The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-04 00:00:00

MORNING EDI rtoN: - SFiltIT of the PCM,IC JOURNALS ( FROM THE DAILY varEtes OF SATURDAY.) (From the Mording Ghronzele.%) We cannot remain indifferent spectators of the election eerintr proceedings in the borough of Walsall, nor avoid entering our protclt. agai:lt. the ex.reme course pursued by the Manchester Anti.Cornelaw Leagues. We have uniformly o pposed the Corn-laws, as injurious to the inter ests of all the other classes of the community, and ulti mately to the landowners themselves ; and we, therefore, hailed wi.li the utmost satisfaction t:es orgat.ization of the Aoti-Cerra-law League at M inchester, to combat with effect the monopoly of the Lords of the soil. We have always been of toe opinion of Sir Rebert Peel, that the prosperity of our agriculture is depensient on the pros pe.ity of our manufactures, earl we have uniformly con teed. d thet it is the height of absurdity to seek to benefit agriculture by means which parel)se the rnanufaciuring in dustry of the country. It was time that a Legislature in which the landholders have a decided preponderance, and which has taken such narrow views of the interests of the natien should be made to feel, by the well-directed effsrts or the industrious classes, how intent they were on the abation of the monopoly. Aedit is but justice to the Anti. Corn-law League to admit, that hitherto their ffoi is }me been admirably calculated to promote the great object of the Association. The idea of rousing the indifference of the class a beyond the reach of the usual channels of die cussisn, by the appointment of itiaerant lecturers, was r. ost pc:tuba:ly judicious, and the extent of the good effected may be inferred from the rage with which this course r. 4 proceeding has inflamed the monopolists. But the pree.ee&ngs of the Lesgue at the Walsall election are not calculated to further the great obj ct they have view—the destruction of the corn monopoly, but, on the c'nitrary, by injuring the Liberal cause. tend n ecessarily to del at that object. To oppso the monopoly is desirable, but it is not desirable to conduct the opposition in . such a manner vs to give increased streng th to the pare sans of monopoly. It the opponents of the Corn-law monopoly were sullijuntly strong to be able to return only Represeu tatiyes pledged to the repeal of the Corn.laA s, it would be treason to the cause not to esect such a pledge. But what we complain of is the iejudicious attempt to extort such a Vedge where this strength is not possessed. In the present state o f the representation of this country, it is the height of ü beir&ty to demand that all other popular questions should by s acrificed to the one obj ct of the Anti-Corn law League. This is repeating the mischievous blunder of the Chartists. The Mancheste r manufacturers pro testkal against the bigotry of the Chartists in 1.'339 and last year, when they broke into their public meetings throughout the kingdom, and insisted on an " amend ment," which substituted the " five points " of the Char t r for resolutions against the Corn I ,ws. The Anti. corn law Leeguers protest egainst the Irish advocates of " Repeal of the Uniea," wlos, by pursuing their " one idea," excluded the Manchester agitation. How, then, chn the League justify their own bigotry in hunting out of Walsall a Liberal candidate, Mr. Spencer Lyttelton. when they have not the power with the constituency to return a Corn-law Repealer ? By this bigoted and indefensible ostracism the Manchester gentlemen not only secure the certain return of a Tory, but they defeat their own end, by giving a triumph to a Corn-law monopolist. Mr. Spencer Lyttelton by local family connexion, and the cordial union an his favour of all classes of Walsall Liberals had a fair chance of defeating the Conservative candidate, M. Gladstone. His canvass was proceeding favourably, when a Manchester deputation put the extreme test to him on the Corn-law question. Mr. Lyttelton may have his own modiinsd opinions on the subject, which we unclerstsnd are decid,sily against the monopoly, and in fev ob• of a mode rate fixed duty ; but Walsall is not exclusively a town cons ti tue ncy. The Reform Bill, as is well known, in the boundaries which it assigned to the different boroughs, opened a door to a forei , n wleeir is gradually destro)hig their independence. The r are/ houndaries of most of the boroughs are filled with a description of voters of the lowest and most dependent description, and Walsall. like so many others, possesses such a rural boundary, well known as the "foreign." Mr. Lyttelton may have had much conflicting opinion to contend with in the canvass of such a mixed constituency. The huntsmen of the Man chester League, rotwithatanding, run him to ground, and Mr. Lyttelton resigns— issigning, as a principal rea :son, that he "had to encounter the avowed hostility of the agents from the Anti-Corn-law League deputed to . oppose him." The Anti- Co-n law Circular of Thursday, the official gazette of the League, published at Manches ter, in the folio sing extract of a promiaent leading atticle, thus boasts of its achievements " LATEST FROM WALSALL. " We announced in our last that on receiving the news of a vacancy in the representation of Walsall, the Council Of the Leegue appointed a deputation froin Wolverhamp ton to proceed to that borough, to confer with the Anti- Corn-Law Association there as to the measures to be adopted in order to secure the return of a candidate pledged to the abolition of the food monopoly. Subse quently, a deputation proceeded from Manchester ; and on Tuesday night Messrs. Walker, Wynne, Kettle, Raw son, Prentice, and Aeland, as representatives of the Anti- Corn-Law League, met and addressed the electors at a public mewing. " On their arrival they found two candidates in the field, Captain Lyttelton, who had put forth an address, claiming the support of the Liberal electors, as the nephew of Earl S i aencer, hut omitting all allusion to the Corn-laws, and Mr. Gladstone, the brother of the Hon. Member for Newark, in the Conservative interest. Application was imm -littely made to Captain Lyttelton for an explanation of his views upon the Corn-laws ; in reply to which, after taking a day to consider, he expressed himself willing to vote for inquiry, but would pledge himself to nothing be yond it. A letter was also addressed to Mr. Gladstone, echo refused to declare any opinion on the subject. It VitlF then determined that a third candidate should be proposed, favourable to the abolition of the bread tax. The greatest enthusiasm existed amongst the great body of electors, who received the deputation with heartfelt cordiality, evincing a deep-rooted conviction of the ini quity of the bread-tax. The names of two gentlemen were mentioned at the time of our latest advises, Mr. Scott, the President of the Stourbridge Anti-Corn-law Association, and Mr. Fester, son of the late Member, buth of whom are known to be favourable to the prin ciple of total repeal. Subsequently Captain Lyttelton t o emaliy withdrew himself, and the coritest will, therefore, be between a consistent advocate of free trade and the champion of dear bread and monopoly." Now all this ill-ecnsidered and thoughtless procedure re ne L red the success of Mr. Lyttelton dificult, if not ho. possible ; but how is ill it serve the one question—the re peal of the Cern-laws ? The irruption gentlemen from Manchester were unprepared math a substitute for Mr. ,Lyttelton. We understand that yesterday a meeting o f el a -tors was to be convened to consider of an expedient selection. In the meanwhile Mr. Gladstone, the Tery candidate, " who refused to declare any opinion on the subject" of the Corn laws is left alone in the ti,ld, with all tho a dvantages of a ten days' possession and canvass. We cannot underatand how the " gentlemen of one idea" are to benefit by this suicidal policy. We repeat that if, by ousting Mr. Lyttelton, they could carry a L l 'eeral Member for Walsall, and a total Repealer, they hat A tight to play the game. But in a critical period of ti e rs common cause, when ev:,y teat is of extreme importance to both the great ponies in the State, we are at a loss to understandthe grounds fur adopting a policy which makes almost certain the return, not only of a 'l'ory but of an advocate of the existing Corn-laws. If this euieidal policy is to be pursued in future vacancies, and at di,solution of the present Parliemenn it require.; not the spirit of divination to predict that ti! Liberal iii erest will be o verthrown, By this additional s'rength the Corn- Jaws. if they do not survive the nineteenth century, may, ,111 all events, live long enough to ruin the industry of tun country, and thereby reader tile monopoly a suatter of indifference. We trust that cur over x,alous friends of the " League" will benefit by their experience, and that their zeal will be some what morn under the direction of nisclona. They are not benefiting, but injuring the e iuse they wish so serve. The friends GI Liberal opinions—the op ponents; of monopoly--will naturally shrink from as aoeiatieg with narrow-minded bigots who have nut the fens:: to see that exclusive tests ought only to be enforced wiasu times and circumstances aro favourable. But let us hope the League will see the errors of their ways. Our sash is not to give pain, but to prevent future mistvkes. The League must, we should think, on cell etion, becom • ar , e ible tnat though, perhaps, there is no one question on which enlightened and independent men are so invariably agreed, as the necessity for repealing the sum monopoly ; let that the means at their commend do not justify the ; nu king the repeal a sine qua non at all times and places, The attempt to monopolise public opiaion in favour of one question only, to the exclusion of every other , it' per sisted