The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-30 00:00:00

MARKUT INTELLIGENCE.

( From the London New Price Current of March 29.)
SUGAR.—To-day the Sugar market was closed, but
business will be resumed to-li,orrow ; some public sales
of Mauritius and Bengal are declared.
REFINED.—A fair demand has existed for Refined
Goods for home use ; brown lumps at 77s to 78s, good
and fine 79s to 81s, Standard lumps 82s to 82s 6d, Tit-
tlers and Hamburgh loaves, common 80s to 82s, mid 83s
to 84s, good 85s to 90s, fine 91s to 98s, double loaves 99s
to 112 s per cwt: For Pieces a fair demand has existed—

68s to 74s paid for good and fine, and 60s to 67s
for .common to mid. Bastards have moved off slowly,
good to fine at 51s to 595, low to mid 42s to 50s per
cwt. Treacle has been in good request —common at
26s 6d to 275, patent 28s to 295, best old make 28s 6d to
295, Golden Syrup 29s 6d to 31s 6d per cwt. In Bonded
crushed Sugar a good business has been transacted at
28s 9d to 29s for best quality. In Loaves a fair business
has been transacted, 141bs have fetched 32s to 32s 6d, 101bs
33s to 34s per cwt. Treacle has secured a good sale at 12s 6d
to 13s. Bastards and Pieces have been in good request ;
the former at 15s 6d to 17s 6d, and the latter 18s to 25s

per cwt. For Dutch crushed Sugar no orders.
MAIIRITIUS.—There. has been no public sale since
Tuesday, last, but privately a fair business has been
transacted at fully former rates—Food and fine yellow
have realised 66s to 698 low to mid 63s to 65s 6d, good

to fine brown 59s to 628, per cwt.
EAST INDlA.—Prices have been sustained for white
Bengal Sugar—at auction 5,990 bags were chiefly dis-
posed of—fine white at 70s to 70s 6d, good 68s to 695,
mid 66s to 67s 6d, good strong grainy yellow 69s to 70s,
good mid 68s, and yellow 58s 6d to 595, damp
30s to 57s 6d, low to good mid brown 46s to 495, low to
fine grey 53s to 655. The arrivals have been light since
this day week, and the deliveries large. With Manilla
Sugar the market is scantily supplied.
For public sale on 31st, 1,300 bskts Java, and for 12th
April, 4,000 bags Siam, 5,000 bags Manilla, and 500 bskts
120 bags Penang are declared.
FOREIGN.—In white Havannah there are few trans-
actions to report privately ; yellow has met with a good
demand, and has commanded full rates. The private sales
have been 850 chests, fine quality at 21s 6d, good 20s 6d
to 21s per cwt. White Brazil has been little enquired
for ; prices, however, are firm at 20s to 24s for lvw to
good white ; brown kinds have been in good request,
principally by our refiners, the supply, however, is still
insufficient for the wants of the trade ; good and fine
qualities have fetched 17s to 18s per cwt. ; at auction
128 casks 58 barrels have been offered, white prin-

tipsily bought in, Pernambuco good dry quality at
23s 6d to 245. rather soft 235, being the full value ,
yellow realised 19s 6d for good, and lgs to 18s 6d for 4
common and mid, and Rio 21s to 21s 6d per cwt. Of I
Cuba 200 boxes were sold at public sale, mid yellow at
19s to 20s, washed 18s 6d to 20s, and wet 15s 6d per cwt.
MOLASSES.—In West India the operations have bgen ,
upon a small scale only, and confined to 100 puns at
former rates. The advanced rates asked for Foreign
has checked business, and at public sale 268 casks Cuba
were taken in at 10s, being 2s to 3s above former prices.
35 tierces 14 brls Cuba Honey sold at 40s to 47s ; 25
cases E. I. Tamarinds 20s per cwt.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For East India
Rum, subject to the high rate of duty, the demand has
been good for exportation, and 280 hhds have been dis-
posed of at is 4d to ls 4d for common proof, and Is .`AI
for good quality : with certificate there has been more
inquiry durtng:the last few days, and 150 puns, &c., have
been disposed of for home consumption, as follows :
fine quality at Is 10d to Is ild proof; good Is 9d to 1691 d
mid is 8d to is 84d, low dark is 6d to is 7d per gallon : the
principal part of the East Rum here is only adapted for
shipping. Prices for Leewards, the supply being short, and
demand good : the sales have been 200 hhds—proof
quality at 2s 2d to 2s 3d per gallon. Jamaica, however,
has met with a slow sale, and rather lower rates have
been accepted : 120 puns have been disposed of ;
tine quality and favourite marks at 5s 4d to 5s 7d,
good quality 30 to 35 per cent. 0. P. 4s 7d to
5s 2d, mid and good mid 22 to 29 O. P. 4s 2d to
4s Gd per gallon. Demerara of strong quality in small
parcels has been selling at 3s 6d to 4s per gallon. The
arrivals of Rum have been small since this day week.
Prices continue on the decline for Brandy, and both ship-
pers and the home trade have operated with much
caution—we quote Cognac, Ist brands of the vintage of
1836, hhds 5s Bd, puns 5s 6d ; 1837, hhds 5s 4d, puns
5s 2d ; 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; 1839, hhds 4s Sd,
puns 4s 6d ; 1840, hhds 4s, puns 3s 10d per gallon.
Of fine old sorts of Brandy the stock is light. Geneva in
smallparcels has been selling at is ltd to 2s for common
shipping quality, and fine fit for duty at 2s 6d to 2s 8d
per gallon. In English Corn Spirits there has been
rather more business transacted at 9s 8d per gallon cash.
COFFEE.—Prices have been sustained for West India
Coffee, but the transactions by private treaty have been
upon a small scale only, and at auction 95 casks 33 bar-•
rels and bags only partly sold ; Berbice mid at IC5s Gd
to 107 s 6d, low mid 98s to 10Cs, fine and fine fine ordi-
nary 83s to 90s, good ordinary 75s to 795, ordi-
nary GGs per cwt. East India and Cape Coffee
are held with firmness, and only a small
quantity is pressing for sale ; Ceylon has been taken
sparingly by private contract, good ordinary at 76s to
775, fine ordinary 78s to 81s per cwt. None has been
offered at auction. Java has met with little attention,
• 56s to 57s accepted for good and fine Company's.
Mocha has been dull of sale : at auction 446 bales
went 4s lower, mid to good clean garbled at 96s
• to 103 s 6d. ord to good ord 87s Gd to 90s per cwt. Other
• sorts of Coffee have been little sought after. The stock
• of West India Coffee is 1,026 casks, 1:001 barrels and
bags, of Ceylon 204 bags of East India and Cape sorts
, 13,501 bags less than last year at this period ;of Mocha
the stock is however 1,516 bales greater than in 1841 at
this time.

