The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-13 00:00:00

E VENI NG. SUN S VIRIT of the JOURNALS. FF.OM TEE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE,—W hile Sir Robert Peel is collecting statistics from abroad to justify his disregard of the public distress, facts are transpiring every day at home which plainly indicate the necessity that • something should be done to alleviate the people's SUlferiligl. If the emissaries of the Premier, who • are said be now exploring every beggarly bole on the Contineneto find out where the lowest wages are paid, should discover that there are places in Europe where the working classes have even less to live upon than our own, we shall not accept the fact as a reason for making food dear in Eng land. If we are to abdicate the rank we have always held among nations as the first in wealth and in industry, we may begin to calculate how low.in poverty our people may fall without ab solutely perishing front Want, and how fitr we can restrict our commerce for the . benefit of the land owners at the sacrifice of themanufacturing pre eminence which we have enjoyed hitherto. We should not be astonished if Sir R. Peel were to conic forward in Parliament with something like " million of facts," intended to show that the poorer classes in England enjoy luxuries which . are elsewhere wholly unknown ; and he will per haps be prepared with " statistics" to prove that a labourer with six shillings a week has no right Pa ceniplain, inasmuch as there are certain per setas'at Naples, called Lazzaroni, who lie in the sun, and live upon maccaroni—their earn ings being not more than a shilling or two in the week--a sum, as we may be plausibly Anformed, much below the very lowest wages of any English workman. The fault of the Pre mier's statistics collected from abroad will be their inapplicability to facts existing at home ; for though the population of some European States limy from ciscumstances be in a position to live at little expense, it is not the case with the inba -tants of this country, where climate and habit render it necessary that the strength should be sustained by a diet more generous than that which in other places would suffice for nourish ment. Besides, sunshine and maccaroni might be well enough if it were possible to get them ; but in a country " on whose empire the sun never sets," and in whose capital, at least, the sun scarcely ever shows itself, the opportunity . , for basking in its rays is not very often to be ibund, while maccaroni at half-a-crown per lb. tenders it impossible that our poor should imi tate the Lazzaroni of Naples by making it the food on which chiefly to support themselves. STASTDARD.—We, and all others who op pose the Tractarian party, are, by a respectable Contemporary, stigmatised as "Low Church," and as the allies of infidels. It is impossible to offer defence against a nickname, because a nick name means anything or nothing, at the caprice •f him who employs it. Our defence against the charge of an alliance with infidels is, how ever, easy, and we will make it short. We will walk in what we conscientiously believe the straight path, whoever may walk the same path with us. This is a matter in which we are commanded to have no reserve—be it that others serve the cause of truth, "of envy and strife"—if we participate not in their ill-nature, " we do re joice, "yea, and will rejoice, in their activity." But what are High and Low Church at the pre sent day ? We do not agree with our accuser in the grave charge which it brings against the clergy : We have repeatedly granted, when taking retrospective views of the more recent history of the Church of England, that at no very distant time the fervent, earnest, zealous piety of the Church was almost entirely with the ultra- Protestant or evangelical' party. We have shown the vices and extravagances—the vanity, and ostentation, and love of popular display into which this party gradually advanced, not, indeed, through their piety, but through the un-Catholic presumptio which accompanied it—through the pride in their own judgment as to spiritual slings in which they were accustomed to indulge." • This is unjust to the Church. • We are old enough to remember the clergy of the last generation, land although among the clergy, as among the laity, 'diversity of character was more strongly marked 40 years ago than at present, we can - truly say that we remember almost as great a proportion of zealous and pious ministers as the Church can boast even in this, its happiest and proudest day, notwithstanding the errors of some of its sbis. If the clergy of 7 the last generation 'tare left fbov distinct monuments of their zeal and piefr, it is because they were not challenged from the discharge of duties strictly pastoral. COURIER.—We have been greatly amused at some of the " fantastic tricks" lately played off by the burly mountebank now filling the civic chair in Dublin, as well as at the eagerness vinced by the whole pack, of which he is the worthy leader, in pursuit of what they pre . tended to consider a real, lusty, bona fide rievance. It was not of the assertions of our isle Wliig-Radical Contemporaries, backed by the sympathetic whining of the Whig Press at this side of the Channel, a mere shadow of a grievance, the coinage of a . factious brain, that they were then complaining of—it was neither the wrong done Ireland at norsince the Union, it was neither the injustice of the tithe-rent charge perpetrated by the Whigs, nor the in .sufficiency of the measure of Corporate reform, nor the blundering betrayed by the framers of the Irish Poor-law Bill, nor the insult offered to Ireland in the accession to power by a Con servative Administration, nor all these to gether, that constituted the terrible griev ance under which the whole of Ireland was then groaning. What then could it be? Was it that the returns of the "tribute Sunday" were " growing fine by degrees and beautifully less," that the repeal exchequer showed no dispo sition to expand, or that the remittances from Yan kee-land, so much vaunted of, were mere " pro mises to pay," or that a large and respect able portion of the Roman - Catholic clergy were determined to discountenance in future all attempts at wringing from the horny hands of - the worst paid and worst conditioned peasanty in Europe, a portion of their miserably inade quate earnings under the pretence of patriotism, and in order to enable a bloated demagogue and his pampered fiimily to revel in ease and luxury Or was it that any attempt to abridge the elec toral rights acquired under the Relief 13411 or Re form Act had been made or threatened? Any one of these would doubtlessly be sufficient to try the temper of the most self-denying anchorite, and afford to grietance-mongers or manuflic tnrers ample materials upon which to work ; but yet the last great grievance, the last act of anti national despotism—which has excited so mach indignatio n and alarm in the sister country, and so much sympathy in this—is no way connected with any of these things. ORDER IN COUNCIL. The " wi ng IP i ) e t iamation has been iss ue d by order of h e i i Vl aj " At the Co urt at ' s N't?ii,s Privy ""w" : lsor, the 10th of De eeniber, 1811, present, ti lent Majesty in COUTIen; 1 ' Queele. 4 Most Excel . " Whereas by the late Acto f Uniformity, o trhicli es(ablisheth the of Lit, 1 ( '. ( 4 ) and en ac t s , t h at Ito Form or Order Prayer b e openly used other tha n w h?,7 l " Or appointed to be used in and b is prescribed w ' i t ii( i . it all those It is notwithstanding provided , t Lthe s.tid book, Prayers, Litanies, and Coiket s xt:se relate 'to the Kintg, q m , en ' I l do any *wren dee Names be altered ' o r ROyal r 1 ' a nd el . i hi (201.111(''llitY: *OM 411110 ter that', and fitted to the p„.,",", i g e " eakioc, according W direction of lawful ttit 's t i i . , l i " ° e" Ttettellajesty was pleased this day deflare Iree 'Royal will and pleasure, that in atri the Prayers, Litanies, and Collects tin. the - Roy a l Family the words ' The Prince of Wales' he j„.. sorted intinethately after the words 'The Princ e Albert.' " And her Maiesty doth strictly charge and command, that no edition of the Common Prayer be from henceforth printed but with this amend ment ; and that in the meantinw, till copies •f such edition may be had, all parsons, vicars, and curates within this realm do (for the preventing of mistakes), with the pen, correct and amend all such prayers in the Church books, according to the tbregoing directions : and fi* the better notice hereof, that this order be tbrthwith printed and published, and sent to the several parishes ; and that the Right Rev. the Bishops do take care that obedience be paid to the same accordingly. STA " W.M. L. BATHURST." ItIJIIOURED PARDON of CONVICTS ON THE Pviik OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—We are informed, 'Von authority o i which we can rely, that a para graph which has 1 itelv appeared in several journals, an-- convcts I°ll ' l , 6ll g her Majesty's intention to grant a pardon to en the single ground of the birth of tue Prince °I • 41 " , is enti re l y erroneous. We are assured that there is tone.pre-2.etlent for the extension of the Royal aierey lteinals in any similar instance, and that .there is no i ntentio n of exercising the prerogative of the crown on ht present o ccas ion.