The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

COST GUARD APPOINTMENTS,

Lieutenants D. B. G. Grant, from Port Sutherland to
Casemate; station, vice G. J. S. Winthorp, appointed to
the Victory; Robert Hopkins, from To Nrishend to Fish-
ersgato station, in cvAiange with Augustus Cooper, re-
moving to Mownshend; James Charles Robinson, from
Lepe to Burnham-overy-Staitbs, vice Elward liennah,
prevheusly removed; J. R. Thompsor, from St. Cathe-
rine's to Glenrom station, vice William Lyons, appointed
inspecting lieutenant, Achil division; C. J. tlippeale j',
from Ilaylipg Island to Port Sutherland, vice 1). B. U.
Grant. _ _

Mastera—Hugh John Sclater, from Romney to St.
Catherine's station, vice Lieutenant J. R. Thompson;
George Collier, to command the Lope station, vice Lieut.
Jams Charles Robinson; Mr. Henry Saunders, late
R.N., to c ,mmand the station at Romney, vice Mr. Hugh
John Sclater, master, R.N., instead of Rayleek, as pre-
viously announced; Mr. George Grtig, from 1315th
Haven to Grand R^doubt station, vice Mr. IL S. Gadder,
master, RN.. on account of ill health.
ROYAL. MARINE CADETS.—The half-yearly cxamina•
tion for mates and marine cadets at the Royal Navel
Col:eae at Portsmouth took place last week, and con-
ciud,!el on Saturday, when Mr. John Halliday Care
having passed with whole numbirs, hill ho entitled to
the lieutenant's commission in the Royal navy. Lieut.
F. A. Foster has passed au examination for the Marine
Artillery corps, and Messrs. H. E. W. Lane, W. P. S.
Dob3on, C. F. Short, F. Dan, J. B. C)1well, T. J. W.
11. Rawlings, and Henry Swale, marine cadets, for com-
missions in the Royal Marines.
IMPORTANT RIIMOUR.—There is a rumour afloAt that
it is the intention of the Admiralty, or rather the Go-
v rnment, to supersede the Order in Council of 1846,
fixing the number of captains on the active list to 500,
by another Order in Council limiiing the established
number to 400, the list to be reduced to that number by
promotions of one officer to three vacancies. We are
not in a position either to affirm or deny the accuracy (,f
!his report, but we may remark that to alter the terms
of the Order in Council of 1846, without enlarging the
moans of retirement for senior officers, would be most
unfair and moat unjustifiable.—Herald.
ROYAL NATAL FEMALE SCHOOL.—Lieut. Tattnall has
given an additional donation of thirty guineas to this in-
aitution.

Atholl store-ship, Lieut.-Commander Pearse, is or-
dered from Sheerness to Deptford, to loaf with itorcs
for Ascensi .n.

e!ar..nce, 8-1-, was taken out of No. 4 dock at Devon-
port on Friday morning, and the Foudroyant, 78, has
been taken in to be overhauled. _ _ _

Castor, 36, Commodoie Wyvill, it was stated, had ar-
rived at Simoti's Bay, act. 6. We have reason to bt -
Here that this is income, ror we have letters from the
Castor at Mauritim, Sept. 28.
Desperate screw sloop will be taken out of dock :kt.
Sh,erness
Eurydice, 26, has bun taken into the basin at Portc-
mouth, preparatory to Leing docked. She will be brought
forward for commission.

Far tonne, 12, Cenamandzr Genus, has hauled off into
the stream at Portsmou h, to swing her compasses.
Indefatigable, 50. Captain Smart, K.H., has been taken
into No. 5 dock at Devonport, to be examin(d.
Sparrow surveying voisel is at Queenstown. Com -
man,ltr Fraser, Lieutenant Aird, and the rea•itcr, Mr.
Hosts) n, are engaged in working up and mapping their
surveys.
Vulcan iron screw I% igate is ordered to be taken into
dock, at Sheerness, this day, in which she will remain
about three weeks. She is ordered to have Grant's dis-
tilling galley, and to bo rigged for commission.
Waterwitch, 8, Commander Quin, was mustered on
Friday last, by Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., Superin-
tendent of Chatham Yard, and on the f Mowing day was
paid off in a most credimble manner. Two of her petty
cfficers—R. King and Robert James—were presented
with good conduct gratuities; the former with 41. l4i.
and the latter with 3!. 14s. Corporal French, R.M., was
promoted for his gallantry whilst serving in the boats,
under the command of the first lieutenant (Forsyth), at
the capture and destruction of a large slaver off Shebar,
on July 10, 1849. The Lords of the Admiralty have
also promised David Horne, boatswain's mate, who acted
with equal gallantry on the same occasion, his promo-
tion; es also Thomas Moore, B,M.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDLY.—Thp Hogue, 56, steam-ship,
Captain M‘Dougall, sailed yesterday for Queenstown.
The chief officers of the Turkish ships have been
seeing the sights of London during the past week under
the escort of Lieutenant Sir Godfrey Webster, who will
shortly take them through the manufacturing districts.
The Bey and his junior officers have been very hospit-
ably received at the Foreign office, the Admiralty, and
elsewhere, and are much gratified with the courtesy
shown them.

Lieutenant John Reid, First of the Frolic, has ex-
changed into the Caledonia with Lieutenant Nelson.
Lieutenant Pidcock, late of the Frolic, has joined the
Caledonia.

Lieutenant E. F. Dent, Second of the Frolic, has be-
come First of that vessel.

--TheraPiiir&, 24, Captain Frederick, is destined to
convey assistance to the Behring's Straits Expedition in
search of Sir John Franklin. First Lieutenant K. Wil-
son and a party of Royal Marines embarked in her for
service yesterday.
Extract of a letter from Constantinople, dated De-
cember .3:—Captain Slade, R.N., is now in the Turkish
navy, under the name and title of Mooshaver Pacha,
with the special rank in addition of rear-admiral. The
Turkish navy is in a very low condition, and will re-
quire much time and perseverance to elevate it. The
admiral's ship blew up in the harbour on the 22d ult., a)
you know. The cause has been discovered to have been
the firing of 35 barrels of gunpowder. Above 500 people
perished in her; about 100 were saved. The wreck lies
in nineteen fathoms of water, a cable's length from the
arsenal. Mr. Levi, who 11 0.3 been the last three years
fishing for brass guns at Solo and Tchesmeh, has come
to Constantinople with his schooner, provided with
good divers and all the necessary apparatus, including
air-pumps worked by steam, for submarine operations in
deep wage. The ordinary air-pump worked by hand is
unequal to supply the divers at a depth of nineteen fa-
thoms. The Turkish naval authorities are in treaty
with I, ire, and are in hopes of corning to terms with him
soon. He e ilculates it will es quire two years to dear
away the wreck. The ship is very valuable, having
been built and fitted with true I,;as►tern extravagance,
without regard to expense. The Government offer him

one half of the value of the brass, copper, and wood re-
covered; SOL for each iron gun, and one-third of the
of all other articles recovered. Should Mr. Levi
not agree to the proposal, it will be endeavoured to get
some p7rty in England to undertake the work, which
can be carried on all the year rc,und. In the mea,nw bile
M. Levi has Lean creeping at the mouth of the harbour
for a bag of money which a Frenchman dropped over-
board trt.m a calque a few days ego, in the act of step-
ping on board a steamer. He has not found the money,
but his divers have stumbled on three brass guns, one of
which has been hove up. It is old. A Turkish line-
of-battle-ship went down about that spot 150 years
since. Orders ere given for the Turkish frigate and brig
now in Portsmouth harbour to winter in England. We
hauled a Turkish frigate on shore a few days ago; it
was a dead haul for 600 feet."

