The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-15 00:00:00

EVEN I.l\ SITN REDUCTION OF TEE FRENCH ARM Y. We published the following in a Second Edi tion of The Sun of yesterday Afternoon:— The Moniteur of Monday, received by Ex press, contains a long and most important Report, addressed by Marshal SOULT to King I,outs Pumper., recommending a reduction in the Army to the extent of one company in every battalion. Annexed to the Report is a Royal Ordinance approving of the pro posed reduction of the troops, and ordering 15,000 horses to be disposed of. The number of the reduced force is 80,000 men--being some thing more tlrur one-fifth of the present stand ing army of France. This will effect saving to the country of thirty millions of francs, or nearly a million and a quarter sterling. This great saving is at present of the utmost import ance to France, whose pecuniary resources have been exhausted by the foriifieations of the capital. To Europe, too, this measure iy of considerable moment, as it serves for a guarantee that no attempt will be made on the part-of France to disturb the repose of Europe. Moreover, should M. Minns wriggle himself into office it will he impo,isible for him again to menace the peace of the world without making snch a stir in the recruiting service as to put Europe upon its guard. The French Three per Cents., the 13th D rember, at the Cafe (le Paris, 7Sf. 10c. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TUE LA ENING PAPERS OF YESTRRDAY. BAPTISM. OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. STAN DARD.—The baptism of the Prince of Wales is expected to take place at the end of next month, and, according to the present ar rangement, the place will be St. .iieorge's Chapel, Windsor. This solemn rite will be ce lebrated under circumstances of unusual in terest, and what we cannot but consider as the most auspicious. The sponsors invited to answer at the - font for the future Monarch of this great empire are—The King of Prussia ; the Duke of Cambridge; Ferdinand, Duke of Saxe Coburg, uncle to Prince Albert; the Prin cess Sophia; and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg. It is understood to be the intention of the King of Prussia to visit this country, hi order that he .may in person assist at the baptism ; and surely no visitor can be more welcome to the Christian people of England than a Prince who is not morß by his position than by his own sincere conviction, the representative and champion of the Protestant cause upon the Continent of Eu rope—the protector of the exiles from Ziller thall, our associate in the foundation of the Pro testant Church of Jerusalem. England and Prussia have never stood in union but for their common glory, and fur the good of mankind— never separated but for a common loss, and to the injury of th e c i v ili ze d world. Their union was, we trust, cemented for ever on the field of Waterloo. Thanks to our Gracious Queen, it is now to be recognised by another bond of affection, so domestic, faint liar, and kindly, that we shall seem to have esta blished a relation of brotherhood, with the men who so gallantly fought by our side in the fiercest and most momentous contest the world has ever witnessed. We trust that the Duke of Saxe Co burg will also be able to attend. Had he no other claims to the love of this people than his relation ship to our Queen and to the amiable and excel lent Prince who holds the second place in this empire —that would entitle him to a hearty wel come, such as Englishmen know how to give when their hearts are engaged; but the Duke also had a share in the deliverance of Europe, and his personal qualities would command re spect everywhere. But we need say no more. England will know how to receive the Royal and Illustrious guests of their beloved Queen, invited upon an occasion so joyful as the present, and so full of hope. GLOBE.—The Post treats as " City gossip" the statement of our City Correspondent yester day, respecting the intentions of the Ministry to propose a change in the Corn-laws; and adds, that " the first leading article" of our paper was " deVoted to commendation of the plan to which the gossip of the City has given birth." Consi dering that our fir s t leading article consisted of three lines, the essence of eulogy must have been condensed within wonderrully small space ; and • we should not have much trouble in doing what the Post has the malice to surmise, should Sir Robert Peel really propose a similar scheme— " eat," namely, " every word of applause we Lave uttered upon the subject." The words of applause which we uttered were " commutation and mitiyation"—words which may excite feel ings of exultation at the Old Bailey, bnt•consti tute no very rapturous description of a change of ' commercial policy. Whether what has trans pired is nothing more than " the gossip of the City," time will show ; we only say,• at present, that there is nothing in the statement which should suspend the earnest efforts of the friends of free trade for a moment. Nothing but the portents of the season, and the pressure of public necessity, will induce the partisans of monopoly to loosen their hold even thus far ; no thing but urgency for the whole debt will ex tort from them even the first instalment. Mr. - .lNl`Culloch has given the following just descrip tion of the existing; "sliding scale"—that slippery snake which Will be " scotched, but not killed," by the change stated as in contemplation ; " To the necessary fluctuations in the price of corn, caused by variations in the harvests, a gra duate,: scale of.duties superinduce an artificial source of variation. " The duty imposed by the Act 9 Gco. IV., cap. 60, and at present chargeable on corn im ported into this country, is of this description Thus, when the price of wheat is between 61s. ark Ws. the duty is Bd., increasing by ls. for very Is. that the price is below 61s. ; but above this amount the progression is different. fit' hen, for example, the price of wheat Is between 665. and 675. the duty is 20s. Bd., when between 675. and 68s. the duty is 18s. Bd. ; when bttween 68s. and 60s. the duty is 16s. Bd. ; and w h en the price is between 695. and 70s. the dory is 133. 8(1., the disproportion be coming still greater as the price advances. Now, to show the practical operation of this duty, let it be suppescd that when prices here are between 695. and 70s. a quarter, a merchant orders'a cargo of wheat from Dautzie or some other port ; and that in the interval between the giving of the order and the arrival of the grain the price has sunk to 625. In this ease, the wheat will sell for 7s. or Bs. a quarter less than time importer expected; and the duty on it will be 21s. 8d , whereas, w.ien the. order was (riven, and pride; was only 13s. we r e between 09s. and 705., the Bd. ; so that the me rehz nt, besides having to sell his wheat at Ss. below his estimate, will have to pay on the article o reduced Price an s addi tional ditty of 11s. ! No ouncr that th e c orn ;rade should have been so very ruinoes to th ose who have embarked in it of late years. The risk attending it is, under any circumstances, prover bially great; but our -.1-,egklatloli more than double that risk ; and, IS in this respect, as, cn tradlctoryto every sound principle as can easily be Imagined." COURIER—Mob-oratory is ever ex are aggera five and extravagant ; its staple material, loosr statementA, ranom asse rtions, vehement appenle, amid vapid i t s illogical deductions. Fa after-dinner effusions its peculiar regrows nre most prominently and s trongly deve loped; it sometimes seeks to display its beauties and compass - its end in the shape_ cif a statistical essa y or care f u lly coneoctAl address.; but, however, guised, the marks of its origin are too fbreibly and deeply impressed upon it not to he readily recngnised. It loves 9 x4ggeratio3 rather than fiction; and delights rather in the implied than in the open falsehood. Is any portion or the population, any class of the People ylAted with the pressure of unusual distress, l i wthwith the faculty we are speaking of seizes 0 " the titer, and by the magic of amplification derks it up into t 1 tearful and startling picture of Nit, famine, and desolation. Has distress 041 , adored discontent, and discontent clamour, iorthwiti I • t•oratory s!louts aloud " Hear and tremble , at the- voice of a starving, people 1" Does "isappuinted faction seek to con so le it se lf `" r Present calamities by predictions of future grea tn ess, a n d to hide the Shame of r ecen t de 'feats i n tl . the glory o f comm. - conquests, it SUM. MOUS Mob -oratory to its aid; and gratifies gaping expeetants with the announcement that " it' the people are united their voice will be heard and their d emands complied with." Now, through all such exhibitions, for we can call them nothing else, wi led • ter, as in Derby, they consist of post-prandial harangues, or as at Plymouth and in rid north, i n cool ' combinations of spite and peevishness, the glaring fallacy runs ofconsidering; and representin g a fraCtion of the community as ite whole body of the people—of seeakine - of a restless and dissatisfied minority as of the nation larg - e. This is the standing sophism with Anti- Corn-law men of every grade_ w i t h A c l an d as w ith Lord John with Cobden as With Palmerston. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 14. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL r, THE EARL OF STAMFOUD AND OTHERS. This was a bill filed by her Majesty's Attorney- General at the relation of several inhabitants of Man chester, fur the purpose of obtaining a better ad ministration of the funds of the Mane ester Free Grammar School, of which the defendants were trustees, The case had already been heard at length before the kite Lord Chancellor, who delivered his judgment in the matter ; but a caveat having been entered against the decree, the case camebefore the Court to-day for re-hearing. It appears from the statement of Mr. BETHEL', who opened the case for the Attorney-General, that the in come of the school, which had been founded for the purpose of giving gratuitous instruction to the children of the poor of the neighbourhood of Manchester, amounted at present to more than 5,000 L The relator.; complained—first, that the entire revenue was not effectually devoted to the objects of the charity ; secondly, that it was not confined to those who were really the persons who should be benefited by it ; and, thirdly, they complained of the mode of electing the trustees of the fund. Not more than two hundred chil dren were educated in the school; and of these a portion were the children of persons living in various parts of England, and residing at the houses of different masters of the school as borders, for the purpose of participat ing in the education, which the immense revenues of the establishment enabled the masters to give Those boys were generally the children of men of property, and did net in any way come within the inten tions of the founder of the ch,rity. Again, the trustees were elected almost exclusively from a class of persons who, though men of rank, and no doubt men of honourable intentions, were, from the very station which they filled, incapable of attending to such an institution, and unacquainted with the means of con verting the trust to the best use. In the year 1825 the Commissioners of Education laid before ParliamCP t 11 Report, from which it appeared that the revenues of the school amounted at that tune to upwards of 4,0001., while the expenses of the school were little more than 2.0001., with a balance, in addition, in the hands of the trustees of 11,000/. The Commissioners concluded their Report by recommending an extension of the system of education then adopted in the school, and that means should be taken to afford opportunity for educating a greater number of children. No attempt had been made to carry that recommendation into ef feet until the year 1833, when an application had been • made to the Court of Chancery, on the part of the trustees of the charity, fur further powers to enable them to extend the system of edu cation contemplated by the original grant. The relators, however, complained of the nature of the powers thus granted, and stated that the charity was still diverted from its original destination. The address of Mr. BETIIELL occupied the Court from an early hour in the morning nntil its rising, after three o'clock ; and the further arguments on the case were ordered to be resumed to-morrow. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 14. GRIFFITHS V. ROBERTS. The plaintiff had engaged with Mr. Lewis (the pub lisher) to complete, on copperplate, within a certain period, a series of views representing the Metropolis, as seen from the dome of St. Paul's. He engaged - the de fendant to make the drawings for the purpose, but, in consequence of the tardiness with which those were fur nished, the plaintiff was unable to fulfil his contract, and accordingly brought this action to recover damages for the loss which he had thereby sustained. Mr. Justice ERSKINE, upon hearing the pleadings read, suggested the propriety of referring the matters in dispute to an arbitration. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, on the part of the defendant, expressed his concurrence with the opinion of the Court. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER, for the plaintiff, sub mitted that the question at issue turned upon matters of fact, which the Jury were competent to determine. The defendant had pleaded first—that he had used all due diligence ; and secondly, that his delay was occasioned by the visitation of God—namely, by illness, and on these pleas issue was joined. However, after the case had occupied several hours, the suggestion of the Learned Judge was at length acted upon. The parties entered into an arrangement, and a juror was withdrawn. SHERIFFS' COURT, Dec. 14. EVANS V. BENNETT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff; who was an artist, against the defendant, a literary gentleman, to recover the sum of IGL for work and labour dome. Mr. THOMAS, in stating the plaintiff's case, said the defendant, Mr. T. L. Bennet, was a member of the Lin nman Society, and a gentleman who had gained some celebrity by the publication of several works on Natural History. After a long residence in the Island of Ceylon he returned to England, and published a work descrip tive of several genera in the natural history of the Island, in the illustration of which the plaintiff was em ployed and did work, as an engraver, to the amount claimed, and also in composition. After twelve pages had been set up and several lithographic engravings made, the plaintiff received a letter from the defendant, stating, that owing to his pecuniary resources failing him, and a new edition of Baron Cuvier's Ichthyology having appeared, in which the arrangement and classifi cation of the orders were much more modern than what he could produce, the work should be discontinued. Although the writ was marked for the sum of 161., yet the plaintiff did not seek to recover more than 71. 55., under circumstances of the discontinuance of the work. The Jury, ufter a short consultation, returned a ver• diet for the plaintiff—Damages 71. ss. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 14. LN THE MATTER OF WM. HITCHCOCK, LINEN-DRAPER, OF REGENT-STREET, A BANKRUPT. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Did not R. P. Pritchard hold other securities than your brother's for the payment of his debt?—None, except in the bills of exchange. I swear that I recollect. Had he not at any time held any other securities for his debt?—Yes. What security had he held?—The lease of No. 116 house, being part of my premises in Regent-street. Anything else?—Nothing that I recollect or believe. Whin did that lease pass from him to your brother George?—Early in July, I think. It was previous to a bill becoming due. State when.—l cannot give a better answer than early in Jply. It was the same day on which the deeds are dated. Were these deeds prepared?—Yes. By whom ?—Marsden and Pritchard. State when you arranged with R. P. Pritchard and your brother George to transfer those securities from Pritchard to your brother George?—l do not recollect the date, but I shou!d think the latter end of June or the beginning of July. Which of;them did you first see on the subject?—l do not recollect. Will you swear you do not remember ?—I will. Did you see them both in reference to transferring the lease fro:n one to another ?—Yes. Where did you see your brother George on the sub ject ?—I should think in his country house. What did you say to him, or he to you on this subject, when you first saw him?—l told him that Mr. R. P. PrAcherd had advanced to me the sum of 2,0001., and for which I had accepted two bills of exchange ; that one -of them was coming due shortly, and thlt I had applied to Mr. R. I'. Pritchard for a re newal of them ; I had told Mr. R. I'. Pritchard that I should be unable to pay it when it became due. I also told him that the second bill I should not be able to pay, and requested him to give me time to pay them. He declined to renew the first bill, or to wait fur payment of either, and threatened to make me a bankrupt unless I paid the bills as they became due, or gave further security. I think I told him also that I had told Mr. R. P. Pritchard that I would ask my brother to be such security. IVhat did you say respecting the debt of Mr. Pritch ard ?—I told hint that Mr. Pritchard would not renew the bill, and threatened to make me a bankrupt. My brother refused to become my guarantee at first, but he did agree afterwards to guarantee the payment of the 2,000/. The lease was then given back to me, and I assigned it to my brother inconsideration of his respon sibility to Cook and Pritchard. Now, when was this first interview ?—I have no re collection of the date, except that it was perhaps a fort night before the first bill which became due, which was July 22. The second was due Aug. 13. then the first interview would be about the Bth of July?—lt was about a fortnight before the 22d July. Will you swear it was a fortnight before ?—No, I will not. I think it was so. I will swear it was about a fort night before. Was this a ll th at th;- • • ' passed between your brother and you interview ?—That is the substance—all that I re colleta. You will nut shear r i t t .c i o s ll t ec he t. substanee of the whole ? —1 eau ocareely .him a s econ d ti me on this s ubje c t? him the second time ?--I don't micro did you ; was a day Or two. recollect. Will y ou B ' l / 4 -4 ' 4 wa-s — net at Marsden and Pritchard's? o e will, t pA u r ss c e o d l at that tt .Loy otherl; e v Du t sa r; i i ii e n iv I nut wit h ?—I do not reco ll ec t. toy o b u e r e r ve ther on this subject ?--No. Will you swear that ?—Y c3 li that I atu on my oath in all lam 3 Mr. ASIIIIRBT—Oh yes but you ,1K nu , I believe all you are swearing. —(A laugh.) suppose You have said that at the twit interview your refused to become y our g uarantee, an d that you cannot brother recollect what took p lace at an y other interview wh" the lease was passed t o him. Du y ou mean to adhere to that statement ? The bankrupt appealed to the Learned Commi ss i oner. He had said that at a subs e q uent interview his br other had agreed to become security fur the 2,0001., but he did not recollect what passed. The question was an impro per one, because it assumed facts opposed to the evi dence formerly given. Mr. AsituasT amended the question. You have sail you cannot recollect what had passed at any other inter view than the first, although the leases transferring your property were signed by you both. Do you adhere to that statement ? The bankrupt appealed to the Commmissioner again ; the question was a most intricate one. The COMMISSIONER ruled that the question was a pro per one, and ought to be answered. The question was repeated several times.