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      Monday, Fbhruart 17. 'House Of Lords.—Va...

      Lord . J . Russell resisted the proposal for delay . The subject was one with which the house was ¦ perfectly familiar ; tho hill was not intended to enlarge tbe scope of the Reform Act , but to carry out its purpose . Objections to details were proper for the Committee . Mr . Hexlet demurred to the wording of the bill , -which weni beyond its professed object . It was ultimately arranged that the bill should le road a second time , and committed that day three weeks , prior to which timo the wording 01 the bill should be revised . Sir G . Grex moved for leave to bring in a bill to

      amend fte law relating to the expenses of prosecutions , by empowering the Secretary of State to regulate ihosj expenses , giving a succinct exposition of its provisions . Mr . S . Worilet suggested that there should be a provision lor the proper conduct of prosecutions , making some person responsible for the form of the depositions . . Sir G . Gkey . said this subject involved the appointment of a public prosecutor , and great difficulties beset such a measure . The subject , however , occupied the attention of government . Leave was given to bring in the bill . leave to in

      Sir G . Grey then moved for bring a bill for the removal of Smithfield Market . He observed that the Commission had recommended the removal ofthe site of the market , and he had communicated with the Corporation of tbe City of London , in the hope that it would cooperate with the "orerament ; in fixing upon a new site ; but as the corporation had declined , this bill had been prepared , bv which it was proposed to appoint commissioners , " under the uile of the Metropolitan Cattle Market Commissioners , who would be empowered to provide a . market , make by-laws , and regulations , levy tolls , and raise money by mortgage ofthe tolls , under certain limitations . After a short discussion , leave was given to bring in tbe bill . Tbe House adionrncd nt two o ' clock .

      - THURSDAY , Februart 20 . DOUSE OF LORDS . —In reply to questions from Lords Brougham and Stanley , The LoBJ ) Chaxcellor stated that the government intended , if possible next week , to bring in a hill for reforming the administration of the Court of Chancery , but it was not yet decided in which house the measure would be introduced . Their lordships adjourned after a brief sitting . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr . Slasex mr > ved the anpointmetit of a select committee , to consider the law of partnership and the means of limiting liability so as to encourage enterprise , and stimulate the emp loyment of labour . Rapidly summing up the anomalies of the existing system , where vast

      resources were allowed to waste , valuable labour to lie idle , and vast capitals locked ap almost uselesslr . and tbe productive powers of the land only partially develojied , the bon . member declared that the chief cause of these anomalies was to be found in the absurd fetters that were placed upon capital , forcing it into unnatural channels , and almost prohibiting tbe safe employment of his modest savings by the labouring man . Among the fetters upon capital be reckoned the complication of the titles and the cost of the conveyance of land ; and the prohibition of local improvements , except under an act of parliament .

      But the principal disability arose from the law of partnership , which compelled every co-partner to risk , his whole fortune upon the success of an enterprise or the honesty of a board of directors . He referred to clubs , railways , joint-stock companies , and various other instances , where tbe combination of capitals among tbe rich had worked such wonders , ard contended that , if a law were passed by which tbe liabilities of partners could be limited , the labouring man would be encouraged to practise economy by the opportunity that would be given for the profitable investment of his small savings . The motion was seconded by Mr . Ewart .

      Mr . Labouchere confessed himself unable to decide between the conflicting opinions expressed by high legal and commercial authorities as to the probable effect of a change in tbe law of partnership , such as bad been indicted by Mr . Slaney . There were many dangers to bo apprehended from any violent change in the present law ; but the question was of importance , and it was probable that by cautious measures many facilities might be given to the acenmuhtive investments of small capitals . He therefore consented to tbe appointment ofthe committee , but hoped that no change would be recommended that could stimulate the working classes to embark their savings in speculative enterprises . The committee was then agreed to . Extexsiox of Cousiy Frakcuise . —Mr . Locke

      Eixg , in moving for leave to bring in a bill for assimilating the franchise in counties to that in boroughsthroughontEnglandand Wales , hoped that the early period of its introduction bad removed the only serious objection , viz ., that of want of time urged last year against his measure . He characterised Ms proposition as being simple , moderate , and practical . It disturbed nothing , introduced no Bovel principle , and interfered with no privileges , while removing a flagrant anomaly , and giving a fuller effect to tbe intention of the Reform Act . Alluding to the example recently set in Ireland , and proving his case by statements evidencing the gradual diminution of the county constituencies , he proceeded to defend his proposition from the charge

      of insufficiency , and trusted that the warmest advocates of an extended suffrage would support bis measure , npon the principle that " half a loaf was better than no bread . " To Lord John Russell he recalled the recollection of many occasions on which he admitted the incompleteness of the Reform Dill ; from a speech of Sir J . Graham be quoted the opinion that the electoral basis wanted widening ; and even among the Protectionists he perceived an increasing tendency to recognise the importance ofthe unrepresented classes . The bon . member concluded by moving for leave to bring in his bill , which would have the effect of giving the right of voting to all occupiers paying rent to tbe annual value of ten pounds . Mr . Heme seconded the motion .

      Lord J . Russell admitted that the measure was reasonable , and tbe class to whom it gave tbe franchise highly deserving that privilege . It was on the score of prudence that he hesitated to consent to its adoption . By ancient practice the county franchise had been distinguished from that in boroughs by being made dependent upon tenure , the voters classing as freeholders ; while those in towns derived their qualification from occupation , and were termed householders . He had reason to believe that the freeholders , as a class , exercised their right of voting with greater independence than the occupiers . At present the number of £ 50 occupancy voters was , in round numbers , 100 , 000 ; while that of the 40 s , freeholders was 375 , 000 ; and it would seriously damage the preponderance of this latter class if 350 , 000 new occupying electors were thrown into the general mass , as would be the

      result of the proposed measure . The argument of uniformity would not bold good , as the class of £ 10 voters in the counties was wholly different from that in towns ; neither did he concceive that the example of Ireland was in point . Altogether , the noble lord concluded , that the bill was not calculated to improve the system of representation Lard J . Russell then referred to bis past expressions and present opinions , declaring that he still maintained a belief that tbe suffrage ought to be extended , so as to admit a larger number of the labouring classes to the franchise . Many causes , however , to which he referred in some detail , rendered any such measure inopportune during the present session ; but he saw no reason to doubt that , next year , he should be able to lay before Parliament a biU for widening the basis of representation , j

      Mr . Dusts accepted with pleasure the promise that some justice was to be done to the disenfranchised classes , next session . He proceeded , nevertheless , to enforce the rights ofthe class for whose benefit tbe present motion was designed , to claim relief without delay . Mr . Cobdex hoped that the interval would be spent by the country in taking such steps as would secure a substantial reform of our present faulty system . The reform had been long wanted , and must be made complete . Tbe bon . member added eome remarks in support of the motion before the house . Mr . P . Howard also supported the motion . The house divided—For the motion 100

      Against . 52-48 On the motion of Mr . Hatchell , a bill was brought in to amend the laws relating to quarter sessions in Ireland . Leave was gives , on the motion of Yiscouut Memusd , to bring in a bill to extend the school establishment of Scotland . The house adjourned at nine o ' clock .

