Brazil, and Catherine
Lenney, were brought before Alderman Humphery,
charged with having committed a desperate assault
upon a policeman, named Notley, in the neighbour-
hood of Widegate-alley, Bishopsgate.
Notley, who was stated to be in the hospital, suf.
fering from the effects of a severe beating and
kicking, was seen by another policeman staggering
from weakness and loss of blood, in Widegate alley,
at three o'clock in the morning, and was obliged to
be supported to the station-house. It appeared that
in the attempt to put an end to a tailors' row the un
fortunate officer had been attacked by several persons,
and that Ryan was amongst the most violent of his
assailants. His truncheon and his lantern had been
wrenched from his possession, and the blood streamed
" like a river" down his face. Brazil was believed
to be another of those who made the formidable
attack, and a hat was picked up near the spot on
which the skirmish took place. A bonnet was also
found there, to which Katherine Lenney was supposed
to have a claim. The police had been called to that
place by cries of "Murder," a word in general use in
that vicinity, but repeated in a tone which showed
that it was really meant. Ryan, who acknowledged
that the hat was his, was identified, not only by Not-
ley, but by a boy who was taking his father's supper
to him at a warehouse.
A boy, named George Ruby, who appeared to be
about 14 years old, was then put in the box, and the
Testament was handed to him. He looked quite
astonished upon taking hold of the book.
Alderman HUMPH ERY—Well, do you know what
you are about ? Do you know what an oath is ?
Boy—No.
Alderman HUMPHERY—Do you know what a
Testament is ? Boy—No.
Alderman HUMP HER Y—Can you read ? Boy—No.
Alderman HUMPHERY—Do you ever say your
prayers ? Boy—No ; never.
Alderman HUMPHERY—Do you know what prayers
are ? Boy—No.
Alderman HUMPHERY—Do you know what God
is ? Boy—No.
Alderman HUMPHERY—Do you know what the
Devil is ? Boy—No. I've heard of the Devil, but I
don't know him.
Alderman Husuelmor —What, do you know my
poor fellow ? Boy—l knows how to sweep the
crossing.
Alderman HUMPHERY —And that's all? Boy—
That's all. I sweeps the crossing.
The ALDERMAN said, that in all his experience he
had never met with anything like the deplorable ig-
norance of the unfortuate child in the witness box.
He, of course, could not take the evidence of a crea-
ture who knew nothing whatever of the obligation to
tell the truth.
The prisoners, who denied that they had been
guilty of any violence, were remanded till Friday
next.

the dog, but this he (Walkins) must decline, as his
• " governor " had declared against it, and he wa, not
going to tell a lie tOr any one. Mr. Middle, deceived
by the apparent conscientiousne3s of the sharper, was
caught, and said he should willingly pay the money,
hut had only .5/. about him. This sum the conscieo •
tious Mr. Watkins agred to take in part payment of
the dog, hut, fortunwely for Mr. Madrlie, at this
juncture two officers belonging to the V division, who
had been watching The movniects of the F7lng for
some titne, tort th,,oght " op"
made their appearance, and secured the priioners
Their companions disappeared in a twinkling, taking
with the favourite dog of the " old gentleman."
On searching the prisoners, the officers found upon
Wright a 51. note, and 171. 10s. i., gold, and on Wat-
kins t 10/. and a 51 note, and 321. in gold.
In reply to a question from the magistrate, Mr.
;Awhile said that, his impression, when %Tight
addressed him, was that he WAS a publican in •!.14,
neighbourhood whom he had often met, and he told
the prisoner so, but the latter said he kept a public
house at Norwood.

Sheep taken i%
.qt 364, end 47 casks
Avehang.l4 the ssme I.:•ut 597 casks and 30
tkAis Sydney wold `t from 34s 3(f to 38s 3d for low to
firie; 889 boxes, and 129 ca,k;z Souih American 331 31
to 36s per cwt. F:vr public ,:ale the quantity of Tallow
feclated is 1 700 pl,gs, Rough Fa! is quoted at 24 3d
per F..tonc of

This Wright denied, ani declared that what he
said was that he u,ed to frequent a public-house at
that place.

