The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-21 00:00:00

MORN ING SUN GRAND DEMONSTRATION AGAINST CII URCH - RATES. IMMENSE MEETING AT LEEDS. (Abridged from the Leeds Times.) Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, one of the largest open air meetings ever held in Leeds, was held in the Cc loured Cloth Hall-yaril, on the subject of Church rates. The meeting was called by the Vicar and the Churchwardens for the purpose of considering the pro priety of levying a rate for the purchase of additional pa rochial burying ground. The numbers present in the Cloth Hall-yard on the occasion were not less than from 10,000 to 12,000 people, amongst whom were se veral of the most influential gentlemen in the town, including, we believe, almost all the Dissenting minis ters. There were two or three flags in the yard, Veer ing the following inscriptions--" Down with Church rates. Remember Thorogood and Baines."--" More pigs and less parsone."—" The Church and the Priest hood we willingly barter, in exchange for our rights and the People's C saner." The demonstration of yesterday has settled the ques tion of Cnerch-rat sin Leeds, we hope for ever. We look upon the proceedings as the grandest demonstra tion in favour of religious liberty that has occurred for ye ses. The Rev. Dr. HOOK, the Vicar of the parish, pre sided as Chairman. On opening the business of the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said, the present meeting had been convened by the Churchwardens to take the sense of the parish as to the steps to be taken for the increase of the parochial burying-ground. It had been the duty of the Churchwardens and himself to state to the parish the fact, that the parochial burying-ground in this parish was at present insufficient. They made that statement to the parish generally. What steps they might take to remedy the evil it would re main for them that day to decide.—( Hear, hear.) Fos his own part, he was not at all desirous to raise the money by a parochial rate.—(Hear, hear) He should be extremely glad to find it done by a general subscrip tion.--(Hear, bear.) It was possible that some of them might disagree in opinion, but they might at least agree to differ, and conduct their proceedings with perfect good humour towards one another.—(Hear, hear.) He should now call on Mr. Barr to read the notice convening the meeting. ROBERT BARR, Esq., Solicitor to the Churchward ens, t:.ca read the notice, signed by the Vicar and five Churchwardens. Mr. WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, one of the Church wardens, then came forward, and said be appeared be fore that meeting for the purpose of moving the first resolution. Before, however, he spoke to the resolu tion, he would say a few words as to the conduct of the Churchwardens in calling the meeting. It was the duty of the Churchwardens to call that meeting. On taking office they made a solemn declaration that they would perform the duties of their office to the best of their judgment and ability, and they could not do that without calling that meeting.—(Hear, hear.) It was their firm conviction, that more burying-ground was requisite. They had called the parishioners together to know whether they were willing to tax themselves for such burying-ground. They (the Churchwardens) left the matter entirely in their hands. It was for them to say yes or no.—(A loud and simul t meous shout of " No.") He would proceed to state the condition of the burying-ground. Previous to 1830 the only parochial burying-grounds in Leeds were the one opposite to the Old Church, and the church-yard surrounding the church. In 1830, the Quarry Hill burying-ground was purchased, and the first interment took place on the 15th of March in that year. From that period up to the pre seat time there had been no lees than seventeen thousand four hundred and seventy interments, in cluding about three thousand still-born children. He believed the ground was not properly menaced, but such was the state of the burying-ground ate present, that they did not know where to dig for graves., and on some occasions in digging for graves, they found coffins only a few inches below the surface.—(Hear, hear.) They found that not more than a hundred new graves could be made, in which the dead might be buried de cently. Other graves might be made, but not in the manner in which they ought to be.—(A voice, " They never have been.") The annual number of interments in the whole of the parochial burying -grouts ds was 1,420. Of that number about 1,100 were interred in Quarry-hill burying-ground. Supposing that four corpses could be interred in each grave, there would then, in the 100 graves that might still be made, be room only for 400 interments, which would only provide decent interment for about four months, at the tete of 100 per month. As for what was commonly called the New Burial Ground in Ksrkgate, that was quite full. He thought, in justice to the Vicar, in conse quence of opinions that had gone abroad as to the amount of the receipts for the burial of the dead, be ought to state what the fees were. The number of graves -stones annually put down did not exceed 30, and the amount re”ivedannwelly from this source was 15/.—(lnterrupt ion , and shout s o f " Wh o gets it ?") He had not inquired, but he believed the Vicar received those fees.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The number of interments annually being 1,420, the annual amount received by the vicar from this source was 471. 6s. Bd. The clerk in orders received annually 231. 13s. 4d. ; the sexton annually 361. These were the fees paid on the whole for interments that took place in the parochial burying grounds.— (Cries of " How much has the vicar besides?" " How much salary has be besides ?") He (Mr. Whitehead) ha] nothing to do with that. As he had stated at the commencement of his speech, it was the duty of the Churchwardens to bring this matter before the pa rishioners. It was well known to many of them that seven out of the eight Churchwardens were Dissenters, and they had been charged pith inconsistency, but he would tell them that they were not liable to that charge.—(Cries of " You could'nt help it ?") They bad made a declaration that they would perform the duties of the office, when they accepted it, and if they neg lected to do so, they were liable to be cited before the Ecclesiastical Court, one of the most unconstitutional authorities that ever existed.—( Loudshouts of " Hear.") Twelve months ago, they had been commanded by the Ecclesiastical Committee to take this step, and now they merely asked them to say Yes or No.—(Cheers.) They must not carry the matter a step further.— (Cheers.) They should have dote their duty during their term of office, and their successors might do as they best could. Two resolutions had been drawn up, and. the first one which bad been entrusted to him he would read to them— " That in the opinion of this meeting the existing parochial burial-ground for the parish of Leeds is wholly insufficient and inadequate, and that it is necessary, for the decent interment of the dead therein, forthwith to provide, according to law, suitable and convenient additional burial-ground in and for the said parish." The next resolution was to the effect that certain plots of lard specified in the notice convening the meeting should be purchased, and that a rate of eleven pence in tha pound should be levied.— (Great hooting.) His own opinion was that it would be a far simpler plan for only one resolution to be moved, and he had one prepared which he thought comprised all that was necessary. The following was the resolution he had prepared ' Tnat a rate of elevenpence in the pound be soar laid upon all the rateble property in the parish, for the purpose of pur chasing additional ground foreonveying it proper for the same to the parish, and for incloeing and sn a ki ng a burial-ground." (Several persons here asked, " How much will a rate of elevenpence produce?") He would tell them they must recollect at the sam e time that the Churchwardens bad not the power to lay the rate on the township alone, but were compelled by law to lay it. on the whole parish,including the out-townsaipc_ (Hear, hear, hear.) Tue total nominal amount of the rate would be 17,3951. 1 ls. Bd.—(Shout s of " Hear, hear," and l a u g ht er .) The nominal amount f or the township of Leeds would be 11,1401. 19s. Bd. and for the out-townships 6,2541. 12s. That was not a lt. They must take the le :lieges in the collection of the rate into account. He had taken the trouble to ex amine the accounts of the last Church-rate that was levied in Leeds, and he found that the leakages in the collection &that rate in the out-townships amounted to 71 per cent.--( Hear.) After deducting these leak ages, the rate would yield 5,570/. 9s. 10J. from the township of Leeds, and 2,501/. 16s. 10d. from the out-townships—making a total of 8,072/. 6s.Bd. He was quite sure of this, that so long as there were Dissenting Churchwardens in office, they would never use their power in the Ecclesiastical Court against any Dissenter who refused to pay the rate.—(Loud cheers.) On the other band, it was impossible for any Dissenter, holding the office of Churchwarden—unless he were either a fool or a madman—to refuse to call the peopl e together when duty required them so to do. — (Hear.) T hey w i s h e d to d o their duty, and nothing more nor less.—( Hear.) Mr. Whitehead concluded by moving the last-mentioned resolution. Mr. THOMAS WHITE, another of the Churchwardens, seconded the resolution. Mr. RICHARDSON, solicitor, then presented himself, and was received with cheers. He said—Rev. Chair man and Ge ntlemen—lt having been said that a rate of elevenpence in the pound should be levied on the parishioners of Leeds, it becomes the duty of those who intend to oppose that rate, to move an amend ment upon the original resolution.