The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-06 00:00:00

EVENING SUN MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FRODI THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DIY. TIMES.—The public are generally much dis appointed at the abrupt termination of Mr. E. B. Smith's trial. They had long anticipated this 'day as one on which important facts would transpire which might serve to guide their ope rations, but now they find the chance of that information they felt they had a right to obtain suddenly taken from them, and the whole affair as much enveloped in mystery as on the day when Mr. E. B. Smith was first taken into cus tody. As to the position of the holders of Ex chequer bills, various opinions are entertained. Some think that the evidence which would have been brought forward, had the prisoner pleaded " Not Guilty," would have been of great service to them in establishing • their claim, and that the absence of this is there fore a positive loss. Others attach great import ance to the address of the Judge, in which he speaks of the ruin of individuals, as if expres sions of that sort were conclusive proofs against the holders. This reference to the address is, however, particularly weak, and nothing but the natural timidity accompanying an uncertain po sition can account for the assumption that a speech on the bench was in any way tantamount to an official declaration of the Government. It is even too much to assume the phrases in ques tion as expressive of the Judge's opinion, as it was only the magnitude of the crime that he was pointing out, and he was not called on to give an opinion as to the position of the holders. It should be observed, that by Mr. E. B. Smith's pleading guilty to all the matters con tained in the indictment, the whole proceeding is made to emanate from an officer of the Govern ment ; that forgeries out of doors, and by parties unconnected with the Treasury, can no longer be cited as a defence, but that the bills originate with the office itself. Again it may be repeated, that no negligence or culpability can be laid to the charge of the majority of the present holders • that they exercised every caution that the nature of the instrument permitted—and that no doubt is-thrown on any of the authenticating marks of the bills except the signature. Whatever difference of opinion there may be as to the si tuation of the holders, it is generally agreed that the credit of the Exchequer market will be compromised materially if they are not indem. reified. The loss of thousands of pounds, fol lowed by a trial at which noinformation was con veyed, and no furthet compensation afforded to the sufferers but the punishment of an officer of Goverment, could not be forgotten, and the readiness of transfer and the general conveniences of an Exchequer bill would be gone, perhaps for ever. Hence, from the present aspect of affairs, there is every reason to hope that the innocent holders will not sustain a loss. It is yet possible that the investigation may not have come to an end. It is understood that the Bank clerks who were subpoenaed have been ordered to be in readiness on Monday, though for what purpose has not yet transpired. This being the 4th of the month, and the sth &Ling on Sunday, it was a most important day fee the holders of commercial paper. The amour t of bilis, due was so great, and they have with - very few exceptions been so well met, that the good state of credit is not only a cause of satis faction, but also of surprise. CHRONICLE.—The important "disclosures" alluded to openly in Court by the lawyers pre vious to the committal of Rapallo for trial are, it seems, to be " hushed up," and the ends of justice defeated. The very last time that the matter was publicly discussed, the legal advisers employed on both sides specially aliuded to im portant disclosures that had entirely changed the aspect of affairs, and the Counsel for Rapallo, formerly grumbled at the mere motion for r t . mewling his client, confessed that " important circumstances which had transpired elsewhere" ,- 1111 ,.e it necessary to clear his character before a j ue y. The public mind was thus impressed wita We belief that the confederates of Smith had becnne known to the Crown lawyers, and ti, , at the whole ramifications of the con :spiracv would be laid bare to the very root. Such be i ng the fact, strong suspicious are now ;necessarily - entertained that there has been a bargain 1 etween Smith and the law officers of ithe Crowit 3 that the whole affair of the trial was ac mere sham fight, a regular " cross," as such things are technically termed in the phraseology of the ring ; and that the sentence of transporta tion for life will be commuted or never enforced. it is, certainly, most unlikely that Smith would lave - pleaded guilty to the main charge of forgery vaialeSs lie had. sewn his way to some advantage by so doing. His legal advisers, indeed, would not _have allowed such a course, unless they ; saw ti L at their client would be a gainer by it. A ccor di i ,a; to the paper read by him at the bar, it w. .add appear that there are others equally, if not more, guilty; that he was the victim, in fact, of More cunning and ,powerful associates, who withheld from him all :share in the plunder obtained from their ,Crimes. Surely, then, the investigation cannot stop where it now is. Further investigation must take place, arid fresh parties be brought to trial, otherwise the public will look upon the whole affair as a solemn farce, and bad consequenCes cannot fail to follow. As the matter now stands there is an evident concealment. The tribunals of justice have the appearance of acting as the screeners of guilt. The Government seem to have been absolutely deterred from going to trial, knowing well that ahe evidence to be adduced would establish gross want of superintendence in the Exchequer Bill office, and bring home irresistibleproof of inches against them. The trial (such as it was) being at an end, the :next step to be lo o ked f or i s th e decision of the Lords of the Treasury with the impounded bills detained by Lord Monteagle, to wait the direc tions of their Lordships. They cannot have much difficulty in making up th e i r m i n d s . Th e guilt is now restricted to the act of a Go vernment officer holding a situation of high trust and confidence, and the asser tion that the signatures were attached by another party after the bills went out of his hands is no longer tenable. The chain of connection sought to be formed between the holders of the spurious bills and an individual not in Government employ is broken up, and the Crown remains fixed by their own act and deed isolated with the confession of Smith, their own officer, as the sole criminal. But, on the other hand, the in nocent holders are deprived of the benefit of th e evidence of i nc h es w h ic h . _must Crown if have come o u t aga i nst the evidence had been led to convict an y party. The Crown have thus tak en a doub le_ advantage. First of all they impounded the bills, and thus de prived them of the means of making good their claims in a Court of Law, a n d then an arrange ment is made by which they are precluded derived from the benefit which they must a rigid investigation of the truth. There is still, however, one fortunate circumstance le inl bt favour of the innocent holders which g cannot easily circumvent. A co nsiderab a le s a u mo l u e n t3 ; was paid in spurious paper by subscribers to the funding who have sold their scrip. These partie s were called upon to replace the spurious bills with genuine paper, or to return their scril either They have refused, we believe, to comply with demand, and it thus becomes incumbent on the officers of the Crown to compel these parties t o do as they have been required, or they must have already made up their mind to pay the innocent holders, POST.—This was what may be technically termed the monthly account-day among the commercial houses. The difficulties which have existed for the last few weeks in the Exchequer bill market, combined with the rather numerous and important failures that have taken place, both at home and abroad, had excited fears in the minds of many, lest the heavy payments of the preSent month might not be so punctually provided for as usual ; but such fears do not ap pear to have been well-founded. No breach of engagement occurred to-day of sufficient magni tude to become a subject of g eneral observation, although it is not unlikely that some minor cases of embarrassment may have been heard of. The trial of Beaumont Smith, in the Central Criminal Court, and the curious circumstances attending it matters of deep interest, the prevailine ex pectation being that other and less unimpor tant names than those of Smith himself and the a • PPlover Rapallo would he brought before the publi c in connection with the proceeding but. apart fr om s;, these, t he d ay was more than ordina rily- tranquil. HERA LD , far as tltile D .