CocoA.—Prices keep up for West India, and there has
been a fair demand : at auction 100 bags Trinidad went
at 42s to 45s for mid to good red, being full rates.
Foreign is steady in request, red at 32 6d to 33s per cwt.
FRUIT—Red Smyrna Raisins at 32s per cwt. Denia
in baskets are much wanted, at 3Cs. Valentia Raisins
at 36s per cwt. Currants have met with a free sale—
Patras we quote 57s to 59, Zante and Cephalonia 54s to
55s per cwt. The stock of Figs is light, and the demand
steady at 56s to 70s. per cwt. Almonds have brought
full rates, and for French Fruit prices remain firm.
TEA—Since our last report the market for free trade
Tea has been in a tranquil state and prices have further
declined, large parcels having been pressed for sale ;
indeed the quantity brought forward has proved more
than ample for the wants of the trade. The
public sales were brought to a close on Thurs •
day ; of 33,000 packages offered, 15,600 were
disposed of at prices which established a decline on last
sales' rates aid to id for Congou, ld to lid for Twan-
key, 3d to 4d for Gunpowder and Imperial, 2d to 3d for
Hyson ; the proportion of green Tea offered was un-
usually large, and the biddings for such were languid;
nearly the whole of the Congou was of good quality.
To day Twankay was in good request at 1s 10d to
Is lOid for common, and it is difficult to make further
purchase under Is lthiel per lb ; but in black Tea the
operations were upon a small scale only, the public sales
declared causing the trade to be cautious in their pro
ceedings—is 10 d to 18 10,i41 is the value of common
Congou cash, and Company's is lid per lb.
BlLE.—lmporters of Bengal Rice are still desirous to
realize, and prices have suffered a decline of 3d to 6d
per cwt ; the low rates, however, cause the demand to be
good, and at auction 2,283 bags were all disposed of, good
clean white at lOs to lOs Gd, and yellow 7s to 7s 6d per
cwt. Java has sustained the previous value. Patna at
15s to 225. Caroline first sort at 365, second 345, third
325, inferior and broken 28s to 30s per cwt. To-day
some purchases were made by treaty in Bengal Rice,
and stiffer rates were paid, mid white fetched 9s 6d to
lOs per cwt.
TALLOW.—Since our last report the market has ex-
hibited a dull appearance for Russian Tallow, the candle-
making season being nearly at an end.
To-day the trade operated with mueh caution, and
P. Y. Candle on the spot cannot be quoted above 475.
for delivery in the last three months of the year-48s 3d
to 48s Gd is the value. Town is selling at 47s 6d nett
cash. For auction on Friday 400 sks 100 srns South
American are declared.
OILS.—We have still to announce a dull market for
all sorts of Fish Oils. Pale Seal has declined to 38/. 15s
to 39/. ; Cod 281. to 28/. 5s ; Southern 301 to 341 per tun.
Brown Seal is wanted at 241. lOs to 261. lOs per
tun. Sperm, 861 to 87L is the value of .Britigh ; at
auction 70 tuns American were nearly all taken in. In
Linseed Oil the operations have been upon a small scale
either for home use or export; Crushers have been de-
sirous to realize, and prices have suffered a decline of
Is 6d per cwt ; sales on the spot have been at 325, and
for delivery at 32s 3d per cwt.; prices are low in compa-
rison to those of Seed, and few of the crushers are working.
Rape Oil, pale, at 48s to 48s 3d, and brown 47s 9d to
48s per cwt ; the supply is yet small. Olive Oil
has found ready purchasers. Gallipoli at 58/. tó 59/ ,
and Spanish 541 to 551 per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil is firm
in price ; but the demand has been limited at 41s to 42s
for the best ; the stock is light. Palm sells slowly, first
sort at 321. to 321 lOs per tun.
INDlGo.—Prices remain firm for East India Indigo ;
Madras and common sorts of Bengal have been in good
request at fully last year's rates, indeed, in some cases
hi to 2d per lb advance has been paid. The quantity
offering for sale is small. The better rinds of Bengal
have been more in request at the rates of January,