—(Hear, hear.) In doing so, I do it with a feeling of the greatest respect for the vicar as a clergyman and a gentleman. I now turn to my fellovv-townsmen, and address them as the You are c parishioners of th e parish of Leeds.—(Hear, hear.) called upoa to-day to pass a most " swingei ng " Church-rate—(L ou d cries of" Hear, hear.") W e have already heard a gre a t d eal of "swingeing" borough rates , but to-day we are c a ll e d upon to impose a most - swingel ing Ch touthereh-ratoune.—(n Never.) P erm i t me to call'your atten tion fdatio on which Church -rates are based. Why do I come forward on this occasion to recommend you not to grant a rate ? Having been called upon by gentlemeu resident in this cou nty, to advise on Church rates, I have, perhaps, turne d my attention to it more closely than than the generality of legal men. I have therefore looked a little at their foundation. The first authority to which I would refer is Justice Blackstone, none higher in the world, and he lays down the law to be this At the first establishment of parochial clergy, the tithes of the parish were established in a four-fold division ; but when the sees of the Bishops became otherwise amply endowed, they were prohibited from demanding their usual share of these tithes, and the di vision was into three parts only, subject to the burden of repairing the church, and providing for its supply,"— (Hear, hear.) Thera then, we find that the revenues of the Church, in former times were clearly and dis tinctly applicable to the purposes for which Church rates are now demanded--(Hear, hear.) I will now come to an authority, that of Lyndwood, Bishop of St. David's, said by Sir J. Campbell to be the highest in Ecclesiastical Law. What does he say is the Common Law of the land ? He wrote in the fifteenth century, and if he was right in his declaration of the law at that time, I declare as a lawyer that I know of no change which has taken place since, that in the slightest degree affects the law of Church-rates as then laid down by him. —(Hear.) Bishop Lyndwood said, "By the Common Law, the fabric or repair of the church belongs to this day to the rector, according to the appointment and cure of the Bishop, since under him that fourth due to the fabric of the church has been transferred to the rector of the church ; so that he who has the fourth ought to repair the church. So that at Common Law he may not be compelled to do this, but certainly by custom even, the lay parishioners are compelled to this sort of repair, so that the lay people are compelled to observe this laudable custom." Now, Gentlemen, I will quote from another Churchman, Sir John Camp bell, or more correctly speaking, Baron Campbell, the late Chancellor for Ireland. Sir John Campbell said, " I might cite the epistle of Pope Gregory to Augustine the Monk, requiring a portion of the tithes to be set apart for the repair of churches—an act of the Wittc nagemot in 1014, prescribing thst a third part of the tithe shall;be appropriated for this purpose, and various decrees of councils, in the 12th and 13th centuries, to the same effect. But all the books of authority, lay and ecclesiastical, agree in the position, that the burthen was at first laid tand continued upon the tithes." How does Sir John Campbell account for the change ? He says, " Probably it was very gradually shifted to the parishioners, and their contributions to the expense were purely voluntary."—(Loud cries of " Hear.") Here, we show that the voluntary principle was in operation at that tame. But he goes on and Faye, " The custom growing, it was treated as an obligation, and enforced by ecclesiastical censures."--(Hear, hear.) It is be cause I don't want the custom that I oppose the pro position for a Church-rate.—(Cheers.) It is big enough, in all conscience, already.—( Hear.) It has been cal culated that 504,000/., more than half a million of money, is raised throughout the country by Church-rates-- (Shame)—and, remember, Gentlemen, in stating this amount, I am quoting from a parliamentary return.— (Hear, hear.) It is because Ido not want the custom to get any fatter or bigger than I stand here, to pro test against the sum of 17,0001. being raised in the shape of a Church-rate at Leeds.—(Cheers.) Nnw, Gentlemen, it will probably be expected that I should give you some particular reasons why you ought not to grant the Church-rate now asked for.—(Hear, hear.) If you will refer to the authorities on the subject you will find that Church-rates are very different things now to what they were is former times. What were they ? I shall perhaps best illust:ate the truth of this position by again referring to another Churchman, Archbishop W inchelsea—and mark, Gentlemen,.he was an Archbishop, and therefore you will not suspect that he would leave anything out which he thought the pa rishioners would be compelled to pay.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) In one of the constitutions which he framed for the guidance of the clergy and the Eccle siastical Courts, he recites even the minutes' thing that should be subject to a rate. Gentlemen, Ido not fled in this " Constitution" anything said about a burial ground. Why have I made this quotation? Certainly not for the purpose of introducing even that which was to make you laugh, but for the purpose of showing you that much has been added to Chureh-rates since the days of Archbishop Winchelsea.—( Hear, hear) Now, then, observe your danger. You are called upon to in troduce a precedent by sanctioning a Church-rate for the purchase of a burial-ground. I am not here to con tend that a burial-ground ought not to be provided. I maintain that such a provision is essential, but not by means of a Church-rate.—(Hear, hear.) Because you must remember that a parochial burial-ground, pur chased by means of a rate, is a place to which Dissen ters could not be permitted to carry their dead.— (Loud and repeated cries of " Hear, hear.") Tne children of the denomination to which I belong could not be interred at the parish church.—( Hear, hear.) They might be rejected —nay, I may go further and say, that if I take the canons of the Church as the guide, it is the duty of the clergy to reject them.— (Hear, hear.) Why do I say that the precedent would be a dangerous one ? Let it once be established that the parishioners, by a Church -rate, are to provide burial-ground, and let but the Ecclesiastical Courts and the Common Law Courts decide one other question, and then you will, indeed, have a swingeing Church rate, because we are told—l won't believe it is possi ble until it is decided—that the minority of the parish can bind the whole, or are to rule the majority, and im pose a Church -rate, which had been refused by the vote of thousands !—(Loud cries of " No, no.") But, Gentlemen, we have been told, both in newspapers and other publications, that Lord Chief Justice Tindal manifestly holds an opinion that the minority of a parish can govern the whole with respect to Church-rates. —(No, no.) I have read every word of what Lord Justice Tindal did say repeatedly and attentively. I have advised on them professionally, and I have con ferred with my friends upon them, and I never yet could find anything in them beyond this simple decla ration, that be would give no opinion whatever on the matter.—(Laughter.) Notwithstanding this, it had been represented, that although he gave no opinion, he clearly intimated that he had one at the back of his mind—(Laughter)—which be would bring forth at the proper time in favour of the supposition that the mi nority have the power to govern the majority. What has taken place in consequence ? Why, at Braiutree and Bradford efforts have been made to obtain a Church rate. What has been the result ? Why, that gentlemen of the highest reputation and character have had distresses sent into their houses for Church rates, varying in amount from Bd. to 4s. 9d.--(Loud cries of " Shame, shame.") Let it be once decided and clearly established as a custom—and remember, Gentlemen, customs grow—( Hear, hear)—that the parishioners are bound to provide a burial-ground by a compulsory Church -rate, and the next thing will be, that the minority will govern the majority, and, as a consequence, you may be met by a body of Churchwardens and two parishioners, who might nail on your backs 17,000/. for the purpose of buying a burial-ground.—(Hear.) Now, Gentle men, Sir John Campbell was in Court and heard all that Chief Justice Tindal said on the subject, and hav ing done so, he has given an opinion that the minority can't bind the majority.--( Hear, hear.) Gibson, elabo rately defending the power of the churchwardens in making a rate, says—" Rates for the reparation of the church are to be made by the churchwardens, together with the parishioners assembled, upon public notice given in the church. And the major part of them that shall appear shall bind the parish—(Hear, hear)—or, if none appear, the churchwardens alone may make the rate, because they, and not the parishioners, are to be cited and punished in default of repairs. But the Bishop cannot direct a commission to rate the parishioners and appoint what each one shall pay. This must be done by the churchwardens and parishioners, and the Spiri tual Court may inflict spiritual censures till they do."— (Laughter.) Gibson does not say that the church wardens have a right to make the rate under any cir cumstances, but only in the case he has supposed, namely, that they are the only parties who attend the meeting called for such a purpose.—(Hear, hear.) Gen tlemen, I will not detain you further. I recommend you to give a most decided vote on this subject,— (Shout s of "We will.") Mr. Cliff has engaged to second the amendment.