Star. — London, England, 1825-12-31 00:00:00

•,: 0 • 1 .. • • 4 I NEW WEIGHTS AN•D MEAStiIIES' ACT. I .•.•• 0- • The new Cu.toms Act contains two tables of duties, the one fixing the deity to be paid according to the present weights and measures, and the other provid 'erg new duties, to be estimated according to the new .antlards, :cid to commence from and after the 1s: of ennary next, at which time the former table ceases to perat . By this second table, many articles estimated by mea sures of capacity are continued at the old duties, and hence the public gain in the proportion that the capa city of the new measure exceeds the old. Thus wheat imported from the British possessions in North America, apples dried and undried, French beans, buck wheat, oysters, lentils, medlars, nuts of all kinds, onions, pears,•rice, tares, and flax and hemp seeds, ate to be cominned at • the old duty per bushel, amf Which ii fully equivatent to a reduction of three guineas per cent. Again; oil,• both train and spermaceti, and blubber, are to be continued at the same duty per tun, which is equivalent to a reduction or full 201. per cent. Also cranberries, rennet, and Cologne and other mineral waters, are to be continued at the same duty per gallon, being a redUction of 201. per. cent. Thr duty on wines to bit raid as under : Cape wine, present duty, Gs. per galL to be 2.5. sd. per impl. gall. Yrench wines . . 6i. . . 7s. 3d. pti ditto. Purtegal and other win* 4s. 4s. 10d. per ditto. The Cusoms gain the fullowiag fractional advantages by the new duties; viz. Ott Cape Wine, four-sevenths of a farthing per gal lon; French ditto, one-fifteenth ditto; Portugal and other wines t six fifteenths ditto. The new duty on rum is to cAurdince on the Ist of January, and is to be Bs. 6d. per imperial gallon, which is about equal to, 7.; Id. on the present gallon: the spirit to be exactly', proof; or if above or below, to be cha , ged or allowed an pr9portion. Accordiog to the London Price current for last week -the pikes of,Jamaica rum, in bond, vary from 2s. 7d. to Sr. 63., per gallon: Assuming that their values re main stationary up to the Ist of January, their prices ought th,irto be, for imperial Won, for the minimum, lid, and lot the maximum, 4, q d. Again, (torn 1 1."%h6 samesource, we learn the price of Cognac brandy Af) IV $e ti t i. tb•S‘6l Per gallon, which, per imperial gyelbin„.would be Ss. I Id. and 4.5. 2d. Supposing a dealer to have a stock of liquors bought by ihrpiesent gallon; in ceder to get the saute profit in retailing them by the new imperial gallon, he ought to charge Is. for every tenpence of his present charge. • Supirosiag a farriiiy consumes a gallon of spirits per .week, they might to consume six pints and a half and halt a Tsai tern - of the new measure, or exactly five gal- Los in six weeks. Wheat Barley oats Rye Beans Peas 4 A pipe of Port wine contains about 138 gallons of the present measure, and will be equal to 115* imperial gallons ; a pipe of Sherry, 130 present gallons, and will be equal to 108 3-10 , .hs imperial gallons; a pipe of Lisbon or Bucellas, 140 present gallons, and willkbe equal to 116 6-lOths imperial gallons; a pipe of Vidonia, 12U present gallons, equal to very nearly JOO imperial gallons ; a pipe of Madeira, 110 present 'gallons, equal to 91 6.loths imperial gallons; a hogs held of Sherry, 63 present gallons, equal to 52* im pel sal gallons. From these calculations it will be seen that six gal lons of the present measure are very nearly equal to five gallons of the new m. asure, the latter only ex ceeding the former by thirty-seven hundredth parts of a Cubic inch. Tht Excise duties have also been adjusted to the new nreaarre—that oa malt 1-.eing, after the Ist of January, 2s. Bd. per bushel, which is an advance of about three guineas per cent. The duty on beer is to be 9s. per barrel, instead of 9s. 2d. The duty on Bri tish spirits is to be 7s. per imperial gallon of hydrome- ter proof, which. is equal to a duty of ss. 10d. on the old gallon. Tne new imperial gallon .contains 277,274 cubic , iuches, being 4:'726 cubic inches less than the old beer measure; consequently 60 of the new gallons are al most precisely equal to 59 of the old beer gallons. 