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London, England, 1850-03-12 00:00:00

rated, or which may hereafter be incorporated, shall
be kept under the several heads or divisions, and in
the form, and showing the particulars set forth
in the schedule annexed to the _Act; or as
near thereto as the circumstances of each
case will permit." We may here remark that
the schedule was prepared after full consideration by
persons fully competent to the duty, and tha
ensure to the shareholders perfect information on
every point of real importance, or which is essential
for their interests to be made public.
It then provides for the appointment of an audit
committee, consisting of five shareholders duly qua-
lified to act as directors, who are to be chosen at the
first ordinary meeting in every year (and not more
than three of whom shall be eligible for re-election
in each successive year), who shall certify in writing
to the secretary fourteen days before the ensuing ordi-
nary half-yearly meeting the names of two or more
persons whom they recommend to the shareholders
for election as auditors for the then ensuing year,
and the most stringent means are adopted to keep the
committee so chosen wholly independent of the direc-
tors. It also provides that there shall be a constant
change in the auditors by declaring that no auditor
shall be capable of being re-appointed at the meeting
in which be goes out of office in rotation. The mode
of appointment of the auditors is then declared, who
are also kept wholly free from the influence of the
boards, and no director is entitled to vote either in his
own right or in right of any other person on the
nomination or selection of either the audit com-
mittee or the auditors, only one of whom shall neces-
sarily be a shareholder, thus affording perfect freedom
of choice to the shareholders. The various points on
which it shall be the duty of the auditors to examine
and report are then enumerated, and they may make
" a joint or several, or special report, upon the ac-
counts and balance-sheet and scheme of dividend, and
upon any other matter or thing whatsoever that they
may think fit."

ITALY.

The last division of the Spanish troops has em-
barked at Terracina for Barcelona, and General
CORDOVA was to leave Rome on the 3d March.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed
heavily, and prices of American were slightly in
favour of buyers. The sales were estimated
at 3,500 bales, of which 300 American were
taken for export. The sales comprised 2,500 American
at Sid. to 81, 200 Perham and Maranhao: at 60. to
300 Bahia at 6kd. to 6kd.; 300 Egyptian, at 61d. to Bd.;
200 Surat, at 44e1. to 5d.; and 50 Sea Island,; at ls. to
ls. 61d. per lb.—ln Railway Shares but little business
was done ,it lower prices.
In the Colonial produce-markets there is still a com-
paratively limited business doing, the Budget of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer being rather anxiously
looked for.
Accounts from Lille afford no further information
concerning the destination of M. Desmoutiers, the
stockbroker, who has absconded, but now frauds are
being daily found out, and it is fortunate that the bulk
of them fulls upon parties who are comparatively able to
bear the loss.
At the fair of Huy, a large quantity of French and
German merchandise, suited for the remounting of ca-
valry, artillery, &c., was disposed of, the attendance of
buyers being numerous.
The Bank of Belgium statement of accounts has been
made up, and the profits, besides !giving a dividend of
4 per cent., afford a small surplus to cover the defalca-
tion of a late employe. From Amsterdam it is
advised that although the negotiations for a
loan to the executers of the late King hal been
unsuccessful, the creditors need not entertain the slightest
doubt of payment in full.
The general tendency of public securities at Amster-
dam, on the 10th inst., was rather feeble. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. were 55 13-16. Peruvian were
particularly depressed, owing to the decline in London.
At Frankfort, on the 9th inst., Austrian Metallics were
81i, and the Three per Cents. 29k.
As the period approaches fur the development of the
plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, there is mot e
indulgence of surmise as to the course intended. It is
still believed that en effort will be made to reduce some of
the permanent debt, but there are at the same time
one or two articles of consumption placed in such an
anomalous position, that relief is almost imperative. The
adulteration of Coffee, favoured more thau ever by the
existing high prices, is an evil to the consumer and a
detriment to the revenue, but how it can be prevented
requires grave consideration. The imposition of a duty
epon chicory is suggested as one course, the reduction of
the tax upon coffee as another, but either alternatives are
doubtless open to objections, though on opposite grounds.
Perhaps au union of the two plans would be most cL -
sirable.
Tf.e Funds have been rather heavy again, owing to
the arrangements preparatory to the settlement of the
speculative accoant. Compared with yesterday, there is
a decline of about 4 per cent. The foreign news
is of no importance, but the answers given
in Parlia-aect last night by Lord Palmers-
ton aro deemed satisfactory, and promise a pacific
termination to the Greek affair, despite the angry ful-
mination cf the "leading " journal. The New Three
and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98} to 98i, and the
Three per Cents. 962- to Bank Stock is worth 206 k
tol2o7k,!anl Indi*Stoelc 265. Exchequer-bills have beet'
marked 575. to 603., and India Bonds 84s premium.
The Foreign Investments have been rather depressed,
hut there have been no large sales making. Peruvian
Active Bonds have born quoted 704 to 714, and the De-
ferred 29 to 29i; Grenada Deferred have been 3i- to 4;
Buenos Ayres, 51 to 52; Chilian, 1004; and Brezilien,
90. Mexican were dull at 291, and Venezuela, 33. Spa-
nish Three per Cents. realised 36k, and Portuguese
Four per Cents. 34 to 3.5. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. were 55g.
Railway Shares arc quiet, and the fortnightly account
is evidently still acting upon them, as they are at lower
rates in several instances.