—(Mr. Richardson retired amidst loud applause.) Councillor JOSEPH CLIFF came forward to second the amendment proposed by Mr. Richardson. He was an inhabit ant of on e of the out - townships, and he stood there, in their name, to protest against the imposition nofntehwishruattiea.l er T n h n e u r w e h was wanted for the purchase of o would use that burial-ground? t the ofwo parish int e r genera ll y Was it for the use.of inhabitants of the ous- the e ? their de a d W ouldin No such thing—it was ,c a c s lus i i t v e xclusive off f a ir the st-tnonwinyst would should b , s e compelled heuts e fai No, to township of Leeds.—(cheeno the e ° ed u p r i a g y h t f , t t h w a th the no.) It was said that this was a parish b ur i a l groun d . It might be so in name,but in point of fact it was not so. The out-townships of the borou g h had already provided their own burial-grounds.—( Hear, near, and shouts of " Put the question—lts one o'clock)." Mr. EDWARD BAINES, jun., Editor of the Leeds Mercury, next came forward, but was received with tremendous hooting, and shouts of " Down himdown him," " Throw him over," " Put the question," ' " 'es one o'clock," " Thou wants us to go away, lost tlaou ?" He made repeated attempts to get a hear ing , but every attempt was met w ith renewed hooting and exclam a _ tions. This was continued for some time. Mr. Bain es not being able to get a word beyond " Gentlemen." JOSHUA BOWER, Eiq., said be always bked justice to be done to every speaker.—(Shouts of " We want to go to our work.") He agreed with them, that there need not be any more speaking. Let the question be put.—(Hear, hear,and loud cheers.) Mr. BAINES again attempted to speak, but was again eceived with immense hooting, and a 1 sorts of oppro brious exclamations. At length The CHAIRMAN said it was now his intention to put the amendment to tho meeting. Ho therefore wished them to understand that the question now before them was whether they would lay a rate for the purchase of additional burying -grounds.—(Shouts of " No, no.") He had no interest, no wish, to force it upon them.— ( Hear, hear.) He wished to avail himself of the op portunity of addressing that large and respectable meeting, to state that something in the course of the year must be done, or there would be a dreadful pesti lence in the parish. He had no doubt that those gen tlemen who proposed the amendment would introduce some measure for procuring additional burying-ground, and he should be most happy to second them. The Chairman then put the amendment, when an immense forest of hands appeared in support of it, and the display was followed by loud cheering. He then put the original motion, when, out of the assembled thousands, we only saw one hand held up in support of it. We have since been told by a Tory, that four hands were held up for the original motion. If that be any consolation, we are willing to allow him four out of the 12 000, or rather, if both hands were held up, the 24,000 bands that were there, particularly as one of the four belong ed to Mr. John Beckwith, reporter for the Leeds Inl e lligencer. The CHAIRMAN then said, I have to announce to you that the amendment is carried.—(Loud cheers.) The vast assembly quietly dispersed at about a quarter-past one o'clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS Or YESTERDAY. GLOBE—Fraud or ignorance are the only solutions the Spectator can find for our opposi tion to what it calls the " Wakefield-principle," in the somewhat a l arm i ng pract i ca l s h ape w hi c h its ingenious framer has now given it! It is charitably disposed to ascribe as much as it can to ignorance ; but even ignorance of this saving knowledge is itself something so deeply culpable as to furnish no excuse for the daring impiety of our colonial heresies. In short, there is a small knot of persons with great talents for scheming, and self-eulogy, who have been occu pied so unweariedly, for a series of years, in prais ing themselves and their sell-supporting systeM of colonisation, that now, when the trial of that sys tem has proved that it is not self-supporting, and when its partisans themselves, by the pen of their Inventor-in-Chief; make a formal applica tion to Government to support their self-sup porting system by borrowing money to set it going, on the security of its future working (a security belied by every fact of its working in the past)—the slightest demonstration of resist ance to this modest proposal transports them with such a degree of rage that they lose the coolness of players at these deep games!—and throw about charges of fraud and ignorance, as if there were no fear of awkward retorts! With out condescending to such retorts, and leaving ' wholly to public judgment the question on which side anything fraudulent is likely to be found, as regards these projects—we shall continue our humble, but (as we see from the Spectator's anger) not useless, efforts to dispel whatever ignorance may exist about them amongst general readers. The Spectator persists in affirming that we have misrepresented the nature of the money-borrowing operation which it is now proposed to devolve on Government— and to devolve on Government (be it ob served) for the purpose of peopling the waste lands of new colonies. Now it is very hard if we have misrepresented the nature of this pro posed loan, for we have taken the representation of it from the plain words of Mr. Wakefield him self. But we have not misrepresented it; and we defy the Spectator to show we have done so. We have, indeed, drawn a conclusion of our own from what is now proposed—that farther require ments would inevitably be pressed on the Go vernment, if once it takes the initiative as a principal in these operations; and that Govern ment, after taking the first step, would find it difficult or impossible to avoid taking every future step at the cost of the mother country. STANDARD.—The fancied divisions in the Conservative party still serve to keep awake the kind solicitude of the Opposition. It is a duty of humanity to calm, when it is in our power to do so, an anxiety so amiable and so tormenting. In the first place, then, we beg to assure our Whig- Radical friends that there is no greater amount of divisions among Conservatives, than must al ways exist among honest men of independent minds. Such divisions are inevitable, and they will generally appear greater, or rather most numerous, in proportion to the magnitude and honesty of a party; but they are not the divi sions which weaken a party, or take from its unity of character. In the second place, we would remind our Whig-Radical friends of the nature of our position, and of our divisions, which render a diversity of opinion among Con servatives a very different thing from what it was in the late Cabinet. First, of nature of our divisions. The subjects of these divisions are said to be " the Poor-laws, Ireland, and the con troversy about Puseyism." These, if we mis take not, are subjects upon whi c h Whig-Radi cals are at least: as much divided as Conserva tives can be ~s aid to be—a great deal more divided than Conservatives have ever . been. Upon the subject of the Poor-laws we imagine that the Radical and Chartist sections of the opposition have rather a stronger hostility to the new law than any of the Conservative party have ever professed—they certainly have shown their hostility in a more violent manner. But whatever may have been the difference of opinion among Conservatives upon the law in question some years ago, and how much soever they may still differ upon the merely abstract principle of the law—a question of speculation, and therefore a harmless question —we believe that as to its practical application no difference of opinion re mains. We all coincide in the opinion of Sir Robert Peel, that the law must be administered in a more Christian manner, and look with grati tude and confidence to the determination of the Premier to keep the Commissioners tightly-in j hart d by shortening the term of their commission. COURIER.—At the Manchester Conference, Mr. Greg, the late Member for that town, is re ported to have delivered some extraordinary fact s, if facts they may be accepted, as with un dou bting mind he evidently entertained them, for his authority, a respectable foreigner, then a resident partaking of the hospitalities of his house, is thus described :—" As the largest machine-maker and manufacturer in Europe, he .has been visiting every part of the Con tineat ; he has built nulls in almost every part of Europe, from Naples and Salerno in the south, up as far as the borders of Russia upon the north ; he has filled them with machinery; he knows the rat e of wages, the amountand cost of production, and, every thing connected with it; and in the con rse of three days I derived a great deal. of information myself; and I have no doubt the facts are new and interesting to many prey eat. I have also had a late opportunity of inquiring into the state of the cotton trade in Am, ;rica This large manufacturer and machine mak er is a Swiss gentleman, well known to many upon - the platform; and is a most intelligent man,, and one who has good opportunities of ob taining extensive and accurate information." We r€ quest the attention of the working classes to tine dainty picture of operative comforts to be enjoy ed in Austrian factories. " One fact is c u.rious as to the comforts of living, and as showing the cheapness of provisions whic . h feed the people in his A ustrian mills, which they sell out in messes of ten each g rown-up persons, and the price of the ten ness es cooked together is four kreutzers a day, 07.