The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-10 00:00:00

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SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &e. &c. &c.
LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 10.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS,
Shares. Annum. Paid. Shale.
k. 766 7 pet cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBs.sh. 94
,82 41. Ashby.de-le-Zouch A••.:rage 11Si.sh •71
1,260 Basingstoke.... lool.sh, 5
1,0h5 51, Brecknock and Abergavenny -150/. sh. 92
r,003 1.16 th. 101. Birmingham, (.16th share .... ,SZI. & 711, 194
4,000 ....... ~ Ditto & Liverpool Junct. Mil. eh .100 p 4 21
603 3/, Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all pi --
SOO 51. Chelmer and Blackwater ..... lool.sh • 101
.CU 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 505
Croydon. Avezage3ll.2s.led. sh. -
2,000 51. Os. Dudley 1001. sh. 94
600 131. Derby lool.sh . 120
20,0,0 4 per cent. lianune and M,yne .........411.135. 4u.pd 30
3.5751 4' Eilesn...reand Chester Aveir.gcl33:.st., oi
.231 #2l Erewaso ..
6,455 33-1 Forth i.nd Ciydo Pk: so. 1001. pd. Itt;
1.113 71. Grant, junction lool.s n 124 ';,,i
I„=.lPi 255. Grand tintoli loo.l.sh 27
',51,0 ... ...... Grand Surrey 1001. sh. 15
1,01: 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001.
• 'i96 Grand Western
000 13 12s. Sri. Glamorganibire, Av,,r. cost 17t1.12.5.41. 'llO
":45 12/. Gran the:. l5Ol. sh. tr.ei
611,18 2..02. Huildersfilld, ...... Average /1. 68.6 d. sii. 19
100 .. .. Kenaingtoa lf.inallpd 10,
2,,,i‘,:,4 1/.....105. keznet and Avon, Av. 391.165. led. s h IS'{
11,ti99; 11. 10s. Lancaster Average 171. Cs. Sd '.7
8,.7,/74, 301. Lced , and Liverpool ii1:11.0 '7lO
4151 11. 105. Leicester 1101. it 150
,SO7 5/.os. Leicester & Nort!,,mpt:ln Aver F3/.10: '72
Z,,169 101 Monmouthshire lOlll.Bl 200
2!0 131. Melton Mowbray
1,00 151. Mersey and Irwell lON. sh. 510
3,01:0 11. 106. Maccl es iOA lOO/. sh. all rd 16
247 171. Ncath , 1001.46. 305
1,460 51. Peak Forest A vet .ge about 761.5 h. 113
MS Ss. Rekc:iit's (or London) Av. 33/.163.8.1. sh. 11
56M) 6/. riochdale Average a 5 loth. 62
500 Sl. Shropshire 1251.9h. 137
SOO 111. 103. Somerset Coal 1601. sh. 17,0
3,6110/. 6 p., cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh . 114
700 3fl. Stafford and Worcester. 1401.5 h. 650
Lao .51 Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 260
WO 91. 3taurbridge ~...... 1451.5 h. 396
3.647 21. Oa. Stratford.on.Avon A o er....791. 9s. o.
sh. 265
sh. 33
533 141 Swansea
" I COL
"1,762 21. 12s. Severn and Wye &Railway Av. 201.9.5.
3h. sh. 4475
5
%Swish. 321.105. Trent and Mersey, t share lOOl
2.149 .... ..... Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2
IS/AS.4h. i 141. Warwick and B;rmingham
Ltineisli. 1001. sh. 119
9,10 10.. Warwick and Naps...
7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7Sl.Bl.sh. 55
5,09 20.. Wilts and Berks Average 67/. lOs Sd. sh. 2834
eOO d,. Wyilev and Essington..-...... P2SI. sh '74
.26 .... .._ W Isneacn 5: 3h. 50
90.: I. Wey and Arun. llOl. an. 20
DOCKS.

