The Sun. — London, England, 1835-12-25 00:00:00

agitators, whose notorious anti-church principles gave tolerable security for their producing such a report as will keep matters sweet at Clarges-street,•=all this we have served up in successive courses of facts, seasoned, we admit, with such pungency of remark as seemed best adapted to stimulate the noble palate we are carving for. We have vet " A trifling foolish banquet towards ;" and, whatever his . Lordship may.have desiderated in the previous stages of our entertainment, our hospitality shall endeavour to supply. Does the Noble Lord assume that the Scotch Dissenters were against any Parliamentary grant, and does he, therefore, conclude, that they were entitled to be represented on the Go vernment Commission ? We must take leave to re join, that a more false or flagrant pretence than this was never played off' upon public credulity even by the Melbourne Whigs The assumption, as we shall show immediately, is wholly unfounded ; but, admit ting it were otherwise, the conclusion which Lord John Russell has found convenient to extort from it, is pal pably inconsistent with his professed determination to uphold the Scotch establishment ; and, more than this, it is in principle utterly subversive of that Constitution in Church and State which he is sworn and paid to maintain. What his Lordship's taste for figures may be, we are not so happy as to know ; but, presuming that he is decently expert as simple addition and subtraction, we submit to his slate and pencil the following piece of statistical arithmetic, whose accuracy we invite him ,to impugn by every approved rule he may be master of, excepting always the disallowed one by which he out witted Dr. Chalmers. Deducting mere preaching stations, and vacant congregations who have no settled pulpit-demagogue to disturb their quiet habits with his church jealousies, there are just 480 (Protestant and Popish) Dissenting - congregations in Scotland, whose preachers and members can possibly be supposed to be unfriendly to a Parliamentary grant for additional church room in that country. Of these 480 Dissenting congregations, consisting of United Seceders, Inde pendents, Catholics, and Relievers, more than 200, .Bolding Protbstant opinions, have given no opposition, by petition or otherwise, against the contemplated Government aid, partly because several of their ministers are either friendly to the Establishment, or too discreet to ally themselves with Irish Papistical agitation ; but chiefly because the Presbyterian portion of their people being still true to their principles, which are favourable to a National Establishment, are not yet ripe for aiding the ambitious and aggrandizing designs of the despicable ghostly faction who seek to make them their tools. Among the remaining 280, however, which, at a liberal calculation, we have sup posed to be decidedly hostile to the grant, there arc in cluded 50 Scotch Catholic congregations, not one of which petitioned against it. The number of opposing congregations is, therefore, reduced to 230. Well, my Lord, this being the amount of Dissenting oppo sition, it will doubtless occur to so comprehensive a thinker and so honest a statesman as your Lordship, to inquire whether there be not some Dissenting items to be reckoned on the side of the Church ? To be sure there are. For those congregations who have given no opposition (not including the Catholics) you will have the goodness to put down 2OO Add to these the whole of the congregations belonging to the Scotch Episcopal Communion, the Old Light Seceders, and the Cameronians (who have not only had nothing to do with opposing the grant, but have in various ways expressed their respect and sym pathy for the national establishment), amounting exactly to 392 Place here now (as supposed to be hostile) the afore said knowledge they are not one step beforehand with the great majority of Englishmen. Why, it seems natural to ask, should Mr. O'Connell have entered into a bond of union with the Whigs now in power, after having just abused and reviled them to the top of his bent ?" The only answer that can possibly be given to this question is that the latter have pledged themselves to a certain course of policy and to 'certain specific 'measures, which he believes to be conducive to the final objects he has in view ; for, to do Mr. O'Connell justice, he has manifested consi derable superiority to the rest of the Whig-Radical party in this, that he has not sought for himself or his immediate connexions the personal advantages of office. And Englishmen are not such simpletons as to believe, merely for the accommodation of Lord Mel bourne, and Lord John Russell, and the rest of their anti-national cabal, that the course of policy and the specific measures which Mr. O'Connell deems so emi nently favourable to his designs, that, in order to set them in motion, he makes a willing sacrifice of the hostility and disgust he has often and forcibly ex pressed towards every member of the present Cabinet, can be precisely such as are best calculated to strengthen the British Government, or to advance the cause of the Protestant religion in the sister kingdom. It is pretended that the alienation to the general purposes of education of that portion of the revenue of the Church of Ireland which is not required for the immediate and direct objects for which a national Church ought to be maintained, must eventually con tribute to strengthen the connection with Great Bri tain, and to extend the influence of the Protestant faith. But can anybody suppose that this is the opi nion of Mr. O'Connell and of the Roman Catholic hierarchy of Ireland, whose political power he wields, and whose political cunning and purposes he repre sents ? Was it to extend the sphere and renew and invigorate the authority of Protestantism in Ireland, that Mr. O'Connell, in a moment, forgot his recent vituperation of the Whigs, and formed with so many of them as'would submit to the degradation and pollu tion of his alliance a firm and lasting league ? The absurdity is too revolting for contemplation. And who, indeed, is so ignorant as not to know that the whole amount of Church revenue in Ireland maybe well and most beneficially applied to the cultivation and diffusion of true religion in that country ? The whole life of Mr. O'Connell bears witness that he is not the friend of British connection, and that he is zealous and faithful in the service of that hierarchy of a false and fraudulent' superstition, by whose aid he has risen to power. Stronger evidence cannot be required that the measures by which Lord Melbourne's Government have purchased his support cannot, in his view of them, be favourable to the govern ment or the religion of Great Britain. The friends of Protestantism -are bound to regard the support afforded by this Gentleman to any measure relating to the interest of the Church as the most effective denunciation of that measure that can possibly be uttered by any human voice. And to this really powerful denunciation of the appropriation measure, the peace-offering of Lord Mel bourne's Cabinet to their late bitter enemy, Mr. O'Con nell, what authority in its favour have we to oppose ? The authority of Lord Melbourne's Cabinet and of some three hundred Members of the present House of Commons we shall perhaps be told. But if Mr. O'Connell's zeal for the promotion of this measure, considering his enmity to the Protestant cause, be a good reason why the people of Great Britain should re gard it with suspicion and dislike, can any counter vailing reason be found on the other side in the notorious and indisputable attachment of Lord Melbourne's Cabinet and