-- T he trial of Beaumont Smith, so c u i l roumstances attending it, has taken people e City greatly by surprise; and more still then di scharge, or presumed discharge, of Rapallo; because that person may not be, and must b ot t e h accepted as being, innocent of implication io the vial-practices of Smith, but because it cannot understood on what ground, consistently wi a ti n i d t h e i result, he should have been apprehended itcarcerated. Again, Smith, after pleading g uilty,arsttates that he has made a full disclosure of all parti c u lars and persons (sub stantially) t hese nefarious Exche quer frauds and for • ri es . • fhis confession, after being laid before the J u d o . ssessioi xf was given up and remains in the po r Mule, Solici tor to the Treasury. People naturally ask, what next? Are th ere no parties taken into euStody, no prosecution s • instituted in conse quence ? If Smith's confession ma y be • believed, he had accomplices—accomplices more guilty than himself —accomplices who received and. mo nopolised all the gains flagitiously made by these tainted Exchequer issues, by which the convict avers he never benefited to the extent of one farthing received or participated in, or was cog nisant of, any of the stock or other gambling speculations to which the proceeds were At.. voted. Where then, and who, every body asks, are these accomplices, and why are they still at large ? It seems clear that other proceedings are in progress, or meditated, at the Treasury, and that some explanation on the subject must shortly be made public. In the meantime it is difficult to say how far the claims of innocent holders may be affected by the extraordinary turn which the trial has taken. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF DURHAM. We exceedingly regret to state that letters were received town on Saturday morning, announcing the melan choly intelligence of the demise of the Countess of Dur ham. Her Ladyship died at Genoa, on Friday, the 26th of November, from the effects of a violent cough and sore throat of about fourteen days' duration. The deceased lady was the eldest daughter of Earl Grey, and sister to Lord Howick, and has left behind her four children. The deceased was in the forty-fifth year of her age. The Venerable Earl Grey, who is at present at Howick House, we regret to hear is suffering under severe indis position. THE AGNEWITES IN GLASGOW. Yielding no toleration to the opinions of others, but en deavouring by every bigoted means to make others succumb to their intolerant principles, the Glasgow Agnewites have of late been st:iving, by every act in their power, to shut up the public news-room of the city, which from time imme morial has been open on Sundays, as °a/other days of the week, to its readers and subscribers. They had before attempted this annoying andintermeddling system at the Tontine Coffee-room, but on the calling together of the subscribers of that establishment, the Agnewite proposal was kuockrd on the head by a majority of four to one. Still bent on interrupting the peace of their neighbours, they on Thursday last mustered their best strength, and made every effort to cause the Royal Exchange Room at Glasgow to keep shut up doors on Sunday,but their schemes met with as total a defeat as in the former instance, and in spite of the many shifts made use of by their faction on the occasion, their resolution advo cating this most saintly observance of the Sabbath was nullified and thrown out by an overwhelming majority ; and when on their demanding a division the opposite sides parted, they were again thoroughly discomfited by a majority of three to one. The cant of Sunday legis lation has hereby received a blow from which it will not speedily recover. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE CHANCELLORS' COURT, Dec. 3. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HoNona disposed of several petitions and short causes of no general importance. TULLOCH V. HARTLEY. The bill was filed to have an account taken of an es tate in Jamaica. The facts are already before the pub lic. The cause came on for hearing before Lord Cot tenham, just before the commencement of the vacation, when it was postponed on accour.t of the impossibility of bringing it to a conclusion. The arguments of Coun sel will be resumed on this day, and we shall notice any new points of interest which may arise during the hearing. (Befoe Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) LITTLE v. GREVILLE. His HONOUR decided some of the points raised by Counsel. The cause is to be set down for further hear ing next week. TOMLIN V. TOMLIN The bill in this case was originally filed by John Tomlin and Thomas Minter Tomlin, who each claimed to be entitled to one-fourth of the residuary estate of a lady of the name of Elizabeth Kelly. Mr. Russell appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Sharp for the defendant. Mr. RUSSELL opened the case to the following effect: —The principal surs in dispute was 50,0001., due from Thomas Belcey to his sister Elizabeth at the time of his death. Previous to that period Elizabeth and Mary Belcey and their brother Thomas had lived together, Thomas having the entize management of the sister's affairs, and the whole disposition of their pro perty. Upon the death of Elizabeth, on the 19th of December, 1838, administration of her estate was granted to Mary and Thomas Belcey. In the return made to the Stamp-office Thomas Belcey charged him self as having cash in his hands belonging to the de ceased testator, amounting to 50,670/. ; which sum, by the expenses of probate, was reduced to 49,0001. His own and his sister's life-interest in it were valued upon that calculation at 9,1401. 18s. 10d. There were a series of accounts kept between himself and his sister acknowledging her title to a moiety of the bond for 50,0001. On the death of Elizabeth he de stroyed all the accounts relating to transactions between himself and the deceased. Thomas Belcey died on the 3d of August, 1832, leaving by his will the whole of his property to his sister for life, and after her death to Robert Sacket Tomline. Mary Belcey died in 1835. Letters of administration were taken out at 30,0001., by Robert Sacket and James Tomline, and pro bate duty paid for that amount. Shortly after Mary's death, in a statement of account by Mr. Dearling, who had acted as Solicitor for the deceased and her brother during their life, it was admitted that Thomas's estate was indebted to those of Elizabeth and Mary to the amount of 50,000/. Matters stood thus in September, 1835. Nothing seemed more easy than to adjust the claims of the parties severally interested in the estate. After some delay, however, it was sug gested by the defendant, Robert Sacket Tomlin, that there must be some mistake in the ac counts. It was contended that upon the death of Eli zabeth, Thomas, instead of dividing the debt equally, had taken the whole penalty of the bond, or had taken the whole sum of 49,0002, as due from himself to the estate of Elizabeth, when in fact only half that sum was due ; although, in the accounts kept by him after the death of Elizabeth, he gave credit to Mary for one half of the bond. The Learned Counsel read a document, which was put in, in the ha-ndwriting of Robert Sachet Tomlin, pur porting to lee a co p , of one formerly in the handwriting of Thomas Belcey, sta.`ing that he had been mistaken in his calculation of the due from himself to his sister, and that in consideratiuNn of those mistakes his sister Mary had agreed to releasse him from all debts appear ing on the accounts. Shortl'Y before his decease, it ap peared that the testator wisfhld to increase his property, and Mary, the trustee of the bond, whose duty it was to enforce payment, had destroj it. The account was not questioned as between Maly .Belcey and her bro ther. The whole defence rested upon the statement that the testator had charged himself with the whole amount of the bond as due to Mary. The object of the suit was to have it declared, that at the death of Elizabeth Bel cey, Thomas was indebod to her in the sum of 50,6701., the case of the plaintiff' sot being prejudiced in the account to be taken by the act of Thomas Belcey, in destroying the accoun t s oi e' She debts due from himself to the estate of his deceased 1 , tinter. Mr. COLVILLE followed on *he same side, and put in a number of documents relating' t the suit. The arguments are to be resin. led this day. COURT OF QUEEN'S ,VI:',NCH, Dec. 4, DODSWORTH V. PI LAD . This was an action for an assault... l ie plaintiff is the foreman of Messrs. Mayne, Read, and go., wholesale floor-cloth manufacturers, of the Dover-road. They have also a warehouse in the Queen's Head-Ylard, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fie ids ; and in the month of October last a lad, who was t urrYing some fLiod to a mastiff-dog in the yard, passed' close to the door of a kennel in which a dog belonging' to the defendant was chained. The defendant's dog sell ed the meat and swal lowed it, and the defendant offered to pay the boy for it. The plaintiff, who was looking on, yen tup to the defend ant and asked him why he did not; p ay the boy for it. The defendant walked into the kern tel a nd shut the Rite, and the plaintiff asked him why he did vot come out and speak to him like a man, and appli ed to him the term dog-stealer. The result was that t he dehmdant struck the plaintiff several blows in the fax e, blackened one of his eyes, and injured his arm. It ras for this assault the action was brought. Se Teral a ritnesses were exa mined for the plaintiff, who deposed t co the above facts. Mr. THESIGER, for the defen giant, submitted that the Plaintiff was entitled to a very small measure of brought the attack upon himself, da mages for the assault, because it was eviident that he had what his do g had offensive expressions which he l tad applied to the de by th e insulting and de fendant, who was ready to make every reparation for using the word ,‘ ' 4: 1 ‘ ea fl dog stealer," the plaintiff richly s thie'f, c..eat, as dine It pp ed to itiim that after with. The deserved the puni: innent he had met assault could n'ot, of cc Gtrse, be justified by anyeression s w hi ch might be used!, but, in Vle present instance, a ve rY small f did meet the justice of the case am ount 0 :Lni a g es w o t• A servant . of the defendant, wh o wa s stated to be the foka t t he the 'us Pi t proprietor of a canine depot for s pl ving noblemen twhhel plaintiff.ch he sa d H w a. e s a p i provoked b t and gentlemen with sporting d o c, .. ,IP saW • the assault, so a l i t n i n t g ;ir language came ba back in half an hour, and wanted the deft, slant to come out and fight. He was a witness at Bow- st,re • et, in a case of assault, in which Mr. Pardy was the defend It. Mr, Pardy was fined V. a. William Stebbing saw the plaintiff ts prating at the de fendant, and saying " Come out like a man, ' e the assault took place. Another witness, named Thompson t, heard the pl a i n . tiff say, " Come out, you dog-stealer, an a fight like a man . " Mr. JONES having replied, the Leal 'fled Judge summers' up, observing that the case might ha ve been very easily adjutl;cated before a Magistrate. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages 51. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. CHARGE OF ARSON.—A fair-haired, 1 'pti ' e resting-look ing child, apparently not more than two ve years o ` a g e, bar, charged named Elizabeth Cope, was placed rat. the . , with wilf u ll y sett i ng fi re to a dwAiag-hotts( in the pa rish of Chelsea. ! y e ars been It app eare d t h at t h e pr i soner h a d f or t tory an inmate o f th e H ans T own Ch ar i ty Scl 1001 t pa rish of Ch e l sea, and that a short times inct , in the one of the beds at th at esta b lishment had been set I Ire to, but the Barnes had b een extinguished before th e y blik communi eated to the room, and that no part oft he . t.H. 'use itself had ever been actnally on fire. as Mr. CLA RKSON f or the prisoner took ar ,biectio, n, that charge w as f or sett i ng fire to the dwelling-h. lase, e and t as it was proved by the prosecution that the ho, u must r was never actu a lly on fi re, t h e case mu di to the groL \ 1. : Mr. Baron PARKE thought the objection good, and. directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON said the reason given by the child for doing as she had done was, that she had been at the school a long time, and wished to get away. The ladies of the establishment were, he understood, extremely de sirous that the child should not be exposed to temptation through want of proper care being taken of her, and he :had to state that her uncle, the brother of her deceased father, was in Court, and was anxious to have the child delivered up to him, and he would take every care of her. Mr. Baron PARKE directed she should be placed under the care of her uncle, and she was delivered up to him accordingly. - Before the case of Smith was proceeded with on Saturday, Mr. Clarkson made an application on behalf of a man named Croft, charged with rape, and who had only been committed on Friday, that his trial might be postponed to next Session. It was sworn that there were material witnesses to be subpoenaed, whose names and addresses had yet to be learned, and whose attendance this Session, therefore, could not be obtained. The Court granted the application. NEW COURT. William Smith, 21, a painter, and Mary ~Davis, 22, were indicted for feloniously stealing six curtains, two candlesticks, two sheets, and other articles, of the value of 7L, the property of Mary Ann Lewis, in her dwell ing-house. The facts of this:case ;have recently been before the public, when it was heard at Marlborough-street police. The robbery was alleged to have been committed in a brothel kept by the prosecutrix. Mr. DOANE defended the prisoners, who were indicted upon two several charges of felony. The Jury found both prisoners Guilty. The indictment then charged the male prisoner that he, in the month of January, 1837, was convicted of the crime of clipping and coining, who was then sentenced to seven years' transportation. This sentence was com muted to a term of imprisonment.—Sentence Deferred. This trial occupied the whole of the morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. oMANSIONisd t ha t HO US E . The LORD MAY h ad received a com munication on a subject upon which great numbers of persons felt much interest some time ago. It related to the notorious humbug called the London and Australian Bank, No. 55, Moorgate-street, in which several emi grants to Ausralia had deposited all the money they were possessed of, having received letters of credit made payable in that country, but dishonoured both abroad and at home. It would, his Lordship said, be recollected that two brothers, named Boucher, were the principal concoctors of the scheme, that the whole affair was con ducted with first-rate assurance, and that a vast deal of distress had been occasioned by the system of plunder carried on. The communication was as follows : "Albany, King George's Sound, June 6, 1841. " Sitt—l take the liberty of enclosing a letter to you I have addressed to Mr. Ashurst, the Solicitor, as I am ignorant of that gentleman's address. I leave the letter open for your perusal, as it contains information in which I believe you to be interested, as well as Mr. Ashurst, and to assure you that if I can be useful in assisting any of the parties who have been defrauded of their property by the Bouchers it will afford me gratifi cation.—" I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " GEORGE CHEYNE. " Should you require any information respecting my self, I refer you to my correspondents, Messrs. Mangles, Price, and Co., of London. "John Pirie ' Esq. , London." " Albany, King George's Sound, Western Australia, June 6, 1841. " Sir—Having observed by the newspapers that you had espoused the interests of several parties who had been defrauded by the swindling transactions of the Australian Bank, I consider it a duty due io the suf ferers to inform you that a proportion of — Frederick Boucher's funds must be invested in this neighbourhood. " About two years ago last January, Mr. John H. made his appearance in the brig Dawson, from London, as master, and I think part owner ; however, that may be ascertained by you in London ; but the cargo was shipped in the name of Frederick Boucher. Mr. 11. purchased a large grant of land from me. Part of the amount I agreed to take in goods, and the original in voices of shipment were delivered to me by Mr. H. The following is a copy of the headings of four invoices which are in my possession : Invoice of stationery, &c., shipped by Maggeridge, Sprague, & Co., and Worrell, of London, in the Dawson, Captain ll—, for South Australia, and a a, S and risk of Fred. Boucher, of London, and consigned to order. "BH 1 case. [The above invoice is marked in red ink No. 3.] " Invoice of fine earthenware, shipped by Jos. Green & Co. in the Dawson, Captain 11-- 2 -, for South Aus tralia, a a, and risk of F. Boucher, of London, and con signed to order. G " 811. 1 crate. [lnvoice marked in red ink No. 94]. " Invoice of fancy printed cottons, shipped by Street and Sharp in the Dawson, Captain H— ' for South Australia, a I a, and risk of F. Boucher, of London, to order. " BIT. 1 bale. [lnvoice marked in corner No. 16, SS and in centre No. 19, both in red ink.] No. 16 contained— " Invoice of coarse linen, diaper and huckaback towels, shipped by Street and Sharp in the Dawson, Captain H—, for South Australia, a I a, and risk of Frederick Boucher, of London, and consigned to order.—London. " BH. 10-1 bale. [lnvoice snarked in corner No. SS 16, and in centre of invoice No. 28]." " Mr. H—, who married a sister of Boucher, went from this to Adelaide, and found his brother-in-law, Charles Boucher, preparing to leave Adelaide. I believe no part of the cargo was sold at Adelaide. The Dawson then proceeded to Launceston, where the Dawson and her cargo were sold. About the month of October or No vember, 1839, H. went to Sydney, purchased a quantity of stock, and chartered the China for this place ; and a valuable cargo of stock was landed in February, 1840, and placed on the land which he purchased from me. The land was only an assignment to me in occupation, which required certain location duties to be performed before the fee simple would be granted by the Governor. These location duties have been performed by 11., and he has applied for: the fee simple to be granted in the joint names of F. Bouchere and J. H. The Governor in Council has sanctioned the fee simple being issued as ap plied for, but a delay has occurred in conse quence of 11. wishing to include another portion of land that adjoins the properly he purchased of me, and upon which he had not completed his location duties. He has now, however, fulfilled all the conditions he is required to do, and he will obtain the fee simple of this property whenever he applies for it ; but I sus pect the exposition which has been made of the fraudu lent transactions of the Bouchers in the newspapers of Sydney and Adelaide and this colony, may induce 11. to take out the fee simple in his own name. The deed of sale from me to H. was in the name of H. alone, but he has frequently in conversation told me that it was a joint-concern with his brother-in-law, and my impres sion is that he told me, when he came first, that the Dawson and her cargo was a joint-concern ; and the marks on the packages would seem to confirm this. H. may endeavour to conceal the connection now, but his letter of application for the fee simple in joint names would prevent this, and the Governor, being now aware of the nefarious transactions of the parties, will not allow that letter to be withdrawn. H. has mentioned to other parties besides myself that Boucher was connected in the purchase of the property here ; and the goods shipped in Boucher's name being given as a part-pay ment is another corroborative circumstance of the fact. "In an additional paper, dated April last, I observed that Charles Boucher had been taken up on account of some of his delinquencies in that quarter, but had con trived to make his escape in the Fox for Launceston. His clerk is in custody at Adelaide. " The editor of the paper states that he holds the letter of authority from the house in London to Charles Bou cher, authorising him to draw on the London house to the amount of 10,000/, and offers to give that letter up to any person to whom it might be necessary. "The invoices I hold are also at your service, and if I can be of any service in enabling the sufferers to recover their property, I shall be happy to do so.