The Sun. — London, England, 1835-02-06 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1835. It is consoling to reflect that, however greal may be the difficulties in which the interests of our common country are involved, there is always a mode of de liverance 'at hand, if she will only adopt the recom mendation of the old physician in the case of the lawyer's cold, which was simply to take advice I This is all that is requisite ; and, moreover, here ends the analogy between the two cases ; for the practitioners who prescribe for State distempers seek no other fee for their trouble ; than that internal pleasure which ac companies the performance of an extraordinary act of virtue. Neither are their numbers so limited, or their recommendations so much alike, that the object of their solicitude need be under any apprehension of wanting an ample choice of means, by which the same end can be accomplished with equal readiness, dispatch, and the absence of any very great incon venience. Turn which way soever she will, there is a physician ready to give her such advice as he declares will effect her restoration to perfect health ; and though she may assure him that he need give himself no fur ther trouble about the matter, inasmuch as he neither knows the nature of her complaint, nor the way in which his own medicine would operate on a constitution such as her's, still his determination to serve her remains undiminished, and his amplest revenge is to take every precaution to let all the world know the good advice he gave her, accompanied with his deep regret that her ignorance and her obstinacy, alone stand in the way of her becoming a paradise. There is a simplicity of manner, and a cordial frankness about State physicians which is ab solutely enchanting. We are always delighted when we get in company with any of them ; for half an hour makes us acquainted with all the evils which afflict the country, and in five minutes more, we are let into the secret for removing every one of them, root and branch. It is astonishing with what readiness one of these gentlemen will solve a question which the Legislature would require years to be able fully to comprehend. One attributes all the suf ferings of the country to want of money, and re commends a paper currency, empowering every man to make as much money as he pleases : another is of opinion that the general distress is entirely owing to the dearness of the necessaries of life, and as he thinks high prices to be the consequence of our National Debt, he earnestly entreats the Ministry to leave off procrastinating, and pay the debt, and—be done with it at once : and a third, more sagacious than the rest, is convinced that all the people want to make them feel very comfortable, is plenty to eat, drink, and wear, with little or no work ; all which he shows in a twinkling can be done by the adoption of a plan, which he had the honour of submitting to my Lord Somebody twenty years ago, and which is as easy and as natural as to stretch out one's legs after dinner. All this is very pleasant and 'agreeable ; and it must strike every person, that men who have thus at their finger ends, as it were, both the detail of our ca lamities, and the means of converting them into bless ings at a moment's notice, wer3 born to be Chancellors of the Exchequer, had knowledge its legitimate in fluence in regulating the appointment. We have been led to make these observations, in consequence of casting our eyes over a pamphlet, pub lished by RIDGWAY, entitled " A New System, or Taxation no Burthen," by Mr. GEORGE DICKIN SON—a gentleman of very original views, if we may judge from his first proposition :—" That a want of profitable employment both for labour and capital is one of the main causes of the depression under which a large portion of the community are now suffering." There are, we believe, few of the old nations of Eu rope, who might not advance the same cause for the suffering which prevails among their respective inhabi tants ; indeed this proposition be irs a strong resem blance, in point of self-evidence and simplicity, to the one already cited, which attributes the distress to the want of abundant food and clothing, without toil and without expense. We regret to say that what follows of the author's system is not quite so we ll e l uc id ate d. He recommends the abolition of the Malt Tax ; and, to make up the deficit which this would cause in the revenue returns, advises an increased duty of two shil lings a gallon on British spirits, and four shillings on foreign wines, which he is confident would lead an increase of one-sixth of the present consumption of the first of these articles. We dare say our readers will be content that we stop here. It will be time enough to submit the other parts of the new system to them, when they come to understand how the increase of duties leads to the increase of consumption—a mystery in the science of political economy of which we confess ourselves wholly ignorant. The author tells us that the abolition of the Malt Tax would enable us to supply - ourselves with cheap beer, and that the surplus saved of the present price paid for that beverage, would be at our disposal to do what we liked with it ; and so, of course, we should indulge in more spirits. This proposition is about as sagacious as that one in simple arithmetic, which teaches that twice two arc four ; but what becomes of the surplus saved in the beer, when the spirits to be bought with it rise in price in the same ratio as the beer has fallen ? If the working-people now prefer beer to spirits of every kind, will not the inevitable consequence of the new arrange ment be a diminution in the consumption of spirits, even were the duty to be lowered instead of being increased To assume the contrary is to maintain that the people now drink as much beer, and possess as many other necessaries as they require—a fact which once esta blished would do away with all necessity for new sys tems. We do not deny that many of the author's views are most correct—we do not wish to have it in ferred that we differ from him in our estimate of the evils of the excise laws, which cripple industry and extinguish the spirit of enterprise; but we take the liberty of thinking thet he has not sufficiently studied the subjeet on which he writes ; and that his best system is one which might he learned