The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-18 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION 1' MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW P. (SATURDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—The merchants connected with the Levant and East Indies express great surprise that they have not yet received any satisfactory explanation as to the delay which occurred in the deliver y of their letters on the arrival of the overland mail last month, and which w t occasioned by the unaccountable preference of the Gibraltar route, notwithstanding the words " via Mar ianne appear ed on the letters. The letter from the post-office, in answer to the application of the East India and China Association, stated, as it may be recollected, that the authorities in that department were unable to account far what had taken place, but that the matter was under their serious consi deration. As far as Malta is concerned, whether the error lay there or not, might have been easily ascer tained by this time, as a letter might have been sent by the French boat which left Marseilles on the 21st ult., and arrived at Malta on the 25th. The Great Liverpool, which left Malta on the 29th, might there fore have brought an answer, which, if it would not have' satisfied the merchants, would at any rate have afforded some clue to where the fault lay. Ai j iong objects of complaint in the working of the Poet-office system, is that of allowing an early delivery of letters by the general postman in the morning to ' those who pay him a fee of ss. per quarter, while others do not have theirs till two hours afterwards. The time of the clerks of the Post-office, which raight be employed in accelerating the general delivery, is there fore in a great measure occupied in sorting letters for the privileged few who subscribe their ss. Persons who have not understood that this is part of a regular system, have sometimes conceived that the difference shown to themselves and their neighbours has arisen from some error on the part of the postmen, but on application to these, the answer accompanying the ex planation has frequently been, that the fee is part of their salary, which would indeed be too small were it not for these perquisites of office. Now, as the receipt of letters at a certain time is of the greatest importance to the public, and it seems a delay is occasioned in the delivery by this additional sort of taxation, it is found very bard by the larger class of the community that their letters shoeid be retarded, merely because their neighbours pay p Li t of the postman's salary. A project for peaking a large canal from the Grao to Valencia tines not, according to a letter thence dated the 31 instant, meet with great encouragement from the Regency. The advantages purposed by this canal were, that merchant vessels coming to load or unload goods might be in safety from the frequent gales during the three winter months, since they often cannot stay 24 hours off' the Grao. Without such a canal, it is said that it will be impossible for South American or Havanna!) traders to resort to Valencia for want of a safe anchorage. Many inquiries are made as to the destination of the tea sunk in the Westminster, off Margate, to which allusion was made some days ago, when the notion that an article so damaged was to be brought into the market was hardly reckoned tenable. Now, however, the report is becoming more definite, and some designate the places where it is being kiln died and washed preparatory to sale. This is con trasted by persons of long experience in the trade with the practice of the East India Company, who al ways made a point of destroying damaged tea, by throw ing it overboard at the Nore. So strict were they in this respect, that even when a part of the tea was damaged they destroyed the whole, some persons think ing that in such instances the Company occasionally carried their severity to an extreme length. Connected with the subject of tea of doubtful quality, a communication has been received from Mr. Heale respecting the recent seizure of 2,00011,. of hawthorn leaves, al,out to be forwarded to him, and the conviction of i'qr. Palmer, under whose direction they were p icked, for manufacturing an article " in imitation of tea." Although much of his statement refers to matters of rather a remote date, and many of which are already familiar to the public, it will be necessary briefly to recapitulate them to render the whole intelligible. Mr. Ileale, as it may be remembered, manufactured the hawthorn leaf under a patent granted in 1831, having, according to his own statement, obtained the opinion of Sir J. Sear lett and Mr. Rotch, who settled the patent, that it did not interfere with the Statute passed to prevent imita tions of tea. On receiving notice from the Excise that the manufacture was nevertheless a violation of the Statute, the parties concerned in it memorialised the Lords of the Treasury, but these only referred the me morial again to the Board of Excise, who of course repeated the same opinion they had previously given. Counsel's opinion was then obtained, that the patent contained a clear right to manufacture, and that a Magistrate would not be authorised in convicting the manufacturer, while at the same time the propriety of bringing the case before a Magistrate was suggested. T he manufacture being recommenced, the Excise officers, in 183-2, placed a broad arrow upon it, which they after wards removed, saying that they had heard from the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals that the manufac ture was leg al, and adding, that it might now be pro seeded with . It was under this favourable aspect Mr. Heale purchased the slaarts of other parties interested in the patent, and became its sole proprietor. The seizure of the manufacture, which took place in 1833, and the condemnation by the Lord Mayor, was on the ground that some of it had been traced to the posses sion of a tea-dealer. The Lords of the Treasury awarded 3001. to the seizing officers, upon the repre sentation of the Commissioners of Excise that they had brought to light a secret manufacture of " imitation tea," and Mr. Heale particularly observes that in the let ter of the Commissioners no allusion was made to the previous proceedings, so as to show to the Treasury that the case was the same on which the opinion of the At torney and Solicitor-Generals had already been obtained,. and that they admitted that according to the opinion of their own solicitor they could not proceed effectually against the manufacturer without proof of a connexion with the tea-dealer. This being the state of affairs, and Mr. Heale still believing that the Excise had no case against , entered into the agreement with Mr. Palmer to ca s/ on the manufacture, sending all he made to Mr. Heale himself. It was accordingly pre pared and packed in cases for exportation, the whole manufacture having been carried on, as is alleged, in the most open manner. The Excise allowed the manufac ture to proceed for many months, and then entered Mr. Palmer's premises on the night of the 27th of July, when they seized part of his manufacture, and on the following day seized the remainder. The proceedings by the Excise before the Magistrates at Devizes terminated in a conviction with full penalties, on the ground that the article was " iinit4tioo tea," in violation of the statute. This is the last act that has taken place in the affair ; and here Mr. Heale objects that the conviction was most incoesistent, as the Excise had, on removing the broad arrow in 1832, already said that the article was not an " imitation of tea," and that the condemna tion in 1833 did not prove such a case as warranted the Excise in endeavouring to obtain penalties. It will also be remembered, that that condemnation was on the ground that the article had found its way to the tea dealer, while, in the Devizes case, none of it had been disposed of in any manner. Mr. Heale's case there fore is, that having purchased a patent, the conviction by the Magistrates is unjust, or that, if that is just, the Crown should remunerate him for the expenses of his patent. All these circumstances must be of great in terest to the tea trade and to the publie generally, who se em to want protection i n th e purc h ase of genuine tea, so long as this state of things exists. HOW TO GET A SLIPPER. (From the Scotsman.) We have, in another column, given a full report of the discussion in 6e Town Council yesterday, arising out of the fact, that the High Constables of the city-- selected from the most respectable of the merchantile classes—sent Bailie Johnston to Coventry, resolving. by a majority of about 6 to 1, to exclude him from th e i r supper-t4e, while they invited all the other Magis trates. This exclusion was avowedly founded on the facts which hare more than once been prominently brought before the pnblic, that he pledged him self to the Liberal Committee to vote for Mr. Black as Lord Provost, and violated this pledge by afterwards declining to vote. The High Constables being apparently satisfied with the direct evidence which bad been brought forward in support of the charge, and bearing in mind that Mr. Johnston had de clined to follow the course usually adopted in such cases —demanding a Committee of inquiry into the circum stances, in order, if possible, to free himself from the charges which had been brought