MEETING OE THE HOOT AND SHOEMAKERS AGAINST
THE NEW TARIFF.—A meeting of the boot and shoe
makers of Liverpool, which included both masters and
journeymen, was held yesterday (Monday), in the large
room attached to the York Hotel, to take into conside-
ration the effect likely to be produced upon the trade by
the proposed reduction of duty on the importation of
foreign beets and shoes. The meeting was a very nu-
merous one, the large room being nearly filled. Mr.
Thomas Turner was called to the chair. The following
excellent and pithy resolution was passed unanimously :
—" That this meeting views with great alarm the pro-
posed tariff relative to the importation of foreign boots
and shoes, without a corresponding reduction on two
other necessary articles of life, viz.--corn and sugar."
Mr. James Stout and Mr. William Harris moved and
seconded this resolution, which, with other resolutions,
were subsequently moved and carried ; and it was ulti-
mately resolved to draw up a petition to Parliament,
praying for a better adjustment of the tariff, the petition
to be confided to the members of the borough for pre-
sentation.—Liverpool Times.
A. new plan is to be tried for paying the out-pen-
sioners of Chelsea Hospital. It is proposed that this
duty shall in future be performed by captains selected
from the half-pay list. 'The experiment is to be first put
in practice in North Britain, where ten officers of that
rank are to be posted.
The superior Tribunal of Barcelona has just con-
demned to ten years' hard labour at the hulks the 41calde
of San Martin dels Provenzals and his Secretary, as
members of a band of highway robbers. A similar con-
demnation occurred, a short time back, in the Me of the
Alcaldo of San Andres.

THE SUN', -LONDON,

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

WAR-OFFICE, Mencia 29, 1842.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon
G. K. Pitcairn, M.D., from the 58th Foot, to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Graves, promoted to be Staff-Surgeon
of the Second Class, March 29.
14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon
J. W. Moffat to be Surgeon, vice Lavens, deceased,

Jan. 17.
15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet and Ad-
jutant J. Cocks to have the rank of Lieutenant, Jan. 27.
7th Regiment of Foot—Capt. C. F. B. Jones, from
half-pay of Sub-Inspector of Militia, to be Captain, vice
Brevet-Major Wm. Guard, who exchanges ; and Lieut.
the Hon. W. P. M. Talbot to be Captain, by purchase,

vice Jones, who retires, March 29.
10th Foot—Brevet-Colonel J. Considine, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Custance, appointed to the Depots ; Captain T.
Miller (2d), from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain,
vice J. G. Paley, who exchanges, March 29.
24th Foot—Lieutenant G. A. Ferrier to be Paymaster,
vice A. Tovey, who retires on half-pay, March 29.
37th Foot—Lieutenant S. M. Eddington, from the
78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice T. M. Keogh, who ex-
changes, March 29.
58th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. Denny, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Pitcairn, appointed
to the 4th Light Dragoons, March 29.
60th Foot—Serjeant-Major T. Berry to be Quarter-
master, vice Waterhouse, deceased, March 29.
78th Foot—Lieut. T. M. Keogh, from the 37th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Eddington, who exchanges,
March 29. _ _ _

80th Foot—Captain W. Hay, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Captain, vice E. L. Wollay, who ex-
changes ; Lieut. E. H. Ffinney, from half-pay 16th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H. r. Torkington, who ex-

changes, March 29.
3d West India Regiment—Cornet Sir T. W. White,
Bart., from half-pay 10th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign
(repaying the difference), vice Mowbray, promoted ; T.
M'Curdy, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sir T.
W. White, who retires, March 29.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Deputy Inspectors-General of
Hospitals, with local rank : J. Robertson, M.D. ; W.
Dawson, M.D., March 29, to be Deputy Inspectors-
G enera of Hospitals.
MEMORANDM—Brevet-Col. H. Custance, from the
10th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, for the
purp9se of taking charge of certain Infantry Depots,

March 29.
The promotion of Assistant-Surgeon J. W. Moffat, of
the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Se-
cond Class, as stated in the Gazette of the 11th instant,
has been cancelled.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
The Right Hon. G. A. H. Anne Baron Rancliffe to be
Deputy-Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, MARcH 12, 1842.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed J. Pearse, of
Hatherleigh, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

WILLIAM HOOPER, tobacco-manufacturer, Read•

ing, Berkshire.
GEORGE BROWN, bricklayer, Pembroke-cottage,
Chapel-street, Grosvenor-place, Middlesex.
BANK ItUPTS.