'Therefore, supposing a family at present to consume a gallon of be-fr per day, and to continue the s.tme noniiir.:l quantity throughout _the coming year, they wi:l at the end of the twelvemonth have only consumed a quantity equal to 2(.)9 or the present gallons, conse qbently their consumption will have been lessened to the extent of silt gallons. :lire present charge made by the London brewers for a barrel of beer, containing 36 gallons, is 21. 3s. 4d. from which deduct the duty, and we find the net price td be U. 14s. 2J. Now the new barrel will only b: eqaal to 35 gallons and 4-10ths of the old measure, c.aiseouentty the price ought to be 11. 135., Md. to m add.9s. for the new duty, and we have 21. 2s. 70. for the price at which- it ought to be charged to the publican, being a reduction per barrel of B:l t d.—not quite a farthing per pot. Admitting, therefore, tl,e lattegise to have been necessary, it is obvious that the present prices cantv.t be reduced w the Public, and the question therefi.re arises, whether the 81d. per band will find its way into the pockets of the publican of the • brewer ? If infer the pocket of she litter, the advantage pre annum to each of the great. London brewers will be respectively as under, supposing them to biew the same number of barrels at during the present year: Barrels. s. d. Bard* and Co. 556,261 at old. each 12,618 5 8k Banbury and Co, 215,317 . • 7,62.5 16 si aWhitbread and Co. 206,082 7,298 14 9 . Reid and Co. 190,615 6,750 18 irk Conihe and Co. 131,930 4,672 10 1 Calvert and Co. 108,669 3,838 13 104 Dleux and Co. 108,594 3,838 19 1 1 loare and Co. 70,060 2,481 5 10 Elliot and Co. 64,777 ' 2,294 3 84 Taylor and Co. 58,757 2,080 19 Of 'Deka 22,559 799 5 if liodgsk•ir . 18,306 6-18 6 9 groat 16,664 ;;;I;it 5 8 * 1,568,391 55,547 3 66 If the brewers should de ermine owing this 4onus to the publicans, the total shews the amount that wou:d be dist' ibuted among them. - The calculation is exclusive of the advantage I P hich a.crue up , sis every barrel of ale, and which will probably be equal to half as ILLICI) mole. Th.: Irish liquid gallon contains 217.6 cubic itches, consequently 2.5 i Lists gailons will be equal to 20 .11.100 th Imperial gallons. The Scotch gallon conrains i 840 cubic inches, and is equal to rather more than duee Imperial gallons. B 1, ' - th, „ •tt lll4 t; Eloise and unstotas'itcts, it 'elating to tl e levenue, if the gallon, it thdll, after the token and deenird to be the duties, dtawbai.kg, Jasl ray- t, • • t At . • _ . p1i......E•11••••,..M.Mr•P•••=0 4 ments relating thereto, !Iran be according to such fro- 1 perial gallon, anyabingiii any Act or Acts thereof to the contrary . . notwithstanling. . We neat proceed to sbew the operation of the new measures on the prices of corn and other commodities usually sold by measure. The present bushel measure conraias 2150.4 cubic inches, and the new 'one will contain 2218.192 cubic inches, con.equent'y, a clatter measured by the new standard will contain 542.336 cubic inches more than one rintas-ured by the old ; or, in more popular terms, neatly one gallon, S quirts, and,li pint. • The consequence will be an advance in the nominal -price of,grain to the amount cf full Si. 3s. per ern , . and as, after the Ist of January next, the averages will be ascertained according to the new measure, the effect will be equivalent to a lowering to the extent of Si. 3-. per cent. of the prices at which foreign coin may be imported. Thus, taking the ptices,of corn as given by the Ciazetle for the week eliding Saturday, December 17, and supposing no variation to take place between then and the Ist of January, the prices would, on the latter day, owing to the difference of the measure, be advanced as under : Per present Ought to be per Ins- Quarter. perisl Quarter. 635. 4d. • • 6s. 4d. 41$. 4d. . . 425. 74d. 265. sd. • • 275. sd. 465. sd. . . 47.. 11 d. 455. 64.1. . . 464. io . ,d. 495. 