against him—con ceived that, as gentlemen, they were precluded from inviting him as their guest. They had an additional reason for their conduct in the fact, which it appears from the discussion they were aware of, that none of his brother Magistrates would sit at the same table with him. In these circumstances, they resolved to invite the other Magistrates, to his exclusion, and for this proper act of discretion, the Lord Provost, with the assistance of all the Tories and all the renegades —of all the men who were censured by their consti tuents, and a'l whose public characters were more or less damaged during the recent contest—Messrs. Aitken, M'Aulay, Dr.. sUc, and Johnston—for Bailie Johnst on , the party whore conduct gave rise to the whole discussion, actually voted s judge on his own cause—with the assissacce iho.c persons, and of his Non-In trusion forming a group more motley than David's men, succeeded carrying in his motion of cen sure by a majority of fifteen to fourteen, the minority being all staunch and consistent Liberals. Dr. Russell and Mr. Melville, two of his Non-Intrusion supporters for the Provostship, refused to be dragged through the mire on this occasion, and in consequence were absent from the meeting. Never was man placed- in a more pitiful plight than the Provost. The Liberal party in the Council, including all his 'Niles, with the exception of Mr. Johnston. arc constantly opposed to him, and hence on all questions he has to depend entirely on the support of the Tories and renegades ! SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Tory Association of North Leicestershire held its annual dinner last week at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It was distinguished by some novelty of tone in the language used in reference to the Church. The dis covery appears to be made that all is not quite right within the bosom of that venerable institution. " Heavy blows and great discouragement" came not from Whig Ministers alone, but frem internal discrepancies, which, should the fashion of de nouncing them spread at Conservative festivals, w i ll raise up a new phalanx of Church Reformers in an unexpected quarter. On " the health of the Primate and the Clergy" being given, " The Rev. Dr. Evans, in acknowledging the toast, said : In an assemblage so important and influential as that I see before me, it is a proud but melancholy office to return thanks in the name of the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese for so cordial an expression of your attach ment to the Catholic Apostolic Church of your fathers, established in these realms, under the present obscurement of her glory, both from within and from without. From within she is disturbed by the attempted revival of ancient forms and ancient discipline, an attempt which those who undertake to censure should at least read. But she is still more distracted by the errors of an heresiarch, whose proffered assistance was rejected in the settlement of our ritual and symbolic writings, whose tenets and discipline, wherever they have been admitted and embraced, says Malmbourgh, the historian of Calvinism, have been at tended by rebellion, civil war, and misery.'" Now, although we should be sorry to answer so readily as the Rev. Dr. Evans for all the aspersions of the Jesuit historian upon Calvinism, and although we know not of any censors upon Puseyism, who have not read its publications, half so severe as are the censors by whom they have been read ; yet we agree with the Tory Doctor, that the present position of these two sects (within the Esta blished Church) is a very discreditable phenomenon, and, we will add, that it demonstrates the necessity of some reform to endow the Church with the usefulness of a national institution. The Doctor's complaint tal lies with a curious case of conscience which was put, not long since in the Morning Post, namely, whether a clergyman who had obtained a living by means of the " Simeon Fund," could be justified in retaining that living after his conversion to Puseyism. The dif ficulty has not, so far as we have seen, been solved for the anxious applicant ; and we know not what has become of the doubting incumbent, his conscience, and his living. The existence of the diffi culty, however, affords a remarkable illustration of the present state of our ecclesiastical establishment, and the necessity for some revision of its discipline. With the amount or history of the Simeon Fund we are unacquainted, except from what its name imports, and from this specimen of its ope ration. It is, we presume, a fund for buying up presentations to livings, and bestowing them upon trusty preachers of High Calvinistic doctrines like those in culcated by the late eminent and pious Mr. Simeon, of Cambridge. That is to say, it is a mixture of the Voluntary Principle with that of a Church Establish ment, by which the moneys arc made to go further in the purchase of Church funds than they would if be stowed directly upon the clergyman as a subscription. The money power is thus not only brought to bear upon the propagation of High C ilvinism, but it ob tains for those doctrines a portion of the influence which necessarily belongs to the State Church. The speculation seems a very advantageous one ; and, did Dissenters look only to the spread of their doctrines and not to their notions of Church government and reli gious equality, each sect might invest its voluntary con tributions in a similar way, with the prospect of a hand some return.. All might profit by this species of Simeon simony. which is now, it seems, practised by the Simeon sect. The Puseyites arc also a sect within the Church. Whether they have, to any extent, become so by purchase, we have no means of ascertaining. Probably they have more facilities in possessing themselves of livings without paying for them than the Simeonites. Tne cost of the purchase in that case, is nothing more than a solemn subscription, ex animo, to the Protestant religion, which they are labouring to subvert. At any rate they are a distinct body from the Simeonites ; so distinct that converts may be made from one to the other, and cases of conscience arise upon such conver sions about the retention of livings. Is not this a very scandalous exhibition in a Church avowedly based upon an act of uniformity ? Here are two conflicting reli gions within its very bosom. One of them is a new form of that very Papistry front which the English Church broke off, and the other is an extreme doctrine to which that Church ( in the judgment of many great authorities) did not advance. A previous question for the consciences of both parties is, whether either of them has any title to share of the revenues of the Church of England, according to its present con stitution. is a Protestant Church established by law for the emolument of those who denounce " the crimes of the Reformation?" Was it endowed with nationsil funds that doctrines might be advanced by means of money-jobbing in those funds ? If such be the fact, then all sects ought to have fair play. No preference is due to Simeonites and Puseyites over twenty other denominations quite as much in harmony with the opinions of Protestant reformers. The tithes should be thrown open for the speculations of propa gandists, and other Papists besides those of Oxford should have their chance of profit from " the crimes of the Reformation," and of rebuilding " ancient forms and discipline" upon the " old foundations." 'There is no consistent medium between the sup pression of sects within the Church, and the equalised condition of sects without the Church. It is most unfair to tax the Independent for the emolument of the Simeonite, and admit the Oxford Catholic, while the Irish Catholic is excluded. By the tithes, the nation pays for the Protestant religion, and not for sectarian plunder or proselytism. The Tories seem not exactly to know what to do with this schism. The Quarterly Reciew committed itself by the memorable article on Chartism, with its proposition for razing half the metropolis, and drafting off the population of Birmingham and Manchester into little rural feudal colonies, each under the conjoint government of a par son and a squire. But the Tory press in general is more cautious. It feels the difficulty which must some times befal a faction with great need of numbers and no regard for principle. It is loath to lose either the Oxford revivers of Popery in England, or the hot cru saders against Popery in Ireland. So it will first try to keep both, and when that becomes impossible take ' to the strongest. Whether the " jolly full bottle " Protestants of Tory festivals will hereafter shout for the invocation of saints, or for the orthodoxy of Ge neva ; and which doctrine will be glorified in rounds of Kentish fire, depends on the toss of a half penny, or rather, on the unforeseen contin gencies and expediencies of a dirty, factious, and hypocritical policy. Meantime, we have a word of com fort for the Rev. Dr. Evans, in his " melancholy office," and those who mourn with him " over the Church's present obscurement of her glory." The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel, but it interests the clergy much more than the laity. Against any gross perversion of Protestantism into either priestcraft or intolerance the public intelligence will be a defence. The clergy would attract little censure by as large a latitude as they can desire