in, must be i njurious even to that question ; while it inevitahly leads to the sacrifices of all other subjects of pub lic interest and national importanc e. (From the limes.) W e have received several letters, written with great ability and knowledge of the subjeet, on the disputed .ques tion betw een S pa i n and Portug al of the navigation o the Douro, b ut i t appears to us that in all of them the consi deration has been mainly overlooked that it is now too late to exavaine what advantages may arise to Spain or detri ment to Portugal from carrying the Tre at y between those two countries into effect, ' All the arguments which have been submitted to us' OR both sides dwell principally on these two tepies, forgetti ng that they are applicable only • to a state of things anteaio r to the execution or any treaty whatever. Such a treaty was actually concluded more than live years ago, but stopped in its progress by doubts' respecting the manner in which some of its provisions svere to be carried out. We infer blame to neither party from this delay, which is sufficiently explained by . the poli tical agitations in which both nations have yartic Lp i at .d, so 114 t o render it rather a surprising thing that l an interna tional arrangement of a delicate nature like this, sacceesarily a number of hostile privat e interests into collision, could have proceeded so far towards com pletion. To return, however, to the question. Th e d i g. pz,:e relative to the mode of carrying out certain provisions tthe treaty led to the .eppointment of a 'nixed commission, c ioposed of Spani irds and Portuguese, to adjust it. After anoiderable delay and the preparation of cne report, whieh svas seat back to them for emendation, a final re port was ;agreed upon and presented to the Portuguese Cortes, by whom, as it is understood, it would have been disposed of i n o ne way or other, but for the dissolution of that body, which took place in the latter part of the last snolit.b. On this there is a question at issue between the two countries, essentially one of form only, whether the power toconfirm this report belonged to the Government or to the Portuguese Legislature. On the aide of Spain .it is affirmed that the ratification was the affair solely of the 'Portuguese Government; but it is contended, and we chink satisfactorily established, on the part of Portu g al, that under the new constitution this could be legally per. formed by the Cortes alone, which the proroga tion of that body prevented their doing, and it i s further shown, that the prorogation was no capri miens act of , the Government. glace th e grea t length c 4: Ile Session had caused so great a f a lli ng-o ff i n the xi- . ..r,ndatee: of the members, that it had become diaienit to L . yre tea uisite to t • I•tiiiiitet business. Further -: • • 13 sir‘se:447 ;AV it has been stated, that the treaty for the navigation of the Douro would certainly form one of the earliest subjects of consideration on the reassembling of the Cortes in the first week of the present year ; but the Spanish Government, impatient of further delay, or distrusting the sincerity of these representation l, threatens immediate hostilities if the treaty is not ratified. Now, it ie obvious that a treaty which has been so long in a course of adjustment could suffer no material detriment by the delay of a few days ; and the . Spanish Government, by a precipitation for which it is not easy to offer any excuse, have subjected themselves to the imputation of a design to throw Portugal into con fusion, and at all events to pick a quarrel with that country. All the shew of reason therefore that belongs to the Spanish side of the question arises out of the belief that Portugal is insincere in the promise to bring the treaty under consideration as soon as the Cortcs shall reassemble. We believe that not only have explicit assu rances to that effect been given to the Spanish Government, but that they have been re peated to our Government as one of the stronge\t of the erounds on which interference is solicited. Thus is the question reduced to the narrowest compass possible ; and the belief of the Cabinet of London that Portugal is ready to fulfil the Teaty—that no evasion, 110 secret sub terfuge, is to be oraets.sed, being made known to the Spanish Government, must place them so completely in the wrong, as to dispose of this whole question, if it is to be governed by reason at all, without difficulty and with out danger. Portugal undoubtedly appears to be well prepared for hostilities, should they be actually resorted to by Spain, and the threat of invasion has had the ex actly contrary effect to that which was intended, by rousing and uniting all parties to meet the insulting menace and its consequences. She does not, how ever, trust to arms for the issue, but appeals to her ancient a! y, and asks fur mediation. These are the simple elements of this question, so tar Cs Spain, Portugal, and Great B itain are concerned. It his been imagined by a set of reasoners whose uniform objeet it is, out of is limited and almost privato quarrel, to deduce a general one, which shall gradually involve the whole of Europe, that nut of the arrangement of ails dis pute new grounds of difference must arise between France aiid England ; but we fully believe that such reasonings leave no foundation of fact to rely upon. We understand that the language of M. Guizot, when appealed to on this subject, has been exact:y that which is in harmony with his character as an enlightened statesman and lover of peace, and that the Representatives in Paris of both the contending parties have been assured by him that France Will certainly not interfere in this dispute. We may per haps go further, and add that his cordial recom mendation has been offered to the Ministers of both countries to leave the adjustment of this dispute en tirely in the hands of Great Britain, their natural ally and protector. Whether in a private or in a public quarrel, it is one obvious means of bringing about a reconciliation, to divest the matter in dispute of all circumstances that are extraneous, or that do not properly belong to it. This has been our en.J.eavour in the preceding remarks as applicable to the differences between Spain and Portugal. 1: has been well said that when people are of one mind, whetlnr to sight or to marry, they are not long in coming to the desired conclusion. No man can say who dues not know the exact animus of the parties how such a case will terminate, but if it should end in an open quarrel, it will be one of the most reckless and unjustifiable wars that ever assisted in the depopulation of mankind. cFrom the Morning Advertiser.) 'rime wears on, but Tories wear not in. Year suc ceeds year, but Tories succeed not to office. In other cases hope deferred is said to make the heart sick, but with the Tories defeated hope seems only to make expec tation more sanguine. Accordingly, with the opening of the new year our ears are assailed with the exulting shout of Anticipation, and the Tory organs, unmindful of the failure of all their previous prophecies, demonstrate, as infallibly as Murphy's Almanach exhibits the state of the weather, that their party must be installed in Downing street before the close of the present year. It is a pitiable delusion, and one that, like the ignis fatuus which allures the confiding traveller to his destruction, may accelerate the annihilation of those who place trust in it. The Standard, however, evinces a more accurate appreciation of the true bearing of its political position, and, with equal frankness and discrimination, makes the following pro. fession of its faith and its fears :—." It would be enough, however, for us to know that the Premier's conduct is good. as far as England is concerned. We will not rob Lord Palmerston of his just praise by any re ference to the foreign policy of the Government ; it would be enough—we repeat it—for us to know, that, with whatever motive, Lord Melbourne governs well, to be satisfied with his government ; but when we remember that among the aspirants to his Lord ship's succession there are persons, like Lord Ellenho rough, whose fear of a • Catholic question' would cause them to strangle the Reformation itself ; and when we further know that an Ellenborough Ministry would, in stead of being, like the present, pressed into the right path, be pressed from that path, we see abundant reason for contentment with things as they are. This feeling is pretty generally the feeling of the country." Such of the Tories as are not goaded on by the lust of office, or blinded by bigotry or party zeal, may discover, like the Standard, "abundant reason for contentment with things as they are ;" for the worst thing that could possibly befal Tory ism would be a Tory majority in the House of Commons. Such an event would prove the defective state of the re presentation, and the necessity of further reform in the people's House so provokingly conclusive, that the whole nation would, in its own justification, make an effort for its correction to which no less injurious manifestation could sti mulate it. The present quiescent state of the country is earl.. butable, not, as the Standard would intimate, to the " go.. neral feeling" of " contentment with things as they are," but to a difference of opinion as to the grievances to be first redressed, and as to the mode by which all abuses may be most effectually removed. Neither is it, as the Globe would have it believed, by " itinerant incendiaries or resi dent demagogues" that the " discontent of the industrious classes" has been principally excited. The cause of pub-. lie discontent has its source far deeper than the mere flashes of incendiary declamation. The discontent arises from a burning sense of wrong, and a strong stimulus from actual physical suffering and privation. Though popular rights have