JOSEPH KILSBY, shoe manufacturer, Ronde. North-
amptonshire, to surrender April 8, at eleven, and May
10, at two, at the Dolphin, Northampton. Lowe, Sta-
ple Inn, London ; Becke, Northampton.
JOH CROWE, innkeeper, Durham, April 14, at
twelve, and May 10, at eleven, at the Bridge Hotel, Sun-
derland. Shield and Harwood, Queen-street, Cheapside,
London ; Preston, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
SAMUEL WILD, coal dealer, Manchester, April 22,
and May 10, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester. Wright, New Inn, London; Taylor, Manchester.
EDWARD SMITH, grocer, Southampton, April 9
and May 10, at twelve, at the George Inn, Southamp-
ton. Sandell, Bread-street, Cheapside, London.
SAMUEL MAGNUS, slop-seller, Dover, April 11,
and May 10, at tiro, at the Shakspeare Hotel, Dover.
Bass, Dover.
ELIZABETH FRANKLAND, widow, innkeeper,
Reading, April 11, and May 10, at the George Inn,
Reading. Weedoa and Slocombe, Reading ; Hill, 23,
Throgmorton• street, London.
EDWARD TILL, butcher, Worcester, April 5 and
May 10, at twelve, at the New Greyhound Inn, Wor-
cester. Becke and Flower, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London;
Hill, Worcester.
CHARLES JAMES WILLIAMS and EDWARD
NEVILL, coffin makers, Birmingham, April 6, and
May 10, at two, Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Tooke
and Son, Bedford-row, London ; Unett and Sons, Suck-
ling, Birmingham.
ROBERT MARTIN, carpenter, Beccles,OSuffolk,
April 12 and May 10, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn,
Beccles. Read, Halesworth ; Francis and Son, Monu-
ment-yard, London.
JOHN DARBYSHIRE and SAMUEL POPE,
Calico- and Mousseline de Leine printers, Manchester,
April 13 and May 10, at two, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Manchester. B. M. and C. Baxter, Lincoln's-
inn-fields, London ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester.
THOMAS SCOTT, brickmaker, Barnwood, Glou-
cestershire, April 11, and May 10, at twelve, at the office
of Messrs. Winterbotham and Thomas, TeWkesbury,
Gloucestershire. Baylis, Devonshire-square, London ;
Winterbotham and Thomas, Tewkesbury.
SAMUEL PALMER GLADSTONE, shipwright,
Crisp-street, East India-road, Poplar, April 7, at eleven,
and May 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Gole,
Lime-street, Leadenhall-street.
HENRY DUCKETT, carpenter, Ramsgate, April 6,
and May 10, at one, at the Royal Oak Inu, Ram agate.
Daniel, Ramsgate ; Hawkins, Bloxam, and Stocker,
New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.

R. Fenner and S. Hobson, corn factors, London -street,
Fenchurch-street, April 19, at eleven—J. Ewbanke,
draper, Crawford-street, Marylebone, April 19, at half-
past eleven—T. Wright, coffin furniture dealer, City of
London, April 19, at twelve—G Smallfield, printer,
Newgate-street, April 19, at half-past twelve—J. P.
Lloyd, boot maker, Coventry-street, Haymarket, April
19, at one—S. H. Croswell and J. May, sun., wine mer-
chants, Devonport, April 19, at twelve—J. Denycr,
tailor, High-street, Southwark, April 21, at one—J. and
T. Brook, drapers, Stonrbridge, Worcestershire, 'April
21, at twelve—R. A.Jones, linen warehouseman, Friday-
street, Cheapside, April 20, at twelve—C. M'Lean, up-
holsterer, Poland-street, Oxford-street, April 19, at half-
past twelve—G. and G. Evans, hop merchants, High-st.,
Southwark, April 21, at one—A. Beauvais, wine mer-
chant, John-street, Berkeley-square, April 19, at twelve
—C. Brown, china dealer, Oxford-street, April 20, at
eleven—C. Stocking, bookseller, Paternoster-row, April
20, at half-past eleven—R. M‘Kinlay and A. Marr, recti-
fiers, Silver-street, Wood-street, City, April 20, at twelve
—A. and W. M. Oppenheim, timber merchants, Man-
sell-street, Goodman's fields, April 20, at half-past
twelve—W. Straker, bookseller, West Strand, April 21,
at eleven—C. Schofield, timber merchant, Kingston-
upon-Thames, April 21, at twelve.
In the Country.
J. Baker, brewer, Sidmouth, Devonshire, April 27, at
two, at the Old London Inn, Exeter—A. Tempest,
worsted spinner, Clayton-heights, Yorkshire, April 19,
at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—P. Mann,
army contractor, Leeds, April 21, at eleven, at the Com-
missioners'-rooms, Leeds—J. Hadfield, horse dealer,
Manchester, April 25, at eleven, at the Commissioners' •
rooms, Leeds—W. Swift, draper, Manchester, April 22,
at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—
J. Molineux, sen., professor of music, Liverpool, April
18, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool J.
Young, ship builder, Newport, Monmouthshire, April
26, at one, at the Westgate Inn, Newport. -
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