PLYMOUTH, SATuaDAY.—Her Majesty's frigate Phae-
ton, 50, Captain George Elliott, from Portsmouth, came
in yesterday for seamen, and will leave, with the Albion,
to-morrow, to join the squadron of evolution at Lisbon.
Fier Majesty's steam-vessel Locust, Lieutenant-Cow-
mander Curtis, arrived on Friday from Woolwich, and
went up harbour to coal; she. will sail on Tuesday for
Rio Janeiro, to be under the command of Rear-Admiral
Reynolds, C.B.
lier Majesty's steam-vessel Sprightly, Master G.
Allen, arrived from Portsmouth on Friday with seamen
for the Albion, who were the same day paid advance cf
wages at the pay-office in the dockyard. The Sprightly
left for Portsmouth to-day.
The Express, 6, packet, is fitting like the Penguin for
service cn the coast of Africa. _ _ _

A pension of 30/. per annum has been granted by the
Admiralty to the widow of Mr. Tub' as Pa'mer, boat-
swain, found dead on board the Lancaster frigate in Ha-
motel, on the 24th of November last.
Wm. Macey, a policeman, who has been 17 years with
an irreproachable character in the dockyard force, was
detected on Wednesday evening in the possession of fi ie
pieces of copper bolt and some sheet-copper, the pro-
perty of the Crown. At the exsminstion on Thursdsy
he was arlmitted out on bail, himself in 1001. and two
sureties of 501. each to take his trial for the offence et
the quarter sessions.
This evening the merchant brig Solway, of Whitby,
300 tons, Captain Hodgson, took shelter in the port after
being out seventy-five days vainly struggling to reach
New York from Marseilles, which left on the 7th of
October with a light cargo ef general merchandise and
seven passengers. After experiencing a succession of
gales, the ship, on the 22d of November, when in 58
dug. west lor Optic., and within 700 miles of her desired
port, encountered a tremendous sea, which broke bul-
warks and stanchions, swept away boats, water-casks,
bar eess-cat, ks, cookhouse, caboose, spare spars, studding-
. sail gear, &c., and drowned the cook, an American sub-
ject, and Anthony Bisset, one of the ship's apprentices.
In this disastrous condition, being also short of provisions
and Flavin no sufficient cooking apparatus, the crew and
passengers refused to proceed, and the brig bore up for
Europe. When sent !ding before the gale her steering
wheel was damaged by the weather. Those en hoard
were reduced to a pint of water each per day until hap-
pily relieved, on the 17th inst., by the La ty Gough,
from Liverpool, t',e only ship spoken, having seen but
few after karine• the Mediterranean. -

The Grzok brig Sot'ori, Captain Assoteri, from
Odcsan, with wheat for Cork or Falmouth for crams.
came in to-clay, leaky. A seven-inch hawser has hero
a a-ilied off her dt.ck, and the st,rn-boot from the davi:s,
hod her crew have been comrelltd to throW overboard
n atleb-)r ani cable to lighten the shit, ir, c7m3equeoce
of the st.vaity of the weather. Her cargo is heated and
dsr~a;ed, and part at least mint he discharged.
The barque, Nestor, Captain Harper, belonging to this
port errrivad to-lay with guano from Callao.
WOOLWICH, DEC. 21.—The Monkey steam-vessel
will leave Woolwich on Monday morning, with
number of shipwrights, joiners, and caulkers on hiard,
for Qirenhithe, to make good the defects (4. the Hercules
store-ship, at moorings in that part of the river.
The Volcano steam-sloop, Commander Rivers, was
taken out of the basin to-day, and is now ready to leave
for Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted and her
powder taken on board.

PROMOTIONS. -.ADMIRALTY, MONDAY.

Lieutenants—George Western (1837), who lately
pail off the Spy, 3, briganline, from the coast of Africa,
and fermerly commanded the Jackal steam-vessel ; Sir
Godfrey Webster, Bart. (1840), formerly in command of
the Tartarus, steam-vessel, in the Mediterranean, and
now on special service with the Turks at Portsmouth;
and Thomas kit and (1840), late first cf the Bellerophon,
forece:ly of the Wolf, 18, and b, fore that cf the
il..,:inootirt and Samarang, and was the only cfficer
wounded in the attack on the pirates of Malunda who
isai not promoted, have been advanced to the rank of
commander.

The claims of the above officers are indisputable, as
well on account of their seniority as their good services;
and it is only to be regrcCed that three times the num-
ber of lieutenants who have commanded ships on the
coast of Africa, such as the Hon. F. Boyle, the first
lieutenants of fl and sea-going and other ships, such as
Hedg,kinson, of the Excellent; Barnard, of the Prince
Regent; Connolly, of the Phaeton, 50; Dirom, of the
A leoin, 90; May, of the WellesL?y, 72; Stevens, of the
St. George, 120; and other hard-working officers, have
not yet received their richly-earned promotions.
Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. Jame; Niven (1841), of the
Seagull, Falmouth and Brazil packet, and Dr. W. M•li.
Saunders (1841), of the Victory, flag-ship, at Ports-
mouth, to the rank of surgeons.
Clerks—Stuart Watson (January 4, 1843), James 11.
Towel! (March, 1843), acting paymaster of the Gorgon
steam sloop, Pacific; and Julian A. Messum (April,
1843), in charge of the Sparrow surveying-vetsel, coast
of Ireland, have been promoted to the rank of paymaster
and purser.
These promotions are from the seniors cn tho list.
APPOINTMENTS.

Surgeon—John Jolliffe (1850), to the Pandora sur-
ruin:v.-vessel, fitting at Devonport.
Assistant-Surgeon—Athm Gordon (1842), to the
60, at Devonport.
Midshipman—G. Y. R. Rattray and Charles D.
to the Amphitrite, 25, at Portsmouth; John P. Gardiner
and W. Richards, to the Fantome, 12, fitting at Ports-
mouth; Charles Nevin, to the Indefatigable.

Naval Cadet—Henry Grey, to the 'Fisgard flag-ship,
Woolwich.

