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      Lord . J . Ucs 3 Eix resisted the proposal for delay . Hie " subject was one with which the house was lerfcctly familiar ; the bill was not intended to enarg » s tlw scopu of the Reform Act , but to carry out ts purpose . Objections to details were proper for tie Committee . Mr . IIeslex demnrred to the wording of the bill , ffhicli went beyond its professed object . It was ultimately arranged that the bill should i > e read a second time , and committed that day three weeks , prior to which time the wording ot the bill should be revised . Sir G . Grey moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the expenses of prosecutions , by empowering the Secretary of State to regulate those expenses , giving a succinct exposition of its provisions .

      Jlr . S . Worilet suggested that there should be a provision for the proper conduct of prosecutions , xnakinsr some person responsible for the form of the depositions . Sir U . Gret said this subject involved the appoiutiucia of a public prosecutor , and great difficulties beset such a measure . The subject , however , occupied the attention of government . Lcivc was given to bring in the bill . Sir G . Grey then moved for leave to bring in a bill for the removal of Sniithfield Market . lie obscrred that the Commission had recommended the removal of the site of the market , and he had

      communicated with the Corporation of the City of London , in the hope that it would co-operate with the government in fixing upon a new site ; but as the corporation had declined , this bill had been prepared , by which it was proposed to appoint commissioners , " under the title of the Metropolitan Cattle . Market Commissioners , who would be empowered to provide : t market , make by-laws , and regulations , levy tolls , and raise money by mortgage of the tolls , under certain limitations . After a short discussion , leave was given to bring la the bill . The House adjourned at two o ' clock .

      THURSDAY , Febbuart 20 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —In reply to quesiiens from Lords Ilrou « rham and Stanley , The Lord Ciuxcuixon . stated that the government intended , if possible next week , io bring in a Ml for reforming the administration oi the Court of Chancery , bnt it was not yet decided in which Louse the measure would be introduced . Their lordships adjourned after a brief sitting . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Kr . Siaxey moved the appointment of a select committee , to consider the law of partnership and the means of limiting liability so as to encourage enterprise , and stimulate the employment of labour . R-ipidly summing up the anomalies of the existing system , where vast

      resources were allowed to waste , valuable labour to lie idle , and vast capitals locked up almost uselessly , snd the productive powers of the land only partially developed , the hon . 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 tl > e safe employment of his modest savings by tho lnboating man . Among the fetters upon capital he reckoned the complication of the titles and the cost of the conreyancc of land ; and the prohibition of local improvements , except under an act of parliament .

      Bat 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 the combination of capitals among the rich had worked such wonders , ard contended that , if a law were passed by which the liabilities of . partners could be limited , the labouring man wonld 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 . Ewabt .

      Mr . Laisoucuere 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 the law of partnership , such , as had been indicted by Mr . Slaney . There were many dangers to be 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 accumulative investments of small capitals . He therefore consented to the appointment of the committee , but hoped that no change ¦ woubl be recommended that could stimulate the ¦ working classes to embark their savings in speculative enterprises . The committee was then agreed to .

      Exiexsiojj of CoosTY FiuvcnisE . —Mr . Locke Eixg , in moving for leave to bring in a bill for assimilating the franchise in counties to that in boroughsthroughoutEngland an « l Wales , hoped that the early period of its introduction had removed the only serious objection , \ iz ., that of want of time urged la ^ t year against his measure . lie characterised his proposition as being simple , moderate , and practical . It disturbed nothing , introduced no aovel principle , and interfered with no privileges , while removing a flagrant anomaly , and givin » a fuller effect to the intention of the Reform Act . Alluding to the example recently set in Ireland , and provinjr 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 his measure , upon the principle that " half a loaf was Ircttcr than no bread . " To Lord John Russell he recalled the recollection of many occasions on which he admitted the incompleteness of the Reform Bill ; from a speech of Sir J . Graham he quoted the opiuiou that the electoral basis wanted widening ; and eveu among the Protectionists he perceived an increasing tendency to recognise the importance of the unrepresented classes . The hon . member concluded by moving for leave to brin w in his bill , which would have the effect of giving ° the Tight of voting to all occupiers paying rent to the annual value of ten pounds . Mr . Hume seconded the motion .