in their theological speculations, did they but make honest provision for such comprehension, and sympathise more with the people on great moral ques tions. And if the clergy do interfere in public business, it is on such questions that their influence should be felt. In party strife, in the conviviality of Tory Clubs, in the corruption of contested elections, their aid is neither decorous nor recommendatory. But when every principle of Christianity and morality, as well as of legislative justice and national policy, is violated by an impost that diminishes the weight of the poor man's loaf to increase the weight of the rich man's purse, then it would well become them to interpose. Then they should proclaim that " the labourer is worthy of his hire" to the full amount of food which that hire will purchase. The 6 . obscuremcnt of the Church's glory " would soon pass away, under such a demonstration of her sympathy with industry and po bmvoeadrktyeys a . ntdh T e l l i ab The heresy of b rea d•t ax i sm i s destructive of soul. u rletrismerdirbs s i th e e bil n d a t t o ur t a b l e a factory ffect io w n s , when he ought to be at school. It sinks the peasant into a serf, o b and rc the e strife.serf intNoVhay d fa o m n is o h t ed tb bru l t e e r . gy Itp preach b dle i s t the down ? Why d o th ey not animate thee clergy people to choose legislators who will vo t e f or " d a il y bread " to those who earn it ? Such conduct would endear the Church to ' the heart of millions, and enable it to smile at any " heavy blow or great discouragement " that could ever be inflicted, either by the Whig indifference which it imputes, or by the Tory apostacy to religious liberty , which its bigoted members will never forget • or for g ive. (From the Times.) In the strange picture of the misdirected efforts of the French in Africa which we exhibited the other day, we endeavoured to point at this great truth—that national influence is not to be seized by sudden violence or acquired by the most enormous sacrifices of the hour; nay, that it is rather depreciated and damaged by the display of mighty means leading to such slender results. The most striking contrast which we can present to this remarkable instance of faithless aggression, cruel warfare, and unrewarded hardships, is to be found in the position of our own country with reference to the other Powers of Europe, and more especially with re ference to the vast populations of Asia. It is a part of our glory that the greatest hosts and armadas have been armed not by us but against us, and that they have been armed in vain. It is our b oas t th a t the Indian principa lities and power s , taught by our rule to share, not to pe rish by, th e arts of European warfare, are held in obedi ence to our sway by a British army not amounting in force to one-half of the garrison of Paris. It is most of all our pride, that wherever the British race, the British lan guage, and the beloved liberties of England are striking root in a strange soil, they are not planted by the bayonet nor protected by military force ; and in the wide lands of Australia we have a people springing ra pidly to life and power, who afford probably the first in stance since the world began of a great colonial posses sion established without either external war or internal bloodshed. We have frequently taken occasion to re monstrate on the frequent inadequacy of our forces both by sea and land to the performance of the boundless du- . ties to which they are called ; for it becomes the nation to demand ample protection for its wide-spreading inte rests, as it becomes the Government to be prepared to repel by arms the attacks which other nations may make by arms. But greatly do they err if they suppose that arms can give to them, or take from us, the influence which they view with affected mistrust and with ill-dissembled jealousy. That influence is due to the perseverance, the modera -1 tion, and the judgment by which it has been acquired, and is upon the whole exercised ; if these qualities ware wanting, the glory of the greatest nation would be tarnished, the strength of the strongest dissolved. This is evidently) not the standard of excellence to which the French aspire ; and we can only lament for them and for the world that their ambition should ad dict itself to such different and suicidal purposes. It might be inferred from the national passion for arms that France owes every thing to military success, and that her history contains no record of successful en terprises but those which have been begun by the sword. But, in fact, the very reverse is the case. It would not be difficult to show that the history of French wars, from the beginning of the 18th century to the last peace, has been accompanied with the decline of that colonial greatness to which she still aspires. At the earlier period to which we refer, the French held many of the finest colonial possessions in the New World. They divided with Spain the island of St. Domingo, inferior in size to Cuba alone, infe rior in fertility to none. They occupied in the most northern part of the American continent, the St. Law rence and its shores, up to the great lakes, and down to the harbours on the coast—a position which placed at their disposal the fur-trade of the north, the mili tary command of the country, and a boundless field for enterprise and improvement, encircling the whole of North America. Far, in the more southern latitud e s of that continent, the French plantations on the Mis sissippi, and the French port of New Orleans, gave them the command of the othe r g reat American river, and consequently of all those mighty resources which time and the British race have since called into activity, from the swamp and the prairie, the once solitary river and the primaeval forest. In the south of Asia the same great beginnings, supported for a time with energy and ability, enabled the French East India Com pany to dispute the commercial and growing political power of the British merchants trading to the East In dies. It is common in France to hear a vast deal of jealous and ignorant declamation on the history and the nature of British dominion in India , but, strangely enough, amongst a people so covetous of national honour, the names of their own great Indian servants Labourdonnais, Dupleix, Bussy, and Lally, have been as ill-treated by posterity, as the men themselves were by their contemporaries. We do not enter into a discussion of the system of colonization pursued by the French, nor do we here pretend to account for the fact that they have planted mere shrubs, dwarfed in their growth and limited in their duration, whereas the colonies of Eng land have thriven like forest trees. But this much is certain—that the undertakings which were vigorously planned by some of the greatest statesmen who ever go verned France, were first thwarted by their military cha racter, and finally lost by the fortune of war. Vat it is by military means and by war that the French, in spite of our contrary example and their own expe rience, persist in straining to aggrandize themselves. The very same thing which has occurred in other parts of the world is now repeated in Africa. France availed herself of the general peace and the general dread of war to get a footing (no matter by what means) on the opposite shore of the Mediterranean. She occupies province after province, port after port, and converts the loose towns of the Arabian Emirs into strongholds for her army. This occupation ex tends over nearly ten degrees if longitude ; but it is a military occupation, and nothing more ; it has been acquired by the sword, and pill perish by the sword ; and it weakena France, as France must be weak ened by the fortifications of Paris, or by any other huge display of material power intended to supply the place of that moral power which she has not got. Unfortunate y, such attempts not only do not supply it, but they demonstrate the absence of it. Since we touched upon this subject, we have received a very curious paper by M. Blanqui, who was sent to Africa in 1839 to inspect the state of the colony. The accounts this document contains far exceed the statements of hardship and loss we had ventured to make. In the month of October last the army lost 1,500 men ; and the number remaining in " what are called hospitals in Algeria" was 12,000. The garrison of Miliana lost two-thirds of its force in a few weeps, and the same ravages took place at Medea, Blidalt, and Douera. Men have been used up faster than ammunition. After ten years' occupation, 300 men are required to carry a letter, and 3,000 to escort a convoy even at the gates of Algiers. The army is not provided with beds or barracks ; and some time ago a battalion of 800 men was reduced to subsist for three days on snails! What, then, is the suggestion which accompanies these horrible official disclosures ? Simply, that the war should be carried on upon a larger scale ; and that Gen. Bugeaud should be placed at the head of an effective force of at least 80,000 men for the purpose of extirpating by one vast effort all the hos tile, tribes. The scheme is as foolish as it is extrava gant and atrocious ; for the Arabian horsemen will be driven into the desert, where no European troops can follow them, only to return with renewed fury to their secular warfare. The reflection which these facts produce in us is, that Algerine piracy itself, and all