The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-05 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur of Tuesday.) PARIS, DEC. I.—The price of bread has just bees raised to 19i- sous for the 41b. loaf. This rise imposes on the city of Paris the duty to make use of the stock which it has long had in reserve against the time when the assize should exceed the ordinary resources of some classes of the inhabitants. This moment is come; and the Administration cannot better justify its foresight than by making the state of things correctly known. [Here follows the state ment, from which it appears that there is a reserve equivalent to 103,000 sacks of flour, besides .50,000 sacks which the bakers are botual to have in reserve in their magazines.] In unfavourable years, the price of bread often rises above 20 sous, and it is at that price that the Administration has resolved to open its magazines, and to reduce the price to 16 sous—to such of the inhabitants as require this assistance—for the four pound loaf. The Magistrates owe it to the rich to give them the assurance, that subsistence will not be wanting to those who will pay the price. It also owes assistance to the distressed, to whom its first attention is due. Seventy thousand individuals, in scribed in the Bureaux of Charity, have already acquired a tight to this solicitude. Families who are•not in easy circumstances, and whose distress is increased by the augmentation in the prices, and mechanics who are burdened with families, and are for the present out of work, may successively be ad mitted to the same favour. [The .llfoniteur has also a long account, dated Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 10, of the visit of the Emperor Don Pedro to his Majesty's ship the Jean Bart on the preceding day.] [Neither the Gazette de France nor Messager des Chambres contain any foreign news which has not already been received by other channels.) (Prom the Courier Francais.) PARIS, DEC. 2.—The news from Lisbon, received through diplomatists, confirms what we stated yes terday of lion Miguel's critical situation, and the danger he is in. Like Charles IX., he is on the point of expiating, by a premature death, his anger and his crimes. His accomplices arc very uneasy, and tremble at the consequences which may ensue from his death; and they neglect no precaution - which may avert the catastrophe they dread. To pre . vent apostitricism falling with him, they have di rected their attention to the Queen Mother. Char. )(Ate Joachime, a regular. party leader, is not dis mayed by nnea4ess, or her maternal grief; instead of weeping for her dying son; she only thinks of supplying his pla ce ,, and—conducting - with a fi rm hand the intrigues, planned by her - ambition. The Palace of Quelussisatgain - becOrne: the seat of go . vernment. The Regefiey of the Queen M o thc r i s already spoken or,Hatid:Donna Maria is to be got rid of a second time for the advantage of an Infant of Spain, whose name ;sin uttered lowly and in secret. These results -haVebeen for a long time the object of the intrigues to which the two Portu guese Princesses of the Court at Madrid are not strangers. But hitherto. Don .Miguel being in health, these intrigues languished ; now they are in full ac tivity. It is not, however; expected that they can end in any thing decisive. The - death of Miguel would be the ruin.of his party, and the triumph of Donna Maria. • A report was spread yesterday, on the Exchange, that —, an ambassador, .had received news of Don Miguel's death. At a meeting of the silk manufacturers at Lyons, on November 27, it was resolved to have a general meeting of all the manufacturers; and in the mean time a committee was appointed to collect all the in formation possible concerning the present suffering state of the trade. (From t h e Journal des _Debuts.) PARIS, DEC. 2.—Vesterday, bread rose one sou on the . 41b. loaf; the price was fixed at 19 sous 2 herds. The following was the official notice on the subject :—" The rise compels the town of Paris to make Use of the supplies which it has had so long in reserve for that period - when the price exceeds the ordinary resources of some classes of the inhabitants. The supplies, at present, amount to:-1st, 2;5,000 sacks of flour in the granaries; 2d, 146,000 quintaux melriques, equal to 68,000 sacks of Sour—making together 93,000 sacks. To which must be added 12,000 sacks in the' guarantee depot of the bakers. The whole, therefore, immediately disposable, 'is '105,000 sacks, besides the 50,000 sacks which the. bakers are obliged to keep in their own stores. The existence of such a large reserve, which might, at any inStant, be brought to market, is sufficient to prevent uneasiness, and check the exertions of cupidity, without discouraging proper commercial undertakings. In favourable years the price of bread sometimes , rises above twenty sous for four pounds. At this price the Administration has re solved to open the granaries, and lowering it then to sixteen sons, which will supply, at that price, such of the inhabitants as shall stand in need of that -sistance. The Government is bound to assist the unfortunate, and it will first attend to them. Seventy thousand persons, whose names are inscribed in the _Bureaux de CharitO, have already acquired a right to this care. Measures are taken to organise in each quaiter Committees of Benevolence, composed of manufacturer s and others, who will equitably decide on the elaim s of the poor, as they have children and are deprive& of work. From the 15th of December the reserve will, be sent to the market; aid from that date the indi‘idnals•inscribed in the -Bureaux de Churite will receive billets, by means of .which they will pay no more for their bread than