IPSWICH. JAN. 8.
At our inark,t 10. (1,,y wt..,•nt in :7,m 'll surly, and
uweh tatn.• !,,ct werl:... pertly:, 6d
t qu'.mri ill tu. i. of Ow r. 13.111, a fair aver.ge
supply, and said atner nesialy at late prices. Bane
rather more samples st market, and peas heavy sale.
FEE QUARTER. Pint QUARTER.
41,, to 42t Beans, old
45= to 48.
',3,rley, waiting 2,, to 2S, (Yrt% .......
„ t,,
Do., g,inclitw,.. 22, to 24 MAIt
Be-cis 26, t- 2Ss Flour. per saek.. 00s to °Os
AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JAN 5.
Wheat 9ll quarters at 41s 3d.
Barley
Oat.
Os Od.
Beans
Peas....
~ 0 J.
Rye . 00 00s Od.
HULL. JAN. 8.
Messrs. Tayl.n. and Bright's circular states:—The
weather daring the past week has been very severe in-
d. ed, and the inland navigation is now closed, as is also
that of the Elbe. Transactions are consequently but
limited, and no alteration in price can be noted, but
holders are very firm, and where sales are made obtain
some little advance on late rates. The arrivals of gnarl,
4a tabled below. present an important contrast with the
corresponding week of last ) ear, when they stood--
Wheat, 11,199; barley. 20,960; oats, 2,076; heath
3,009; peas. 6 258; linseed, 20,199; linseed cakes, 426.
Imports continued OR this scale through the whole
month of January, whereas now we believe very few
houses have advice of shipments being on the way. Thus
for some time we shall be thrown upon granaried stocks,
which are certainly insignificant; it is at all times diffl
cult to obtain accurate returns of stocks here, but .we
think the following approximates pretty nearly to the
truth:—Wheat, 28,000; barley, 15.000; beans, 13,000
peas, 6,000; oats, 3,000; tares, 2,200; linseed, 92,000;
rapeseed, none. We had for to-day's market a good
supply of wheat from our own growers, and no addition
to that of foreign; indeed of the latter we do not think
there is a single parcel remaining on shipboard. The
tone of the market was affected by the unexnected dull
report from Mark-lane, and the business done was in
consequence limit 'd to Mall sales, at about the current-7
of last week for foreign wheat; our farmers were un'
willing sellers at nny reduction, but millers being sh/
buyers had the advantage in sales made, and effected
purchases at is reduction. Malting barley rather more
inquired for, and grinding goes off at fully late rates.
Nothing doing in other descriptions of spring corn.
Without having many translations, the linseed market
is well supported, and for some descriptions a trifle more
money is paid. Linseed cakes, notwithstanding the
severe weather, are far from lively, and our quotations
barely supporttd. No rapeseed iu the port, and an int:
proved demand for rape cakes at our currency; hoiden
parcels are held for more in ney. In bones no transits'
;ions are reported.
The following are the present prices of grain:-
5. 111. B. - 1.
Wheat, English, red 38 to 40 Peas, white and yel. 25
Do. white -
Dantzic and Ko- 'Linseed. Black Sea 43 45

Police-constable 77 V, said that information had
been sent round to the police that on the 3d inst a
gentleman named Said, residing in the City-road,
hail been defrauded of 81. by two persons, answering
the description of the prisoners, with precisely a
similar trick. He had forwarded a communication
to the gentleman, informing him of the apprehension
of the prisoners, and stating that they would be
brought up for further examination on that day, and
requesting his attendance, but he did not make his
appearance.

