The Sun. — London, England, 1835-12-26 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOITRNALS. May not a man do what he will with his own ? At this season, when the hearts of all men believing• in the doctrines of Christ—who, while on earth, con stantly inculcated brotherly love, and gave as the sum of the moral law that we should do to others as Nve svould that they should do unto us—ought to be open to all the kind influences of humanity, it may seem singular that we should repeat the words of a man who is evidently as much a stranger to Christianity as the savage of New Zealand, who expresses wonder that hs should, not be allowed to devour his fellow-creature. But it is not without reason that we ask this question. We Copy from the Freeman's Journal, a paragraph ceataining the resolutions agreed to at the Meeting of Clonegath, on the subject of the victims of the perse cution of Lord Beresford, Colonel Bruen, and Mr. La touche. It appears fioin these resolutions that 175 families, amounting to 992 individuals, and 410:oiling 316 widows and orphans, have been. ejected from that part of the properties of the above individuals which is situated in the parish of riunieekney ; and that 71 addi tional families, amounting to 391 individuals, inclu ding 92 widows and orphans, have been served with notices to quit next March, by the same Viscount 13eresfosd, Colonel Bruen, and Mr. Newton, in the same parish ; and the resolution adds, " It is with pain we are obliged to admit that this system of exter mination has been carried into effect against these in dustrious and afflicted families, solely (with three or four exceptions) on account of their conscientious ad herence to the faith of their forefathers." If Lord Beresford and his allies were to raise a pile, of such magnitude that all these victims could be at once placed on it, and were to set fire to the pile, they would, in truth, be acting with humanity, compared to the course they are pursuing. The poor wretches would be at once removed from their sufferings. The destruction of nearly all of them is, indeed, not less certain than if they were brought to the stake. The difference is, that, before death overtakes them, they will suffer from cold and famine. No doubt it is wisely ordered that intense suffering cannot be long protracted, for insensibility comes at length to the relief of the victim. This, be it remembered, is what has taken place in one only of the many parishes of Ireland in which the soil is owned by hard, unfeeling men, to whose tender mercies the law has handed over millions of our fellow-creatures. The majesty of the law must be vindicated I The law holds society together, and the law dooms in o ne p ar i s h near l y 2,000 individuals to death by starvation. An honest Highlander, whose notions of law had been derived from such teachers as Lord Beresford and Colonel Bruen, thought it his duty to warn a distant friend of its approach—" The Law (he said) has reached Tain--take care of your selves at Dornoch." It will not be supposed that we have any wish to extenuate the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, but we must observe that Llorente, who having been Secretary of the Inquisition had access to all its retards, sums up the number of its victims down to the period of its abolition ; and we have no hesita tion in stating that more human beings have fallen victims to religious persecution in Ireland in one year than to the Inquisition in 200 years. We will not suffer the bloody Papists to remain among us " was a sentiment worthy of a Beresford. We would fain believe that the people of England will not coldly look on while these wholesale butcheries are going on in Ireland, The Irish Protestant Clergy are no doubt deserving of compas sion ; but what are all the sufferings of the Clergy compared to the sufferings of the victims of persecu tion in one parish alone ? The people of England are not surely such slaves of faction, that they can only feel when incited by an Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London. These wholesale exterminations are really a disgrace to our national character. Let it be borne in mind, that it is to the aid which the Irish landlords derive from the taxes paid by the people -of England that they are indebted for the ability to play such pranks in the face of high Heaven. Let public opinion express itself in this country in such a manner that .a whole people may not thus be left without pro vision. In this country the turning out of fifty fami lies at once, to die in a ditch, would fill the people, from one extremity of the kingdom to the other, with indescribable horror. And shall we forget that the Irish also can suffer ?—that they are our fellow-citi sens, though hitherto their lot has been very differently cast from ours. Hitherto they have only known the law as a means of oppression. But they must now experience the protection of law, and the voice of the people of England must ring in the cars of their cold hearted oppressors.—Morning Chronicle. We abstained yesterday from any further reference to toe diplomacy now at work on behalf of the Mel bourne Ministers for want of additional facts. With those Ministers persisting in their schemes of revolution in Church and State, it is palpably impossible for Lord Stanley ever to connect himself. His Lordship feels as acutely as anybody, that after a sacrifice of recorded principles so glaring, his former reputation would be no protection to them, but would be only an incum hrance to himself. Lord Stanley would in that case be enough to sink any buoyant Ministry, instead of sustaining one that was already about to founder. We apprehend indeed, that if Lord Stanley were con sulted, and called upon to determine between the two lines of policy—viz., those of Sir Robert Peel, and of the Whig Radicals respectively—he would not hesi tate for which to make himself responsible, but that his preference would certainly not be given to the Whigs. His Lordship, if he was sincere in his language last Session, cannot look upon the present Administration as anything short of revolutionists. Sir James Graham, we have reason to believe, is ready to form a close junction with that party which, on Conservative priessiples, has taken the Constitution for its guide. If the Duke of Richmond has not the gift of seeisig clearly his own position relatively to that great issinciple of state policy on which his Grace seceded from the Grey Administration, we may as well pssint out to him that the pressure of public honour bears exactly with the same force upon himself as upon This fellow non-conformist Lord Stanley. If his Grace should now fall back to the Whig Radicals, we doubt whether a light would not break in upon him before the expiration of .24 hours, which would reflect but a rueful and silly countenance from the first mirror into which he chanced to look. His Grace may have per sonal dislikes among the Conservatives, and may, perhaps, mistake such, for objections to Conservative principles, which objections assuredly he does not en tertain ; inasmuch as his Grace, whether conscious of it or not, is one of the most thorough-going Conser vatives in the empire, if not quite the most enlightened. However, the Noble Duke will not produce an extra ordinary convulsion in the political world, let him separate from, or combine with, whom he pleases. The main peint is, that the Whig-Radicals find them selves in a confounded