recently attracted a more than ordi nary share of discussion, had the people an adequate provision for their physical wants they would ca c but tittle for the assertion of their abstract rights. This indifference to political station is to us rather a matt, r of regret than of congratulation—it evinces a low state of mental cultivation, and a brutal attachment to animal indulgence. When, therefore, the herald pro poses to " correct" Chartism by education, it recom mends the very application best calculated to give Char tism the faculty of irresistible progression. Such is the opinion of Messrs. Lovett and Collins, to whom the warm est admirers of the Herald will not hesitate to accord the merit of more practical knowledge of Chartism than is possessed by the good old lady, who, in reference to Cli tism, exclaims, "We cry—' correct it.' Teach men that they are something more than blood and bone and sinew ; consider them not as beasts of burthen, but make them feel the true value, the just dignity of labour. Endow them with self-respect, by inculcating within them the ever lasting truth of Christianity ; compel them, by self-exa mination, to know the great end and purpose of their being ; and such knowledge, be sure of it, will be fruitful of a contented and a peaceful spirit." Teach men but this, and will they fur a moment tolerate Toryism ? This is a question which, while it solves the motives of the Tories in resisting education, may furnish she said party ample food for reflection before they endeavour to usurp that losition from which, before a month, the nation would hurl them to irretrievable destruction. (From the Globe.) The Standard bade farewell to the old year, an:l on the threshold of the new, indulged in prognostications and thanksgivings for the prospect unfolded to its view, in strains so singular that, at the first reading of the strange composition, we were absolutely unable to under- stand its design, and were almost ready to aperehendsome hallucination, either in ourselves, or in our Contemporary. That any supposed " progressive improvement in the House of Commons towards a decided Conservative majority," should excite pleasurable sensations, aid in spire grateful thanksgivings in our Conservative Con temporary, would not hive been matter of surprise. The Slumlord, however, finds cause of thankfulness in a circumstance which, we apprehend, had cell«I forth very different sensations in those who have become wearied with looking for a change of Governinen:, and arc now suffering that sickness of heart which is pro duced by " hope deferred." The Standard is absolutely " gratified," and has no alloy in its gratification, " that Lord Melbourne and his colleagues are yet in oiice This feeling does not, however, spring from any liking in our Contemporary towards Lord Melbourne. It has another source—antipathy to Lord Elletibo ough, and to persons likej him I—a remembrance, " that among the aspirants to his Lordship's succession, there are persons like Lord Ellenborough, whose fear of a Catholic question' would cause them to strangle the Reformation itself ; and when we further know that an Ellenborough Ministry would, instead of being, like the present, pressed into the right peth, be pressed from that path, we see abundant reason for contentment with things as they are." We have be come familiar.with all sorts of dangers impending over a Whig Cabinet ; but an " Ellenborough Ministry," struck us as something supremely comical. Suppos ing the Whigs to have all the tenacity of office as cribed to them, the firmest sitter among them may feel, like the Standard, "abundant contentment with things as they are," if sure of his seat till so disp'aced. Our Contemporary, however, will not allow such a hope to be cherished. There is, it seems, little to be ex pected from the ari , stecrac th y e , for Eoiso e t r hei n r Tn h e an , ige e n , t s s u o n n d . The Carlton Club,' with the e so e o Twiss wages gpr offi cial p l e who sal a a r r e y,, p_ panting no to t exchange new spap er we l co me" the Standard's truths, nor aid him in tars Horace bringing about the deliv . erance from Popery which he is raised up to accompilzh. (From the Standard.) Same cases of real or seeming hardship, arising out of proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts,: have been l ately brought forward by the enemies o f t h e Chur ch with great ostentation : the purpose of fthis ex posure bad, but i ts e ff ect w ill probably be Ifex is goa debt be fairly and lally due and the fairn ess and le g al obli gation of the debts in the cases to which we refer is not disputed—i t matters litt l e i n what Court the fair and legal c l a i m be prosecute d, unless, as the process of one C ourt be more effica cious to promote th e en d s of justice on the o ne side, orsnore expensive or otherwise oppressive on the which promises pTrohmeispeslainmtioffst prom pt and ,vial ce r tnaturally rseecloegentistehe his Courtf,tir legal claim, and most speedily to enforce it. The defendant will as naturally complain of his inability to meet the plaintiff' s d eman d —an d i n 19 cases out of twenty, suits eritle out of th e i na bili ty , tern - j porary, or permanent, of the defendant, not out of his perverseness or dishonesty—is farther aggravated by a I reference to a more expensive or troublesome tribunal while another i, at hand. This occ4sicnal oppositioo between plaintiff and dofendant has, however, nothing to do with the quality of the claim or the title of the Court. 'We may justly call the man who wantonly or , maliciously prefers to pursue his debtor in the more ex pensive and troublesome Court, a cruel oppressor. Such men, however, are not often found ; and whether the debt. be for tithe or for a shop account, whether the tri bunal be called ecclesiastical or lay, cannot cause a shade of difference. 'Where, then, lies the evil—far evil there is ? It is not far to seek—one word describes it —costs ; and this word suggests the remedy, namely, a common uniform scale of law costs in all tribunals, to be fixed, not by the Judges of Courts, but by an Act of the Legislature. (From the Courier.) The financial expose of M. Humann to the Chamber of Deputies for the year 1842, amplifying in detail the ravages made in the French Exchequer during the nine months' ministerial labours of M. 'niers, appears to have excited less curiosity than might have been ex pected, eve's although its leading features were before commonly known. It is not so much, however, in re gard to the actual deficit announced for that year that this exposition is deserving of attention, nor for the deficiencies already ascertained for 1840 and 1841, but because it affords the means for a review and appre ciation of the financial state and prospects of France, present and future, as compared with firmer y ears. The total amount of the ordinary and extraordinary expenses iir the year 1842 would, according to M. Humano's estimation, exce, d 1,316,000,0001. (52,640,000/. sterling.) The gross income he took at 1,162,000,000 .. . (46,480,000/. sterling), thus showing a deficit of 154,000,000 f. (6,160,0000 "To meet the extraor dinary expenses called for by the present isolated situa tion of France," said he, " and to continue the great public works already commenced, I propose—first, to devote to the extinction of the deficits of the years 1840, 1841, and 1842, the reserve or surplus of the Sinking Fund from and after the year 1842 ; and secondly, that the Government be authorised to contract a loan of .150,000,0001. for the completion of thoso great works undertaken by the Departments of War, Marine, and Public Works." He added, that" his intention was to . spread the expense of those works over a certain num ber of years," and that "he would shortly submit to the Chamber a special projet de loi with that object." The Minister also stated that he proposed availing hint , :elf of a reserved fund of 120,000,000 f. actually in the treasury, in order to avoid the necessity for contracting a loan under disadvantageous circumstances. Such is the monetary complement of the political exploits of M. Thiers. In order to estimate properly the enor mity of a Budget of 1,316,000,000 of francs for the year 1842 it is necessary only to collate it with those of preceding years, which we find thus exhibited in the Commerce : That for 1837 amounted to 1,027,000,000 1838 1,039.000,000 1839 1,068 000.000 1840 1,100,000,000 1841 1,115,000,000 1841. The estimates for the Marine are 113,290,000 f., or upwards of 4,520,0001. These estimates will only be required if the present electives under the land and sea ee7vice be rmintained in 1842, 17, , h;ch we do not antieipace, and they are so far beyond the expense of supportieg a peace establishment, that we should expect the Finance Minister of France for 1842 would then find his revenue aad expenditure within the limit of the sixty-four millions of francs declared to be their juxta-position under a peace establishment, setting aside extraordinary charges. M. Hurnann does not propose to stop the works of peace. be cause he expects that peace will be maintained. On the same principle be should have discontinued the extraordi nary expenses of war, because he tells us that war will not take place. tie does not, we regret to observe, propose new taxes, but says there is something else to be tried, which consists in amending the system pursued in collect ing those which exist, SJ as to strengthen the receipt of taxes, and generabze the applicatiAn of them. The re duction of expenditure, it seems, has always been •. inef fectual" in France. We should, therefore, suppose that it has never been applied with selleient. vigour in that country. The remittances of specie from the United States to Europe at this season of the year, estimated at near ly $400,000 during the first ten days of last month, have at tracted atteation here, as leading to an impression that, if continued for any length of time, they might embarrass the American bank in resuming specie payments. There is no cause for alarm on that ground, for there is a huge supply of specie in the United States, and when the spring sets in the drain of it will terminate, if not before Cuttou will then be sent forward, aff.rding abundant means for bills to draw against. About this period there is always a deficiency of bills from the dullness of trade, and a larg ° demand for remittances to pay the dividends falling due 'on State Stocks. 