The auditors are also directed to employ a known
public accountant, or some fit and proper person,
well acquainted with railway affairs and wholly un-
connected with and independent of the directors, or of
any person employed by such company, to assist them
in the matter of such audit ; and such accountant shall
have " such and the same powers, and perform the
same duties, and be provided with the same means
and facilities for:tbat purpose, as are given to the
auditors." In addition to these precautions for an effi-
cient and searching examination of the accounts, any
twenty or greater number of shareholders, holding
in the aggregate not less than one-t vveutieth of the then
called. up capital of the company, are enabled to ap-
point a special auditor to examine the accounts and
balance-sheet for the then last past half-year, which
shall b 3 conducted at their own expense, unless some
general meeting of the company, after the publication
of the report of such special auditor, should
otherwise provide. The Bill also contains
important regulations unconnected with the subject of
audit, for the better and more efficient management
of the undertakings, giving the shareholders the
greatest security against any improper conduct on
the part of the directors. Such are the chief features
of the proposed measure, which will afford the ut-
most security to the public against any future mis-
takes, without violating the great principle of perfect
independence, or allowing any extraneous influence
to interfere in the control and management of affairs
that essentially belong exclusively to those who have
invested their capital in the undertaking.

ONE CIA,BI 0
P tIcE-1 ~F ',Rama i UNDS O'CLOCK. 1.11 ES.
flank Stock
3 roe Cent. Reduced Anna
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 953% 96 96 t,B
N'm 314 per Cent. Anns... ...
Long Anna. to expire, Jan.1860
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 5-16 8 5 -16
India Stock
India Bondi, 1,0001 —
Ditto under 1,0001... ....... ...- B4 p
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account 96 93% 96
Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d
1,000/. June 6O 57 p
5001. June
Small. June 6O 57 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The elections were proceeding, and Paris was
perfectly tranquil ; of course nothing was known
as to the state of the scrutiny at the time the
post left.
The Pattie gives the following explanation of the
Socialist vote of the army
"Some persons have made themselves uneasy about
the votes ef the army published by the Red journals. In
the fiat place, these partial results are without decisive
importance, and they are largely compensated by other
partial results. The general vote of the army will, we
are convinced, be good. Secondly, a very simple ex-
planation can be given of certain votes published by the
Red journals. These are the votes of soldiers born in
Paris, and voting either in the departments or in Paris.
In the first case, the flosilies of these soldiers, nearly all
of whom are domieiliatcd in the faubourgs, and yielding
to a certain influence, have written or dictated the votes;
in the second case, family relations and those of the
public-house have been active."
The Journal des _Dibats, the organ of the French
Royalists, has a long article on the note of Count
NESSELRODE to M. DE BEUNOW, in which it all but
admits that the Royalists of France are intriguing with
Russia to bring about a restoration. It says that it
had always heretofore preferred an II nglish to a Rus-
sian alliance; but it adds that now "domestic policy
predominates over foreign policy," tho meaning of
which is sufficiently evident.
_ _

87 p

MIS
O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds 9O
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent —
Ditto, Account 5l 52 •
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .....• looy,
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent —
Ditto Deferred
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ...,....• 294
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account . 701,E 7114 72
Ditto Deferred
Russian Bonds .. •e• ...—. .--
Ditto Scrip 15%1/ p
Spanish 5 por Cent: 1840 17%
Ditto, Account
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account
Venezuela Bonds, 21a per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55% 5554
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates B7 87%
1-RICES OF . BUSINESS DOE OsIN
Ir A ILW AY SHARES. FAID AT ONE O'CLOCK.
PRICEF G
Binning, Wolverh'ton,
and Du ]lop, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 15 .....2114
Caledonia

CLOSIN G
PRICES.
89
891/2

1004
t%!4

M. MARC DUFRAISSE, Representative of the
People, has been tried before the Court of Assizes
of Haute Vienne on a charge of sedition, and
acquitted.