54.1. . . Si 4. Od. --- It is obvious from these calculations, that tl , e price of coin will teach the maximum at which its irnpoita tion is to be alloyed sooner under the new system than it would under the old, and therefore, shoal.: the real value of corn be increased, the public will gain no slight advantage by the change. From the total silence of the landed interest during the last Session of Parlia ment on this stibitt, it should appear that this opera tion of the Atth..d wholly escaped their nctire. In the merstning of coals, the height to which the cone is to be raised h defiiied by the Act ; and the dia meter of the measure being enlarged, the public will gain about 68 , solid inches of coals in every bushel, and which will. be equal in the chalchon, m oire bushel all but half a peck. If, however, the cone is not thus raised, the difference in a chaldron will not exceed halt a pint, as the. contents r:f the new buslui, exclusive of the cone, are only half a cubic inch more than the old one. In a commercial ccuntry like 016, it is of course im portant to have accurate tables of the effect of all the - se various changes, exhibited more in detail, ani more adapted tor practical purposes than those we have given; and it may, therefore, be acceptable to many to be in. formed that Mr. Gutteridge,the conservator of weights for Middlesex, has now in the press, a work, contain. inga series of tables, skewing the proportion which the new measures bear to the present standards, and and to those of all foreign countries with which Great Britain has any commerce, and also to the local mea sures in use in various districts in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Thursday was the anniversary of the Royal Society, being instituted, in 1660; of the birth of J. PHILLIPS, poet, 1676 ; and of the death of ROBERT BOVA phi losopher and chemist, 1689. The Moniteur of Tuesday contains a Royal Ordinance, granting a pardon, (as we stated the King would) to the following condemned persons : Benjamin Fnure, Felix Cossin, Gaspard Lavaca!, and Joachim Arthaud. They are to remain for five years under the surveillance of the high police. Letters from Italy state, that the mail-post which left Altorf on the 12th inetant, was overwhelmed and buried under an enormous avalanche on the Italian side of St. Gothard. The men accompanying it effected their escape by a precipitate flight. It is doubtful whether the effects can be recovered. A letter from tLe Hospice of St. Gothard, dated the 6th of December, says, that on that day the snow had risen as high as the' roofs of the houses, and that a transport of recruits for the Neapolitan service were prevented from passing the mountain. _ _ _ Mr. ATCHESON, an attorney, well-known, especially in the political circles about the Parliament Houses, and as the founder of the Pitt Club, was on Wednesday buried in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. An aged and respectable member of the law pro fession in Glasgow, who died lately, bad engaged tradesmen about twelve monThs ago, to place an ele gant railing around his burying ground, in the High Church-yard, in chat city, but they ueie prt vented by other engagements from finishing it at once, and thus put their employer to the trouble of many visits, fur the purpose of hastening the work, and at last he was oblistd to threaten that he would engage the services of others. Tiiis had the deli ed effect. The job was completed on Saturday week, and the owner died on Monday morning. Tuesday, the 6th instant, the wife of a workman in the vicinity of Paisley, observed her yotingest child, about six months of age, somewhat uneasy : on exami nation, she found a piece of sewing thread sticking in its back. She suspected that a nee ile,or piece of a needle, had entered the child while lying in her 1 !p. The thread was pulled away, but n rthing c tare along with it. The child was pretty well on the reinaiader ofAbie. day, and in the forenoon of Wednesday, but towards evening it became rather fretful anti uneasy, and passed a very restless night. The mother became alarmed, and on Thursday morning catried the chill to a Stn. geon, by whom an incision was made over the part where the needle appeared to have entered, but no needle could• be felt there. T:.echild grew gradu.illy worse on Thursday evening, and expired before mid- I day on Friday. For several hours before death it la boured with disttes,ing,and violent palpitations of the• heart. On examination it was found that a slender needle, about au inch and a quarter in length, hid en tered between its shoulder-blade and spine, passed between its third and fourth rips, and pen. crated its heart, thus occasioning the death of a fine infant. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.—A warper in the em ploy of Messrs. KERR and Co. of Glasgow, had a erild which died on Thursday, after lour d ys' occasione ! by the blow of a game cock, having struck his spur in the child's head while in the act of cm eepiig ins feet and hands. PoT ST En Li \ o.—An elderly man, named tdru - ks alias Lush, was brought to the Mat y•la•bon..e Otli.e, and fully committial to the Sebli rats fur this offenc.. ye.ter day. I appeared he had been before in custody rn a barge -of similar charge. and was deter led cairyitig , 11 ' *lf, from the house of Nit. Lowder, the flea:, in the New-road, a ;situ apt, and upon belle, searched several others were found slung uudu au a e r on round biS waist. .‘• , . • 4 .P th . • Pr f inf tta JAI op By a crau.e in the new Exi is declareclopthat in all Acts ri which mention is made of the Ist of January next,- be take Imperial gallon,. and all dut • . :-•se --- • - 4'. . :"." ' 11 .r .. ;7 4 i "V :- • •. . ... . . ' I 4 • • "*:f ' * ; ... *l'7 ~. , • • ' . * . *-' • , . 3 t * • .ii .". * i • at *': : 1 . c I . ... •-- Vi* • • V •• 4iik ' • putrin , g her l e n s f r.e u L., Joan g ~- . th. * all t lik . citErlN-sqUA nit Semen Maati.kota.-s-Mr. J. • Vernif itl • i C Tl .l:rle , : of wee 7,•.,1„ at Sr , CALCULATION' OF LONDON CONSUNIPTION it . .. .: -. "."-:-.. . . '...; George's ChtircWilow - buildin Iris wife uith ill-trestment, - ana g selai arem pi e in f c r i u p i a ts ll a y n p a ,o4 ivegucetzedbleiin thy, environs ; ti .a ie n N d le it tf i O s p c n a ll i : treatedill e co it h l e p r l a i a n n a d n t o s a n i T d that her heshand had for scue .a t r i: :'er life. culated . that thole are upWards of 6,000 cultivated as gardens, within 12 milesof the Metropolis, murder her. On acres.of ground that nigkr ay ke ni e g i l en st he hr Lic h ked her.amj threullenastedill. giving einployment to $ O.OOO persUns in winter, and- house, and claimed a right to do .o, ae g sk t e a ( n e o n th rn er i w o n lati !„to thte his k lawful wife. The Magistrate inquired where i t ' h a e in t t , l Wa% , not three times that number in summer. Numerous Th e cal- Ta k en poor woman replied, that the e , n ,] v a n ' l3 g e bad culations have been ma'e, of the annual consumpti,n p t a l a c e e n a p lace? a m e rc h ant'sA i lierdeen, on the 20th fiflos4,"ftk of food in the Metropolis ; but this is not easily ric e r- ber , 1300, and . was it h r n f t o " r e m in d rained, as., although'we may know the number of cattle pro ' dueed a certificat, siguedky t.ykeackSucroticih Clergyir M., andtesT); Ile Magistrate said that the proof of th.• n ‘ l e a a r rti ri In s oft(. t puns , and sheep, yet we have no means of learning the weight. . ge :a; latisfa t . Of the quantity of cattle sold in Smithfield mat ken, we 1:17 he i M d rs. Gears said she wished to he ne power to order a separation. P A r ‘ a ,: ed ' t e have the most accurate returns, and find, that in the named Pope, was then year 1822, the numbers were 11.9,835 boasts, 24,609 were often calves, 1,507,096 sheep, and 20,020 pigs. This does forced open, the complainant appeared Covered wit h t 11. door was said that he and his wife lived happily to •11‘1"(l. Tbe not, however, by any means, form the total consumed defendant year 1 . 