six teen sous the four pounds. Generally the distri butions of winter do not commence Ala the month of December; this year they begin a month earlier; and the relief of bread and money has been increased one-third.. Funds have been provided to distribute during the months of December, January, February, and March, one thousand and sixty-seven sacks of flour each month in place of 711, and that soup shall be distributed to a greater number of persons. The working classes will receive the most useful assistance—that of employment. The administra tion of the town will not suspend any of the works during winter which it has begun; and it will begin some new works, in which nob Ody shall be em ployed, but workmen of Paris." The cause of the liberty of the press, which has been gained in France, is now to be fought in Bel gium. The Government there is annoying the Press. The decrees of 1815 have been revived, and nothing fails of that time. We cannot be indifferent to the contest; Belgium speaks our language, and the cause of th e P ress i s t h e cause o f a ll c i v ili ze d nations. For six years the Netherlands have been governed by one single principle—the fear of the Jesuits. The example of France makes Belgium tremble; for the•sight of the mistress of civilization, curbed under their yoke, made all other nations afraid. This fear made Belgium tractable; it thanked the Ministers for ke e pi ng out the Jesuits, and forgot to ask for liberty , for th e P ress. It might abuse M. de Villele; the French Clergy might - ri dicule the Spanish war, and reprint 8 0r ,`„, g ,, r , s songs ; and this was liberty. Then it pitied us; now the illusion is dissipated ; the Jesuits being no longer an object of terror, liberty has disappeared. — In giving Belgium up to Holland, the Congress was not able to make it cease to be French. Paris is now the great object of interest to the Belgians; Brussels is the seat of a French Opposi tion. Our Ministers are there as much .censured as at Paris, perhaps even more; the Opposition was more free and more imprudent. Buonaparte is still lunch admired there. The Opposition of Brussels Was a particular politivakseq ; we must not, there fore, be surprised, that for several yeap the people of Brussels thought that the French people were all slaves, and they lauded themselves on having escap ed our fati. -. Th;s, was a sort of sympathy with us. England never supposed herself free because she - was not afflicted with the Jesuits: she never thought her Ministers deserved praise for defendiog her from them, because she was liQt allied to France, and had not timilar affections. But Brussels was a little Paris, and Paris is still the centre of the Bel gium affections. She placed all her happiness in not being enslaved by the Jesuits. The Ministry of Hol land, e ncourage d t hi s di spos i t i on, t hi nk i ng that i t wou l d tend to separate Belgium from France, and that hat red of the Jesuits would closely unite Belgium to Holland. All its policy, therefore, consisted in allowing France to be abused, and making the Beh gians believe that liberty was extinct. The system of that Ministry, however, was destined to fall the day that France threw off the yoke of despotism.— That day has arrivedorid the policy of the Ministry has immediately changed. The election of 1827 - having overthrown the system of M. de Villele, de ranged at Brussels the policy of M. Van Maanen.— Since then blow has followed blow against the press; but we believe that the persecutions to which it is now likely to be exposed will be of more use to the country than the supine security of the past. Perhaps the Belgians think they are going back : in our opinion they are advancing. FRENCH FUN ns.—Pmus, DEC. 2.—Five per Cent. 107 f. 106 f. 95c. 107 f. sc. Three per Cent., 75f. 95c. 76f. 75f 95c. ; Bank Stock, 1842 E 50c. Naples Stock 81f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 79k; Haytian Loan, 625 Exchange on London, one month (paper), 25f. 30. (money), 25f. 25c., ; three months (paper), 25f. 10c. Lours A uthentique. LISBON PAPERS. The Lisbon Gazettes from the 17th to the 22d of November, both inclusive, contain each a Morning and an Evening Bulletin, respecting the state of his Majesty and the Infantas. They all repeat, nearly in the same words, that his Majesty and the Infantas are doing very well, and, as they uniformly express it, without any change (Sent novdiadc.) LISBON, Nov. 16.—Accounts have just been re ceived by sea, that the expedition which sailed from Madeira 17th of last month for the island of Ter ceira, arrived on the 31st at the Island of St. Mi chael, not having yet been able to communicate with shore, on account of the weather.. It seems that the Brazilian frigate had left those seas. We hope that we sh4ll soon be able to give the agreeable intelli gence, that the loyal inhabitants of Terceira are de livered from the cabal which has infamously oppress ed them, and for a longer time than there was reason to expect. LtsuoN, Nov. 21. On_ the 19th inst. her Majesty - the Empress Queen removed to the Royal Palace of Queluz, whence her Majesty pays frequent visits to the King, and to their Royal Hghnesses the In lamas; her weak health being thus less exposed to the inclemencies of the season. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, DEC. 2.