• about 10., little more than a penny farthin g, for which they get animal food every day; porridge in the morning, hotch-potch with r aeat for dinner, and soup for the evening rneal.., They get all this for little more than 11d. a, day ; and not only do they live on this, but lir e in comfort; so that this gentleman said he won id not wish to live better himself than his peo pie do." With a rate of living, as here stated, of " little more than a penny farthing" per day, (.).r about 71d. per week, and with hours of work .ranging from 16 to 18 hours per day, a fact 'which neither Mr. Greg nor his "intelli gent" friend by the way condescended upon, we cease co/ wonder that Austrian and Saxon work men o at. of two shillings and sixpence a week wages 'a.zeumulate fortunes, and, as the veracious Dr. B bviring assures us, buy land and houses and becon,:e stately proprietors. B u t, if t h e " intelli gent" Bwitzer speak truth, what, we ask Mr. Greg, 1 has the n telancholy fact to do with Corn-laws ? Does be, then, does the Anti-Corn-law League, really co ntemplate reducing English operatives to this " hotch-potch" dogs meat dietary by the abolition of Corn-laws and the grinding down of wages t o the Austrian starvation standard? Why, if bread and beef were each brought down to one halfpenny per pound, the weekly living of a labourer here, on his present scale o.r consumption, and with the enjoyment of other. custotnary adjuncts of home and colo nial - .!table products, would still amount to double the Austrian sum, leaving all beverage but splim ; water out of the question altogether. Why, t bAtre is not a dogs' meat man of this me tropolis ;'who would contract to find the canine race at 31 - I CII a rate per head as these miserable Austria;?: boors are provisioned for. We most deeply ( - Lep lore that so respectable a man as Mr. Greg cc 'tare ssediY 1 • and made of a r other and better suit): than 8, fa Manchester orator who raised o ace on a memorable time a " demon from the Thames," should lend himself to such outra geous assa ults upon common sense, and retail stories wb.:...ch, if good for anythin.., go to prove a vast deal tap much for Anti-Cornflaiv purposes. The Am .bassadors from the Courts of Russia, France, Pro ssia, Austria, and Turkey, and the Consuls of several F oreign States, met at the Council-office yes terday more ling, shortly after nine o'clock, and remained - in deliherai ion several hours. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1841 I,IIIONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—The stoppage of the firm of Boggs, Taylor, and Co., in the East India trade is currently spoken of this afternoon, and we suspect there are heavy differences in that trade still to settle. The Act for the distribution of public lands in the United States is an object of great iinpor twice to the holders of American Securities. This measure, which passed last Sessio n , p ro - . vides for the appropriation of the price received for publio , lands,.by enacting that one-tenth of the purchase price shall be applied f or th e pur poses of education within the State where the lands so let are situated; that another portion, also one-tenth, we believe, shall be retained by each State where the lands sold are situated, fur their own behoof and disposal ; an d t h at t h e balance shall then be divide I amongst the various States, according to their population. It is ex pected that this enactment will assist the dif ferent States in providing for the payment of their loans by the establishment of efficient sinking funds with the proceeds. Supposing the annual land fund to produce 3,000,000 of dol lars, the distribution of so much money annu ally among the States ought to afford important aid to them in providing for the interest of their loans. POST.—It is sufficiently well known that the house of Scott, Fairlie, and Co., has been for a considerable time past involved. It was to this once eminent establishment we referred on Fri ' day, as being at length compelled to bring its ac counts to a close. The nam e o f t h e firm appears in last night's Gazette, and that it should have been reduced to the alternative of winding up its affairs, is lamented by the mercantile community at large. We had no intention of creating-alarm by alluding- to the embarrassments of another house in the East India trade, so long as there was a chance of their being, by any possible ar rangement, overcome. It is nevertheless true that a second firm in the same connection has, during the last day or two, had its checks returned upon it. This is certainly a house of no long standing in itself, though it cannot with truth be said to be one of recent origin. As a general practice, we abstain from blazoning forth names in cases of difficulty. Much mischief is done by such a course, but we think, at the same time, it must be considered due to the public that where there is something undoubtedly wrong abroad, a hint at least should be given of the tact, so that men of business may avail themselves of it by pro ceeding in their own judicious manner to make the requisite inquiry. The position of the minor firm here spoken of; we are informed, is such as to lead persons the best acquainted with its af fairs to hope that it may overcome its difficulties. The Jury retired, and after a short consultation, re turned with a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 1,4151. LAW .INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CIIyINCERY, Dec. 20. PRICE V. NORTIL-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before the Court a short time since. His Lordship said that the question in the case related to the construction of the will of a person named Roderick Wynne. By that will the testator directed, first, that his debts should be paid, and-he then devised his real estate to his daughter for life, with the remainder to her first and other sons, and with remainders over. He afterwards gave some legacies, and then he be queathed his persor.al estate, after subjecting it to the payment of his debts to his daughter ; and the question for the consideration of the Court in that state of circumstances was, whether the will constituted a charge upon the real estate for the payment of debts. Now, there could be no doubt that the first direction of the will amounted to a charge for the payment of debts upon the real estate ; but it was said that that was a charge merely by implication, and that it might be rebut ted, if there appeared anything in the will to show that it was not the intention of the testator to charge the real estate. In the case of Thomas v. Brechner, decided by Sir John Strange when Master of the Rolls, it was held that a similar provision did not rebut the implication, and in more modern times, as the case of Dowse v. Lady Torrington, and Palmer v. Grave, the same doctrine was held. Now, in the present case, what was there relied upon for the purpose of repelling the implication? It was the last clause with respect to the personal estate ; but where a testator bequeathed his personal estate subject to the payment of debts that is not inconsistent with the general charge, but in accordance with it and with the general law. His Lordship thought, therefore, that such a disposition made at such a time could not be consi dered as rebutting the implication ; but then it was said there were no similar words with respect to the personal estate ; his Lordship thought that circumstance too slight to justify him in defeating the general charge, and his opinion, therefore, was that th ere was a genera l charge created by the first direction, and that that ge neral charge was not repelled by any subsequent provi sion contained in the instrument. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE EARL OF STAMFORD The arguments in this part-heard case were then re sumed, Mr. James Russell following Sir C. Wetherell in behalf of the trustees. The case for the plaintiff was conducted by the At torney-General, with whom were Mr. Crowther and Mr. Watson. The opposite Counsel were the Solicitor-Gene ral, Mr. Sergeant Channel, and Mr. Sergeant Bompas. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 20. IN RE ALEXANDER LEVI NEWTON. The bankrupt in this case, against whom the fiat was issued in June last, appeared in Court on his adjourned examination. He had been an extensive dealer in dia monds, carrying on business in Bury-street, St. Mary Axe, and his debts and liabilities amounted to between 57,0001 and 60,000/., while the assets were estimated about 20,0001. The bankrupt underwent a long examination by Mr. Clarkson, who appeared on behalf of the assignees, rela tive to the disposal of a quantity of diamonds and jewel lery, which he had pledged with various pawnbrokers since and previous to the issuing of the fiat, and likewise respecting certain moneys which he had paid away in household expenses ; many of which items the Learned Counsel contended had not been paid, but were put down more than once and grossly exaggerated, for the purpose of making up the amount of 8651., which he marked down in his balance sheet for the purpose of squaring his accounts. He also underwent an examination with respect to the sum of 1,777/., which he alleged to have been lent by his sister-in-law, and for which she now sought to claim against the es t :te. It appeared by the examination, that he had pawned upwards of 6,0001. worth of plate with Messrs. Gandle and Co. for 3,8001., and Messrs. Glench man and Busse of Hamburgh had also taken in plate to the value of 5,0001., on which they had advanced the sum of 2,5001. payable by draft at the Hamburgh Bank. He had also pledged other valuable property, which was omitted in his accounts. The arguments had not concluded when the Court rose, ROLLS COURT, Dec. 20. LANCTON AND ANOTHER v. HORTON AND DIRNIE. This case, which was partly-heard a short time ago, and then