2•6" Sr 1 9 •
pc. Commerc.al ...... ...................... 1001. sh. 61
1,105 i sin_
5 per cent. East and West India ............, Stack 105
1,939,310:•. 3jl.p.ct. London .,.........5t0ck SO
Ditto Bonds
2.2tes 3/. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14//. 9s. sh . 75
68.324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
352,75-2 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 97
,150,!,0001‘t i per cent. Ditto Bonds
20e.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
•• Deptford Pier .. 2Ol. sh. 201. pd 10
BRIDGES.
1,600 11. Hammersmith 501.5 h. 2133
7,211 .....
.... Southwark Old Av. 631.25. Bd. sh. 3%
1.700 11. 15s. Ditto, New. of If per cent., 501.5 h. 15%
•,000 Waterloo 1001. sh. 3
5,000 e2s. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 601. pd 21
.5,000 19s. ad. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ...... 4Ol. pd 1814
'05,000/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5.94,4 27s Vauxhall .........Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 27
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 2/10s Albion 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 70
50,000 16Letti elssl Allianceßritish &Foreignlool.sh.ll/. pd 14%
(50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5%
24,(100 11. per sh. Atlas 5O/. sh. 51. pd 1414
1,20015 h. 5/. Birmingham I' ire 5O/. sh. 55/. pd 1073<t
20,e00 41. per cent. British Fire 950/. sh. 501. pd 41
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial sol.sh. 51. pd 6
S,OOO 51. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 1601. sh.2llos pd 6%
4,000 3105 County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 10
7,000 ss. Eagle. 501. sh. 51. pd 4%
c anp 1
b
er cent./
-"' ld 30s. Economic Lite WOOL sh. 2501. pd 406
2,271 22a.per cent. European Lite 'V. sh. all pd 22
54) 1:00 . 2s. Ditto, New 20/. sh. 2/. pd In,
.000,0001. (I.perct Globe Stock 125
00.000 51. Guardian
30,000 4s. Os! Hope 5O/. eh. 51. pd 5%
2,400 51. Its. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 140
7,500 10s. Cd. Imperial Life lOOl. sh. 10!. pd 11
13,45's W. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. sh. EL pd 31%
2,023 31 101 Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 91
3/. Ditto Life 5Ol. pd
10,000 15a Law Life lOOl. sh. 10/, pd 32%
5.000 165. London, Fire 95/. sh. 121. lOs. pd 17%
3,900 10s. London, Ship .......251. oh. 121. 10s. pd 17%
0.1'10,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. ,h.
25,000 5/. per cent. National Loan Fund... 201. sh 2!. 103. pd 2%
38,000 .11. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 2/.1.d
50,000 5/. per cent. Protector 15..f0 2Ol. sh. 21. Ed 17s 6ci
)0,0011 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....100/. sh. 51. pd 53
e. 500 11. Provident Lite lOO2. sh. 101. pd 20
200,660 4s. Od. Rock Life
3•11,2201 51. per coat. Royal Exchange Stock 170
6,00.3 5 per cent. University Life lON. sh. 5/. pd 11
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
-25e0.1 A gric, and Corn. of Ireland2sl. sh. 10/. pd
J',,iICO 8 per cent. Australasia UV. sh. 40/. pd 51
10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 101. pd le%
20,11/1 IQ per cent. Birmingham Bank SO/. sh. 101. pd 13
30,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 901. pd 2233
I'o,ooo 51. London Joint Stock 'Ol. sh. 101. pd 12%
.',WO 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 20/. pd 30
25 0110 111 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 121/. pd 19
50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Livers} 50/.sh. 151. pd 1934
