The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-09 00:00:00

EVENING SUN DRURY-LANE THEATRE. G'ENERAL MEETING OF THE NEW RENTERS. A General Meeting of the New Renters o 7 Drury lane Theatre was held at Mr. George Robins's Rooms, Covent-garden, yesterday, at ten o'clock. On the motion of Mr. Ctrs, Mr. George Robins was called to eke Chair amidst acclamation. Mr. GEO. ROBINS, after thanking the meeting for the honour conferred upon him by calling him to the Chair, said he was rejoiced to see the gentlemen of the press in at tendance, as the object of the meeting was one to which publicity should be given. Some time since Captain Carpenter and he (Mr. Robins), with some other gentle men, had been appointed trustees, and he hoped he shouldbeable to show that they had not been idle nor inac tive in their uphill struggle They had availed themselves of the abilities of their respected solicitor, Mr. Ford, a gen tleman who was the very first to become a shareholder, 4nd paid his money down for twelve sharer:, and without whose assistance they could not have arrived at the re sult to which they have now. He (Mr. Robins) had been obliged to attend in the Bankruptcy Court yester day, at much trouble and expense ; however he was happy •to be able to offer his humble services to the renters this day. On the 3d of February, 1840, a meeting of the renters was held, at which he and Cap tain Carpenter were appointed trustees, and that ap pointment had been subsequently approved of • by the Master in Chancery. Finding it impossible by either persuasion or courtesy to make any satisfactory arrangements respecting the large arrears that were due to the renters, the opinions of two eminent Counsel were obtained, and being favourable, they were compelled to adopt the Bernier and most painful resort of 'putting a distress into the theatre, for the sum of 14,9411. ss. After considerable trouble and delay, the following document was signed :-- " Agreement entered into between the Committee of Proprietors of Drury Lane Theatre, and the Trustees of the new Renters of the said theatre. " The sum of 1021. 10s. 9d. balance remaining in the hands of the Committee on account of last season, is to be paid to the Trustees within fourteen days, on account of the sum of 14,9411. ss. arrears of the rent-charges due the 16th December last. " A sum 0f,51. nightly for every night performance in October last to this day, to be paid to the trustees on account of the said rent-charges, one-third of such payment to be made within 21 days. Upon the above payment being made, the present distress in Drury Lane for 14,9411. ss. shall be withdrawn, the Committe pay ing Mr. Stevens, the broker, his expenses relative to such distress. A like payment of Si. per night of every performance, to be made to the trustees in future on each quarter day, or within three days thereof, any balance on the receipts and payment in . favour of the theatre, after deducting the ground rent and such other outgoings (authorised by Act of Parliament) at the end of the present and all future seasons (which season shall be from Michaelmas day to Michaelmas day in each year) shall be paid to the Trustees on account of the said rent-charges (such payments respectively not to exceed the amount due on the said rent-charges, but such balance not to be accounted for and paid over until the end of the then next season after such balance shall have accrued, so that the season ending March, 1841, shall be accounted for and paid in March, 1842, or within twenty-one days afterwards, and so on for every subsequent year. " The trustees of the new renters, or their solicitor, autheriseil in writing,_ shall _be at liherty to examine the Recut:ilea:l;f. the commiteeesof the. :said theatre; and the ananig accounts shall be nade. out and . adjustedbetween the peinrkitteaand truetees..qiiartekly..... "If the ,ebove terms „he, eolupliedevith by the. com mittee the present e truetege epee:that no preceedings shall-be taken for the.:.rectieery of tlee s rent-charge now or hereafter to become dab; bet in the event of the above terms not being complied with, the trustees are em powered to re-enter and distrain fur such arrears of the said rent-charge as may be due. " Nothing herein contained tes be considered to effect their rights, or the rights of any other persons, under the several statutes or otherwise, relating to the said theatre. " Dated April 6, 1841, signed Joseph Arden, on be half of.the Earl of Glengal, Chairman of the Committee, and Charles Ford, solicitor to the trustees of the new renters." lle (Meßobins) acting, upon the old adage, that half a loaf was better than no bread, consented to this arrangement, al though he was fully aware of its being an enormous sacrifice. At that time Mr. Macready was in treaty for the thea tre, and lie (Mr. Robins) need not inform the meeting how disgraced the boards of " Old Drury" had been by the exhibition of horses, . asses, and elephants ; and, therefore, when he .. heard that a man who had dono so much to . revive the classic drama as Mr., Macready—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—he, in common with his co trustees did all that lay in his power to farther his views ;: and although a distress was in the theatre at the time, it was done in the most honest manner. . Mr. Macready being about to leave for the Provinces at the time, it became necessary to eome quickly to some arrangement,, as he would have nothing to do with the theatre as matters then stood, and to prevent its being shut up fin. ever the trustees consented to the arrangement.—(Hear, hear.) He had spoken of the enormous debt of 14,9411. 55., and it now behoved him •to allude to what fie got in his capacity of trustee.—(Hear.) He had received altogether the sum of 1,407/. 10s. 9d., from which was to be deducted the cost fur printing and incidental expenses, leaving a balance of 1,3021., • which had been lodged in the hands of Messrs. Ransom and Co., his bankers. What was proposed to be done now was, to return to every one the sovereign which had been subscribed, and to give to - every share holder the sum of 31. on each share.—(Loud cheers.) This, it was true, w but a small dividend on 14,0001.. but still he thought it was 31. more than. the shareholders ever expected.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that the new renters owed the Drury lane Committee but little in the way of civility or cour tesy received ; and in doing so, in allusion to the Rep; rt which had emanated from them, he felt bound to ex press the highest respect for their Noble Chairman. On the first clay of January, • the dividends of 51. would be payable at Ransom's, to those holding shares • and any time the subscribers called at his (Mr. Robins's) offices, they would be returned the sovereigns which they had subscribed. Considering the position in which they stood two years ago, when they made the engage ment- with Mr. .:sracready, he trusted the gentlemen present would feel satisfied with the result of the trus tees' exertions.—(Cheers.) Mr. GREGORY said, although he was not a large sub scriber, yet he was a largo shareholder ; and in with holding-his subscriptions lie only followed the example of Sir William Curtis. Ronms f every -one adopted. your precaution we should be is ithout a penny nos'. . . MrtiGne.nonv-The sooner the dividend is made pay ab!e the better, as even trilling as it is it would be an object tie - . a''grent m.my of the shareholders just now. He thought Oe • money ought to be fetid to them during the ceurse of the, preientemonth, as it would then lee like a Christmas-box. Mr: itont.Ns, iii answer to Mr. Haverleld, stated that the agreement they ha l entered ,into he had no doubt would enable them to ol,Hn : - !d. Bs. Gd. per share.- C-Iptaia CARPZNTER wished to take the earliest oppor tunity of :Miaplying some of the delicacies o hiS - worthy colleague, Mr. Robins, as well ae to make a few ob servations concerning him as oue of the three-trustees. With refereswe to the observation; that had been. made relk.eting on the Committee of Drury-lane Theatre . he held a report in hit hand which . was in one of the Sunday w co papers, in whikdi an acunt as given of the proceedings of the.pr,pcietors of the goneral body which took place on the 29th of o:tober, and having read that over, and duly considered it, he mill not say that he found any thing in it that would justify him in making- the strong o bservations that his friend ma d e, namely, that i t .con tai tied. mat tens that ‘Vin'e false. The report presented a more favourable view than circumstances led him to expect, although he should have been more satisfied with it if the renters trustees had been m ent i oned in it in a more candid ma nner. That paper alSo conta i ned the observe tiome; made by a gen,leinan WI!o w an reported to have addressed the me' uteri, and %vhich observaticns showed that they „ er e not altogether• in the position in which they were asserted . to . anl that t h ey were reflection that _had been attempted not dtverving the to - passed anon th em ;- namely, that of usurp i ng tlke prtheet, of the theatre, to which th ey were - new entitled. One gentle:min at that meeting was re _rep,'eno.hevo said that the renters had slipped by Chance the Act of Parliament, a nd another had asserted that the router; had diddled :he late Mr. Whitbread in tipt insertion of their in into the Act of Parli a meet.. Now, what was • t he • colts of the Act of Parliain ent —w hy, it contained provisos empowering and such Amin to raise a . , s large a stun as 300„OCCL ; Lein the ease, he would put it to the meeting . whether such a sum could ever have been ei setspeet outedto with been raised if the proprietors hatwas,fla breach of faith? Ile thoug ht it there fore, hilo to make such an a ssertion. II() claim thought there could be no doubt of the strong the renters possessed en the property ; they had relin quished part of their claim at the time the theatre was rebuilt; and they had given up the sums of 16,337/., and 14,800/ , and to which was to be added the . amount of the rent• charge now due, which amou nted to the sum of 1.1,147/., so that altogether there was a sum of about 45,20(1. Now he was anxious to put that in juxtaposition with what had been, told then , by a gentle - Ban who had attended some of the . meetings, which was that the renters had received be tween 60,00 a and 70,00C1 since 1810. Now, if they put in juxtaposition wi:11 that the sums they had failed toreccive, he thought there would be but little difference. 