The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-23 00:00:00

MORNING SUN VESTRY MEETING, ST.BOTOLPH, BISHOPSGATE. TIIE " BLESSINGS" OF CHURCH-RATES, AND THE NEW POOR-LAWS. Yesterday a vestry meeting was held in the church of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, for the purpose of making a Church -rate, and" also a rate for the relief of the poor. The meeting was but thinly attended, in consequence of the election for Common Councilmen, and it may be fairly inferred the day was selected to avoid a meeting with the leaders of Reform in this pa rish. The Senior Churchwarden took - the Chair. The Vestry-Clerk then read the accounts of receipts and disbursements of the last Church -rate, and said the Churchwardens now required a rate of 41d. in the pound. After some discussion the rate was agreed to. A rate of ninepence in the pound was then proposed for the relief of the poor for the present quarter. The CHAIRMAN said the claims on them were heavier than usual, and the Poor-law Commissioners had called upon them for 1,360/. as their quota. Mr. APCARE, as he was a new inhabitant, wished to know whether the rates had been increased under the New Poor-law, and was answered by the Vestry-Clerk in the affirmative. A PARISHIONER wished to know whether the increase arose from the badness of the system. The VESTRY-CLERK must be excused from giving an opinion. He did not attend to discuss systems, and with this unsatisfactory answer, the rate was agreed to. The meeting then broke up. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—There are at the present time twenty-three line-of-battle ships, thirty-four fri gates, seventy-three steamers, one hundred and seven brigs, corvettes, and sloops, ten guard and receiving ships, three Royal yachts, and one gunnery ship, making in the whole 251 vessels in commission, which are distributed in the following manner : MEDITERRANEAN.—Howe, 120 ; Benbow, 72 ; Ganges, 84 ; Cambridge, 78 ; Hastings , 74 ; Calcutta, 84 ; Rod ney, 92 ; Implacable, 74 ; Impregnable, 104 ; Indus, 84 ; Monarch, 84 ; Revenge, 76 ; Vanguard, SO ; Thun derer, 84 ; Malabar, 72 ; Aigle, 24 ; Belvidera, 38 ; In constant, 38 ; Magicienne, 24 ; Talbot, 26 ; Vernon, 50 ; Beacon, 8 ; Daphne, 18 ; Jaseur, 16 ; Magpie, 4 ; Savage, 10 ; Scout, 18 ; Wasp, 16 ; and Weazel, 10 ; together with the Alecto, Cyclops, Gorgon, Devastation, Hecate, Lizard, Locust, Medea, Phcenix, Polyphemus, Prometheus, Stromboli, and Vesuvius steamers ; and the Ceylon receiving-ship at Malta. The Powerful, 84, is on her passage home. CHINA AND THE AST INDlES.—Blenheim, 72; 72; Wellesley, 72; Alligator, 26; Andromache, 28; Blonde, 42'; Calliope, 28; Cambrian, 36; Conway, 26; Druid,'44; l- tndyinion, 38; Herald, 28; Clio, 16; Algerine, 10; Canieleon, 10; Childers, 16; Larne, 18; Columbine, 16; • Cruizer, 16; Favorite, 18; Modeste, 18; Hyacinth; 18; Nimrod, 20; Pelican, 16; Syren, 16; Py lades ; Starliet, 8'; Sulphur, 8; and the North Star, 26, which is on her passage there. In addition to the fore going, the East India Company have a numerous fleet of ships and steamers. NORTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES.—IIIUSITi oiIs, 72; Magnificent, 72; Cleopatra, 26; Pique, 36; Spartan, 26; Vestal, 26; Winchester, 32; Racer, 16; Charybdis, 3; Comus, 18; Electra, 18; Fair Rosamond, 2; Flamer, 6; Hornet, 6; Larne, 4; Pickle, 4; Pilot, 16; Racehorse, 18; Rover, 10; Sappho, 16; Thunder, 6; Tweed, 20; and Victor, 16; with Blazer, Flamer, Gleaner, Hecla, Hydra, Megara, Spitfire, Tartarus, and Firefly steamers. BRAZILS AND THE COAST OF AFRICA.—Isis, 26 ; Madagascar, 44 ; Southampton, 50 ; Acorn, 16 ; Arrow, 10 ; Bittern, 16 ; Bonnetta, 3 ; Brisk, 3 ; Buzzard, 3 ; Champion, 18 ; Cockatrice, 6 ; Curlew, 10 ; Cygnet, 10 ; Dolphin, 3 ; Fantome, 16 ; Fawn, 6 ; Lily, 16 ; Grecian, 16 ; Partridge, 10 ; Persian, 16 ; Roller, 10 ; Rose, IS ; Sparrow, 10 ; Spy, 3 ; Termagant, 10 ; Wizard, 10 ; Wanderer, 16 ; and Waterwitch, 10 ; and Ardent steamer. 50T.1711 AMERICA.—The Actaeon, 26 ; Curacoa, 24 ; Presidtmt.' 50 ; Basilisk, 6 ; and Pearl, 20. The Dublin, 50, is on her passage home. LIKEs OF CANAbA.—The Niagara, 20 ; Bullfrog, 6 ; Montreal, 6 ; • with Minos, Toronto, and Traveller steamers. Lisnox AND GIBRALTAR.—The Lynx, 3; Reindeer, 6; with Pluto and Styx steamer}. AUSTRALIA A NI) SWAN BlvEß.—The Beanie 10 • „ Brittomart, 10 ; and Chanipion, 4. DISCOVERY SERVICE.—The Terror, 10; and Erebus, 10. THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—The Albert, Soudan, Wil berforce steamers, and Amelia schooner. JERSEY.—The Seaflower, 4 ; and Cracker cutter. PORTSMOUTIL—The St. Vincent, 120, guard ship ; Victory, ditto ; Excellent, gunnery ship ; Royal George yacht ; Queen. 110 ; Vindictive, 50 ; Warspite, 50 ; Ha- zard, 18 ; Rapid, 10 ; Pantaloon, 10 ; Snake, 16 ; Dido, 20 ; Heroine, 10 ; Atholl, troop ship ; and Echo steamer. The Thalia, 42, is on her passage home. .• PLYxocTn.—The Caledonia, 120, guard ship ; San Josef, 110, ditto ; Isis, 44. ; Espoir, 10 ; Ferret, 10; Fly, 16 ; Harlequin, 16 ;. Serpent, 16 ;. - S 7- 43er, 6 ; and Alban, Prospero, and Avoq steamers, and Apollo, Sapphire, and Bclleisle troop shipe. SHEERNESS.----The Formidable, 84 ; Camperdown, 104, guard ship ; Ocean, SO,' ditto ; Etna, receiving ship ; Al fred, 50. . - • CIIATIIA3I.-721w. Voietiers, 72, guard ship ; Volage, 26 ; Wolverine,,l6 ; Speedy, 2 ; and Monkey steamer. WooLwicm—The William and Mary yacht ; Mastiff, 6, with Acheron, Comet, Driver, Fearless, Firebrand, Oro•Wler, Lightning, Meteor, ithadaman thus, Shearvvater, and Vixen steamers. Li VERPOOI. —The Medina, Medusa, Merlin, Redwing Urgent, and Volcano steamers. l'EmnizoKE.—The Royal &Wereign yacht, with Adder, Advice, Jasper, and Pigmy steamers. LLOYD'S SHIPPING LONDON, DEC. 22.—Wind this day at noon W. DEAL, DEC. 21.—W.N.W. to NV., moderate—Arrd. Mary, Newcastle, Mauritius ; General Walfedo Deme rara. Arrived from the River, Amicus, for Bahia ; Di ligent, Gibraltar. RAMSGATE, DEC. 21. Sailed the Felicia, for South America ; Fulmar, Odessa. OFF DovEs, DEC. 21.- 4 Westphalia, Wessels, Bremen, for Ne* Yurk ; Ingeborg, Copenhagen, for St. Croix ; Elizabeth, Wilhelmine, Hamburgh, for Port-au-Prince ; Elizabeth, Foreman, Quebec. SALCOMDE, DEC. 19 - .—Arrd. Victoria, from Terceira. FALMOUTH, DEC. 2 0.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Onyx, Shields, and sailed for Gibraltar ; Margaret, steamer, ditto. OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 18.—Twende Brode, Bakker, New York, for Antwerp. The Bristol Packet, Payne, from Bristol to this port and Falmouth, was run down last night off the Lands-end by a schooner. ST. IVES, DEC. '2o.—lt blew a heavy gale yesterday at S.E. to E.N.E. The Catherine, Salts, from Newport to Exeter, got in contact with a French lugger, went on the Beach, and received much damage, but was hove off this morning. The Grenadier, Ertand, and Clorinde, Launcelot, both from Newport to Rouen, got ashore, but are expected off—cargoes discharging. The Cleo patra, Ertand, from Newport to Rouen, is ashore on Hayle Bar —cargo discharging. Ev.e. 18.—Arrd. Naparina, White, Quebec. SHIELDS, DEC. 90. —Arrd. Grafton, Cook, Calcutta. Sd. Euphetnia, Algiers ; Anna Louisa, New York. DEc, 21.—Wind N. V.—Aril. Lord Wen loch, Mitchel, St.. John's, N.B. ; Persus, Rowan, Mira michi. The Consort, Armstrong., from Memel to this port, got ashore on Oland, but came oft; after discharging part of cargo, and. put into Carlshamn, it is supposed without damage. , SLIGO, DEc. 19.—The Duke of Gloucester, Newman, bound to Liverpool, fell over at the New Quay yesterday, and has five feet water in h er h old —cargo discharging. MILFORD, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Corsair, Liverpool, for New Orleans, leaky.. Sld. Ev enwood, late Howe, London. The Bridget, Timmins, from Darhe as i e, was obliged to leave Carmarthen Bay yesterday morning, not'being able to get over the bay; on the Ist shipped a sea, instant s h e which broke the wheel and filled the cabin ; on the 17th passed a barque . under close reefed maintopsall, and loss of foreyard. r Arrd. Her elena 3d nit. ; 1, 41 - E apooL, 21.--Wind N. fre s: h l , t culcan, Griudale,,Rorubay—sla. from S Ranger, Lrutvp, Luna` sld. Sept 2 ; ilsons Campb e ll, Demerara—sla., sthailt.; Hebron, Mobile ; Lancashire, Lyon Sitvannalt ; Richard, :Ifontreal ; Malaba r , B arker, and An s drew White, Quebec ; Grange, Montreal, h av i r , been in contact, off Bardsey, with the Andrew Whi t ;: SW. Denison, Antigua.. OCEAN CURRENTS. The following has been ie; i;eTat Lloyd's : " On the - '3d November, 1841, a sealed bottle v , v it as picked up on the western coast of the Commune rs Be de Re, in which was found a letter in English,d of which the following is a copy : " On board the Lydie of Liverpool, Captain Petree, bound to Babia,lth October, 1841.—We have had during the last few days in the Bay of Biscay, strong winds froai W.N.W., and heavy seas. We apprehended that our voyage might be protracted on approaching the southern coasts of this Bay, in which there is reason to fear meeting with strong currents. How desirable it NvAdd be under such circumstances to have a knowledge ei Aim true set of the currents in order to know how long one might follow them in standing to the southward with the henna starboard. We are at this present time in lat. 46 - SZ N., and . lon. 7, by chronometer, meridian of Greenwich, having struggled against curreuts which in dicate either the approximation of the coast or the junc tion of two cer..c. - its. Whosoever shall find this bottle, is requested to make known to the public the place where, and the time when, it may have been picked up, so that it I may come t o the knowledge of the Scientific Society in England, and that it may be known we were in these latitudes." _- - - CommisaxoN OF LUNACY.