The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-09 00:00:00

SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION ---- - • - The public sales (by Messrs. Lomond and Co.) of Railway Shares, went off well on Tuesday afternoon, and very liberal purchases were made : Description. Sheffield, Buxton. and Leek Potteries Northern and Southern Connecting ... Ditto diet() Reading and R e i ga t e ... ... Essex and Suffolk ... Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• Great Grimsby and Sheffield ... Ditto Northampton, Bedford, and . Cambridge London and South Essex ... London, Hounslow, and Western ... Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Great Western of Bengal ... Ditto ..• •• ••• •• Universal Salv age •• • Ditto Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Shropshire Mineral ... ••• ••• Dundalk and Enniskillen ... ••• ••• London and York... - ••• ••• ••• Midland Eastern Counties ... Ditto ••• ••• ••• Ditto ••• ••• ••• ..• Northern and Southern Connecting ... Ditto ditto ... Great Western of Bengal ... London and Manchester (Remington's) Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• Ditto ditto •• ••• ••• Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester Manchester, Midlands, and G. Grimsby Newark, Boston, and Sheffield ... Trent Valley Cont. & Holyhead Junct. Bord., Toulouse, and Cette--Macken2ie Trent Valley Cont. and Holyhead June. Callao,- Lima, and Pacific Coast ... Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ... Ditto ditto ••• Ditto ditto ••• Ditto ditto ••• Ditto ditto ••• Ditto ditto Ditto ditto ••• Ditto ditto ••• Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Ditto ditto ••• Creil and St. Quentin—Arnous ) Ditto ditto ..• Ditto ditto ••• Creil and St. Quentin—Colbert :s Ditto ditto ..• Creil and St. Quentin—Carette's 50f. Creil and St. Quentin—Kyaaeus, jun.. 50f. Derbyshire, Staff. and Worcestershire... 4 9 s Ditto ditto ••• Goole and Doncaster 42s Louvain and Jemeppes „, "'4 Ditto •• ..• ..• ..• Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• London and York et Shropshire Minerals ... •• • •• 42 a Goole and Doncaster ... ••• •" 425 Dudley, Madeley, Brosley, &I. Bridge 2% Cornwall and Devon Central ... ••• Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Glo'ster 42s Dalian and Austrian ..• 3 Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• Great Western and Uxbridge ... Ditto ••• ••• ••• Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• Staffordshire, Churnet, and Potteries Ditto ditto ••• Ditto ditto Somersetshire Midland Ditto ditto ... Calcutta and St. George's Point *** Ditto ditto ... Liverpool, Preston, and North Union... Ditto ditto ... Lyons and Avignon ••• Ditto ditto .. •• ••• Irish North Midland ... ••• ••• •• Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ... Cornwall and Central Devon ... London and Birmingham Exten., and N. Daventry, Learn., and Warwick.. Goole and Doncaster ... ••• Southampton and Dorchester ... Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... Ditto ditto .. Shropshire Minerals ... ••• ••• ••• Ditto ditto .. ••• •.. ••• Ditto ditto North Staffordsh., Churnet, k Potteries Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ... Great Indian Peninsular ... ..• ••• Ditto ••• . • ••• ••• Taw Vale Extension and Dock ... Lincoln and Wainfit. Harb. and Boston Uoston, Stamford, and Birmingham Taw Vale Extension ... Derby, Staffordshire, and Worcestersh. Leicester, Tamworth, and Coventry, Birmingham and Trent Valley .. Dudley, Madely, Brosley. and I. Bridge Tean and Dove Valley ... East Lincolnshire ... •• Ditto • ••• ••• ••• ••• Nottingham and Mansfi e ld ... London and York Extension Gloucester, Aberyst. and Central Wales Northern and Southern Connecting ... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast ... Derbysh., Staffordsh., and Worcestsh. Louvain and Jemappes Ditto Warwick and Worcester Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries... Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Worcester and South Wales Goole, and Doncaster London and South Essex London and Manchester—Remington's Direct East and West Junction ... East Indian ... ••• • •• •• ••• Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Surrey Gra n d Junction . • ••• Calcutta and St. George's Point ... Ditto ditto Liverpool and Leeds Direct Ditto ditto Paid 1% Sold for 1 4 6 1 17 0 2 1 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 423 1% 1 5 0 1 5 0 1 15 0 1 9 6 42s 2% 2 420 1% 2 2% 425 30 22s 1 10 0 5 3 6 33 6 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 1 16 6 1 16 6 1 16 0 6 3 0 6 3 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 1 12 0 0 13 0 0 13 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 2% 22s 2r 24 1 1 42s IN 22s 42s 42s 2 3 /4 2% 42s Ditto ditto Leeds and Carlisle .. Dudley, Madely. Brosley, and I. Bridge Chepstow and Forest of Dean Dudley, Madely, Brosley. & iron Bridge 'Ceara and Dove Valley ... Great Luxembourg .„ Madrid and Valenti* London and South Essex „ „. York and Lancaster Ditto North Kent ..„ ..„ ..„ Derby, Gainsborough and G. Grimsby Ditto ditto ••• ••• Northumberland and Lancashire ... 42s Shrewsbury and Hereford ... ..• ••• Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby Derbyshire, Staffordsh., & \Vorcestersh. 42s Ditto ditto ... Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymth. Coast 42s London and Windsor . . ••• ••• I Cambridge and Li nco l n, New ... 1% Northumberland and Lancashire ... 42s 2% 423 POVERTY'S NEW YEAR. (From the Censor, No. 1.) Hark' the glad melody from yonder spire, So gaily pealing its confused ding-dong: With mirthful cadences, or booming fire. Courting responses from the busy throng, Their souls to cheer. Ring out, ye harbingers of promised bliss— For Want's keen agonies, what healing salve, To feel a privilege so dear as this, That hungry poverty may live and starve Another year. Yes! 'tis a messenger of joy to those Who clothe in purple, and perfume the air; But 'tis the warrant of increasing woes, To wailing Indigence enthrall'd by care, From shore to shore. 'Tis the sad requiem of twelve months' pangs In Time's inscrutable abyss entombed,--. Of twelve mouths' misery, through want's dire fangs— Alas! of misery to be resumed For twelve months more Peal forth your melody—loud, loud ! and charm Yon pauper skeleton with cheering tones— see ! how he flourishes t.is withered arm, And sucks foul marrow from half rotten bones,— New strength it gives! See in wild exstacv his eye-balls glare! Note th e rough 'fissures with his tears badewed; Hark ! how he aspirates an earnest prayer, And sobs so fervidly his gratitude, Because he lives. ... Britons, be merry then—shout loud and shrill : What though potatoes or your bread should fail— Gilead had anodynes for every ill, Thrice-favoured Albion has her Union gaol, The stay of Hope. Theree care-curs'd Industry in peace may rest, ak stones —pick oakum —on strong gruel fed ; And worn out nature, by long toil hard pressed, May end its struggles on an iron bed, Not die by rope. L s w g lab're carrots — r, merr y l il—chee r sm i les around, au e h, des—cabbage -stumps obstruct the Way 1 While mangold-wurtzel and beet -root abound— And horse-beans, saw-dust, with clean band s of ha Are piled en mass*. y, Ileay'n• favour'd Englishmen, strong, bray., and bold, Let your glad jubilees in chorus ring! And yet remember, that in days of old, Great towering- Babylon's half-witted king, Was fed on grass! But, hold ! ve olig .rchs, who close the door Of nature's granary, to raise your rents; Who preach philanthropy, but starve the poor, ' 1 " pay your mortgages and settlements, Beware and fear. 't ime vet will vindicate what Truth decrees — J idgment will follow for each heart you've wrung; And you, in agony, may seek of these A drop of water for your burning tongue, Ere next new year. LONDON :1843. —The following is the official return made by t h e London Fire Engine Establish ment of the number of tires in the metropolis during the past year, viz. :—Totally d estroyed and !seriously damaged ' 276 ; partially damaged, 431 ; total number of fires, 707 In addition to which there have been 87 chimneyas alarms and 81 false alarms, making a grand total aam tires d alarms during the year. This num b er is considerably alenes than that of the year 1844 ; but the l oss of life has been far greater than has occurred for several years past, the num her of lives that have been sacrificed by tire in 1845 being 19. A report reached us yesterday from a generally well-informed quarter, that the Marquis of Exeter and the Marquis of Granby have resigned their appointments in Prince Albert's household.—BriOten Guardian. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CHELTENHAM COMPETING LINES. IT. M. 8 55 H. M. Didcot Wallingford-road Goring Pangbourne... ll 30 Reading Twyford Maidenhead.. Slough West Drayton Sothall No exact time kept. Hanwell Ealing Paddington .. An experimental train is to be dispatched from Pad dington, carrying a weight of 400 tons, exclusive of trucks and carriage, and it is anticipated that an average speed of 21 miles an hour will be sustained. PL ,ANS DEPOSITED WITH THE PRIVATE BILL- OFFICE. The following is an enumeration of various undertak ings proposed to be carried out in connexion with the railway communication of the country, the necessary plans for which have been deposited with the Private Bill-office :- 1. Birkenhead Commissioners Docks 2. Bognor Dock and Piers 3. Campletown Harbour 4. Clyde Docks 5. Glasgow Harbour and Monkland Junction Canal 6. Harwich Docks 7. Herculaneum (Liverpool) Docks 8. Holyhead Docks 9. Lambeth and Westminster Suspension Bridge 10. Liverpool Docks 11. London Sewage Company 12. Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company 13. blorecombe Bay Embankment 14. Plymouth Great Western Docks 15. Poole Harbour 16. Porthdynllaen Harbour and Docks 17. Portsea Pier 18. Ranelagh Suspension Bridge 19. Severn Navigation 20. Sunderland Dock 21. Swansea Docks 22. Thames Embankment 23. Tynemouth Docks 24. Western super-Mare Pier 25. Wexford Harbour Improvement BIRMINGHAM AND WOROESTER.-011 Tuesday a meeting of the proprietors of the Worcester Canal, who lately proposed to carry a line which was to pro ceed, with deviations, along the bank of the canal to Stoke Priors, from which place it was to proceed along the Ox ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, to Wor cester, and there join the Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway, and the other lines entering that city, met at Birmingham, Mr. W. Beale, in the chair, when a report was read, stating that, although the shares had been allotted, the surveys completed, the plans pre pared, and the Parliamentary standing orders fully com plied with, the Directors found it necessary, in conse quence of the panic in the share market, to suspend all proceedings, and postpone their application to Parlia ment until the session of 1847. In the interim the com mittee recommended that the whole of the deposits be forthwith returned to the shareholders free of any deduc tion, and that the entire expense attending the past pro ceedings be paid out of the funds of the Canal Company. Notwithstanding the continued low rate of tonnage, the receipts had increased 8004 iu the half year, with every prospect of a continued improvement. A dividend of 11. 10s. per share was then declared, leaving a sufficient amount to defray all the probable expenses to protect the interest of the Company against any projects now before Parliament. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. SHEFFIELD, JAN. 7. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Shef field, 191x—Ditto, Extension, 31. 17s.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 247i —Derby and Crewe, 61i—Direct Northern, 2N—Grand Lnion (Nottingham to Lynn), 218—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 414—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 2/. I 6s. 3d.—North Western, 3%—Shef field, Rotherham, Wakefield, and Goole, 3/. 14s. 6d.—West Riding Union, 774. BRISTOL, JAN. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and South Wales Junction, 3-Caledonian, New, 4%-Welsh Midland, 4. EXETER, JAN. 7. STOCK EXCHANG E ._ The sales are-Bristol, New, 8- Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % dis.-Eastern Counties Extension Stock, No. 2, 34 p.-Dublin and Galway, 414. MANCHESTER, Jam. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and Lei cester Direct, 345. 6d.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 3%- Cambridge and Lincoln, New, 3 !g-.Chelmsford and Bury, 1%-Chester and Birkenhead, 52-Chester and Holyhead, 174 -Dudley, Iron Bridge, and Sheffield, 2%-Eastern Conn ties, 2314-Exeter and Exmouth, 12s. 6d.-Fleet woo d, Pres ton, and West Biding, 373.-Goole, Doncaster,: Sheffield, &c., 995. 6d.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 1214-Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 101 .2-liflders field and Sheffield Junction, 25-London, Salisbury, and Yeovil, 214-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 41. 125.- Manchester and Birmingham, 77-Manchester and Birming ham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 1%-Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, 235. 6d.-Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 6/. 19a. 6d.-Manchester and Southampton, 3} - Northumberland and Lancashire, 375.-North Eastern, 24 -North Staffordshire, 6/. 25.-Nottingham, Erewash, Amber gate, and Manchester, 3 1 4-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 375 . -Sheffield an d Li ncolnshire Junction, 4Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 1, 1514-- 7,- ADitto, No. 3. 7 % -Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 17s. 6d.- Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 2/. 145.-South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, /-Trent Valley, 111id7lIa.n1d4, s. €dd.....GrGanredatJLunucxteimon., 595. 6d.-West Riding Union, Bourg, 3. LEEDS, bar. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tho sales are-Eastern Counties, 23 -Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 12 1 4 Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 734-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extensions, 325. 6d. p.-Leeds and Bradford. 5634-Leeds and Dewsbury, 19 cash-Ditto, New Shares, 4 pp Leeds and Thirsk, 12-North British, New, 714-Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 31. 65.-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 39-Goole and Doncaster, 21 15s. p.-London and Portsmouth, 45'-Sheffield and Lincoln, 4%-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 5-West Riding Union, 71. 148.- -Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), 235. p.-Chelmsford and Bury, 2s. 6d. p.-Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 2s. 6d. p. -Great Eastern and Western, 11. 95.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 19s. p.-Leeds and York, par-Leicester and Bed ford, 245. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 2/. 14s. p.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junc tion, 7s. 6d. dis.-North Western 3 1 / 2 -Nottingham and Boston, 17s. 6d. p.-Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 17 s. 6d. p.-Nottingham and Grantham, 20s. p -Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham, 2s. 6d. dis.-Shropshire Union, Ms. p.-South Midlands, 3/. 128. p.-Wakefield and Brad• 7 1 1 1 0 11 sh L I L , JAN. 7. ford, 4s. dis.-Welsh Midlands, ss. p. pe S r l e 'O et K . E g . t .T ar Ci a i n Ali te G e,E6 B ial la " ckb a u r r e nT l D i a n r l w l b 1 ,4 c. n.-Great Grimsby and eann,daSndell?Zolt(olno, 31. Sheffield, 38,d._A Q rin uart ag e b rS c ha o r l e e s, rai 4 n 1 / 2e -North British, Carlisle, - and Portrush, 1%-Buckinghamshire, 1-G I Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 3-Grand Union, 11. 195.-Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 11s.-Hull and tion, 455.-Leicester and Bedford, 2/. 2a.-Leicester June- Birmingham, 275.-Leicester and Tatnvrorth, 3/47etrttianngd ham, Erewash, &c., 2,q-Nottingham and Boston, 2 N ort h - Staordshire, 61. 43. 6d.-Shropshi re Union, 7s. 6d.-Tean and Dove Valley, 1 5 i-Wakefield and Bradford, 2%-Wor cester, Tenbury, andiLlidlow,:2l4-Great Northern of France, 14 3 ,4. YORK, JAN. 7. STOCK EXCITANGE.—the stiles are—York and North Mid land Extension, 413/4 —Ipswich and Bury, S1 —Newcastle and Berwick, 214—North British, New Caisle Branch, 31. 18s. 6d.—London and York, 4/. 16s.—Axholme, 3N Clitheroe Junction, 3 3 /,—Grand Union , 2— Lancashire and North rth Yorkshire, 3 1 4—Leiceeter and Bedford , 2 /. Bs. 61— Tamworth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, 3—Manchester, BuatoD, Matlock,and CHELTENHAM, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—An important meeting was held here to-day to receive the resignation of the town committee appointed for the purpose of re porting on the various projects now in agitation in Chel tenham. Previous to the commencement of the proceed ings the Hon. Craven Berkeley, ALP., apologised for some animadversions made on a previous day as to the conduct of the Rev. T. Close in connexion with railway matters. The Hon. Gentleman's observations appeared to give satisfaction to the meeting and his constituents. Mr. GWINNETT proposed a resolution to the effect that the original committee should be re-appointed with some little alteration. The resolution was seconded by Mr. RowE. Mr. TANG WOOD supported the Cheltenham and Oxford line. Mr. HARPER proposed an amendment to the effect that the original members of the committee should be re appointed with several other additional names, with power to oppose any railway passing through or crossing the approaches of the town. The proposition was seconded by Mr. HEANE. Several members addressed the meeting, either dis senting to or opposing the resolution. When the CHAIRMAN desired the meeting to express their feelings as to the first resolution and amendment, a scene of indescribable confusion ensued. In the first instance Mr. Close decided that Mr. Har per's resolution had been carried ; feeling, however, some uncertainty as to the question, he requested the meeting again to divide, and then for some time was unable to obtain a hearing. Ultimately, however, the CHAIRMAN decided that Mr. Harper's resolution was carried. I THE BROAD AND THE NARRO W GAUGE. Wednesday morning an experimental train, consisting of twelve carriages, laden with 124 tons 11 cwt. and a quarter, was dispatched from the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, the object being to as certain if a passenger engine would propel such a weight. Precisely at 8 45 A. 31., the train, propelled by the Lion engine, left the terminus, and arrived at the one-mile post at 8 50. On the engine were Mr. Brunel, Mr. Gooch, the superintendent of the locomotive department ; Mr. Andrews, the inspector of the locomotives ; and J. Apple, the engine driver. At five minutes before nine o'clock the signal was given for the train to start, and it passed the undernaen tioned stations at the times affixed : MILES. Padddington .. Ealing Haswell Southall West Drayton Slough Maidenhead . 221 ~. 9 24i Twyford Reading 354 ...... ... 9 44 Pangbourne ... Goring . -14 Wallingford -road... 471- ... Didcot ... ..... Thus accomplishing the distance at an average speed of 48 miles an hour. On the return trip, the following are the hours, as nearly as can be ascertained, at which the train passed through the several station yards:— land, 4/. 