the miseries of Christians pining in barbarian fetters, were less grie vous to our race and our religion, certainly far less costly to human life and happiness, than these fierce inroads of French civilisation. We have perused with uncommon diversion an analy sis, in the Moniteur, of an Essay on the British Adminis tration of India, read to the French Institute, by M. Blanqui, aine. That learned individual, in describing the various kinds of land revenue in India, assured his audi tors that the Ryot-war tenure derived its name from its extreme severity, and signified literally la guerre aux pay sans, evidently mistaking the Indian adjective termination war, for the English word war. ( From the Morning Advertiser.) ;Ile question of the fortification of Paris is one with which we have scarcely meddled, except in a very sum mary Fay ; and for two reasons, each of which had its proper weight with us. The first, that we have no right to inter fare with the follies of our neighbours, whatever guise they may assume ; and the second, that we were in hopes that reason would in the course of time resume her empire over their minds, and put to flight the absurd and false fears upon which the project was based. Now, however, that the Committee, of which M. Thiers was appointed the Chairman, has made its report, and that report is in favour of the establishment of the fortifila dons, we may be excus..ld if we express our decided opi nion, that nothing was eve conceived in the wildest days of the French revolution so calculated to degrade the people of France in the eyes of Europe as that of erecting a series of a forts, or wall of cireumvailation, round Paris. The idea that either England or any European Power en tertains the slightest idea of invading France, or march ing upon Paris, without gross and unnecessary provoca tion, is an absurdity, as M. Thiers arid his master, Louis Philippe, perfectly know ; while, as a means of averting such an attack, supposing it to be intended, the pro posed fortifications are utterly valueless, A Napier or a Wellington would blow them to atoms in fewer mi nutes than it took days to erect them. with a pow erful army and a numerous cavalry, both the garrisons and the capital could be easily starved into submission or revolt—and France would have to witnese the de plorable spectacle of seeing the guns of her own forts converted into the instruments for the destruction, in stead of the preservation of her capital. A lne of forts, as proposed by the Committee of the French Chambers, extending over a circuit of 50 miles, is worthy of the wisdom of those who conceived the erection of the great wall of China, and is an equally prudent and po litic undertaking. It is useless for external defence ; but it is An admirale scheme for dominating insurrections = in the capital of France, and conferring upon Louis' Philippe the power of suppressing any unpleasant ex plosion of public opinion. It was to please this long cherished phantasy of his Sovereign, and by pleasing it, to maintain his position as Premier, and carry out his undefined schemes of glory and grandeur, that M. 'Thiers threw out the captivating bait ; but although Louis Philippe was delighted with the one, he did not by any means relish the other, and hence, having gained his ends, he turned out M. Thiers to wonder at his own folly and deplore the stupidity which had induced him to throw the game into his enemy's hands. Thiers, in fact, has been caught in his own net. He would now give anything, either not to have proposed or ap proved of the fortification of Paris. What a handle for opposition to the Guizot Cabinet would it not have proved in the hands of such a skilful orator ! With what appearance of patriotic hocesty might he not have reused the masses—paralysed the' Government of his successor, and made even Louis Ph;lippe tremble on his throne ! But that chance M. niers was too in cautious to reserve, and he has now be...n obliged to report in favour of a scheme which he knows to be un national in spirit and intent, and which he curves in his heart as an insurmountable barrier to his r oturn to power and political influence. So perish all ende.. l to gain power a t th e expense o f t h e lib ert i es o f tt.he people—and their a b e t tors w ith t h em ! yours (FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY.) (From the Globe.) We yesterday devoted some space to an illustration of the " public services" of Lord Strangford, for which we were indebted to the columns of the Times ; and which we put forth to exemplify the worth of the recommendation which the same Journal furnished to the son, founded on the eminent public services of the father, in order to aid him in his attempt to enter Par liament as Member for Canterbury. We will today employ a brief space on the other candidate, for whose success the Times, in the same article, evinces a deep THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 184.1 LOSS OF THE BUFFALO. We regret to learn that accounts have been received in town of the loss of her Majesty's ship Buffalo, on the 28th July last, in a gale of wind, in Mercury Bay, New Zealand. It appears that a party were on shore, cutting wood for the colony, whea a gale sprung up, and the vessel was wrecked. Two men were lost, named Moore and Corney, both of Chatham. The remainder of the crew were encamped on shore, until a vessel arrived to relieve them. This has been done. The Buffalo was only a sort of lumber-ship, or provi sion-tender to the Colony. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 16. iN RE THE LAND-TAX OF THE PARISH OF UTLEY, IN TUE DISTRICT OF SAFFRON WALDEN. Mr. WORDSWORTH showed cause against a rule obtained in November last, calling upon the Land-tax Commis sioners to show cause why they should not make a new assessment of the bland-tax upon all property in the above parish in an equal manner. The application was made on the part of Mr. Lake, a gentleman residing in London, but holding property in the above parish. He complained of the inequality of the rate last made, 293 acres belonging to the Rev. Mr. Raymond and other pro perties, were wholly omitted from the assessment, in con sequence of which inequality he and other occupiers in the parish were compelled to pay more than their just pro portion. The COURT said it was perfectly clear from the affidavits on both sides that the Commissioners had not come to any decision on either the first or second occasions, they de sired information and gave time for its collection, at the last hearing the appellant did not appear, and the appeal was dismissed. Under such circumstances the Court had no power to interfere.—Rule discharged. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JAN. 12. GOING TO LAW.—William Hall, a newsvender, bookseller, &c., was opposed by Mr. Woodroffe, on the part of Mr. John Cumberland, the well-known pub lisher of plays, and supported by Mr. Cooke. This case shows the result of going to law, and the enormous expense incurred by a creditor in attempting to recover a sum of 121. It appeared that Mr. Cum berland was the holder of a 121. bill of exchange drawn by Mr. Berger, the publisher, of Holywell•street on and accepted by the insolvent, who owed him the money. The bill was in the course of business paid away to the present holder, and an action was brought against the insolvent to recover the amount, when, by his attorney, he pleaded, and one of the pleas was, that it was an accommodation bill. The action being un der 201. could be tried before the Sheriff, but that pro ceeding was resisted, and, on account of the pleas, it was tried in the superior court. It was tried before Mr. Baron Gurney, and he termed it a " disgraceful defence." A verdict was obtained for 121., the amount claimed, and it was proved that in getting the barren verdict the taxed costs of Mr. Cumberland amounted to no less a sum than " thirty-seven pounds," and the only satisfaction derived was, that the insolvent - had been taken in execution. The costs, if the defendant had not pleaded, would have been under 6/., and now they were 371.! Mr. Berger stated that the bill was not an accommo dation one. The insolvent owed him the money, and it was a renewal. The insolvent confessed that there was no pretence for saying it was an accommodation bill. He left the business to his attorney who had pleaded. A long inquiry was made respecting the insolvent's business, which was carried on by his wife. He had been out on bail. Mr. WOODROFFE made some strong observations on the conduct of the attorney who had pleaded to the action. The Court could not touch him, and could only remand the insolvent. The Chief COMMISSIONER, in giving the opinion of the Court, said that the defence was most vexatious, and when the case was perfect, the insolvent would be remanded at the suit of Mr. Cumberland. The case was adjourned, and the insolvent ordered to be taken to prison. It was subsequently proved that his wife was seri onsly ill, and said to be dying, The COURT, under the circumstance, humanely ol lowed him to remain out on bail, and adjourned the case to the 15th February. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. CHARGE OF FORGERY.--.-Mr. Wm. Latham, an ex tensive draper, residing at Halifax, in the county of York, was brought up by Inspector Harrison, of the city police, before Aldermen Pirie and Farebrother, to answer a charge of having forged the acceptance to a bill of exchange for 173/. 