Mr. ELLIOTT, in the absence of further evidence,
did not think he should be justified in detaining the
prisoners further and, therefore, discharged them.
The trick which they (the prisoners) had been
performing with considerable success used formerly
to be accomplished by means of favourite horses or
ponies, and it is to be hoped that this notice of the
" new dodge" will serve to put the public on its guard
against a set of accomplished sharpers, and also to put
the police on the alert to rout them out of the metro-
polis.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current, Jan. 8.)
StrGAie.-Today West India Sugar was in excellent
request for home trade purposes, and higher rates by
6d to is were obtained for bright grocery and strong
working sorts; inferior brown re dined rather higher rates.
The purchase's amounted to 1,050 hhds, &c., including at
auction 150 hhds 14 trcs Bit badoes, which went with
spirit at an advance on last sales' rates of 6d to Is per
cwt; fine yellow realised 42a, good 40s to 41s 6d, and
low to middling 38s 6d to 39e 6d; whilst 42 tree Jamaica
were taken in at 39s to 41s for yellow, being above the
value. On the part of holders of West India there is
much firmness
REFINED.-To-day Refined Sugar was purchased
with greater freedom to home consumption, and prices
are firmer. Sales of brown Lumps were made at eeer,
and fair grocery at 51s to 52e. The market is still fiim
for Bonded Crushed.
klatramus.-This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in
excellent demand, and at public sale 4,487 bags 48 casks
went at an advance on Friday's rates of 6,1 to is per
owl; good and fine yellow realised 39s 6d to 41s, low to
middling 37s 6d to 395, good to fine brown 36s to 375,
ordinary and middling 32s to 35a, low dark soft 26s to
30s, and ordinary to fine grey 36s ts 39. 6d per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-This afternoon the market was freely
supplied with Bengal Sugar. The parcels offered at
public sale amounted to 8,275 bags, about 1,200 bags were
withdrawn, and the reinainie r sold freely at an advance et
6,1; strong yellow realised 39s 6,1 to 45s 6d; brown ditto
34s to 39a, strong white 47s to 48s, yellow like Mauri-
tius 34a to 391 6d, middling to fine white Benares 404 to
425, soft yellow 33e to 38s 6d. and brown 30s 6d to 31..
Or Madras 6,522 bags were offered, and the chief part
sold at 6d to is advance.. soft brown realised 29s 6d to
31s 6d, y ellow ditto 32s to 34s 6d, grocery yellow, but
not strong, 35a to 38s per owl.
FOREIGN.-By private treaty 1,400 bags of Pernams,
in bond, have been sold at 23s to 24s 6d; 220 chests
brown Bahia at 19s; 2,500 chests of yellow Havanuah,
duty paid, 39s 6:1 to 41s 6d, and 12,000 bags Manilla and
7,000 bags Paraiba, the particulars of which have not
been allowed to transpire. At auction 620 hhds Porto
Rico were in part sold, brown 36s to 375, and yellow
37s 61 to 425, but 7,350 bags of Manilla were taken in
at 35s to 36i for brown, and at 37a to 38s for yellow.
The public sales &elated are rather of an important
nature.
Morisses.- To-day there was much inquiry after
Foreign Sugar, aed the private operations since Friday
have been 20,000 bags Manilla, at- from 15s 6d to 20.
per cwt.
COFFEE.- This afternoon Ceylon Coffee met with
great attention, and prices further advanced for all sorts.
The public sales proceeded with spirit, and the quantity
offered amounted to 2,468 bags and 176 casks, whilst all
sold at a further advance of Is 6d to 2s for Plantation,
and 2s to 2s 6d for Native; Plantation ord and good ordi
nary fetched 63s to 645, fine and fine fine ordinary 65s
to 67i, low mid 68s to 70s, and mid 72s to 735, good
mid 74s to 755, and Native good oroivary 65s to 65s
6d. The rise since this day week is 5s to 6s on Plsnta-
tion, and 9a to lOs on Native. Of Madras sixty-four
bags went ut the high rates of 65s to 725. Mocha
149 bales went at 80s 6d '..co 858 for good yellow. At a
late hour this afternoon sales of good ordinory Native
Ceylon were made by private treaty at 66s to 66s 61, and
clean Plantation was with difficulty to be obtained under
67' per cwt.
Cocos.-British Plantation has been purchased vvith
mere freedom, and rather higher rates have been paid
for all sorts; there is also a further increase in the
supply. For red Trinidad prices rule from 42s to 50s,
and grey 40s to 44s per cwt. A greater disposition has
been shown to operate in Foreign, and prices exhibit
further rise. By private treaty 1,000 bags Para were
sold, the chief part at 31s per cwt, whilst a further ad-
vance is expected to occur.
TEA.-There has again been a large demand for infe-
rior sorts of Congou, which have brought a further ad-
vance, making a rise from the lowest point of the market
of 2d per lb. The value of ordinary and good
common is now 10d to lOid per lb, at which there are
not free sellers. Sales of mixed blackish leaf have been
male at lld to Is, blackish leaf is Oid to Is lid, ditto
strong is 24 to Is 4d, and Pekoe flavour is 5d to
Is 10d. In Souchorg operations are upon a larger
scale at 10d to is 10d, and better sort 2a to 2s 6,1.
Green has been in excellent demand, and prlces
are still on the rise, but ord and mid sorts are the:
most in request, and on these there is advabce
frsin the lowest point ot 14 to 21 per lb. For Guopow-
rlsr quotations :tile for Ceram. ioade at is 64 to Is 8.1,
Ilyem sort is Is 104 to 4,, Imperial Centel' Is 3d to
Is 61, Ilyson kind is 7d to 3s, Yount. llysort 104 to
Is 91, better sort is 10d to 3.; Ell son lsw to
mid Is Id to is 64, good to fine ls 10(1 to 2,4 d;
ilyssii skin 91 to Is 21 ; ordinary 7.1 to
7k.,, hotter ssit 8d to 114, and Caper 9d to Is 61.