F. Stebbing and F. Clemow, woollen drapers, Holborn
—T. Storey and W. Elder, hosiers, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne—W. Jackson and R. Holland, varnish manufac-
turers, Birmingham—T. Moore and J. Wilkinson,
wheelwrights, Goodman's-yard, Goodman's-fields—E. F.
Tilt and M. Sanaon, portable jelly manufacturers, Isling-
ton—J. Robinson and W. Rogers, timber merchants,
South Stookton• upor.-Tees, Yorkshire—J. Sowry and J.
Otley, pawnbrokers, Leeds--G. Edwards and G. Cra-
croft, engravers, Worcester—C. Bennett and J. George,
innkeepers, Stowe, Buckinghamshire—E. B. and M.
Reed, house carpenters, Newcastle - upon-Tyne—Jh. and
Js. Lester, timber merchants, Bath—H. Tunstill and T.
Haworth, cotton spinners, Burnley, Lancashire—J. Rich-
ton and R. Ratcliffe, cotton spinners, Hoddlesden, Lan-
cashire—H. Gilpin and J. F. Holmes, general dealers,
Liverpool—E. Johnson and J. North, woollen cloth mer-
chants, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—J. B. Owen and W.
Holdich, drapers, Black Prince-row, Walworth-road---
G. Martin and D. Stephens, linen drapers, King's-road,
Chelsea—J. and G. Moorhouse, cloth manufacturers,
Holmfirth, Yorkshire—J. Fawcett, B. W. Rawlings, and
D. A. Rivolta, attorneys, Jewin-street, Cripplegate (so
far as regards B. W. Rawlings.)
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
THOMAS MAXWELL, victualler, Glasgow, March
30 and April 27, at two, at the Chambers of C. and R.
Baird, Glasgow.
ROBERT MARTIN, wood merchant, Burnhank-
' place, near Airdrie, March 31 and April 21, at twelve,
at the Commercial Inn, Hamilton.
WILLIAM BAIRD, grain merchant, Glasgow,
March 29 and April 26, at two, at the Chambers of C.
and R. Baird, Glasgow.
ERIC EDWARD, victual dealer, Edinburgh, March
30 and April2o, at two, at the Ship Tavern, Edinburgh.
WALTER BUCHANAN and CO., printers, Black-
land Mill, March 31 and April 22, at one, at the Office of
A. Millar, Paisley.
JOHN MURDOCH, baker, Forres, Moray, April 1
and 29, at two, at Murdoch's Inn, Forres.
JOHN DRUMMOND, distiller, Hosh Distillery, near
Crieff, March 31 and April 28, at one, at the Drummond
Arms Inn, Crieff.
DUNCAN MACMILLAN, block maker, Broomie-
law, Glasgow, March 30 and April 27, at twelve, at the
Chambers of C. and R. Baird, Glasgow.
JOHN RUSSELL, merchant, Glasgow, March 31
and April 23, at one, at the Office of Knox and Findlay,
Glasgow.
DUNCAN HENDERSON, ironmonger, Coat Bridge,
near Airdrie, April 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Office of
Marshall and Hill, Glasgow.
ROBERT STIVEN, merchant, Glasgow, April 2 and
22, at twelve, at the Chambers of Murray and Galloway,
Glasgow.
JOHN PRINGLE NICHOL, insurance broker,
Glasgow, April 5 and 29, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel,
Glasgow.
ADAM RANKIFE, merchant, Kirkcudbright, April
5 and 26, at one, at the Court House, Kirkcudbright.

The Progres du Pas de Calais says that eight
entire horses, lately brought into Calais, from England,
by Colonel Desearrieres, cost together 80,000 f. The
cost of one alone, thoroughbred, was 25,000 f.

'EDNESP

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT—Kingston, Tuesday, March 29.

CROWN COURT.
Baron GURNEY took his seat in this Court soon after
ten o'clock. His Lordship, in charging the Grand Jury,
expressed his gratifiesKion at seeing so numerous an as-
semblage of gentlemen in attendance ready to fulfil the
important duties of grand jurors ; not only was the num-
ber of twenty-three that was actually required by the
law, present, but a great many others also, and this
showed the interest taken by the gentlemen of the county
in the due execution of the law, which was of so much
importance to them all. With respect to the calendar
before him, he regretted to see that it contained two
charges of child murder, and in both of these the most
important question for them to take into their consider-
ation in the first instance was, whether the child was
born alive. He perceived by the depositions that in one
case the medical gentleman gave a decided opinion that
the child was born alive ; but he must observe, that
some of the signs that/ were urged in support of this
opinion had been long exploded ; and he was, indeed,
surprised that medical gentlemen of the present day
should place any reliance upon those tests. In the
other case, there was evidence of the child having been
born alive, and it also appeared that there were wounds
upon the child's throat and head that would amply ac-
count for death. His Lordship then proceeded to say,
that they were now assembled to perform a most pain-
ful and important duty, that of discovering and punish-
ing the authors of crime, and it behoved them to look
about them and endeavour to discover the causes of
crime, and to see whether they could not do
something that would tend to put an effectual
stop to • it. Much had, no doubt; been done
by improvement in the law, and in its administration,
and also in the improvement of prison discipline, but it
was very evident that very much still remained to be
accomplished, and they should never lose sight of the
importance of giving instruction and education to the
people, not mere education only, but a moral and re-
ligious education, which was alone calculated to teach
the lower orders of society their duty to God and to
their neighbours, and by this means only would they
be taught to recoil from the commission of crime,
and to believe that it would lead to their destruction
in this world and in the world to come. When thpy
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were aware of the scenes of vice and debauchery in
which many of the unhappy persons who appeared
before them had been brought up, the result was
not to be wondered at, and it was their duty, there-
fore, by every means in their power, to remedy such an
evil. He therefore prayed them to use their influ-
ence, in whatever capacity they might be placed,
to. exert themselves to improve and instruct the young ;
and, in accordance with the terms of the proclamation
that had just been read, to discourage the vicious ; and
also, he begged of them to do all that lay in their power
to put down that odious vice of drunkenness, which his
experience taught him contributed so much to swell the
calendars at the different assizes. His Lordship con.
eluded by stating that there was one other vice most
dangerous in its results, viz., gaming ; and he observed,
that, if in any part of Mat county it was allowed, as was
alleged, to be carried on. openly, publicly, and shame-
lessly, he was compelled to observe, that the Magistrates
of the county neglected their duty in not putting the law
in force to suppress it.
Sarah Smith, 24, Sarah Conolly, 15, and Ann Clines,
16, were indicted for steistling two hats, the property of
Sarah Cox.'
Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Charnock defended the prisoner Smith.
It appeared in evidence that on the 17th of February,
Conolly and Smith, accompanied by a man, went into
the shop of the prosecutrix, who carries on the business
of a hatter in the Borough, and the man asked to see
some of the best hats, and a number of them were
shown him. He made various objections to the hats,
and while the shopman's attention was engaged, each
of the two women contrived to secrete a hat under her
clothes, and when this had been effected, the other eo-
men came in and asked the way to Blackfriars-bridge,
and the other prisoners then left the shop. The hats
were missed directly, and the prisoners were traced to a
public-house in Redcross-street, and under the table at
which they had been sitting, a piece of tissue paper, that
had been round one of the hats, was found crumpled up.
The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty, and Smith
was proved to have been before convicted of felony, and
it appeared that she Weis sentenced to be transported for
seven years.
Baron GURNEY sentenced Smith to be transported for
life, and the other prisoners for seven years.
When the sentence was delivered, Smith, who several
times prayed the Court earnestly not " to give her life,"
called out " Good bye all, I have only got life," and she
continued to vociferate the same expression until she was
removed from the dock.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron Alderson.)
BABBITT V. TRB DUKE OF NORMANDY.