from a sleeping goose, which, when tired on one leg, rests on the other. He does not propose the removal of the load—he only recommends the shifting of it from one shoulder to the other. His Paper Currency scheme has been too often repudiated, to merit even a passing censure. We approve of tbe author's motives, which, we are sure, are disintrested in the extreme; but we advise him to ar t ei; iy -- himself a little more diligently to the study of the affairs of the country, before he prepares ar.isther nostrnm for her regeneration. A letter signed c , Zeta," on the right of Peers to vote for Mem.bers of Parliament, appears in another part of The Sun. Our opinion is not in the least altered by Zeta's letter. A Peer labours under a politic a l incapacity to vote, which no entry in a re gi:ter can remove. Any man, however disqualified, may succeed in getting his name fraudulently inserted in the register ; and if he does, he cannot be prevented from giving his vote, but his name would be expunged by a Committee of the House of Com mons : and in addition to this, were he a Peer, he would be guilty of a breach of the privileges of the House. There is no law, as our correspondent sup poses, to prevent Peers from voting at elections. By doing so they infringe the privileges of the Commons, and no clause of the Reform Bill in the least affects their former position with respect to that House. `We have inserted in another column a letter from a correspondent, which contains some observations well deserving the attention of those who are engaged in the important work of digesting such a plan of Church Reform, as shall be satisfactq f y to a people groaning under the greatest ecclesiastical burden that ever weighed a priest-ridden nation to the earth. This bur den is not only oppressive from its absolute weight, but intolerably galling from the consideration that the pro fessed objects for which it is imposed, are notoriously defeated, and that a large proportion of the immense revenues, wrung from the reluctant industry of the country, instead of being devoted to the support of true and undefiled religion, is consumed in pampering idleness, and in ministering to the gratification of pride and worldly ambition. That such a state of things should have been per mitted to exist so long, is a proof that patience ranks high among our national virtues. Happily, however, the people of England have now made the discovery that a virtue, carried to excess, becomes a vice. They have determined that either the abuses of the eccle siastical system, or the system itself, shall cease ; and it is to the convictio❑ that this determination will be re solutely carried into effect, that we arc indebted for the tardy confession that the " house" wants setting in order, and the declaration that there is a sincere desire to commence the work. Whether the exactions to evhich our correspondent alludes are included in the returns !:lade to the Ecclesi astical Commissioners, we dq not know ; but we should think that if the object jjthe Commission was to ascer tain the amount of clerical emoluments, these origi nally voluntary, but now compulsory contributions, could scarcely have been omitted. We believe the re turns have not yet been completed, either from the want of sufficient antnoTity in the Commissioners, or from reluctance on the part of the Clergy to reveal the sources and extent of the:r incomes. But until the amount of the ecclesiastical revenues is known, it would seem somewhat preposterous to set about a more equal distribution of them. It is like building the house without laying the foundation. Various estimates of the value of Church property have been made, but it is evident that the best can be only an approximation to the truth. We copy the following from a very able pamphlet on Tithes by " Biblicus," published by DENNIS, Paternoster-row, which we strongly recommend to all who wish to un derstand the extent and evils of the English tithe system : Value of tithes from land in tillage Ditto of parishes become parts of towns, &c 200,000 Ditto of coal, iron, tin, and copper mines 1040 perpetual curacies, at 1001. each 100 benefices not parochial, 75!. each 9,000 glebes, at 401. each Fees of 10,872 livings, at 201. each Incomes of Bishops 220,000 Ditto of Deans and Chapters 325,600 £10,974,765 Deduct annual value of lay impropriations 3,117,434 £7,357,331 To which must be added—Church-rates 300,000 Additions to Queen Anne's bounty ... 100,000 College and school foundations. 632,130 Parliamentary grants for building churches £9,539,481 If the above statement be any thing near the truth (and it falls short of some estimates by a million), there can be but- one opinion as to the amplitude of the provision made for the support of our spiritual guides. Indeed, if the spiritual benefit received werP_ in proportion to the temporal, or, as Wit may say, carnal benefit returned, the Ent)Visil would be the most religious people on the face of the earth. The following table, which we copy from the pamphlet , before mentioned, sets this matter in a strong light :- Expense of Name of Nation. Number of Clergy per Total Ex- Hearers. million of penditure. hearers. France United States of America 9,600,000 60,000 576,000 Spain Hungary-Catholics 4,000,000 80,000 320,000 Calvanists Lutherans 650,000 40,000 26,000 Italy Austria Switzerland Prussia German States Holland Netherlands Denmark Sweden Russia-Greek Church 34,000,000 15,000 510,000 Cath. and Luth 8,000,000 50,000 409,000 South America Dispersed Christians 3,000,000 50,000 180,000 Christians in Turkey 6,000,000 80,000 180,100 England, Church of ... Ireland, Church of 400,000 3,250,000 1,300,000 Thus the clergy of 195,678,000 hearers abroad, receive 8,591.0001. While the clergy of 6,400,000 hearers at home receive 8,896,0001., if not a much greater sum. According to this calculation, we ought to be about thirty-five times as religious as the French, and seventy times as religious as the Russians ! New York and Washington papers to the 17th ult., have been received, i❑ which we find that all ap prehensions of a hostile collision with France are happily removed for the present. This has been effected by a vote of the Senate, during the sitting of the 14th, to the effect :—" That it is inexpedient at present to adopt any Legislative measures in regard to the state of affairs between this