hobbles If Lord Stanley and the above-mention e d Duke were to join them, as they now stand, the two latter Noblemen would be in a still more inextricable " hobble." There has, how ever, an expedient been hit upon, which will marvel lously help the lame dogs over the stile ; and what is it ? Why, to drop at once the whole scheme of spo liation upon the clergy, and to leave the Church ques tion open like Catholic Emancipation ! What think ye of that, ye gentlemen Radicals ? You at least must have been prepared for every turn of sharp prac tice from the Whigs, because by this time you know them ; but between man arid inan, what do you say to a project which breaks up bodily and in a single minute the entire system of party policy, on which the Parliasnentary proceedings of the two last sessions hing e d, which rudely unhorses the prancing beggar man, belies every one of the pretences and professions by virtue of which the Whigs and Radicals joined in a vote for the overthrow of Sir Robert Peel's Govern ment, brands " base faction and hypocrisy" on the forehead of every member of the Cabinet, and gives to Sir Robert Peel and the Conservatives the most brilliant and magnificent triumph that ever was achieved by mortal men ? It is not now the Whigs, but the ultra-Radicals, who are disgraced by this un natural alliance.— Times. When Municipal Reform reaches, as it must soon do, the most corrupt and faulty of all Corporations— that of the capital of the empire, one striking ano maly, we trust, will be swept away—viz., that of its members appointing some three or four of the King's Judges, We are far from wishing to see the Influ- once and patronage of the Crown unnecessarily ex tended; but, on the other hand, we are to the full as all that deficient in them: 'or tliis , ,lioN;4er, you must take oiir With!: W 43 tr;ic fc"' 61 ( 11 0 1 1 0641 aIT What right have ytht any body else to inquire into our debts or income, pqr bon&bills or mortgages, our means of paying the stipend of our Ministers for the next half-year, or of purchasing the candles even to light our chapels during the present winter ?" This is literally what the Voluntaries say. Their conduct is of course a flagrant breach of faith with the .Whig Government, Who appointed the Commission at their, urgent instance. It amounts simply to a determina-, tion that the Commission shall be a nullity, that it shall inquire as elaborately as it pleases into facts which are not disputed by anybody, but that as to the facts which are of the greatest importance to the de clared purposes of the Commission, and upon which the greatest doubts exist —upon these there shall be no inquiry whatever. To this• insulting breach of faith, however, the Whig Commissioners and the Whig Go vernment patiently submit. To what will they not submit when it proceeds from the enemies of any na tional institution, ecclesiastical or civil ? There can be no doubt, in any reasonable mind, that on the pro• mulgation of the instructions of the Dissenters' Com mittee to their several congregations to resist inquiries so essential, it was the.duty of the Government in stantly to revoke-the Commission, and to proceed in granting the required aid to the Church, just as if there were no such persons as Voluntaries or Dissen ters in all Scotland. There is one passage in Mr. Bu chanan's excellent letter which places the whole sub ject of the resistance of the Voluntaries to the pro posed grant in aid of the Church in so luminous a point of view that we cannot resist the temptation of transcribing it here : " In taking leave of Mr. Moncrieff—for though respect for his name, and a regard to his connection with the Commission, have led me thus publicly to notice his let ter, my controversy with him is done—l cannot • but ex press my regret and surprise to find him in the attitude he has assumed. ' I write,' he says, as a friend to the cause of the Church extension, which I have done what I could to support. He did write as a friend, when, in his excel lent pamphlet on endowments of last year, he so clearly showed that, when it. is considered that the funds of the Dissenters arise from their congregations, and that nearly all their chapels are sunk in debt, a little imagination may supply a very intelligible motive for opposing any measure that tends to diminish their numbers.' It is a pity that his friendship should now_ lead him to advocate a course where by the truth at which he hinted, and the full exhibition of which is so essential to the prosperity of the endowment cause, is to be completely suppressed." _ anxious to see the talent, the purity, and integrity of those who administer the laws sustained, which can only be effectually done by placing the responsibility where it ought to rest—viz., in the_ Crown ; - : 1 -- iowth its sworn and competent advis . We have always been inclined to rj.''';.; cull credit to Lord Brougham for the very lest intentions in the establishment of what is called the Central Criminal Court; but in its work ing, the evil we allude to has been greatly increased, instead of being diminished. This must be apparent to every one who is at the trouble of perusing the re turns which we invariably publish of the result of its labours, from which it id apparent, that A pro portion of nearly nine-tenths of . the eilminal offences occurring in London and Middlesex, as well as in those parts of the counties of Kent, Essex, and Surrey,. comprised within the circuit defined by the Act esta blishing that Court, are tried by Judges of whose fitness the Crown and its responsible advisers have no ' cognizance whatever, but who owe their appointments solely to patronage and good opinion of the Aldermen and Common Council of London. We have good reason for believing that this result was not only not anticipated by Lord Brongham, but that his inten tions, at all events, were that a much greater portion of the labours of this Court should devolve upon the Judge's of the land than it has hitherto pleased those Learned personages to undertake.• Whether this point be attainable or not we cannot take upon our selves to say ; but that the duties of the first Criminal Court of the kingdom should continue to devolve upon Corporation Judges, is, we apprehend, utterly impossible ; especially after the clause in the late Municipal Reform Act, which vests the appointment of Recorders in all other boroughs in the Crown. Nor is this the only anomaly which exists in the proceedings of the Court to which we are allud ing, at which the presence of an Alderman of Lon don is essential to the validity of its proceedings, and who actually fixes the sentence upon most of the convicts in whose cases there exists any discretionary power. Now what the magistrates of London have to do with the matter beyond the magistrates of the other four counties, including the city. of Westminster, over which the jurisdiction of the Court extends, we are at a loss to imagine ; and can scarcely conceive a more unanswerable practical reason why the law itself should be precise in defining punishments, than their being left to the discretion of the persons we allude. It would be better (but which we hope never to see) that the Jury should fix the sentence, than that it should be left to such a description of Judges. But we admit we shall only be exchanging, in these re spects, one evil for another, if, with the increased patronage which Municipal Reform will give to the Crown, we are still to witness