—l do not recollect anything that occurred at any of these inter views beyond what I have already stated. Do you adhere to the answers already given ?—I do, certainly. When did you afterwards see Mr. Pritchard on the subject of the transfer of the lease to your brother ?—I don't recollect. State as near as you can.L.--I should think ten days or a fortnight previous to the first bill arriving at maturity'. Will you swear it was as long as that ?—I will not ; but I think it was. Where did you see him ?—Either . in Mr. Pritchard's room or Mr. Marsden's room ; I don't recollect which. Was any one present besides you and him?—l do not recollect, but, I think not.. - . •------ -- : - Who proposed the intended arrangement between you? —I did. How came you two to meet there, when the room be longed to neither of you ?—I had met Mr. IL P. Prit chard there for a twelvemonth previously. Do you mean that your meeting was accidental?—Oc casionally—sometimes on business. On similar business —on renewing a bill. Was the meeting between Mr. 8.. P. Pritchard and your brother respecting the leases accidental, or the re sult of a previous appointment ?—I think of a previous appointment. Whe❑ I found I could nut pay the bill when it should become due, I believe I left word at Mars den and Pritchard's clerk's office that when Mr. It. P. Pritchard came to town, I wanted to speak to him. 1 believe this would be the way in which the first inter view was brought about., and which led to the second ; but I don't recollect distinctly. What did you say in respect of the proposed arrange ment ?—I said I thought 1 could get my brother's gua rantee for the payment of the 2,000/., if he would give me time. He consented, and gave Inc the time. Was this all that passed at the first interview be tween you and Mr. li. P. Pritchard ?—That is the sub•_ stance of the conversation, and all that I recollect. Will you swear that that is the substance of all that passed?—Yes, or I weuld mit already have sworn it. Did you meet Mr. IL P. Pritchard again on the sub ject ?—I cannot recollect ; I think I did. Do you remember that there was a second interview ? —Yes. What passed then ?—I cannot be sure of what took place at that particular interview, but I believe 1 told him that my brother had agreed to guarantee the 2.0001. ; and I expected, if my brother did so guarantee, the lease, which l►e then held, should be given back to me. He consented to this arrangement. Who gave the instructions for the preparation of the deeds ?—I did. When ?—I cannot say ; but I should think a few days prior to the bill becoming due. It might have been a fortnigh t. To whom ?—To 'Marsden. Seeing that you were dishonouring all your other bills, what made you so anxious to save Mr. Pritchard, you at the time receiving lawyer's letters from all your other creditors ?—ln order to complete the arrange ments entered into with Cook and Gladstone. Was that your only reason ?—No. State any other reasons which influencedyou ?—lf I did not pay the bills as they became due, or give security, I would have been made a bankrupt. Were these tho only reasons inducing- you to secure his debt a fortnight before the first bill became due ? —No. State what further reasons you had?—Because I thought if I got the lease before referred to out of Mr. R. P. Pritchard's hands, that I should then be able to assign that lease to my brother, as he had often asked me, and which I had promised to do. I also thought that by giving the guarantee of my brother for a suns which I should be able to pay off, I might expect my brother to be a security for me again. It being now past four o'clock, the further examination was adjourned till eleVen o'clock to-morrow. IN RE CAVE. MINING SPECULATIONS.—This day was fixed for the final adjourned examination, and on which occasion the Learned Commissioner, in pronouncing his adjudication, entered into an elaborate review of the leading points of the case. This was one of the most extraordinary cases that had recently come before the Court. When holding a situation in the Horse Guards, and certainly, as far as there appeared, without any improper design or intention of a fraud on his part, Mr. Cave propagated the plan of entering upon this extensive pursuit, without possessing, as he himself admitted, any knowledge of geology. He, however, procured a certain number of mines, and then obtained the assistance of au extraordinary class of Shareholders, to the number of 54, to aid in th e ir b e i ng worked ; but (the Learned Commissioner) could not concur with the statement of Mr. Cave, that the money and assistance had been so obtained without either puf fing or exaggeration upon his part. He (Sir C. F. Wil liams) thought it had been obtained by seduction and allurement, in proof of which he quoted the letters which we gave in a late report of those proceedings. In this unseemly race for lucre he was sorry from his heart to find a number of clergymen. Fifteen clergymen had lost 121,0001., and the result has been that many families have been deprived of their comforts, and not a few re duced to comparative ruin. The Learned Commissioner next adverted to the hopes held out by Mr. Cave as likely to result from the Rospeath and Weal Bolton Mines, but a few simple figures would show how fallacious were those hopes. The produce of the Rospeath mine from 1833 to 1839 was 5,124/., while the expenses were 19,7221.; and the pro duce of the Weal Bolton, for the same period, was abont 18,000/. and the expense 34,0001., so that in whatever seductive colours the value of the mines had been dressed out, there was a loss upon one of them alone of 14,3981. The Learned Commissioner next referred to the paper of instructions (given by us before) as a proof that while Mr. Cave denied having used entreaty, or held out any flaming exaggerations of anticipated profits from his mines, the paper to which ho (the Learned Commissioner) now referred was a formal contradiction. The next letter on which he felt it his duty to make some com ment, was one written by a clergyman to Mr. Cave, and dated in September, 1838, in which he asked that gentle man to furnish him with an account of the value, profits, and if assailable by the sea or not. To that letter Mr. Cave gave a most flourishing answer, stating the outlay to have been about 600,0001., but that in vonsequence of the necessity of a further outlay the sum of 100,000e' more would be required, as the supposed amount of pro duce would realise 100,0004 a year, and that taking all the mines together they must then have been worth 2,500,0001. That in the event of his death he had left his property in the hands of trustees, in order to pay the dividends to the Shareholders, and secure to them the value of their capital, as existing circumstances might require, and to give them all a controlling power over a property which Mr. Cave considered to be so va luable. The gentleman to whom this letter was address ed was a heavy sufferer, and no one could deny that it was calculated to deceive or to decoy, and many there were who embarked in . these- " magnificent" investments under similar representations ; whatever the honest opi nion of Mr. Cave might have been, that ultimately his Quixotic notions upon these speculations might be carried into effect, all the great benefits thus anticipated by Mr. Cave were without any proof ; and he (the Learned Commissioner) must deplore the credulity and fatal ac quiescence to which a clergyman, a man of high education and knowledge of the world, had lent himself in advancing nearly 30,000/. under the delu sive hope of making 10 per cent. by it. " I ver il y believe," continued the Learned Commissioner, " that at the outset Cave was a Quixote, and that he thought great things might be done of these mining speculations, and thought he was doing no wrong in hav ing shareholders to join him ; but when I find a clergy man sent to Algiers, when I find large advances made to some, and bounties granted to others, I feel within my self that Mr. Cave must have begun to doubt the ultimate realisation of his wonderful expectations. I think that in 1838, the bankrupt found he was engaged in an un righteous and an unholy pursuit, although, at the same time, I ani willing to believe that his fanatici sm an d hi s Quixotism induced him all through to think that in the end he might realise a fortune ; that fortune now, how ever, turning out an empty bauble, leaving only about 61. in the hands of the two bankers where the subscriptions of the Shareholders had been deposited. In what .1 have thus said, I have only been speaking from the evidence before me, and I have been only induced to make these observations with a view of saving many a family from ruin, by preventing them from embarking in such mad and seductive speculations. Upon the working of the mines (enumerated by the Learned Commissioner, and reported by us before), there was a loss of 194,0001., and if Mr. Cave views the case (Wert-tidy, even as he appears to do now, I can do no more than pity the con tinuance of his delusion. No parson is entitled to greater credit than Mr. Cave, ter the clear and unre served disclosures which he has made of the whole course of his conduct throughout these affairs; but the sum of 6,800/., expended in presents of pipes of wine to one and to another, and in advances of money to outfit parties to India, and bring others from thence home, might be called generosity in some circumstances ; but in those of Mr. Cave they are not justifiable. lam astounded at the credulity, and mortified at the in jury which has been inflicted upon fifty-four respect able families, who cannot now get the fiftieth part of a shilling for all the thousands which they have .embarked in these speculations. Now a word as to the 'accounts of Mr. Cave ; and I must say that they do him and the accountant (Mr. Hutton) for the creditors every possible credit ; I believe that no fraud was intended, but I do believe that there was seduction used, and that