—Shadard. hsve Mr. Joseph Stu rge an d M r . Sh arman Crawford Anti-Corn-law been app,i n ui d by the memb ers o f t h e M anchester to draw op a sort of political manifesto, as the bares of a union of Reformers. We again beg to remind our Liberal friends, that to entitle a freeholder or copyholder to be next year registered as a voter for any division, &c., he must be in the actual p issessio n of his qualifying property on the k st d ay o f J anuary next, at the very latest ! The Lgri Chancellor and Sir Robert Peel ar rived in town on Saturday morning by the Great Wester Railroad from Windsor Castle shortly after ten o'clock. ON THE-OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE• SUN. FABRILIA FABRI." . SlR—From one whose fair name for talent, ! iety, and morals has long been bruited over the whol civilized world, but which on . the present occasion I a n not at li berty t 9 enunciate —one whose choicest daily study for the last sixty years has been the Word of God —one to whorl/ during that time " the Sabbath bath been a de light; the holy of the Lord, and honourable,"—from such an one I received the following note, in reply to a letter referring to altered sentiments as to the supposed Divine appointment of a Christian Sabbath :-- "I meant to have said sooner that my 01171 views of what Scripture and reason concur in teaching as to a Christian Sabbath and a permanent ministry, are oppo site to the conclusions at which you state yourself to have arrived. But these are subjects far too wide to be en tered upon. I only wish to say that inspired Apostles might have been directed to change the observance of the seventh day into the first day of the week ; that an adequate reason seems apparent ; that general and con temporaneous usage from so early a period appears good evidence that the change so took place ;—and is sup ported by St. John's term, the Lord's Day ;' by St. Paul's direction not to regard being censured about the Sabbath, which .1 presume means the censures of the Judaizers against those Christians who adopted the change." Nosy, Mr. Editor, next to a deliberately chosen and well wrought out argument upon such a subject by such a hand, I most highly value this off-hand note, as showing me, so far, upon what slender ground a great mind can sometimes, though it may be but for a moment, rest a great subject ; while, at the same time, I suspect that Christians in general have not such ground as this, slen der though it be, on which to found their belief in a Di vine appointment of the Sabbath. What ground more slender than that " inspired Apostles might have been directed to change the observance," &c. ? They might; but there is no scriptural evidence that they were so di rected. The "general usage" was very early, no doubt ; but there is no scriptural evidence that it was so early as the Apostles; not the slightest evidence whatever is given thereof in Scripture. True, the first day of the week is once called the Lord's Day ; but there is the most obvious reason for it, because on that day of the week the Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead. As to St. Paul's direction not to regard the Judaizers' censures about the Sabbath, the most probable reason is, that the censures of the Judaizers were directed against the Chris tians for not observing the Jewish Sabbath as heretofore, just as they censured them for not keeping other parts of the Jewish laws and ceremonies. Of the like sort of kindred reasoning is an oftentimes reiterated remark, that the Christians were commanded to make contributions for their more destitute brethren on the first day of the week, and that it appears, upon one or two occasions, that they were assembled together on the first day of the week. This is all correctly true ; but not the slightest evidence does it afford of that first day of the week hav ing been constituted a Christian Sabbath. From a hasty, off-hand, slight note, though in my opinion of no trivial consequence—from one great man now living, and whose unspeakably valuable life may it please God long to pre serve—we will proceed to the most deliberately pro pounded argument of another great man now gone to his great reward, the Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke. His position is, that the Sabbath is a type ; and that 'a type is never to be dropped till the arrival of what it was designed to prefigure ; that what is prefigured by the Sabbath is eter nal rest in heaven, and that therefore the Sabbath, the type of that eternal rest, must be observed so long as the world remaineth. Such is Dr. Adam Clarke's position. But it does not therefore follow that it is a position of SCripture. It is the assumed position of a learned and good man, but a position by no means well laid out. His position, for instance, implies the original Sabbath ; and yet he takes not the slightest notice of the fearful alteration of the day. Whereas, the day of the Sabbath, the "seventh" day, is as plainly laid down and enforced in the command as is " the rest" upon it ; and the express reason for its being the "seventh" day is as plainly laid down and en forced. But we shall find the good man, after all, fal tering in his position. At one time he deems eternal life to be the anti-type—eternal life to be the " rest remain ing for the people of God ;" at another time, as though not quite satisfied with this being the entire anti -type, the full meaning of Scripture, he adds, " the Gos * pel is this rest." His words are, word for word, " theretbre there is another rest, a state of blessedness for the people of God, and this is the Gospel, the blessings it procures and communicates." And such, perhaps, is the strict meaning of the Apostle, on whose words he is comment ing. However, the Doctor, not thoroughly satisfied with the above, adds immediately to it, "and the eternal glory which it (the Gospel) prepares for and has promised to ge nuine believers." Thus he splits the half of hi s pos i t i on into two parts, acknowledging that we are already in pos session of one of them, and so far weakening, if not in effect demolishing, his whole position. But I understand that Dr. Clarke's reasonings are not generally considered to be so sound as his principles are good, and his intentions pure, transparent, and exalted. Should any still deem the Doctor's position sound, let them be reminded that such position has nothing what ever to do with the Christian Sabbath, except by begging the whole question, without a shadow of an attempt to prove the appointment of a new Sabbath, to be called the Christian in opposition to the old Jewish Sabbath. Such an attempt never seems to have entered the Doctor's head ; he evidently takes it for granted that the change had taken place as naturally as that of night for day ! Thus he leaves the whole subject involved in all the ori ginal difficulties in which modern Sabbatarians migin - find it if they would, and from which they should clear it if they can. In my opinion, Mr. Editor, if Sir Andrew Agnew will have a Sabbath (through which, as through an Indian tube, to blow out his sharp, irritating spiculm amongst the poor of these realms), he must go to our friends the Catholics for one. It does not appear to me ' that all the Protestant Bishops in the world can, upon their principle of depending on the Bible alone, establish what they affirm and teach, viz., that the Christian Sab bath is a Divine institution, truly and plainly appointed of God. Perhaps Sir Andrew may join the Puseyites,.and theymay all go off to Rome together, where they may get a dispensation for Sunday travelling, to the quieting of their conscience, and the removal of all scruple and doubtful ness, if any of them are railroad proprietors, of getting money and affording vast accommodation anti comfort to multitudes of their fellow -countrymen on the Sunday. I am told that the Catholics at Rome are by no means such strict Sabbatatians as some of our Protestant sects ; but that they can sing, and dance, and play cards even in the Vatican. We keepers at home, who never move five hundred yards from our dear mother's apron-strings—no unenviable position, by the bye, for safety and real friendship—are told odd things of our friends the Catho lics at Rome ; and I verily believe it would be better for the peace of this country if such men as S'..r Andrew would go a little amongst them, so that he returned to us again fully assured by his Holiness the Pope that our old women might mend a hole in their stockings on the Sabbath if they had not time before, and that our pent up, smoke-smothered, town-poisoned artisans might, if they could, take a Sunday ramble in the country, enjoy ing the pure air and bright sunshine, and might thus drink in gallons of health to recruit them for the toils of the week, of which the first day would be their only day of happy rest from labour. I again tell Sir Andrew that he cannot establish the Sabbath as a divine appointment without having recourse to the Catholics, and even join ing them. Vain would it be for him to tell them, " I can read and investigate the truth of this said conference at Rome between St. Peter and St. Paul, in which they established the Christian Sabbath; and if I believe the evidence I can upheld such Sab bath as well without as with you." " No, no," would the Catholics trimly say," all this is out of your record as a Protestant ; you must join us, or you can have no sa cred and holy ground on which to build a Christian Sab bath. You know, Sir Andrew, that there is no such appointment a s a Christian Sabbath, from one end of the Bible to the other.. The nidy Sabbath of the Bible is the old, original, seventh-day Sabbath, appointed of God immediately after the creation of the world— " the seventh day i s th e S a bb at h of the Lord thy God. " Not a particle of any other Sabbath can you put the tip of a finger on in the Bible ; not a particle of any-other Sabbath can the eye see there. You must come to us, Sir Andrew. We will take you, on your undergoing due penance, part of which shall consist in inflicting; more severe penalties on yourself, and being more spar ing of them towards the least befriended of your fellow creatures." I think, Mr. Editor, the Catholics would thus argue rightly with Sir Andrew. Ile cannot esta blish, as aProtestant, a new, divinely appointed, Christian, first-day Sabbath. He must first become a Catholic. As a Catholic lie would have bill belief' of the establish ment thereof by St. ,Peter and St. P au l i n one o f the i r eonferences at Rome, not one jot of which can lie tied in. the Bible. What then will Sir Andrew do ? Will lie give up the Sabbath ? Or will he believe in a new Sabbath—a first (l4y Sabbath —without one grain of Scriptural evidence ? ( *will he join th e C a th o li cs ? T most heartily wish you, Sir Andrew, to arrive at the riltseueneetesioli ; and as no doubt the worthy . Editor of hr fme, }l and yourself have had at this time quite enough e u r r ., :l e : y se h t u h m is hi s e ul s tj e t: T t i:natn, and respectfully take my leave of,._?t, both, by subscribing myself; gentlemen, Needwood Parsonage, near Burton-on-Trent,INLoPv.ILICE _TE Ov R T--------- are sorry to say that n it o 9-p STOCKPORT.