the absence of that high law officer - from its Councils, on whose judgment and responsibility such appointments should mainly, if not wholly, rest. On this subject we would strongly recommend the perusal of Sir Edward Sugden's letter to Lord Melbourne ; while the evil of mere political patronage never was more strikingly illustrated than by what is now going on in Ireland, not a little aggra vated as it is by its being the work of those who pro fess themselves the steady friends of Reform—Morn ing Herald. ' Our readers, after bestowing upon this pregnant pas sage the attention which it unquestionably deserves, will be at no loss to understand the whole secret of the politics of the Dissenters of Scotland against the medi tated grant in aid of the resources and efficiency of the Established Church. The voluntary churches are so deeply involved in pecuniary embarrassments that they dare not expose the state of their affairs, and the mer cenary supporters and not less mercenary creditors (for in truth they are generally the same individuals) know that the trade in religion in which they have embarked their capital and labour upon what they call the volun tary principle, but upon what may with greater pro priety be called the shopkeeping principle, must irre trievably fail, from the moment that the State deter .mines to do its duty to the Kirk of Scotland.—Morn ing Post. We have before us a most ably written pamphlet, entitled " Parliamentary Talk, or the Objections to the late Irish Church Bill considered." After com menting with great force and cogent argument on the resolution of the House of Commons, declaring that any surplus funds, which might remain, after fully providing for the spiritual instruction of the Pro testants of the Established Church, should be applied locally to the general education of his Majesty's sub jects, without any distinction of religion, and that rjo measure upon the subject of Irish Tithes could lead to a satisfactory adjustment which did not embody that principle, the writer proceeds to answer seriatim the several objections which have been urged against the adoption of this principle under the suave terms of " Sacrilege," " Plunder," " Breach of Contract," " Perjury," and " Impiety." It is worse than ab surd to call a law emanating from the Legislature, that Legislature the supreme authority in the State, by the frame of sacrilege. The power that gave may also take away, whenever the interest of the State and the cur rent of public opinion justify such procedure. It is well obseaved— " Preposterous indeed would it be for the Crown, No bility, or Clergy itself of England to maintain at this time of day the inalienability of. tithes or church lands by the supreme authority of the State. A large portion of the possessions of each and of all of them was originally de voted to celebration of masses, to the expenses of a holy war, to the maintenance of monasteries, to the erection and repair of churches, and to the relief of the poor. From all these objects, deemed by the donors pious and holy, it has been diverted to the profit of Kings, Nobles, Colleges, or Clergy. By whom and how ? By that very authority which the cry of sacrilege, if it means anything, moans to deny, or in some instances, by the far more questionable operation of imperceptible * abuse and time. The doc trine, therefore, that a Parliamentary appropriation of eccle siastical property. to secular purposes is contrary to the will of God, (and the term sacrilege in its second sense implies no less) would shake the title of half the landholders in the kingdom. None but Ultramontane bigots, a race nearly extinct, have ever seriously maintained it:' The author next demonstrates, both by a reference to authority, and by irrefutable argument, that all the interests, directly or indirectly, involved in the Tithes or Church Revenues in Ireland, were carefully and tenderly provided for, and protected, by the late Bill, and that no property was diverted or altered from its due course, but such as, according to precedent, general reason, and actual law, that is, authority, expediency, and justice, emphatically belongs to the State, and therefore is fairly at the disposal of Parliament. The other objections are disposed of with equal ability. The structure of the argument is so complete in itself, that to extract a part would be an injustice to the writer. We, however, give his concluding observations, which, from their impartiality and good sense, cannot we.,:shosil4,4ope, to make au impression 0n.,a1l not liliudeit to the-danger which bigotry . and 4thaticisin',are evoking on established religions : " I do not hesitate in avowing a deliberate opinion that the subversion of the establishment in Ireland would be more disastrous than its existence. But once convince me that the preservation of the fabric necessarily supposes the perpetuation of the desolation and disorder which at present surround it ; and I have as little hesitation in avowing the opposite opinion, that the continued existence-of such a Church is more disastrous than its subversion. It was by removing the redundances which weaken and deface it, and by draining off the deep and silent disaffection which is sap ping its foundations, that the late Bill with its clauses pro posed to secure the edifice. It will be fortunate if a persever ance in a contrary system do not render it as unstable as it is unsightly, and accelerate the fatal day, when, in spite of such buttresses and fences, as laws, parchments, and speeches can supply, it may crumble into dust. The bill of last summer-was certainly neither intended nor calcu lated to hasten such a catastrophe—the danger of it is not likely to be averted, by stigmatizing - with the names of sa srilege, plunder, breach of faith, perjury, and impiety, every temperate endeavour to blend with the immediate relief and ultimate security of the Irish Clergy some national be nefits which may reconcile the public to the measure, and must mitigate, if it do not entirely disarm, an hostility to the Established Church, which, in the present state of things in Ireland, is certainly not unnatural, and cannot, while human nature is human nature, be pronounced utterly unpardonable."—Morning Advertiser. * Those who know any thing of the quadripartite partition of tithes, and the desuetude into which it has fallen, will under stand what I allude to. We recommend to attentive perusal the able, argu mentative, and conclusive letter of the Rev. Robert Buchanan to the Earl of Minto, which we have in serted in another part of the Morning Post of this day. The intention of this address is to prove, in re futation of a publication by Mr. Moncrieff, that the Scottish Church Commissioners have conducted the inquiry with which they were charged in a spirit of the most indefensible partiality and the grossest injus tice. And to say that it fully and triumphantly accom plishes this design would be to convey a very inade quate idea of its power. Mr. Buchanan, in the pro secution of his argument to a conclusion the most legitimate and irrefragable against the conduct of the Commissioners, has introduced many facts and obser vations which go the full length of proving that the establishment of the Commission was a most unneces sary and unwise measure, not calculated to shed any steady or genuine light upon the subject of inquiry, not intended to satisfy any honest doubts as to the expediency of the grant intended to