116-'felehottati upon that occasion to acknowledge the oourtesy they had received from the two gentlemen who waited - 01)mi them from the general body ; that led him to ok-ierve that after having recourse to strong meagureg, the Trurtees waited on their oars, and after that the first communication was a requisi tion that the new renters would allow the distress to hand over for some time, which was agreed to. Severat meetings afterwards took 'place, and ultimately an arrangement was come to, by which those .boards, which had been trod by a Kemble, a Cooke, a Sid dons, a , Kean, and th e i r own M acrea d y, h a d b een thrown open again to the public. To those gentlemen who were not acquainted with the history of the claims Othe new renters, he wished to say that their rights had been strongly and powerfully protected by the different Acts of Parliament, anti the strongest powers were given by them to the renters. He • trusted- under all the etreumstanees, that the renters would be satisfied with what the trustees had done. — (Cheers.) It was not commensurate with their wishes, but it was the only chance they had of enabling the renters -to receive a portion of their dividends. On the motion of Colonel JOUNSTONE, the best thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the trustees, for the great exertions they had made on behalf of the renters. Mr. ROBINS, on returning thanks - for the trustees said that he expected some of these fine days they should have the pleasure of doing a great deal more for the renters, and that instead of giving them 51. a are, they would be enabled to give them 12/. 10s.—(Che.rs.) A vote of thanks was also carried unanimously to Mr. Ford, the solicitor of the trustees, for his gre :t and gra • tuitous exertions in behalf of the renters. A vote of thanks was also carried to Mr. err for his exertions in their behalf. Mr. G. ROBINS felt highly delighted at the unanimity which had prevailed in the meeting. For his brother trustees and himself he would say that they should now proceed with infinitely more satisfaction than they did before, because they now knew that whatever they did, being for the best, would meet with the approbation of the renters.—(Cheers) He would now Wish them good day, expressing a hope that next year they would pre sent them with a good dividend. A vote of thanks having been unanimously carried to Mr. Robins, the meeting broke up. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The depression in this market continues without the slightest relief, and prices of goods and yarn gene rally continue gradually to decline. There is some demand for very low counts of water twist for the Levant, and perhaps a little more inquiry for good 27-inch printing cloth for the United States ; but generally the market is exceedingly flat, and sales are effected with difficulty, even at lower prices. We regret to hear, by the last advices from New South Wales, announcing a number of serious failures at Syd ney, that business is represented as being in a most wretched condition. There has also been a failure of a Brazilian house at Rio, the engagements of which are from 30,000/. to 40,0001. ; and we regret to learn, that a portion of the loss will fall upon houses in this town. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, DEC. 6. — There has been a better demand for Flannels to-day, but no improvement in prices. The Wool Market still remains dull, and prices stationary. HUDDERSFELD MARKET, DEC. 7.—This was a more animated market day than for some weeks past, there being more buyers than usual. The demand was very varied ; but orders were exceedingly small, and prices drooping, or, at any rate, not improved. In fancy goods, a few favoured articles are doing well ; but the great mass of tradesmen have to struggle hard against the al most unparalleled long depression in the staple articles. Wools are firm in price ; and warehouse business is a fair average for the season. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER BETTING. -TUESDAY EVENING. For a December morning the attendance was good. We did not hear an offer made against Attila. There was a desire to back both him and Chatham ; but none of the capitalists liked to come out. 20 to 1 was offered v. Robert de Gorham ; 200 to 6 was taken once or twice over on Auckland, but was afterwards offered ; 400 to 10 against William de Fortikus ; 16 to 1 freely offered v. the two ; 1,000 to 30 was offered v. Meteor— some money might have been wasted at 40 to 1 ; 400 to 6 was asked for, but quite in vain, on the Dirce colt ; 30 to 1 could have been laid v. the Lord of Holder ness, but afterwards 450 to 5 was booked, and the influential taker would probably have gone on ; 40 to 1, to a little sum, was ventured against the Artful Dodger ; a few 50's to 1 laid against Passion, and layers en ; the figure was offered against Merle ; 200 to 4 was twice laid against Seahorse. The above appeared to be the oteater and certainly the most important part of the business: 'Several parties have left to attend the great boursitiffileeting at Altcar. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield has published a very long letter in the columns of the Siamese twins devoted to Wakefield-principle —we mean, of course, the Colonial Gazette and the Spectator. In this imposing proclamation of "principle" Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield de clares that he shall not admit that his "principle" has been . fairly tried, till Government shall resort to a system of borrowing money to carry it into effect! Now, then, the murder is out; and we know what this school means by National Emigration. It has been curious to trace the progress of the " 'Wakefield principle." Ten or eleven years ago it was announced as super seding all action on the part of Government beyond the merely allowing free play to the " principle." It was to work its speciosa miracula, if the Colonial office would but laisser faire. The Wakefield principle was to be all-sufficient to open Paradise in every wild. But now it appears this princi ple cannot work, if Government won't borrow money for it. _ Oh, most lame and impotent conclusion! Government, then, is to borrow money on " the Wakefield principle," for colonization by wholesale. What is the object commensurate to such a stride beyond its right functions? Forsooth, the giving a fair trial" to " the Wakefield principle !" What is the secu rity? The scientific accuracy of " the Wake field principle." But how if " the Wakefield prin ciple" has no pretension to scientific accuracy ? Government surely can't entertain a doubt so in jurious ! It would be little short of imputing fallibility to Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the Spectator, and the Colonial Gazette, and drawing down on Coe Government the same dis interested hostility which every previous one has incurred which failed to espouse implickly their sanguine schemes! We are utter unbelievers in the boasted sufficiency of this " Wakefield prin ciple." It has some trite enough truth in it, and a prodigious deal more of delusive assumption. STANDARD.—It is said that Sir Robert Peel employs , the present Parliamentary recess in making inquiries as to the prices, the rates of wages, the condition of the labouring classes, and generally the resources of the several corn coun ties in Europe and Asia. It is acknowledged that these inquiries, if properly made, are likely to prove useful, which is au admission that they are not unnecessary to a perfect knowledge of the subject, and,_ as such, they sufficiently justify the Premier's refusal to improvise a re peal or modification of the Corn-laws, when strongly urged to do so, absut two months ago; the necessity for these inquiries, too, even up to the present time, reflects an unfavourable light upon the rash enterprise of the late Cabinet, made so long ago- -as the risSnth of April, and if we believe its authors—which, how ever, in candour, we own not to be the case —determined upon twelve Months ago. The infpiiry ascribed to Sir Robert Peel is per- Esstly in accordance with the conscientious and prudent character "of the statesman to whose care the destinies of the empire are happily committed. Nearly twenty years ago the late Mr. Cithbett, no complimentary critic, acknow ledged that " Mr. Peel was distinguished froin every other politician of the time by the care which lie took always to make himself thoroughlyacquainted with facts." And whoever has watched the Right Von. Baronet's course can scarcely have failed to observe that, excelling as lie does excel, all competitors in the qualities of a public speaker, he excels them still more in a perfect. knowledge of the facts connected with every great question that conies before Parliament. This is the characteristic which distinguishes Sir Robert from the great states men of the past ages, as well as from the greatest among his Contemporaries. Ile has never in 30 years been caught tripping, never fbund in a mis-statement, or even a mistake, as to the matter of fact, this must be the fruit of smind judgment, and Ml ex traordinary sagacity, mense labour, stimulated by conscientious zeal-- attributes of a statesman scarcely enhanced in value by even Sir Robert Peel's eloquence. 