serious injury has resulted to many deserving persons, as well at to Mr. Cave and his family. I now report my commendation of his accounts, which are to me highly satisfactory, as they are quite fain, and fully intelligible ; and by law I haie no power to withhold passing his final examination ; and as to his certificate, that rests entirely with his creditors." The balance-sheet having been handed in, and the truth of its contents having been sworn to, the bankrupt answered the usual interrogatories, and was declared to have passed his final examination. CENTRAL CifIMINALCOURT. OLD COURT. Jose Jodquini Gan:aces Basto, aged 35, and described R 3 a merchant, Was indicted for stealing eight Ivarrants, or orders, or a Foreign State, the property of Antonio de Silva, the Financial Agent to the Portugum Govern- Mee t. Mr: Phillips and Mr. Bodkin were instructed on behalf or the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson, with whom was Mr. Payne, conducted the prisoner's defence. Mr. PHILLIPS having briefly addressed the Jury, called witnesses. (It is needless to give the evidence, as it has already appeared in The Sim in the Mansion-house reports.) When the ease for the prosecution was closed, , Mr. C LARKSON addressed the Jury upon the facts of the case, an d commented upon the absence of the indivi dual Ca m pb e ll , who he said, cou ld h ave ex pl a i ne d a ll the circumsta nces o f the transaction. He said that he should satisfy the J ur y t h at the prioner had borne a most honourable character, and he trusted that they would not stamp him as a felon for ever fur such a transaction as had that day been detailed in evidence. The Portuguese Consul, Mr. Stone, of the firm of Stone and Co., the bankers, and other highly respectable. witnesses, were then examined, and they gaVe the pri soner an excellent character for respectability and ho nourable conduct. The RECORDER having summed up, the Jury, after deliberating for a minute, returned a verdi c t o f N o t Guilty. The prisoner was then indicted for stealing two orders for the delivery of a quantity of wine, the property of Messrs. Pinto and Co._ A lengthened examination of Witn esses f o ll owe d, b u t it was destitute , of public interest, and at last the Re corder stopped the case, and said he was of opinion that the charge had not been made out. The Jury expressed their opinion that the eircum • stances of the case only amounted to debt. Mr. PHILLIPS said that if the Jury entertained this opinion it would be useless to proceed further. The Jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. CLARKSON said he felt it due to the prisoner to state that he had a respectable auctioneer in attendance, who would have proved that the prisoner had negotiated a loan with him, and that he would have received money on the Monday to an amount much more than sufficient to have enabled him to pay the whole sum due to the pro secutor. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Charles Higgins, a drover, in the employment of Mr. James Lethbury, home lamb and Welsh mutton sales man of Whitechapel, was charged with having driven a bullock into the shop of Arr. Isaacs, a broker. The complainant stated that his shop was unfortunately in the way from Smithfield to Whitechapel, and in such a position that, on cattle-driving days, people found it necessary often to run into it to avoid the contact with bulls and bullocks. The defendant had upon the occa sion which gave rise to the complaint, three bullocks under his care, and whether from negligent driving or other cause, in walked one of them to the shop, to the great terror of the females of the family, and, after whisking about his tail, overturned a writing•table, a wash-hand stand, and other pieces of furniture. The in jury done by the unexpected visit amounted to 41., a very small damage considering the value of the articles on the premises, and the bulk and careless character of the THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1841. - - animal. - The LORD MAYOR asked whether it was not the prac tice of the shopkeepers in that- vicinity to keep their shops closed at a certain time en market days,. on account of the probability that bullocks would just as soon walk into a shop as into a stable or shambles ? Mr. Lethbury said that those who knew any thing of the vagaries that entered a bullock's head, generally exercised that very commendable vigilance. He had been nearly fifty years an inhabitant of Whitechapel, and he had seen bullocks in very extraordinary situations. They often took it into their heads to walk up narrow flights of stairs, and when all attempts to get them down failed, they turned about, unwieldy as they were, and moved down stairs, doing no harm, but just spitting round upon those who felt alarm. Some years ago, one of the bullocks in Newgate-market took a fancy to exa mine Alderman Crowder's printing-office, and up stairs he trudged to the top of the house, to the terror of the poor old compositors ; but when he saw what a fright he caused, he turned round, and performing a very uncere monious office amongst the type, bundled down again to their great relief.—(Laughter.) The defendant said that Mr. Isaacs at first stated that the damage done was to the amount of no more than 31., and for his part he did not believe that the bullock had done any at all, for he walked in as quietly as if the shop was his own home, and if he dirtied the place a bit, every one " knowed" that bullocks' dirt was clean dirt.—(A laugh.) Mr. Hoblersaid it was altogether out of the question that a bullock, however quiet and manageable, could pay a visit to a shop of polished mahogany furniture without doing mischief. The LORD MAYOR—I am sure that Mr. Lethbury will pay any fair demand for damage. Mr. Lethbury--Certainly, my Lord. I shall, al though the bullock that called to see the gentleman's family did not belong to me. The fact is, I don't think the drover could pay all the attention that was necessary to the beasts, for he had to take care of a great curiosity at the time—a thorough-bred Leicester sheep, five years old, with fire legs and eight feet, and weighing 197 pounds, which I have now at home, and which plays about as if it had no incumbrance whatever. The salesman and broker then retired and compro mised the matter. THE TREADMILL APPLIED IN CASES OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A woman, who had some months ago been brought up on a charge of having attempted to destroy herself by walking into the Thames, was charged before Sir Peter Laurie for disorderly conduct, which he did not think it necessary to punish, as she had been locked up in the Compter all night. Sir P. LAURIE said he considered it to be his duty to say a few words upon the course which he had adopted with respect to persons who made attempts, or pretended to make attempts, upon their own lives. The attempts, or pretended attempts, to commit suicide, had for some time been greatly on the increase, and in the months of September and October five individuals had been charged at the Mansion-house, and twenty-five had been charged at Guildhall, tinder circumstances of the kind. At the beginning of November, under the impression that so revolting an offence should be checked by a little wholesome severity, he sent a man from the Mansion-house to Bridewell to be kept at hard labour for having cut himself in the neck on account of poverty and idleness, and a day or two after he committed a woman for the felony of attempting self-destruction, to the Central Criminal Court. The example he thus set was followed by Sir Chapman Mar shall, who committed a man for trial for attempting to drown himself. The two latter persons pleaded guilty, and the Recorder, as it was the first offence either was known to have committed, sentenced each to no more than 14 days' imprisonment. Now the effect of this mode of treating the class of persons to whom he alluded was admirable. From the moment the City Magistrates showed a determination to punish attempts to commit suicide as other felonies were punished, the mania ceased altogether, and not one charge had been made in the City during the gloomy month of November and the miserable days of December which had already passed away. Mr. Nobler observed, that several desperate impostors had made money by the experiment of tumbling into the Thames. The infliction of imprisonment and hard labour for the offence would certainly check the practice as far as pretenders were concerned, whatever efThet it might have on those who seriously wished to get rid of life. The result, for the last four or six weeks, cer tainly showed that the great majority of those who were charged were impostors. Sir P. LAURIE—The Judges and the Recorder highly approve of the plan of treating the sort of delusion, of which I have spoken, and I shall certainly follow it up. Every man and woman brought before me for jumping, or trying to jump into the river, shall most positively walk off to Newgate ; and I am very much mistaken if the Judges do not henceforward inflict upon such of fenders very heavy punishments. COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE COLLECTION OF THE CUSTOMS' RE VENUES. The Members of this Commi ss i on h ave arr i ve d i n Liverpool, and will begin their cxamination of witnesses this day, at the Custem-house. The following are the names of the Commissioners, Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Honour able 11. Bingham Baring, eldest son of Lord Ashbur ton, and Alexander Pringle, Esq., M.P., Commis sioners of the Treasury. We under s tand th a t th e diffe rentmercantile and shipping associations have appoint e d deputations to wait upon the Commissioners, for the purpose of pointing out to them the alterations which they consider desirable in the mode of collecting the revenue in this port, and if any private individuals have any suggestions to make, it would be well that they should take this opportunity of hyin g them before the Commissioners.