The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-12 00:00:00

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' capital,l4,cs3,ooo
Rest
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings-
banks, Commis-
sioners of National
Debt, and divi-
dend accounts) 8,110,401
Other deposits 9,022,019
Seven day and other
bills

Government sem- -
rities (including
Dead Weight
Annuity)
Other securities 16,224,712
Notes
Gold and silver
coin 526,870

£35,899,285

-M. MA.
Dated the 11th day of Decen

£35,899,285
RSHALL, Chief Cashier.
nber, 1845.

COURSE OF EXCH.
Amsterdam CF. 12 11
Ditto, at eight l2 7i
Rotterdam 2U. 12 11i
Antwerp 26 15
kLuaburgh M.B. 13 15
Altena

!iNGE (THIS DAY.)
Leghern
Genoa 26 10
Milan
Naples 391
Palermo, per oz. ll9l
Lisbon S2A
Oporto . .
Rio Janeiro ..
Bahia
Buenos A yr,ls
NewYork,2ldyssight
Philadelphia ...... -
PRICES OF BULLION, PER 07.
Foreign Gold, bars....£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons-- 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 94
Silver in Ba-s .... 0 4 11i

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75
Ditto, 3 months 26 5
Marseilles
Bourdeanx 26 10
Frankfort on Maine 123

Petersburgh, 3 Us..
Berlin

Vienna, effee. fe. lO 9
Trieste, ditto
Mt; tind 26b
Cs.di,
B:lbae
Baresalona

Seville -_

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London jVew Price Current of Dec. 12.)
Scoart.— fo-day there was no public sale of any descrip-
tion of Raw Sugar, and the quantity declared is unimportant,
still the market for all home trade descriptions is in a very
dull state, and prices are on the decline. Although
W sit India Muscovadoes was offered upon lower
term 4, still all descriptions were purchased with caution, only
470 hlids and tierces being actually sold, making the total
sale.; for the week only 1,270 hhds and tierces, and the fall
in prices for that time is 6d to 2s Gd per ewt. This after-
roan a parcel of middling bright Grocery Demerara was die-
pesed of at 47s per cwt.
Iti.:Fisr:D.—To- day Refined Goods were purchased with
caution by the home trade, brown grocery lumps at 63s to
62s 6d, and Standard lumps at 64s to 65a per cwt. Bonded
Crushed Sugar is neglected, and prices have become nominal.
MAcurrius.—None has been offered at public sale, but a
parcel will be declared shortly, a cargo of 4,500 bags, &e., of
the new crop having arrived. There has been little inclina-
tion manifested by grocers or refiners to operate privately,
and the few parcels disposed of were upon lower terms. The
importation in the ensuing year is likely to be even much
larger than in the present one and the quality superior. The
quantity remaining unsold of the old crop is trifling.
Eau INDIA.—The arrivals of Bengal this week having
been large, amounting to 12,279 bags, have caused merchants
to be desirous to realise, and they submitted to a reduction
on previous rates of 13 for brown, Is to Is 6d for white, and
2s to 3s per cwt fur yellow, Mauritius kind, of which the
supply has principally consisted. Notwithstanding the de-
cline the trade have been cautious in their proceedings, and
there has been little business transacted.

FOREIGN.—There are few' purchasers of Brazil, although
there ar3 sellers at a further decline in prices of is per cwt.
Although yellow llavatmah is obtainable upon lower terms,
still the business transacted has been trifling by private
treaty. White is still neglected. Other kinds have met
with little attention.

CoFrEE.—This afternoon the first parcel of Berbice of the
new crop amounting to 86 casks 7 puncheons 12 barrels and
8 bees was submitted to public competition ; the principal
part consi,ted
of low middling descriptions, it was in appear-
ance inferior to the quality of last year, but it being unclean
was not esteemed by the trade, still it was held firmly, and
the chief part was taken in above the value.
TEA.—Congou is offered upon easier terms, still the trade
have purchased with caution. Pouchoug has been purchased
with caution, and prices are going down. For Souchong the
demand has been only for small parcels, for which easier
rates are taken. Twankay is heavy of disposal. Holders
of Hyson generally are not inclined to further reduce their
prices; at present the trade are not much inclined to
operate. Young Ilyson has been purchased to a fair extent
at former quotations.
Cons.—The change in the Ministry, and uncertainty as to
what may ultimately be done with the corn-laws, have com-
pletely paralysed the trade in Wheat, and scarcely a trans-
action having taken place, prices must be considered nomi-
nally the same as on Monday last. parley, Beans, and Peas,
were little inquired for, and decidedly easier to buy. Oats
were 6d to is per quarter lower than in the beginning of the
week. In other articles there was nothing doing.
SPICES.—To- day Malabar Pepper met with little attention
At publie sale 2,078 bags were only in part sold at rather
lower rates, good heavy clean but rather stalk): went at 310
to 3Mcl, half heavy 3/td to 34,t, good light to 2%d, , sea
chinned first class 2.30 :o 3%d, second 2 to 3d, third
14;:t to 2740. Two chests of Mace fetched
.2s 6d for fair
wormy. Four cases of Nutmegs a, ,Id, good limed at 3s Gd,
good bold brown 5s sd, slightly mouldy 4s 4d to 4a 7d.
W
Thirty-nine bags of `White Pepper were taken in at 6d for
small Coriander sort, which was above the value.
Fiturr.—This afternoon at public sale 263 butts Patras
Currants partly scld at 46s to 475, 209 crtls 575, 490 brls
48s, 77 butts Zante 465, 20 crtla 499, 21 butts old Patras
4.5 s to 463,28 crtls 45s per cwt, being about is to 2s cheaper.
SPIRITS.—The market has been in a dull state for Leeward
Island Rum this week : holders have been more inclined to
realize, and submitted to the reduced rates of 2s to 2s Id
per gallon proof strength. Calcutta has met with little at-
tention, and prices have fallen to 2s to 2s op proof with
certificate. In the value of Jamaica little variation has
occurred, but exporters and the home trade have
purchased with caution. ' Demerara of strong gut-.
lity is held for the former value, but only small
parcels have been disposed of at 3s to 3s 6d, low sorts
are dull of sale, and cony be purchased on easier terms. The
areivals of Rum are to a small extent only since this day
week ; whereas the home and export deliveries have been
Aged. The letters come to hand from France state that
the quantity of Brandy made would be nearly one-half
less than last year, prices have advanced, and at