1842 1,316,000,000 The annual expenditure, therefore, will have increased in six years by nearly 300 millions of francs, or in English money, in round numbers, 12,000,000/. These resu•ts are aulliciantly serious to awaken the anxieties of reflecting minds in that country, eve❑ though the fact be, as stated, that a considerable portion of this excess for 1842 may be classed under the head of " ex traordinaries," and not likely to recur again, should the general peace remain undisturbed, at least not to the same extent. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (FRIDAY EVENING.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. SII ER IFF.s' CO UR T. STANLEY V zikuEtEwicz. vessel. hi this case Mr. MILLER appeared as Counsel far the plaintiff, a printer, residiing in Craven-buidings, Strand ; and Mr. Innis, an attorney, attended on behalf of the Rev. Zieukiewicz, the defendant, who is a Roman Catholic clergyman and a Polish refugee. This action was brought to recover the sum of 191. odd. for printing several numbers of a work called, " The His tory of Poland," and the defendant had paid 21 is into Court, and pleaded payment as to the remainder. Mr. MILLER stated that the defendant had employed the plaintiff to print a " History of Poland" in weekly numbers, at threepence each, or in monthly shilling parts. Ho proposed bringing out the work in shares. The printing of the numbers, it was agreed, should be done for 21 15s. per week, and the plaintiff was to take two shares of 11 each in the walk. Alter the publication, however, of the first monthly part, the plaintiff found that he could not go on upon these terms, and it was then arranged between him and Dr. Zieukiewiez, that he should be pail in full for the future printing, although his name should continue ainang the list of shareholders. '1 he plaintiff likewise printed some fancy wrappers fur the defendant, and had made some considerable corrections in the History at the doctor's re quest, which items amounted in the whole to the sum claimed. A compositor, named Ball, in the plaintiff's employ, proved the work done, and said that he heard the defendant promise, on his " conscience," to pay the plaintiffs de mand in as short a time is possible. Dr. Zieukie aiez complained of not being able to get in the money for the first part of the History of Poland until the second part was in the hands of the booksellers. _ _ Other witness,. s proved admissions of the defendant of his liability. Mr. Innis put in the receipts, identified by Ball, which acknowledged cash payments to the amount of 9/ 195., shares 13/. 125., and los. for advertisements, which he contended more than covered the plaintiff's demand. The doctor, however, valued his reputation wore than his life and as he was excessively tenacious of his character, he ( Mr. ',ibis) had paid 21. Is. into Court, in the hope that it would put an end to the litigation, although the plaintiff was not entitled to a farthing. He should prove that the defendant received a stipena of only 26/. per year from the Polish Association, and that be had been induced by the solicitati,tis of several friends and the plaintiff to write a History of Poland, the expenses being undertaken to be paid by those who advised him to commence the work. Mr. lanis also submitted that the plaintiff, as one of the partners in the work, could not sue his co-partner, the defendant. TIME S.—lt is obvious, from the remarks made in the City on the proposed New French Loan, as described in the Paris papers, that very little indeed of English capi tal is likely to be attracted towards it. So much is the case otherwise, that those who had invested their money under a different state of things in the public securities of Fiance are losing confidence, and withdrawing their capi tal This has been in oi , eration now during some months, and there probably has not been any period since the nego tiation of the great French Loan by Messrs. Baring, in 1818, after the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, in which so small an amount of English cepital has been in Bribed in the " Great Book" of the French debt. Leaving this dis trust out of the question, there have been so many new channels opened for the employment of money at home, that all foreign loans will labour, for some time to come, under peculiar discouragement. The amount of Trinity bonds to be brought into circu lation is now stated not to exceed 400,000/., and the greater part of them, if not the whole, are said to have been taken. The lenders on them have the option of any term, not less than one, nor more than seven years, and the bonds will be redeemable on six months' no:ice being given, after the period first agreed upon has expired. They Lear interest at 4. per cent., payable half-yearly, by coupons attached to the bonds, and have the convenience of being made pay able either to bearer, or specially, as may be desired. This would make them occasionally useful as remittances abroad, hut the limited amount will make them compara tively of little impartancs, and no influence on the general money-market is to be anticipated from them. Money was inquired for a good deal to-day by the job bers, and the rate obtained in the English market was 5 per cent. ; in consequence of this, the value (..f . Exchequer_ bills edsanced to 4s. to 6s. premium ; and in the opinion of th.) leading brokers, there is no probability of a decrease either in demand or rate till after the payment of the Ja nuary dividends, which takes place on the Bth instant. In Consols very few bargains were made, but the price was , 1 firmer at the dose of business than previously. The earlier price was 88i to but left off 881 to j-; Three per Cents. Reduced were quoted 89: the Three-and.a- Half par Cents. Rsdueed 974 to i; Long Annuities (ex- piring the sth of January, 1860). 13 ; Long Annuities (expiring the 10th of October, 1859), 12i ; and Bank Stock, 157 to 158. Although the business done in the foreign stocks was not of any large amount, the greater share was devoted to speculation in Spanish, but not with the advance of either yesterday or the day before. On the contrary, the market for that security has shown symptoms of unsteadiness once or twice during the day, and the principle of fluctuation was evidently downwards. The patience of the military and naval claimants on Portugal seems to be nearly exhausted, and they complain bitterly of the long time that has elapsed since the appoint ment of the Commission, without the slightest appearance of any thing being done fur their benefit. Four months ago it was said that Lord Palmerston had a private inter view with the offs Hers of the Committee, and then told them that the Coeirnission would sit immediately, and it seems that the Portuguese Commissioner when applied to says he is only waiting for the English Commissioner, Mr. Alcock. As it is generally believed that the Corn mia,ioners arc in the full receipt of their salary, this de lay, without any definite cause being alleged, becomes more and more wearisome. Many of the soldiers being in the most wretched state of poverty, feel that the incle m2ncies of the present season should give an additional stimulus to activity on the part of the Commissioners. The UNDER- SHERIFF said that the defendant had given no evidence of a partnership having existed. Mr. MILLER then made some severe strictures upon the "conscience" of a Roman Catholic priest, as illustrated by the defendant's non-performance of his promise ; and said that the income of Dr. Zieukicwics had been misrepre sented, as, in addition to his allowance as a Polish refugee, he could obtain a considerable sum for discharging the re ligious duties of a Roman Catholic priest. I'h3 UNDER SHERIFF having summed up, the Jury, with out hesitation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, 151 17s. CHRONICLE —The expo:6 of the French Minister of Finance, announcing that he should require authority to negotiate a loan of 450,000,000 f. (18 , 000,0001. ), pro duced a temporary flatness in the funds this morning ; but when it was understood that there were large means at present in the Treasury, that the period for issuing the loan was not fixed, and might be remote, prices rall.ed. The statement of M. Humann has removed the fears of an immediate issue of a loan, and as many people think knot perhaps without reason) that he makes the case quite as bad as circumstances justify, it is not impossible that he may ultimately Iliad a creation of relays for a small amount will suffice. If the pair: armee should be abandoned, and the military and naval strength of the country placed upon a peace establishment, it is clear that the cause fur the items of the extraordinary Budget in respect of war and marine will eras.) to exist long before 184' , ; and as there is good reason to expect that France will speedily disarm, we cannot but look upon the array of figures brought forward by M. Humeral as having been marshalled to produce a certain effect upon the economi cal dispositions of his countrymen. M. Humann states, we perceive, that the revenue, in spite of its progressive improvement, no longer suffices for the ordinary expenses of the State, and asks fur au thority to inscribe on the great book of the public debt and to negotiate