—Livcrpod Times. INCREASE OF CHIME IN THE COUNTRY. (From the Liverpool Times.) Our readers must have been struck with the alarming frequency of late of crime of a very daring character. Scarcely a week passes without the record of some act of atrocity, perpetrated by gangs more or less numerous, in different parts of the adjoining districts. It is, therefore, not without some surprise that we find reports gaining strength of an intention to suppress a large body of force cha►;ged with the protection of life and property. There is a peculiarity attending most of the recent out rages, which calls for the most serious deliberation before such a step should be taken. The audacious burglaries and attempts to rob and murder, which we have had to notice from time to time, have, for the most part, been per petrated in the more lonely and unfrequented neighbour hoods, by men who issue from the densely-populated towns, where the practised skill and efficiency of the police present dangerous obstacles to their enterprises, and who then, choosing their point of attack, fall upon the lonely farm-house, or the passenger in solitary roads. By reference to another column, it will be seen that the desperate attack upon the house of an aged farmer, at Myerscough, was the concerted scheme of a notorious gang from Preston. It will be seen, too, that a burglary, though of less serious aspect, has been committed at Cadishead, by a gang from Hyde, near Stockport, another at Bro:ul Green, by a gang from Liverpool, and other acts of rapine and violence, concocted and executed by parties from Liverpool, Chester, and other towns rv►ln be in the recollection or our readers. The case. may be very dill'erent in the purely agricultu ral counties, but to diminish the defences ag - ailist crime, where crime is so frequently engendered, by want and. the contiguity of similar depravity, in thickly populated towns, is a matter of very serious import, and calls for. a very careful survey of the probable consequences. A Jos, " FOR. A DUCAT !"—Mr. Bodkin, M.P. for Rt4hester, h a d an i n t e rview nith Sir James Graham, at the Home-office, on Saturday.—Court Cir cular. Bodkin is a rat , an d i s t h ere f ore sure t o fi n d fa vour with " broth er " Graham. THE LATE EXPEDITION TO SYRIA:—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-stre e t, has this day published the " Narra tive of the Late Expedition to Syria, u nder the com mand of Admir a l Si r R o b ert Stopford, G.C.8., compris ing an account of the Capture of Gebail, Tripoli, and Syra, the Storming of Sidon, Battle of Cailar Meidan, Bombardment and Capture of St. Jean D'Acre, &c.," by W. P. Hunter., Esq. ; 2 vols. smallBvo., with portraits of Admiral Stopford, C ommo d ore N a pi e r, and other illus trations, price 21 s . b ound. M r. Colbur.i has also pub lished, this day, " Memorials of the Great Civil War in England, from 1646 to 1652," edited from original letters in the Bodleian Library, of Charles the First, Charles the Second, Queen Henrietta, Prince Rupert, Prince Maurice, Prince Charles Lodovic, Duke of York, Henry Earl of Clarendon, Archbishop Sancroft, Marquis of Worcester, Earl of Derby, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Thomas Fairfax, Major-General Monk, Major-General Skeppon, Colonel Ireton, Admiral Blake, and numerous other eminent persons, by„ the Rev. Henry Cary, M.A., 2 vols. Bvo., 28s. bound. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BY THE QUEEN--A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R.—Whereas our Parliament stands pro rogued to Tuesday the twenty-first day of this instant December ; We, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said twenty-first day of this instant, December, to Thursday. the third day of February next ; and we hare given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accordingly ; and we do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament Shall, on the said Thumlay, the 3d day of February next, assemble and be holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the Lords Spiri tual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thursday, the third day of February next.. Given at Our Court at Windsor, this tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and in the fifth year of Our reign. GOD save the QUEEN. BY THE QUEEN-A PROCLAMATION, In order to the Electing a Peer of Scotland. VliromA, R.—Whereas Thomas Earl of Elgin was dilly elected and returned to be one of the sixteen Peers of Scotland to sit in the House of Peers in the present Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and is since deceased ; in order to the electing another Peer of Scotland to sit in his room, we do, by the advice of our Privy Council issue forth this our Royal Proclamation, strictly charging and commanding all the Peers of Scotland to assemble and meet at Holyrood-house, and Edin burgh., on Wednesday the nineteenth day of January next ensuing, between the hours of twelve and two in the afternoon, to nominate and choose another Peer of Scotland to sit and vote in the House of Peers in this present Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the room of the said Thomas Earl of Elgin, deceased, by open election and plurality of voices of the Peers that s h a ll b e th e n pre se nt, and of the proxies of such as shall be absent (such proxies being Peers, and producing a mandate in writing, duly signed before witnesses, and both the constituent and proxy being qualified according to law), and the Lord Clerk Register, or such two of the Principal Clerks of the Session as shall be appointed by him to officiate in his name, are hereby respectively required to attend such meeting, and to administer the oaths required by law to be taken there by the said Peers, and to take their votes ; and, immediately after such election made and duly ex amined, to certify the name of the Peer so elected, and to sign and attest the same in the presence of the said Peers the electors, and return such certificate into our high Court of Chancery of Great Britain ; and we strictly charge and command that this our Royal Proclamation be duly pub lished at the Market-cross at Edinburgh, and in all the county towns of Scotland, - twenty-five days at least be fore the time hereby appointed for the meeting of the said Peers to proceed on such election. Given at Our Court at Windsor. the tenth day of De cember, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and in the fifth year of Our • reign. GOD save the QUEEN. , At the Court at Windsor, the 10th day of December, 1841, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.—Whereas by the Tate Act of . Unifor mity, which establisheth the Liturgy, and enacts, that no form or order of Common Prayer be openly used other than what is prescribed or appointed to be used in and by the said Book, it is notwithstanding pro vided, that in all those Prayers, Litanies,. and Collects which do anywise relate to the King, Queen, or Royal Progeny, the names be altered and changed from time to time, and fitted to the present occasion, according to direction 'of lawful authority : her Majesty was pleased this day in Council to declare her Royal will and plea sure, that in all the Prayers, Litanies, and Collects for the Royal Family, the words " The Prince of Wales " be inserted immediately after the words " The Prince Albert." And her Majesty (loth strictly charge and command, that no edition of the Common Prayer be from henceforth printed but with this amendment; and that in the meantime, till copies of such editiiiiOnay 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 their Church Books, according to the foregoing direc tions: And for the better notice hereof; that this Order be forthwith printed and published, and sent to the several parishes ; and that the Right Reverend the Bishops do take care that obedience be paid to the same accordingly. WM. L. BATHURST. At the Court at Windsor, the 10th day of December, 1841, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council,—her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable James Archibald Lord Wharn cliffe, the Lord President of the Council, to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the west riding of the county of York, his Lordship this day took the usual Oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. [The following article should have appeared in the Gazette of October 15, 1841 :—] DOWNING-STREET OCT. 14, 1841. The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint Captains Edward Belcher, William Warren, Harry Eyres, and Charles Anstruther Barlow, of the Royal Navy, to be Companions of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Atkins Hamerton, of the Honourable East India Company's Service, to be her Majesty's Consul in the dominions of the Itnaum of Muscat. WHITEHALL, DEC. 1 1. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Francis Wylie to the church and parish of Elgin, in the presbytery of Elgin and county of Moray, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Alexander Walker to the church of Urquhart. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Ovington Ord, of Middlesborough, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 10. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Lyon Foster, of Hertford, in the county of Hertford, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR OFFICE, DEC. 14; 1841. Ist Regiment of Dragoons.—Lieut. J. Yorke to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Owen, who retires ; Cornet W. B. Barttelot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Yorke; T. Thoroton, Gent., to be Cornet by purchase, vic e Barttelot, Dec. 14. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons— s Surgeon D. Murray, M.D., from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice W. R. Rogers, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 14. 7th Regiment of Font—Lieut. 