      FRIDAY , Februart 21 . HOUSE OF LORDS—Lord Lasgdam introduced a bill , authorising tbe appointment of a new Ylce-CbanceUor . Some conversation took place relative to the extension ofthe County Courts Act , npon which Lord Bsoegham entered into some explanations of the measures he had in hand for that purpose . Tbeir lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMOSS . —Case op Ma . E Joxes . —Mr . F . O'Cossor begged to ask the rifrht

      hon . gentleman , tbe Home Secretary , whether he had received any communication from Mr . Ernest Jones , with regard to the manner in which he had been treated in the gaol in which he was confined ? Sir G . Gret did not recollect that he had re ceived any communication from Mr . Jones since his liberation , but if the bon . gentleman had given notice of his question , he would have been better able to give bim an answer . Lord Dudley Stuart complained that certain papers promised last session , relative to tbe Hungarian Refugees ; we Bt ' ili kept , locked up in tbe Foreiga-offie ,

      Monday, Fbhruart 17. 'House Of Lords.—Va...

      Lord Paluerstox apologised for his procrastination , on the plea of extreme press of . business , and renewed his promise that the correspondence should be sifted , and produced early next week . The motion , that tho house should resolve itself into a Committee of Ways and Means , having been put from the chair , . ¦ . . Lord J . Russell intimated the wish of the government to postpone the committee till Monday Mr . Berries inquired whether , on that day , the discussion of the Budget would positively be proceeded with ?

      . ....... Lord J . Rusjell declined to pledge himself so far ; but promised then to state fully his reasons for requesting the delay . A sceue of much excitement followed this announcement which seemed to take the house altogether by surprise . The crowd of members whom the expected finance debate bad assembled , broke up into eager and animated groups , who maintained abuzz of conversation while some remaining business ou the paper was gone through , after which the bouse adjourned at a quarter to six o ' clock .

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      Friday Morning. A Serious Riot Occurred ...

      Friday Morning . A serious riot occurred at St . David ' s , Jamaica , during an election for a member of the House of Assembly . A hired band of ruffians was iu attendance , and a fearful riot ensued . The Court-howe was almost entirely demolished , the police and other persons cut and wounded , some of whom it it said would uot survive . Mr . M'Lean , the coroner of the parish , was killed ; and tbe sheriff , Mr . Lyons , obliged to fly for bis life . A detachment of troops had been sent to the district , and some of the ringleaders arrested on

      a charge of wilful murder . Owing to the bigoted inhumanity of the priesthood , a . poor girl of Chambery , Savoy , who had died by taking poison , and was denied the rights of sepulture , has been buried publicly in the cemetery by a crowd of people , who shouted " Vive Siccardi . '" "A bas la eulotte ! " " A bas lespretres . Intelligence from Bagdad states that there has been a great deal of fighting between the Arabs and tbe Turkish Xizams . Five hundred of the former attacked two hundred Turkish horsemen . The latter charged them , killed thirty men , and wounded Sheik Azail , their chief , and pursued them as far as Ahamar , thirty hours distant from Bagdad .

      Garribaldi is said to have arrived in Geneva or its neighbourhood , and it is supposed is planning the Italian expedition with Mazzini . From California we learn that the Indians in the Mariposa country bave commenced depredations , but efforts were being made to conciliate them without a resort to violence . Crime is prevalent in St . Francisco , and throughout the country ; and it is supposed that an organised band exists , composed of foreign convicts and restless adventurers , whose sole business is plunder . The cholera has entirely disappeared , and tbe health of the city and county was generally good . Tbe weather was clear aud genial .

      Another Destructive Fire.—On Thursday Mo...

      Another Destructive Fire . —On Thursday morning a fire , which consumed considerable property , broke out in the manufacturing premises of Mr . G . Cooper , a japanner , carrying on business at No . 45 , Red Lion-street , Clerkenwell . Owing to tbe combustible nature of the stock the factory was soon in a general blaze . Although the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost , they were unable to get the flames extinguished until the whole range of workshops was destroyed and the front residence severely burnt . Unfortunately the sufferer was not insured . Ward , the driver of the West of England engine , was so severely injured by one of the horses kicking him that he was obliged to be removed to St- Bartholomew's Hospital ; and a policeman was also injured by falling down a flight of stairs at the fire .

      Fire in Eastcheap . —On Thursday night , a fire broke out in the back part of a spice warehouse , belonging to Mr . John Roberts , 34 , Eastcheap . The flames rapidly extended over the whole upper portion of the building , consuming intheir progress a large and valuable stock of spices . The origin ofthe fire is unknown , and the only conjecture at present formed on the subject is , that the bleaching of ginger being extensively carried on on the premises the furnace used in the process may in some way or other have caused it . In little more than an hour after the engines bad begun to act all cause of alarm for the safety of the adjoining houses bad been removed .

      Row Rotal in Conciliation Hall . —Discord and mutiny have again broken out ia the camp of ' the old Irelanders . " At Wednesday's meeting of Mr . O'Council ' s friends—" the unwashed" of the quays —a certain foolhardy individual , named Kelch , had the audacity to question tbe patriotism of "the Young Liberator , " whereupon the audience rose at the unlucky Reich , and threatened to execute summary vengeance on tbe criminal , Mr . O'Council , in tbe course of his oration , deemed it necessary to apologise for his absence on Mr . Disraeli ' s motion , which was the cause of the row . The rent for the week was announced to be £ 8 . At Xcnagh and at Loughrea , on Sunday last , the Roman Catholic soldiers were ordered by their officers out of the chapels , when the priests were about to address the congregations on the subject of " the new penal law . " Saturday Morning .

      RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY . Lord John Russell has tendered his resignation to Her Majesty , and only holds office till another Government can be formed . The extensive loss of Parliamentary confidence , or rather of Parliament ary sympathy , which bis lordship and his colleagues have evidently suffered of late has probably prepared most of our readers for this result . In the face of so much resolute opposition from so many different quarters , and with so much irresolute support—in the face of such divisions as those of yesterday week and last Thursday , Lord John Russell could not expect that the present Cabinet would safely ride through the many delicate questions pressing npon the attention of Parliament . —Times of Saturday .

      An Austrian Flotilla Has Been Stationed ...

      An Austrian flotilla has been stationed in the harbour of Kleck , near Uageno , where the Turkish territories cross the Austrian dominions . The officer in command of this flotilla is instructed to prevent the anchoring of any British or Turkish vessels . Death of the Mother or Cardinal Wiseman . — The Dublin papers announce the death of Mis . Xaveria Wiseman . She died on the 7 th instant , at the house of her daughter , the Countess of Gabrielli , at Fano , in Italy , after a short illness .