its three hundred Protestant supporters in the House of Commons to the Ecclesiastical Esta blishment of the country, and the pure and undefiled religion of which it is the ark and the defence ? The former looks to ulterior, the latter to immediate ob jects. The former is the agent and the pupil of a cunning Priesthood ; the latter are a band of place hunting politicians. The former has before him the splendid vision of reconstructing a prostrate Church, perhaps of founding a new kingdom ; the latter are stimulated by no higher objects than to secure to themselves a few more quarter-days in office, or to preserve the votes of their Radical constituents against a new election. Which is the better authority for the tendency of the measure that they conspire to accomplish—Mr. O'Connell, whose advocacy of the measure proves that in his judgment it will be fatal to the Protestant Church and faith in Ireland; or Lord Melbourne and his party, whose support of it proves nothing but that they are determined to main tain themselves in place as long as they can, and know that without Mr. O'Connell's assistance they could not retain office for a day ? The people of Great Britain have fortunately made up their minds as ° to -the answer which this question' demands. They will not permit the Legislative assertion, therefore, of a principle for which Mr. O'Connell displays so much anxiety, nor will they ratify the bargain by which the Protestant Church is corruptly bartered away in the purchase of a certain number of Papist votes to support the pre sent Administration in the House of Commons.— Morning Post. 230 Deduct from this the non-opposing and the favourable 393 And pray what excess of Dissenting congregations has your Lordship remaining in opposition to the demands of the Church But even had the majority of Scotch Dissenting con gregations favourable to, or declining to oppose the grant, not been such as deprives this wretched Go vernment of all pretext for allowing the hostile minority to be represented on the Commission, we maintain (and we may possibly show this some day soon) that to put a Dissenter upon such a Commission, under any circumstances whatever, is not only to insult the peo ple of Scotland, where Dissenters are to Church folks not quite as 1 is to 5, but is moreover a surrender of the whole principle of a national establishment, as well as a violation of " the Act of Union," which, having been passed when there was not a single Dis senter in all Scotland, except a few Catholics, and the old non-juring Episcopalians, renders in impe rative upon the King, in terms of the very first oath taken by him on ascending the Throne, to maintain and uphold the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, as established by law. As long as Mr. Dick is permitted to sit upon that board, we seriously recommend the Scottish Clergy to insist upon the Act of Union " being fulfilled to their Church ; and - until it be so, to decline recognizing its illegal constitu tion, by flinging back its unanswered schedules with becoming dignity and contempt. Would the spirit of ' Knox have quailed to such treatment ? Where is the good old Presbyterian blood of Pentland and Drum clog ? Is it not crying from the ground, "To your tents—to your tents, 0 Israel ?" We must really apologize to Lord John Russell for requesting him to bear with us a little longer ; but a deliberate mastica tion, they say, assists the digestive powers.—Times. We conclude that some Members of the present Government have made advances to a reconciliation with the Statesmen who separated from them, on the ground of the principle of appropriation, or robbery rather, of Church property, and have experienced a mortifying rebuff, from the circumstance that, after being downcast and silent for a day or two, the Minis terial journals have resumed their confident and swag gering tone, and that. those who are understood to ex press the sentiments of the Leading Members of the Administration, have been instructed or permitted to speak of Lord Stanley and the Duke of Richmond in a language which approaches to that of insult. An Evening Paper, whose connection with the Govern ment is more notorious, if not more intimate, than that of any of its rivals, does not " profess to know that any change of opinion has taken phice among the seceding Members of Lord Grey's Cabinet ;" but adds, " it is possible that the Duke of Richmond, Lord Stanley, and others, are open to conviction." Now, we do not profess to know that any change of opinion has taken place among the actual Members of Lord Mel bourne's Government as to the policy of continuing to court the support and forward the projects of Mr. O'Connell, nor do we know that any application has been made For the support of Lord Stanley and the Duke of Richmond, with or without the undertaking that Mr. O'Connell - and his objects should be aban doned ; but we certainly do know, that had such an application been made to these Noble persons, and had it been —as, if made, it must have beenscornfully rejected, the 'journal in question would have adopted upon the occasion exactly the same pert and flippant tone of which the above quotation is an example. It would not, we believe, be deemed of much importance by Lord Melbourne and his colleagues whether Lord Stanley and the Duke of Richmond are open to con viction or not, if the former could upon any terms obtain the assistance and support of the latter ; but as they know now, if they did not always know, that of this there is no hope, it is prudent to represent to the world, that unless the two Noble Lords are prepared to show that they are open to conviction—in other words, that their principles are of so elastic a nature as to yield to the slightest pressure of interest or ambition —they would not be acceptable, as undoubtedly in this case they would not be congenial or suitable allies of the Mel bourne Cabinet. The grapes are out of reach, and are therefore depreciated, as in the fable, with this differ ence, that our Ministerial foxes despise the fruit, not because it is sour, but 'because it is too mature, gene • rous, and excellent, for their taste or purpose. The seceders from Lord Grey's Government will not so far forget what is due to their own reputation and the tn 'tcrests of the country as to form a junction of any kind with the men who have so far degraded them selves as to enter upon a compact with Mr. O'Connell, upon the principle of undermining the Protestant Church, and promoting the dominion of Popery and arbitrary power in Ireland. They know the men too well to entertain any doubt as to the final tendency, the meditated consequence, or the unprincipled cha racter of their political confederacy ; and in this SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ADVICES, ARRIVALS, AND DEPARTURES AT THE SCOTCH WHARFS, DEC. 24. HARE'S DUNDEE AND PERTH STEAM WHARF.—Advice : the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company's steam ship Perth, John Spink commander, sailed from Dundee the 23d inst. for this wharf. HoßE's WHARF.—Advices : the Peterhead packet, W. Taylor master, sailed from Peterhead the 19th inst. • and the Dundee, Perth. and Shipping Company's smack Perth, Henry Taylor master, sailed from Dundee the 20th inst., and both for this wharf. No arrivals. Departure : the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company's schooner Courier, W. Mills master, for Dundee, with a general cargo. DOWNE'S WHARF.—Advice : the Montrose and London Shipping Company's smack Hawk, David Murray master, sailed from Montrose the 21st inst. ; and the Bridport Ship ping Company's vessel Dorset, Caleb Clark master, sailed from Bridport the 23d inst., and both for this wharf. No arrivals or departures. MILLER'S WHARF.