M. DE FALLoua. was at Lyons on the Btb, en route
from Nice for Pam.

an
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference
Eastern Counties...
Do , Now Pref.recce,
6 per Cent. lO ...... 12 ........ -.... 1
Ditto,E xtension, 5 per
Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... p
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... 4 p
Do. North. Sc Eastern,
6 per Cent.
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Great Northern
Do., 1).2 A Deferred ... 12%...... 2 5/s 2%
Do., 1,4 B 6 per Cent.. 9" -1/

The Pada Bourse was dull,
and scarcely any
business was transacted. The Five per Cents.
opened at 93f. 90c., and closed, after some fluctua-
tions, at the same price. The Three per Cents. closed
at 58f. 20c.

The Roman Loan, 781.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCEI 11.
—Central of France (Orleans
s%—Northern of France,
Sambre and Meuse, 2 t/2.
and
3 B4o—uvlipoegraznroi
se n
lan,ndld3R%Ao
um—elEse
,na2ss,2t
Inman'
ma
nb,

s., . per uens... ,1,4 51,,( 5%
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%
:rq at North of England.loo ......222
Great Western 100...... 57 5614 x.d....... sP4x.d.
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, New 171 l5 ... .. 7% 7 x.d 7% x.d.
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 ..... 41% 4,
Ditto, ditto • lOO .. .. 43
Do. Fifths... ..... ...... 10
Do. Thirds ....... ..... 18 ..
Do. (W. Riding Union) 11,4 ..... 4
Leeds and Thirsk
London, Brighton, and
South Coast... .... 100
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d lO - ... .. • ... 10;14
London and N Western 100 10334 1041 A x.d. 10414 xd
Ditto, New Quarters 12
Di tto, Fifth% l2 ..... 12 %x.d ..... ...12% x.d.
Do. lOL (M. & B.) C I ...... 1% ... ....... ... 1%
London &S.Weatern lOO ... 64% 63% x.d.... 64x.d
Do.. New Preference. 5
Midland
Do~ 501. Shares
Do. Birm., and Derby ICO
.... 18% x.d
Norfolk ......... ....... ....100
Do. Guaranteed s%pe. 5
North British ........ ... 25 ..... 9tA % ...... 9l
North Staffordshire ... 17% 6% 6%
Reading, Guildford, and

Reigate e
Royston and Hitchin ... 4 %.• ... ......
South Ea'tern 33% 17% I7IA
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... ... ..... 50
Do. do. do. ... 25
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... .. ..... .• 25
Do. Newcastle Exton. 20
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ..... 11/2.. York and North Midland 50
v.:Ditto Preference ...... 10
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzou)... 20
Great Indian Peninsular a
Do. Do. ... .....—. 1
Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 3
••
Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... 914%
Tours and Nantes l3 ...... 2%
MINES.
Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% — ... .... •••• ..
Do. St. John Del Rey 15
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
British North American 50 40% ..... ........

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 12.—Wind this day at noon,
N.N.W.; light breeze sled fine clear weather.
DEAL, MARCH 11.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. from the
River and sld., Champion, Cape Coast Castle; John
Brewer, San Francisco.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH. 11.—Wind N.—Sld, Sophia,
Honduras• Mercius, Shanghao; Anne Melhuish, Cal-
cutta; Witch, ditto; Auckland, Africa; Dunbrody,
Lima; Governor, La Guayra; Magician, ditto; Centu-
rion, New York; Ajax, Boston; Kyarati, Newfoundland.
Off port, Hibernia and Conqueror.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 11.—The Commerce, Torre-
viega to Memel, and the Tay, London to Cardiff and
Panama, have come into the harbour, having been in
contact this morning off Beachy Head; the former lost
bowsprit, stove her head and bows, and received other
considerable damage; the latter store her tow and re-
ceived other damage also. Sld. Gladiator, New York •
SUNDERLAND, MARCH 11.—Wind N.N.E.—Sid.
Ganges, New York; Wz.,ppa, New York.
HULL, MARCH 11.—Wind N.W.—Sid. Frederick,
St. John's, Newfoundland.
MILFORD, MARCH 11 —The Fame, Soutt ampton to
Newport, put in, 9th inst., with loss of bowsprit, &c.,
from contact with the John, off Padstow.
APPLEDORE, Mallen 11.—The Waserwitch steamer
has got off the Ware Rocks with less damage than was
expected.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 11.—Wind E.—Arrd. VII torine
Louise, with bows stove, and considerable damage to
sails, spars, &c., having been in contact, on the 7th inst.,
with an American ship.
PILL, MARCH 11.—Wigd E.--Sld. Neptune, Barba-
does; Manotta, rpm&

TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH l2, 1850.

hat e 9
on
of Robert Moseley, Es q , three of which were
~er
the spot, and the other two so seriously:injured that
al"
have since died—value 601. It appears they
from their pasture, and uefortutiately funnel their Y
on to the hne of railway. I AS'
METROPoLITAN PAROCHIAL WATER t
socIATIoN.—A general meeting of the raelabt.rs_se
aisocietion, and others of the parochial authentic
bad str
Isysec
held yesterday at the London Tavern, preparatoryju
deputation a aeting on Lord John Russell and the ]spat
,
e''reiarY, in order to lay their views before Gov!ied
moot. Mr. Williams late M.P. for Covectry. occ° e 0
the chair. Mr. S. Brown, the secretary, read 51eah,
from the executive committee relative to the Pas', 0.
tory, recent proceedings, and present position ?law
association. It stated that they had taken Perm, ;to,
offices, appointed a secretary, and issued Pub1i.,,,35 !-
representing the case of the inhabitants. The v 5 gr.
man, Dr. Challier, Mr. W. John Hall, Mr.fsl 114.1ecy
C. Cochrane, Mr. Archer, Mr. Bowyer, D'lr• :he
Smith, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Palliser, addressed the
meeting in favour of having the water supplY of.t.eg tce
tropolis under arochial management, and of out!,
~,a;
gether in order to obtain that object. R was stateau„
Lord John Russell had agreed to receive a deputation
tjue's
Thursday at three o'clock, aed the parish sathcre to
who wished to accompany the deutation were invited el a
give in their names. The report was aelepte 0,
I;etition to Parliament was read and adopted for Pt7it
ration by Lord John Ruseell, as one of the metrePth the
Metnbere. After a vote of thanks to the chairman,
tref.tieg separated.
t 145
GLASGoW, MARCH 9.—Cotton—The ins-r ke their
been dull all the leech-, spinners only suPPlYilig per
immediate wants, and prices have fallen about Isere
pound. The imports iat the CI) de, in FebruarY,
hsye
tereign poet e, were 6,768 bales, coastwise 159. Wee fair
also had a quiet week in the goods market, but ice,•
amount of business has been done at unaltered Pid 01
On the whole a
, the tone of the market is healthy of
in the trade fully employed. Pig Iron—The end
pig iron has exeerienced a decline during the we
evers;
to-day mixed numbers may be quoted 445. casilLsdoivi,f,
buyers at 43.. 63. ter ton, and very little bmi"e" Lord
THE GRAND ExEJIBITION or 1851.---Tb?..nisiD)
Mayor, the Rev. Mr. Marsha!' (his Lordship's erolee
and Mr. W. D. Starling, had an int.:rview with nigh`
Albert on the 2d instant, to submit to his Po°, al °there
ness a list of the mayors, royal commissioners 50d .ot,
to be invited to the great banquet on the 2151 iaZestiees.
honour of the Exhiletien of the Industry of all the
His Royal Highness received his Lordship,
.8 oiced
get" men who tiecompaied him, with the m°Bl`„eproe
kindness and affability, expressed his warn?' oe,
Wien of all the urrar'geme:A3 pointed out to It's: Bete
and signified his eleasure to hold a levee in t'"eolter
:0 thars
drawing-rooms for the company preview!).
tainment. The mayor and other municipal nffiee
attend in their official cesteme, se or
CITY Or LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISS.ASWISI
THE CHEST.—Her Majesty the Queen and hi voted
Highness the Pi ince Albert have just prer this
the munificent donation of 100/. to the funds
ti
charity. I Joh°
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bris° ' f one
Berle Haberfield, E;q., has given a subscriPti'll rseehihr
hundred guineas in aid of the Grand Industrial P'
time of 1851. oft°
The office of Associate to the Chief Justice riolf
Queen's Bench has, it is well known, 'Yogi in° for
ry
been held by a son of that great judicial functionneoser
the time being, and that it is reeigncd n rlastiee'
either by death or retirement, of the Chie''b the
Thrs, in the time of Chief Justice Ellenbovoyneneete
office was held by the p-eient Recorder fur
11e°•
sent Chief Justice Tenterden's incumbency,tte"
sent Lord Teeterdcn was ass :elate, and lately 4-eceatelf
Thomas Denman acted in that capacity. firfejestice
on the appointment of Lord Campbell as Chief
he wrote to Mr. Denman, requesting that gr. ejoale
would cot tinue to be his associate. This iftieetell
offer of the new Chief Justice was, howcleri "ic ater
declined by Mr. Deemon; who reminded Ler" nt
•
bell that lie had sons of his ownquite as c°°3pet°
to b°
fill the office. Its emoluments qare und°rste°d ra fcr
worth 2 000/. a-year, paid of course, by the 61'4°
justice in V e Queen's Bench. k
Letters from Amsterdam state that the .--ii,teros
reduced its rate of intere: t per cent., the Presecgeora.
of accommodation ranging from 2 to 3 per cent, lot 04
ink to the nature of the security. The Stick nnsr 004,
steady, and prices on the whole were firm. Thee wed
from Harnburgh mention that the public fund' vic close
ci
maintained. Railway shares op opened welt, but ,_
with some little h. aviness. 6th
The mercantile letters frotn Vienna of th:role
inst. show a further aggravation of the twat° of 11
condition cif the money market, another advance, ell'
per cent, having taken place in the premium °-5141'
which was now 22. For silver the quo aTbis state of
tion of
and the exchange on London was 11.29. r ellthe
affairs was attributed in some measure to the -ec too'