1 - 1 0 R me . TIC U L T URA I. SOCIETY. A very full ` er r SUperai:rhehi 'Tuesday nftcrnooa at the Society's roo'ati'sng►te or_ chair. The George Loddiges, Esq. V.l'., in . ' The show, both of flowers and fruit, was athe . , c o n s id ering the late and inclement season . - year. There was an unusually good show of pines, all:Muo•-• Jamaica pine, t which was an. Enville piue, weighing 7-ilbs., from s ome ' Nvc gardens .i at Cobham,, Surrey ; a black Sondes, at Swaffl‘a p arge size. From the gardens of Lord and Queen's of ve;i:-lling 4lbs. 1 loz., with Montsekrats th a . , In Norfolk, was a (fish of rare but fine fruit, called ;het purple guava. There was a large collection of apples oranges, gardens of Viscount May nard, of Dunmow, i n n L t s i "' ; and of pears, from the m —e- o l x 'rom Mr. Wiglesworth, of gardens of the Society. Amongst the flowers the chiet and a shaddock. species of orchidaceous plants, Clitheroe, there were grown out of doors. nthemums from the novelties were some now for r w i ayded were a and a very large collection of e p h r r i7 ) , - e 3 nft‘:rilileler pine ; gardens of the Society. The gardener t to sil ver Knightian medal to Mr. Bisset, silver Banksian medals to Mrs. Lawrenutes,e,F,j col lection of plants ; Mr. Green, gardener Sir Edmund Antrobus, for specimen plants ; Mr. Hate , h ro , Mr. M:les, M.P., for two pines; Mr. Ross and Mr. BA te Ulan, for orchidaceous plants. two pines .13:Lnksian certificates of merit were also awarded. .T er h a . l extract from the Meteorological register kept at the cr ar : dens, from November 2 to December 7, gave :--If a j,,,_ meter, highest, November 7, 30.391 inches ; lowest, No. vember 30, 25.8-15. Thermometer, highest, November 12, 63' deg. F. ; lowest, November 16, 15 deg. F. ; an d quantity of rain, 4.31 inches. The Droit states that a gentleman- of property arrived iti the capital a few days since from the country, and immediately sent for his nephew, Who had been for some time resident here. The young man came, but, in stead of embracing his uncle, drew a pa ir of pistols from his pockets, and swore he would first shoot his uncle, and then kill himself, if he did not instantly receive a written engagement for 5,000 fr. The uncle attempted to remon strate, but the young man . was so determined that nothing was left but to sign the paper. While this was doing some one knocked at the . door, and the uncle h o p ed ror a moment that his,. nephew would be deterred from his crime ; he, however, persisted, and would not suffer the door to be opened till he had the obligation, and then passed out as the other person came in. - The uncle has laid a complaint before the police, with great distress of mind, as his nephew, up to this criminal act, uniforMly conducted himself with propriety. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1841. STOCK EXCHANGE BUSINESS. (From the Times.) A country correspondent having requested us to afford him and other rural capital sts some insight into the fornis and regulations according to which the pur chase, cab, and ." carrying over" of stock and share: are effceted by the brokers belonging to the Stock Exchange," we proceed, in compliance with his re quest, to lay before our readers the information re quired in as clear and concise a form as possible. This curious and complicated subject may be ex plained and discussed under three &Emit beads—viz., first, the parties engaged in stock transaction:, whe ther brokers or jobbers ; secondly, tn,ney and time bargains ; thirdly, the rules and regulations by which these operations are conducted. The clearing-house i❑ Lombard-street affords the greatest faclities to the transactions of the Stock Ex change, inasmuch as, without its intervention, difficul t:es and embarrassments would present themselves in the final settlement on adjustment of those transactions, of an almost insurmountable character. By means of this clearing-house, all the great monetary transactions of the day are brought to a close by five o'clock in the afternoon, whereas, in the ordinary mode of paying or receiving money, whether in notes or hard cash, their settlement might not he finally effected for several days afterwards, to say nothing of the security afforded to all parties concerned by the' operation of the clearing-house. The members of the Stock-Exchange are divided into two distinct classes—viz., the brokers and the job bets. It is the business of the brokers to receive and to execute the orders of merchants, bankers, capital ists, and private individuals, who are " out of the house ;" the Stock Exchange being amongst its own members honoured with that dignified appellation. The jobbers remaiu stationary in the " house," and ready to act upon the orders thus received by the brokers. And here it may be as well to explain the nature and character of the business transacted by these jobbers, who, being men possessed of more or less capital, endeavour to tu-n it to account in the manner we are about to explain. It is their business to be always prepared to make a price to the brokers whenever the latter present them selves ; the readiness which they display iu offering to do business to large amounts at the apparently small difference of one-eighth per cent, would appear extraordinary, were it not that they are so numerous that an eager competition is excited amongst them for the favours of the brokers. When one of the latter ap pears in the market, he is surrounded by a knot of job bers, who announce themselves ready to buy or sell whatever amount of stock he has to deal in at a price varying only one-eighth per cent. For instance, if a broker has to do business in 5,000/. Consols (the market price being about 90), the jobber offers to buy his 5,0001. at 90, or to sell him that amount at 94, without being in the slightest degree aware whether the orders of the broker are to buy or to sell, and thus taking upon himself the risk of selling that which he does not possess, or of buying what he does not intend to keep ; his only object being to undo his bargain, at a difference of one eighth per cent. (or even less) with another broker, who may have to effect an operation the very reverse of the other, which one-eighth;or even one-sixteenth con stitutes his profit. The business of the jobber is one of loss as well as profit : he would soon grow rich were be sure of reali zing his one-eighth per cent. on all his transactions.- He runs, however, considerable risk, inasmuch as, after hav ing concluded a bargain, and whilst endeavouring to obtain a profit thereon, the market may sud denly change, either in consequence of extended sales or of continued purchases by other indivi• duals ; he is thus exposed to a lose. A clever and experienced jobber will, however, often extricate himself from his unpleasant and awkward situa tion, either by borrowing stock to deliver to the broker, or money wherewith to pay for the stock (as the case may be) ; and thus wait for the more favourable opportunitY of undoing his bargain. He may also have recourse to an " option," a transac tion, however, which besides being illegal and not recognised by the Comillittee of the Stock Exchange, is chiefly confined to the speculators within the house, and is, moreover, so intricate and complicated, and at the same time depends so much upon the opinion and caprice of the parties who deal in them, that any explanation respecting it would be extremely difficult, if not utterly superfluous. Vs ithout the intervention of the jobber, therefore, it will be seen that there would exist a vast diffi culty in effecting the transactions which daily take place : the jobbers are, in fact, the " middle-men," who stand in the house in the character of dealers, always ready to buy or sell, thus obviating the ne cessity of the broker's going in quest of a second broker, with whom he might transact his business ; or in other words, whom it might suit to buy what the other broker had to sell, or vice versa. Again, even if one were at hand, he might not be able to concur in the actual amount of stock which the other wished to deal in, whereas the jobber is ready to do business to any amount, even to the smallest fraction, and hence a great deal of time is saved. It often happens that a broker who bas to dispose of shares not currently dealt in, is frequently obliged to wait for months before he can find a purchaser ; whereas, in the case of stock, the jobbers offer them selves as buyers or sellers at a moment's not'ee, and thus offer facilities for transactions in the public funds which could ❑ot be effected without them. Having thus endeavoured to explain the difference between broker and jobber, and confined our atten tion hitherto to money transactions, we next pro teed to describe the nature of " time-bargains," which form so essential a feature in stock business. Indeed, the very existence of the Stock Exchange, as at present constituted, depends upon speculations in time-bargains, for where there exists a body of GOO members, the actual bona fide business would not he sufficient to provide .employment for them all, not withstanding the magnitude of the national debt. Time-bargains consist of purchases and sales of stock made for a certain fixed period, regulated by the Committee. There can be little doubt that they had their origin in the business which has always been teansacted in the funds during the periods when the stocks are shut. For instance, Consols usually close about the beginning of June and December ; that is to say, the transfer books at the Bank are shut for the space of five or six weeks, in order to afford time for the preparation of the dividend -warrants, which are paid in the following July and January. Hence it is clear that a person wishing to buy or sell that particular stock during the period referred to, would be unable to effect his object ; but in order to secure the price of the day, he buys or sells the stock " for the opening"—that is, for actual transfer on the day on which the transfer-books are re-opened. Tnis mode of doing business is legitimate enough, but this practice has no doubt given rise to operations of the greatest magnitude, founded, not on actual necessi tics, but merely on speeulation ; and this method being found convenient for one period, has been con tinued on other occasions, without, however, possess ing the same pretext for is adoption. Periodica, dates have, consequently, been