—We ul u lprovement has taken placo in the cotton trade of tetnl,eruglik since our last notice on AT has been from bad to worse ma y this subject. Any have taken place and Sons extensive establish works., and that of Niessrs. merit of Messrs. Lane f t ' l ' i ' i ' ils are working months ago, a e r a e rr sti a ll n c a lo C se o ; l9 . wNheicahrlyceanslletdhe rest dalions:t hae short time—from three to four - theare tenantless, pcy,eti removal of ar,, T it Places of fourth of the dwellins in the L ro ` ti v , e , ,:t l, . About one and the number paupersincreases e t v o e r t y h e lv r e e r k e , s 3, ll unwillingly-made settlement. The board of guardians sieged at their meetings by persons applyi ng t e u r r all Y he whose numbers increase every week. On Tiiiirsdarycliia tf e ' applications for relief were made by and on behalf s' o no less than 1,700 persons. We believe the inhabitant r ; of Bomber's Brow, principally Irish, rose en nutsse, a n d applied for relief. It subsequently transpired, that they were induced to adopt this course in consequence of a false report, by which they were deluded, to the effect, that her Majesty had sent 2,0001 to the authorities of this town to be distributed amongst the poor. This rise of the Hibernians, and the difficulty experienced in ap peasing their importunities, kept the relieving-officer confined in his place of business until four o'clock on Saturday morning; indeed, we understand he has not for some time left it until very late at night, in consequence of the extraordinary pressure of business created by the increase of distress.—Manchester Paper. THE PRINCE OF WALEs.—(From a Cor respondent.)—We believe that at present the Christian names of the Infant Prince of Wales have not been finally agreed upon by her Majesty and her Illustrious Coustat. TEE SUN,' LONDON, MONDAY, DF_ICEMBER 13, 1841. LAW IN TELLIGENCE: SHERIFFS' COURT, Dec. 11. HERBERT AND THE LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY In consequence of a great number of cases depending upon the result of the above claim, a very strong interest was excited amongst the Directors and Shareholders of the railway. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dee. 11. At the rising of the Court Mr. Woodroffe made an ap plication for assistance on the part of " Llowelyn Wat kins Williams," who had been connected with the well known beef shop in the Old Bailey, and who was now in a wretched state of destitution in Whitecross-street Prison. It appeared that the insolvent had been twice a bankrupt, and twice an insolvent. His failures were for considerable sums. He had kept booths at races, places of dramatic entertainment, billiard-rooms, baths, and oyster-shops. These various speculations formed a part of his debts on the present occasion, amounting to up wards of 9,0001. Mr. Woodroffe read an affidavit, show ing his great poverty. Ile had a family of twelve chil dren, nine of whom were depending on him. His mother now lived in Field-lane, and was in very distressed cir cumstances. Mr. Woodroffe read a certificate from Mr. Barratt, the humane keeper of Whitecross-street Prison, showing the extreme destitution of the insolvent. Mr. Woodroffe informed the Court that Mr. Williams's father had amassed a very large fortune, but the insolvent thought the several speculations he had entered into a " short cut" to wealth, and they had produced his failures. Mr. Commissioner LAW said the fund was very limited, he would, however, see what could be afforded for the man. Mr. Woodroffe stated the taxed bill at 3:3/. 10s. 9d. The Court promised to award a stun to the prisoner to file his schedule. (This is a distressing case as regards the mother of the insolvent, who has lost all her property by the reckless speculations of her son. The poor in the neighbourhood will feel the loss. Some fifteen or twenty of them might have been seen, before the son failed, every evening, waiting opposite the place, and were generally supplied' with what afforded them a plentiful meal. It is hard that she should be driven at last to look for charity herself,) SURREY SESSIONS. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED RAPE.— William Lillipvhite, a stupid-looking covitryman, was placed at the bar, charged with assaulting Charlotte, the wife of Richard Barnett, with intent to commit a rape. There was a se cond count, charging him with a common assault. The witnesses were all ordered out of Court. Mr. CORNER, having stated the case to the Jury. called the following witnesses ! Charlotte Barnett, the prosecutrix, a very unattrac tive-looking woman, apparently upwards of forty years of age, deposed —I live at East Grimstead. On the 30th of October last I took my place in the Worthing lug gage van from London at half-past six. It started from near the Elephant and Castle. Prisoner is the guard. Twenty minutes after we left London prisoner came into the van and asked a little girl who was in the van to come out and see the fights. The child had been placed in the prisoner's charge. Iltdvised the child not to go out. Prisoner asked me-if I Was afraid ? I said "No ; but that I liked company better." The prisoner then made improper advances towards me.—(Witness here described the nature of the assault.) I resisted him. When we came to Ashstead I got out, and com plained to the driver of prisoner's conduct. I then got into the van again. This was about twelve at night. The van thou started. Soon after the defendant got in side the van again. lie then insulted me again. (Wit ness here &seats] the nature of the assault, which could leave no doubt of the intentions of the prisoner.) I resisted him. He did not say anything. I called out for assistance, and struggled with him. Prisoner's dress was disordered. I was sitting on the seat of the v a n when this happened. Shortly after we arrived at a toll gate. I told the gate•keeper I must get out because of the prisoner. The toll-gate man said, " Oh, d-- you, sit still, he won't hurt you." I afterwards wanted to go out, and the prisoner put his leg across the door and said I should not get out. He again behaved indecently to me. When the van came to Cape!, I jumped out, and ran away, and walked home to Grimstead, a distance of six teen miles. The van goes through Grinstead, prisoner was in a publie•house whets 1 ,jumped out. I went on NoveMber 8, to Sir Charles Burrell to complain of the prisoner. I never gave authority to any person to com promise this case, or to receive any money from prisoner. I have never received any. The little girl was in the van while all this was going on, and desired him to let me alone, and he told me it was no business of hers. There was no light in the van. Cross-examined by Mr. KNAPP, for the prisoner— The van passes within three miles of our house. The van did not overtake me. I stayed a little time at Ilor slmm. He commenced assaulting Me a few minutes after he got There is a vacancy iu the door to let in light. We stopped a moment or two at Tooting. I do not know where at. A person came up, and said, " Look out, it is a fair night." I did not complain of the con duct of the prisoner to that person. I was far from home, and did not know whet to do. I was afraid, and wanted to get home. They stopped afterwards fly it might be. twenty minutes, I did not com plain. At Ashtead I asked to get up on the top of the van. I got into the van again, because I thought it might rain. - When I complained to the driver, he said prisoner was big enough and old enough to know better. I did not ask him to prevent prisoner getting into the van. There were other persons there, but I did not complain to them, because I wanted to get home. I thought he would not insult me again after I had complained to the driver. Alter I left Capel, I saw the prisoner at the Burrell Arms with the van. That is six miles beyond Horsham. Prisoner asked me if I had walked. I said I had, for I didn't like his usage. I then went into thelandlord, and complained of his usage, and • asked if he knew the man. The landlord 'ad vised me to send a letter to his master. I did not do so. When I got home I told my husband, and he said " We must have him took up." I first applied to the Magis trate on the Bth. of November. My husband's brother came on the 7th of November, and said the prisoner had given him ten shillings, but I never authorised him to take it ; and never intended 'to make it up. My hus band and his brother went to see the prisoner, but I never authorised them to make it up. My husband r to siwilta.e‘o I think he was sober, I did not know the priso» ►er. rt,facet leacictrtindliteasi( n t i h n e ke te it n u s p h . illings, nor me neither. I By the COURT.—I called out when he first molested —I live at Clapham, near lorthing. On 30th, t)et. s Elizabeth Searle, a girl apparently about twelve years .vsoannewr ilsetehe guard. it started. (The witness then proceeded to g from nd sn particular.) Prosecu7;ixes • rated the evidence of r t. 4 l;e l l ll l (e , o p i e lott r i p l i r t t s ih e xb c ey t a t : ° ;l l . t i a l s r n : v : i(a' c f rn : :) t r t i t : e l: r itl i ri ;L ie l .