—l am, sir, &c. " GEO. CHEYNE." The Loan MAYOR said he believed that the informa tion contained in the letter of Mr. Cheyne, who was evi dently influenced by the desire to serve the numbers of poor persons who had been imposed upon by the fraud so extensively exposed by the London press, would be be neficial to the public, and would no doubt be acted upon. Captain Rose, a military gentlemen, appeared to com plain of a grievance for which he had in vain sought redress. He engaged a passage for himself and his family last June, in the North Star steamer, from Lon don to Invergordon (about thirty miles north of Inver ness), for which he was compelled to pay the fares upon engaging the berths. On their way down the person who had charge of her, contrived to run her on a rock off the small fishing village of Johnshaven, in Forfarshire. There was a fog at the time, but little, if any, wind. The fog, however, was not so dense but that the appli eat could distinguish the houses on shore, though it was night. The first land they should have made was Peter, t tead, so that they could not have been less than thirty rules out of their course. The passengers and agnododsmowsetreof applicant'slande clothes landed, the latter in in a were verydamaged completely de stroyed by the salt water , Fro m Johnshaven a por tionstat e of the passengers were conveyed in a steam tug to Aberdeen, where they were left to shift for themselves. Upon applying to the agent at Aberdeen, and request ing to be forwarded to his destination, applicant was treated with the greatest incivility, and could obtain no redress. He was compelled to remain two nights at the out a nd inside for two days, /oerdeen Hotel with his fami/T as the coaches were full , and he had then to pay for the jeu, - ney titetwe to Invergordon, 3 distance of about 140 miles. On USA yeturn to London last week, he too k at might be given back toll: 111 y the been which he h a d caitl it in Strand, requesting that it the had not be the re ce ipt for the *Wiley he had paid to the office the contract the parties there to perforrnen ; but lie was refe."v4i4 hY 'Olore's wharf, who I.e -r. Edward Wright, the went and C" ~ the proprty useless for him to apply in that quarter, as • Ito wfts s ferred him again to Messrs. I)uffus , flu id e red it to I) tors of the vessel in Aberdeen. lie L . there on his personal application in June. 11 - c: considered it to be his duty to make the mattc:" Public through the Lord Mayor. He perceived that the vesse d was advertised to commence running between London a.' l Inverness the first week in March, and he suggested that therefore, considered passengers should refuse any payment whatever until landed at their destinations. No explanation had been given by the proprietors Lf the disaster which had oc curred. The LORD Mayon said he had no doubt that publicity would be given to the complaint, and in all probability the Directors would come forward upon the occasion. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1841. His Lordship also intimated to Captain Rose that he could obtain a remedy in a Court of Law. BOW-STREET. Louisa Stanfield was charged with stealing a quantity of plate, the property of J. M'Donald, Esq., a barrister, residing in Garden-court, Temple, under the following circumstances : The prosecutor stated that the prisoner was his laun dress, and that in July last he went out of town, leaving her in charge of his chambers; he returned to town about three weeks since, and, while at dinner, he observed that there was not so much plate on the table as usual. This excited his suspicion, and induced him to examine his plate chest; the key of which had been in the prisoner's possession during his absence from town, and on doing so he found it was nearly empty. In answer to inquiries he made of the prisoner, she replied that she had taken it home to clean, but would bring it back again on the fel lowing day. On Wednesday he again examined the plate chest, when every thing appeared to be all right, with this exception, that he missed two or three silver forks, and which the prisoner said she had left at home, but would go and fetch them. Before she went out for that purpose she requested that witness would advance her 51. on account of her wages, but which, however, he refused to do. She then went away, but shortly afterwards returned with two of the forks, and on re-counting the articles of plate witness found that only one fork was missing, but before he closed the chest he was induced to examine one of the forks, and on doing so found that it was made of imita tion silver. This led him to examine the other articles in the chest, when he found that all his silver forks, spoons, &c., had been changed into Britannia metal. The prisoner subsequently confessed to him hthat she had pawned the plate, and said that she would get it all back again if witness would let her have the 51. she had pre viously asked for, at the same time producing the pawn broker's duplicates for the plate. Witness had missed a variety of other articles from his chambers, of the value altogether of 60L The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday. John Stanfield, her husband, was shortly afterwards placed at the bar, on suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery. He had access to prosecutor's chambers, being employed there to clean his shoes, and from infor mation witness had received, he expected to bring im portant erldence against him on a future day. The pri soner was remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. An elderly gentleman of fortune, who gave the name of Wiley, 23, Holles-street, was charged with having as saulted a young man named Davidson. The defendant was brought to the Court some time ago, charged with an as sault under circumstances exactly similar to the present charge. The complainant said, as he was walking along Oxford-street that afternoon, when he was suddenly struck on the head by the defendant,who was an utter stranger to him. He gave the defendant into custody for the assault, _ _ Mr. IlraDwrcx asked the defendant what he had to say to the charge ? Defendant—That fellow was mock ing me. I have been frequently insulted by the gesticu lation of persons who know my infirmity. This person insulted me, and I clouted him with my umbrella. I will not be insulted without taking my own part. Cannot a gentleman walk along the streets without mouths being made at him by such fellows at that! I wont stand it, I tell you. The complainant declared that he had not even looked at the defendant, to his knowledge. The monomania of the defendant consists in the belief that strangers whom he meets in the street are making faces at him. Mr. IlikaDwlcK fined the prisoner 51., or two months' imprisonment. The defendant, who only heard the lat ter part of the sentence, immediately said, " I am ready to go to prison, lead the way." The fine having been mentioned, and the question put if he chose to pay it, the defendant answered. "Certainly," and pulled out a la note. Having received the change, he left the office, exclaiming " I won't be mocked, I'll be if I do ; things are come to a pretty pass." HATTON-GARDEN. John Toomey, an ex-policeman, of the B division, was charged with stealing property to the amount of 1001., under very extraordinary circumstances. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had been in the em ploy of Mr. Edward Wilkins, wholesale grocer and con fectioner, of St. John-street-road, Clerkenwell, and in a short space of time he had removed from his m a ste r ' s premises upwards of five tons weight of grocery, consist ing of sugar, plums, currants, rice, cinnamon, nutmegs, and every other description of grocery ; besides a great quantity of pickles and sauces. The discovery of this extensive depredation took place as follows :—On Friday evening the accused was observed to conceal upon his person a pound and a half of dried fruit, and when about to leave off work., he was questioned as to whether he had anything upon him ; he admitted that he had, and begged for mercy, saying it was the first time he had committed any depredation. The prosecutor was inclined to believe that it was his first offence, and to let him off, but, upon reflection, he thought it a duty he owed to himself, and in fact to his other servants, to make a further investigation, and he gave him over to Inspector Penny, of the G division, who, after locking him up, proceeded to the prisoner's house, where he found the immense quantity of property already mentioned. Mr. Penny also found in the place a letter written by the prisoner to his sister, wherein he states his intention to set up in business. Mr. GREENWOOD—WeII he might think of setting up in business. Why he has property enough to stock half a dozen shops. • Inspector Penny said the stolen goods filled a very large cart, and it required two horses to draw the weight. Mr. GREENWOOD—Did the prisoner say anything ? Inspector Penny—At first he said that I should not find any property at his house; but when he heard that I had obtained the quantity enumerated, he said he had taken it for a Christmas pudding.—(Laughter.) Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prosecutor)—How do you suppose he got the property off your premises ? Prose cutor—Through a private entrance at the back of my warehouse. Mr. GREENWOOD—Have you never missed property ? Prosecutor—No, my stock i s so very extensive, it would be next to an impossibility. . Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner) —Have you a wish to say anything in your defence ? Prisoner—Not at present. —He was fully committed to Newgate. THE CROYDON UNION. IMPORTANT INVESTIGATION. Saturday being appointed for the hearing of the infor • mation against the Master of the Croydon Workhouse for misconduct, in ill-using one of the inmates of the es tablishment, the Magistrates assembled at the Town-hall at twelve o'clock, and the Court was soon filled by the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, who evinced the utmost anxiety to hear the proceedings. The Magis trates composing the bench were—D. R. Warrington, Esq., Chairman; J. Read, Esq. ; J. C urr i e , E sq. . E . B. Adams, Esq.; and S. Lucas, Esq. The Deputy 'Chair man and several members of the Board of Guardians were present. The information charged that the defendant, being Mas ter of the Croydon Union Workhouse, was summoned to answer the complaint of the Board of Guardians for having, on the Bth day of November, at the parish of Croydon, misconducted himself in the said workhouse, by ill-treat ing 4ohn Clark, a poor person, then in such workhouse, contrary to the statute, and for which offence he had ren d ared himself liable to any penalty not exceeding 201. Mr. Andrews attended on behalf of the Board of G uar dians, and Mr. John Drummond attended for the de fendant. Richard Smith was then called, and in answer to ques tions from Mr. Andrews, he said that he was a pauper in the workhouse, and he recollected the man, John Clark, being in the house as a mendicant pauper. On the morning after he came in he saw the master of the house and the porter talking to him in the front yard, and he heard Clark say he would not have his hair cut, and that he would stab the first man who attempted to cut it. The master of the workhouse had been insisting upon cutting his hair, before he said he would stab any man who attempted to do it. The master then ordered Clark to go into the mendicant's room, and the defendant told him to fetch the scissors, and he did so. He went into the room and found the master and the porter strug gling with Clark, and the latter had a knife in his hand. The knife was not open. While they were struggling the iron weight of the skylight struck Clark on the nose accidentally. After they had struggled some time the master ordered a strait-waistcoat to be brought, and Clark then said he would give in, but if any Magistrate could be found he would have satisfaction. He would not allow his hair to be cut till the strait-waistcoat was brought, and it was not done by his permission or con sent. The man's clothes were torn during the scuffle, and not afterwards. Witness was generally employed to cut the hair of the paupers, but it was not usual to do it on Sunday evenings. I iCross-examined—He was alarmed at the violence of the man, and during the struggle was kicked by him. Believes the clothes of the man were torn in the struggle to get the knife from him. It is the custom of the work house to cut the hair of the mendicant paupers some time or other, before they leave thehouse. He generally cut the hair at night, unless he happened to be in bed, and then it was done in the morning. On Sunday nights it is generally left till the Monday morning, and it being the custom that they should do a certain por tion of work before they go away ; their hair is cut for the purpose of cleanliness before they mix with the other paupers. If the man had submitted quietly, he would have been put on the mill with the other paupers, and then have had his breakfast and been discharged. Clark appeared very excited, and he was, in consequence, discharged without being put to work. He cut his hair in the best way he could. He was no barber. Mr. DRUMMOND—Did you cut his hair in a way so as to disfigure him ? Witness—l don't know. I cut it round in front the best way I could. I cut it the same as I always cut the hair. I generally cut the hair of the mendicant paupers. Mr. CURRIE—Who gave you directions to cut the man's hair ? Witness—The master of the workhouse. William Truncheon, the porter, was next examined. He stated that on Monday morning, the Bth November, the defendant told him that Clark had drawn a knife upon him. This was in the mendicants' room. Witness told Clark that he was a constable, and asked him to give up the knife. He refused to give it up. It was not open. The master ordered me to take the knife from him, and we both tried to do so, and we at length, after a struggle, got it away. Did not hear Clark make use of any threat. He struggled with us, and that was how his clothes were torn. The master of the workhouse cut a lock of his hair off and then gave the scissors to Smith, and told him to cut it. He refused to have his ca hair cut until a s t ra i t - wa i stcoa t was brought, and he then took off his c oa t an d waistcoat and threw them down, and said, " Now you may do what you like." Smith then cut hi s h a i r , an d the master of the work- left t'many d n soments stayed whil e i t was b e i ng done. The hair was not come parts intoand t s h h e or h t on i n se, others. andthe Ah hair of f all of them is not cut. When it is already s ho rt enough it is not cut, It, was in struggling for the knife that the man's clothes were tarn. Mrs, Mervitud—There was no struggling when they had obtained possession of the knife. The hair of some of the other paupers, who had been admitted on the previous evening, was cut by Smith, and what he had said to the contrary must be a mistake. Clark seemed very much excited, and it appeared a very prudent and necessary step to take the knife away from him. At this stage of the proceedings a doubt was expressed whether the Bench was competent to adjudicate in the present matter, inasmuch as they were ex officio mem bers of the Board of Guardians. Mr. Drummond said he apprehended that the dis qualification would only extend to any matter apper taining to the relief of the settlement, and that they were quite competent to act as Magistrates, and to decide upon a complaint like the present. He would, however, waive any objection of this kind, and he was quite content that they should , decide the case. Mr. Andrews now said that he had other witnesses to the same facts, if the Bench thought it necessary to ex amine them. Mr. DRUMMOND said, he would admit the facts to be as already stated. Mr. CURRIE—Do you admit the man's hair was cut against his will ? Mr. DRUMMOND—I admit that, and I admit also that, in acting as he did, the master was not justified in law. All I wish to do is to show that there are extenuating circumstances ; and I hope to satisfy the Bench that a very slight fine will be sufficient to meet the justice of the case. A lengthened examination of witnesses then took place, respecting the instructions of the Guardians to the master of the workhouse, and one in particular, contain ing the words, "sheer his locks." At the conclusion the Court was cleared, and the Magistrates deliberated for about half an hour,'when the public were re-admitted. The Chairman, addressing the defendant, said that the Court convicted him of the offence imputed to him, and, under all the circumstances, adjudged him to pay a fine of 51. and costs, and in default he would be im prisoned for one month. ANTI-CORN-LAW. CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF NORTH WALES. The Committee of the Anti-Corn-law Association, formed in this town some time ago, have been most active during the few past weeks in making due arrange ment for the conference of Christian ministers of all denominations, repeatedly announced in the Herald as fixed to take place during the first week in December. On Tuesday at six o'clock, the members of the con ference, and a numerous party of their friends, met at the Pendro independent Chapel ; where the Rev. William Hughes, of Saron, a venerable member of the Independent connexion, numbering no less than eighty-five years, commenced by reading and prayer ; after which the Rev. R. Parry Conway, delivered an able discourse from Acts xvii. 6, 7. The sermon was in defence of the conference, in answer to objections raised against ministers of religion taking an active part in political matters, as was the case with regard to the ancient conference alluded to in the text. The Rev. Gentleman showed that the principle of charity inevi rably flowed from this law of mutual dependency ; and he demonstrated the fact by the entire history both of the old covenant and the new. The discourses appeared to elicit deep sympathy from the auditors, who were numerous, amounting to between twelve and fifteen hundred, the building being crowded to excess. WEDNESDAY - FORENOON MEETING. Early on the morning of Wednesday the streets pre sented an animated appearance, owing to the anxiety evinced by our felow-townsmen to obtain a glimpse of those apostles of reform who had the manliness to come forward on behalf of the poor, and wrestle with a re luctant Legislature and a heartless Government for the repeal of a tax that at once enhances the price of the poor man's loaf, and depreciates the wages of the poor man's labour. At ten o'clock the Members met at the attended by a number of friends and well-wishers to the cause. On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Griffith, Baptist minister, of Carnarvon, seconded by Mr. Williams, ironmonger, Griffith Evans, Esq., of Maeyspandy, Me rionethshire, was appointed Chairman of the day. The Rev. J. W. MASSIE, of Salford, after regret ting that he had not the gift of tongues, in order that he might make himself understood by his Welsh audi tors, proceeded to state that he stood before the meeting, not only as a minister of Christ, conscious of the deep responsibilities that attached to the ministerial office, and determined to maintain that office inviolate in his own person, but also as one persuaded that the course he was pursuing was calculated to elevate the character of the ministry rather than depress it, by de claring his full conviction that they did not fill their situa tion, nor fulfil its duties, unless, like Christ and his apostles, they stood forward fearlessly and man fully on behalf of the poor and the oppressed. It was to the poor that the gospel was more em phatically sent ; and the presence of the poor was spoken of in Scripture as a blessing to the Church, and a mani festation of its utility and prosperity. This might not be a pleasing doctrine to those so-called respectables, who deemed the lower classes as having no claims to their sympathies ar.d regards ; but it was, nevertheless, the plain doctrine of Holy Writ. The good things of the earth were not sent merely for the landlords.