64,)11A eq. fi..ti K ft2n! rt.ady 800.
PrkoP is to 3s 4;1, nlack leaf 10:1 to Is 2d, ani pls.in
Orange 10d to 1 per 10. No public Bs,lH is sat
declared.

nigsberg 46 48 Do. Petersburg!" ... 87
Pomeranian and Do. Riga& ArchngL 36
Hamburgh . 3B —4O Do. Konigsberg .... 35 —*
Danish, Holstein, & Per ton.
Friesland .... 34 —36 Linseed cakes,Hull ...61173 64
hussian and Odessa 32 36 Do. fine foreign 61 5s
Oats, English ~
Do. Oanis h....
Do. Friesland lb 16 Rape cakes . 80s Od to 623 6"
Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 14 Tares, English ......00s
Barley, malting 22 —24 Do. foreign 208 223
Do. grinding........ 19 20 Guano
Beans .. 26 —32 Bones do 00a 06dIttoo9901s1S.
Od
Do. foreign . .
25 31 Rye meal. ...610'
Coax, JAN. 7. Flottr—First 12s 6d to 13s 6d; extra 160;
seconds, 1 Is to 12s 6d ; households 9s to lOs 6d; thirds, 6s to 81
per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to lOs 6d; Indian meal 7s to 7s 6d ; wheal'
meal, 105 to 10s 63 per cwt. Indian corn 1353 to 137 s 6d per top'
Bran 3/7s 6d to 3/ lOsper ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to 355; &test*
28s; dealers 3 sto 40s Od; average 36s per ton. &taw— Fartn!°°
16: Od to 30s Od ; average 4s ; dealers 34s Od to 003 041
average 001 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 60;
household loaf 5d to Sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d °9
10d per lb Eggs-5s 10d to 6s Od per hundred. Coals''
Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 151; Best Nell,
;
Culm 143 per ton. Tallow 39. Od to 00s per et'
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Mel'
—Beef 3id to sd; mutton 3d to sd; veal 4d °°,
Od ; pork 31d to 4d ; bacon 6d to 7id ; sausages 5d Tr
lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3/ bs p 7,
ton. Bark—Barbary 7153 to 815 s; Wont., 14/ tool; .
715 s ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 101 to 12. per 'tont
Hemp 321 to 00/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 181 to ; re`
ditto 24s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ Os to 111 10°'
ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton ; deals, first quality. 182!
second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 141 to 1°,7;
salted 14s to 20s per cwt ; calf skins 2d t. 20 per
Potatoes, white 7d to 9d; Minions lld to 12d; Guano'',
Peruvian, 111 103; Ichaboe, 9/ per ton; Tar—Ambling"
19s per barrel.

