The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-20 00:00:00

PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The Tories of South Devon have been entertained by their Representatives, Lord ti'ourtenay and Sir J. Y. Buller. The Times, whence we obtain our information, describes the gathering in the inflated phraseology generally emplOyed in recording events of the kind. The company, large—the viands, excellent—and the cheers, tremendous! The tout ensemble was, in fact, perfectly enchanting. It was " a most important political demonstration"—such as " had not been witnessed for a I long time in the county." As a banquet given to cele brate a great political triumph, by a party which has recently obtained ascendancy in the country, the constituencies of which have recently transferred the Government to its hands, we naturally looked for two things. We ex pected that there would have been a fair portion or professions of constitutional attachment to the Crown, and of cordial congratulation to the Queen and her illustrious Consort, on the recent birth of an heir to the throne of her ancestors. We looked also for a clear exposition of the measures which, in the present ernbarrast•ed state of the trading and commercial interests, and the consequent deep distress of large num bers of the population in the manufacturing districts, the representatives who addressed their constituents en such an occasion would be prepared to propose or support, with a view to their relief. In both these expectations we have been disappointed. The loyalty was cold, even for Conservative temperatu re. The whole of this part of the day's proceedings is aptly, though somewhat ambiguously, disposed of by the reporter in two lines. " The usual loyal and constitutional toasts were proposed and received with due enthusiasm." Whether the scene which the recent Exeter Hospital feast exhibited was repeated, but the description suppressed, as unfit for the public eye; whether the health of her Majesty was received with marked dislike or with cold respect, rendered more invidious by the " continued and uproarous cheering" with which Conservatives deem it consistent with due deco rum to express their relative feelings of attachmen t toward the two illustrious ladies whom they thus usually bring into invidious positions at their feasts, we have no means of knowing. Either may be implied in the phrase, that the "usual toasts were proposed and received with due enthusiasm." The public know what Conserva tives over their cups have deemed due to the pre sent Sovereign. There is nothing in the report of the Devon meeting from which to infer that they have improved in their sentiments; al though, under their changed circumstances, they may have become rather more prudent in their modes of giving utterance and publicity to them. If the loyalty of the Devon Tories was cold, their political orations were equally meagre. Sir It. Peel could have desired nothing more vague than the speeches delivered at this " great political demonstration." STANDARD.—An evening organ of the Op position has returned to the charge upon the Irish appointments. As this accuser has made some remarks of the Standard the pretext fbr its renewal of the war, and charged us with hut partially meeting the case, we shall, as briefly as we may, dispose of all the heads of accusation. First, let us explain that we do not mean to defend the Irish Government from the imputa tion of having preferred Conservatives to office; if the Irish Government had failed to make such a preference, it would stand in need of a defence; it wants none for doing what was merely its duty to the Constitution of the country, and to good fitith between man and man. The members of the Government have been placed in their pre sent elevated station by the Conservative people of the United Kingdom, represented by the great Conservative majorities in the two Houses of Parliament, because they, the Members of the Government, are believed to main tain Conservative principles ; and, in order that they may as far as possible (without injury to the .public service), promote the influence of such principles—and it is ob vious that one of the most effectual modes of promoting the influence of any principles is to encourage them by patronage. We, therefore, are so far from denying that the Administrati on , e i t h er i n Great Britain of in Ireland, has preferred Conservatives in ap pointments to office, that we boast, on behalf of Ministers, that they have made this preference universally when they could do so without harsh ness or injustice; and it is a matter of exultation, that so strong is the Conservative party in quali fications of every kind, that Ministers have been able to make this preference universally without incurring the reproach of a single unworthy or inefficient appointment. All the men who have been placed in office are admitted by the most un scrupulous objectors to be men of fair character, of competent ability, and objectionable upon no other ground than an agreement in political sentiment with the Ministers who have appointed them, and with the great party who have recom mended these Ministers themselves to the fa.- your of the Sovereign. The accusers of the Con servative leaders, who, while these noblemen and gentlemen stood in opposition, tried to injure them by the prediction that in office they would desert both their professed principles and their friends, naturally en.ough wish that the predic tion may be verified ; but it is a little too much to make the non-fulfilment of a slanderous prediction matter of accusation. We come now, however, to th e severa l art i c l es of im peachment brought forward against the Irish Government. They are as follow :—First, Mr. Blackburne, the Irish Attorney-General's ap pointment of his two nephews, the one to be his secretary, the other to be his professional junior. Secondly, the appointment of Mr. Brewster, to be consulting Counsel to the Chief Secretary for Ireland. Thirdly, the appointment of Mr. Lefroy to be Baron of the Irish Exchequer. To these appointments are added, in these lists of wrongs and grievances, the change of the physician and apothecary to the Lord Lieutenant's house hold, and the reduction in the number of stipen diary Magistrates. The alleged oppression of the Tipperary attorney, who was not allowed to make his office of solicitor at the Sessions a sine cure, is no longer insisted on. Now the bare enumeration of such a list of grievances, even were all admitted in the exaggerated shape in which they have been represented, must demon strate upon what trumpery grounds the whole accusation rests. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PortTsm°"Tn, DEC. 17.—The following statement will tend to remov e t h e misconception which appears to exist both at home and abroad as to the extent and object of even incl a tl. the armament fitting out • this and other ports, and will show that, China, there has been nulling the vessels destined for but, excludinr , the equipmecurter whatever of the Navy; special and isolated object, havir China, which is for a ever to European questions, therengh no reference what siderable reduction, especially in th l e ts be 9 a very con- During the last four or five mola Mediterranean. tioned ve.sels, including the Powerful, sB4the _Tidermen on its passage home to be paid off, h __ vhich now aye been paid out of commission : Britannia, l2O ; Bellerophon, 84 , ; Belleisle 79 Q marang, 28 ; Crocodile, 26 ; Tyne, 28 ; e _ , :- ; k,a- Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Edinburgh, 72 u ; serireton, 10 ; 4 9 ; Dido, 9 0 ; Hazard, 18 ; Ringdove, 16 ; Melville' 72 ; Powerful, S 4 ; Castor, 36 ; Carysfort, 2 6 . Ostes' IS ; Forester, 16 ; and Sider, 6; being ail togethe; seven line-of-battle ships, seven frigates, and six 1 3 Q °Ps, carrying 892 guns. The vessels which have been commissioned d ur i ng the same period are : Queen, 110 ; Illustrious, 72; Madagascar, 3g ; Spar tan, 26 ; Thalia, 44 ; Dido, 20 ; Pantaloon, 10 ; Harle quin, 16 ; Malabar, 7 9 ; Warspite, 50 ; Alfred, 50 ; Isis, 44 ; Volage, 26 ; Syren, 16 ; Serpent, 16 ; Belvi dera, 36 ; Formidable, 84 ; Vindictive, 50 ; Cambrian, 36 ; North Star, 9 8 ; L'Aigle, 24 ; Hazard, 18 ; He roine, 10 ; being four ships-of-the-line, 12 frigates, and seven sloops, mounting altogether 896 guns. Of the vessels paid off the following are from the Me terrenean : Britannia, 1 9 0 ; Edinburgh, 72 ; Carysfort, 26 ; Ha zard, 18 ; Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Powerful, 84 ; Tyne, 28 ; Scorpion, 10 ; Bellerophon, 84 ; Castor, 36 ; Dido, 20. Total, five sail of the line, four frigates, and two sloops, mounting altogether, 594 guns. In addition to the foregoing, three more line-of-battle ships have been ordered home ; the Ganges, 84 ; Hastings, 74 ; and Im placable, 74. Of the ships which have been commissioned the fol lowing only are ordered to the Medit erranean, b e i ng two with eOl - battle ships a n d t wo f r i ga t es: —Th e Queen, 110, o the flag of Sir E. O wen ; M ala b ar, 73; Belvidera, ` )6 ; and L'Aigle, 26. Th e so i 16; Harnadron for China are th e C am b r i an, 36; N orth, Star , 28; Dido, 20; llziu.rd, 18 ; Warspite, 50; Syren, lequin, 16; Andromache, 2S; which the _Mada gascar, 4.1 , h as gone to relieve at the Cape of Good Hope; togethe r w i th the Belleisle, Apollo, and Sapphire troop sldps, and the Minden, hospital-sho. Of the other ships commissioned, the Illustrious, 72, has gone to the North American and West Indian sta tion. Tice Spartan, 26, is for the same destination ; Alfred, ica 50, is for South America ; Pantaloon, 10, Coast of Afr ; West Indies, Heroine, 1 0, f