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London, England, 1845-04-12 00:00:00

TUE SIN, LONDON, 8 A.TITRDAY_ MOANING, APRIL 19, 41445;

brought in by the Earl of Hillsborough, Viscount Newry,
and Colonel Rawdon. _

Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway,—Report
from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered
to be brought in by Mr. William Collett, Ci:ptain Hatton,
Mr. Grogan, and Colonel Bruen.

Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported ;
1. " That, in the case of the Newry and Enniskillen
Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill."
2. " That, in the case of the Cork and Bandon Railway
petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with
:
That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill."
3. " That, in the case of the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin
Junction Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be
dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed
with their Bill."
4. "That, in the case of the North Wales Railway petition,
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the
parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on marking
upon the section deposited in the Private Bill Office the dis-
tances in furlongs ; and that the Committee on the Bill do
examine, in the first place, how far such Order has been
complied with, and do report the same to the House on the
report of the Bill."
5. " That, in the case of the Great North of England
(Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway petition, the
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the
parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill."
6. " That, in the case of the Kingston-on-Hull Docks Bill,
amendment proposed on consideration of the report, the
amendment is of such a nature as to justify the House in en-
tertaining it without the recommitment of the Bill."
Resolutions agreed to.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Southport and Euxton Junction Railway,—Second reading,
Monday, April 14.
Glasgow Harbour Union Railway,—Committee on petition,
Monday, April 21.
Glasgow Junction Railway,— Second reading, Monday,
April 14.
Yarmouth and Norwich Railway,—Second reading, Mon-
day, April 14.
Midland Railway Branches,—Committee on petition, Mon-
day, April 14.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway,—Committee on peti-
tion, Monday, April 21.
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway,—Committee
on petition, Monday, April 21.
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway (Skelmersdale
Branch),—Committee on petition, Monday, April 21.
Eastern Lnion and Harwich Railway and Pier (No. 2),—
Committee on petition, Monday, April 21.

TIIE IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY

MEETINGS.

BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.-7 he usual Birmingham quar-
terly meeting of the ironmasters of the midland districts was
held in the Town-hall this day, and was unusually well at-
tended. It has already been announced that at a prelimi-
nary meeting, held at Wolverhampton, this day fortnight. it
was determined to make another advance of 2/. per ton,
making bar iron about 12/., and hoops about 121. 10s. Shrop-
shire pig-iron is said to have advanced from 61. ss. to GI. 10s.
This extraordinary price of all descriptions of iron was main-
tained at the meeting at Walsall on Tuesday, at Wolver-
hampton yesterday, and again at the present meeting in Bir-
mingham this day. At the meeting at Wolverhampton
matters assumed a somewhat dull and heavy appearance;
there was by no means the same degree of buoyancy so con-
spicuously exhibited at the meeting a fortnight since.
To-day in answer to questions upon the subject several of
the most extensive and influential ironmasters, replied—
" There was no intention to attempt a further advance—they
were perfectly content with the present prices, if they could be
maintained." It could not, however, be doubted, we think, from
the general complexion of the meeting, that some misgivings,
as to the long continuance of the present prices, have come
over the minds of some of the great masters. The de-
feat or abandonment of many of the projected lines of rail-
way—foreign competition, already sensibly felt in the market
—and the great injury which the high price of iron has
already inflicted upon the hardware trade it is thought, of
necessity, will cause a reduction. Another more powerful
reason may be given for the probability of this result. The
large speculators in iron—men who, for the last four or six
months, have been hoarding up stocks with a view to a high
price—seem to imagine that it has reached the maximum,
and are beginning to bring it into the market. This was
stated at the meeting to-day.

Persons deeply interested in tl►e iron trade of this neigh-
bourhood generally think that there was much truth in the
few observations which fell from Lord Ashburton in the
House of Lords, on Monday evening. Should a fall take
place only half as suddenly as the recent rise, the mischief
done to the working population of the mining districts will
In incalculable. No doubt, many of the ironmasters, in the
course of a short time, will have amassed immense fortunes,
but vast numbers of the work people, whose increase of
wages has not been in proportion to the employers' increase
of profits, will be thrown out of work, and unlike the
masters, when the evil day arrives, without the means of
maintenance.