—Advice : the London and Edinburgh Shipping Company's smack Trusty, Henry Rchren master, sailed from Leith the 21st inst. for this wharf. No arrivals or departures. ABERDEEN STEAM WHARF. Arrival : the steam-ship Duke of Wellington, John Walker commander, from Aber deen, with goods and passengers. LEITH AND BERWICK WHAllF.—Advice : the Berwick Shipping Company's smack King William, T. Daglish master, 'sailed from Berwick the 21st inst. for this wharf. No arrivals. Departure : the London and Leith Old Shipping Company's smack Duke of Bucelcuch, John Jorean master, for Leith, with a general cargo. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS TOM-HOUSE, DEC. 24. Liberty, Pain, from Boulogne ; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend; London, Pearson, Rotterdam; Juno, Quick, Tar rhgona. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, DEC. 24. Maria; M'Lagan, for Malta and Messina; Fidelia Arnie=, —, Trieste and Venice; Zior, Ducker, Trieste and Venice; Cherub, Blake, Bayonne ; Sir Edward Banks, Norwood, Hamburg ; Eclipse, Easterbrook, Corfu and Zante ; King George, Garner, Ostend; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, DEC. 24. Sir Edward Banks, Norwood, for Hamburg; Britannia, Fox, Ostend; Cater, Whitnall, Dunkirk ; Attwood, Morfee, Antwerp; Commodore, Howland, Trieste; Courier, Palmer, Cape of Good Hope; Gullino, Godfrey, Gibraltar ; Ange rono, Redknap, Barcelona. VESSEL SPOKEN WITH. The Clydesdale, Vianna to Newfoundland, the 17th ult. lat. 46. long. 49. by the Mary Barry, arrived at Newfoundland, On Wednesday two boys, the sons of a man named Sandford, living at Brixton, ventured to slide on a pond in the centre of a field, near the mineral springs at Streatham. They amused themselves for some time at the side of the pond; when at length the eldest, a boy about 12 years of age, proposed to cross it, and for this purpose went some distance into the field, and made a run in order to slide to the other side of the pond. He was closely fol lowed by his brother, but before they got half way across, the ice broke, and they both fell into the hole, where the water was between eight and nine feet deep, and, before as sistance arrived, they were both drowned. The bodies were taken out in less than 12 minutes after the accident, and conveyed to an adjoining public-house. INCENDIARISM.—A case of wilful fire-raising has occurred at Craighead, near Dalry. We had snow for the first time this season in Jer sey on Sunday last, though the fall was not large, nor did it remain long upon the ground.--Jersey Argus. A notice was issued by the Post-office yesterday, stating that newspapers to and from Spain may be forwarded by the Mediterranean packet, via Cadiz, free from any charge of postage. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, INSOLVENT COURT-THURSD Y. The COURT sat to-day foi• the disposal of motions, and on its rising- adjourned to Friday, the Ist of January. SLAVERY.- 1 4 THE MATTER OF MARY ANN FORTLEES. This was a curious application. Mr. WOODROFFE moved, on the part of the assignees, for the further examination of the insolvent. She was dis charged some time ago, and in her schedule inserted a claim for nine negro slaves, domiciled in the island of Demerara. The assignees had made a claim for compensation under the Act abolishing slavery, and would have received the money by this time had not the insolvent sent to Deme rara a counter claim for the slaves, which would delay the settlement of the question for about twelve months. The assignees were anxious to ascertain from her what right she had to the compensation, -inasmuch as her interest in the slaves passed to her creditors by the assignment to the provisional assignee, executed at the time she filed her petition. Mr. CommiSsioner.BOwEN inquired,what claim the In solvent had made ? Mr. WOODROFFE read the claim assent in to the Com missioners of compensation. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER held that sufficient. grounds had been shown to grant the application. Mr. WooDEoFFE prayed that the rule might issue instanter. The COURT granted . the prayer, and appointed the 12th of January for the insolvent to attend for further examina , . tion, or. on that day to show cause why she should not be further heard. _ _ _ John Gidley, an elderly man, was opposed by Mr. WooD ROFFE, on the part of Messrs. Knight and Holdsworth ; he was .supported by Mr. COOKE. The COURT adjudged the insolvent to five months' im prisonment from the date of his petition. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCK, ASSITRANCE - COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24. Pr:ce N u mber Dividend of per CANALS. per hares. Ann um. P a id. Snare. 1,760 63 per cent. Ashton and Oldham ...Average 97/. 19s. sh. 1,480 el. Ashby d e- l e -Zouch Average 1131. sit 5 h . 05 1,260 Basingsto k e 1 , 101. s. • 1,005 5/. Brecknoc k and Aber ga venny 150 sh. 51i 95 4,0015 h. 121. 10s. Birmingham , 3 sh are 17/. 10s, 2 4,00,) Ditto and L iver p ool Junct....160/. ,h. all pd 36 630 Bridgewater and Taunton -100/. sh. all pil 64 400 51, Chelmer and 131ackwater 100/. sh. 1.1:: 500 42/, Coventry 100/. sh. 4,516 Croydon Average 31/.'2. 10d. sh. 2,0601 3/. 10s. Dudley 1; 6410 65 Derby - ;Cll. sh. F.!) 00,000 3,5751 Ellesmere and Chester...... Average 133/. sli: SI 231 411'. Erewash )001. sh. 41 i,297 2S/. Forth and Clyde Average 40.21. 1;;e. sh. 1 ,560 Grand June' - 1005 . sh. 1 121, 22 2,8493 G '2 Grand Union 1001. sit. 1,5.i1 . ...... Grand Surrey lOO5 sh. 20,0001. 4/. „. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan RIO/ d 2 3,096 Grand Western 600 131. Ns. 051. Glamorgaindi ire, Average cost 172/. I:3s. 4d. .`.* 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 100/. Sh. 1 7-19 10r. Grantham 150/. sh. -2( 6,238 I/. 108 Huddersfield cvcrage 571. os. rid. sit. 100 Kensington 100 sh all pd. 01,:32S I/. Kennet and Avon, Average :39!. 85. 10d. 0,8973 201. Leeds and Liverpool 10 10/. sh. 0/. sh. 5: 515 125 Leicester • 907 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 613/. 105. 550 5/. per cent. Liskeard and Low Union ...... 251. sh. all pd. 70 14-15 Loughborouh Average 142/. I7s. sh. 2,409 9/. Monmouthshire lOO/. sh. 1 250 9/. Melton Mowbray 100/ sh. 1 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sit. I 3,600 ...... ... Macclesfield 100 /. sh . all p d. 247 15/. Neath 100 1,706 32/. Oxford 1005 sh. 1 522 2/. Oakham 1301. sh. 2.400 41. Peak Forest - ....... ...Average about 761. sh. 21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 511. Ifis. 95/. 8(1. sh. sh. 5,669 5/. per cent. Rochdale Average I 500 85 Shropshire 1251. sh. SOO 10/. Somerset Coa l ISO/. sh. 45,0005 63 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s.. sh. sh. 700 36/. Stafford and Worcester l4 500 11/. Shrewsbury 125 /0/ sh. . 300 8/. Stourbridge 145/. sh. 3,647 1/. 10s. Stratford-on-MA' ...Average 791. 95.100/. Sd. sh. sh. 13/. Swansea 3,700 1/. Severn and Wyc and Railway -Av. 35/. sh. 2,60 .sh. 1324 Ws. Trent and erse 3 share 1005 sh. 6,110 Thames and Medway ...Aver. 13!. ss. Sd. sh. 1,0005h.1 15! Warwick and Birmingham . 1001. sh. 1,00015h.3 9760 12s. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 6,000 35 los Worcester and Birmingham...A v. 701. Bs. sh. 5,000 255. Wilts and Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. 8(1. sh. 800 61, Wyrley and Essington lO5/. sh 126 Wisbeach 905 I/. Wey awl Arun llO/. sit. DOCKS. 2,600 & / 3 c. Commercial p. lOO/. sh. 1,065a5h 3 498,6670/. 4 per cent East India Stock 3,238,31035 50s. p. ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds L 390,0001. 