or the same ; Serpent, 16, The destination of the Formidable, 84 ; Thalia, 44 ; nolsis, know 44 ; Vind Iticitve, 50 ; an d V o l age, 26 • ' is at present China. t n. s supposed th at some of them are for THE VACANT GARTER. The Duke of Buckingham and Lord Wharncliffe are both das likely to succeed to th e distinguished honour name of being created in that a Knigh noble t of the Garter, a va cancy h av i ng oc- Earl of Westmorrand. curred order by the d em i se of the venerable EVENING SUN LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 18. (Sittings in Nisi Prius at Guildhall before Lord DEN MAN and a Special Jury.) GRECSON AND OTHERS V. RUCK AND OTHERS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) William Field (brother to the last witness)—l was not present at the contract, but I entered it in the book. In the book I entered " bought of Messrs. Gregson and C 0.," but that was not in Mr. Ruck's contract. If the seller authorises me to sell for a bill, it is usual then to name the party sold to. If the seller says he will not take a bill, that means that he will not take a bill himself but it does not prevent the broker taking one, provided he pays the seller at the stipulated time. It is the duty of the broker to make the bought and sold note corre spond where be can; when he sells on different terms from those stipulated by the principal, he cannot make them correspond. Frederick Godsell—l am a wine and spirit broker, and have had a good deal of experience during the 19 years I have been in business. We sometimes sell on comission without naming the principals. When the sellers are not named, and when the sale is on commission. I con sider the broker is the party to be paid. I have acted in that way to a great extent. In the case of the contract put into my hand I should say that Ruck and Co. could only recognise the broker. The brokers would/have to deduct the dock charges before they paid over to their principal. That is always to be understood as a case in which the seller's name is not given up. Even if the seller's name is mentioned, unless it be mentioned in the contract, the practice is as I have stated. By Lord DENMAN-If the seller says he will require cash, and not a bill, the broker may make what arrange ment he pleases with the purchaser. Matthew Clarke, 30 years - a wine and spirit-broker— In a note of the form put into my hand, the payment should be made to the broker, if he delivered the goods. I have known several such cases in the course of my ex perience. It is not customary to sell Colonial produce by bill, but I have seen it done sometimes. My mode of business is always to give up principals. Where the sale is by bill, it is very unusual not to give up the name of the principal. The broker has frequently an interest in the goods, from having made advances to the owner. Charles Sutherland, a broker of 20 years standing, gave similar evidence. For the plaintiff Mr. Cresswell called Air. Bennecraft, a broker of twenty years' standing in the Colonial trade. He thought it was very unusual to sell Colonial produce by bill, or for a broker to draw a bill. lam speaking of rum sold in the Colonial mar ket. If the seller is not named in the contract, and that the buyer is to pay by bill, he must give the bill to the person he buys from. When the broker has made ad vances on the property, I have known him to draw bills. Andrew Johnstone—l have been twenty-three years a broker in East India produce. It is not my prac tice in that branch of the business to sell for a bill. I am not aware that such is the custom of the trade. If the broker sold for a bill the seller is the party who ought to draw it. It is the duty of a broker to enter the names of the buyer and seller in his book. I have known instances of brokers making advances upon Colonial produce. East India rum is an article that has been only within the last few years brought into the market, and the practice is not yet well established. If the prin cipal is not named, and that the broker delivered the goods, he would be authorised to receive payment for them. John Barrow, a Colonial-broker, of 40 years standing —lt is not usual to sell for a bill. It is usual when the sale is by bill for the principal to draw it. Peter Bell—l am a member of the firm of Scott, Bell, and Co. We have lately imported East India rum. We sell at one month's prompt. lam not aware of any in stance of a broker selling rum for the importer to be paid by bill. Henry Gouger—We import a good deal of East India produce. I never knew an instance of selling by bill ; it is always cash on delivery. We almost always give the dock warrant to the brokers, who receive the pay ment, and account to us. George Barton, of the house of Crawford, Colvin, and Co.—We import East India produce. I know of no in stance of East India rum being sold to be paid for by a bill. Charles Kerr, of the house of Fletcher, Alexander, and Co.—Selling for bills is very rare, and these we have al ways drawn ourselves. We sell for cash on delivery, and the broker pays us. Paris Paul, clerk in the house of Cockerell and Co., East India merchants—We have always sold for cash on delivery. I know of no instance in which rum has been sold for a bill. Mr. KELLY then addressed the Jury in reply, and Mr. CuEsswELL having replied for the plaintiffs, Lord DENMAN summed up at considerable length, and the Jury returned a verdict for the defendants. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 18. IN RE J. E. CAREW. The examination of this insolvent was continued this day by Mr. Platt. Mr. PLATT—NOW, in your schedule you claim a ba lance which you allege to be due from the executors of the late Earl of Egremont, of 19,0001. Is that the result of an account of former years ?—Yes. You said you had been present at part of the trial of your cause with the executor ; have you seen the execu tor's account of it ?—I have. I expect you have read the address of Sir Wm. Follett on that occasion ?—I have not read the whole of it. Have you read that part of it in which Sir Wm. Follett speaks of the cheque you have received ?—Yes ; I read some part of it, but I flung it down in vexation. Now, Sir, will you be good enough to look at the pass books of Messrs. Wigney's you have in your hands, and take this cheque also. Did you ever receive that cheque ? (This was a cheque signed by the Earl of Egremont for 1,000/.)—No ; not that .1 have any knowledge of. What is the date of it ?—The date is Nov. 21st, 1832. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN—What is the amount ? Insolvent-1,000/ Mr. PLATT—Now can you undertake to say that you received that amount ?—I can say there is no evidence that I received it. My name is not upon it, nor my banker's, and therefore it can't be shown that it came through my banker's hands. Is there an item in Wigney's book to show it ?—I will refer to the date ; perhaps it will— Mr. PLATT—Perhaps you may find something there to help you. The Usher of the Court—The book commences the 23d Nov., 1832. Mr. PLATT—Without referring to the book, I ask you, Sir, whether you did not actually open the account at Wigney's with 5551., part of that very cheque ?—Not that I know of. You swear it was not P-1 cannot swear ; I have no recollection. Will you tell the Court from what means you derived that 555/ you paid to Wigney's ?—lt was in 1832 that that was paid them. I had property of my own ; and I had a banker's account at Marten, Call, and Co., to the best of my recollection. By the COURT—I have no knowledge, nor have I any means of referring to know whether the 5551. was part of this cheque of 1,0001. At that time I had other pro perty of my own. Mr. PLATT—Do you mean to say your property was at Marten, Call, and Co.'s ?—One of the partners is in Court, and can answer that question. Can you ?—I cannot answer that question. There is a cheque-book of Marten, Call, and Co. ; let me have it, and I will answer you. You told me yesterday that you closed the account when you went down to Brighton. Had you any other pass-book ?—Not that I know of. That pass-book you have in your hand is not filled up. —How do you mean filled up ? Lo you not understand when a book is filled up ? Filled up with entries ?—I said yesterday 'that subse quently I paid a sum of money to Call and Co., therefore the account remained open for years, and a trifling ba lance remained in their hands ; about 31. or 4/. Then after the entries in that book, did you place any more money with Call and Co., except that 1,2001. ?—I have no recollection, but I call on them to produce the account, and I dare say I can then answer the question. At this distance of time I cannot, having a bad memory; I am sure I do not wish to misrepresent. Your memory appears to be all on one side—that of money you received. Mr. CooKE—He has not been examined as to others. What means did you derive the 5551. from ?—From my profession. I was at that time in receipt of 20001. a year. I made an engagement with the Earl of Egremont and all the sources of my previous income were swallowed up in that. Can you tell me where that 5551. tame ;rom ?—I can not tell yo. I had several sources ceincome at that time. of that I understand you to state that this 555 L was part have t .. cheque ?—To the best of my belief it was not. 17 il you swear that ?—I am on nay oath. no means of swearing that. But you say you believe so. Will ©u swear it ?—I IVligh,..tsit h r a e ve been partor migt itnot ?—lt might or not. Do wigneJ;suwhemrber when you opened the account at Now I put into the notes you paid r d you wrote your name at the back of in ?