This was an' action to recover the sum of 238/. for
goods sold and delivered.
• Mr. Platt and Mr. Wordsworth were for the plaintiff
Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Sergeant Channell for the de-
fendant.
Mr. PLATT said the plaintiff was an upholsterer,
residing at Camberwell, and the action was brought to
recover the sum of 2381., for furniture supplied to the
defendant, whilst residing in that neighbourhood. The
defendant clsimed to be King of France, but was residing
in this country as a private individual, and if under
such circumstances, ho incurred any debts, he was
bound to pay them as any other person. The
defendant at first resided at Camberwell-green,
but subsequently removed to the Old Kent-road,
•and then applied to the plaintiff.. to furnish his house.
Goods were supplied according to his wish, but in
August last the plaintiff, having reason to suppose that
the defendant was about to return to his hereditary
estates in France, sued him for the balance of his ac-
count, which amounted to the sum in question.
After some witnesses had been called to prove the
delivery of the goods and their value,
Mr. Baron ALDERSON suggested that as there was
a cross action, it would be better to have both cases
deferred, when their merits could be inquired into
together.
The Jury returned a verdict for the pl tintiff for the
amount claimed, subject to a reference.
THE DUKE OF NORMANDY V. BARRITT.
The nature of this action did not transpire, a verdict
being taken by consent upon the same terms.
STEPHENS V. EMILY AND ANOTHER.

Mr. Platt and Mr. Petersdorff for the plaintiff; Mr.
Thesiger and Mr. Swann for the defendant.
The plaintiff, who is a builder, sought to recover the
sum of 521. 15s. Od., for work done at the Alliance Club-
house, Pall• mall, of which the defendants Mr. Emily and
Mr. Hastings were members.
It appeared that in the early part of the year 1837, a
number of gentlemen established a club, which they
called the Alliance, and took suitable premises in Fall-
mall, the lease of which vas granted to the defendants
and two other gentlemen. The affairs of the club were
conducted by a Committee selected from the general
body of members, whose duty it was to give orders,
audit the accounts, &c. The defendants were on
the Committee from its first appointment to the final
breaking up of the establishment, in 1839. The
Club did not answer the expectations of the founders,
and was abandoned in consequence of want of funds to
meet the necessary expermes. Orders to tradesmen were
given by the Committee, through the Secretary, and
payment made by cheques signed by three of them. The
work, which formed the subject of the present action,
was ordered to be done in the usual manner, and at va-
rious times ; but it was not distinctly Ithown that, on
any occasion when such orders were given, both the de-
fendants were present. One of the items was for erect-
ing a platform in front of the building, at the time of
the Coronation; and it appeared that Mr. Emily objected
to such an outlay being made, in consequence of thy
state of the funds of the Club, but as the question
was decided against him, he refrained from attending,
the Committees from that period (June 1838) till Feb-
ruary in the following year, when it was found that the
receipts were totally insufficient to meet the expenditure,
theaffairs were wound up, and the Club was found to be
in debt several hundred pounds. The defendants, feel-
ing that the Committee were bound to pay the out-
standing debts, suggested that each member of the
Committee should subscribe a certain sum for that pur-
pose A few paid their portions, but others refused to
do so. The plaintiff, being unable to obtain the amount
of his bill, brought the present action.
On the part of the plaintiff, it was contended that the
defendants being members of the Committee by whom
the orders were given, were liable for the amount ; and
some letters, written by them jointly, were put in, in
which they expressed their fears that they (the Com-
mittee) would be compelled to pay the outstanding debts.
Mr. TnESIGER, on behalf of the defendants, com-
plained of the hardships of their being alone called upon
to liquidate the debts of the Club, after they had done all
in their power to induce the other members to raise a
sufficient sum to meet all demands upon them ; and that
no proceedings should be taken against those who had
refused to accede to so reasonable and equitable a propo-
sition. The Learned Counsel contended that the de-
fendants were not liable in the present instance, as it
had not been found that they were present when the
order in question were given. The question was not to
whom credit was given, but with whom the contract was
made; if it was found that the Committee made the con-
tract either personally or by their agent, they would be
liable, but if the order was given by the Committee gene-
rally, the defendants would not be by.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in summing up, said the question
was, whether the
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was ordered by the defendants, or either of them. If
they were satisfied that Mr. Hastings was present when
the order was given for erecting the platform at the time
of the Coronation, he would undoubtedly be liable, but
' not under the present action. The members of a club
were not bound, unless by some specific agreement ; if
they were satisfied that the defendants were present when
the orders were given, they would undoubtedly be liable,
or if they believed that they had agreed to be bound by
any order given by the Committee ; and although they
were not actually present when the order in question was
given, still they would be equally liable. Mr. Emily, in
his letter, said he considered the Committee liable for
the debts of the concern; and it would be a question for
their consideration, whether by that he Meant that he
considered the Committee, each and every one of them,
bound by a previous agreement.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict
for the plaintiff for the amount claimed.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT,Bury St. Edmund's, March 28.
The Commission for this county was duly opened on
Saturday at a late hour ; there being 15 cases entered
for trial, of which three ire Special Jury causes, the
rest of a rather common class.