the advices, vid Trieste, of the 26th Februael'be toe'
effect that the arrival of the news at Athens ft"
diction of France had produced no relaetatinc.d°olll
strictness of the blockade; but in reality, the gre-rread
increasing distrust of the management of the ;e, loan
was regarded as almost its sole cause. The ll-
was at 21 discount. of
ExPERIMENTS IN THE MARSHES.--Wc°2Ltentilli:
M.enca 11.—Major-General Pinker, C.8.,14'-e
G -
()vernier of the Royal Militer Academy ;
eoaat
General Lacy, Colonel Campbell.' ~,d Lieu' with
aCeolteini!-1 Ch. liner, members of the select conniteittr,jed
mber Akers of ibt.
the Marshes at two o'cloeitk .Atrot-idliaeyrj;sv;:lrebll6ss, t(13:.6
perimeuts. The first carried on was with ebee she"
invention of Mr. Groves, Birmingham. 1"-eiteer'
(four in number) were fired from a 24-pounder lo.deolf
but they all burst at the mouth of the howitzer, 01 rresito owing to the thinness of the 01,11 being unable °oder
the charge of powder usually re tired far 24 Pie wet°
shells. The composition with aired
the shel'' oda
filled did not take fire in either if the fear, r„c they
owing to the shells bursting as they did wae-00111,
were calculated for 1,100 yards' range, and coneencifeieen
the nature or effect of the composition they shell, apt
was not arc' rtained. The contents of the s-h- smelt
peered to be oakum, saturated with a liquid *Thiel of IT
strongly of turpentine or some other essential oi 0 with
fa 10 inch a
inflammableformer
capable
bdl 8 inch
mortar
e
The next a
experimeets were the
new CODStracti ton
920,
cairying a shell weighing at hefti 45 de:
a range of 2,400 yards when fired at an angle" ‘, ; cede,"
grees, and the latter 2,000 yards at the same elene the
the 10-inch molter charge of powder being 41be an tbila
8-inch 21b. The mortars are made one half longeroter
those
hitherto used, and the beds one-fourth g
ibed'
base. The firing. of six rounds from each, wi_l,lloo°
filled with sand and plugged, was made at an wi a lel
of 75 degrees to test the strength of the beds on taw beds
.ibu plan, and they answered most efficiently
ieroe°
were made from a plan of the royal carriage del;:be
THE REPEALED NAVIGATION LAWS• ,soCe6
lowing are the most interesting of the recent ills' beeo
in which the repeal of the navigation laws hs:da
made available for tho importatiou of foreign ]oboe
vessels belonging to other foreign countries:--- eh 906
set Hebe, belonging to Russia, from Antwerp, o.3'4'l'oooa
quarters of wheat; the Jeannette, belonging t°‘;' eight
from Rotterdam, a cargo consisting of 95 tons ibis
potatoes; the vessel Mary Elizabeth, belonging, wit"
instance to Prince Edward's Island, from Pill oP t`teer'
731 begs flour; the Cornelia, belonging t°
from Nantes, 545 bags of flour; the Jan Ifeeer',' hest;
Nantes, 726 bags of flour and 180 quartette e 1(00
the Courier de la Mer Noire, belonging to Fecrocorielietft
Odessa, with 1,000 quarters of wheat; and "-Regeree"i
belonging to Malta, from Odessa, with 1,795 qujo.o0";
wheat. The instances in which goods are now,
00:4:a
from the European ports, being the produce °f us, end
the other quarters of the globe, are very niny"'
of various degrees of inteeeet. a rverie'
THE TEA TRADE, Mi ARCH 11.—The °r
of tea last week were smaller than during the The
three preceding weeks, amounting to 464,325112'
market is steady, but not brisk. • on".
A RAGGED SCHOOL.—The following 8/.,Ated *
dote taken from
_th_e. journal of one. who cea"""
et tbe c
ragged school:—" Finding it impossible to g deter
dren to attend our school in the forenoon, we O'clock
mined upon changing our hours to half-past eta
nn Sur'
in the evening. We commenced our new plan "00 0
day, November 26, when we had upwards e 2
winces
dren and youths in attendance. Under all circa"; of the
their behaviour was good durino. the greater Par' there
evening. About ten minutes to eight, btnive,v,e...er't 0111
and was a signal given by some of the boy', a d a ruib
there was a move in all parts of the room, an, roles''
at this
to tho staircase. The superintendent vita.
_e,eyer,
t is proceeding; recovering from his surprise. Otyrine to
he darted across the room and was :last ici,enti°ll°
catch the last one ere he reached the door. 11° caughl
struggled
gagirleed hard to
already made their exit. The boy whO vg*.*l4et
But,get holdingew a
go,let
me
go!'
plied,s Then you have told me what this plot;he
,anhdiailoufdalsyt, etrhieccit,atehraerearne;
you
' I want to go to business,' faid vied,
Business? why it is Sunday night) Never aril
you let me go,' cried the lad. Tnhte superintednodeynoto se:
it is eight o'clock?'
held firm. Well, I'd tell you the truth, sir; - aloe-
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MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.)
AY Man./XI:TS.
SIIIITIEFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 15s; Clover
ditto, 31 Os to 4l 15s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9i pet
load. A modorwe supply, and a steady demand.
CITLIBERLAND.—Moadow Hay, 2/ 125 to 3/ 15i; Clover
ditto, 31 Os to 41 105; and Straw, 1/ 31 to 1/ 10. s per
load. Beth Hay and Straw commanded a steady stile,
at our quotation;.
tV lIITECHAPZ.L. Meadow 114, 21 10s to 3/ 13s ;
Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 153; and Straw,ll 25 to 1/ 9 s per
load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm.