—No, I do. not. your r lo hands another cheque, dated the 6th May, 1833, f c , Earl of Egremont ' receivedeit a e i e t ' 0 0!. ; did y - ett recive that of You say there is no ?Thereevid is no. evidence that I did. d a o ra yo fo u rg ?— ott l en ca i n t n:ls N w o e , a; that 3i i l g d h i t d 3 n o o u t h re a c r e e i v cannot reply to that, si r. Don't you know whether you , and forgotten it ?—I do not know ni b ight have received it a question as that. The Earl ,ow lean answer such of E„,. r habit of writing such cheques, an 4 t%. ernont was in the and I have received such .tving them to other people, oc eques, and when I on th did so my name was written ever'lo rln banker's. Did the Earl of Egremont se ch eques Y payable to the bearer ?—lle did several. And did you always write yo) ar nam e . on them ? Either I or my bankers did. Always ?—I think so. You see I cannot get anything c( :main ; it is always I think ; I want to know if you will yen tv re to assert whether that cheque was written on the back: 7—When they were paid into the bankers not by myself, Marten, Call, an d Co.wrote their names upon them as thee agents in London. Will you venture to say you wrote:your own name, or saw any other person do so ?—I w ill not. They did not write upon them in my presenc(!. In the account you hold in your. t .and is an item of 7001. on the 15th May, 1833. Nc•w , I ask you if that 7001. was • not, in fact, part of the , i,o 001..0f this cheque? —I cannot say whether it was or i lot . Now, I ask you whether you di. .1, or not, receive that amount of 1,0001, and pay intu it lasterman and Co. 700/. to be placed to your account, - witi h Wigney and Co ? —The cheque will show that. Do you not recollect it ?—No, Sr,i Ido not recollect it at this distance of time. Can't you tell where it came fror a ?—No Sir ; I bad extensive busi ness , an d a great d ' sal of money passed through my hands. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1841 That was in 1833 ?—lt was. When you s p ea k o f extens i ve b us i ness , d o you mean with the Earl of Egremont, or after that time 2=Exten sive business for the Earl of Egremont, containing works of the greatest value in the kingdom. My business with the Earl of Egremont was one of the sources, and the prin cipal source, from which I derived my pecuniary means. That is what I say, and I want to know if the 7001. did not come from the Earl of Egremont ?—Not by any means. Then I understand you to say that you will not ven ture to say that 1,000/ was not paid to you by the Earl of Egremont ?—I will not venture to say so, but there is no evidence. • I have not asked you about what evidence there is, the Court will settle that. Will you tell the Court where you got the 700/. from ?—Let the books be produced, Be good enough to tell me of one source you got that 700/. from ?—I want to produce the accounts and pass books of the bankers, that will show the dates. I ask you to point out the works?—lnsolvent, with warmth—l do not wish to say anything of myself, but you are obliging me to do so; but, Sir, I was a distin guished artist. I do not doubt this, and I am sorry to see you in your present position. I am obliged to you, Sir; but, if the late Earl of Egre mont had been living, I should not have been here now. Now, tell me where you got that 700/P—l cannot say. You desired Messrs. Wigney to mark the items of those cheques of the Earl of Egremont paid into their hands for you ?—I did, that I might render the account to the bill filed in Chancery. Some items were received from Call and Co., and paid into Masterman and Co.?—Yes, I paid some of them myself into Masterman and Co. Here are two cheques of the 16th May, 1835, for 600/. Did you receive that from Lord Egremont 7—Yes. You have 500/. paid into your account at Wigney's. Was it out of the amount of the cheque ?—Yes ; I should suppose so from the date. Here is a cheque of the 9th November, 1836, for 250/. on Call and Company. Did you receive that also ? I have no recollection how I received that amount. Do you remember applying et that period to Lord Egremont to prevent you from being arrested P-1 do not recollect. Do not you recollect paying a sum of 8001. to a Mr. Stephens, and did not Lord Egremont give you the money to meet your debt to Stephens ?—I cannot recollect; but I remember I did owe a sum to Mr. Stephens in conse quence of an accommodation to a friend. Did you not, at the period in question, make an appli cation to Lord Egremont while he was sick in bed to re lease you from the claim ?—I do not think I ever did. I owed too much to Lord Egremont to make such an ap plication under such circumstances. Did you ever make such an application ?—I never did, to the best of my recollection ; but I will not pledge myself. Do you know Mrs. Greenfield ?—Yes ; she was the nurse attending on Lord Egremont. Do you remember his Lordship having been raised up in his bed to sign a cheque for you 7—No ; I do not. Do you ever recollect having gone to Lord Egremont for assistance in tears ?—I remember his Lordship wrote to me to come to visit him on his birth-day if I expected to see him alive. That was, I believe, the 18th of Dec. 1836. Then perhaps I might have been in tears in con sequence of the state of his Lordship's health. But when I went in I found him up and sitting in his chair. I want to know whether you never appeared before his Lordship in tears on a very different account. Did you not appear before him on one occasion in tears, stating that you were about to be arrested in consequence of your having accommodated a friend?—l have no recol lection of such a fact. Was he not propped up by a pillow on one occasion when he wrote you a cheque, and when he added— " Then when I am gone you will go to the dogs."— Never ; I do not think Lord Egremont was capable of saying such a thing. I believe that when you brought the action, it was to recover the sum of 33,007/. 18s. ld.—Yes. In filing your bill did you give any credit for the re ceipt of any sum?—l believe I did. In the bill filed against you we find you give credit for the receipt of 421 in 1833 7—Yes. And I find no more credited to Lord Egremont in 1833 in the bill.—Yes ; that is the only sum. I gave a reply to the bill filed by the advice of Mr. Merryman. I gave him every possible information ; but as Messrs. Call and Co. had refused to let me see their books I was unable to give such full information as I could have desired. Messrs Call and Co. refused to show me the cheques I had received without the permission of Colonel Wyndham. I wrote to Colonel Wyndham on the sub ject, but Mr. Charles Murray, who was the agent for Colonel Wyndham refused to give me access to the papers ; and that is the reason, I apprehend, why the 421 formed the only sum for which I have given credit in 1833. I understand you had inspected certain cheques at Mr. Murray's with your solicitor ?—Yes. Look at this cheque of 1,0001, dated in 1833, and tell me whether you had not seen that cheque before you filed your bill ?—I will not venture to say I had or I had not. It might have been one of the cheques shown to me ; but I cannot swear. How does it happen that, in the schedule you filed in this Court, you give credit for 1,0001., which, in your an swer to the bill filed against you in Equity, you only gave credit for 42/. ?—I found I had been mistaken on the subject, by comparing the dates of the cheques with the entries in Wigney's book. Had you not Wigney's account at the time you filed your answer ?—I had not looked over the account ; I cannot answer for the legal proceedings taken in my name. In your answer in the Equity . Court, you admit the receipt of 1,000/. only, while, in your answer to the schedule filed in this Court, you admit the receipt of 2,260/. How do you account for that P—l found out the additional sum by looking over Wigney's account. Mr. COOKE here objected to the course of examination pursued in inquiring into the correctness or incorrect ness of documents filed in Chancery, while the Court had only to deal with the bill filed in that Court. Mr. PLATT having contended that he had a perfect right to show that the insolvent had already been guilty, to say the least of it, of equivocation before another Court, The COURT decided that they could not then deal with the proceedings of the insolvent in another cause. Examination continued by Mr. PLATT.—I find from the pass-book that you had paid into your banker the sum of 2,1591, while your schedule acknowledges only 1,5001 Where did the remainder of the 2,159/. come from ?—I raised money by bills, and I received 8001. from Mr. Dodd. What did you do with the money you received from Mr. Dodd ?—I find I paid in 7001. at Masterman's in May, 1833, and that might have been part of the 8001 ' I received from Mr. Dodd. Might not the 700/. have been part of 1,0001 you re ceived at the very time from Lord Egremont ?—lt might have been. I cannot say from which source the . 700/. came. Did you pay off the SOOL, and, if so, how did you pay it ?—I gave Mr. Dodd a mortgage on my house for the debt, and Lord Egremont gave me the money to redeem the mortgage. Lord Egremont wrote me a cheque for 1,800/. I was then about to leave the room, when his Lordship said, " Have you that cheque safe 7—take care of it." I then looked at the cheque, and finding it was for 1,8001 instead of 8001, which I had asked for, I told his Lordship so. He said that did not m atter, and ' asked me whether I was not satisfied. I said T wanted 8001. only for a specific purpose ; and he then threw the cheque into the fire, and wrote me one for 800/. Did you pay backl the money to Lord Egremont ? No ; I never had an account with Lord Egremont. The money I received from him was for my subsistence. I observe you state in your schedule that you received from Lord Egremont the sum of 2,260/. in 1834. How did you make up that amount P-1 made it up from my account with Wigney ; the cheques were produced to me with a memorandum on the back of them. I have no doubt my attorney will show the documents necessary to establish the account. Besides Wignev's account there were the cheques which have been sh own me by Lord Egremont's executors. - Can you specify what are the documents which en abled you to fix upon that particular sum of 2,2601. ?