      Tub Thcrgolaxd Murder.—John Firth Was On...

      Tub Thcrgolaxd Murder . —John Firth was on Thursday brought before the magistrates at Barnsley , charged with the murder of his brother , George Firth , at Thurgoland , near Barnsley . The only additional evidence adduced was accounting for the time between the accused leaving his work at halfpast six o ' clock , to the time of meeting his brother , about nine o ' clock . With the usual caution , Mr , Stanhope asked the prisoner if he had anything to say ? He replied iu the negative , and vtas w > nvmittcd for trial . The Uewpseii Murder . —The proceedings of the coroner ' s inquest ou the body of the old man , William Wilkins , were brought to a close on Thursday , when a verdict of " Wilful murder " was duly returned and signed , and the coroner ' s warrant issued . Mrs . Wilkins , the widow of the murdered man , is living , but still remains in a state oi great danger .

      Administering Gin to a Child under Seven Years of age . —At the Marylehone Police Court on Thursday , a charge was made against Hannah Maria Ewens , tor having given a quantity of gin to Elizabeth Ramsey , a child under seven years of age , and who , in consequence thereof , was removed , while perfectly insensible , to the Western Dispensary , Jfew-road . At an early hour on Friday morning information was received by Inspector Jackson that the little sufferer had ceased to exist ! An inquest will , it is expected , be held upon the body this day ( Saturday ) . The prisoner , who was remanded by Mr . Broughton , will be brought up again next Thursday .

      Charter League.—On Sunday Evening The Us...

      Charter League . —On Sunday evening the usual members' meeting was held at tbe Talford Coffee House , Farriagdon-Btreet . Mr . Clark presided . The proceedings of the late conference were reported on by Messrs . M'Grath , Hurst , and Clark , when an animated discussion ensued , in which Messrs . Dalryrople , 'Doyle , Chandler , and others took part , which terminated in a vote of thanks to the delegates , and an unanimous approval of the Manchester School of Chartism , as the one teaching the most feasible means of emancipating the millions . It was announced from the chair , that on Sunday evening Mr . Hurst would lecture on " English History . "

      Statue of Sir R . Peel . —We understand ihat Mr . Baily , R . A ., has been selected to execute the bronze statue to be erected in honour of the late Sir Robert Peel at Bury , his native town . It will stand in an open space of ground in front ofthe market-place . The sum subscribed for this purpose amounts to £ 2 . 500 . — Times . Selling Newspapers on Sunday . —There is a clause in the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill , now in tho House of Commons , prohibiting the sale of newspapers or other stamped publications after ten o ' clock on Sunday morning and before one o ' clock in the afternoon . In other respects Sunday trading is to cease by nine o'clock . Compound Householders .- —On Monday a bil was printed by which compound householders " will be enabled to vote for members who have once claimed and tendered the rates . At present many are deprived of the franchise by having to make continual claim to be rated .

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      MARYLEBOXE . —Plunder by a Lodoisg-house Keeper . — . Mary Ann . Farmer , residing at 57 , Beaumont-street , High-street , Marylehone , was brought up in custody , on the charge of havig stolen Bank notes , jewellery , & c , to a large amount , the property of Mr . Thomas Htllman , chief clerk to the " Accidental Death Insurance Company , " Lothbury . —Prosecutor , on being sworn , said : I and my family have recently occupied apartments at the prisoner ' s house . List Saturday week 1 came home at six , and directly afterwards I went out ; at twenty minutes past six I returned , and the door was opened to me by the prisoner , who asked mo if I had uot met a man coming out of the premises .

      I told her Iliad not that I was aware of ; upon which she observed , " Your son is sitting in the dining-room . I think I heard footsteps across the passage . I am very much afraid that a robbery lias been committed , and it ' s most likely there ' s the thief upstairs now . " I remarked that I would send for a policeman ; and I spoke to several persons who were passing along to request that they would look for one , while I remained at the door . Prisoner said that she would see after one , and she went into the street . While I was waiting at the door the prisoner's sister came running down stairs , with dishevelled hair , and carrying a candle in her hand , exclaiming " Oh , my Cod , there's a man under the bed . " At this moment a policeman came

      to the door , and I said to him " Let us go up stairs . " Prisoner , who had returned , took hold of the candle and went up stairs , and I and tho officer followed her . When we got to the bedroom floor , on the second landing , I saw the front bedroom door , which room is not occupied , open , and in the apartment was a velvet cloak belonging to my wife . The policeman said , jokingly , " there ' s your man , " and on removing the cloak there was found behind it the drawer of my wife ' s dressing case , with a few trinkets in it . I opened the dressing-room door , and at once discovered that the case itself was gone . My wife came up and found that her drawers had been disturbed , and the cloak which I have mentioned gone . We then went up alone to

      my daughter s bedroom on the next landing , and I found on the drawers the outer covering of her dressing-case . The case itself was nowhere to bo met with , and it contained either one or two bank notes , a half-sovereign , an emerald ring , a gold and emerald brooch , a topaz brooch with pearls' , a gold briguet chain , a double opera glass , a gold ring set with a diamond , and a number of other articles , value , independently of the notes , from £ 80 to £ 90 . —Sergeant Battersby : At half-past seven on tho evening of last Saturday week I repaired to the prisoner ' s house , by direction of Superintendent Ilughes , who had received information that a large robbery had in a most mysterious manner been effected . From inquiries which I subsequently

      made , I ascertained the number of the notes stolen , and stopped them at the Bank , and at length traced tbe payment of one of them by the prisoner to Shoolbred and Co ., Tottenham-eourt-road . On Saturday last I repaired to pr isoner's house , and I told her I must take her into custody , as I had traced one of the notes which she had passed at Shoolbred's , when she said , " If I must go with you let me have time to wash myself , and change my things . " I told her she might do that , but I must go with her . I followed her up stairs , when she went to a room with a little girl , and closed the door . I waited outside , nnd in a short time I heard her move something . I went in , and saw her at a small writing desk on the drawers . I told her I

      must look into that myself , which I did , and found therein two pawnbrokers' tickets and sundry papers , and in another desk in the apartment were nineteen more tickets . I went out again , and while waiting at the door I heard prisoner say , as she was dressing herself , to the girl , " Oh , what a' fool I was to go so near , " ( meaning , no doubt , that She ought to have changed the note at a greater distance from her residence ) . I conveyed her to the station house , where she was searched , and in her pocket was found a ticket for a brooch and a ring , pledged on Saturday last . Battersby further said , that from inquiries which he had instituted , ho had ascertained that she belonged to a most disreputable

      family at St . Leonard s . Sbe had lived as lady s maid with Mrs . Colonel Finch , Hyde Park Gardens , and was charged at this court with stealing from the house bank notes and other property , amounting to nearly £ 150 ; she was tried and sentenced to transportation , but owing to her being strongly recommended to mercy her sentenced was commuted to eighteen months' hard labour in the House of Correction ; soon after her liberation she took a lodging house in Albany-street , and absconded with more titan £ 50 worth of property belonging to a gentleman named Hughes , one of her lodgers , and who now lives in Camden Town . The prisoner was remanded .