RAiLwAy psi A rc.b. M A RKETS
BRISTOL, JA.N. 8.
STOCK EircHAricm—The market was firm to-day Th°
•
transactions were as follow •_ Great Western, Quartst*
11% dis.—Ditto, 171. Shares dis. Midland Stock, 43-
1•1 V Ktitt JAN. 8.
ATOM( EXCHANGE.—But little business was done in oar
share market to-day. The transactions were as follov:',';
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 57—Ditto, Fifthsl. FA
dis. —Ditto, Halves (Huddersfield and Sheffield)
--5
,
East; Lancashire, 11% Caledonian, Preference, 7%"""
burgh and Glasgow, 274—London and North. Western'
1091/ c.—Ditto, Fifths, 16s. 3d. p.— Ditto, Quarters (O;
3s. 91. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Quartex,
--ror
(No. 1), B—Midland, 43 —Ditto, Halves, 2314 c. his. Newcastle, and Berwick G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cep
.';
till 1850, 41. lls. 3d. dis.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 3471
die.—Dutch Rhenish, 614
MANCHESTER, JAN. 8.
STOCK ExurArratt..—The market was somewhat 131-
aro
active to-day, but prices are about the same as yesterdar,
The following are the transactions :—East Anglian, P,r;r• ference, 6 per cent., I—East Lancashire, 11%—Lancs8P4
and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7!4 dis. —Ditto (West Riding IThi,°.-re'
674 dis.—bitto, Sixths, 634—London and North-Wes.,il;o.:
New Quarters, %p. —Ditto, Fifths, 14 p.—Ditto, zu-itt cheater and Birmingham. Quarters (C), 1 3.16 c-
Central, 143 - South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Snrill'
7 -16.

BINGA JAN. .
STOCK ExcnANoxßMl.—There iH M,
s an evident diainclinatioor it
the present critical period, to deal in railway shares. of
coyness of the print pal companies. and the uncertainty' 0
the forthcomic.g dividends, operate as a great damper P:o
our Stock Exchange. Almost as a matter of cLurse, Pri
remain stationary. There is, however, considerable coo d
dence maid ested in the London and North-Western 51:,.
Siiuth Staffordshre line:, and the Shrewsbury Preferences'"
in advance.

ENCHANYORK, JAN. 7. of
Gm. The trapactions to-day WeLr.
follow:- Great Northern, 7 York, Newcastle, *ad v"o
wick, let—Ditto (G. N E. Purchase), 3A. •
GLASGOW,
Stocx E YCHANGE.— The transactions to-day Weren, 60.
follow: Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Preference, Iv'
—C4letioniAn and Dumbartonshire, 325. 6d.—Edinburgh an
Glasgow, 56—Edinburgh, Perth, and Newport, 3%—Moe
lands, guaranteed ti per cent., 14%.

Rim—The quantity of East India Rice sold pri-
vate,y, since this day week, has been 16,000 hags,
chiefly at 'rim lOs 6d to lis for white Bengal; these
rates are full) 3d pf.r cwt above those current list wf.ek.
attern son at public sale 474 t). xes Pearl
s• Id at 22s 6d to 23,, and better sorts 23a 6d to 24s 6d
per cwt.