fixed upon by the Committee, similar to the " opening" at intervals of about six weeks, making altogether about eight " settling days," as they are called, in the course of the year. Oa these " settling days" are arranged and adjusted all the bargains made during the preee ling six weeks, for that particular day ; those who sold stock hatieg to deliver it on the one hand, arid those who purchased having to accept and pay for on the other But as the msjority of the specu'ators have no intention of doing either the one or the other, their bargains hay .ng been of a purely speculative character, foanded on their ant:cipations of a rise or fall in the value of the se curities, so wha`ever difference may exist between the price at which a party commenced his speculation, and that at which he finally, closed it, is settled on this im portant day ; and his operations most likely not having been confined to the aims jobbers, but having been of fected with sev‘aial, it becomes necessary to balance them with the parties concerned, and much the same process takes place on this occasion as that practised a• the bankers' clearing-house, by establishing balance between each other. Whatever balance remains un ttled is adjusted by the names of the bone fide pur chaser of the stock (who intends to pay for it) being passed from one broker, or jobber, or speculator, to an other until it comes into the hands of the party who in tends to deliver or transfer the stock, by which mean:, al the irtermediate persons through whose hands it passes (the price given by the purchaser being marked on the ticket) ase enabled to close their accounts with each other at that particular price, and to pay and re ceive the differences accordingly. In short, all trans actions kept open until the settling-day must then be closed, and the party who delays this operation until the last moment is often exposed to a loss, from the dif ficulty of finding others, who, having adjusted their own accounts, are unable or unwilling to enter into a fresh transaction on this " day of reckoning," whereby he is compelled to pay something extra in the price to those who have it in their power ta afford him this facility, in order to enable him to settle his account. But, a 3 many of the bargains made for this particular day ate really bona fide - transactions, the stock bought and sold being in point of fact delivered by the actual hold er an d taken b y the new purchaser, let us br i e fl y explai n h ow th i s i s effected. This process i s one o f daily occurrence and is not necessarily confined to f , icttling-d ay , although on such occasions it usuall: amounts to a cons id era b le i tem, from its hav i ng ex t2nded over a wider period. In either case, however, the following is the way in which the matter is settled between the broker and his principal who has sold stock : —The broker usually passes his check for the proceede of the sale to his principal, taking the precaution of crossing it—i.e., writing a banker's name across the check. When, however, Bank of England notes are demanded in lieu of crossed checks (as is sometimes the , case), the bargain is made accortlaigly : in this case, the jobber who buys the stock provides them either by bor rowing of those who happen to have large balances at their bankers, or from their own private bankers. The notes so borrowed by the jobber are then paid over tc the broker, and by him to his princip a l. This operation is, however, seldom re. - >orted to by men of business where - there is no reason to doubt the credit of the party drawing the check. The jobber, on the other hand, having sold the stock to some other broker, who buys for his principal, re ceives,- in return, his check ; w that, by this simple pro cess of passing four checks--viz., that of the purchaser t) his broker, that of the broker to the jobber, that of the jobber again to the broker who first sold the stock, and that of the latter to his principal, the whit) trans act'.ori is completed. To advert to another technical peculiarity appertain ing to the Stock Exchange, which may appear puzzling to the unitiated. The terms " Bull" and " Bear" are doubtless familiar to most even of our country readers, without their being aware, probably, of their meaning. A " Bull" is one who speculates for a ris e , w hereas a " Bear," on the contrary, is he who speculates for a fall. The " Bolt" would, for instance, buy 100,0001. Consols for the settling-day, or, as it is technically termed, " for the account," with the object of selling them again during the intervening period et a higher price. The " Bear," on the oche: hand, would sell the 100,0001. stock (which, however, he does not possess), "for the account," with a view of buying them in for the purpose of balancing the transaction at a lower price than he originally sold them at. In stirring pe riods, when fluctuations of 4 or 5 per cent. often occur during " one account," vast profits may be realized, or equal losses sustained, by these gambling operations. The transactions in the foreign market are carried on much in the same way as in that of the English stocks, with the exception that the settling days are much more frequent, occurring, as they do, once in every fortnight. The Foreign " House" is quite of modern origin, but it is subject to the same rules and regulations as the Eng lish, witt a few exceptions. The dealings are there carried on in all the foreign stocks, as well as in railway, mining, and other shares. The jobbers are distinct from those in the English house, although there is nothing to preverkt them from dealing in both, if they possess suffi cient intelligence to enable them to give their attention in two places at once. In connexion with time-bargains may be noticed that important branch of business which goes under the de nomination of " continuation," or " carrying over." This is nothing more than interest for money borrowed or lent on security of stock. The rate of this continuation or interest varies according to the abundance or scarcity of money, and the nature of the security offered. For instance, on British stocks, even when money is very scarce, it seldom exceeds the rate of 5 per cent. per annum from one account to another ; whereas, in the foreign market, where the security consists of foreign bonds of various and doubtful descriptions, it ranger from 5 to 10 per cent., or even more, on particular oc casions, when it reaches 15 per cent. per annum. There are several causes which tend to produce this esti aordinary variation in the rates of continuation; for in the case of Consols, which constitute the only stock for speculation in time-bargains in the English market, the price varies so little in comparison with the value of the stock, in the course of an " account," that the security is considered good in itself; and, therefore, no extra charge is superadded by the party who lends his money. This is not the case with regard to foreign stocks, which arc constantly fluctuating in value, a fact to be accounted for by the extremely precarious nature of this description of property. Most of the bonds in circulation in the foreign house have ceased to bear any interest whatever, and many of them bear upon them the marks of their shame and disgrace in the shape of the arrears of interest called " coupons," overdue for several years. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at, that foreign securities of this description do not com mand the same credit as our own English stocks, and it must hence follow as a matter of course that parties who wish to raise money upon them must consent to pay a higher rate of interest for the accommodation. A great deal of business is transacted in this way, and some brokers, who possess the means of obtaining large sums of money without multi difficulty, devote their entire attention to it. The process by which the operation is effected is simple, both in the English and foreign mairket. The present rate of continuation iu the Consol l market is 9-16ths per cent. until the open- ing ; and if a person, we will suppose, wishes to lend money on that stock, from the shutting (on the 2d of December) to the opening (on the 14th of January, 1842), his broker procures him 1,000/. Consols as security, for which he furnishes the money at the actual price of the day, which is 90, making 9001., and re-sells, at the same time, the said 1,000/. stock for the opening (on the 14th of January), at 90 9-16, making 906/. 12s. 5d., and thereby leaving a difference in his favour of Si. 12s. 6d. for the loan of :9001., during the above period of forty four days, which will be found to be at the rate of 5/. 3s. Bd. per cent. per annum. On Foreign securities the principle is the same : supposing he lends on the ,ecurity of Spanish Bonds, he receives as security 5,100/., for which he pays on the 30th of November, at the price of 24} per cent., 1,2491. 10s., but sells it to the same party for the 15th of December (the next settling day) _at 24 9-16th!, producing 1,252/. 13s. 9d., leaving a difference in his favour of 3/. 31. 9d., or 1-16th upon the stock bought and resold, which for 15 days, is equal to * per cent. per month, or 12-Bths per cent. per annum, equal to 761. 10s., being at the rate of about 6/.25. 