—I find here a cheque for 1,0001., and I have no doubt the remaining 1,2601. will be accounted for by the various documents now before the Court. Specify the particular documents from which you derived the information.—l derived the information from the account with Wigney, and on compa rison of the dates of the cheques charged against me in the trial at L ewes . O n r .-f err i ng to th e dates I found I could account for the sum of 2,2601., having been received by me in 1834, because they- were endorsed " payable to Jobn Carew or bearer." I made out the account from the copy of the bill and the aitiwer. How did you pay the sum of 1,000/. to Mr. Ferne)• ?—. I received 1,2001. from Lord Egremont, two of which were 5001. notes, with which I paid Ferner 1,0001. for ground to build on. That was a gift of Lord Egremont. I might hare paid into my banker's the remaining 2001. I received also in the year 1834 the sum of 5001. from my profession. _ In the year 1835 it appears from your schedule that you received from Lord Egremont the sum of 1,3001. and from your profession 500/. ; then there was in addi tion a mortgage of 1,000/., with 2001. received for rent ; but it appears from your pass-book that you paid into your banker's during the year the sum of 4,4251., leaving a sum of upwards of 1,400/. unaccounted for. Where did that sum come from ? Was it not received from Lord Egremont ?—I do not think it was. I gave the best account I could of my receipts from Lord Egre mont. Will you swear that you did not receive from Lord Egremont, during the year 1835, upwards of 3,0001.7 I will not swear ; but I have given in my schedule the fullest amount which I could. Did you receive from LOrd Egremont, in 1836, as stated in your schedule, the sum of 3,5001., amd 300/. from your profession ?—I did. And you received in addition 2001. for rent, making i y n oo al h l a 4 d ,O p o a o i / d . a ß to u t y i o t a a r p b p a e o r y of 5,815[, leaving a balance of 1,815/. unaccounted fur. lt -s ers fr d om urin o g u t r he pa y s e s a -b r o t o h k e s t u h m at how do you answer for that ?—l n the yen. 1836, I had received bills of exchange to a considerable amount from Joseph Germaine which made up the sum. I hav a some of those bills, I believ e , now a t h ome. I cannot, h o wever , say wh a t was the amount of the bills so discounted fit 1836. Some letters were h^re read from the insolvent to the Earl o ef f E gremont, ack now l e d g i ng the weeipt of certain D E x o a y m o l u n a k t o i oonw continued. alady of sums money, a n d the obligations under which his Lordship's ki ndness had placed the receiver. at Southampton ?-Islo ; but I h ave heard of her. the na me o f O'K ee f e , res iding Did you ever write a letter to her ?- -No, never, to the best of my recolleca on. A letter was here read from the insol 'vent to Miss O'Keefe, requesting her to send him any letter she might have from Lord Egrenont re l at i ng to an altar-piece to be erected in the Roman Catholic Chape lof Brighton. The executors of Lord Egremont refused the insolvent any remuneration for the work unless he could produce some document showing that he had been commissioned by his Lordship to execute it. The insolvent acknowledged that he had written the letter, although the fact had escaped his memory. It was merely an application for any document which the lady might possess, for the purpose of showing that he had Lord Egremont's order to erect the altar-piece at his expense. A letter was then read from Lord Egremont, printed in the newspapers of the day, in which his Lordship de nied that he had ever given anything, or that he should ever give anything, towards the decoration of any Roman Catholic Chapel ; and stating that he had no connection with the erections of the altar-piece of the Chapel at Brighton. The insolvent stated that the letter had been written by Lord Egremont, for the purpose of discountenancing a report that he was at the time about to become a Ro man Catholic. everal letters were then read from Lord Egremont to the insolvent relating to the works of the latter, and more particularly a monument to the late Mr. Huskisson. The answer to the bill having been read, Mr. COOKE said be presumed that the answer was re ceived, not merely to show 'that such a proceeding took place in Chancery, but that would be made evidence in this case, and taken as an examination of Mr. Carew there. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—I presume that is so. Mr. PLATT—Subject to any falsification. Mr. NicnoLLs said it was then half-past five, and asked the Learned Commissioner to adjourn the Court. Thu case was then adjourned till Wednesday next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday a young man,named — William Hutchings, was brought up, charged by a baker, named Archibald Charles, with having defrauded him of two shillings, by means of a pass for two to the boxes and two to the gallery of the Haymarket Theatre. The complainant said that the prisoner, in offering the tickets for sale to him, mentioned that they would admit on any night from the 9th to the 18th of December, with the excep tion of Monday night, which was specified on the back of the ticket. Alderman WILSON (who presided on the occasion) asked whether the signature to each of the tickets was meant to be that of Mr. Webster, the proprietor ?—The complainant said he could not make out the name. The ALDERMAN, upon examining the ticket, said it was impossible to say what name was upon them. The policeman, who attends the theatre, produced several other tickets, which were handed to him by per sons who had presented them at the doors of the theatre, and were, of course, refused admission. • Mr. George Smith, cheque-taker at the Haymarket Theatre, stated that the orders were not genuine, and that within the last week about 200 such had been pre sented at the doors and rejected. Alderman Wilson (to the complainant)--It is odd that you should have supposed that you could get an or der for two to the boxes of such a theatre as the Hay market for a shilling. The complainant said he did not entertain the least suspicion of the genuineness of the order, and he knew that admission to many theatres was, now-a-days, ex tremely cheap. Alderman iSrusoN—This is a clear case of obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Hobler—No doubt of it. I dare say if the pri soner is remanded we shall have a crowd of persons here to claim acquaintance with him. The complainant—The prisoner must have known all about the deception, for he offered me 30s. to let him off, and said that if I did not allow him to go he should certainly be transported. . . _ . _ Mr. smith said it had been ascertained at the theatre that a ()Teat many false admissions of the kind h a d b een disposed of in the following manner:—A person who stated himself to be employed to go round to the tobacco and fruit-shops, and other premises in which theatre bills were exhibited, to see that all was right with the display, pulled out some of these admissions and handed them to the several parties, saying that he was authorised by the proprietor to supply them as a premium for their atten tion to the interests of the theatre; the shopkeepers were of course much pleased at the compliment, and the pre tended messenger then appealed to them for a little remu neration for his trouble, and generally received a shilling at each place. Ald. SVILsoN said that the plan was very ingenious, and a sure one. He should remand the prisoner till Tues day, and he hoped that a proper exposure would take place. GUILDHALL. John Roberts, a good-looking youth, was charged with attempting self-destruction by casting himself from the wall of Blackfriars .bridge on Friday evening. Po lice-constable 304 stated that a gentleman pointed out to him a person who had leaped over the parapet wall upon the shelf on the centre of the bridge. He ran, and with the help of a passer-by, dragged him from his perilous situation. The prisoner was either half drunk or ex cited, and said he meant to have drowned himself: He was a lad of good character, and his master was in attendance. The landlord of the Queen's Head, Water. lane, stated that the prisoner was his servant as pot-boy and waiter, and he was a remarkably civil and honest lad. He had his full confidence, and was generally respected. Alderman KELLY-What could have led to this rash attempt ? Witness—l have since learned that last night (Friday) he was drinking. in the tap-room with his father, a man I have long known, and that some un pleasant words passed between them. His father is a very honest man, and lives in Green-street. Alderman KELLY—Young man, what have you to say ? Prisoner—My father found fault with me without cause. Words brought on words, and I went with the intention of drowning myself. Alderman KELLY—Perhaps, you only did it to frighten your father, when he should happen to hear of it ? Pri soner—No, Sir. _ Alderman KELLY—WeII, if you were resolved at first to destroy your life, what made you desist ? Prisoner— After I got over the wall I reflected a little. Alderman KELLY—As you well might, when, by your own account, you were about to