      • Tub Gunpowder Plot . —The young man Hamilton , who has been examined a great number of times on a charge of having caused the explosion of a quantity of gunpowder at his mother ' s lodging , thereby damaging the house of Mr . Miller , of 10 , Cumberland-street , New-road , to the extent of £ 300 , was again placed at the bar . —Additional evidence was adduced , and at the conclusion of the case , Mr . Broughton said that the event was one of a very mysterious and suspicious character , but he did not feel justified by the evidence in detaining the prisoner . The magistrate then discharged him from this court , and handed him over to the Superintendent of the Bury St . Edmunds police , who was armed with the authority of a warrant to apprehend him on a charge of forgery .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET .-Timothy O'Shae and Patrick Mulcarey , tho two Irishmen npon whom an expensive steel mould for fabricating counterfeit half-crowns , had been seized by the police , were re-examined , and committed for trial , Extraordinary Affiliation Case . —The Earl of Stamford and . Warrington was summoned before Mr . Bingham for refusing to maintain an illegitimate child , of which he was alleged to be the father , by Mary Ann Parkes . —Mr . Fraser appeared for the mother of the child , and Mr . Clarkson appeared for the defendant . —Complainant and ber friend

      Jane Lewis repeated very circumstantially the evidence as to paternity on which tho summons was originally obtained , and were subjected to a severe and protracted cross-examination by Mr . Clarkson . —At the close of the case for the prosecution two witnesses were called for Lord Stamford , who so directly contradicted the statements of the two women , that Mr . Fraser said he would abandon the case of the complainant at once , and expressed tbe opinion that tbey ought to be indicted for perjury and conspiracy . —Mr . Bingham ultimately ordered the women to be detained on those , charges .

      BOW-STREET . —The Libellous Placards . — Mr . E . Tisdall , of Kensington and Oxford-street , dyer and scourer to her Majesty , appeared to answer two summonses for obstructing the public footway in Holborn , by causing pamphlets to be exposed for sale in Holborn , and for procuring the exhibition of placards of an offensive nature . For some timo past a man in tbe garb of a mechanic has perambulated the leading thoroughfares of the metropolis , bearing two boards , on which were represented in glaring colours , scenes of voluptuous indulgence shared in by persons of both sexes . An inscription on the board invited spectators to accept the gross improprieties depicted as a faithful representation of the conduct of ministers and

      deacons at Horbury Chapel , a place of worship recently erected by the congregational dissenters at Notting-bill . The names ofthe Rev . Dr . Morrison , of Brompton , and Dr . John Harris , president of New College , St . John ' s-wood , were further associated with these gross inventions . The exhibitor of those placards was apprehended several days ago , when he disclosed tbe name of his employer . Upon the present occasion Mr . Clarkson appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Shean for the defendant . —Mr . Clarkson said he was instructed by the ministers and other gentlemen connected with the chapel , that no such scenes had ever taken place , and that the whole representation was a gross

      libel . That , however , was not the court for trying such charges , and he would confine himself to proving the obstruction of the public way by defendant ' s servants . —Mr . Shean said he was ready to undertake that the offence should not be repeated . His client exonerated the ministers of the chapel . —Mr . Henry said there could be no doubt that tho defendant had been guilty of the offence charged . The streets of the metropolis could not be permitted to be obstructed . He would fine the defendant in the full penalty of £ 2 2 s ., or one month ' s imprisonment in each case . —The defendant had rendered himself liable to a criminal indictment . —Tbe fines were paid .

      WESTMINSTER . —Threatening Sir W . Somkrville . —The Right Hon . Sir William Somerville , M . P ., and Chief Secretary for Ireland , waited upon M . Broderip , and having handed him some letters , threatening him with personal injury , a warrant was immediately issued against the writer , and placed in the hands of an inspector , who , thortly before the rising of tho court , brought the offender in custody . —The accused , an Irishman , of very genteel appearance- and good address , gave his name Samuel M'Carthy . —Defendant having expressed the greatest anxiety to speak , here requested permission to say a few words , and having received the

      magistrate ' s assent , observed— " Sir William , never saw you in my life before . I entertain no hostile intention , no unkind feeling of any description towards you . This is entirely a mistake , for which I beg to express my deepest regret . My wife holds a document , delivered to her by a gentleman she supposed to be , from his representation , Sir W . Somerville ; also a private note , addressed to her , which I was led to believe came also from that gentleman . I wrote a note , in consequence , to Sir W . Somerville , requesting that he would give her an interview . The request was granted , and she went ; but , not knowing Sir W , Somerville , subsequently thought , although she saw some gentleman , that the servants had practised a trick upon

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      her , and that it was not Sir William she had seen . No one ranks higher , or is . better respected in Ireland than Sir William Somerville , and , 'I would be the very last to offer him the least insult or offence . Seeing the envelope of the letter addressed to my wife marked ' private , ' I thought something clandestine was going on , and labouring under the excitement of the moment , I wrote the letter . I am willing to make any earthly apology . —Sir W . Somerville : I have no ill-feeling against him . Inever saw him before . I have no wish to press this matter ; all I want is to be let alone . —Defendant observed : I am exceedingly obliged to Sir William . I feel the deepest regret at my conduct , and shall ever feel it . —Defendant and his wife then left the court . '_ ....

      Robbery . —John Croskie , wag charged with felony . —There were two other charges against him , in both of which the stolen property was traced to his possession . In the first of these , Mrs . Holt , of i James-street , Chelsea , missed a diamond ring and a sovereign from her workbox on January 6 th , aud it was subsequently discovered that the prisoner , who lodged in the house , but who absconded the day after tho robbery , had sold the pawnbroker ' s ticket of the ring to a Mrs . Ibod . In the second case , a glazier , at work about a fortnight ago in Eaton-square , placed his cutting diamond in his basket , and missed it two or three days afterwards . It was shown that the prisoner had access to the place where tbe diamond was deposited , and had , as in tho former case , disposed of the ticket , after tbe property had been pledged . — -He made no answer , and was committed for trial upon both charges '