5/. per ct. West India 2.90.1 3!. 6s. 4d. Bristo l Average 147/. I9s. sh. 68,324/. 55ver cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1.352,752 3 per cent. St. Kat harine Stock 500,000 43 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Shoreham Harbour 2.500 ........ Deptford Pier "0/. sh. 3/. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 11. Hammersmith 5O/. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 035 2s. 83. sh. 1,700 IL 15s. Ditto, New, of It per cent. 5Ol. sh. 5,000 ..... Water l oo lOOl. sh. 5,000, 1!. 2s . Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 605 pd 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 60,000/. 5!. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,818 17s. Vauxhall Avarage 49/. Os. Od. sh. AScURANCE COMPANIES -8,000 3! lOs Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd woo 15 and 53 Alliance, British & Foreign 100 /. sh. 10 /. pd .1 50,000 6 per cent. Ditt o, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 24,00050/. sh. 5/. pd 1,200 ish. 4/. Birmingham Fire 250/. pd Sill per sh. Atlas 20,000 4/ percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 504 Os. 5/. pd 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Medical,&c. Life, ICIOO/U sh. 1. sh. 2 / 1 0/ pdlos pd 4,000 2/ 10 s Count y 10,000 ss. Eagle h 501. sh. 5/. pd sring/b cent.'] Economic Life lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd `2 [a 2,271 53/. per cent . Euro p ean Life 9O/. sli. all "05 sh. pd 50,000 2 s , Ditto, New 2/. pd 1,000,0004 7/. per ct. Globe Stock 90,000 15 Guardian 100/. sh. 20/. pd ahr , c Fire 5 p ct. 1 Hope 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6 Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 501. pd 120 40 2 :7 10 '" 0 1 . 1 . 1 . e4 . V.3 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 1005 sh. 10/. pd 93 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine.... ........... 1005 sh. SI. pit 153 3/ lOs Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life t a ll 10100 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 26 3,900 London, Fire 251. sh. 12/. 103. p,l 153 31 000 30,0111 51. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. '2l. pd 217163 250,009 Is. / id. Protector Fire 2O/. sh. 2/. pd I!6s I'd 2,1100 1. Provident Life .................. 100/. sh. 10/. pd 19: 1 , 4 100,000 ss. Rock Life - - "05 sh. 21. pd 635 699,200. 5/. per ceut. Royal Exchange Stock... 190 Sun 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 Australasia 4O/. sit. 49/. pd 5f 10,0014 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 515 sh. 10/. pd I! 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank . 504 sh. 5/ . ,„I 1 18,000 2 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 15/. ltd 3,000 La ncaster 100/. sh. 205 pd 2 ; (,1100 6 per cent. Liverpo ol 100/ sh. 105 I d 30,000 73 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] 100/. sh. 10/ pal Discount 20,000 6 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 7.0/. pd 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of Ireland-1005 sh. 25/. pd 20, (0 National Bank of Ireland 51. sh 10/. pd 10,000 National Provincial Eng. -1005 sh. 251. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 5/. pd (1,00 0 Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1/ 10s Bath 9 01. sh. in. pd 5,000 6/. per cent. British lO/. sh. W. pd 5,000 E sl ' Percent} Ditto Provincial 20/. di. 19 pd and Bs. ss. 814 51105 Birmingha m 5Ol. sh. 4,250 2 10 s Br i s tol 2o' sh.. sh. 1,500 Brighton -205 750 Ditto, New 201. sh. IS/. pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 0 0!. sh. all pd 4,000 3/. Continental Cansolidated .......1005 513/. pd 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1,000 65 Ditto, New 4,000 4/. ICs. Equitable 40/. pd EuropFan 5/. pd 10,000 SZ. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pd 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 1,500 Leeds .. "(1/ sh. ISS pd 0,0 0 0 3/. per cent. Phoenix 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 01. pd 4,014) ..... .. South Metropolitan 5 O/. sh. 131. pd 8,200 5/. percent. United General .. 5O/. sb. 451. psi 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 115 s Wakefield 25/. sh. 12,0(11 3/. Westminster Chartered 5O/. sh. 6pon 12s. Ditto, Ne w 5O/. sh. 105 pd FLO WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. 255 pd 4,433 5!. East London lOO/. sh. 4,500 2/ lOs Gr.ind Junction ....Average 4 11 13 s. 4 d. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 3SB 105 Live' pool Bootle 2204 sh. 1,500 21 lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,481 11. Manchester and Salford lOO/. sit. 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 8, 00 31. West Middlesex ....Average 03/. 12s. 11(1. sh. 1.360 11148 York Building W Co. L S. essee Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILAY Bristol and Exeter oa MO 2,000 Clarence lOO5 sh. 100/. tat 2,500 19s. Forest o Dean pd 30,000 ( ; rand o f unction 1005 sh. 40/. p t 30,000 Grand Western WV sh. 5/. pd 2,090 2,100 Hull and •elby 504 sh. 1/. pd 2,100 Leed s and Selb y , 100 sh. 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.505 sh all pal 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester-100/. sh. 1005 pd Ditto Quarter Shares 's/. pd London and Brighton 0 1.5 sh. 5/ pd Ditto ditto (Gibbs') -20/ sit. I/. pd London and Blackwell 5O/. sh. 31. pd Londo . mild Dover 505 sh. 1/. pd 30,000 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "05 sSt. 90w, ~,,a 25,000 London and Birmingham -100/. sb. 45/. pd 90,100 London and Southampton ....505 sh. 1 , /. ix! London and Croydon 25 lid 20,000 Northern and Eastern ... lel. sh. 12,500 North Midland IGO/. sh. 5/. pd 2,500 Preston and Wigan ... 10/. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. I/. pd 1, 1 60 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 800 MINES. Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3/. pd .Alien 15/. sh. 10/. 10s pd Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001.111. all lid Ditto Subscription 25/. pd 2,000 Bolanos 151)1. sh all pd 10,(00 3!..5. Brazilian. Imp. iss. 55 inn. '35/. sh. 20/ pd 6,0 0 Macaubas & Cocaes United 251. sh 221. lid Ditto St. John Del Rey.., '2O/. sh. 731. ial Cata Branca 1,15 lal Candonga 735 pd Copiapo 90/. sh lO/ pd Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd Ditto Scrip.... '35 pd 90,00 1/. 10s. British Iron 5O/. sh. 5 0 / pd (1,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 3f/. pd 8,500 Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 55/ sh. 543/. pit 2,850 1/. English 20,000 General Mining Association...2os sh. 15/. pd (1,155 ... ...... Mexican Company 10i../. sh 5135 l' 2,00 u I'olberou Consols 10/. sh 8/. lid 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered I)itto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....40/. sh. all pd Pit o Scrip Ditto Subscription 2l. lid Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 5,( GO Union Gold, iss. 21. 55. prn....2231. sh. 435 pd West Cork 50/. sh. 40/. pit LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket - sgs. sh. 1,500 London University 11)05 sh. all pd ' 700 Russell wigs. sit. King's College 100/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s, Australian Agricultural-1005 sh. 9 13/. pd 1,020 15 Auction Mart 505 814 6,000 ......... British American Land Company l3/. pd 10,000 6/ per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 20/. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 15,000 1/. per cent. General Steam Navigation -15/. sh. 13/. pd 105 per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 1/. London Crn. Sale Rms Av. /. sh. New Brunswick Land 75 Company 9 21 pd 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary InterestSoc...loos sh. 104'!. pd 1,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 1005 sh. 4Z/. pd 4,1410 Thames 'Funnel 5O/. sh, all pd 10,000 Van Diemet.'s Land 1001. sh. 16/. pd 2,020 30) 1 00 45,t 00 12,000 8,000 ........ . 4,000 10,000 ..... 11,000 10,000 10,000 11. 12s. 151 105 40 15 12 19 94 261 50 221 47 LIST OF SCO7TIS MBER COMPANIES' PRIc.ES, NOVE BANKS, ,500,00)i. 6/. p. ct. Ban': of Scotland ......331. Gs Sd. sh..all pd 2rl/. ,000,0 Si. p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 171/. ,500.000/. Bp. ct. British Linen Company lOO/. sh. :11 pd 24W. ,000,0014. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 173/. ,000,0c0/. sp. ct, National lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 144 , 1. 000,000/. 5/. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2.5 sh. 50/. pd 60/. 000,000/. 6p. et. Western of Scotland9o 01. sh 30/. pa 3 21. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. sp. ct. Scottish Union 2W. sh. I/. pd 26s 7,500 p. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd 11l Os 100,000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland.. .10/. sh. all pd '7l Os 50,000 6p. ct. North British "10. sh. 104 pd 15/. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 141 Os 5,000 op. et. Edinburgh late 100/. sh. 104 pd 151 Os 100,000 4p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 91. • MISCELLANEOUS . 4,310 Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 20/ Ditto Allocated .. . . .. .. ... ...901. sh. all pd 65/. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.... 25/. sh. all Lid Carron Iron Company ........... sh. all pd 450/. 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery ......... 50/. sh. p c l 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass sh. 161. lxl 7 4 t/. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ............ 25/. sh. all IA 0/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas ..................... 251 . sh. all pd 62/. 730 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas .. . ........... 20/. sh. all pd 351. at 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Diceiih sh. 731. I 3,000 5i per cent. Equitable Loan Company ~,,251, sh. 01. pd 101.- SHERIFFS' COURT, MIDDLESEX. Yesterday a County Court of the Sheriffs of Middlesex was holden at the Sheriff's Court, Red Lion-square, by J. BURCHELL, Esq., Under-Sheriff. The usual routine of business was gone through, but no subject of importance was laid before the Court. A great number of persons were called upon proclamation of inquiry, The COURT then adjourned till the 21st January next. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. A Commission of Lunacy was held yesterday at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, before Commissioners PHILLI MORE, WINSLOW, and BLUNT, to inquire into the state of mind of an elderly gentleman named John Benison. Mr. HOGGINS, in support of the Commission, stated that Mr. Benison, in the early part of his life, was a solicitor ; but on receiving his patrimonial estate, he quitted the pro fession, and travelled to various parts of the Continent. On his return to this country, he took a house at North Bank, Regent's Park, where he resided till the close of last year. About that time he exhibited an aberration of mind, and he was then, by the advice of a physician, removed to Rich mond, and from thence to a friend's house at North Parade, Chelsea. During his residence at both those places, he ap peared to be labouring under unsoundness of mind. Dr. Lambe, of Highgate, had been acquainted with Mr. Benison 25 or 30 years. In July, 1832, witness at tended him on the occasion of his having received a severe fall. He then resided at North Bank. Up to that time he was in a sound state of mind. He had allow on the head from the fall, which had produced a serious wound, and caused considerable injury to the brain. The illness was attended with some aberration of mind, but he reco vered from it. In the spring of 1833, he visited at wit ness's house, and remained there three months. He then seemed to have a constant irritation of the brain, and his spirits were depressed. He attended principally to his own affairs about that time ; and in July, 1834, he drew a check upon Messrs. Childs, his bankers, for 4001., the purport of which witness certified in a written certificate. Mr. Benison was capable of understanding. Witness saw him on Mon day last. He was then perfectly insensible to every thing around him. He seemed to know witness, but that was the extent of his knowledge. Witness considered that his mind was unsound, and that he was not in the slightest de gree able to manage his own affairs. The disease had been comity , on slowly and gradually. During the whole of this year he had been perfectly incompetent to manage his own affairs. From the commencement of 1834, witness did not consider that Mr. Benison had been capable to manage his own affairs. _ _ This assertion that Mr. Benison had been unable to manage his own affairs since the commencement of 1834, led to some inquiry by the Jury why Dr. Lambe had signed a certificate, which sanctioned the payment of Mr. Beni son's draft for 4001., in July, 1834, when he knew that he had been in an unsound state of mind since the commence ment of that year. Dr. Lambe explained that in some part of the day Mr. Benison was better than in the other part. The check fur 400/. was intended for a member of Mr. Deoison's family, and the circumstances under which it was drawn were of a delicate nature. A Juror asked Dr. Lambe how he could consistently swear to the truth of the certificate, written in July, 1834, when he knew that Mr. 'Benison had laboured under un soundness of mind from the commencement of that year ? Dr. Lambe said that the check was read to Mr. Benison before he signed it ; he knew the amount it was for ; he knew that it was drawn in favour of his sister, and he said he hoped it would answer her purpose. He (Dr. Lambe) could therefore swear to the truth of the certificate. Vv Dr. Dowler, and Mr. J. Smith, surgeons, of Richmond, confirmed the preceding evidence. Mr. Benison was then introduced to the Commissioners and Jury. A few very plain questions were put to him, but his mind appeared to be so completely gone that he was incapable of understanding them. The Jury returned a verdict, finding that he was of un sound mind, and that he had been in that state since the Ist of January last. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. A young man named Thomas Leonard, who, it is said, is respectably connected; was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having committed forgeries. Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Committee of Bankers, attended for the prosecution. He stated that Messrs. Stuckey, the Bankers of Bristol, received on the Ist of September a letter, of which the following is a copy, con taining a bill purporting to be the acceptance of Mr. W. F. Geach, of Pont-y-Pool, Monmouthshire, solicitor, whom they knew, for the sum of nineteen pounds. " London, September 1, 1835. - . " GENTLEMEN,-1 should feel obliged by your discounting the inclosed acceptance for 191., and after you have deducted interest, &c., please to inclose and forward by return of post a check or an order on one of the banking-houses in this city, directed as under, and you will oblige, Gentlemen, your obe dient servant, "THOMAS BAKER." " Thomas Baker, 116, Fore-street, Cripplegate." " August 24, 1835. " Two months after date pay to my order 191. value re ceived, " W. WILLIAMS. " Accepted, W. F. Goad], Pont-y-Pool. Payable at Messrs. Stuckey and Co.'s, bankers, Bristol." The bill was discounted at Messrs. Stuckey's ; after which other attempts were made, which, however, did not prove successful. Mr. John Stuckey Reynolds, of Haverstock-hill, Hamp stead, deposed that he was a partner in Messrs. Stuckey's banking house.. He received advice in London on the 2d of September that the bill for 191. had been discounted. Mr. Thomas Greenway, of Pont-y-Pool, Monmouthshire, clerk to Mr. Geach, solicitor, had known the prisoner four or five years, and was well acquainted with his hand writing, having often seen him write. Witness believed the aavementioned letter and four others produced by Mr. Bush to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. Joseph Dismes Minson, cashier at Curtis's, paid the check on the 3d of September in a 10/. note, No. 1,058, Ju l y 3, 1835 ; a 51., No. 10,729, July 3, 1835 ; and 31. 