—Ou Thursday last, a Comeaisko:i de Lunatic° Inquirendo as to the state of mind of Mr. Thomas Ware Clay, of Witcham, in this county, wa s held. at the Hoop Hotel, before W Hunt, Esq., Leapingwell, Esq., and F. J. G unn i ng F, , sq., three of the Commissioners. After a number of witnesses had n, b e , n eared, the unfortunate gentl eman was brought i and in answer to - questions ut t him, stated his Christian name was London, that. p there o wtre fourteen shillings in a soyereiom, and eight sixpences in half-a-crown ; and being asked to count four pens, stated, first that there were eight, then nine, and then feurteen. The Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied, and immediately returned a verdict, through E. Foster, Esq., thei r f oreman, that Mr. Thomas Ware Clay was a confirmed lunatic, and incapable of managing his own affairs, and had been so since the 17th. December, 1821.—Cambridge Advertiser. The Duchess of Somerset has, for the last three weeks, been suffering from severe illness. Yester day it was stated, in answer to inquiries, that the Duchess was much better, and that not th e s li g h test danger was apprehended. -Dr.- Chambers and Mr. Locock are in daily attendance. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. I FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—The innocent holders of the spurious Exchequer bills have not received much consolation from the announcement that a Royal Commission is to be issued to inquire into so much of the manner in which the fraud of Smith and Rapallo was perpetrated as may elicit infor mation tending to secure the public against simi lar frauds in future. The inquiry which the bona fide holders of the spurious paper call for is into their own perfect honesty, and into the entire freedom from suspicion with which they lent their money on the bills deposited; into the perfect impossibility also of their being able to distin guish genuine from fictitious. The test of the counterfoils, resorted to by the Exchequer,shows that the public could not possibly detect the spu. rious paper, and that the Government adopted a method ofdeciding on that point totally apart from the signatures. If, however, the disposal of the bills impounded at the Exchequer, to wait the directions of the Lords of the Treasury, is to be referred by their Lordships for the consideration of Parliament, and the claims of the holders to full compensation thus kept open and entire, they could have no particular objection to an in quiry of the special character in course of pre paration. That inquiry, indeed, may be a very proper one with the view of enabling the Govern ment to re-model the Exchequer bill depart ment, and to decide upon the best plan of issue and management for the future. In that light the prospective character of the proposed official inquiry seems likely to be productive of beneficial results. But if the inquiry possess not ample retrospective powers—if its functions shall be restricted to protection for the future, and do not go to the very root of that extensive fraud which has been committed in the past, it cannot meet the exigences of the case. It is, indeed, difficult to conceive how the mem bers of any court of inquiry that can be issued to inquire into the means for the future preven tion of fraud can avoid directing their attention, in the first place, into the whole facts and cir cumstances connected with the past commission of it. The very guarded manner, however, in which the subject is introduced to public notice has excited suspicion that the plan of future in quiry has been resolved upon to act as a blind against investigation of what has lately taken place.. If the Commissioners, however, extend their inquiries into the way in which Smith passed the bills to Rapallo, and how the latter conducted his operations in order to make them the means of raising money, then the channel would be entered that, if followed out and traced through all its branches, turnings, and windings, could not fail of eliciting the truth. Let full inquiry be instituted, so as to bring the whole truth to light, and then, but not until then, the public will be satisfied. Justice demands inquiry and investigation into thewhole ramifications of the Smith and Rapallo conspi racy. The Government labour under complete delusion if they imagine that by throwing out a tub to the whale, in the shape of inquiry into the means of preventing fraud for the future, they can draw off public attention from insisting that the whole mystery of the past shall be brought to light. Without entering again into the awkward manner in which Rapallo was allowed to get away, his admission as approver, or Que e n' s evidence, after the law (eers of the Crown must have been perfectly well aware that Smith would plead guilty, and that no evidence would be required against him, makes it plain to the dullest capacity that there were reasons for the blundering line of conduct pursued, which have beenstudiously concealed. There are three sepa rate points involved:-Ist. Compensation to the innocent holders; 2d. Discovery and punishment of all the confederates of Smith and Rapallo; and 3dly. Protection against similar frauds in future. The Government, by their expected commission, appear to have be . gurf at the. wrong end, by taking up the third point before settling the first and second. We doubt much, however, whether they can arrive at any satisfactory opi nion on the third point, without instituting such inquiry as must throw great light upon the se cond ; and by doing so clearly establish the jus tice of the first. No Jury would (Ave a verdict in favour of the Crown against the holders, on the plea of forgery, as tested by the counter foils. Such a plea, we imagine, is totally un known in our law courts as sufficient to establish forgery. The Government officers declared a large portion of the unfunded bills to be genuine, when they compared them with reference to their whole ex facie appearance. Printing, plate, numbers, seals, signatures, and all were admitted to be unexceptionable, and it was only on second thoughts and after such admissions, that by the mechanical process of testing by the counterfoils they came to the conclusion of changing their opinions and pronouncing those instruments to be forged which they previously declared to be genuine. HERALD.—The article in this morning's He rald about the Exchequer-bill business has made quite a sensation, and the remarks are in every body's mouth. An Evening paper, however, ob serves that thd Herald should now speak out about " the names" of the parties implicated. Our Contemporary is too insidious. But in fact, if speaking out is to be the order of the day, there is another Morning Paper which should he the first to . speak out, as it was the first to al lude to" two Noble Lords" implicated by report in the bill transactions, before the rum our , although known for days before, was noticed un this head, and a Marquis and Viscount noticed by title as the parties pointed at. It is right to notice that a meeting of the Com mittee of the Stock Exchange was held to-day, and lasted a considerable time. It is understood that the subject of discussion was this Exche quer bill affair, with a view to afford all the in formation possible for unravelling its compli cated frauds to the commission said to be ap pointed for the purpose of investigation by the Government. TIMES.—From facts that have recently trans pired, it appears that the failure of Mr. Howe, of the Stock Excha nge , w hi c h was announced' in October, was occasioned by an order from a party in Calais to make operations in Spanish Stock. The principal it seems did not come forward in due time, and therefore M r . H owe was l eft lia ble for ie differences, which were very large. Seme surprise is expressed at the non-appear anee of the annual "finance accounts" usually laid before Parliament, and which are usually published a few weeks after the close of the session. That there must have been some con fusion in the department of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, through the time at which the Ministry to which he belonged broke up, and difficulty in the adoption by his successor of such accounts as lie had to hand over to him, may be readily imagined as a cause for some delay, but cannot account for so long a procras7 tination. The hope, therefore, is that the ti me has been spent in refOrming or altering the plan of those accounts, without which they cannot be of much use to members of Parliament, or repay the trouble of investigating such a mass of fi gures . The premiurn--ewrgold Paris is 6 per mille, which, at the EicitliSh Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 d. per ounce for 'standard gold; gives an exchange of 2.5.- 30, 'and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 2 7 5...471, it. follows that gold is 0 . 70. 1 1 - e r . c Ont, dearer in London than in Paris. , -By advicesfrom Hamburgh the price of gold mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.175. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, Bides air fol a l tn ow b s u tflat gnOti ell o exchange of 13. 61, and the excha nge at L d o i n s d o o . n w a p t er sl c l e o n rt t. b de ei a n r w er Lon don than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on Lon per cent., and the par of exchan g e b d e o t n w i e s el l A i England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0. 