launch from the brink of time into the gulph which leads to eternity I Are you glad that you were baffled in your attempt ? Prisoner— Yes, Sir. The master interposed again, and implored the Court not to commit the prisoner. He hoped that his escape would correct his folly. He believed him to be a good lad ; and if the Magistrate pleased, he would take him home with him. A better servant he never had. Alderman KELLY (to the prisoner)—Yon have a good master. He is a kind-hearted man ; and if his house was not a respectable one, I shouldknow of it, for it is in my ward. Go home with him, and reflect upon what might have been your condition ; and be thankful to Gad for preserving you from the commission of an offence of which you could not have repented. The master and servant then left the Court. COURT OF ALDERMEN. - ----•--- • - A Court was held on Friday, at which some interest ing matters were discussed. MR. ANDERTONS S ATTACK UPON . THE COURT OF AL- DERMEN. After Mr. F. %VOODTHORPE, the Clerk of the Court of Common Council, had read the official account of the proceedings of that Court, Alderman COPELAND rose to call the attention of his brethren to the statement represented to have been made by Mr. Anderton relative to the application by the Court of Aldermen of some of the Corporation funds. It ap peared, he said, that Mr. Anderton had accused the Court of Aldermen of having voted to distressed mem bers of their body and the widows and children of dis tressed Aldermen a sum of money very far exceeding that which was specified in the printed account, which accurately detailed the various items granted and the purposes for which they were granted. Instead of the sum of 3,0001., which that gentleman declared had been thus voted last year, the whole amount did not exceed 1,3541, and the claims had been most deliberately in vestigated. To that sum was added other grants made to poor constables who were worn out in the service of the citizens of London, and whose claims no one pos sessed of a particle of feeling could for a moment deny. —(Hear, bear.) The total amount of the grants made last year did not exceed 2,4891. 16s. After some further ren_arks he concluded by moving that the resolution adopted by the Court of Common Council on Ale subject of the grants of money voted by the Court of Aldermen be referred to a Committee. Alderman WILSON seconded the motion. It appeared to Lim that the Court of Common Council was endea vouring to get all the power vested in the Court of Aldermen into their own hands, although the latter pos sessed the authority over the funds before the former was known to possess any at all.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it rather too bad that the members of the Court of Common Council should accuse the Court of Alder men of exercising an undoubted right, particularly as such caution and economy had been exhibited in dis pensing the charities, under which head ranked all the grants voted by the Court of Aldermen. The motion was unanimously agreed to. DEATH OF SERGEANT ARABIN. Sir C. S. HUNTER suggested the propriety of adopting a measure for supplying the vacancy in the Commission of the Central Criminal Court, occasioned by the death of Sergeant Arabin. In consequence of the vast increase of business in the Central Criminal Court, inconvenience had already arisen from the illness of the Learned Ser geant, and it became necessary, not only to supply the existing deficiency there, but to fill up the office of Judge of the Sheriffs' Court. The former particularly pressed, as the next Session commenced on the 3d of January, and he therefore was of opinion that the Court ought to recommend to Government the nomination of the senior pleader of the City to sit as a Commissioner in the Cen trhl Criminal Court. Alderman FAREBROTRER said that he had taken the liberty of speaking to two of the Judges on the subject, and their Lordships were of opinion that the senior City pleader ought to be put in the Commission. After a lengthened discussion, in which Alderman T. Wood, Sir Peter Laurie, the Recorder, and others spoke, the motion was negatived. THE NEW POOR LAW. Alderman PAREBROTHER rose to complain of a breach of privilege of, in his opinion, no ordinary kind. He had upon a former day received a notification from the Alderman of Farringdon Without Ward, that a petition was to be presented against him, in consequence of the course which he had thought proper to adopt in adjudi cating at the Justice-room at Guildhall in the case of three boys who had been brought before him for miscon duct in an union workhouse. He had been given to understand, by the same authority, that a copy of the petition had been forwarded to Sir James Graham, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and that another copy had been transmitted to the Commissioners of the Poor-law. These petitions contained, he was likewise informed, the opinions of the Guardians of the poor of the union, and he hoped that Sir James Duke, who had pledged himself to present them, would not let the present opportunity pass.—(Hear, hear.) Sir JAMES DUKE said, that the petition had been with. drawn, and of course the matter was completely at an end. A good deal of conversation followed, which led to nothing. The subject dropped, and the Court adjourned. BRIGHTON AND CROYDON RAILROAD. (From the Brighton Herald.) The line between Croydon and London is still blocked up for a considerable distance near New Cross, by a great mass of earth which slipped down owing -to the vast quantity of rain that has fallen this autumn, and causes a delay to the trains of from twenty minutes to half an hour. All the passengers and the whole of the luggage are removed; the former have to-walk about half a quarter of a mile from one train to another ; but as planking has been carefully put down, and an awning erected to protect them from the rain, it is attended with little inconvenience beyond the delay. The luggage is conveyed in trucks, and we must do the superintendents, and others en gaged in the service; the justice to say, that they bestow he greatest attention and care in the transit of he passengers, and in the conveyance of the goods. The line from New Cross to Brighton is perfectly safe, and it is impossible for men to be snore careful than the present engineers. They are cautious almost to a fault, for at times they proceed more slowly than it would seem there is any occasion for. Still this is an error, if error it be, on the right side The Brighton portion of the road is decidedly the best, the Croydon portion next, and the Greenwich the worst. This is easily accounted for : the rails on the Brighton portion are much heavier than anywhere else, and this makes the travelling both safer and easier ; so much so, that the passenger can immediately discover, in coming up or down, when he is on the Croydon or on the Brighton line, by the facility of the motion. The works at the London Terminus are now in a state of great forwardness. The parapet is nearly complete ; all the arches, we believe, are built ; the road in most parts is ready for the rails ; and in some places the rails are already laid down. In a short time, we imagine, the trains will not go on the Greenwich line at all. The public of Brighton are, however, getting impa tient for a better road to the terminus at this end. All the roads leading to it are now in a wretched state, and we do hope that before long something will be done to improve the entrance from the terminus into the town. The Directors of the Brighton line have been derisively asked why they do not shut up the line during the winter ? They who ask the question are no friends to Brighton. If the road were closed, it would during the winter cause the loss of thousands of pounds to, the town, to say nothing of the loss to the Proprietors of the line. At this inclement season persons would not come to Brighton by coach, but by the line; though attended with some inconvenience, hun dreds of persons do come who would otherwise remain in London or at their homes elsewhere. As a winter re sidence, there is no place like Brighton. Whilst almost all other towns are surrounded by water and unwholesome vapours, Brighton is dry, and free of all miasmatic vapours, so destructive to human life in other localities. But what are the Directors to shut up the line for ? The Brighton portion, by the great labour and ex pense constantly incurred in keeping it in the best state possible, is firm and safe, whilst it is the Croydon line only, which has been formed for some years, that has been rendered—not unsafe—but impassible at one spot, because the earth, owing to incessant rains, has slid down upon it. If the Brighton line is to be closed because there are some difficulties with the earthworks, nearly every line in the kingdom ought to be closed for the same reason; for simi lar difficulties are attendant upon them all. Instead of the Directors being attacked for keeping the line open, they are entitled to the thanks of the people of Brighton, and of the public generally. They have done all that men, noney, or skill could do, to make the line efficient, and have accomplished their object in spite of one of the wettest seasons—so injurious to earth-works, especially new ones, in the memory of man. As far as the mere ques tion of economy is concerned,it is probable that they would have saved money if they had closed the line to the deep injury of the town ; but the Directors, t 9 their honour, have studied more the interest of the town and of the public generally, than their own pockets, or those even of the Shareholders, and are, therefore, we repeat, entitled to the thanks of the public for