CCLONx.aL.
SUGAR.--The market for British Plantation is quiet
without alteration in prices. Mauritius and Bengal at
auction mostly sold at prices rather in favour of buyers;
Mauritius, low to fino yellow, Us- to 405 6d, grey 35s t)
37; 6], and brown 31s to 345 6d ; Bengal, low to fine
white Benares 375 to 413, and grainy white 42; to 423 61
70 hhds Surinam Niuscovaclo partly sold at 36;. Privately
2,500 boxes Havant:all have been sold for export at
20s 3d. The quantity f British Plantation landed lait
week at the Bast and West India Docks was 438 hhds
10 tierces 80 barrels; there were tsken for home con-
sumption 1,004 'aids, 99 tierces, 447 barrels. The stock
iu the same places is 6,597 hhds, 1,300 tierces, 1,983
barrels.

COFFEV.—The market is dull. A few lots of Plsot
r-
tion Ceylon were disposel ef at previous prices, viz,
67s 6d to 703 for f fine ord to low mid celery. Native
has been sold privately nt 55s per cwt.
RIJM —The (planar)/ landed list week at the East end
West India afieks was 8-1 puns ; there were takon fa.
home consumption 257 puns 22 hhcls, and exported 1 of;
puns 100 hhds. The stock in the same 'slice is 17,602
puns 2,003 Ude.