The First Lord, Sir F. Baring; the senior naval Lord,
Rear• Admiral Dundas, C.B. ; and Mr. Parker, M.P., the
secretary, have left the Admiralty for the country for
the Christmas holidays.
Commander James Edward Parlby died on the 20th
instant.

Albion, 90, Captain Johnstone, received her supernu-
meraries from the Sprightly and Phaeton, were paid
advance, and lefth Plymouth Sound direct fQr Malta on
Sunday morning, fully manned.
Foudroyant, 80, and Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart,
K.C.H., have been taken into dock at Devonport. Cap-
tain Smart is in London, on leav:.
Locust, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Curtis,
is ordered in the packet-list to leave Devonport for It'o,
as we have before so many times had reason to state, in
contradiction of the statements that her de<ainstioa was
the coast of Africa. She is reported ready to leave
Devonport this day.
Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliot, has a quantity of st)res
to take out to the Lisbon squadron, which will not be
packed and put on board beforo late on Tuesday; so
that she will not leave Plymou h Sound before late on
Tuesday owning or on Wednesday morning.
Princess Alice, Dover steam-packet, has proree led to
Grrenhithe, from Woolwich, en route to Dover.

Sprightly steam-tender, Master Commander All-n,
sailed trom Devonport, for Portsmouth, on Saturday
evening.
Vivid, Dover steam-packet, Master Commander
SalLhett, is ordered to Wa;lwich to be repaired.

Vlee-Admiral Sir George Francis S.ymour, C. 8.,
G.C.H., will be the new Commander-in-Chief in the
West Indies, North American, and Halifax stations, to
succeed Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G C.D.,
and it is believed that the Gallant Admiral will hoist
his flag on board the Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport,
commanded by his old Pacific flag-captain, Captain
Smart, K.ll. Sir George is a distinguished officer, and
has served 22 years afloat. A sketch of his career we
extract from O'Byrne Biography :
" Sir George Francis Seymour, born in September,
1787, is eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral George
Hugh Seymour, fifth son of Francis, first Marquis et
Hertford, K.G., by Anne Horatia, third daughter of
James, second Earl of Waidegrave, whose widow mar-
ried, a second time, his Royal Highness William Henry
Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George 111. He
is brother of the late Lieut.-Colonel Hugh Henry Sey-
mour; is uncle of Commander F. P. B. Seymour, R.N.;
and is closely connected with the families of the Duke
of Grafton, the Marquises of Cholmondeley, Huntley,
Bristol, and Londonderry; the Earls of Drogheda,
Grandison, and Lincoln; the Viscounts Chetwynd and
Torrington, and Lord Southampton.
" This officer entered the navy on the 10th of October,
1797, as first-class volunteer, on board the Princess
Augusta yacht. Under Captain Paget in the Endymion
we find him contributing, on the 18th and 25th Jana,
16th July, and 14th August, 1803, to the capture
of La Colombe and La Bacchante, corvettes of 16
and 18 guns, L'Adour store-ship, and Le General
Moreau privateer of , 16 guns. In February and
March, 1804, he was nominated in succession acting
lieutenant of the Madras, 51, and Donegal, 74; and
while in the latter ship, to which he was confirmed by
a commissien bearing date the 12:h October, 1804, he
aided in taking the Spanish frigates Matilda and Am-
phitrite, the former laden with a cargo of quicksilver
worth 200,0001., accompanied Lord Nelson to the West
ladies and back, in 1805, in pursuit of the combined
squadrons of France and Spain, and participated in the
capture of El ;Rayo of 100 guns, one of the ships re-
cently defeated at Trafalgar. On the 6th February,
1806, a few days after he had joined the Northumber-
land, 74, flag-ship, of Rear-Admiral Hon. Alexander
Cochrane, Lieutenant Seymour fought in the action off
St. Domingo, on which occasion a grapeshot penetrated
his jaw, and carried away several teeth. Having been
advanced, the 22d January preceding, to the rank of
commander, he removed as such, on the 9:h February,
to the Kingfisher, sloop, in which vessel, is the ensuing
May, he took in tow the Pallas, 32, Captain Lord Coch-
rane, after that ship had been disabled in action
under the batteries of Ile d'Aix, with the
French frigwe La Mieerve. He was posted,
on the 29,h July, 1806, into the Aurora, 28,
stationed in the Mediterranean, and was subse-
quently appc,int• d, on the 15th February, 1808, to the
Pallas, 32, in which frigate he took part in Lord Coch-
rane's celebrated attack on the French shipping in
Bi,que Roads. In the Leonidas, which ship he left on
the 14th September, 1814, Captain Seymour captured,
on the 231 May, 1813, the American privateer Paul
Jones, of 16 guns and 85 men, five of whom wen,
wounded during V- e chase. He was nominated a C B.
on the 4th June, 1815, awarded on the 28th May, 1816,
a pension of 2501. per annum for his wound, nominated a
K C.H. (accompanied with the honour of knighthood) in

1831, and a G.C.H. on the 9th Dcce•mbe.r, 1834, and ad-
vanced to flag rank on the 23d Novemb.yr, 1841. lie
filled a seat at the Board of Admiralty from beptamber,
1841. until appointed, on the 14th May, 1814, com-
mandt,r-in-chief in the Pacific. He soiled for that
station with his flag in the Coiling wood, 80, and c:)nti-
nued there until relieved in 1848 by Rear-Admiral
Phipps Hornhy.
" Sir George married, in March, 1811, Georgina
Mary, second daughter of the late Admiral Hon. Sir
George CI-at:afield Berkeley, G.C.8., by whom he has
issue three sons and five daught.:,Ts."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 23.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Houtorn.)

THE DARTFORD SAVINGS WANK, IN RE J. JARDINF.