SPICES.—To. day at public sale 4,0 pockets 57
Eat India Ginger sold; ord rough Bengal, a little worm),
at 20s, and low Malabar 18 per cwt,
COCHINEAL —This afternoon the quantity of Cochi-
neal submitted to public sale amounted to 200 bags, and
the demand was dull, whilst a small part was only sold
at ld per lb. decline; Honnuras silvers went at 4s Id to
4s Bd, black 4s 2tl to 4s sd: Mexican silvers 48 Id to
4s 3d, end blacks 4s 5d to 4s 6d per cwt.
INDIGO.— rhis afternoon at public sale 23 serous of
Guatemala Indigo went at 3s Id to 3d sd.
SPlRlTS.—Lerward Island Ham has been purchased
with caution since our last report, although lower rates
have been acceded to. Th-± limited parcels dtspoz,ed of
were at is 4d to is 4id proof, and larger quantities are
on offer. East India is not much wanted, and
proof can be obtained at is 3,1 to is aid. Only
limited parcels of Demerara have been disposed of, and
a desire is evinced to sell 30 to 40 per cent, over proof
at 2s to 2s 3d. Fine and choice sorts of Jamaica con
tinue in good demand, and realise 38 to 4s for 33 to 38

THE LOBS OF THE CALEB GIIIMBAW.—A e 411;
respondent of a no.rmug contemporary say s:—"
Owners of the Cal, b Grimshaw demand a means fer ef•
tin2uishing fire in the hold of a ship. The niaterie
r quired are nothing more than a cask of common chalk
it, the bottom of the hold connected with the deck bY.d,
small pipe, and a two-gallon bottle of sulphuric GI 0
which, on the alarm of fire, being poured down the PP,
will generate a sufficient quantity of dense smoke (gee
in which flame cannot exist) to extinguish any
however large."
CRACOW.—A petition was recently circulated herae;
praying the Government again to confine the Jews '
their former Ghetto. A Jewish merchant having beep
impertin,-ntly called upon to sign the petition, took 10
his pet, and wro•P, " This is the prayer of a set of ref'
who have the impudence to demand from your Majestif
lib-rty ! These are tl,e peodle who dare to oomplto.°
oppre•sion!"—Jewish
[ADVEKTISEMENT.]— A Lif.? Guardsman, one °,of
the Heroes of Waterloo, cured of Rheumatism by H0110w0,4
Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Thomas Brunton, landlord of I',
Waterloo Tavern, Coathara, Yorkshire, was elicted for Got
months with rheumatism and rheumatic gout. His legs !v.;
dreadfully painful, and disfigured with colours of every be";
frightful to behold. For ten weeks he was wholly unable s
walk, the treatment he received from several medical men Ges
only failing to do him any good, but leaving him, in fact, ie.,
considerably worse condition. At this juncture Hollowst,
Pills and Ointment were resorted to, and by their sole Glee 11
he has been restored to health and strength.—Sold blei
Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment,
Illeand. London.