61 percent. per annum interest. This calculation is made upon the current rate of interest for the " con tinuation" of that stock on the 30th of November, which was considered as extremely low. The continuation on shares, in which a great deal of business is also done, varies but little from the above ; but a difficulty here arises which offers a great obstacle to the lending of money for short periods. The stamps, which by law are necessary for the due transfer of property of this description, and without which transfer there could be no security to the lender of money, are so onerous, and press so heavily on all bona fide transactions, that, notwithstanding the many attempts made at various times to evade them, they operate materially against the parties who lend money upon them, and, in fact, neutralize all profit for short periods. Persons who have sold shares or stock, if they are not in immediate want of their money, frequently avail themselves of this method of " continuation" in order to obtain interest for it, until they actually deliver the stock. On the other hand, speculators for the rise are by this means able to carry over their purchases from cne account to another ; and al though it may appear strange that they should be - taying at the rate of 5 and even 10 par cent. per an num interest on a stock which, in the 'instance of Con sols, pays th,m actually nothing ; std!, when viewed solely in the light of speculations, the rise in either se curity, if it take place, will more than compensate for this apparent inconsistency. The proacedings of the Stock Exchange are regu lated by a Committee consisting of thirty members, who are elected from the general body every Lady-day, each member havin g one vote. They tike car e that th e rules and regulations enacted for the admission and ex pulsion of members, and for the settlement of dispute, are properly observed, and although some of their laws are at variance with the established laws of the country, they are not so strictly enforced by the Committee as to bring them into collision with the courts of justice ; they fully answer the purpose for which they were in tended, and all the members, previously to their ad mission, subscribe to the condition s there laid down. All members, on being admitted, are obliged to pro duce three securities of 3001. each, for the first two years of their probation, which 9001. becomes forfeited :n tl:e event of their failure, and goes to the creditors if the new member. In consequence of their being interdicted from engaging in any other business, on be coming members of the Stock Exchange, they are no longer subject to the Bankrupt laws, and, therefore, in •I:e ei eat of failure, all their assets arc secured to the oreditlrs in the house, to the exclusion of those out of it. This rule is enforced in order to secure the house from the loss which would ensue to its members, were the legal creditors (if any existed) to step in and lay claim to their property. The tendency of the above regulation is to insure honesty arnongq its members. Should any principal 'a e reason to complain, he has only to appeal to the Committee, who instantly take cognizance of the matter, and subject it to the strictest investigation. Defaulters whose conduct his bccn dishonourable are puniShed, and an example is made of them by publicly affixing their names in the house on what is termed the " Hack board." T6ie is the heaviest disgrace which a member can possibly experience. Such is the manner in which the business of the Stock Exchange is carried on and transacted. INCENDIARISM.--On Friday night last, soon tiler ten o'clock, it was discovered that the stack-yard of Mr. William Chambers, of Sutton-in-Ashfield, was in fire, and which was without doubt the work of an incendiary. The Sutton engine, and the Norwich Union and the Mansfield parish engines, were quickly in the spot, and rendered effectual assistance. Chree valuable wheat stacks, one oat and one straw itack, yore consumed, and a seed stack much damaged. Nlr. Chambers's farmin g stoc k w asdnsured in the Not inghamshire and D er b ys hi re Fire-office for 3001, and it is estimated that the loss will amount to about that iu m. This is the third time, within a year, that Mr. Jhambers's stacks have been fired ; the first time the oss was 60/. This fact, though serious to the indivi lual, is not so alarming to the public, as it appears to ie rather an act of private malice, than the effect of a ~ •eneral bad feeling. A CURIOUS LAW•SUIT.—A passenger in an \ mcrican steam-boat, a short time since, "brought a mit," in St. Louis, against the captain of the vessel " for lot starting at the hour he advertised," thereby creating a loss to the said passenger through non - punctuality. The case went before a jury, who were so convinc e d of the justice of the claim th at t h e y brought in a verdict or 190 dollars !—no trillinf , sum for the dilatory captain to pay, as the Penalty of his not being a good " time keeper." The Augsburg Gazette of the 2d, in Ancona letters of Nov. 26, states that after the return of King Otho to Athens, the Greek Government remitted to the Ottoman Ambassador a note conceived in the most con ,tiliatory terms, which leaves no doubt that the differ ences that have arisen between the two countries will be amicably terminated,. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS COURT. Dec. 8. LANGTON V. HORTON AND IIIRNIE. This suit was instituted by the plaintiffs, who were mortgagees of the ship Ann, against the defendant, Horton, whom they alleged to be a prior mortgagee, but who clainiel an absolute interest in the ship and stores, and against the defendant, Birnie, the mortgager, for an account of the money received by them on the sale of the ship and stores. The case for the plaintiff not being concluded when the Court rose, - the cause was ordered to stand over until Friday. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 8. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. DARBON V. ROSSER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Learned Counsel then put in the letters which he had referred to in his address. The reading of the volumnious file of very long and wordy letters had oc cupied the time of the Court from about twenty minutes before two o'clock to half-past three, when Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN asked--Pray, Mr. Thesiger, are there many more letters to read ? Mr. THESIGER—A great many more, my Lord.— (A laugh.) There are those which I have just put in, and I know not how many more. On counting them I find there are eleven besides.—(A laugh.) Mr. Platt insists on them being all read. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—WeII, go on. The reading proceeded accordingly, and occupied in all three hours. Mr. PLATT then rose to reply. He said his friend Mr. Thesiger had told the Jury that attempts had been been made by means of newspaper paragraphs and other wise, to give this case an air of importance. Now, he would tell them that it was a case of high importance. It was a grand example of the excellence of the laws they lived under, that his humble client, or the humblest and most unprotected of her Majesty's subjects could ob tain redress and protection against their oppressors, how ever wealthy and powerful. The instructions which his friend had received to heap abuse upon the unhappy plaintiff showed that the defendant was still actu ated by the wish to insult and injure his victim, which he had manifested in his last letters. But he had not dared to put into the witness-box a single witness, not even a member of his own family, to prove that the plaintiff had been guilty of any impropriety. If anything could be proved against her, the shrewd attor ney of forty years' practice, would have ransacked the country to produce it. There were, indeed, these letters put in evidence, being the last she had received from a young man who paid his addresses to her before the de fendant made her the offer of his hand. But these let ' ters only proved that she rejected the addressee of that suitor, and that she had never given him any encourage ment. If anything else could have been established from all that had passed between her and Mr. Kitchen, the Jury would not believe that his friend Mr. Thesiger would have failed to bring the proof before them. He would not have omitted to produce the young man him self. Let them look at the history of the case. They found that in 1821 the mother of the plaintiff, having failed in business, retired with her three daughters to a country village, where they all lived together in seclu sion, upon the scanty pittance bequeathed to the daugh ters, the mother not possessing a shilling in the world. Here they lived in honourable respectability and peace, until after the death of the defendant's wife in 1837, when he invaded their retirement, and made them, by his constant attentions, and his visits, with every display of wealth, an object of curiosity, if not of suspicion, to the villagers around them. The Jury had seen that he was received in the first instance, and for a long time, with reluctance; but the situation of the family with re spect to him, and the kindness they had received from him for many years in the management of their funded and other property, rendered it very difficult to give him that repulse, which, it was suggested; on the other side, the circumstances called for. But how came the de fendant to instruct his Counsel to pronounce it disgrace ful on the part of the plaintiff to listen to such a proposal from a man whose wife was not yet one month dead ? If it was disgraceful in that young woman to listen to such a proposal from a man who had known her for nine teen years, and whom she had been taught to regard with gratitude and reverence—how disgraceful was it for him to make the offer ? He had known the plaintiff since she was nine years of age, and he must have been able to judge whether she merited that excellent charac ter which he alleged as his excuse for desiring to secure her for his wife. From the time of his first offer he never ceased to invade the retirement of this family, whose peace had now been broken up for ever by his treacherous conduct. No less than 400 letters had been received from him, up to the time when he thought pro per, without any fault on the part of the plaintiff; to break off his engag . einent; and thus leave her and her family objects of derision and contempt to all around them. It was said that the defendant had come to that period of life at which the vigour of his mind was impaired. But there was no evidence to justify that allegation. The letters of the defendant did not justify it • and it was not borne out by the statements of those who had been in constant communication with him. The whole conduct of the defendant indicated more of the cunning of the serpent than the imbecility of