      Lord J . Rcssell admitted that the measure was reasonable , and the class to whom it gave the franchise highly deserving that privilege . It was on the scow 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 >' n 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 4 Qs , 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 hold 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 . Lord J . Russell thenrefiired to his past expressions and present opinions , declaring that he still maintained a belief , that the 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 auy such measure inopportune during the present session ; but he saw no reason to doubt that , next year , he should be able to lay before Par liament a bill for widening the basis of rewsentation . r ~

      Mr . Home accepted with pleasure the promise that some justice was to be done to the disenfran chised classes , next session . He proceeded , nevertheless , to enforce the rights of the class for whose oeuefit the present motion wa 3 designed , to claim relief without delay . Mr . Cobdbx 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 . The hon . member added some 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 . Haicheli , a bill was brought in to amend the laws relating to quarter sessions in Ireland , Leave was given , on the motion of Tiscouut te lt ^ aMl to extend the school establishment of Scotland . The house adjourned at nine o ' clock . ( Fran our Second Edition of last week . J FRIDAY , February Wtb . hefn ^ iT ESSI 0 S ~ Ordcr of the % having ifossuhW KSUmmS ° » adJ ° Uraed ***» «

      Mr . Facan contended that no a <« rress 5 on what ever was committed on her MajeuyV prSSe or the rights of the nation , inasmuch * as * it wW an act of a purdy spiritual nature . Tiie ' ordination oi the priests ordained by such bishop * would be invalid , and marriages solemnised by them of no effect mkw These priests would by law be laymen , and 10 a Roman Catholic priests mi » ht in consequence be returned as members of thishouse , aodconld not be prevented from taking their seats Sir J . Dcke supported and Mr . Barisg W _ w opposed the introduction of the measure

      Mr . Sabier contended th , t the Protestant Establishment in Ireland was an utter failure , and had only been successfuUn securing the undyin « r hate of Romm Catholics to the Protestant reli » ion Air . Mttsea Gibsos . observed that flelad often

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      been urged to oppose the repeal of civil disabilities , but during all the years he had sat in that house , this was the first time he had been called upon to impose disabilities . ' lie did not believe that the organisation of any religion for the better propagation of their faith was a matter calling for the interposition of that house . Mr . C . Bruce said that the people of Scotland were entirely opposed to this aggression , instead of the contrary , as had been stated by the hon . member for Ayrshire . He approved of the speeoh of the noble lord , as the head of the government ; but he thought the measure he had proposed did not go far enough . It ought to interdict and render penal the introduction of all Papal bulls and' rescripts . Mr . F . Matjle defended the policy of government , against the attacks which had been made against it .

      Mr . Scully condemned the course which had been taken by government , and opposed the measure . After a few words from Colonel Siimronp , Mr . Mcxtz would vote for the introduction of the bill , but reserved to himself the right of forming an opinion upon it when it came before them . Mr . BnoTUERTo . v also supported the bill being brought in , as he believed it was required by the circumstances which occurred . Mr . Feargus O'Coxxor thought the debate had lasted sufficiently long at this stage of the measure . He therefore trusted hon . members would not protract the debate , but go to a division at once . Mr . ScnoLEFiEtD opposed it , because it was inefficient in itself , and only calculated to create irritation .

      The house then divided , and the motion was car ried by a majority of 395 to 63 . The house then aijourned at half-past twelve .

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      ^¦ w LATEST INTELLIGENCE . Friday Morning . a serious not occurred in the parish of St . David daring an election for a member of the House of Assembly . A hired band of ruffians whs in attendance , and a fearful riot ensued . 'Ihe Court-bou > e was almost entirely demolished , the police and other persons cut and wounded , some of whom it it said would not survive . Mr . M'Lean , the coroner < . f the parish , was killed ; and the sheriff , Mr . Lyons , obliged to fly for his 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 " Tne Siccardi . ""« A las la adotte J " " A bos lespretres . ' " Intelligence from Bagdad states that there has been a great deal of fighting between the Arabs and the Turkish Nizams . 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 Abamar , 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 have 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 the health of the city and county was generall y good . The weather was dear and genial .

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      Another Destecciive Firb . —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 the 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 worksLops 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 offitairsatthefire . °

      Fire is Eastcueap . —On Thursday night , a fire broke out in the hack 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 in their progress a large and valuable stock of spices . The origin of the 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 had begun to act all cause of alarm for the safety of the adjoining houses had been removed . The Xempa-eti Mbrdeb . —Mrs . Wilkins , the widow of the murdered man , was living on Monday last , but still remains in a state of danger .

      Row Royal is Coscilution Hau ,. —Discord and mutiny have again broken out in the camp of "the old Irelanders . " At Wednesday's meeting of Mr . O' Connell ' s friends— " the unwashed " of the quays —a certain foolhardy individual , named Kelcb , had the audacity to question the patriotism of "the Young Liberator , ' whereupon the audience rose at the unlucky Kelcb , and threatened to execute summary vengeance on the criminal . Mr . O ' Connell , in the 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 £ S .