'l'. St. Vincent H. C. Trou bridge to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bernal, who retires, Dec. 14. Bth Foot—Ensign W. Bayly to be Adjutant, vice Holmes, promoted, Dec. 14. 13th Foot.—W. F. Pounsett, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Scott, promoted; Assistant. Surgeon J. Robertson, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Murray, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons; 'l'. G. Scot, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robertson, Dec. 14. • 28th Foot—Lieut. H. H. Lake, from the 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice T. Bunbury, who retires upon half-pay of the 54th Foot, Dee. 14. 31st Foot—Lieut. J. L. Wilton, from half-pay of the 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lake, appointed to the 28th Foot, Dec. 14. • • 46th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. A. D. M'Bean, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cowen, promoted to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Dec. 14. 92t1 Foot—Lieut. J. Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bayly, who retires ; Ensign .r. C. Gordon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cox ; C. Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice J. C. Gordon, Dee. 14. •NI West India Regiment—J. C. M'Pherson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purehase,"vice Clarke, deceased, Dec. 14. BliEVET.—Lieut.-Colonel W. flay, on half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel in the Army; Captain W. Fothergill, of the 50th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 11. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain E. F. Grant to be Adjutant, vice Dupuis, who resigns the Adjutancy only, April 14. Corpi of Royal Engineers—Second-Lieutenant 11. Burnaby to be First-Lieutenant, vice Durnford, promoted, Dec. 7. Commission by the Governor and Captain of the Isle of Wight. H. P. Gordon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 25. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland. Sir G. Musgrave, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 4. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Westmoreland. Sir Geo. Musgrave, Bart,. ' to be Deputy Lieutenant, N ov . 4. Counnissiou Liy the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire Militia—William Iluntly Campbell, Esq., to be Captain, July I. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry—William Briscoe, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Icon:, resigned, Dec. 9. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. .Sherwood Rangerr—Clumber Troop—G. H. Vernon, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice E. Unwin, deceased. Mansfield Troop—E. Wright, Gent., to be Cornet, vice C. Colvile, promoted. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. FRANCIS SHERWIN, dentist, Bruton-street, Berkeley square. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM M'EVOY and JOSEPH JOHNSON, stone masons, Harrow-road, to surrender Dec. 23, at twelve, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Ba singhall-strect, official assignee ; Turner, Percy-street, Bed ford-square. HENRY CASTLE, ship-owner, Lucas-street, Bother lithe, Dec. 24, at twelve, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the C our t of Bankruptcy. Edwards, F re d er i c k' s - p l ace , Old Jewry, offi cial assignee ; Haslam and Bischoff, Copthall-court, Throg morton-street. WILLIAM MOWBRAY POTTS, grocer, Newcastle upon-Tyne, Jan. 7 and 25, at one, at the Bankrupt Cominis sion-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Galswortliy and Nichols, Cook's-court, Lincoln's lon, London; Dove, Neweastle-upon- Tyne. GEORGE SHAW, grocer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Sessions -house, Wakefield, and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Laurence and Taylor, Old Fish-street, Doetors'-commons, London; Haxby and Scholey, Wakefield. WM. BALLINGER, baker, Swansea, Dee. 21 and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Castle hotel, Swansea. Williams and David, Swansea. BENONI FISHER, ironmonger, Walsall, Staffordshire, Dec. 28 and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Wolver hampton. Philpot and Son, Southampton-street, Blooms bury, London ; James, Walsall ; Wheates and Staniforth, Sheffield. JAMES TRUBSHAW, jun., iron -founder, Stafford, Dec. 31, and Jan. 25, at one, at the George Inn, Stafford. White and Eyre, Bedford-row, London; Foster, Wolverhampton. JAMES WELDON, feather merchant, Bell's-buildings, Salisbury-square, Dee. 24, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster. Michael, Red Lion square, London; Bird and Saunders, or Talbot, Kidderminster. RICE WILLIAMS, woollen draper, Pwllheli, Carnarvon shire, Dec. 29 and Jan.. 25, at twelve, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, Temple London ; Mawson, Manchester. ISAAC TAYLOR• and URIAH TAYLOR, clothiers, Meltham, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Dec. 30 at two, and Jan. 25 at ten, at the Pack Horse Inn, Huddersfield. Battle, Fisher, and Sudlow, aancery-lane, London ; Stephenson, Floyd, and Booth, Holmtirth. THOMAS PEAK PEARSON, grocer, Liverpool, Dec. 28 and Jun. 25, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool. Vincent and Sherwood, Inner-Temple, London ; Littledale and Bardsweil, Liverpool. ROBERT SANDS, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, Dcc. 27 and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Hotel, Nottingham. Perry, Smith, and Perry, Nottingham; Austen and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, London. ROGER II ASLAM, cotton-spinner, Little Bolton, Lan cashire, Dec. 24, at one, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Com missioner's•rooms, Bolton-le-Moors. Morris, Allen, and Simp son. Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Glover, Bolton-le-Moors. WILLIAM K EEP, tailor, Northumberland-street, Strand, Dec. 21, at one, and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bank uptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Parken and Webster, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn-fields. WILLIAM SMITH BATSON, JOHN WILSON, and JOHN LANGHORN, bankers, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Dec. 22 and Jan. 25, at ten, at the King's Arms Inn, BerivieN upon-Tweed ; Weddell, Berwick-upon-Tweed ; Pringle, and Manisty, King's-road, Bedford-row, London. ROBERT DRAKE, engraver, Bristol, Dec. 28 and Jan. 25, at tar s, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol ; Surr, Lombard street, 1;4.. ion; Whittington and Castle, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. G. Pouiad, licensed victualler, Dalston, Jan. 6, at twelve. T. Brettcll. printer, Rupert-street, Haymarket, Dec. 30, at twelve—l?. tThild, attorney-at-law, Cannon-street, City, Jan. 5, at two—W. Scoons, innkeeper, Maidstone, Jan. 5, at twelve —T. 'lrks, sen., tallow melter, Chelsea, Jan. 5, at eleven. In the Country. E. Tyler, ironmaster, Birehhills, Staffordshire, Jan. 11, at one, at the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton—T. Syers, tailor, Liverpool, Jan. 10, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool —E. Cooper, E. P. Cooper, B. Cooper, and J. A . Cooper, clothiers, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Feb. 9, at four, at the White Hart Inn, Chippenham—G. Taylor, hosier, Leicester, Jan. 5, at thvee, at the Castle of Leicester-'-R. Caldecott, draper, Chester, Jan. 8, at e'even, at the Royal Hotel, Chester—B. W. Browne, cooper, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Jan. 4, at one, at the King's Head Inn, Beccles—J. and. W. H. Hamilton, calico printers, Manchester, Jan. 6, at ten, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester — C. and W. Sydebotham, ship smiths, Li verpool, Jan. 5, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES-JAw. 4. W. Playne, saddler, Gloucester—H. Pountney, jun., grocer, Birmingham—J. It. Berry, wine merchant, Cambridge—H. Thompson, timber merchant, King-street, Clerkenwell—J. N. Lane, chemist, Birmingham—J. Graham, linen draper, Man chester—B. Sarson, iron master, Birmingham—F. G. Noakes, tailor, Deal. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. R. Cooksey and J. P. Handley—T. Bamford, M. Wheatley, and W. Bamford, blacksmiths, Babbington Col liery, Nottingham—D. Griffin and W. H. Freason, cotton ma nufacturers, West Ham, Essex—P. and J. Cotterell, patent cast-iron hinge makers, Darlaston, Staffordshire—C. H. and J. blacken, tailors, Conduit-street, Hanover-square J. M'Laren, sen., J. M'Laren, jun., H. M‘Laren, P. M'Laren, and W. Bryan, general merchants, Manchester (so far as re gards W. Bryan)—T. G. and . Barlow, iron merchants, Bueklersbury—J. Rces and J. Gough, coal merchants, New port, Monmouthshire—T. Lupton, S. M. Diggles, and W. Lupton, woolmerchants,_Bolton, Lancashire.___ SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. and P. M'FARLANE, dyers, Spoutmouth, Glasgow, Dec. 17 and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. WILLIAM FORSYTH and CO. wrights, Glasgow, Dec. 18 and Jan. 8, at one, at the Chambers of Strang, Yuille, and Keyden, Glasgow. JAMES WADDELL MACKIE, merchant, Glasgow, Dec. 21 and Jan. 11, at two, at the Chambers of J. Drew, Glasgow. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM VESSEL AVON. Sheerness, Dee. 10, 1841 Sir—ln consequence of its having appeared, in several public papers and shipping lists, that her Majesty's steam-vessel Avon had been ashore on Flamborough Head, and had met considerable damage— May I request you will cause this error to be contra dicted in as public a manner as possible ; the fact being that her- Majesty's steam-vessel Driver went ashore on Flamborough Head, and afterwards put into Shields. The Avon arrived at Shields on Dec. 2, where she found the Driver, and left Shields on the 7th, in company with the Driver, and arrived at Sheerness on the 9th inst. The reasons for the foregoing statement are, lest any erroneous reports may be prejudicial to the pilot of the Avon, Mr. Ranzon, of Hull, with whom lam highly satisfied.