The case of this bankrupt has been repeatedly re•
ported in our journal. His Honour to-day gave
judgment on the question of certificate as follows :
This is an application by the bankrupt for his certifi-
cate. I deferred giving judgment in order to make
inquiry as to the particulars of a case of " Ex parte
Wakefield" (not vet reported), decided by his lionour
Woe-Chancellor Sir J. L. Knight Bruce, on an ap-
peal from a decision of Mr. Commissioner Balguy.
The gentleman who reports the cases in bankruptcy
before the Vice-Chancellor informs me that the case
of Ex parte Wakefield" was decided solely upon
the construction of the words "conduct as a trader,"
in the 198th section of the Bankrupt Law Consolida-
tion Act (12 .h and 13th Viet., c. 106), and that the
Vice-Chancellor held that the misappropriation of trust
money by the bankrupt, by using it in his own trad-
ing speculations,was not such conduct as the Legislature
directed to be regarded by the words " conduct as a
trader." The 256th section of the Bankrupt Law Con-
solidation Act was not brought under the considera-
tion of the Vice-Chancellor in " Ex parte Wakefield."
The Court is required by that section of the Act to
refuse or suspend the certificate if it shall appear
that the bankrupt has committed any of the offences
therein enumerated ; one of these offences (the third)
is—" If the bankrupt shall have contracted any of his
debts by any manner of fraud." The bankrupt
(Jardine) is cherged with having contracted a large
amount of debt by fraud; he is further charged with
misconduct in having carried on trade and recklessly
contracted debts after a series of defalcations and
offences which rendered him amenable to the criminal
law. The money in respect of which the bankrupt
was found to be a defaulter, or a large portion of it,
was improperly used by him in his trade; if he had
not resorted to those means, he must have stopped
much sooner, end the prospect of his ability to repay
the money taken by him depended upon his trade.
The criminality of the bankrupt's conduct, then, in
certain transactions of a pecuniary nature, cannot be
denied ; inde sl, some debts originating in his mis-
conduct have been proved, and one to a large amount
claimed under the bankruptcy ; but it is urged that
such misconduct was not committed by the bank-
rupt in his trad s, or as a trader, and that, uson
the authority of the case of " Ex parte Wake-
field," v. hich I have before mentioned, and a pre-
vious case cf " Ez parte Spicer," reported in the
Law Times of November 10, 1849, and decided
on the sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 122, sec. 39, such
misconduct is not cognisable by the Court. Thus, I
hive to consider whether the bankrupt has committed
any offence under the 256th section, and, as we have
held that this enactment doss not apply to offences
committed before the 11th of October, 1849, from
which day the Act was to commence acrd take effect, I
must look to the time up to which the malpractices of
the bankrupt extended; but I have also to determine
a point of very great and extensive importance—
whether the Court, in reviewing the conduct of the
bankrupt as a trader under the authority given by the
198th section, is confined to the considsretion of con-
duct in the way of having contracted any particular
class of debts. This must be determined by the
language of the 13 snkrupt Law Consolidation Act,
taking the whole Act together, and considering it
with reference to the previous state of the law, and
no interpretation can be admitted which is inconsis-
tent with the language candidly understood, nor
any which, though consistent with the words used,
would not give them a reasonable operation.
After quoting various Acts of Parliament
and high legal authorities, his Honour proceeded
to make the following application of them to the
present case :—For the reasons, therefore, which
I have given, and, from the general importance of the
question, at greater length than I should otherwise
have done, I am of opinion that the construction of
the 198th section, in conjunction with the 256th sec-
tion (for, although the letter follows at some distance
in the Act, it may be considered as virtually incorpo-
porated with the power) is this : that the Court is to
regard the conduct of the bankrupt as one of a class of
persons liable to be so adjudged, before as well as after
his bankruptcy, and herein to regard his conduct in
any matter concerning which the Court is authorised
to call for information and discovery, always bearing
in mind that the statute contains provisions expressly,
limiting the power of inquiry to such matters as re-
late to the person, trade, dealings, or estate of the
bankrupt, or any act of bankruptcy committed by
him ; and if it shall appear on the bearing for the
certificate that the bankrupt has committed any of the
offences mentioned in the 256:h section, the Court
may refuse or suspend the certificate for such time as
it shall think fit. In other cases the Court (in the
words of the 198th section) is "to judge of any objec-
tion against allowing such certificate, and either
find the bankrupt entitled thereto and allow the same,
or refuse or suspend the allowance thereof, or annex
such conditions thereto as the justice cf the case may
require." This appears to me to be the fair:sound,
legitimate construction of the Bankrupt Law Conso-
lidation Act with respect to the certificate of con-
formity. Having disposed of the legal objection, I
proceed to deal with the case upon its merits. Jardine,
the bankrupt, was a draper; he succeeded to the
business of his father, which had been carried on in
the town of Dertford for half a century. He was also
actuary of the savings bank at Dartford for a period
of about 30 years—that is, from the first establishment
of the bank in 1816. For the first two or three years
he acted as the assistant of his father, who was the
founder of the bank, and subsequently, the duties
becoming onerous he was appointed to act solely at a
fixed salary, and he continued to do so up to the time
of his bankruptcy. It may be concluded, then, that
the bankrupt previous to the discovery of his delin-
quency, had long enjoyed the respect and esteem of the
inhabitants of Dartford and its vicinity. Moreover, he
had at different times been selected to fill offices of
honour and trust in his native town; in fine, be was
regarded in every sense of the term, as an honest
trader. The sequel will show how far he abandoned
all title to the appellation. In the course of his
business the bankrupt had pecuniary difficulties to
contend with arising
ths state of
h u g
i from decliningat ,
it n hisrad peaonsidol
re-
duced capital ; in
as actuary of the savings bank, being in the habit of
receiving money from depositore, he was tempted in
the year 1844, under a pressure which he says was
temporary, to apply the money of the bank to his own
uses. 1 ha-fe no doubt that the bankrupt intended
and believed that he should be able to replace the
money, but one trick often needs a great many more
to make it good, and the bankrupt, unhappily for
others as well as himself, too readily yielded to this
evil suggestion. It is said that he did repay some of
the moneys which he had appropriated. I fear, how-
ever, this was done by the aid of subsequent deposits ;
at all events, he goes on misapplying moneys intrusted
to him as actuary, and thus had ulently incurs fresh lia-
bilities. It is urged that he had to struggle against
misfortunes—losses by bed debts and stagnation of
trade, followed by contagious sickness in his family.
It might be hard in such distress to bear up against
the storms of fortune, but no change of cir-
cumstances can absolve a man when he re-
linquilies truth and faithfulness—" the band
that knits together and supports all compacts,"
and has recourse to a system of fraud, sup-
ported by artifice and falsehood. The course he pur-
sued was, when money was brought for investment in
the bank, to enter it in the depositors' books, in all
instances correctly, but in respect of the moneys
which he misapplied, he omitted his next important
duty, which was to enter the money so received in
the cash-book of the bank, which was kept by himself.
The bank ledger was kept by another clerk, and it
was the duty of this clerk to post the cash-book, but
the bankrupt having withheld entries of various sums
from the cash-book, was necessarily the cause of the
omission of those amounts in the ledger. The cash-
book purported to contain entries of all el-posits re-
ceived by the actuary. It appears, then, that the
bankrupt, a trader, who, from his long standing in
trade and the public offices he had filled, ought to have
been an example to others, as one " having a good
conscience—willing to lire honestly in all things "
instead of avoiding a repetition of practices constantly
coming in competition with the first principles of com-
mercial life, shows a wretched regardlessness of what
is due to himself and society, and scruples not to prop
his credit by a scheme of treachery systematically sus-
tained for about 5 years. With this weight upon him, or
during the times of its accumulation, his present trade
debts were contracted ; and when he was found to be
a defaulter to the savings bank, he made an assign-
ment of all his property to the trustees of the honk.
This act, which was done to benefit the trustees
under an apprehension that they were entitled to be
paid in lull by virtue of the statute 2d and 4th Will.
IV., c. 14, has in truth been the means of securing
for the latter a rateable division of the bankrupt's
property. If this cssignment could have been carried
out the general creditors would have got nothing.
Most fortunately, also, for the general creditors, the
trustees of the savings bank failed in their attempt to
bring their deists against the actuary within the pro-
vision of the 3 1 and 4th Will. IV., c. 14, sec. 28,
which gives to trusters of savings banks a right to
be paid in full (and in preference to other creditors,
however meritorious their claims may be) all
money which any officer of the bank may have
received by virtue of his office or employment. I