18 England. B ut the quoted e p x e c r h c a e n n g t. e in at faN N -o e u l r vo f y ork, being for hills at 6') days' sight, the inte rest must be added to the above difference. THE EXPEDITION To C HINA. the three ships carr y out troops to China sailed ed from Ply- On Monday morning, at seven o'clock ~no pe grant, appointed to mouth with a fair wind. The Belleisle conveys General Lord Saltoun, with his staff ; Capt. s Major 9th Lancers, as Brigade-Major; and Capt. 3d Buffs, late of the 60th Rifles, as Aid e .d. c n a Y:gliame, the 98th regiment, commanded by Colonel CampiTell, and a detachment of artillery. Detachments of the 49th, atul some smaller detachments, go by the Apollo and the Sapphire. The troops on board the Apollo are under the command of Colonel Bartley, of the 49th, and those in the Sapphire, of Major Pasley, of the same regiment. Th e artillery are under the orders of Capt. Greenwood. Mr. Rosdew Little, of the Madras Artillery, who has already been in China, has a passage on board the Bel leisle ; and a young son of Mr. F. Grant, the celebrated painter, goes out in the same ship as a first-class volunteer. The Hon. Wm. Fraser, only brother of Lord Sal toun, remained at Plymouth with the Noble and Gallant Lord until the sailing of the expedition, and then re turned to town on his way to the Highlands. THE ST. HELEN'S MURDER.—A reward of not is offered to any person who will give such infor mation as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the murderers of Mr. Grayson, of nainford, who was recently found dead near Denton-green, St. Helen's; 50/. by her Majesty's Government, 501. by the personal re presentatives of the deceased, and 50/. by the Earl of Derby. Her Majenty's pardon is also held out to any one giving the information, not being the person who, actually - coiturtittectthc murder. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1841. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec, 22. The LORD CHANCELLOR, on taking his seat this morning, intimated to the gentlemen of the Bar, that it was his intention to take the unopposed Lunatic Peti tions the first thing to-morrow morning. EXPARTE THE MAST ER , &C. OF CATHERINE HALL, CAMBRIDGE. - This case came before his Lordship upon the petition of the Master and Fellows of Catherine Hall in the 'Uni versity of Cambridge, praying his Lordship to correct .several rules that had been laid down by a Mrs. Rams.' den for the regulation of the Ramsden Fellowship. From the statement of the petition, it appeared that Mrs. Ramsden, in the year 1743, by her will left certain pro perty to the College, for the purpose of founding six Fellowships, the management of which was to be accord ing to certain rules and regulations which she had herself drawn up. The 33d rule provided that in case any error of mistake should arise with reference to any of the rules and regulations that an application should be made to the Lord Chancellor or the Lord- Keeper, and he was to make such order as in his wisdom he should think fit. Under that provision the present petition was presented praying for an alteration or correction of several of the rules drawn up by Mrs. Ramsden. By the sth rule it was provided that the persons competent to be elected to the Fellowship should be either Bachelors of Arts, complete Masters of Arts, or 'Bachelors of Law or Physic, but they were not to be more than twenty-four years of age. That provision, according to the present period of rating young men at college completely excluded all persons from obtaining the Fellowship except the Bachelors of Arts, and the petitioners, therefore, prayed that his Lordship would, under the provisions of the rule giving him power to correct any of the regulations laid down by Mrs. Ramsden, extend the age for the admission of Fellows to twenty-eight instead of twenty-four years. Then by the 11th rule it was provided, that within ten days of a notice of a vacany in one of the Fellowships, the College was to give notice of the election of a new Fellow, but that election was not to take place till the expiration of twenty-four days, but at the latter end of the rule it was stated that the election was to take place on the 3d Tuesday after the notice. That rule it was found impossible to carry into effect, and the peti tioners therefore asked that the time might be increased to four months from the vacancy. There were two other of the rules that also required alteration. Mrs. Rams den in founding the Fellowship, had given the rents and profits of the estate to the foundation, but she had di rected that in the interval between a vacancy and election of a Fellow the rent should go to the College stock. Now, it was proposed by the petitioners that the new Fellows, instead of taking the rents and profits from the•date of their election, should take them from the date of the vacancy, the College giving up all claim. • Mr. BARBER and Mr. HILYARD appeared on behalf of the petition, yvhich was not opposed. The LORD CHANCELLOR granted the whole prayer of the petition with the exception of that part which sought to extend the age of persons competent to become Fel lows from 24 to 28. His Lordship observed that as the petition was not opposed, it became him to be cautious ; he should therefore take time to consider his judgment on that point. The Court then proceeded with the hearing of lunatic petitions. ROLLS COURT, Dec. 22. The MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied all the morn. ing with consent petitions, of little public interest. VICE CHANCELLORS' COURT, Dec. 22. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) WINKWORTII V. MARRIOTT. This was an application for a decree to annul a con tract, or to compel the plaintiff to its performance. It appeared that, in the year 1827, the defendants, Marriott, who were brothers, had taken a lease of a brick , field for 21 years from a Mr. Curnoch, since deceased, and now represented by the plaintiff in the present suit. By the terms of the contract between the parties, the defendants were to have the option of purchasing the land in perpetuity, if they should think proper, within threeyears. It was also covenanted that the vendor should obtain fur the put-Chaser the right of f ree an d a b so l ute w h ar f age on the Grand Junction Canal, which lies in the vicinity of - the field, for the conveyance of the in:icks when made, and of the materials for making them. The right of wharfage, had been obtained from the Canal Company for the period of 21 years, the term of the original lease; but it appeared that a right of wharfage in perpetuity could not be procured. The defendants refused to purchase the land in perpetuity until the plain tiff had at the least obtained the longest possible term of a right of wharfage. It was alleged for the plaintiff that the terms of the contract could not, as the defendants were themselves aware at the time it had been entered into, be performed ; and that the right of wharfage for the term of twenty-one years wonld answer every reasonable object which the defendants could have in view. His HONOUR said that it was clear that as the contract could not be completed he could not order its perform ance ; and he should, therefore, dismiss the present bill, but dismiss it without costs. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR disposed of several cause petitions in volving no feature of public interest. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wrart.tx.) , MONTRIOU V. CARVICK. The VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, which was on Monday heard in his private room, at the request of Mr. Wakefield, on behalf of the plaintiff Muntriou, whois an attorney. The Learned Counsel having stated that the answer of the defendant contained serious charges against the character of t.be plaintiff as a.ooli eifor, the case came before the Court upon exceptions to the Master's 1.4)44 the Master having found that certain statements in the answer were scandalous. His HoNdtra' gave judgment in public, observing it was not necessary he should Mention the subject matter of the supposed scandal, as the parties themselves knew what the matters were, and he had only to give the rea sons upon which he felt compelled to differ from the Master. The bill was filed by Mr. Montriou, stating himself to have been the professional ad viser of Mr. Carvick, and that he had rendered him professional services, for which he had received no remuneration ; that he had advanced to him large sums of money ; that Mr. Carvick had from time to time made payments to him ; and the result was, that there was an account current between the two parties. The bill prayed an account, alleging that there was a balance in favour of the plaintiff. The bill then interro gated whether Mr. Carvick did not under various, and some, and what unjust pretences, refuse to comply with the application or request of the plaintiff. One of the grounds on which Mr. Carvick stated that he resisted complying with the demand of the plaintiff, was because the account was not correct ; and in answer to the ques tion under various, and some, and what unjust p re t ences he set up two items, o ne ' of! 3,5001., connected with a transaction of the Norwich Assurance Company, and an other sum of 72/. 15s, Bd. costs, paid by him in respect of a transaction which he traced home to Mr.Montriou. That was simply the way in which the case stood. The defendant had, in very strung language, complained of the conduct of Mr. Montriou with respect to those two items, and it was with respect to those two items that the question whether there was scandal in the answer or not, arose. The Master had found the answer was scandalous in respect of all the matters objected to, and the exception taken to the Master's report was, that the answer was not scandalous in respect of all the matters objected to. If, therefore, there was anything in the answer not scandalous, and which was included in those exceptions, then the Master's report would be erroneous. His Honour's opinion was, that the whole of the matter was not scandalous. His Honour, having referred to several cases, and noticed the points which had been made in argument, allowed the exceptions. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 22. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before Lord DEN.. NAN and a Specie! Jury.) I.IOPRINS V. HARDWICRE, CLERK. This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage. After the Jury had been sworn, Mr. ERLE, for the plain tiff, said the defendant had consented to a verdict for the plaintiff, with 5001. damages. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 22. (Sittings in London, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) LOAKE C. THE MARQUIS' OF WESTMEATFL The plaintiff was the solicitor to the Marchioness of Westmeath, in the proceedings before the House of Lords, in the celebrated case of her Ladyship and the Noble defendant. This action was brought to recover the amount of the bill of costs. The defence was that that the defendant was not liable ; and secondly, as to some of the charges, that they were excessive, or otherwise such as shopld not fall upon the opposing party to the suit. COURT OF BA2I*KI?UPTCY, Dec. 21. IN THE MATTER OF ROWLAND MITCHELL, OF LIME- STREET, MERCHANT. The bankrupt has been the principal, and now the 'surviving partner of the house of William Rowland, Samuel Mitchell, and Co., and filled the situation of Di rector of the Bank of England, and Director and Chair man of various Companies. The principal creditors are branches of his own family, to the extent of 200,0001. ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 57,000/., who are covered by securities en valuable West India estates. The cre ditors increased amount to 292,3501..45. 3d., and those holding security to 93,3971. 13s. Bd. The debts, &e., to the estate are 27,1801. 4 s . ld., an d mortgage dbts 30,5691. ; property given up to assignees, principally in West India estates, 76,4161. ; and the property held by creditors. 83,416/. 10s. ld. _ _ Mr. WrioriTE then handed in the balance-sheet, and the assignees having expressed their satisfaction in the accounts, the bankrupt passad his final examination. WEDNESDAY. IN RE.ALEXANDER,L. NEWTON. The adjourned exami na t o n of the bankrupt was re sumed at two o'clock this day by Mr. Clarkson, who ex amined him at great length respecting the alleged debts which his sister and other relatives sought to prove against his estate. Alr. KEANE, who appeared for the bankrupt, cross examined him, and then applied to have the case ad journed for a short period. Mr. CLARKSON, on the part of• the assignees, said the long examination which the bankrupt underwent, justi fied him in saying that his accounts were fabricated for the purpose of cheating his creditors. Ile stated that he sold a diamond brooch for only 801., when he re leased it from a pawnbroker's where it had been de posited for 1001., a fact which no man in his senses conk', credit. He need go no further in the enumeration . of these facts, but as he said before, reiterate that the b-Ank rupt, and all those acting for him (with the excepcton of Mr. Keane), had manufactured many of those r.ccounts for the purpose of defrauding the creditors of i:ne estate. Mr. KNIGHT (the bankrupt's solicitor)—l emphatically pronounce Mr. Clarkson's assertion to be a gross falsehood. , Mr. CLARKSOIi—I don't mind the barking of a dog. Mr. KNIGIIT—You dare not use such language as that to me outside the door of the Court. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE—Such indecent ob servations as these must be stopped by some means or other. I shall adjourn this case sine die, and that there may be no misapprehension, I shall give my reasons. The bankrupt endeavours to establish a debt due to his sister against his estate for 1,7771. This Ido not believe. The statemenLabout the diamonds is too ridiculous for any man of common sense to believe. Throughout the whole examination have observed a disposition to deceive the Court, anddsi)ppress the truth until the last moment; and under such circumstances, I shall adjourn the case sine die, at the same time allowing the bankrupt the protec tion of the Court for two months, and I shall not be dis posed to hear any further examination until the debts al leged to be due to his sister shall be proved, and some more satisfactory explanation rendered of the disposal of the diamonds. SECONDARIES' COURT, Dec. 21. MAYBERRY V. LORD WM. PAGET, M.P. This Was an action brought to recover the sum of 101. 10s. for work and labour done, to which the noble defendant pleaded that he was not indebted to the amount claimed, and that a tender had been made and refused. Mrs. S. Brown deposed that in the month of August, 1839, she was chambermaid at the Custom-house Hotel. She recollected Lord Wm. Paget coming to the house with his son, who was lame, who, when he went away, walked upon crutches ; the child used to call his Lord ship papa. Witness was acquainted with the plaintiff, and saw him several times at the Hotel in his professional capacity. Lord Wm. Paget and his son remained at the Hotel four or five days. The plaintiff visited the child three times the first day, and twice each succeeding day. Lord Wm. Paget appeared exceedingly anxious for the child's recovery. Dr. R. Rowley deposed Vi' t the usual fee given to a consulting surgeon was a guinea each visit, he had re ceived that fee. Sir Benjamin Brodie and Mr. Callaway were paid that sum for their visits. Mr: JAMBS—We want to know from you, what in your opinion would be a fair remuneration to the plain tiff for his attendance, as there is no bill of particulars to guide either the Court or the Jury ? Doctor Rowley— If medical man acted both as an apothecary and:sur geon, he is allowed, if he practises as the latter, two guineas for visits by the College of Physicians, indepen dent of the medicine which he may supply. Mr. JAMES—What would be a fair charge for the plaintiff to make for each visit ? Doctor Rowley—He should think 10s. 6d. each visit to be a fair charge. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. PRICE addressed the Jury. on behalf of defendant. His Lordship, he said, had all along been anxious to pay what was a just anti reasonable demand, but all the answer he could obtain to this request was the demand of 10 guineas. Send us in a bill of particulars, to this the same answer was returned, pay 10 guineas ; and it was solely on account of this exorbitant demand being made that his Lordship was unable to pay for the atten dance on his child. A very handsome sum had been offered but refused. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 41.45. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 22. IN RE JOHN EDWARD CAREW. _ At the sitting of the Court this morning the case of this insolvent was continued. The first witness called was Mr. Murray, who stated that be was agent to Messrs. Rhymer and Murray, solicitors, of Petworth, who w ere solicitors to the executor s o f the late Lord Fgremont. The total sum which Mr. Carew admitted in his balance sheet, since 1833, was 9,760 L, and the total sum he ad mitted, in answer to the bill in Chancery, was 6,0401., received since 1833, and he admitted that he had received 3,718/. since the answer was filed; yet still he stated that he had a balance owing to him from the executors. In May, 1833, he received a cheque for one thousand pounds from Lord Egremont, and on the 16th of the same month, in 1835, he received another for 6001, and on the 9th of November, 1836, 'a further cheque for 2501., and the executors were prepared to prove this on the trial ; but they had no opportunity of doing so. In May, 1833, the insolvent admitted that he received 431., and a cheque for 1,000/. ; but he only put in his schedule 1,000/. The witness was then cross-examined at great length by Mr. Cook ; but it is only necessary to give the prin cipal questions:— I believe you issued a writ of fieri facias upon the studio of the defendant, as agent to Rhymer and Murray ?—I did. I believe you got judgment in that action ?—We ob tained a verdict, but we did not get judgment. I believe a motion has since been made that that ver dict should be set aside ?—lt has, and the Court has or dered a nonsuit to be entered, and we have paid the costs of the action. Have you received further instructions to issue pro ceedings again ?—No; we have received no instructions at present. Pray has a fiat of bankruptcy been issued against Mr. Carew ?—I am not aware of it. Has the docket been struck ?—I am not aware. I think, when Sir Wm. Follett was addressing the Court at LeWes, be stated that your clients had under taken to pay the costs of the action, and I believe Sir Wm. Follett's speech run thus :—" Mr. Carew said I have this claim against the estate of Lord Egremont. You say you will not pay me. You are rich and I am poor, and the costs will be ruinous to me. They, in an swer, said we want a full and fair investigation ; we will pay your costs and expenses, and permit you to bring this action against us." Is that correct ?—Yes ; that is quite correct. Did the executors advance any sum to bring the ac tion ?—No. Have they paid the plaintiff's costs ?—No. The next part of the speech of Sir William Follett that I call your attention to, is where he says the de fendant furnished the means to bring the action. Is that correct ?—No ; but we have offered to pay the costs twenty times. Upon what condition was that ?—That Mr. Carew should release the executors from all claims, or submit to a verdict, or consent to a nonsuit being entered. - , , Did Mr. Carew refuse to do that 2—lle did. Did he not say that he would never so far ,disgrace himself as to say that his claim was unfounded:?--He did not say so to me, because I have never known itlr. Carew, or spoken to him in my life. By the proceedings in Chancery, you have obtained, by the answer of Mr. Carew, certain admissions ?—Yes. Have the defendants admitted anything ?