      At aenagh and at Loughrea , on Sunday last , the Roman Catholic soldiers were ordered by their officers out of tho chapels , when the priests were about to address the congregations on the subject of " the new penal law . "

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      THE SAILORS' STRIKE . A meeting was held on Tuesday evening at the Hall in Aew Mint-street , London , to take into consideration the operation of the Mercantile Marine Act . It was numerously attended . The chair * as 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 ot the north . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . White , Chalk , and others , who observed that tho twentytwo articles m the agreement were not law—it was quite optional whether the men signed them or not . Why , then , insert them in the articles ? With reference to register-tickets , they had been 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 expense m getting them renewed . Captain xieeon

      y naa mtormed the seamen they were for their good , and if men behaved well they would be rewarded with medals . This they 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 , they had an appointment at the Board of Trade on Wednesday , and if government and parliament would not rearess their grievances , they would eo 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 office * and to provide for lazy fellows with large salaries on shore , at the expense of the hard-working , honest sailor . lie urged the men to be peaceable ; nothing would give their opponents more pleasure than to see them guilty of a breach of the .

      peace Captaiu Liddle had left his ship in the north to attend the meeting . He denounced the shipping omces , and read the 22 articles printed in the agreement , commenting on them as useless and vexatious . He urged the men to be peaceable , and if their grievances were not redressed , to eo to America . ' *

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      The Sailors Strike at Liverpool . —The sailors m this port continue on strike , and perambulate the s jreet with music and flags flying . On Tuesday Mr . Kenwortb y , shipowner , obtained a warrant to brjne upthrce seamen for not proceeding in the ahip Lintm , when ready for sea . The crew were shipped , it appears , at the Sailors' Home on Friday when they signed articles to be on board on the 17 th two hours before high water , fo proceed to sea But the sailors now on strike mobbed the ship and three men had to be taken off to her in a boat . The men complained that they had been intimidated against joining her ; and after lying in the river for two hours , with a steamer attached , the ship had to proceed to sea one man short of her complement . —Mr . Rushton said the chairman of the Local Marine Board had called his attention to this vessel , and he bad given such orders as would prevent future interference .

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      \* » " ? Sw Rl P ^ EL . —We understand that Mr . Uauy , R . A ., has been selected to execute the bronze statue to be erected in honour of tho late Sir Robert Peel at Bury , his native town . It will stand in an open , space of ground in front of the ™^ l % 2 ^™ S ^ d for this ^ off Zndlr ^ P ' ' - * Bome « -e-heath , five miles

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      MARY . LEBONE . —Plunder bt a Lodgiso-house Keeper—Mary Ann Farmer , residing at 57 , Beaumont-street , High-street , Marylebone , was brought up in custody , on the charge of havig stolen Bank notes , jewellery , &c , to a large amount , the property of Mr . Thomas HiUman , chief clerk to the " Accidental Death Insurance Company , " Lothbury . —Prosecutor , on being sworn , said : I and my family have recently occupied apa rtments 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 not met a mau coming out of the premises ;

      I told her I had not that I was aware of ; upon which she observed , " Your son is sitting in the dining-room . I think I heard footsteps across tllO passage . I am very much afraid that a robbery has been committed , and it ' s most likely there ' s the thief upstairs now . " 1 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 hor hand , exclaiming " Oh , my God , there's a man under the bed . " At this moment a policeman came

      to the door , and I said to him " Let us "o up stairs . " Prisoner , who had returned , took hold of the candle and went up stairs , and I and the 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 ' syour ' 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 be ' 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 ohain , a double opera glass , a gold ring set with a diamond , and a number of other articles , Yilue , independently of the notes , from £ 80 to £ 90 —Sergeant Battersby : At half-past seven on the evening of last Saturday week I repaired to the prisoner ' s house , by direction of Superintendent Hughes , 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 the payment of one of them by the prisoner to Shoolbred and Co ., Tottenham-court-road . On Saturday last I repaired to prisoner'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 , and 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

      mu * t look into that myself , which I did , and found therein two pawnbrokers' tickets and Bundry 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 , " Ob , 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 , he had ascertained that she belonged to a most disreputable

      family at St . Leonard ' s . She 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 cdmmuted 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 than £ 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 .

      The Gdspowder Plot . —The young man Hamilton , who has been examined a great " nujnber 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 tho 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 , the two Irishmen upon whom an expensive steel mould for fabricating counterfeit half-crowns , had been seized by tho police , were re-examined , and committed for trial . Extraordinary Affiliation Case . —The Earl of Stamford and Warrington was summoned before Mr . Binghnm 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 her friend Jane Lewis repeated very circumstantially the evidence as to paternity on which the 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 ho would abandon the case of the complainant at once , and expressed the opinion that they ought to be indicted fov perjury and conspiracy . —Mr . Bingham ultimately ordered the women to be detained on those charges . BOW-STREET .-The Libellous Placakds .-Mr . E . Tisdall , of Kensington and Oxford-Btreet , 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 time past a man in the garb of a mechanic has perambulated the leading ; thoroughfares of t . ho

      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 tho conduct of ministers and deacons at Horbury Chapel , a place of worship recently erected by the congregational dissenters at > ottmg-hill . The names of the Rev . Dr . Morrison , of Brompton , and Dr . John Harris , president of Aew College , St . John ' s-wood , were further associated with these gross inventions . The exhibitor of those placards was apprehended several days a ? o , 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 chape that no such scenes had overtaken nlace .