Cognac they rule as follows for the best bands :
1845, 87f 50c per hectolitre ; 1844, 95 ditto ; 1842, 105
ditto; 1841 115 ditto, and 1840 125 ditto. There has been
a good business transacted in this market, holders show
firmness, and are obtaining rather advanced prices. Geneva
for exportation has been less in demand, and prices have
slighly given way. The market is firm for British Corn
Spirits at lOs 9d, nett cash. Gin at 9s 3d for 17 per cent,
9s 2d for 22 under proof. and at 12s 9d to 13s 6d per gallon
for Malt Spirit, according to quality, and the demand is still
active. There is no accumulation of stock in the distillers or
or rectifiers's hands.

RlCE.—This afternoon at public sale 498 bags of Bengal
Rice were offered, and all taken in at 18s for good bold pearly
clean white, being 6d per cwt under the rates of the last
auction. 126 tins of St. Vincent's Arrowroot bought in at
7icl ; 64 barrels of Tapioca sold at 4id to sd.
COCHINEAL—This afternoon at public sale 11 bags of
Black Mexican were only in part sold at 55 9d for middling
quality, which is rather lower; 2 bags Black Honduras
fetched 6s 8d to 6s 10d for fine quality.
SALTPETRE.—This afternoon there was little desire shown
to purchase Rough; at public sale 350 bags were offered, sea
and sugar damaged sold at 22s 6d to 235, being cheaper,
but middling damp grey fair chaystal was taken in at 27s for
7 per cent refraction.
TURPENTINE.—Rough is cheaper, and there are few buyers
to be met with ; 13s 6d to 14s are the rates taken. Spirits
have been purchased with caution at 63s to 645. Tar has
been in goad demand, and the market has been cleared of all
the parcels in first hands at 15s per barrel for Stockholm.
INDIGO.—The quarterly sale of East India is fixed for the
20th of January; it is expected that about 8,000 chests will
be brought forward. Bengal has been purchased with much
caution, and those parties that are inclined to sell, are com-
pelled to submit to a discount on the rates of the last quar.
terly sale of 3d to 6d per lb.
OlLS.—This afternoon at auction 25 tons Foreign Sperm
Oil and Headmatter were offered, and taken in, Oil at 76/.
to 80/., very low 70/., Headmatter 811. 15s to 821. 180 bar-
rels Lard Oil were withdrawn.

TALLOW.—This afternoon at auction 7 casks Chinese Tallow
sold at 39s 6d to 41s 9d, 208 casks of South American 38s to
41s Bd, very low 35s 3d, 3 casks 48 skins Cape 40s to 43s 6d,
33 casks East India 39s 6d to 41s 6d, 66 casks Petersburg
Soap taken in at 39s 9d to 40s, 300 casks New South Wales
sold at 38s to 425, and 68 casks Italian 39s to 45s per cwt.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CON

PANIES' STOCK.

From tie Official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12.
JOINT-STOCK 33.11.NAL5.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
a
-.-
)t £
X S. d. X it. d. ~.-....._
Australasia ---• • • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 27
T Britsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 6 0 50 0 0 47
" Commercia lof London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24
." Colonial ... .....• .•• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 1519
Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25
)f London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cant. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14
Metropolitan ..... - - - 25 0 0 710 0
T
Provincial of Ireland - 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 47%
S Ditto, New.
National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 194
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
4 Ditto, New......... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
D Union of Australia .. .. - 25 0 0 25 0 0 2419
5 Union of London. - -5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13
t
1 WATER-WORKS
) Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. i
•
) £ a, d. I
. East London.. ••..• • • • ' 81. 100 0 0 I - 230
F Grand Junction .. •• . • 31. 46 13 4 - 92
~' Kent ................ 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 - -
F Vauxhall •.• . • ....... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 - -
I West Middlesex •.• . .. 41.165. pr ct. 63 12 9 - 130
, INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name if Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
, - - -
£ s. d. £ B. d.
Albion ..............5i. 108 500 0 0 50 0 0 74
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20
Ditto Marine... ... . 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 , 5 0 0 619
Atlas ... .. .. .. ..... .. 138. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 i 5 0 6 16%
British Commercial .. 75. per share 50 0 0 i 5 0 0 74
Clericl,Med. & Gen. Life Si. per cent. 100 0012 10 1 6%
31. 100 0 0 ! 10 0 0
3.
Crown ............ • • 9161. and
55.„ 41 40 0 0 I 5 0 0 -
Eagle I
6s. 50 0 0 , 5 0 0 5%
Economic Life.' • • ..... 15 per ct.,/
1000 0 0 250 0 0
L& 30s.bs.
Eng. & Scot. Law ••• . • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 8
Europeaa Life -.. • • 519 per cent. 20 0 0 I All paid. 20
Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 8 0 0
Globe - 142%
Guardian -••••• • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 51
Imperial Fire .••. • • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 , 50 0 0 235
Imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16%
Indemnity Marine •• • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29
Law Life .... .. ...... 11. is. 100 0 0 10 0 0 50
Legal and General Life - 50 001 2 0 0 6%
London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15%
London Ship .... •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1519
Marine.. ..... •• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10%
Med.ln vild & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
National Life..
Palladium Life . •
Phoenix . - - 210
Protector Life.... •• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 3s.
Provident Life •. • •
Rock Life .. .......... 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 ,N
Royal Exchange • • Si. per cent. Stock. - 186
Sun Fire • - -
Ditto Life . 11. Cs. - - 18
Universal Life
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price
Annum. Share.
---- --
4 s. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland ... • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 ! 171
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 165
British Linen Company 8P per cent. - 100 0 0 230
Congmercial Bank ... • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 166
National Bank 6/. per cent. -.• 10 0 0 15%
Union Bank of Scotland 7191. pr cent. - 50 0 0 98 %
Western Bank --. • • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 8419
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 774
Clydesdale Bank.... • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 14%
Eastern Bank • .... •• • 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 114
Caledonian Bank - 210 0 6 (
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7
City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 815 0 I 154 '
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 11i 1
II ercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% f
Insur. Co. of Scotlnd • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 101 A ]
North British Insur. • . 5141. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28%
Caledonian Fire Limn 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24% 1
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% t
Edin. & Glasg. Railway 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65 f
Ditto, 4 Shares 5l. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 15%
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 21%
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 70 I
Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 21 ]
Glsg,w & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45 ,
Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 36 '
Standard LifeAssarnee.l 51 per cent. 150001 2 10 0 8 C
DOCKS. i
i
Dividend , Amount s
Name of Company. per !xof .
4Pai:l.d. Price. a
i
Annum. I Share.
---__ t
I
ti
Commercial .. • .... • • 1 3/. per cent. i Stock.d - 0
East and West India... b%l. pr cent. i Stock. - 131 It
East Country - 21
I. )radon .. .... ... •• • • ;4)i /. pr cent. Stock. - 112 I,
St Katharine ••••• • • • I 5 per cent. I Stock. I - 108% t(
Southampton ••..• • • • ' 41. per cent. 150 0 0 50 0 0 30 ~,