819, when he lad reason to suspect that she earned until the in London, as large quantities of meat in carcases, par- illic it intercourse with a footman of the Margrav' tamed orrpo me of • vispach ticuLit I y pork, are daily brought from thecounties round m Airs. Gears denied this statement, ald e fo r . the Metropolis . The total value of the cattle sold in to find bail for his appearance at th e '‘..‘ . - tiered. „ions. - -' Smit' , field is calculated at £8,500,000; it is supposed UNION-MALL tat a million a year is expended in ft uits and vege- Thom s .4rniSh . and Join Edm wn t w onds, h . were exami , tables. The consumption of wheat amounts to a m i l . day se 'nnight,charged withhaving committe d a hurglat in the honk of Mr. Anderson, of D lion of qtrar.ers annually ; of this, four- fifths are sup- urhatu.pla c e, L ai broughtup for final examination. posed to b. made into bread, being a consumption of Th e 64. millions of (pattern leaves every year in the Metro - whom ttreopruisonnnieerne, cohabited, n ire F d ilmonda and A me li a , r a e t r i e d who are strorgi yolk alone. Untii within the last few years, the price b The gein dditi implicated with - th - eni,'s remanded un ill til aonal evidence taken yestet'd of bread was regulated by assize, and it may afford si)meay, provedit lodged h in the a same house. idea of the vast amount of money paid fir the sta ff of esa ,o ay w f a o r n d n , i a h ro t ol s ch i al h er, in the Landon-ro ar li . e, when it is stated, that an advance of one farthing on We n dt' on the quariern loaf, formed an aggregate increase, in and the woman, Marashall,mcaltledP f u n r r cl i i r ase rk d a etialt,!, meat was found at Falmonds's lodgings. jo s4 t . n : ' %; in expense for this article alone, of upwards of 13,000/. per osonnt'sheprtemisefs the the robbery, marks of itiooill'iwni:i we,k. The a.nual consumption of butter in London ew man'sa ll,konver which the thieve , clamber, amounts to about 11,000 and tha• of cheese to 13 000 impression n of t a Ko . , e, thv tons. The money paid annually for milk is supposed the curiosity to examine ee bo w th as th % e isebi r e i; rke p ee p ri soners' i: k , neei, , to amount to 1,950,000/. T. e quantity of poultry an- served a long and deep cot upon Which injury seemed to have been P ."""1". nually consumed in London is supposed to cost between recently receiv, toners were then committed for trial. 70,000/. and 80,0001. That of game depends on the fruitfulness of the season. There is nothing however ats!f e ar l y am L in aw d ren ce, who had bees in Mr. Anderson forhaviz committed a robbery. On more surprising, than the sale of rabbits. One sale.mats lodgings there e were in Leadenh.:ll-market, during a consider , ble poi an of some s ilv e r spoon s, a nd ale dozen n and ahr en e s l c fn t bo x , fknives ei ki a siie d the year, is said to sell 14,000 rabbits weekly. 'lire way puts of raspberry jam, besides a. quantity of ca v n e d s le a s n an which description of articles were minutely examined iu in which he disposes of them, is by employing between rs. Anderson, and identified by them as their p r 1.50 artd 300 men and women, who hawk them through prisoner was silent when asked whether she had an , the streets.—Percli Histories (London). in her defence ? She was fully committed for trial. ..v,, ~~~~ I~ Prc - 1 ,. ti :, } POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A trunk containing property to tl7e arnra consisting of trinkets, linen apparel, Stc. is from the travelling chariot of Mrs. Mont May-fair, on her return from Tunbridg.. Wednesday evening; notwithstand , ng it w by patent slides. The robbery WAS commit, the Green Man Turnpike-gate and Char; being all safe at the former place. MANSION-HOUSE. A grocer named Stanley, who resides in Aidgate, was summoned before the Loan Miriam', to account for having broken open a par cel directed to Mr. Hoskins, who had carried on business in the same house, and for having applied the contents (81. 10s.) to his own purpose. Mr. Hoskins stated that he had, a short time ago, carried on the grocery business, in the house in which Mr. Stanley now resided. Amongst his country customers was a Mr. Poole, who being in debted to him a balance for groceries, amounting to 81. 