      , „ GUILDHALL . —Charge under the Masters ' and Servants' Acii—Six journeymen tobacconists , lately in the service of Messsrs . Lloyd , of Snowhill , appeared before Sir Peter Laurie , upon warrants charging them that they having entered into the services of the complainants , had refused to do certain work , upon being duly ordered to do so , and which thoy could have done in the ordinary course oftheir business . —Mr . Cotterell , who attended on behalf ofthe complainants , represented the case as a conspiracy among the men to control their masters in the management of their business . Messrs . Lloyd had reduced their late foreman to the condition of a workman , appointing another overseer in his place , which led to a demand on the

      part-: of the men that they should have tasks assigned to tbem , with liberty to leave off work as sooon as the task was finished . Tho new foreman on the contrary preferred that they should work tho usual number of hours , he taking care that they worked with due diligence . The workmen then refused to wet any more tobacco , thereby showing that they were about to bring their labours to a close , and that they wished to avoid being charged with not completing work upon which they had commenced their operations . As they refused to liquor the tobacco leaf , Messrs . Lloyd now charged them , with misconduct in refusing to obey their reasonable orders , under the Masters' and Servants ' Act . —Mr . Lewis , for defendants , said the matter

      had been before Sir Chapman Marshall on a previous day , and be had very kindly recommended the men to return to their work , and obey all reasonable commands , and he urged Messrs . Lloyd to withdraw their complaint upon these conditions . The men had adopted the alderman's advice , and had every day since tendered their service to their master , but he had refused them , and persisted in coming to this court for punishment . They had , on the former hearing , expressed their sincere regret that any such misunderstanding had arisen . — Sir P . Laurie now said that after hearing both

      their statements it was unnecessary to enter into the particulars of the charge , for Messrs , Lloyd had obtained all the victory they could expect , It was a pity to call for tho punishment of the men . They had expressed their conviction that they were in tbe wrong and their readiness to return and perform their duty , and being sensible of their error ho should be very sorry to inflict any punishment upon them . The submission of the men in this case was a defeat to the trades' union . They were obliged to give up their point , and Messrs . Lloyd had better rest satisfied with that . —The complaints were then withdrawn .

      MANSION HOUSE . —Embezzlement . —William S . S . Heale , a clerk in the banking house of Messrs . Cunlitfe and Co . of Lombard-street , was brought before Alderman William Hunter , upon the charge of having embezzled a bill of exchange for £ 150 , the property of his employers . —Mr . Roger Cunliffe , clerk in the banking house , said it was the duty of the prisoner to enter all bills and monies received by him . There was a bill for £ 150 upon Messrs . Smith and Co ,, which was overdue , and not accounted for in the books ; but . it would be necessary to have a witnass , who was at present in tie country , to establish the charge . —The prisoner was remanded for a week .

      THAMES . —Turnpike Toil . —William Holland , a waggoner , in the employ of Mr . Holman , coal merchant , of Pheanix-wharf , Wapping , appeared before Mr . Yardley to answer a charge of refusing to pay toll on the Comrncrcial-road , East , for his master ' s horse and . cart . —William Tripp , a collector of tolls , at the Sutton-street bar , said the defendant came out of that street with a horse and cart and a load of coals , on Friday last , and on the usual toll , 6 d ., being demanded of him , he refused to pay it . He detained the horse a few minutes , and the defendant said he had not gone along the road the proper distance to render him liable to payment . —Mr . Yardley : Did tho horso and cart cross the road only , or go along the road ?—Witness : It went sixty-five yards along the road , to No . 26 , Colet-place . —The defendant : My master said I was not to pay toll , and that he had supplied the same house many years , and had never paid

      toll before . —Mr . Yardley : The old question , which has been decided here before . You cannot use this road at all , except to cross it from ono side to the other , without paying toll . The General Turnpike Act allowing the use of a road 100 yards either way , don't apply to the Commercial-road . —One of the surveyors of the road begged pardon . There was a new act since tbe last decision of his worship , and the public could use fifty yards of the road with any horse or vehicle without paying toll . —Mr . Yardley : " Very good—a new act .- I was not aware of that before . The defendant exceeded the distance fifteen yards . —Holland : My master told me not to pay toll . —Mr . Yardley : That is no excuse at all . Your master , will , no doubt , pay the penalty for you . I fine you ten shillings and costs . —Holland : Ican't pay it now—don ' t lock me up , sir . —Mr . Yardley : I will allow you one week to pay it .

      A Refractory Pauper . —Patrick Sweeney , a strong able-bodied Irishman , was brought before Mr . Yardley , charged with leaving his wife and six children chargeable to the Poplar Union . —Mr . Wardell , master of the Poplar Union-house , said this was a peculiar case . The prisoner had given much trouble to the Board of Guardians , and although he had obtained no legal settlement in England , and could be removed with his wife and family to Ireland , the board had , in consideration of his having been for many years in the parish , agreed not to pass the family over the water , but to relieve them here . The board had also relaxed another rule that no pauper should be allowed to earn more than a certain sum at stone breaking . The prisoner ' s wife and six children had been for

      some time maintained in the workhouse , and as Sweeney declared he could obtain no work , the board had given him the option of breaking stones in tho workhouse-yard , and earning as much as he was able . The prisoner had , however , declined stone-breaking , though he might earn 18 s . per week , and the parish had no alternative but to bring him before the magistrate . —The prisoner said he had tried the stone-breaking , and could only earn Is . per week at it . —Mr . Wardell said the prisoner was very lazy , and would only work for an hour or two every day . An Englishman , who had seen better days , was earning 2 s . 3 d . per dav at

      itone-breaking , at which he employed himself from ten to four daily . —Horncastle , messenger of the Poplar Union , said that he saw the prisoner ' last week , and told him there wa s work for him , and that he might earn a guinea a week , but the prisoner said that stone-breaking was not a genteel employment , and the guardians might take a spell at it themselves . —After some further proceedings , the prisoner said he should decline the stone-breaking .-Mr . Yardley : I see . You will not work unless you are compelled . I will 8 end you to a place where you will be made to work . I sentence you to be imprisoned for one month , and to be kept to hard labour .

      Cowardice and Cruelty . —Michael M'Carthy , an Irish labourer , twenty-four years of age , residing at 4 , Dog-row , Whitechapel , was charged with assaulting a young lad , named Alfred Dammon , No . 2 , Nelson-street , Stepney . The complainant , who is a cripple and in exceedingly delicate health , was looking at some boys about eight o'clock on the previous evening , who were plaving at shuttlecock , near the World ' s End public-house , Old-road , Stepney . Tho prisoner , who was somewhat in liquor , rolled against ono of the boys , who cried out , " Hold your body up ! " on which the brutal fellow seized the little lamater , and dashed bim into the middle of the road , whereby he was severely shaken and sustained a severe wound over

      the eye . He then snatched up one of tho complainant's crutches and Hung it after the other boys . —Tho prisoner denied that he had used the violence complained of , and said that ho h ad stumbled against tbe lad by more accident ; but Mr . Thomas Foster , surgeon , who was passing at the time , corroborated the prosecutor ' s statement and described the conduct of the prisoner as savace in tho extreme .-Mr . Yardley : I have no doubt he has acted m a brutal and cowardly manner . 'Twas a most unmanly act , dastardly under any eircumstances when exercised towards a child- but rendered much more so by the considerations that tho child 18 a cripple . Prisoner ; It is the first time I have been before a magistrate , and I'll take care it will bo the lort .-Mr . Yardley ; And I'llI 2

      Maryleboxe.—Plunder By A Lodoisg-House K...