—The Second Chamber of the States General, in its sittings of the 28th and 29th Nov., and Dec. 1, was almost wholly occupied with the discussion of the motion of M. de Brouc kere, for the abrogation of the law of the 10th April, 1815 ; of the Decree of 20th April, 1813 ; and the Law of 16th of, March, 1818—but the debate was not finished. M. de Brouckere, in a speech which took an hour in the delivery, made a profound impression on the ' numerous assembly. The laws in question, he said, had produced monstrous persecutions. in 1815, when a conqueror . menaced our political existence, the Sovereign necessarily had recourse to extraordi- nary measures, which were justified by the circum stances. The Press, said he, is the only means of communication between the Government and the nation. It makes a way through all obstacles. In a Constitutional State the King can do no wrong ; he must be informed by the Press, which is a check on the arbitrary acts of Ministers. The liberty of the press may be abused, but this is an inconvenience of trifling importance compared with the mischief which the Government may do when that mischief does not exist. The speaker enumerated the con demnations that have taken place by virtue of, the law of 1815. " Our individual liberty depends on the Procurators of the King and their substitutes, and at the bottom on a single Minister. Since 1817 there have been 56 persons accused by virtue of these laws, which ought to be erased from our Sta tute-book as a disgrace to us, for without public liberty there is no private liberty. M. Fabre-Leng pre, De Stassart, De Gerlache, Van Susse, Van Ysselt, De'Laughe, S. De Volsberghe, De Angilis Sumvs, some of them speakers of great ability, at considerable length supported the motion of M. de Brouckere. Few were against it, and most of those protested their attachment to the liberty of the press, and their desire to see the laws in question; but thought that as the King had promised that a measure on the subject should be laid before the Chambers in the course of the next ••••• Session, it would be the best to wait for the Royal proposition. In the Sitting of the 2d, seven Mem bers spoke in favour of M. de Brouckere's mo tion, and three against it. The list of the Members who had entered their names was exhausted ; the debate, however, continued ; the Minister of Justice spoke, and M. de Brouckere replied. The closing of the debate was called for, but rejected by 51 votes to 51. The debate will be resumed to-morrow. On this memorable occasion our RepresentatiVes have felt all the importance of the question. All except five, who are absent from causes which they could not controul, were at the post to which their duty called them. Eighty attended the discussions in the Sections ; 105 have been present at the pub lic debates. Even those Members who usually give a silent vote hare, on this occasion, thought it due to public opinion to explain the motives of their con- duct. The Chamber has almost unanimously, and with the energy which conviction gives, defendud the liberty of the press. Whatever may be the fate of M. de Brouckere's motion, the debate has had a most favourable influence on the public mind.-- Brussels Papers, Dec. 3. Yesterday, pursuant to notice, the church of the united parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth, and St. Mary Woolchurch-Haw, in Lombard-street, was re-opened for the fist time since its having been altered and beautified. Upan the occasion a most admirable sermon was preached by the Right Reverend Charles James, Lord Bishop of Lon don, before the Lord Mayor, several of the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and other members of the Corporation, and such a numerous congregation was seldom witnessed. The scene painters at both Theatres are en gaged in preparing for their Christmas Pantomimes. Stan field, wilt) is recovered from a severe indisposition, is said to have been peculiarly happy in the invention of sonic new and appropriate scenery to accompany the Grand Spectacle, which is prepared by BalTymore. Roberts and Grieves, at the other house, in conjunction with F ar l ey, who never fails to be successful, anticipate much from their labours. Neither Pantomime is yet named. Important letters and papers, relating to the history of the stage, during the management of Garrick, have been recently discovered in the archives of the late Joseph Austin, Esq., the Father of the Stage, who died at Kentish Town. Joe Austin not only acted with M r. Gar rick at Drury-lane, but, until tie death of the English lloseius, was his personal friend. Austin afterwards became manager and proprietor of an extensive rang e of provincial Theatres in the north of England—first assn. ciating as partner with Mr. Heaton, afterwards with Mr. Whitlock, who married a sister of Mrs. Siddons ; and lastly, with that unrivalled actor, Joe Munden. The Rev. Charles Este (who, in conjunction with the eccentric Major Topham and Mr. John Bell, ori ginally established the World newspaper) is (lead, at a very advanced age. Mr. Este was a person of great con versational powers, and a very original writer. In the World he intrAuced a quaint style of dramatic criticism, bleb happily expired when he ceased to write. He was, however, considered a very accurate judge of acting, not withstanding his almost unintelligible method of expressing himself. Airs. Siddons and John Kemble were the idols whom he worshipped to the end of his and so pure and so perfect did he deem their eriunciation and emphasis, that he was induced for a length of time to imitate their manner in the pulpit. Mr. Este published a Tour on the Continent, which, in composition, partakes of his peculiar newspaper style. W e believe he (lied in very independent circumstances, and we know his death was deeply regret ted by an extensive circle of friends. He secured to him. self an annuity on Major Topham's Yorkshire estates, be fore retiring from the editorship of the World. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock '419 8% 3 per Cent. Bed. s 6li ii% 3 per Cent. Cons shut D itto 54 per Red. Cent. 9.5% 951 4% 4 per C en t . Dltto, 11 , 26 1011434344 B ink 1— Ann. 19 7-16 India Stc•ck • • Dittn 11, nd s - 66 69 pm, PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds „„, Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1811 24 IA Danish G 3% Greek Bonds Ditto, 18'25 Guatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 "!4 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1828, Lisbon Gazettes to the 23d ult. have been received. Don MIGUEL is not yet dead, at least so say the Officials. Himself and the Infantas remain, according to the invariable bulletins, " without any change." The situation Of the people is almost as bad as that of their ruler. The prisons arc full. Brussels Papers, of the 3d inst., contain an abstract of a very animated_debate which took place in the Second Chamber of the States-Ge neral, in its sittings of the 28th and 29th of No vember and the Ist of December, on the motion of M. DE BROLICKERE, for' the abrogation of the law of the 10th of April, 1815, of the decree of the 20th of April, 1815, and the law of the 6th of March, 1818, touching the Liberty of the Press. The debate was not concluded, and the attempt to close it was resisted by 54 to 51. The motion of M. DE BROUCKERE was supported with great ability. The Only answer which the Ministerial Speakers gave, was to postpone the bu siness, as the KING had promised that a measure on the subject should be laid before the Chamber in the course of the Session. This is the eternal apology for existing abuses when the ExeCUtive wields irresponsible power.--- The existing law was enacted during a period of intestine commotion—hnmediately after the in corporation of Belgium with Holland—and was therefore more intended to repress rebellious ex citement than calculated for times of peace and orderly conduct. It savoured, in fact, altogether more of a despotic than a freeborn character. " The latitude of punishment which it permitted was therefore excessive, and the dis- - cretion which it intrusted to the Judges un limited. According to the quality of the libel, the court might condemn the party accused to 10,000 or 100,000 florins,—to an imprison ment of one month, or of ten years,—to hard labour, or to any other rigorous penalty short of death. No jury was interposed between the prisoner and judges appointed by the Crown in cases where the Crown was prosecutor ; and the subject had no security but in the mercy of a tribunal, on which the press, which suffered, by it, was not allowed to invoke the controul of public opinion." German Papers have been received to the 29th ult. The President of Greece was busily engaged in consolidating the internal Administration of the country. A decree was published for esta blishing a post-office throughout the various departments, from which much good to com merce and internal order must shortly result. It seems by the Universal Gazette of Greece, that a dreadful massacre of the Christians took place in the town of Candia, on the 25th August ; when- 750 dead bodies were counted in the streets. If this barbarity really took place we must surely have heard of it long ago. We regret to announce that the Earl of LINTERPoor. d►ed yesterday morning at Coombe Wood. His Lordship's decease will cause no Ministerial. sensation. The stroke which deprived the country of his services closed his political career. Ample particulars of his Lordship's life and character will be found in another column. Letters of the 21st June have been received from Sydney, New South Wales, which we are sorry to state represent the Colony in a very un favourable point of view. It seems that the failure of the harvest had been attended with much distress to the settlers, and this had been further increased by the arrivals, which were so numerous that the principal part were unable to find house room ; indeed, the distress had be come so great that many families had been in duced to lay in a six months' stock of grain for their supply, and the evil had been still further increased. by an order of the Governor, in which he suggests the propriety of all persons limiting their consumption of flour to the least possible quantity, which had occasioned a further advance on this article, (from the alarm it created) full 50 per cent. Wheat is now quoted 15s. per bushel. Trade remained in a dreadfully dull DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (South Sea Stock Old Annuities Annuities c t i, ,i New t)itto — (Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO Al. 65 67ipm, Ditto 500:2d. 66 69 pm. Nino Small Ditto Commercial Bank M Account ...._ (Cons. for Account . ..... - ICons. for Acct. Erni 5,4% THIS DAY AT ONE 0 ci.ocK. Neapolitan — Peruvian Bonds .... .......... Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old Ditta, New — Russian o6 v, Spanish, 18:21 :---- 1823 — French Rentes, sp. c. —f —..c. Exchange —f. —c. :3 per cent —l. —c. Exchange _PTA, efir r citi - N; t e , 111114 The Paris Papers do not contain any news of political importance from the theatre of opera tions in the East. The illoniteztr calls the at tention of the Administration to the high price of bread in Paris, which is at present nearly as high as it has been in unfavourable years, being 19 sous for the 41b. loaf. The other French Papers are principally filled with extracts from the Brussels Papers, respecting the debates on the present law of the Press. state, and money was - scarce. Much alarm was beginning to be felt, as it was foreseen by many that the lower classes, of which the Colony chiefly consists, would not long remain tranquil. Al together the accounts are extremely distressing, and every thing is overdone in this part of the world. The following was posted at Lloyd's late this afternoon : SIR, Foreign Office, Dec. 4. With reference to Lord Douglas's letter of the Ist of October, I am directed by the Earl of Aber•- deen to communicate to you, for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's, that British vessels, whatever may be the nature of their cargoes, which have cleated out for Constantinople from any port of Great Britain or Ireland, before the Ist of October, or from any port in the Mediterranean before 30th October, will meet with no ekstruction frons the Russian squadron blockading the eatrance of the Dardanell4s. Vessels which may have cleared out subsequently to these periods, and which are laden with provisions, or articles contraband of war, will be liable to interruption by the blockading squadron. . I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, J. BACKHOUSE. To the Chairman of the Committee at Lloyd's. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY, FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 4.—Wind W.S.W.—The outward, bound remain. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3.--Wind W.S.W.--Arrived from London, (be Narcissus, 'Watson, for Messina; Ocean, Renderswill, for Rio Janeiro; Mary, Doug las, for Sierra Leone; Firth, Robertson, for the Mauritius; Elizabeth, Collings, for Van Dieman's Land; Ina, Toms, for Tobago ; and Ebenezer, Chan cellor, for Cadiz. FA 'Ziff Tlf, DEC. 3.—Wind S.S.W.and W.S.W. —Arrived from London, the Nimble, Broad, for the Mauritius, with loss of anchor and cable. The J. Laing, for Rio; Coriolanus, and Cygnet, for Jamaica ; Jamaica, for Antigua; Ruckers, and Lord Gode rich, for Grenada; Highbury, for Gibraltar; Re trench, for Teneriffe; Eliza, for Sc ville; and Sovereign, and Olive Branch, for St. Michael's. Arrived the Sea Nymph, from Naples; and Magnet packet, from Lisbon. COWES, DEC. 4.--Arrived the Norfolk, Keened From Miramiehi. WHITBY, DEC. 3.---Wind W. moderate.--The Berwick, of Sunderland, has been got afloat to-day, and will harbour. The Paragon has gone to pieces; stores saved. The Harmony, of Sunderland, has gone to pieces, and the wreck will be sold. The Peace and the Johnston are expected to be•got off. BRIDLINCTOIsi, DEC. 3.---The Providence, Turn bull, of Sunderland, was brought in here yesterday with both masts cut away, and loss of anchor and chain, near Hornsea, on Monday. The Triton, from Dantzie to Newcastle, was totally lost, on Monday, near ,Hamburgh. The Jane, Cunningham, from Oporto and Lan caster to Glasgow, was on shore on Wednesday at Whitehaven, but expected to be got off. The Janet, Gibbon, of Kincardine, was driven on shore the 12th ult. on the Isle Oransay ; part of the cargo saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CIT Y, TIVELPE 0' CLOCK. The state of the English Funds, notwithstanding the reported arrival of an Express, some say two, from Paris, has been extremely uninteresting the whole of the morning, and very little business doing'; in fact, the steadiness of the market is attributed, in a great measure, to a want of information concerning the foreign news, which has not yet transpired. Con sols for account opened at 87 -, and have not varied, up to the above hour, mere than a sixteenth higher, at which rate they may now be quoted. India Bonds are 68 ; and Exchequer Bills, 6.5 7 pm. The Foreign Funds may be considered neatly in a dormant state, and prices nominal; Brazilian Bonds are 644 i; Buenos Ayres, 47 8; Colombian, 241; Russian, 964 1 ; and Portuguese, 5.5 1. In Shares there is scarcely any real business, but the prices generally are stated lower, with the excep tion of Bolanos, which are quoted at 80 100 pm.; Imperial Brazilian Mines arc from 11 to 2 per cent. lower, being 41 3 pm. o Three per Cent. Consols, shut; Ditto, for Jan. 21, 87i- i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 86i i ; Three and a-half per Cent. Reduced, 95A- i; India Stock, 242 ; Bank Stock, 2081 91 ; India Bonds, 68 pm.; Ex chequer Bills, 65 7 pm. TWO O'CLOCK. Some gloomy reports having got into circulation, have caused the Consol Market to retrograde to 87i I, but they have recovered to 874 buyers again. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 87i I. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish 631 Do. for Ac. 87i 1 Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds 64i Mexican, 1825 321 Buenos Ayres Peruvian 19 1 Chilian Do. Russian 961 Columbian, 1824 23i Spanish 10f OLD BAILEY SESSIONS--(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Him. Deacon, aged 21, was indicted for stealing, on the Ist of November last, a gelding, the property of Edward Sherwood. Guilty—Death. Peter Glennon, aged 21, was capitally indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-louse of Mrs. Sarah Ann Mountain, with intent to steal. George Laurence lived servant with the prosecu trix, who resides at Whetstone. On the 22d of October, between twelve and one o'clock at night, he was awoke from his sleep by a loud knocking at lie outer door. Witness immediately took a gun, and went into the garden; he there saw four men, and attempted to fire at them, but the gun missed fire ; he then- made up to them, and knocked the prisoner down, whom he secured ; the others made their escape. Cross-examined—The door of the house had been broken open, and the prisoner's arm was broke by the bl ow witness levelled at him.—Guilty—Death. NEW COURT. - - - Eliza Davis and Jane Al‘Carthy were indicted for stea ling. a gown, value 35., the property of William Smith, of Rosemary-lane. haccording t o th e ev id ence o f th e prose cutor'swent to th e s h op for the purpose o f b uy i ng a pair of shoes , but left with ou t making any purchase. A t prisoners,yif, gown was shortly afterwards missed, and the prisoners were apprehended. The Prisoners denied any knowledge of the robbery, and said it was an old quarrel, which induced the prosecutor to have them taken into custody. Mrs.. Smith had often declared she would " do for them" some day or another• The Jury acquitted both prisoners. Win. Dixon was convicted of stealing a quantity of pewter pots, the property of several licensed victuallers. On Saturday, two ladies were admitted to the black veil, and made their religious profession at the Urdu line Convent of Limerick, North Strand.