—No. You say that the insolvent has claimed between 16,000/. and 17,000/. ; pray, Sir, do you include in that, or I should rather say, do you not exclude the statue in Chichester Cathedral ?—Certainly, Mr. Thesiger said so in his speech. monument ?—Certainly. r,-piece wa5,3,0001., and You Now altshoeexclude charge forth e Huskisson's altar,-piece ta for Huskisson's monument 2,0004 wiiich was reduced to 1,7604 by the subscription, and you refused to give him credit for them, together with 3601. for a statue of Wil liam the Fourth ?—We did not refuse to allow anything that he proved. When you say that Mr. Carew's claim was a certain sum, and the payments were a certain sum, do you in such amount exclude from his claim these three articles I have mentioned ?—Certainly. But if you give them, the balance will still be against him. Mr. CooKE—I will show that the balance will be in his favour if you will allow me. And Sir, if you allow me these three items I have spoken of, would not the , total of his claim be 21,872/. ?—From the commence ment, certainly, it would be, if we allowed all these items. It would be more than that if you want the fignres accurately. It would be 22,807/. 18s. ld. Well ; and, on the other side, you allege payment of 21,3311. 9s. sd. That would leave about 1,5001. due to him ?—Somewhere thereabouts. i That is exclusive of time and attendance, &c. ? Certainly, exclusive of the 10,0001. which he claimed for compensation. , Nov, in the course of your inquiries respecting these other articles, had you any doubt that he had executed the altar=piece at Brighton ?—Not the least doubt of that. Nobody ever attempted to deny it ?—No. In the course of your inquiries of the Earl of Egre mont did you not ascertain, if he did not order it, who else did ? We know, from papers in our possession, that he did not order it. But supposing that he did not, did not you find out who did ?—No, we did not. Will you venture to say, after all your anxious in quiries, if Mr. Carew ever received one shilling for those articles from any human being ?—I made no inquiries about it all. Why did you not make any inquiries ?—I can't say. But can't you tell me what you did in the matter ?—I cannot tell you clearly what was said, but by the bill. But what I want to know is, who ordered this altar piece?—l believe it is alleged in the bill that it was ordered by some Roman Catholics. You do not know who they were ?—No, I do not. Perhaps you thought that as he was a Roman Catholic he did it for the honour and glory of his religion? —I never thought about it ? Now, then, about the Protestant work with respect to Huskisson's monument in the Cathedral at Chichester; do you know who the munificent persons were there ? Certainly ; a Committee formed at Chichester ordered the work. Do you not know that that Committee intended the work to be a tabular monument ?—Yes. Do you know that that Cotnniittee raised by subscrip tion the sum of 3501. ?—I know no more than what Mr. Freeland's evidence said upon the trial. Do you not know that Sir Richard Westmacott valued that statue at 2,000 g. f—That %%ill appear by his evidence. Do you not know that the marble would cost 300/., at least ?—No, I do not know. Did you ever see that statue ?—I have never been in Chichester since it was erected. Did you ever learn from any member of this Commit tee —?—l never heard anything about it, except from Mr. Freeland's evidence. Well, now, with respect to the model of William the Fourth; did•you refuse to include that simply because Mr. Carew had no specific order from Lord Egremont ? Certainly not. We made inquiries concerning every ghton, on spec every thing admitting of doubt, and, from those inquiries, we ascertained that thi s model was made for a ulation, and. gentleman of the name of D'Egvill e , at 13ri we had evidence a t the t o prove this. Do you reside i n L ondon Do you knot': w h at has become of soma paper which were hande;; Lord F.:g rernont to Mr. , before death ? I do not know ofany such Carew papers s bein' - ‘ handed to him. fon never heard of it ?—Certainly not, except what . Mr. Carew has stated. Did you hear that any papers were destroyed after the Earl's death ?-4 heard that some private documents were destroyed, but I had better not answer that, as there are other persons here who were present at the Earl's death. Re-examin e d b y Mr both b o . et hreason;pay sides,the o, dots . PLATT --You say that you off erex i said au h t o s a nt o oiv f t t a l s i s e e iot a e t?h t — i a 7 i , ft at ?—After i n r, d o luv 3 l , hd o a u tb h p aa r s e b arbebeaoecuni: • fidence to state what Mr. Thesiger said to me, when I met him in the Queen's Bench, when he asked why the costs were not paid; he had heard there was some difficulty about it. I told him the were perfectly ready to pay them, but they did not want any further claim made by Mr. Carew; if he would be satisfied with a ver dict being entered for the executors, that we would pay the costs, together with the taxation. Mr. Thesiger said if they consented to a nonsuit, it ought to be final; and certainly they ought to have one or the other ; and he said he would communicate the same thing to Mr. Carew's solicitor. Upon what ground did the Court direct a nonsuit to the action of ejectment?-0n the ground that the pro viso in the lease was insensible, it was a clerical error, there was no verb in the sentence.—(A laugh.) I should just say that this was no blunder of Colonel Wyndham's present advisers.—(Laughter.) Now, you said that Mr. Freeland gave evidence at the trial?—He did. He was produced as a witness for Mr. Carew ?—He was. I believe he said there was a subscription for the pur pose of paying for the monument by Mr. Carew ? He did. Mr. PLATT then read the folio ?Ong letter from the evi dence on the trial, dated March, 1831, and addressed to Mr. Carew, which was as follows :—" A subscription, amounting to 3501., having been raised for the purpose of erecting a monument in the Cathedral to the memory of the late Right Hon. William Huskisson, the Committee, anxious to carry the object of the subscription into effect, are desirous, on the reeommendation of Lord Egremont, to avail themselves of your talents on this occasion, and lam deputed to communicate the same to you. You will therefore be so good as to prepare suitable designs as soon as engagements will permit, and forward the same to Lord Egremont, it being the intention of the Committee that the designs which shall be adopted shall have previously received the unqualified approbation of his Lordship. I much regret the amount of the subscrip tion will not allow all the scope we could desire for the exercise of those eminent talents which have secured to you his Lordship's patronage." This letter was signed J. A Freeland. Mr. PLATT—Was a copy of that letter read at the trial ?—lt was. Did Mr. Freeland state that Lord Egremont had subscribed ,Cl. ?—He did. Sir C. Burrell wai then called into the box, and exa mined by Mr. PLATT. Sir CHARM:6-1 believe you are subpcenaed on behalf:of the insolvent?—Yes. You are or e o f the executors to the late Lord Egre ment ?—I am so appointed. Do you remembJr the day his Lordship died ?—Yes. Were you in the house at the time ?—No; I went over immediately on hearing he was ill. Did you arrive in time to see him alive ?—No ; I did not. Do you remember what time in the day it was ?—lt was late. A second message arrived, and we were at dinner at the time. The distance was about 15 miles. When you arrived at Petworth did you see Colonel Wyndham ?—Yes. Where did you see him when you first arrived ?--I can't exactly say ; but I remember that Mr. Murray came to me and said we were appointed his Lordship's Do you recollect anything Mr. Murray said to you ? He said, as a man of business would say, that it was ad visable that I should seal up.all the papers, &c., till the will was opened. Was that suggestion complied with ?—lt was. Did you do so ?—We did, everything. Do you know any particular place in which his Lord ship kept his papers ?—Yes, in closets in hisyoom. In the room in which h e died ?—Yes, he usually kept his papers in his bed-room. I believe that bed-room was on the ground floor, next the library ?—lt was. Now, his papers having been sealed up, when were they opened ?—Not till the will was read. How many days after the decease of his Lordship was the will read 2—Mr. Murray will perhaps answer that question. Ido not recollect. It was on the day of the funeral, Were the papers of his Lordship examined before the will was read ?—No, after the will was read, when we proceeded, on the recommend ation of Mr. Murray, to examine all the papers. Did you find any other testamentary paper besides the one you proved 2—No, not one ; nothing of the . kind. Did you find any bundle of papers in which Mr. Ca rew's name was mentioned ?—Not one. Were they examined carefully and minutely ?—Yes. Were any papers destroyed 2—Yes ; after we had ex amined the papers, those we thought worthless were thrown into a basket. What was the nature of those papers ?—Private cor respondence, &c., and letters to his Lordship when he was Lord Lieutenant of the county, relative to the Ma gistracy. There, were various private correspondence of his Lordship, particularly with the late Lord Holland, Lord William Gordon, Lord John Townshend, and per sons of that description. Were there any destroyed in which the name of -Mr. Carew was mentioned ?—I am perfectly sure my good will towards Mr. Carew at that time would have led me, to preserve any paper I had found containing his name. - Carew—l may say I believe so too, Sir Charles ; I believe that. executors. Mr. PLATT—You were taken into his Lordship's con fidence ?—l,was honoured with his Lordship's confidence. Do you know that Mr. Carew was paid by his Lord ship ?