their untiring perseverance ; and those who would cover them with obloquy for not closing it, prove themselves by so doing equally the enemies of the town and the malignant op ponents to the Brighton Railroad. ACCIDENT ON THE CROYDON RAILWAY. One of those alarming accidents took place last Friday evening, on the Croydon Railway, at the Syden ham station, by which, though no lives were lost, we regret to say that eight or nine persons were injured, some very severely. The following may be relied on as a correct statement of the facts of the case :—The down-train from London to Croydon, consisting of seven carriages and the en gine, started at half-past fire o'clock on Friday evening, and after passing the land-slip on the line near the New Cross station (where the passengers are obliged to walk for about a quarter of a mile), it proceeded in safety as far as the Sydenham station. The Sydenham passengers having alighted there, the train was about to start again, when another engine, without a train, which had been employed on the line for the removal of the fallen earth, ran into the back of the train, breaking the two last carriages, and a truck which was attached to the train. The crash was dreadful, and was heard distinctly at a distance of several hundred yards from the place where the collision took place ; this, with the screams of the affrighted female passengers, caused a general belief that many more had been injured than proved to be the case. - Upon extricating the people from the shattered carriages, it was found that four or five passengers, as well as three or four railway labourers who were returning home after their day's work, had been bruised or wounded. The principal sufferers were a Mrs. Jackson, of Croy don, who had her face severely cut and some of her teeth knocked out by being violently dashed against the back of a seat in the carriage ; a man named Best, who it is said has had three of his ribs broken, and had received some internal contusions, and a Mr. Coulson, who was cut very severely upon the temple. The engine which caused this serious accident was one which had been lent by the Brighton Railway Company, and the driver of it, whose name is Goldsmith, is the man who drove one of the engines at the time of the melancholly collison of the trains on the Brighton Railway last summer, by which several lives were lost. It may be remembered that Goldsmith on that occasion was found lying under the tender, covered with sand and water, and that his evidence was obliged to be taken while lying in his bed, suffering under the severe injuries he had received. On Friday night it was asserted that the accident was caused by his being drunk at the time ; he was, therefore, instantly taken into custody by the Railway police, and kept at Sydenham until the follow ing morning, when he was removed to Croydon, and brought before the sitting magistrates there. It was then found that Sydenham, where the accident occur red, being in the parish of Lewisham, the case should be sent to the Greenwich magistrates ; accord ingly the prisoner was removed there, and brought before Mr. Grove, at the police-office, charged by Mr. Hallett, the superintendent of the London and Brighton Railway, with being drunk, and for wilfully running into the carriage train. This witness deposed that he was on the engine of the Croydon train at the time when it stopped at Sydenham station; that he felt a sudden concussion, and got down to discover what had caused it, when he saw that another engine without any person on it, had run into the last carriages of the train. In a few seconds, the prisoner, who was the driver of the engine that had done the damage, came up; in witness's opinion he was drunk. James Davenport, the railway constable who took the prisoner into custody, was questioned as to the prisoner's being drunk, but he could not say positively that he was so. The prisoner in his defence denied that he was drunk, and asserted that he could not see the red light in the back of the last carriage, in consequence of a man named Adams, who was standing up in the truck attached to the carriage, and whose person interposed between him and the light. Adams, a labourer on the line, who had heen sent with the truck from the Dartmouth Arms station, swore that he was sitting and not standing when the collision took place, and that the red lamp was three feet at least above his head. Mr. Seaman, the Superintendent at the Dartmouth station, deposed that he attached the truck to the passen ger train at that place. He directed Adams to go with the truck, fur the purpose of detaching it speedily at an intermediate station. At the time the train started from the Dartmouth Arms station, Adams was sitting in the truck, and the red signal light was quite correct, and per fectly visible. As soon as deponent heard of the accident he proceeded to Sydenham, and had the disabled engine and carriages removed from the line. Mr. Gregory, the engineer of the Croydon Railway, stated the number of persons who had been hurt by the accident. The Company, he added, had given every assistance in their power to the sufferers. Mr. GROVE, at the conclusion of the evidence, said, that in justice to all parties he would give no decision on the case until Thursday, in order to obtain further evi dence respecting the signal light, as it was upon the fact of the light being visible or not to the prisoner that the case principally turned ; in the meantime, he would admit him to bail. The prisoner was then held to bail, himself in 201., and two sureties in 101. each, to appear before the Ma gistrates on next Thursday. ----- MADAME DE SEVIGNE AND HER CONTEM PORARIES.—We are requested to state that the work under the above title, in 2 vols., small Bvo., 21s. bound, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl borough-:treet, and may now be had of all booksellers. This interesting work comprises sketches of above 100 of the most eminent persons of the times, amotr. others —Cardinal Richelieu, Corneille, Pascal, Duke and Duchess de Montmorency, Duchess (le Chevreuse, Car dinal Mazarin, Gaston Duke of Orleans, Comte de Bussy Rabutin, Cardinal de Betz, the Queen of Poland, the Princess Palatine, Duchess de Longucville, Duke de la Rochefoucauldt, La Breuyere, the Iron Mask, Madame do Grignan, Mddle. de Scudery, La Fontaine, Racine, 1 Moliere, Boileau, Duchess D'Orleans, Bossuet, Bourda loue, Pere La Chaise, Turenne, Marquis de Louvois, Touquet, Le Grand Colbert, Marquis de Dangeau, Comte and Corntesse de Grammont, Comte Hamilton, Marechal de Villeroi, Duchesse de Mazarin, King and Queen of Spain, Duchess de la Valliere, Mddle. de Nlontpensier, Duke de Lauzun, Princess des Wisins, Ma dame des Maintenon, James 11., the Earl of Holland, Villiers Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Ossory, Duke of Montagu, Fontenelle, Fenelon, Masillon, Monsieur and Madame de Coulanges, Louis XIV., &c., &c. ARBROATH -DEFEAT OF THE NON-IN TRUSIONISTS. (Abridged from the Arbroath Journal.) On Wednesday evening last, the good citizens of Arbroath evinced their respect for order and the laws of the land, by giving the coup de grace to what is termed the Non-Intrusion principle. A meeting, in order to form what they call " A Church-Defence As sociation," had been previously announced ; and as it was understood that Mr. Cunningham and Mr. M. Crichton were to figure on the occasion, the house presented the appearance of what, in theatrical lan guage, is termed " a bumper." Mr. Charles Wilson, merchant, of this place, having been called to the Chair, the proceedings commenced by a psalm being sung, and an impressive prayer offered up by the Rev. Mr. Kirk, of Arbirlot. The Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Carmylie, in a brief speech, then moved the first re solution. No sooner had Mr. Wilson finished, than up rose a working man of the name of Thomson, who informed the audience that he had an amendment to propose; at the same time insisting upon his right to be heard. It was at this period of the proceedings that the storm commenced, which continued less or more during the entire evening. During the noisy agitation atten dant on the: question " Hear him, or not hear him," a tall good-looking gentleman, with a pleasant expres sion of countenance, and a bountiful supply of whiskers, appeared on the scene. He sported a blue coat, with some sort of uniform button, and the general impression appeared to be that he was some officer of the Coast Guard employed on the Church-defence service. It turned out, however, to be that far-famed agitator, Mr. Makgill Chrichton, the most important link in the tail of the Rev. Mr. Cunningham ; and to this tall 'en, we may add, were the audience indebted for the principal portion of the entertainment during the rest of the evening. Mr. M. C. (who, in reply to the question, " Who are you?" told us he was one of the greatest agitators in Scotland) stated that, according to the plan laid down, each one ought to be heard in his turn, and that, as soon as the parties who had been fixed on first to address the meeting had concluded, it was his earnest wish that these who had counter-motions should be heard also. "As for himself (Mr. M. C.) all he wished was for a fair field and no favour." These re marks did not appear to be relished by Thomson's supporters, who now set up a terrific hooting and hissing ; indeed, such was the uproar, that had not Thomson himself entreated his friends to desist, we question if another speech would have been deli vered during the evening. A temporary calm having taken place, the principal performer, the Rev. Mr. Cunningham, on whom, to all appearance, the heavy business