      lihoi tk l l wlloIe re P re 8 ei'tation 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 waybv defendant ' s servants .-Mr . Shean kid he wasJeadv to undertake that the offence should nTbe repeated . His client exonerated the m £ s ? er 3 o the chapel .-Mr . Henry said there could be no doubt that the defendant had been guilty of the offence charged . The streets of tbe metropolis CO uWTot be permitted to be obstructed . He would fina the defendant in the full penalty of £ 2 2 , or oSe month s imprisonment in each ease—The defendant had rendered himself liable to a criminal todiotment . -The fines were paid * « m"iaiin WESTMINSTER . -THREATEs . Na Sir W Sou p IUlE ^ 7 ^ r J ght Hon - William Soml ' rville , M . P ., and Chief Secretary for Ireland waited unon M . Broderip , and having handed him £ JetSs threatening him with personal injly a WarS was immediately issued against the ' writer id placed m the hands of an inspector \ rZr ? i £

      mote the rising of the court / brought he ' offender in custody .-The accused , an Irishman of " m gentee appearance and good address , gave his name Samuel M'Carthy .-Defendant having ' eXXSd the greatest anxiety to speak , here requested S missionto say a few words , and having receivedS magistrate ' s assent , observed- " Sir Wil km I never saw you in my life before . I enter ain ' no hostile intention , no unkind feeling of any £ " notion towards you . This is entirely a mSake " o r which I beg to express my deepest regrot My wifp holds a document , delivered toner by agentleman W % 3 vm ° > { r ° - his «^ enSoS W . Sonerville ; also a private note , addressed to her which I was led to believe came £ Si thS gentleman . I wrote a note , in « m «« Z . ! £ V ^

      W . Somerville , requesting that hervwUgive he an interview . The request was granted fnd she went ; but . not knowing SirW . So 3 j , a subsequentlv thought , although aho *? %£ * £ j . man , tliattue serauts had poised s&Aumn

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      her , arid that it was not Sir William she had seon . Ko one ranks higher , or is better respected in Ireland than Sir William Somervillo , and , I would be the very last to offer him the least insult or offonce . 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 tho letter . I am willing to make any earthly apology . —Sir W . Somerville : I have no ill-feeling against him . I never saw him before . I have no wish to press this matter ; all I want is to bo 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 , was 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 fvom hcv vrovkbox on January 6 th , and it was subsequently discovered that the prisoner , who lodged in the house , but who absconded the day after the robbery , had sold tho pawnbroker ' s ticket of the ring to a Mrs . Ilnod . 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 the diamond was deposited , and had , as in tho former case , disposed of the ticket , after the property had been pledged . —lie made no answer , and was committed for trial upon both charges .

      GTJILDIIALL . —Charge under thr Masters ' and Servants' Act . —Six journeymen tobacconists , lately in the service of Messsrs . Lloyd , of Snowhill , appeared before Sir Peter Laurie , upon warrants charging them that they haviDg entered into the services of the complainants , had refused to do certain work , upon being duly ordered to do so , and which they could have done in the ordinary course of their business . —Mr . Cottevell , who attended on behalf of the complainants , represented thecaso . ns a conspiracy among the men to control their masters in the management of their business . Messrs . Lloyd had reduced their late foreman to tho 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 them , with liberty to leave off work as sooon as the task was finished . The new foreman on the contrary preferred that they should work the 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 ho had very kindly recommended the men to return to their work , and obey all leasonable commands , and he urged Messrs . Llojd to withdraw their complaint upon these conditions . The men had adopted the alderman's advice , and had ovevy 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 the punishment of the men . They had expressed their conviction that they were in the wrong and their readiness to return and perform their duty , and being sensible of their error he 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 bad 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 hills 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 witness , who was at present in t * ie country , to establish the charge . —The prisoner was remanded for a week .

      THAMES . —Turnpike Tow .. —William Holland , a waggoner , in the employ of Mr . Holman , coal merchant ,, of Phoenix-wharf , Wapping , appeared before Mr . Yardley to answer a oharge of refusing to pay toll on the Commercial-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 , ho refused to pay it . He detained tho 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 horse and cart cross the road only , or go along the road ?—Witness : It went sixty-five yards along the road , to No . 2 G , Colet-place . —The defendant : My master said I was not to pay toll , and that he had supplied the same house many yearsand 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 one side to the other , without paring 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 Bince the last decision of his worship , and the public could use fifty yards of the road with any horse or vehicle without paying toll —Mr . Yirdley : 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 ( en shillings and costs . —Holland : I can'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 , oharged with leavinjj 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 tha family over the water , but to relieve them here . Tho board had also relaxed another rule that no pauper should be allowed to earn more than a certain sum at stone breaking

      me prisoner ' s wife and six children had been for some time maintained in the workhouse , and as Sweeney declared he could obtain no work , tho board had given him the option of breaking stones in the workhouse-yard , and earning as much as he was able . The prisoner had , however , declined stone-br . eakmff , though he might earn 18 s . per week , and the parish had no alternative but to ¦ A u i * . - lore the "i ^ istrato .-The prisoner said he had tried the stone-breaking , and could onlv 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 earnimr 2 s . 3 , 1 na » u ~ » i