- off;" and he asked what busilnesaid. said he did not hear hallooing., but the" Leave to attacked prosecutrix several timsess.it was of always resisted resisted prisofner., e ? lie him and hallooed. The van stopped four hours y at Capel after prosecutrix left. It was raining hard at the time. I remained in the van at Capel the whole time. Crosslumined, by Ur, liNarr—l first saw it raiu at COMPANY. This was a precept directed to the Sheriff to inquire what amount of compensation the claimant was entitled to receive from the above Railway Company, by reason of the damage alleged to have been sustained by him by the construction of the railway. Mr. F. Kelly, Q. C., and Mr. Bute appeared for the claimant, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Austin for the Company. Mr. KELLY stated that the claimant, Mr.. John Her bert, was lessee of certain premises in Anthony-street, St. George's in the East, and had been reduced by a moral necessity to bring his case before a jury. The Act of Parliament under which the railway was con structed was obtained by a company of individuals on the 28th of July, 1836. This railway differed from every other that had been made in the United Kingdom, for, as they were no doubt already aware, the London and Liverpool and the Great Western Railways passed far below the level of the surrounding houses, but the Black well Railway, on the contrary, intersected a densely po pulated neighbourhood. It had, therefore, been thought by the Legislature that persons occupying houses within 50 feet of the railway might be incommoded, and their property deteriorated in value, and upon this ground it had wisely considered it necessary that such parties should have an ecuitable claim upon the Company for compensation. The 51st section of the Company's Act, under which the Jury were empanelled, provided that, although a person's property was not entirely destroyed, yet if it was damaged and lessened in value, the Company should be bound to purchase it if required to do so., The first question for their consideration, therefore was, were the premises deteriorated in value ? And the next would be, if they were, what was the value of th ose premises ? It w as no t the duty of the Jury to say what exact amount of damage was done to the premises, but they must assess the whole value of the premises if any portion of them were at all deteriorated or damaged. Mr. Herbert had lived to an advanced age, above 80 years old, and in consequence of the constant passing and repas sing of the trains, and the noise produced by the rope al most incessantly passing over the iron sheaves along the line, and the vibrati on occas i one d thereby, shaking thefire places, glasses, and other articles from the top to the bot tom of the adjoining houses, the claimant would be com pelled to leave his premises. After some further state ments the Learned Counsel said, Mr. Herbert had also laid out in improvements 1401., which he was entitled to receive. Then there was his business. He was netting a profit of about 1201. per annum down to the completion of the railway. He claimed for goodwill, therefore, two years' value, amounting to 2401., and 371. for fixtures, making in all between 7001 and 8001. Witnesses were called to prove these statements, when the SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages. He observed that the Com pany resisted this claim because they believed it was not a bona fido ono made by Mr. Herbert, but that it was got up by some parties who speculated upon certain clauses of the Railway Company's Act. Whatever the result of this case was the Company would have to bear all th e expenses. The Company were not desirous of purchasing the claimant's premises, and the first question for the con sideration of the Jury was whether this was a case in which the Company were compelled to take the pre mises. Although this claim was small, yet their verdict was of very considerable importance to the Company, be cause if the Solicitor was successful in this, his first spe culation, there would be no end to the exorbitant de mands and number of actions that would be brought against the Company. The Learned Gentlemen then contended that the Act of Parliament providing for cow.- pensation to be paid for any deterioration done to the houses within fifty feet of the railway, applied only to those cases in which substantial and permanent damage was done to the buildings. The Jury, after consulting together for a few minutes, returned into Court and said, " We find that the property is not deteriorated in value by the construction of the railway." Aslitead. Prisoner got out to skid the wheel twice be tween Ashtead and Capel. Prisoner said to prosecutrix, " Halloo and be d—," that was when he shut the door of the van. By the COURT—The door of the van is behind, there is no window—the driver sat upon a box in front. The prisoner never quite shut the door, because if it were shut quite he could not open it ; he stuffed it up with straw, but left an opening to put his arm out to open it. Henry Jarvis was driver of the Worthing van, of which prisoner was guard. Witness drives to Ashstead from Landon, and remembers prosecutrix travelling down by the van. It is a close van, with no opening but the door, which is behind. Before the van went away from Ash stead, proseentrix made a complaint to me, and I said to prisoner, " Bill ! what have you been at with the wo man ?" Prisoner made no reply, but went after the van, and witness went into the stable. Cross-examined—The lamps were lit. It mizzled with rain. We stopped at Tooting and Merton before we came to Ashtead. A person inside cannot shut the door close. The van makes a great noise when going on. By the COURT—I cannot tell when the guard is inside or when he is out; he can get in from his seat without stopping. dames Brooker, the constable of West Grimstead, re ceived a warrant for apprehending the prisoner on the Bth November. After his apprehension witness cautioned him what lie said. Prisoner said he thought it was settled, for he had given the prosecrutrix's brother-in-law 10s. and intended to give another 10s. the next Monday night. Witness received ten shillings from Benjamin Barnett, and by direction of Sir C. Burrell offered it to the prisoner, who refused to take it. Charlotte Barnett recalled. The CHAIRMAN—Why did you delay nine days be fore going before a - Magistrate ? Witness--Because we did not know what to do about going on with it. We thought it would be a deal of trouble. Mr. KNAPP then addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and contended that at all events they could only convict he prisoner of a common assault. The CHAIRMAN having summed up, the Jury found the prisoner guilty of the whole charge. The prisoner was again indicted for an assault on Elizabeth Searle, the little girl. It was intimated to the Court that the assault had been committed on the little girl after the van had left Capel, and that those conduct ing the prosecution felt it was a duty they owed to the public to proceed with it. The prisoner, under the advice of his Counsel, with drew tiis plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisoment, with hard labour. , PUMPING IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH.—Robert Jones, a barrister, was indicted for committing an aggravated as sault on James Johnson, in the Queen's Bench Prison. The prosecutor deposed that he is clerk to Mr. Gill ham, the attorney, and thaton the 9th November he went to the Queen's Bench Prison to serve a writ on the defen dant, who was an inmate of the gaol at the time. On handing the defendant the writ, he asked who it was from ; and on being told, he seized prosecutor by the collar, and at the same time exclaimed, " You vagabond, teach you to come here to serve writs." Prosecu tor remonstrated, and asked him what he meant, upon which the prisoner said, " You know the penalty of coming here to serve writs. You must go under the pump." The prisoner then endeavoured to force him down the stairs towards the yard, and the noise made by it brought a man out of an adjoining room, who in quired wh a t was th e matter , w h en pr i soner said it was a fellow that had been serving a writ upon him, and roared out, " Hurrah for the pump." The noise brought up a number of persons who had been playing at rackets, and prosecutor said that he should make the prisoner suffer if he attempted any thing of the kind, upon which he again exclaimed, "You don't go, old fellow, until you have been under the pump." Prosecutor made desperate efforts to disengage himself from the prisoner, who being the stronger man of the two, dragged him down the flight of stairs along the yard, and towards the pump. When he got him up to the pump, he threw him into the stone trough, underneath the spout, and held him in that position, calling out to the byestanders, "A dozen pots of beer for any person who will pump on this writ server." The moment he announced the offer two or three men seized the handle of the pump, and began to pump upon the prosecutor while the prisoner held him down, until he was drenched from head to foot. Some persons who stood by, who witnessed the conduct de scribed desired the prisoner to let him go, saying that he was well ducked, and that enough was as good as a feast. Prosecutor was then let go, and, amidst the jeers of the assembled crowd, he proceeded to the lobby of tho prison, and having represented the treatment that he had experienced at the hands of the defendant to one of the turnkeys, requested that he might be permitted to stand before the fire and dry the front of his dress. In answer to the Chairman, the prosecutor said that no one present interfered for his protection from the pump; but he heard voices exclaim, " That will be a cooler for the writ-server—that will be a refresher for him." The prosecutor added, that owing /to the wetting he got he had a very bad cold—Verdict, Guilty. The CHAIRMAN said that the Jury had very properly returned a verdict of guilty. People had often heard— at least a few years back—of a custom that prevailed in the Queen's