—Dublin Morn ing Reviuteri LAW INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. JtDGMENT.-VAWSER V. JEFFREY. Mr. Guylot Cowherd was seized of certain free' hold and copyhold estates. In 1794 he surrendered his copyholds to the uses of his will, which he made, dispoiing of his freeholds and copyholds in different portions to different individuals. In 1800 he executed a settlement in contempla tion of marriage, and the marriage afterwards took effect. The settlement contained a covenant to surrender the copyholds to the uses of the settlement, and the question was, whether this was a revocation of the will as re garded the copyhold estates ? The settlement was to secure a rent-charge of 3004 a year. The Master of the Rolls, before whom the cause was originally heard, was of opinion that the will was revoked, both as it disposed of the freehold and copyhold estates. Lord Eldon entertained doubts of the revocation as to the copyhold ; he considered it a pure question of law, and sent it to the Court of King's Bench. That Court certified that in law, even if there had been an actual surrender (there being only a covenant to surrender) it would not have been a revocation of the copyholds. It afterwards came here upon a con test on the certificate of the Court ofKing's Bench. Upon the authority of that Court, as well as to be con sistent with the doctrine laid down in Cave v. Holford, Ryder v. Wager, Cotter v. Layer, Norris v. Alcoa, in Vesey's 16th vol., and Thurstout v. Cunning ham, in Blackstone, his Lordship considered the will not revoked as it' regarded the copyhold pro perty, and therefore reversed the decree below. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. rewmca a. COSTER. This was an action to recover 260/., the amount of two bills of exchange drawn by the defendant Coster. The plaintiff is a merchant in Dublin, and received the bills from the indorsers, Short and Co., for a quantity of goods. The defendant now pleaded that he was not liable, and secondly that the name of Cunningham, who was his partner at the time the bills were drawn, ought to have been included in the record. The plaintiff proved that the bills were drawn by Coster in his own hand-writing. Sir J. SC.tRLETT addressed the Jury for the de fendant, and they found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 2751. 3s. 11d., being the amount of the bills and interest thereon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, RICHARDSON V. ADAMSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a surveyor, to recover back the sum of .501. from the defendant, who is an auctioneer, which 50/. was paid as a deposit upon a quantity of bricks purchas ed at a sale by auction, at Hillington. Mr. Ser geant JONES and Mr. Rictianus, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant WILDE conducted the case for the defence. It appeared from the evidence, that the plaintiff was at the auction in company with his father, and bid for the bricks, anal subsequently paid the deposit by a cheque, drawn_by his father upon his banker. The bricks were never delivered, and he consequently brought the present action to recover back the de posit which he had paid, and which he had borrow ed from his father. The defence of this rested upon two grounds. First, that the son was a minor at the time of the sale, and was acting as the agent of his father, who is a builder, and for whom the bricks were really purchased, and to whose account the 50/. was ac tually placed, he being at the time indebted in that sum to the parties for whom the bricks were sold. The second ground was that according to the condi, Lions, the 50/. had been forfeited by the plaintiff's not paying the remainder of the purchase money within one day after the sale, and by his not remov ing the goods within three days. It appeared, by the evidence of the elder Richardson that .his son was a minor.at the time, but he positively swore that he lent him the money, and that he was not acting as his agent. He also swore that he never himself gave orders about the removal of the bricks, nor did he ever demand from Adamson the .50/. in his own name, though he did so in that of his son. In these points he was contradicted by other wit nesses, and a clerk of Adamson's deposed that he had demanded the money in his own name. The Chief Justice then ordered them to be confronted in the box, upon which Richardson denied having previously said that he had asked for the deposit in the name of his son. The CHIEF JUSTICE, in his charge to the Jury, said that the plaintiff's case was, to say the least of it, very suspicious ; and even if he should recover, he, for one, should not be sorry that he had been put to some trouble before he got . back his money. The defence to the action was first that the money belonged to the elder Richardson, and that it had been paid to a person to whom it was due by him; and secondly, that it had become for feit by the conditions of sale not having been corn plied with. With respect to the second ground of defence, he thought the conditions were so loosely and carelessly proved, that it would hardly be safe to consider the money as forfeited, for if auctioneers wished to avail themselves of the conditions of side, they must take especial care that those conditions shall be as clear and as positive as possible. With respect to