At present, however, beyond the stand at the present
prices, to which I have alluded, there does not appear any
slackness of employment. The furnaces are in full work,
aid the men employed at the advanced wages conceded to
them a few weeks ago. It is to be hoped that now the fever
of speculation has somewhat abated, this state of things
may continue, that supply and demand may correspond, and
that steadiness of paying crisis be the result of present ex-
citement and uncertainty.
The last of the quarterly meetings is to be held at Dud-
ley on Saturday night. At the meetings on former occasions,
some of the great iron proprietors have dissented from the
prices agreed upon at Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
This proceeding, as a matter of course, has tended to throw
doubt and distrust upon all general agreements of the trade,
for such is the magnitude and influence of the houses alluded
to, that a fall by them would, of necessity, cause a general
fall by other. smaller competing firms. What may be the
course pursued on Saturday cannot yet be anticipated.

THE WARWICKSHIRE COL-
LIERIES.

At several of these collieries the workmen have within
the last week given notice for an advance in their wages, in
consequence of the great rise in the price of iron and coals in
the adjoining county of Statlhrd, and where an advance of
wages has been given to all the workmen. In consequence
of the above notice being given, the proprietor of the Craven
Colliery, in the Warwickshire district, after regaling his
workmen with a good supply of beef and good old ale, ad-
dressed them as follows:

FaiDAY ;NIGHT'S GAZETTE:
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 11, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Robert
G. Lamb to be Assistant-Chaplain to the English Church at
Cape Town, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope.
FOREIGN-OFFICE. APRIL 7.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint James
Hudson, Esq., to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at
Rio de Janeiro. _

...„
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Henry Francis Howard, Esq., to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at the Hague.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 10.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James
Thomson, as Consul at Gibraltar for the Free Hanseatic City
of Bremen. _ _

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 11.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Sir R. Gethin, Bart.,
from the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hollis, who ex-
changes, April 11.
Ist Regiment of Foot—J. P. Williams, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice llancock, who retires, April 11.
11th Foot—T. Marshall, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
April 11.
17th Foot—Lieutenant 0. P. Bourke to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Lockhart, deceased ; Ensign T. A. Macan to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bourke, Nov. 7, 1844;
F. D. Wyatt, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Macan, April 11.
20th Foot—Lieut. R. Hollis, from the Ist Dragoon Guards,
to be Lieutenant, vice Sir R. Gethin, Bart., who exchanges,
April 11.
33d Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir H. S. Keating, K.C.8.,
from the 54th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Sir C. Wale, K.C.8.,
deceased, April 4.
41st Foot—Gentleman Cadet F. Clarke, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cooke, who
retires, April 11.
54th Foot—Major-General Ulysses Lord Downes, K.C.8.,
to be Colonel, vice Sir H. S. Keating, appointed to the 33d
Regiment, April 4.
64th Foot—Captain M J. Western to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice the Hon. G. A. Browne, who retires; Lieut. W.
W. Lyttleton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Western ;
Ensign W. Stephens to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Lyttleton ; E. S. R. Trevor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Stephens, April 11.
68th Foot—Quartermaster D. Doherty, from the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regimont, to be Quartermaster, vice Baxter,
who exchanges, April 11.
79 t h Foot—Captain J. Galland, from the Royal Malta Fen-
cible Regiment, to be Captain, vice M'Cleverty, deceased;
Lieut. R. D. Clephane to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gal-
land, who retires; Ensign J. A. G. Campbell to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Clephane ; J. S. Chambers, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, April 11.
91st Foot—Ensign R. H. Howard to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Harding, who resigns, April 11.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Quartermaster J. Baxter,
from 68th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Doherty, who ex-
changes, April 11.
BREVET.—To be Majors in the Army, in the East Indies—
Captain R. Henderson, of the Madras Engineers ; Captain
J. Tait, of the 6th Bombay Native Infantry, April 11.
UNATTACHED.—To be Captains, without Watson,chase—Lieut.
J. T. Barly,-from the 94th Foot ; Lieut. A. W from the
Ceylon Rifle Regiment, April 11.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Parry, of
the 29th Foot, are John William Neville Billingsley, not
Billingsby.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 9.