Bench prison, and a most scandalous custom it was, that of the inmates dragging persons who ren dered themselves obnoxious to them, particularly lawyers and their clerks, to the large pump which stands in the yard, and pumping on them until they nearly drowned their victims. It might be considered a good joke by the idlers in gaol, but it was necessary to put a final stop to such proceedings, and not allow the custom to grow imp again ;- and the only way to effect that object was to inflict a severe punishment upon those who were found guilty of such an offence. In the course of the trial it was stated that the defendant was a member of the bar ; he (the Chairman) regretted to see a member of the profession so disgrace himself as to place himself in such a situation, and the sentence of the Court was, that lie be imprisoned in the common gaol of the county for the space of sis calendar months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. An Irishwoman, named Catharine Bryan, was charged with having stolen several boots out of a shop. The complainant, who evidently was not desirous to prosecute, stated that the woman walked into the shop, took up several odd boots which were next at hand, and then turned round deliberately and walked out. Upon being followed and detained, she refused to give up the pro perty except to a policeman. A policeman was then called, and she no longer kept possession of the boots, but she wished to be charged with the robbery. Sir C. MARSHALL—She has been here before. Prisoner—Oh, indeed, then, I have so, and I won't easily forget it. My daughter (the only relation and friend I had in the world) has been transported for what brought her and me here—for taking pots—and I am left alone. Sir C. MARSHALL—Were you both convicted for that offence? Prisoner---We were both guilty from starva tion, and she was sent ofF to Van Diemen's Land for seven years, while I was sentenced to three months im prisonment in the Compter. Just as I got to the end of my sentence I set off to Woolwich, and I found that the vessel had sailed away with all I cared about in the world, so up I comes to London, and you don't think that lam going to be particular now, do you? If you di you're mistaken. Sir C. MARSHALL—Which is your parish ? Pri soner—Whitechapet. I went there full of grief, but the treatment I received was too much to be borne, so I came away, and I took this gentleman's property. I know as well as you do that I had no right to do so, but who or what have Ito care for ? If you don't send me to prison and transport me for this, why you'll be obliged to do so for something else. Mr. Hobler—l suppose you want to go out to your daughter ? Prisoner—Oh, do just as you please with me. I admit that I robbed the shop, and I want any thing brit mercy. Sir C. MARSHALL—I am afraid your wish to see your daughter will not be gratified. Prisoner—Well, I can't help that. It is finite clear that you must do something to get rid of me, for as sure as I am alive, I'll be at the work again. Sir C. MARSHALL—Why, you are a very desperate woman. ' I should like to know how this prisoner con tailed herself in the Compter ? Gooch, the turnkey of :he Compter—During the three mouths of her confine uent she acted extremely well. Prisoner—But that's over now. The Lord forgive me my sins. Mr. ilobler—You led your poor girl into the offence of pot-stealing, for which she has been transported, and now you are sorry when it is too late. Prisoner—lt was sheer ilonine that drove us to anything to get victuals. Hunger was the cause—and what chance have I remain ing. I shall, ifyou don't commit me, go away and com mit a more serious robbery. Sir C. MAttsual.r.—l certainly shall send you for trial. I place too much credit oil your words to let you go at liberty. Prisoner—l shan't deny a word of this in Court, my Lord, you may depend on it. The Lord in heaven forgive me fur my sins !—(here the wretched woman burst into tears, and was taken from the bar.)—The complainant was bound over to prosecute. BOW-STREET. John Miller, an elderly man, was charged with the following case of robbery :—A servant in the family , of Mrs. Barham, a lady residing at No. 14, Howard street, Strand, stated that, at an early hour on Thursday morning, the prisoner came to her mistress's house, and told witness that her mistress was liable to a penalty of 51. for leaving the hole in the foot pavement, through which coals are shot into the cellar beneath, without a proper iron plate covering, and. at the same time calling her attention to the fact that the hole in question was un covered. He then said that he was in the service of Mr. Cadogan, the surveyor of pavements for that dis trict, and that if he were employed to put down a new iron plate he would take care that no information should be laid against her mistress for leaving the cellar-hole uncovered. Witness told him she would speak to her mistress about it as soon :ss she came down stairs ; and the prisoner hereupon promised to call again. .1u the meantime he placed a large stone over the hole, S " as to prevent any person from falling her mistress, and to l d her of the penalty down it. He came , b ack in about an hour, and then saw she had incurred, "P" which she begg e d him to put dthou a fresh plate without delay. . 2 - 0 prisoner promised to do so, and said his charge which it was agreed should be paid him lie . s"on brim . ght an iron p d, while he was late, which fit ted exactly the hole cut i n the stone ; an in the act of pl ac i ng it, Weston, a policeman, came up, and took him into cu y stod--. On examining the iron plate which the prisoner was about to put down, she at once identified it as the one belonging to her mistress, and which she had no doubt the prisoner had stolen a short time before. Mr. Cadogan, the surveyor of pavements, stated that the prisoner was not in his service, and that he had not seen him for the last 14 years. A great number of witnesses were in attendance, who proved that the plates found a t hi s lodgings had been stolen in the night; and tl►at the - prisoner had called at their houses at an early hour on the following morning, and having told them the story he had told at Mrs. Bar ham's, they had employed hire to put down fresh plates, and paid him 3s. each for so doing. The prisoner irk defence said that he was a dealer in iron plates, and had honestly come by all the plates spo ken to by the different Witnesses. Mr. TWYFORD committed him for trial at the Central Criminal Court on three of the charges preferred against him. QUEEN SQUARE. Mary Connelly, a woman apparently about thirty years of age, was charged with attempting to drown herself The evidence of two witnesses went to prove that the woman had been arrested at the moment she was about to precipitate herself into the Thames at the Horseferry. In answer to the charge the defendant said that she was the mother of four children, and her husband, who was a mechanic, had been out of work such a length of time that they were all in a state of starvation. She had on Friday evening taken off the only article of wearing apparel that would fetch anything (a flannel petticoat), and pawned it fora shilling, with which she had procured some food for her husband and family, being the first they had eaten during that day. She was so overcome with distress that not knowing; what she did she at tempted the ac t w i t h which she was chargal ; she had applied to the parish, and the only assistance they offered was to pass her to Ireland, where she was now a stranger. On defendant's promise not again to attempt suicide, she was discharged. - ROBBERY IN A COURT OF LAW.—George Edwards, a genteel-looking young man, was charged with stealing fire umbrellas from the Court of Queen's Bench. A waiter, named Whitehead, stated that about four on Friday afternoon he saw prisoner go to the stand in Howard's robing-room, and take five umbrellas. He was in the act of going down stairs, when witness stopped him, and gave him into custody. Mr. Lambert, a barrister-at -law, identified one of the umbrellas as his property. Prisoner declared he did not mean to steal them.—He was fully committed for trial. Shropshire bounds, Tuesday, Five-and-a-half Mile stone, Baschurch-road ; Friday, Adderley—to?. United. pack, Tuesday, Chatwall ; Saturday, Strat ford Bridge -9. Allendale hounds, Tuesday, Bishopfield ; Saturday, Shilburn---9. THE TERRITORY OF NATAL. (From Graham's Town Journal.) The distance of Natal from Graham's Town is, by land something more than 600 miles, as seventeen de's' ride averaging at least 35 miles per diem, brought me to the Dutch camp on the Umlasi, eight miles from the port. The intervening country varies greatly in quality and feature, and may, on account of the distinctness of its character, be divided into four parts, each rising in beauty and rich fertility above the other as we proceed to the eastward. The lines of demarcation are the principal rivers which intersect it at nearly equal distances, each part being distinguished by its peculiar mineral and botanical productions. The parts adjacent to Natal are superior to the rest,. and exceed in capa bility any country I have yet seen in Southern Africa. The verdant hills and prolific valleys, fertilised by numerous inexhaustible streams, teeming with rich vegetation of great variety, constitute it another Goshen, and fully justify the rapturous exclamations and glowing imagery employed in its description. A view of the country from an eminence is enchantingly picturesque and romantic, being agreeably broken and acclivous, and richly studded with large patches of dense jun gle, just rendered pervious by the pioneers of civi lisation, and the depredations which have been made upon the magnificent timber which there abounds. Such is the country running parallel with the coast for the distance of about thirty miles inland ; from whence to the very base of the Quathlamisa range it assumes a more undulating