per cent, over proof, but other sorts met with
little attention, and prices are receding ;
there are sellers at from Sls to 2s 101 for
20 to 32 per cent. over. For Brandy we quote Cognac
best brands of the vintage of 1848 at 4s 84 to 4s 10d,
1847 ditto at 53 44 to 5s 6•1, 1846 ditto at 5s 8d to 51 10d,
1845 ditto at 6s 24 to Gs 4d, inferior sorts 2s 10d to 48
4d, and Bordeaux at 2s 8,1 to 2s 10d• per gallon. In
Geneva rather more business has been done at Is 9d to
Is 104, and fine at 2a 3,1 to 3s 3d. British Corn Spirit
has been re duced to Cls 6d proof, stet Gin to 88 to 8t
for 17 to 22 per cent uneer proof, whilst moderate
rates are likely to remain, at least tor the present.
OILS.—For Cocoa Nut prices have an upward ten-
dency; Ceylon realised 321 103 to 331. lOs and Cochin 34/
to 351 per tun. In Linseed Oil cosiderable purchases
have been made, whilst prices continue in advance and
rule at 31s to 31s 3d per cwt on the spot. Several con-
tracts have ben entered into for delivery at 31s 6d to
31* 9d. Olive Oil continues in lively demand, and prices
further advanced. Sales of Gallipoli have been made at 461
to 47/, and other sorts at 431 lOs to 451 103 per tun.
Rapeseed Oil has been more in request, pale at 42.,
brown 41s 6d, and foreign from 433 to 45e per cwt.
Palm at 32a to 33,t for geed and tine. For Cud
holders require 30/ 103 io 311 per tun. Seal met with
more attention. Pale realised 39/ to 39l 10s,
straw end tinged 351 to 381, yellow and brown
311 to 34!. In Southern holders require from
311 to ;).41 for low to fine quality. Sperm continues in
recedlent reque;e, and rs supplies are small, prices rule
firm; tine Colonial realised 831 to 84/, American 81/ los
to 821, and Ilea,cimatttr 85/ to 861 per tun.
TALLOW.—In the VAIII3 of Russian little variation
iii transpired during the last few day; but only
moderate purchases have been made. On the spot
flue P. Y. C. is held for 33s 3d to 38s 6d, and
f,:.r delivery in two next months 38s -6d, but loner
rates are not expected to prevail. Home made is
cheaper, and 41s is the value, subject to the usual
allowances for cash pa.y4ient. The supply exceeds
dealers' wants. • Of other; -sorts of Tallow large parCeis
have been cold, but at rather lower terms. At auotion 43
casks old P. Y. 0. went at 37s for first sort; 139 pltga
wrecked 35* 611 to 373 3d; 217 casks Putereburgh
Soap 33s 3d to 353; 75 caLk3 Taganrog

111.1 trim
d
On the sth inst., in Hereford•strect, Park-lane, the wife
Vesey T. Dawson. of a daughter.
111 On the sth inst., in I)..rcy-street, Bedford-square, •
Blagrove, of a daughter.
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On the 6th inst., a: Dulwich, Mrs. L. F. Lingetnen, of
daughter.
On the Gth inst., Mrs. Thomas Wilhnott, Chester
Grosvenor place, of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., at Southrop, the wife of C. R.
Esq.. of a son.
On the 6th inst., at
of Captain C H. 'aker, ,EAst‘try.:hoof a use,iaEugashtz,. Kent, the iw

MARRIED.
On the 3d inst., at Cappane C ;01
Burch, in the coun'nt YS:aterford. Frederick John Geo. Whitehead, Esq., Lieuteo-0
Royal 1.)19.eer., ord., son of Lieutenant-General Sir Th 003,:,
li•C•ki.; of Uplands.hull, to "I" f
Elizabeth, second daughter of Thomas Fitzgerll FA" °
Ballina-park, county Waterford. 'llll
On the th inst., at St. J.inies'a Church, Paddingtoll, J -ibe
Gustard, Esq., to Margaret Alice, youngest dauguter of
late John Potter, Esq., of Yoxford, Suffolk.

DIED. On the 3d inst.. Ann Elliott. wife of Henry G-indYo FA''
of Portl ind-scluare, Plymouth, De on. kJ"
On the sth inst.. at Altiswell-hill, Samuel Sharwood,.
Esq., of Alderegate-street, aged 40. , ft 6d
On the - th inst., at St. Catherine's, Regent's_parm ---itor
ft,l, the Rev. Robe' t William Baxter. 8.D., the senior 12r' ~o.
thereof, and rector of St. Peter's w ''). itb Kingsthorpn, i
ampton.
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On the.6th inst., aged 19, ftarriet, se:e3,nd daughter 0
Oxenford, Req., of Meeklmbugh-equare. fie.
„r On the 2d inst., in Liverpool-street, -King's-cross, Mr.
Cooper, aged 8,1.
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