pool Discount
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 4%
20,110 es 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of Irelandlool. sh. 251. pd 41%
10,000 ti i ,er cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 174/. pd 15
10,000 6 per cent National Proviticial Eng.lool. sh. 35/. pd 3534
111,000 Ditto New 101 sh. 10/. pd 10
JO,OOO 0. Gloucestershire 501. sh. 101. pd 32
4.000 lesper cent. Hampshire ................ ..... 501. sh. SI. pd 9%
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,590 16s (Id Bath ...... ................... ..... 201. sh. 161. pd 22
5,000 .... British ... 401. sh. 161. pd 19
S 000 of }ter cent./ Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 191. pd 23
' tai. I Rs. ets,
908 5' 10e Birmingham 501. sh. 101
4,2:0) %,' Os Bristol .. '2o/. sh. s 6
2,250 31 Ibe Brighton 2O/. sh. 13%
750 31 1 ‘li Ditto, New "01. sh 13!. pd 9
2,471 li per t vett Brighton General 2O/. sh. all pd 934
' 4,0•.41) 71.105.1 Continental Consolidated ....751. 62.11. pd 110
1,000 101. City of London.. ....... ....IN/. sh. all pd 195
3,000 61. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 751.1. d 150
4,000 3:. Os. Equitable 5O/. pd 20
1/.000 IL per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 603{
t'oo Si. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 19
2,350 M. per cont. Independent .301. eh. all Fs, 56
4.,000 51. per cent. Phoenix 5O!. slr. 391. pa 30%
1,1100 AL per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 801. pd 63
4,e4)(/ South Metropolitan 501. 5h.713341. pd 18
9,0041 M. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 30
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50
400 5/. per cent Wakefield
3,U00 3!. Westminster Chartered ..... 5Ol. sh. 57
6,000 19s, Ditto New 5(1.3h. lel. pd 1134
790 13 per cont. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd
WATER WORKS
4,40 345. Birmingham 2V. sh. 251. pd 21
4,433 71. East London 100/. sh. 165%
2,500 21 153. Grand Junction Average 411. les. 4d. sh. 56
110 (I) t. 1. Kent 1001. sh. 52%
0712 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 225
1,40 ts 4 1 103 New River London Bridge Water
0,486 ~. 1 lOs
Manchester and Salford 109/. sh. 54
1,000 51: sr cent, South London Wash. slB
5...e.ii4 40. West Middlesex Average 631.112,. lid. sh. 94
1,06 d li .'Ss
RON York Building CoRAILWAYS. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35
I.
6,300 21. Os. Birmingham and Derby ...- lOO/ pd 52
0,530 3 pet cent. Birmingham and (3loncester......lCol. pd 53
.150 0 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 70 pd 44
7,500 ...... .., Cheltenhatn &G. Western 1001. sh. 72%1. 14 N
2,PtiQ ..... .... Clarence 1110/. sh. 1001 pd 20
ek.01:0 Dublin and Drogheda WM sh. Si. pd
184•4400 .... ..... Eastern Counties 451. sh. 23/, pd 9%
1000 5 per cent. Great North of England 1001. sh. ICOI. pd 8839
) 0.918 le per cent. Grand Junction lOl.l. sit. all pd 182
25 00 4 per cent. Great Western 1001. sh. 05/. pd 9314
25.000 3 per cent. Ditto New 50/. sh. 201. pd 61.%
c‘ ,coo 5 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5O/. sh. 50/. pd 29
2,00,1 A per cent. Hartlepool leo/. ch. 1601. pd 145%
8,000 ••• Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/., pd 40
.4160 s per coat. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65
5000 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 11)(3.5h. 100/. pd 188%
7,9-8 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares se/. pd 91
11,405 14 per cent. Dittosuarter Shares 251. pd 45