thought (and the Vice-Chancellor confirmed my
judgment) that the actuary was not authorised by the
rules of this bank to receive deposits. Oae of the
managers or committee men ought to have attend( (I,
for that purpose. It is not pretended, however, that
any,neglect of the managers of the bank can palliate
the violation by the bankrupt of the confidence re-
posed in him. He was in a situation above suspicion ;
how humiliating the position in which he now stands.
Indeed there is no vice which does so cover a trader
with shame as to be found false and perficEous in pe-
cuniary matters. Mr. Linklater states that the bank-
rupt has met with cominisseration and sympathy
from many quarters. I think it right, therefore, to
say a word upon the very serious nature of his offence
And misconduct. "The condderation of what is es-
sential to the security of savings banks is a subject of
peculiar delicacy and ex'raordinary importance—one
upon which the mere existence of a doubt is a grave
and most serious evil. To promote habits of fruga-
lity and saving among the labouring population, by
providing them with a perfectly secure depository,
is the object of all legislation upon savings
banks. It is iinpossible to conceive a more benevolent
purpose, or one which more deeply affects the well-
being of the saa hole commonwealth; and if there be
a public fund more sacred then another, that to
which the greatest sanctity should belong, and which
should be beyond the reach of all suspicion, is the
fund which the poor have been enabled by an almost
heroic forbearance to treasure up against future
want The poor save—they seek to have
_ _ _ .

•afe depositories of those savings, and they further
hope to be able at any time, if unforeseen want presses
upon them, to have power over the monay which they
have deposited." The observations which I have just
cited are too true to admit of doubt or controversy.
The writer goes on to ask, " Haw has Parliament
dealt with this fund ?" That is a point upon which
it is not my province at the present time to enter;
but taking the law as it is, and finding that the bank-
rupt was debited in his balance-sheet with a sum ex-
ceeding 2,0001. to one of the institutions to which I
have referred, it became my duty to inquire how that
amount of debt was contracted, and having so done
I must give judgment as on a matter of right or
wrong. In awarding punishment (if refusing or
suspending the certificate can properly he so called,
when the granting of it ought to be deemed a posi-
tive approbation), the Court should consider the base-
ness and dangerous tendency of the offence, the deli-
beration and wilfulness, or the inconsideration, said
denness, or surprise with or under which it was com-
mitted, and any other circumstances which may
aggravate or extenuate the guilt, and in the present
czse the Court should especially look to the para-
mount importance of sustaining the confidence of the
industrious classes in the officers of savings banks.
In conclusion, I would observe, that this is one of the
numerous instances which now almost daily occur,
exhibiting the want of a public prosecutor. The
bankrupt has committed a most grievous public
offence, but in respect of that, the public justice of
the country has not yet been satisfied. lam to lock
at the case, howev r, simply in a commercial point
of view, and confining my attention to the conformity
of the bankrupt to the law of bankruptcy, and to
his condlict es a trader within the meaning of
the B inkrupt Law Consolidation Act, I think it
would be a monstrous perversion of the spirit
and intention of that Act to hold a person entitled
to a discharge from civil obligations which he
has contracted in the manner and under the circum-
stances I have pointed out, and whose conduct has
been in the last degree reprehensible in having carried
on trade nut merely on a fictitiouscredit, in the ordi-
nary E ense of that term, but upon a credit upheld by
bis embezzlement of bank deposits, the small savings
of the laborious classes-3 species of fraud heartless
in the extreme, and most mischievous in its conse-
quences. I should add, that I think the bankrupt has
committed an offence (No. 3) under the 256th sec-
tion, in respect of some money received from deposi-
tors subsequently to the 11th of October, 1849, and
which he also appropriated to his own use ; and con-
sidering the repeated similar acts previously, I deem
this offence to have been committed under circum-
stances of great aggravation. It now, therefore, only
remains for me to adjudge that the allowance of the
certificate to the bankrupt Jardine must be refused.
Mr. LINKLATER, on behalf of the bankrupt, ap-
plied for copies of the depositions, as it was his client's
intention to appeal.
His HoNoust said that Mr. Linklater should have
every facility to enable him to take the case before a
superior tribunal.—Application granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
‘MARYLEBONE.

A well- dressed man, named Edward Amos, a car-
penter, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton,
charged, on his own confession, with having set fire
to property belonging to Captain Ross, a gentleman
of fortune, residing at Clapham, and thereby doing
damage to a large amount.
Inspector Coleman, of the V division, and Inspector
O'Brien, D, were present during the inquiry, which
excited a considerable degree of inter, st from the
peculiar circumstances connected with the case.
Young, 140 D, on being sworn, said—Oa Satur-
day night last, at eleven o'clock, the prisoner came up
to me in the New-road, and asked me if I was the
policeman on duty there. I told him that I was, and
he then said, " I had better give myself up to you,
for if I don't, I am sure to be taken before the morn-
ing." The prisoner went on to say that some man hid
sent a letter to Captain Ross's brother, intimating to
him where the party could be met with who had done
it (alluding, of course, to the fire). I asked him parti-
cularly what be delivered himself up for, and his answer
was, for setting fire to a workshop belonging to
Captain Ross, at Clapham, who was there building a
terrace. I conveyed him to the station-house, and he
then said voluntarily that he went from Paddington
to the Cock public-house, Clapham, where he had
something to drink. This was on Friday evening.
After quitting the Cock he went to the field where
the building was, and having puled off his shoes went
to the workshop. He had some lucifers with him, and
he set fire to some shavings and some deals, having
done which he stayed about ten minutes, until he saw
a " blaze up," from the building, and he then went
away, as he didn't consider it safe for him to stop any
longer. He told me also that he wished he had burnt
a great deal more, and that he intended to have gone
down the next night to set fire to the whole of the
buildings. On the way to this court yesterday
morning he said " I know nothing about
setting fire to the place. I WAS there about
the time the fire happened, but I had nothing
to do with it. Captain Ross and I have been
upon very good terms, and he was always an excel-
lent master. I only s sid what I did last night to get
something to eat and to obtain a lodging, as I had
no money."
The prisoner had, it appeared, being employed as
a carpenter in the erection of a terrace now being
built for Captain Ross, and that about three weeks
ago he was discharged, iraproi:erly as he imagined,
by Woods, the foreman of the works.
A letter, of which the following is a copy, was
here handed to the magistrate ; it was address (I to
" Mr. Christopher Rosa, Clapham" (brother of Cap-
tain Ross). It ran thus : . .