the other point he must say that he did not like to see a father standing by and observing his son making a fraudulent contract, for fraudulent it must be where it was all on one side, the_ plaintiff being a minor at the time. The Chief Justice then proceeded to comment in strong terms upon the evidence of the elder Richardson, and told the Jury that if they believed that the son was a puppet in the hands of the father, they would find a verdict for the defendant. The Jury, after a few minutes' consideration, re turned a verdict for the defendant. The CHIEF JumcE—Gentlemen, upon which ground of defence do you found your verdict. Foreman—We ,believe that the son was acting for the father. The CHIEF JUSTICE—Then now I have your sanction for doing that which I should not wish to have done merely upon my own opinion. Call Richardson. The witness again made his appearance in the box, and was addressed by the CHIEF JUSTICE, Who said he should not have of his own opinion merely committed him for contempt of Court, but the Jun had told him in express terms that they did not believe the evidence which he (Richardson) had given. Indeed he had contradicted himself so grossly that no one who heard him would believe what he had stated. He (the Chief Justice) wished he had the power, which every Judge had when upon the circuit, of directing a prosecution to be instituted for peijury, and the expenses to be paid by the county. Aud whenever the Legislature should think proper to confer upon him the power of doing so he trusted he should exercise it with temperance and discretion, but he should most certainly exercise it with firmness, to put a stop to an alarming evil, which WEIS spreading so rapidly in these degenerate days, that truth was rarely to be got at. Pedury was increasing to such an extent, that neither life nor property Nvere safe. It was not his duty to ex patiate upon the crime of which the witness had been guilty to his God, but he would, in order to deter others from such conduct, commit him to the custody of the Warden of the Fleet until the end of the present Sittings. The last man who had simi larly acted he haifined, and the next person who should do so he would commit for a specific time, as he could not impose it upon the parties to un dertake the expence of a prosecution. The witness here declared upon his life that he had spoken the truth, and hoped his Lordship would not punish him. The CHIEF JUSTICE—When you have been in prison a proper time to repent of your conduct, you may apply again, but at present you are in custody. The prisoner still entreated, but in vain, and was about to be removed when Mr. Sergeant JQZ•iES and Mr. RICIIARDs, both said that they understood him to have said had called on Adamson on his account. The CHIEF JUSTICE appealed to the jury► said that they heard differently, and expresslY s that they did not credit his testimony. Hg then removed, protesting that he had spoken the truth. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. HOZEESON V. LORD COCHRANE. 1 0 When this c ase was . ca ll e d on, Mr.' T 0 55 50 applied that it might be postponed on ace o °4 the absence of Mr. Wm. Bennett StephengOlo was a necessary and material witness for the O. Mr. F. PoLLocx, f or t h e p l a i nt iff , had no tion to th e p os t ponment prov i ded the 041 sought to be r ecovere d were now paid WV' to abide th e event o f t h e tr i a l . Mr. THESSIGER—The b a il w ill have 011 $ it, if Lord Cochrane does not. Mr. F. Pou,ocK—Yes, b u t t h e d e f en d an t is abroad, and events may happen which would t i t altogeth er exonerate hi m from the action, or / events would render it very difficult to come at, Mr. BROUGHAM, who was also for the defe ,; pressed th e a p p li cat i on f or- postponement ilots. next sittings, and read extracts from affidavits by the defendant's solicitor, to the effect th, had written to Mr. Stephenson to Malta, aPP ` him of the importance of his evidence, and among other letters which he received froti?, gentlem an , was one assur i ng hi m of his intently' set out for England, so as to be here, if possibi, the 24th of last November. He had not yet am and it was therefore hoped that his Lordship ' direct the case to stand over, the more part] • as the defendant's solicitor distinctly swore that'. he could ascertain the precise nature of the 'evi' which Mr. Stephenson could give, he would bee'' to frame his client's defence against the actiolk The solicitor added, that from the peculiar ci stances of this case, he deemed the evidence of Stephenson absolutely necessary for that defenc e ' Mr. Pouocx resisted the application, and, going into a detail of the postponements w hich 0 taken place at the instance of the defendaett4 Learned Gentl eman su b m i tte d to the Courtfv) unless del a y, an d d e l ay on l y, were t h e o bj ect o f Cochrane, lie might long since have produced 0 evidence of Mr. Stephenson, by sending out, commission to examine him abroad. But o f Learned Gentleman could not see how the 1 timony of Mr. Stephenson could be material i l !"0 case like the present, which was simply thi::d woulJ appear f rom t h e a ffid av i t o f M r. Henry •J of Peckham :—Th at gent l eman swore that he j engaged _to d raw out t h e account between Cochrane and the l a t e M r . H ozeeson, pr i ne i from documents fu rn i s h e d b y t h e defendant hilo_gi and that. there app eare d a balance of 17,000 doll against the defendant. This account was Or quently delivered to Lord Cochrane, and he :if Mr. Hozeeson an order on the Chilian Governia t for the amount. The plaintiff now sought to cover that balance from Lord Cochrane. Mr. Buouniasr.—This is all to the merits of° case. Mr. Pou..ocx.