— (Hear, hear.) It was the intention of Heaven that all the children of his hand should be fed, and clothed, and blessed ; and whoever interposed to prevent this, interposed between man and his Eternal Parent. He trusted they would seize the opportunity of transmitting a congratulatory address to their beloved Sovereign on the birth of the heir-apparent (long might he remain so, and might his kind-hearted mother live and reign till he was a grey-headed man), and he trusted that in their address they would embody their knowledge and their wishes, as far as the condition of the poor was affected by the Corn-laws. The Rev. Gentleman concluded amidst loud cheers. The Rev. J. DAVIES, of Nevin, being called upon, proceeded to observe that the cause of their having as sembled was the misery of the people. As the Gospel was originally given to the poor, so ought they to imi tate their Divine Master, by standing forward and boldly advocating the cause of the poor, both spiritually and temporally. The Rev. W. DAVIES, of Salem, said that on many occasions temporary hardships and difficulties pressed upon different classes, and that in all such cases the more unfortunate received the sympathy of his class : but the misery which had now brought them together was spread universally over the land, and appertained to all classes. The oppressive action of the Corn-law was upon every consumer of bread, and upon every poor man : it called, therefore, for a general sympathy. Even the farmer could not free himself from its effects. The CHAIRMAN concurred : no one could prove that the repeal of the Corn-law would injure the farmer. He had been all his life practically conversant with agriculture, and knew, by experience, that the present law was injurious to that class. The conference at length resolved itself into a com mittee, when resolutions were prepared for the approba tion of the meeting. AFTERNOON MEETING.—The Rev. T. EDWARDS, Ebenezer, in answer to the questions which had been been put to him, stated that he lived in the vicinity of the slate quarries, and though the labourers were at present in full employ, yet, from the scarcity of orders, they lived in daily fear of being thrown out of work. The high price they paid for their bread contrasted painfully with the rate of their wages (which varied from 11 s. to 13s. or 155., but did not advance with an ad vance in the price of bread), and many of them were contracting debts which it appeared scarcely probable they could ever pay. The cause of religion was deeply injured by the forced suffering of the poor. The CHAIRMAN said the small farmers in his neigh bourhood were totally unable to give employment to the labouring population, being scarcely able to provide food for their own families. Meat seldom appeared at their tables from one end of the year to the other. Distress grew worse and worse amongst the population, and un less speedy relief was afforded, the country would be ruined. • The Rev. 0. Thomas, Talsarn, said that the work ing people were in very great distress in his neighbour hood. The people in the parish where he resided were actually starving. He knew an honest working man whe load nothing for his breakfast but the tea leaves given him by his neighbours, and vegetables collected from the fields. He knew a woman who had been living last week on potatoe peel.—Great sensation.) Dr. OWEN OWEN ROBERTS, of Bangor, stated that his avocation as a medical practitioner gave him abun dant opportunites of knowing the real condition of the poor, and he could bear witness to the fact that their distress was of the most heartrending character. In the Bangor Union a poor woman, who had lain ill for five weeks, had scarely any clothes during the time he attended her. She had only one shirt, which, having washed, and having no fire wherewith to dry it, she was obliged to put on whilst wet. She had no bed. She was in a condition not fit to keep a pig in. Her misery was horrible to look upon. EVENING MEETING.—The public meeting of the conference commenced at six o'clock, in the new Mar ket Hall. There was au unprecedented assemblage-- the galleries being so desely filled as to leave no sen sible line of demarcation between the members of the conference and the auditors, and the entire area pre senting one mass of living beings extending even laeyond the precincts of the building. The proceedings excited the highest interest, and the various resolutions and ad dresses were received with enthusiastic approbation. The chair, as in the preceding meetings, was taken by G. Evans, Esq. The Rev. Mr. MASSIE moved the first resolution— " That one of the plain duties of the Christian ministry is to denounce, as publicly and effectually as possible, every measure injurious to the morals of the community, and to the physical condition of the people." Tne Rev. Gentleman supported the resolution in as eloquent address. It was unanimously agreed to. The Rev. John Prichard, of Llangollen, moved the second resolution : That when such measures as are alluded to in the foregoing resolutiou have received the sanction of the Legislatur e , an d aro supporte d b y t h e d om i nan t party . the State, they require a more emphatical and effec tive denunciation than can be given to them from the pulpit ;" which was also carried. The Rev. ELLIS HUGHES, of Holywell, moved the third resolution : " That a public conference of the Christian ministry, for any particular district, without reference to deno mination or sect, appears to be the most expedient and effective means for bringing the dictates of the Gospel to bear publicly upon public evils."—Carried. Colonel THOMPSON (who had arrived that evening by the General Chasse a short time before) seconded the resolution. The number present is estimated at from 4 to 4,000. THURSDAY.—FORENOON MEETING.—The meeting was re-opened at the Guildhall by a hymn having been sung, and a portion of Scripture read. A number of Ministers bore testimony to the destitution of their flocks. The afternoon meeting was like that of the forenoon. The Rev. Mr. MASSIE gave an account of the dis tress at Monteith. At. the evening meeting Colonel THOMPSON pro posed the fourth resolution, which was received with loud acclamations. He stated that he was requested to move and support, as he was best able, the following propo sition : " That the present Corn-law is a public evil, and es sentially adverse to the plainest injunctions of Holy Writ, opposed to the moral and physical welfare of the people, and injurious to the religious interests of the entire community." The Rev. W. THOMAS, of Dwygyfylcbi, seconded the resolution which had been moved by Colonel Thompson, which was agreed to. The Rev. W. AMBROSE, of Port Madoc, moved the fifth resolution. That a memorial to the Queen, and addresses to the various religious communities of the northern por tion of the principality, embodying the substance and spirit of the foregoing resolutions, be prepared and for warded on behalf of the conference, through the me dium of its committee." This resolution was briefly seconded by the Rev. Mr. Williams. The Rev. E. EVANS, of Cefn Mawr, moved the sixth resolution as follows : " That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Committee of the Carnarvon Anti-Corn-law League for their exertions, and to the inhabitants of the town in general for their hospitality and co-operation in fa vour of this conference." The Rev. R. PARRY, of Conway, seconded the re solution. Mr. BRYAN proposed the seventh resolution, as follows : " That the thanks of the meeting be given to Col. Peyronet Thompson, and to the Rev. J. W. Massie, for their kindness in responding to the invitation of the Committee, by attending this conference." The Rev. J. W. MAssiE, and Col. THOMPSON re turned thanks. Mr. WALTER GRIFFTII returned his thanks to the conference on behalf of the Anti-Corn-law League, and proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman. The conference then broke up. The following is the memorial : _ TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY—We, your Ma jesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, being Christian minis ters of various denominations, representing numerous congregations, and enjoying the sympathy and cordial concurrence of many absent ministerial brethren resident in the agricultural as well as the minifg districts in North \Vales, have assembled in Carnarvon, during the Ist and 2d days of December, 1841, to