St Katharine • • • • • • • •
Southampton • • • • • • • •

50 0 0

Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence and Flews,
Aldermanbury.
Frederick Whitworth, cotton manufacturer, Rochdale,
Dec. 23 and Jan. 20, at twelve, at tke Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee; Clarke Medcalf, and Gray,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Whitehead, Rochdale.
Ralph Buckley, woollen cloth manufacturer, Saddleworth,
Yorkshire, Dec. 23 and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Spinks, Great
James-street, Bedford-row, London; Redfearn, Oldham;
Middleton, Leeds.

William Fay, innkeeper, Bath, Dac. 29, at one, and Jan. 23,
at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Shattock,
Bath ; De Medina, Argyle-square, London.
Joseph Rothchild, watchmaker, Bristol, Dec. 29, at twelve,
and Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hudson,
London ; Hopkins, Bristol.
Henry Rowbotham and Robert Johnson Kenworthy, calico
printers, Brinksway, Cheshire, Dec. 22, and Jan. 15, at twelve,
'at the Manchester District Court Hobson, official assignee,
Manchester; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London; Hitch-
cock, 13uckh,y and Co., Manchester.
James Butterworthi plumber, Manchester, Dec. 22, and Jan.
15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court, Hobson,
official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall,
Temple, London ; R. and J. Kershaw, Manchester.
Frederick Lingard, music teacher, Durham, Dec. 18, at
half-past one, and Jan. 22, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tvne ; Brignal, Durham ; Hartley, Southampton-
street, London.
William Ellary, iron founder, Kidderminster, Dec. 23, at
half past ten, and Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Boy-
cott and Lucy, Kidderminster; Reece, Birmingham.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the
produce of the British possessions in America, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 9,
1845, is 355. 9id. per cwt.

GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL AT

CHATHAM.

Dzc. 11.---On the 10th inst. a general court-martial
was held in the general court-martial room, Chatham
Barracks, which continued to this day, for the trial of
Private John Stoker, No. 1,926, of the 65th Regiment,
stationed at Brompton barracks. The prisoner, it ap-
pears, was placed under arrest on the 18th September
last, at Sheerness, whilst then with a detachment
doing duty at that garrison, and was brought to
Chatham on the day following, when he confessed
himself to have been a participator in the crime
of murdering a woman at a place called Stone,
in Staffordshire, about nine miles from Newcastle, in the
year 1841, and his accomplice, named Forbes, was exe-
cuted for the murder; the prisoner observing that he held
the head of the murdered woman whilst the other cut her
throat, and that they afterwards robbed her, and then
he enlisted as a soldier. The prisoner's confession of
so foul an act was forwarded to the Horse Guards, and
has also been submitted to the Secretary of State, and
every communication has been made between the au-
thorities of that town and the Home-office, and it is
believed to have been proved that the murder of a wo-
man did take place at the place and time stated by the
prisoner, and that a man of the name of Forbes was
hung, and the correspondence which has passed between
the several authorities has been submitted to the twelve
judges, which accounts for the prisoner being so long
confined prior to a court-martial being held on him.
The Conrt comprised two majors, eight captains, and
four lieutenants. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas E. Kelly,
of the Provisional Battalion, president, and Lieutenant-
Colonel G. Fifer, deputy judge-advocate.
The charges against the prisoner were-1. That, on
the 18th of September, 1845, the prisoner, being a sen-
tinel on duty at the Dockyard at Sheerness, was found
there and then sleeping on his post. 2. With having,
at Chatham Barracks, on the 22d of September, 1845,
offered violence to Sergeant Conlin, 28th Regiment,
being then and there in the execution of his duty ; and 3,
for using threatening language that he would take his
life, or words to that effect.