16s. 6d.—North Staffordshire, 6—North Western, 3 3 j4—Welsh Midland, 2/. 14s. GLASGOW, J. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bath gate, 51s.—Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 475. 6d.—Ayr and Galloway, 40s.—British and Irish Union, 72s.—Caledonian Extension, 68s. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junc tion, 555. —East Lothian Central, 445. —East Indian Railway, 28s. 6d.—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 20s.— Edinburgh and Perth, s—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 29—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 55s.—Glasgow and Garnkirk, 42—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 725. 6d.—lnverness and Elgin, 30s.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 45s.—Lanark and Lothians, 555.—Lesmahagow, 665. 6d.—Paisley, Barrhead, and Harlet, 6 1 4—Perth and Inverness, 405.—Renfrew and Ayr, 325. 6 d.—Scottish Cen tral, 17—Stirling and Dunfermline, 525. LAW ENCE. ninety-three bottles, value Bs., the property of George Barkf.r. SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 8. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BUAGHELL MIDON V. PALMER AND ANOTHER. This was an action for breach of covenant. The facts of the case were briefly thcse :—ln 1829 a lease of some property in Dalton-road, near Croydon, was granted by Mr. Edward Bullock, deceased, to J. Palmer, deceased. There was the usual covenant in the lease for the payment of rent. In 1844 the defendants, as representatives of J. Palmer, assigned their interest in the lease to the plaintiff, in consideration of 40/., covenant ing in the assignment that all the covenants in the original lease had been fulfilled. It however appeared that the covenant for payment of rent had been broken, both before and after the death of Palmer, and that, in fact, an action of ejectment was pending at the time the as signment was made, and plaintiff was subsequently dis possessed of his property. A surveyor said that the ground was very eligible for building on, and worth, for that purpose, 2001. The jury gave a verdict for plaintiff—Damages 90Z. DUCKLAND V. GREGORY. In answer to some :questions by the Court, the prose cutor said that he is a wine -merchant, residing in Bishopsgate- street, and the prisoner and her husband were tenants of his, and occupied a house immediately over his cellar. In consequence of large quantities of wine being constantly missed, his suspicion fastened on the prisoner and her husband, and he went to their house on the 29th December. He saw them both, and told them that he wiEhed to look over the house. On opening a closet he fout:d four bottles of wine, and on the woman seeing them she pointed to another eloset, and opening it witness found that the flooring had been removed so as to allow a passage into the cellar. The woma❑ admitted having taken a quantity of win& Her husband was present when she made that statement, and did not appear to control her in any way. Witness missed twenty-five bottles from the bin under the open ing. There was a case in the cellar which had contained seven dozen and four bottles of Madeira, but which was quite empty. Large quantities of wine were also taken from other parts of the cellar. The woman begged fur mercy on account of her I family. The COURT seemed for some time in doubt whether the husband was not the criminal, and at length sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment, and such hard labour as her state of health would allow—declaring at the same time that if the offence had been proved against the husband, he would have been transported. The prosecutor recommended the prisoner very strongly to mercy on account of her family, but the Curt declined to alter the sentence. No other case of any importance occurred. MAJOR-GENERAL NAPIER. (From the Guernsey Advertiser of Dec 17.) The Star of Thursday last has fulminated forth a lengthy leader of three columns on the subject of Mr. Guerin, in reference to his deprivation of his commission as captain in the Guernsey militia by the Commander in -Chief, Major-General Napier. This article is one of great and gross attack on the conduct and character of the Lieutenant• Governor, and by office the representa tive of her Majesty in the island ; and however it may dissemble its feelings in false and flimsy wording, it evinces so much malignity and hatred towards that august personage, that we are led to doubt the oft boasted assumption of loyalty and devotion it is so con tinually prating of. Had we been inclined to favour Mr. Guerin's cause, the article we allude to would have utterly overthrown our con►ictions in his behalf ; but, as we never doubted that the Lieutenant-Governor's dismissal of that officer was strictly in accordance with precedent and practice, the show of rancour and enmity thus displayed, only tends to confirm us in our former opinion. But it is not with a view of casting back upon the Star —which is ever ready to renew its prolonged insult against his Excellency—the abuse which we would mark with the contempt it deserves ;—but it is because all the other local journals have thought proper to join in these malignant attacks, that we alone stand forth as the champions and defenders of the representative of royalty, whose high office and dignity seem to exercise so little of the respect and consideration they are bound to call forth. It is because his Excellency seams to have ao ad - vocate amongst the local press, that we are determined to take up the gauntlet our contemporaries have cast down, and defend the cause inch by inch, and step by step, with our best energies and abilities ; and we should not take upon ourselves such an office, which we might feel some difficulty in discharging, were we not aware as well from internal conviction and ex perience, as by acknowledged facts, that the English residents nearly to a man, regard with the utmost indignation and disapproval the course of insult and aggravation which has been put in practice against the Lieutenant-Governor and his cause during a period of more than two years. Their better feelings and the spirit that in every British heart rises against such a system of petty aggression revolts when it sees and hears an English gentleman and officer, the hero of many a hard-fought field, and now the Vicegerent of her Majesty in this island, maligned and aspersed with such audacious impunity ! Now, the last action of the Lieutenant-Governor in his capacity of Commander-in-Chief—that of depriving Mr. Guerin of his commission in the militia—has, it ap pears, roused in a tenfold degree the ♦ituperative pens of the local papers. Why so? They admit that his Excellency has a perfect right to dismiss or degrade those whom he may think fit. But they want a reason : expediency forsooth is to them no reason at all ; expediency—the bulwark of political action, the shield by which so many dangers and disadvan tages are averted. Have they, as editors of newspapers, studied political economy so little as not to admit the reason of expediency ? But let alone this reason, we ask, who, that is in the least acquainted with military usage, ever heard of a General giving a reason for what he did, or where should we read of those glorious vic tories England has won, if the soldiers spent their time in considering what their General meant by his orders instead of obeying those orders? But the Star gives its own reasons for Mr. Guerin's removal. It was be cause that ci-devant officer brought a charge of perjury against a private of the 27th, which was proved to be totally without foundation. But an officer of the 27th brought a similar charge against a Guernsey woman. Now the officer of the 27th offered instant reparation to the woman he had accused. The insinuation that the Lieutenant-Governor degraded Mr. Guerin because he was a nephew of Sir William Collings, is so utterly contemptible, and so well becomes the paltry spirit in which the article was written, that we pass over it with indignant silence. But the Star, in its article of Monday, advises the militia to do nothing hastily in this matter ;—in that of Thursday, it suggests to the officers of Mr. Guerin's regiment the propriety of addressing that gentleman on the subject. We warn them to pause and consider well, before they commit an act of which they may have rea son to repent. Any overt act on their part in combina tion is, in military law, rank mutiny, and must be put down by the strong hand of Government. Whatever reasons may be assigned for the cancelling of Mr. Guerin's commission, for ourselves we little care to fathom the secrets of our superiors in command. As for the Stir we need only say its shafts fall blunted and harm less on the armour of integrity in which his Excellency is incased. Honest and impartial Guernseymen—and a vast proportion, we repeat, of the English resident gentry—look upon the paltry conduct pursued towards his Excellency, who bleeds in his character the warrior, the able politician, and the high office and dignity of representative of her most Gracious Majesty in this island, with disdainful indignation. The plaintiff in this action is a brewer, at Hampstead and the defendant is Mr. Barnard Gregory. The action was brought to recover the sum of 131. 