with publicity and co m p et i t i on , t h e sue ; of rentes necessary to bring t ) the treasury, as the result of the operation, a capital of 450,000,000 francs, which, he says, will be actually " absorbed by the works for which they are required ;" but then he adds, " the realization of a loan will not be immediate, and that there is a reserve in the treasury of 120,000,000 francs, (4,600,0001.); therefore he had not demanded any credit fur the service of rentes to be negotiated, and only claimed the faculty of creating them by Royal ordonnance, if ne cessary, without waiting for further legislative sanction. For the present, M. Ullmann will be able to conduct the public business with the 120,000,000 of francs reserve, and a credit for 250,000,000 francs of Treasury bonds (10,000,0000, waiting until the confirmation of peace shall enable him to complete the loan, when the funds have risen to their prop.ir value. There is an unusual degree of naivete in this last explanation of the Finance Minister of France ; an exposure of what he means to do on the Money Mal ket, which would be looked upon amongst pub lic men in this country as evincing a want of the lances sary official mystery. Certainly it is not the best way to produce a rise in the rentcs to inform the public that, so soon as they reach a fair pi ice, there is a loan to a large amount to be brought forward, if he really be serious in his declared purpose of raising one. M. Ilumann might have remained satisfied with the au thority, by Royal ordonnance, to create the miles, and kept the public in the dark as to his future intentions. This declaration of the Finance Minister leads to an in ference that, even if peace be confirmed, which no one doubts, a loon will be required; for M. Humann says, in as many words, " We shall defer our loan until the con firmation of peace enables us to bring it out on better terms. For the present there is bullion in the Bank of 'France, with whose support, advanced against a deposit of Treasury bonds, we shall manage to keep things moving." Calculated upon a peace establishment, It Is stated by M. Uhlmann that the insufficiency of ways and means is only 34,000 000 f. (2,560,000/.) against which there will be the sinking fund, available in 1842,t0 the amount of 90, I 78,9621., or say : 1 ,600,000/. ; but then it appears that there is an old arrear of 256,000,000 of francs to be supported, and a ()Tent of 4,000,000 f. for public works. The estimates of ' the War Department, however, are calculated at 36-1,718,301 f., upwards of 14,560.0004, being an excess 0f 113,177,61 01 . beyond the credits originally opened for THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1841. Dryad. We can prove the receipt of the whole of the meney of which the Insurance offic,3s were plundered, 0 , 1,1 the aprproprioion of it. Sir PETER LAURIE said that he had received a com munication from an Insurance office at Liverpool upon the subject of a loss sustained by the sinking of another Mr. Clarkson—ls that the Lucy ? Sir PETER LAURIE—No. Mr. Farquhar, the soli citor to the Neptune Insurance Company has the letter. Mr. C. Phillips submitted that any allusion to cases not immediately before the Magistrate was calculated to excite a prejudice against his clients. Mr. Clarkson said it was by no means his intention to strengthen the impressions against the p r i soners by re ferenc€ to the other transaction. Sir PETER LAURIE.—I shall be satisfied if you prove that the man and boy who are able to give evi dence of the loss of the ship are expected. Mr. Bodkin said that satisfactory evidence to that effect should be given. _ . _ Mr. Phillips (solicitor to the General Maritime In surance Company) then deposed that he had commu nicated with the Board of Admiralty on the subject of the seaman on board the Rodney, who was stated to have witnessed the loss of the Dryad. He had me morialized their Lordships, praying that the seaman referred to should be brought to England from the Mediterranean, to give evidence as to the loss of the Dryad ; and the answer of their Lordships was their consent, with the understanding that if any extraordi nary expense was incurred the Company should de- _ . fray it. Mr. C. Philips observed, that the statement just made was but a flourish of trumpets. Mr. Clarkson—We are ready to go fully into the case at this moment, with the exception of which I have already spoken. Is it the wish that we should do so? Sir PETER LAURIE.—There is no occasion at all. I shall remand upon my own responsibility, if I am sa tisiled on the points of which you havo spoken. Mr. C. Phillips—A, man who is supposed to have w:tnessed the loss of the Dryad, is supposed to be on board the Rodney, up theNlediteranean. Is that slit- ficient to justify a remand for such a length of time, and a refusal to take bail. Mr. Bodkin—We have communicated with his fa• mily, and we know from his wife that he is on board the Rodney. We have searched the ship's books and we find her account is correct, and we have the mate of the Dryad here, who will prove that the man was on board that vessel. Mr. C. Phillips and Mr. Humphrey, wished to have the depositions which had already been taken, in order to apply upon them to the judge for the purpose of bailing the prisoners. Mr. Clarkson said it was understood when the charge was first made that the a itnesses should be required to state no more than was considered necessary to justify postponements until the whole of the evidence should be ready. Mr. Hobler, probably had entered in his book no more than a mere outline of what had been stated in conformity with that understanding. Mr. Hobler said, that what had already taken place had been stated in a rapid and informal manner, but he lied, he believed. taken do, vii tho leading features. Sir PETER LAURIE—Does the mate, who has al lready given evidence, know that the seaman was on board the Dryad ? Mr. Clarkson—We were just going to call him to give evidence to that effect. Here Rowland Max,vell, the mate of the Dryad, was called, and upon being shown the name of the seaman ir. the Admiralty letter stated that that seaman was on board the Dryad with him, and he believed subsequently. Mr. Clarkson said that the prosecutors had used all necessary diligence and activity to obtain witnesses, as the solicitors could prove. Mr. Phillips (the solicitor) stated that in addition to what had already been stated, placards had been exten sively issued in the seaport towns, offering a reward of 10/. to any seaman who would come forward to give evidence that he was on board the Dryad when she was lost. Mr. Kelly, a person employed for the prosecution, stated that he had traced out the relatives of the boy who was stated to have been on board the Dryad when she was lost, and was at present in communication with the boy's lather, who was assisting him in the search. It had been ascertained that ti e boy had been seen in Liverpool a fortnight or three weeks ago. Sir P. LAURIE said he knew well how difficult it was to get hold of witnesses so liable to be scattered about the world. Mr. C. Phillips—The prosecutors cannot surely final any difficulty in procuring witnesses when they could fix upon the sisters of the prisoners themselves. Mr. Kelly (the witness) said that a seaman who had been on board the Dryad when she was lest was also expected in about five weeks. Mr. Bodkin said it might be necessary to apply to hive the prisoners remanded still further. They must remain in prison until the arrival of the necessary wit nesses. In a case of lelony ►f it were proved that a necessary witness were in Russia, it must be remanded until the witness should have time to return, after due notice. Mr. Clarkson declared that the case against the prisoners was a great deal stronger than it was supposed to be from the evidence and statements already pro (laced. It we have the evidence required before the time appointed for the final examination we shall give notice to the solicitor for the prisoners. Mr. C. Phillips—Very well. In the meantime we shall apply to a Judge to take bail, Sir PETER LAURIE.—I hope you will, a Judge may do what Ido not consider myself at liberty to do. De pend upon it that I shall not consent as take bail such a ease. Mr. Philiips—Wilat is the reason the prosecutors have taken their own principal witness, the mate, into custody ? W►ll they tell us why they have done that ? I understand that they actually apprehended him after his examination was taken here. Air. Clarksan—lf it is considered by you necessary to go into the whole of the case, I repeat to you that lam ready. We happen to know who called upon the mate, anti for what purpose, and what they said. S:r PETER LAURIE--C ►n you prove that none of the goods which were insured at the offic:s of the prosecu tors were on board the Dryad ? Mr. Ciar kmn—C itainly. Mr. Kelly can prove that. Mr. Kelly stated that he was formerly clerk to Messrs. Zulieta and Co., who chartered the Dryad from Liverpool to St. Jago de Cuba. He produced the ontvoice of all the goods on board the Dryad. That. Ve.S:':ei was only two-thirds full, and there were no goods on board except those specified in the outvoiea. The statements made by the Mate, the Captain of the Bencoolen, and the witnesses who insured for the pri soners upon goods supposed to have been on bo ird the Dryad, were then read over and signed by the several individuals brought forward for the prosecution, and the prisoners were remanded until the commencement of February. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES.—A man of rather dashing appearance, named Rickard Moore, was brought up by Daniel and William Forrester, the officers, charged with having uttered several notes purporting to be the issues of country banks.—Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the prosecution, stated that the case was one of an extraordinary description. The prisoner had gone into a gambling-house in Leicester-square, and with a num her of notes, purporting to he the notes of the Man chester and other country banks, played and lost a considerable sum, which he paid in those notes. Next day the man of the house, to whom the notes were lost, cause :with his servant into the City, and at the same time that he sent his man to one banking-house, at which some of the notes were payable, lie went himself to Barclay's, and got cash foe a 10/. Manchester note, which was soon afterwards found to he a forgery. The Farresters were then employed, and the owner of the gambling-house was taken into custody, and in conse quence of the information and description given by that person, the prisoner Moore was apprehended. Moore, upon being taken, said he had been ruined by gatnbiing•houses, and be determined to do all he could to recover his property by playing with fictitious notes. The prisoner was remanded. GUILDHALL. Charlotte Brown made her appearance for about the seventieth time, to answer the charge of Mr. Crouch, the landlord of the Golden Ball, Cow-lane, she having wilfully broken seven panes of glass, value 50s. The act was proved by the servant of the prosecutor, act' admitted by Charlotte herself, who said she did it because she was refused a drain of rum. Mr. Alderman FAREUROTHER ordered her to pay 501., or go to Bridewell for two months. Charlotte—God bless you, Alderman Farebrother, but why not make it three instead of twu?—(Laughter.) Mr. Crouch said that when those smashers of win dows came out they have a standing toast, " Success to the merciful Aldermen for their lenient sentences." Alderman FARErtitoTHER said they ought to change their toast, and drink " Success to the Act of Paha m.mt," to the extent of which he had gone. S , vi.ral other persons were brought up on charges of dr u. kermess and disorderly conduct, and among them se tic wed-dressed females were implicated. MARYLEBONE. alms llolenliam was summoned by Andrew Groves, eau-drirer, for refusing to pay him his legal fare. Andrew Groves said that he had driven Miss Boten ham and another young lady from Titchfield-place to Gloucester-place, New-road, early in the evening, and Lad called for them again at a quarter-past eleven, and driven them back to Titchfield-place. The fare was Bd. one way and 83. the other, and the same sum for back fare, which made altogether 2s. The young lady had given him Is. 63., and though he had called for tie remainder once in the morning and once in the evening, the money had not been given. A Mr. Philip Janvers, at whose house the young ladies had been paying a visit, informed Mr. Hardwick O:Et Miss Botenham was out of town, but that her sister v. Lo was the other young lady referred to, was present and would explain the matter. Mite Ellen Botenham, who apieared to have a eon- stitutional horror for cabmen and all " that sort of people," explained to the Magistrate, that in the first t 11.7! cabmaa asked, '‘ Will you call again at a quarter past eleven ?" and uptnl Yes," Is. 6d. was given to him, thocgh this wa. twopence more than his fare. When he set them down on the second occasion, he said the eighteen -pence was not enough, he must have more, and was told to call again. " We, of course," said Miss Botenham, " (IA not know anything about back fare," and when he called in the morning he asked four shillings ; but as they were not up, he was told to call again. Ha called about six the evening, but it being dark, and being otherwise engaged, and to talk to cabmen after dark being not exactly the thing, ha was again put off. The next thing heard of him was the summons. Mr. HARDWICK inquired how Groves came to ask four shillings? Groves said he charged this for his time of waiting and for the trouble they had given him ; and in answer to a further question of why he had not ex plained about back fare to the ladies on the first occa sion, said that he would have done so to the ladies, but they ran into the garden and shut the gate, and it was only by dint of ringing that he brought out the ser. vant, to whom he explained it, and who told him to call again. Mr. HARDWICK said that by charging four shillings he had put himself out of Court. He wished the cab man distinctly to understand that he never would allox for time intervening between the first and second con veyance of a fare, unless there was a special agreement to that effect. A person who desired a man to call for him at a certain hour, did so to save the trouble of send ing a servant out for a cab, and the cabman was at per fect liberty to take up another fare, and therefore suited his own convenience about calling again. Unless, there fore, there was a special contract to the effect that the cabman was to wait and call at a certain hour, he would never allow fur this intermediate time. The case was, therefore, discharged. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. On Saturday Jahn Reid was opposed by Mr. Cooke on the part of a person named Vinson, and supported by Mr. Woodrooffe. There were some curious features in this case. The insolvent, a Scotchman, had been a journeyman baker, and afterward became a manufacturer of" paper bags," for bakers and others. He issued cards as a general printer, and his description in the schedule was not in accordance with the card he had printed. The op posing creditor was a printer, and had been in partner ship with the insolvent, wham he sued for a sum which the insolvent declared he did not owe. A verdict was obtained, and the insolvent had been three months in prison ; he owed besides but a few pounds. A long investigation took place respecting some money received by the insolvent after the death of his mother, and some money which was placed in a savings bank. The principal witness called was a printer named Seaman, who had worked with the insolvent. Ile de clared that the insolvent had told him he would never pay the claim, and meant to take the " benefit." He told witness that it was an easy mateer to pass through the Insolvent Debtor's Court, and that he came too far north not to be able to throw dust in your eyes. Mr. Cooke—What did he say ? Witness—He said he came too far north not to be able to throw dust in the oyes of the Commissioners, whom he called "old buffers."—(Loud laughter.) Mr. Cooke said it was a vulgar phrase. Mr. C4oke relinquished his complaint as for a vexatious defence: and confined his inquiries respecting p roper t y . The insolvent, in his evidence, contradicted the evi dence gisen by Seaman, shorn he had assisted. The Court e ventually held that the description was bad, and remanded the insolvent to amend the seine, and to re-advitise it. lie was sent to prison for about another month. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE, On S iturday Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace, Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, and James Stott. who have been charged with extensive frauds upon Insu rance Companies, and with having been parties to the destruction of the sh'p Dryad, for the purpose of effect ing those frauds, were brought up for further examina tion. Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Laurie, ap peared for the Insurance Companies, to which Mr. Phil lips and Mr. Farquhar attended as solicitors. M. Charles Phillips attended for the prisoners, to whom Mr. Humphreas and Mr. Nobler, jun., acted assoli citors. Sir PETER LAURIE presided. The crowds in the Justice.room and the Hall were quite overwhelming. Mr. CLARKSON stated that the presence of the two ladies who are under recognizusce s to appear had been dispensed with on the present occasion. They had made such a statement since their appee.rance before the Lord Mayor us to ide it unnecessary for them to appear. What that statement was he, would not say, but the prosecutors believed it to be true, and that their brothers had induced them to lend themselves to a certain extent to the transactions in which they were accused of having been engzged. The prosecutors were therefore willing that their recognizances should be enlarged until the final examination, which under existing circumstances could not take place, in all probability, until the com mencement of the February Session, in consequence of the absence of an indispensable witness. Sir PETER LAURIE—Then let it be understood that the ladies are to come up on the day of final examination. Mr. Clarkson said it was due to one of the gentle men (Mr. Humphreys) who were engaged on the other side, to state that the moment that gentleman found that the ladies wished to make a staeinent with refer ence to the charg e aga i nst the other pr i soners , he, with the feeling which always marked his conduct, considered that it would be inconsistent with his situation to ap pear for them, an d i mmediately dec li ne d t o ac t i n their behalf, as h e was gag With respect t o t h e prisoner Stott, h e h a d t o s t a t e that the prosecutors were d i sposed to perm it th a t prisoner to be discharged, upon procuring suf fi c i ent b a il. The se curities required would be Stott himself to the amount of 1,0001., and two sureties to the amount of 500/. each, to appear when ca ll e d upon. Mr. C. Phillips— any amount ; b u t i s i t not excess i ve, an d w hy demand such heavy bail ? He is a bl e to find bail to that or Sir P. LAURIE -4 consider two sarctics in 3001. eaci: quite sufficient. Mr. Hobler, sea ., said that the b a il wa s ready, and the prisoner Stott was i mmediately or d ere d from the bar. Mr. Clarkso n t h en said that t h e s t a t e ments which hail been made t o t h e Counsel for t h e prosec ution, dis closed matters o f the great e st importance a g ainst the two prisoners, but, from the circumstances, be was not able to prove the facts alleged a gainst them on that day. It was required thit they should show