135., and with uttering the same, knowing the instrument to be forged. Mr. Lloyd, a solicitor in Cheapside, appeared for Messrs. Leaf and Co., the prosecutors, and the senior clerk of Mr. Hum phreys was in attendance for the prisoner. Before the witnesses were examined the bill was put in. It was dated Sept. 15th, 1840, drawn by the prisoner for 173/. 135., at three months after date, and purported to be accepted by Thomas Pearson. The prisoner as the maker of the bill, was also the first indorser. John Wesley Barrett deposed that he is clerk to Messrs. Leaf, Smith, and Co., extensive silk mercers in Wood-street, Cheapside. He took the bill now pro duced from the prisoner several months back, in liquida tion of a debt of more than 3001., which was owing to the firm. It is drawn on a ss. stamp, and is in the same state now as when he took it, excepting the addi tional indorse and the notary's ticket. The body of the bill and the indorsement were doubless in the prisoner's hand-writing, but he was not prepared to say that the name" Thomas Pearson" (the acceptor) was his. Mr. Alderman PutrE—ls not the charge that he has forged, the acceptance ?—ls the acceptor here ? If not, how are we to proceed ? Mr. Lloyd said that the prisoner was only given into custody on Friday night, and owing to distance they were not prepared to get the acceptor, but he (Mr. Lloyd) had some letters, which he put in. Alderman FAREBROTHER—You must get Pearson the acceptor up here, and then he will be bound to swear whether it be his aceeptance or not, on that the charge hinges. The prisoner (who was allowed to stand at the table) said he hoped that he should be admitted to bail, with which he was quite prepared ; he requested it, because he had an extensive business which required his atten tion.—The Magistrates could net agree to the request. Mr. Inspector Harrison said he had 301. in bank-notes and a gold watch which he had taken from the prisoner, and he requested to know whether he was at liberty to return the property. . . Mr. Lloyd said he had no objection, when the watch and notes were given to the prisoner. The Inspector then said he had a pocket-book which contained a great number of bills of exchange, and va rious memoranda. He was requested to hand them to the Bench, where the papers were closely examined, and appeared to be of some importance, particularly as there were some other bills over due, which were ac cepted by Thomas Bennett, and which appeared not to have been negotiated. The prisoner declared the acceptance to be genuine, and said that he had given 3001. in good cash for them, and others of a similar description. He said that Mr. Lloyd presented an assignment of his (prisoner's) estate and effects to the prosecutors for the benefit of his cre ditors, and because he did not sign it, the threat which had beenheld out was carried into execution, and he was dragged to a police station. Had he signed an in strument he had not read or was prepared to expect, this charge would not have been made. He considered that he had been harshly dealt by. Mr. Lloyd denied that the prisoner was menaced, but he admitted that an assignment was requested, and that proceedings had been instituted against Pearson. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTIIER said that being the case, he thought that if the prisoner was committed without stronger proof, no jury would convict him. Prisoner—Mr. Lloyd said, " Unless you sign this paper, I'll give you in charge of an officer," and one of the Mr. Nevilles, of Carey -street, was present at the time. He proceeded to state that he had been in busi ness at Halifax nineteen years, and that his stock in trade at this moment exceeded 4,0001., beyond a large sum in book debts. One of his objects in coming to town was to request a little time, but to ask no favour by offer of compromise. It was finally arranged for the case to stand over till Thursday next, in case Pearson arrived in London by that day. Mr. Borridale, attorney, whose office is at No. 20, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, came into the office with his face discoloured, and said he had been violently assaulted a few minutes ago in his own office, and he expected that his assailant was forthcoming to answer the charge. Mr. Mortimore,and several gentlemen connected with the London Joint-stock Bank Company, soon made their appearance. Mr. Borridale stated that he and the defendant were shareholders in the London Joint-stock Company Bank, and Mr. Mortimore came into his office this morning, and closed the door after him, and then coming up to witness, said, " Now, Sir, I shall punish you for in sulting me." I said, You don't mean to assault me ;" and he said, " Yes, I do ;" and he gave me me two, three, or four violent blows on the nose and mouth (the marks were apparent). I grappled with him, until my clerk came to my assistance. By Mr. Baker, solicitor for the defendant—He did not come and demand an apology. I remember meet ing him and a Mr. Nicholson some time since, when they solicited my vote for the election of a director to the bank company alluded to. I remember putting some questions as to whether he (defendant) had written a letter (anonymous) reflecting on a Mr. Philpotts, a candidate ; and whether it was him who had brought forward a Mr. Farrant to succeed the director who was going out by rotation ? He replied in the affirmative ; and then I said, " It's dirty, shabby conduct, and I'll have nothing to do with those who are a party to it." I did not say, " You are a dirty, shabby fellow, and I'll not associate with you." I never had an apology de manded, directly or indirectly. Farrant, whose cause Mr. Mortimore espoused, was the successful candidate ; so, after " licking " me at the election, he must come and lick me at my own office. ,Thomas Collison, clerk to the prosecutor, stated that he obeyed his master's call, and when he entered the private office he saw the two gentlemen scuffling, but he saw no blow struck. He could not tell who struck the first blow. He heard Mr. Mortimore say, after he (witness) went into the room, " I'll teach you to call me a dirty fellow." Mr. H. Nicholson, of No. 7, Shoreditch, was called on the part of the defendant. He stated that they were out canvassing for Mr. Farrant, and happened to meet Mr. Borridale in the street ; and, knowing him to be a large shareholder, they solicited his vote. Some questions were put and answered (as already stated), and Mr. Borridale said to Mr. Mortimore, " You are a dirty, shabby, shuffling fellow, and I will not associate with you publicly or privately." I afterwards saw Mr. Borridale, and besought him to retract the words, as Mr. Mortimore I know to be a high-minded and inde pendent man ; and I expressed a fear that something unpleasant would occur after the election was over. By the defendant—At the election he (Mr. Borri dale) used similar expressions in a general way, and threw out insinuations. Mr. Mortimore begged to state that he did not deny the charge ; but he felt himself grossly insulted, and as he had waited long enough for an apology, he went this morning and had an interview, which led to the ren.. contre. He said that when he found Mr. Borridale he (Mr. Borridale) put up his arm as if to strike. He (Mr. Mortimore) knocked away his guard, and then some blows followed, in which Mr. Borridale was worsted, but had he (Mr. Mortimore) been vanquished, the Magistrates would have had no trouble. Alderman PIRIE said that if the blows bad been struck in the street when the words (which were, to say the least, ungentlemanly) were spoken, the case would have been different ; but here four teen days had elapsed, and one gentleman goes to the house of another, and takes the law into his own hands ; as he had done so he must take the conse quences, but it was a pity they did not meet together before, and mutually explain what had been inadvertently said in the effervescence of an election contest. He (Alderman Pirie) wished to know whether the defen dant would like to go to the Sessions ? Mr. Mortimore —l'd rather it should be disposed of at once in a sum mary way. . . A second Alderman was sent for for that purpose, but ere his arrival, Mr. Alderman Pirie (always a peace-maker), said he hoped it would meet the appro bation of both gentlemen that Mr. Mortimore pay 2/. to some charity. The defendant bowed assent, and the prosecutor elected that it should be given to the fund for the houseless poor. The defendant's solicitor said as there had been no conviction, Mr. I3orridale, perhaps, would bring his ac tion for assault and battery. Alderman PIRIE—No, no, no. Mr. Borridale—Certainly not, that I pledge, and I'll take care not to meet Mr. Mortimore again except on " dividend day."