      you ample reason , to adhere ,.. to . that resolution . — Prisoner : I hope not , sir , I am very sorry . —Mr . Yardley : Yes , sorry for incurring the penalty , but not for committing the outrage . You . are a a cowardly unmanly fellow , and I shall inflict the heaviest penalty in my power . You must pay a fine of £ 5 , or be imprisoned for two months-Locked up in default . WORS HIP-STREET . —Important Decision . — Mr . Arnold pronounced his judgment in a case of considerable importance to tho congregations attending the numerous district churches and chapels erected under the provisions of the Church Building

      Act , arising out of a summons obtained at the instance of the Commissioners for Paving for the parish of St . Luke , against Messrs . Sowter and Rydon , churchwardens of the district church of St . Matthew , in the City-road , for the recovery of £ 16 17 s . 9 d ,, arrears of rates alleged to'he due by them in respect of that edifice . —Mr , Arnold gave it as his decided opinion that the liability to pay was clearly cast upon the defendants as the existing churchwardens . —Thc judgment appeared to excite much surprise on the part of the defendants and their friends , in whose favour , under their peculiar position , it was generally anticipated that the decision would be given . '

      Surreptitious Gas Consuming . —Mr . Robert Saunders , a furniture broker , carrying on an extensive business in the Whitechapel-road , appeared upon information exhibited against him by the directors of the Commercial Gas Company , "for that he being a person supplied with gas by the said company , the amount of which was not ascertained by metre , did unlawfully and wilfully use a burner of larger dimensions than he had contracted to pay for , " whereby he had incurred an accumulation of penalties to a large amount . —Mr . BallimUne , for the company , said there were several circumstances to aggravate , but none in extenuation of this case . Defendant was not only in affluent circumstances , and the owner of two shops in the same lino of

      road , but a shareholder to the extent of £ 1 , 000 in the very gas company he had injured . There was reason to believe that the offence had been carried on for several years , at a loss to the company of £ 8 or £ 9 per annum . He proposed to prove two acts of burning , one at the commencement , the other at the close of a period of thirteen days , in which the company knew that the defendant had used the illegal burner .. The act gave them power to claim 12 separate penalties of £ 5 each , and also 40 s . a day . A solicitor Who appeared for the defendant , said that he had no wish to trespass on the time of the magistrate by the production of evidence to substantiate a case , against which ho felt it impossible to contend ; but he was instructed to state that the

      particular place of business in which both ouences nan been committed was entrusted to the sole superintendence of his two sons , who had acted entirely without his authority . for which , upon oneoccasionhehad severely reproved them , and removed the burner ; but which they had reinstated , however , and continued to use in his absence . —Mr . Arnold considered that the defendant ' s conduct was tho more inexcusable , from his peculiar relation towards the company , who would manifestly be subjected to enormous losses if such practices were not checked ; and he would therefore order him to pay a penalty of £ 2 10 s . for each offence and 20 s . for each successive day , making an aggregate of £ 31 , together with costs for the informations . —The

      penalties were immediately paid , and Mr . liuslvhcld ( on the part of the company ) handed over the penalties for the purposes of the poor-box . CLERKENWELL . —A Charge of Swindling . — \ fm . Bullen and John White were finally examined charged with having conspired to swindle Messrs . Tyndalland Downwaite , curriers , of Sutton-street , Clerkenwell , and numerous other tradesmen of London , Birmingham , Coventry , and other places . Mr . Heritage , solicitor , prosecuted . —On the prosooution of the first-named firm , it was stated that the prisoners paid them a visit , representing that they had been sent by a respectable firm at the west end of tho town for patent leather to the amount of £ 40 , and they requested Mr . Tyndall to

      drive them , with the property , to the residence of the gentleman whose name they had taken the liberty of using , for him to inspect and approve of . The prisoners , under an excuse , finally obtained possession of the goods , leaving Mr . Tyndall to believe he would receive cash for them on the same day , but before many hours bad elapsed he ascertained that his firm , like many others , had been swindled . Notice of the trick was subsequently given to Harvey and Reeves , the detective officers of the G division , by whom the accused parties were captured after considerable diligence . —Mr . Covey , harness maker , Leonard street , Shoreditch ; Mr . Bell , collar maker , City-road ; Mr . Plowman , currier , North Audley-road ; Mr . Beal ,

      Gresscrstreet , Tottenham-court-road , harness maker ; Mr . Milford , Seymour-place , Bryanstone-squave , leather seller , likewise gave evidence against the prisoners for plundering him under similar circumstances , and they were fully committed for trial . LAMBETH , —Extensive Robberies . — George Barrett , who keeps a general shop at Newport Pagnel , was placed at the bar before Mr . Elliott , for further examination , on a charge of being concerned , with his brother Enoch Barrett and William Evans , in stealing , at different times , from the stations and carriages belonging to the South Eastern Railway Company property of all descriptions , amounting iu value to over £ 2 , 000 . Tho apprehension of the prisoner led to a strong

      suspicion against his brother Enoch , who was a switch turner in the company ' s employ , and also against William Evans , a stoker in the victualling yard , Deptford ; and upon their houses being searched , upwards of £ 200 worth of silks and other property were found , and both men and tbeir wives are at present in Maidstone gaol . On Thursday last , Sergeant Carpenter , of the R division of police , who has the case in hand , examined the shop of the present prisoner , at North End , Newport Pagnel , and there discovered nearly a cart-load of property , all of which has been identified as forming , like that found at tbe dwellings of the other prisoners , portions of parcels stolen from the South Eastern Company's stations or

      luggage trains . —The prisoner , in reply to tbe charge , said he had been in the habit of purchasing goods of every description in Rosemary and Petticoat-lane , and tbe books and papers which he had offered for sale at the shop of Mr . Terry he purchased from a man on Tower-hill , He had been employed , he said , for some years on the Brighton Railway , and he defied any one to bring forward the slightest imputation against his character . — Mr . Owen , an inspector belonging to the Dover line , observed that it was a fact that up to the present transaction the prisoner and his brother had borne the very highest character . Such , indeed , was the estimation in which the South Eastern Company held the latter that they gave him a handsome gratuity but a few weeks since , andin facthe

      , , was perhaps one of the last of the servants in their employ that they would suspect of dishonesty . Mr . Owen further informed the magistrate that amongst the articles found in the possession of the prisoner and his brother were four whistles each , and the most suspicious part was that eacb of those four whistles had a different sound or note , and the other four corresponded to a perfect nicety . They are made of wood , and are the workmanship of the prisoner George , who is by trade a turner , and there can be no doubt were used as signals by both brothers , and assisted them in carrying on their extensive system of plunder . —The prisoner was remanded until Monday next , when his confederates will also be brought up for farther ex . amination .