country and France." By this vote that part of the PRESIDENT'S message which refers to France is at once disclaimed by the Senate ; and of course will henceforth be regarded as the act of an individual, unless the Chamber of Re presentatives adopt the language of General JACKSON, This is not altogether unlikely, however injurious it might prove to the internal repose of the United States. The Senate is well known to be as hostile to most of the views of the PRESIDENT as the Chamber of Re presentatives is attached to them ; and there is reason to fear that the recent collision on the Deposit question will again be renewed: Let us hope the best, how ever. France i? now at liberty to act as becomes her, willout being supposed to be influenced by a me- We trust the pacific disposition shown by 'the stern Republicans of the United States, will stimulate France to the discharge of those claims, which she herself has acknowledged to be due to the American Government. PRICES OF STOcEs TUU Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Bell 0 ,15 . 61,4 9 per Cent. Cons. 92 3% per Cent lOO4, Ditto lied. I OON t i 4 New 3% per Cent —lir% 0.1 1,9% g, 4 per Cent. [Assented Dissented Dank Long A nnuities to pxpi re Jan. 3, 1 860 1 7 ,,t,f, 7-16 Oct 10, 1859. Jan. 5, 1860 16 15-16 lan. 3, MO. — April 5, 1890 Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREION FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account ..... ..... Buenos Ayres Bond; ... Ditto Account Chilhan Bonds Hitt(' Account Columbian Bonds THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 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Consols Ditto Reduced 194 Ditto, 4 per cent 6 ' 3!:, per Cent. Stock 9174 Hibernian Bank Ditto New, IS3 I 314 per Cent. Debenture.;.,..,, 91% National Insurance Company .261 i Bank Stock . 222 City Debentures, 4 per cent... 3 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal stock AUSTI: IA N FUNDS.-VIENNA, JAN. 27 Five per Cents. 3ktalliques ll 4 -.N Four per Cents Bank Shares 1294 —Allgemrinc Zeit;ing, Feb. I MAILS. Arrived. Dor I.tyrived. Due Arrived. Due. O Ameriea.......... 0 (' Fr.,nce 1 0 Lisbon 0 O Maxi: ' 0 i 0 (.uern. & Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres... o ; 0 I 1-imburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Cartliagena 0 ; 1 110113nd ...... .... 0 0 Ostend 0 I I)ublin 0 , II Jamaica 0 Flanders FIRM ATE 1 Al' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning .35 minutes 'if:yr S. t Evening :2 minutes after 9 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed the Operatic Drama of THE RED MASK ; OR, THE COUNCIL OF THREE. 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The Vllth Monthly Part, price only one shilling, contains the whole of THE 'GENEROUS LOVER. Forming the first of the Series, illustrated with two beau tiful Engravings ; it is now first translated (expressly for this work). This part a'so c‘mtains The Evils of a Name ! By GRE GORY SMl'l ; au Adventure in the Andes, by the Author of " A Tale of Tucuman ;" besides various original Sketches, Poetry, Translations, Extracts from New Books, Anecdotes, Faectiai, &c., forming the most amusing and unobjectionable periodical ever pub lished.—For cheapness it is unrivalled. Eltngham Wilson, Royal Exchange. HAMBURG, Nov. 26, 1834 _HEINE BROTHER S, Contractors for the GREAT LOTTERY, published and drawn by authority and under guarantee of t he Hamburg Government, beg to inform the public, that the 65th Lottery of 10,000 Tickets will be drawn on the 18th of March next ; and Tickets are now selling at 108 marks baneo, or 8/. 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The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at minutes past 3 o'clock. 1` 's• • A. s.‘ , 'I he DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, New 5 per Cent India 5t0ck....... 'YEN 8 Ditto Bonds 2O 21 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities .191 New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151... Exch. Bills,`Xl,ooo ...... 38 40 pm. Ditto 500 4O pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank Stock for Account India Stock for Acc0unt...254 , 4 8 I 4 Consols for Account THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1835. MUSIC. The songs entitled the " Mariner's 'Welcome Home," " She sate within the Abbey Walls," and " Beauty's Queen," are each very pleasing samples of melody. The words h ave no pretens i ons to superior poetic excellence, but the versification is correct and smooth. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Montreal Papers to the 10th, and Quebec Papers to the Bth January, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The former papers have no news worth extracting : the frost continued there with great severity. By the latter papers we learn that the Canadian Paper of the sth ult. states that the provincial revenue of last•year will be deficient from 30 to 40,0001. The thermometer fell again to 15 below Zero. PICTOU, DEC. 16.—The harbour was frozen over on Friday, and on the following morning several persons crossed it. The cold was so very intense that the thermometer was 5 degrees below Zero. Two vessels bound for Halifax succeeded in cutting out. From the American papers received this morning to the 17th January :—" We learn from Maracaibo, of the 18th inst., that business of all descriptions was at a complete stand, owing to the depressed state of the currency, caused by the introduc tion of counterfeit copper coins, and s that the whole country was inundated with it. The Provincial Government, in con sequence, issued orders that all holders of copper should depo sit it in the Public Treasury by the Ist December, for which Provincial receipts should be given, and these redeemed by the Government paper, to be sent from Rio Janeiro. The copper, when received by the Government, to be stamped, and re-issued at a quarter of its original price or value." Accounts from Washington state, that " the war fever here has entirely subsided, and unless the French Government are resolved to kick up a row all will be peaceably setted." LATE AND IMPORTANT NEWS FROM PARA. An arrival at Boston brings accounts that an insurrection broke out in that province, about thirty miles from that town, about the middle of November. The Governor sent au officer, with a file of soldiers, who were all killed or taken