the loss of the vessel. They had found that there was a person On board her NI ije sty ' s ship R o d ne y, up the Mediter ranean, who had been i n t h e D r y a d at the time she was destroyed. Th ey with regard t o th e seaman promptly forthcoming. Th e A dmiralty upon b e i n g applied to had a l so f oun d that a boy who had been on board th e D ryad at the same t ime, was traced to Manchester. Th at boy ' s father was communicated with on the subj ect, and the boy wou ld probably be for him, and upo n hi s arrival the case wou ld be perfect. Mr. su ggested C. Phillip s conse nted to send the propriety of showing grounds by evidence for such a long remand as was applied for. Mr. Clarkson — Certainly. We are in a condition at this moment to prove every thing but the loss o: the Q UEEN- S Q UA RE. Oa Saturday afternoon a respectably attirod middle aged man, presented hitt self before Mr. Burrell, the sitting Magistrate, and claimed that gentleman's pro tection from his wife and relations. Mr. BURRELL wished to know the applicant's reason for desiring his protection. Applicant said that his wife and his brother-in-law had conspired tozethrr to throw him into Bedlam ; and he at that moment did not dare to go home, lest they should take him off at once. Mr. BuiutELL—What's your name, where do you reside ? Applicant—My name is Richard Fortescue. I am a broker, and live at No. `?5, High street, Knights bridge ; and my solicitor, Mr. Kemp, of Trevor-square, Knightsbridge, advised me to come here. Mr. BuaaELL—Why do your relations wish to send you to a lunatic asylum ? Mr. Fortescue—Why, they say I squander all my money in building houses, but I'm sure I don't. I've worked twenty hours a day for nearly twenty years. Mr. BUREIELL-Well, really I don't see what I can do for you. I don't think your relatives wish to con fine you. Leave your address, and I'll see that you are not molested. Mr. Fortescue—But, your Worship, the keepers are waiting at home for me now. Besides, I've something else to tell you. My wife and her re lations robbed me of 20/. worth of goods yesterday, and you must send an nil - leer with me to search them. The applicant, who bad hitherto spoken pretty collectively, now commenced a long ranililing story. in which he said he bad been repeatedly shut out of his own hi,use, deprived of his meals—that his wile pocketed the proceeds of the shop, and had enlisted a number of apple and orange women to go about and tell the tradesmen in the neighbourhood that he was insane ; and that he had also found out that she was unfaithful to him. Mr. BURRELL expressed himsolf satisfied of the ap plicant's insanity, and, after wasting a considerable further portion of his time, persuaded him to withdraw. Mr. Fortescue had scarcely left the presence of the Magistrate before another person claimed his attention, and said that the man who had just left him was really mad. Mr. BuitaELL—Who are you, Sir ?—Applicant—l I'm the brother of the person who has just made a complaint to you. He escaped from our custody about an hour since, and imagining he would apply to some Magistrate, I came here after him. The MAGISTRATE desired the brother to explain the whole affair.—The brother then went into a long statement, the substance of which was that some time back Mr. Fortescue began to act in a very strange manner. He spent his money in the most lavish manner, neglected his business, and drove coaches about the streets, carried whoever liked to ride in them, and treated them. He would come in at all hours of the night, and would sometimes assert that his wife robbed him. Then he would not let her serve in the shop, but locked her up for days together in the draw ing-room, or parlour. She was at present in confine ment, and had bean so for the last four days. Mr. Fortescue here re-entered the office, accompa nied by his son, a fine little boy. Upon perceiving his brother, he said, " That's one of the conspirators. He wants to rob me of my business." Webster, one of the ushers of the court, informed the Magistrate that the brother-in-law of Mr. Fortescue was a highly respectable man ; he had two large bak, r's shops in Marylebone. Mr. Fortescue—" Yes, he's very respectabie ; but he wants to get my business." Mr. BUSUtELL said he believed that Mr. Fortescue' brother cnly interfered to save his sister and family from ruin ; and desired that gentleman to state what measure had been taken in respect to Mr. Fortescue.r Toe brother-in-law said that two medical men, Dr M'Grath, of Cranbourne•alley, and Mr. Jones, of Charles -street, Middlesex Hospital, had seen Mr. For tescue, pronounced him insane, and given the necessary document to enable them to put him into Bethlehem. Mr. BURRELL asked why the relatives had not pro cured the attendance of two neighbouring meeical mea, who might have had an opportunity of seeing Mr. For tescue occasionally instead of fetching them from a dis tance. The brother-in-law said Dr. M'Grath was a most intimate friend of Mr. Fortescue's. Mr. BuaßELL—When do you propose taking your brother to Bethlehem ? Brother-in-law—To-night, Sir, if the bond is signed, it requires the signature of two clergymen. One has signed, and we are waiting for the other. Mr. Edwards, the chief clerk, explained to the Ma gistrates that the Governors of Bethlehem would receive no p itients unless their relatives gave a bond, that they would at the expiration of a twelvemonth fetch away thc person they were desirous of confining. The son of Mr. Fortescue was put into the witness box ; and in reply to the Magistrate, said it was true his mother was confined, and that he was afraid of his father. Mr. BURRELL desired Mr. Fotteseue's brother-in law to take him with him, and put a keeper over him until he was removed to Bethlehem. Mr. Fortescue, who at first positisely refused to leave the Court, was at length persuaded to accompany his brother home. William Horton, the proprietor of an omnibus, tra velling from Kentish-town to the Elephant and Castle, attended before the Magistrate to receive judgment on an offsncrs alleged to have been committed by him, and the particul irs of which appeared about a fortnight since. The prosecution was at the suit of Byers, the offence being that of delaying for nine minutes on his journey facing the Silver Cross. It may be remem bered that it was set up in defence that the omnibus proprie • tors had threatened to leave Mr. Jarvis's office (the Silver Cross) if he suffered Horton to book there", in consequence of which the latter was denied the privilege of plying for hire facing the office, and summoned for doing so ; but the Magistrate, on hear ing the case pro and con., expressed a great disinclina tion to convict, and adjourned it till this day. Mr. BURRELL inquired whether any arrangement had been come to. Mr. Humphries, on the part of Horton, said there had not, although his client was very desirous of having the thing adjusted. He wanted what he had a right to—the power of earning his living as well as other, proprietors, and he was willing to pay as others did, and be subject to the same regulations ; but it appeared that he was not to have it, and was by these prosecu tions debarred of the power of running his vehicle upon the road, which was common and open to all. Byers said he had nothing at all to do with his leave to be at the Silver Cross. All he knew was, that defendant came in at the same time as another omnibus, and a continual disturbance was the result. Hu (de fendant) might go to another booking-office within a few yards, where he would interfere with nobody. Mr. Humphries observed that was a very good rea son why he should not go there. It was defendant's object to ply at the Silver Cross, the great mart for om nibus passengers. After some further observations of a similar charac ter, Mr. Barrel regretted that this could not be ar ranged, and said as lie was bound in law to cor.vict, he must impose the penalty of lOs. Mr. Humphries tht n said his client had a complaint against the driver of one of the opposition omnibuses, for having driven across him, and damaged his property. The conductor to the person charged said he was not in attendance. Mr. Fisher, the person complained of, wished for time. Mr. Humphries objected to this, unless they paid the expenses of the witnesses' attsndaner. This they, by the advice of Byers, refused to do, and the conductor was about making his exit, which would at once have put an end to the case, when Mr. Humphries observed," Stop that man and swear him." The conductor came back, and the oath was administered. " Now, on your oath, where did you get the summons from that you brought here to-day ?" inquired Mr. Humphries.—" From Mr. Fisher," replied the conductor. Mr. Humphries—Then that's a good proof of service, and I submit that I can go on with the case in defend ant's absence. The Magistrate was of the same opinion, and the charge was gone into, from which it appeared that de ' MORNING EDITION. fendant (Fisher) on last Saturday drove by J. licrteo.. and, turning short across him, damng:N.l Lis c , !.11;i ..:nd laid up OtIC of his horaes.—Pre4 was given of chi; ciao rnage cone by a veterLary .-.urg, en Acid a coachm:_ker. The anrount was 3/. 11s. 6d.—Mr. BURRELL adjudged Fisher to pay this amount, and would have allowed ex penses, but that Horton very good-naturedly refused to receive them. THE MARKETS-SATURDAY. NEINGATE AND LEA DENHALL. The supplies of meat were large, the trade very dull, and prices declined 2d per stone on .11 descriptions. 