9644010 .. ....... London and Brighton 'OZ. sh. 501 pd 37
524,000 .4-, .... London and Blackwall 25/. sh. 251. pd 11%
21i i>:10 3 „e. • ^ent. I nndon and Greenwich ...`2Ol. sO. 201. pd 5%
05 nno 9a i" • sh. London & Birminghant 100/. sn. 901. pd 1813
.s„:000 01, 71. Cd. Ditto Quarter Shares ....25/. sh. 51. pd :3739
ssl,2so •,,/, ;sty.' 4d. Dit o New Shares 1121. sh. 321. pd 3t%
3t00g,0 3 per et. London and S. Western Av. 381, 17s. Pd. (13i::
1,20,100
~„...... London and Croydon/ A 1 13%
Av. 3/. 15s. 9d.
Ditto New Scrip... 13%
33,000 4..persl4. Dlanche,,tsr and Leeds-lOU sh. 701. pd 87
13 000 Ditto lialf Shares 5Ol. 3111. psi :Sly
40.000 .....,..„, Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 40/. 'B%
Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2
10,0e0 2/.11 s. Midland Counties 'OO/. sh. 100/, pd 74
:15,000 2/. ()s. lgorth Midland
111.10 s. Ditto Ncw 4Ol. pd 3 %
30,2,6 3.1.105. NorSlterts and Eastern.... 50/. sh 45/. pd 43
P.. 6 0 issest,in and Wyre 5O!. sh. :IN. pd :16
5‘6,000 4 per cent. South .'tasters and Dover
1,0.,0 10/. per cent. Stocktoss and Darlington ..,
0,000 ~ o_oo Thames klaven 5Ol. sh 51, pd
6,060 10/.1: er cent. York and
MIVorthNES Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd t 334
8,000 ...
4,(-, IL 5,. Alten l5/. (t 3 12/ it spd I%
0•4 Arlo Mclican,iss. 51. pm.l eel. sh. a, '1 d 234
10.0 ..... . ...
DA V.; Subscription .5/.00 :1
2,0n0 ......... Bolanes ......, 131)1. SA] all pd 11%
IY,OOO 11. tOs ' Xraeiliaril nip. 151.51. pnv,..sl.sh. 211. pd 8%
84%0 . Ks saubas & Locass United 251.513.251. pd 41i
... ~...
11.000
.....
... iilte, St. John Doi Rey ...20/. sh. 1 il. pd I N
10 000 «....«.zoi iv. r Copper Company, 20/. sh. 20/. pd I
lo.buu .... Di.. Scrip ...... ~..........10/, M. 101. pd 2
20.060 ......... British 1.-en lOOl. eh. 701. pd 8
,000 ..... .... British .Ic, 'Ter 51. sh. 441. pd 164
..... -.. Ceta Bran '4. 64/. pd 514
Candonga.....
IO,OCto I 1 Copiapo ..... ... 2O/.01. 1:3/. pi 0
0,500 Colinnbiar, , ists..sl. pm. - 55/. sh. 551. pd 0%
1:,:-.W A,. English l4/. Os. pd 3
20,000 ...
Gmeacircaalnl%ClionminpgaAnc.ss. :clation2o/.5h.181. pd 3%
6,15 lOO/.5n, Ges pd
%um ......... Poiberou Consols 0,. lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4
:1,500 ..... .... Real del Monte, Un„ 9,istered
Ditto Loan Notes_ , .... ... •••-••1561. Pd 502
t 0.0,10
.0.00,, United Mexican, 131.2 p. es. Apd l. sh. all 3%
Dart, Scrip ............... 1%
Ditto New Scrip.. .. ... .
......."' an 41 Pd 3%
West Cork ..
... "••••••••••••••50s. 501, pd 38
LITERA ItY INSTITUTIONs.
j ,000
......... London, with Bronze Ticket . "lbgt.sh. 13
5i,51,0 ......... London University ~,, 100;. 6. all rd 7
70 0 Russell 25t. 1•01-h• 6
King' Collerze loOt. 19315
MISCELLANEOUS.
1 8,000 355. Australian Agricultural.looL'sh. 28/. p 1 4 '
37„
i3,' to 1. percent. British American Land Company 1
35e/.pd
ti ,04., 61. per rest. Canada C0mpany......... 100/. sh. 32i/. pd s
X bet 51. per cent. Upper Canaea Loan
City Bonds, 4 per cent l6O
.1/. Os. General Steam Navigation 15/.. h.,141. pd 24%
10/..per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
11. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh 1934
......... Caoutcheuc Company ley, psi 123 s
New Brunswick Land Compaey...sol. pd n
5,'87 4/. pt r cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...100/. sh. loot. pd `905
>.,t :ti 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 1001. pd 107
4.‘1041 ...... Thames Tunnel
50/. sh. all pd •
10,9;10 6e. Van Die-ref.'s Land.... 1001. sh. 19i I. pd „11l