      WANDSWORTH . —Excise Prosecution . —Mr . John Parry was summoned to this court in answer to an information charging him with being the proprietor of the bouse , No . 1 , Ashville-placo , Battersea-fields , in which a private still was seized on the 6 th of December , 1850 , and which rendered the defendant liable to a penalty of £ 200 . The facts having been proved , Mr . Beadon convicted the defendant in the full penalty , and a distress warrant was issued as a preliminary proceeding .

      The Sailors' Strike. A Meeting Was Held ...

      THE SAILORS' STRIKE . A meeting was held on Tuesday evening at the Hall in New Mint-street , London , to take into consideration tbe operation of the Mercantile Marine Act . It was numerously attended . The chair was taken by Mr . Campbell , who stated that their object was to form a Seamens' Friendly Union , to support men on strike , and to rouse the seamen in London to follow the example of the men of the north . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . White Chalk , and others , who observed that tho twentytwo articles in the agreement were not law—it was quite optional whether the men si gned them or not why , then , insert them in the articles « Willi reference to register-tickets , they had beer , told they were adopted to stop desertion ; but such was not the case ; if they were lost the seamen were put to trouble , delay , and « T J " . ? e tm them renewed . Captain Beectyhad informed the they were

      seamen for their good , and if men behaved well they would be rewarded with medals . This thev looked upon as mere stuff ; they did not want to have Is . 6 d . taken out of one pocket , and Is . put in another . They had been plundered enough , L , d an a PPOintra-ent at the Board of Trade on Wednesday , and if government and parliament would not redress their grievances , they would go to America ; and if England lost the right arm of her strength , the makers of bad laws were only to blame . The seamen in London were behind the other ports in this movement to get the shipping offices abolished . The new law was to make offices and to provide for lazy fellows with large salaries on shore , at tbe expense of the hard-working , honest sailor . Ho urged the men to be peaceable ; nothing would give their opponents more pleasure than to see them guilty of a breach of the peace .

      Captain Liddlo. Had Left His Sru^Lrtfu 5...

      Captain Liddlo . had left his sru ^ lrTfU 5555 attend the mooting . He denounced t i " n *» offices , and read the 22 articles printed ii ti p ?! ll S ment , commenting on them as useless ^ ' ' ttous . He urged tho men to bo neacc-ihio v ° - their grievances were not redressed \\ ft America . ' fio t 0

      The Sailors' Strike At Liverpool — Ti, ....

      The Sailors' Strike at Liverpool — ti , . in this port continue on strike , and ' ner"It * ! * the street with music and flags flying . Qn "r st 8 Mr . Kenworthy , shipowner , obtained a wi * ^ bring up three seamen for not proceeding i to ship Lintin , when ready for sea . The cr * t , le shipped , it appears , at the Sailors' Home on P u ^ when they signed articles to be on board on l 5 i two hours before high water , to proceed t '" * But the sailors now on strike mobbed the < h ; Sea - three men had to be taken off to her in ahr ! ,, ' m men complained that they had been inriu , ; . Ile against joining her ; and after lying i „ the « W * two hours , with a steamer attached , the shin i , proceed to sea one man short of her com , lt » -Mr . Rushton said the chairman of the I Li !?> rine Board had called his ' attention to this v I , v and ho had given such orders as would ore J , rlel > ture interference . v * k-

      Protection To Juvenile Pauper Serviv, Th...

      Protection to Juvenile Pauper Serviv , The bill brought into the House of Commons T instance of the Poor Law Board , in coiiseoue , ! , the recent case ofthe Sloanes , was nrmVni Wednesday . It is entitled a hilt " for the u ° protection of young persons under the care -it control of others as apprentices or servants ' tiki enable the guardians and overseers of the nonr t 0 mstiiute and conduct- prosecutions iu cert- ' cases . " There are seven consicely wordedclin !" in the bill , framed in accordance with the i-w ^ act of Parliament . It is provided that a master mistress refusing or neglecting to supply an V ? prentice or servant with necessary food , or coiiimT ting an assault , shall be guilty of a misdemeail 0 l » and liable to throe years' imprisonment , with Z without hard labour . The costs of such progec „ tioHs are to be allowed . Young persons umW

      eighteen years , lured'from workhouses or boun ( i out as pauper apprentices , are to be visited at le , l 3 four times in every year by an officer , who is •» report if he shall find reason to believe that sue ) , young person is not . supplied with necessary f 0 oj or is subjected to cruel or illegal treatment in ! lU l respect . Prosecutions may be ordered and costj allowed . The act is to extend to England and Wales . No details were given when the bill Ji introduced .

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      Corn. Mark-Lane, Monday, Feb. 17.—The Ar...

      CORN . Mark-lane , Monday , Feb . 17 . —The arrivals of Tvhc 1 . from the near counties were very stanrt this mornin » hi * the condition being generally indifferent , the sa !»' , ?„ * slow , except from the finest samples of white , " wj ' foreign wheat we were amply supplied , and the trade in , in retail at last Monday ' s prises . Flour very dull , Wm 2 offered on lower terms . Fine malting barley readier sal » at last week's prices , but inferior sorts neglected . Bean ? and peas without alteration . We had a good suniilv J oats , chiefly from Ireland , but good samples mot i " mh rather more layers , though we cannot quote any < hatiSo in prices . For linseed cakes there was a sale at prevfe rates . The sale of cloversecd is still but limited . Wendesdav , Feb . 1 !) .-The supply of grain and flour fresh in this week is very scanty ; nevertheless , our trafc generally is iu the same inanimate slate which ha * so lour prevailed . *

      Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English 470 qrs . ; forei ™ 570 qrs . Barley—English 1 , 3 C 0 qrs . ; Foreign 700 on Oa » 8-13 nglish , 2 , 010 qrs . ; Irish 1 , 300 qrs . ; tbrei-ri 1 . 170 qrs . Flour—English 1 , 500 ; foreign 3 . 530 sacks -. « , i b » rre ! s . Uicumond , ( Yorkshire , ) Feb . 15 —We had a fair supply of wheat this morning . Wheat Bold from , is 3 d to k ' MOats , Is lOd to 2 s 6 d ; Barley , 3 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d ; Beans , Is to 4 s Cd per bushel .

      CATTLE . Mosdat , Feb . 17 . —In to-day ' s market , tho supplv cf Beasts was large for the time of year , and of unusual !? prime quality . Notwithstanding the favourable chaive in the weather , and that the attendance of buyers was oatha increase , the Beef trade ruled somewhat inactive , at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday hist , Wc may observe , however , that the extreme value of the best Scots was 3 s . 8 d . per 8 Ibs . The number of Sheep being again very moderate , the demand for that description of sleek ruled firm at fully Friday ' s improvement in value the general lop figure for the best old Downs in tne wool being 4 s . 6 d . per Slbs . There were about 2 , 000 shorn Sheep in the market . The few Lambs on show produced 5 s . to Gs . rer Slbs , Calves , the supply of which ires smal ) moved off slowly at lato rates . There was rather mote doing In rigs at lull prices . Beef , 2 s Cd to 3 sfid ; mutton , 3 s Cd to 4 s Cd ; veal , 3 s ; td to 4 s Od ; pork , 2 s lOd to 4 s 0 d . —I ' vice per stow of 8 ! b « sinking the offal .