"3ly good Workmen,—lt is at such a meeting as this that
a reciprocal good understanding can be maintained between
the employer and employed, and was the trade in such a state
that I could meet you more frequently, it would afford me
much pleasure. 1 have been informed, and I know it to be
correct, that at some of the neighbouring collieries notice has
been given for an advance of wages, and I must allow you
richly deserve it. I well know the dangers you have to con•
tend with, and also the hard and slavish work you have to go
through. But at the same time, I beg to give you and the
neighbouring workmen some advice before you go too far in
giving notice. Although I know it is not your intention to
give me notice at present, and I am glad you have thought
better than to du so, for before workmen give notice to their
employer for a rise of wages, they should well consider whe-
ther their employers are in a situation to do so. I must here
remind you adult unfortunate year 1842, when the whole of
the colliers in this district struck for an advance of wages,
which entailed a good deal of suffering upon many poor
wo:kinen, and which they have scarcely recovered from yet.
You all found out it was not i❑ the power of your masters to
better your condition, in consequence of the low price of coals,
and which is the case now. The trade generally throughout
England, in 1842, was in as depressed a state, that it would
have been impolitic to raise the price of coals ; but now
it is quite different, and in my opinion, the state of trade
will allow of an advance, and you who have the
great danger of getting the coals are entitled to a
better remuneration for your labour. But in doingthis, great
care must be taken in the coal trade in this district—for an
advance in the price of coals here, without a corresponding
one in the adjoining counties of Derby, Leicester, and Not-
tingham, would have the effect of taking the trade from you,
and giving it to them, which would of course be very inju •
rious to your employers as well as yourselves. But if the
coal-owners in those counties would consent to a rise of coals,
it would better the condition of their workmen as well as
you. I think the day is close at hand when this will be the
case, for I am glad to tell you that the greater part of the
coal-owners of this district had a meeting this week, to
take into consideration an advance in the price of coals,
and also to better you in a rise of wages; end for that
purpose a deputation, of which I am one, was appointed
to see the coal-owners in the above counties, and in a
short time we shall be able to give you further infor-
mation on the subject. But Ido sincerely hope that the
other colliers in this district will take the same view of the
subject that you have taken, and continue at their work
until the coal-owners can get an advance, to enable them to
assist you. You must also bear in mind that the masters
have been selling coals at much lower prices than at the
time your wages were lowered sixpence a day. But take my
advice, keep to your work. I will use every effort in my
power to get an advance. The moment I sell the first ton of
coal at a higher price, you shall have the advance of wages."
The whole of the men thanked their employer for the
manner in which he had expressed himself towards them,
and promised to continue their work, leaving their case en•
tirely in his hands.—Coventry Herald.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet Major
R. Hardinge to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Durnford, retired on
full pay ; Second Captain J. Gore to be Captain, vice Hai,
dinge ; First Lieut. %V. T. Crawford to be Second Captain,
vice Gore; Second Lieut. G. Rotton to be First Lieutenant,
vice Crawford; Second Captain N. T. Lake to be Captain,
vice Weller, retired on full pay ; First Lieutenant
P. H. Mundy to be Second Captain, vice Lake ;
Second Lieut. F. W. Hastings to be First Lieut.,vice Mundy;
Second Captain P. Kenn to be Captain, vice Gossett, retired
on full. pay ; First Lieut. G. E. Turner to be Second Captain,
vice Benn ; Second Lieut. H. A. Smyth to be First Lieut.,
vice Turner, April 5.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
J. Weyland, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 5.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.
The King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—The
Earl of Dalhousie to be Colonel, vice the Earl of Munster, de-.
ceased, April 8. •
WHITEHALL, Maned 19.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Rands, of
Northampton, in the county of :Northampton, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

LAW' _INTELLIGENCE.
Court r (LF AlFilll-
Thn Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day.
His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with the
bankrupt petition, "In re Clarke," which possessetd no
point of public interest.

ROLLS' COURT, Ai» il 11.
The Master of the Rolls took causes to-day, but no ease
calling for special report came before his Lordship.