To which charges the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty.
Lieutenant Scott, 92d Highlanders, formerly 65th,
said he was stationed at Sheerness, with a detachment,
in the month of September last, and on the 18th of
that month he was on guard with the prisoner at Sheer-
ness dock-yard; and on going the rounds to the different
posts with Corporal Willis, between one and two in the
morning, they found the prisoner asleep at his post, and
lying on the ground; his musket was about one yard
from him. The prisoner was removed to the barracks.
The officer's evidence was corroborated by Corporal
Willis, who posted the prisoner on No. 9 post during the
day, Where he was found.

Sergeant Michael Conlin, of the 28th Regiment of
Foot, said be was the provost-sergeant, and had the cus-
tody of the prisoner ; that on the morning of the 22d of
September last, by order of the brigade-major, he re-
moved the prisoner from the lock-up to a cell belonging
to the main-guard, fur which purpose he procured au
escort. The prisoner, on entering the passage leading
to the cell, struck at him, and declared he would have
his life by drawing his blood the first opportunity he
bad.

The sergeant's evidence was corroborated by the two
escorts who accompanied him, and proved the conduct of
the prisoner towards the sergeant, to whom he said he
would take his life, and make his blood run cold from
him, as he, the prisoner, knew what was going to be done
with him.

The prisoner denied that he was asleep on his post,
and did not use the language until the sergeant had torn
his jacket from his back, and hoped the Court would con-
sider the time he had been in prison.
The adjutant of the 65th was called to character,
which was bad. The prisoner had already been tried
four times by court.martial. He has been three years in
the regiment, and is twenty years of age. He is a native
of Staffordshire.

The Court's decision will not be known until confirmed
by the Horse Guards.

MANCHESTER and MERSEY SHIP
RAILWAY.

This subject is beginning to excite the attention it
deserves, and is now a common topic of conversation ;
not, as before, merely to be regarded as an idle theo-
retical phantasy, but as a serious and real proposal of
great promise and interest to the town of Manchester.
It has been well and truly said that any improvement
which will enable ships of four or five hundred tons to
discharge their cargoes in a dock in this town, would
form an epoch of such magnitude in the history of Man-
chester as would quadruple her population, and render
her the first as well as the most enterprising city in
Europe. Now, if this is admitted, one important feature
of our case is placed at once in safety. The advantages
of bringing sea going veesels into Manchester, there to
break bulk for the first time, and of being able to load
here and proceed at once direct to sea, are, we should
suppose, too obvious for specification. The expense,
and risk, and delays of doing business at second-hand;
the large per centage of deductions from the manufac
turer's profits which are involved in the brokerage and
other charges of his Liverpool agents, with the other
inconveniences which attach to the position in which he
is now confined, are too much matter of daily complaint
to call for remark. All of these are experienced by
every merchant or manufacturer of Manchester who is
a shipowner or importer. The same rule holds gocd if
we look at the matter in regard to its bearings upon
goods sent for export. We have all the same inconve-
niences, the same risks, the same delays. Hence it is
clear that even on these grounds the advantages of being;
enabled to carry sea-going vessels to and from Man-
chester are obvious and undeniable, and sufficient of
themselves to justify the expenditure of no inconsider-
able amount of money in the search after such a con-
trivance as would effect that eminently valuable and de-
sirable object. By its means, if such a thing were now
in existence, the conveyance of goods both to and from
the warehouses and mills of Manchester might be so
placed under the control and supervision of the owner,
that no accidents, mistakes, or losses should occur, while
the positive benefits which would accrue to him from its
being in operation are beyond number. This is stating
the question upon the mere ground of convenience to
the shipper. A more important feature must, however,
bo noticed, not because it has never formed the subject
of remark and consideration, but because it cannot too
often be borne in mind by those whom it must affect
whenever the question to which we are now drawing at-
tention comes before them for discussion. We refer to
the excessively heavy rates of toll to which shipping
using the port of Liverpool has long been subjected.
The dock and town dues of Liverpool are heavy in the
extreme. They produce a magnificent, a more than
princely, revenue to the corporate body by whom they
are imposed, and to whose benefit they are appropriated.
From those dues the regal edifices, the splendid temples,
the almost Titanic erections which have been constructed
for the purposes of commerce, of law, of business, and of
pleasure, have each and all sprung. From these dues the
purposes of philanthropy and of meanness, the indulgences
of luxury, and the wantonness of wealth,are all supplied—
duesbe i t remember- d deducted from the legitimate (though
limited) profits of the merchant and manufacturer of
Manchester and the neighbourhood. Now, in the event
of our being able to bring sea-going vessels up to Man-
chester, these dock and town dues will be saved; at all
events, the money now paid per ton for those objects,
may be appropriated to the cost of conveying the ves-
sels to or towards Manchester. A small tonnage of
24d. will still be due for the buoys and lights on the
Mersey, which is a fair and equitable impost, and which
frees the vessel as far up the river as the tide flows. This
saving, however, is not all. In addition to saving the dock
and town dues of Liverpool, our manufacturers and mer-
chants would save the double cost of carriage to and
from the docks to the railway—a charge which, upon
cotton alone, exceeds annually 50,0001.—together with
the porterage and other heavy dues, with which ship-
pers from Manchester vui Liverpool are only too well
acquainted. These facts then being undeniably proved,
the question of the advantage of bringing sea-going ves-
sels up to Manchester is settled. The next point comes
(and upon this the discussion entirely rests and must be
decided), by what means shall we accomplish so great and
desirable an object? The first means which would natu-
rally strike the mind under tht•se circumstaces is a ship
canal. Several companies have within the last 20 or 30
years been formed for this purpose. The impediments
arising as well from natural as from artificial obstacles
which fell in their course prevented the completion of
the object for which they were formed. The obstacles
might soon be shown to have been incidental to the system
of an artificial water way. It would, however, take too
much space to demonstrate this, and we are content to
put the matter thus. Canal navigation was in its day a
most valuable part of the means at our disposal for
effective intercommunication. A new means of transport
has been discovered. The prudent managers of canals
are now rapidly converting them on all sides from their
old shape into the form of the new means we have