of the evening had devolved, now showed his portly person upon the platform. Yells, cheers, hisses, and applause, were immediately renewed, with a vehemence we believe never before w;t nessed in the Old Kirk. Occasionally a lull in the storm was to be remarked, but in consequence of the uproar that prevailed, the somewhat subdued tone of voice in which the Rev. Gentleman spoke, and, above all, the unconnected nature of his speech, which he as suredly could not have prepared, we found it utterly im possible to come at the drift of his arguments. On Mr. Chrichton coming forward, a tremendous howling, roaring, and whistling commenced. In vain he at tempted to speak—bellow after bellow drowned his voice—and for a time the people appeared as deaf to his eloquence as if, instead of them, it had been the steeple he was addressing. After a few ineffectual at tempts to make himself heard, Mr. James Gibson, tan ner, of this place, stepped forward, and stated that, though decidedly opposed to Mr. Chrichton on the Church question, he trusted that the audience would give the gentleman a fair hearing, all parties being en titled to state their case, and defend it if they could Mr. G.'s observations partially appeased the audience : but, during the whole time Mr. Crichton spoke, and which he did at great length, there was much interrup tion. Mr. Thomson, the Chartist, than advanced to the platform, and, after prefacing his amendment by a taw observations, proposed it, and gave way to Mr. John Duncan, the well-known advocate of what is called the People's Charter. Mr. D. who seemed evidently to be in great favour with his party, made a long speech, in which he combated the arguments brought forward by Messrs. Cunningham and Crichton, and endeavoured to show that the Non-Intrusion for which they strug gled was founded upon erroneous principles, and that so long as they were a State clergy and a law Church, they had no right to agitate the question in the way they were doing. Mr. D. proposed also an amend ment on the resolutions, to the effect, " that there being neither honour nor honesty among the Non-Intrusion leaders, this meeting do not consider the cause they ad vocate worthy of support, it being unjust to make peo ple pay for churches they never enter, and ministers they never hear." Mr. Duncan was succeeded by Mr. Ross, the Chartist preacher of this place, whose arguments and sentiments were nearly similar to those of Mr. D. He also proposed an amendment. Mr. R. was loudly cheered by his friends, who seemed to have mustered in considerable numbers. There being three amendments, it was agreed that Mr. Ross and Mr. Thomson should with draw theirs, which having been done, a show of hands was taken for the resolutions and the amendment, when the latter was carried by an overwhelming majority ! Thanks were afterwards proposed by Mr. Duncan to the Chairman for his impartial conduct in the chair, which having been seconded by Mr. M. M. Crichton, was unanimously agreed to. . - We never beheld a man so completely dum-foun dered as Mr. Cunningham and his party. The defeat was so thorough, so annihilating, and, we may say, to them so unexpected, that for a time they could hardly believe the evidence of their own senses. For a few minutes they sat in silence after their discomfiture, but surely by no means personifications of " Patience smil ing at gild." Mr. Crichton observed, by way of com fort to the afflicted, that had the ladies but held up their hands his party would have had a decided vic tory. Let us tell Mr. C. that he knows as little of the sentiments of the majority of the Arbroath ladies as he does of those of Cochin China. The remark was an exceedingly unfortunate. one, and called for peals of laughter. THE SCOTCH HERD LADDIE ; OR, THE UNJUST STEWARD. (WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR " CLEAVE'S GAZETTE," BY DAVID WRIGHT, ABERDEEN.) FOUNDED ON FACT. It was a fine summer morning, about the middle of July, 1790, that Jock, the Herd, took the road to a certain castle in the north of Scotland. When Jock set out he was in high spirits, for he bad received a good " whang o' butter and bread" from his mis tress, or, as Jock called her, the good wife ; his calf likewise jogged on before him at a goad pace, the birds whistled around him, and all seemed to go right. But, towards the end cf the journey, the calf became obstinate, and would scarceV move a single foot, and at last it stopped, and, in spite of Jock's coaxing, his threats, and blows, it refused to mo'e an inch. In this dilemma Jock stood gazing about in search of• assistance, and at last he espied a plainly dressed man coming slowly towards him, at a good distance off; but Jock was not to be de feated by the distance, so he to ok off his bonnet and waved it over his head, and er ied, at the top of his voice, till at length he succeeded in attracting the attention of the stranger, who, thinking that something serious had happened, came running at the top of his speed. BJt judge his surprise, on arriving at the spot, when he only beheld Jock a. id the calf. The stranger, however, I kept his humour, and very good-naturedly asked Jock what he wanted with him. " Well," said Jock, " y .1 see this beast winna gang a single step, an' I maun i e at the castle afore nine o'clock, an' Pim waran it's na far fa , .!'t, an' sae if ye wid help me to the gate wi't, I't e gie ye half o' fat I get frae the laird ; an' your expecki n' something worth the gai'n for." To this the stranger at once agreed ; and, having aprint.d the place where they were to meet and share the spoil, the strange r too. k up the calf in his oxter (as Jock said when relp.ting the story at home), and pro ceeded to the cast) e ga t e , an( l there deposited it. While Jock went to infr i rm the inmates, the stranger proceeded to the appointe d place of meeting. In a few m ; .nutes Jock came running to the place " wi' gladnes s in his looks," and something better in his bonnet. " Set; man! see man !" said Jock, " I've come better on than I expeckit ; see fat I've gotten."—( Here Jock held ow. his bonnet, well filled with pieces of bread, br.,ef, and cheese, and a shilling in his hand.) " But (continued Jock), as I made the bar gain wi ye, gie ye half o"t.' . " Oh ! you little rogue," sa id the stranger, "is that all you got ? I doubt you are playing a trick on me, for I was thinking to get five or six shillings for my share.' " Faith," said Jock, " I think its nae that ill ; how ever, I didna see the laird bin 'sel', or may be I might ha' gotten mair." " I don't believe a word of wi , at you have said," said the stranger, " and thei•efore I insist that you must come back to the house and ~ .atist y me 0.1 the subject." " Na! na I." said Jock,. " that will be our greedy like ; ye ken my master pays na, a my wager , an' I've naethi ng a dee wi' mair ; but ye cata your:el' if y ou di dna ie me." gang an' speer at the Stewart To this the stranger agreed, upon condition that Jock would accomr An y him. This Jock at first re fused to do; but d t last 6, s consented ; so in they both went. The s.(ewattl was immediately called, who ap proached the stranger with a low bow, for the stranger now turned out to be the I rd himself. " Steward," said the baled with a frown, " I gave you is it you on l y gave hi m a a guinea for this lad ; how shilling ?" " Aye, but he gid me tl h s bread, an' beef, an' cheese," said Jock, pre sentin g his t.onnet. The steward, however, Ma de no reply, but hung down his head in silence. " Steward," said the• b ird, drawing big purse, " there is your wages ; pack NI you ! 'clothes ; leave this castle immediately, and learn els en there to become an honest man." It appears that whert the laird left Jock he EVENING SUN E s , entered hi s own room b y a private doer, D-Air the steward th e gu i nea , and procee d e d to waiting place. After this the laird took Jeer under his p ro t ect i on, sent h i m to schoo l, treat him as a friend, and when he died, left Jock full heir° his lands and castle, in which Jock lived loved by the poor and respected by the rich. It was on a e °l l stormy, wint er ' s even i ng , a f ew years after Jock beeatti" laird of the castle, that a poor old man was brought to the castle almost smothered by the snow, and ° albi t e to speak or move. Jock, the laird, imined iate ' t ordered him to be taken proper care of, which the servants did, and soon restored him so muc h that be was able to speak, an d to s i t up b efore the fi re ; bat be was apparently faint, a n d a b out to d i e. Th e o ld 01 as soon as h e cou ld spea k , desired to se e 7, laird ; and w h en h e was b rought before told him that h e b a d wronge d h i m at a former pe that he came to as k hi s f org i veness before he diedlgaeol he revealed him se lf as t h e steward who h a d 1 1 3 , with the former m aster, w h o h a d given him IA; ling instead of the gui nea . Th e l a i r d assured him tba had pardoned him with heart and soul, and °S w ig him to be provided with a bed for the night, to 7.0 he was so on s h own , an d i t was the very bed vib e "' II had so often slept as steward to tEe former mast et ' the morning th e servants were ordered to psi a pi y b , tion to the old man ; but, what was their 8,4 %4 ment when, on e nt er i ng hi s room, they d'a c° :, - to that he was dead. Th e l a i r d or d ere d preparatw—gbe be made for his funeral, and he was buried besidad grave of his l a t e mas t er . J oc k st i ll lives as the lair isig the castle, and h e i s s till k nown to the aurrt?°°dd peasantry by the name of the Herd Laddie. Aberdeen, Dec. 2, 1841. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, Wheat_ Barley. Oats. 1- ica1m ... ...... 