—Certainly; th a t i s th e plainti lll j case, and it is proper to put the Court in posse- 4 170 of the merits, i n or d er to ena bl e i t to see w ilt there is a c l ear di st i nct statement, t h at the ev ider of this witness can be necessary. Mr. BROUGHAM h ope d t h at t h e C ourt would 0 place implicit reliance on the affidavit of Deel l ' c i e he had also b roug ht a n act i on aga i nst Lor d Co s ranee, which was still p en di ng; nay, more, it, cr to rebut that stateme n t o f D ean t h at t h e e vil" of Stephenson w as requ i re d ; Stephenson Ivo :4 0 cretary to Lord C oc h rane w h en these trawatLit took place, and as . a necessary consequence' '174 more than the d e f en d ant , a ll a b ou t his moo matters. • vr j The LeRD CH I E F B ARON —Wh o are 1 . Cochrane's bail to this action ? • 01 -- Mr. BROUGHAM .— Only Sir Francis Bur d et t , ' et..t , Lord; and Mr. Ricardo. (A laugh.) TheLcat",. Gentleman offered to refer the whole case toL arbitrator, as s o on as M r: S tep h enson should ar s'' in England. . • Mr. POLLOCK s a id th at if h e acce d e d to this. position, a fresh delay of seven months might o il , but if the b a il wou ld un d erta k e to pay the me°. oo or if it were paid into Court, he had no *Ot i s, to grant the postponement which had been requir Mr. bstouGlisst objected to these terms. h 0 The LORD CHIEF B ARON did not think tnas _. 4 ought to put off th e tr i a l peremptor il y u nt il the 070( sittings, but he. would allow som e f ur th er time' .• thesarrival of Mr. Steph enson . ' 0 0 .It was afterwards arrange d f or the present, 10 the trial should co me on some day just before t e rising of th e C ourt f or the holidays, and that th defendant sh ou ld pay t h e costs of this postponetne°t. TILE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. or The supplies of Grain this Week are moderate, and Flour fair. The Wheat trade is firm at the prices of le; day last, with a continued demand for the best parcei 4 j Foreign. Barley remains excessively dull. Beans Pease meet a slack demand at last quotations. The , tnand for Oats is mo d era t e , an d t h e sa l es o f most d es cor,.., Lions are dull at the prices last reported. In Flour 0 0 sr terat ion. ARRIVALS. I Wheat. I Barley. Oats. 1 P 10 "50, English ..., ...... 2,000 qrs. 8,050,qr5. 5,600 qrs . 7,7000 Mill Foreign 18,600 1,500 4,050 GENERA L AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH COB For the Week end e d N ov. 28 , 18 28, mado up from the Ret,"4 el the Inspecto rs i n th e different tques and Towns in Engw" and \Vales, pet Imperial Quarter. 1 0 ' Wheat---i4s 4(1.1 Oats 255. Btl. 1 4t/s. Barley 403. 2E1.1 Rye 425. Sd. 1 Pease- 435. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES Of the SIX WEEKS PRECEDIrig, , 755. (hi. Oats 28s. sd. Beans,- 416. Barley. --.40s. I .40s. 4d. 1 Rye .41s. bd 431." DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Is. Od. I I Oats 7s. 9d. Bs. 0 ,4, Barley ~0w... Is. 10d. Rye - Bs. Ltd. Pease ;.,.... 56_1.0/ SMITHFIELD MARKET. Ith i ',' I At this day's market, which exhibited about an aft' N • rave time of y ear F r id a y' s su p p l y , b ot h as to nuns! . and quality, each kind of meat met with a very dull 6416 t O l at barely- Monday's prices. '' l'i i t PRICES PER STONE OF BLRS. TO SINK TM u orrAts• j 1 14 1 , e: s. d. to a. d. O. d . to o. 0 th Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Large Lambs 0 0 f, 0 itt i , , Second quality ditto 2 8 :1 0 Prime small ditto 0 0 ",. 9 11 ( Prime large Oxen... 3 8 4 0 Large coarse Calvei 4 0 : 4 V Prime Scots, &c..... 4 0 4 4 Prime small ditto.., 5 0 il, 4 't Inferior Sheep 2 8 3 0 Large Flogs 4 8 •', 9 . If, Second quality ditto :3 2 3 6 Small Porkers 5 4 0 ,0. k Coarse.woolledihtto 310 4 2 Suckling Calves 12s t036e. 0 `,p, . ", • goutlidownWethers 4 1 4 6 Quarter oldPig4l6s to 20s.ca` tlii SUPPLY, AS rim CLERIC ' S STATEMENT. 4111, Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. 411 446 4,410 1 183 I 130 MCows were scarce, and very d ear ; a ver y 01 e J iCil Qi , dling short horns, with her small Calf, was said to ho k t of been sold out of the drove yesterday for 261. —.., 0 t,.. .NEWGA•I'E AND LEADEN/TALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. s. d. tt 1 0 Beef 2 0 3 4 Veal Mutton 2 4 3 Pork BIRMINGIIA3f MARKETS, DEC. 4. • COHN MARKET.-At this day's market we had a go°, supply of all descriptions of Grain, and a free sale I °' Wheat at 2d. to 4d. per 621bs. dearer than on this 114 se'nnight. All other articles in the trade dull; Bar l6 15. to 2s. per quarter, and Beans Is. per bag, loler ,-- ; Wheat, Ss. Bd. t o 10 s . Od. per 6211 r5 . ; 358. ('' to 425. ; Malt, 565. to 655. ; Pease, 465. to 50s, per in" pedal quarter; Beans, 15s. 6d. to 20s. per bag, ten IC °re gross; Oats, 3s. 3d. to 4s. per 391 b. ; fine Flour, 606 ' to 61s. ; seconds, 545. to 565. per sack of 2801 b. BnouNo HAM SMITHFIELD. -This dsy'is market scantily supplied with Beasts and Sheep, but the detil was limited, at last Thur s d a y' s quo t a tion s; B ee f a . 0 13 ' dearer. The supply of fat Irish Pigs :was abundant; a."' the sale brisk, but at rather lower terms than last week..;-- Beef, sd. to ; Mutton, sd. to 51,1. per 11) ; Bacon Pigs, 9s. to 9s. 6d. ; Porkers, 12s. to 14s. per score. We .understand that there is no doubt of the negociations with Mr. Iluskisson and his friends, to which we alluded on Tuesday. Mr. Grant's departure for Faris had, we know, been fixed on, and he delayed it. Infer ences are also drawn from the Duke of Wellington's rectal visit to Lord Aberdeen.—Morning Chronicle. The vast estates of Lady Caroline Darner, 1.11 the county Tipperary, devolve, in consequence of her death , to Lord Portarlington and the Hon. - Colonel Lionel Dam" son, nephews of her Ladyship.--Dub/in M. Register' 1 0 "!. tl 1/41. ~'~ iZ7;