10s. in closed that sum in a parcel to him, directed to the house at Aid gate, not beiug aware of hts removal from that place, and gave a fresh order for groceries fa a greater amount, for which credit was to be given. The parcel had written upon it " Money Parcel," and was secured in the usual way. Mr. Stanley, however, instead of send* the parcel to the only person who had any claim to it, took the liberty of opening it himself, and the still more extraordi nary liberty of putting the 81. 10s. into his pocket ; he then, with out giving any notice of the transaction to Mr. Hoskins, made up groceries to the exact amount of the 8/. 10s. and sent them off to Mr. Poole, accompanied by a note, signed with his own name, and intimating that he should be glad to execute orders for those who had been customers to his predecessor. Mr. Stanley said he considered himself perfectly justified in hav ing done what he had done. Ile had given the full valise for the money. The Loos Maros, after having consulted with Mr. Nobler, told the defendant that the least that could be said of his conduct was, that it was most untradesmanlike, and that Mr. Hoskins might, if he thought proper, indict him at the Sessions. Mr. Hoskins said he should do so for the sake of the Public. GUILDHALL. B I Mi. Dee. 17, at the Manse of Crawford-John, Lanarkshire, .... William Marshall, the book-keeper at Mr. Hearn's, the King's Arms Inn, Holborn-bridge, appeared upon summons to answer the complaint of Mr. F. Rhodes, a grocer, residing in Thornton street, Horslydovrn, for not deli►ering a basket which arrived at the inn on Friday night, by the Perseverance, Boston coach, until nearly one o'clOck on Christmas-day. Mr. Alderman Lucas said, as the fact of the basket having ar rived at the inn at too late an hour on the Saturday afternoon to be delivered that evening bad not been satisfactorily made nut, he should give credit to Mr. Rhodes porter, who swore that the defendant admitted the arrival of the parcel on Saturday morning, and he therefore convicted him in the penalty of 10s. and coats. ..:mlaceelia Mar•h:1 1 ; 1 :::h to find bail for his appearance at the Sessions. UNION-II A LL. - . Thomas Smith and Join Ednsonds,who were examined iv- \V d t i in the nl e li t o w u s ae day se'nnight,charged withhaving committed a burglar% P:ttl e f'—' women,of blr. An derson , of m of on D d a a r a h n a d m Lanitl-J °l)berY brought up for final examination. whom the prisoners cohabited, and who are stroi: , ie . 1/ . ' ' being implicated with "tli - eni, were remanded until :.1 p b eetcil of The additional evidence taken yesterday, proved ill .I°l er 'kr. it tt:r pe er lodged in the same house. John Woodward, a tool dealer, in the London-road, pr vel • on Wednesday fortnight, Smith purchased a et:tale-Iq t ar g i * s . ' h i ? and the woman, Marshall, called for it the. sante . : ;h t . t I.: i t t',..' ment was found at Falmonds's lodgings. On examining s ir. A - --- i i; son's premises after the robbery, marks of blood were discovnered on the top of the wall, over which the thieve, clambered, and the impression of a man's knee was visible. Key-e, the eon-table, had the curiosity to examine both the prisoners ; knees, when he ob. served a long and deep cot upon the cap of Edmond... left knee which injury seemed to have been recently receiv e d. Th e i ". 1: toners were then committed for trial. Mary Lawrence, who had beeß in Mr. Anderson's service, was alio examined for having committed a robbery. On searrtn; her lodgings there were found a silver scent hex, a silver sn u ff 1,.., , sonic silver spoons, a dozen and a half of knives and fors, ehli: puts of raspberry jam, besides a quantity of candles and soap, 3 11,4 which description of articles were minutely examined by Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, and identified by them as their property. 