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS, Aprilll.
The Vice •Chancellor of England, after disposing of the
case of " Pearce v. Brooks," proceeded to bear unopposed pe-
titions and short causes, none of which wers of any public
interest. Having disposed of all these, the Court then pro-
ceeded to hear the further arguments in the ease of "Green-
wood and others v. Taylor," which came beare his Honour
upon exceptions on the part of the Crown to the Master's
report. Most of our readers will no doubt be aware of the
facts of the case, as we have, upon several occasions, entered
into a detail of them ; but, as some may not be acquainted
with them, we rill just shortly advert to them again, as
they relate to no less a personage than the late Duke of York.
The suit was instituted by the plaintiffs as creditors of his Royal
highness the late Duke of York, for the purpose of administer-
ing the estate and effects of the Duke, under a decree of theCeurt.
By the decree taken in the suit, it was referred to the Master
to take an account of the debts of the Duke, to compute in-
terest on such of the debts as carried interest, and to ascer-
tain and state what securities were connected with those
debts. The Master had now made his report, by which he
found that by a deed of November, 1811, the Duke of York
assigned a lease of the dwelling-house and pieces of land be-
longing to it in Stable-yard, St. James's, granted to him by
the Crown in 1810, to Messrs. Greenwood, Cox, and Co., to
secure the payment of past and future advances to be made
to him-by them, and he in that deed covenanted to repay the
various sums so advanced, with interest thereon, and to in-
demnify them against any actions which might be brought
against them in respect thereof, and undertaking to repay
and transfer the money in case Greenwood and Co. should
be called on to pay the said principal sums and interest.
The Master then found that by a deed of May, 1824, the
Crown granted to the Duke of York further pieces of land ad-
joining the land demised to the Duke in Stable-yard by the
lease of 1810. The Master found that by a deed of July,
1824, the Duke of York mortgaged this lease to Greenwood
and Co., as a further security for past and future advances.
The Master then found that a deed dated March, 1826, was
executed between the Crown, the Duke of York, and Messrs
Greenwood and Co., the Duke of York being then
desirous of taking down his old house in Stable-yard,
and to obtain a more extensive lease from the Crown in
order to build York-house. That deed recited that Greenwood
and Co. had at that time advanced 30,000/. to the Duke,
and they agreed to join the Duke in surrendering the two
former leases. A new lease was then granted by the Crown
to the Duke, who was to be at liberty to assign it to Messrs.
Greenwood and Co. as security for their previous advances
of 30,000/. The Master then found that the Duke mort-
gaged this lease and the premises in May. 1826, to Messrs.
Coutts, Trotter, and Co., for a sum of 30,000/. No new
mortgage of the lease was made to Greenwood and Co.,
but the mortgage-deed to Coutts and Co. stated that
Messrs. Greenwood and Co. had a lien for 30,0001.
on the property still subsisting. The Duke of
York being in want of money to complete the build-
ing of York House, he applied to the Lords of the Treasury,
and they, upon ascertaining the state of the building, and the
incumbrances thereon, advanced two sums of 10,000/. each to
complete the building, which the Duke was informed would
be worth 120,000/. when finished. The Master then found
that the Duke of York, to secure the payment of this advance
by the Treasury, signed a memorandum, whereby he agreed
to execute upon request, within six months, a security upon
the lease and property in Stable-yard ; and he farther screed
that, in case the Lords__of the Treasury should pay off the
existing mortgage of 30,000/., and make further advances for
the completion of the hous-., be would enter into an engage-
ment, in case he should be disposed to part with the house be-
fore the money secure,i thereon should be paid, and not other-
wise, to give the Crown an option, or priority, of purchase at a
valuation, to be made by two indifferent persons chosen by each
party, and in case they did not pay off the money in the Duke's
lifetime, then his representatives were to offer the premises
for sale to the Lords of the Treasury. on the same terms.
The Master also found that, on the 26th of July, 1826, the
Duke of York wrote a letter to toe Lords of the Treasury
stating that the expenses of completing York House were
greater than he had expected, and that it would be neces-
sary for him to raise more money for that purpose, and that be
would prefer to have the money advanced by them. The
Treasury agreed to advance further sums on the security
of the lease and premises, and they undertook to pay
off Courts and Co.'s mortgage of 30.0001, and also
Messrs. Greenwood and Co.s incumbrance of 30,0001.,
the Duke giving them a priority of purchase. The
Crown paid off the mortgage of Messrs. Coutts and Co. for
30,000/., and took an assignment of it, and advanced further
sums of 10,000/. and 12,000/. to the Duke to complete the
building. The Duke died on the sth of March, 1527. and
subsequently the Crown purchased from his executors the
property in the lease and premises of York House, for
81,9131. Afterwards the Crown disposed of York House to
the Duke of Sutherland for 71,000/ In 1835, Messrs.
Greenwood and Co. filed a bill of foreclosure against the ex-
ecutors of the Duke, in respect of their security for 30,000/.
In that suit an order was made by consent that the Crown
might be at liberty to pay off Messrs. Greenwood and Co.,
and take a conveyance of their interest in the property of
York House. The Crown accordingly paid Messrs Green-
wood 30,0001., and they conveyed by deed their
interest in the premises to the Crown. Under
these circumstances it was that the Crown claimed
before the Master to be ranked as a specialty creditor
on the general estate of the Duke of York, in respect to the
money owing to the Crown on account of the various ad-
vances to pay off the incumbrances on York House, and the
sums of money advanced to the Duke to complete it. The
Crown relied mainly on the covenant in the mortgage-deed
of 1811 to pay off all advances, and that covenant gave the
Crown a right to be placed in the situation of a specialty cre-
ditor. The Master, in the subsequent part of his report,
found that the Crown was entitled to a lien for 10,0001., and
interests on the proceeds of the Duke's plate; that the Crown
was a legal mortgagee and specialty creditor for 30,000/. for
principal on the mortgage assessed to them by Coutts and
Co. ; and that the Crown was a specialty creditor in respect
of the amount of rent in the existing and surrendered leases ;
that the Crown was equitable mortgagee in respect of all
other sums advanced and interest.