noticed in The Sun, was resumed this morning, but, as there was no probability of its being concluded to-day, it was arranged that the case of the plaintiffs should be concluded, and the suit then stand over till lliliary term next. The LEARNED COMMISSIONER said this was p case which called for a searching inquiry, and he should adjourn the case from day to day, as it required that he should keep the matter full in his memory. The - suit was instituted by the plaintiffs, who claimed as mortgagees of one moiety of a whaling vessel called the Ann, and of her cargo, against th e d e f en d ant Horton, who claimed an absolute interest in both, but who they alleged to be only a prior mortga gee o f t hi s mo i ety, and to have no interest in the cargo. • It appeared that prior to the year 1837, the defendant Birnie, who was the owner of one moiety of the ship Ann, which was then engaged in a whaling voyage, had had extensive dealings with the defendant Horton, and in that year applied to him for assistance, in the ac ceptance of bills to the extent of '4,2001, and in considera tion of this made over to Horton, by bill of sale, this moiety of the vessel, and deposited with him a policy of in surance thereon. These bills werefrorn time to time renew ed five times, the last bills being,- by arrangement, drawn by Horton, and accepted by Birnie. • 'Before the last bills became due Birnie became embarrassed in his circuin stances, and was obliged to compromise with his cre ditors, and Horton_ acquiesced in the arrangement then made, but claimed to be absolute owner of one-moiety of the Ann, and of the entire cargo, which, however, had been previously mortgaged to the plaintiffs, who, with Birnie, alleged that he was only entitled to a mortage on the moiety of the vessel, which was redeemable in the ordinary way. In the meantime the ship having arrived with a valu able cargo, Horton took possession and sold his moiety in the vessel and' the cargo, and kept the amount, upon which the plaintiffs filed a bill for relief, and prayed that an account might be taken of the money received by the defendants on account of the sale, and that Horton might be declared to be a mortgagee only. Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Hall represented the plaintiffs, and Mr. Turner and another Learned Gentleman the defendants. VICE CHANCELLORS COURT, Dcc. 20. (Before the. VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERA L V. LANGTON. This was an information filed by her Majesty's Attor ney-General, for the purpose of setting aside a purchase made by . the defendant of cert a i n tenements b elong i ng to a charity,On the ground of an inadequate consideration having been given for them. Ater the case had been argued at considerable length, the Counsel for the defendant intimated that they were ready to give up posse;ssion and to pay the costs of the suit. The Court accordingly made a decree to that effect. (Before Vice - Chancellor BRUCE.) COCKBURN V. stscLtToN. The further arguments in this cause. were resumed this morning, and were not concluded when we went to press. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGnAm.) MONTRIO V. CARVICK. His HONOUR was engaged in his private room during the greater part of the day in hearing the arguments in this case, which came before the Court on exceptions by order. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 20. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN an d a _,. Special Jury.) SHEPHERD AND OTHERS V. ---. • Mr. THESIGER stated the case. It was an action brought to recover damages fir the injury sustained by the barque Vesper, of which the plaintiff was Captain, by the brig Argus having come into collision with her in the river about half a mile above Gravesend, on the 28th January last. It appeared that the Vesper which was laden with coals and some crates of glass, bound from Sunderland to London, was lying at anchor on the day in question off Gravesend, and at the turn of the tide orders were given to heave up the anchor, and proceed up the river to London. The Captain had jest come on board from Gravesend, and the anchor was in `the act of being heaved up, the vessel having no way upon her, and there being no sail set, when the Argus, which was standin g up the river on her star b oard tack, came down upon h er. She was repeatedly hailed by Captain Shepherd and some of the crew to square her yards and put her helm down, in order to avoid the accident, but they disregarded them, and her bowsprit got entangled in the rigging of the Vesper, and one of the flukes of the anchor which was at that time about the wake level, was driven into her side, and she filled rapidly. After some delay, the vessels were separated. The Vesper being in a sinking state, she was run ashore near Gravesend, and all attempts to raise her proved ineffectual, and she be came a total wreck. lie would call witnesses to prove the manner in which the accident occurred, and it would be shown that the crew of the Vesper were not at all in fault, and that they could have done nothing to prevent the collision. He would prove the value of the vessel and cargo, and it would be for the Jury to say what damages the plaintiffs were entitled to under these cir cumstances. • James llutchinson, mate of the Vesper—l recollect the 28th January last. We were at anchor off Graves end. ,Our vessel was laden with coals and some crates of glass, bound from Newcastle to London. We went to the windlass, and hove the anchor short.. The• Ca ptain then came aboard, and ordered us to heave the anchor up. The tide was running up, and the Vesper's have held on my course. I saw the collision, and would 'ay-that the Vesper run Intl the A r2-us. head was down. When the anchor was off the ground, the vessel was drif; ites up with It was at that time the brig Argus bore down upon Us. The Cap tain was on the quarter-deck at the helm, and hailed the people on board the Argus. He called opt ,to them to square their main-yard and put their helm. down. They did not notice him,them and he hailed again. They told him to st a rb oar d his helm, .and they would go all clear. Captain . Shepherd said the barque was like a log in the water, and would not obey her helm. The fore-topmast back stay caught the VesPeiiii'jib boom, and the Argus swung alongside.- Th e consequence was that the ancor was driven into the Vesper's side up to the shank ; there was only five inches water in the well before the accident. I called to the master of the Argus to let go his anchor and get the ships clear. He did not do so till he was spoken to two or three times, and till he was told th a t th e vesse l was sinking. The fluke of the anchor went in six or seven feet below the water line. In five minutes there was three and a half feet water in the well. We made all sail, and ran the vessel on the south shore. • Had we not done so she would have gone down in deep water. We got her on shore, and she went upon her beam-ends. The Vesper could have done nothing to prevent the acci dent. The Argus had plenty of room to have tacked before she ran into us. Cross. examined--We had heaved the anchor short be fore the master came on board. He told us immediately to heave the anchor, and the Captain went aft to the quarter-deck, and put the helm a-port. While we were at the windlass the Argus struck us, and we ran aft for fear of some accident. There were eight men besides myself. The Captain begged them two or three times to let go their anchor before the Argus ran into us. The Captain called out to him to squre his main-yard and put his helm down. Matthew Read—l am a Gravesend pilot. *On the 28th of January I was on board the sloop John M'Adam, which was in tow of a steam tug. It was within a hundred yards of the vessels when the accident oc curred. The vessels had swung with the tide about half ail hOur. I saw the barqueVesper and the brig reaching to the northward. I said at the time the brig would hit the barque if he did not heave his yards aback, or put the helm down. The brig was on the starboard tack. I heard them call out from the bark. If the barque had heaved her foreyard abaok, or put her helm down and tacked shbrt he might have avoided the collision. The Argus was going four or five knots an hour. Had the anchor . been. dropped it would not have gone into the vessel, but I suppose their atten tion was taken up by the vessel bearing down on them, Cross-examined—l thought the Argus bid to hit the barque from the course she was going in. I don't think the vessel altered her position further than that the tide drifted her up when her anchor was up. It is often usual to get a ship under weigh without any sail being set upon her. Win. Neslingham —I was chief mate of the James, cutter, in January last, I was on board the*Vesper few minutes before the accident occurred. I was on the quarter deck with the captain. The Argus was standing on her starboard tack, and the men in the Vesper were heaving at the windlass. Captain Shepherd hailed her repeatedly to square her main yard. If she had done that she would have cleared the Vesper. She had then plenty of room to have gone about. The Vesper had no way upon her at the time, and could not answer her helm. The Argus hailed to starboard her helm, but Capt. Shepherd said it was no use. The Vesper had just dropped the main-topsail when they came together. I thought the Captain of the Vesper took the proper course to get his vessel under weigh. The foremast shroud struck the Vesper's jib-boom end, and as the brig slewed round, she carried away the fore-topmast back-stay. The Vesper's anchor-stock was a-wash. The men continued at the windlass till the vessels came together. They then ran away lest some spars should fall on them. After the collision the Captain of the Vesper called