'lids prisoner was silent when asked whether she had anything to urze .. in her defence ? She was fully committed for trial. A trunk containing property to tl7e amount of 1001. consisting of trinkets, linen apparel, Ste. mas cut away from the travelling chariot of Mrs. Montgomery, of May-fair, on her return from Tunbridge Wells on e Wednesday evening; notwithstandorg it WAS secured by patent slides. The robbery was committed bettseett the Green Man Turnpike-gate and Charing-cross, it being all safe at the former place. • B I ItTll. Dee. 17, at the Manse of Crawford-John, Lanarkshire, the Lady of the Rev. William Goldie, of a daughter. • DIED. At his residence, on the Marine Parade, Brighton, Sir Samuel Falkiner, Ban. of Ann Mount, county of Cork. • August 11, at Karla, in the' East Indies, Lieutenant Wilford Bulkley, of the 4th Light Dragoons, aged 24. - Wednesday, at Dr. Williams. Library, lied Crows:reef, aged 75, Richard Holt, F•sq. of King's Road, Gray's Inu.lane. lie had been attending a quarterly meeting of the trustees of that In. stitution, and had just seated himself at the dinner table, when he fell back in his chair, and instantly expired. At Rossgtill;parish of Medagh, county of Donegal, Andrew Sheals, aged 106 years, Ile spent the principal part of his lire fishing from the rocks, and a few days before his death he wished to follow his usual occupation, but was prevented by his family. His wife is still living, healthy and strong, and nearly the same age; thser deomadensa are armeruus, and their fourth generation : • approaching maturity. ____ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, Dr'. 30. Beef... 3s Od to 4s 4d Veal . ...... .. 44 0.1 to as. id Mutton .. 3s Od to 4s 4d I Pork UXBRIDGE MARKET, Drcamsea 29. • Wheat, £l4 to £2O per load—Barley, 3ig. te 445.—Oats, 265. to 31s.— Beans, 465. to 50s.—Peas 50s. to L 2,. per quarter. PRICES or lIAY AND STRAW YESTERDAY. 57. James's. weitroccn•rat. Hay 31 53 Od to 51 5s Od I Hay 31 tOr co 51 Os Od Clover 41 Os Od to 51 10s Od Clover 41 103 to 61 0 , 01 I Straw 11 16s Od to 21 3s ad Straw II 14, to 21 Os Od PRICE OF HOPS . Kew POCCRTIL NEW PAO% Kent 3203 to 378 s I Kent ...... 310 s to 360 s Sussex ...... 305 s to 330 s S u s se x I Essex ...... 320 s to 357 5 Essex Farnhamfiee 460 s to 5095—Seconds. 400 c to 4401 , PRICE or TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 11216. - • Town Tallow 44s Od I Yellow Soap , Yellow Russia ... ..... 39. Od Alottled .. White ditto Soap ditto • fel 04 Melting Stuff ... PRICE OF LEATHER. Ben Dressing Hides .............. .......... I aid to 21d Common Ditto l5l to 17d • Crop Hides, 35 to 381bs for cutting ....15d to 1651 Ditto 40 to 451b5 ....... ......... Calf Skins, 35 to 401bs ........ , ........ Ditto 45 to 551bs .. 27d to 33d Ditto .55 to 751bs .. • 22d to 251 1 Small Seals, Greenland)...• •...• •••••••••• 19d to 21d Tanned Horse Hide 5.......... .. ........ .. 12d to 15d Spanish Horse Hides l3l to 18.1 i .. . RAW HIDES o s 4.1 Best Heifers and Steen (per Ordinary . . 2s od to - ... stone) ...... 9s Brl 'to 33 Od Market Calf (each) 11 % t'a Middlings... 2s 4d to 2s ad COAL MARKET, DECEMBER ZO. Ships at Market. . Ships Sold. Price. 106 Newcastle 415 32a 0.1 to 40s tid 395 Sunderland 135, 5 0 ,, 04 to 4.5.0 el COURSE OF EXCHANGE, DEC. 30. ' Amsterdam ......12 10 C.F. I Seville ...... ..... 3 5 i Ditto at 5ight......12 7 Gibraltar ...... .. 31 Rotterdam... ..... 12 11 I Leghorn ... ...... 481 Antwerp lt 11 Genoa ...... ...... 455 Hamburgh 37 11 Venice ' 27 . Altona ......37 8 1 Malta .. ...... .. Paris,3day'ssight 25 40 - Naples ...... ..... 39} Ditto 2 U 29 7Q Palermo ........ 120.1 per es. Madrid 56/ Lisbon... ...... . . 501 . Cadiz ... ... ... ... 36 i Rio Jaheiro... .. 47 Barcelona 35 Dub1in............ al Dilboa 561 Cork.-- •••• .. 94 PRICES OF GOLD A NDSILVeR. 3 17 0 6 Foreign Gold in Bars ••• ....• ••• ••• •••••• ••••• 0 0 Silver, in bars, standard.••• ••• •s •••• ;.• • AIM ••• • . 4 • New Dollarth, ••• ..... • ..... •...••••.•..•..... sow 0 10% le AILS..-4En DAL . M 4 ..II• P • •a IV 111111. • . • ' 2 " ct 0 Dublin 1 0 1 114 :1 6 , li: a i Waterford . ''' 1 0 /1 1 .40 Guernsey and Jersey 0 3 Mai* * i s 0 Lisbon • 0 Barnes Ayres 0 .1 Mal t s 00 1 Americo'. 