old age ; that cun ning was indicated by the appointments with the young lady which he had made, and by the manner in which he had arranged them. It was indicated by his recommen dations of a residence, he having in all cases advised the family to fix their abode in some place in his own neigh bourhood, or over Which he might be supposed to have some control. The very favours with which he had loaded her might have been conferred for the purpose of subjugating her to his wishes ; and that was the very course which a man with dishonourable intentions might be supposed to pursue. All his promises of making her his wife were but masks to conceal his real designs, and his protestations of religion and morality only showed that he was persuaded that it was not a profligate with whom he had to deal. That would not have been the first time that religious onamsiasin had been assumed as a mask fur carnal sin ; aid if such were the purposes of the defendant no pecu niary loss could be a sufficient punishment for infamy so deep. A paltry annuity had been offered to the plaintiff after the defendant had at length announced that he had no intention of completing his engagement; that offer the plaintiff had very properly rejected. She was Mr. Rosser's affianced wife, and as such she was entitled to a provision as large as if their marriage had been actually solemnized. But the offer in question was in no way suited to the affluence of the defendant. It should not be forgotten that, according to the contract between the par _ _ _ ties, the plaintiff would bare been entitled to no provision of any kind in the event of her surviving the defendant, unless he had thought fit, after their marriage, to sign a deed in her behalf. That was the consequence of the English law of conveyancing, with which the defendant was well acquainted; and it was under those circum stances that the plaintiff was ready to place all her hopes of worldly happiness entirely in his hands. And yet that was the woman against whom the charge of selfish and interested motives had been laid ! But the defendant had assigned as one of his reasons fbr violating the promises he had made, that he bad been informed that the plaintiff had held communication with a stranger in the streets, and that she had a-conversa tion with an officer in the navy, under circumstances of a suspicious and improper kind. Now that charge was a grave one, and might well be held to disqualify the (laintiff from urging those claims which she might otherwise possess. - But the charge, heinous as it was in its character, had not been substantiated by one tittle of proof. Mr. Rosser alleged that he bad received infor mation to that effect ; but the name of the informant was not mentioned, and no witness whatever was called to established the fact. Was not this a case of injury fol lowed by insult, and if they believed this canting old hy pocrite had from the beginning intended to treat a vir tuous and unsuspecting girl in such a manner, how could they sufficiently express their disgust at such conduct ? But if they should. be of opinion that his intentions had originally been honourable, but that afterwards he wished to get out of his engagement, then he could not be per • witted to do so without makicg her a handsome compen sation. The comfort, the honour, nay, the life of his un fortunate client, depended on their verdict. His Learned Friend had sneered at the evidence given by the milliner as to the personal appearance of his unfortunate client. Was it not evident she was taken to the shop solely to be identified as the person who accompanied Mr. Rosser on a former occasion? But what did they say to the evidence of Mrs. Bennett, who was a person of the greatest re spectability ? The plaintiff was an object of deep corn • passion. She was living with, her mother in 1837, in a state almost approaching to penury. Her conduct to her mother was exemplary ; and what: better earnest could there be of a woman making a good wife than that she performed her duty to her parents ? Mr. lesser knew that, and during the lifetime of his wife, so high an opinion did he entertain of the plaintiff, that he offered to conduct ,the afruirs of the.family at the winding up the account of the 'executors. There was then Mr. Rosser's own evidence to her character, up to the time that he invaded their quiet cottage. Shocked at first at Mr. Rossor's so soon forgetting his partner for fifty years, they were induced at last by his importunities to admit his addresses. All the parish of Hampton knew of the engagement, and then the match was broken off. All he asked was, that he should perform his contract : he refused to perform that solemn engage ment.' After exhausting four years of his life, he came into Court, and the lady had no object in acquiesing in his request but to obtain money. Was she not, there fore, an object of compassion ? What could they think of the taste of any gentleman, when a question of mar riage arose between him and a lady, to call her action a Pickwickery action ? Could anything be more vulgar ? As an honourable man, Mr. Rosser should not have pleaded to the action ; he should have said, I have broken my compact, and let a Sheriff's Jury assess the damages ; but, instead of that, he endeavours to terrify the mother and the daughter, and pleads four or five false pleas. A more lawyer-like sort of defence was never seen. It smacked of the attorney's office. The first thing he pleaded was that he had never entered into a con tract—that had been proved. The second plea was, that he had been wholly exonerated. What was the meaning of that ? All the letters showed that, so far from being exonerated, she had always insisted on his performing his contract. There was no evidence of any absolution from the contract. For what purpose could those pleas have been placed upon the record except to alarm the legal adviser of the plaintiff? but he was a person not to be frightened. He felt he could trust to whatever the plaintiff told him, and he challenged them to prove these false averments. They had not attempted to do so. There was another plea, that the 3661. Consols was re ceived in satisfaction of the breach of these contracts. Were they prepared to find that, when the money had been paid before the breach had been made, when the money had been paid before the later contracts had been entered into? Could they approve of the conduct of Mr. Rosser to this lady, who had no father and no brother to vindicate her rights ?. He. thought they must see the plaintiff was an object of grea t compassion, because, if they did not give her an adequate amount of damages, Mr. , Rosser would have obtained a victory over her. If his object had originally been an improper one, no amount of damages could be too high ; but if he had originally intended to make her his wife, she was entitled to re ceive, not only an amount of damages sufficient to re munerate her for the station she had failed to obtain as his wife, but also to compensation for the misery and suf fering- she had endured, and for the injury he (Mr.Rosser) had attempted to do to her character. They were called on to perform an important duty. If they dismissed the plaintitr with disgrace, they would be inflicting on her a life of ignominy, but he was certain they ,never could do so. No British Jury would come to a conclusion branding the character of a fellow-subject without any evidence, and they had no evidence to brand his client in the pre sent case, and he trusted to them to pronounce such a verdict as would adequately compensate her for what she had suffered. Mr. Justice WIGHTHAN in summing up, said he sin cerely congratulated the Jury on the approaching to a conclusion of this most tedious cause. It would not be necessary to go through the evidence; the pleas had none of them been made out. It was evident a promise had been given, that the-defendant had never been re leased from his promise, and that the money had not been accepted as a release from that promise. The only question, therefore, would be that of damages. The Learned Judge then proceeded to relate the circum stances of the case, as they have been detailed in evidence. The correspondence was one of the most extraordinary series of letters ever read. Sometimes the plaintiff re pented of his engagement, and then he repented of his repentance ; and these changes took • place so frequently that it appeared that the plaintiff really had hardly had time enough to make her mind up as to what course she could pursue. It appeared, however, that the defendant had all along some fears of what his family might say to this engagement ; that the plaintiff was aware of this, and that she took no steps to inform his family of what was going on. His daughters, no doubt, frequently re monstrated against the engagement, and this remon strance appeared to have produced a great effect on Mr. Rosser's mind. There did not seem to be the shadow of an imputation on the character of the plaintiff. With regard to the affair of Kitchen it was evident that she had refused him long before she accepted Rosser, and there was no imputation whatever on her character. The history of the engagement would best be learnt from Mrs. Darbon's evidence, which he would read to the Jury. (Having read Mrs. Darbon's testimony, the Learned Judge proceeded). Whatever they might think of the nature of such a connection, as far as a set tlement in life went there could be no doubt but the marriage would have been an advantageous thing for plaintiff. His Lordship then read one of the defendant's letters, in 1839, from which his Lordship thought it was evident that he was still as much attached to the plaintiff as ever, and only prevented from fulfilling his engagement with her by his very natural unwillingness to inflict additional pain upon his daughter, whose health had already been much impaired in the struggle. However, he did afterwards renew his promise, and went so far as to procure a license. It was for the Jury to consider how far the plaintiff, a young woman of 29 years of age, could be