      Newgate and Leadesiiall , Mondav , Feb . 10 .-lnfo ot beef , 2 s 0 d to 2 s 2 d ; middling , ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s oM prime large ; 2 s 8 d to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s Od to 3 s td ; large pork , 2 s Cd to Ss Cd ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 dto 2 s IOd middling ditto 3 s Od to 3 s 8 d ; prime ditto 3 s IOd to 4 s Od veal , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to U Hi ; per Slbs . by the carcase .

      PROVISIONS . loNDOif , Monday . —Irish Butter was only moderately dealt in last week by tho London trade , but rather freolj by northern and other country buyers , and altogether there was a fair extent of business transacted . The value of the finer sorts scarcely varied ; good and middling quality realised an advance of Is to 2 s per cwt . Frieslandwas dull , and 2 s . per cwt . cheaper . All other foreign sold well at steady rates . Bacon . —Irish and Hambro' singed sides were slightly more in request , especially any of pas . sable quality at 2 s . to 4 s . per cwt . under the top prices , Some sales fur April and May shipment were effected a ! from 47 s to 50 s per cwt . Bale and tierca middles were easier to sell . Hams steady . Lard fully 2 s . per cm , dearer , and a ready sale , English Bdtteb Majiket , Feb . 17 .- Our trade keep good , as no new milk butter , either English or foreign , fans yet come in sufficient quantity to interfere with prices . Dorset , fine new , 100 s to 112 s . per cwt . ; do ., middling and stale , —s to —s ; fresh , !) s to 13 s per doz . lbs .

      POTATOES . SournwARK , Waterside , February 17 . —Our market ii well supplied with English and foreign potatoes , and as trade is exceedingly heavy less prices have been submittei to during the past week for every description of white potato . The following are the present quotations :-York . shire Regents , 70 s to 90 s per ton ; Scotch , 00 s to 70 s Scotch cups , 50 s to 70 s ; Fife , —s to —s ; Cambridge mi Lincolnshire Regents , COs to 75 s ; Rhenish 1 Whites , -s tt —s j French Whites , 50 s to COs .

      SEEDS . London , Wednesday . —The arrivals of foreign elorersetd were to a fair extent last week , and there was more offer . ing to-day than coaldbe disposed of -, we do not , however , deem it necessary to alter quotations . Crushing seeds were quite as dear as last Monday , and flax seed forcing was in request for Ireland . Canary seed scarcely sold so well as on Monday last .

      COTTON . Liverpool , Feb . 18 . —The sales ef cotton to-day ire estimated at 4 , 500 bales , and consist of about 3 , 000 An rican ; 1 , 000 Pcrnam and Maranhara , chiefly Aricatis . ';; 100 Egyptian , 7 $ SJ ; 200 Sural , 5 5 J . Total since Thursday , 17 , 000 . Import since Thursday , 25 , 000 . The marts closes heavily , but with less American offering . Compared with Friday ' s rates prices of American are J per lb , d »« in qualities under 6 £ per lb . and little changed at 7 aw above . Manchester , Feb . 18 The intelligence brought by the American steamer , the Arctic , of a continued tliotp small decline in the prices of cotton in the United States has acted upon our market , which was previous ]) - ii ) a P" ' carious and discouraging state , so as still further to low , prices , though at the reduction wlnrti has take » pla « ° the quotations more disposition lias been manifested to-WJ to make purchases . At the same time titer are no buyers

      except for immediate delivery . The orders given out sou- time ago to manufacturers are now nearly executed , f > ' consequently a larger accumulation of stock is taW E place . The intelligence from India is not so good as * " ^ expected , and there are no purchases for that quarter , r . Prices of India shirting are Hd to 3 d per piece lower t » w a last week , The home trade has also partaken of the * ' ' pression , and it is understood that the winter seas * »• owing to flip openness of the weather , has 1 een a poor * * for them ; consequently their purchases arc now et » » limited character . There has been rather more dompw o yarns for this branch of our trade , particularly in £ ' •' twist , but it has been at a decline of fully Jd per lb . "'! » GcrmAns are only supplying pressing wants , and e * fluently holding beck from executing their larger orders » i the expectation that lower prices will rule . Long c ' ° " r have been firmer in price than most descriptions of gooft f hut shirtings and madapoilams are at a decline of lja' » l ' 3 d per piece . Domestics , iu some cases , have been done »• > a id lower .

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      From The Gazette Of Tuesday, February Is...

      From the Gazette of Tuesday , February IS . BANKRUPTS . James Bkdon Cooper and George Binion Cooper , f > rf ' ' f [ lane , iron founders-Jamas Holland and Edward WarfcW Preston , tallow chandlers-William Neck , jun „ T ° " "" ' Bevonshire , corn dealer . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . , John Gilchrist , Blackball , Dye-works , near P »™* dyer — Robert Miller M'BIair , Glasgow , wm ™ „ 0 „ Z agent—Robert Menzier , Weem , Perthshire , mcrcnfi nl mi James White , Edinburgh , draper . From the Gazette of Friday , February 21 s' .

      BAN'KRUTTS . James Bishop Upper James-street , Camden-tpirn , » W man-Richard Boyle , tun ., Kingston-upon- HuH , » » . chant-Bromley-hill Iron Company , Bream , « ' ° « SS tershire , manufacturers of iron-William Char leai wz « .. « .. Cuenies-mcws , St . Pancras , builder - Samuel » A Paul-street , Finsbury , carpenter-John Reid , k"t * ££ « f ' Pimhco , corn dealer-William Tennant , Ch ertsey , J & un . w . draper-Hiram Williamson , Manchester , manuiacture re . George WomweU , Stevenage andPclhara , IlertfordshuW miller—George Woods , Hanley , Lancashire , surgeon . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . Robert Martin , Edinburgh , bookseller-George Mi ' M' ^ Glasgow , commission agent-Andrew , Small , Blum , "" Jn draper .

      Dea ™ - E Hmt^R* Died At Merthyr Tydvil,...

      DEA - e HMt ^ r * Died at Merthyr Tydvil , on the IWh . ^ -. ijMj O'Connor Mitchell Bcddow , the sob of John andll ^ ^ Beddow .

      ¦ - ¦- ': Iated Hy Wiluam Rider, Otxo. 5, Macclesfiew^Strt^ In The Pariah Of St. Attue, Westminster, At The I ... -

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      omce , 16 , Great Windmill-street , HuymaVKei . .... . ~ of Westminister , for t e Proprietor , FEA CyS . V ^ , N H , Esq ., M . l \ , and pubM ed by the md »«* "SL Ridbb . atth : office in the same sneet . nu p » i * ii * Saturday Februar 22 nd , ISH .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 22, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22021851/page/8/