CANALS.
' i Dividend
i Names of . Dividend Price., Names of
er Price.
Companies. A , per Companies. A p
Arm..
. : Annum. n
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Ashby-d-la-ZIII3 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 5/. 98
Barnsley.. • . 'l6Ol 12/. 1180 14facclesneld . 100 - 95
Basingstoke.. 100, - Neath .... • • 100 201. • 365
Brkuk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottingham . 150 121. 260
Cromford .... I ,1001 181. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. l 40
Dudley...... 1100, 4/. - Regent's .... 33 11. 25%
Derby .• • • .11001 8/. 103 Rochdale ...• 85 4/. 84
Ellsnire&Chsl33, 4/. 80 Shropshire .• 125 81. -
Erewash •• . 'lOO 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123
Forth & Clyd 1001 4/. - Do.LkFd St 12 6/. p. c. 11
GrandJunctn , 'loo' 71. i 100 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/. 440
Grand Union 100 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. 230
Glannorgnsh.'l72. 13%1. j 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. -
Gistr&Brkly; .00 - - Strtfrd on Avl 79 11. 10s. -
Grantham .. 'l5O, 12/. 100 Severn and 126 1/. Bs. -
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Leeds& Livrp 100; 341. 523 Thams &Med! 19 - 10
Leicester .... 140: 10/. 105 Worcstr klj i „ 41.
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LoughborOgh,l42, 70/. ; 850 Wilts & Brksl 67 11. 4s. 11 i

nuE LONDON GAZETTF'.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, DEc. 11, 1845.
The following article is substituted for that which appeared
in the Gazette of last Tuesday, viz.:—
WHITEHALL, DEC. 9.

The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev.
Charles Thynne, Clerk, M.A. (commonly called Lord Charles
Thynne), the place and dignity of a Canon of the metro-
political church of Canterbury, void by the death of George
Moore, late Canon thereof.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 11.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
the Earl of Liverpool to be a Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 12.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Burge,
Esq. one of her Majesty's Counsel Learned in the Law, to be
one of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, to act
in the prosecution of Fiats in Bankruptcy in the country, in
the room of William Fuller Boteler, Esq., deceased.
_. _ _

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Caithnesashire.

G. Traill, Esq ;M.P., to be Vice Lieutenant, Nov. 8.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant
D. J. Dickinson, of the 7th Royal Fusileers, to be Adjutant,
Dec. 5.

named. Can we deem them to be the most blind to their

own interests ? Can we suppose that they willingly
and voluntarily abandon a good and efficient instru •
ment for a worse, adding to the loss which the in-
creased working expenses (if such were the case) would
entail, the extra cost of the conversion ? Or must we

, .
Look upon it that, guided by experience, they are re-

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY E'VE.NING, DECEMBER 129 1845.

solved not to lose their property by obstinately ad-
herinf, to an exploded and inefficient (in thosedays)6 means of transit ? The latter, we think,
is the more reasonable and the more correct supposi-
tion. These canalcorapanies are now seeking powers to
become railways. Why then should not we, to accom-
plish the grand objc-ct of making Manchester a post, in-
stead of making a canal hereafter to be turned into a
railway, construct the railway at once which is to convey
sea-going vessels at once to and from this town of Man-
chester ? The proposition is not, we think, unreason-
able, if it can be shown that a railway can practically
subserve the object in view with as much efficiency as a
canal, namely, that of conveying safely and speedily
vessels from the sea up to a dock in Manchester. ‘Ve
believe practically a skip railway will accomplish all the
objects required more effectually and more cheaply than
a ship canal. We have, however, occupied our allotted
space this week, and must defer the proof of this por-
tion of our subject till the next.-111ancheAer Advertiser.

GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE.—TO day and yes-
terday no iron has been offering under 80s. per ton ; but at
this price no transactions have taken place. From the num-
ber of sellers to-day, at the above figure, we consider the ri,e
from 725. tid. to 80s. as temporary, and caused by one or two
buyers appearing in the market on the intimation of the
Times on corn-law repeal. In the face of a stock at pre-
sent considerably over two hundred thousand tons, and
makers now in a position for making fresh contracts, we
cannot see how prices can advance, but will decline. It is to
be expected that tightness of money will increase for a month
at least; in which case, consumer;" wants will alone require
to be supplied, which is a trifle compared with the present
daily production, which is ten thousand per week.— Glasgow
National.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

sequestrating the living of Byfleet, and ordering that
the debts of the Rev. Mr. Wetherell should be paid out
of the profits of the living. The plaintiff being the first
sequestration creditor at the commencement of last year,
sent in his claim, the defendant entering into a- covenant
to pay him 3001., with interest. As this was not done
the present action was brought, the defendant admitting,
by allowing judgment to go by default, that there were
some profits of the living in hand.
Mr. H. P. GATES, solicitor, of Peterborough, said that
he held a warrant from the Bishop of Peterborough to
sequestrate the living of Byfleet, Under that sequestra-
tion he was appointed to receive the rents, and had re-
ceived a sum of money amounting to 1,5611. Before the
23d of April in the present year he received the sum of
541/. 18s. Hid. Of that sum ho paid away on the 14th
of April to Mr. Du Pasquier, the defendant's attorney,
3001. That was the only sum that had been at the dis-
poal of the defendant, the remaining portion being de-
voted to repairs, the curate's stipend, and other things.
In November, 1844, the balance was 380/.

Mr. l'unix made several objections to evidence being
received of money received by the witness on account,
after the action was brought, contending that money re-
ceived on the 23d of April could not be taken into con-
sideration.