15s. cash. Mr. Greenway never saw writing more like the pri soner's than that in the check. Jacob Korn, a broker residing at No. 76, Turnmill street, Clerkenwell, said that the prisoner took a lodging at his house about six months ago in the name of Leonard. About two days before Bartholomew fair the prisoner asked him for change of a 101. note, and said' that he would pay what he owed witness out of it. Witness pro cured change for 'the 101. note now produced. The pri soner left his house on Monday fortnight in debt 6/. While in witness's house the prisoner received several letters which appeared from the post mark to come from Pont-y-Pool. John Parker, landlord of the Turk's Head public house, Turnmill-street, Clerkenvvell, changed a 101. note for the last witness, whose name he wrote upon it. Witness never before changed a note for him. The wife of Korn changed the 5/. note No. 10,729 for the prisoner, and wrote his name on the back of it. Mr. Bush said, that on the 18th o f S e pt em b er the pri soner wrote another letter to Messrs. Stuckey, signed Thomas Thomas, inclosing a bill for 1401., and calling himself a hop-merchant, of No. 68, St. John -street, Smith field. The bankers, however, refused to discount that bill, and returned it. On the sth of December, the prisoner wrote to Messrs. Jones and Blowitt, bankers, at Newport, Monmouthshire, as Mr. John Jerran, requesting that they would have the goodness to forward by return of post a check or order on a London banking-house, for the amount of a promissory note for 46/., drawn by Mr. Kenrick, and endorsed by Andrew Williams. The firm, however, dis covered that the bill was a forgery, and sent it to Mr. Jer ran. Again, on Dec. 11, the prisoner wrote to Messrs. Stuckey, to discount a bill for 34/., addressed to Thomas Morgan, -- 122.; Lower-Thames-street, where soon aftewaras the prisoner.was apprehended. . Roe, the officer, apprehended the prisoner at No. 122, Lower Thames -street, a coffee-shop, where he (prisoner) called for. a letter. The prisoner was remanded. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Margaret Callaghan, an Irish woman, about forty years of age, bearing in her arms two infants about a month old, was charged with imposing on the benevo lence of the charitable, and sitting .down in the street, pretending to be in great distress, and that the children were twins, when, in faCt, she had'borrowed one of the children. . Inspector Martin, of the city polico, stated that a gentle man called at the station-house on Wednesday evening, and said that a woman Was sitting down at the bottom of Skin ner-street, in apparent distress, and ha begged that the po lice would attend to her case; to see that she and her chil dren were prevented from, perishing, if they were really destitute, or that if she were an impostor, she might be prevented from exciting the feelings of the public. He im mediately went to the spot, and found the policeman of the beat about to remove her. Upon questioninc , her, she said she lived in Brackley-street, St. Giles, that she had no husband, that She had only begged 7d., and that the infants were twins. She had a girl about seven years old with her, to nurse one of the babes, and upon questioning her; they soon discovered that one of the children had been harrowed from some woman in Church-street, but whose name he could not get at. This borrowed infant, from be ing exposed at this inclement season, was as cold as clay, and he did not think that it would survive above an hour. -On searching the woman, it appeared she had collected Gs. Sid. Mr. Alderman KELLY said she must be a bard-hearted wretch to neglect the borrowed child so shamefully, and asked her what she had to pay for the hire of it ? She made no reply. A person present said he had seen her about - different parts of the town with young twins for months past. She was then remanded. Q UEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday a young man of genteel appearance, who gave his name .1. G. Reeve, and described himself an officer in the merchant service, was brought up in custody, and placed before Messrs. WHITE and BURRELL, the sitting Magis trates, charged with a most brutal attack upon James Miles, police-constable of the L division, No. 140. The defendant pleaded intoxication as an excuse for his conduct. He was convicted in the penalty of 20s. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday, for the first time, public business was trans- acted in the New Office, Mr. TWYFORD being the sitting Magistrate. At a little after twelve o'clock, Messrs. BROUGHTON and GRAVE arrived in the carriage of the former, accompanied by Mr. TWYFORD, who was provided with a seat, and was present during the investigation of the cases which were heard in the public examination room. There are six rooms on the ground floor apportioned to the Office, viz., the Magistrates' room, the private examina tion room, the public examination room, the private waiting room, the constables' room, and the clerk's room for taking depositions. The area of the public examination room is 20 feet by 32 feet, the depth being about 20 feet ; the area ef the private examination room is about 10 by 15 feet, and that of the waiting room about 23 by 30 feet. Rather more than half the public examination room is set apart for the Magistrates, the clerks, and counsel or solicitors, which is enclosed, and on an elevation of about a foot and a half from the ground-floor, there being several ventilators to ad mit air fixed in the skirting. In this apartment there are three separate desks, one for each Magistrate, such as are erected in Courts of Law, rendering the appearance of the public examination room similar to a Court of Law. The Royal Arms, which were in the Old Office, have been re gilt, and placed in a conspicuous situation in the new one. The public waiting room is a very important improve ment in the establishment of a public office, where police constables, witnesses, prisoners, &c., can remain free from exposure to the weather, and in this room is a splendid pendant gas burner. The yard, in which are the cells, is surrounded by a lofty wall, and which is surmounted on the top by a chevaux-de-frise, giving it all the effect of a prison boundary. The front of the office is of very plain con struction, the only ornament being the Royal arms of Eng land, and which are elevated on the top. The old office has been in the occupancy of Government about half a century.' Previous to the Act which consti tuted the stipendiary Magistracy, before which time the Magistrates themselves enjoyed the fees of their office, and on which account they were called trading Magistrates, the office was in existence ; and in the year 1780, during Lord George Gordon's riot, the mob paid it a visit. At that time Worship-street was known by the name of Hog-lane ; and even to this day, when any oflicer_of the establishment pays a v;a4 t. Potticoat-lane, the thieves and fences, in in timation of their approach, give a grunt as warning f their presence. The lease having expired the premises fall into the hands of Mr. Mills, the lessee, who lives in Russell square, and who is a county Magistrate. There was no business of public importance. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Mary Ann Hedge, a young female, was brought up charged with stealing a 10/. note from Captain Pinnock ; and John Smith, who sweeps the crossings at the Post Office, and Mary, his wife, were charged as acces saries after the fact. The prisoners were all remanded, in order to give Capi Pinnock an opportunity of attending to prosecute. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Ernest De Mircourt, a young man dressed in the first style of fashion, wa - s brought before Mr. CONANT, charged with having robbed about thirty jewellers and goldsmiths, residing at the west end of the town, of jewellery and watches to an immense amount. On the prisoner beinc , placed at the bar, the office was crowded by tradesmen who have been robbed by him. Mr. Warwick, of No. 125, Regent-street, deposed that on Tuesday afternoon the prisoner came into his, shop, and asked to look at some diamond-rings. „Having no suspicion of him from his appearance, be showed him a tray of rings ; after looking at them for some time, the prisoner requested to look at another article, which was produced and exa mined ; the prisoner then said he would call again, and left the shop. Shortly after -his departure, a diamond ring, of the value of 201., was missed, and information was then given to the office. Mace, an active officer of the establishment, in conse quence of information which he received, went round to several pawnbrokers, and ascertained that a person answer ing the description of the prisoner, had called at Mr. Ruch fort's, a pawnbroker, in Brewer-street, on Tuesday, and sold the diamond ring now produced for 151., 101. of which was paid, and the remainder was to be paid yesterday after noon. On hearing this he waited at the house, and in the evening the prisoner came in, and he then took him into custody. On searching him he found two diamond pins, a diamond ring (each single stones), and five sovereigns. A person from Messrs. Howell and James deposed, that on Monday afternoon the prisoner came there and looked at some diamond rings and gold watches. On his leaving, a ring of the value of thirty guineas, and a gold watch of the value of twenty guineas, were missing. Mr. CONANT asked the prisoner what be had to say to the charge. The. prisoner, in French, said, " I have EtJlen nothing." He was then remanded until Tuesday next. CORONER'S INQUESTS. AFFLICTING SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GIRL BY POISON.— Yesterday, an inquest was held at the Running Horse Tavern, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, before Mr. Higgs and a respectable Jury, on view of the body of Bridget Mary Connelly, aged 18, an interesting young woman, who destroyed herself by swallowing a quantity ofarsenie. Mrs. Mary Schooley, of No. 7, Queen-street, Oxford street, knew the deceased, whose parents occupied apart ments in her house. Witness had observed that for some time past the deceased had been in a low, dejected state of mind, and had frequently detected her in tears. On Tues day evening Mrs. Connolly informed witness that her daughter was taken so ill that she was obliged to go to bed. Between six and seven o'clock on the following morning the mother of the deceased came to witness in a state of great agitation, and informed her that the deceased had acknow ledged having taken poison. By the CORONER—When I first knew the deceased she was a very high-spirited girl. For some months past the circumstances of Mr. and Mrs. Connolly have become much reduced, aad the deceased was put out as an assist ant to a general sale shop, at the corner of Oxford and Davies -streets, in which situation she involved herself in trouble, and was dismissed, since which period the mind of the poor girl has been evidently much distressed. I do not believe that the deceased had formed any male ac quaintance prejudicial to herself. Mrs. Elizabeth Conelly, a middle-aged female, of re spectable appearance, the mother of the deceased (who was much affected whilst giving her deposition), stated that; in consequence of severe misfortunes which her husband had sustained they were compelle(l, about three months back to place their unfortunate daughter, the subject of the present inquiry, in a situation at Mr. Walker's fancy repository and sale shop, in Davies'-street, Oxford-street. The deceased had not, however, been many weeks from home when her master charged her with having purloined several articles, and having caused her apprehension, her poor girl was taken to Marlborough -street Police-office, and underwent exa mination, but was discharged, the evidence being too slight. The circumstance preyed greatly upon the mind of her-unfortunate child, who, from the period in..question became low -spirited and unhappy. On Tuesday morning, being the day she took the poison, she (deceased) acci dentally met' Mr. Walker, with .whom she had lived, and who had charged her with felony at Marlborough-street, who threatened to take her again into custody. On her return home witness observed that she was very much. agitated, which was accounted for by her stating the threat made to her as above stated. About nine o'clock on the. same evening the poor girl was taken-very ill and vomited much. Witness saw her to bed. At this time she (deceased) did not disclose having taken poison. She continued to get worse, and about two o'clock in the morning she admitted to witness and her (deceased's) father that she had taken arsenic. :Witness then administered quantities of warm water, which increased the vomiting,,and as soon as daylight came she (witness) went for Mr. Hands, the surgeon. In answer to questions from the Jury, the mother said she had no doubt but that the fear of again being taken into custody had so shocked her daughter that she had, iu a state of distraction, taken the poison. The Jury took the same view of the case, but regretted that on the discovery of the deceased having taken poison medical aid was not sooner obtained. A verdict was then returned, " That the deceased. destroyed herself whilst in a state of temporary derangement." Yesterday an inquisition was taken before Mr. Hicos, at the Duke of Ormond's Head, Prince's -street, Westmin ster, on the body of Thomas Capon, aged 50, who was burned to death. Richard Hayes, B 33, on Monday, the 7th of Decem ber, between one and two o'clock in the morning, • was on duty in Wood -street, Milbank-street, when he heard the cry of " Murder !" from the stables where the deceased lived. On observing smoke issuing through the crevices of the door, he sprang his rattle and broke open the door. The deceased was then lying on the floor, the straw on which he was laying and his clothes being on fire. Witness drew him out into the yard, by which time two of the po lice constables artived, with whose assistance the flames were extinguished, and he was immediately taken to the Westminster Hospital. The deceased was so much in liquor that he could give no account how the fire origi nated. Verdict—" Accidental Death from intoxication." THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s. s. t 0 s Blandtord —.--. 36 40 28 33 23 44 35 40 20 29 18 25 36 40 35 27 16 31 32 Chard 35 38 26 28 16 19 36 33 32 36 Huntingdon.,,.....,. 41 44 24 29 16 19 34 35 Long 5utt0n.,,..,.,.,. 