—I do not think he had any other mode_cl liveli hood. Do you remember the altar-piece at Brighton being. the subject of public conversation ?—I do.. • • Do you remember seeing Mr. Carew when the altar piece. was the subject of conversation ?—I remember haring a conversation with hith at hiS work; and I 'recol lect he told me. I do not know whether it was in an swer to a question or not ; but he said he was sorry to . say he was not remunerat e d a. 9 he.had reason to expect. Did he consider himself very ill-used by persons who had set him on the work ?—He did write to that effect. I asked him, to the best of my recollection, what steps 'he intended to take, and he said he did not intend to take any steps, as he supposed he should be obliged to make them a present of it. ,Did you learn froin him in that conversation to whom he alluded as having given him the order 7-1 under stood from some Roman Catholics, who were desirous to raise a subscription, anc4 i wAate4 Lord Western to give the ground, who was not p,Homan Catholic, but I am sure he never mentioned the(Earl of Egremont. You were frequently at Petivorth ?—I was. Did you see Mr. Carew there at work ?—I saw him occasionally. Have you seen him at the -studio in Brighton ?—I have seen him there, but never saw him at work. Do you know of any other work but that of his profes skin that he was in the habit of doing for Lord Egre mont ?—I do not know. I have understood that he su perintended building a lodge at Brighton for his Lordship. What was the size of that ?—lt was but a small one, a one-floor lodge. Was there any more than one room in it ?—I should suppose there was a bed-room and a sitting-room. Are you at all aware if the services ie rendered to Lord Egremont would entitle him to demand 10,0001. at his death ?—I am not aware of it. Cross-examined by Mr. WOODROFFE—I am quite aware you will not suppose we have originated any sus picion about these papers ?—Certainly not. Perhaps you are aware, that between Colonel Wynd ham and his brother an angry quarrel took place in Brighton. Will you tell us the occasion of that ? Mr. PLATT objected. Mr. WOODROFFE—I am not going to put it in evidence. Sir Charles Burrell—l can answer, for I had nothing to do with it. Mr. WOODROFFE—After the death of the Earl of Egremont, did Mr. Carew state that papers had been shown to him ten days before the Earl's death, in which he had made provision for him ?—He never spoke to me of it. I heard it stated that he was to be provided for, but that was but hearsay. Did not Mr. Wyndham say it was very indiscreet to destroy those papers ?—Never. I never had a conversa tion with him on the subject. Have you not said that the money paid to Mr. Carew was not from his Lordship's bounty, but for work that Mr. Carew had done ?—No. I know that his Lordship's bounty was unbounded. 'I recollect going into his library, where Sir 'William Beechey was, and he said, with tears in his eyes, that his Lordship had rendered him one of the greatest services possible, for he had been in difficul ties, and his Lordship had written a cheque for 1,0001., and left it on the table for him. Now with the knowledge of this fact have you not reason to believe that some of these cheques produced were given to Mr.Carew, independently of work done ? I have no reason to think so. I should suppose they were in payment. What should you suppose would be a fair remuneration for the work of Sir Wm. Beechey ?—I should say that he would have been satisfied with 2001. Why do you think then that the Earl should be so liberal to one gentleman Who was not living with him, and should not be so to one who was?—For that reason that Mr. Carew lived with him; that is the only con struction I can put upon it ? I am aware of his Lordship's bounty amounting . to prodigality. Did he not usually on such occasions write . the cheques to bearer?—l have no means of knowing. I have certainly received cheques from him to pay things for him in London, but whvtber they were to bearer or not I can't say. Have you not heard that when he has made presents, instead of putting the name of the party, he usually wrote to bearer?—l do not know. I know that some time previous to his death he destroyed a bundle of papers, consisting of acknowledgments of loans, saying that they should not be brought against the parties when he was gone, and by this means he cancelled the debt. When he made a gift, was he not in the habit of writing the cheque payable to bearer, without the name ? —I have no Means of knowing that ; though liberal he was very secret in his acts of charity. He acted on the principle of never letting his right hand know what his left hand did. Now, Sir, when he paid money to Colonel Wyly: hem, was he not in the habit of writing -" To bearer ?" I know nothine of Colonel Wyndilatn's transactions, ex- Q0111;0 far as fatu trustee with him. You have been kind enough to remark that if you had found any papers bearing. reference to Mr. Carew; your feelings would have prompted you to their preservation? —lt would have been my duty. But independently of your duty ?—I certainly should have had the inclination; • Now, for many years before the Earl of Egremont's death, had not Mr. Carew been almost exclusively his companion ?----I am not aware of it ; I never heard it. Did he not frequently go out with him in his carriage? —I cannot speak to that ; but I should think not, as his Lordship generally went alone." Don't you know that Mr. Carew was employed in gther ways besides in his profession by Lord Egrepont ? 7—No ; Ido not. I never heard. But is it likely ?—lt is very possible. MORNING SUN t Now, from 1831, up to Lord Egremont's death, was any remuneration made to Mr. Carew for any services that he rendekd his Lordship, independently of works in his possession ?—I know of nothing. Re-examined by Mr. PLATT—Many persons were pre sent at the reading the will, as, his Lordship being rich, they thought he might have left them something. I had known his Lordship, previous to his death, for forty years. He was always most punctual in the payment of his demands ; indeed he was desirous of paying money as fast as he could. Mr. Murray said, in answer to the question, the cost of the action was 2,0001. on the part of the insolvent. Mr. Charles Murray, the solicitor, to the executors, corroborated the testimony of Sir Charles Burrell. He had never heard Lord Egremont mention Mr. Carew's name, nor had he seen any paper containing it. Mrs.G.H.Greenfield stated that she was formerly in the service of the late Earl of Egremont, having been with him between 31 and 32 years, and was his nurse for 14 years. Remembered seeing Mr. Carew come tohis Lord ship in tears. Remembered a knock coming to the door, and his Lordship said " Open the door, that's Carew." Witness replied that Sir Matthew Tierney had ordered that no one should see his Lordship. He said " Open the door, for it is Carew." I opened the door, and Mr. Carew came in. He appeared to be in distress. Witness- left the room, but returned before Mr. Carew left. When he was gone Lord Egremont said, "He has been fool enough to be bound for some one, and unless I give him some money he will go to gaol." Mr. Carew was in tears when he came out, and told the witness to get his Lordship's writing-desk. Witness then described that his Lordship wrote a cheque and gave it to insolvent, remarking that if he went on in that way he would come to the dogs. His Lordship had given witness, in the course of her life, upwards of 10,0001. at different times. She had attended him night and day, and never left him. She was lady's-maid to Lady Munster, afterwards Mrs. King, his Lordship's daughter. Cross-examined by Mr., WOOD ROFFE— His Lordship always laid:the money out in Stock. He never gave it to witness. He never laid out for her less than 1,0001. She never received wages. She was a complete slave to his Lordship. She was with him night and day. Mr. Carew could not say that.— (A laugh.) Did not know any other servant his Lordship had given anything to but herself. Could not say how it.was his Lordship knew it was Mr. Carew when he knocked at the door. Could - not Say if he had sent for him express down from London. His Lordship could not have written to him, or ate should have seen the letter. He had not been able to write for a fortnight before. He said, rather hastily, "It is Carew; let him in." Never heard his Lordship say he v ished Mr. Carew to sell the house at Brighton, for he intended to give him New Grove House. Never heard Lord Egremont say to Mr. Carew, "I have been asking Lord Munster to buy your house in Brighton for his family." Recollects Mr. Carew bringing a newspaper to his Lord ship, but does not know whether it was relative to selling his house. She gave it to his Lordship, but he said, " Dan% brinc , such rubbish to me." Never heard of Mr. Carew being employed in anything but his profession. Does not know of his going with Lord Egremont to give a certain person twenty-seven 1,000/. notes. Re-examined by Mr; PLATT—Remembers his Lord ship's last directions to her, which were—" Now, Garland, I have done for every body all I intend to do, and re member, Garland," told you so." His Lordship was not in a condition to write (or several days before Mr. Carew came. He came about 7 in the evening, and she said to his Lordship, " My Lord, Mr. Carew has come back," and he said " What is that to me." Th e mem b ers o f the family, since his Lordship's, death, have subscribed, and pre sented her with a silver Mr. George Stephens deposed th a t h e was a c l er k i n the house of Messrs. Gosling. In the month of No vember, 1836, he had receiv e d th e sum o f 334/. t o t h e credit of Mr. Stephens. Mr. Murray Identified certain cheques paid to. the defendant, and signed by Lord Egremont. Mr. Owen deposed that in the year 1828 the firm in which he was a clerk had cashed for Mr. Carew, a cheque for 1,0001., signed " Egremont." Three letters from the insolvent were then read, from which it appeared that he bad been served with a writ on the part of Mr. Stevens, for a debt of 2591., which he had incurred by an accommodation to Mr. Simpson. The insolvent had stated in his examination that no pro ceedings had been taken against him in consequence of the debt in question. A clerk of Mr. Stevens stated that that gentleman was so ill with gout that he could not attend the Court that day. Two letters were then put in evidence ; the one from Colonel Wyndham to Mr. Bankes, complaining of the unreasonable nature of the demand made by Mr. Carew, which rendered any compromise between them impossi ble, and the second from Mr. Carew to Col. Wyndham, ex pressing regret that the Colonel had thought he had pressed his claims improperly, and containing an assur ance of his determination to proceed with the utmost fairness on the subject. Other letters were also put in relating to the claims of Mr. Carew. Major-General Henry Wyndham was then sworn and examined by Mr. COOKE.