SALTPETaE —5lO bags Bengal sold steadily, viz.,
11 to 5 per cnnt. refr4ction, at 26s to 28s par cwt.
TEA.-Common sound Congou is 91c1 to 10J per lb.
The deliveries last week fell off.
TALLOW.—Y.Y.C. has beou a shado firmer, and
with rather more doing, at 375 to 37s 3d p r cwt. en
din spot, and town 39s Gd.
CuTTON.—This article is dull.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.)
In consequence of the continued indisposition of the
Lord Chancellor the House did not sit tc-day to hear
appeals. It is generally understood that their Lordships
will not sit again on judicial business before Monday
next.

VICE-CIIANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
His Honour the Vice Chancellor of England con-
tinued the hearing of motions to-day, but nothing cal!-
jog for a particular report came before hits Honour du-
ring the whole morning.
(B, fire the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
Tile Court after disposing of the cases of Ladinooke
v. Lee, and Powell v. Dodson heard nao:iona and causes.

(Before the Vice-Chancellor Vt.hunAm.)
His Honour, after disposing of the case of B9reare v.
Bignall, werat on with the hearing of the arguments in
tho part-heard case of O'Brien v. Baron Kenyon, which
occupied the remainder of the morning.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAB'.)
(Before the MASTER of the ROLLS )
ORD V. PARKIN.
TllO Master of the Rell this morning gave judg-
ment in this e Ise which was pa; t heard yesterday. It
will be remembered it was an application to continue
until the hearing of the cal um, an injunction already ob-
tained exparte, to restrain the defendants, Joseph Par-
kin, R. Wattcrer, and John 13;ugley, from using or sell-
ing any fl fur, meal, or melt, at Wakefield, or the pa-
rishes within the manor thereof, not ground at the mills
of the plaintiff', and other millers, lessees of soke-mile
within the district, who claimed a monopoly of grinding
all corn and grain within the manor of Wakefield, under
a grant from the Duchy of Lancaster, in the sixth year
of the reign of James the First. It was contended by
by Mr. Turner, on the part of the plaintiff's, that
the custom within the Belie district not only gave
them the exclusive privilege of grinding all
corn within the district, but precluded all the
freeholders, copyholders, tenants, inhabitaets, or
residents, within the privileged district, from
using, buying, or scllitg any flour, meal, or malt, not
ground at the sake-mills. It appeared that the
defendants, representing themselves agents of the
" Wakefield Free-trade and Economic Society," had
opened shops in the town of Wakefield, in which they
sold flour and meal procured from Leeds, and which
had not been ground at the soke-mills, which claimed
the monopoly ; and upon this prima facie infraction c f
the privilege the injunction, which it was now sought
to have extended to the hearing, had been granted. The
xtension of the injunction was now opposed by Mr. Lloyd,
on the part of the defendants, on the ground that the
custom did not extend the priviliges of the plaintiffs be-
yond the right of grinding all griudable corn within the
district, which they were bound to grind within
twenty-four hours after delivery, upon the payment of
the customary toll, or mulcture, which it was al-
leged, in consequence of the great increase of popu-
lation, they could not rerform ; and that these mill-
owners sold flour and meal, which they procured from
foreign markets, not ground at the soke mills. It
was further contended, that the Court had not jurisdic-
tion to continue the injunction until the plaintiffs had
established their right at common law, which it was
alleged had not beau done in any case, t the extent of
excluding the inhabitants from buying, selling, or using
flour ground beyond the limits of the sake district, and
it was submitted that the course to be pursued was, that
the plaintiffs should be required to maintain the right
by an action at law, which would not only raise the
question as to the existence of the monopoly, to the ex-
tent claimed, hut also if found to exist, whether it was a
reasonable custom, and ought t be maintained.
The MASTER of the RoLLs, in giving judgment this
morning, said—Let the injunction be continued. The
plaintiff, upon the coming in of the defendant's anseer,
is to proceed to a trial at law, before the hearing of the
cause. But the terms of the order may be further
spoken to.
Mr. Turner and Mr. Bevil wore counsel for the plain-
tiff, and the defendants were represented by Mr. Lloyd
and Mr. Chapman Barber.
BO