      , stone-breaking , at which he employed himself from ten to four daily .-Horncastle , messenger of tho S S ° {! i v ^ aaw ^ e Prisoner last week and told him there was work for him , and that he might earn a guinea a week , but the prisoner said that stone-breaking was not a genteel T ? TS atld th A f * gUardiaUS mi « take a spel at it themselves . —After some further m-oceedinV * the ~ r said he should decline tS SSShSS ing .-Mr . Yardley : I see . You will not work unless you are compelled . I will Bend you to a place where you will be made to work . I sentence you to hardTbour ° ° ° > and t 0 be k ° pt to t P ? " DICE A ™ Cruelti . —MichaolM'Carthy , an Jf i ^ A f'te -f OU 1 ' y * ars ^ » ge . residing at 4 , Dog-row , Whitechapel , was charged with assaulting a young lad , named Alfred Hammnn . No

      , i , Aelson-street , Stepnoy . Tho complainant , who is a cripple and in exceedingl y delicate health , was looking at some boys about eight o ' clock on the previous evening , who were playing at shuttlecock , near the World ' s End publichouso , Old-road Stepney . The prisoner , who was somewhat in liquor , ro led against one of tho boys , who cried out , « Hold your body up ! " on which the bruta l fellow Beized the little lamater , and dashed him 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 the complamant's cru ches and flung it after . the other boys . —Tiic prisoner denied that he had used the violence complained of , and said that he had stumbled against the lad by mere accident ; but M ?™? . ? > Won , who was passing uib Minecorrooorated

      , the prosecutor ' s statement and described the conduct of the prisoner a / lSe in the extreme-Mr . Yardley : Ihavono doKt E has acted in a brutal and cowardl y manner "Km a most unmanl y act , dastardly und y " circum stances when exercised towards a child hm fsaaKte-Tisi s ^ itT ' ^ &XIZ ^

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      you ample reason to adhere , to that resolution . — Prisoner : I hope not , sir , I am very sorry . —Mr . Yardloy : Yes , sorry for incurring the . penalty , but not for committing the outrage . You are a a cowardly unmanly follow , and I shall itifliet the heaviest penalty in my power . You must pay a fine of £ 5 , or be imprisoned for two months-Locked up in default . WORSHIP-STREET . —Important Decision . — Mr . Arnold pronounced his judgment in a case of considerable importance to the 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 tho recovery of £ 10 17 s . 9 d ., arrears of rates alleged to be due by them in respect of that edifice . —Mr . Arnold gave it as his decided opinion that the liability to pay was clearly caBt upon the defendants as the existing churchwardens . —The 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 .

      SuiiRKPiiiious Gas Consuming . —Mr . Robert Saundors , a furniture broker , carrying on an extensive business in the Whiteehapel-road , appoared 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 whioh 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 . Ballantine , 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 line of road , but a shareholder to the extent of £ 1 , 000 in the very gas company he had injured . There was rnasnn tr > hnlievn ihnf . t . he nffnnni ! hnfl 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 tho company knew that the defendant bad 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 evidenpo to substantiate a case , against which he felt it impossible to contend ; but he was instructed to state that the particular place of business in which both offences Inn been committed was entrusted to the sole superintendence of his two sons , who had acted

      entirely without his authority , for which , upon one occasion he had 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 the more inexcusable , from his peculiar relation towards the company , who would manifestly be subjected to enormous losses if such practices wero 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 wore immediately paid , and Mr . Bushfield ( on the part of the company ) handed OTei * the penalties for the purposes of the poor-box .

      OLERKENWELL . —A Charge op Swindling . — Wm . Bullen and John White were finally examined charged with having conspired to swindle Messrs . Tymiiill and Downwaite , curriers , of Sutton-street , Clerkenwell , and numerous other tradesmen of London , Birmingham , Coventry , and other places . Mr . Heritage , solicitor , prosecuted . —On the prosecution 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 tho residence of the gentleman whose name they had taken the liberty of using , for him to inspect and approve of .

      The prisoners , under an exouse , finally obtained possession of the goods , leaving Mr . Tyndall to believe ho would receive cash for them on the same day ; but before many hours had 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 , Shoroditch ; Mr . Bell , collar maker , City-road ; Mr . Plowman , currier , North Audley-roai ; Mr . Beal , Gresserstreet , Tottenham-court-road , harness maker ; Mr . Milford , Seymour-place , Bryanstone-square , leather seller , likewise gave evidence againsfc the prisoners