to the brig to brail up his trysail and drop his anchor. I myself spoke to Captain Robinson, and, with a good deal of persuasion, he squared his yard and dropped his anchor. I do not think the people in the Vesper could have avoided the accident. If the anchor of the Vesper had been let go it would not have gone into the vessel. It was impossible to say what part of the barque the Argus would strike. The people in the Argus could hear the windlass at some distance, and knew that the Vesper was weighing her anchor. Joseph Singleton—l am barge-master of the Town Pier, Gravesend. I saw the accident, which occurred about half a mile higher up the river. The vessel was lying with her head down to the tide. She had no sails on, and I saw that they were heaving her anchor up. I saw the Argus going towards her. Th e A rgus might have hove hr head-yards to the mast, or gone about, and avoided the accident. I don't think the barque could have done any thing to avoid it. The Vesper had swung to the tide about half an hour before the accident. The Vesper had no sail set before the accident. James Boatwright—l was a seaman on board the Vesper when the accident occurred. We were at the windlass till the vessels came in contact. The Vesper had no way on her, and could not avoid the accident. The Argus might have backed, and avoided the accident. Captain Shepherd hailed them repeatedly. Lusher Bell, a seaman on board the Vesper, described the accident as it had been stated by the other witnesses. Matthew Hetherington—l was master of the brig Nicholas on the 28th January last. I was delivering coals at Union Wharf, about 200 fathoms from the Ves per. I saw the men in the Vesper heaving up the anchor. The Argus should have tacked short, or gefioi, about to avoid the accident. The Vesper could 'do nothing, fem. she had no weigh upon her. Any one could, see that slier was getting under weigh. The main-topsail of thee, Vesper was let fall just before the blow was struck. The Nicholas and the Argus both belong to Newcastle. The Vesper belongs to London. . The Vesper, after the acci dent, set sail and steered for the south shore. William Cornish was on the maintopsail-yard of the Vesper, when the Argus struck her. Wh en w ithi n about a ship's length he heard the master hail them twice. The second time the man at the Argus's helm said, "Oh we shall go all clear of you." The Argus had plenty of room to go about. James Matthews, master block-maker at Gr ave s en d, saw the ancident. His attention was attracted by the Argus keeping her course, the Vesper having no way on her. I thought the Argus had plenty of room to have - avoided the accident: t r saw 'the anchor, and thought it would do a mischief to either the one vessel or the other. Henry Roxby—l am a ship-broker. I offered to pur chase the Vesper in April, 1840, for 1,8001. It was re fused, the parties asking 2,2001. fbr her. • James Ashton—l knew the Vesper. lam a ship ' broker. The value of shipping has deteriorated within the last year. I advised the owners not to take Mr. Roxby's offer. I value the vessel at about 2,000/. She was 310 tons burden, carried a very large cargo for her burden, and shifted without b a ll ast , an d t h ese qua li t i es made her valuable. She would carry 550 tons of coals, and required between 70 and 80 tons ballast. I thir.k she was built at Sunderland about 1823. She was in my hands for sale from 1839. Her owners were very indifferent, and always wanted more than I could get for her. She stood in Lloyd's list with the black diphthong. That was a very good class for a collier. Capt. Shepherd—There were 557 tons of coals on board. The freight was 7s. 101-d. per ton. She bad lately had a new bowsprit, the other having been carried away by a ship in the River. I don't know who paid for it. lam nephew to one of the plaintiffs. Mr. CRESSWELL addressed the Jury fur the defendant. He had very little apprehension in the present case as to the result of the investigation, because he would show distinctly that the Captain and crew of the Vesper were at fault, and that to them in a great measure the acci dent was attributable. Now unless it was shown that no blame whatever attached to the plaintiffs, they had no legal right to claim compensation at the hands of a Jury. He would show to them that the Vesper was at that time under way, that the Argus being on her starboard tack had a right to continue on her course, according to the usual nautical rule, .and that it was the business of the people on board the Vesper to have made way for her. Now, he submitted that the Captain of the Vesper had exhibited the grosSest negligence and culpability in heav ing the anchor up, and leaving his vessel, heavily loaded, like a helpless log on the water, without any sails upon 'her, and perfectly unmanageable. His anchor was banging at the hawse-hole, and if he did not choose to take any steps to prevent the accident, he might at least have lowered down his anchor a few feet—the men being all ready at the windlass, and the whole of the mischief would then have been avoided. He would now call his witnesses ; and he trusted that when the whole of the facts were laid before them, the Jury would find a ver dict for his client. John J. Robinson—l am master of the Argus. We anchored, on the 27th of January, in Gravesend Reach, SOUTHAMPTON. and on the 28th, about noon, got under way. The Polly got under way ju s t b e f ore us . W e were b eat- DEC. 19.—This town yest er d ay was t h e scene of great ing up the river, the Polly bei ng more a h ea d , an d rather excitement, on account of th e i nten d e d d eparture of three o on the weather-bow. Th e r e was a s t rong b reeze. Wh en °f the West India m a il- steamers, the Tweed, Solway, I was in stays, on the north s h ore , I o b serve d t h e Ves- and Clyde. Crowds of p ersons were on the quay to per ; her maintopsail was loose ; she was moving to- witness the number of carts an d waggons that were con wards us down the reach ; th ere was no one at the helm. tinually arriving, fill e d w i t h s hi p stores ; and to see also As we drew near, about a hundred yards off, I saw the the multitude of boats plying to and from the steamers. men sheeting.the maintopsail home. The Polly passed Letter-bags were placed on board the packets for the a-head of the Vesper. We were on the same tack, and following places, viz. :—Barbadoes, St. Lucia, Mar a little lower down the river. I found the Vesper was tinique, Dominica, Guadaloupe, Antigua, Montserrat, ' running over the tide about two knots an hour, as we Nevis, St. Kitt's, Tortola, St. Thomas, Juan's, Porto neared her. I hailed her to put her helm a starboard ; Rico, Grand Key, Turk's Island, Hayti, St. Jago de and if she had done that, she would have passed under Cuba, Belize, Havannah, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trini our stem, and gone clear. I saw a hand run aft, and put dad, La Guayra, Porto Cabello, Curacoa, Santa Martha, the helm to port. I saw there would be a collision, and Carthagena, Jamaica, Madeira, Surinam,Demerara, Ber dropt the anchor, and hove the main-yard to the mast. bite, and Tobago. Their bowsprit went aboard of us abaft the foremast. As the steamers did not start precisely at the time ap- There was no hailing from the Vesper. The fluke of pointed, they received all the letters that reached South their anchor struck us about four and &half feet below ampton by the London day mail. A pilot took the the water-line. Some of my crew called to them to Tweed outside the Needles last evening. The Solway MARRIED. lower the anchor down before we struck. " daughter and Clyde dropped down Southampton water this morn- On the 16th inst., a t Ayi s h am Ch urc h, Mr. John 13 . u o t f t) :i i lf ° ' Cross-examined —lt wasabout when .The tradesmen here are overjoyed at th e p ros p ec t, N Ri a c s h sa ar u d - s c tr l e a e r t k , , S of oh A o y , i t s e ha lk i i n a:i i\ ld ro a rf C o o lk lt . man, only noon we got i n' , cis of the immense sums of money which these mail packets under way. I was within' half mile of, the Vesper Berk.", w et _ in Oti th t i lie 16th inst., at Remenham Church, i _ ssex, to pa 0 , will cause to be spent in the town. During the whole of when I saw her uutintopsail loose. I did not hear the Friday night last, hundreds of workmen were engaged Jane eldest Esq.' of the Turrets, Celeheat t e of Not e windlass at all, nor see any man at it. I could have worn the vessel when 'hailed the to enable the Southampton tradesmen to complete orders ham Loci i d i aughter o e f Edmund Gam net , . the Vesper but it was not enley-on- Fharees. r ... e i rc us e , t my business to dose.before the departure of the vessels. Every vessel Wok We bad 377 tons of 9 coal on board On the 16th inst., at Finsbury Chapel, Finbeu y _ hi o f At the distance of 150 yards. I might have gone about ' Rev. John Baptist A ustin ,to mat in 600/. worth of live stock and eatable stores. or laid the sails aback. The only thing I heard from the The Tweed, S o l wa y, an d Cl y d e , h a d a considerable the late J. Lashbrooke, Es of Trinity:square. T. F,yref Captain of the Vesper was a request to haul up our number of p assengers en board. The Directors have On the 18th inst ,at ; Walthainstoo , topsai l .caused printed ru l es t o b e p l ace d i n the saloons of the Esq., Captain 3d Regiment Bombay Native Cavalry, t vait e s als vessels for the regulation of the behavi 'our of the passen- second Thomas Taylor, seaman on board the Argus—When hich rules will be s . * ilda, oungest daub we were coming towards the Vesper, she was moving,gers, and the observance of wstrictly I stow, Essex.'laughter of J. Evans, Esq., of Stoney Down, and her maintopsail was full. We called to her to star- ; enforced. No games of chance ill be allowed