and entirely open character. Trees and bush of any kind are so rare that even fuel is difficult to he obtained. The soil is similar to that everywhere found at the same distances from the sea ; but here it is rendered peculiarly prolific by its tropical position and natural structure. Near to the sea it is sandy, but the inte rior parts arc of red and fawn-coloured clay, especially on the elevations. The soil of the vallayesand aboutthe sources of rivers and fountains is of black mossy loam. With the exception of the vine, every foreign plant that has been taken there has thriven well ; and the native fruits indicate a propensity in the soil to uncom mon luxuriance. Some of these fruits are of exquisite flavour, and will doubtless be held in great esteem, and introduced into extensive use. One of these, the amathala, is very similar in appearance to and about the size of a large orange. Another, equally abund an t an d muc h more agreeable and useful, is the natakulna. It is made into a very pleasant and valuable preserve. Sweet potatoes are raised here in almost unconsum mable quantities, but principally near the coast, the sandy soil of which is well suited to their culture. The banana is found in some parts, and the castor oil tree is common here, and attains to a large size. From the seed of the latter the natives, and, I believe, some of the emi grants, extract the oil, which has been pronounced very good, and the Zulas use it as a substitute for fat, which, of late years, has become very scarce among them. Cane is also found bete in great abundance, and grows to the height of 15 or 20 feet. This, as well as the juice of the euphobia, which is everywhere found, in large trees, may ultimately become articles of valuable export. The above juice has been ascertained, by recent ex periments to be reduceable to a texture and elasticity similar to that of Indian rubber, and may be found to answer some of the purposes for which that material is now in such great demand. The woods of the country are many of them similar to those found in other parts of South-East Africa ; such as black and white stinkweed, red and white pear, iron, sneeze, and assegai wood. There is also a kind of ebony, beautiful as rosewood, and takes a fine polish. The emigrants, as well 'as the Zulas, call it tambutti. In short, as to wood, here is a superabundance, both in quality and quantity, for any purpose. I had almost forgotten that inferior timber, the yellow wood, which grows every where. The climate of Natal is mild and temperate, being attended generally with a brilliant atmosphere, and free from those noxious vapours which rise from low swampy and marshy localities. The structure of the country points it out as one particularly favourable to health and longevity ; and it is reported by those who have now certainly had a sufficient trial to enable them to give an opinion, that it is free from most of the disor ders which so fr equent l y v i s i t some of the neighbour ing parts. As, however, civilisation advances, I suppose, these will multiply, and, like the rust in the wheat, which till 1820 was unknown, will be. come a common plague. It is, however, certain that the fatal atmosphere of Delagon is not felt here nor in any of the adjacent parts yet visited While the wins ters are mild, the summers arc not injuriously hot, and this equality of temperature renders it at once a very agreeable and very fruitful country. Though in ita._ present. luxuriant-state—sise parts near the coast are evidently not suited for sheep, yet they are well adapted for the grazing of cattle ; as the herds of the emigrants seem to be doing well. The open, denuded country approaching the Quath lamba will be found moderately adapted for sheep walks, when a sufficient number shall have been intro duced to keep down the vigorous vegetation; and as a whole, it is not perhaps the country that is unsuited for sheep so much as the state of the pasturage. With regard to the horse epidemic, last years' expe rience has proved that at Natal it is not more fatal than in any other part where it prevails. Numbers, it is true, died of it, and in some parts not a horse was spared ; but there are other parts where the influence of the epi demic was not felt. From this, it may be inferred, that as regards this almost irremediable disease the Natal country will not be worse, at least, than others. The civil condition of the emigrants is much better than from men in their circumstances might have been looked for. They are settling down upon their farms without any regard to, or fear fro m , th e c h anges wh i ch, by all we he ar , mus t shortly take place. Their anxieties are about their flocks and their lands, which latter they are cultivating extensively, and as they have no want of water, they will, doubtless, under a permanent Govern meat, obtain a good return. Their habitations are mostly temporary, and their gardens, though well stocked with vegetables of every kind. and fruit trees of the second year, are not yet fenced and brought into that state of security from quadruped depredations which time only can effect. The farmers and their families are decently dressed, and though articles of clothing are at Natal enor mously expensive, they have not degenerated in their costume. Nor are they inattentive to religion. Some, it is well known, possessed more than a nominal Christianity before they left the colony, and their dis astrous removal has not caused their zeal to abate. They have built a large temporary church at the Urn lasi, and a more permanent one at Bushman's Rand, where the Rev. Mr. Lindley is now officiating, and there, at least, the exterior of religion will be perpetuated. This, however, is not all that may he said on this subject. Many families that I visited continue to perform their private devotions, and regard religion, not as a matter of form merely, but of practice and enjoyment. On my arrival they received me very cordially, and assembled from all the eircurnjacent parts to attend :Divine wor ship at the Untlasi camp. The natives, who are very numerously interspersed in vilages among the emigrants, are a perfectly tree people, and not the slaves we were some time ago led to suppose them. The principles of freedom have been proclaimed throughout the whole emigration, and those orphans, who by war have fallen into their hands, are regularly indentured to respectable men, who must pos sess some reasonable probability of being able to fulfil the terms of the indenture. The character of the Natal Administration is re publican. The management of affairs rests upon an assembly—consisting of '25 members—chosen annually. They meet quarterly, and a President is elected at every sitting. The public servants are three Land drosts, one Commandant-General, ene Harbour Mas ter, and a few subordinates in office. The farmer re ceive salaries of 100/. each per annum. There are a number of villages forming, but the places of any present importance arc Peterrnaritz berg, also called Bushman's Rand, and the Port. The former place is at present famous as the seat of Government, but it obviously does not possess the suitability required for extensive resort or great commercial importance. The country at Petermaritzberg, and about this spot, is flat, and on account of the abundant supply of water—from Bush man's River—well suited to agricultural purposes, but its denuded appearance not merely detracts from its beauty, but actually stamps deformity upon its features, whilst its entire lack of fuel, which is not to be found within 15 or 20 miles of its site, must for ever prevent it attaining superiority as a place of residence, or be. coming of commercial importance. The town consists of about eighty houses, none of which, with the exception of four or five, arc of a per manent character. Several small buildings are in pro gress, yet it does not require much penetration to per ceive that with so marry decidedly superior in sites it never can become the metropolis of the colony, or the emporium of trade. Port Natal—the town itself baying received no other name—possesses advantages which cannot be de scribed in too striking colours. Its contiguity to the bay ; its superabundance of fuel as well as lar ge t i m b er ; s ten inexhaustible supply y ti f rom fou r r i vers, one mof water cs more w a t er t h an supplies o i tfs which ha t h e w h o l e of. Cape lown—all point nut the great importance of the locality. Two of these rivers run into the bay, and a third (the Urnlasi) within four miles of its margin. The stream of this river is equal to that of the Fish River, arid may be con ducted over a rich and fertile flat, le a di ng to the pre sent tow n and bay. The Umgeal, whi c h nature seems to have designed for supplying the town, can be led out without difficulty, and, by little more than opening a furrow, will flow through the streets with a cur rent commensurable to the utmost demands that can, EVENING Sr 0 possibly be made • tip . on - it. In short, the ~, whether vie we d i n qua li ty or position, P r ' s l;o4 it were, material of the most suitable quality, do only to be transformed as art and tancy 01 Y 1 : 1 best, for constituting one of the melt popul' us delightfully situated towns on the coast of AfrO •ir The population about the bay is already 6 0 ther able, an d i s d a il y rece i v i ng new accessions. by Tit moval of se v era l o f t h e D u t c h from the interior, bdo eagerness of many to procure plots of groun d f°r ltl i log up on i s a sufficient guarantee for the ea r ' l ,, large ext ens i on o f t h e town. J. ARCIII3a LLO Y D'S SHIPPING. ud 4 ' i 0 VESSELS S POKEN W ITH .—Th e Carthage , 1, j n7P Barbadoes, 3d inst., lat 47, lon. 14 ; Michael's, with loss of mainsail and boom, 1 5 t"' Ga el lon. 7 ; by the Prince George, arrived at f Ct? Liverpool ste a m er , f or Al exan d r i a , 7th inst.' ° I, Finisterre ; ship Enterprise, for Alexand ria, P 17, Sterling, lo from off Cape de Gatt ; by the Oriental steauter, 3111 0 0" Portsmouth. buco, lat. 24, l on . 