communicate our experience and convictions relative to the operation of the laws,which, by restricting the amount, and increa sing the price of food, providentially available for the inhabi tants of this land, repress the resources of the country, and afflict the labouring people ; and are desirous to ap proach the throne and address to the ear of our beloved Sovereign an expression of our sympathies in relation to the deeply interesting position in which a merciful Pro vidence has placed your Majesty, as a mother and a Queen ; and also to declaie our sentiments in reference to the laws which so widely affect the happiness of our fellow-subjects. The depression of trade, and the consequent poverty and suffering of our people, prevent them and us from mingling in festive celebrations on the occasion in which the God of all mercies, in infinite goodness, has pre served the life of your Majesty, and bestowed on your Majesty and your people a Prince destined, we hope after many years, to become the ruler of these realms. Yet we trust our expressions of congratulation will not b• deemed less loyal and affectionate, while thus assem bled to address your Majesty, we hail the birth of your Rdyal son as heir of our native British kings, for whom arc reserved the highest Sovereign honours belonging to this ancient principality, and desce'nding by long here ditary succession from the Second Edward, born in the castle whose venerable walls surround us. May the Prince now born be long preserved, and made wise for the government of his people, and be the source of con tinued comfort to his Royal and Illustrious parents. In the midst of our warm and grateful feelings, ex cited by this auspicious event, and whilst cherishing the most affectionate veneration for the person and dynasty, and an ardent attachment to the throne of, your Ma jesty, we are solemnly conscious that we are met to discharge an onerous and grievous duty in laying before your Majesty our impressions and couvictions as to the character and operation of the Corn-laws. We are surrounded by, and, in the discharge of our avocations, come into daily contact with, multitudes who depend on their industry for their honest maintenance ; we witness their struggles and sympathise with them in their sorrows and privations. But though language be inadequate to describe the scenes of heart-rending, wide spread, and ever deepening distress with which our duty makes us painfully familiar, we are constrained to attempt to convey to your Gracious Majesty in telligence of the fact that thousands of your loyal and industrious subjects are in destitution, to a very great extent, of the common necessaries of life ; and, besides the prevalence of fevers and other diseases, suffer many of the consequences of famine in a land of plenty. We venture respectfully, but confidently, to trace these miseries to inadequate employment and low rate of wages, which are not merely incidental to fluctuations in trade, but are the legitimate and necessary effects of laws, which produce artificial scarcity and enhance the price of bread, and, preventing the increase of labour and commerce, lessen the remuneration of industry. We have but too well accredited testimony regarding other parts of your Majesty's empire to remain in doubt whether others suffers as do our flocks and neigh bours in the Principality. We read of the tens of thousands of skilful and willing craftsmen who subsist on the scanty pittance of public charity, and the seasonable efforts and contributions of humane individuals—a kind of momentary maintenance calculated to impoverish the donors and debase the feelings and character of the re cipients, without any permanent benefit to the community. In full reliance on the sympathy and parental solici tude uniformly evinced by your Majesty towards those who suffer, and for the happiness of your people, and encouraged by your Queenly determination to " rule in righteousness," we humbly, yet earnestly, entreat that the constitutional prerogatives vested in you, as our Chief Magistrate, may be so exerted, as to your wis dom may seem fit, in order that, at the earliest oppor tunity, the legal restrictions on the sale of articles of food may be expunged from the statutes of your realm, and a free commerce with all the nations, in the boun ties of a universal Providence, be established for your people. THE IRON DISTRICTS OF SOUT:d WALES. MERTHYR TYDVIL, THURSDAY.-011 last IVlonday night an express arrived here, bringing information that all the men engaged at the Rhymney iron-works had struck, and were proceeding in large, parties to th e several other works for the purpose of compelling them also to stop. Upon the arrival of the express here, Dr. Thomas, an active Magistrate, immediately called out the whole new police force, and pro ceeded with them to Rhymney. Upon his arrival at those works he ascertained that the information brought to Merthyr was painfully correct, and that the conduct of the turn ou t s , a l t h oug h not riotous, was very menacing, and threatened the worst con sequences. As soon as Dr. Thomas • had made the best arrangements for securing the public peace, he forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant of the county a full account of the state of the district in which the works are situated. In the meantime news reached this place that a portion of the workmen of Rhymney were on their march to compel our men to leave work, while another body of them were on their way to Tredegar and Nantyglo, to oblige the workmen of those districts also to stop. It is impossible to describe the alarm, confusion, and terror, which this alarming intelligence created amongst all classes. The authorities were im mediately on the qui viva, and by precautionary . mea sures anticipated the wors t. The civil forces o.f.Tre degar, Nanty g l o , D ow l a i s , and the other adjoining districts, were all put in a s tate of readiness, a s well as the military of Dowlais, and whatever other ~military were scattered as outposts through , those dis tricts, so that they could act upon a moment s notice, As yet, however, nothing has occurred beyond the n rj , quitting the works of Rhymney, an example that w i ll, no doubt, be followed by the men of the other ir on works, unless some immediate steps be adop te d b y the masters or Government to relieve the working classes from their oppressed, wretched, and starving condition, In consequence of the men having simultaneously left the Ithymney . works, all the furnaces w ere i mmediately extinguished, and a desert silence reigned where, within a very brief period, was all bustle, hurry, and hum of busy active life. These works are the property of a joint-stock company, of whom Mr. Ald erman Thomp- SOH, p,, is chief and acting director -_Sunday Times. Preparations for the new pantomimes (both at Drury-lane and Covent garden) have been going on for s ome time and are now extremely active. That for Covent - garden has been written and concocted by one of the best authors of our day for broad fun and humour. Who has been entrusted with that for Drury -lane wo have not heard,—Observci% EVE NING SUN THE WEATHER AND FLOODS. AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Exeter and the county generally have been visited by tremendous storms of wind and rain. The following particulars were obtained by our reporters, who ex pressly visited the pl aces w h er e the storm proved most destructive : It was at one time feared that the whole village of Crediton would have been destAyed. All its inhabitants concur in stating that they do not remember anYth il l approaching to such a terrific flood. The bridge over the Creed on on the Tiverton road, has been swept away, and for several hours after seven o'clock 1 , the evening, the waters at Deavnes-bridge were so nu" that people were prevented going to, or returning many frona Exeter. The storm .appears to have extended miles to the north and west, the roads having been 11 : 1 ; passable between Sandford and Morchard Bishop. ; ad joins Courtenay, part of the Inn house, which a small brook, was swept clean off by the floods. 3 The river Oak was never known to rise s 0 hig h 1/s th i e at did on :Monday. The bridge was swept away instant an apprentice boy of Farmer Ellacott's was Pa ss __: partial ing on horseback and driving a bullock, and all thr . e7 were engulphed. The bullock was found nine mles down the river the next day, but the body of the poo boy has not yet been discovered. In the parish of Colcbrooke the dovas tation very great, and the destruction of property, chiefly 1 7,. longing to people in the humbler classes; of life, has' regret to say, been very great. The riv or Colue, waste has overflown its banks in several places, has laid w oe , and damaged a great deal of land, and i'a some iesta n ,__" such was the suddenness of the stortri, the cattle n!ed, been caught up by the rapidly formed floods and earl i _ d to great distances before they could be recovered tt carried to places of safety. Four bridgea have been svi e l_ away in its progress. In the little village of Colefore; • melancholy and distressing spectacle meets the eie , de .. less than seven or eight buildings being eatirelf stroy-ed, comprising the property of hi tinble inalus7; individuals, who have, by this unfortunate even t ' or e deprived of their little all. At Coleford three houses the has been inundated, and the foundations swept from beneath buildings, leaving nothing to save then from a tt' 0 crash but a few timbers, which were bi -rely suffieien keep them standing, and the utmost efforts of the ~e lagers were used to prevent the total d estruction of . r property. Another smith's shop and of her outbuilthgC belonging to James Davey, were also destroyed. -`10.