      for plundering him under similar circumstances , and they wero 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 tho South Eastern Railway Company property of all descriptions , amounting in value to over £ 2 , 000 . The apprehension of the prisoner led to a strong suspicion against his brother Enocb , 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 wero found , and both men and their wives are at present in Maidstono 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 , ami there discovered nearly a cart-load of property , all of which has been identified as forming , like that found at the dwellings of the other prisoners , portions of parcels stolen from the South Eastern Company ' s stations or luggage trains . —The prisoner , in reply to tho chargo , said he had been in the habit of purchasing goods of every description in Rosemary and Pettfcoat-lane , and the 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 ho 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 , and , in fact , ho 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 eact of those four whistles had a different sound or note , and the other four corresponded to a perfect nicetv . Thev

      are made ot 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 vas remanded until Monday next , when his confederates will also be brought up for farther exanimation . WANDSWORTII . -Excisr PRosEcimoN .-Mr . John Parry was summoned to this court in answer to an information charging him with being the proprietor of the house , No . 1 , Ashville-place , Battersea-fields , in whioh a private still was seized on the Cth of December , 1 S 50 , and which rendered tho 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 .

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      ^ Ameiucan Lotteries and their Effects . —A New York paper , while condemning the vile practice of gambling which prevails , puts forth amongothers the following case . It was related to the editor by the person in question , and is given in his own words : — " I came to the city of New York" said he , " in the year 1828 . I was employed as a clerk in a store for four years . I then went to Brooklyn where I commenced the hardware business , and remained in it about five years , Boon after I went into' bwinon there I began to purchase lottery tickets . The second year I married a lady 3 whom I received a small fortune . My pas ^ n for gambling in lotteries continued to inereS ° I £

      romeaiarmoa l 0 r my safety , and closed mv business , removing with my young family to BuS $ p $ 2 S £ 3 St $ ceived a considerable sum by a leeacv from a rek ttve . Returning from Buffalo to E Yoih " iaSK SS ! &-fhS 7 ° rteX oflotLel I s ' oonio At lt ?" n w ; u 8 r uw morean ( i more desperate , el i £ n , 6 d th ° , from ™ l « my wife and th ,.. ^ i to , Procur « ^ tery tickets . When I had hi ™ ? "W and n ) y fiimil y » ray he « tbrolien wife , with her two children , was compelled to return to her friendsin order to from

      , escape starvation . I am now reduced to a state of abject "ant . 1 am without the means to procure a bed or a comfortablo meal . I am willing to work , but can get no employment . What to do now I know not . Often have I walked the streets throughout the whole of a cold night for want of a shilling to obtain a lodging . I have been for two days in this City without a morsel of food . And to this state have I brought myself entirely by indulgence in this passion for lottery gambling . " The miserable man who gave this narrative , is of fine personal appearance , of excellent education and prepossess-

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      ing manners , and with natural talentTgT ? 5555 adorn any station in rociety . He is now t '"to fifty years of age , but , with a slavifch . ni " "" •* to the tyrant passion which has boon hi 3 dp , io «' has no prospect but of a still more wretM > yer ' age , unless saved from that misery by de-itl oIlt Jasb Wilbred and Jane ' WiIbred ' s n The Sloanes , man and wife—brute of brut ""* wretch of wretch—have confessed , and iro '"^ ced . They aro to have two years' imm . iL Sentc | iand without hard labour . They are tol "'? " '» drawn awhile from the world , and their d-iilv W ' to be found them without their daily h ' -iir " ' ' And they will have warm , d-cent raiment . Tiding they who starved , stripped , and ' n ' , wJ * to tuc national scandal their workhomn , ¦ K ^ Wherefore was Jane Wilbred wholly , ! CllIn ! her person ? Very nearly did her persecutmI ) ( l in into tho " house of life ; " a little Cff wretched drudge would have slipped' m " their fury hands . But Jane Willl . re ' l , O n V ' ? h threshold of death is avenged ; and the nm VOry who outraged the sanctity of human natur . fSt . person are imprisoned without hard , labour t ei " two years . What a pity that Jane Wilbred i . ' . ff alone ! What a pity that her bo x ^ Kff had one— had not been as roughly handled ,. i Wilbrcd ' s Bnfibrinj ; body ! Dad the deal lr fime forced , and a riband valued twopence ' n ? en comb , been taken therefrom by either of ' , Sloanes—then would the law have arrayed it- ij tremendous terrors ; then would it have urn ,, m ced imprisonment—transportation it nii / 'hr i * with daily slavery . But it was only hunm luT that was striped ; only human feeling ti n , " outraged ; and the evil doers , tho ev ? l not l . * ° worked upon property , have the milder n , 3 meut . How lucky for the Sloanes that the " ni used only Jane Wilbred , and spared Jane Will . ™ ' box!—Punch , ta 3