—I am the brother of Col. Wyndham. I have known Mr. Carew for many years. I have frequently seen him at Petworth. Mr. Carew had been much employed by the late Earl of Egremont, with whom he appeared to be on an intimate foot ing. I remember having had some conversation with my brother respecting Mr. Carew, after the death of my father. I had learned at the time that Mr. Carew was in very embarrassed circumstances ' • and as his creditors were b ecom i ng uneasy , I represente d to Co!onel Wyndham that it would be a great charity to advance him a sum of money out of any debt that might be owing to. him. Colonel Wyndham said he should be very ready to do so, and asked me what sum' I thought would do for the moment. I answered I thought that ' about 4,0001. or 5,000/. would be sufficient. Colonel Wyndham expressed his readiness twadvance that sum, if Mr. Carew furnished some account, showing what was due to him. I took that as a message. to- Mr Carew, ; who, I believe, acted on it. Mr. Carew expressed some delicacy at troubling Colonel Wyndham with an account, and asked me if I thought he might do it.' I said, " Cer tainly; the message I have brought requires that you should do so." I believe, as far as my impression . of the words of Mr. Carew goes, that he had never kept a regu lar account with Lord Egremont. Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—I cannot state any business in which Mr. Carew was engaged with Lord Egremont, besides his professional employthent ; but he was frequently with his Lordship. I did not know any thing about the sums which Mr. Carew received from my late father. Mr. Carew appeared to me to have been frequently pressed for money. Colonel Wyndham seemed very desirous at the time of paying off any claims which Mr. Carew might have on him. It being now after four o'clock, the further proceed ceedings in the case were adjourned until Saturday, the Bth of January. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A man named Edward Janicer was brought up, charged with having entered the shop of Mr. Stone, a baker, in Liverpool-street, with another man, who car ried a bludgeon, and with having stolen bread therein. Mr. Stone said it was the practice of many desperate ruffians to go in small parties of two or three into bakers' shops and take up bread from the counter, and to cover their retreat with cudgels, which they flourished, threat ening to knock down any one who opposed theni. They took care to watch the opportunity when the police were not near the shop upon which they had a design to carry their plan into execution. The prisoner walked into the shop, together with a fellow who had a cudgel, which he handled in a very formidable manner when defendant's daughter was behind the counter. The man who had the cudgel whipped up several buns, swore most despe rately, and terrified the young woman, while the pri soner took up a small loaf and began to eat it, and soon afterwards told complainant that he wanted to be shaved, and that he must have the money for that purpose. Sir C. MARSHALL—What ! He asked you.for money to get shaved with ? Mr. Stone—He did, and by no means like a beggar. He leaned across the counter, and actually demanded it. I know several bakers who have been subjected to treat ment of this kind . from vagabonds of this description. ,The offenderS are all able-bodied men, and as they regu larly watch the policemen out of sight, they naturally occasion a great deal of terror in the places they visit. Sir.C. MARSHALL—What do you say, prisoner, to this outrageous conduct. The prisoner said that he had met the man with the cudgel the day before, and as they were both in neces sity, they agreed, to go into a baker's shop and not steal, a but merely take loaf to satisfy their hunger. 'He de nied that he was a vagabond, and it was because he did not want to look like one that he asked the complainant for money to pay a barber for shaving him. Sir C. MARSHALL—So, not content with robbing the man of his bread, you require him to pay for the use of a•razor for you ? Prisoner—lf I was shaved, I should be able to 'go Into the country and work. I did not Mean to rob the gentleman; that's a thing I'd scorn to do. Sir C. MARSHALL—We must put a stop to this des perate way of taking people's property. I hope any other bakers who have been treated in such a manner will not allow any repetition of such conduct. . Mr. Stone said that scarcely a day passed that he did not relieve four or five wretched objects. He should take care to do all he could to secure himself against such a system of robbery. The prisoner was remanded till Friday. BO W• STREE 7'. Henry Ames, a solicitor's clerk, was on Tuesday brought before Mr. JARDINE, upon a warrant, charged with hav ing, on the 20th instant, at the chai.:bers of Mr. Sergeant Merewether, threatened to murder his son, and also with using threatening language to Mr. Turnei; solicitor,of Bedford-row, in whose service lie had been as ci c.rk. Mrs. Rebecca Knott stated that on Monday the prisorter came to the Sergeant's chambers, about twelveo'clock, inquiring for Mr. IL Merewether, and being told he was out of town but would return in a short time, he said he wanted to see him, as he had got a situation to go to, but Mr. Turner refused to give ruin a character, that some thing must be done between Mr. Mere h wether and Mr. Turner to get him into a situation,liorrke would murder iven to theM both. Witness said i "You fll:ateme t l a aarinv c , sa t hs a e lalis a ntn, iild a m d r . m an a madman protect.li; 's' upon which he replied, " served desperation. I don't mind if at Newgate this morn c if he expression in a thanthem, more ttsed the the law." Mr. ?—Witness replied he was greatly exc i te d, and d ie c t o m m a p n l n a i e n i: e dofthe distress of his family, an d parti cularly of the presen t condition of his wife. Mr. JARDINE asked if she had known him on any former occasion 7—Witness said she had known him, when he was in the- service of Mr. Turner, come to the Sergeant's chambers. prisoner—Did I not inform you that Mr. Turner re fused to give me a character, or I would be in a situation .yesterday Witness—Yes, you said you could take a situation of 30s, a week, had not a character been refused to you. Mr. Turner said, as reference had heed made to Mr. - Merewether, he deemed it necessary to explain that was not on that gentleman's account the prisoner lino been discharged from his service. He had been-his clerk i, t until the month of July last, when he was discharged,,„):, and since that time he had repeatedly applied for a Cha;'''°' ratter, which witness refused to grant, and in several of 1 the letters. be used threats, of which no notice Was taken , - until Monday, when he was advised by a friend to take , the present proceedings against him. - 11-- Prisoner —Did I not repeatedly req u es t an intervieNrl ;1 in my letters, which you refused to grant ? Witness — 'l'" t have already refused it, and will still refuse to give ru a character. Prisoner—Did I not point out the distress of inl family ? Witness—Yes, and I felt most poignan;;ly fur the distress I understood your wife was labouring under. Prisoner—Do you really believe you are in danger of your life from me ? Witness—Y es , f rom w hat I bave known you to do on a former occasion. Mr. JARDINE said that no master could be expected to give a character under such circumstances, and the steps taken by the complainant to prevent a recurrence of such conduct were very proper. The prisoner then went into a lengthened _account of - the distress of his family and his wife, who was abou t to be confined, and he could not be blamed for the course he had adopted to gain an interview with Mr. Turner, through whom he had lost several situations, but he pro tested there was no danger to be apprehended from violence. Mr. JARDINE considered there was much danger to b,a, apprehended, and the prisoner s hould p u t i n bail, himsel f in 401., and two sureties in 204 each, to keep.the peace for two months. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. THE MARKETS -YESTERDAA• , . CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of wheat was small, of Barley and. Osts good ; Wheat firm, Barley dull ; Oats nearly unssic able unless very fine. In Flour little doing. COLONIAL MARKET. Prices were firm, although there was not much business done. Brown West India Sugar 56s to 59s ; 60s, to 725. In Coffee a fair business was done at firm rates; sales of good and fine ordinary Ceylon 67s to 69 3 P i er cwt. Rum steady, proof Leewards at Is 91d to is 1010. • NE W GATE AND LEADENHALL. ed We had a very large supply of meat, and advsn e G rates for all descriptions were freely obtained. , 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton 3s, 4d. t o 4s. 6d. v e 4s. 2d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. to s s . 