have been made by Sir Robert Peel's Government for the promotion of religion in Scotland, but founded exclusively on a sectarian - hostility to the National Church of Scotland, or upon the cold, calculating policy of gratifying the passions or schismatical male volence, or of furthering the sordid speculations of those who convert schism into a trade. The Commis sion was ostensibly established to inquire into the ex isting means of religious instruction in Scotland, in consequence of a clamour raised by the voluntary party against a proposed grant to the Scottish Kirk, upon the pretence that the religious wants of the country were already adequately supplied by their assistance, or on the point of being so. To ascertain the truth or falsehood of this allegation was the only pretext for the Commission, to the appointment- of which there were several very forcible objections, which this single pretext—and Mr. Buchanan shows very conclusively that it was no more than a pretext—was held by our wise, liberal, and impartial Ministers sufficient to overrule. To a Government holding the institu tions of their country in any degree of respect, or entertaining towards them any other feeling than those of hostility or contempt, the allegation of the Dis senters, that they were proceeding with great success and rapidity, in many districts of the country, to dis credit, root up and supersede the Established Church, would have presented one of the strongest reasons for accelerating, instead of withholding or retarding, the aid for which her exemplary, zealous, and devout Mi nisters had made application to the State. To an honest and patriotic Government powerful dissuasions from the appointment of this Commission of Inquiry would have been found in its tendency to exasperate the mutual enmity of opposing sects and parties in politics and religion, and in the certainty that it Must postpone for a considerable period, and render less va-, luable and efficacious if at last conceded, that aid which it could not be presumed that the Clergy of the Church of Scotland had demanded upon frivolous or doubtful grounds. It would have been considered also by such a Government that the expense of this Com mission to the nation and to individuals could not be inconsiderable, when compared with the sum actually required to reinforce the funds and resources of the Church. These considerations, cogent as they are, had, however, no influence with the present Ministers of the Crown. It was determined that the allega tions of the Dissenters from the Church of Scotland, that their influence and resources had of late years -greatly increased, and were now in rapid course of aug mentation, should be made the subject of investigation by a Government Commission, thus recognizing it as a valid ground of objection, if substantiated, to the ap plication of the Church of Scotland for - Parliamentary aid. This being the state of the question, it seems too monstrous to be believed, and could not be believed upon any lower authority than that of the voluntaries themselves, that the right of the Commissioners to in quire into the actual state of the funds of Dissenting Congregations should be disputed by the latter ; nor upon any authority inferior to that of the Whig Com missioners could it be credited that they had submis sively, patiently, and unreluctantly acquiesced in this absurd and imprudent recusancy ? Who does not perceive that it renders the whole inquiry utterly futile and useless ? How are the Commissioners to give any opinion as to the permanency of Dissenting establishments, the great majority of which, it is confidently alleged, are inextricably involved in debt, and which sanction the allegation by resisting, in conscious bankruptcy, all investigation into the state of their affairs ? Or how can the Commissioners advise the Government as to the chance of the volun tary syste m being so extended as to secure to the coun try an adequate supply of religious instruction when the failing and insolvent speculators in the trade—for the voluntary principle necessarily converts religion into a trade—veil the state of their congregational affairs in dark and impenetrable mystery, and audaciously say to the friendly Whi g Commissioners, " Pass your time and earn your salaries in examining the financial condition of the unendowed Churches of the Esta blishment ? They will be found r A s scanty, no doubt, and as insufficient as the friends Church have We tell Yfttt described them. But can supply ° t f ha t t hP eve THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.—In this island, every individual whose name is found on the rate-book has a voice in the choice of magistrates, as well as in the elec tion of the constable and other officers of the parish in which he resides ; and perhaps there is no place where the elective franchise is more sought after—whether for public or private advantages, is another matter—than amongst us ; it is, in fact, considered the most desirable privilege of a Jerseymatis life. No wonder, therefore, that an attempt to raise the property-qualification for the exercise of this poli tical right, and thereby to disfranchise a number of our poorer inhabitants, has excited a spirit of opposition that bids fair to defeat a measure which we must be allowed to characterise as illiberal, impolitic, and unjust. --Jersey Argus. A young fellow, well dressed, was fined on Monday in two guineas, for an assault upon a girl in Bridgegate. It was proved that be struck her with a. stick, and then pushed her over by a blow with his fist, by which the girl was somewhat injured.—Scots Tintss, Tfl.B Stthl,LOrDON, .J 4 '4 l '. UMbAY, lijECiAlltEit 2, 1851". CORONER'S :INQUESTS. • On Thursday evening an incia6sf; idslAt Li past midnight, was held at the Toy Tavern, near the pa lace, Hampton Court, before Mr. STIRLING and a re- 1 , spectable Jury of the inhabitants of the town, for the pur pose of investigating the circumstances attending the death of Edward Chas. Saunders, a fine youth, aged fifteen, which was occasioned. by a wound inflicted with a large butcher's ' knife by a.man named Richard Paine in the extraordinary and lamentable manner detailed in the follcwing evidence The unfortunate transaction has created a very painful sensatian at Hampton Court and its vicinity, the more so from the supposition in the first instance that Paine had inflicted the mortal wound during a paroxysm of passion. On the arrival of the Coroner, the Jury-room was crowded to excess. A professional man had been engaged by the • friends of Paine, but was not present during the proceed ings,. owing to the inquiry having been instituted very abruptly, in consequence of the Coroner being in the town, holding an inquest upon a child which was burnt to death. Mr: James Turner, butcher, of Hampton Court, depoaed that he knew the deceased youth, whose connections were very respectable, and at his (deceased's) own choice appren ticed him to witness, although it was the intention of Mr. Saunders to have brought; him up_ for the Church. On Monday afternoon last witness was in his back parlour, when he heard a loud exclamation of " Oh, my God, you have killed me." On going out into the back premises, he discovered the deceased reclining in the arms of Richard Paine, one of his (witness's) journeymen. The lad's fea tures were very .pallid, and a quantity of blood was flowing from beneath his trowsers. • Witness was very much shocked at the