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      CORN . Maiumake , Monday , Feb . 17—The arrivals of w ] ,. from the near counties wore very short this mornm- i ,,. tho conditiou heing generally indifferent , the sale ' nzt slow , except from the ' finest samples of white . With foreign wheat we were amply supplied , and the trad ,..... in retail at last Monday ' s priaes . Flour very dull , tlio «» h offered on lower terms . Fine malting barley readier s . | . sit last week ' s prices , but inferior sorts neglected !> .,,, and peas without alteration . We had a good siit . t > lv r oats , chiefly from Ireland , but good samples nu ' t ivirt mther more buyers , though we cannot quote any iii » , ' ™ in prices . 1 ' or linseed cakes there was a sale at nn-viin rates . The sale of cloverseed is still but limited Wendesday , Feb . 19 . _ T he supply of grain and n , mr fresh in this week is very scanty ; nevertheless , our tr ' . l » generally is iti the same inanimate state which lias so lmf prevailed . "" Arrivals this wcelc : —Wheat—English 470 nrs forrii . 570 qrs . Barley-English l , 3 ( iO qrs . ; Foreign " 7 uo f " pa ts-Kngr . il , 2 , 040 qrs . ; Irish 1 , 300 u / s . ; forS 1 , 170 qrs . Flour-English 1 , 000 ; foreign 3 , 530 sacks jjS barrel 8 . m

      Uichmond , ( Yokkshibe , ) Feb . 15 —AVe had a lair stinulo of wheat this morning . Wheat sold from , 4 . S 3 d to as M Oats Is lOd to ! is Gd ; Barley , Us Cd to 3 s Sd ; Beans , 4 s to 4 s Cd per bushel . ' "

      CATTLE . Moxdat , Feb . 17 . —In to-day ' s market , the sunp | v of Beasts was large for the time of year , and of unusJallv prime quality . Notwithstanding the favourable cliaive ij the weather , and that the attendance of buyers was on tins increase , the Beef trade ruled somewhat inactive at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last . \ V 8 may observe , however , that the extreme value of the best Scots was 3 s . Sd . per SIbs . The number of Sheep beinit again very moderate , the demand for that description 0 V st « ck ruled firm lit fully Friday ' s improvement in value the general top figure for the best old Downs in t ! . e wool being 4 s . Cd . per Slbs . There were about 2 , 000 slum Sheep in the market . The few Lambs on show produced 6 s . to Cs . i , er 81 bs . Calves , the supply of which was sm « ll moved off slowly at late rates . There was rather miri doing in Pigs at full prices . Beef , 2 s fid to 3 s 8 d ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s 6 d ; veal , SsMj to ; 4 s Od ; pork , 2 s lOd to 4 s Od .-l'rice per stone of fibs sinking the offal .

      Newgate and Leadesiiah , Monday , Feb . 10 . —Inferoibeef , 2 s Od to 2 s L'd ; middling , ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Cil prime large , 2 s 8 d to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 0 d to 3 s ti large pork , 2 s Gd to 3 s ( id ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 dto 2 s 100 ' middling ditto 3 s Od to 3 s 8 d ; prime ditte 3 s lOd to 4 * w ' veal , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to is Od per 81 ba . by the carcase . '

      PROVISIONS . Londok , Monday Irish Butter was onl y moderately dealt in last week by the London trade , but rather freely by northern and other country buyers , and nlto ^ ctlwr there was a fair extent of business transacted . The value of the finer sorts scarcely varied ; good and middlinj ; quality realised an advance of Is to 2 s per cwt . Friesland was dull , and 2 a . ner cwt . cheaper . All other foreign sold well at steady rates . Bacon . —Irish and Hambro" Einecd sides were slightly more in request , especially any of ms . sable quality at 2 s . to 4 s . per cwt . under the top prices . Some sales for April and Hay shipment were cfeteil at from 47 a to 50 s per cwt . Bale and tierce middles were easier to sell . Hams steady . Lard fully 2 s . per cwt . dearer , and a ready sale . English Botter Market , Feb . 17 .-Our trade keeps good , as no new milk butter , cither English or foreign , has yet come in sufheient quantity to interfere with prices . stale , _ s to -s ; fresh . 9 s to 13 s per doz . lbs .

      POTATOES . ' Soutiiwark , Waterside , February 17 . —Our market is well supplied with English and forei gn pi ™ , trade is exceedingly heavy less prices Have been submitted to during the past week for every description of white , * . tato . rnc following are the present quotations :-York . shire Regents , 70 s to 90 a per ton ; Scotch , liOs to 70 s-Scotch cups , 50 s to 70 s ; Fife , -s to-s ; Cambridge and Lincolnshire Regents , COs to 70 s - Rhenish , Whites , _ s to —»; French Whites . 50 s to 60 s .

      SEEDS . London , Wednesday . -The arrivals of foreign clorersccd were to a fair extent last week , and there was more offer . ing to-aay than coultlbe disposed of ; we do not , howerer , deem it necessary to alter quotations . Crushing seeds were quite as dear as last Monday , and flax seed for > oiv . ing was in req uest for Ireland . Canary seed scarcely sold so well as on Monday last .