6d. p er stone of Os. We had a very large supply of Game and Poultri' and in good condition ; the trade have bought largel, and prices were as follow S-Gees e , B s .. to 155.; Tiak e ,Y s ' : 10s. to 18s. ; Rabbits, Es. to Is. 6d. ; H are s, 35. to s i ° Fowls, 4s. to 6s. ; Pheasants, 3 s . t o 4 s . ; Pigeons, - 6 "' 6 ,1.. 9d. ; Chickens, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; and Ducks, 2s. P 2- $. each. Eggs in good supply ; the d e m a nd b r i s k at fullpite TEA MARKET. The operations in Free Trade were small, but Pri ce4 h. underwent no variation. Comp a ny' s C ongou Is. 80. ca s TALLOW MARKET . There was agood demand for P. Y. Candle, and prices were firm at 48s. to 48 s . 6d., f or p arce l s on the 5P° and for delivery up the end of the year. fall METAL KET. Speller in brisk request, at MA 40/ R . Iron and lead in demand. HEMP MARKET. East A good demand, and p r i ces on th e a d va nce, for a India. Jute 201. 10s., and Manila Hemp, 251. 105. t° per ton. E-OODS, • s o In Logwood a fair y business was done, and prl,ce c the advance. Fine Jamaica 51. ss. p er ton. Fusti c -° n steadily. ° Walls End Haswell ......••••• ,23 Walls End Hetton ....... 9 Walls End Lambton .......... 61 :21 6 Walls End Pemberton .•••• Wall= End Russell's Heston 9 Walls End Shincliff ....... 9 Walls End Stewart's ......... 62! 9 Walls End Whitwell . .... 0 Walls End Caradoc .. ... ... Walls End Cassop ....... . 2 , e. Walls End Hartlepoo l ...... Walls End Kelloe ....•••.."" 0 Tennant's Hartlepool ......... Walls En . l f.arrington on 0 Et Walls Walls d Walls E d di3 B Ero o vw w ent,g biwurooDn d . n . r jos,: 6 Walls Er I Seymour Vet!' gj - Walls7End South Durban. . y y, 0 Wal s cl Tees .......... l) ; Blythe .«.......«....... . • Cowpcn ..... .......... •••••••" is IHartley .........«....... COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market .day, 15. d. Adair's Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 15 6 Puddle's West Hartley l6 6 Cnestor Main Molywell Main lB 0 New Tanfield Moor l4 6 Old Tanfield Ord's Redheugh l5 f Tanfleld, Moor 29 0 Townley... .............. , 15 6 West Hartley ........... lB 6 West Wylam Walls End Clark and Co. Walls End Hedlcy 2O 1 Walls End llilda ... 15 Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killtngworth Walls End Northumberland 19 3 Walls End Perkins. ..... Walls End Ramsey Walls End S. Killingworth 15 t‘l Walls End Walker llO 0 Eden Main 2O S W. E..BraddylPsHetton IRISH MARKETS. )ÜBLIN MARKET NOTE for :he Week eliding DE C ' j 7. ------ ag 6 Ave r g From To .!, - 519 Wheat,perbarrehtt stoue..... 2'2 0 35 0 ly , Y i 4 324 here ...,... l6 s tone l5 0 15 C 17 , 1 345 Barley , 11 4 1s i t tc o t t: e. L.... ....... 16 8 0 0 1 1 3 9 0 6 1 0 g 533 Oats II Flour, per cwt... 9 stoat...". 0 -- 0 jg 1/ ' 413 Oatmeal - - fl stone.... 11 6 1 4 0 114 Sold to Bakers only. . gl - 1 .. 11,541 Cwt. Fiour ~.......... 10 0 25 v „k. _. Average price .4 Wheat and 'lour 56, Sd per Sa' 155 Receipts of Flour, 10,574 Gales of Do. 13.'44 - Firsts .... .. from Vs. Od !" ,j, .0 d . . 1 Thin s .. ..».. from 1 1811. 0„ ed Od• t i: 154 Od PR.lellr OF issrAn. , . Quartert. Loa! .....;,(1. 1 Half Quartern ....PO' :, CORK 51ARKETS.--Dec 18. ~t, 94. Wheat (per 205t.)17s 0.1. tt,3ss...6d.ithits (per list. .. 58.0 d. to !....-'ll Barley (per 165t.)14 0 17 0 IF loi•r (per cwt ~. 8 0 1' Oatmeal (per cwt.)... ...... ....3i. Od to 14s 'Od Beef; 61 to 61E1—Mutton, 541. to tilt—Veal, 41d to 5d - ; Pork, 4d. to 5d.--Fresh Buffet, I Id. tr 12d per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. r of To the Merchants. To the Co4 ts 821 ........e.e....."'"" 7i 83 .......•..........•.... ...... 0 74 ...-•••••••••••••or,•••• .... 5 4 (33 ..................,....*: 44 53 ................ ...... •••• . 43 .............• ......... ... ... ira Quality... • . GGG oo Oat ••••••• Secend Third ..:..»»...e • • 00000000 .” • Fourth - 4.1.44.•••••••ta Fifth 00000000 00000 ••• •• Sixth Cl.O N AI ELL' AI A ft K ETS......Dite. IS. d. Per twt el. e s i 0 a. d. e. d. I. ~ tc -- 0 New Butter 98 oto P 9 C Hider fraw)....... i U Oatmeal Rendered Lard 0 52 I deeds .............. s e 0 lee Erg. _ 0 „,.. 0 Flour, Second ...- 0 40 • 1 flour,'lstairds......••r g 0 ---Household 0 18 01-- Kauttis....w• ~ 0 19 Rapeseed 20 0 0 Per Earle Barrel.y ... He w ..• ••• 16 ..' 16 - ....• - 0 1 ..., o Bere l3 0 i Cult' ...............«. rd. KILKENNY MARKETS. 6 0 , od. l 0 ( 0 * a Wheat,per barrel)2Bs.od.to 235.0 d. Beef 'per 1r..... 0 5 0 7 Barley .....12 0 19 0 Mutton .......... 4 f cats 14 0 15 0 Pork ............- 0 6 i 0 Flour (per bag) 25 0 :39 0 Veal ........... A- 0 „ 0 Butter(per cwt.) 0 0 98 0 rresh Butter ... •0 6 01 0 Bacon Pigs 45 0 46 0 Salt Ditto .........•• 7 g u • Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes aw'r CU u has THE TWEED BANK.—Nothing authenTi transpired since our last respecting the affairs of " 5 -- t he fortunate establishment. The conjectures respectin_ va, - cause of the failure, and its probable results , are 500 r . • d and cOntradictory this week as they were Ittst L, gth ; fiat of bankruptcy has been-issued •it bears da te t - S. of Decernber, and was inserted in the Gazette of ,h i e s• day last. The Commissioners held their first Mof on Saturday at the King's Arms Inn, when the forolok. declaring- the bankruptcy was gone through. Th : e i b : ri ers rupts are-to surrender themselves to the Commir, - , - h of on Wednesday Ist, and again on Tuesday the,'", te of January, for the purpose of making a full diso es— e r d their effects._ At the former of these meetings the la' itors are required to appoint assignees, and . at the e f 0 111 sitting they will be required to assent to or dssent the allowance of the bankrupts' certificate. Th e ' cl ot , ing up of the affair is thus in a progreSsive state, whatever di‘Fappointment may be felt at th e close, ent confidently hope that tardiness or delay will not 00 3 the reflections,---Berwick Advertiser. L HONESTY REWARDED.--Between eignt ea s, nine o'clock on Monday morning a gentleman liatnopf Edwin Wells, residing inAbingdon-street, Westininsoe was on his- way to the City, and in passing through crowd assembled in New ate-street to witness the o f: cution ofWard'Some expert thief contrived to rob ht his pocket-book. Mr. Wells did not miss i t at the tri ' „' but was surprised on his arrival at his office in Bueluere., bury to find a' boy inquiring for him, and wh o sented him with his pocket-book. The ho nest little h h e low had examined the contents of the book, wh i° , ) he Lad picked up in Newgate-street, and finding then t h t valuable sought for the address of the owner, wh ic t he found written upon a piece of paper pasted withi,! r om , book. Mr. Wells gave the little fellow two sov is l og and took down his name and plate of abode, Pre e r boo k to see to his welfare. The contents of the consisted of two 301. Bank of England noteps,°;-(15-0°Ltbec property, amounting altogether in value w I. nem' GOLD WATCHES.—E. J. DENT, l S o r 0 n ex , — appointment, Chronometer and Watchmak er to we , n i:e and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, offers an 1 105. 0-elt aAsortment of HORIZONTAL WATCHES at 101 d 4- From their great advantages over those of th e vertical ererods tion in performance, appearance, and flatness, he see° e ;r e gaa t them for Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear. They bas e - ti n ts ar e engraved or plain gold dials and cases , an d them oveci AA jewelled in four hole s , and the performance guaranteed. and abstract from Mr. Dent's Lectures on the Construction had Management of Chronometer Watches and Clocks maYcb,cood • gratuitously by customers , or to the public price Is.----82•`'` ..,, ~,' SILVER PLATED CORNER DS}W*l,4O A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversioitir' t i l e Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, prices of the following patterns of strongly-plated ° l l ,lO far! DISHES, with silver handles and d d silver ablw - ' e ges, an engraving the crest or coat of arms : --4-1 tern. , The Gadroon Pattern. The Flower Pat F o ur strongly - plated cor Four extra stronSlY ner Dishes and Covers ...£lO 10 plated Corner Dishos „ i 5 10 Four extra strongly.plat ' d and Covers ......... . .... ....x. Corner Dishes and Covers 12 12 thal N.B. The Covers are made with moveable handles, o irdg i they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above are for ° subti4ll,4 to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage fi1 e .. .., _____----- BIRTHS. On the 19th inst. at Kensington Gravel -pits, Mrs. Callcott, of a son. On the 20th inst , in Harley street, Mrs. Thomas Nettie ship, of a snn MARRIED. C On the 26th of June, a t Adelaide, South Australia, • Rodwell, Esq., 8.A. , SOLI of the ate Deputy Co of the missary' General Rodwell, to Mary A nn , fourth daught er Ref. J. 11I'Gowan, late of Liverpool. D lED. On the 13th inst. , at Kettlemanse, Fifeshire, the Rev. P ete Barclay, D.D., aged 93 . On the pith inst., George Malcolm, eld est sod of the Roc' G. Malcolm, and late of the Bombay Civil Service. cieab On the 18th inst., at Warkworth-terrace, LiMehouse, ~--- Ann, the wife of Mr. John Wilson, aged 25. On the 18th "inst., at Cornwood vicarage, Devon , 1%14r/ Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. Ore Vic ar * On the 19th inst., at Billingbear, the lion. Cabberi6l3o Neville, eldest daughter of the late Lord Braybroolte, a ged • 1 London: _Printed and Published by 1111111D0 YOYNTI, ,S at The SIM. Office, No. 112, str!tr,... the County of Middlesex, Thursday, December NI/ * 11( j * ar e W L I, gr Fi t l y' by A Of Ifa tio„, to 1-4 " Burin the cr I st th e th , , by 15 ht tot .--=---