2u. JO

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRIM.,

MAY 4, 1842.
BANKS.
1.4 I,ofit,:. 49/, p. ct. tank Scotland...Bsl. Os. Bd. ;h. all pd f3l=
•,011 ),nrer ci. ct. fir 3,41 of Scotland 1004 sh, all pd DIP
.01;01. la. p. cc. British Lt-ien C,,mpAny 161.11.5 h, all pci rog)
11.1 ,6,001. It. p. ct. Coinnierci.4l 'COL ih. 1004 pd 159)
;AR •G n. ct. Nation l . lOO/. s 10/. pelt 14/
g 3/. p. ct. Glasgow Union sh 504 pd SI
1,040 .04 4% p. et. Western of Scotland sh 40/. pd 48561
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
25,00 nt,p. ct. Scottish Union . 20/ sh. 1 d 23s ed.
7,5n0 D. M. FlerculeA.. ....
......
foot *;ch. 101/ P •
10 0. 't. Insurance.t.'-o. o• 1 *********** **** 10•/ •-• h alird 1/51
p. ct. .4orth 11.ritish *• .. 2 101, pd
t,MO in et. Fire...,, ***** 11(1/4,„i* .1.°,3
,:),(.0,) it, t). ct. 1.7,(14, ****** 1 •
atlf, 3k p. at. West chkotial o°l* 'h• 10°,1' P 44 .1/
***Ml., t•LANruUS, **** P-
-4,81S zs.d Un • C.inalso/.uh. all pd 10
Ditto sh, all pd 413
C23,46(11 per cent. Edinb. Joint St...vf water.2s/, sh all pd 3
I.ol.glsh. 2-1 per cent. Shotts Iron kounci.v.,, 304 sh 481.
0.000 s per cent. Edinburgh & Leith tliass 204 sh. 161 pd• 33,
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas... ~....2S/.sh. ;al fm 5e
3,450 10 per cant. Glasgow Gas ...25/. rh, all pd 52
YIN ',7lspiecentr*Leith Coal Gas ......
1.154 ' 'Edinburgh and Dalkeithtla tirraYsol.sl3 30
QUICK PA 99;4E FROM EDINBURGH.--The General
Skim ,Natigation dompani 's new steam-ship Princess Royal,
that ar rived at Brown's Wharf. Poplar, yesterday morning,
made th w passage from Granton Pier, Leith, in 39 hours, being
the quit hest passage from thence.
The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel,
the Coln' 'tibiae, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom House,
at 12 o'cic ck, on Monday night, with the Dutch mail.

HOUSE OF .LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
Their Lordships sat to-day. to hear Writs of Error. The
Judges were in attendance, together with the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, and Lord
Kenyon.

DOE V. MROTT.
The Judges gave their opinions seriatim in this case, which
was argued some time since. The judgments of their Lordships
were ordered to be printed, and the further consideration of
the case was adjourned, sine die.
SHORE V. WILSON.-LADY HEWLET'S CHARITY.
The Judges also gave their opinions, seriatim, in this case,
upon the questions propounded to them by their Lordships
upon the hearing of that case on a Writ of Error. The
principal question in the case was, whether the provisions
of the will of Lady Howley were intended to apply to Unita-
rians or Trinitarians. All the Judges, with the exception of
Mr. Justice Maule, were of opinion that the provisions were
intended to apply to Trinitarians, to the exclusion of Unitarians.
The judgments pronounced by their Lordships were ordered
to be printed, and the further consideration of the case was
adjourned.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The Middlesex May Sessions were held this day, at the
Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Sergeant Adams,
Chairman, and a full bench of Magistrates.
The calendar presented a list of fifty-six prisoners, but none
of the charges were of a very serious character; thirty-two are
cases of felony, and the remainder are of a trivial nature.
Helen Moore was indicted for stealing on the 6th instant, at
Edmonton, a Mackintosh cloak, the property of Mr. Wilson, a
Magistrate of the county. It appeared that on Friday last Mr.
Wilson put up his horse and chaise at the Angel Inn, Edmonton,
leaving his cloak in the chaise. In the course of the afternoon the
cicak was missed, and subsequently found in the possession of
the prisoner. Her defence was that it had been given to her by
an hostler at the Bell. This person, however, produced a wit-
ness who swore that he was not out of the stable all the day. The
person accused by the prisoner, was examined, and his answers
were of a very unsatisfactory character.
The Jury, without hesitation, acquitted the prisoner.
The other cues were of the most trifling nature, and scarcely
worth occupying the time of the Court.