—(Laughter.) interest. Mr. Gladstone, the Tory candidate for Wal sall, is thus introduced and strongly recommended : " The name of Gladstone is identified with almost every quality which can adorn the man or the statesman; and it also furnishes an unexceptionable guarantee for a perfect ac quaintance with those commercial interests upon which the prosperity of such a constituency as that of Walsall depends. Mr. Gladstone's personal qualifications, there fore, would have led us to take a deep interest in his suc. cess, whoever might have been his opponent." We think that this is carrying relationship a little too far. For, although the Member for Newark may have "almost every quality which can adorn the man or the statesman," one family seldom produces two such prodigies ; nor do we see any reason for supposing that the commercial interests of Walsall are better under stood at Liverpool than at Manchester. There are some points on which the name of Gladstone would cer tainly carry more weight than that of Smith. For in stance : the number of bows a priest should make at the altar, and the precise shape of a deacon's hood. Did the electors of Walsall require a Member peculiarly versed in the mysteries of the slave trade, " the name of Gladstone" would be a recommendation ; and on a scheme for the supply of pure water, it would be irre sistible ! But we believe the electors of Walsall look upon cheap bread as more important than dear sugar ; and that, though friendly to the Church, they have no leaning towards Puseyism. We also look forward to the result of the contest with considerable hope, partly from the favourable reports we have received, and still more from the anger of the Times at the activity of the Anti-Corn-law League.—" It may be a question fit for the Legislature to consider, whether individuals shall be permitted to combine in an organized society for the purpose of in fluencing elections in so shameless and unconstitutional a manner as this." The leaguers can interfere by advice only. They are combined for the unholy purpose of cheap bread I All their influences must be open and direct. They have no power, by doing what they will with their own, to turn those who vote against their can didate out of doors. This makes their influence, in the eyes of the limes, " shameless and unconstitutional," in contradistinction from the constitutional and modest practices at Newark and Carlow. (From the Standard.) The Conservatives of North Leicestershire held their annual festival at Ashby-de-la-Zouch on Thurs day. Many excellent speeches were delivered upon the occasion, which our readers will find in the report, borrowed from the Times, in our first page. Among these speeches that of Mr. Gough will be found to hold a distinguished place : and one passage of it bears so directly upon considerations that have lately engaged our attention, that we cannot forego the pleasure of quoting it : " He was not the advocate of a blind and slavish homage to party or persons ; much less did he admire the servile worshippers of every political rising sun. He cared not whether Sir Robert Peel or Lord Melbourne were Prime Minister, provided the Noble Lord did not promote and support measures which he believed not only dangerous but fatal to the best interests of the country. His unal terable conviction was, that a Protestant Monarchy and a Whig Government could not amalgamate or long co-exist. —(Cheers.) He considered modern Whiggery to be a compound of absolute tyranny, democracy, and Popery, alike fatal to a Protestant Monarchy and the welfare and I happiness of a Protestant community.—( Cheers. )'i This expresses faithfully and eloquently the sense of the great body of the Conservatives of England. They hate and dread the present Government, as threaten ing danger to the Monarchy and to the Protestant in terest ; but they are indifferent to a change, until they have an assurance that the succeeding Government will be more firmly devoted to the preservation of those ob jects of their care. The present state of parties in Parliament is this. We have, on one side, a Ministry feebly supported, and willing to do anything or to sub mit to anything, for the sake of retaining their offices —perhaps naturally disposed to evil, but restrained from the indulgence of their natural bad disposition by a powerful Conservative opposition—we have, on the other side, that opposition, the great body of it animated . by the best spirit, and the whole acting admirably as an opposition, and effectually controlling the ill tendencies of the Government, and the worse designs of the Government supporters. This surely is not an unsatisfactory position of affairs to men who look for nothing beyond the safety of the Constitution in Church and State, displeasing as it may be to the hunters after office. Let us see, on the other hand, what a change might bring. It might lead to a compromising, under the name of a Conserva tive Government, to a Government possessed with the feeling of Lord Ellenborough, who would rather sacrifice the Protestant Church. or the Reformation itself, than encounter another " Catholic question ;" to a Government, in short, which has blit one tactic in the face of an opponent—retreat or surrender. Would the prospects of those who, with Mr. Gough, bestow their first care on the safety of a Protestant Monarchy and the welfare of a Protestant community," be improved by such a change ? We say that they would be made a great deal worse. CAPTAIN JOHN REYNOLDS OF THE ELEVENTH HUSSARS AND THE HORSE-GUARDS. (From the Alligator of Saturday.) Captain J. Reynolds sent in his resignation, and requested permission to sell out. After his papers had been a fortnight or three weeks at the Horse- Guards, a letter was sent by Lord Fitzroy Somer set to Captain Basil Hall, requesting an inter• view with that gentleman, as his Lordship was de• sirous of consulting him previously to accepting his nephew's resignation. After a week's delay, an appointment was made for a Saturday. On the day appointed, it was understood Lord Fitzroy Somerset was to remain at the Horse Guards after four o'clock, for the purpose of an interview with Captain Basil Hall. An accident, however, happened to the mail, which pre vented Captain Basil Hall from arriving in town in time, and the interview was postponed until the next day (Sunday) at his Lorship's private residence. After matters of indifference had been talked over, his Lordship alluded to the position in which Capt. J. Reynolds was placed, and inquired if the cause of his sending in his resignation arose from his intended mar riage ; for if it did, although it was an understood rule in some regiments, that an officer, on his marriame, should leave the corps, yet in the present case it might be so arranged as not to require Captain J. Reynolds to sell out. His Lordship was then told that that was not the cause of the resignation ; the clear and distinct cause was the overbearing and tyrannical conduct of the Earl of Cardigan—that Captain J. Reynolds felt that the value of his commission was not secure for even one day whilst under the Earl's command ; and that the Earl's conduct was overbearing, and his language abusive. On hearinr , this, Lord F. Somerset inquired if the Earl was in the habit of swearing at the officers ; and had the satisfaction of having it explained to h;m, by Captain B. Hall, that u commanding-officer might be abusive without resorting to oaths. The result was, that Lord F. Somerset promised to communicate with the Adjutant-General ; and Captain John Reynolds was forthwith ordered up from Chichester to attend at the Horse Guards, and thus allow of a personal soli citation on the part of Lord F. Somerset, that he would withdraw his resignation. Captain John Rey nolds arrived in London, and had an interview with the Adjutant-General, when the terms agreed to, upon which he consented to withdraw his resignation, were a re cantation of the censure given by General Sleigh on the black bottle affair ; six months' leave of absence (which had been previously refused by the Earl of Car digan), two years at the senior department of the Mili tary College, and a distinct and express understanding that Captain John Reynolds should never again be re quired to serve for a single day under the Earl of Cardigan. MAJOR MORSE COOPER AND THE HORSE GUARDS. (From the same.) Major Morse Cooper has made two applications to the Horse Guards to be allowed to exchange from half. pay to the active duties of his profession ; and in those applications named the officers who were willing to ex change with him. In consequence of the refusal of both these applications, Major Morse Cooper addressed a let ter to Lord Hill, in justification of his conduct. In this letter, Major Morse Cooper explains the position in which he has been placed, by the Horse Guards sheltering the Earl of Cardigan under the very acts for which they were censuring him ; he tells the Horse Guards that he is folly prepared to prove every asser tion he had made relative to the Earl, and complains of the illegality which sat on Captai n A. Reynolds, for quoting his , and injustice of the Court - martial Major Cooper's, words, in the censure attached to the finding and sentence of that Court-martial, when such evidence was given upon oath. Major Cooper requested Lord Hill, should it not be his Lord ship's intention to allow him to resume the active duties of his profession, to accept of his twenty-seven years' service as a gratuity to the country, and allow him to receive the money he had actually paid for his commis sions. In re ply, L or d Hill regrets the asperity o f tone which prevailed throughout the Major's letter, and is a stonished to find hi m justifying himse lf in op position to the Court-martial, and assures the Major he is not warranted in the conclusion he has arrived at, in supposing that it was Lord Hill's intention to prevent his resuming the active duties of his profession. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN AND THE HORSE GUARDS. (From the same.) Above we have given two cases, in which the Horse ards, to shelter the Earl of Cardigan, has been to succumb, in a very u nprecedented manner, to two junior officers in the service. We hope, on the meeting of Parliament, that Major M. Coo per's letter to the Horse Guards, and Lord Hill's reply, will be read to the House by some Honourable Member after moving for their production. We feel confident if that were only done, that it would require nol evidence to prove how utterly the authori ties of the Vorse Guards have lost that high tone so necessary for command, in a vain endeavour to uphold one whose conduct from the beginning to the end has been so indefensible. It would appear, from a country paper, that there has been a rumour of Lord Hill's intended resignation from ill health ; but that journal remarks, that they are happy to hear his Lordship is in good health; and, therefore, doubts the truth of the rumour. Perhaps the circumstances we narrated in our first number, and those we now disclose, may more easily account for the rumoured resignation. It seems to us that the result of this commotion must be either the resignation of Lord Hill, or of the Earl of Cardigan. Between these two, who can hesitate as to the services which have been the most valuable to the country ? [An old military officer suggests that Lord Fitzroy Somerset, perhaps, will feel bound to follow Lord Hill's resignation, should the rumour be founded on truth, as he, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, has, personally, much interfered on behalf of his friend the Earl of Cardigan.] BOW-STREET. William Smelling, a young man, was charged with forging a cheque for 501., with intent to defraud the trustees of the London and Westminster Bank. Mr. Peninger, of the firm of Westmaeott and Co., solicitor's, Gray's-inn, stated that the prisoner had been clerk to the firm for about two years. The cheque produced, which was signed W. Peninger, was not in the hand-writing of witness. He had never authorised the prisoner to sign his name to a cheque. I\lr. Scholfield,,,one of the cashiers at the Lon don and Westminster Branch Bank in Holborn, stated that on the Ist instant, the cheque in question was presented for payment by the prisoner, and witness cashed it for him, giving him a 201. note and thirty sovereigns. The prisoner, who protested his innocence, was re manded for further .examination. Lewis Fred. Raveau was charged with stealing 2'204 note, two 51. notes, a gold watch, a gold chain, and other articles, the property of his master, Mr. Rosseau, a trunk-maker, in the Strand. The prisoner had been some time in the service of the prosecutor, but absconded about a month since, taking with him the above property. The robbery was men tioned in the Policg,Gazette, and a description given of the prisoner's person, which led to his apprehension at Portsmouth, when 121. only was found in his possession. The prisoner was committed for trial. MAR YLEB ONE. John Jones, whOse head was bound round with a handkerchief, and with all the marks of violence upon him, was tharged • with stabbing his father, Charles Jones, in his cheek, and inflicting other injuries upon him. Police-constable 45 S said that about half-past six o'clock on Friday evening, he heard loud cries of mur der from No. 21; 'Brewers-place, Somers'-town. He went into the house and saw i man bleeding profusely from his face. This man said his name was Charles Jones, and that hiiison John Jones had done it, at the same time pointine to prisoner, who was in the room. He then inquired of the wounded man what the wound had been inflicted with, who informed him that it was with a dinner knife, and that it had been carried below stairs and concealed. He (witness) then searched, and foand the knife (which he produced in Court, stained with blood) in a table-drawer in an adjoining room. He took the knife (which was a coarse blunt table one) and showed it to the wounded man, who said that the stab had been inflicted therewith. After this be was not able to speak, and' had not that morning regained the power of utterance. He (the constable) then took the prisoner, who all this time sat sullen and still, into cus tody, and returning, saw the wounded man to the Uni versity Hospital. (A certificate was at this stage of the prosecution read, signed by the surgeon of the University College Hospital, stating that Charles Jones (the sufferer al luded to above) had been admitted in consequence of a stab in the cheek and other wounds inflicted with great force, and which rendered his attendance impossible. He had never spoken since his admission so as to be understood, and his attendance, therefore, would be useless. Mr. HARDWICK—AV - ell, prisoner, what have you to say ? Prisoner—Please your worship, I had been drinking all day with my father, and we were a little overcome with liquor. I went home to his house, and we were grumbling and jawing together. Mr. HARDWICK—But how came you to stab him ? Prisoner—Why, sir, I was sitting before the fire with some bread and cheese, and eating it quietly with a knife, the knife which has been produced, when sud denly, in consequence of some word, he jumped up, and took hold of me and struck me on the head with the poker. We then struggled and roiled orr the bed, and by this means thewounds were inflicted. Mr. HARDWICK—How came you to stab your own father with a knife in the cheek? Prisoner—Why, Sir, I had no intention of doing it ; it was quite an ac cident ; I had no intention whatever of injuring the old man.—Remanded for a week. UNION-HALL, Stephen Berry ; a powerful man, with a severe cut over the forehead, 'was charged with an assault on Mary Lacy, whereby her life is pronounced in danger. From the evidence of a woman named Weaver, it appeared that she was a lodger in the same house with the de fendant and Mary Lacy, who cohabited together as man and wife. On the preceding evening the def en d an t an d the woman, both of whom had been quarrelling with each other the whole of the afternoon, went out and returned between twelve and one o'clock in the morn ing, at which hour they began to fight. They were both under the influence of liquor, and the witness (Weaver) hearing a noise, proceeded to the defen dant's room, and saw hire knock down the woman Lacy with a desperate blow of his clenched fist between the two eyes. While she was on the ground the de fendant, who was in a state of phrenzy from drink, in flicted two severe kicks on the head of the unfortunate woman, who was subsequently lifted off the floor in a state of insensibility, covered with blood. She was in such a dreadful state that the police were compelled to send for 111 r. Hawes, a medical man, who, on examiniw; the extent of the injuries she received, pronounced an opinion that she was in a very dangerous condition., a nd quite incapable of attending to give evidence before the Magistrate. A quart pewter pot, nearly doubled up, was produced, which it was stated was used as 4, v :eapon in the hands of the defendant during the outrage, Mr. TRAILL said that the medical eertifier,te produced described that the woman was in great ;tanger, and he iiould therefore remand the defender:, until her ultimate condition was pronounced. HATTON-GARDEN. A young man, named Thompson was brought before Mr. Greenwood, charged with breaking a square of glass. Inspector Penny, of the G division, stated that on Friday night he saw the defendant take up a stone, and smash the glass around one of the public gas-lights. Witness went up to him and asked him the reason he EVENING EDITION. had so behaved, when he stated that he had done obtain an asylum in prison, as he was dying with hunger, not having tasted anything for four days, neither bad be found a place wherein he could repose his weary limbs. Witness led him to the station-house, and after giving him some nourishing food. made him otherwise as cow fortable as he possibly could. Mr. GREENWOOD inquired of the unfortunate null who and what he was. He said he was an engineer's assistant, and five weeks ago he left Birmingham with 2/. in his pocket, in search of employment. He had been unsuccessful, and was now totally destitute. Mr. GREENWOOD—But you had no right to destroy property? Defendant (crying)—Certainly not, Sir I would not thieve ; my hands were made for honest labour, and I preferred breaking the glass to get m yself into prison than doing any other act from which an on" • favourable impression might be drawn. Mr. GREENWOOD observed that he scarcely knew what to do in the matter. It was evidently a distressing case and deserving every attention. He asked the pri soner whether, if he were forwarded to Birmingham, it was likely he would find employment ? He said he had no doubt of it. Mr. GREENWOOD directed that he should be sent to the Mendicity Society, where he was sure his ease would he attended to. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK• Wheat. Barley. Oats. • Beans. Pease. l'er Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s• 63 22 56 56 ••••• . Hexham 5O 62 32 38 21 23 Morpeth 5O 62 28 19 k 2 40 44 St "' Benrith — 30 25 33 - 40 Sheffield — 63 31 22 _-40 Winchest, r 59 64 '2B 32 26 29 42 45 35 Per Bushel. s. d. S. (1. s.d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s.d s. (I. b Carmarthen 0 7 1 00 50 00 2 2 56 00 0 " Cowbridge, lO 0— 0 5 0 5 6 3 0 4 0 5 0 5 3 ok. Swansea 74 8 0 4 0 4 4 2 6 2 6 5 6 60 f. 6 0 " Per 8011. Barnardcastl 16 0 ]g9 80 9 3 74 8 11 0 12 610 6 11A Durham l3 6156 80 90 79 8 9 0130 10 0 1; 0 Richmond l4 6 IS 070 9(4 56 80 9 0 11 90 1 0 Stockton l3 0 16 0 90 90 70 86 76 8 6 0 0 0 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. 