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES JENKIN, Lieut. commanding. To the Secretary at Lloyd's, London. NOTICE TO MASTERS AND OWNERS OF VESSELS. Extract of a letter from Lloyd's agent at St. Übes, dated the sth instant : ." Since my last we have had a!'succession of strong gales from the S.W., but I have heard of no losses. The stock of salt allotted to foreign vessels is reduced to 4,000 or 5,000 tons, and as several vessels are expected, it will all be shipped off in a very few days, so that those who may conic afterwards will get none ; therefore I request you will publish this, to prevent any more coming, for, if they go away again in ballast, they will have to pay the port charges and tonnage duty?" VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—The Chieftain, from Clyde to Calcutta, by the Aimwell, arrived off Cork. Eliza, Wells, of St. John's, Bth ult., lat. 47, lon. 52 ; Ellen, of and from LiVerpool, with loss of jib-boom ,and two men, 30th ult., by the Rover, arrived at Teignmouth. Marga ret Pollock, Pye, from Glasgow, sth ult., lat. 9, lon. 25 5..; Guiana, 9th tilt., on the Equator ; Brightman, from Calcutta, out 140 days, lat. 18, lon. 30, by the Kinnear, arrived in the Downs. Acadia steamer, Liverpool to Halifax, 27th ult., lat. 49, lon. L 33. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Mercantile Journal of December 14.) SUGAR.—For West India Muscovado Sugar the market has continued firm, and a fair business has been done: both the grocers and refiners have continued to purchase steadily, and the transactions would no doubt have been more extended had the show of samples exhibited a better assortment. There was less demand to-day for British Plantation Sugar, but holders were firm, and obtained the rates of last week, except a public sale of 113 hhds and tres Bar badoes, at which prices declined Gd per cwt ; middling to fine sold at 6Gs Gd to 73s per cwt. The private sales were only 100 hhds and tres. MAURITIUS.—OnIy 47 bags of this description have been offered by public auction,..which sold at 54s to 55s for low.foxy brown. Privately scarcely any business has been done, and prices are little better than nominal. EAST INDlA.—White qualities of Bengal continue' scarce, and buyers are unwilling to pay the prices asked. Yellow and Khaur descriptions at easier rates; fine white 75s 6d good middling and good white at 70s to 735, middling greyish white at Gss to 665, soft bright yellow at 62s Gd to 635, low and middling bright yellow 54s to 58s 6d, fine dry brown in chests 535, damp foxy brown 50s, and ordinary brown 42s to 45s 6d per cwt. Manilla, low middling dry grey at 17s 6d, damp ditto 16s 6d, middling dry brown at 15s to 15s 6d, one lot 16s, damp ditto 14s 6d to 15s, and washed at 13s Gd to 14s per cwt. At public sale 1,440 bau ' s Bengal went at a redu c ti on on former rates of i s t o is Gd per cwt; good white sold at 67s to 68s per cwt. • FOREIGN.—The market is looking rather firmer; brown and yellow Bahia at 17s, whites 19s to 23s for low to good quality. REFINEft—For refined golds this week stiffer rates paid ; standard lumps 81s 6d to 82s, and brown 74s to 795. In Treacle 27s 6d to 34s paid for low to fine. Bas tards 42s to 58s, and Pieces good to fine at 71s to 765. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 28s 6d to 28s 9d, and 29s is mostly 'demanded by refiners. MOLASSES.— The demand for West India has been good this .week, at higher prices for the line qualitks. Fine Antigua and Barbadoe:; have realised 30s, middling St Vincen ts 265, and fair Dominica 25s per cwt. COFFEE.—The market for home consumption descrip tions continues in a dull state, with declining prices but, as most of the importers still show a reluctance tO realize, the reduction is very gradual. Jamaica, fine middling went at 130 s to 1325, good and fine ordinary at 70s to 9Gs ; Demerara, fine fine ordinary unclean at 725, 15 and ordinary at 55s to Gus per cwt. Ceylon at 81s to 9 for fine ord and superior 13. P. sOrt, and 65s to 66s curlew good ord; ord 66s to 66s 6d per cwt. In Mocha no sales worth reporting, have taken place "in the absence of public sales. All other kinds of East India and Cape descriptions of Coffee must be quoted 2s to 3s per cwt. lower, with a dull sale. La Guayra at 41s (id to 42s for good ordinary, and about 500 bags Malabar sort at 52s per cwt There was no public sale to-day, and privately the operations were extremely limited, but the offers of lower rates were rejected. Cocoa.—For lAr;st India descriptions, prices are still depressed ; at 41s to 42s for good fair red, at 35s 6d to 378 6d for fair dull red, and at 35s for ord dull red. TEA.—The same dithli”is that has pervaded the market fur some weeks past is continued, and a further slight re duction has taken place in prices-. There was a fair demand to-day for Tea to supply both town and country orders, and holders were firm ; Company's Congou Is 94-d to Is Sid per lb. The deli veries keep large. . CASSIA LlGNEA.—Another large parcel having been pressed upon the market, a further reduction of Is to 2s per cwt has taken place in the value of the article. NUTMEGS.—There is a fair request, and prices are steady. 18 casks from the Cape offered at public sale went at 3s 9d fur fiiir first quality. GINGER.—East India continues in very limited request, and prices remain very low ; fine Bengal may be had at 17s to 18s per cwt. PEPPEa. n —The market is dull, and a part only of 500 bags Malabar sold at 34-d to 3-0 for fair quality, being the full value. litcE.—A small parcel of low Bengal at public sale sold at 8s to 9s per cwt. FRUIT.—The demand continues brisk for. all descrip tions. SPIRITS.—The Rum market continues quiet, but as the holders du not press sales, prices are sup ported. The transactions of the week are confined to a few small parcels, comprising Demerara of good quality, 31 to 34 ovenproof at 3s Sd to 3s 10d, and proof East India at Is 3.1 d to Is 4d per gallon. The nominal price of proof Leeward is Is 10d per gallon. In consequence of the prices of Brandy in Fr ance having opened about 3d per gallon higher than was anticipated, this market has become firmer, and a fair business has been done at an improvement of Id to 2d per gallon, with a prospect of still higher prices. Ge neva in steady request at 2s to 2s 1d for export, and at 2s 6d to 2s 9d for home use. British Corn Spirits in de mand at lOs 4d per gallon. OILS.—In the early part of the week some parcels , 1 ( 1 createdreli flatness, ai l cleared and depressed oti; co n prices- of common Fish Oils were pressing op the market by the merchants, ba l% , ' sctlttt ; qltityl:t°l3:e market has become firm. In Sperm Oil prices reraain as before quoted. Linseed Oil was dull of sale early last week, and the price . fell to 35s 6d, but few se ll e rs can now be found below 36s 9d or 37s per cwt. on the spot. nape Oil rather firmer. Arrivals of new Olive Oil have caused a depression in t: 1 Na'ath7tesl iofxr t,hettamr.ticle, Cocoaand N .the u market a o r i k l et ii i r s m; quiet. f Gali polilfetches 40s and 40s 6tl, duty paid. Pal m Oil m a e t former eyon prices. E ll ING SUN TA LLow.- -Tito paid for fine : -.. ie lt„ w ticed last w x4c-',, ave b een ma i n t a ined; th e latcbt Pr it ' ; st advanced prices of Russian Tallow -Ir. the end of t' J which there . very in th:4 Candle on the spot was 48 1, are steady buyers, and tilr delivery up.., e year 47s 9d would be accepted. F or del . l , ;ler cwt c: spring months the nominal figure is .18s b U .....• ,outh American Tallow at fair prices, from Os to 46s 6d for l ow tOi, , oOdquality. Fallo is not quit e so muc h i n dernao(l, but r are ateat P. Y. C. on th e s p o t . 48s. per ewt. ice w COUNT Wheat, RY CORN MARKETS Iwo 46 Barley. Oats. 13cans. Per Quarter • s. to s. 5. to 5. s. to s. s. to s. carlisle ..... 59 73 33 ' l6 tk) 'lO 36 38 .3 28— Morpeth 5, 64 )).3 30 .20 L 3 :9 4 4. Penrith — 64 a 3 22 Sheffield ' 67 32 Winchest,r fV- 06 '27 02 ` . O 26 40 4 • Per Bushel. s.d. /c s l. s . Carmarthen 1 0 - 8 I. 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 r , 6 r;owbridge, ~ 7 6 8 0 0 0 4l'- 0 I) 3 0 5 0 0 iwansea 76 Bit 40 44 20 30 (i tits Per 8011. Barnardcastl 16 I) 19 0 8 9 9 0 4 0 4 9 0 Otnilain 126 180 90 90 59 69 0 0 I " . If: 6 Pi elO 0 II 0 6 0 7 4 10 . 0 L.' 0 Stockt. l o 1:.0 19 6 90 90 60 70 9 IRISH MARKETS. 01.111t,1 if A ' ALIKE!' NOTE for :lie Week c) , ( 1 ° )8 11 From f o 450 ‘vhe a t.p rharr/ohn 22 0 35 Il 275 Here 384 Barley 413 sten.. 35 d, s.d 0 0 0 0" „ 0 o 6 " q 4 I°l . 9 0 I°ll lg • 9 0 Kris. Fe. )°' .he Week ou ting n • _____-... --- Avcrar . ' From To . 2 , ~, 456 wheat ,p ,r. barn,' •.:1 vioiie..." 22 ii :3 5 ", 1!. „i' 27:, Bere .., ..... 301. tilrley ..... 413 ()At c ~.. o Mour, 4er ~ ,,v t. - 0 -. ,: 1.1 ' 31'2 Oatmeal ..-.......- l=l stone ld 0 1 1 " Sold to .3akers only. . f.'2 t% P,lll Cwt. Not. r.................. la o 25 ' , L ot . Average , wire .A. Whe , t and Flour 54- M r, P" ', O 25s °A Receipts of Flois .rules of Do. 11,2:17 f - mos ......„ irOfrom li_"_, . fo J5O 11 , 3 -,5 bee 1 Fir itg........ - .. , Iroin 21.9:: no 1' t0. . 2 1, ,ls, Tnintp ......... from ilh. YMCA OF BREAD. .lid. Quartern I oat ^', 2 d. ; Ilan Quin tern ...-- od. I :0111i MARKET'S.-I)cc 11. Wheat (per 20.1:417 s 0,1. to3ss. 01.1uats (per list. ~. 00.°1 ,' t'' '. 114 .1/ Barley (per 165t.)10 6 17 3 iFlovr (per cwt `... 8 ' ()atm. al (per cwt.)..........,3,. 0 ,1 to 1.4 0,1 n , Beef, 61. tr. 6 1. 1 .—blutton, sd. tn Bd.—Veal, 41.1•111%.. Rork, 41. to s,l—Fresh Bullet, 11d. to 121 P cr • ' nt11; PRICE OF lIITITER. e C°" 'l'o the Merchants. To th Or first Qua1ity............... ..... . 85,...............••••••••.. ::•- " 72 Secomt Bl .........................!". 63 Third Fourth 62 . ... ..........."".. • 0 4 .,..1 Fifth .".. ... or 2 .. ............",••••"...0 • Sixth.. .••• CLON MELVA A BKETS„...I)cc 11. • Per ( wt. , 6, n q V. 14 v a. d. 0 to 19 0 Hider (raw)....••••• - ' 4l (Y 46 '', : 14 6 Bacon PIK. ........... --' 02 "J Heads .