103. for goods sold and delivered to defendant's wife before her mar riage. The defendant denied his liability. Mr. LUSH stated the case. The amount claimed was for goods supplied to defendant's wife between the months of June, 1844, and January, 1845. The present Mrs. Gregory was a Mrs. Labarre, niece to Mr. Thompson, a gentleman residing at the Priory, at Hampstead. Mrs. Labarre resided with her uncle up to the time of his death in March, 1843. A dispute then arose as to the will, Mrs. Labarre claiming the property, but Mr. Gregory also held a will which was in his favour. Mrs. Labarre, however, continued in the house, and the servants looked upon her as mistress. Ultimately, how ever, the rival claimants settled the dispute by marriage. In June, 1844, Mrs. Labarre wrote to a tradesman at Hampstead, stating that she was about returning to her seat at Hampstead, and desiring goods to be supplied on her credit, as the law-suit would soon be settled in her favour, and desired the servant who took it to call upon plaintiff, and show the note, and order ale to be sent into the Priory. There could not, therefore, be any doubt as to the liability of Mrs. Gregory before her marriage, and consequently of the subsequent liability of the defendant. Peter Archer, 'gardener to the late Mr. Thompson, was examined at great length ; the material fact was, that on being served with notices that Mr. Gregory claimed to be master, Mrs. Gregory said " They are from Gregory's party, what the ,devil have they :got to do with it ?" She was mistress, and witness was to obey her ; and that in June 1844 she paid him 10s. on account of wages. He could not say when the marriage took ploce. Mr. Gregory appeared on his own behalf, and Mr. Lewis claimed to be heard on the part of Mrs. Gregory. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that both could not be heard ; defendant and his wife were " one" now. Mr. LEWIS cross-examined the witness, and elicited that he had demanded his wages from Mr. Gregory, who had raised his wages immediately after Mr. Thompson's death ; he, however, always considered Mrs. Gregory his mistress. He was in the habit of taking vegetables to Mr. Gregory's house, in North Audley-street, where Mrs. Labarre also resided when in town, but frequently went to dine at the Priory. M. A. Clarke, housemaid to Mrs. Labarre, was called, and proved giving the order for the beer and general instructions on the part of Mrs. Labarre, as mistress. Witness, however, had frequently been paid her wages by the coachman as from Mr. Gregory, but did not re member receiving any money from him after June. 1844, when Mrs. Labarre said that she was mistress. Witness was not told to show the note to plaintiff. James Joiner, clerk to plaintiff, proved the order and delivery of beer. In July, 1844, Mrs. Labarre sent word not to supply any more beer at the Priory, for it would not be paid for. Cross-examined—Never looked to any one else for money than Mrs. Labarre, but was told by the coachman Tomkine, that it was for the servants on Mrs. Labarre's credit. Mr. Hammond, attorney for the plaintiff, proved that the first witnesF,'Archer, called on him to bring an action against Mrs. Labarre, but understanding there had been a marriage, witness wrote to Mr. Gregory. Mr. Gregory called, and witness thinking he had called to pay, said that if defendant gave a cheque for the debt, he would take it without coats. Witness, however, had a writ in his desk. Defendant refused to pay, and said, that if any proceedings were taken, Messrs. Lewis, of Ely-place, were his solicitors, but, as he became abusive, witness took out the writ and served it on defendant.— (Lang h ter.) Mr. LEWIS, for the defendant, contended that the goods had been negli gen tly sen t i n on t h e or d er of the servants, for if Mrs. Labarre wrote a note to otse trades man she would have written to another; and immediately she heard that there was a dealing in her name, she sent notice not to supply any more. He also raised a point that there wss no proof at what time the marriage took place ; therefore the plaintiff's case had not been made out. The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up, after which the jury retired, and on their return gave a verdict for plaintiff. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. : Before Mr. Justice WIGHTHAN and Mr. Justice ERLE.) SMASHING.—The greater part of the forenoon was occupied with the trial of John Thomas, for feloniously uttering a counterfeit sovereign. There was no feature in the case warranting special notice, and the prisoner having been found guilty, and a previous conviction being proved against him for a similar offence, he was sentenced to transportation for ten years. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.—Thomas Smith and Ann Jones were charged, the first with robbery accompanied with violence on Thomas Phillips, and stealing from him a bank note, value 101., his property ; and the second with receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. The case, at the time it transpired, was fully re ported in the newspapers. The robbery was committed on December 14, at the house of Mrs. Hamblin, of Catherine-place, Camberwell, where Mrs. Phillips, the lady in question, was on a visit. Mr. CLanicsosf appeared for the prosecution, and having briefly stated the case, he called the following witnesses, Sarah Ann Gollavin was examined, and depos d that on the evening of December 14, the male prisoner came to her mistress's residence, and asked to see the lady of the house, saying he had a letter for her. Witness took the letter to her mistress. It contained a threat that if a sum of money was not immediately given, he would plunder the house. Mrs. Hamblin was in great alarm, and not being able to find any money, went to Mr. Phil lips, her brother-in-law, who was on a visit, and gave him the letter. Smith was standing all the:time in the pas sage, and drew out a large pistol, stating, once or twice, that if his demand were not conceded, he should call in other men who were lying in wait. Witness at last saw Mr. Phillips give the prisoner something, on which h• went away. Caroline Hamblin examined—She said that on the night in question the letter was put into her hands by the servant. The letter contaiued a threat that if a sum of money was not immediately produced, he would call in his men, twelve in number, and plunder the house. The letter produced was the one received. Being dread fully alarmed, and having no money at hand, she was about to go out to try and get some, but was stopped by the prisoner, who threatened violence if she stirred from the house. She then went to Mr. Phillips, and gave him the letter, on which he went to the prisoner, and learned from him,.that unless 101. was immediately produced, the house would be at once plundered. The prisoner accompanied this threat by pulling out a large horse pistol with one hand, holding a dirk or dagger in the other. Mr. Phillips at last gave the prisoner what he demanded, and he went away. She would not have consented to the prisoner getting any money had she not been in terror of her life. Mr. Thomas Phillips corroborated the previous evi dence, and added, that when he objected to give the money to Smith, he called in another from the garden, who was similarly armed to himself. He gave the 101. at last from fear of the house being plundered, and vio lence done to the inmates. The prisouer was clearly identified by all the wit nesses. Several other witnesses were called, proving that the male had been seen lurking about that evening, while the evidence of Mr. Attenbury, a pawnbroker, proved that the female had passed the 101. with him in redeem ing some pledges, and that when the alarm was raised, and he queistioned her about how she came by the note, she gave evasive and unsatisfactory answers. It was at last traced to the male prisoner, whom she represented to be her htisband, and a labourer in the country. The note was here produced and identified. This closed the case for the prosecution ; the pri soners were undefended. On the prisoners being asked what they had to say in answer to the charge, Jones declared that she was innocent of any criminal intention, She was the wife of the other prisoner, and it was her duty to go and get the note chany,ed wh en s h e was sent. _Mr. Justice,EttnE then summed up the evidence, going minutely over all the facts adduced in evidence, when the jury, after consulting for some time, found Smith Guilty. A verdict of Not Guilty was returned in favour of the female prisoner. The former was then sentenced to l - e transported be yond the seas for the term of his natural life. We have been informed that the prisoner Smith was transported for burglary last year, but escaped from the transport ship at Woolwich ; and the police state that he is suspected of haring committed a robbery very recently in Northamptonshire. Benjamin Freeman, 44, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Mary Anne Webb, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Payne conducted the prosecu tion ; and Mr. Doane defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and the prosecutor had been living together as man and wife for two years, and on the 27th November the prisoner came home somewhat the worse for liquor, and an alter cation took place between them, and in the result the prisoner took up a knife and stabbed the prosecutrix in the side, and inflicted a severe wound. Immediately after he had committed the act the prisoner ran out for a doc tor, and expressed the utmost contrition. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of a common assault, and he was sentenced to five months' imprison ment and hard labour. RETIREMENT of MR. GLADSTONE FROM NEWARK. TO THE ELECTORS OF NEWARK. GENTLEMEN,—By accepting the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies, I have ceased to be your repre sentative in Parliament. On several accounts, I should have been peculiarly desirous at the present time of giving you an opportu nity to pronounce your constitutional judgment on my public conduct, by soliciting at your hands a renewal of the trust, which I have already received from you on jive successive occasions, and held during a period of thirteen years. But as I have good reason to believe, that a candi date recommended to your favour through local connec tion may ask your suffrages, it becomes my very painful duty to announce to you, on that ground alone, my re tirement from a position which has afforded me so much of honour and of satisfaction. I shall ever retain, Gentlemen, happy recollections of your confidence and of your indulgence; and though I may no longer stand in any formal relation to you, I shall continue to feel a lively desire that every blessing may attend the borough and its inhabitants. Independently, however, of any such prospective rela tion, it is my duty to render to you some account of that step by which my seat has been vacated. I regret that, at the present moment, I must even here make an appeal to your confidence. The obligations into which I have entered, as a Minister of the Crown, forbid me to do more at this time than to state in gene ral outline the considerations which have governed me, and which I should have been prepared more fully to sustain upon again appearing before you as a candidate fur re-election after the meeting of Parliament. The events which I had immediately to regard, when I was invited to re-enter the service of the Crown, were these :—The Administration of Sir Robert Peel had re tired from office. The party opposed to that Adminis tration, and led by Lord John Russell, bad endeavoured to form a Government, and the endeavour had not suc ceeded. On the other hand, as I am given to under stand, persons favourable to unrelaxed protection were not prepared themselves to undertake the conduct of public affairs in conformity with the views which they entertained. It was in the critical juncture thus brought about, that Sir Robert Peel had unhesitatingly resumed the exercise of political power. When invited to fill the vacancy caused by the la mented retirement of Lord Stanley, I had to ask myself the question, whether it was to be desired, on account of the exigencies of the general welfare as they stood, that the Queen's Government should receive support. Gentlemen, I judged that such was the case, and there fore felt it was for those, who believed the Government was acting according to the demands of public duty, to testify that belief, however limited their sphere might be, by their co-operation. Nor is there anything I could so much have coveted, except for the cause to which I have adverted, as the opportunity of vindicating before you the judgment at which I have arrived, and of in viting you to record your approval of it by your votes. That vindication would have rested, and when ever and wherever it may be offered, it will rest, upon no merely apologetic plea, but upon the assertion that I have acted in obedience to the clear and imperious calls of public obligation, and with the same purpose which I have ever sought to follow, of promoting the permanent interests of the community anti of all the classes of which it is composed. Gentlemen, with strong sentiments alike of gratitude and of regret, I remain, your obliged and obedient ser vant, W. E. GLADSTONE. 13, Carlton House-terrace, London, Jan. 5, 1846. RIDE 4* MANCHESTE R.--Since Tuesday last the market has continued to improve, and, within the last few days a large husinees has been done in yarn, both for present and future delivery, at slightly improved rates. For goods, too, there has been more demand; and, in acme cases, a trifling advance has been paid.—Manchester Guardian. THE TORY.—This vessel, which has been the theatre of so many alleged atrocities, and on board of which such fearful and revolting scenes of blood and massacres are said to have been enacted, having discharged her rich cargo of silks, teas, &c., estimated at SO,OOO/. value, cleared out last week from the West India Import Dock, and is now lying in the Limehouse Basin, where she is an object of great curiosity. The chief attraction is the after cabin, where Captain Johnston sat when lie was said to have cut at Mars, Cone, and the others. It appears to be about ten feet by twelve, slanting upwards about twelve inches, so as to give the person sitting on the bench beyond the table entire command over any person entering. A beam run ning across, and which compels one to stoop, is marked with several cuts, which appear to have been planed away, and then fresh painted in patches. There are also several marks. as of prodding on the door of a locker near the entrance. Owing to the tragic events which have taken place on board, and the superstitious dread which sailors entertain as re gards vessels so fearfully signalised, it has been resolved to change the name of Tory on her arrival at Liverpool, pre paratory to a voyage to Singapore. Notwithstanding the disorganised state of the crew, the cargo has been turned out to great advantage, and, taking the same circumstance into account, the good condition of the ship is equally surprising, as she will not require to be put into dry dock. Captain J ohnstone, her lat e commander, whose trial was expected to have come on Wednesday, is in a very precarious state, and is said to have undergone two operations. There is not the least likelihood that he will be able to take his trial at the present session of the Central Criminal Court ; and the ru mours from Tothill-fields prison would lead to the conclu sion that he cannot survive until the next. C R O EC U O R RD T. (Before the ER.) NEW EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. -Mary Bwrett, a miserable looking woman, aged 35, who appeared at the dock with an infant in her arms pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing twenty-five gallons of wine, value 221., and .11 91inaq. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1846 t pd4onar and his companion entered the house of the prosecutor, and called for a pint of a 1 ,2, which was served to them in the parlour. The prisoner handed to the landlord a piece of coin, purporting to be half-a-sove reign, and the latter, in order to test its genuineness, flung it off his nail towards the ceiling, and it disap peared as if by perfect magic. No person was observed to catch it, nor was its sound heard on the tables or floor, and the prosecutor stood in perfect amazement as to what could have become of it. The tables, the floor, and even the measures on the counter, were carefully examined for the piece of coin, but in vain, it was nowhere to be found, and its disappearance seemed a mystery. The prisoner insisted on change for his half-sovereign, «nd the landlord objected to a compliance with his request, on the ground that he had not the coin. A good deal of wrangling took place, during which the prisoner left the house, and was closely watched by a Mr. and Mrs. Wild, who had some suspicion of him, and saw him go close to a timber-yard near by, and deposit something in a corner, after which he returned. He then, instead of solicitation, demanded his change, but while blustering very loftily about his respectability, &e., and declaring that he should not be done out of ten shil lings in so foolish a manner, the parties who had watched him returned to the house with a paper full of gilt coun ters, some of which closely resembled sovereigns and half-sovereigns, which the prisoner had stowed away in the timber-yard. This fact being made known to the prosecutor, he at once sent out for a policeman and gave the prisoner into his custody. Some time after, however, a good half-sovereign was found in the bottom of a rummer glass, in which there was a small portion of ginger beer. Mr. NORTON inquired if it was possible for the half sovereign to have dropped into the glass in which it had been found? Two witnesses swore positively that it had not, and declared it must have been dropped there by the pri soner or his companion with the same sleight-of-hand dexterity with which they managed to catch the counter resembling the half-sovereign when thrown up by the prosecutor. e;7 l 7fcen or twenty t.nra-,th,. Form? , ,louht3 been raised as to his sanity, he was disctiatged from the yard. Within th e l as t t h ree wee k s t h e p r isoner be n d . again wai:,ed upon him, a n d Aced for employmen t, but as he appear e d t o b e very excited, and not fit to be _ the premises, h e refused to employ him, on which the prisoner called him by abusive names. In additio n to , that, the pri soner told a workman on the premises that he intended to terminate the existence of the witness and his own as soon as possible, and that in the course of another week he a ould hear of something very , s trange. The prison er sa id h e h a d b een out o f em ploy owe time, and had suffertd great privations. Mr. t..'Aaster, from whom emp;oyrneat was sought, said the facts relati ng t o t h e prisoner were very painful in. deed. The man was at one time in good circumstances, and he was an excellent workman, and would be NV employed if he was of sound mind, but unfortunately be was insane. It was finally arranged that the prisoner sh,uld be detained in the custody of the gaoler of the Court until five o'clock, to give his friends an opportun it y of consulting with the parish. A few minutes after the magistrate had left the Court , Mr. Kemp, relieving officer of Poplar, accompanied b i Dr. Mr. Gaster, and olio - a, came to the Cour l .,- for the pu r p ose o f cert i fy i ng to the lunacy of the m a"' and placing the necessary papers before the magistrate, For his si gna t ure . O n l earning that Mr. Broder i p bad left the Court, they consulted with Mr. Symons, th e chief clerk, who said there was no alternative but t ° send the alleged l una ti c away i n the van to the H ou se of Correction, but he would be liberated, on the 20th in"' when the sessions commenced, if no articles of the Pow! were exhibited against him, and the friends of the Pri soner could then take ulterior measures to prevent him doing harm to himself and others. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. DEAL, JAN. 7.—Wind W.N.W. to W., light.—Acrd. Re gina, Kreeft, Singapore; Johan Chri.tophe, Bahia, for Hari' . burgh; Callam, New York; Cahawba, Shcrnan, ditto. Al: rived from the River, Anne Jane, Rigby, China; Taylor, Calcutta; Ligonia, Blanchard, Porto Rico; Flora, Leveque, Jamaica. OFF MARGATE.--Lady Rowland, Cleland, Bombay. COWES, JAN. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Gratia, Poland , Pernambuco. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.—Wind light and variable.—A.T l : Bahamian, H aw ki ns, China; William Parker, Stratton, ditto; Thomas Lee, James, Calcutta; Cheshire, King, ditto; Iss : bella Harnett, N ew b y, ditto; Earl of Harewood, . ► Madras ; Statesman, Brien, Lonny ; Lady Harvey, Pride Laguna; Juno, M oran , S t. John ' s, New Brunswick. - port, John Bibby, Calcutta. Orr MARYPORT.—Fame, Montreal, for Dumfries. CLYDE, JAN. s.—Wind W.S.W.—A rrd. Lord John Russell' Lock, Honduras; Blanchard, Blanchard, New York. sla• illoharch, Crooks, Havannith. DUBLIN, JAN. s.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. General Wolfe. Jenkins, Demerara. KINGSTOWN, JAN. 6.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Odes* Vaughan, St. John's, New B runsw i c k ; O uze l G a l ley, R o bin' son, Bathurst. NEWHAVEN, JAN. 7.—The Amitie, from Antwerp to the Cape de Verds, which was ashore in Seaford Bay 4th has been surveyed and conuemned, and will be sold with the materials. IiE3IBRIDGE, ISLE-OF-WIGHT, JAN. 6.—Picked up, insi de the Wight, a Aim of a boat, with th e wor d s '•Norfolk, Uf London," carved in wood. SOUTIIWOLD, JAN. 7.—The barge Willing Trader, Smitli c i from London, to L owes t one, groun d ed on the Hoyle S a o early this morning, b u t was h ove o ff , w i th assistance, at high water. OFF DOVER.—Acrd. Samarang, 'Toward, Calcutta. Si d H.M.S. Daring, Bermuda. BRISTOL, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Caroline Alice' Beaton, Prince Edward's Island. Memorandum—The Cong°' Parker, for Africa, did not sail as reported yesterday. LIVERFOOL.—SId. Zenundar, Purdor, Calcutta; je!si e ' M 'Gill, Valparaiso; Mercuti o , B arto l ett i , Ri o Sailor°, Samuel, Spence, Rio Janeiro ; P arast i na, S nov i ck, B a hia; James Reid, Robertson, Maracaibo; John Scott, Nicholson, Jamaica; Tuscar, Robertson, Mobile; Ellen Brooks, Free man, ditto; Agent, Mills, Savanilla ; Hermann, Welch, Bal timore; Hot! ingeur, Bursley, New York; Champion, Davie, Newfoundland; Trinacrea, Burke, ditto; Moult, Slade/ Azores; Lady of the Lake, David, ditto. HULL, JAN. 7.—Wind NV.—Arrd. Condor, Whitting, N .O York and Boston. MARKET NE WS.-(YESTERDAY.) xlitor 111..stair,TA. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 8s; Clover , ditto, 4/ 8s to 51 15s ; O a t St raw, 1/ 8 s to 1/ 10s; Wh e al Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 13s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4/ 12s; Clover ditto, 41 8s to Si 12s 6d; Oat Straw, 1/ 9s to 1/ 10s; Whea t Straw, 11 lOs to 11 13s per load. A fair average supply' and a sluggish demand. WHITECMAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 10s; Clover ditto, 4/ lOs to 5/ 15s ; O a t St raw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 103 ; Whea t Straw, 11 104 to 1/ 13s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. BICE.A.T 111.11.R.IKETS. SOUTHALL, JAN. 7.—We had a very steady general de. mend here to-day, and prices were well supported Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 21; Vea l ' 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 81bs. ROMFORD, JAN. 7.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved of steadily, at full prices, otherwise, the trade ruled heal Beef, from 3s to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 45 2a to 5s ; and Pork, 4s 10d to 5s per 81ba. Suckling Calyelt 18s to 30s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 203; and Milo' Cows, with their small calves, 161 to 191 each. HAILSHAM, JAN. 7.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4° to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 8 1 b s " A moderate supply, and a steady trade. ARUNDEL, JAN. 6.—W e h a d a good i nquiry for Sheep, at full prices. Other kinds of stock were a slow inquiry. Bee" from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s t o 43 10d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, JAN.7.—Beef, from 3810 d. to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 45 to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Milch Cows, with their small calves, 161 to 181 lOs each. NNUTGATZ AND MEADENNALL. The supplies of each kind of Meat on sale being limited, the demand was, throughout, steady at full prices. Beef; from 2s 8d to 33 8d ; Mutton, 33 6(i to 4s 8d ; Veal, 43 to ss. 2d; and Pork, 3s. 10d to 53 2d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 3, 1845, made up from the Returns of tha Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns is England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY, OATS. 1 UTE. I BEANS. mtg. PRICE •• 1555 Id 31s lid 22 5 3d 335 6d 375 9d 395 Id DUTY... 15s Od 6s Od 55 Cd 8s 6d 25 6d Is ed OVERLAND ROUTES TO INDIA.—The success of Mr. Waghorn in effecting a passage from Alexandria by wall of Trieste, has, it appears, aroused the jealousy of the French Government, and inflicted a deep wound upon the vanity of the French people. These effects should operate as warn ings to us, showing the imperative necessity of securing some other route for our overland communication besides that through France. l'erpetual peace between that country and Great Britain is a dream for children, not an expectation to be entertained by sober waking men. The very feeling which has been excited in France by Mr. Waghorr's trip le a proof of this. We may be assured that the French are at this moment looking out very earnestly to see how matters are likely to go in the Punjaub. In the state of that coun try they have no interest, but England has a very strong one ; and France would rejoice at any turn of affairs, in any part of the world, that should humble r her old rival. We trust she will be diappointed ; but, knowing her wishes (and no rational man has any doubt about them) we should saV it would be n o thi ng s h ort of madness to suffer tne safety of our overland correspondence with India to lie at the mercy of France one hour longer than necessary. Mr. Waghorn will shortly commence a series of experiments of sufficient extent to allow of a just determination of the question between Trieste and Marseilles. We freely admit that we wish him success, on national grounds, not less than because his zeal and untiring energy deserve success.—Allen's India Mail. HIGH SCHOOL, EDINBURGH.-- On Saturday fore noon the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Tow n C ounc i l as sembled in the hall of the High School in their robes, and attended by the usual insignia of o ffi ce, for the purpose of furmally inducting Dr. Leonhardt Schmitz to the Rectorship of that institution, to which be was recently appointed.— Edinburgh Advertiser. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. —FALL FROM A WINDOW.-- On Wednesday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, a little girl, four years of age, name Anne Groves, whose parents reside in Compton street, Soho, having been left in the back second floor alone, with the window open, she got on a chair for the purpose of looking out of the window, and, over balancing herself, she fell into the back area. She was re moved to the hospital almost in a lifeless state. A FATHER'S FEELING.—The Thames has been rising for several days past. We are sure it must be in in dignation against Lord Ellenborough's appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty.—Punch. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE ar BAD LEO, AT HORNCASTLS, ET HOLLOWAY'S PILLS wxn OINTMENT.—A few days since, Mr. John Simpson, a highly respectable bookseller in that town, states that a gentle man of his acquaintance had been suffering for years from one of the worst description of bad legs, frequently enduring the mast excruciating pain. He had been under the care of se veral medical men without obtaining the least benefit. This gentleman, however, has just been cured by these invaluable medicines, after every other treatment had failed. The Oint ment will cure chilblains and chapped hands in a few hours. Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand; and by all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the world. BIRTHS. On the sth inst., at Grosvenor-square, the non. Mrs. C. Stanley, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Chesham-place, Belgrave-square, the lady of ilijor-General Frederick, C. 8., of a son. On the 3d inst., at the Bath Hotel, Glasgow, Mrs. Patric Park, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Ramsgate, the lady of A. C. Ayres, Esq., surgeon, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Bristol, the lady of the Rev. J. IL Woodward, of a daughter. _ On the 4th inst., at Lansdowne-terrace, Kensington-park, Mrs. William Henry La Serre, of a son, still-born. MARRIED On the Ist inst., at St. Mich ae l' s , Hi g h gate, John, son of W. Cooper, Esq., of Coggeshall, Essex, to Caroline Matilda, younger daughter of the late Mr. W. M. Russ, of Rose-hill, Oxford. On the 6th lost, at St. Mary's Church, Putney, Surrey Robert llull Terrell, Esq., of Bernard -street, Russell-square to Anne Mandell, eldest daughter of Thomas Kingsbury, Esq., of Windsor -street, Putney. On the 6th inst., at Cheltenham, Septimus Davidson, Esq., of Weavers' Hall, Londun, to Elizabeth Henrietta, only daughter of the late Benjamin Philipps, Esq. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE and the usual Bench of Magistrates.) John Franklin and Charles .Sibne were indicted for stealinc , a printed book, valu e 18 s ., d escr ib e d as t h e pro perty of Alfred Sharp. The charges having been clearly proved, the jury found them Guilty, and - - The Court sentenced each to seven years' transports tion. Joseph Smith, IS, and George Swain, 18, were indicted for stealing two pewter pots, value 25., the property of Penelope Rod way. From the evidence it appeared, that about two o'clock in the morning of ; the 18th December, both prisoners were met on the road Lear the prosecutor's house. The officers perceiving something bulky about their persons, asked them what they had upon them, when Swain said they had two pots which they had found ; they then produced the two pots in question, when the officer took them into custody, and subsequently ascertained that the pots had been stolen froze the Red Lion. The ostler, at the Red Lion, identified the pots as the property of Mrs. Rodway the prosecutrix. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty ; and the Court sentenced each to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The grand jury having terminated their labours at half-past one o'clock to-day, the Foreman addressed the Judge, and said he was requested by his brother jurors to express their unanimous opinion that, from the nature of the cases tried in that Court, they con sidered it was waste of their time, as well as that of the Court, in sending such cases before them fur in quiry as could be summarily disposed of by the police inagistretes. The AWSISTANT-JUDGE differed very much with the opinion of the jury as far as regarded the system of trial by Jury, as there was no other tribunal by which jus. tice could be done to: prisoners but by sending them be fore a petty jury for trial. his Lordship entered at great length into the merits of trial by jury, during winch he illustrated his arguments by various instances in which, if summarily convicted, the persons would have suffered innocently, and which we have noticed on many previous occasions. SURREY QUARTER-SESSIONS. (Before Mr. PuckLE and a Bench of Magistrates.) On Wednesday the trial of prisoners for felony com menced at the Court-house, Newington. The calendar contains the names of 29 persons for felonies, independ. ently of several more for misdemeanors, and the latter part of the week will be occupied in the hearing of ap peals, chiefly relating to the removal of paupers. Harriet and Mary Loader, of the respective ages of 20 and 24, were severally indicted for plundering a Mrs. Hixon, of Croydon, of a great quantity of clothes and and other property. From the statement of Mr. Taylor, counsel for the prosecution, and borne out by the evidence of the wit nesses, it appeared that the prisoners, who are sisters, were in the service of Mrs. flixon, the prosecutrix, That lady having, on a recent occasion, missed some of her property, an examination took place, during which several of the missing articles were found ii the pri soner Harriet's box. On a further search, another por tion of the property was discovered concealed in a place to which both the prisoners had access, and this led to their apprehension. Mr. CHAarrock, who defended the prisoners, con tended that the charge was not established against the prisoner Mary, and in the course of the defence said that both the prisoners had borne excellent characters up to the period of the present transaction. The jury found Harriet Loader Guilty, and Acquitted her sister. The prosecutrix recommended Harriet Loader to mercy, and the CHAIRMAN, in passing sentence on her, observed that, but for that circumstance, the Court would have considered it their duty to have transported her, for there could not be a more heinous offence than a servant robbing an employer. The prisoner was then sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour in Brixton House of Cor rection. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. William Edwards, a young man of 17 or 18 years of age, was charged before Mr. Hall with stealing a cash box from a public-house in High Holborn. John Creedy, the landlord of the public-house, said that on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, from about twelve o'clock to three, the prisoner was in the bar-parlour of his house with some other persons, when he had occasion to send for the cash-box, in order to give a sovereign to a person to whom he owed that sum. There was in the box a 5/. note, and, he thought, One sovereign. He could not say whether it was before or after he gave the sovereign to his friend that he counted the money. After the prisoner had left the house he missed the cash-box, and immediately gave notice to the police. The box now produced was the same, and contained his (witness's) license, and some other papers, his property. William Bradley, a City policeman, in private clothes, said, that having received information, from which he suspected that the prisoner lodged at 7, Neville's-court, Fetter-lane, he went to that house at nine o'clock last night, and was shown into the first-floor front room, by the landlady, who opened the door with a key. On searching the room, he found the cash-box now produced concealed in the bed. It contained the landlord's license, and some other papers now produced, but no money. Richard Hubbard, F 82, spoke to taking the prisoner in custody at a " hell" in the Strand, at two o'clock yes terday morning. He found on him a steel purse, con taining 31. in gold, and five half-crowns. There being no evidence to prove that the prisoner lodged at the house in Neville 's-court, Mr. HALL de sired that the prisoner should be put back, while a constable went to the house to tell the landlady to attend. In the meantime, the prisoner sent for a solicitor, in whose service he had been for three years, and who he said would give him a good character, but this gentleman said he could not give him a good charac ter, as, at the end of the time when he was in his service, he absconded with 201. of his money. However, from pity, he was induced to compromise the matter, and he now regretted that he had not prosecuted him. A policeman, who had made inquiries as to the pri soner's character, stated that he had so misconclucted himself, that his father, who gave him a very bad cha racter, had been obliged to discard him, but was now paying his rent at the house in Neville's-court. Mrs. Skey, the landlady of the house in Neville's -court, proved that the room wag rented by the prisoner, and that lie lodged there alone. The prisoner was committed for trial. WORSHIP -STREET. George Samuel Abrahams, described as an auctioneer and bill broker, was charged with embezzlement, &c. Mr. Heritage, who appeared for the prosecution, said that the first charges he was instructed to bring forward against the prisoner were preferred by a licensed vic tualler named Collins, then in attendance, and were marked with features of a very peculiar and aggravated character. The prosecutor had formerly been the pro prie ter of a house in Wellclose-square, callsd the Maho gany Bar, where he carried on an excellent business until the 29th of June last, when the foundation of his house suddenly gave way, and the entire building fell down so instantaneously, as scarcely to leave time for the inmates to escape with their lives. The prosecutor in consequence of this misfortune was reduced to a state of temporary distress and embarrassment, and several of his friends and neighbours having proposed to get up a subscription on his behalf, the prisoner, with whom he had been previously rather intimately acquainted, and who affected deeply to commiserate his situation, volunteered his services to collect the subscriptions, which ha had since done, to the amount, as far as could be ascertained, of at least 45/., the whole cif which, with the exception of about 6/., which had been obtained from him by stratagem, he had appro priated to his ewn use. The prisoner had ever since kept out of the way, until the preceding evening, when he was apprehended upon another charge by Holland, the warrant-officer of the Court, who afterwards searched his house, and discovered therein a geld ring and brooch, several volumes of Shakspere's plays, and other articles, which had been since identified by Mr. Collins, who had missed them at various times while the prisoner was in the habit of visiting him and professing the utmost sympathy for his unfortunate situation. Holland, the warrant officer, produced the several articles above referred to, which were identified by Mr. Collins as having been taken from an apartment he had occupied, and to which the prisoner had access while en. gaged in collecting the subscriptions on his behalf. On being asked if he wished to give any account of his possession of the property, the prisoner-said that the books had been lent to him by the prosecutor himself, and that he had purchased all the other articles in Petti coat-lane. Another charge was brought against the prison er, and Mr. BROUGHTON said he h a d no hesitation in remand ing the prisoner until Saturday next, but had no objec tion to accept substantial bail for his appearance. LAMBETH, Edward Edwards was placed at the bar, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of attempting to defraud Frederick