7.- ----- S. 4 . to .. ~,A 4 0 42 "" 36 40 -"' „ 49 42 ." 39 40 a go -- ao ti, q 5 qa - 41 „„a' 4 - 0 46 .' ro 44 f 41 44 36 ° .-. 43 4{ 1. Per Quarter. Abingdon Andover Ei!inbnry S. to S. 58 73 6'; 70 56 CS 0 72 60 10 S. to 2, 30 36 :33 34 32 40 32 37 32 :5 32 31; 38 44 33 38 S. to )3. 31l l's 27 24 33 2 t 8 24 25 24 SI 28 5 23 28 Bast gstoke Cirenc.ster ';oven try Uaventry Derby Howden Hungerford Talton Mai en h cad Nottingham Wantage Warwick Winchester York 63 7'.? 64. '75 f:i; 78 5S 81 60 76 61 78 29 37 28 33 32 V; 32 36 34 28 3'3 25 30 22 34 9.5 31 t:3 23 30 32 26 20 - 76 ... 41 1 d . • s. s. d. r. d, 9. d• '6 0 6 6 36 4 0 5 0 1 0 - __N EXCHANGE. , d hite. Red. 'it Wheat, Northumleerland 548.665. ..... 5 x i a., - Norfolk and Suffolk ---- Berwick and Scotch -- Foreign Rye, Norfolk said Suffolk - Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 346656365 21 64 :f 64 5 2 1 : : :: ....... ".. .:: :: ,...5. ::4....4.19;: ...-P '4:l:l2‘. Grinding and Feeding 2Bs. 30s. ....,,,,,, ..1.,, Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk s6s 60,...°' ....,.... 4 •' Beans, Small 405. Via..." ...J..,"1 ---- 'rick ... 409. 425...... ......,1. Pease, White 42s. 44r • e" .4, ••••• 9 • -- Gray ~....5....J 4 Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ..... .... 2ts. 21 9 . •••• . . ....5..." . ' -.-- Feed 22s ;pi ...... ....,....0 d - Foreign se 2/Is. f 2 9. ...... ..s , -' 4 Flour (per sack) 4B o ls. ... ... HULL CORN MARFET• ri• 10 6 Whits (per Quarter) .......... . ....... 6 5 ' • 60.1. WIZ Oh ofts• Red 09i .9 . : 4 :' os Foreign 6os. • 3. 3:- ‘ sfis Malting s. . 'i's. - os. Oats, British Grinding ON. C . . 10 9 . - Os. Foreign (in bond) Beans ,' . 345. 365. ;0h Pease, Grey .. ............ 365.385.6 v. Blue and White 52 5 '5" 61 4 Linseed . ..............• ..... s. &is. ... Flour (per sack) . ............... ..... i. 311. ys Rapeseed per 10 quarters) rt kt: 1. • A e 6Th. WAKEFIELD CORN MA.:,,,-- „oil. A .-., e 6Si Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffoll. ..... .. - 4 . '"',,, s 'i o 60. ,P,,'" e kik' .....---_- Lin. and Cam. ..... ......... - 9 - '`"",,eos. "*" I: ..... 5 8 1 , t ~e . doe., . •,-.--..-- Yorkshire .-- VP hite ..---- Foreign, Red ---...... White -7:: 2 5 65r 1 : . t t e : tt 762:1 : : . g dg e n e : 321 :7; :. Barley, Norfolk anal Suffolk 105. f s . 00 0 1 1 i.. a- `- Lincolnshire ,----- Yorkshire Wold 3 06 fine 3 9 ' 2611. t ...4 . 6 0 4 ge, -- Foreign .. ...-s. O n : gfis Beans, New -- Old - ots. en - 503‘ • ....5. t° n o. 10 28 0, Oats, Potato • ........ .to - fine ----..- Poland -s• -•-• oes. eta% ....... Vriezland and Smali __, to . „ et ....,., - Nealing 0 t'''' r I' v ' s. Bh6lling Malt -s. 40s fine 40 l'er Lso . 38 1 . 1)..v Rapeseed .... -/. Os. 361.09. 58 67 3J 36 19 24 Per Bushel Birmingham s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 7 0 S 6, 3 6 46 NEWCASTLE Coil Wheat, Barley. / M e Y — , CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel') Oats . 0 Wheat. Barley. 1 -------:r , d, ton I .s. d. to r. d. s d. to s. "z 2„ 0 '3 fruro.... ........ • 0 7 5 9 03. - 0 Helstene - 0 3 0 St. Austell 0 So 0 3 -- 0 3 0 Bodmin 0 88 —0 4! -- 0 9 0 iskeard 0 7 6 0 3 , 4 1 ' "... 0 g 4 Launceston . 3 i - 9 1 1 0 6 Camalford 6 6 7 E 3 L , 1 a ..- v Penzance 7 8 8 4 0 . 0 SCOTCH MARKETS' ops',', Bea"' ..../i) Wheat. Barley, Oats. " -v.v.'. 39 14 0 i 0.-0- kberdeen CO to 70 28 to 29 15 to 211. --' to .5: 1 r Berwick 35 47 15 24 15 21 30 "„ 6 6 `..., Zoldstneam Clipar (Fife , 48 65 26 31 IS 22 22 ''' ; Si; •*"' Dunbar .. 60 62 20 23 18 24 37 aQ I ..., . / Elgin 70 7.2 30 31 22 26 48 t i .., ... Inverness Kelso ..... n 5 47 17 24 16 18 30 w',„ 45 # Kirkaldy Perth (fr„, Tho sac of the measure varies throughout the -° _..„ EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. I r e'- a. Od Wheat. Barley. Oat ,. zae...zi First..,, i 60.. (Id :-:6:. ed. ;Ns_ 84. 4 6 '• uv• 1 43 0 ~• 0 • ~13 SG con,' I 70 il 32 0 2t 0 `," 0 ' Third 1 56 0 26 0 IS 0 Q "'", 7 3 . 6d. Average price of Wheat ~..........•.•••. '" 10. 14 PRICES OF PROVISIONS AC. . trod tO O 0 Beet, per it,. .......... Us. sd. to 00.8 d., Fresh Butter, 0 , 0 10 9 0 0 slutton -.....--. 0 5 0 7 'Salt Ditto 86 0 19, Veal --,--........ 0 7 010 Ditto,pe..r cw` ,it if v .... dog. 0 0 18 0 l'or.t—.---- 0 5 0 7 Eggs, l' - ',10)1.) , - 6 Lam, per qr. -.- 3 0 4 0 OatStrarst,(o4...lo n 1 0 ii i Fallow, cwt....... 39 0 42 0 What v".. .. 9 , v 1 1 v Quartern L0af...,. 0 91 010 Bar l e y Vitb" '„0 .• Potatoes, 141 b. 0 0 0 5 Hay, Pe r°. LI EDINBURGH MEAL g ARK. OI I4Ib• 1 7 0 g 3: Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto.,. .....,..., 0 i Barleymeal I It 0 Barleymealo., .. ........ ..... PPasenteal 1 8 0 Peaselnea h : ..... ... Pnt Barley from 30s. to 4.t , 11. Pe' „or. e• fetj HADDINGfON CORN MArt' Be3 ns ....s Ori Per S ra t, ........ . ... . . 0 1 jo Wheat. Barley. Oats. 465 Od_. 4 .4 tirst '7ls Od 34s Od 25s 64 s4s ea ... 4 V. Second s9s Od 2s I d Vs 641 32 1 Od third s4s Od 20s Od 20s 00 , g. NOM Average '2l. 193. 0,,v S. ( ' ft , ET. ~, , L, 0 1 g GLASGOW CORN MI - IC '64.- ‘' ORO - Wheat, per 2401 b, s. d. s. d. Oat; Per " 'I/ 0 .. ..... .. __ British, old 340 to 37 6 Iriab ............ .. IF _ t o .---- new — 0 0 British ............. ..r.,. 6 9 0. 1 0 _ Canada, free 0 0 Beans, I r •""gO : ...... .... _. .... Irish Barley, per 3201 b h .......... ~ 0 Scottish ... 4 , ..,.. ti 00 English 27 6 29 0 Pease, Scottlb,„,_ . i,„ Scottish pert-la"' 4." 24 0 27 6 Oatmeal, „,„,,,,„..0 Irish - ses°' 54 44: 6 0i _.: 11d1 6d o sr ET. Od Fir5t......... DALKEITH CORN All l ..A' - p a .e. 44; 4 Second 233 4d Wheat. 7s9o: oci6d " Haney . 33405 s :,odd i i e Oats. c d 4t stu 5 61 Third 43s Od 20s Od ' , Ss 4 - k L _ ~, the 1 1 The following letter has been rece i ved p pliP il various police courts of the metropolis :--",Me', rg, Police-office, Great Scotland-yard, I)ecemu I beg to inform you that the Receiver has re„enef"; !...tructions from the Secretary of State that (,)11.ar i, paper only for the future is to be allowed s AP, police therefore, courts. I have, to request that, i iittu e you will have the goodness to atten d to the tions.—l am, Sir, your obedient servan G t , irrl ifiN l6. "To the Chiefielerk." " THOS. O""' aEs TO sol vvA PATENT LEVER SILVER - tb° —E. J. DENT, 82, Strand, Chronometer, 0 Clock Maker, by special appointment to her inifero d ss Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert*.giTCll,,, ASSORTMENT of these superiorly constructed rl o r cs 7;, at 6/. 6s. each. They have double-bottomed fist p erP ect jewelled (six holes) movements, and elatini° t° . & fr o whilst being wound, with other modern itioverer_t;ges performance guaranteed. Their particular scl cSte l ir o s strength. moderate price, capability of bearing ru'epsril motion without derangement, and small espenle estrit. if they meet with injury. Gold cases from 8/.1 0 '''7" 82, Strand, three doors west of Cecil-street. • e le' This 0 PATENT LEVER WATCHES.' 001 brated construction (the most accurate on ifbie li vr i l t i the 11 0 i tt o u i r be made) is now offered at the following priqs? 0 9 0 1 in cor improvements, i. e. the detached escapement,. J e n oel W holes, hand to mark the seconds, and maintaito p a tinue going while winding up. '6 6° : SILVER CASES. XL With double-bottomed cases, capped..... .• 6 ip', With hunting cases, capped ..........•• 7* , o GOLD CASES. 4.10 0 Size for Ladies, with elegant gold dial.•••`' ' o n Ditto, in double-backed cases. i„ 15 Size for Gentlemen, enamelled dial ....... ° .. o i Ditto, extra full size, ceprd...,n 01 0°1' 0 A pamphlet, containing observations respe--4 prices sr dr constructions on which Watches are made, w4 l2 tP o f 01 pe in gold and silver cases, and a variety of 50, t6 ,-. e b s isS, t signs, which have just been completed hi gctub, letter ' 50r0 sent, gratis and postage free, on application sefe ° Cox Savory, Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Lup from Gracechurch-street. On the 14th inst., at Boulogne, _ ....,_ - L , t Po late of the Bengal Artill O9 . On the 16th inst., at M A On the 17th Artillery, of a son. .,. , t j 3 e Dr. Al t. inst., at Ventnor, Isle of %via', ar in, of a son. 7'HS th . a lady 0 woe Ibit --------- ' of Is lSassau- street, Soho, to AlYatilda Coltman, onlylaughte ~, , is Richard Clark, of A 1 h y s am,Norfolk. 4 Cr sn • c s MrJohll 11:oi;Jr• On the 16th inst., at Remenham Church Berk-. for ris it ha ß M lß Ch p u ' rc h, rlythies, Esq., of the Turrets, Colchester, /sex , tel ju sier Jane, eldest daughter of Edmund Gardner,:sq., 'l' the ham O Lodge, Hnley-on-Thames. 6 r eus, o f On the 16th e inst., at Finsbury Chapel, FiborY" ,„hter Rev. John Baptist Austin, to M at ilda, ,lotr,est da'o" the late J. Lashbronke, Esq., of Trinity.sque. T. fyr e ' On the 18th inst., at St. Mary's, _Walthastovv,..!soo3st Esq. , Captain 3d Regiment Bombay Native I.valrY, Mitbaise second daughter of J. Evans, Esq., of StonePoWnp."7,, stow, Essex. ,,if o f DIED. •ir 10 1. ' On the 14th inst., Jane, the w ife oftVe. ~. ,stig ate Boulogne, aged 39. , . On the lath inst., in Norris-street, An reli et " .. ?1,. Charles Bate, Esq., of Albemarle-street. ' , ~..,:, go On the 17th inst., in Tollington-park,1W11,14:0.,,d TA. On the 17th inst., at Highgate, J. 5r4,P3,417411": , On the 17th inst., at Loughton, Esseic°.„• J•,'"jigfer' On the 18th inst., Mr. J. Hendry, ofMed - P ace ' square, aged 24. ''' OW Ski ° On the 19th inst., Mary Anne , wifed J•litche ll ) place, New.road. London : Printed and Published by 111100 YO".1 jP No. 112, Strand, at The Sui Office, a. 112, la' S O t r , l l the County of Middlesex, Mond a y , Deqber 20, 1 .1 4 do .A, De TI Of .;.IN ttf tie Vej, • riti, krti .Prz t di l fr ee a), tan