(Before Vice-Chancellor WlonAm.)

THORNTON V. THE PORTSMOUTH AND ARUNDEL NAVIGATION

COMPANY.

His lloNoun gave judgment to• day in this case, which came
before him yesterday, and upon the conclusion of the argu-
ments on which he partly stated his opinion, but reserved his
final judgment till this morning. The case came before
Court upon demurrer. The plaintiff was mortgagee of the
rates and tolls of the Portsmouth and Arundel Canal, which
led into Chichester harbour. By his bill he sought fore-
closure, an account, and the appointment of a receiver. The
company had been established under an Act of Parliament
passed in the 57th of George the Third. Their powers
of raising capital had been modified, enlarged, and con-
firmed, under a subsequent Act. The company, by the
first Act, were empowered to raise by shares 12,000/.,
and, if necessary, by. similar means, a further sum of
10,000/. The Act, in a subsequent clause, gave the
Company authority to raise from 10,000/. to 40,000/., by way
of mortgage of their tolls, instead of by calls on their share-
holders, if funds should be wanting for the more speedy
completion of their works The clause giving this power
provided that the persons to whom mortgages or assign-
ments were made should he equally entitled, one with ano-
ther, in proportion to the sums lent and advanced, with•
out any preference by reason of priority of date of any such
assignment or mortgage. The second act recited the first, and
that part of the money had been raised by calls on the sub-
scribers, and that 40,000/. had been borrowed
of the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, but that
the Company had expended a larger sum than
they were authorised, and were greatly in debt. It then
empowered them to raise 150,0001. by the admission of new
subscribers. The bill stated that the plaintiff, with a Mr.
Dyson, had been employed, in 1818, as contractor, and that
a sum of 7,600/. had been awarded as due to them from the
Company. The debt had been reduced to 3,0301, by various
payments, down to 1836. The plaintiff and Dyson had dis-
solved partnership in that year. The bill stated that Mr.
George Palmer, one of the committee of management, Lau
put in a claim as first mortgagee. The plaintiff offered to
pay off what might be due upon this, if anything, and sought
the usual foreclosure.
His HoNoutt allowed the demurrer.

Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce did not sit to-day.

VISIT OF GENERAL ESPARTERO TO WOOLWICH
DOC G.- YARD.—At eleven o'clock, A.M., on Wednesday, General
Espartero arrived at Woolwich, accompanied by several
Spanish officers and members of his suite, and was joined by
Lieut.-Colonel Wylde, C. 8., Lieut. •Colonel Colquhoun, and
Lieut. Turner, Royal Horse Artillery, all of whom had served
in Spain, and were known to General Espartero in that
country. On entering the dock-yard, General Espartero was
received by Captain Washington, of the Blazer steam-vessel,
Commander Smith, and Mr. Oliver Lang, master-shipwright,
who accompanied the Duke of Victory and the party 'over
the principal places in the dock-yard.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ,OFF HUNGERFORD
WHARF. —Wednesday an inquest was held befure Mr. Bed-
ford, the Deputy Coroner fur Westminster, at the Feathers,
Hungerford market, respecting the death of Richard Wood,
aged twenty-two, a lighterman, who lost his life under the
following melancholy circumstances :—James Wood, of No.
6, Charles-court, Strand, deposed that the deceased was his
brother. About half-past four o'clock yesterday morning,
witness and the deceased left home fur the purpose of pro-
ceeding down the river with two empty barges. They had
each got into their respective vessels, which were moored off
Hungerford-stairs. The deceased had the hitcher, endea-
vouring to push his craft off into the stream, and whilst so
engaged, he slipped and fell into the water. 'Witness ran
along the steam-boat pier towards him, and distinctly heard
bins cry out, " Oh, Jem, Jem, save me." When witness
reached the spot he had disappeared. Every exertion was
made with the drags and other things to recover the body,
but it was not found until nine o'clock. The deceased was a
sober steady young man, and highly respected by all who
knew him. The Coroner having remarked on the melan•
choly nature of the case, the jury returned a verdict of
Accidental death."
The notice by the Commissioners of the National
Debt shows that the Government still adhere to the plan of
devoting the greater part of the money at their disposal to the
redemption of the deficiency bills. The fourth part of the sur-
plus which ,appeared last January, and which they are to
employ between the 7th inst. and the sth of July, amounts to
839,026/. is. Of this only 239,026/. 7s. is to be applied to the
portion.otilin,
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purchase of stock, and all the rest to the redemption of bills.
If the revenue goes on increasing, we may expect to find the
two items change conditions, and the stock become the larger
Government broker.
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSIO.V•HOUSE.