•..•••........... 2" ,s 0 Per Br.g. 0 it Flour, Second . ._Household...— 0 38 0I kourtni...... , ' 13 0 Per Barrel, 16 o '' • Napes. vd........ ...... 20 0 —OI Barley ............•••• • Sere... KILKENNY MARKETS• t o, tc 1 l''' B Wheat s p n barrel)2Bl. Dd. to 33/.04. Beef ' aer ll-...... , I r* ~, 7 Barley ...... ..... .....12 0 19 0 Mutter) ......,....• ', - b 4 0 1 Oats 14 0 15 ~ Pork ..............• 0 o 6 1 ° Flour (per II ag) 25 0 :,9 0 V el' ....,...: 0 ...' 0 10 Butter(pertml.) 0 0 98 0 crest! Bunter • •••. n'" " o 6 0 Bacon Pigs 45 0 46 0 fait Ditty ~.....••• "., 6 " Coals ..............•• 1 0 1 2 Potato:sn v i per it.) a. d. New Rutter 9B oto Oatmeal ......... Rendered Lard -- DISTRESS IN IRELA ND.—Ta lk o f pa the poverty o.f its unemployed population !. ;dIieEPT, cerely do we sympathise with these peoplo to 01 ,, Iti t are we to obser ye the successful exertions in n a ;ert gate their sufferings. But we will venture Lk,' ",„ even th there are few districts in Ireland—we see t un the g A a , weavers and spin.aers of Ulster are experietion;ot tunu'i neral distress—in which the pressure of want ja ii ther more severely felt; than in Paisley, or in a"Y thingl of Great Britain. .As a sample of the real evi te eln le we are anxious to evil attention to the followng.qtwro from the Kerry Exan liner received this morning"; e% tren' a are sorry to say, a 11,.ct but too well known that the and general distress prevails at this momen t humble classes, both in town and country; °", 1 .1 lite C O pally to the late very unfavour a bl e s eason, e ery "`' sequent deficiency ancl deteriorated qualitY , o rith scription of crops. This is p a rti cu l a rly the cnsTetraesns gard to potatoes and turf—the po o r mans e t h A of sustaining existence.--Dublin Evening . 14. .,„ ton ' DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—We arc haPYJ.weeit; that the number of the unempl o y e d has, during:l; feateu increased only twenty-four, though much is t cu rrel la from the effects of some heavy failures which •:/ 0 00, few days ago. The numbers now are :—..nia1.e33,201.; dependents 4,760 • females 1,609, dependent,'"nabelot total, 11,477. Including Kilbarchan, Johnstone, J.-N*13,070. &c., the numberof unemployed amounts to nearly —Glasgow Argus. A BENEFICIAL RESU desL To VI , " EYE-SIGIIT.--A gentleman is T irous to nol tl3 _ l o .- f the Public of the benefit he has derived from the n' e , eta eles• Messrs. S. and B. Solomons' newly invented Sl ) . ', d t hosl " I consider it my duty in justice to the public in a be t ; gentlemen to state that my eyesight had hbeen riot 0 , 1 1 . state for many years, so much so that I could ho t' I.I OUC out, without a pepersonto lead me. I ha ve ” trop oli to the care of every eminent Oculist in the 11w ac i e s, a ti a no effect. I then endeavoured to procure sPee t i d no t he after doing so at the principal Opticians, el l a st, I 9 , 2- any to afford me relief, and on the 15th AP I.I kibeninr l : e ; lied to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 3 1, j to ns s ' s street, Piccadilly, to be suited with speetacies9v.,:e thefg my sight, and to my most astonishing gi r l c ' e tsei c suited me with a pair of their newly invented g' s ,. ; an d that enabled me to discern objects with distillet ° :,'te s ', from that time to the present my sight has bee" 13 „ 1 0 7 1 v a sively improving, and I can walk out mid see fell about without the slightest difficulty. My e ase 1- 0 ,,,y known to every eminent Oculist in London ; 0 15° , / , nl neighbours, and may be ascertained, upon any individual, J. M.:CuNivisIGToN, 10, Gloucesl er ,.", tir e Kentish -town, Nov. 24, 1841."—Th e I nv i s ible t ) r e o - 1 4 0 13 Voice Conductor Sound Magnifiers, for deaf 11; not the least perceptible, no r more uncomfor.taocaiato having a piece of wool in its place, they giv e i :ss. , 39 1' relief to old standing e x tr e m e cases of dln . r k Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite thennexion and 76, King 'William-street, City. N° el) persons of the same name. AN [ADvERTIsEmENT•] e t, HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT n) r) r q fitigar i i s te - d e to EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Mrs. Fry, el last ad lll- , cars' Walworth, was on the 16th of .April of fi ve fi lc rs Guy's Hospital, as a patient, with a hn" Ili Owl:ilea standing, it was nearly as hard as bow' , joist '' e- i e 6th and frightfully swollen. Not deriving Il e a on the from the treatment in the hospital, s.t ie j( : . 1, - rotigh t of May. On the 18th of October she ‘ va , vvit il leer leY cart to Professor Holloway's Establisluni 9_, v; ra , 0 wrapped in a blanket. In five weeks W hich ll a cured by means of the Ointment and r,' ll tei%nd , ' t o ld sold at the Proprietor's establi s hment, 24 '' earl Temple-bar, where advice m a y be had g lll , itig dotn , o 4 by every respectable chemist throughout tiV is 2135. , a pots and b oxe s, a t I s . ad., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., • 335. each. [ADVERTISEMENT•] r esent Fe 4: " PERSONAL COMFORT."--The p 1 ofec -3 os l t l h ,e ) :t a l t t b h c e e :_ i f r n g that in which the utilities and of r ' Rowland's Kalydoe become equally til 3 P 3l•e to th° sl' gratetill:t w ith persons who suffer from the baneful effects. of ini.coordi nary iliestaxnTaninctrae,nil‘davlee,ritslagtirledailtdluously recommend it ho y : t inflam •ma tion of the skin, is elnri4ir)eiltteatsebsilei's.stkYtielle'ti:ldtts;l3::l";ll3creeleolits - virtues in enhanei (~ the beauty of the obi° plosion ; and, as a toilet nt, .. . .. tvi tio appendage, IS ot linty . safety, efficacy, and of unrivalled elegance. ' __.....et ......-----....---,......----.............----......--x-, . clo l e ' k A PA TENT' LEVER LEVER SILVER 1 ' W a tch' al't -- -- ---- 1 1 IC II F ' 1 Queen and his R s o p y e a c l ia l l —E. J. DENT, 82, Strand, Chronometer, , t lie 1% L lt ? s r ;:,,! 1 appointment igess l, rin cteo Alb' r 4 ~ , ,, f0,,, , ASSORTMENT of these superiorly constructed Wir or . I' s ' at 6/. 6s. each. They have double-bottomed flat si`''',.,e - (le/ jewelled (six holes) movements, and continue t° ' c ar ee r ,. whilst being wound, with other modern moveent' , ,cs 1 1 strength.petlortnan m ee totdiwi g erier u t lae l it r edi a .uoi n jp t urr e rsi e ye t w.e l. , c a p T a h b e i i i i r ty p o r b i particular g ad ir v te * ar t a er t i l l o.. :, motion without derangement, and small expense °' g r ' e ',tra" 8 i r 2 t , h ; y t Strand, WATC l e ; _,--- , ~... - --- -. AD P GOLD E G t o o sf l , d c caseseLL.ilosftrNro;nt:6lo. N t 0 1 1 : 1 : 1,.0 ,,, ,d -- 0 : T. COX SAVORY, 'Watchmaker, No. .17, Cofibill:cie;tioa 1 seven doors from Cracechurch-street, submits fer - 0 4, 0 10 .° 6 very large STOCK of COLD WATCHES, the 0 01l t° which arc carefully examined by experienced will' ln .• premises, and each is warranted for correct p erformanet- SIZE FOR LADIES. turn ed 10 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-x,O gold case, and gold dials, warratded ............ ' 0 Fine Verticil Watch..s, jewelled, with double - b anke l 11 I ' l engine-turned gold eases and'gold dials, warrantei Patent detached Lever Watches, j ew elled in I.° dial', 121. . 4 0 holes with double-backed gold and gold 1 4 1 warranted ... ...... . .......... .• , ................. •• SIZE OR F GEN - 'I'LF.II.:• Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four , i l 0 holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, 'c a.- 13 '- ranted........... ........... . , ........ ............... ••• Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, ji:welled ill 1 . 0 s;x holes, seconds, double-backed -gold cases 3°(- hi 1 i enamel dials, warranted - ........ ... ................... Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled ii t i six holes, seconds, double-hacked • gold c:ise , an - 01 0 1' gold dials, warranted .......... . ~.------... 11 hag Either of the Gentlemen's Watches ..... be had in g ° ' cases, for 31. 3s. each extra. • , n ie. N.H. Second-hand W a t c h es purchased in each k ' ---- _ Te r v O il liIRTHS. Ts e % On the I Ith of June, at Melbourne, Port Philil" - Wales, the wife of R. K. Sconce, Esq., of as daughter' n ' e 54., On the 10th in s t., at Jersey, the lady of W. llittil 'so late of the Madras civil service, of a daughter. the I le. On the 11th inst., at Esher ' , Surrey, the laity of On the 1 9 8 Edward Woodhouse, of a son. MO. f, On the 12th inst., at Muswell-bill, Hornsey, . Morgan, of a son. ifyile l i ' di ' -gar dens, the wife of the Rev. 11. W. Browne, of a sou. I . poi , the lady 0 Pauenle,Es - q.. , l ofa( 1 On the 13th inst., at Kennington-gree n, Al' k M il. inst., .guh:Vere.st bout ne-street, On the 13th inst., at Penryu Villa, Regent's par , Dover-road, of a daughter. ac e ' T. Husband, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., Mrs. R. F. Bickerton , Virginia-tern— —__------ re, MARRIED. h Ca W°P° it On the 25th o f s e pt e mlx-e, at Christchurc h , ._..rie Captain Wilkie, 4th Native Infantry, to Emily, ).°". vo eil , daughter of the late William Bishop, Esq., Haslemere, Surrey, and North Bank, Regent's Park i , i l - F , C e On the 14th inst., at St. James's Church, Ca"la'rhtti.r of th Alainwaring, R.N., to Cecilia Charlotte, only da u b late Dean of Durham and the lion. Airs. Hall. .________-.---''' -------__—.. J• DIED. fetid ~ a f' r On the 9th inst., at Gravesend, N. A. Austen , Esti mrs. Ala Y On the 10th inst., in Redman-row, Mile-end' Stevenson, aged 75. t , 138 1 ° 13ne• of (i . rq on : lo p . On the 10th inst.., at Notting-hill terrace, Al" - " Esq., son of the late A. Balmanno, Esq. NG , London Printed rid Published by hl AUDI Y if d No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Offic e, No. 112 1 ''''trafB4l. the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, 'D e cember ' ' 1 RI du to t) , )f„ tht A, 1 bc, o t , t 4o} Pnt, r e „ 111 R '' t 1,241 T o t hi, Of an T ~i,„ t't it, A o ts 4t alt t tor St , 4