URSH OF EXCH.,
Amsterdam CF. 12 71
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7ii
Antwerp l2
Hamburgh M.B. 14 0
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto, 3 months 25 95 '
Marseilles
Bour deans 25 95
Frankfort on Maine... 152 i
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 364
Berlin... 7

Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 955
Trieste, ditto 9 56
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona
Seville

eINGE.—(THIS DAY.)
I;Gibraltar
ILeghorn ...... 30 15
Genoa
!Milan
31

Venice . . 47
Naples
Palermo, per oz 120
Lisbon
Oporto 53
Rio Janeiro 27
Bahia
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days sight 46i
Philadelphia 46
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ
Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin ...3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars... 0 4 9
Silver in Bars 0 4 1

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 10.

...,...
The Queen has been pleased to appoint P. R. Manlier,
Esq., to the office of Civil Commissioner and Resident Magis-
trate for the district of Somerset, in the colony of the Cape of
Good Hope.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 10.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James Ha-
garty, as Consul at Liverpool for the United States of America.
CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 10. _

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA-

MINT.
B HTON. —The Hon. Alfred Hervey, commonly called
Lord Alfred Hervey, in the room of Isaac Newton Wigney,
Esq.' who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
The Hon. Henry Ashley, to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; George
William Reptan, Esq., to be ditto, April 27.
. . - .

. -
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
The Right Hon. John Winston Spencer Churchill Marquis
of Blandford to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; James Morrill, junior,
Esq. to be ditto, May 9.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
Major W. Montgomerie to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Captain J.
Fairlie to be Major, vice Montgomerie, promoted, March 12.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
W. Waddell, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 9.
Upper Ward and Airdrie Corps of Lanarkshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—G. V. Irvine, Gent. to be Lieutenant ; A. T. Black-
wood, Gent. to be Cornet, April 26.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Newark Troop of Sherwood Rangers.—J. M. Sutton, Gent.
to be Cornet, vice R. Hall, resigned.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—S. Lucas,
Gent. to be Cornet, .May 6.
WHITEHALL, MAY 4, 1842. _

The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Downes, of Lud-
low, in the county of Salop, Uent., to be a Master Extraordi-
nary in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed William Lister
Welsh, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.

MATTHEW FOSTER, merchant, Crosby-hall-chambers,
Bishopsgate-street, City.
BANKRUPTS.

JAMES ALEXANDER, musical wind instrument maker,
Leadenhall-street, to surrender, May 18, at two, and June 21,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings • Theobald, Staple-inn.
CHARLES MARSHALL, Coleman-street-buildings;
Old Castle-street,
Whiteehapel, May 17 and June 21, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquar.d, Copthall-buildings, official assignee :
Henderson, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields.

CHARLES HANCOCK, coal-merchant, Earl-street,
Blackfriars, May 20, at eleven, and June 21st, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Newbon and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctots'-
commons.

WILLIAM WARD, draper, Blackfriars-road, May 23, at
one, and June 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur-
quand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Reed and Co.,
Friday-street, Cheapside.
DAVID LLOYD, timber dealer, Llanllwchaiarn, Mont-
gomeryshire, May 23, and June 21, at eleven, at the Royal
Oak Inn, Welshpool. Owens, Newtown, Montgomeryshire ;
Dean, Essex-street, Strand, London.
EDWARD KEYS, china manufacturer, Hanley, May 18,
and June 21, at eleven, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, in Stoke-
upon-Trent. t..:tevenson, Stoke-upon-Trent ; Wilson, Fur-
nivals' Inn, London.
E VAN REES, hatter, Worcester, May 21, and June 21,
at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton. Pargeter,
Stourbridge ; Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London.
EDMUND HENRY WALLER and WILLIAM WA-
TERS, timber merchants, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, May
16, and June 21, at eleven, at the King's Head Hotel, New-
port, Monmouthshire. Hall and Jenkins, Newport; Blower
and wizard, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London.
GEORGE FOORD, coal-merchant, Brighton, May 21, and
June 21, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Brighton. Read.
Worthing ; Palmer, France and Palmer, Bedford-row, Holborn,
London.