prisoners ; he then fitted out an 18 gun brig, with several other armed vessels, and proceeded to meet the insurgents, whom they attacked and defeated, but the Governor, who commanded the expedition, was killed. A number of the insurgents were made prisoners. THE FUNDS. The French Funds having come higher yesterday morning, had the effect of keeping the British as well as the Fo re i g n Market buoyant until the middle of the day, when both of them became heavy. Consols were done at 91i for the Account, but towards the close of business a re-action took place, and Consols closed at 92 for the Account ; opened at the same price this morning, with little doing. Spanish opened at 553 ; Scrip, 31. ; Portuguese, 92- I. The important account from Washington, that the Senate has refused General Jackson to make reprisals on French pro perty, may be considered a final blow, and that no war Is ill take place between America and France. American Exchange on London 7} per Cent. prem. ; Bank Stock, 1064. This moment, past 12 o'Clock, the Express has arrived from Paris, in consequence of which the Spanish Funds have improved. Scrip, 3f Spanish Stock, 551 to 56. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have been during the whole morning steady at for the Account, and 924 for money, with little business doing. The Foreign Market has improved since the morning, par ticularly Spanish and Spanish Scrip, as it is conjectured that some favourable accounts have been received from Madrid by the express. Spanish has reached 56-k 4 ; Scrip 34 ; p or _ tuguese 92+ 3 . -; Exchequer Bills 38 to 40; India Bonds 2 1. There is a report of a change in the Spanish Ministry. THREE 0' CLOCK, Consols for the Account 92i I. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Georgiana Clark was indicted for the wilful murder of Henry Jenkins, on the 24th of January last. No Counsel appeared for the prosecutor; Mr. CLARKSON defended the prisoner. Stanley, a beadle of St. Pancras, stated that on Monday evening, the 26th of January, as he was passing Argyle Place, he saw a number of persons collected ; on going into the house opposite which the crowd was collected, on the first floor he saw a number of persons in the room, with a man lying dead on the bed. The prisoner was sitting at the side of the bed. Witness asked prisoner how the deceased came by the cut on the side ? To which she said, by cutting a piece of wood to put on the fire. Asked her if she was a married woman, to which she replied that she was, and that the deceased was her husband. Asked her where the knife was ; on which a person named Phoebe Davidson came up stairs, and fetched it from the cupboard. Witness asked Davidson if it was the knife ; to which she replied it was—she could swear to it ; and on showing it to her, the prisoner then acknowledged that it was it. Asked the prisoner again if she was married, and she then s :id she was not. Asked her if she had had any quarrel with the deceased ; to which the prisoner replied she had, concerning Phoebe Davidson, on Saturday. Witness not feel ing satisfied, snit for the serjeant of police, when witness and the serjeant went together to a surgeon named Jones, who had attended him, from which that gentleman stated they took the prisoner into custody. Witness then took possession of the deceased's clothes; on examining which he discovered a large cut through the gi eat coat, two waistcoats and a shirt, similar in size to the wound on the breast of the deceased The cuts in the wearing apparel appeared to have been made by a knif e s i m il ar to that produced by witness. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON —The prisoner and all present appeared much distressed at the death of the deceased. Sergeant Campbell, E 14, went with the last witness to the house where the body of the deceased lay. Prisoner admitted that she cohabited with the d.tetased, who, while cutting some wood to put on the fire to fry some sausages on Saturday, I ..tt the knife slip, which entered his side. The nri.•.,One; said there was no other person in the roorn , but when the accident happened, and that she did not 7.:iarm any ether persons in the house previous to fetching the doctor. Prisoner, on being asked, said the deceased and herself were quite good friends at the time of the accident. Upon being further pressed, she said, I will tell the truth : we had had a few words; he lifted his hand to strike me ; I turned my back towards him, and the same moment I saw that he lifted his hands, he exclaimed, " Oh, I am cut." Witness asked her how she could reconcile this to her for mer statement, as it was impossible for the deceased to cut the wood and strike her at the same moment. To this the prisoner made no reply. Witness then told her he felt it his duty to take her into custody. The prisoner appeared very much distressed and agitated. She threw her self on the corpse, and it was with great difficulty witness could get her away. Phcebe Davidson was present during the whole of the conversation. The prisoner remained all night with witness, in the course of which she said—" 0 Jenkins, Jenkins ! I little thought it would ever come to this. You have often threatened you would stab me, but I little thought it would come to this." Witness said, you dont mean to say he stabbed himself, to which the prisoner replied—" I cant say—his back was turned to me." Witness said, I thought you lived 'happily together, to which the prisoner replied " he has often beat me and left me weltering in my blood, as my landlady next door well knows." Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The prisoner stated she had cohabited with the deceased four years. Prisoner told witness that the deceased and herself had been to market together, and had been drinking with another female of the name of Wilkins. Mr. William Jones, a surgeon, residing in Judd-street—Saw the deceased on Saturday, January 24, at No. 1, Argyle place. The prisoner, who came for witness, appeared very much distressed. Found the deceased in the front room up stairs, who told witness he had cut himself in cutting wood. On examining him he found a deep wound between the seventh and eighth ribs, apparently made with a sharp in strument. Wiiness did not think seriously of the wound, which having bound up, the witness, for the purpose of cheer ing up the spirits of the deceased, told him to consider him self more frightened than hurt. The next morning witness was suprised to find the deceased at his house about eight o'clock. His pulse was then more full, he complained of great pain in the stomach. Witness ordered him to be bled to fainting, and to be sent to bed. The deceased was bled in the shop of the witness. Saw the deceased twice that day. He died at six o'clock ; the cause of his death was peritoneal inflammation, caused by the incision, and not internal bleeding. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON.—Did not hear that the deceased had been drinking on Sunday. There was nothing in the appearance of the wound on Saturday that led him to think death would ensue. The prisoner came to the House of witness several times on Sunday, appeared extremely dis tressed, and behaved with the greatest kindness and affection to the deceased. By Mr. Justice VAUGHAN.—Had no doubt that the wound was the cause of death. By Mr. CLARKSON—About twenty ounces of blood were taken from the deceased. Did not hear that the deceased had been drinking till the Coroner's Inquest. Phcebe Davidson lodged in the same house with the de ceased and the prisoner. Went up stairs shortly after eleven o'clock on Saturday, at the request of the prisoner, who said Jenkins was hurt. On going up stairs found the deceased in bed, who told witness he was cutting wood and the knife slipped ; but he was more frightened than hurt. Witness asked which knife it was done with, when the deceased pointed to one on the table. There was no blood upon it. The knife produced was the one. Witness continued in the room till near three o'clock. The deceased then appeared better. Saw the deceased again in about two hours, but he said nothing then. On Sunday afternoon saw him again. He then asked if Georgiana had told the people be low. Witness replied that she had. The deceased then said, " Then she has done for herself." The prisoner was not pre sent at that time. The prisoner was exceedingly attached to the deceased. Early on Sunday morning the deceased had three -pennyworth of brandy, and also a glass of brandy and water. Sa w th e deceased 'return home after he had been to the surgeon's. He appeared better then in point of strength. The deceased went to his master's, who resided in Tunbridge street, New-road, before he called at the surgeon's. He had not been dead a quarter of an hour when the police came. Cross-examined by Mr. CLAaxsoN--The deceased, before his death, expressed towards the prisoner the strongest affec tion, and repeatedly requested her to come to the bed on which he was lying, that he might embrace her. Mary Wilkins, also a lodger in the house in which the de ceased and the prisoner resided, stated that on Saturday the 24th of January, she heard a heavy fall in the room occupied by the deceased, which was followed by loud talking. The prisoner came down stairs, and requested the witness not to make a noise in rocking the baby, as she had stabbed Mr. Jenkins with a knife. Witness said, " Dear me, what have you done ?" To which the witness replied, " Lend me the nutmeg -grater." The prisoner said she had fetched the doc tor, and had the wound dressed. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Was sure that the pri soner said she had stabbed Jenkins with a knife. Did not say, before the Coroner or Magistrate, that she had " stuck " Jen kinswith a knife. Elizabeth Wilkins, the daughter of the last witness, went out with the prisoner on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Met the deceased, and all returned home together shortly before 11 o'clock. The prisoner and deceased appeared to be upon the best of terms, and both went up stairs very friendly to gether. In about half an hour heard loud talkinc , as if per sons were quarrelling in th e roo m o f the deceased.' After wards heard something heavy fall upon the floor ; thought at the time it was a chair or table. Soon after that heard the prisoner run down stairs and go out. Shortly afterwards she returned with Mr. Jones. Saw the deceased in bed, who said he was very bad. On Sunday afternoon had a conversa tion with the prisoner. Asked her how she came to do it ? She said she was in a great passion, and would serve any man so who called her a bad name. She said she and the deceased had had a great many words about Davidson not coming up to supper ; that the deceased had put her apron on the fire, and was going to tear her new bonnet, and had his hand up to strike her, when she said she would hit him if he hit her again. The deceased afterwards beat her. Mr. Justie VAUGHAN here intimated that, as far as the case had gone, nothing more could be made of the charge than manslaughter. The Learned JUDGE then summed up the case, and—.. The JURY, under his Lordship's directions, acquitted the prisoner of th 3 capital charge of murder, but found her Guilty of Manslaughter. PALMER, THE POLICEMAN. The Grand Jury having, last night, shortly before eleven o'clock, thrown out all the bills against Falmer, at the same time paying him a high compliment for his conduct as a police officer, he was discharged from custody this morning. The Sessions are expected to terminate to-morrow. NEW COURT. John Simpson, aged 21, was indicted for uttering a coon ;erfeit half-crown, well knowing the same to be counterfeit. Verdict—Guilty. The Counsel for the prosecution intimated to the Court that the prisoner was an old offender. The information was conmu nicaled to the inspector of the Mint by a person who was not in Court, but who had seen the prisoner since he was in custody. The COMMON- SERGEANT said the Court was willing to pu nish old offenders, but could not entertain such a representa tion without positive evidence of the fact. Henry Richardson, aged 21, described as a bricklayer, was indicted for uttering a counterfeit sixpence, and fur having in his possession at the same time 18 other counterfeit sixpences. Robert Spreadgrovc, about eight years old, examined by Mr. Ellis. The prisoner entered the shop of the witness's father, at Knightsbridge, to purchase a pennyworth of tobacco, for which he tendered the counterfeit sixpence. Much laughter was caused by the Learned Counsel gravely asking the witness what was the price of a pennyworth of to bacco ? Robert Goose, police constable B 55, said he was following and watching the prisoner, w