Since the last Assizes at this place the county Courts
have been remodelled at some expense, and various al-
terations effected in their general structure, which tend
materially to the comfort of the Learned Judges. We
regret to say, however, this the accommodation afforded

Y EVENIXG, MARCH 30, 1542.

to the Bar and the Attorneys is rather circumscribed.
though, on the whole the Courts have been improved
both in their external and internal appearance.
CIVIL COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCLIERLEY.)

BROWN V. FIELD.
Mr. Kelly and Mr. O'Malley were Counsel for the
plaintiff; Mr. Prendergast appeared (with Mr. Byles) for
defendant.
This was an action of slander, the parties to which were
neighbours, residing at Cronfield, in this county. On
the part of the plaintiff it was asserted that the de-
fendant, without any provocation, had first accused him
of having " stolen or taken away his plough irons," and
had afterwards added, that " he had been in gaol for
robbing the house of Mr. James Freeman," a farmer,
in the vicinity, of which he at the time said he had been
" informed by Ted Freeman." On the part of the defen-
dant, the Learned Counsel elicited from the first witness,
in cross-examination, that the defendant and Mr. Field
came on the road quarrelling, to the spot where the
plaintiff was raking his peas, and that thereupon there
was a general war of words, in which both parties abused
each other, while the plaintiff called up the witness to
hear what the defendant would say against him. During
this interview the witness also said, " the conduct of the
plaintiff was so very aggravating, that if he had been the
defendant he really did think he should have knocked
him down."
Upon this the Learned Judge interposed, and suggested
that the case should be compromised by the withdrawal
of a juror.
Mr. KELLY said he would consent to this willingly, if
the defendant would retract his words, that being the
only object of the action. •
Mr. PRENDERGAST was very ready to say, on the part
of his client, that no serious imputation was meant to be
conveyed by the language used by. him. Both the par-
ties, indeed, were highly respectable men in their way,
and possessed but one fault, which was that they were
both rather quarrelsome and bad tempered.—(Laughter.)
His LORDSHIP thought that this was by far the best
termination to such a case, which had evidently arisen
out of a hasty quarrel. Each party would now pay his
own costs.
CROWN COURT—(Before Lord Chief Justice TYNDAL.)
The calendar contains a list of only eighteen prisoners,
in consequence of the gaols having recently been de-
livered by the Magistrates at an adjourned sessions.
The offences, however, set forth in the calendar are of a
serious character.
John Gilbert and James Riches were indicted for hav-
ing burglariously entered the house of the widow Far-
row, on the night of Saturday, the Bth of January last,
and stolen thereout six silver spoons, five half-crowns,
sundry shillings, sixpences, and eight farthings. To this
charge the latter-named prisoner pleaded guilty.
It appeared that, on the morning of Friday, the 7th
January, 1842, the prisoner Gilbert called at the house
of the prosecutrix, who keeps a general shop in the un-
frequented village of Bromeswell, near Woodbridge, in
this county, and asked for three halfpennyworth of to-
bacco. Having been served, he next asked for a light,
when he was politely asked to walk in and light his
pipe at the fire of the " keeping-room." While in this
sanctum the stranger saw the widow put the money
he had paid her into a drawer in her bureau, an
antique piece of furniture which adorned the walls
of the room. On the next evening a Mrs. Keeble
brought to the shop a half-crown, in which was a notch,
as well as a slit in the rim, the effect of which was that
it had no " ring" in it. Besides this there were four
other half-crowns, 155., and:six tea-spoons in the bureau,
when Mrs. Farrow retired to her lonely couch at nine
o'clock, after having seen that all was safe. About one
o'clock her rest was broken by a noise, but no cause for
suspicion arising, the prosecutrix " danged them noisy
chaps," and turned again to the arms of Morpheus. On
coming down stairs, however, at eight o'clock the next
morning, it was apparent that the window had been
broken open, the house entered, and the bureau rifled
of all its precious contents. The alarm being given,
the constables were sent in pursuit, and in a very
.port time the prisoners were both in the custody of
the police. In order to connect the prisoner Gil-
bert vi ith the commission of this offence, it was now
proved that his shoes corresponded with the snow
marks around the window, as well as did those of
Riches, there being two distinct sets: They were both,
moreover, seen at ten o'clock on Friday near the shop
of the prosecutrix, and it was proved that, on being
turned out of a beer-house in Woodbridge, at twelve
o'clock on Saturday night, both the prisoners went to-
gether past their own lodgings towards Bromeswell.
After having been taken into custody, the 13risoners
made their escape, but being retaken, they afterward,
made certain statements, which, as far as Gilbert was
concerned, plainly indicated his participation in the
crime imputed to him.
The CHIEF JUSTICE then summed up the case to the
Jury, and having called their attention to the possibi•
lity of their finding Gilbert guilty of housebreaking
alone, as there was no direct proof of the hour when the
house was entered,
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, in accordance
with that suggestion.
Gilbert having been previously convicted of felony,
was forthwith transported for fifteen years ; but Riches
was only sentenced to one year's imprisonment, there
being no other imputation upon his character.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, March 28.
CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)
James Brown was indicted for a highway robbery
from the person of Benjamin Johnson, in the neighbour-
hood of Manchester, on the 13th of Dec. last.
Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Boothby for the prosecution;
Mr. Whigham for the defence.
It appeared from the statement of the 'prosecutor, that
on the night in question he was proceeding from his
warehouse in Manchester to his residence at Hardwick,
about a mile off. He had in his pocket a roll of notes,
amounting to about 2301. Ye had reached the end of
Tipping's-lane, approaching his own house, when he
was set upon by several men, at least three, who knocked
him down, seized him by the throat, and in an instant
rendered him senseless. When he recovered a little, he
found two men helping him up. His money was gone,
and he was severely cut about the head, apparently from
kicks by heavy clogs. His throat was so injured, that
he even now spoke with great difficulty. His watch-
pocket, containing the notes, had been cut away.
One of the notes was a 201. note, which had been cut in
two, and very imperfectly put together again.
A little boy, who was near the spot, said that there
were four men is the gang, that they knocked the pro-
secutor down, and that while one knelt on him the others
ran away. He thought the prisoner was like one of the
latter.