BAIL COURT, Dec. 11.
(Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN, Mr. Justice PAT•
TESON, and Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
At the sitting of the Court this morning their Lord-
ships gave judgment in the following case, which has
been so often before the public.
BARON DE BODE V. THE QUEEN.
Lord DENMAN said it would be necessary to enter at
some length into the preliminary history of this case, for
the purpose of explaining the general propositions of the
supplicant. It was alleged that the money which the
supplicant claimed had been paid into the Bank of Eng-
land, and that it was virtually received by the Crown in
trust for him, for the purpose of paying him compen-
sation for the property he had lost at the French Revo-
lution. It was alleged that this was as clear a fact as if
the supplicant's name had been mentioned in the treaty
that had been entered into between England and France.
On the part of the Crown very long and able arguments
had been urged to prove that even although the main
facts put forward by the supplicant had been proved in
evidence, still there could be no judgment in favour of
the supplicant in the form of his proceedings, inasmuch
as the property provided for by the treaty was only land
or chattels. The Court at first might feel some regret
that this line of objection had not been adopted at an
earlier period against the supplicant's claim, for it
might have had the effect of bringing the whole pro-
ceedings to a close, and have thereby prevented a large
expenditure of money. Considering, however, the nature
of the authorities that had been cited, and the obscurity
which hangs over their law, the course that had been
taken could not excite surprise ; for it was very natural
that the advisers of the Crown should require all the
facts to be distinctly proved which could constitute the
claim, without surrendering one point of their jurisdic-
tion. The dignity of the Crown was such, as to require
that if the right existed it should be pursued, without
coming to any decision upon matters merely technical ;
and it was the duty of the Court to examine es to
whether the facts which had been found by the jury
were sach as to establish the rights of the supplicant.
The Baron de Bode made his claim in the character of a
British subject, for compensation in respect to property
which had been confiscated in France ;during the Revo-
lution. His Lordship having alluded to the conventions
of 1806, 1815, and the Act of the 59th Geo. 111., pro-
ceeded to say, it was declared that there was a suns of
.118,0001. deposited in the bands of Commissioners to
pay off those claims which were guaranteed under terms
of the treaty between England and France, and that
more than 200,0001. of this money still remained in the
Bank of England, having been paid them by the Go-
vernment ; and the supplicant claimed this sum, to
make good the amount of compensation which he
sought. The first step taken by the supplicant has in
support of his character of a British subject, and the
Court would assume, without giving that point conside-
ration, that his position so far was satisfactorily proved.
The next question, however, was whether the supplicant
was in such a situation as that the treaty could be fairly
said to apply to him. The words of the treaty were to
the effect, that the subjects of the two powers residing
in each other's country shall be privileged to continue
their particular: avocations without disturbance, so long
as they committed no offence against the laws of the
country in which they were living ; but in case of any
suspicion of misconduct against the laws being com-
mitted, the parties shall be entitled to twelve months'
notice, in order that they may have full opportunity of
removing their property and effects from the country.
This favour, however, was to be denied them if they
acted contrary to the established law of the country. That
was agreed to in 1806. In 1814 a provision was made for
the sequestration of the property of those who had coin
mitted certain offences against the laws of the country.
The treaty in 1815, in the 9th article, considered the ne-
cessity of executing the four additional articles of the
previous treaty, and it said that the subjects of the
English Government had claims upon the French Go-
vernment, such persons as, since the Ist of January,
1793, had suffered confiscation, and that they should be
idemnified and paid when their claims should be admitted
as legitimate. This was a disputed passage of the treaty,
and it was said that it only recognised those claims, and
indemnified such, as were made according to the terms,
and under the conditions, to be hereafter stipulated. In
the treaty of commerce which had been entered into, in
respect to emigration, it was declared that the supplicant
should set forth the whole particulars upon which he
founded his claim; but the second clause stated that if
these conditions were violated by him, he was to be pre-
vented from removing his property and effects. The
spirit of the two treaties, it was said, engaged to protect
the supplicant's property, provided that he made it clear
that the revolutionary government had confiscated his
property. The inquisition, however, merely stated the
facts that had occurred, and left the Court merely to
draw the inference that the property had been unlaw-
fully confiscated. It did not say that this confiscation
immediately followed the revolution in the country ;
on the contrary, it appeared that there was a viola-
tion of the law of emigration on the part of the sup-
plicant. The Court could not take judicial notice of the
meaning of the word, nor pronounce the law in respect
to it. The general proposition could not be maintained
unless it was proved that the individual was not in any
way amenable to French law. If this law of emigration
was not proved absolutely void as against the supplicant,
they found that there was no complaint ever made of the
French tribunal having pronounced sentence under it.
They might constitute themselves a court of error in
point of law, and a court of appeal in respect to all sen-
tences pronounced against British subjects ; but, what-
ever they knew of the French Revolution, they would not
be justified in giving an opinion in any case without
direct proof of the whole particulars as well as the na-
ture of the inquisition entered into. It appeared that
the Baron de Bode had taken refuge in the Austrian
army at the time it was actually invading the soil of
France. No statement whatever appeared on the inqui-
sition that his claim had even been admitted, or any
amount ascertained ; but the contrary in both respects.
The Act of George 111., which was founded on the
treaty of 1818, had for its object the providing for those
claimants to whom the indulgence had been guaranteed.
These were such persons as had caused their Denies
to be duly registered within the period described
by the convention of 1818. The supplicant
alleged neither that his name or claim had been
registered until after the passing of the Act. The Court
could not see how it was possible to extract any claim,
legal or equitable, to the payment of any money, the
nature of which claim, or the amount of which had never
been clearly established. Until such an inquiry was
properly made, the Lords of the Treasury must have
had good reasons for refusing the indulgence (guaran-
teed under certain circumstances) to the supplicant. The
Court was, therefore, left to draw those inferences which
he should have drawn for himself. Even if the main
facts were maintained, the question would remain as to
whether her Majesty should be said to have received
the money that the supplicant laid claim to. A rule for
a mandamus, to be directed to the Lords of the Treasury,
had been applied for before Mr. Justice Coleridge, who
discharged the rule on the ground that the Lords of the
Treasury were the servants of the Crown, acting for the
Crown, therefore there would be a great incongruity in
placing the Sovereign in the situation of issuing a writ
against the Sovereign. The Court thought it right to
express doubts upon some points of the case, but in re-
spect to this point, their Lordships had no doubt what-
ever. They were, therefore, of opinion that there was
no money received by the Sovereign, and further that
had not been received to the use of the Sovereign.
The other business was not of public interest.