FRANCIS BAYNTUN, surgeon dentist, Bath, Mav 23
and June 21, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath.
Richards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Drake,
Broad.street, Bath.
WILLIAM SMALLEY, corn-dealer, Sheepshead, Leices-
tershire, May 24 and June 21, at twelve, at the King's Head
Inn, Loughborough. Parker, Loughborough ; Emmett and
Allen, Bloomsbury-square.
JOSEPH TILS f ON, silk-manufacturer, Macclesfield,
Cheshire, May 20 and June 21, at one, at the Bull's Head
Inn. Macclesfield. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-
yard, London ; Holbrook, Macclesfield.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPLIRS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBE.—" When these gentlemen do agree, their
unanimity is wonderful," as the Critic says. For the
sake of some future approximation to purity of election,
we congratulate the House of Commons on the unanimity
apparent last night. It appears to have been felt on all
sides that the thing denounced was " too bad" for defence,
and that the notoriety furnished sufficient ground for the
most searching inquiry. We have cited precedents from
the times of Pitt ; and we might find resemblances in the
same period of the attitude taken by the Minister of the
day, when grave charges were brought forward, the
pressing of which was likely to be inconvenient to some
of his own friends. In the case of Warren Hastings, as
in that of Lord Melville at a latter period, Pitt' did not
hesitate to abandon to the tender mercies of the }louse
of Commons a partisan or a colleague, whose impeach-
ment might find occupation for forensic activities, which
might otherwise fix on points still more vital to his
ministry. On this point, at least, the present Minister
has taken a leaf from his alleged prototype ; and main-
tains that high profession of respect for whatever bears
the name of Parliamentary privilege, which would cer--
tainly have been placed somewhat in jeopardy by an op-
posite course. We have nothing to do with the truth or
falsehood of Major Beresford's angry reprisals on the
Hon.- Member for Bath. The Hon. Member's motives
are beside the question. A man may bribe from the best
motives ; or at least he may so persuade himself. A
man may expose bribery from the worst motives ; or may
be said to do so: The public has nothing to do with mo-
tives, as it has no test for ascertaining them ; and can
only infer sinister motives from illegal and illicit proceed-
ings. Neither have we the slightest disposition to impute
peculiar turpitude to the acts of the parties implicated in
these allegations. Those on whom the Tower of Siloam
fell were not sinners above all the Galileans. Nor are we
sanguine of a radical cure of the evil complained of by
topical remedies. Moral evils so deeply seated, and in-
veterate, will hardly be reached by such means. It is
„ ithin the memory of many persons acquainted with
ono` of the towns implicated (Nottingham), that the fact
of 11.1-ving accepted a bribe was deemed so disgraceful
1 to a nartaber of an operative society, as to occasion his
expulsimf." We fear this virtue is rare now, and that no
law can drectly restore it. There is, however, a suffi-
cientprevailing in the country,
extent .of sound opinion
0 enforce that all that law can do shall be done to limit
ra..tniglpAolf malpractices.
.-The debate upon Mr. Roebuck's mo-
thes
i
:ion last night was conducted with a good temper and
of party petulance from Lord Palmerston, a
gravity suitable to the subject. Notwithstanding a
Lord John Russell
satisfied with the spirit gene-
, the public
( hasli)!it': reason
and more particularly manifested
the displayed, .
encouragedtobeby
Peel and Lord
the speeches of Sir Robert
It struck us, however, in the first in-
Asnley. • motion was not
ht.me,e, that Mr. Roebuck's judiciously
frame,d, and the progress of the debate confirmed us in
this opinion : indeed, we cannot think that even the
amended resolution adopted by the House_ is precisely
4 what .it ought to he, though we freely admit it
be made effectual for its purpose.
It is the
may remark, in read.
commonest thing in the world to
ing a Parliamentary debate, that though the de-
bate may have been honestly conducted, and con-
ducted with ingenuity and talent of a high order,
the real question has been lost, sight of. Of this last
night's debate, in our opinion, affords a remarkable ex-
, maple. The real question was, the suggestion that bri-
t ery had been practised at Nottingham and the
o ther places named ; but the question treated
14 it night was, not the question of bribery,