0 ° al t s 0 I Br. zil 0 ° • olland 1 0 Islands HIGH -W / A TER st LONDON-BRIDGE TO. N 4 og luny. _ ' 45 minutes after 0 Morning . •' 15 minutes s ine Afternoon', - _—_-;_. ----=-__-._ t .. • •Or' Or • ' T nt e al'a Lassoes frestast.wal Piabbi by load. F, 1 4AL . th e I .si.r 1, rotor- IyFB, 7'e:7# e -liar ~ .• . _ •-. , . . • c •• : 11. -. . -.-- , ‘ • BOW STREET. George William Berridge was charged before Mr. Hams, the sit ting Magistrate, with stealing a promissory note for 1941. Os. 11d. the property of Messrs. Jenkins and Abbott, solicitors, in New Inn. The prisoner was a clerk in the employment of the prosecu tors. At the beginning of the year 1824, instcuctions were re ceived by the prosecutors, from Colonel Edwards, to proceed against a Lady, named Airs. Anna Maria Jones, on a promissory note for 1941. 9s. 1 Id. Directions were given to the Under Sheriff, to arrest that Lady. In the month of February last, he under stood that a promissory note for the above amount had been sent in a letter from the Under Sheriff to his office. In the last week he saw the bill he had received from Colonel Edwards, with a re ceipt for Ls amount on the back, in the hand-writing of the prisoner, at the house of Messrs. Melhuish and Co. Nicholas-lane. The amount of the bill had since been demanded by Colonel Edwards and paid to him. The prisoner had never received any authority horn the prosecutors to open any letters sent to the firm. The I worthy Magistrate committed him for further examination till Tuesday week. Two Gentlemen of respectable appearance, but whose names we did not learn, applkd to ITALIA for his advice under the fol lowing circumstances:—they were in the habit of passing fee. quently through Clare-market, and almost always were dis gusted by seeing the butcher; employed in slaughtering sheep on the foot.path. They wished to know from the Magistrate whether there was no summary method by which the offenders to whom they alluded might he punished? • .Als. -listt.r.s*lfectly cotecided with the opinion of the coin. — plilnaint, that suet scenes were both disgustMg arid shocking to.all persOns of humane feelings. Unto: tunately the Metropolitan Pav ing Act did not extend to such cases. The only method, there fore, which they could adopt, war by prosecution or action for nuisance. The parties t heo •redred. BIARLIIOnoucH-STR4ET. One Mr. Watran appeared to answer the charge of a Mr. Frost, a cabinet-maker. It appeared that as Mr. Frost wai descending the stairs of the Argyle-rooms, about six o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. ‘Vatson came up to hint and gave him a thump with his fist.— Mr. Frost did not return the blow, but inquired why he had at tacked him? " Because you have been thrashing one of my pals," was Mr. Watson's reply, and he dealt another thwack on the un fortunate Mr. Frost. So far there appeared to have been no reason on earth for this outrage, but Mr. Frost explained, that whilst he was promenading the Roams with two Ladles, Mr. Watson and ,some of his friends came up to him and assaulted the Ladies in a very indelicate manner ; this led to a remonstraaee on the part of Mr. Frost, and to the assault already detailed. Mr. Froot's evi dence was fully confirmed, and Mr. Watson was ordered to4nd bad for his future apyearanceer-Another charge was then preferred against Mr. Watson, for as assault on a young man named Craig, who officiated as constable. Mr. Watson said he coald bring forward plenty of witnesses to prove he was not the ass.ulter. Mr. CONANT said, he would give every opportunity for the case to be impartially heard, and it was postponed Instil next Tuesday. MAILY-LA-B9NNE. Yesterday, an elderly couple, named /Miss, were charged.with assaulting W. Jackson, in most violent manner. The prose rotor era► walking quietlyal iirougl. ltryanstone-itquare, when, the maledrtindant accased hiuruf striking hint, an,l, without further ceremony, gave him a violent• blew with a stic%; and the wife sprang upon him, and, lasing hold of hi. hand, hit hint. The de. tendants were tmth son ti etniat-ti to give anythkg like a collected L defer:co, anti the Ni4gittratc ord%red both klitot,ers to laud bail. . • t ,~