30 ; b y t h e B ecc l e s, arrived coil; Sheldrake, Geneva t o B r i sto l, 24th ult., Off Cap e by the Elizabeth an d M ary , arr i ve d at Gibral tar. 7 ;Superb, Londo n, for St. John's, N ew 130 er ) .6 , P 17th tis u m i . lat.p, THE MARKETS• COUNTR Y CORN MARKETS, COUNTRY CORN MARKET S ' >c Pe' -*- Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beal.l Per Quarter. s. to s. a. to s. a. to s• s 42 • Abingdon 5B 73 30 36 24 3i ) 4 " "". kndover 66 70 33 :14 25 27 36 48 40 41 ohubnry 56 6b 32 40 28 33 •"', 46 . 4 4 ' Basi. gstoke 60 72 32 37 24 OS 4' n d Cirenc.ster 6O 70 :12 55 24 25 4oventry — 67 32 35 24 SI 31 41 Oaventry 64 7.2 38 44 28 34 _ 3l ' 481 f, • Derb y 63 77 30 38 23 28 41 as Howden Hungerford 50 74 29 37 25 30 40 i 4. Halton 40 44 Maidenhead 5 1 4 81 3.2 35 25 3 ' i 44 Nottingham 60 7 1 25 32 28 '" 46 Wantage 64 80 36 34 30 32 36 ..- Warwick 3,1 36 26 32 43 Winchester 76 341 29 4 ,; -- 6 York 5B 70 30 36 19 24 "`' 1.• a4l l l 4( a . 6 6 Per Bushel s. d. a. d. s . d. s . d . s . s. 7 . 0 i" - Birmingham 7 0 9 6 3 6 4 6 3 6 4 0 f " LIULI. CORN AIARKET.„, 1 6,, 4 ' Wheat, Whit( (per Quart er ) .............. 61)s. ..... t'' ) • 615. i .." ips• Red 66:. 6 1 ' . 2 Foreign Barley, Malting ....................................... Grinding Oats, British ........... .. . 1 4„,„ Foreign (in bond) ..... .41 I'is• 46 1 . 30 .... : ............................................ Whit( (p , Gsi. m; 61. ,14 4 . i "- Red.... (ii)s• , tiiii• 6". 4 6;if, 4, .u, Foreign , 3 0, . ''. ,10. , Barley, Malting , * 'V' ‘-` S ' 7,, , ,5. ` 2s ''' Grinding . !AK ~,,,,- ...P2 4 . Oats, British Foreign (in' 40 4 . ~.• 04 Beans .. 31s. ,- 'loi, Pease, Grey .............................. „„ ..! 3 , ..,.. Blue and White............................. ;:,:, fps 4 :; . ' Seed er ... . ......................................... .-: pis. „/. Flour (p sack) ......... ..„ ......................... -- i . 57/. Rapeseed per 10 quar t ers ) ........................ , .. , NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANG E S Red. W .: 0 . Wheat, Northumberland -- Norfolk and Suffolk ..--- Berwick and Scotch ---- Foreign (kis. : 0, •'""... 4 • ;.s. 11 Rye, Norfolk end Suffolk Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Sufrolk 33tl-54 1; •:::(464613:1;4:.: : :-.:: : 1::1:1641 ':: Y4:gr Grinding and Feeding 2 8 4, W. 5. .... ....4. ,j , I y Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 4 8 Gl' •'";; 4-4 ,'...4. I .. . ..... . ..... .•• . 4 . Beans, Small 42c 4 . ; ''' ... .. - - '....i. Tiick 4N. 41x ...... -"5" wwa, 4. ' • " mss• ..." Pease, White 42s ' .. ...J. , sii .... __a... 4. Gray ~,„ .... , Oats, Northumberland, P0tat0e......., 24s 7 ' . ''' .• ''''' - 0 .4 22 ; 12 * , - 4 ' ,i, —.—..---_, Feed Foreign ... 2i15...2.;".... mss• Flour (per sack) 49s. Y 2 '' '''' SCOTCH MARKIVIOI),i Two. .---: i Wheat. Barley. Oats. _..........""' 32 l" fil ........--„_.. --- —....__ ---.......... , ...- 5 3 0 kberdeen GO to 70 28 to 39 15 to 21 , 0 " O n f 1 ~.. Berwick 35 47 15 21 15 2 1 oil — ~: 3" •••.' Coldstream - Z ,51 , Cupar (Fife) 48 65 0 6 31 IS 2' 2 ,sy -- °'.A' ' Dunbar.., 56 84 19 34 18 26 av ' ' ~, 40 ..1 ' •• KKI Elg in ei ri z e o r a 1 1 1 .0 e y ss : ... : . .. 4 6 7 50 0 4 8 605 7 7 5 0 2 24 3 2 29 0 0 3 352 8 7 1 1 2 2 ° 1 07 2 2 r zo ' ' 4 _71 0 : " . : 48 : c 0 0, 4: ri . 5 Perth 6O 67 36 40 25 ila , The size of the measure varies througho ut re ool EDINBURGH CORN MARK F „ • ; s, 46 4 l a 3 / 4 ' Wileat. Barley. Oats. 10 0 341. 4 4 0 First 8 0 3.0d 356. lid. tin s . 04. ' 2 0 Second 6O .0 32 0 24 0 36 ° a d Third 4B 0 25 0 18 (1 .., 63. v-' 1.1 Average price of Wheat .................. ..• ...i to 111 PRIORS OP PROVISIONS. S ' jt v. v 0 reef, per so. ........... Os. 50. to Os. Bo. Freshßutter, 1 b• 0 10 00 0 Mutt0n,.,.,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,., 0 5 0 7 Salt Ditt0,..... ,, .." 8 6 0 1 0 Vcal „,„.......„, 0 7 010 Ditto, per cut' 0 0 II i P0ric......—....---„,...... 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per dos.: 5 I 1 0 0 Lana), per qr. „....... 3 0 4 0 OatStrawikpl.) , 9 0 9 0 Fallow, cwt..,....39 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto. i 0 1 Quartern Loaf . ..-. U9l 010 Barley Ditto ... o lt Potatoes,l4lb. ....., 0 0 0 5 Hay, per5t...,...... . 0 Per Sack o E f2 D BO IN Ib Per Stone 01. .. 0 , . I!. 1 ........ a 1 I ' First Oatmeal ikcond ditto._ ll6 0 Second ditto . ......... .„...., n I 13 1 1.1 m R p GH MEAL MARX 1 1 11 0, 1 8ar1eymea1.......... ........ '' Peasemeal 1 8 0 Peasemeal ....... . . Pot Barley from 303. to Ms. persacK. r e ' l k e i El. HADDINGFON CORN MA RK—., ,ing 0 4 i oa Wheat. Barley , Oats. 4 1, - 04 -. pd First ...... ... 70. Od 34s 00 27s 00 : . sod ....6 ' .',S , Second ssa od 31s I d 23s 6d ~,,, pd Third s4s Od 233 Od 21. Od `.' 03 ,. Average 3t. $5.3,1, 7 • 11. 1 ''s T. i.. • „ 1 GLASGOW CORN Mt 5 K1. ..1T0. 17 0 ,- :. 0 Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats , P e r ... .. ') 0 .. . I, British, old 340 1037 6 lri.b ....... ...." .. .. ~30 ---- new — 0 C British .............. .......... 0 .' , O Csnada, free — 0 0 Beans, IL' ". 0 0.4 e.. 4,1 Irish .. 6 ..., 0 ...... . 1 Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish ......... 0 ~i English 27 6 29 0 Pease, Scottish ...***. ji ~ 7 Scottish. .... Irish ....... .. . ... „ 24 0 26 0 Flour. per 28( 01i "•'" ( 14 ' 0e ) /J DALKEITH CORN MARKET' pe.ise• ii i 0 i Wheat. B arley. jd 1 4 0 Fir5t..,........ 64: 6., 35s U.S Oats. 4 , V I 4'' 6 ,1 Second CO, Od 3ls Rd 23. 4d 41 6 i ' Third 421 Od 22s Od 12s Od 343 6' CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bush el ._...,...,,,....,/,' Barley. j o. ,i, tu l i' I 0 0 ' d Wheat. ..........--....--. I. d. to r. d. s. d. to s. cl; 0 3 1 Truro t) 7 5 • 3 : -.. ~,° 5 0 Helstene St. Austell 0 SO —.O 38..- o 5 .....2 0 Ilednun 0 88 0 4 4 s 0 0 4 Liskeard 0 7 6 2 6 3tt q 6 2 0 Launceston — 0 7 5 . 0 4 3 4 0 Camelford 6 a 7 e 3 U 0 ovt•O' Penzance. ..... ,26 . , MINING INTELLIr '.. t. week*" - 74 -0 0 2uantity of Copper urea sold at Redruth III" ........ 0 Ir 0 4 Average Produce Quantity 01 line Copper Amount:of sale,:l3.Sedl. II s. Od —Average t 2uantity of Coppe: Average Produce Quantity of line Copper Amount:of salc,:l3.6edl. I I s. Od A B ---..-:"' 1, broug h t EA5T.......A fellow -- tills weeh wh o drinking, on which some 50/. ea .i r as specially from some part was h i re , bat fr° ln , t 0 part the writer does not of h 1 , " tk: perforat S It - 0 fel' low . was backed, as the sporting p! e nts of ale within the hour, or everypo hnrea l ive Ic il y 141 j hl , succeeded in finishing ten .but at the e nio e nel. attempt nature revolted pints, lust th e r - for Leeds Mereztry. eeiv e We have not heard the fee this brute was to re colt this disgusting , and his ba e and exhibition. It took place 31 the y I ` lsf. Anchor, Park-street, Manchester, on lOs 1 140 0 One only R oman Catholic priest, Dea n joii" i i has • , glien any thing lik e VEY - • • 0. adhesion to the , irg at , , o stration Of d Earl de. Grey in Ireland. The l' i t to 0. 4 Sligo the Earl of Altamont, both refuseu ri o P. the al' hole-and-corner address u by the 'r e - this extensive and rich got p epreding.. ‘.. w county.. Ap p E. J. DENT, 82, Strand, by Speel ai .crl t ° ,o9 ment CHRONONIETER and WATCHNIAK"rti,I3k,.. QUEEN and his Royal Highness PRINC obtained the grea t Government Reward fur the oneg„ r ied" to formance of his Chronometer, No. 114, which only 0 5,iitiou r js four hu n d re d t h s o f a second i n twe l ve months. of t he 1',.e0 this distinction, h e h as j us t rece i ve d, by order °', g l Commission ers o f th e Ad m i ra l ty , t h e highest rovartle_vep,r'iii, by their Lordships for the good performance of ti °3 o ,ight Mr. Dent, anxi o u s to re move any prejudice whi c h . 0 0 to hisgeneral b us i ness fr o m the idea th a t his atten, t : i c r beg t ba elusively devoted to instruments of the highest u' ee d W h o, state, that while his principal care is n eces sarily dire f „4 ,,te latter, he is not unmindful of th e man ufacture which, while they are greatly lower in price, ar e he 1 ' bef accurate for all ordinarypu r p oses , an d wilt, therefore, f otri pa most in demand. The whole of his extensive stock ° on , 3 0 ‘ 1 01 ,, has had the advantage of his selection and exainfn a ". o - ted, e 4 so has arranged a department, under competent suP erl for offering to the public good plain watches at a' Ili s y v i a s t a c i ot o cn i h n e p fso a , rt fromi b r l e e d w iu t h any pretensions to correctrwss , cou l P•ld pating, f rom an increase of business an advantageott _ O , , o_ o , ( 01 i . on lOs i n . e p a r e ic h e. Ladies' or Strand. V ; Silver ditto froth lf' i c 'rt; iii t SILVER TEA SER. ' - o' fl 'tbe —T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 410itto, London, seven doors from Gracechurch- stree t, 4o ' g e e, prices of the following SILVER TEA and COr i bell :p i s `ICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing (°: lids' . 09. t K h i e na te ,a a a p n a d tt e e o e ff n ee is pe r , i t e s h 7 y ith a flower ornament on t hud e ll The shape of either is new gan . ,14. ~ 11 , embossed and e l e ' o ,o° A 0 COTTAGE PATTERN. KING S X S. p .* *l' 1 0 Strong Dp ii Ditto tt Silver on i‘si T ni gl e ka a e- Ewer. es . ri . n. . 1 46 2 1100 0 Dp iitut Silver : jc,s T roue e t a can i e : i . ta s wt e i ........ 1 r : 1....i.5. ,r 1 0 with power s Ditto Coffee-p0t..15 0 Ditto i 4° a l ---- '' al. , Complete •••£3B 6 c om plete.. ''''''''' ,iceo t • A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and toffee ", verY st _.,. -r be seen in the Show- rooms, wh en , may be seleetew e- ti piate _ c best•_ rt i c le* cle of silver requisite for the sideboard or phlets of prices, illustrated by sketches of the varietaki*ogjot gratis, and forwarded, postage free, to aiy part London' _ l ' s e av oi d'w ...