Gidney, a beer-shopkeeper, in the Waterloo road, of half-a-sovereign. On the preceding evening the Mr. NORTON—What do you do for your living ? Prisoner—l attend Smithfield on the horse -market days, and get good bargains of nags for gentlemen, and some others ask my opinion of cattle and give me a trifle. Mr. NORTON—Are you a horsedealer, as I find you have so described yourself in the police sheet ? Prisoner —Not exactly a horsedealer, though I bees a tolerable judge of a beast. Mr. NORTON—WeII, what have you got to say to your attempt to defraud the prosecutor of ten shillings, and having in your possession those gilt pieces resembling sovereigns and half-sovereigns ? Prisoner—They are only counters to mark the game of cards with, and think ing there might be some bother about them, I gut rid of them ; but they are not base coin ; I'd scorn the action to have anything to do with base coin. Mr. NORTON —I find that there has been a bank-note found upon you ; do you choose to give any account as to the manner in which you became possessed of it ? Pri soner—Oh, yes ; a ballad-singer gave me that, and I had it about me for six or seven mouths. The note here alluded to is one of the Bank of Ilindos tan for 16 lass of rupees, dated 1839, and on it are writ ten the name of Wigram and Co., Sept. 5, '45, and Crau ford, Colin, and Co. The prisoner was remanded to Saturday. SOUTHWARK. William Barton was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with stealing a watch from the person of Mr. Frederick Arthur, in a tavern in Duke -street, Westminster. The complainant stated that on the preceding day he went to dine at a tavern in Duke-street, and that after dinner he laid his head on the table and went to sleep. When he awoke, which was in about an hour afterwards, he discover. d that his watch had been taken out of his waistcoat pocket, the guard having been cut evidently with a sharp instrument. A valuable watch was here produced by Cox, shorn - man to Nfr. Tarrant, the pawnbroker, of Charlotte -street, which the complainant identified as his property, and to be the same of which he had been robbed as above described. Cox stated that on the preceding day the prisoner came into his employer's shop, and producing the watch, wanted him to lend 30s. on it in pledge. Wit ness observing that it was a valuable watch, and sus pecting that the prisoner had come dishonestly by it, questioned him on the subject, and his reply at first was, that it was his own property, but he afterwards ad mitted that it belonged to a captain in the army, who, having expended all his ready cash, had, therefore, employed him (the prisoner) to pledge his watch to raise the wind. Witness suspecting the truth of all that had been asserted on the occasion by the prisoner, gave him into custody, and soon afterwards the owner of the watch came forward and claimed it as his property. In reply to Mr. COTTINGHAM, the complainant said that while he was at dinner in the tavern, he had a distinct recollection of seeing the prisoner enter the room, and he had no doubt he afterwards availed himself of the circumstance of his falling asleep, to plunder him of his watch. The prisoner was committed for trial. Mr. Thomas Walker, described as a merchant, was charged with committing a violent assault on a Mr. Pad more, of High-street, Marylebone. The complainant said that some time since he ad vanced the sum of 58/. to a clergyman's widow in Stamford-street, to enable her to purchase some fur niture for a house which she was about to let out in ready-furnished lodgings. At the period of banding over the loan, he obtained from the lady a bill of sale by which he was empowered to dispose of the furniture if she failed in repaying the sum advanced to her. He had of late made repeated applications for the money on account of the improper manner in which the affairs of the widow's house were conducted, and finding that they were unavailing, he therefore on that day put the bill of sale into execution, by taking a cart to the house for the purpose of removing the furniture. While he was superin tending the removal of the goods, the defendant, who acted on the occasion as the widow's champion, rushed upon him, seized him by the collar, struck him violently, and threatened to annihilate him if he dared presume to touch the furniture, and his conduct was so outra geous, that he was compelled to call a policeman and give him into custody. The complainant here produced the bill of sale authorising him to dispose of the lady's goods in the event of the non-payment of the money he alleged he had advanced to her. Mr. COTTINGHAM asked the defendant why he acted with such violence towards the complainant, who ap peered to have been justified by law in having acted as he had done, in the removal o f th e goo d s . The defendant, who seemed considerably excited, ad mitted the assault, but declared the provocation was so great, and he felt so thoroughly disgusted at the conduct of the complainant, that he could not control his temper, and certainly did give hits a shaking. After some recrimination, Mr. COTTINGHAM said, as the defendant had admitted having assaulted the complainant, he should call upon him to enter into his own recognisance in 40/., and find two sureties of 20/. each to keep the peace. WANDS WORTH. Five men were brought from the Wandsworth Union Workhouse, charged with refusing to work. The prisoners had been admitted on the previous even ing, and were supplied with supper, bed, and breakfast, after which . they were required to work four hours at a hand corn-mill. They all worked for an hour and then refused to do any more, alleging that it was a sufficient amount of labour for six ounces of bread and an ounce of cheese. This is the usual excuse made by these men; but the fact is, that a prison is more preferable to these stat,. .ng wretches than the union, the dietary is more ample and nutritious, and it is for the sole purpose of being placed in confinement that they refuse to work, and destroy their clothing. Mr. PAYNTER inquired ;into the condition of the men, the majority of whom were agricultural labourers. After pointing out to them the labour they would have to do in prison would be much severer than that they were re quired to do at the union, he asked them if they would go back and finish their task? The prisoners pcsitively refused to do so, and said they preferred being sent to prison. Mr. PAYNTER said it was a most alarming fact, that for several months past he had, by reference to his book, been committing casual paupers to gaol, at the rate of 2,000 a year. The increase in the county-rate would consequently be enormous, and would no doubt be felt very severely. He saw no remedy for this state of things. He had tried heavy punishments and light punishments, but it was all to no purpose. It was evi dent that some remedy must be adopted, but what that remedy should be he was at a loss to say. Ile trusted that public attention would be drawn to the fact. Sergeant Payne, 11 V, observed that one and all of the prisoners who were brought to the station-house, said they preferred being in prison than in the union. Mr. PA YNTER— This ought not to be the case; a poor man ought not to dread the workhouse more than a prison, nor should he be treated, when he goes there, worse than those who have committed a crime. I have no alternative in this case but to commit the prisoners for fourteen days each. The prisoners were then committed. THAMES. James Brown, an Irishman, upwards of sixty years of age, was charged, on a Custom-house informa tion, with smuggling 15 lbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco, by which he had incurred a penalty of 100/. It appeared that an officer named Dean had informa tion that certain persons were 'carrying and convey ing" smuggled tobacco, and he met the prisoner, who answered the description of one of them, in the Com mercial-road on Tuesday evening with a small bundle, which appeared very heavy for its bulk, in his hand. The prisoner was smoking a cigar at the time, and Dean asked him what he had got in the bundle. He made no reply to this, but attempted to drop it behind him. The officer seized it, and on finding it contained tobacco very closely compressed, he took him into custody, and again asked him what it contained, and where he obtained it. The prisoner made some very evasive answers, but at last admitted that the bundle contained tobacco, and that a man who had promised to meet him at Whitechapel Church gave him the bundle to carry. Ile was conveyed to the station house, an d upon searching him, s ix pounds of corn. pressed tobacco was found in his pockets. The bundle contained nine pounds. After some further proceedings. Mr. Bnonease said, my duty is to sentence you to pay a fine of 100/ to the Queen, and be imprisoned until it is paid. I have no power of mitigation, but the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Customs have, and if you can make out a case for their merciful consideration, it will be attended to. James Hornblower, a shipwright, was charged with committing a breach of the peace and using threeteni efs language towaros Mr. Thomas Gil: Ler, of teetts.n-street, Poplar. Toe complainant stated that he was foreman ship wright in a ship-building yard at Blackwell. The pri soner had been occasionally employed in the yard, about DIED. On the 19th of November, 1845, at Sukkur, East Indies, Major William Hunter, of her Majesty's 28th Regiment. Oa the Ist inst., at Buarthan, Ruthin, John Davies, Esq. On the 4th inst., T. H. Spencer, Esq., surveyor, of Everett street, Russell-square. On the 4th inst., at Bishops Stortford, Herts, J. W. B. 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