W-STREET.-(THIS DAY).
A highly respectable looking man, whose name did not
transpire, was charged with assaulting the police whilst
m the execution of their duty.
Police con table, 48 F, deposed that he was on duty
in the Strand this morning, about half-past one o'clock,
when his attention was drawn to the Lyceum Theatre,
by hearing a loud noise proceeding from the box-
entrance. Upon his going thither to ascertain the cause
of the disturbance, he found the prisoner with a female
quarrelling. Having told them that they must not make
a noise at that hour in the morning, and that they must
also move on, he wont round his beat, thinking that by
leaving them fur a few minutes they would take his
advice and go home quietly. On his return, however,
he still found them there, and having peremptorily
told the man that unless he went on his way he would
remove him in custody, and he still refusing to do so, he
was forced to lock him up.

The prisoner, in a most suppliant voice said, " Your
Worship, may I never stir out of this dock if it isn't
all a lie ho has been telling you. I was in a good
humour last night, and I treated some girls to some
bread and cheese and stout, and when the police came
up to me at the Lyceum I was merely refusing t) give
her a shilling to take her home in a cab.
Police-constable here said that he had not finished.
As he Has taking the prisoner to the station he became
very farious, and threw witness to the ground with
much force, and when he got him down the prisoner
kicked him several times. Had it not been for the as-
sistance of another police-constable he would never have
been able to have taken him to the station house, and
his hand was severely cut, as was also the prisoner's
head, by a spike upon which they both fell.
The prisoner again denied that he had assaulted the
police. He had been ill from his birth, and was it likely
he would attack a policeman?
Mr. JARDINE remarked that had he been sober, in-
stead of drunk, then he might have taken some trouble
with the case, but as the prisoner was intoxicated when
the assault took place he must believe the police-con-
stable, and fine him for that assault 40s. or fourteen days
imprisonment. The fine was paid.

A quantity of green peas from Portugal, consigned
to Messrs. Keeling and Bunt, of Monument-yard, were
purchased by Mr. J. H. Tuck, purveyor to her Majesty,
of 13, Lowndes-street, Belgrave•square. Some of these
peas will appear this evening on the royal dinner table.
Sou VIA AIPTON, TUESDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday
the sales of cotton at the Havre market amounted to
about 600 bales, at late quotations. The packet Egalia
arrived at that port yesterday from New York with cot-
ton. Business at Havre generally dull.
BURNING OF THE TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
STEAM SAW. MlLLS.—Between five and six this morning,
there was an outbreak of a dreadful fire in the steam saw-
mills of Mr. Gabriel in Milford•place, London-street.
The police discovered the flames breaking through the
roof of the mills which, though but one story in height,
extended a considerable depth and length. A range of
coin-houses belonging to Mr. Howe, in Princes-street,
Tottenham-court-mad, flanked one side of the building.
As soon as the police could arouse the family of Mr.
Gabriel, they exerted themselves in the rescue of the cows
out of the adjoining premises. By that time the premises
were on fire in every part, throwing so great a light in
the atmosphere as to be seen from all quarters of the
metropolis. The brigade and West of England engines
Were soon on the spot, but the destructive element could
not be mastered until the whole of the saw-mills were
burnt down. There were also many of the adjoining
premises more or less injured. Not the slightest infor
mation could be elicited as to the cause of the fire or
whether the property was insured. The total loss wag
said to exceed 2,000/.

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The Antwerp papers notice the default of M.
Pesmoutiers, a stockbroker and money agent at Lille,
who has, it appears, absconded, leaving large liabilities
unprovided for. Not only has he defrauded his cus-
tomers of considerable sums with which he was intrustA
to pay calls on shares, but he has also, it is alleged, made
away with the securities themselves. Adding the crime
of forgery to his other dAinquencle4, it bas been disco-
vered that bills are in circulation, negotiated through
his instrumentality, with the signatures of nearly 20 of ,
the leading firms of Line attached, all of which are '
proved to be fictitious. No accurate account of the
gross amount of his responsibilities has yet been ascer-
tained, but it is believed they will turn out to be heavy.
One house, it is stated, lusts 80,00 V., another 30,000 E,
and a manufac'uring company nearly 180 0001. It is
presumed that the fugitive has proceeded to Harnburgh,
where it is asserted he will be safe from surrender to the
French authorities.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening last
the last down train, when between St. Ives and Somers-
ham, mu over five out of nine fat bullocks, the property

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