61s. to 625. finew -------- Lin. and Cam. —s. 625. to 61s. fine 0 3 g Yorkshire —B. —s. to 545. fine 581. NNhite Foreign. Ited —s. —s. to 535. tine 644. 160 189 110 12 6 10 6 110 13 6 15 6 :u 0 13 0100 A 0 „• n 146 IS 0 9O 11 61 9 0 l',l' 130 160 i 7 6 801 0 0 v • 0/AK] .. RKET. I, Norfolk -- Lin. an& -s. 625. to 61s. fine CU Yorkshi. - Mite -s. 625. to --s. fine 6 96 - Foreign. teed -s. -s. to 5.35. tine 6 44 . White -8. -1. to 60,. tine WS. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk .....3. to 355. fine 38 1, - Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Wold 26s. to -s. fine 32 1 ' - Foreign Beans, New -- Old -a. to 465. fine 499. Oats, I'otato -s. to 30s. fine 3i!,!: -.....- Poland -s. -s. to 265. fi ne 2 10 . -- Vrieziand and Small .... ........ -- h,:aling Shelling Malt e -.4 40s. fine 445. per Loan Rapeseed -4. Os, 261. Os 301. Os per LasL NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland sos. s —s. 633.1 Norfolk and Suffolk 633. 645. 66s. 709. Berwick and Scotch 6ls. 653 —s 67e. Foreign 623. 625. 66.4 Rye, Norfolk 4nd Suffolk ... 365. 38s —s. —s. Foreign 29s. 33s —a. —s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffblk... —s. —s —s. —s. Grinding and Feeding Ms. 335. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk— .......... 583 60s —s. —s. Beans, Small 4os. 483....... —B. —s. Tick 42s. 489 —s. Pease, White 44s. 465.'.... - Gray Oats, Northumberland, 1'0tat0e......... 309. 32s —s.--s. ---- Feed 289 30s s ..—s. s. 4:43. 538....... —S. —I, - Foreign Flour (par sack) SCOTCH M RIVETS. ....../ Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Clatnal2;,, -- -- -- -- ---- 4berdeen ... 50 to C 5, 0 25 to 20 IS to 22 —to 33 1 ° 4. 13rwiek 36 45 18 25 16 17 32 23 ... Coldstream ...- Cupar (Fife) 48 65 26 31 18 22 22 26 Dunbar 4B 69 26 4!) 23 27 40 42 46 .0, Elgin - . r ' Inverness - . 0 , Kelso .......,_ 26 45 18 23 17 19 '33 34 , Kirkaldy Perth . Ti: size of the measure varies throughout the country. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. nil , Wheat. Barley. Oats, pease. E1e 13 ..,,e First 7li. 00. 34, 60. 28s. ed. 408. od., '4O; Second CS 0 3+ 0 24 0 38 0 SS e 'l'h ird Average price of Wheat 21. IN. 0.1. PRICES OP PROVISIONS, Er. • . IA Beef, per to. ...««. Os. 50. toOs.Bo. Freshßutter, lb. s. 10,1. to I .* l Mutton ..........e.w.w. 0 4 (1 7 Salt Ditt0.—.......... 010 a Veal —...—.....,............... 0 7 I 0 Ditto.ner cwt.-92 0 lit' a Veal IMPIOW•IINOVVIINA 0 '7 1 0 05 0 7 Lam), per qr. M.M 1 6 4 0 0 42 0 Quartern Loaf U 8 0 Ft P0tatue5,141b....... 0 , 4 0 0 Ditto, per cwt. «92 0 lEggs, per doz... 6 0 OatStrawikpl.).,,, 7 0 Wheat Ditto.., 6 0 Barley Ditto 5 6 Hay, per 0 '0 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. Per Sack of 28011). Imp. Per Stone ot 14M. In % 9. 0 First Oatmeal 0 3 Second ditto_ ' 0 1 Birleyrneal_ ... ....—, 0 1 Peasemoal 1 8 0 Peasemeal Pot Barley from 30s. to 50s. per sack. HADDINGFON CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. Oats. P 6 e , :s' od e.. ~,,, t 55 0 71 111 . First Os 0(1 33s (id 27s Od 3 u. Second stis Od 30s Od 2(s Od 335. Od 5:25 0 Third s3s Oct "cBs Od 2.2 s Od 3es Od Average ill. ISs 5,1:1-12th. DALKEITII CORN MARKET. Beit Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 1 reas,f; 38, u. First tiles Ca 33s 0I 1 , 26, Sd 3 3 s (lei 36, OA Second 55; Od 30s (id 1 ‘.Z2s Od. 36 s us ' i O 9 Third 49s 6d 23s 6d as Od 31s Od 34 GLASGOW CORN Tilt RKET. Wheat, per 240th. s. d. s. d. Oats. per 2641 b. 0 2 1 0 0 5. .. . British, old 33 otoB4 6 Irish - new 2:3- ‘ 3 1 8 0 Canada, free 7 s Beans, English .... ... .... ......... Irish Barley, per 3201 b s English 27 0 216 Pease, Scottish!..." Scottish 2l 0 25 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b.... Irish 4. d. 9 ioo 1,0 0 0 6 0 6 ° ‘.'2 0 1° sO O 0 5 40 45.0 ••erly t. '~._ ~i 8 014 „Of CA 44 ;itA, )'( • eo It is with sincere regret we announce the Si Its death of Thomas Crafer, Esq., of the Treasury. o p ' nearly half a century back since Mr. C ra f er , then little beyond his boyhood, entered the Treasury. His Pr ° t o tion to the high office he held depended entirely aP° ll q e just appreciation of his own merits; and safely alliair say that no Government ever possessed a servant mor e b 1 tinguished by his untiring zeal in the performance o f public duties, and his courteous demeanour towards t or with whom the duties of his office brought him int° ur i, tact. On Wednesday Mr. Crafer was at the Tre s apparently as well as his warmest friend could wis h Friday niglahewasdead.—. 0 0 1 SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE WATt ioro v A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. St ste hill, London (opposite the Bank of England), submit ftol• lection a very large STOCK of Highly-finished London - 1 W WATCHES, the whole of which bei n g ni anufactured-, 10 their own inspection, on their own premises, they can 0 . 0 ste sell at least 251. per cent. below the usual trade price for s o t) title of the same quality. A printed warranty is give )/ each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES" Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double- 4 ° backed engine-turned cases, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in four holes, maintaining power, with seconds hands, 6 and double-backed cases, warranted ... 6 0 , Either of the above in silver bunting ca ses , 10 s . 6d. et l i s o A large variety of second-hand Silv er lW a t e h es , which 010' been carefully examined,:and can be warranted at £2 2 5 ' GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned 6 gold cases, and gold di a l s , warrante d XI 1 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed i n, engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, warranted 12 Patent detached Lever 'Watches, jewelled in four 0 holes with double-br.cked gold cases and geld dials, 114 4 warranted . GOLD CAGES, SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN' Patent detached Lever Watches ; jewelled in four 0 holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war- .4 ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and 1 7 enamel dials, warranted l7 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, doubl e -b ac k e d go ld cases a nd 0 . 11 gold dials, warra n t e d Either of the Gentl emen ' s W a t c h es. may be had in gold W I cases, for 3/. 3s, each extra. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange' SECOND SECOND HAND SILVER WATC- 5 $* 70 ° A variety of some dozens, may be selected from, Pr l l,o o/1 Guineas each ; some rather more mod ern , Two and s Guineas each ; and an assortment quite equal to neW'l t e" Guineas each. The whole have been' carefully examined a printed warranty will be given. T. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Graesc street), London. `Seeond-h a nd. Watches purchased in e xchane POISIt MAO TA& TRAYS., 605. th i e .", . of FULL ,MZED.,,c,vOTHIP SHAPE. Superior Ivor, gdry,! r liendles, 14s. per dozen; yet' Poles for Wihdow Curtains ! , i 1 inch diamet er I s . 3c l . P ec op, / 2 itickei,''JA;!+l.,kt;iO4;;' ,bforized fenders, ' 4 feet ;:ifut loaf, r Catalogues prices of stoves, fend ° %roi l ' irons, , kito4n!Ati4llisieVOrlr article in furnisbi a g mortery.. 7., •'IIIPPOiI and' BLIIITON:Wells-street, O x forO irest. Establisibed 1820. B IR THS. dad On the 10th inst., Mrs. Cary, of Torre Abbey, of e On the 12th inst., at Eawkham, Kent, Mrs. W $O O of a son. C On the 15th inst., at Hampstead, the lady of E. Esq., of Bedford-row, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., 'at Kilmarnock, A. H. Young' PA's' ft Quebec, to Janet, seeond daughter of T. Greenshieles'atole, On the 12th inst,, at Woolwich, G. H. Wallace, L'vro,lls of 16th Regiment. 'youngest son of Lieutenaat-Colonel dhter Royal Artillery, to Charlotte Beatrice, youngest da n i f o rtre' the late G. N . . Adams, Esq., of Gloucester-plac e, square. of l'11°:i On the "12th inst., at Dundee, C. Schnobel, Ea , Nicol l ' Russia, tc, Eliza Ann, third daughter of the late 1 1 ' Jamaica Pe' gol s On t'oe 14th inst. at Holywell, Church, Oxford, the loo t 0 , rii•Aon, 8.A., Gen. Corn. of St. Mary Hall, "d il e , lO° 01 . HU. Dixon, Esq., of Oxford and Whittington flair.la- Ahiro, to Lucy Maria, eldest daughter of the Rev. ;l e i, 11u, 7 ,hes, M.A., of Trinity College, and Rector of St. Li t O le Ox ford. 11.4 'On the 14th inst., at Eccles Church, and afters: -Wee. Re man Catholic Chapel, Thetford, Eugene, ,of of Chateau de Veauce, Aubergne, grandson of the ,et r ty_A, t3alperwick, Sieur de Marcoussis, to Isabella co. , e - e 7,,vieu'i riaughter of the late M. 11. Perceval, Esq., of SPer , Quebec, Lower Canada, and niece to Sir J. FloWer Eccles Hall, Norfolk. DIED. tieut eDB On the ith of November last, at Simla . Colonel R. Chalmers, of the Bengal Army. , usto n-se, On the 13th inst., at Seymour-place North, 1:" ,se lr v. W. Hauxwell, Esq., Tunbridge' On the 14th inst., at Howard Lodge', Ernest George, infant son of N. S. Taylor, Esq. or-Gen er al tfr On the 15th inst. , at Chelsea College, maj oome, of the Bombay Establishmeed 63•nt, R acid London Printed and Published by MI1111)0 , s ue e. 112. Strand, at The Sun Ofice, No' 1 121 0 the county of Middlesex.—Monday, January 14 .~ BAI .'::_~