      COTTON LiVEMoot , Feb . 18 .-T . he sales ef cotton to-day aro estimated at 1500 bales , and consist of about 3 . 001 ) Amc I'ican ; 1 , 000 Pernam and Maranham , chiefly Avicatis . it : i f £ S £ ? \ 8 - ; 200 Surat > 5 5 i- Total since T ' ^ day , 1 , 000 . Import since Thursday , 25 , 000 . The market closes heavily , but with less American offering . Compared with Friday ' s rates prices of American are J per lb . dtirni m qualities under C | per lb . and little changed at 7 and Manchester , Feb . 18—lhe intelligence bromrlitkthe American steamer , the Arctic , of a continued though small decline in tho prices of cotton in the United States nas acted upon our market , which was previously in a pTe . canous and discouraging state , so as still further to lower prices , though at the reduction which lias tiikcn place in tne quotations more disposition has been manifested to-day to make purchases . At the same time ther are no buyers except for immediate delivery . The orders iven out some

      g iime ago to manufacturers are now nearly executed , and consequently a larger accumulation of stock is taking pace . Ihe intelli gence from India is not so good as was expected , and there are no purchases for that quarter , pices of India shirting are l £ d to 3 d per piece lower than last week . The home trade has also partaken of tbe depression , and it is understood that the winter season , owing to the openness of the weather , has been a peor one tor them ; consequently their purchases are now of a limited character . There has been rather more doing in yarns for this branch of our trade , particularly iu 32 's twist , but it has been at a decline of fully } d per ) b . The termans are only supplying pressing wants , and evidently holding buck from executing their larger orders in the expectation that lower prices will rule , ionj , ' cloths have been firmer in price than most descriptions of poors , but shirtings and madapollams are at a decline of lid to Jd per piece . Domestics , in some cases , have been done at Id lower .

      COALS . W ^ ESDAY , February 19—Stewart ' s , lGs Gd ; Helton ' s , u m , ? I y s . 16 s Od ; Kelloe , 10 s Od ; Richmond , 14 s 0 d ; Lden , i 3 s 9 a : Adelaide ' s , 15 s 3 d ; R . Iletton , 16 s ; Wylam , 13 s 9 a ; Durham , 15 s 3 d : Tees , 15 s fi « l ; iseimont , lGs 0 d . Factors succeeded in getting an advance of Is per ton upon this day se ' nnighfs sale . -Fresb arrivals , 7 ; left from last day , 73 .-Iotal , 80 . HIDES . Leadenhau ,. —Market hides , 5 Glb . to 641 b ., 2 d . to 2 Jil . pevlb . ; ditto , 041 b . to 721 b ., 2 d . to " 2 M ; ditto . Till- , to l \ u" ' 2 ^ ' J * >; ditt 0 ' ' 8 lUb - t 0 8 slb » V - > dit , 01 8 Slb . to 9 filb ., 3 p to 4 d . ; ditto 961 b . to 104 lb ., 3 d . to 4 Sd . ; ditto , 1041 b . to 1121 b ., 4 JI 1 to i \ i , Calf-skins , cacn ; 2 s . to 3 s . ; Horse-hides Gs , to 7 s . "

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      £ From the Gazette of Friday , February Uth . BANKRUPTS . P . TVooton a-dP . Wooton , inn ., Margate , grocers and cheesemongers - F . P . l'late , Broad-street- uildings , merchant-, ! . Manning , Birmingham , draper and tailor—£ . letlow , Leeds , innkeeper—II . Ilunt , K ngston uponmul , merchant and com-iiission agent—T . Brghouse , Liverpool , contractor and licensed vicMallcr—J . Wilson . tsamt Helen ' s , Lancashire , chemical manufacturer a «» smelter . BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED . f C . Wilson , Liverpool , dealer in railway shares- " Alsop . Plymouth , potter—B . Holman , Westbsurne- terrace , nwldington , builder . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . J . Towers . Glasgow , merchant-J . Smith , 61 afgo *» grocer ~ A . M'Kechnie , Greenock , shopman-A . Sin "" - - Kelso , currier . From ilie Gazette of Tueiday , February IS . BANKRUPTS . James Binion Cooper and George Binion Cooper , Driirylane , iron found ers-James Holland and Edward warueii . Preston , tallow chandlers—William Neck , jun-i To" Devonshire , com dealer . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . John Gilchrist , Blackball , Dye-works , new Pa . **' dyer —Robert Miller M'Blair , Glasgow , eoinmuso . ' agent—Robert Menzier , Weein , Perthshire , merchant James White , Edinburgh , draper .

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      DEATH . Died at Merthyr Tydvil , Ou tbe 15 th inst ., Fearb'U > O'Connor Mitchell Ceddow , the son of Jolm and lw » Beddow . - — -i

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      ^ mm 8 THE NORTHERN STAR __ - __« - _____¦¦ , __ - _ February n , ig 51

      I P. Inted By William Rider. Ofno. 5, Macclesseldf »* /

      i P . inted by WILLIAM RIDER . ofNo . 5 , MacclesSeldf »* /

  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1614/page/8/