In the course of the next evening a person passing
through one of the back streets of Manchester heard a
cry of murder, and running to the spot found the pri-
soner on the ground, and several men beating him. On
his coming up the assailants ran away. He asked the
prisoner what was the matter, who replied that they
wanted to rob him, but his money was safe. He said
he knew them. The witness said he ought to go and
give information, for the purpose of having them punished.
The prisoner replied his money was safe, and he would
not do so. The witness suspecting something wrong,
said he would detain him until he saw the police, upon
which the prisoner ran away, but was pursued and taken;
on his person was found about 53/. in gold and silver.
It appeared that he had lately been changing notes at
various places, and had been seen in possession of several
101. notes, and one of 201 similar to the one which had
been lost by the prosecutor. One of the notes he had
changed was a 51. note of the Bank of England, No.
10,479, and evidence, which occupied the Court the
greater part of the day, was adduced to show that this
note formed part of the bundle which had been taken
from the person of the prosecutor. It was traced froin
the branch bank at Manchester, through a great number
of hands, and was supposed at last to have formed part
of a payment made to the prosecutor by Messrs. liar-
greaves and Dugdale, and which ho had deposited with
the other notes.

The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to twenty
years' transportation.
William Hoyle and John Mills, the former about thir-
teen, and the latter about eleven years old, were indicted
for attempting to commit a felony, by endeavouring to
burn the cotton-mill of Mr. Charles Haigh, at Spotland,
near Rochdale, on the 15th of February last.
Mr. Brant conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Green
the defence.
It appeared that the mill had been left safe by the
manager at eight o'clock in the evening. On going into
the rcilxing room, where the cotton goes through one of
the earliest processes, It wag discovered that some "fly,"
that is, the soft clown which escapes from the machine
during the process, which had settled upon the sill of
one of the windows, had been nti flit, This window was
about three feet from the floor of the mill inside, but
was level with the ground on the outside—a circumstance
which fortunately kept the " fly," which had settled
there, so damp that the surface only had taken fire. In
the third row of panes, about twenty-seven inches from
the ground outside, a pane had been broken some days
before, and was still out. On searching, part of a lucifer
match was found, which there was every reason to sup-
pose had been put through the broken pane. The win-
dow was next a private foot-path, where marks
of clogs were found, which corresponded with
those worn by the prisoner Hoyle, who was
taken into custody. He said that he and Mills had
done it in the evening before they went home, and
that they had a great mind to have gone back and ex-
tinguished it, but they_ did not. Mills said he had
nothing to do with it. Hoyle said to him, " Yea, thou
has: then, thou stood three yards off by the wall."
Mills denied again, on which Hoyle told the police that
Mills had got a bottle of oil of vitriol to throw on the
cotton, and that it was put behind the old necessary
door. On searching, it was found there. It did not
appear whether the oil of vitriol would ignite the cotton
or not. _

On the close of the case for the prosecution, the Judge
said there was nothing to go to the jury as against Mills,
who was removed from the bar, and
Mr. GREEN proceeded. to address the jury on behalf
of Hoyle, contending that it was a wicked and dangerous
trick, but was not accompanied by an intention to burn
the mill.
The Judge summed up the case, and the jury found
Hoyle guilty.
Mr. Brandt, on behalf of the prosecution recom-
mended him to the mercy of the Court, on the ground
that he believed the prisoner to be the dupe of more
wicked persons of riper years.
On some inquiry lacing made, it appeared that this was
the third attempt made within a very short time to fire
the mill.
The Judge said the case was one of a very serious cha-
racter, and in moral guilt as great as if the whole of the
property was actually, destroyed, that being the intention
Such things must be prevented. He would consider
what it would be best to do with the prisoner before he
passed sentence.

A few day:, ago the Spinning-mills of M. B. Pru-
VC Alt, at La Pugnoy, near Bethune, in the Pas de Calais,
Es ivinult entirely destroyed.