A young man, named Robert M•LaPen. was brought
before the Lori Mayor, charged under the following
circumstances by the Solicitor to the Customs, a gentle-
man from whose office attended to prosecute :

Wm. Deekford Gray, of No. 32, Fenchurch-street,
merchant's clerk, statud that in December, 1840, he
was clerk to Messrs. Hall, M.Garel, and Co. In Decem-
ber of that year he was directed to get cleared six cases
of champagne wine, marked EL, M.G., and Co., by the
Menai, from Calais, Lnd he directed the prisoner to do
the business. After the champagne was cleared, wit•
ness called for the prisoner's account, which was accord
ingly handed to him, and amounted to 141. 9s. The
duty charged was 121. 2s. 9d. Witness paid the amount
to the prisoner from the money of Messrs Hall and Co
Witness was afterwards called upon by Mr. Coucher, an
officer of the Customs, for the duties, and he looked for
and found the account.

Mr. Ed. Coucher, a searcher of tha port of London,
stated that he had been investigating certain vouchers of
goods, and he called upon Messrs. Hall, to inquire about
the duty paid on the 4th of avernber, 1840, upon six
cases of wine, imported by the Menai, and cleared by the
prisoner. The entry upon which the duty was paid was
71. 2s. 6d., and in the blue-book it was entered, in the
writing of the prisoner, as follows:
Menai, Dritisla ship, H M C, Is. 6d., Phillips a Calais 14
Prime—Six cases twenty gallons French wine, in
common glass bottles, reported quarts, duty 71. 3s. 6d.
4th December, 1840. M. Heyward C.
.Wm Dickson.

The prisoner said there was a port entry, and he had
the entry of it in his book. There was, he observed, no
difficulty about it, he was quite satisfied.
The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday, but the
Lord Mayor intimated his willingness to take bail for
the prisoner's appearance to the amount of 200/.

THE WILL OF THE LATE COUNTESS OF PORTMORE.
—Probate of the will and two codicils of the Right Hon
Frances Dowager Countess of Portmore, late of Hyde park •
place, West, who died on the 20th March last, at her re-
sidence, Queen's-parade, Bath, aged sixty-eight, has just
been proved by the executors, Mr. Frederick Waller, of
Fleet-street, Mr. William Yool,of Conduit-street, Hanover
square, and Mr. John Randall, of the Inner Temple Her
Ladyship's own personal property was sworn under 20,0001.
The will is dated March 24. 1841, and the first codicil De-
cember 16, 1841, signed "F. rortmore." Bequeaths nume-
rous small legacies and annuities :—Leaves to her executor,
F. Waller, 500/., and legacies to his five children ; to her
executor, W. Yool, 200/., and a legacy of 100/. to his wife;
to her executor, J. Randall, 2001., and to his wife, 100/.
SALE OF RARE AND COSTLY PRINTS BY REM-
BRANDT.—Thursday, a sale (commenced on Tuesday) of a
rare collection of prints and etchings, by Rubens and Rem-
brandt, the property of the late Mr. A. Geddes, A.R.A.,
was continued at Messrs. Christie and Manson's rooms,
King-street, St. James's. Some of the prints sold yesterday
fetched extraordinary high prices : for instance, an etching of
the " Three Trees," by Rembrandt, sold for 91. 10s. ; and a
portrait of " Ephraim Bones," by the same artist, sold for the
large sum of 15!. 10s. The sale, which will last four days,
excites considerable interest, from the excellent character of
the collection, comprising, in addition to the prints and
etchings, some original paintings by Titian, Rubens, Rem-
brandt, &c., which are expected to fetch several thousand
pounds.