scene, and inquired of Paine, who appeared very much agitated at the time, the occasion of the acci dent ; who replied, that the' deceased had ran violently against him (Paine), and a knife, which he had in his hand at the time, had penetrated his body up to the handle. Witness immediately sent for Mr. Holherton, a medical man, who promptly attended, and on examination of the wound the unfortunate lad - had received, expressed his fears that it was mortal, and intimated that further advice was necessary, Mr. Sadler Roots, of Kingston-hill, and his son, shortly arrived, and the three gentlemen, adopted every method to prevent fatal results, but their efforts proved un availing, as the deceased gradually sank, and died on Wed- nesday. By the CORONER—The deceased, who was a youth of excellent disposition; and Paine, had always been on the best terms. The latter I have had in my service some time. He is humane and good-tempered. lam firmly of opinion that the sad calamity was accidental. By the Jury,From the time the deceased received the fatal wound until his death he was sensible, and admitted to me that he (deceased) was running violently round a projection of the back premises, when he came in contact with Paine. A few hours before he died he expressed a wish to see Paine, and hoped that he would follow him to -his grave, as he (deceased) said the cause of his death was quite accidental, and that he heartily forgave Paine. In the further examination of the witness he said that Paine stated that he was proceeding from the shop to the slaughter-house, and, in turning a corner, the deceased came in violent contact with a large knife which he (Paine) held in his hand, and which penetrated the abdomen of the deceased. Ann Petoe, servant to Mr. Turner, deposed that the deceased and Paine had always been upon the most frjendly terms, and after the unfortunate occurrence the latter evinced the utmost feeling upon the occasion and frequently shed, tsars. Dinah Armstrong, of Twickenham, deposed that she attended the deceased as nurse before his death, when he said ho hoped no blame would be attached to Paine, who was quite blameless. Mr. Saunders, the father of the deceased, said that he was satisfied that the death of his son was purely acciden tal, and that Paine was not in any way criminal. The surgeon having stated that the wound was the cause of the deceased's death, the Jury, after some obser vations upon the distressing nature of the case, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." SCENE IN A WATCHHOUSE. -• Christmas-eve : Time, midnight—place, Blackhorse court watchhouse—circumstance, rival waits, and fight be tween the first fiddler, on one side, and black trumpeter on the other. Great uproar in the watchhouse. Sundry watchmen, in red night-caps, belabouring the most obstre perous. Night constable ascends the justice-seat and calls out, authoritatively, " Silence in Court—shove 'em all in the hole as kicks up sitch a blessed row ; number 8, bring up your charge." Watchman (bawling to the gaoler)—Bring forrad them there two gemmen, von vith part of his nose eat off, and tother vith von of his hies bung'd up. Enter first fiddler without a nose, pretty considerably drunk ; also black trumpeter, ditto. Night-constable—Now, watchman, what do you know about this here consarn ? Watchman—l seed an hinflammatory mob in Poppin's court, making the gallusest rumpus— Night-constable—Stop. Vot you seed is ony hearsay evidence, and can't be taken. Tell us.vot you know'd. Watchman—Vy, ven I got into Poppin's-court, I seed the vite gemman a top of the black 'un. Night-constable—And vot did you do ? Watchman—By my virtue in my hoffice I took both men into custody. _ _ . - Night-constable—Hold your jaw—that's enough. Now then, blacker, what do you say ? Blackee—My gentlemen, I vas blow my instrument in Fleet-street, for alvay at Christmas I splies de 'spectable habitans wid music, ven de gentlemans vat plays de fiddle come over and swear he shall knock my top over my bottom if I not go vay. I play on, yen he gib me wery great knock. Fiddler—l was knocked down first. Blackee—l knock down myself, dat I sal swear. I loose my piece for my mouth. Night-constable—Lost a piece of your mouth ? Vich side on it? _ _ . Blackee—No, no, not my own mouth ; de piece vot I blow my vind through. Fiddler—l deny the inference. I'm the reglar waits. I can give plenty of references, and my father's Common Councilman of Castle Baynard ward. Night-constable—ls he ? Hah ! that alters the facts of the case 'ferry materially. Bltickee—lf he pay ten shilling for my mouth-piece, I go and say nothing no more. - Night-constable—Take five shillings. Blackee—Too littel money, my noble gentlemans. Night-constable—l'll send you to the Counter, if you don't. Blackee—Den I take five shilling. Night-constable (to the Fiddler)—Fork out five shillings. Fiddler—See you d—d first. Night-constable—Then you shall go to the Counter. Fiddler—There's five bob (pulling out the money) ; but mud I repeal agiu your incision ; an' 4 as for you.(turning to the.trlimpeter), if there is law or justice to be had,- I'll ruin you. I'll take the black swan from you—l'll take the horns from you, and you shan't never blow another note afore the Chapter. Night-constable—Them as won't turn out, shove 'em in the hole.—[Excunt ontnes.] Common-Councilman of Castle Baynard bustles in,' ap parently in a passion—How ! Where ! What When who charges my son ? Night-constable (graciously)-oh, the gentleman vith part of a nose—he's discharged. Right ; quite proper. Good night.—(Common Council man of Castle Baynard bustles out.) A MATRIMONIAL ADVENTURE.—A few weeks ago, a pair of lovers sick of freedom, presented themselves at the altar of St. Margaret's church, that they might be united in the bonds of marriage. But the Reverend Gen tleman having learned that , the banns had been pub lished in the parish church of one only of the parties, he de clined to perform the ceremony, stating, that as they lived in separate parishes, it was necessary that proclamation should be made in both. Reluctantly they withdrew, to pass a few more weeks of tedious courtship, while the banns .were duly published. On Sunday last they again presented themselves, and were buckled together hard and fast. The Gordian knot being tied , the " happy man" refused to pay the fees, as he had been subjected to extra expense in the publication of the banns ; whereupon he was locked up in the chancel, in company with his new made wife, who, (as all " better halves" should) refused to desert her partner in his adversity. Imprisonment made no impression on his resolution—he persisted in refusing to pay the charges (perhaps for a szjicient reason)—and the relenting sexton liberated him in time for the wedding dinner.--Leicester Chronicle. Such is the infatuation of some of our farmers in favour of restrictions on French produce, that the circum stance of the whole of the local press being opposed to their iniquitous and foolish demands has not at all cooled their ardour in the ignoble pursuit. The refutations and the arguments employed against their false and silly peti tion, as well by ourselves as by our contemporaries, have, it would appear from information upon which we can rely, actually inspired them with a wish to establish a news paper of their own, in order to set forth the beauty and loveliness, the equity and sound policy, o f restrictive and prohibitory laws on the trade and commerce of this island ; The paper is to be written in what is commonly called Jersey _French. Two of the coaches travelling the Worcester and Gloucester road have broken down this week under the weight of presents which they were conveying to London, FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Pee. /; /853; Kiik , has been pleased to appoint Jonathan Ellertliciiii; Este ; Clerk 01 Ills Majesty's Guard of Yeomen t)f . Guard. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Dec. Th King bas'been ploased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, ta appoint 'l'. Grev, Estj. on of His Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice liteethOrp, resigned: WAR-OFFICE, Dec. 25. Royal Tlegirtldnt of Horse Guards.—Cornet G. T. Quin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, flee Cowper, promoted; J. W. H. An son, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Quin, Dec. 25. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—Ensign M. Nelson, frora the 45th Regiment of Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice W. Ferric, who re tires upon half-pay, Dec. 25. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons. Cornet W. Grassett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Laugliam, who retire:, ' • T. H. Pres ton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase , vice Grassett, Dee. 25. 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet J. 11. Forrest to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walker, who retires ; W. Cathrey, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Forrest, Dec. 25. 3d IL - Tin - lent of Foot—Lieut.-Colonel M. Beresford, from the 26th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Cameron, who retires, Dec. 25. 14th Foot—Ensign A. W. Campbell to be Lieutenant, without purchare, vice Graham, appointed Adjutant of a Recruiting Dis trict ; Ensign T. Carleton, from the half-pay of the 12th Regi ment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Campbell, Dec. 25. 19th Foot—Serjeant.Major It. Barrett to be Quarter-Master, vice 13rice; deceased, Oct. 30. 26th Foot—Major W. James to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase vice Beresford, appointed to the- 3d Foot, Oct. 30 ; Captain T. S. Pratt to be Major, by purchase, vice James ; Lieut. A. D. Colley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pratt ; Ensign J. M. Daniell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colley ; W. H. James, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Daniell, Dec. 25. 23th Foot—Ensign J. Garland, from the 99th Foot, to be En sign, vice Beatty, who exchanges, Dee. 25. 45th Foot—Ensign T. Barter, from the half-pay of the 60t1 Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Nelson, appointed to the 2d Dra• goons, Dec. 25, 49th Foot—Ensign J. W. Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moore, who retires ;C. F. Henry, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith, Dec. 25. 51st Foot—Ensign W. H. Hare to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grey, promoted; C. Paget, Gent., to-be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hare, Dee. 35. 56th Foot—Ensign T. G. B. 111‘Neill to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Moorehouse, who retires; W. B. Lewis, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dec. 25. 57th Foot—Lieut. T. Bainbrigge, to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Watson, deceased, Aug. 1 ; Ensign J. H. Shadforth to be Lieutenant, vice Bainbrigge; Ensign E. French, from the half pay of the 14th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Shadforth, Dec. 25. 63d Foot—Captain A. S. Young, from the 83d Regiment to be Captain, vice Stubbeman, who exchanges, Dec. 25. 71st Foot—Captain J. C. Wood, from the half-pay of the 58th Foot, to be Captain, vice Grant, promoted, Dec. 25. 83d Foot—Captain D. M'Carthy Stubbeman, from the 63d Regiment, to be Captain, vice Young, who exchanges, Dec. 25. 93d Foot—Captain R. Sparks to be Major, by purchase, vies Bozon, who retires ; Lieut. J. M. Grant to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Sparks ; Ensign N. S. Buchanan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grant ; A. S. L. Hay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Buchanan, Dec. 25. 99th Fo.,t—Ensign D. Beatty, from the 23th Foot, to be En sign, vice Garland, who exchanges, Dec. 25. UNATTACHED. Captain A. Grant, frorn the 71st Regiment, to be Major, with out purchase ;_ Lieut. the Hon. W. F. Cowper, from the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards ; Lieut. the Hon. H. Grey, from the 51st Foot. _ _ . STAFF. Lieut. W. Graham, from the 14th Foot, to be Adjutant of a Recruiting District, •ice Deans, deceased. MEMORANDUM. Brevet Mar W. Holcroft , upon half-pay of the Royal Artillery, and Captain Richard Kelly, upon half-pay unattached, have been allowed to retire from the Army, with the sale of the Commissions of Unattached Captains, they having become settlers in the Colonies. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE CLARKE, hay salesman, Irongate-vharf, Pad dington, to surrender, Jan. 4, at two, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Willoughby, Clifford's-Inn ; Clark, official assignee, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street. JOSEPH DE YRIGOYTI and CHARLES WILLIAMS, drysalters, Little Britain, London, Dec. 31, and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Gardon, Threadneedle-street. WILLIAM KNIGHT, victualler, Gravesend, Jan. 5, at one, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whiting, Wellington-street, London-bridge ; Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee. JAMES SANDFORD, stationer, Shrewsbury, Jan. 9, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee ; Neild, King-street, Cheap side, London. HENRY JONES and WILLIAM THOMAS HALTON, fur nishing undertakers, High-street, Islington, Jan. 5, at two, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wire, St. Swi thin's-lane ; Johnson, Basinghall-street, official assignee. JOHN MAINPRICE, victualler, Soham, Cambridgeshire, Dec. 28, and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Sun Hotel, Cambridge. Ewbank, South-square, Gray's-Inn, London. JAMES BROOKS, grocer, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Jan. 6, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Star Tavern, Great Yarn - loth. Palmer, Great Yarmouth ; Stevens, Wood, Wilkinson, ancrSat chell, Littls St. Thomas Apostle, London. SAMPSON LLOYD, calico-printer, Manchester, Jan. 2, and Feb. 2, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Cop pock,Cleveland-row, St. James's; Coppock and Wollam, Stockport. PARIS TAYLOR SCHOLES, grocer, Bottom of Greenacres Moor, Lancashire, Jan. 5, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Commis sioners' Rooms, Manchester. Bower, Chancery-lane ; Clegg, Oldham. WILLIAM ALLANSON, victualler, Blue Boar-court, Man chester, Jan. 20, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle Temple, London ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Manchester. SAMUEL RAMSON WHITTY, carpet-manufacturer, Ax minster, Devonshire, Jan. 4, at the George Inn, Axminster, and. Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Bull Inn, Bridport, Dorsetshire. Aber dein, Honiton, Devonshire ; Church, Great James's-street, Bed ford-row, London. SAMUEL HODSON and JOAN WARDLEY, calico-printers, Manchester, Jan. 23, at eleven, and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Denison, Humphrys, and Cunliffe, Manchester; Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkins, Chancery lane, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Bailey, horse hair manufacturer, Elm-street, Gray's Inn-lane. Jan. 15, at eleven—T. Matthews, carpenter, Bushey, Hertford shire, Jan. 16, at two—H. Kerr, tailor, Woolwich, Jan. 16, al eleven—J. Raven, grocer, Suffolk-lane, Cannon-street, Jan. 18, al twelve—T. Molyneux, linen draper, Falmouth, Cornwall, Jan. 18 at one. In the Country. J. Christie, coal merchant, South Se; Chambers, Threadneedle street, Jan. 16—T. Cobb, paper maker, Calthorpe House, Oxford shire, Jan. 18, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Banbury, Oxford shire—W. Finney, jun., grocer, Stoke-upon• Trent, Staffordshire, Jan 25, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Hanley—R. Beasant, miller, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire—J. and W. Robinson, common brewers, Burslem, Staffordshire, Jan. 25, at two, at the Swan Inn, Hanley, Staffordshire—T. Meredith, malster, Horncastle, Lincoln shire, Jan. 21, at two, at the White Hart Inn, Spilsby, Lincolnshire —S. Franceys, bookseller, Liverpool, Jan. 25; at one, at the Cla rendon Rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES-JAN. 15. J. Willis, merchant, Liverpool—W. Wright, horse dealer, Rougham, Norfolk—S. and J. Cartledge, merchants, Lincoln— C. Kettel, brewer, Tunbridge Wells—S. Radcliffe, cotton spinner, Stockport—J. Collinson, dealer, Thomas-street, Stamford-street, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Laming and J. G. Sparke, surgeons, Finsbury-square—J. Patrick and T. Lockwood, Manchester—J. Aspell and R. Bradley, check manufacturers, Manchester—T. Adkins and Co., manufac turers of soap—J. and W. Wright, saddlers, Burslem, Staffordshire —T. Knowles and J. Gore, common brewers, Bolton-le-Moors— G. Stein and R. Levy, corn factors, Crutehed - -friars—J. Goodson and S. Wells, corn factors, Nottingham—W. and J. Sudren, calico printers, Bolholt, Lancashire—A. Caldecott and Co., warehouse men, Cheapside—J. Hamilton and Co , common brewers, Manches ter—E. Law and Co., cotton spinners, Middleton, Lancashire—W. Isaacson and Co., attorneys, Mildenhall, Pearrett and G. Malkin, licensed victuallers, Islington—AV. Kershaw and J. F. Gee, linen drapers, Leeds:—J. Simpson and JALones, linen drapers, High-street, Shoreditch. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ALEXANDER FARQUITARSON, innkeeper, Wick, Jan. 4 and 21, at twelve, at Murray's Hotel, Wick. ROBERT KIRK, sen., yarn spinner, Rothes Mills, Fifeshire, Dec. 30 and Jan. 13, at one, at the Benhelow's Inn, Kirkaldy. HUGH HUTTON, merchant, Greenock, Jan. 8 and 22, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Greenock. JAMES MITCHELL, merchant, Greenock, Jan. 8 and 22, at two, at the White . Hart Inn, Greenock. ALEXANDER ANDERSON, builder, Leith, Dec. 30 and Jan. 13, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado► Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week ending the 23d day 01 December, tt , 35, s 39;. Oct. per hundred Weight, exclusive of the tattles of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of last Night. There is little business doing in the markets, on account of the holidays. Sugar and other principal Colonial Markets shut yesterday afternoon, and will remain closed till the 4th of January next. The prospects for a brisk spring trade con tinue, and the opinion is general that it will commence at an early day. SUGAR.--.There is little alteration in the Sugar Market ; the business doing is on a limited scale, but the prices are very firm. Yesterday afternoon the estimated purchases for the three days of this week were 1,200 hhds. and trs. at the . ex treme prices, making an advance of about 6d. per cwt., the same as in Mauritius Sugars, showing the market still forcing its way upwards. In the Refined Market there are very few goods on show, and the holders generally are not inclined to sell until the next year; the advanced prices are not only maintained, but the holders are asking a further advance. Yesterday afternoon the Refined Market still appeared ad vancing, the holders asking higher prices ; free buyers of fine Crashed at 425. MAURITIUS.—The public sale yesterday forenoon attracted much attention ; they were new Sugars of uncommon fine quality ; the sale consisted of 3 ; 753 bags of the new crop; the lowest of the sound 635. up to 665. to 665. 6d. for fine; the washed and shifted 625. 6d., making the highest average of any cargo that has yet been sold, being about 645. 6d., and the prices are on an average higher than West India Sugar by about 6d. per csvt. EAST INDIA.—The demand for East India Sugars has been general and extensive, and the prices both by public sale and private contract may be considered ls. to 2s. higher. It is re ported a cargo of Brazil Sugar has been sold afloat, Babies browns at 263., whites at 345, It Was also stated yesterday afternoon that two parcels of Manilla to arrive -at Liverpool have been sold to London houses about 325. FOREIGN.—The sales reported are not extensive, but gene rally there are few sellers of Foreign Sugars, except at ad vaticed priCet, Coliqt , .--There is little alteration in Coffee"; the pur chases rcpt reed d British Plantation are small parcels for the immediate wants et the . grad?. There is still some demand for 9t, Domingo Coffee, and there are buyers about 525. ; Brazil is neglett€A, and no inquiries are made after this description. Ceylon nomindly about 58s. BUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The Market is nearly cleared of Leeward Island Rum ; no Jamaica offering. Brandy rather more in demand, and prices are Id. to 2d. lower. Small parcels of Geneva continue to go off at 2s. Id. to 2s. 2d. TALLOW.—The Tallow Market was rather firmer yesterday afternoon, and the prices a shade higher. 'the Wool Market there is but little alteration since the public sales of last week ; prices are firm. SILIC..—The prices of Silk are still firmly supported, but the business doing is to no great extent, on account of the dull season of the year. CorroN.—The Cotton Market continues very heavy, and the few purchases reported are at lower prices. The accounts from Liverpool are equally unfavourable. The sales this week consist of 230 Surat, mid. to good fair 51d. a 7d. ; 170 Madras, ord. to good fair 54d. a 61d. ; 40 West India, good fair 9d. FRUIT.—The only purchase worth noticing in Fruit is a cargo of Chesmo Raisins at 435., the only parcel in the mar ket. The demand for Fruit generally is very extensive. TOBACCO.—There is nothing to report in Tobacco. INDlGO.—'There is still business doing in Indigo, but the purchases are limited as to quantity at last sale's prices. OILS.—The arrival of the Duncombe from the Strait's fishery early in the week, bringing accounts of the release of six more vessels from the ice, and the probability of the re mainder getting away, has produced no effect upon the mar ket; prices are without alteration, and very little doing. Seal Oil has been in demand, and rather higher in price. SPICES.—There are no sales of Pimento or Pepper to any extent reported. Cassia Lignea at public sale, the sound sold 58s. 6d. SALTPETRE.—The inquiries fur Saltpetre as an investment continue. TEA.