--T. COX SAVORY, No. - 47 , Cori - ull, L0nnu_ ......... from Graceelturch-street. Wiollinamtheh:atihl Tiunsriti.,e,ratofY ------------ 50 , ae ß n. I m IR son.o T ut! ! i s ee :. A . s Son i the lady of Sir William Coles Medl •cott, Bart.. of a'" l4 '. On the 10th inst. at Bei on 1 3 Hare, Southwark, ell Al° , 1 of On the 11th in ' F ' . the am.Y Smee, inst., ' at insbury-circu., O s Esq., surgeon, of a son. e-squ sre ' On the 1" • • -th inst., in Clia.pel-:et,.__T 3 elg: .av lady of John Al 7 • a. son organ, Lsq., of • MARRII?I3. Igilborne Fort, 14 11. VI JO is On the Bth inst., W. C. Alston, Esq., o f —lli • the Warwick, to Elizabeth Ann, youngest (laughter 01 hol olll ' Colonel Fetherston, of the same county. c Nic 0 ,1 On the 10th inst ,at Broxbourne, Herts, Georg see o Esq., jun., of A bi ngdon street, London , to Ellen, daughter of R. Wilkes, of H Esq., mit t.. ,ll .I.sdoil.._ lED. On the 16th ult., a t Mo nt real, Anna, wife of Lieut ena"fr Colonel John Eden, C.ll. 0 . Job ° e" On the 9 t h i ns t., a t W oo dside-crescent, Gla g M'Nair, Esq. , M r. On the 9th inst., at Gibson's-hill, Norwood , Surrey, J. Overton, aged 82. the On the 9th inst., at Stonehouse, Devon, Margare t ' of bet widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel George Fearons Majesty's 31st Regiment of Foot. On the 9th inst., Mrs. Mare, of Hatherton, near Nant wicil' Cheshire, aged 53. On the 10th inst., in Guildford-street, Samuel Birch, late Alderman of Candlewick Ward. aged 85. On the 10th inst., at Upper H o ll o way, Mr. John Davigg ox London: Printed aid Published by MURDO Y°Y' n th ill No. 112, Strand, at The S e a Office, No. 11 ' 2, ".t„ r , a i. the County of Middlesex, Monday, December '" 13• WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. On Saturday a Petty Session was holden in the corn , mittee-room of St. Andrew's workhouse, Gray's Inn lane, before Mr. Witham, Mr. M'William, and other Magistrates, to adjudicate on some complaints by Mr. Reeve, the inspector of weights and measures, against several fraudulent tradesmen. The following gross case excited much indignation :—Thomas Young, a baker and chandler's shop-keeper, in Little Comm-street, was charged with having in use eight weights, the same being of an unjust standard. The defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. Witham—The fraud seems very extensive, and it will be necessary, notwithstanding the plea, to hear the evidence to guide us in our judgment. Mr. Turner, of Vine-street, Hatton-garden, was then sworn—He said that on the 30th of last month he accom• panied Mr. Reeve to the defendant's house, and nearly every weight on the premises he found most abominably deficient. Two of:s6lbs. were light upwards of 4oz. each ; another 561bs. was short of that quantity 310 z.; a 281 b. was less lioz.; a 141 b. was deficient 40z.; a 41b. was against the purchaser and an ounce brass weight, which was used in the tea scales, was un just 19 grains. The 41b. weight was in the bread scale, and the large deficiency in it would enable the defendant to rob his customers to the extent of 161bs. in a sack of flour. That same weight could also be used in selling half a quartern loaf ; for instance, the bread and a 21b. weight could bo put in the balance against it, and the unfortunate purchaser would then be minus in his quantity nearly three ounces. Mr. Reeve and witness had long suspected the defendant, but he had previously been too sharp for them. On the 26th of No vember they were in his neighbourhood, and while they were making a seizure a few doors from him, he, or some one in his employ, moved the weights out of his shop. On the present occasion, however, they went direct to his shop, and succeeded in detecting him. Defendant—l am very sorry. They have only been recently purchased. Mr. am sorry the law limits the fine ; if it did not, our judgment would be very severe. We convict you in the full penalty of 51. The money was immediately paid. Win. Sheen, the owner of a coal-shed at No. 9, Little Comm-street, was summoned for the following fraud : Mr. Turner said this was a most peculiar case, and he produced the coal-machine which he had seized on de fendant's premises. The scoop in which the coal is put is two feet and a half higher than the part where the weight is placed, and it is supported by an iron frame. The frame stands level when the coal is in the scoop, but the moment you begin to fill it, it inclines towards: the weights, and causes a false balance of one pound and a quarter in 141 b. ; two pounds and a half in 281 b. ; five pounds in 561 b.; and so on doubling the deficiency in proportion to the increase. Mr. M‘William—You have been guilty of a very grave offence, and must not expect mercy at our hands. We fine you 5L Are you prepared to pay it? Defendant— No, I am not. Mr. M‘William—Then we ar• prepared to send you to the House of Correction. We shall keep you here until an officer has been to see if you have goods whereon to levy, and if you have not we shall commit you. Defendant was then removed in custody. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. nuNTING APPOINTMENTS. Major-General Wyndham:a hounds will meet on Wed nesday, at Stiff Common ; Friday, Park Hatch ; Satur day, Denbigh House-10f. Oakley hounds, Tuesday, Clapham Park ; Thursday' Brougham ; Saturday, Clift on Spi nneys - 11. Pytchley hounds, Wednesday, Arthingworth ; Friday, Naseby ; Saturday, Pytehley-102. Lord Gifford's hounds, Wednesday, Oaker. Mr. Russell's hounds, Friday, Starley House -11. Fife hounds, Tuesday, the Drunes ; Thursday, Gil. ston House ; Saturday, Scoonie Earl Ducie's hounds, Tuesday, Preston Toll-bar ; Thursday, Crudwell ; Saturday, Poulton-10 1 . Perthshire h oun d s , W e d nes d ay, Dron ; Saturday, Methuen Castle-10f. Sir J. Gerrard's hounds, Tuesday, Eceleston Toll ; Friday, Birchley. Forfarshire hounds, Wednesday, Baldovan House ; Friday, Kimblathnot-10i. • East Kent hounds, Chereton Wood; Tuesday, Thorne, Stone Street ; Friday, SwingfteldPark-10f. Mr. A. Smith's hounds, Tuesday, Tedworth Kennel ; Thursday, Hurstborno 'Tarrant; Friday, Crowdourn Clump-11. Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Thursday, Bishop's Cann dle ; Saturday, Coker Wood. Quorn hunt, Tuesday, Beaumanor ; Thursday, Brocklesby ; • Friday, Bunney, 104. •Atherstone hounds, Wednesday, Red Gate ; Thursday, Ansley Hall ; Saturday, Bitteswell Village, 10i. Mr. Muster's hounds, Tuesday, Well Vale ; Thurs day, Kirkstead ; Friday, Serivelsby Court. Cottesmore hounds, Thursday, Holywell, 14:4. Rutliod hounds, Thursday, Debdale Toll. Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds,. Wednesday, Weybridge Wood ; Thursday, Castor Hangley, 10. Lord Yarborough's hounds, Wednesday, Ribbey Cross roads ; Friday, Kingsby Wood, 11. York and Ainsty hounds, Tuesday, Providence Green Thursday, Brandsby Park; Saturday, Melbourne-10f. Eddlethorpe hounds, Wednesday, Westow ; Friday Settingtou Beacon-IN-. Sinnington Hounds, Tuesday, Wiganthorpe Park Gate; Friday, Hambleton Hotel-101. Wynyard hounds, Thursday, Fishburn-101. Bedale hounds, Wednesday, York Gate ; Friday Pepper Hall; Saturday, Exelby Cleveland hounds. Thursday, West Cratham-10. Hurworth hounds, Tuesday, Northallerto n; Satur day, Rudhy Wood-101. - Lieut.-Colonel Hildyard's harriers, Wednesday, Newby Friday, Acklans Blue Bell-101. Boroughbridge harriers, Tuesday, Grafton Bar; Fri day, Red House-101, Mr. Drake's hounds, Tuesday, Bletehington Park Thursday, White Cross Green ; Saturday, Callow Bridge-101. Duke of Grafton's hounds, Wednesday, Akeley Wood Friday, Foster's Booth. Hey throp hounds, Wednesday, Parker's Arms. Whitecross harriers, Thursday, Owlswick ; Saturday Monk's Risboro', Askett-10. Berkshire hounds, Friday, Lew Heath. Mr. Phillips's hounds; Tuesday, Thame Park. Baron Rothschild's stag-hounds, Thursday,Oving-1 1 • Mr. Villebois' stag-hounds, Thursday, The Itobn Hood, Cressingham; Saturday, Kennel -It. Colonel G. Wyndham's hounds, Wednesday, Ides Corn mon ; Friday, Eastdean Wood-14. Mr. Brand's hounds, Wednesday. Warden Hills Friday, Wrest Park-101. Puckeridge hounds, Wednesday, Langley Green ; Sa. turday, ASton Bury-101. Sir W.Carew's hounds, Tuesday, Drayton Bridge; Wed. nesday, Eogesford Kennel; Thursday, Head Bride -10. F. B. Jr. Thursday, T rew i t h en Cross-10. g Sir C. Constable's stag hounds, Wednesday, P res t on. Sir J. Cope's hound s , Tuesday, Thateham Gate; Wed nesday, Beech Hill ; Friday, Ashampstead Village ; Sa turday, Heckford Bridge. Tiekham hounds, Wednesday, Key-street; Friday, Cook's Covers, East Kent harriers, Tuesday, Beaksbourn Mill ; Thurs day, Lythlen-street ; Friday, Barnsole stone M. H D ~ I uesday, W aterson Ridge ; Friday, Godman- own Rattendon Ce, Essex Unioommn hounds, Tuesday, Bradwell ; Sat ur d ay on-10i. East Essex hounds, Tuesday, Gletusford-street ; Thurs. day, Aldham; Saturday, Felix Hall-10A. Hambledon hounds, Wednesday, IVesmeon Hut; Sa. turday, Uplam Pond -10. Vine hounds, Thursday, Malshanger House ; Satur day, Pine Apple ---11, Middleton harriers, Tuesday, Chitterne Village ; Fri day, Lower Pertwood Farm -11. B. V. 11., Tuesday Stalbridge West o n P oun d ; Fri day, Lidlyn c h B ridge, Mr. Tmlway's hounds, Tuesday, Hardway; Thursday, Postlebury Saturday, Stoke Lane. Mr. R. Cockburn's bounds, Tuesday, Shute ; Friday, White Cross. Sir W. Carew's hounds, Tuesday, Drayford Bridge ; Wednesday, Eggesford Kennel; Thursday, Head-bridge. Mr. Bulteel's hounds, Tuesday, Slade; Friday, Kennel. Torquay harriers, Thursday, Berry Lodge. Lord Eleho's hounds, Tuesday, Foulden ; Thursday, Ladykirk ; Friday, Bankhouse Duke of Rutland's hounds, Tuesday, Stubton ; Wed nesday, Plungar ; Friday, Lenton Badsworth hounds, Tuesday, Stainer Hall ; Thursday, Barnsdalo Bar ; Saturday, Wombwell Wood-101. Holderness hounds, Tuesday, South Dalton ; Thursday, Brandesburton Moor • Friday, Hol m e-on-th e -Hill-- I Q. Herefordshire hounds, Tuesday, Berrington ; Friday, Newtown-gate, i PR Tn 13E LA the 1p 1610, It,, I 10,.. Vto ' Rt,