On cross-examination, the witnzss stated that he was
the officer of the Bishop, but paid over to the defendant
the rents he received. He was not aware that Mr. Du
Pasquier had alien upon the living. He paid the money
to him as defendant's attorney, under the sequestration.
Mr. 1)u Pasquier gave him no notice that he had a lien
upon the living.
Mr. PHINN said he understood from Mr. Du Pasquier
that he had a lien upon the living, but as that appt,,tred
not to be the fact, he would leave the ease in the hands
of the Court.

The jury immediately returned a verdict for the plain
tiff—Damages, 3221. 166.17 d.

SHERIFFS' COURT, Dec. 11.
Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuRCHELL and a Common
Jury.)
PROCLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWRY.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
IV ORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 10.
(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Thomas Kirk, 27, and John Blades, 19, two stout
young men, having much the appearance of railway " na-
vigators," were indicted for that they, on the 27th of
September last, at Hawsker-cum-Stainacre, in the North
Biding, feloniously and violently did assault one Wil
ham Ward, and steal from his person one shilling and
twopence.
Mr. Blanchard, with whom were Mr. Shaw and the
Hon. Mr. Phipps, conducted the prosecution. The pri-
soners were both undefended.
The prosecutor, an old man, in a humble station of
life, stated that he lives at Stainacre, which is situate at
about two miles from Whitby. On Saturday, the 27th
of September last, he went to the town of Whitby to
make some purchases, and was on his way home, on foot,
at about eight o'clock in the evening, when, at some
distance from the town, he saw two men in the road.
He could not recognise the prisoners ; but he stated
that on approaching the men there was something. in
their manner which excited his apprehension, and he
could perceive that one of them had on a dark dress, and
the other a light one, and that was afterwards shown to
be the dress of the prisoners on the night in question.
They immediately closed upon him. One of them, he
could not say which, seized him by the neck ; he received
a blow on the neck or head, which felled him ; immedi-
ately after another blow on the side of his head. He had
a purse in his breeches pocket, containing one chilling
in silver, and twopence or twopence halfpenny in
copper, besides some halfpence in his waistcoat. The
men rifled his breeches pocket of the purse and its con-
tents, and then left him. On endeavouring to rise lie
found a bludgeon, or a thick stick, of about two
feet and a half long, lying across his breast. This stick
he kept, and gave to a person living near by. It was a
round knotty stick, apparently a bit of a sapling, and
from its having a broken nail in it, was described by
Ward as having formed part of a paling-fence. Several
other witnesses were called to show that the men at the
bar were seen on the road near the plan of the robbery,
both shortly before and shortly after it was committed.
A woman going out to milk some cows noticed them pass
near the spot at about five ; and some neighbours of the
prosecutor, who followed hiireon the road from Whitby
soon after he left, identified the prisoners as two men
whom they had met walking at a quick pace toward,
the town, at about half-past eight. A police-officer of
Whitby said that he had met the prisoners at a late hour
on the eight preceding. They stated to him that they
were destitute, and without a lodging. He procured a
lodging for them for that night in a house in the town,
and there, it appeared, they had no means of paying for
either breakfast or dinner, as they left the house in the
morning, and took no meal there during the day. But
on the following evening (that of the robbery) they re-
appeared at their lodging-house, and they then brought
with them some bread anti cheese ; and Blades, on being
asked if they wanted any tobacco, said they had plenty.
A woman at the house asked them if they had " done
anything," and Kirk said, " Yes, they had got as much
money as would pay for their lodging," and for that
they paid 6d. Mr. Wilkinson, the constable of Whitby,
stated that, on being called on to apprehend the pri-
soners, he had asked them how they had obtained the
bread, some of which he found along with them. They
said they had begged it in the town, but could not say
where. The wife of a joiner, in Whitby, proved that, at
near nine on the evening of the robbery, Kirk came into
a shop kept by her, and there purchased about 21b. of
,bread, for 4d. He asked for some cheese, but they had
none for him. He was then alone, and he produced Is.
in silver, receiving Bd. in copper for the change. Tile
piece of bread found by the constable was not now pro-
duced, but another piece was produced in Court, to show
the description of the bread found. The constable said it
corresponded exactly with that sold at the shop, being
of a similar shape, and what is termed " sad" (heavy)
bread. The woman from the shop deposed that
such was the kind of bread sold to Kirk. It ap-
peared from the evidence of a grocer, from another
shop at the next door, that Blades purchased
half a pound of cheese and half an ounce of to-
bacco at about the same time ; and he also appeared to
come alone. He paid fourpence for the two articles. A
medical gentleman, who had been to see the old man
professionally, immediately after he was robbed, said
that when he found him at his house he seemed half
stupified—" mazed." His face was covered with blood.
There was a severe wound on his right temple, and a
severe bruise behind the left ear, and his face was
scratched, as if from falling with it upon the ground.
Upon these facts, after the Learned Judge had taken a
full review of them in his summing up, the jury almost
immediately pronounced a verdict of Guilty as to both
the prisoners.
In passing sentence, the Learned JUDGE addressed the
men at the bar in terms of strong condemnation of their
crime. His Lordship reminded them that that crime
would but a short time ago have had to be expiated
upon the gallows, and told them that if the prosecu-
tor's life had been taken away by their violence they
would certainly have forfeited their own lives as his
murderers.