13eef, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mu:ton, 3s 4d to 4s 81; Veal, 3s l 0 i to 5s 8d; and PJrk, 3i 6d to 4s 6d, per stone of 81b. Game and Poultry in large supply, the trade bought very sparingly, and prices were lower. A great porti,m was old. TEA MARKET. The market was firm for Free Trade, and a fair amount of business was transacted. Company's Congou pro duced 2a lid per lb. cash. The deliveries from the ware houses were large.. TALLOW MARKET. There was little business done in Russian, and prices as sumed a downward tendency; the nearest price was 47s for P. Y. Candle on the spot ; and 47s 9d for delivery. The deliveries from the warehouses have been small this week. FRUIT MARKET. Prices are on the decline for both Currants and Raisins ; the demand very limited, rnd the stock large. SPIRIT MARKET. The demand steady for Rum, and prices firm. Brandy dull of sale, but prices were firm. WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. The demand for all kinds of Meat was dull, but the supply not being large, former rates were generally sup ported. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, 21. Bd. to 4J. Veal, 4s. to 59. ; Polk, 39. 6d. to ss. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARCET. There was a good demand for Hay during the week, and although the supply has been large, still prices havo been maintained. Straw sells freely, and prices keep up. Clover Hg, 5/. ,to rl. ; Meadow Hay, 41. to 41. 134. ; Straw, 11. 12s. to 11. 14s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beane. 1 . • 4. to , t, 44 5•? 44 46 12 *9 4U -°' El 9 4B _42 -- 48 52 40 42 30 44 48 50 40 42 44 52 43 5 1 47 L 0 36 441 - 43 • (I. s. a 66 70 Per Bushel Birmingham s. d. s.a.! s. tt. s. d, s. d, G. d. s. d , s. a. 70 79j39 53 140 5491 6 68 EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—Dec. 23 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. First 7og. Pd. 355. tid. 20s. Cd. 42;. Od. S :cow, 62 0 3 0 24 0 411 0 Third 152 0 26 h 20 0 86 0 Average price of Wheat 2/. 15i 31. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, S:C. Beef, per W. weepy. us. ?d. t, Os.7d. Freshßutter, Ib. 0;. Ott. to 15 I • mutton ---- 0 6 0 7 Salt Ditto 0 10 1 1 Veal 0 8 1 0 Ditto, per cv. 0 112 4) 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per d0z.... R 0 I 2 Lamn, per qr. 0 0 0 0 DatStraveLkpl.).... 7 0 11 0 0 42 • Wheat Ditto..., 6 Ii 8 0 I),u4t tern Loaf t) St 0 0 Barley Ditto 5 6 ' I Potatoes, l ;11). «« 0 5 0 0 Hay, 0 0 1 0 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.—Dec. 29. lgrans• 4'2: Oa 40 1 ' 30 0 Per Sack of 2.31,1 b. Imp. Fer Steno r. 4 14iu, tiriP , • it First Oatmeal S,..cond ditto._ trleymeal....... .......... . I 8 I Barley Neal Pcasemeal I 8 0 Pcasemeal Pot Barley from 305. to 50s. per sack. CORNWALL (Calculated at '24 gall MARKETS. lons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. fruro Helstene St. Austell tiodinul ",,iskeartl Latuireston Camelford Pent:nice e. d. to tr. d. —U 7 8 9 0 —0 7 5 0 S C 6 7 6 —0 8 • 68 7 8 66 7 4 MINING INTI r Ores sold at Itel a. d. t• a. d. —0 3 a —0 4 0 —0 3 6 —0 4 0 30 3 6 •0 3 3 3 6 4 I_. 40 4 4 u an ti t y of Cop, Average Produce Qu unity 01 nue Copper Amount of sale. 21.719 .4 s. M Oat:. s. (i. st, s e• 9 6 0 :i 11 0 2 —o :; 0 0 '2 6 —0 0 0 Q 4 2 6 94 3 9 ELLIGEbTCE. ,druth lat week... Tons.Cwt.Qt ? ' 3,2(4 21 4.) , ..7 ... l's7 3 0 , -Average fitandard, 1211. lc. Oa. HAMBURG GR Wheat, Marks 312 to '42 -- Magdeburg 1 4 12 to 351 - Anhalt, white 313 to 354 red 315 to 342 - Brunswick 3O) to 336 -- Mecklenburg 270 to 351 -- Polish SOO to 3.1' , 1 - liolstein Rye, Mecklenburg 231 to 258 Dantzic Elhing and Ko nigsburg Upland Riga COT: Carolina and 'relineslee 7 tA to 9% Georgia. Ist sort ": .► q 2d 3d and 4th COI Nliiicha l" to 13%, Batavia Sumatra — Rio 4% . 5 !4 Bahia SUGAR.—(Wit', Havannah, White Brown 5 61 Rio, White sk4 6!., Brown Manilla. Bros MARKETS. AIN. Barley, Mecklenbargh 151 to 1 69 Magdeburgh 174 to , 7,;. ----- Holstein -- Summer 132 to 1 5 1 Oats, Elder -- Mecklenburg 10 I s 4 to •.4 -- Holstein 1-- East Friesland 1 5 to 1'2 1) a 'Pease, Mecklenburg 210 to r •Zij Beans . ) 25 to Buck Wheat CO to Rapeseed, Hanover Malt Tares VU to 4J ' TON. Maranham t o4 Madras Surats .13 ow Domingo FEE. Domingo ell La Guayra 4li ~, Porto Rico 5 14 „,: Davannah 4% "' h 83 3 thicount.) i Bahia, White 5 5% t u 6 t Brown Pernambuco, White 5% Brown 5 4n, 5 to 634 LETTER OF MARY STUART.—Prince Alec ander Labanoff, who published at Paris in 1839, a cAac'r ton of letters of Mary Queen of Scots, with the titla 0 Lettres inedites de Marie Stuart, accompagnee de diver t ' sea depeches et instructions,' has, we arc informed. I . l " ce continued his researches with indefatigab e zea l and tba most flattering success. He is now in possession of 64 ' copies of letters, with the prospect of a very imports!',' addition. Of these letters some have already appear e d in cliv ferent works : but 134 arc to be found only in books of 01 occurrence, and 406 have hitherto been sh u t u p i n diflcr ol) ,.„ repositories. There are 444 in the French language, 19' in English, 8 in Latin, and 3in Italian The Prir,c o intends to publish the whole collection in the course of Ib ° present year : and it is to be hoped that all persons p O5 " seeei of inedited letters of the Scottish Queen. will , stippl)ing him with copies of such letters enable him t ( complete his very interesting and important publication."' therceurn. SAVED BY A HALTER.—We have often pro' tested against the destruction of human life by the halter , but it is now our pleasant duty to record an instance tD which it was saved by that means. Last Saturday, as th e Marin , r, of Plymouth, was nearing this harbour, the mat sail jibbed, carrying away the run, and threw a young 1 101 overboard. He was taken some distance from the OW; but just he was sinking Captain Clevely cleverly thre„,_' the hitch of a rope round his neck, and in thi s extraorer nary manner rescued the drowning maa from death: -- ' Sunderland Herald. PATENT LEVER WA TCHE'' c ; With silver double-bottom cases With silver hunting cases This celebrated construction (the most accura t e o s n 1 1 %tli e a watch can be made) is now offered, with the latest iw.prol e ments e. the detachsd escapement, j ewe ll e d i n fo hole' caned, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and taining power to continue going while winding up, at the 310' price A printed warranty is given, with fixed terms, on wEleb t he Watches will always receive any attention needed. T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill (S even does 4 from Gracech - arch-street), London, N. B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. THE NEW SCROLL PATTERN SA_ t fitE S' —A. IL SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, No. 14, corp, hill, London, opposite the Ba n k of Englani', have ready t' iir SILVER WAITERS of every size fro;n this elegant D e , Design, the border is after th e s t y l e ci Louis XIV., and th „. centre tastefully engraved by h an d w i th apace for an inserir• tion or for armorial bearings. Salvers. Size. Weight. pri , At 1 New Scroll Pattern 8 in. diameter 12oz.at 103. 6d. £t 1 0 1 ditto 10... . ... .. . 1 ditto 12 30 ... ....... . 15 l i I ditto 15 42 . 2 / 1 1 ditto 18 86 N.B. A Price Cur ren t, stampe d as a Newspaper, illustrs te,. , by drawings, and c on t a i n i ng every i nformation relative, tO, tii purchase of Sil ver or Sheffield Plate, ma y b e h a d nu appb,c tion, or will be s e n t i n t o t h e country, free of pos'age. : l o "/ swor to a paid letter. PAPIER NIACHE TEA TRAYS 60s. the 8 of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior 1.4 1 1 0 Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per dozen ; IfC s ; Poles fa; Window Cu r t a i ns , I inch dii.neter, Is. 3d. per fo ° ,. 2 inches, Is. Sid. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet long., 1 % 4 . Catalogues g ra ti s , conta i n i ng the prices of stoves, fenders'" irons, kitchen utensils, and every article in furnishing mongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Welri-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., at Cliff e H a ll , Y orke-tire, Lady O'Briell° ol a (laughter. On the 28th ult., the lady of W. Peel, Esq., of Liyerto° of a son. On the 29th ult., at Newark, Nottinghamshire, the lad/ ° G. Tallents, Esq., of a daughter. - On the 31st ult., i n R egent ' s-square, the lady of P. S..Dtif°l Esq., of a (laughter. f On the Ist inst., at Miteham, the lady of C. Ring, TN.' Doctor's-commons, of a son. MARRIED. his On the 29th ult., at S t. Mary ' s, Islington, " A'. E. MO 5 , surgeon, of Tonbridge-place, New-road, to Sega l Arm, daug to of the late J. Moats, Esq., of Hythe, 1( . 4,t, 1. On the Ist in s t., at Ch r i stchurch, St. Marylebone,. '• Bf. Bateman, Esq., of the Avenue-toad, Regent's-park, to D l ', „ e l Louisa R osa , only (laughter of the 'fate Lieutenant—Cu°. Blacker, C. 8., Surveyor -General of *lndia. DIRP. On the 29th of December, at her residence, Mill 13( a use., 1 to Cowes, Mary, relict of die late Admiral Osborne, til t ed 87. No her the poor of this town have lost their best friend ; her ine° d d was dish ibuteil to the necessitou s , h er c h ar i ty was•Jkily hoe° by her means. On the ')9th ult., at Bateombe, Somersetshire, th e lief' D Coney, LL.13., 50 years Rector of the parishes of BatrO and Upton Noble, On the 2.5 th inst., at Trevor -square, Brow pton, Ig i nco, re tit , of Lieuttmant- Cc:onel George Tad, late of th e 29 t h R, Leni,a • Priuteii and Published by MURDO YO , 117 0 _,ti° ft ~. 1 Strar:d, at The Sim Officy, No. 112, St/ gill the county of Nicidlesex.—Monitay, Januar", 4, mil • Per Quarter 1 Abing ton Andover Banbury Basi gs toke Cirenc•-•ster Coventry Daventry Derby Howden Hunger ford 31,titon Mai • enhead Nottingham \Vantage Warwick Winchester York L. to s. 51 66 51 60 s•_> 60 , 0 64 52 61 S. to S. 4() 33 41 27 3i :i4 1113 63 72 63 CV; :38 44 :30 PAS 50 6'‘ , liti 741 52 75 51 67 8i 80 - 70 -6) 32 5 35 :18 :15 40 2ti 3C 34 40 31 40 8. to S. 26 34 :6 31 24 29 26 32 79 22 '26 35 28 34 21. 3t 46 •25 33 22 33 25 34 t. 4 32 26 31! 29 38 28 30 I n TEi Two', • 1 1) ill 1111 41)ceil S . 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