" Sir,—l have sent these few lines to you to state
ab•)ut the :man that set fire to your place, and he is
coming on Saturday night to set fire to the whole of
your new buillings. 11c has bought two new pistols and
some powder, to shoot your brother and you, likewise
John Woods. This man's name is Wm. Amos; he has
worked for you, and is now living with Mr. Wood's
daughter, at 27, Stafford street. I hesrd Mr. Wood's
daughter and Mr. Amos talking together about the best
way tout firo to all the buildings, and shoot the three, and
then go to America. They will both be at the Ncrreys,
Stafford-street, at eight o'cllek, if not they will be at Al-
ley's beer-shop, el )se by. Yuu shall know my name
when you have taken him."
The prisoner, when asked what he had to say, re-
pudiated a great deal of the evidence given against
him, and said that he wrote the letter himself; he
had nothing to do, and being hungry, he acted as he
had done in order to obtain food and a lodging.

Inspector O'Brien said that the damage done, to the
building was estimated at somewhere about 8001.
Inspector Coleman (V), who produced the letter above
given, expressed his opinion that on a future day he
should be prepared with proof positive that the pri-
soner was seen close to the spot a short time prior to
the alarm of fire being given.
The prisoner was sent t'.) the House of Detention,
Clerkenwell, there to remain until next Friday, upon
which day he will be conveyed to Wandsworth Police-
court, that being the district in which.the alleged in-
cendiarism occurred.

THAMES.
A great number of poor individuals came before
Mr. Yardley, the presiding magistrate, to complain
that the treasurer or manager of the St. James's Rat-
cliff Provident Society, an off-shoot of an excellent
institution, called the Whitcchapel Penny Savings
Bank, had neglected to pay them various sums the
produce of their savings, and for which they had ap-
plied on Saturday, when they were informed that the
manager was not to be found. The case was one of
peculiar hardship, but was not very clearly explained
by the parties in attendance. It appeared that during
the past year a great number of poor men, women,
and children, have d?posited their little savings from
time to time in the Ratcliff Penny I3ank, in the ex-
pectation of receiving back the whole with, interest,
in one sum, near the end of the s ear, previous to
Christmas. A great many of the depositors received
back their savings on Friday, when the manager
suddenly left off paying and told the rest of the depo-
sitors to come next day for their savings from two
o'clock till five in the afternoon. The manager did
not attend, and under these circumstances the appli-
cants besought the magistrate to interfere.
Mr. YARDLEY asked if the ,society was enrolled ?
Mir, the chief usher of the court, Bald the society
was not enrolled • it was in the nature of a penny
savings bank, and was originally a clothing society

a) 43 ad G m
. rd al a
';il 0 P:1 P.
Colchester IP6 396 1088 -- 30 343
Harwich
Leigh 754 18i 4 31 39
Maldon 1749 24 , 183 149 1070
CHELMSFORD, Dec 2l—Prices to-day were as follow:
Wheat, white, old 43s to 47s ; new 42s to 475; red, old

CHELMSFORD, DEC. 21—Prices to-day were as follow:
Wheat, white, old 438 to 478 ; new 42s to 475; red, old
37$ to 425; new, 379 to 425; barley, 21s to 268 ; chevalier
238 to 293; grinding 20s to 215 ; oats 155 to 208; malt 538
to 555 • chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 28s to
30s; old, —s to ; white, new, 26s to 293; old, —s to —s ;
dun, new, 27s to 298; beans, tick new 25s to 27s ; old, 258
to 235; howrow ticks, new 25s to 275; old OW to ON; ma-
zagan, new 24s to 255 ; old 00! to 008 per qr. _

CO LCII ESTER, DEC. 21.—Wheat, white 44s to 48A ; red 38;
to 42s ; barley 24s to 30s ; beans, mazagan 25s to 26s ; middle
and small 26s to 30s; peas 28s to 30; per qr.
KIRKALDY, DEC. 21.—The following are the quotations
for grain :
Wheat. Barley.
First 453 Od 26i Od
second 40; Od 22s Oil
Third 353 01 193 01
Oatmeal, per bag of 28011 is
HADDINGTON, DEC. 20.—T
grain at our market to-day :
Wheat.

Oats. Beans.
20s Od Od
18s 61 —s Od
163 Od —s 01
imperial, 265 Od to
ie following are the

Pelt%
—3 OJ
I—s Od
—3 Od
28s Od.
prices of

"Barley. Oats. leans.
First ... ... 44s Od 26s 6d 20s 61 30s Od
Second ... ... 39s 81 23s 11,1 19s ld 28s 7d
Third ... .. 26s Od 19s Od 178 OJ 25s OJ
Total quantity of Wheat in market 699 qrs., 695 sold
Do. Barley do. 463 qrs., 412 sold
Do. Oats do. 469 qrs., 420 sold
Do. Beans do. 109 qrs., 67 sold

,
GLASGOW, DEC. 18.—Provisions—Cheese, 40s to 473 Od
per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 2)sOdto Os per
cwt. Country fresh butter, 10d to Od per lb. Jrish pow-
dered, in lumps, 9d to Sid; country powdered, wholesale, 8d
to Od. Country eggs, Is 4d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, Se 6d
per 120, or Ild per dozen. liens, 2s 6d per pair; Ducks,
2s Od.

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PERTH, DEC. 20.—Wheat, old, 00s Od to 00s Od; ditto,
new, 36s to 42s ; barley, new, 2ls Cd to 24s ('d; oats, 14s to
18s ; peas and beans, 25s Od to oth, per quarter. Oatmeal,
per sack, 27s to 28s.
KELSO, DEC. V.—Wheat, old, COs to 00s Od; ditto, new, 26s
to 30s Od ; barley, new, 16s to 17s 6d ; ditto old, OOs to 0 s;
potato oats, 003 to 00s ; ditto new, 12s Od to 14s 6d ; common
oats 0050 d to o.'s Od ; ditto new, 1 is to 135 Od ; peas, 20s Od
to 22s Od ; beans, 20s to 22s per boll of six imperial bushels.
STIRLING, Dec. 20.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 245; ditto,
home, 20s to Os; ditto ditto new, ISs Od to 21s 3d; barley, per
boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to Os Od ; ditto new, Ids 3d to 183 Bd.
Oats, common, 123 6d to OOs; ditto new, 93 :tt:l to Ils 3d;
ditto, Flemish, Os Od to W Od; ditto ditto new, 00s Od; mait,
distillers, 31s to 33s 6d ; vitt() brewers, 33s Od to 34s ; beans
per boll, 13s 93 to 00s Od; ditto new, 12s 6d to 1 Is Od; pease 19.
ed to Os Od; flour, new per sack, 31s Od to 33s 0,1; ditto common
ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 25s 0:1 to '2%od ;
ditto new 26s Od to 27s Od ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 81c1 to 9d ;
fresh butter per lb, 7d to 9d; eggs per dozen, li;d to Is;
hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 85s to 9.4 Od.
BERWICK, DEC. 13.—Wheat, 37s 4,,d ; barley, ';
oats, 17s ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, 26s 8d ; peas 00s Od
average per imperial quarter.
new, 303 to 31, Od; barley,
11AWICK, DEC. 19.—Wheat,
new, 14s 6.1 to 16s; ditto old, 006 Od to OOs 03 ; potato oats,
15s Od to 16s Od ; common oats, 115 Od to 14s • ' peas, 20s Cd
to 233 Od; beans, 23s Od to 23s Od per boll of I
six imperial
bushels.
FALKIRK, DEC. 19. —The supply of grain in this day's