supposed to have suffered in her affections, by being disappointed of a marriage with a man of 83. But it appeared after all to be the real consideration for them, whether this was one of the cases in which worldly compensation could be applied, and then what amount would be sufficient to compensate the plaintiff for the annoyance and vexations she had suffered, and the injury done to her feelings, by the defendant's playing fast and loose with her for so long a time. In that light the matter seemed to have been viewed by both the parties at several periods, the question having been discussed between them so far back as 1839, how much would be an adequate settlement for her, to satisfy her for her disappointment ? Sixty pounds a-year was offered by the defendant, and the plaintiff held out for 1001., so that the latter may be supposed to be the estimate she put upon what she would feel a compensa tion at that time. The correspondence, however, had been renewed, a ring and license had been bought, and two years more had passed in some suspense. All these were considerations for the Jury in awarding damages. In their hands he now left the case. There was no question whatever but as to the amount of damages, as the verdict must be for the plaintiff on all the counts. The foreman inquired if the stock (666/. in the Globo Insurance) stood in the plaintiff's name ? His LORDSHIP replied in the affirmative. The Jury then retired, at half-past seven o'clock, and at a quarter to nine returned a verdict for the plaintiff, Damages 1,6001. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. S. PARKER V. TAYLOR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Justice ERSKINE, in summing up, said that al though it was suspicious that in all the time from April, 1838, when the I 0 U was alleged to have been given to Parker, in discharge of which the transfer was made, he never took any step to obtain pay ment; yet it was possible 'to account for that lenity on the ground of the near relationship of the parties. It was also suspicious that the bill of sale was not exe cuted until the night before the distress was put in by the defendant, which distress must have been ex pected by Stockbridge and his family. It was for the Jury to say whether the evidence of Stock bridge cleared away those suspicions, and satisfied them that the sale to plaintiff was bona fide. The Jury, after a short consultation, found a ♦erdict for the defendant. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES. The November session terminated late on Tuesday evening, when several prisoners were called up to re ceive judgment. The following prisoners who were convicted during this and the previous sittings were sen tenced as under : Death—John Job Ward, convicted of murder, and ordered for execution on Monday week, the 20th inst. The undernamed were sentenced to banishment for the periods set against their respective names : For:the term of natural Life—Henry Beaumont Smith, for the Exchequer bill forgery ; William Henry Mence, for a robbery at the Postrottice. For Twenty Years—Joseph Paybody, for forgery ; Edward Beamond, for receiving stolen goods, having been previously convicted of felony. For Fifteen Years—W. Johnson, John Crittle, Richard Ball, Dennis Leonard, and J. W. Bigg. For Fourteen Years—Soloman Levine, for receiving stolen goods ; and Hugh M'Cave, on a second conviction. For Ten Years—John Sharley, John Baker, Thomas Conway, R. Hitchman, R. Sullivan, Charles Tyrell, J. Cooper, Richard Gower, Joseph Frank, P. I. M'Ewen, James White, George Haydon, W. Armstrong, R. New bury, J. Mahoney, alias Hewett, John Barker, J. Smith, W. Smith, J. Banes, W. Clarke, George Barnes, J. Brown. For Seven Years—Charles Thomas, Michael M‘Loch lin, Daniel Whitlock, S. Bennett, J. Reddington, Joseph Gisling, Elizabeth Jones, Jane Smith, Henry Fawcett, Thomas Major, J. Ogleby, J. Jennings, T. Murray, Edward Coleman, Ann Brewer, William Virtue, Charles Jones, Daniel White, J. Thorpe, T. Darby, J. Ryan, C. Campbell, J. Kemp, J. Lorns. A great number of other convicts were sentenced to imprisonment for two years, eighteen months, one year, nine months, and shorter periods, down to fourteen days. The Court at its rising adjourned to Monday next, the 12th inst., when the December Session will commence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Hobler, jun., applied for a warrant to take into custody a person who committed an extensive forgery and fraud on the Ist December, upon a house in the City. The individual, it appears, is not known by name. He went to the house. the principal of which is in pur suit of him, on the Ist of December, and produced -Bel gian bank -notes, as they appeared to be, for which he asked and procured Bank of England notes. He re ceived in exchange for his Belgian notes one Bank of England note for 3001., six for 1001. each, five for 50/. each, two for 401. each, ten for 51. each, and small Bank of Ireland notes for 11. and IL 10s. each. The whole amount with which the delinquent got away is upwards of 1,4001. A warrant was immediately granted, and placetkin the hands of John and Daniel Forrester. The Belgian notes, it was stated, were not discovered to be forgeries until they were sent to Belgium for pay ment. A cab-driver, named James Austen, was summoned for having refused to take a fare. The servant of Mr. Moses, of Finsbury-circus, stated that he went, by the desire of his master, to the stand at Moorfiolds, where the defendant w a s with hi s h orse an d cab. and sired him to drive to take up 'at the Circus. The defendant, who knew that Mr. Moses wanted to go no further than Houndvditch, and was in the habit of paying no more than the legal fare, refused to drive " the Jew." The cabmen on the stand were in the habit of treating any gentlemen who resisted their attempts at imposition in a similar manner, and Mr. Moses was de termined to-see what the Act of Parliament would do for him. The cabman, whose appearance and tone of voice were quite unanswerable evidence in favour of the prosecution, said that he had a respectable gentleman, the waterman who attended the stand, to prove that he (the cabman) /vas engaged to another gentleman at the time Mr. Moses's servant addressed him'. The LORD MAYOR—Let him appear. The waterman came forward, and said that just before Moses's servant appeared, a gentleman, who came by one of the railway trains, came and engaged the cab. Mr. Moses's servant—l got into the cab on the stand, and I saw neither this waterman nor any gentleman at all near the place. The LORD MAYOR—What do you say to that, Mr. Waterman ? Waterman—Lord! please your Lordship, the gen'lman when he came up, gives me and the cab driver an inwite to gp into the . public- house, and have a drop afore they'd go, so we goes in, and then we sees the young man get into the cab which he had no right to. The LORD MAYOR—Oh, that was it. You three gen tlemen went into drink before the job was commenced ? Waterman—Just so. The LORD MAYOR—Very well. You have fully con firmed the account given, by the young man who has complained. My decision is, that the cab-driver pay the sum of forty shillings penalty, or go to prison for one month. The cab-driver—I cha'n't pay no forty shillings. The LORD MAYOR—Then you must be locked up for a month. Mr. Moses's servant sai w d h t i li eh at i h n i i s o m it a b s e ter p d ai e d s , ire t d o him the benefit of the poor. L t o h m a i n A d i a o ; o e r r an for vy t p h c a n a l t)' me pts to p re u a n y is h he fellows teade t o o f dis appoint The LORD MAYOR —I h ope Mr. Moses will serv e th e el a p s in a g tte m public further s obfytehe this description,him. as H i s LonpsiiiP stated, in the course of the day, that he had received from an anonymous contributor, to whom he returned most sincere thanks, the sum of 10/. for the benefit of the poor-box,' • • EVENING SUN WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday no less than thre e persons mere charge! with having attempted self-destruction. Samuel Jackson, a working man, was the first o f them ' and was brought from the If police station. His wife, a decent-looking woman, was pres ent, Oa. stated that he wa s a good sort of husband, and had a ( ' been in the habit o f drinking much for . the last two of three years, but when h e did take a little too much h became frantic. He had d one s o OR Tuesday nigh t, and . e upon his return home beh a ved so wildly that his wu was frightened out of the place, and he then hanged him' self. A lodger in the house, however, hearing a stranr_ noise, entered the room, and saved his life by cutting the handkerchief with which he had suspended himsel f. The prisoner now expressed contrition for what he had done. Mr. BROUGHTON remanded him. TwO young women, named Emma Edwards and Mal Harlton, remanded from last week, were again Pla c ' at the bar. Emma Edwards, a rather handsome young woma n ' attempted to drown herself in the Regent's Can al, was prevented and taken in charge by a police constable of the N division. a- Kempt, a constable of the same division of polic e ' i for formed the Magistrate that the prisoner had bee n many years leading an abandoned life, and she had bee. passionately fond of a smart young fellow, but a notoll: ous burglar, who a few months back was transports that ten years. She had gone mad, or nearly so , on t young fellow's account, and had been for a time in workhouse, and afterwards at service, but had agia, taken to bad habits, and at length was found att e mP tin° to drown herself, as above stated. The prisoner wept and expressed sorrow tempt, and promised reformation.