h o having perceived him, endea voured to get out of the way because he knew witness. COURT —How did you know that? Witness—Because I lived near him• I suspected his intentions. C O MMON-SERGEANT—Bah ! you are not called on for that. Goose continued to say that he took the prisoner back to the shop, and discovered that the sixpence he had tendered was a bad one. He then searched him, and found the 18 other counterfeits now produced. Mr. Field, Inspector of the Mint, having examined the co ins, pronounced them all counterfeits. The prisoner said that they were given to him by a man SMITHFIEL This day's supply was pretty dull, at the following PRICES PER STONE OF 8L D MARKET. good, and the trade was rather . TO SINK TUE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d s d to s d. Inferior Beasts Second quality ditto 2 4 2 8 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 0 Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 6 Coarse-wi,olled ditto—. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots, &c 3lO 4 0 outhdown Wethers ... 310 4 0 Large coarse Calves 3 0 4 4 Large Hogs ........ ...... '2 8 :' 4 Prime small ditto Suckling Calves each ...12 • 31 i 1 Quarter old Pigs each, 8 u 12 0 Beasts 314 SUPPLY, AS PER, CL Sheep. 2,060 FINE ARTS. ENGRAVINGS FROM THE WORKS OF SIB JOSHUA REYNOLDS, PART XV. Hodgson and Co, London, 1835. The part before us contains five engravings, execu ted with the same care and precision as the preceding ones. The most striking among them is Sir Joshua's well-known portrait of Dr. Johnson, than which the President never painted anything more deserving of lasting celebrity. It realizes to the full all the minute descriptions of Boswell, Thrale, and Hawkins. The blink of the dim eye, arising from a defect of vision, pro duced by scrofula, is especially characterestic. Next in merit, are the liknesses of Richard and Harriet Elliot, and engravings of all their children, the original of which is•now in the possession of the Earl of St. Germain's. There is infinite ease and life in this painting, and the figures, though numerous, are grouped with rare feli city. When this series of engravings is finished, it will form a great addition to our treasures of mo dern art. FISHER'S LAKE SCENERY. Part 18. Fisher. London. 1835. We have so often noticed this work, and one of its lake and mountain landscapes is so like another, that we have little left to say about it. The most carefully finished engraving in the present number is decidedly the View of Helvellyn, as seen from the north-west. The mountain has an air of gloomy grandeur behind it, its summits towering up above the clouds which envelope its lower acclivities, which produces an impressive effect on the eye. named Piggott, who told him he was a "cross cove." Pri soner replied that he did not know what that was. Piggott said he picked pockets, and passed bad money. and asked prisoner to carry bad money for him, and go " schoffel-pitch ing" (uttering) with him. Prisoner refused, but consented two days afterwards, in consequence of being out of work. The Jury returned a verdict of Louisa Brown, aged 20, Maria Holloway, aged 25, and Margaret Rourk, alias Green, alias Cain, were jointly indicted for uttering two counterfeit crowns. Wm. Stray, of Tottenham Court-road, shoemaker, stated that the prisoners came together to his shop, and Brown ten dered a crown-piece for a pair of boots. He put it into his till without suspicion; but after they had left the shop his son communicated something to him which induced him to follow the priscners. He overtook Holloway, and pushed her into a shop, where he detained her until a policeman came to his assistance. Mrs. Elizabeth Allager, of Tottenham-court-road, stated that the prisoner Green during the interval entered her shop and purchased a gilt snap, for which she tendered a crown piece, the price being a shilling. Brown shortly afterwards came into the shop, and asked to look at some black ear-drops. Mr. Stray then pushed Holloway into the shop, and witness saw her try to conceal some money under the matting on the floor. She also threw a pair of boots under the counter. Police-constable Rice stated that he was called upon to take the prisoners into custody. He found a good sovereign, and two good half-crowns upon Green, but no bad money. The COMMON SERGEANT told the police-constable that he had co business to take the money away from the prisoners in this case. This was a practice too prevalent, and very unjust to prisoners, when the property so seized was unconnected with the charge, because, in depriving them of their property, they were deprived of the means of preparing for their defence. He felt very strongly upon this point, and had communicated his sentiments to Mr. Justice Pattison, who entirely concurred with him, and said he would take the first opportunity of pub licly expressing his objection to so unfair and illegal a practice. Mr. BODKIN said that there was a case tried in the other Court, in which the policeman, after he had apprehended a prisoner, went to his house, broke open his box, and took away valuable property, which had not the slightest connec tion with the charge. The police-constable said the prisoners applied for the money when before the Magistrates, who refused to give it up. The COMMON-SERGEANT said it was very cruel to act in this way towards the prisoners, because as soon as they were con victed, such property was forfeited to the Crown. Magistrates ought to know that so high an authority as Judge Pattison was opposed to the practice. Mr. CHAMBERS addressed the Jury in behalf of Holloway, and Mr. ROWE for Brown. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) BEGBIE V. COOK. This was an action of replevin brought to recover damages for an illegal distress. The plaintiff is proprietor of the King of Prussia public-house, in Rosemary-lane, and the defendant the Sheriff's-officer who made the distress, is merely a nomi nal party, the real defendants being the trustees of the estate of which these premises of the plaintiff form a part. The estate belonged to Colonel Solway, who died in the year 1825, devising the whole of this estate to the defendants as trustees. Up to the period of Colonel Solway's death, the then occu pant of the public-house in question, a person of the name of Brown, paid rent regularly to the receiver of the rents of the estate. After the Colonel's death, there were several claim ants to the estate, which consequently became a subject of litigation in almost all the courts, the several claimants or dering the tenants not to pay rent to the others, and threaten ing them with ejectment in case they did. The present plain tiff, who had been let into possession of the premises by the former occupant, Brown. had not paid rent for the last six years, and the distress which was the object of the present ac tion, was served in order to recover this arrear of rent by the persons, who have been declared by. the Court of Chancery to be trustees and devisees of the estate, under the will of Colonel Solway. On the part of the plaintiff, it was contended' that the defendants had not proved their title to the estate in question, and that the plaintiff never acknowledged their title. This being a point of law, was submitted to his Lordship. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that the former tenant, Brown, from whom the present plaintiff received the premises in question, had acknowledged the title of Colonel Solway, by paying rent from the year 1820 to 1823, and there was no thing to show that Brown was ever turned out of possessior. He must take it, therefore, that Begbie's title was derivabie from Brown's; and, in his opinion, the defendant was entitled to a verdict. It was for himself to choose whether he would take a verdict for the rent for the last six years, or only for the last quarter. Verdict for the defendant—damages 2701., subject to con sideration. THE MARKETS--(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Wheat and Barley this week have been good, of Oats moderate, and of Flour middling. The Wheat trade con tinues dull at Monday's terms. Barley also meets a slack demand unless very prime. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats not being so plentiful as of late, are rather dearer. In the Flour trade there is little doing. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. I Oat, • Flour. - Eng1i5h......... .. l 6,970 qrs 1,110 qrs 6,621 qrs. 5,(40 sacks Irish Foreign 1"z94) STATEMENT. Calves. Pigs 137 430 DEN H ALL MARKETS. ,y the Carcasi. NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, 1 . s d to s d. s d. tos d Beef, inferior 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior ..... ... 2 2 2 4 -- middling 2 4 2 t; -- prime large 2lO 3 0 prime '3 4 3 8 -- prime small '1 2 3 4 Pork, large 2 4 3 0 Veal 'i 0 4 8 -small 3 4 4 0 COLONIAL MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) BRITISII PLANTATION SUGARS.—There has been a very heavy Market for Colonial produce this week. Sugars have fallen 6(1. to Is. per cwt. The sales have amounted to full 2,000 hogsheads at this depression. Fine Barbadoes have been sold at the same decline. Mauritius, East India, and Foreign Sugars are not in so brisk a demand as last week. There is no change in the prices. REFINED SUGARS.—The supply is small, and the refiners are asking full prices. COFFEE.—CIean British Plantation Coffees are firm, but low sorts are declining. East India Coffees are in less demand, but foreign qualities are more inquired after. TEAS.—The holders of Teas continue to demand advanced prices, and there is not much doing. SPlCES.—Nutmegs are lower, from 6d. to 9d. per lb. Pepper and Pimento are also heavy. SALTPETRE.—The prices are dull, at a decline of 6d. per cwt. COCHINEAL.—The demand is very active, at a further improve ment of 3d. to 4d. per lb. TALLow.—The market is again lower. Russian Tallow is now at 365. 6d. to 375. per cwt. COTTON.—Some public sales have taken place this morning ; in all 3,400 bales were offered, and part sold,—Surats at 7 1 Ad. to 7%d. ; Madras at 6 3 %d. to 6"Ad. ; and American at 9d. to 9%d. per lb. No case of any importance occurred in the Courts of King's Bench or Exchequer this morning. THE QUEEN.—We are at length justified in ex pressintr our conviction of the accuracy of a statement, which all loyal subjects and lovers of their country will, for reasons well understood by those who are conversant with the secret workings of the political machine, unfeignedly rejoice to hear. —Brighton Gazette. On Monday afternoon, when the Queen went to the chain pier, the wheels of the carriage came in contact w'.th one of the gates at the entrance of the esplanade, and literally shivered it to pieces, locking the carriage so fast that it was with some difficulty extricated. The Queen and her attend ants immediately alighted, and although the shock must have been severe, pursued their walk. The accident occurred through the postilion making too short a turn.—Brighton Gazette. Sir Charles Manners Sutton was originally destined for the Chancery Bar; preparatory to which he became a pupil of the late Sir Anthony Hart. Mr. O'Connell has declared that the Dublin elec tion cost him only 1001., while his opponents lost 15,0001. in the contest. CLERICAL DUTIES IN INDIA.—One of the Chap lains on the Bombay establishment, proceeds once a week to an outlying station, 126 miles distant, for the performance of Divine Service. What would an English Curate say to a warm ride like this of 250 miles? DISPATCH.—LateIy, a manufacturer left Leeds at ten o'clock in the morning for Hull ; arrived here and bought a parcel of flax ; had it conveyed home by the packet and rail-road ; and part of it was actually dressed and spun the same evening !—Hull Observer. THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—This favourite Periodical for February contains, among other attractive Papers— Love in the Library Mr. Hook's Gilbert Gurney, con tinued 'I can't decide The Love of other days, and the Captive_ Heart, Poems by the Irish Highways Lamb and Coleridge A New Library of Novels—Mr.l Bulwer's Preface to " Pelham"' Portrait of General Jackson Progress of English Music in 1834 Hon. Mrs. Norton On Giants and Ogres, by Leigh Hunt A Passage in the Life of Tom Bermingham 3lonthl7 Commentary on Men and filings, &c. A sum of 3001. has bee the victims of the tithe affray al , n raised for the families of t Rathcormac. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, FEB. 4.—The transactions in our Cotton Market to-day are not less than 7,000 bags, of all descriptions, and prices are a shade higher. The market closed with great steadiness. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATHS.—A few days ago as Mr. Job Aspinall, of Hove Edge, near Halifax, innkeeper, was passing through a field, along with two other persons, he met a friend with whom he shook hands, immediately after which, both he and his friend fell, and both instantly ex pired.— York Courant. LITERATURE. RICHES OF CHAUCER. Two VoLs. E. 'Wilson. London, 1835. Mr. Clarke, to whom we are indebted for these tasty little volumes, has done good service to literature, by his attempts to restore the popular taste for Chaucer► by expunging his impurities, modernizing his spelling, and accentuating his rhythm. Such a book was much wanted. WALTER SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS—VOL. X. Cadell. Edinburgh, 1835. A continuation of Scott's " Life of Napoleon," com mencing with the appointment of the Emperor to the command of the Army of Italy, and terminating with the period of his departure from Egypt. The volume is embellished with a map of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria, and two engravings—one of Venice, and the other (which is the best) of a field of battle near Placenza. HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Vot. XIII. Valpy, London, 1835. This volume brings the History of England down to the close of the reign of George the Second, in the year 1760. It is about here that Smollett's task finishes, and the fourteenth volume, to be published on the Ist of March, will commence a continuation from the practised pen of the Reverend T. S. Hughes , which will carry down English history as far as the present. year. Thus completed, the work can scarcely fail to meet with the popularity it deserves. The ern' bellishments are better than usual,—especially the scene of the death of General Wolfe, which is a very spirited one. A NEW GUIDE TO SPANISH AND ENGLISH CONVERSA TIONS. Smith and Co., London. 1835. An unassuming, but very serviceable elementary little work on the Spanish language. It is, in fact, a sort of conversational vocabulary, and will be purchased eagerly by all who are desirous to acquaint themselves with the more familiar Spanish idioms, and the general rudiments of the language. It is from the pen of Mr. Rowbotham, who has had long experience in tuition , and has published some useful grammars. HOOD'S COMIC ANNUAL. Bailey and Co., London, 1835. There is less straining after effect in this volume °f the " Comic Annual" than in any we have vet seen! The humour trundles on more easily, and though the puns are pretty nearly as numerous as ever; yet they are not so far-fetched as is apt to be the case wits Mr. Hood's puns. The preface is lively and pointed, hitting at the premature appearance of the w inter annuals in the midst of autumn, in a satirical s pirit that will be felt, but cannot possibly offend. The wood-cuts are good, and those by the author himself the best. " Playing at Hazard" shows a fireman working away with his engine, at the very m°' rnent when two huge bricks are about to fall on his unconscious sconce. Fortunately, the poor man has a thick head, and looks as , if he knew it. " Two heads are bett er th an o ne, is a capital caricature. Two quick pedestrians on $ rainy day, have just come, skull foremost, against each other, and, as a necessary consequence of such a sad' den and violent collision, their faces are shut up in their hats, all but their mouths, which convey an expres sion of grievous embarrassment. " A pin-a-fore "is $ whimsical etching of a bull, who is in the act of being pinned by the nose by a vicious mastiff. The tin" happy bull looks the very picture of p erplexitY . " Fancy Portraits," are the caricatures of Rowland, and his son, the joint owners of that " incomparable Macassar oil, which, if it be applied to a bald pate' will in ten minutes, cover the head with hair as WO' riant as a judge's wig. " This is the time when church-yards yawn," is one of the most inge' nious conceits in the volume. A great gawky, tomb' stone is opening its mouth as wide as a school-boYt when he is bolting mince-pies at Christmas, or giving certain drowsy indications that bed-time is arrived' " Inn-clemency" we cannot understand. We suppos e ' therefore, it must be something surpassingly brilliant', " A Minor Canon" is a cleverish pun, and is illustrate!' by a mischievous young urchin, who has shot off 1 05 cannon, to the evident discomfiture of his sister's le ft leg. " Fancy Portrait" is a satirical figure of M Trimmer, in the act of applying the rod to that partv cular portion of a school-boy's rear-ward Adam, whe re honour is supposed to reside. The lady's countenanc e , expresses a becoming consciousness of the dignity o f her vocation. She will certainly not spoil the child, by sparing the rod. And she is right. The only effec' trial way—let tender mothers say what they get knowledge into the head, is to hammer it in at th e tail. This may be set down as an axiom which (Or like the patent safety-coaches), is not to be overturne d ' We have mentioned the best of the Illustrations, 5° must say a word about the literary portion of tb e , " Comic Annual." The various accounts of the COf e flagration of the two Houses of Parliament, by t he newspapers, their correspondents, and the counal members, is incomparably the most humourous an o original part of the volume. The letter from 5 ; amateur of fires, who, though a laudator tenzporis ac r : yet is liberal enough to allow that the Parliamentary blaze beats any that he had ever seen, is an admirable quiz on, what Sterne would call, the hobby-horsical propensities of mankind. The imitation of Cobbe in to _ is worthy (almost) to vie with the celebrated one n thee t " Rejected Addresses." Who does not recognize the " bone-grubber" in this passage ? " And now, Bushell, I'll tell you what you shall do. 1 : ° 1 .: shall go three nights a week to the Red Lion (when your I'v e . ) , is done) and you may score up a pint of beer each time, a t .1 ;, cost. And when the parson or the exciseman, or the taxl st therer, or any such gentry begin to talk of the deplorable K t pi s burning., and the national calamity, and such like trash, Yo shall pull out my letter and read to them—l say, Bushell, Y 4, shall read this letter to them, twice over, loudly and disti ee lif , and tell them from me, that the burning of twenty ?a r o° mentary Houses would'nt be such a national calamity as 6 at No. 1, Bolt Court." ..,,~