„. loss of property occasioned by this °ma ybe rence may be roundly estimated at about 5 0 , 1 ' hea r whole being the fruits of industriou s l a bour. l' e r a. that measures are already on foot for the pUITO - s ub' ;' lieving the distresses of the unfortunate sufferers by & a scription among the gentry and yeomanry of the the trict, and also for the erection of new bridge s places of those which have been swept away. c i te ilsr At Hayne Ford, which was visited by a to re storm on Monday last, we have the painful duty , .00 a cord the melancholy death, by drowning, of the itt,, son of the Rev. Mr. Hughes, Curate of Claana bej 7 together with a male servant, named Knowles. mo nk On Monday last, the Rev. H. A. Hughes,. , 01 % -- i borough, and his family, went to Bondleigh Garrow's) to meet a party of friends at a christnloo.4a that gentleman's house. They set off from la n gen , (Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and servant in their ear" „,r and his son on horseback) about six o'clociaL s afee* to Clannaborough. The weather had been teter tit foer and the extraordinary heavy rain that fell ii11(1,011 °t, o'clock the same afternoon had caused a violent torus the brooks and rivers. They passed through en e t ii WY, brooks without danger, though with difficulty, 1111 L ig e ni reached Hayne diridge, which is below the the Zeal, ,Monselborum, on the road to Bow ; waters were both extensively spread over the n 1 'ling' and the stream rapid. Here two labourers were, - sfr being unable to return home, and, on Mr. Hug" e proa,ch, persuaded him not to venture to Pss s ' br iclge." Hughes's son made the attempt to pass over th e , bee on horseback, in which he succeeded, and turned voad, again to direct his father how best to come thr° Returning upon the bridge his horse, either stun:W.7o getting his foot into a hole, fell directly over the side stumble bridge with his rider. At this moment Mr. flug he d the ; r proaching with the carriage ; his horse turned, 91 1, current taking the body of the carriage, ear rie ;alo l ,- , whole into the stream. The labourers heard $ 1 1 1 fir, and a splash, and then all was silent as the grav e • dot' fatal consequence of this awful calamity is the (1 1 / ibet Mrs. Hughes, her son George Hughes, about 18, a t i 344 servant boy, about 15. Mr. Ilughes himself was . o .e. most providentially by the co o l judgment arid „ 1 pidity of Mr. Bibbings, of Zeal, who, from hi s air ledge of the ground, waded into the water a WI beg tance, where he thought, if at any place, the few 400 might be the means of stopping any thing wash c ) e i „, ar icti the current. After stopping and hollowing b '7 yr. he heard a faint noise, when he saw the head o ,`o ; Hughes above the water, supported by an alder r d, be getting near him, and cautiously getting a firm h _Thelr succeeded in getting him out of the vvater, exhausteu,'„ a aeS less, and almost speechless. The body of Mrs. 3 ' . .;1 0 0 was discovered about eight o'clock on Tuesday O . - irate out of the current of the river ; her son was got 0 0 re a deep pit in the river further down ; the bodies o° o 's moved to Mr. Snell's, at Hayne, to await the Cornnueta Inquest ; the body of the boy has not yet bees f f ° ,..iage The carriage and horse were dragged up a l so , the et,: e ar but little injured, and the horse still attached to riage. Mr. Hughes's daughter went to BorulleiP n iebt, him in the morning, but was pe rsua d e d to stop the It ' tp 4 or probably, nay almost certainly, s h e wot have fat with the same melancholy fate a s h er mother. The bas spread a panic through the neig i abourhood. W. Wreford, of Clannaborough, was talost active, by .131' self and people, in finding the bodies. The accident happened about 7 o ' c l oc k . M r . 1/ 4116.9 was a Magistrate of the county. a r east A tremendously heavy rain h av i ng f a ll en on Af idijo e• afternoon, a great part of W es t exe was alog- s r s- - 0 0° diately flooded, by the ru s hi ng d own o f wa ters l i f to di e neighbouring hills ; and from the Catholic ch o r e e srlf mills on the Exeter road, th e streets, & c .,. f° 1. 1 „" water ; mile, were from twelve to eight een i nc hes 6 5 ° ., P e r this, however, shortly su b s id e d , b ut t he ''' v - en almost ibne trielecoel irmeecinitileilribahytactclthy the t beganoldest ladiense 10 g a l es l e ad idea of this, we may mention that at the iron g o re P ut ing into Blundell's school green, flood boards, r w hich, up to the height of six feet three inches , ° W °s o however, the water poured in. The eveoingie adag e detained for about four hours, and considerabli" e neig . bourhood. We hear that the bridges at has been done to bridges, roads, walls, &c " don't' and Swinebridge are washed away, that 311 :i t hat 'Chat to oote has about 140 feet of walling destroyed , 011 ' losi• tdtpoteorrisaosnge'rleiavanitnedrgbt:ofeis,loeht than. vcs o e m s Aplin, fellmonger, has sustained considerable lVestern Times. . GREAT LIVERPO O L S TEA MER.'"T hIB are sea left Southampton on the Ist instant at ten rived at Falmouth th e 2d, and would start on tn e aerg moderating. The following are some of the reV e asn' —For Malta, Mrs. Gurdon and family ; iNfr ° • and child • Mr. and Mrs. Tapstill ; Mrs. 15 aryl ;ref Mr. Beresford ' ; Major Harvey ; Captain and son ; Dr. Collins ; L. D. Halket, Captain nor , ae ptsi ° For Alexandria—Captain Carr and servant ; ' Ca olg Walker ; Lieut. Collien, Dr. Miller ; Rey. Lieut.-Colonel Abdy ; Lieut. Minster ; Mr, and Mrs. Norton and family ; Mr. and bir s ' ar eha° Captain Pearson and servant ; Captain and .Mr• &c. In all 97 passenger s. O S ' A ire `jd PATENT LEVEY., SILVER W'z tt a,' •a t e E. J. DENT, 82, strand, Chronometer, 1 - 0 ;0 ' - 0 1: Clock Maker, by spe&,al appointment to her "Igarli a s Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert , !TOY,. ASSORTMENT tt 'these superiorly constructed W.f',„ e r 0 3 _ 4 — at 61. 6.1. each. They have double-bottomed flat 51.. pert jewelled jewelled (six 'holes) movements, and continue `corP;e Major '-'"1,0 1 ' whilst being wound, with other modern m ovemen "' ts t : ,es pe r r e f n ormxtv aa guaranteed. Thei r particular advan WO - st h gen.. moderate price, capability of bearing 01° 0 60 motion without derange men t, an d sma ll ex pense ef ;01., if the y meet with injury. G o ld cases f rom 81. to 10 1 . • C 32, Strand, three doors west of Cecil-street. tt'' SON S P li t hr PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SOL i4 ' site f ,f facturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London (ell: Bank of England). —The best wrought Fiddle-Pate go l i r! Spoons and Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The followil,htei weights recommended, but the articles may be had 1 " A heavier at the same price per ounce:- 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 • ' 1 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 9 ••• / 0 4 12 ditto Table Forks 30 at 7 2 ••• g 13 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ••• 5 11 2 ditto Gravy Spoons 10 at 7 ••• 5 1 0 1 ditto Soup Ladle... 10 at 7 : 4 ••• 3 IS 0 4 ditto Sauce ditto... 10 at 7 8 I e 1 8 4 ditto Salt Spoons(gilt strong, g oz. s. t O 4 1 ditto Fish Slice... .............. 3, 1 0 0 S ••• lb 12 ditto ditto N.B. A price current, stamped as a newspaPer' ta foe Por I T 'a ea ir S rug o a n r s 'ion i g o s a ( t st 7 rl: l 2 4o ° te ti et a bl drawings, and containing every information relative lir at i o a, chase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on,aPP.„,wer will be sent into the country, free of postage, in paid letter. .-----. - wi er BIRTHS. m -- Fetter - On the 4th inst., Mrs. I re l an d, of the/ Falcon, B o f i.ooi a gniih d tt a tohh u nee g , h :o t s, e tft. r ha . i ci, ll Prl'' Rev. St. ins t. Lore 1 the On the Ist inst., .ai lady ° ol‘▪ av• tl". J. E A s b q r:h o a f m a , d E a s u l. We t. stre O en n t, the 4th inst at Bayswater, e elaug A, On l iii i d l ae t ni o fo n :nrd A ic,ks bo oto t rf. t t , ba D iDo e r.,o , l ; t At h h e e. .7 , S. M'Whinnie, IVloutpe. i• . the 2d inst., Mrs. Low IJpper Edmo nto n, 0. a,Th t , of - h , b te a r. r , ri a ster-at-law, of a daughter. P 61.°1* _no wife %n thetßhee Bedford -row, t ,... , a ,0 t i‘f lbr iar s i g d.a h ur.,i t t o . n, Mrs. M. F. TuP P e r '-ff f . I°l° MARRIED. W il l i am 10 0 1 On the 4th inst., at F t Pancras Church, Ate ( r tine, Esq., h'Ete.r.Van Heythuysen, 1 ' : 0, of the Inner Temple, i o Eliza, 4 0 , H. Gyles, Esq., of Bu.cton-creseent. 11r. c Or On the 2(1 inst., at Hampstead, Joseph Williatin day ijiifr Esq., of Rio Lodge, Maida Vale, to Elizabeth, eldest ,vsli of James Daniels,Esq., formerly North-t2!tik, Beget°. ~," __re f ; eldest Jane, - DIED. On the 2d iust , at the residence of his father , Gr e ,' p r it . e f° wife of mr. 17-_....5e: 3,0:0, 00 et Portsmouth, George . Welsh, jun., Esq., late of the ' P P Post-office, London. , On the 2d inst., at Beeror Lodge, Hammersmith, te r second daughter of the Bev. F. T. Atwood, aged 10 ' , 0 4 0 On the 2d inst,, at Walthamstow, Alice Mary, the 0 , , of W. Webb, jun., Esq., aged 5. 4' On the 4th inst., at Wargrave, Berks, T. N. Ow IV late of Albemarle-street, aged 61. On the 3d inst., Mr. E. it. Thomas, of Fenchureh.- il ; I°. t On the 4th inst., at Balham, Surrey, S. Turner. Es ek,llo On the 17th ult., at Southampton Mrs. Media eldest o i i the daughter 29 th of ui tt.h,elateS Adelaide,i rC t . h il. e T;1 Talbot. 0 its °°' Upper Stamford-street. London : Printed aid Published by WIRD° 1 ,7() ' t oo t N h o e . c l o l u 2 n , ty S t o r r a il n i l i , dd n i t ese 7Ze Sox Office, No. 112, S Al , Monday, December 6, li , P D 1 ,z~ a ` • ~.