but the question of compromise. And see what
was the effect of this error. The compromise
itself, and the crime of which it was supposed to be
the cloak, were all treated as resting upon vague ru-
mour, and, therefore, by some considered as not
calling for the interference of the House ; com-
promise, it was argued, may be innocent, or
it may be the reverse, and we are bound in
reason and in law to assume the better party
of the alternative. Besides, there is no prece-
dent for bringing a compromise in question without
some evidence to go upon, and to look for evidence
from parties to a compromise is to call upon men
to criminate themselves. The House, in effect,
treated these flimsy quibbles and technicalities as
they deserved ; but still the opponents of inquiry
were left with the advantage that always belongs
to those who resist a case not perfectly and satisfac-
torily made out. Now we contend that the House has
sufficient matter—matter of record too—upon which to
ground the inquiry upon which it has resolved ; viz.—in
every one of the cases referred to, a petiticn, directly and
specifically charging acts if bribery, has been presented—
presented bymenwho have given their names and addresses
and even entered into securities to prosecute the charge.

TREMENDOUS FIRE
AT HAMBURG.

By the arrival of the General Steam Navigation Com-
pany's boat Caledonia, off the Tower, this evening (five
o'clock), Captain IL Cheeseman, news has been brought
of an immense conflagration which took place on Thurs-
day morning last, at one o'clock, in that city. The
district in which the fire broke out consists entirely of
wood tenements, chiefly of five and six stories high,
and covering an area of ground of about thirty to forty
acres. The whole of the buildings on this large space
have been totally consumed to the number of (to our in-
formant's best supposition) more than 1,000. The fire ori-
ginated in the street known by the name of the Stein Twite,
is the warehouse of a Jew, named Cohen, a cigar manufac-
turer, and who, upon good grounds, has been taken up on
suspicion as the incendiary. The wind at the time blew a
stout north-west, which caused the flames rapidly to
spread ; and proceeding in the direction of Rodings-
market, and from thence to Deich-street, entirely con-
suming the whole of the following streets, among which
is the floppen-market and St. Nicholas Church, a fine
stone fabric, and the handsomest in Hamburgh .
Grutz Twite, Cresanon (back ancient°, Grosser Burstah,
Muhlen Brucke, Alte Borse, Bohnen Strasse, Monkedam
Twitc, Altewall Strasse, Grosse and Rlaire, Johannes
Strasse, Nassewall, (partially), Alter and Neuer Jung-
fersticy Berg, New Berg Strasse, St. Petrie Trichie,
Kunigs Strasse, Greenhoff a Grasskiller (partially),
Rathhaus, Borsenhalle, Zuichhaus, Spinnhaus, and De-
tenwinshaus, Schmidt Wassenkunst, (Nue Bose), Zuch-
strausse Strasse, Kunst, Caulstrausse, Kobdam, Dull-
haus, Sperort, and Steinstrauses, till ten o'clock in the
morning of May 7.
A body of one thousand Prussians were immediately
marched into the town, and waggons and ammunition
from the King of Hanover were brought down the
Elbe to blow up the houses and to stop the copflagration.
The principal houses and hotels, among which were
the Exchange, Strait's Hotel, St. Peter's Church, the
Post-office, the Bank, Spinnbauss's Hotel, and several
others, with their costly property, have not a wreck left.
The whole presents a mass of ruins, fallen into the
dykes which intersected the streets. Upwards
of 100 lives have fallen a prey. Owing to the inadequacy
of the engines, little could be effected, and the strenuous
efforts of the people themselves were of no avail. At the
time of its occurrence no water was procurable, owing to
the tide being low, so that the street-canals were dry.