market was 548 bolls; wheat at 16s Od to 21s ad per bull ;
barley, l6s. 3d to 18s 6d ; oats, 13s 6d to 14s 9d; beans, 1310 d
to 14s 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load.
GLASGOW, I)Ec 21.—Cotton—Tte continued accounts
of a short supply from America, coupled with the an'
tivity in trade, has sift:J.(l4d us a bl ilk market during the
week. The trade and speculators have operated freeth
and prices have advanced nearly 41. per lb. since this
day week. Middling Orleans may be quoted fully 81
per lb. In goods and yarns a fair business is doing, arla
the terms looking upwards. Stocks are light, and ans;
factucers generally r.orling to order. Gingbams and
certain heavy classes of power-loom goods are the only
kinds which es} o: fence a dull trade, from the difficulty
of obtaining for them au adeqoate advance in the Ame-
rican marker. Pig Iron—Our pig iron market has eILS
perienced a slight improvement during the week, s
warrants free on board ore now held at 44s—buyers
43s Gd to 435 93 cash. There is not, however, rotten
doing. Bars are in fair demand, at 5/ 7s 6d to 51155.

COAL MARKET. —TyciTERDAY.
Bate's West Hartley 14s OdPemberton ..... ••• L 5: 3d
i
Middle's W. Hartley 14; 6dßichmund.. .. ..... .... •ca-i ri
Csrr's Hartley ..... lts 6d Russell's Hetton ••••••
Chester Main l4s 9d Scarborough .........•• 1:5 9d,
G.N avering's.T &- anlield 13s 6d ewart's ............... 173
6d
s 0.,
Davison'sWest Hartley 11s 6d Whitwell .... ...... 15
East Adairs basin l2s 9d Bowden .. .... ..
. .......... 155 63.
1530'`
Holy well - .............. 1 3cl
Howard's W.ll. Neth. 14s 6e Caradoc .... .- ••• ...... ill:,
Hedley's Hartley l.-s Gd Cassop ..... ..... ....... --- 3edd
North Percy Hadley l4s Od Hackle; ----•-• ..... 155 01
Pelaw brain—•
.......... 16' ,
Ravensworth'sW.Hart 14s 6d'Kell'oe .............. .... 163 9'
South Pcareth
, ~eld Moor Butes I Nat'
Walker's Primrose
Wylam
Wall's End, Bto 1353 3JOd sSoouutthh
KIT
eairitolee
................
.. 116; 6011
15s o.i West Hartlepool...... nsi '',l
Whitworth .......... -• 61
Acorn Close .153 Gd Adelaide Tees ......... 163
,d‘
Baxter ..
Brown . I4s 9d Clavering Tees. ..... .• lis Gd
14s 9d Cleveland Tees. ........ 15s
9,
Gosforth 153 9c.' Maclean-'s Tees .......•• it
03'
Harton
15, ~.
Heaton —........ 153 9d Ssymour Tees ...... .. „Li
Lawson
Morrison lss Od mouth Durham ......... 155; 79,j
15s 60 St. Helen's Tees ..... ~I
11565, Od "Poet
Original Gibson
Eden Main
Bell
.„_ 6d
Belmont 'Nrreeernon...i.e.e.s.... ...... ..
.... 11::5 3due'd'
165 Cdißegbies Hartley ...... g'..14
Braddyll - I'3 9
135 '.
Hetton
Haswell l7s 3e Hetton Small ----• 153 03
Larnbton
14s 0,,j
Lumley .
Ships at market. 282. -

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AmericA (via N. York . Jan. 9
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America (via Boston
Liverpool .•IJall* 8
27
Liverp
by British packet) .. N January 17
America (by United 1 December 27 ool B'. I Dec.
States Packet)... ~j •
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Belgium NlDaily • • Daft2s
Brazil .. .. 11 9th of the month SouthalnPl• l'i;oc. 25
Buenos Ayres • hi 9th of the month SoutnanWl' Jai. 5
Callforida(viaChagres) 31 17th of month South:it-apt.
Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth • Ilan
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Central America M & 17th of month SouthiunPl •
Channel Iles • . lion., Wed., & Fri. Southan3P- IL,.
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Chili .. 17th of the month SoutharaPt: ivic
France 31 & N Twice daily .. Dover woos. Sat•
Haruburgh N Tuesday & Friday London ,:foo,Tllo'
Holland .. • • .. 31 Wednes. & Satur. Loudon ';.'„„. 20
Honduras .. N 17th of the month SouthainPt:
Ireland .. 31 & ? Twice daily Holyhead • ee•29
India (vla Southamp.) at 20th of the month SoutharaPt: a. -
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India (via Marseilles) N 7thSt 24th ofmonth Dover --
Madeira • . •N •
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Southampton) •• DI 20th of the month SouthaMpt.
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Dover
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Mexico 2d of the month ...SouthamP Dec. :26
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7th,l7th,27thof mo Southampt.
17th of the month SouthamPt•
17th of the month SoutharaPt•
2d of the month .. SouthamPt• t. 0030
mats are sent from the GCIIOIII 1"
the morning—dispatch.