29 38 16 20 30 34 Louth 33 38 25 28 15 17 32 35 36 41 28 30 22 26 36 42 32 31 Newark —.......—. 31 40 23 32 20 30 33 46 28 30 Nottingham 31 29 28 31 19 28 35 42 - Peterborough ..—. 24 36 23 28 14 22 31 40 -- Plymouth 40 50 30 34 20 23 Pontefract-- 67 43 27 43 Sleaford 165 70 36 38 22 28 41 43 -- Uppinghain !34 37 24 29 20 30 33 41 -- Wisher h M 27 39 20 31 :13 DEVIZES CORN MARKET.—Dec. 24. Per Sack. s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. s. d. s. 0. First Wheat 21 oto 22 0 Barley 25 oto 33 0 Second l7 0 20 0 Oats ll4 0 25 0 _ Per Quarter. s. d. s. d. rley 25 oto 33 0 is l9 0 25 0 sus (per sack) l7 0 12 0 lur (per bag) 27 0 29 0 md (per gall.) 0 9 0 Thirds l4 0 16 0 Bea 1203 Sacks of Wheat sold} 17 10 floi at the average of S lire LEEDS CORN M A RKET.— Dec. 22. Wheat, Norfolk and Stand k, 601 b. . _ 325. to 446.1 .., York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Still/ilk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding Beaus Oats, Potatoe —Healing, For. 12d. to lad Eng. 10kl. to 11d. per stone. Shelling Rapeseed, English, 36/. to :17 Foreign, .-1. to —/. per last. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET.—Dec. 23. The supply of Beasts, Sheep, Calves, and Porkers, to this day's mar ket was moderately good. There was a moderate attendance of town and country buyers, and the trade was dull, at the following pries per stone of Sib, to sink the offals : Beef Mutton 3 2 4 4 1 Pork . Beasts, 27;; Sheep, 2 01-_-9 ; Calves, 40; Pigs, 50. A 3 4 4 4 small portion of the supply loft the market unsold ___-- RUMFORD MARKET.-.•Dec.:23. s. d. to s. d. v. d. to ~ ( 1 . fleet 3 4 4 8 I Veal Mutton 3 4 4 4 Pork ... 3 2 4 u Suckling Calves, 12s. to 265. ; Quarter old Store Pigs, 12s. to ISs. Mitch Cows, with their small Calf', 14/.os. to 161. Os. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. HAILSHAM MARKET—Dec. 23. Beef 3s. ed. to 4s. 6d. Veal 4s. 01. to 4s. ta I Mutton 3 4 4 4 Pork " 3 4 3 6 Supply good, and trade very dull . . ___ CHICHESTER MARKET—Dec. 23. Beef Mutton 3 6 4 6 1 I Pork... ........ —.. 3 4 3 111 Supply of fat stock moderately good, and trade rather dull. • TIIE FROST.—To-day the ice is suf f iciently strong on the Serpentine River, in Kensington-gardens, and also on the ornamental waters in the Green Park, St. James's Park, and the Regent's Park, to allow of the agreeable pastime of skating. Numbers avail - themselves of the opportunity to enjoy this, favoitilte amusement. Kensington-gardens present a very animated appear ante, the marg in of the glassy surface of the water being thickly studd ed with groups of ladies, who seem highly delighted at the gaity of the scene. Between 2 and 3, o'clock on Wednesday afternoon four boys narrowly escaped drowning, by the ice breaking in with them on the orna mental water in St. James's Park. They providentially es caped without further injury than being excessively fright ened, and a good ducking. As usual, at this festive season of the year, the shops of tradesmen in all parts of the metropohl d is play an abundance of good things. The extraordinari' fat .beef and mutton purchased from the proprietors at the cattle show is the subject of admiration, but few persons are dis posed to buy. A correspondent has furnished us with the following account of the longevity of a family in Hastings, o f the name of Phillips :—lst, 86 ; 2d, 83 ; 3d, 82 ; and the 4tb, 80. Total, 331.- c: Two men and two women, brothers ana sisters.—Brighton, Gazette. DESTRUCTION OF BANK NOTES BY RATS.--" . Last week Captain Trinidade, of the Pais Pen:an:ol l i , into this port, received the sum of 501. from one of out merchants, in notes of the Bristol Old Bank, which he de' posited in the locker of his cabin ; but on his goinc , t o the place on the following day, he found that the whole had been mangled, and partly consumed, by the rats with which the vessel is infested.—Bristol Mercury. Wednesday morning, between nine and ten o'clock , the following lamentable and singular accident occurred in the family of Mr. Coniston, a respectable silk-dresser, living at No. 13, Silk-street, Fore-street. It appears that Mr. Coulston's eldest son, a promising youth of between 11 and 12 years of age, was striking a metal button with a hammer f9r the purpose of knocking the shank off, when, happening to hit it slantingly, the shank flew off upwards, and struck him in the right eye so violently, that it completely bedded itself in the ball. The child was thrown into 3 state of the most excruciating agony, and on surgical aid being obtained it was deemed advisable immediately to re. move him to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he at re sent remains in a dangerous state. The shank of the button was, with much difficulty, extracted from the eye, but the sight is for ever destroyed. - The small-pox is at this moment so prevalent Canterbury, that the magistrates have issued notices 01 punishing persons who expose infected individuals i n the public thoroughfares.—Kentish Gazette. Measles and scarletina are at this time extretnell prevalent in Kendal, and have terminated fatally in a grea t many instances. A Railway between Greenock and Glasgow i s pro posed. THE " SEA-FED" ENGINE.--This is the naive which Mr. Galt, in a letter last Saturday, gives to big invention for propelling vessels. (ADVERTISEMENT.) —PLATED HASH DISHES , with strong silver edges and handles. A set of four Plated IlasP Dishes and Covers are offered for Ten Guineas. The handles take off the Covers, so as to form eight Dishes when required. T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith and Jeweller, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B. A variety of Second-hand Silver Watches may be selecie j from, all at Two Guineas each, warranted. BIRTHS. On the 20th inst., in Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Mrs. John Fearon, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., in Dublin, the lady of William Beresford, Esctf of a son and heir. On the 24th inst., at Cray ford, Kent, Mrs. Charles Wearg Clark , of a son. On the 23d inst., the lady of Richard Carpenter Smith, Esq" Midge-street, Southwark, of a son, still-born. On the 21st inst., at Portsea, the lady of N. B. Lash, Esq" R.N., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 25th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Samuel Halsall, Esti° of Islington, to Miss Ellen Warboyn, of the same place. On the 19th inst., at Twickenham, in his 80th year, 140 31 Angelo, Esq., formerly of Bolton-row, Mayfair. On the 2&1 inst., Thomas Fielder, Esq., of Dove r -pl a ce, Ne ° Kent-road, in his 77th year. On the '22d inst., in her 55th year, Susanna, relict of the late Captain Henry Leigh, East-place, Lambeth. On the 19th inst., in Southampton, Mrs. Audley, widow o f the late Thomas Audley, Esq., of Bath, in her 87th year. On the 24th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. H. T. Shaw, EV' place, Holborn. On the 23d inst., in Roupell-stre e t, L am b e th, J o h n RouPel l, Esq., in his 75th year. On the 22d inst., Joseph T. Gand o lfi, E sq ., o f P or to Bella House, East Sheen. On the 24th inst., Charles Daniel, infant son of D. Macarthur' Esq., of St. John's-wood-road. - - _ London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strandi ih the eou n of Middlesex. has nar "tru of ka : Ire thu rvc to prii wei aga the the hits icor gre: corn. out then door sub! thoi ndi the, otht a cc prix hon. gioN roll; fdpel as tl —tt r less then held Inexi ings beer mar tify mac aeve ha►i ()WI and t,hor then raw whi !ng hod: our in c seer non] broi che4 relit trial dian pnvi his Fen ails an( gre onl we goe sac bre „ ch 4131 , ROl Fa