—The Tea Market remains in a very uncertain state. Large public sales of free trade Teas are again declared for he 19th proximo. PRICE Q The highest price of Brcad in thi There are others who sell from a that rate. Per Cwt, riticE OF New English Red Clover6os. 70s Ms Ohl Ditto Ditto 565. 635. 70s New Foreign Ditto —s. —s. —s. Old Ditto Ditto New White Clover s6s. 60s. 725. Old Ditto Ditto —s Ms. 68s. New Trefoil IS; 20s. 235. Old 1/itto 7 s. I4s. 18s 'rrefolium 23s 32s 35s English Carraway —s 511 s. Foreign Ditto —s 5:35. 5 5 s Coriander —s 10s. 14s -•—• Rapeseed, English fine (per Las BREAD. Metropo!is is '7d. for the 41n. Lnaf. half-penny to three half-penci: below iEEDS.—llee.l4 Per Quarter. St. Foin _ Rye Grass Pacey Grass —s. —s. —s., Linseed, for feeding 543. 565. lids. Ditto, for sowing Ditto, for crushing slls. Ms. Canary —s. 443 4ds. Hemp —6.463 50s. Per Bushel. _ _ _ White Mustard 4s. OA. 6s. 01. Brown Ditto Tares 4s. C.d. ss. Od. 44/ Foreign 37/. 391• PRICES OF HOPS —Dec. A. Farnham Vogketti (per cwt.) in. Os. 01. K .i.. Pockets ....•- 3, Mt 41. Choice ditto 5l 0;. 13 , , Kent Bags... Sussex Pockets Superfine ditto Os. to 111. Os. to 4t lOs. Oa to 71. Os. Ci. to 12, 54 to 3! ISt. Os. to 4• 10, WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Dec. 24. day Straw 24s r d to 295. Oct ?,S AT SPITALFIELDS V. Os. to 4/ . . Os. per ton. PRICES OF POTATO, York Reds (from vessel) Scotch Reds ditto . Common Reds Marsh Champions. Shaws Middling .... gnats 53. to 31. Os ditto 21. ss. to 21 10s. ditto 3/. Os. to 41. Os. ditto 2 Os. to 2/. 10s. ditto 1/. 10s. to OS. Os. ditto , 11. lOs to 01. 0, ditto LEATHER Per lb. d. to d. Horse Hides, (lerman Spanish CalfSkins,3o to 401 b. (doz )*l4 22 40 51. •17 25 50 be •20 23 _ _ 70 100 *l4 :21 Seal Skins, large ....... ........ 11 15 ------- small Hi 17 Kips 14 &sits Bellies 6 St Shoulders .. 7 12 4d per lb more PRICES OF Per th. d. to d. Crop Hides, 30 to 401 b each 11 13 -- -IA 50 ... 999999 124 1G ' 50 60 l3 17 Bull Hides Butts, Vitriol - English. l4 25 - h oreign Foreign Hides lO 12 0 essing Hides ----- Shaved Be,t Saddlers Hides Horse Hides, English • If rounded 2.1. 1 PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton, 48 , 103 —Refined, 51/. Os.—Linseed Oil, 401 Oi• Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, (1000 , 2'. 1113 —Rape Cake, per ton, 3{: PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 141 b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow IWelters) 4s. Ild. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c per 1121 b. Town Tallow sls. Pd. Yellow Soap -s. Pd. Yellow Russia White s. Pd. Curd —s pd Soap Ditto —s. Pd. Graves 145. Od. Melting Stutt' Ditto Rough 2lB. Pd. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles in the Retail Shops is as follows: Candles, per dozen, 'is 01. ; interior, 64. ud.—Moulds, Bs. lid. Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. fer Vuarter. I Wheat. Barley. oats. iseaus. Pease Ashburn 40 45 29 34 18 23 38 44 -- B .singstoke 28 43 24 32 22 23 34 40 28 40 Bath 34 40 28 32 22 28 i 36 44 42 46 Bridgewater 48 56 22 26 20 25 32 31 42 46 Bristol 4B 56 28 32 16 20 31 38 Chesterfield 44 52 28 33 16 22 41 48 Derby 37 41 26 32 'A 23 36 Doncaster 26 40 25 35 16 26 40 46 39 30 21 40 —•-• 36 42 24 28 16 18 26 41 33 42 28 22 17 32 36 46 40 44 Hungerford 27 44 22 36 20 23 34 40 34 36 37 29 24 42 34 Newbury 28 42 24 31 ,14 30 32 43 30 30 Remsey 36 46 26 :-,0 18 21 36 40 -- Shaftesbury 54 25 17 41 -Shepton Mallet 40 42 29 34 22 27 40 45 5herb0rne.—........... 34 40 24 32 20 24 36 42 faun ton 42 30 18 34 33 10 22 33 20 28 34 36 38 40 28 30 18 26 :16 39 Per Bushel. s. d. s.d s. d. s. d. s. d. 5. 0. s, d, s. d. s.d. E. a. Shrewsbury BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, Dec. 23 Wheat, 62 lb. Barley, imperial quarter Do. Grinding, 49 lb. Oats, 391 b Old Beans, 60 1 4 lb l6 6 18 0 New ditto New White Boiling Pease, 3 imp. bush. Ditto Grey ditto CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. ABSTRACT of the RESULT of COMMITMENTS to the NOVEMBER SESSION. Convicted. Acquitted. London Prisoners Middlesex Essex Kent l 2 Surrey l 2 Of the above cases, Lord Denman tried . Sir Alan Park Mr. Baron Alderson The Recorder The Common Sergeant Sergeant Arabia 67 64 • IRISH METHOD OF DESPATCHING A LETTER , —A son of Hibernia, a tar just landed at Liverpool, and who paid a visit to our ancicnt.city on Friday last, was no ticed strolling about the Post-office door on that evening. Curiosity at last prompted an individual to ask him his busi ness ; and, in answer to a question put to him, P a t re , plied, " I'm jist waiting to see whether my letter goes off, that I've put into the post." He was told that if he bad directed his letter, and put it into the box, it was - certain of reaching its destination. One word in the reply seemed quite to astound the Irish tar, and he, hastily turning round to the individual, said, " Directed it! man, what do yotl mane by that ?" Being told it was the writing the name and residence of the person to whom it was sent on the out' side the letter—he lugged up his " inexpressibles," and ev claimed, " Sure, and that self-same thing I Aote in 00 inside of it, but never a word on the outside, though I in tended it to go to Miss Biddy O'Connor, athe Sera Little Stars, in Carlton -street, Dublin." After the expla tion of the sailor's bull, and enjoying a hearty laugh at hi§ expense, the individual who conversed with him, accompa nied him into the Post-office ; the billet-doux was found 0 5 he had described, and afterwards directed to his dear Biddy in the capital of the Green Isle.—Chester Chronicle. (ADVERTISEMENT.) —T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith &c., 47, Cornhill, London, informs the Public, that he offal DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES and FORKS, with plain ivory handles, silver ferrules, plated on steel blades, at Three Guine° dozen pair, or with solid silver blades, at Eight Guineas and Pc' Half per dozen pair. N.B. Carved ivory handles at 13s. 6d. extra per dozen pair. BIRTHS. On the 24th inst., at Windsor, the lady of Captain Mathew' M.P., Coldstream Guards, of a son. On the 22d inst., at Torquay, Devon, the lady of John Fitz gerald, jun., Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 23d inst., at St. Pancras Church, Hugh Gerald Byrne. Esq., of Drumsna, in the county of Leitrim, Ireland, to Gertrude► fifth daughter of the late Joseph Clarke, Esq. On the 22d inst., at Worfield, Shropshire, William Sharringtol. Davenport, of Davenport House, to Catherine Louisa , daughter of S. P. Alarindin, Esq., of Chesterton. DIED. On the 22d inst., John Francis, Esq, of Clapton-square, Hack' ney, in his 60th year. On the 20th inst., at his residence in the School of Medicine, Paris (of which establishment he was the Librarian), pactor Patrick MacMahon, in his 63d year. Doctor MaeMahon was native of Ireland, but arrived in Paris for the benefit of educatil while still a child, and.(except to make the two first campaigns °, the Republic, with the Army of the Rhine) remained a resident ol The French capital until the day of his demise. On the 24th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of James illorrah, of Sloane-street,- in her 34th year. _ London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112,. Strand, in the connti of Middlesex. Anal paid) EXI nient Vaul they Fria Area Lon, to su greet Agei the s S. ' R. B Al. I Jam( be hi 136 ceivil Dire( J. [IN( ... gepu price Port Sher Madi Cape N. BUT DIL FIL' INC OU' nigh Tlni any Pat, like pun heel Ass out bior of., MOT 111-' PI 71.2'