N signifies that the
by the night— and M by

igh
THE SCREW V. THE PADDLE-WHEELP----100.
strides that are making in the improved construct
of screw steamers, leads to the belief anti slloste
they will alcnost entirely supersede patiche out
°°
The Admiral paddle-wheel steamer, of about ti;
tons and 300 horse-power, left Green vied
four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. She "5 fcsii°eoatt
shortly af erwarcls by the Arno, a new
and Op
of 750 tons and 150 horse-power,
by Messrs. Wood and Reid at Port Glrglausill.is
designed nn sea
intended for the Mediterranean trade. Tun rdarinb
had a start of from two to three miles, sn'irra 10 on
the passage down the Clyde gained etweich
her adversary, owing to a strong
prevailed. On getting into more opehneattvlartirer:
little alteration of the course cf each vessel tnesotlf
ample spreid of canvass by the screw boat told g' Ae-
on her speed, aed she gained considerably on tlissoin
mire!. When off the Isle of Man they were
toed
a mile of each other, which . distance was wahine oa
until they reached the Bell-buoy; and bere.tuee-10018°
to lay-to and take pilots on board, havirtessaW'
the run in sixteen hours and a quarter a "Co;
ably short passage. The Aitrologer. 'l°llloo °I
stantinople, hitherto considered the fastest boat - and
Liverpool, arrived cff the bar at the same t_aillieni the
stetted for the port more than e. mile a-hent-
bing
Arno, but she was speedily over hauled before rents
the Crosby Ligl-stship. The Arnta'a engines 'reef
W
an average of sixty revolutions per mind. 0110
were made by moan.. Thomson, 0' Tboor
Bank Foils:dry, one of whom, Mr. George - 038
son, was on board to superintend their workino
Arno took a turn up the river, prcoecding ao farf
Sloyne, her beautiful appearance and symmetry` of 007
exciting the admiration of those who saw her' Of
mention, as an important fact in conueeeen ilr
above trial, that the Arno Ras very deep, Pal 1;0014'
wards of six hundred tons dead weight of coals on
.0
Mr. John Wood, buildn' of the royal snail steetnerpor
Europa, was the constructor of the Arno.--Li
Albion.
PROPOSED EXTENSION OF COTTON glk°ll,,efolaCedl::
ah Ve tss ear:
RIES THE VICINITY OF Liviterooe.—We
statement of a rather curious, but interesting, charael fruit'
ing on the realization of some important cosunereia 00 th!
ft om the Rivington Pike Scheme; to the effects °A.; cool
numerot- soon
introduction of water Irons that district,
manufactories will be erected around Liverpool ec°,l3siolis7
employing vast numbers of her poor and youres --003);
classes advantageously to themselves and the coulnioceteur'
hitherto, it is stated, such manufactories have not ess for
because of the unfitness of our existing water 5uPPO—;
the. secondary process of dyeing goods after I:eing cep of
with she. new water this obstacle will disappear, an mess
quently it is expected that capitalists from vatic'', :t,Pr enter
Lancashire, finding thatthey may now " locate tel- to i'f's
prises in this vicinity without subjecting theroseoltietiri
charges arising Irons the transmission of their pro „seer
to. tee Manchester dye house, will at no very distant t;eier
Liverpool in
seize on the great advantages offered by
respects.— L cverpool 15 131/18
BRIDLINGTON QUAY.—Nearly twenty vase dues%
been on the rocks near Flamborough Lighthouses cetes,;
the foggy weather, which has prevailed to such O. Dee*
since the commencement of the present morale Theiliesfs
little wind, and the sea smooth, they were eventually
$
off, more or less damage I.—Yorkshire Gazette.
goilo v.et
EADvrnisEmENT—Scrofula cured
bed i°
Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter publis 4, Veof
Delhi Gazette, from Mr. Pemberton, of Cape Tews:-.-ohsel'
Wilfred,—During the rove e the stew' ard of the Te..slisedle'd seetsi°r
ing that I suffere severe! from scrofula' recomrnsss foss
try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, informing
passenger had been cured by these invaluable medieinettso
you had kindly given me a good supply, conusence°s
rn
eepronlen
them, and in a few days I found -such an,
general health that I continued them steadily s
now directed' fe°ll
ro
I know that you will be pleased to hear that lam OO-
O by all druggists, and at Professor a
Establishment, 214, Strand, London.
THE NEWSPAPER AND TUB RACE•lorcdt°,.:
SPORTING PARALLEL.—A newspaper may be coniPe
esstri!?reiPsee
fine race-horse; a noble animal, possessing
power, if properly guided, bat most difficult to 10:
paper-makers, typefoundere, and Government 3,,tfothttlio
jockeys, though they ride very fast and give little "e'a ,sd,
time.} They get thrown sometimes, but it is when t'7o Ito%
slips round. The newspaper is an expensive het,sa prig ;
requiring a great many grooms about the stable 'sets obi
animal's corn. The horse is easily stetted, and Ise sire
an awful pace, so much so, that the owners almost lose be
to e 0.16.
of him, are bewildered with what they Irangin°
chance of winning. Well away he goes, but the .inceiffceiir'si
him in now, and as he gets towards the end of the co
very tightly indeed. He wants well spurring and c ewe a es.
too with gold spurs. Fresh spurs are wanted. rly r,„
band. The jockeys lash fearfully, till at last thoisrennoT all ire
hausted down falls poor newspaper to the surpr ,d sok g
holders—dead! A post- mortem examination is arisalliet
variably the cause is found to be disease of the chervere
from
languid circulation and want of proper supPnr"
—" Very Natural Death." - Sheffield

BIRTHS O
el°a-
OF A SON.
On the 21st inst., at New Caventlish-streei, Vf C,
placo
On , Mrs. Lionel Booth. the wife °
the 20th inst., at Halkin-street 'West,
G. Burnett, Etq

Ire
OF A DAUGHTER. .r,outy,
On the 18th inst., at Rath-house, county 01
be
wife Of
land, the wife of Robert Egginton, Esq.
On the 20th inst., at Westbourne-terrace, t
N. Conant, Esq. of
MARRIED.
On the lfth it:A, at Sittiogbourne, Joseph' eidoesftr°ll°9vc:.
Mr. Binder, of Park .street, Grosvenor-square, if 01
Wilson, only child of JohE R. Divers, Esq'' ° 400
bourne, Kent.
On the 18th inst., at Witney Church, Georgernah,
Esq., of Dublin, to Mary, daughter of John W• a-
of Witney, Oxon.
Gore
DIE
On the 20th inst., at 13,mrn D
emouth, the 11°P.0,117.,ter
Horace Pitt, eldest son of Lord ; nd Ladv Rivers, 9.001
On the 18th inst., at Wythall, near .Itoss, 11.,,101elitry
Olivia Mary, daughter of Major Valiant, 49th sesdolk,:t
On the 19th inst., at Hedenham Rectory, -I'`). -liip
dcriek, youngest son of the Rev. J. P. Charnbers,,,t a.
On the 19th inst , in Fitzroy-street, aged Dubli qtr
Western, third son of the late W. Wood, E!,(l,,csibe Ist°
On the 19th inst., at Dover, Mary, widow oefr
Edward Knatchbu, Bart. C 01331113
Oa the 20th inst.ll, at Deal, James E. ParlbY,
Royal Navy. 131i0g`
On the 21st inst., at Upper Brunswick-terrace,
dt
Mr. James Meharey, aged 8/
• toot hg
On the 20th inst., at the Oval, Kenning, Lomb
youngest dau.,,liter of the late C Creag, E,41"
s
street, Cit
the y. ere'
(in 19th itJ., at Lowness-street, 104fave'
-
Rosetta, the m% of W. Hawksley, Esq.

A d
no 'MP'? ..4,7
14,ndon: Printed and Published by lant-.-cirina,` *ktf''
No. il2, S,:tranfi. Printer, 41 The Sun v—"r-ettil°7
Strand, in the Pracir.d of the Savoy, in the
lYlidaleaoai Tuee.ay, DNeitber 24 1850.