This being the County-Court-day for Middlesex, Mr.
Kemp, the officer of the Sheriff, made proclamation in
the usual manner, and the following persons not answer-
ing to their names, were declared outlaws at the suit of
their respective creditorc—John Aden Smith, Henry
Hope Vernock, Augustus Pocock, Henry Lescombe,
John Mynde Cooke, at two separate suits; Robert Rout
ledge Crai7, the Hon. W. H. Byng, Richard Everett
Walker, George Swaby, George Pitt Rose, and Sir
Henry Chudleigh Oxendon, Bart.

Sentence, to be severally transported for life.
Margaret Pattinson, aged 27. John. Brown, aged 30,
and Mar Best, aged 28, were tried for having, on the
16th of October last, at Leeds, feloniously and violently
stolen a purse, two sovereigns, and some other articles,
from the person of Benjamin Wheaten
The prisoners were all convicted, and each sentenced
to transportation for life.
Jonathan Bennett, aged 25, a mechanic, charged with
manslaughter, in having killed Mary Knowles, at Shef-
field, on the 16th of August last, was found guilty of a
common assault. It was proved that the prisoner had
struck the deceased some blows, while in a state of in-
toxication; but it appeared probable that she had died of
apoplexy rather than from the act of the prisoner.
Sentence, to be imprisoned one week, the prisoner
having been in custody during three_ months before his
trial.

SEQUESTRATION OP A CLERGYMAN'S LIVING-SMITE

(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
Joseph Broadbent was charged with an offence against
the bankrupt laws, in having on the 24th of October last,
at Leeds, feloniously refused and neglected to appear to
a summons of the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy.
In the opening of the case by Mr. Hall, it was ad-
mitted that, although a notice to appear had been served
on the bankrupt, the manner of serving it was not in
strict compliance with the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 122.
His LORDSHIP said he had considered that point
upon a previous occasion, and deemed such compliance
essential to support a criminal proceeding of the present
kind. Without it the prosecution must fail, according
to the view be took of the statute.
The prisoner was therefore Acquitted by direction of
the Court.

Joseph Hutchinson, 31, was indicted for having, on the
9th of August, at Sheffield, feloniously stabbed, cut, and
wounded Ebenezer Hutchinson with intent to do hint
grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Overend and Mr. Phillips conducted the prosecu-
tion. The prisoner was undefended.
It appeared from the evidence of Ebenezer Hutchin-
son, who is the prisoner's own brother, that both of them
had been working together in a colliery at Attercliif.
They had frequently had quarrels ; and the prosecutor
had heard that the prisoner had been telling tales against
him to the manager of the colliery, in order to cause
him to be discharged from his employ. On the day in
question they were in a public-house together, and after
leaving it the prosecutor saw the prisoner in the street,
talking with two other persons. He approached him,
and said, " Well, Joe, what hast got by thy tale-telling?"
The prisoner replied, "I'll tell thee." lie (the pri-
soner) lifted his fists at the same moment, and squared,
as if to fight. The witness immediately knocked him
down. Shortly after they again met in the street, when
the prisoner came up to the witness, who immediately
felt himself stabbed by his brother. He "let his bowels
out." The wounded man then went to Mr. Shaw, the
surgeon, "carrying," as he expressed it, "his bowels
in his hand."

V. NISBETT.
In this case Mr. Gray appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Phinn for the defendant, the action being brought
to recover the sum of 3221. 16s. 7d., under the following
circumstances:—

Mr. Clayton, the assistant of the medical man, proved
that the prisoner afterwards, in speaking of the wound
inflicted, said that he hoped his brother might die.
Mr. Justice ERLE, in sentencing the prisoner, observed
to him, that whenever recourse was had to deadly wea-
pons in this manner, an example would certai❑ly be
made in the Courts trying persons for such offences.
This was a remarkably aggravated offence, and the Jen-
tenco, therefore, was, that the prisoner should be trans-
ported for the term of fifteen years.
Liverpool, Dec. 10.
Their Lordships were engaged during the greater
part of the day in the trial of a class of cases the parti-
culars of which are unfit for publication. Nothing of
public interest occurred in either Court.

From the statement of plaintiff's counsel, it appeared
that in July, 1844, the plaintiff, Mr. Henry Vincent
Smith, recovered judgment against the Rev. Charles
Wetherell (whose name has been recently before the
public in the celebrated action for crim. con., brought
against him by his son-in-law, Mr. John Mynde Cooke),
the rector of Bvfleet, Northamptonshire, for a debt of
1,5001. The beneficial interest of the living came into
the possession of a Mr. Henry Nisbett, the brother of
the defendant, who was indebted to the plaintiff in the
sum of 3001., which the defendant covenanted to pay
with interest. This debt accrued under tliese circum-
stances:-.=-Some time since the Bishop of Peterborough,
in whose diocese the living is situate, issued his warrant

DBATH OF SIB W. RFIH, BART.—We understand
that accounts have been received from CeyLin of the death of
Sir W. Reid, Bart., of Barra, who died on the 20th October,
on his passage from the Mauritius. The deceased Baronet
had only succeeded his brother, Sir John Reid, within the
last few months. The deceased was born in 1795.
POST• OFFICE.—It is a strand►e and anomalous fact
that a letter from Paris reaches Galashiels sooner than one
from Glasgow, the latter usually lying twenty-four hours at
Edinburgh.—Border 7ratch.