to be I board her helm, and to lower her anchor erect workshop down. The played, no scenes of riot must be , indulg e d i n, and the Polly w as r i ght a-head of us, and went clear of the sacredness of the Sabbath-day must not be vi o l ate d . The their ir vessels. and to I recollect. Vesper. - Th ere was plenty of time for n' er to have Mail Packet Company have purchased l a pi ece o f ground lowered h er anchor. Iheard no hailing f rom t h em t h at on the road to Netly Abbey, of a essrs. Bu c h an and Son; t oL r ' i to es to rrempa a repair dock,he form William Smith—l w as mas t er o f t h e P ol l y i n January- at an expense osfannedarmlyantu3t,o o li last. W e were a little to windward o f th e A rgus . Wh en Mr. David Urquhart, - Who w as d omesticated in the we crossed the Vesper's hawse they were heaving the , splendid mansion mile, is situated mansion of Mrs. Stuart Hall, which • the site of the ancient anchor up, and the maintopsail was just loosed. We tion Clausentum, and about a t from Southampton on Roman s a where he indited those cleared their jib boom. -- If the Vesper had continued in terribly lau g hed-at . philippics against Lord Palmerston, the same place, from 'the, course' the Argue was sailing, has not been seen here tor some time. He is at present there is no doubt she would have cleared her. If the recover i ng himself at Torquay from his successful la bours. He attempted to form a class of young men in Vesper was drifting up with the tide there was the less likelihood of a collision. If I was in the Argus I would Patrick Belton—l was cook and seaman on board the Argus in January last. When within two or three cables length I saw the Vesper's maintopsail full ; the stock of their anchor was two or three feet abo ve th e water. I should sa y she was under way going over the tide, there being a strong breeze. His evidence as to the collision was similar to that of the previous witnesses. George Wolner, seaman on board the Argus, heard his master hail the other vessel to starboard her helm. The answer was that he would not. The carpenter told them to lower their, anchor, but they did not. His master hailed the vessel two or three times—nobody hailed from the Vesper. When the two ships came together they were sheeting home the maintopsail of the Vesper. The Captain of the Vesper was then coming from the cabin companion with a cloak on his arm. William Saunderson, carpenter of the Argus, John ston,"a waterman, who was going down the river at the time, John Lawrence, a waterman, Joseph Brand, a pilot, William Read, and Henry Mountford, were all examined at some length for the purpose of showing that the Vesper had way upon her down the river—that she should have starboarded her helm, and by passing under the stern of the other vessel avoided the accident. Nathaniel Middleton, one of the Surveyors of Lloyd's, knew the Vesper. She stood in list El. Her value was about 1,4001. George Bailey—l surveyed the Vesper in Dec. 1839. I thought her value then about 41. 10s. per ton. In two years she would deteriorate from ss. to 10s. per ton. Mr. TUESIGER addressed the Jury in reply. Lord DENMAN said the question of whether the plaintiffs were entitled to recover or not would depend upon their opinion as to whether the former had used ordinary care and caution, and that the defendant's vessel had not done so. The question of damages he would make no observa tion upon, as they had heard the evidence given with re gard to that point. The whole question depended upon what their opinion was as to the party in fault, and whether they believed that the plaintiffs' vessel had such way upon her as would enabled her to have avoided the accident. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Dec. 20. (Sittings in London before the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) . CRAWSHAY V. THOMPSON. The plaintiffs and the defendants are extensive dealers in iron, and this action was brought to recover d Images from the defendant for having imitated the mark by which the iron produced in the plaintiff's works was usually distinguished. The case occupied the whole of Friday and Saturday, and did not conclude until half-past seven o'clock on Monday evening. It appeared from the evidence (which had very little in it of popular interest) that the defendant had, for a great many years, marked the wrought-iron bars pro duced at his works at Merthyr Tydvil with the stamped impression of an oval, inclosing his initials W. C. His iron attained a great reputation in Turkey and in Asia Minor, where also the defendant, Alderman Thompson, M.P., had a good market for the products of his Welsh ironworks. The defendant lately, within a few years, adopted, at the desire of Eastern correspondents, an oval, inclosing the letters W. 0. ; and it was the plain tiff's, present case that this device was a fraud, contrived for the purpose of deceiving the Turks and Asiatics into the belief that they were purchasing Crawahay's metal, when it was really Thompson's. A great number of witnesses were examined as to whether it was possible that the resemblance of the marks could mislead a purchaser, and their opinions were very contradictory. The LoRL CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, told the Jury it was for them to draw their own conclusions from that evidence, and from their examination of the stamps which were produced. After about an hour's deliberation the Jury found a verdict for the defendant. DIED. , On the 14th i n st., J a ne, the wise of Mr. W. Lo' N ' Boulogne, aged 39. lat e On the 15th inst., in Norris-street, Ann, relic t of the Charles Bate, Esq., of Albemarle-street. On the 17th inst., in Tollington-1 ark, S. Williams, On the 17th inst., at Highgate, J. Smith, Esq. aged On the 17th inst., at Loughton, Essex, Mr. J. On the the 18th inst., Mr. J. Hendry, of Alfred-Place, Bed square, aged 24. On the 19th inst., Mary Anne, wife of J. Mitzhell, SeyrOur. place, New-road London: Printed - and Publish e d by MURDO Y (-)u ' d, o No. 112, Strani, at The Sun (Alice, No. 112, the County of Middlesex, Tuesday, Decesuber 21, 184 CROYDON POLICE. Three men, named Alder Bailey; and seat, were brought before Messrs. - Reed, Adams, and _sutiterland, ' charged with felony, under novel circunastaok The charge against the defendants was, that they nidawfully rooted up and destroyed a quantity of shrubs and trees, to an amount exceeding 51., and which, by an Act of Parliament of the 7th and Bth Gee. IV. is declared to be felony. Mr. G. PENFOLD attended in support of the charge, and he stated the circumstances under which the alleged offence was committed. It appeared that a gentleman named Rogers had let one of his houses at Croydon, and there being some dispute between him and the servant, the latter threatened that he would do some injury to the property, and, in pursuance of that threat, he removed all the furniture without paying any rent, covered the outside of the house and every room in it with tar, and employed the defendants to root up and destroy every tree and shrub that was in the garden, and the pre mises were then deserted, and Mr. Rogers was unable to obtain possession of them until it was given to him by two Magistrates in due form. Having discovered that the defendants were the parties who destroyed the shrubs and trees, Mr. Rogers felt it necessary to take steps to have them punished for their share in the outrage. Mr. Penfold having read the clause in the Act of Parliament, making the offence felony, said he should show that the prisoners had destroyed property much greater than the amount specified in the Act, and he should then call upon the Magistrates to commit them to take their trials. Mr. ADAMS inquired whether at the time the alleged offence was committed the tenantcy of the party in pos session had determined ? Mr. TENFOLD said it had not, and the tenant was at the time in legal possession of the premises. The Bench said that as this was the case, they did not think the present charge could be sustained ; and although the tenant himself might be civilly liable for the damage that had been done, yet they did not think the parties who obeyed his orders could be brought within the scope of the Act in question. In answer to questions from the Bench, the defendants said they were employed by the tenant to destroy all the things in the garden, and they were told that it was to be laid out afresh, and they did not know they were doing wrong. They also said that they were employed to tar the outside of the house. Mr. Pee,ford . gaid the work of mischief was not begun until after ten o'clock at night, and they must have known they were .flOing wrong. The Bench said that it was a most scandalous proceed ing, but as they did not think the charge could in law be made out against the present defendants they could riot proceed any furz.her in the matter. The defendants were then discharged. MORNING SUN 6 4 ,3 t.):rn, a short time rig°, to teach them the of d;L. ; bitt 11;,i p;_:;,;'c, finding' thilt ;11, ence consisted in horror of Russia and hatred of -b o Palmerston, refused his instructions. ; The Duke and Duchess of Leeds havo been st a P i l l some time at the Dolphin Hotel. THE MARKETS —YESTERDA Y ' CORN EXCHANGE. ikast week's arrivals of Barley and Oats were large' but moderate of other grain. The fresh supply " f ., / , V h h ,, e :t, moderate, arid of Barley and Oats good. Fine " 7- 1 „ s - Is. per quarter dearer; other qualities and Foreign as stated. Barley very dull. Beans hardly theirlate value. Boiling and Grey Peas Is. to 23' per quarter lower. Good Oats Is. per quarter cheaper other sorts nearly unsaleable at a greater reduea°ll' Flour as last reported. ‘4F.Eg• ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURINEI I AST • Elm) Wheat. I Barley. ; I ! SH:O -r• - I Zu,940 n 4 ,2 brill ,150 ; 0 AKI) OF SFIF 2 8 ' 41* Beans, Small (new) ••• ~ 465. (o ld) ........ - Tick (new) ......... %!7, Maintainer (old) .......... gT .3 4 5 - Harrow ( new)..... • 1,3 a q;,. (old) ....... s. Brank Oats, Feed ....... Nea .... ............ 17' - Poland .................. ... . .. New . ......... - Potatoe ............. New .. - Scotch ........ zio , - Irish In , 2s• • • 59* Flour town (per sack).... 4s. - Seconds ............... s,, - Nwrth Country.... , to. • Bran English Irish 1 Foreign 1 A .'.sci I 1 PRICES OR BO Wheat,Red (old) -- White (old) —s. —a. ---.- Red Z 184!) . .525. 555. Fine 5 •s. 635. -- Superfine 665. 675. --- White (1841) 5 is. 535. --- Fine 6415. fills. --Superfine O. 735. —Foreign free...... 564 765. ay( .3Ss 40s. Barley 29s 32. Grinding "tss 325. Malting :33.. 365. Malt s6s. Gigs -- Fine New 645. &is. Pease, Grey, New 3.-. s. 355. --- Maple New Th. 375. White 34. 365. ......—.. Boilers 365..38;, SKET. The supply of M beasts and shee MAß p was modera te ; an d trade brisk; the fi ne qua li ty sold readily. I re „ tti Pork were in good d eman d, t h e supply s h or t. -u e . r i ee t, 2,597 ; Sheep, .18,660 ; Pigs, 550 ; Calves, 96 . * 35..8d. a . 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. a ss. 6d. ; Mutton, ss. 2d ; Pork 4s: 4d. a ss. TEA MARKET. The market was quiet, and prices were hardly ported. S e ll e rs o f Company' s Cong•ou at is 9 d cash ' TA LLOW MARKET. and The demand for P. Y. Candle was steady, an" r - d or firin at 485 , 0 n the spot and for delivery up to the year. , South American sold at 41s to 46s 6d per ROVISION MARKET. 106 5 ' Butter in• good request, and prices advanced tO good re(lnes to 108 s. for 'fine Friezland ; Bacon in and 545. to 555. for the best. HOP MARKET . t ell The Market was dull, and former rates were ew supported. the enot, PICE OF BREAD. 1m for the 41b lhe h , ghest Kite of , t ß re Id i the Metraplis is Loaf. Got d Brc.id may be had at Sid. COAL N Ships arrived since . d. Adair's Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 15 0 Chester Main golywell Ma.n lB 0 New Tantield Moor l4 0 Ord's Redheugh l5 ( Original Windsor's Pontop 17 3 Raven sworth West Hartley 15 0 Townley... .............. .....,. 15 6 West Hartley .......... Walls E d ramie e and Cs 2O i• Walls End Brown's Walls End Clennell. Walls End .3ogb , th 2O Walls End Hedlcy li) 3 Walls End Hilda . ... 18 6 Walls End Killingworth ... 18 6 Walis End Newmarch l7 9 Walls End N“r.hu Lberlaud 18 I. Walls End Perkins l7 3 Walls End Ramsey W. E. Braddyll'stietton Walls End Giange IS 6 Walls End Ha:well. Walls End Hetton 22 ;ARKET. last market .day, G 9. 6. 4 ' .. 0 Walls End Lambton ....... .0 Waits End Pemberton etton 0 g Walls End Stewart's ....... .; 1 0 Walls End Whitwell ..... 13 " 0 Walls End Russell 's H South Felton .................. Walls End Caradsc ............ • Walls End Cassop ............. ; Walls End Hartlepool •.... 0 Walls End Kelloe ............. 511 Tennant's Hartlepcol....o " ; Walls End Adel,de ..••;'e, 17 0 Walls En.l Farrington lc 620 Walls End Barret. ........ ... , r Walls End Coundon .......... 1S 1 " 0 , Walls d Evenwoo d ••••• 15 W .lls End Gordon ............ pi Walls Er I Seymour Tee s ''; pi Walls Encl•Teps Hetton ..... g l • Wal sE d'l ee, • ............ 11 ; Walls End West Tces.. ... , Blytha ............................... Hartley ...................... to Howard's NethertonAu" Beans. to s 46 48 .....- f o 2 5 a . ' l . ) j' e 0 ° 6 0 6 S. to s. S. to f. 46 , 3 28, 1 42 - 22 3 8 40 4' e 0 2ti s. d. s. d. 00 23 00 30 26 30 s. d. 5 -u d , 56 tr 5 0 53 1 50 6O y 0 90 9 0 0 E ' COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter.! s. to a. Carlisle Hex ham '6O 70 Nlorpeth ' 53 (4 Penrith I 64 Shefileld 1 66 Winchest.r 41 66 Per Bushel. , s.d. s.d. Carmarthen 7 0 8 ( r ;owbri.:ge, 7 6 8 0 twansea 7 6 8 6 Per 8011. Barnardcastl 16 SO 08 9 9 0 Durham l3 6 16 6 8 6 9 0 Richmond._ 12 6 18 C 10 0 11 0 Stockton l5 0 19 6 9 0 9 NEWCASTLE COli 3. to 5, 36 33 26 33 27 32 s. d. sd. 00 40 0 0 41' 40 4 4 40 74 0 6 11 1 ‘ ) . 59 60 00 PI " 60 7410 0 11 0 , 60 70 90 1 " N EXCH ANGb. V —. iv , Red. • Wheat, Northumberland 5 48 665 ...... . 55, t „ o , • i ... 70 ,. Norfolk and Suffolk.... ....... 654. e 55..... .• i',7 . ve. Berwick and Scotch sos 645..... !'",,,'• 7;3. --- Foreign 66, 705. , ...• '''' s. 1 ....s."' Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk _.... ....S. - Foreign 36, 42r ....... ~ s. -- Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 3ls. 350...•••• ..... 7,.. S. - Grinding and Feeding '46.. aus. ..... ! .... 1 Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk (.6, 60 ---. .., ....s. -- Beans, Small 4O. 445....... ...J. i ..—s• lick .....p4 tU. 4is. ...... .... ....... , s. Pease, White 4 28 44 8 ..... ..... s. -- Gray ....„ I , Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 2ls. 265....... — 5 . ... ----- Feed 22s 24.. ..... —4 ."' • .. ....9 Foreign ... . P s 22 3 ....... ... ..„, 1 Flour (per sack) 4B. 51s ....... 5. 0 4 )1i0n0.3 . s.berdeen 6O to 70 28 to L 9 15 to 2p T - to— _... :p• Berwick 3.5 47 Ii 21 15 21 30 33 5,..1 Coldstream 4U 52 22 24 17 19 '2B 30 C par (Fife 48 65 126 31 15 22 29 26 Dunbar.. . 60 62 29 I:3 18 24 37 38.5' Elgin 7O 72 Si 31 22 26 15 5 9 Inverness CO 70 29 31 22 35 32 3 ' 4 Kelso , n 5 47 17 '24 16 , Is 30 43 Kirkaldy .. Perth 6O UT 20 40 25 35 41 44 ' „ o rrY. The size of the mea s ure var i es t h roug h ou t the ea'- 4 , SCOTCH MARKETS. Barley. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. Wneat. Harley. oat,. ~, e ,t..• ' First Bos. (Pd 265. Id. 0 3s 8:1. 1 465. fi d ., • Second 7O 0 32 0. 24 0143 ° Third 6,1. Average price of Wheat to I,l' PRICES OF PROVISIONS C. 1, od nll Beef, per 11, ...wow Us. Sd. toOs.Rd. Freshßutter, 11 ''' 5 - 10 G o - 0 Mutton ........—..... U 5 0: 7 Salt Ditto ",,i; 0 -- 1 0 Vea1.,................. 0 7 010 Ditto, per evil. , ', 0 - 0 • 1` n P0rx........--....... 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per dos... i, 0 2 u • ' Larno, per q r . OatStTaw(kpl•)" :', 6 n 0 Pallow, cwt......... 39 0 42 0 Wheat Ditt0....1,, v 0 P; 0 Quartern L0af.,,,,, 091 010 Barley Ditto** a n 11 ' j ~, potatoes,l-11b..... 0 0 0 5 Hay, per5t.......* " ~ EDINEURGII MEAL MARKET, , it , DV, g o' , Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone 0 , '' 0" 1 0 ' .. Fit st Oatmeal Second ditto • Barleymeai 1 II 0 Barleyweal ....... ......--*" . 0 ' P..tsetaeal 1 8 0 Peasemeal. ................ Pot Barley from 30s. to 4`, , 5. per cacti II A DDINGPON CORN MARKET. reO rd e. Wheat. Barley. oats. Be , : ui lg ....s t o ': I First 7ls Od 34s Od 25s rd 46 ' '.. ' a l , A A ,0, Second 5O. Od 2 si d 22s 6d 3' 6 vs - I ..-' Third sls Od 21s Od 20s Od 323 Od . _ reas„,°' 40 , '— 4 3 t' 36 0 Average 2/, 10a. Od. 6 1:Itns „ GLASOOW CORN DI/ RKET. ~ ,I, (I- 91v Wheat,. per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oat; per 264tu. 1 7 0 to, i o 0 fsritish, old 340 to 37 6 lr..h .................. ••• 10 0 --;--- sew Canada, free 0 0 Beans, per ( 31 : 1, '• 22 6 p, - 2 Irish ' 26 0 31 0 English ............. ... 2i 6 , i, 0 Barley, per 3201 b Scottish ... .. ........... .2 , ;.. 6 19° nglish ' 27 6 29 0 Pease, Sco t tish .••••• 1 7 0 8) :attish 2i 0 27 ii Oatmeal, per 1f9113.••• 4 4 0 lob - .... DALKEITH CORN MARKET. 13 0 o ne Wheat Bar.ey. i 0-its. l'ea'e; : 44- 0, (4 70: 6u 34 5 ?d : 23, I d 44 - 0,4. a: 59s Od 30s Od 1 .23 , = 4d 4t s O l I 43s Od 20s Od - F s 01 34 • 6 '____,....r.'",----"" eirit Second Third . SILVER WATCHES. brat" E. J. DENT, by special appointment , g hte meter, and Watchmaker to the Queen, and his Roy . 5 00' Prince 'Albert, offers an extensive assortment of oar otar e Watches at 41. 14s. 6d., each From their great aci ca '„,,ear over those of the vertical description in performanc e ; agotle ance, and flatness, he recommends them for ladies r dia ls men's wear. They have elegant engraved er plain s u per , an d and cascs„ and the movements are jewelled in four bo e s pep t the performance guaranteed. An abstract from Mr;... h ,nee' Lectures on the Construction and Mana,,,,ement of b 9 meters, Watches, and Clocks, may be had gratuitous,/ customers, or to the publid, price ls., at 82, Strand ./ GOLD WA LONDON- M 4- A - I) bil l ' A. 13. SAVORY ONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, ' e ° : t i o n London, oppo s it e t l . . l an k of England, submit for se , vle o! very large STOCK GOLD WATCHES, the tial. et which are made and ti: ished under the careful inspect o ar experienced wo r k me • . a th e i r own prem ises, and eac h ranted for correct pet to mance. 5:1. , , FOR LADIES. 0 Fine Vertical Watch , jewelled, in engine-W* 124 0 JO gold cases and gold It uls, warranted ......... Fine Vertical Watclhr jewelled, with double- 0 backed engine-t urne , go ld cases an d go ld dials, 12 I'2 warranted ........................................ Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four 0 hole 3, with double-h a 'ked gold cases and gold 1 4 14 dials, warranted ......... SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases , 1 3 1 3 warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled 0 in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases 17 1 7 and enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled 0 in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases 0 .1 and gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlem en ' s W atc h es ma y b e had j° _ h attO hunting cases for 3/. 3 s . eac h extra. N. 13. Sec Watches purchased in exchange. • 1 7' S On the 14th in s t., at Boulogn H e, the lady of Maj or of late of th Bengal Ar , a tillery of a son On th e 17th inst t Ventnor, Dr. Martin, of a son . . Isle of Wight , the lady 1 ~ j A A 144 ti. F1(1, ~ Nir , II )%ti, t 41e b ay „ ti e° clitde ~4. ~ 1: f