—She was discharr for the present. The other young woman, named Harlton, had e ta k ra laudanum to destroy herself, but a policeman, who ; °11 „ - d, her suffering from the effects of it, obtained medicaL -1 and the prisoner was restored. • settled tody prisoner, who was known as having been tody at different times for felony, now expressed a s et ' determination to put an end to her existence. rsin Mr. BROUGHTON said there were then two prisoll e t he Newgate for attempting suicide, he would remalathir for the at- prisoner again for a week, and if she then nranifest same inclination he would commit her to Newgati ali° -, • be tried for the offence. CORN AVERAGVS• , og s, GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRI TiS t el het e L.A 'utßi4 For the Week ended Dec. 3, 1841, ma d e up f r om the Inspectors in the different Citi es an d 'fawns In Onr . " --lu 44 , Wales, per Imperial Quarter. ...O s ' id. Wheat l3s. 6d. Vats Barley AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS• psigg' Week ending) WHEAT. EARLEY. OATS. RYE. ...--.-- Oct. 29 -- 64 5' 31 7I 21 9 39 0; 4 0 ' 40 . 3 Nov. 5 65 5 32 8 22 0 38 7I 40 4 41 5 12 6i 4 33 4 22 0 40 21 40 11 40 lO ..... 26 of 9 n 2 4 '.2 6 14 7i 41 3 39 Dec. 3 63 6 31 9 22 2 44 5: 5 9 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE 5 " 1 l '" Wheat......... 655. 13. Oats .......... 22, 4d. Ikons ......... 40 . ..... Oct , Barley. 32s. 6d. I Rye - (0. DUTIES OX roaxlGl4 CORN. . 9 " 61 Wheat 2ls. 83.1 Oats MI 93.1 Beans .. . ..... pi. Barley l3s. 10d. 1 Rye .. Bs. 034 Pease ........ RKETS. .ARET. , & last market.day, 111. i 0 • 0 Walls End Lambton ....... '2 3 8 Walls End Shinclif ...... ...... it 5 Walls End litcwart•—. 1 3 g South Pelton . ..... ..••••••:. cLO il Walls End Cassop •• of .. ao 0 !Walls End Hartlep oo , l ... „ 13 , p ''l'enna nit's Hartlepoul ii "Vc; ;:, 6 Walls En.l tiarrilie , I'eu9 1 - 7 0 ... Walls End RichaW un ' u Walls End Tees Hetton . ...,.. ,i Howard. Nethertoill"ft THE M . COAL M Ships arrived since P. d. Chester Main Ilolywell Ma n... ...... Old Tanfield l4 t Ord's Redheagh l4 t Tanfield Moor Bute's l5 C West Hartley ...... West Wylaut Walls End Hedlcy lB 4 Walls End Hilda.... ..... Walls End Havwell . Walls End Hetton 2O 6 COUN TRY CORN MARKETS. a .".- -- ' - ; —..__ re.... Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. M •-•••" - _... O"' A. ---.......... ~ to .. ......m...... ....................., Per Quarter. a. to s. s. to r. I. to a. a. to l• -, 41 ' og Y , 40 Boston iiraintree 52 70 27 34 93 29 33 a. 90 6, ighton 63 74 31 40 23 27 37 44 ... s 3 . - Cambridge—. 62 29 20 -- 4 6 a 4,0 Chichester 56 63 95 30 98 24 26 4 4 A , 63 Dunmow 5B Grantham .. A 5 Grimsby 55 74 28 33 16 21 36 4 _ 4 4° 25 ~.. Hailsham Hitcin 5O 73 27 35 20 90 3 4 ;I 31 64 Ipswich 6O 67 28 2 21 26 93 i „,'" 33 33 Lonn a 64 54 66 26 70 32 36 21 0 26 22 34 76 .... ° 4 - 4 1; 34 . 40 Maidstone 59 76 36 39 26 32 38 4° 35 40 Norwich Petworth Rom ford 56 68 28 3.1 21 32 28 4 A ?, 33 4 1 Sandwich 62 71 30 34 26 30 33 A '''A. SO 35 Tnetrord 57 66 32 36 24 28 4 0 " A i 114 40 Wisbech - -113 - 36 4 0 35 40 Witham 6O 70 29 35 24 31 3 1 •,-„ 6 0 Yarmouth 160 74 90 32 24 30 3 8 '.' 5 , LIVERPOOL CORN Al A ItKET.—D 44. 14 . to 10 0 a WHEAT. English, White, per 7011). .4. ...... .... ...... 1 01 . 10 .. . 9 6 0 3 ..--..---.. Red ""0 0 0 0 —....... Scotch, Welch, and Manx .---.. Irish, White, Red 8 ( 5 ' Foreign o 3 „ 1 Okra, Bnglish, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 h. ..... Met •••••••••••• ........ ••• ......... .... ....» n 9 , .0 .1 Foreign ..., -g - 5 i Ours, Bnglish, Welsh, at 3 0 3‘) Irislt . 5l 6 Foreign *• 0 ~ 4 , EARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ......... 2 5 ;,, • ---- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. ' ----- F ee di ng 4 0 411 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 4.1 0 -- Irish. Sic. . ...—. 4O 0 45 - Foreign Pease, English, per Imperial quarter 4 i 0 45 0 .--- Foreign .........._ 44 0 41 0 *LOUR, English, per 2801 b. to 0 5 1 , - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24111bs .. 27 6 4 0 7, INDIAN CORN, per 480115. ........ 33 0 50 ` RYE, per Imperial quarter ... 3l 0 t . 6 ' „ MALT, per Imperial quarter i ll visi b ' . DEAFNESS. — Sound Magnifiers, ant- 1 vi vol Operative Voice Conductors, to enable persons at ally selle:er age, and of old standing oietreme deafness, to i0i1,,, , i'e a) :o conversation, and to catch the sound of a d' sta : e iy ,u1 : 11 they at a publie assembly; they are the size of ' 1 „ ( the e 3 :; - ' too seven shilling piece, and when in the cavity v fli forlA b 7 iip oied are not in the least perceptible nor more urty are c°. ol 15 ' having a small piece of tine wool in its place ; t ,77, 1 . 5 ' ~ 450 31 L of a metal to collect sound, peculiar to the 14e : t rele e '' and Solomons themselves ; and although they are ,° e desfo e ' gl e veri yet they enable those afflicted with extre me heat in and those who are only slightly dull of hearing i. go sti. the respect equal to those of most acute hearing. o ppe. ite en ted B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle.street, PiccadillP so il.l o . oo o, York Hotel, and n, King William-street, CM - . „ a rea li ',ice Spectacles, immediately they are placed before io l d r upe ss W viio g either by day or candlelight, that mist and „ le d be c k ', be. appears before the eyes is at once ragOoved, every ° " 0 018 1 " 40 41 clear and distinct, so that the most itaed defective v o till°. n :d tb ° comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to it' ~ 5 , ,, pin - 0 01 and original state. These valuable invention , " aap priltO ti °,o patronage of the Royal Family, and the uneinali fi 7„, o fesoi ° %,ilf above 400 of the principal members of the medical 1 , been g r ',ite numerous individuals of high distinction , wh• "% i l l y. oPe - iO O benefited by their use. 39, A lbemarle'-strect, ric ca 140 0 0°' the York . Hotel, and 741, King Willi a m-street, . CRP -- with persOns of the same name. • * .__......1 b 0 GOLD WATCHES.—E. J. DEN T ' tlike 4•1 tae appointment, Chronometer and Watchmaker to e% nero h , and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, off ers a!' los esc., assortment of HORIZONTAL WATCHES at 10! 7 ce , e r:P i , From their great advantage s o ver those of the vertrealopei tion in performance, appearance, and flatness, he t eIPo them for Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear. he/ 14%0 An engraved or plain gold dials and cases, and T the avv r te a. jewelled in four holes, e n d th e performance earan ction abstract from Mr. Deit's L e ctures on the Vallst rg „ be o' d , Management of Chronometer Watches and Clocks2lstra° gratuitously by customers, or to the public price l g. ja.1 ,1- '' GOLD WA:It:HES, LONDON-I; 001'11, A. B. SAVORY a k _r: ONS, Watchmakers N a. '' elect of London, opposite :lank of England, s d6 n it for e o who je of very large STOCK n: GOLD WATCHES , tb c tite r , which are made and tir.ished under the careful insPeeb experienced workmen, 4n their awn premises , a nd ea ranted for correct pet to mance. SiZ•3 FOR LADIES. 0` ` ' Fine Vertical Watch. s jewelled, in engine-turne•.clo 10. gold cases andsold d. als, warranted . . ....... •• Fine Vertical Watchet. jewellesl, with double- 0 backed enginc:turnet" gold cases and gold glialso ig 1 9 warranted ... ........................................ Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in lour , 0 hole 3, with double-h a % k e d gold cases and rid F s 1 6 dials, warranted . ............................ SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled ia four 0 holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases , i s 13 warranted ........................................ Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, Jewe lled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases 19 11 and enamel dials. warranted .... . .................. Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled ii in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold Vases al4 L' . and gold dials, warranted ........................... i n "A Either of the Gentlemen's Watches mav be _ be' !' 3 ,. oo a-ba u hunting cases for 3/. 3s. each extra. NAS. Watches purchased in exchange. B Ilt THS. On the 3d inst., at the Rectory, Livermore , — s ' l°ll4 lbelli o f fr of the Rev. Asgill Colvile, of a son. FA" On the 4th inst., the lady of C. H. Turner, Jun" Lull Lee-place, Godstone, of a daughter. the r , On the 6th inst., at the Temple, near Mancbester,daughtet, of Hugh Beaver, Esq., of Glyn Garth, Anglesea, ofl I Stfee On the Bth inst., at Upper Homerton, Airs. W. of a son, still-born MARRIND. On the Bth inst., at St. Geor e's, Bloomsbury, th e so pll l s' E. Coleridge, Vicar of Buckerell, g Devonshire, to Ellen, Bu second daughter of H. Patteson, Esq., of Woburn-00e! sell-square. On the Bth i dren to lament h n er t. DIED. itb sr emplary fortitude, ' Diana Mirian, the beloved wife of Ail' Harris, of 66 Hatton-garden, leaving a husband and Pin e i r f r r e o p m a r y a b i : l e en ] o t s i s n , fi e I ge n :3 l37die* On the 2d of October, at Secunderabad, in the East...: a Ensign S. Waller, of the Ist Madras European Ree l of --‘ the wife J. On the 11th of October, at Chitiskong, Mary , Morris, Esq., of the Civil Service,'Bengal. Es 4. On the Ist inst., at Broomhouse-mill, Young Trotter, of Cruicksfield. lllael°t' On the sth inst., at St. Hilary, near Cowbridge, - borne vur. 0, ganshire, Llewellyn Traherne, Esq., aged 76. j I. ol ' On the 6th • t B dd• t Penelope ,wife of . Ins t., at e mg on, of rence, Esq., aged 55. V4.' On the 7th inst. Eliza, eldest child of .1. Weston , Robert -street, Adelphi-terrace, aged 18 months. Mary, tbeWO inst., at Fradwa Hall,Cheshire, On the 7th 11 of J. Latham, Esq., M.D., aged 86 - /es' S, ile-en On the 7th inst., in Gloucester-terrace, Mdy Redman, relict of the late R. Redman, Esq.. ag ed 12 "Leatb ek On the Bth inst., Charlotte, relict f the late T. r S. EsOq. n the Bth, of Stock inst l . wel- , c Mary, ommon, wife age of S. Cleasby, - n , 5Cl* 9 d 83. of &li .. wall-terrace, Regent's-park. sd , cir On the Bth inst., at Queen Charlot,e.row, 1 4 e 1 / 61° . tain Francis Newcombe, R.N., C. 8 ., ag ed 70- . Vier 4 " On the Bth inst., at Jeffery's-square, St. MarY,;ihof beth, eldest daughter of the late S. Strancbatr, .e'efi'' _....e 5 lingham, Kent. aged 76. London : Printed aid Published by I+,IIJRDO "" 06 1 ' No. 112, Stran.f, at The Sus Mee, No . "' 16 41 ' the County of Middlesex, Thursday, December ,